Nicole Gerhart was hired as Van Buren Township’s Director of Recreation at the township board’s regular meeting on June 4. Human Resources Director Nicole Sumpter told the board that Gerhart[…]
Chance Joseph Bonam Chance Joseph Bonam, 28, of Inkster, is charged with unlawful imprisonment, two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder/strangulation, and domestic[…]
Nikki Pickeral, library assistant at the Belleville Area District Library, will present “Belleville: Then & Now” at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 20, at the Belleville Area Museum, 405 Main St.[…]
The Belleville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 89 S. Edgemont St., will hold a Vacation Bible School, “Race of Faith” from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday, July 15 through Saturday, July[…]
Maurice Griffin, 37, of Ypsilanti has been charged with second-degree murder and drunk-driving charges in the head-on crash that killed Desiree Jones, 32, of Van Buren Township on June 6[…]
On page 3 in the June 6 edition of the Belleville-Area Independent we reported on the 43 employees, non-affiliated with unions, whose new wages would be voted on at the[…]
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education was presented with a list of 43 employees who are non-affiliated with unions, with proposals for their salary raises. Non-affiliated are those[…]
The Belleville City Charter that the voters used to turn the village into a city in 1982 is being updated. It’s not being done by local residents elected for the[…]
Ypsilanti resident Kristopher Nicholas Kukola was sentenced last week for robbing several CVS pharmacies in Van Buren Township, Saline, and Milan, before being arrested with the help of a decoy[…]
A public hearing on the proposed 2024-25 general fund budget for the city of Belleville has been set as part of the June 17 regular city council meeting. At Monday’s[…]