Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Search continues for Three Rivers woman missing since Monday, May 29
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search continues for a missing woman from Three Rivers with Alzheimer's and dementia. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office says 73-year-old Marilee Furlong left he...
Jun 04, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
One year old dies after crash on M-40 near Paw Paw Friday afternoon
WAVERLY TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A one year-old has died after the vehicle they were riding in was rear-ended near Paw Paw Friday afternoon. The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office says the accident ...
Jun 02, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
$1 million lawsuit filed against State of Michigan by wrongly convicted man just released from prison
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One day after the Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney announced no new charges will be be filed against a Battle Creek man who spent decades in prison before being decla...
Jun 02, 2023 Jeff Titus speaks with reporters outside Lakeland Correctional Facility, Coldwater MI Feb 24, 2023 (screenshot courtesy of WOOD-TV 8)
CCSO searching for missing man last seen in Pennfield Township
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating 67-year-old George Alan Gardner. Gardner is described as a white male who is six-fo...
Jun 02, 2023 Courtest Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
Calhoun County Sheriff's Department investigating Homer purse snatching
HOMER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating a purse snatching incident that took place in the Village of Homer late Thursday morning. They say the incident happened at...
Jun 02, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Police arrest third suspect charged in 2022 death of Battle Creek 2-year-old
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities say a 19-year-old was arraigned on open murder charges on Thursday, June 1, and is the final suspect charged in the September 2022 shooting death of 2-year-...
Jun 01, 2023 (Photo of Hashim Bell Jr. provided by the Battle Creek Police Department)
Battle Creek Police investigate deaths of man and woman on city's northeast side
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police are investigating the deaths of a man and women, discovered on Thursday, June 1 on the northeast side of the city. Officers responded to a 911 call ...
Jun 01, 2023
Murder charges dropped against wrongly convicted Jeffery Titus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man who spent the last 21 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit is officially a free man. Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Getting...
Jun 01, 2023 71-year-old Jeffery Titus who spent 21 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit, signs an Order of Dismissal of Criminal Proceedings document with Attorney Mary Chartier in Kalamazoo County's 8th District Court on Thursday, June 1. (Photo by Jerry Malec)
Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputies Train on Miles for Memories ID Bracelet Program
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley announced an expanded partnership on Thursday between Miles for Memories and the Sheriff's Office. According to a Sheriff's Office n...
Jun 01, 2023 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
Several agencies join in search for missing Three Rivers woman.
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search continues for a missing Three Rivers woman. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office is investigating the disappearance of 73-year-old Marilee Furlong from the ...
May 31, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
