By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor After a public hearing on March 25, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees unanimously adopted the amended 2013-14 and the proposed 2014-15 budget. The[…]
It was the Crime Busters in the blue uniforms against the Flame Fighters in the red uniforms that squared off at Belleville High School on Saturday night (March 29) for[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Rawsonville Road was blocked off for about four hours on Monday morning as fire fighters worked to free the driver of a Jeep from[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees is close to accepting a new agreement that will allow the owner of the lots to complete[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer At its regularly scheduled March 11 meeting, the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority put the brakes on Planning Director Arthur Mullen’s suggestion[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Davenport Brothers strip mall on East Columbia Avenue and the upgrades to Sam Kassab’s building on Main Street both got site plan approvals[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The case against Curtis Cooper Russ was dismissed by 34th District Court Judge Tina Brooks Green after a March 19 preliminary exam because of[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter and Rosemary K. Otzman, Editor A preliminary exam was held March 19 for the teen who is accused of shooting his step-brother on Oct.[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At the March 19 meeting of the Belleville Downtown Development Authority, Mayor Kerreen Conley gave a report on the March 13 Soup Project at[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter On April 9, a preliminary exam will definitely be held or the exam will be waived to circuit court for disbarred-attorney/accused-embezzler Thomas A. White[…]