Any time a child is abused or neglected, it is a tragedy. Unfortunately, it happens every day, in every community. The month of April is recognized across the nation as Child Abuse Prevention Month. It is a time to come together as a community to increase awareness and provide education and support to help prevent child abuse and neglect. (more…)

According to Mayor Jason Akers, “Our citizens and our first responders both deserve the best and most capable equipment available. We are proud of our Fire Department to deliver that.”

The City of Monticello enhanced its capabilities with a new addition to the fleet of fire and rescue vehicles that arrived this week for service. (more…)

On Monday, crews began working on another infrastructure project by working to repair Monticello’s decades old problem of storm drainage. The project will immediately affect the residents of Jackson, Conley, Pauline, College and Shelton Streets, with residents on Gaines benefiting as well. (more…)

Fears and rumors of effects of the eclipse causing traffic, cellular, and other disruptions to Arkansas residents proved to be unfounded, Monday, as any extra eclipse traffic that traveled through town appears to have passed through on the weekend, and was minimal on Monday.

MLive spoke to Monticello Mayor Jason Akers, late Monday evening, who commented that Monday seemed like a “normal” day, in Monticello, and added that potential fuel shortages may have been averted by area gas stations and convenience stores scheduling extra fuel shipments, to avoid any outages.

The Monticello Senior Center will be closed on Monday April 8, 2024.

Normal operations will resume Tuesday April 9, 2024.

The Mayors Office hosted an eclipse planning meeting Monday where local City and County officials, first responders, School Resource Officers and UAM staff discussed preparations for the upcoming April 8 Eclipse event.

The meeting coordinated and addressed all local vital services and potential issues locally that could occur, such as diminished cellular phone service that could occur due to the large number of people videoing the event statewide and the expected increase in traffic to and from the park of totality in Central Arkansas.

“We expect travelers passing through Monticello in route to the event and coming from the event. We want to make sure that we do our part to ensure increased traffic, anticipate increased purchases of fuel by those travelers and other areas that could affect our town are covered”. (more…)