Miranda Phelps honored for winning state swimming title
The big news delivered to the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education on Nov. 24 was that Belleville High School freshman Miranda Phelps won the Michigan Highschool Athletic Association[…]
Angel of Hope event set at Hillside Cemetery
The Angel of Hope ceremony, for families who have lost a child at any age, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Hillside Cemetery in Belleville. This[…]
Belleville approves contract for Liberty St. watermain
Belleville mayor Ken Voigt told the council that because the city took the advice of Alan Cruz of Hennessey Engineers to postpone and rebid the watermain project for North Liberty[…]
Court Watching
Jahlen Tyrone Coppy Jahlen Tyrone Coppy of Saginaw was scheduled for his probable cause conference on Feb. 14, 2024 on two counts of larceny from a motor vehicle on Feb.[…]
Editorial: Volunteers in tri-community are a great treasure
There are a great many of events in the tri-community of Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter, with even more coming up for the holidays. Most of these couldn’t be done[…]
VBT Community Players to present ‘A Christmas Story’
The Van Buren Community Players will present Philip Grecian’s adaptation of “A Christmas Story” at the Community Center Black Box Theater on Dec. 5-7 and 12-14. Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir[…]
Lionel Vincent found guilty of murdering VBT mother, daughter
A Wayne County Circuit Court jury found Lionel Lamont Vincent, 52, guilty of one count of first-degree, premeditated murder and not guilty of a second count of first-degree murder. Instead,[…]
Celebrating 100-year-old Sophie Zoller, parade Grand Marshal
One of this year’s Winterfest Parade Grand Marshals is Sophie Zoller, who has not only lived through a century of change, but helped shape decades of Belleville’s story. Turning 100[…]
Pastor Bob and Becky White named parade Grand Marshals
This year, the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce honors Pastor Bob and Becky White from Grace Baptist Church as Grand Marshals of the 2025 Winterfest Parade, a tribute to two[…]
Correction: Organization actually is Rank MI Vote
Alex Yerkey, the communications director of Rank MI Vote, informed us that while we listed the name of their organization as Bridge the Divide it actually is Rank MI Vote.[…]
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