Debra Haight

BUCHANAN — Buchanan City Commissioners talked about everything from lead water line replacement and liquor licenses to draft budgets and golf carts at their meeting Monday night.

NILES – Brandywine Board of Education members have started the process of selecting a new superintendent.

BUCHANAN – Buchanan City Commissioners appeared skeptical of plans to merge the Southwestern Michigan Community Ambulance Service and Medic 1. Their comments came after a presentation from SMCAS officials at

BUCHANAN — Buchanan commissioners appeared skeptical of plans to merge the Southwestern Michigan Community Ambulance Service and Medic 1.

BERRIEN CENTER — Others might see someone with disabilities when they learn that Ray McAllister has been blind for most of his life and has now been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, but McAllister doesn’t see it that way.

NILES — The former Baroda-Lake Township police chief has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor embezzlement charge and has agreed to pay more than $170,000 in restitution. He received no jail time.

VANDALIA — In one of his last acts as the Cass County Prosecutor, Victor Fitz said his office would not be pursuing any criminal charges from a Michigan State Police

Martin to pay over $170K in restitution, avoids jail time

CASSOPOLIS — The man who stole a police car in Cassopolis last year while he was under arrest for a probation violation will be spending the next few years in prison after being sentenced Thursday in Cass County Circuit Court.

Two central Berrien County townships are changing the way they plan to fund road improvements this year after advice from the Berrien County Clerk’s Office.