Cakeland, at 1110 Hwy 425 South. held their ceremonial ribbon-cutting with the Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday morning.

They carry a wide range of sweets and desserts, and also have a meeting room available.

Call them at 224-8087.

You’re located across the highway from AM Rental.

Southern Roots Boutique celebrated their Grand Opening, Saturday, with   a Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting event to.

Southern Roots Boutique is a new shop, located at 510 W. Gaines Street, that offers the latest styles in clothing and gift items.

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Last Saturday SeaArk Boats hosted a pumpkin carving and decorating event at the Arkansas Baptist Children’s (ABC) Home of Monticello.

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Entergy just completed the state’s largest solar energy project near Stuttgart and now hopes to add an even bigger solar facility near Lake Village.  For more information, go to Arkansas Business. 

10 pm.

DDOS attack over. Internet and TV restored

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9:20 pm- CCC just experienced a DDOS attack which is affecting internet and IP delivery of Little Rock Broadcast TV stations.

We are working diligently to mitigate the attack.

CCC is still experiencing troubles from the Windstream outage.

We have had all our traffic going over a SATCO optical circuit to Little Rock.

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CCC voice customers are unable to receive calls from AT&T wireless customers this morning.

CCC is investigating with Windstream to isolate the problem.

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Wednesday, the first responders of Monticello enjoyed lunch courtesy of Chris Bryant State Farm.

Chris and his team served chicken quarters, potato salad, coleslaw, and dessert for lunch. Chris enjoyed being able to serve those who serve our community.

Monticello is a great place to live because of each one of our first responders.

Local residents have reported an ongoing telephone scam that involves Caller ID “spoofing.”

This practice is a form of telemarketing that impersonates a local phone number that does not reflect the original caller location.

In this instance, Drew Memorial Health System administration has been made aware of calls to local numbers which show up on Caller ID as being from “Drew Memorial Hospital,” despite the fact that the hospital has no affiliation with the actual entity placing the call.

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At Wednesday’s MEDC meeting, the board voted 7-3, with 1 abstention, to negotiate the potential sale of the “speculative building,” (more…)

Holly Donaldson has an eye for fashion and knew Monticello needed an affordable option in women’s clothing. Her new business, Skylyne Boutique opened recently

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Five county judges from southeast Arkansas met with state representative Jeff Wardlaw, Thursday to discuss a possible 600-bed facility that has been described as a regional jail, but also as a privately owned prison.

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