Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
UPDATE: Missing teen from Gobles found safe
GOBLES, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The search for a 15-year-old Gobles boy who apparently ran away from home earlier this month has ended. According to the Van Buren County Sheriff's Department, Gabriel Reynos...
May 28, 2022 Gabriel Reynoso (photo courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's Dept.)
Cass County's Ross Beatty High School in lock down as police investigate subject spotted near campus with firearm
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Ross Beatty high school in Cass County's Jefferson Township went into lock down Friday morning, May 27, at 10:47 a.m. as the Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a ...
May 27, 2022 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Car-free zone in Kalamazoo neighborhood looks to build community and give children a safer place to play
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Residents are invited to attend a ribbon cutting event on Tuesday, May 31 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Jones Park at 1601 Academy Street to celebrate the opening of a pilot p...
May 27, 2022
Rep. Morse introduces resolution to fund gun violence research
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Representative Christine Morse of Texas Township on Thursday, May 26, introduced House Resolution 306, urging Congress to fund scientific research on gun vio...
May 27, 2022 Michigan State Representative Christine Morse (Texas Township)
U.S. Senator Gary Peters Memorial Day message
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, today released a video in hono...
May 27, 2022
BCPD officer receives minor injury during mental health response as gun discharges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police Thursday arrested a 49-year-old Battle Creek man who had a mental health crisis, and fired an officer's duty gun. Police responded to the intersecti...
May 27, 2022 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
One 15-year-old was shot, another is in custody after shooting at Stadium Drive McDonald's
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 15-year-old was shot and another 15-year-old is in custody after a shooting incident at a McDonald's in Kalamazoo Thursday evening. It happened around 7:30 p.m. at the M...
May 27, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Fire Marshal's office investigating fire in Kalamazoo late Thursday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries in a fire that broke out in a multi-family residence late Thursday afternoon. At 5:54 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety r...
May 27, 2022
Senate supports gas tax suspension to lower costs for Michigan drivers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Senate on Thursday, May 26, approved legislation aimed at lowering the cost of gas for Michigan drivers. The plan would eliminate the sales, excise and use tax...
May 26, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Man accused of threatening to kill Calhoun County 911 dispatcher pleads guilty
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities say a Massachusetts man pleaded guilty on Thursday, May 26, to threatening to kill a 911 dispatcher in Calhoun County. According to court documents, 35-yea...
May 26, 2022 Best Law
