Category Archives: State News
Verdict in Jared Chance Trial: Guilty
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - The jury's verdict is guilty, according to WOOD-TV, in the trial of former Holland resident Jared Chance, charged with second-degree murder for the death of Ashley Young of Osht...
Sep 13, 2019
Friday the 13th historically lucky for lottery players
UNDATED, MI (WKZO AM/FM) –Today may be a good day to buy a lottery ticket. Lottery officials say although Friday the 13th is usually known as an unlucky day, lottery players have won more than $...
Sep 13, 2019
UPDATE: Chance found guilty in murder/dismemberment trial in GR
**UPDATE: A jury has found Jared Chance guilty of second-degree murder, three counts of tampering with evidence, mutilation of a dead body and guilty of concealing the death of an individual in the de...
Sep 13, 2019
Gruesome evidence in murder & dismemberment case
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Testimony continues in the trial of Jared Chance, after his own brother took to the stand on Wednesday. Jared is accused of murdering and dismembering the body of...
Sep 12, 2019
State Reps. welcome guests at Lansing 9/11 ceremony
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey and Niles Fire Department Chief Larry Lamb were the guests of State Rep. Brad Paquette, R-Berrien Spring, during the Michigan House'...
Sep 11, 2019
FDA preparing ban on flavored e-cigarette products; Whitmer comments
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Wednesday, the Trump Administration and the FDA announced that they will be preparing a ban on flavored e-cigarette products. The move comes following a recent State-w...
Sep 11, 2019
AG Nessel and others introduce new tool in preventing Elder Abuse
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Supreme Court Justice Megan Cavanagh and top law enforcement officials have unveiled the first-ever statewide incident report fo...
Sep 10, 2019
Whitmer orders flags flown at half-staff for 9/11
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer is ordering U.S. and Michigan flags on all State buildings to be lowered for 9/11. "We will never forget the thousands of Americans who lost ...
Sep 10, 2019
Kalamazoo woman wins $1M Mega Millions prize
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A Kalamazoo woman is now 1-million dollars richer. 64-year-old Pamela Ballard bought a ticket from the Marathon gas station on South Sprinkle Road last Friday and ma...
Sep 10, 2019
Legislative 'Expungement' Reform Package Set for Introduction
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Once someone has paid a debt to society, such a payment shouldn't be a "scarlet letter" for the rest of a transgressor's life, according to some state lawmakers. That's the ...
Sep 10, 2019
