Monticello Live

Arise Food Bank will be open Saturday, October 9, from 8:00-8:30.

First come first served. Drive through only.

The church is located at 468 South Edwards Street.

SEARK Reading Council held their first meeting of the 2021-2022 school year on September 27, 2021at the Southeast Arkansas Regional Library with a Literacy Roundup theme. (more…)

Darrien Watson is a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the Recreation, Sports, and Tourism Department (RST) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).   (more…)

The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded seven 2021 Community Health Quality Recognition badges to Mainline Health Systems. (more…)

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Walk Across Arkansas is back for its fall event September 13 – November 7. 

The eight-week exercise program is organized each spring and fall by the Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, with the goal of helping Arkansans improve their health. Participation is free, and registration opens August 30 online at walk.uada.edu. 

Last spring, 798 Arkansans statewide participated in the Spring 2021 Walk Across Arkansas, logging 1,347,389 minutes. There were 201 participating teams across the state. Many of those participants reported they had more energy, slept better, controlled stress, strengthened relationships, lost weight or inches, and improved their blood panels and blood pressure.  

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The Travel Club will kick off a new Education First student tour on Tuesday, September 14 at 5:30 pm in the Drew Central auditorium.  The tour will be 8 days in June 2023 and students will explore Italy. (more…)

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Jury duty has been canceled for Friday, August 27. Jurors do not need to report.

Jennifer Andrade of Monticello, a physical therapist assistant major at South Arkansas Community College, has accepted a Dr. Kermit Parks Public Service Endowed Scholarship to attend the school this fall. (more…)

Senior Citizen’s Day BINGO that was scheduled for Thursday, August 12th from 10 AM to 2 PM, has been cancelled.

Jamie Stahley, personal banker, Malorie Goffman, relationship banker 1, Samantha Robertson, Financial Center Manager, Clarissa Pace, S.A.F.E. Center founder, Laura Jones, Relationship Banker 2, and Dr. Chris Allen, S.A.F.E. Center Director.

The S.A.F.E. Center Inc. of Monticello announces receiving a $1000 donation from Simmons National Bank of Monticello. The S.A.F.E. Center, Inc. (Southeast Arkansas Financial Education Center) was founded by Clarissa Pace, a local resident who saw the need to enrich her community with information that may normally be costly to obtain. (more…)