Romulus Mayor Robert McCraight has been selected as a participant in the gruelling, 10,000-mile-long 2024 Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge, according to a published report in The News Herald. The Hoka[…]
An Independent reader brought four $2 bills into our office last Thursday, Aug. 1, with a question. He said he likes to get nice, crisp $2 bills from the bank[…]
A vehicle being pursued eastbound on Ecorse Road by Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department came into Van Buren Township on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 1. Van Buren Township Deputy Police[…]
Retired founder of the David C. Brown Funeral Home of Belleville has been recognized as being a licensed funeral director for 50 years. Licensed in 1974, he has continued his[…]
Sumpter Township has put out a notice that the Michigan Big Tree Hunt is now under way. The contest offers prizes for identifying the biggest trees in Michigan and is[…]
Alexander Ryan Johnson, 28, from the City of Wayne was video-arraigned Aug. 5 by 34th District Court Chief Judge Brian A. Oakley while in custody of Van Buren Township police,[…]
Three people, including two children, were seriously injured in a July 30 crash caused by a reckless driver on I-94 in Van Buren Township, according to Michigan State Police. Police[…]
Willie Eugene Davis, 42, of Van Buren Township is scheduled for a live preliminary exam at noon on Sept. 11 before Judge Tina Brooks Green at 34th District Court in[…]
The history of Victory Park at Five Points in Belleville was read aloud in 1991 during a dedication of the newly renovated Victory Station. A story by Julius Hill in[…]
James Wigginton of Van Buren Township has the goal to climb the tallest building (in number of floors) in every state. On July 24, he climbed the IDS Tower in[…]