Belleville recesses council meeting until June 16 for budget
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Not all the figures are in place so the Belleville City Council was unable to approve the proposed budgets for 2014-15 at the first[…]
Court Watching: Accused murderer Jackson again has conference postponed
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter Accused murderer Richard Elmer Jackson, Jr. was brought from the Wayne County Jail to Judge Gregory Bill’s courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of[…]
Court Watching: Judge Parrott binds over accused embezzler of insurance funds
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter Margaret Beverly King, 52, former Belleville LOOK insurance agent, appeared before 34th District Court Judge David Parrott on May 28 with her Ypsilanti attorney[…]
Court Watching: Judge Parrott delays preliminary exam for accused shooter
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter Billy Ray Patrick II, 22, who is being held in Wayne County Jail on $500,000 bond for shooting a Belleville teenager in the face,[…]
Van Buren Township Deputy Clerk Cline to retire as of June 27
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer Van Buren Township Deputy Clerk Kathleen Cline turned in her letter of retirement to Clerk Leon Wright last Thursday, with an effective date of[…]
Garage, house burn in Sumpter Township in early morning hours
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A woman was awakened by a noise about 3:30 Saturday morning and looked out the window. She saw her house’s attached garage was on[…]
Winners announced in Sumpter Country Fest Cute Baby Contest
The 2014 Sumpter Country Fest Cutest Baby Boy and Girl were announced on Memorial Day, May 25. Cutest Boy: • First place – Morgan Duncan, age 2, son of Matt[…]
Father Thomas Cusick marks 50 years as a Catholic priest
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Sunday, Father Thomas Howe Cusick celebrated 50 years as a Catholic priest during a Golden Jubilee Eucharistic Liturgy – followed by a big[…]
Man who flipped car over in Belleville arrested in Livonia
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Michael Kauffman of Westland, the 30-year-old driver who smashed into a parked vehicle and flipped a car upside down on Belleville’s Main Street on[…]
VBT DDA OKs using LaMothe as Ireland’s assistant
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer Van Buren Township Supervisor Linda Combs has agreed to lease her executive assistant Karen LaMothe to the Downtown Development Authority for 16 hours a[…]
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