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[…]
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.[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]