Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Fuel spilled after another vehicle hits delivery tanker at Battle Creek gas station
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Around 250 gallons of gasoline fuel spilled at a Battle Creek gas station, after a delivery tanker was hit by another vehicle Monday morning. The Battle Creek Fire Depa...
Jun 27, 2023 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Child porn suspect arrested, arraigned in Allegan County
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A 28-year-old suburban Grand Rapids man is in the Allegan County Jail after a arrest last week on child porn charges. Gary Christopher Carlson was arraigned Monday in Allega...
Jun 27, 2023 Gary Christopher Carlson (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Man charged with shooting two dogs and killing one in Lawrence last week
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say a man shot two dogs last week, killing one of them near Lawrence in Van Buren County. Steven St-Cyr is charged with animal cruelty causing death, ...
Jun 27, 2023 Steven St-Cyr (courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
"Person of Interest" in BC Riverside Park murder arrested in Georgia
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say a person of interest in the homicide of Arely Hernandez was arrested on Saturday in Georgia. Battle Creek Police and the Calhoun County Prosecuto...
Jun 26, 2023
Police from Albion and CCSD save two year old from drowning in bathtub
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Quick action by officers from the Albion Department of Public Safety and the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department saved the life of a two year old child on Saturday morning as ...
Jun 26, 2023 Albion Department of Public Safety logo
Four vehicle crash on I-94 near Albion kills Mississippi man, shuts down interstate
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 54-year-old man from Mississippi was killed Friday afternoon in a four vehicle crash on eastbound I-94 near Albion. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the c...
Jun 24, 2023 Photo courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
Lafler sentenced in St. Joseph County strangulation death of girl friend
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - A man who was charged in connection with the death of his girl friend in October of 2021 was ordered to serve between 86 months and 15 years in prison on Friday in St. Joseph ...
Jun 24, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo hospital and local law enforcement team up for children's gun safety effort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort to lower the number of children and teens who are unintentionally injured or killed due to unlocked or unsupervised guns in the home, Bronson Children's Hospi...
Jun 23, 2023 (courtesy Bronson Children's Hospital, Kalamazoo MI)
Elderly man dies in Texas Township crash Thursday morning
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says for an unknown reason a vehicle driven by an 83-year-old male drifted across the centerline of West Q Avenue in Texas Towns...
Jun 22, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Vehicle collides with school in Comstock Township, no students injured
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No students were injured as a vehicle ran a stop sign and collided with a school bus in Comstock Township late Thursday morning. At 11;53 a.m. the Kalamazoo County Sheriff...
Jun 22, 2023 Bill McChesney / CC
