Author Archives: Jim McKinney
Shooting incident Friday evening leaves one wounded in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A shooting incident Friday evening remains under investigation by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. At around 8:38 p.m., officers were summoned to the 1000 block...
Oct 03, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Early morning crash in Richland kills one
RICHLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department is investigating a single vehicle crash Monday morning in Richland that killed a Plainwell area man. Deputies were called to a rep...
Sep 28, 2020 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
DeWitt man arrested on OWI, assault charges
MARSHALL (WKZO AM/FM) - A DeWitt man is pending charges after an incident Saturday morning in Calhoun County. Deputies were summoned to WB 94 near exit 104 at around 1:30 am on a report of a one car a...
Sep 27, 2020
Two injured in motorcycle-deer crash in Cass County
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County authorities are continuing their investigation into a motorcycle-deer crash Saturday morning. Deputies responded at around 10:12 a.m. to a report of a crash o...
Sep 27, 2020 Fool4myCanon / CC
In-person classes at top Michigan schools may not return until 2021
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - A meeting on Thursday of the presidents of three top research universities in Michigan revealed that in class attendance by students isn't expected to resume until fall of 2021....
Sep 27, 2020 SupportPDX / CC
Black women gather in Kalamazoo to call for justice
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A group of Black women gathered in LaCrone Park in Kalamazoo Saturday to call for justice in the Breonna Taylor case. The event, hosted by Uplift Kalamazoo, featured sever...
Sep 27, 2020 David Geitgey Sierralupe / CC
MAC votes to resume fall football
CLEVELAND OH (WKZO AM/FM) - Mid-American conference officials have voted to begin an abbreviated fall football season. The MAC Council of President agreed on Friday to resume a 6-game season beginning...
Sep 26, 2020 Mid American Conference logo
Barry County mishap sends two to area hospitals
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Barry County deputies are continuing their investigation into a crash on Friday that sent two to area hospitals. The sheriff's department reports that at around 12:55 p.m....
Sep 26, 2020
Covert Township crash kills 7-year-old boy; GoFundMe support campaign launched
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A multi-vehicle crash in Van Buren County's Covert Township Saturday has killed a 7-year-old boy. Covert Township Police report that at around 2 p.m., a Buick Regal...
Sep 20, 2020 (Photo courtesy of South Haven Area Emergency Services)
Murder conviction overturned, man earns new trial in 2007 case
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - A man, convicted 12 years ago of strangling a Kalamazoo woman, has earned a new trial. Ervine Davenport argued that his rights were violated when jurors at the original trial ...
Sep 20, 2020 Chris Potter / CC
