Editorial: BHS Head Football Coach resigns to take university job
The March 31 resignation of DeJuan Rogers from his positions as Belleville High School Safety Liaison / Head Football Coach was accepted by the Van Buren Public Schools Board of[…]
Shane Evans pleads guilty to second-degree murder in Egypt’s death
On April 7, Shane Lamar Evans, 34, of Sumpter Township pled guilty to second degree murder in the June 22, 2017 shooting death of Elizabeth (Egypt) Covington. On Feb. 28,[…]
VBT approves Waste Management for paid solid waste pick up
Waste Management will continue to pick up trash and recycling on a weekly basis the way it does now and yard waste two weeks longer into mid-December, but from sometime[…]
Flop E Bunny Candy Hunt event draws 1,000 people
It is estimated that about 1,000 people came to Victory Park in Belleville on Saturday, April 8, for the annual Flop E Bunny Candy Hunt sponsored by the Belleville Central[…]
Court Watching: Three Wayne County employees charged in time fraud scheme
Wayne County received an anonymous letter in the spring of 2022 alleging illegal activities involving employees of the Wayne County Bridge Department. The letter alleged that county workers, using county[…]
Westland woman dies in single vehicle rollover on S. I-94 Service Drive
A 48-year-old Westland woman died in a single vehicle rollover accident on the South I-94 Service Drive in Van Buren Township on Saturday. Deputy Police Chief Joshua Monte said at[…]
Woman accidentally discharges gun in vehicle at Belleville Post Office
On Saturday April 1, at approximately 1:13 p.m., the Van Buren Police Department responded to the parking lot of the U.S. Post Office to the report of a self-inflicted gunshot[…]
Noah Richendollar on WSU team for Concrete Canoe Competition
Noah Richendollar of Belleville, a junior engineering student at Wayne State University, was one of the 12 WSU team members who took part in the Eastern Great Lakes regionals of[…]
Court Watching
John Brain Green-Johnson John Brain Green-Johnson, 32, of Detroit was present for his April 5 probable cause conference by zoom from the Wayne County Jail where he is being held[…]
VBPS Board of Education approves amended budget
Although the revenue was higher than expected for the 2022-23 school year, the expenses also were even higher, causing the school district budget amendments to take $2,436,369 from the fund[…]
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