Category Archives: Battle Creek News
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)
BC elementary school locked down during police foot pursuit, suspect in custody
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police have a suspect in custody after a traffic stop on Friday turned into a police chase which led to a brief lockdown at a nearby elementary school. Batt...
Apr 13, 2024
MDOT closing two Emmett Township roads at I-94 this weekend
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing two local roads at I-94 this weekend for bridge work as part of the three-year, $160 million project. The pro...
Apr 13, 2024
City of Battle Creek schedules series of meetings on future of fire stations
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek is inviting residents to a series of meetings about a proposal to upgrade and reimagine the city's fire station buildings. A press release from ...
Apr 12, 2024 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
Two persons of interest in Kalamazoo murder arrested on unrelated charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two persons of interest in the shooting death of a man in Kalamazoo Tuesday night have been arrested on unrelated charges. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says d...
Apr 11, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
SWET West team members make arrests in Hartford, Watervliet
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A search warrant executed in Hartford by Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET) West detectives led to an arrest, and pointed to another situation in Watervliet that resulted in ...
Apr 11, 2024 SWET members execute search warrants in two locations, with two arrests.
