COURT NEWS
This week’s court news includes action in both Berrien and Cass courts. Former Benton Harbor Superintendent Leonard Seawood was sentenced in Berrien County Trial Court, receiving a sentence of probation and jail for embezzling money […]
Legal News
MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING GIRLFRIEND; CASS COUNTY MAN FACING CHARGES FOR SHOOTING WIFE
Two area men were arraigned last week on murder and attempted murder charges. William Dawun Edwards, 37, of Benton Harbor, was arraigned last week in Berrien County Trial Court on charges of open murder, being […]
MURDER TRIAL ADJOURNED FOR ONE MONTH; SPRING TRIAL SET FOR BUCHANAN LANDFILL EMBEZZLEMENT CASE
There was action last week in two major southern Berrien County cases. The murder trial of James Parker Huffman has been adjourned for a month, while former Southeast Berrien County Landfill employees Sonny Fuller and […]
BERRIEN COUNTY COURT NEWS
NILES – A Buchanan man who was arrested twice in three months for drunk driving is going to prison. He was among a number of people sentenced this week and last week in Berrien County […]
RECENT WEEKS HAVE SOUTHWEST MI MOURNING THE LOSS OF FOUR LONGTIME GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS
Longtime Oronoko Township Supervisor Ernest Hildebrand died before Christmas, while veteran Pipestone Township Supervisor Hazen Harner died on Christmas Day. News came last week that longtime Cass County Commissioner Robert Wagel had died Dec. 31 […]