Van Buren Fire Dept. seeks buildings for fire fighter training
The Van Buren Township Fire Department is asking property owners who may have a structure that is abandoned and/or ready to be demolished to allow firefighters to conduct training in[…]
Wayne-Monroe Regional Science Olympiad Tournament – Results for Belleville High School
• Chemistry Lab – 4th Place Nina Hardy and Andy Schweers • Disease Detectives – 6th Place Mikayla Oddy and Amy Montgomery • Dynamic Planet – 5th Place Kylie Morton[…]
School Board votes to move forward with selling vacant properties
At the March 26 regular meeting the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to sell the vacant properties it owns and move forward with negotiations with St.[…]
Court Watching: Singleton bound over to circuit court for armed robbery with cane
On March 21, Timothy Lee Singleton, 58, was bound over to circuit court by 34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley for an arraignment on the information on a charge[…]
James Chapman sentenced to 6 months for obstructing justice
James Forrest Chapman, 58, who was found guilty of assaulting / resisting / obstructing a police officer by a Wayne County jury on Feb. 22, has been sentenced to six[…]
Joshua Burger sentenced to 15 months to 20 years for arson
Joshua Mark Burger, 30, was sentenced to prison after a Wayne County Circuit Court jury found him guilty of arson of an insured building or structure with the intent to[…]
Split Second Tacticals supplies Detroit Police Chief with holster
Daniel Newkirk and Michael Newkirk of Belleville recently delivered a new custom-made leather holster to Detroit Police Chief James Craig. The chief contacted them after seeing many of his officers[…]
Family, friends of murdered woman upset over lack of arrest
Egypt Covington was shot and killed on June 23, 2017 in her home on Hull Road in Van Buren Township. While Van Buren Township police have investigated the case since[…]
VBT Police Officer Ryan Barry is new K-9 Handler
Van Buren Township Police Officers Ryan Barry and Michael Rini tested for the township’s new K-9 Handler position on March 14 at K-9 Academy. VBT Public Safety Director Greg Laurain[…]
VBT planners recommend change of land use map for 75-acre Smith farm
After a public hearing, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission sent a recommendation to the township board that the future land use map for the 75-acre Harold Smith farm in[…]
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