School Board honors K-12 students excelling in music program
The following students were honored by the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education’s March 23 meeting for excelling in the K-12 music program this school year. They are Griffin[…]
Amtrak train to Chicago hits truck at Van Buren Township crossing
A railroad crossing in Van Buren Township was closed off to traffic Monday morning, March 23, due to a crash involving a train and a pickup truck. The crash happened[…]
Belleville council selects Romulus fire fighter John Thiede as chief
At a half-hour special meeting on Thursday, March 26, John Thiede, who is retiring as a full-time captain from the Romulus Fire Department, was unanimously approved at the city’s new[…]
Belleville DDA approves funding requests from CBC, Chamber
At its regular meeting on Feb. 18, the Belleville Downtown Development Authority met with a bare quorum of five and approved funding requests from the Belleville Central Business Community and[…]
School Board approves $914,583 to replace air-handling unit at McBride
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education at its regular meeting on March 9 unanimously approved spending $914,583 from the sinking fund to replace the McBride Middle School air[…]
Editorial: Robotics team wins big in competition last weekend
Belleville High School has been hosting the FIRST Michigan robotics competition since 2018, with two years off for COVID, but this is the first year they came off in the[…]
Sumpter resident charged by FBI with sex trafficking of minor
Bryce Silas Patterson, 30, of Sumpter Township was taken into custody last week after a criminal complaint was filed in federal court charging him with sex trafficking of a minor,[…]
Jordan Winn arraigned in shooting death of Sumpter Twp. woman
On March 22, Jordan Dejuan Winn of Sumpter Township was arraigned out-county on a charge through the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office of weapons-firearms / careless discharge causing injury or death.[…]
Sumpter Twp. home-invasion suspect bound over to circuit court
According to Sumpter Township police reports, on Thursday, Feb. 12, at about 5:22 a.m., Sumpter police responded to Rustic Lane East in the Rawsonville Woods mobile home community following a[…]
Sumpter Twp. resident’s jury trial set for Aug. 13 for girlfriend’s murder
David Paul McPherson, 39, of Sumpter Township is charged with second-degree murder and a weapons charge on June 29, 2025 in Sumpter Township. McPherson was video-arraigned in custody on July[…]
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