At its regular meeting on Nov. 14, the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a new, two-year animal shelter agreement with Brownstown Township. The agreement is dated[…]
Jeffrey Byron Lominac Jeffrey Byron Lominac, 58, of Sumpter Township was video-arraigned by 34th District Court Magistrate Al Hindman on Nov. 8 while in custody of Sumpter Township police. He[…]
A jury trial on April 15, 2024 in Wayne County Circuit Court for Dekenta Reshard Parchman, 31, of Westland will consider seven charges against him including torturing a woman on[…]
The audit of the $7 million budget for the 2022-23 school year prepared by Alan C. Young and Associates was discussed at length by the Keystone Academy Board of Directors[…]
Matthew Ryan Durkin and Paul Nathaniel Durkin, 23, both of Pinckney were due to be video-arraigned together while in Sumpter Township police custody in the Huron Township police lockup by[…]
Thanksgiving is here and we know it means more than turkey and dressing and a couple days off from work. Here at the Independent, these are among the things for[…]
The Belleville High School Varsity Boys’ football team beat Davison High School, 63-21, on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Novi to win the MHSAA District 1 semifinals. BHS has won 38[…]
After a half-hour closed-door session on Nov. 15, the Belleville Downtown Development Authority voted to move forward with the purchase of the property discussed in the closed session. DDA chairperson[…]
After a Nov. 9 discussion on the subject of boat parking in driveways, an issue for more than a dozen years, the Belleville Planning Commission agreed to set a public[…]
Arts Committee chairperson Michele Montour detailed the recent “unfortunate incident” where an artist’s work “Memories in the Rocks” was vandalized on a library shelf. At the Nov. 14 regular meeting[…]