The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, the sole supplier of blood, platelets, and plasma to patients at 44 area healthcare facilities, encourages community members to wrap up the year by saving lives. Give the gift of life at the blood drive in Bolivar on Thursday, Dec.r 28. Donors will receive a limited-edition cozy fleece blanket, while supplies last. Community Blood Center of the Ozarks donors provide all the blood for patients at Citizens Memorial Hospital, as well as over 40 other healthcare facilities across the Ozarks. Bolivar area residents will have the opportunity to donate at the following location: more

DEATHS more

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Edward “Eddie” Ray Robertson more

Charles Newton Long more

Gwendolyn Joyce Stretesky more

Deanna Lou Medley Cook more

Berean Baptist Church is hosting a special Christmas Eve Candlelight service on Sunday night, Dec. 24, starting at 6:30 p.m. There will be singing, scripture reading and reflection, and of course a celebration of the incarnation of Jesus Christ through candles. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, go to bbcbolivar.com or contact the church office at 417-326-7758. The church is located at 4450 South Scenic Ave. in Bolivar. more

The Bolivar Area Community Foundation, an affiliate of Community Foundation of the Ozarks, announces the grant recipients for 2023, totaling $16,200. more

Show us what you love about Polk County! more

Citizens Memorial Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2023. CMH is one of only 262 hospitals nationwide and one of 16 in Missouri to receive the honor. more

How well do you know Polk County? more

The Tri-County Baptist Group will hold its regular Fifth Sunday Service on Sunday, Dec. 31, at Sentinel Missionary Baptist Church in Polk County. more

Orville Franklin Sergent more

Oral “Screwdriver” Amos Rogers more

Wayne W. Sumpter more

Bolivar Technical College (BTC) is proud to announce the recipients of its Fall 2023 scholarships: the 2023 BTC Alumni Scholarship, BTC Institutional Scholarship, and BTC Education Foundation Scholarship. The recipients received a combined $10,500 to use toward their education at BTC. more

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Community Outreach Ministries (COM) is the recipient of two important grants which will greatly improve our Food Pantry facilities. One was an Urgent Needs Grant from Ozarks Food Harvest which will allow us to make needed repairs on our walk-in freezer and purchase a new glass-front 3-door refrigerator. The other grant was from the Bolivar Area Community Foundation and will allow us to purchase a second glass front refrigerator. The new glass-front fridges will replace one unit and expand available shopping space for food. more

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Revenue is announcing the upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) of the license office in Bolivar, Missouri, located at 930 East San Martin, Bolivar, Mo., 65613. Bids will start being accepted Jan. 10, and must be submitted by Jan. 24. more

L.C. and Twyla Sikes were married on Dec. 21, 1963, at Mount Etna Baptist Church. They have been blessed with five children, 21 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. L.C. worked as an electrical lineman contractor and Twyla worked as a rural mail carrier with the Bolivar post office. They are lifelong residents of Bolivar. L.C. and Twyla are enjoying their retirement years together by traveling, sightseeing, studying the Bible together, staying home and working on small projects and cooking meals together! Happy 60th Anniversary, Dad and Mom! Love, Tim, Pam, Marcia, Cynthia and Diana. more

Numerous neighborhoods in and around Bolivar are sharing the Christmas spirit with beautiful light displays. It really is the most wonderful time of the year for taking the family on a drive and enjoying the displays. more

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Thank you from the Bolivar Police Department more