Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Son charged with murdering his father whose body was found following BC fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man was formally charged on Tuesday with murdering his father. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports 34-year-old Cody Alan Hurt is being held without bond aft...
Jan 04, 2023 Best Law
Bronson BirthPlace welcomes first babies of 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two southwest Michigan families are celebrating extra-special deliveries for the New Year. Sonny Seedorff, weighing in at 6lbs., 1 oz., was the first baby born for 2023 a...
Jan 03, 2023 Left, Leon Dean Shumacher weighing in at 6 lbs, 7 oz., born to parents Brittany and Kale Shumacher at the Birthplace at Bronson Battle Creek. Right, Sonny Seedorff, weighing in at 6lbs., 1 oz., was the first baby born for 2023 at Bronson BirthPlace in Kalamazoo at 6:51 a.m., January 1, to parents Alyssa and Luke Seedorff.
Van Buren County New Year's Eve shooting victims identified, suspect to be arraigned today
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office has identified the two men shot and killed at a New Year's Eve party in Lawrence. 40-year-old Jason McCreary of Sutter Creek, Californ...
Jan 03, 2023 Police lights
Two men injured in Monday stabbing south of Burlington, Jackson man arrested
UNION CITY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two men were stabbed while a suspect from Jackson was taken into custody on Monday following an aggravated assault in the 1200 block of Burlington Road just south of the B...
Jan 03, 2023 Scott Davidson / CC
Sturgis apartment resident killed in New Years morning fire, firefighter treated for smoke inhalation
STURGIS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An apartment resident was killed while a firefighter was injured on New Year's morning when a fire broke out in Sturgis. The Sturgis Department of Public Safety reports the f...
Jan 03, 2023 Courtesy Sturgis Public Safety Department Facebook page
Diocese of Kalamazoo's Bishop Bradley on Pope Benedict XVI's death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bishop Paul J. Bradley released the following statement on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday, December 31. Bishop Bradley met the pope on a number of oc...
Jan 01, 2023 Bishop Bradley presents Pope Benedict XVI with a spiritual bouquet from the Faithful of the Diocese of Kalamazoo during his 2012 Ad Limina visit with the pope. (Photo provided by the Office of Communication, Diocese of Kalamazoo)
Victim and person of interested identified in Sturgis motel shooting
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The victim of a fatal shooting at a motel in Sturgis has been identified by police. 32-year-old Jeremy Lampeart was found shot in the parking lot of the Country Hearth Inn ...
Jan 01, 2023
$5,000 reward being offered for information on missing Portage mom
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Silent Observer is now offering a $5,000 reward for information on the disappearance of a Portage mother of eight who hasn't been seen since earlier this month. Heather Kell...
Dec 30, 2022
January 1, 2023: Coakley out as KDPS chief, interim chief David Boysen in
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- After being on administrative leave since August of this year following alleged harassment complaints from KDPS and city employees, former Kalamazoo Department of Public ...
Dec 29, 2022 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
AUDIO-VIDEO: Battle Creek police provide update on officer involved shooting of 22-year-old
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police Chief Jim Blocker and Deputy Police Chief Shannon Bagley provided an update on Wednesday, December 28 on the investigation into two officers who sh...
Dec 29, 2022 Image provided by the Battle Creek Police Department.
