Bolivar News

This is the forty-eighth article in our series about Ozarks culture and heritage in the counties of Missouri that are part of the Ozarks region.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A project to make major repairs to the concrete pavement on Missouri 13 between Missouri 32 in Bolivar and Norton Road in Springfield is scheduled to begin Monday.

BOLIVAR, Mo. -- A woman from rural Polk County is in jail after deputies say she cut the throat of her 4-year-old son early Tuesday.

Frederick Richardson "Dick" Cole, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church of Raytown, Mo., achieved the goal of his life when he went to see Jesus on April 21, 2012, following a lingering illness.