Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Third suspect in 2023 murder of Jack Snyder arrested, charged
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have arrested the third suspect in the February 2023 murder of 17-year-old Battle Creek Central High School student Jack Snyder. 20-year-old Marcus ...
Jan 29, 2025 Photo take from the family's GoFundMe page.
U.S. Senator Peters not seeking a third term in 2026
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's senior U.S. Senator Gary Peters will not seek a third term in 2026. Peters made the announcement Tuesday morning that he will leave Congress, but says he is no...
Jan 28, 2025
Four arrested when KVET executes four search warrants January 16 and 23
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four people have been arrested by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team as they served four search warrants on January 16 and January 23. The first search warrant was carr...
Jan 28, 2025
Area officials say they are ready if frigid weather returns
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Temperatures are predicted to hover around the 30-degee mark for the next week, but if they dip back down to zero again this winter, like they did last week, local officia...
Jan 28, 2025 Peter Toporowski / CC
AUDIO: Rumors of ICE agents in Kalamazoo causes concern
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Rumors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents being active in Kalamazoo have flooded social media sites over the past several days. One post centered around El Ranc...
Jan 28, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission awards 2025 Social Justice Youth Awards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners call it their favorite meeting of the year. Last night they awarded eight local teens the annual 2025 Social Justice Youth Awards. The honoree...
Jan 28, 2025 Left to right starting at the top: Layla Hemphill, Ava Tate, Omar Elghawy, Winter Owens, Michael T. Scott, Isabella Morris, Dontray Hemphill and Paul Evans.
Kalamazoo man charged in relative's death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been charged with murder in the death of a relative last Thursday. Forty-two-year-old Jerry Lee Harvey is charged with open murder, illegal entry and f...
Jan 28, 2025
Suspect in October 2024 Gull Road shooting among four arrested by KVET
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An arrest has been made by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team for a suspect's alleged role in a shooting on Gull Road that happened in October 2024. KVET arrested two 1...
Jan 27, 2025
Tuesday is National Kazoo Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday is National Kazoo Day and Discover Kalamazoo will be celebrating the occasion by giving away kazoos all day. Director Jane Ghosh says anyone can play a kazoo. "For...
Jan 27, 2025
KPS superintendent on national "Superintendents to Watch" list
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade has been put on a list of "Superintendents to Watch" in the 2024-2025 school year by the National School Public Re...
Jan 27, 2025
