Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Two persons suffer critical injuries in Wednesday night BC crash
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons were injured Wednesday night in a crash involving a motorcycle and a car at Capital Avenue SW and Columbia Avenue in Battle Creek. Battle Creek firefighters ...
Sep 21, 2023
Calhoun County man wins $300,000 playing Michigan Lottery instant game
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 40-year-old Calhoun County man won $300,000 recently while playing the Michigan Lottery's X's & O's Bingo instant game. The man chose to remain anonymous. He bou...
Sep 21, 2023 Courtesy Michigan Lottery Facebook page
BC woman dies after being struck by vehicle on West Dickman Road
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 30-year-old woman from Battle Creek died from her injuries on Wednesday after she was struck by a vehicle on West Dickman Road near Barberry Drive in Springfield. The C...
Sep 21, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Wrongfully convicted man suing cold case detectives for $100 million
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Jeff Titus is suing two cold case detectives for $100 million after he spent over 21 years in prison in the murders of hunters Doug Estes and Jim Bennett in Kalamazoo Coun...
Sep 20, 2023 Jeff Titus speaks with reporters outside Lakeland Correctional Facility, Coldwater MI Feb 24, 2023 (screenshot courtesy of WOOD-TV 8)
St. Joseph County man awarded $14.5 million in wrongful conviction case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo jury has awarded a St. Joseph County man $14.5 million for wrongful conviction due to a Michigan State Police sergeant violating his constitutional rights in a...
Sep 20, 2023 Karen Neoh / CC
Battle Creek Transit announces more route adjustments due to lack of drivers
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Transit has announced they will have to make additional adjustments to its fixed-route bus service, in response to the continued shortage of drivers with a ...
Sep 19, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Transit
Holiday dinner fundraiser for God's Kitchen of Michigan launches with $15,000 goal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan, a nonprofit hunger-relief organization serving Kalamazoo, Portage, and Battle Creek, has officially launched its 2023 free holiday dinner fundra...
Sep 18, 2023 (courtesy God’s Kitchen of Michigan)
Serial sex offender sentenced in Calhoun County on 3rd Attorney General SAKI conviction
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Coldwater man was given a prison sentence of 15 1/2 to 30 years on Friday in Calhoun County Circuit Court after he entered no contest pleas to two counts of first degr...
Sep 16, 2023 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
St. Joseph County investigators seize over 1,000 grams of Crystal Meth, suspect in custody
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A narcotics investigation in St. Joseph County which started in April has resulted in the seizure of over 1,000 grams of Crystal Methamphetamine as well as other drugs an...
Sep 16, 2023 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Suspect arrested following shooting, high speed chase through three counties
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 27-year-old Bellevue man is facing several charges following a reported shooting and a chase through three counties Thursday night. Battle Creek Police officers respon...
Sep 15, 2023
