Rachel Pruett, M.D., a general surgeon at CMH General Surgery Clinic, has earned board certification from the American Board of Surgery. more

Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar received 2025 Get With The Guidelines® awards from the American Heart Association. more

Citizens Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome four new physicians to its medical staff: Zachary Carel, M.D., emergency medicine; Jeffrey R. Frerking, M.D., pediatrics; Zadesha Gordon, M.D., geriatric medicine; and Dylan Schwindt, M.D., general surgery. more

Veronica Jean Mann more

The City of Bolivar has opened the application process for this year’s managed deer hunt. more

The annual Halfway Antique-Farm Stock-Classic Tractor Pull reschedule date is Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Lions Club grounds in Halfway. Weigh in starts at 1 p.m. with the first class of tractors pulling at 6 p.m.. All proceeds go towards community projects and facility maintenance. Trophies will be presented to the top four finishers in each class. Admission is $5 per person, 10 and under free. Bring your lawn chairs! Concessions such as grilled hamburgers, pulled pork, brats and homemade pie will be available. Contact Casey Jones at 417-328-9051 or Dean Voris at 417-399-3665 for more information. more

The Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations and community votes for its 2025 annual awards, honoring excellence in local business and community leadership. more

The Recorders Association of Missouri issued the following statement regarding the recent signing of HB 737 and SB 43 by Governor Mike Kehoe. These legislative changes will impact the issuance of marriage licenses across the state. more

Go wild about saving lives! Dickerson Park Zoo and Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), the sole supplier of blood, platelets, and plasma to patients at over 40 area healthcare facilities, are partnering together to help boost the region’s blood supply for local patients. more

Wednesday, Aug. 20 more

Looking back to the 1980s, 213 S. Main was ‘the spot’ to gather for coffee, good eating, and catching up with friends. D’s Nifty Cafe, located right off the Bolivar Square was a local favorite. more

Don and Pat (Gilden) Cunningham of Republic, are celebrating 65 years of marriage. The couple were both raised in Bolivar, and have spent their lives building a legacy of love, family, and devotion. more

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 7:43 p.m. on Route T and Route WW, five miles southwest of Bolivar. more

The reunion of the Bolivar High School classes of 1960 and 1961 will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13. The restaurant is located at Highway U and 13, south of Bolivar. We will eat off the menu. more

Bolivar Parks & Recreation is hosting its first community pickleball tournament on Saturday, Sept. 6, at Cribbs Family Youth Park, 410 W. Madison Street. more

Descendants of James and Florence Graves will have their annual family reunion on Monday, Sept. 1, at Springfield Avenue Cafe in Bolivar. more

Citizens Memorial Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2025. CMH is one of only 323 hospitals nationwide and one of 11 in Missouri to receive the honor. more

The City of Bolivar has opened the application process for this year’s managed deer hunt. more

Fourteen new nurses joined Citizens Memorial Hospital’s nurse residency program in June. The program supports new graduates during their first year working as a nurse. more

The Missouri Department of Conservation will hold a youth dove hunt on Monday, Sept. 1. The event will take place in Aldrich from 3-7 p.m. more

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you couldn’t read and write? Or what if there WERE nothing to read and write? No letters, no books, no road signs…nothing? In this country we pretty well take reading and writing for granted…we’re taught that skill from the time we’re little. Parents read to their children...kids learn letters and words from kindergarten on through school. more

The Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce invites business owners, managers, and community leaders to an insightful Networking@Noon luncheon, From Automation to Innovation: How AI is Transforming Business, presented by Dr. Benny Fong, Associate Professor of Graduate Education and Statistics at Southwest Baptist University. more

Sixty years ago I was in the summer of my first and only “bonus year” before life got serious. more

The Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations and community votes for its 2025 annual awards, honoring excellence in local business and community leadership. more

CIVIL PETITIONS more