Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Pump prices on the rise, blame OPEC
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — You may want to fill up soon. OPEC has agreed to cut production for the first time in years and it's already had an impact on the price of crude oil across the globe. It's be...
Dec 01, 2016
Nashville man dead after Barry County wreck
BARRY COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — An 84-year-old Nashville man is dead after driving his vehicle off Lawrence Road in Barry County on Wednesday. He’s been identified as Lamoin Mitchell. The wreck o...
Dec 01, 2016
Traffic stop results in big drug seizure
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Battle Creek police have seized 4.8 pounds of cocaine along Interstate 94 and it all began with a simple traffic stop. A routine patrol spotted a rental car speeding Tue...
Dec 01, 2016
The 21st Century Cures Act clears the U.S. House
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO-AM) — After years of hearings, negotiations, amendments, bipartisanship, and editing, the sweeping landmark 21st Century Cures Act has been approved by the U.S. House of Re...
Dec 01, 2016
Teens arrested after overnight vehicle break-ins
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety says a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man have confessed to breaking into around 15 vehicles in the South Westnedge neighborhood. The first inci...
Dec 01, 2016
Investigators: Thief stole thousands of dollars of tires
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office says it’s zeroing in on a thief who stole thousands of dollars worth of tires from at least one local car dealership. Sher...
Nov 30, 2016
Educator acquitted of sex crime to receive $200K
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Trustees have agreed to cut a $200,000 check for an educator at Portage West Middle School who was cleared of a sex crime earlier this year. The money will be used to chip ...
Nov 30, 2016
Western leaps up in the rankings
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The new College Football Playoff rankings have been released. Alabama, Ohio State and Clemson are 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The Wolverines are ranked fifth, giving them an outside ...
Nov 30, 2016
Kalamazoo County has a familiar new leader
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The lame duck Kalamazoo County Board has voted 8-3 to promote Finance Director Tracie Moored to become administrator and comptroller of Kalamazoo County, after two failed n...
Nov 30, 2016
UPDATE: Hit-and-run driver strikes two kids
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo investigators have released a video of the hit and run crash that injured two young children in the Edison Neighborhood Tuesday evening. One of the two kids has a...
Nov 30, 2016
