Keystone Academy Principal Jorvonna Drain gave a glowing report on enrollment and attendance, teacher retention, and interim educational improvement during the Keystone board of directors’ meeting on March 12. The[…]
On Tuesday morning, March 31, Van Buren Township Supervisor Kevin McNamara gave the following report on how the township is doing during the COVID-19 pandemic that has closed the doors[…]
A Van Buren Township semi-truck driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter and failure to stop at a clearly marked stop sign in Rossburg, Ohio on March 18. Andrei Mihaescu, 28,[…]
Here are the places we are dropping free copies of the Belleville-Area Independent during this time when so many businesses we usually service are closed: • Belleville City Hall, outer[…]
Sumpter Township’s annual Country Fest has been canceled for 2020. It was scheduled to run Memorial Day week end, May 23-25. At the township’s regular meeting held March 24, Trustee[…]
This is a very confusing time for everyone as people try to interpret what the COVID-19 virus means to them and their family and how to stay healthy. The rules[…]
Atchinson Ford accepted a special football which was used as a trophy for being No. 1 in “2019 Customer Experience of the Top-100 Volume Ford Dealers” out of just over[…]
School Supt. Pete Kudlak said there were a lot of willing volunteers who got together to prepare the free breakfasts and lunches for students not in school and take the[…]
Pickleball is very popular with seniors at the Van Buren Township gymnasium and now the VBT Board of Trustees is considering spending an estimated $185,000 to put four new outdoor[…]
“There’s no right or wrong answer,” said Van Buren Township Supervisor Kevin McNamara at the March 16 meeting of the township board of trustees, in referring to COVID-19. The township[…]