Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County seeking public feedback for safety action plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Road Commission of Kalamazoo County (RCKC) is developing a comprehensive transportation safety action plan with the goal of improving roadway safety by significantly r...
Jerry Malec May 21, 2023 Road Commission of Kalamazoo County logo

Alcohol suspected in two-vehicle crash injury crash in Cass County
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities believe alcohol to be a factor in a two-vehicle crash in Cass County that sent two people to the hospital on Saturday, May 20. Cass County Sheriff's d...
Jerry Malec May 21, 2023 (Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office)

Kalamazoo's Kik Pool to open for 2023 Season on June 7
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Kik Pool at 1018 Walter Street is scheduled to open for the 2023 season from Wednesday, June 7 to Sunday, August 13. The pool will be open for Lap Swim seven d...
Jerry Malec May 21, 2023

Kalamazoo Area Bike week finishes Saturday with Mayor's ride and bike camp
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 12th Annual Kalamazoo Area Bike Week wraps up on Saturday, May 20 with a Mayor's Ride and Kalamazoo Bicycle Club's Bike Camp. The Kalamazoo Bicycle Club's Bike Camp is...
Jerry Malec May 21, 2023 (Photo provided by the Kalamazoo Bike Club)

Saturday house fire in Kalamazoo extinguished in 10 minutes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety firefighters extinguished a house fire within minutes Saturday evening, May 20. Public safety officers responded to the 1400 block of...
Jerry Malec May 21, 2023

Five injured as two school buses collide outside Galesburg Augusta Middle School
AUGUSTA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people suffered minor injuries when two school buses crashed outside Galesburg-Augusta Middle School Friday afternoon. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the ac...
Ken Delaney May 19, 2023

AUDIO: Despite efforts to curb gun violence, shootings continue to plague Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several local governmental bodies have declared June 2 to be Gun Violence Awareness Day in Kalamazoo. But despite their efforts, the shootings continue. A possible suspect...
Jerry Malec May 19, 2023 (Photo courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety).

Open murder charges have been filed in the shooting death of a Kalamazoo man last December
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 27-year-old Jalani Nowling has been charged in the shooting death of 29-year-old James Douglas White Jr December 30, 2022 on Kalamazoo's northside. The shooting happened a...
Ken Delaney May 19, 2023 Best Law

Shooting victim pronounced dead at Bronson Methodist Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another shooting death in Kalamazoo. Thursday at 10:11 p.m. the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to calls of a shooting victim on the 1400 block of Fox Ridg...
Ken Delaney May 19, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

BC double murder suspect Juqaveon Oliver held without bond following arraignment
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A suspect charged in connection with last February's murder of a mother and son was arraigned on Thursday in Calhoun County District Court. 19-year-old Juqaveon Oliver i...
Jim Measel May 19, 2023 Brian Turner / CC




