Belleville-Area Independent

Eric Partridge

Best Damn local newspaper ever. The Belleville, Tri-community area is not a journalistic desert, because of the hardworking and wonderful staff at the Independent.

Eileen Goode

False unethical reporting. Fake news at it’s worst! I would give 0 stars if it let me

Melissa Green

What used to be a decent home town paper is now just a local gossip column. Sad.

Tracy Onyskin

If your looking for a paper that doesn’t do their research before publishing something then this is where you’ll find false information and one sided reporting. Rosemary Otzman is not a professional journalist and editor. She continues to write about on going investigations without doing any creditable research and is simply publishing misleading information. It’s sickening that she can live with herself after writing such fake news. Makes since why the Belleville Independent is free.