At Monday’s meeting, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a $650,817.42 proposal to put computers into the hands of all its students, Kindergarten through 12th grade.[…]
At its April 16 meeting, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education approved an eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C. in 2019 and trips for Kindergarten to fifth graders to[…]
The 2018 Sumpter Country Fest will be held from Friday, May 25, through Monday, May 28. The Cutest Baby Contest is an annual feature at the festival. The contest is[…]
When State Rep. Joe Bellino learned that young people were using small canisters of nitrous oxide – more commonly known as laughing gas – as a recreational drug, he knew[…]
After a lengthy preliminary exam on Friday, 34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley bound Brad Edwards Fields over to circuit court to face trial on murder charges. Fields, 28,[…]
On May 2 before 34th District Court Judge Brian Oakley, Joel William Leys, 32, of Belleville waived his preliminary exam on three charges of illegal sale/use of a financial transaction[…]
The Van Buren Township Police Department will be issuing warning stickers to cars in driveways that are blocking sidewalks. On Friday, Public Safety Director Gregory Laurain said the township has[…]
Jehovah’s Witnesses extend an invitation to all the community to join them and benefit from the uplifting program that will be present at the 2018 “Be Courageous!” Regional Convention series[…]
It was the last board meeting of a longtime member of the board of directors of Keystone Academy, so they held the meeting at Kabob Garden restaurant in Belleville. On[…]
At its May 7 meeting, the Belleville Area Women’s Club installed officers for its new fiscal year that begins June 1. Mary Kowal is president; Kathy Mular, vice president; Sophia[…]