VBT fights two fires last weekend
Van Buren Township fire fighters were called to a RV dealership fire on Saturday, Nov. 29, at about 4:30 p.m. and to a house fire on Sunday, Nov. 30. Deputy[…]
Who to watch for in lighted Christmas parade on Saturday
At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, Belleville’s annual Winterfest light parade will step off from the Belleville High School parking lot. This year the theme is “A Very Retro Christmas.”[…]
Library’s Memory Cafe gets $10,000 grant from CultureSource
Jennifer Richardson, who is on the staff of the Belleville Area District Library, successfully applied for and received a $10,000 grant from CultureSouce for the library’s Memory Café. This was[…]
Miranda Phelps honored for winning state swimming title
The big news delivered to the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education on Nov. 24 was that Belleville High School freshman Miranda Phelps won the Michigan Highschool Athletic Association[…]
Angel of Hope event set at Hillside Cemetery
The Angel of Hope ceremony, for families who have lost a child at any age, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Hillside Cemetery in Belleville. This[…]
Belleville approves contract for Liberty St. watermain
Belleville mayor Ken Voigt told the council that because the city took the advice of Alan Cruz of Hennessey Engineers to postpone and rebid the watermain project for North Liberty[…]
Court Watching
Jahlen Tyrone Coppy Jahlen Tyrone Coppy of Saginaw was scheduled for his probable cause conference on Feb. 14, 2024 on two counts of larceny from a motor vehicle on Feb.[…]
Editorial: Volunteers in tri-community are a great treasure
There are a great many of events in the tri-community of Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter, with even more coming up for the holidays. Most of these couldn’t be done[…]
VBT Community Players to present ‘A Christmas Story’
The Van Buren Community Players will present Philip Grecian’s adaptation of “A Christmas Story” at the Community Center Black Box Theater on Dec. 5-7 and 12-14. Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir[…]
Lionel Vincent found guilty of murdering VBT mother, daughter
A Wayne County Circuit Court jury found Lionel Lamont Vincent, 52, guilty of one count of first-degree, premeditated murder and not guilty of a second count of first-degree murder. Instead,[…]
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