School bus garage fire cancels school for a day, cause investigated
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Thursday, Nov. 13, students in the Van Buren Public Schools got an unexpected day off after an early morning spectacular fire at the[…]
First Lady Snyder helps honor Rawsonville Elementary School
On Friday, Nov. 14, Michigan’s First Lady Sue Snyder visited Rawsonville Elementary School to help present the school with the Scholastic Reading Award for reading the most minutes – 966,675[…]
Court Watching: Vena Mixon sentenced to County Jail for assault with dangerous weapon
Vena Ezette Mixon, 47, of Sumpter Township was sentenced to two years of probation and up to three months in the Wayne County Jail after she pled no-contest to a[…]
Court Watching: Judge sentences David Brooks to 2 years non-reporting probation
David Ryan Brooks, 24, the former Romulus police officer who was involved in a road-rage incident on Belleville Road in May, has been sentenced to two years of non-reporting probation[…]
Court Watching: Richard Jackson pleads guilty to second-degree murder in wife’s death
The Nov. 12 jury trial on first-degree, premeditated murder charges against Richard Elmer Jackson, 49, was cancelled after Jackson pled guilty to second-degree murder as part of a plea deal.[…]
Court Watching: Charges dismissed against VBTY mother who shot, killed her son
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The murder and felony firearm charges filed against Diane Letice Orr, 43, of Van Buren Township, were dismissed at her final conference at Wayne[…]
Court Watching Correction: Tatanisha Reed is attorney, not defendant in case
A story that needs correction was never seen in print in the Independent. It was at the end of a long Court Watching story that was put on the Independent[…]
Court Watching: Zachary Hark pleads guilty to embezzlement from O’Reilly’s safe
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Zachary Allen Hark, 18, pled guilty to a charge of embezzlement on Oct. 29 before 34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley. It was[…]
Keystone School Board discusses dropped plan to expand building
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor With a light agenda at the Keystone Charter Academy school board meeting Oct. 9, the board members discussed the recent announcement that next year’s[…]
School Board puts Sinking Fund renewal on May ballot
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A renewal of the Sinking Fund millage of 1.13 mills for seven years will go before school district voters in the May election. The[…]
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