Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo man found guilty of murder in 2023 shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A jury has found a Kalamazoo man guilty of murder in the shooting death of another man in June 2023. 47-year-old Tieshawn Labar Matthews was found guilty of 1st Degree Mur...
Mar 13, 2025 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com
KDPS puts out fire Wednesday night in 900 block of Southworth Terrace
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety crews about a half-hour to get a fire at a home under control Wednesday night. They were called to the 900 block of Southwort...
Mar 13, 2025
AUDIO: West Michigan food banks say USDA funding cuts will have big impact
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Food banks in west Michigan are uneasy with the more than one-billion-dollars that have been cut by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for local food banks and schools....
Mar 13, 2025 Pictures of Money / CC
Michigan holding statewide tornado drill next Wednesday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A statewide tornado drill is scheduled to take place next Wednesday. It will happen at 1 p.m. and state officials are urging people to use the drill to check their safety pl...
Mar 13, 2025
Man stabbed, woman arrested in Texas Township
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 45-year-old man is hospitalized after he was stabbed in Texas Township around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office responded to the stabb...
Mar 13, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
State House passes resolution urging MHSAA to ban transgender girls from girls' sports
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A resolution urging the Michigan High School Athletic Association to ban transgender girls from competing in girls' sports has been passed by the state House. Eight Democrat...
Mar 13, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo vice mayor has idea for new city nickname: Education City
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The improvements at Kalamazoo Public Schools is just one reason a group is thinking that the city should have a new nickname: "Education City." Right now an informal group...
Mar 13, 2025 Kalamazoo Public School Kalamazoo Promise sign (courtesy John McNeill)
Kalamazoo Public Schools graduation rate up 9.4%
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools has announced what Superintendent Darrin Slade says are some "amazing" graduation numbers for the last school year. It took the Michigan Departmen...
Mar 13, 2025
Charity hockey game for Susan Mast ALS Foundation March 22nd at Lawson Ice Arena
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A charity hockey game is scheduled for March 22nd to benefit the Susan Mast ALS Foundation. The money raised at Lawson Ice Arena on the Western Michigan University campus ...
Mar 12, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
Five arrested in drug, weapons busts in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people have been arrested between March 5th and 7th in drug and weapons busts in Kalamazoo County. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team were...
Mar 12, 2025
