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Experience makes the difference by Angela Rogalski The Bolivar Bullet For four years Beach Construction has been serving Cleveland and surrounding areas providing residential framing and cabinet work, but owner Derrick Beach has been in the business for 26 years.  “I started out working with my father when I was 15,” said Beach. “My brothers […]

Brother/sister music duo can do it all by Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet Eric Edwards and Shara White make up the brother/sister duo of Variety, and the two Cleveland natives have traveled the country performing just about any song you could care to name–even a few of their own originals. “I’m a keyboardist,” said Edwards.

By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet Friday night (Aug. 26) in Jackson was a huge night for the 5A Cleveland Central High School Wolves on many levels.  The Wolves took on the 6A Murrah High School Mustangs to open the football season at South Jackson Field on the campus of Forest Hill High

Former East Side standout returns to Cleveland as an assistant coach at DSU By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet Kendrick Wade has returned to the town where he grew up at with the goal of making a difference.  Wade, who graduated from East Side High School in 2000, is back in Cleveland as

“I simply wanted to give back” by Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet Chief Program Planning and Development Officer of Delta Health Center, Robin Boyles, has led a one-track career with a one-track mind. But in her case, that’s a good thing. Born in Greenville but raised in Belzoni,  Boyles thought that she would probably never

Museum executive director notes a variety of major accomplishments By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet Having just recently celebrated its sixth year since opening in March, 2016, Cleveland’s Grammy Museum Mississippi can boast of many impressive accomplishments in that time, many of which have garnered regional and national attention. According to the most recent numbers,

Restoring the daily lives of seniors By Angela Rogalski, The Bolivar Bullet Shannre McKellop is founder and president of the Rosedale Senior Friend Coalition, which she explains is a nonprofit organization that was established in December 2021. “We are people who came together to review, revise and restore the daily lives of our senior citizens

Positive growth and new businesses are helping the community thrive By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet The town of Boyle is undergoing positive growth and is positioning itself–in various ways–to bring in more businesses and keep the community thriving. Mayor Tommy Taylor said that a number of things happening in Boyle account for the momentum.

Celebrating Great Food & Good Times! by Angela Rogalski The Bolivar Bullet Sometimes life’s path can meander a bit; sometimes it can do a complete 360. It’s in those opportune times that seeming misfortune can transform itself into some of the biggest blessings around. That’s what happened to Jonathan Vance.  Vance, a native of Benoit,

Keeping the radio on by Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet As owner of Radio Cleveland Incorporated, or R.C.I. Delta–the largest locally-owned media/broadcast group in the Mississippi Delta–Kevin Cox has seen a number of changes in his field. Such would be expected from a man who started as an overnight jock in 1982 when he was