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Leaders work to save center
Cleveland Mayor Billy Nowell reported at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting that he and others were doing all they could to keep the Bolivar County Community Work Center in Rosedale open. On April...
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Eyes still watching MS River
Bolivar Countians along the swollen Mississippi River have yet to experience any major flooding. However, most of the Delta remains alert as water from rain-swollen rivers across the Midwest contin...
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Bolivar County Administrator Will Hooker (left) discusses economic development Wednesday with Brandi Hough and Joy Foy of the Asset Mapping Development Group at the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce.
Mapping highlights assets of Cleveland
The Asset Mapping Development Group of the Mississippi Development Authority gathered at the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday to report its findings from a January visit to Cl...
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Recess
Kindergarteners at Brooks Elementary in Duncan enjoy the sunny weather at recess on Wednesday.
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Children's Book Week 2013
Reagan Mangialardi, center, enjoys a game of Freeze Dance with Youth Services Librarian Bobbie Matheney, left, at the Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library in Cleveland on Tuesday in recognition of C...
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Final Cleveland ballots counted
All votes in the Cleveland election for the mayor and board of aldermen have been counted and the results remain the same — all incumbents stay in office. Friday morning the election commission gat...
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Saturday accident kills one, injures 2
A Cleveland man was killed and two others were injured in a late Saturday night accident on Chrisman Avenue. According to Cleveland Police Chief Buster Bingham, all three individuals were removed f...
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Letter Carrier Enis Jackson is all smiles as the residents on her route have packed her truck to overflowing with donations.
Letter carriers, Helping Hands excited by drive
Bolivar Countians, and those in the surrounding area, should be proud of themselves this week after helping to keep their neighbors from going hungry. On Saturday, residents left over 10,000 pounds...
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Insurance leader visits Cleveland
“I love what I do. I love serving the state of Mississippi,” said Mike Chaney, Mississippi commissioner of insurance, recently when he visited Cleveland. Chaney was the guest speaker at the Rotary ...
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Swing Time
Marli Sullivan pushes her one-year-old daughter Aubrie on the swings at Fireman's Park Wednesday as they enjoy some of the nicest weather in recent weeks.
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MGJH geography winner heads to D.C.
Some people know the world better than others — that's just a fact. One standout Margaret Green Jr. High student will be putting his factual knowledge of the globe to the test beginning May 20. Eig...
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With some of the butterflies that will be sent to Houston are: (standing, left) Allyson Hardy, Ayinde Balthrop, Hunter Talbot, Patsy Reese, (seated) Violet Jira and Scottie Hutchens.
Beautiful butterflies teach about Holocaust
Project Pass students at Hayes Cooper Center in Merigold see butterflies as more than just an insect after their unit on prejudice and discrimination. They read “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” a c...
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Ray Brooks student joins Tulane summit
Kyesha Miller, a seventh-grader from Ray Brooks School, will have the honor of attending the 2013 People to People Leadership Summit at Tulane University in New Orleans from June 30-July 6. The you...
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Cleveland MHP office honored
Cleveland's Highway Patrol office and the Mid-South Transplant Foundation teamed up recently to raise awareness about organ and tissue donations. The Cleveland branch, where locals go to get their ...
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Foundation salutes Bolivar industry
The Delta weather couldn't have been better Thursday night as local business and industry workers from across Bolivar County gathered at the Port of Rosedale for the annual Salute to Industry dinne...
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