Southwest Baptist University announced the launch of its fully accredited online campus, SBU Worldwide, beginning with the Fall 2023 semester. SBU Worldwide will offer 100% online degree and certificate programs to students around the globe. more

March 1, here at last — again. more

Blake Goodman, son of Kerri and Daniel Goodman, and Reagan Hunt, daughter of Tiffany and Jeremy Hunt, have been chosen Rotary Students for the month of March. more

Baseball is catching on in the community, as Bolivar resident Joe Arnold makes it his mission to play a game of catch with someone new every day for an entire year. more

DEATHS more

DEATHS more

Dorothy Ann Callaway Isdell more

Girls Basketball more

Liberator Wrestlers competed in the Class 3 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena February 24-25, 2023. The team placed 8 out of 47 and four wrestlers brought home hardware: Cooper Moore, Blake Goodman, Riley Beckman and Trey Brewer. more

At 9:53 a.m. on Sunday, February 19, Chief French with the Fair Play Police Department received a call for service in reference to the unlawful use of a weapon in the 200 block of Elm Street in Fair Play. Officers made contact with the victim and statements were gathered. It was alleged that a suspect, Cassity Bayer, 40, discharged a firearm towards the roadway at a dog and with a juvenile being ten to 20 feet away from the dog for being too close to her property. more

MISSOURI BEEF DAYS 2023 TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, more

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) will hold the Bolivar Community Blood Drive from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, March 3 in Citizens Memorial Hospital’s Community Room. more