Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
UPDATE: matricide charged in local case
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A Cooper Township man has been formally charged with beating his elderly parents. Investigators say he struck his 84-year-old mother in the head with enough force to sen...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Resentencing ordered for teen killer
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Memorial Day shooting death of 13-year-old Michael Day in the Edison Neighborhood was a crime that sent a shock wave through Kalamazoo three years ago. Judge Alexand...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Pretrial hearing set in Kalamazoo mass murder
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Suspected mass murderer Jason Dalton's lawyer will be in court for a pre-trial hearing Thursday morning to argue that some of the statements that the Cooper Township man...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Suspect in latest homicide busted
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — A suspect has been arrested in Kalamazoo’s latest homicide. Capt. Victor Ledbetter said the 20-year-old who shot and killed 22-year-old Bernard Kye in the 900 bloc...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Paw Paw man critical after crash
OSHTEMO (WKZO AM/FM) — A 24-year-old from Paw Paw is in critical condition after crash investigators believe he suffered some sort of medical issue and lost control of his SUV as he approached t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Motorcyclist killed in south side crash [UPDATE]
UPDATE – 4/13 at 11:37 a.m.: The driver has been identified as 55-year-old Dezmond Campbell. ORIGINAL STORY: KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — A motorcyclist was killed when his bike slammed into t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Repave of eastbound Interstate 94 to start Monday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — An Interstate 94 repaving project spanning from Sprinkle Road in Kalamazoo to 40th Street in Charleston Township is set to get underway Monday. The work will link the re...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Montgomery selected as new WMU president
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Trustees have selected economist and labor expert Edward Montgomery as Western Michigan University’s ninth president. The decision was made unanimously during a sp...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Sheriff's son on the wrong side of a murder case
PAW PAW (WKZO AM/FM) — The Attorney General's office is confirming that it's taken over a murder investigation in Van Buren County because a relative of Sheriff Dan Abbott is now being investiga...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017
Tonado strike may be the latest in a series
ALTO (WKZO AM/FM) — The National Weather Service has looked at the damage in Kent County and confirmed it was a Tornado that left a 5-1/4 mile path of destruction across a rural section just to ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Apr 12, 2017




