Demetre Maurice Brown-Lovelace, 29, of Sumpter Township and Noelle Tufts, 24, of Ironton, Ohio, were both sentenced to federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning on Aug.[…]
Zackary Lynn Middleton, 25, of Sumpter Township waived his preliminary exam on Jan. 8 in 34th District Court and was bound over by Chief Judge Brian A. Oakley to the[…]
On Jan. 9 we are having a celebration at our offices on Main Street to mark completion of 25 years of publication of the Independent – and the start of[…]
Belleville Police Chief Hal Berriman is retiring from his part-time position on Jan. 31 and City Manager Diana Kollmeyer is leaving her full-time position on Feb. 2. The city council[…]
Mary Jo Suchy, director of the Belleville Area District Library, announced the soft opening of the new library in downtown Belleville has been delayed from the originally announced date of[…]
34th District Court Chief Judge Brian A. Oakley approved a plea deal that dismissed half of the charges against Chase Alan Basham, 36, of Sumpter Township in exchange for guilty[…]
The River of Life Church, which moved in September from 870 Savage Rd. in Van Buren Township into a huge facility at 16650 Sumpter Rd. that needed lots of tender[…]
The Friends of the Belleville Area District Library will hold their monthly board meeting at 10 a.m. Jan. 11, in the program room of the Fred C. Fischer Library, followed[…]
The Belleville Community Chorus will begin rehearsals for its spring concert season at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 13, at First United Methodist Church, 417 Charles St., Belleville. This is the[…]
Jan. 5, 1995 was the day we first published the Belleville-Area Independent and distributed it, free of charge, to readers in the tri-community. We have just completed 25 years. We[…]