By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor For the last eight years, the staff at Detlor Insurance in Belleville has been taking part in a holiday project called “Operation Christmas Child.”[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer The Belleville Road fence project in the Van Buren Township Downtown Development District is moving forward. At its regular meeting Oct. 22, the DDA[…]
City of Belleville voters on Tuesday re-elected Councilwoman Kim Tindall and elected former Mayor Thomas Fielder, both to four-year terms on city council. Tindall earned 223 votes; Fielder, 218; and[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Besides the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy he filed on July 19, disbarred attorney Thomas A. White, 45, of Van Buren Township, now has seven more[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Tom Taylor gave glowing praise to the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education and its administration on Monday as he presented the financial[…]
By Diane Madigan Independent Special Writer At its Oct. 22 regular meeting, Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Susan Ireland announced that the state ran out of transportation[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor Two armed robbers ran out the back door of Health Smart Pharmacy, 10824 Belleville Road, with a big, black trash bag full of drugs[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor A man who is accused of shooting his brother two or three times with a shotgun in Sumpter Township on Sunday and then fleeing[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor After 38 years of serving up Big Boys and Slim Jims the Belleville Big Boy is closing its doors forever at the end of[…]
By Rosemary K. Otzman Independent Editor “How do you propose to fix the parking issues at Belleville High School?” Belleville Fire Chief Brian Loranger asked the City Council at the[…]