About Us

The Bolivar Bullet is the one and only newspaper in all of Bolivar County. When the original county newspaper, The Bolivar Commercial, closed in 2020, the people of Bolivar County lost their only local news source. Scott Coopwood, the owner of Coopwood Publishing, along with other local leaders, realized that Cleveland and the surrounding towns would no longer have a voice in the news, so Coopwood began publishing The Bolivar Bullet to better help the community as a whole.

Our publication reports important news and other editorial content that is relevant to the community, while highlighting the positive aspects of life in Cleveland and Bolivar County. Our team is devoted to helping the citizens of the Delta stay informed.

Our editorial scope encompasses community news of substance, special reports, and designated weekly sections, such as: Letters to the Editor, Lifestyles, Business, Farming, Food, Outdoors, and Sports. Guest Commentaries are also featured, along with personality profiles of residents, Bolivar County history, crime reports, births, engagements, wedding announcements, legal documents, and obituaries.

The Bolivar Bullet is mailed to between 2,000-3,000 households and businesses in Cleveland and Bolivar County. Additional copies are also available through newsstand sales at: Henard’s, Andy’s, Vowells, Exxon, Shell, and Kroger in Cleveland as well as the Piggly Wiggly in Rosedale.

Scott Coopwood is the publisher of The Bolivar Bullet newspaper as well as Delta Magazine (a bi-monthly magazine focused on the culture and the lifestyles in the Mississippi Delta), Mississippi Business Journal (a monthly resource for business owners across Mississippi to keep up with other businesses, business trends, and innovations), Delta Business Journal (a monthly journal focused on trends within local Delta industries as well as the leaders in the Mississippi Delta region), Delta Ag Journal (a quarterly journal that showcases the agricultural sector of the region and highlights the lifestyles of farmers in the Delta), and The Welcome Guide (a yearly guide meant to highlight the best things about living in Cleveland and Bolivar County, Mississippi).