“Big Man’s Watermelon Farm” attracts national attention Morris Hodges may run a relatively small farm in his hometown of Mound Bayou — about five acres where he grows watermelon and cantaloupe — but its reputation as “Big Man’s Watermelon Farm” is very large indeed, extending even to Washington, D.C. Tom Vilsack, the current U.S. Secretary of […]
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Local business owner has made four trips to country By Lyndsi Naron, The Bolivar Bullet Local business owner and avid traveler, Jimmy McClellan, has taken a total of four trips to Cuba and said the experiences have been humbling. McClellan was born and raised in Cleveland and decided to stay to help his mother and
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DSU physics professor shares love of subject By Jack Criss, The Bolivar Bullet Dr. Maria Weber obviously loves the subject matter she teaches for a living. Spend only a few moments with her and the excitement with which she discusses physics is palpable for an academic field that, frankly, is over most people’s heads –
Delta Arts Alliance student to be featured in a new magazine By Faith Strong The Bolivar Bullet Jackson Comics is a new magazine that was first published in 2022 as a celebration of Jackson’s 200th anniversary. The magazine is brought to life solely by Mississippi artists and writers. It showcases the talent that the state
National spotlight comes to the Delta By Robert Mcfarland, JR. The Bolivar Bullet This past Sunday night, the CBS program, 60 Minutes ran a segment on the blues music scene currently taking place in Clarksdale. In the blues world, Clarksdale is known as the epicenter for this genre of music because so many of its
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Celebrates its 96th year in business by Catherine Kirk The Bolivar Bullet Just one month after the Nehi Bottling Company in Cleveland opened its doors for business, the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 devastated many cities along its river banks. Two years later, the Great Depression struck the nation. Ten years after that, World
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Civil Rights hero, activist by Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet Amzie Moore was a prominent figure in the Mississippi civil rights movement and voter registration campaign who, while born in Greenwood, spent most of his formative, active adult years in Cleveland. After his passing in 1982, his legacy in the movement for equality, has quietly
Talented new Delta artist on the rise by Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet “Ever since I was little, I always had some musical instrument in my hands and have been creative for most of my life,” said Alford. “By the time I was eight years old, my grandfather took me to local country music jam
Remembering a destructive 2001 storm Special to The Bolivar Bullet November will mark the twenty-year anniversary of a powerful F-4 tornado that developed in the early morning hours and destroyed the Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility, along with a dozen homes, half-a -dozen businesses and a power substation. Aerial photographs of the damage showed that
Artists Katie Byrd and Ky Johnston create one-of-a-kind works of art By Aimee Robinette The Bolivar Bullet A chance phone call to get professional advice about ceramics has led to a unique pottery collaboration between Ky Johnston and his fiancé, Katie Virden Byrd. Byrd, a Delta State University triple graduate in art and education, has
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