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Diamond Statesmen preseason picked  No. 1 in GSC By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet The baseball season for the Delta State University Statesmen is just around the corner.  The Statesmen will begin the season at home on Saturday (Feb. 4) when they play the Harding Bisons in a doubleheader at 12:00 p.m. to […]

Will soon open Cleveland location Harbor Freight Tools, America’s go-to store for quality tools at the lowest prices, has announced that it will be opening a new store in Cleveland. The new store will be located 419 South Street and is expected to open this spring. An official opening date will be announced closer to

Annual 4H event was held on Saturday, January 21 By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet The young people associated with the Bolivar County Livestock Association who participated in last Saturday’s annual 4H Livestock Show at the Bolivar County Expo Multipurpose Complex not only gained knowledge about farm animals and the work involved in caring for

Delta State’s Fighting Okra highlighted in ESPN Commercial By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet Delta State University made some nationwide news during the NCAA Division I College Football Playoff National Championship game between the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs and the University of Georgia Bulldogs on Jan. 9.  The Fighting Okra, an unofficial

Reflecting on one of Cleveland’s early elementary schools by Keith Wood The Bolivar Bullet Delta State Teachers College was established in 1924 by an act of the Mississippi Legislature, through SB 236, introduced by Senators William Beauregard Roberts and Arthur Marshall. It was signed by Gov. Henry L. Whitfield. It first opened its doors to

Helping farmers across the mid-South by  Mark H. Stowers The Bolivar Bullet Jimmy Barrett first got into the insurance business more than three decades ago as a sideline business when he was still farming. These days, he and his wife, Natalie along with Jimmy’s son Brent serve the Mississippi Delta, Arkansas and parts of Tennessee

Fifty years of diesel truck service by  Mark H. Stowers The Bolivar Bullet Cleveland Truck and Tractor has been working on trucks with diesel engines for the past 50 years and the business shows no signs of slowing down. Co-owners Bobby Williamson and Sammy Esch keep the business that Esch’s late father, Henry started half

Eustace Winn enjoys  searching for historical finds by Mark H. Stowers The Bolivar Bullet The Mississippi River has long been a fossil treasure hunter’s dream come true. With the recent all time low levels on the big muddy, fossil hunters uncovered a wave of treasures never seen before. One such hunter, Eustace Winn has been

Wade to lead Delta Devils football program By Andy Collier Sports Editor, The Bolivar Bullet For any person in any profession, there is nothing like landing that dream job.  Kendrick Wade, who once suited up as a football player for Mississippi Valley State University on the Division I level, has always desired to return to

Coming to the BPAC on January 19 The Bologna Performing Arts center is proud to present the hit parody Menopause The Musical® for one night only on January 19 at 7:30 p.m. Menopause The Musical® is a groundbreaking celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived “The