Dorothy Lightfoot celebrates 100th birthday
Dorothy Jean Lightfoot of Romulus will mark her 100th birthday on April 20 and a special birthday celebration is planned for later. She has been a member of Bethany Bible[…]
Pet Loss Support Group continues on Mondays
The Pet Loss Support Group continues at the Brown Family Center for the next three Mondays from 5:30-7 p.m. After this, the group will continue ongoing to meet on the[…]
Editorial: BHS Head Football Coach resigns to take university job
The March 31 resignation of DeJuan Rogers from his positions as Belleville High School Safety Liaison / Head Football Coach was accepted by the Van Buren Public Schools Board of[…]
Shane Evans pleads guilty to second-degree murder in Egypt’s death
On April 7, Shane Lamar Evans, 34, of Sumpter Township pled guilty to second degree murder in the June 22, 2017 shooting death of Elizabeth (Egypt) Covington. On Feb. 28,[…]
VBT approves Waste Management for paid solid waste pick up
Waste Management will continue to pick up trash and recycling on a weekly basis the way it does now and yard waste two weeks longer into mid-December, but from sometime[…]
Flop E Bunny Candy Hunt event draws 1,000 people
It is estimated that about 1,000 people came to Victory Park in Belleville on Saturday, April 8, for the annual Flop E Bunny Candy Hunt sponsored by the Belleville Central[…]
Court Watching: Three Wayne County employees charged in time fraud scheme
Wayne County received an anonymous letter in the spring of 2022 alleging illegal activities involving employees of the Wayne County Bridge Department. The letter alleged that county workers, using county[…]
Westland woman dies in single vehicle rollover on S. I-94 Service Drive
A 48-year-old Westland woman died in a single vehicle rollover accident on the South I-94 Service Drive in Van Buren Township on Saturday. Deputy Police Chief Joshua Monte said at[…]
Woman accidentally discharges gun in vehicle at Belleville Post Office
On Saturday April 1, at approximately 1:13 p.m., the Van Buren Police Department responded to the parking lot of the U.S. Post Office to the report of a self-inflicted gunshot[…]
Noah Richendollar on WSU team for Concrete Canoe Competition
Noah Richendollar of Belleville, a junior engineering student at Wayne State University, was one of the 12 WSU team members who took part in the Eastern Great Lakes regionals of[…]
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