A jury trial on Sept. 25 in Wayne County Circuit Court for Dekenta Reshard Parchman, 31, of Westland will consider five charges against him including torturing a woman on July[…]
The Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority at its Aug. 22 meeting unanimously approved paying $816,524.59 to Wade Trim engineers for the detailed scope of work proposal for the widening[…]
On Aug. 23, 34th District Court Judge Tina Brooks Green adjourned the probable cause conference for Matthew Torrey Tiggs, Jr., 22, of Eastpointe to Sept. 13 on nine charges including[…]
The Van Buren Township Planning Commission unanimously approved temporary land use for not to exceed one year for a hot dog stand near the exit door at the front of[…]
The Michigan State Police in coordination with the Wayne County Emergency Management Department have requested county residents complete the self-reporting survey attached to this message. Survey: https://arcg.is/10ab1j This survey is[…]
On Aug. 28, the Belleville City Council had one item on its special meeting agenda: Select a city manager. And, after an hour of discussion, the selection was Jason Smith,[…]
A weak tornado tracked through about three miles of southern Van Buren Township beginning at about 10:23 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24. There were no injuries reported. The National Weather[…]
After a discussion on when the pole sign for the old Mobil station was going to come down, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission unanimously approved the final site plan[…]
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday to buy $280,516 in new food service equipment from Stafford Smith Inc. for Belleville High School. Treasurer Simone[…]
Angela Nettro, who has spent her whole life in Belleville and graduated from Belleville High School in 1967, is the new advertising director for the Belleville-Area Independent. She has spent[…]