Community is mourning the loss of Jessie Lowry By Jack Criss, The Bolivar Bullet The town of Mound Bayou is mourning the passing last week of one its most notable residents and a lifelong “mother figure” to generations of people in the community, Jessie Lowry. She passed away last Tuesday, April 16, at the age […]
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Funds donated to Le Bonheur By Lyndsi Naron, The Bolivar Bullet The National Honor Society students at Cleveland Central High School recently had their yearly fundraiser where they sold boxes of candy for a charity of their choice. “The students designate an organization every year that they will support and this year the students chose
Ragan was a baseball standout at Ole Miss By Rogers Varner, The Bolivar Bullet The year 1959 was quite a year to be an Ole Miss Rebel. The football team won its first of three national championships, polishing off a 10-1 season with a 21-0 thrashing of arch-rival LSU in the Sugar Bowl. However, there
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Hayes Cooper will hold classes there for remainder of year By Kristy Kitchings, The Bolivar Bullet As parents and students of the Hayes Cooper school in Merigold began arriving to a new location on the campus of Delta State University where the students will finish the school year, the public turned out to welcome them along
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State-of-the-art technology will advance program The Delta State University Department of Commercial Aviation has recently begun training students to operate the new Cirrus TRAC 20 state-of-the-art, technologically advanced aircraft. Last summer, the department purchased five of these new planes, which will allow Delta State students to receive top-notch training in the newest equipment in the
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Plans in the works to purchase additional property By Jack Criss, The Bolivar Bullet The Mound Bayou Museum Of African-American Culture And History, which opened in July, 2021, is on the national radar these days – in a big and inspirational way. “We’re actually outgrowing our current space at such a fast pace that we’re
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Bradham Enterprises opens new facility in Merigold By Jennifer Minyard, The Bolivar Bullet Will Bradham, owner of Bradham Enterprises, will realize a dream more than a decade in the making on March 25 with the opening of Pinnacle Adult Day Services at 1138 Township Road in Merigold. “Pinnacle is an adult daycare essentially,” he said.
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Statesmen, Lady Statesmen have strong performances at NCAA Division II Nationals By Andy Collier, The Bolivar Bullet The Delta State University Statesmen and Lady Statesmen swimming and diving teams had some great performances at the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships at the Spire Institute Aquatics Center in Geneva, Ohio last week. The
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Long-standing commitment to service By Jack Criss, The Bolivar Bullet Founded in Cleveland in 1939 — and having been recognized and honored as one of the oldest African-American owned businesses in Mississippi — Brinson Funeral Home has stayed tried and true to its founding prinicipals and honored its incredible legacy by continuing to provide excellent
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Coleman’s 11th inning bomb enables DSU to take series over UWF By Andy Collier, The Bolivar Bullet The rivalry between the Delta State University Statesmen and the University of West Florida Argonauts in baseball has always been a heated one. When the two teams met each other for a three-game Gulf South Conference series at
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