Belleville officials met with Van Buren Township officials on Monday morning to discuss the possible take over of fire suppression and emergency medical service to the city by the township.[…]
Richard Garland McWhirter, 43, waived his preliminary exam before 34th District Court Judge David Parrott on March 14 and was bound over to circuit court. His personal recognizance bond of[…]
At the March 13 regular meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, in a surprise move, Police Chief Eric Luke was promoted to Public Safety Director with a $12,000[…]
A month after the Valentine’s Day shooting that killed 17 at a high school in Florida, students across the country have scheduled a walkout from classes to protest gun violence[…]
Someone called 911 to say “Belleville is going to be shot up.” The call came in to the Van Buren Township dispatch center, which services Belleville and VBT, at 7:30[…]
A barn containing pigs and lambs burned at 21185 Martinsville Road, Sumpter Township, at 5 a.m. Monday. An electrical wire over the barn was damaged by the flames along with[…]
After a public hearing before 25 people on March 6, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved a short link of the Iron Belle Trail. The link approved[…]
At the March 13 meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board, more-detailed plans for the 11 a.m., April 14 groundbreaking were discussed. There will be a pile of sand,[…]
A 175-foot-tall Verizon monopole was approved for about a 3.655-acre site at the southwest corner of the Pumpkin Factory farm at 48651 Harris Road. At its regular meeting March 8,[…]
Belleville High School senior Patrick Burrage, II has signed to Wayne State University on an academic Journalism scholarship. Patrick plans to seek a minor in secondary education along with playing[…]