Author Archives: Ken Delaney
Woman murdered in Battle Creek early Saturday, police asking for the public's help
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police are investigating a murder in the area of Golden Avenue and Riverside Drive this morning, and are looking for the community's help. At about 1:20 a....
Jun 17, 2023
Man opens fire on another, then flees early Saturday in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries but the suspect remains at large after one man opened fire on another with a shotgun early Saturday in Portage. Portage Police were called to the 2100...
Jun 17, 2023 (photo by John McNeil)
Arrest made in Thursday morning Kalamazoo murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An arrest was made Friday in the shooting death of a Kalamazoo man early Thursday morning. The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. Thursday on Hays Park Avenue between Por...
Jun 16, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Michigan's unemployment rate drops in May
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's unemployment rate for May is down one-tenth of a percent from April to 3.7%. The Department of Technology, Management and Budget says the labor force increased by...
Jun 16, 2023 EpicTop10.com / CC
Lawmakers pass bill to make Juneteenth state holiday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State lawmakers have passed a bill to make Juneteenth an official Michigan holiday after it became a federal holiday in 2021. Juneteenth marks the day slaves in Texas learne...
Jun 16, 2023 sugarfrizz / CC
One killed, another injured in separate shooting incidents in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pair of shootings in Kalamazoo has left one person dead and another injured. At 12:37 a.m. Thursday Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers responded to the 900 b...
Jun 15, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo man facing federal charges of distributing fentanyl in November 2022 death
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 38-year-old Kalamazoo man is facing federal charges of distributing fentanyl that caused someone to die in November 2022. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Mi...
Jun 15, 2023 Antjuan Pierre Jackson (courtesy Michigan Department of Corrections)
Opposition grows to city's proposed change of traffic pattern on Winchell Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A couple of prominent and authoritative Kalamazoo residents are calling a plan to further alter Winchell Avenue dumb and dangerous. In an effort to make room for bike path...
Jun 13, 2023 Winchell Avenue and Rambling Road sign (courtesy John McNeill)
17-year-old from Kalamazoo killed in Saturday night crash in Pavilion Township
PAVILION TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One teen was killed and another injured in a one vehicle crash in Kalamazoo County's Pavilion Township Saturday night. Michigan State Police at the Paw Paw Post sa...
Jun 12, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
KDPS officers rescue female from second story of burning home
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person was rescused from a burning house Sunday morning in Kalamazoo. At 9:39 a.m. the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to a residence in the 700 block ...
Jun 11, 2023 Arseni Mourzenko
