Category Archives: Battle Creek News
BC murder suspect arraigned on five charges, bond denied
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 43-year-old Battle Creek man has been charged in connection with a murder on Spencer Street early Tuesday morning. Thomas James Knickerbocker was arraigned in Calhoun ...
Apr 19, 2024 Best Law
Diocese of Kalamazoo announces list of people banned from working, volunteering with youth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Diocese of Kalamazoo is announcing they are undertaking a "thorough review and updating of all its policies protecting children and youth." Bishop Edward Lohse says th...
Apr 18, 2024
KCC gets $350,000 MDHHS grant for Paramedic student scholarships
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kellogg Community College has announced that they were awarded a new $350,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service to continue helping revitali...
Apr 18, 2024 Courtesy Kellogg Community College
Former Fabius Township Supervisor sent to prison after convictions for 2010 rape
KALAMAZOO, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Former Fabius Township Supervisor Kenneth Dwyane Linn was ordered to serve between 18 and 50 years in prison on Tuesday after he was convicted last month on four counts of ...
Apr 17, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Suspect in custody after a Battle Creek man is killed and a woman critically injured in early morning shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is dead and a woman is injured, following a shooting on Spencer Street in Battle Creek early Tuesday morning. Battle Creek Police say they responded to a report o...
Apr 16, 2024 Crime scene tape
Battle Creek man charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man was formally charged on Monday in Calhoun County District Court with killing his girlfriend. 33-year-old Tommie Heard was arraigned on two charges inc...
Apr 16, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
St. Joseph County shooting under investigation, suspect still at large
LEONIDAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department is investigating a weekend shooting that left one man injured. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman says it was reported just bef...
Apr 15, 2024
Kalamazoo woman in custody after allegedly threatening another bus passenger with a knife
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 55-year-old Kalamazoo woman is in custody after allegedly pulling a knife on another passenger on a Kalamazoo Metro bus. Around 2:30 p.m. Saturday the Township ...
Apr 14, 2024 A Kalamazoo Metro Transit bus (courtesy of Metro Transit)
28-year-old woman dead, 33-year-old Battle Creek man in custody after Battle Creek stabbing
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 28-year-old woman is dead and a 33-year-old Battle Creek man is in custody, following a stabbing on Pitman Avenue late Friday night. Battle Creek Police arrived on sc...
Apr 13, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
High winds cause widespread power outages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the National Weather Service issued a High Wind Advisory for Friday afternoon, those winds created their predicted problems, downing trees and power lines, causing t...
Apr 13, 2024 Consumers Energy outage map April 13, 2023 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
