Your attempts at self-salvation guarantee you nothing but exhaustion! We scamper and scurry, trying to please God, collecting merit badges and brownie points, and scowling at anyone who questions our accomplishments. Call us the church of hound-dog faces and slumped shoulders. more

David Duane McCoy more

The Bolivar Herald-Free Press invites residents to send their engagement, wedding, baby, and other milestone announcements. more

The Bolivar High School Speech and Debate team has earned the title of District more

Wednesday, March 5, Bolivar's fans had a hoops treat as the District 10 boy's playoff moved into the semi-finals. more

DEATHS more

DEATHS more

Boys more

The Logan-Rogersville Wildcats came to Bolivar on Tuesday, Feb. 25, for an Ozark Conference game. more

Thursday, Feb. 28 the Forsyth Lady Panthers traveled to Bolivar to play a quickly scheduled game to help gap the weather game canceled the past week. more

Katie Garretson was the winner of the gift card to Brenda’s Cafe after winning the February I-Spy game, correctly guessing Pitts Chapel. Katie is proof that reading the paper doesn’t just provide you with news and entertainment, it can pay off as well. more

Saturday, March 1 more

The Bolivar City Fire Department held its annual awards banquet at Bolivar’s First Assembly of God on Saturday, Feb. 1. The department recognized its firefighters and their accomplishments in 2024 during the banquet. more

Consider switching from fescue to natives. more

When our youngest son and his wife found out they could not have kids, they adopted our grandson Ty from Guatemala. The following year, they adopted his brother Sam and brought him home to be with his brother. more

Public pre-testing of the Image Cast voting machines for the April 8, 2025 General Municipal Election will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2025 at the Polk County Road and Bridge Complex conference room, 724 S Killingsworth, Bolivar. more

The March 1 trout park opener isn’t the only big event at this time of year in the Ozarks’ angling world. There’s another annual occurrence about to take place on some local streams that’s as near and dear to many area anglers as any other outdoors event. more

My mother was born in 1936 and grew up during World War II. She had some special memories from her childhood that she enjoyed sharing with me. One of them included her family sitting in the living room where they listened to radio broadcasts; their primary source of music and entertainment, which also provided news and government reports about the war efforts. more

Four Bolivar High School seniors have been awarded the highly coveted Hagan Scholarship, a nationwide need-based merit scholarship that helps students achieve their college and career goals debt-free. This prestigious award is designed to support students with the financial means to attend college and graduate without the burden of overwhelming debt. more

On Sept 20, 2024, Justin Mangum, 26, of Humansville, was pulled over for various traffic violations. Mangum, a registered sex offender, had a 14-year-old male passenger in the front seat of the vehicle. When asked about the child’s age, Mangum initially stated the boy was 18. Mangum then consented to have his phone searched and police discovered a sexually explicit conversation between the suspect and a 15-year-old boy (Victim A) on Facebook Messenger. Included in the conversation were inappropriate photographs. more

CIVIL PETITIONS more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ---The Missouri Public Service Commission on Thursday ordered Commission Staff to investigate Liberty Utilities’ electric, water and natural gas customer service and billing practices. more

HI LOW PRECIPITATION more

Applications for the Riedesel Charitable Trust scholarships given to seniors and graduates of Fair Play School are now available. Renewal applications are also being accepted. more

Learn How to Get Involved featured at Thursday’s Mar. 6 Community Connections breakfast Polk County Community Connections will host its monthly breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, March 6 at the Polk County Senior Center, 1850 W. Broadway, Bolivar. A free breakfast is provided. more