By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor The Belleville City Charter remains whole after city voters emphatically refused to delete the Civil Service Commission chapter in Tuesday’s General Election. The vote[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Monday, Nov. 3, disbarred Belleville attorney Thomas A. White pled guilty to 20 felony charges on the first day of his bench trial[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A proclamation designating the month of November each year as Veterans’ History and Appreciation Month in Sumpter Township was approved unanimously by the township[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor On Monday, Richard Elmer Jackson, Jr., 39, of Van Buren Township pled guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his wife, Travisteene,[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At Monday’s meeting the Belleville City Council unanimously accepted an offered grant from the Belleville Masonic Lodge to pay for police academy training for[…]
On Thursday, the Yankee Air Museum declared “Mission Accomplished” to its drive to “Save the Bomber Plant” at a ceremony held at Willow Run Airport. The Yankee Air Museum officially[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Although the Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority had hoped to have sidewalks installed along the North I-94 Service Drive and Belleville Road north[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor At its Oct. 22 meeting, the Belleville Downtown Development Authority granted a $10,000 façade grant to Jennifer and John Winters of Egan’s Pub at[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Billy Ray Patrick, II, 22 of Belleville was sentenced to prison on Oct. 2 for shooting his friend in the cheek May 12 in[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor After an hour of deliberation Oct. 29, a Wayne County Circuit Court jury found Kenneth William Coskie, 74, of Van Buren Township, guilty of[…]