Firemen busy over weekend
With some windy and dry late spring days recently, a number of grass and field fires have been lighting up the county. Bolivar County Volunteer Fire Chief Lee Tedder said citizens and farmers must ...
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Business owners attend workshop
A discussion panel was held Friday to give small business owners information and advice on how to increase their business with the federal and state governments. Titled “Outreach in Action: Small B...
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Sheriff to host town halls
Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams will host two Town Hall meetings this month to address the concerns of Bolivar County citizens. Williams announced the forums Thursday to the Bolivar County B...
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Bolivar Commercial / Kaky Tindle The Blues and the Reds, both from Cleveland, gather together for a picture after championship game of the 12 and under O Zone division of the Brett McClendon Classic Sunday at Bear Pen Park. The Blues defeated the Reds 16-7. Players are (top from left) Paul O'Neal (Blues), Kellar Otts (Reds), Riley Smith (Blues), Thomas Marinelli (Reds), Woods Toler (Reds), Colby Chenault (Reds), Hayes Holman (Reds), Eli Stallings (Blues), Jacob Dodd (Blues), (middle from left) Zach Willingham (Blues), Spence Martin (Blues), Clay Taylor (Reds), Lance Dalton (Reds), John Thomas Aguzzi (Reds), Brett Burrell (Reds), Trent Tindle (Reds), Trey Williamson (Blues), Cross Crowe (Blues), (front) Rhodes Morgan (Blues). The coaches for the Blues are Rodney Martin, Bobby Williamson and David Crowe, while the coaches for the Reds are Lynn Dalton, Spence Holman and Betsy Aguzzi.
Sportsmanship highlights McClendon Classic
Sometimes in sports when a team wins an event, they are center stage. When a team loses the event, they are hurt, disappointed and sore about the setback as they stand to the side. In the 13th An...
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Wilma Wilbanks (second from left) at NAJA convention after having the NAJA National Focus Award named in her honor — it will now be the Wilma J. Wilbanks National Focus Award. With her are (from left) husband Bob Wilbanks, her mother Ellen Ann Johnson and son Reed Gilbow.
National Junior Auxiliary honors Wilbanks
The Junior Auxiliary of Cleveland attended the National Association of Junior Auxiliaries, Inc. Annual Education Conference in Memphis this past weekend. Junior Auxiliary is a national non-profit o...
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The Community Work Center in Rosedale
The Community Work Center in Rosedale
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Commmunity Work Center stays open
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After months of local anxiety, Rosedale’s Community Work Center will not be shutting its doors after all. In a press release issued today, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps said he has reversed his decision to close four Community Work Centers across the state, including Rosedale’s, on July 15. “I never wanted to close these centers and only made the call after exhausting MDOC’s options,” Epps said in the press release. “I never stopped thinking about the im...
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