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MPD CALLS FOR SERVICE 08-28-24 We share MPD’s activity report to help you have a better understanding of the number and types of calls our officers respond to daily. This serves as a quick overview […]

Coming to a smoky hallway near you! Monticello Fire Department would like to congratulate Tony Reid for finishing this year’s recruit course and announce him as one of the newly certified probationary firefighters who have […]

This year’s Cornbread Festival will take place on Saturday, August 31st, at Mill Springs Mill in Monticello, KY. The festival will begin at 9:00 am and food will be available at 11:00am. The mill will […]

Make sure to have enough books on hand to last you through the upcoming Holiday weekend! This week new books can checked out or placed on hold by calling, stopping by, or messaging the library! […]

Yesterday the local mesonet weather recording station located in the Parnell community recorded a temperature of 95 degrees which was the hottest recorded so far this year, with the heat index at 101 degrees.  July […]

Monticello Fire Department shares another safety tip to prevent cooking fires.   

With heat index reading climbing back up today and tomorrow, emergency management reminds us of some safety precautions to avoid heat related problems.

Ultiites and County Workers have been working on North Main Street on Storm Drains  with lane shifts for thru traffic 

Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron reports the following arrests. James E. Hoskins of Monticello, KY. was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Richard […]

MPD CALLS FOR SERVICE 08-26-24 We share MPD’s activity report to help you have a better understanding of the number and types of calls our officers respond to daily. This serves as a quick overview […]