Monticello Mayor addresses drainage and debris issues

According to the Advanced Monticellonian, the City of Monticello Mayor Jason Akers announced that the city was assisted last Friday by Arkansas Department of Corrections inmates in addressing drainage and debris issues in Monticello.  Inmates and staff worked near Gabbert, Shelton, and Jackson Streets last... Read More.

Pollinator garden work continues at Monticello

Work on pollinator gardens at Monticello will continue, according to a story in the Advance Monticellonian newspaper. The pollinator garden is a type of garden designed with the intent of growing plants that specifically produce nectar and pollen to attract insects. Former Monticello Mayor Paige Chase... Read More.
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AGFC sets table for future Monticello monsters

MONTICELLO — Hatchery staff and biologists from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worked together to load more than one-quarter of a million forage fish into the rising waters of Lake Monticello in October.  Approximately 180,000 fathead minnows, 111,900... Read More.

Monticello man killed in Calhoun County accident

A Monticello man was killed early Monday when the motorcycle he was riding was hit head-on by a vehicle in rural Calhoun County. According to a preliminary report. Steen T. Halley39, was westbound on Arkansas Highway 274 at 4:40 a.m. on a 2002Yahama when a... Read More.
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Enrollment at U-A Monticello increases 1.5 percent over last fall

Enrollment at the University of Arkansas at Monticello has increased 1.5 percent, compared to figures from fall 2021. According to the Advanced Monticellonian newspaper, 2,717students wee enrolled for this fall semester, compared to 2,677 during the fall 20021 semester. Graduate student enrollment reached a record high... Read More.
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Monticello Mayoral race to have three candidates

Three candidates have filed for the Monticello Mayoral election race in the Fall according to the Advance-Monticellonian Newspaper. The filling period for the office of mayor has passed and Mayor Paige Chase announced she would not seek re-election for the Office of Mayor in... Read More.