At just 50 years of age, a former sports reporter for the Bolivar Herald-Free Press passed away last week. more

The Bolivar Herald-Free Press welcomes their readers to help support local students by purchasing some discounted tickets to the Mid-Season Championships at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland on Saturday, June 10. more

This year’s annual Bolivar Educational Advancement Foundation (BEAF) golf tournament will partner with the Doug Potts Memorial Scholarship to raise monies to support the overall BEAF programs, including a newly created scholarship in Potts’ memory. more

Bolivar Night at Hammons Field will return on Thursday, June 8 as the Springfield Cardinals face Northwest Arkansas at 7:05 p.m. Sponsored by the Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce, the popular annual event has been a chamber tradition since 2004. more

The Lady Liberator varsity soccer team competed in and won the Willard Tourney that took place on Friday through Saturday, April 14-15. 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

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

The Boys Liberator Wrestling team competed in the Class 3 District 3 tournament February 17-18, finishing behind Carl Junction for 2nd Place. Bolivar filled all more

The man whose 27-year tenure boosted the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame into one of the premier Halls of Fame in the United States – and who championed local children’s charities – finally had … more

Families new to the Bolivar R-1 School District are invited to the New to Bolivar Tailgate from 5 to 6:45 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14 on the south end of the Southwest Baptist University’s Plaster … more

The Bolivar Liberator tennis teams and coaches officially cut the ribbon at the new tennis courts located at the Bolivar High School. Tuesday, Sept. 20, the Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce, school … more

Senior Kyle Pock has earned his stripes in Missouri high school basketball, and he has now taken his talents to the national level.Pock plays for the Mokan Elite 17-years-old and under basketball … more