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Senior shortstop overcoming slump to lead Statesmen By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet In the first 17 games of the year, senior shortstop Darek Sargent wasn’t exactly having a dream season for the Delta State University Statesmen.  On March 16, Sargent was in an 0-for-21 slump as his average slid to a meager […]

Local firm with new name still providing  top-notch services to Cleveland and beyond By Aimee Robinette The Bolivar Bullet Eley|Barkley, P.A. may have changed its name to Eley/McPherson Engineering, but the same precision and excellence continues.  “Eley|McPherson Engineering was first established in January 1984 by Robert B. Eley, PE, PLS, offering civil engineering and land

Long time coach touched many lives during his career By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet The local area lost one of its most respected youth league and junior high coaches earlier this month as Riddell Flowers, Sr. passed away due to complications from COVID-19 on Mar. 19 in Greenville.  Flowers, 72, coached sports

Positive attitudes and community involvement abound By Greta Sharp The Bolivar Bullet You won’t find a dark cloud in Ruleville and that’s more than just the weather report. Add two new solar farms projects to the positive attitude of residents committed to moving forward and this town is enjoying its moment in the sun.  Recurrent

Honest work and quality service By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet In the auto repair business since the early 70s when family patriarch Thomas Runnels first opened shop in Benoit, Runnels Garage has remained a trustworthy, multi-generational business: “Trustworthy” being the key and operative word. Now located in Cleveland, Runnels Garage is currently owned by

Hosting “Paint Parties” with a variety of mediums By Aimee Robinette The Bolivar Bullet Bayou Academy teacher Casey Andrews has always had a penchant for creating artwork, but it wasn’t until the introduction of Covid-19 and the subsequent quarantine period that she discovered how much fun doing your favorite thing is with your favorite people. 

Drew restaurant gets a new chef By Angela Rogalski The Bolivar Bullet Stafford’s Market & Deli in Drew opened May 1, 2005, so in a few months the restaurant will be celebrating its 16th anniversary. Owner Stafford Shurden  said if that  wasn’t exciting enough, the restaurant is getting a new chef very soon with the

Johnson leaves NHS to become football coach, administrator  at Hollandale By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet Tavares Johnson, Sr., who has been the head football coach at Northside High School for three years, announced Thursday evening he will be moving on.  Johnson has accepted the job as Head Football Coach at Simmons High

Bringing it home to Mississippi By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet Respess Renovations, located in the Cleveland/Boyle area, offers home repairs and remodeling in the Mississippi Delta. Owner Miles Respess said his business does everything from drywall work, cabinet installs, and tile work to custom decks, patios, and fences. Miles Respess is Mississippi-born, but moved

From the B.B. King Museum to Dockery to the Delta Supper Club, these Cleveland originals have brought their joyous sounds to iconic venues and events across the Delta for forty-five years and counting. By SUSAN MARQUEZ The Bolivar Bullet Whether it’s in a smoky club, on a flatbed trailer, at a festival, or at a