Bolivar County News

Residents of Bolivar County now have access to their own elections and voting portal for specific information related to voter registration, voting and elections being held in their area.

JACKSON, Miss. a ' Seven stimulus-funded projects totaling $23.2 million have been let in west Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Tough economic times in Mississippi are giving way to tough political talk about achieving significant cost-savings in public education at all levels - and why not? Education is the single most expensive item in the state budget, consuming some 62 percent of general fund revenues.

On Oct. 4, a new weekly newspaper, The Oxford Enterprise , arrived on doorsteps and newsstands in Oxford and Lafayette County.

Tornadoes have been confirmed from severe storms on Friday in Northern Mississippi.

A NEW FACE LIFT AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY WILL SOON BE COMING TO THE BOLIVAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ROSEDALE.

A JURY FINDS A GUNNISON MAN NOT GUILTY TODAY OF STATUTORY RAPE. DEMORRIS RAYMOND IS A FREE MAN AFTER A JURY FOUND HIM NOT GUILTY ON WEDNESDAY.

A NEW JUVENILE CENTER WAS DISCUSSED MONDAY BY THE BOLIVAR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

MOUND BAYOU a ' On Oct. 14, the Mississippi Development Authority will open the latest round of the Model Contractor Development Program workshop series in the Delta town of Mound Bayou.

BOLIVAR COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARREST A ROSEDALE MAN TUESDAY, NETTING SOME DRUGS IN THE PROCESS.

BOLIVAR COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING AN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FATALITY.

A 30-year-old Merigold man who was held in the attack of an elderly Mound Bayou woman has been charged.

Bolivar County officials continue to seek funding for renovations to the courthouse in Rosedale.

The Rev. Julius R. Scruggs, newly elected president of one of the country's largest Baptist denominations, says he's seeking unification following an election in which his opponent went to court to challenge the group's voting process.

JACKSON, Miss. a ' An $8.3 million project is under way to perform grade, drain and bridge work on Mississippi Highway 8 in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

The Bolivar County District Attorney's Office Worthless Check Unit will be issuing several hundred warrants to citizens who have written bad checks and not paid the businesses to which the checks were written.

The Bolivar County District Attorney's Office Worthless Check Unit will be issuing several hundred warrants to citizens who have written bad checks and not paid the businesses to which the checks were written.

EDUCATION WAS ON THE MINDS OF BOLIVAR COUNTY residents MONDAY NIGHT IN CLEVELAND, IN THIS "LET'S TALK EDUCATION" COMMUNITY MEETING, SUPERINTENDENTS FROM BOLIVAR COUNTY'S SIX PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SUNFLOWER COUNTY SCHOOLS, WERE ON HAND AT THE SENATOR'S PLACE IN CLEVELAND.

TIMMIE BROOKS IS BEHIND BARS MONDAY AFTER TURNING HIMSELF IN. BROOKS TURNED HIMSELF IN TO A BOLIVAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AFTER SEEING HIMSELF ON THE NEWS TONIGHT.

A Jones County woman is offering groups a chance to see an authentic mastodon bone found while she was kayaking with her husband and a friend in the Leaf River.