Van Buren Township Police are seeking information on the shootings that took place at about 9:16 a.m. Tuesday in the Wildbrook subdivision, off Savage Road. Numerous 911 calls reporting multiple[…]
At a special meeting June 10, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously, with one absence, to take Township Treasurer Ken Bednark to court to have a judge tell[…]
Belleville City Manager Tracey Schultz Kobylarz followed the city council’s direction in taking steps to clean up the vacant store it owns next door to city hall and got a[…]
At the June 9 meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board, board treasurer Barbara Gates resigned, effective immediately. She said she already has moved from Van Buren Township to[…]
The Downtown Development Authorities of Belleville and Van Buren Township installed ten outdoor sculptures pieces in the city and township during the first week of June. They are leased from[…]
On Tuesday, June 9, Van Buren Township Police Chief Jason Wright confirmed that his department has talked with organizers of a protest march set for Friday afternoon, June 12, in[…]
At the beginning of the June 2 virtual Zoom meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees, Supervisor Kevin McNamara said people have been asking a lot of questions[…]
Wayne County will be paving Sumpter Road from Hull Road in Van Buren Township to Willis Road in Sumpter Township this summer. This was announced by Sumpter Township Deputy Supervisor[…]
In the May 28 and June 4 issues of the Independent, we reported the layoff of 14 teachers and the discontinuing of the drama and choir programs at the Van[…]
The number of positive tests for COVID-19 in the tri-community remained at 362 for May 30 through June 6, and then went up one person to 363 on June 7.[…]