Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
UPDATE: vehicle of interest identified in Kalamazoo shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) has issued an update into a shooting that occurred on Friday, June 26 in the 1300 block of Washington street. Witnes...
Jul 01, 2020
Two more Lakeside Academy employees arraigned in teen death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Two of the three employees of Lakeside Academy have officially been arraigned in the death of 16-year-old resident Cornelius Fredericks, the Kalamazoo County Prosecu...
Jul 01, 2020
Charles Pickett Jr. appeal denied by State Supreme Court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Supreme Court has announced that an appeal in the Charles Pickett Jr. case has been denied. In 2018, 53-year-old Charles Pickett Jr. was found guilty on...
Jul 01, 2020
Furry friends help trim Homer Stryker Field
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Baseball is finally kicking off in Kalamazoo and the diamond is ready to go, thanks to the help from some furry four-legged workers. 32 sheep from the company Tendin...
Jul 01, 2020
Rolling gunfight in Kalamazoo leads to injury, arrest of 2 teens
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Two teens are in custody following a rolling gunfight in Kalamazoo’s Edison Neighborhood. Witnesses told Public Safety officers that they heard and saw gunfire...
Jul 01, 2020
Hopcat in Kalamazoo closes over coronavirus concerns
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo’s Hopcat is temporarily closing its doors after two workers visited a bar in East Lansing that has been linked to a number of COVID-19 cases. On Tues...
Jul 01, 2020
Drug and gun bust at Battle Creek apartment
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A Battle Creek man is in custody after a gun and drug bust in Calhoun County. The Southwest Enforcement Team conducted undercover work and then a search warrant a...
Jul 01, 2020
Officers investigate two reported shootings in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety officers are searching for a suspect involved a drive-by shooting that took place in the city’s Edison Neighborhood. First responders w...
Jun 30, 2020
One of three arraigned in death of teen at Lakeside Academy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — One of the three people charged in the death of a teen boy at a youth home in Kalamazoo has now been formally charged. Around 10 a.m. Tuesday, 28-year-old Zachary So...
Jun 30, 2020
Passenger checks on victim, flees after hit-and-run in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety officers are searching for the driver who hit and injured a pedestrian in the city’s Vine Neighborhood. It happened just after 10:30 p....
Jun 30, 2020
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