Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Some KPS students to get meeting with superintendent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Students in some Kalamazoo Public Schools buildings will get a face-to-face meeting with the superintendent this week to receive a firsthand presentation on what is expect...
Sep 09, 2024
Michigan's average gas price hits lowest point since February
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down to $3.25 a gallon on average to start the week. Triple-A Michigan says that is the lowest they have been since February and are down 12-cent...
Sep 09, 2024
AUDIO: Dedication, ribbon cutting held for Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In a ceremony that was steeped in the past and looking forward to the future, the Kalamazoo community dedicated their brand-new courthouse on Saturday. County officials an...
Sep 09, 2024
One arrested in Kalamazoo drug bust
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 34-year-old man is jailed after the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team executed a search warrant Friday in the 1100 block of Hotop Avenue. Office...
Sep 09, 2024
Alleged drunk driver charged in U.S. 131 fatal crash
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WKZO AM/FM) - Charges have now filed against a 20-year-old man who is accused of driving intoxicated in a crash that killed a man and injured another near Plainwell last mon...
Sep 08, 2024 (courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Office)
Suspect identified in series of Kalamazoo fires
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified 32-year-old George Horace Stanard as the suspect arrested in connection with several recent structure fires across...
Sep 07, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools responds to Georgia school shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The school year has just begun, and already there has been a school shooting in Georgia. They plan to prosecute 14-year-old Colt Gray as an adult for killing two students ...
Sep 06, 2024
AUDIO: Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center dedication Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Dedication ceremonies are planned for Saturday at the new Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center in Kalamazoo. The new courthouse has been open for months. They wanted to m...
Sep 06, 2024
Arrest made after a rash of fires throughout Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following a rash of fires at a number of vacant homes and businesses, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says it arrested a 32-year-old man Thursday morning in conn...
Sep 05, 2024
Organizers pull the plug on pod housing project in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After almost two years of trying to find a location to house homeless individuals in housing pods, the organization spearheading the plan says it is canceling the project ...
Sep 05, 2024 The interior of one of the pods for homeless housing in Kalamazoo County (courtesy Housing Resources Incorporated
