Bolivar County News

Random musings as we hurtle headlong into stifling, steamy summer: Be it the result of global warming, La Nina, spring floods/tornadoes, our eighth year into the Age of Aquarius, or a combination of all, this ...

State Auditor Stacey Pickering has ordered Dr. Suzanne Hawley the Superintendent of Quitman Consolidated School District to repay $11,500 of alleged misspend grant funds back to her former district, Benoit in ...

Four ex-Benoit School District employees have been ordered repay almost $110,000 to the state auditor's office in a probe of misspent grant funds.

The city of Cleveland has taken over the Martin and Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum and hope it will soon reopen.

Be still my soul, my hopes and dreams for a Madison Waffle House have been dashed and torn apart like a ship on a stormy sea! The "peninsula" at 463 and Highland Colony Parkway is experiencing the fate of many ...

Mr. Mumford, Ask Ray Humphrey's how many of KDH Hospital employees he promised would be employed and are now employed at DRMC or the "West Campus?" What happened to the contract employees? None were hired and ...

Fresh fruits and vegetables are better for you than canned, or frozen. And this time of year, you can find fresh, locally grown food at your local farmers' market.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to review the dismissal of a lawsuit against Shelby Police Chief James Carmicle, who was sued after he struck a jogger with a police cruiser in 2003.

I am attempting to find the person who posted a query here several months ago. I have no name to go by, but she believes she was a twin who was separated at birth in the Old Cleveland Hospital, Bolivar County, ...

Severe storms with heavy rain and powerful winds pushed though portions of Mississippi on Sunday, knocking down trees and damaging at least two homes.

Authorities say two municipalities in Bolivar County are in danger of losing their fire insurance rebate funds from the state.

Allen Roark , individual assistance specialist with the office of recovery for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, directs local disaster response personnel through a long-term disaster relief strategy ...

I was surprised to read of Gov. Haley Barbour's plans to ask the Legislature to limit casinos to counties where they are already located.

FEMA has opened four disaster centers to assist victims of the March 20 storms and flooding in four Mississippi counties. via Sunherald.com

Flooding victims in Warren, Washington, Bolivar and Wilkinson counties are eligible for disaster-related unemployment benefits through the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. via The Clarion-Ledger

Mississippi's 2008-09 Hunting seasons as passed at Monday's meeting of the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks at Iuka. via The Clarion-Ledger

Sonny Kelly, administrator and chief executive officer at Oktibbeha County Hospital, has been chosen to receive the Partnership for Action Grassroots Champion Award. via The Clarion-Ledger

Consolidation of public school districts in Mississippi seems to be the deadly 'third rail' subject state legislators won't touch, even while knowing that some counties incredibly have as many as six school ... via The Clarion-Ledger

“If we can get this thing off the ground, I cannot see Mississippi not coming off the bottom”

Better leadership is one way to help chronically underperforming schools improve, state Board of Education members said Monday. via The Clarion-Ledger

The state Attorney General announced the guilty pleas of two men convicted of illegally operating slot machines. via The Clarion-Ledger