Bolivar County News

Weatherly Cole may only be 11-years old, but she shows her animals like a seasoned pro.

"I have several things going on with the sheriff's department. One thing we finally have is, and it's bad to say, our first homicide," Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams Sr.

The Bolivar County Extension Service will be hosting a hunters' education course Saturday.

Wheat stripe rust was spotted in Mississippi and Arkansas in January, an unusual occurrence this early in the year made possible by the warm and wet winter.

A civil case against Cleveland, Taser International Inc. and two Cleveland Police Officers Stanley Perry and Bryan Goza has been scheduled to begin on April 16, 2012, in federal court in Aberdeen in front of U.S. District Court Judge Sharion Aycock.

On Feb. 1, 2008, the United State Department of Justice Civil Rights Division authorized a lawsuit on behalf of the United States against Bolivar County, the circuit clerk, the county election commission and each county election commissioner.

Washington County Asst. Chief Deputy Sheriff Billy Barber, Lt. James Jones of the Tunica County Sheriff's Special Operations Department, Washington County Sheriff Milton Gaston, Coahoma County Sheriff Charles Jones, Panola County Sheriff Dennis Darby and Tunica County Sheriff K.C. Hamp stood beside Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams Sr.

Over the past several years the three school districts that make up the Sunflower County education system have endured their fair share of problems.

Updates, requests and other items were discussed during the city of Shaw's board meeting Tuesday evening.

Linda Collins and Diane Makamson, co-chairs of concessions for the 6th Annual Italian Festival of Mississippi, prepare fresh lemon juice to be used in the made-from-scratch Italian Dressing to be served in the Chamber concessions.

Students throughout Bolivar County, including these at Parks Elementary, practiced their Drop, Cover and Hold On technique during the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut on Tuesday morning.

On Jan. 30, stripe rust was found in Mississippi's Bolivar County, usually one of the state's top wheat counties.

More new faces will be seen at the Bolivar County Sheriff's Department and the Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility.

"I have several things going on with the sheriff's department. One thing we finally have is, and it's bad to say, our first homicide," Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams Sr.

Washington County Asst. Chief Deputy Sheriff Billy Barber, Lt. James Jones of the Tunica County Sheriff's Special Operations Department, Washington County Sheriff Milton Gaston, Coahoma County Sheriff Charles Jones, Panola County Sheriff Dennis Darby and Tunica County Sheriff K.C. Hamp stood beside Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams Sr.

If you have an unpaid fine with Cleveland, you could soon find yourself handcuffed and riding in the back of a police cruiser, unless you take appropriate action to make sure that your name is not on "the list." Over the course of the past several weeks, Cleveland Police Chief Charles "Buster" Bingham has compiled a list of people who owe the city ... (more)

Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams Sr. confirmed Saturday that wanted fugitive Kevin Taylor, 35, of Clarksdale was apprehended late Friday night by the U.S. Marshals Service at a motel in Batesville.

Nearly all the schools in Bolivar County will be participating in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut on Tuesday morning.

Donald Michael-Evans Thomas was born with a heart defect on Dec. 31, 2008. The next seven months was a struggle for him and his family and when he passed away on Oct.

With the grand jury's spring indictment session just around the corner, the Bolivar County circuit clerk has been handing down sentences from last session's docket.