Category Archives: Battle Creek News
Michigan gas prices at low for 2025
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in the state have fallen to $2.92 a gallon. Triple-A Michigan says the price is the lowest it has been in all of 2025, dropping 17-cents in the past week, 16-cen...
Oct 13, 2025
Battle Creek police officer fired for pointing gun at another officer
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek has fired police officer Hunter Barnett. Barnett pointed a gun at another Battle Creek officer when they were both off-duty and at a Holiday Inn Express ho...
Oct 10, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Eight vehicles involved in chain reaction crash on I-94 near Sprinkle Road Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police troopers from the Paw Paw Post are continuing their investigation into an eight-vehicle crash involving a military vehicle, semi-tractor trailer, and...
Oct 07, 2025
Police ask for help in locating missing Wayland woman
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Wayland City Police Department is asking for the public's help locating a missing person. They say 54-year-old Sarah Molina was reported missing by her family Friday, Oc...
Oct 07, 2025 Sarah Molina of Wayland has been missing since October 3, 2025 (photo courtesy of Wayland Police Department)
Murder suspect arraigned after woman killed at Oshtemo Township apartment complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bond has been denied for a suspect charged in the shooting death of a woman at an apartment complex in Oshtemo Township early Saturday morning. 27-year-old Jayvon Cortez B...
Oct 07, 2025 Jayvon Cortez Bulock
Pennfield man arrested after detectives investigate distribution of child sexually abusive material
PENNFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 35-year-old Pennfield man after they investigated the electronic distribution of child sexually abusive material. He was...
Oct 07, 2025 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Battle Creek police arrest man with outstanding warrants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 34-year-old man with outstanding arrest warrants, including for aggravated assault, is in custody in Battle Creek. Police arrested him after they executed a search wa...
Oct 07, 2025 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
No injuries in Battle Creek apartment fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek firefighters were able to get an apartment fire under control within about 10 minutes Monday. They were dispatched to the Arbors of Battle Creek at 400 Oak...
Oct 07, 2025
Oshtemo Township murder suspect to be arraigned Tuesday
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in murder of a woman and the assault of another man in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township early Saturday morning is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. ...
Oct 06, 2025 londondeposit / Depositphotos.com
Battle Creek Police seek public's assistance in Leila Arboretum investigaton
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police are asking for help from anyone who visited Leila Arboretum in the past week, after officers arrested a man suspected of suspicious and potentially ...
Oct 06, 2025
