Key objectives for 2023 have been outlined and are in the works By Amile Wilson The Bolivar Bullet Founded in 1948, the Cleveland Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 75th Anniversary this year. Serving as the umbrella organization for tourism and Main Street as well as traditional Chamber of Commerce and economic development […]
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Donation of close to $2 million for creating major improvements By Becky Gillette The Bolivar Bullet Even people who were close friends with William R. Tribble for a long time had no idea how successful he had been as a businessman. Tribble was known for being modest, thrifty and hard-working—but not rich. So, when Tribble
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Johnson and Sparks join Cleveland Central Middle School in 2023 By Mark H. Stowers The Bolivar Bullet Cleveland Central Middle School started the 2023 school year with new administrators. Veteran educators, Dr. Authur Johnson and Cathy Coleman Sparks are serving as the new principal and assistant principal. Cleveland Central School District Interim Superintendent Dr. Lisa
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Local realtors share insight on availability and climbing interest rates By Catherine Kirk The Bolivar Bullet Mortgage rates have been spiking over seven percent for the first time in 20 years in some parts of the country. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. housing market has been on a bit of a
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Annual 4H event was held on Saturday, January 21 By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet The young people associated with the Bolivar County Livestock Association who participated in last Saturday’s annual 4H Livestock Show at the Bolivar County Expo Multipurpose Complex not only gained knowledge about farm animals and the work involved in caring for
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Delta State’s Fighting Okra highlighted in ESPN Commercial By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet Delta State University made some nationwide news during the NCAA Division I College Football Playoff National Championship game between the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs and the University of Georgia Bulldogs on Jan. 9. The Fighting Okra, an unofficial
Reflecting on one of Cleveland’s early elementary schools by Keith Wood The Bolivar Bullet Delta State Teachers College was established in 1924 by an act of the Mississippi Legislature, through SB 236, introduced by Senators William Beauregard Roberts and Arthur Marshall. It was signed by Gov. Henry L. Whitfield. It first opened its doors to
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Helping farmers across the mid-South by Mark H. Stowers The Bolivar Bullet Jimmy Barrett first got into the insurance business more than three decades ago as a sideline business when he was still farming. These days, he and his wife, Natalie along with Jimmy’s son Brent serve the Mississippi Delta, Arkansas and parts of Tennessee
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