Most of Tuesday’s regular one-hour-and-30-minute meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees was spent defending itself from criticisms of the the way the Aug. 4 primary election was conducted.[…]
The Lunch Box restaurant building at Belleville’s front door was demolished on Aug. 20 to make way for new construction on the site by developer Scott Jones. Wayne Cherry of[…]
Raymond Lee Bailey, 37, of Sumpter Township was arraigned at 34th District Court on Aug. 19 on four counts of first-degree, premeditated murder and four counts of felony firearm. The[…]
On page three in last week’s Independent, an error was made in stating that no police report was written on the complaint of Toni Clark about what happened at the[…]
On Friday, the Wayne County Clerk’s office accepted a check for $2,250 from Nelson Po for a recount of nine precincts in the Aug. 4 supervisor’s race. The recount, at[…]
The Belleville Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously at its regular meeting Aug. 19 to buy ten professional police lockers for the city police department for $7,000. Belleville’s new Police Chief[…]
The Belleville City Council met in person in closed-door session for one hour and 23 minutes on Monday to consider the “purchase or lease of real property.” They came back[…]
As the Sept. 14 first day of school approaches, parents and teachers want to know details and on Monday, School Supt. Pete Kudlak explained some safety procedures and said many[…]
Father John Kiselica of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Belleville said he has been plagued by moles at the church. He explained they are not enemy-spy-type moles, but the pesky-rodents-who-live-to-tunnel-in-search-of-tasty-grub-type[…]
On Aug. 20, 34th District Court Judge Tina Brooks Green ordered a Van Buren Township dog to be destroyed. The owner has 21 days to appeal the judge’s decision to[…]