Menard set to start site work mid-March, open new store in February
Menard hopes to get started on site work on its new home-improvement store in mid-March, to get really underway with construction in June, and open its new store in February[…]
League of Women Voters celebrates first year of tri-community services
About two dozen people attended the Feb. 23 meeting of the Belleville geographical unit of the League of Women Voters held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Van Buren Township. The[…]
Free class on family history research to start March 23 in Ypsilanti
Kathy Bailey of Willis will be presenting another series of free classes to teach participants how to find information on their families for personal enrichment and to share with their[…]
Belleville to arrest 17-year-old suspect after Washtenaw is done
Belleville Police Chief Hal Berriman said his police department will arrest and arraign Samuel Hamilton, 17, of Ypsilanti, on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting arrest, and fleeing[…]
Correction: VBT 2016 salary entry on Carrie Traster was incorrect
On the front page of the Jan. 26 issue of the Independent, we published the 2016 police wages for Van Buren Township. Included in the list was Carrie A. Traster,[…]
Editorial: Judge Green, police officers stand firm for orderly court
Channel 2 Fox News in Detroit must have been tipped off that something was going to happen at 34th District Court on Feb. 22 because its cameraman was there in[…]
Court Watching: In tense courtroom Judge Green binds over Lewis for murder
Arndola Charles Lewis, 44, a black male of Van Buren Township, was bound over to circuit court for a March 1 arraignment on the information on charges of homicide, possession[…]
Court Watching: Judge Green finds pretend mute competent to stand trial in death
Joshua Lee Morris, 24, will face a charge of reckless death for driving the car that crashed and killed his friend Marcus McIntosh, 21, in 2014. 34th District Court Chief[…]
School Board approves $90,000 for paving of McBride with grant
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education took advantage of an offer from Van Buren Township officials to participate in the paving of McBride Avenue at a cost of[…]
Correction: Swinson wasn’t in Po’s yard
In a front-page story last week, the Independent said Donald Hazel Swinson, 76, was in Nelson Po’s yard in Sumpter Township when Swinson pulled a handgun on Po. Po has[…]
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