Man charged for assaulting woman trying to help pregnant friend
Van Lloyd Allison, 36, of Country Club Drive in Sumpter Township has been charged with Assault to Do Great Bodily Harm Less Murder, after beating up his live-in girlfriend’s friend.[…]
Belleville raises city water/sewer rates by 5% total as of July 1
An overall total 5% utility rate was approved by the Belleville City Council during its regular meeting July 2, with Mayor Kerreen Conley abstaining. Mayor Conley asked to abstain because[…]
Johnson no-show at 34th District Court becuase he’s already in jail
Thomas Michael Johnson, 51, of Van Buren Township, was due to show up at 34th District Court on July 5 to face a new charge of receiving and concealing stolen[…]
Federal Grand Jury indictments come for 2 in VBT crime spree
After a rash of Home Invasions that took place within Denton Subdivision from November 2011 to the most recent on April 2012, Van Buren Township investigators assisted Federal Officials in[…]
Judge: VBT game show champ owes some winnings to ex-friend
34th District Court Judge David Parrott ruled on May 16 that Rebecca Kesler of Van Buren Township owes some $13,000 to her former friend, Kevin Hirsch, who helped her get[…]
Kovach files petition with Circuit Court seeking his land splits
On Monday, attorney John Day filed a Petition for Mandamus in Wayne County Circuit Court asking the court to direct Van Buren Township to approve the parcel divisions requested by[…]
Sarah Palin to speak at Tea Party event in VBT Saturday
Sarah Palin, former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, will be the keynote speaker at Saturday’s “Patriots in the Park” event at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Van[…]
Belleville DDA selects LED lights for Main Street
Some 146 LED lights will be installed in the decorative light poles in Belleville’s Downtown Development Authority district. The work will take about three weeks and will begin after the[…]
VBT LDFA fails to raise quorum at meeting to deal with 2012 budget
Only three members of Van Buren Township’s nine-member Local Development Finance Authority attended the scheduled Aug. 11 meeting to consider the 2012 budget that would deal with declining revenue. Present[…]
School Board refuses to recommend keeping district library in city
School Board member Scott Russell asked fellow board members to consider recommending that the new district library building remain inside Belleville’s city limits. The Belleville Downtown Development Authority, the City[…]
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