By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer At its regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 25 the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority discussed the mysterious agenda item “Consider approval to investigate[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Members of the Belleville Area District Library Board’s Building Committee met last Friday and then again Wednesday to try to whittle down a $21.8[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Belleville and Van Buren Township Police worked together to arrest a Dearborn man who police believe abducted his girlfriend from her home in Detroit[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter The results of a psychiatric competency order issued by Judge Brian Oakley on Dec. 18 found Jared Dean Meeks Ritchie, 18, competent to stand[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Three members of the Belleville Area District Library Board were present at the Feb. 25 meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees to[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Richard Jackson, 39, of Van Buren Township has been found competent to stand trial for the murder of his wife and on Feb. 26,[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Belleville Police Chief Gene Taylor has decided to retire as of March 28. Taylor has been police chief since April 4, 2005, after the[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Court Reporter Domestic violence charges dominated Judge Brian Oakley’s Feb. 19 courtroom docket at 34th District Court in Romulus. One very-involved case was from Sumpter Township[…]
By Michelle Toth Austin Koehler, a senior at Belleville High School, just celebrated his 100th varsity wrestling win and will be competing at State starting today with his teammate Jumanty[…]
Van Buren Township on-call Fire Lt. Bruce VanGemert has been hired by the City of Ypsilanti as a full-time fire fighter with funds coming from a federal SAFER grant it[…]