Category Archives: Top News Stories
Kalamazoo detectives identify fatal hit and run victim, seeking the public's assistance in their investigation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the victim of a fatal hit and run accident Saturday night as 60-year-old Leroy Carl Lawson of Kalamazoo . At 10:08...
May 01, 2024 zhukovsky / Depositphotos.com
Man guilty of ex-girlfriend's 2019 death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo jury has found Anthony Ozomaro guilty of second degree homicide and felony firearm in the death of his ex-girlfriend in March 2019. He was charged with the mur...
May 01, 2024 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
AUDIO: Two Men and a Truck to collect donations for women in need
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Men and a Truck are going to be gathering donations for women who have been physically abused this weekend and delivering the supplies in time for Mother's Day. The comp...
May 01, 2024
Paws With a Cause seeking funding for renovations of headquarters
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Paws With a Cause is seeking funding in its first public capital campaign called Embrace the Journey. The organization has been helping people with disabilities for the past...
May 01, 2024
Protestors want WMU to divest from Israel
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University students are protesting for the Palestinian people in the war between Israel and Hamas. Some protestors feared being on camera as news crews we...
May 01, 2024 Western Michigan University (photo by John McNeil)
Former Kalamazoo Township manager to face trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell's case has been bound over for trial in circuit court. Mitchell is accused of eavesdropping on a closed meeting by allege...
May 01, 2024 Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
State and federal officials announce human trafficking charges against three from Three Rivers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three people from Three Rivers have been charged with human trafficking a 33-year-year woman from India under the auspices of marriage. At a press conference at the YWCA K...
Apr 30, 2024 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
Two arrested for allegedly threatening a business in Kalamazoo County's Cooper Township
COOPER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are in custody after police say they were involved in threatening a business in Kalamazoo County's Cooper Township Tuesday morning. The Kalamazoo County S...
Apr 30, 2024
WMU officials say overnight camping is not permitted, university encourages protesters to take down encampment
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While a Pro-Palestinian group encampment at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is now in its second week, some tent still remain at Western Michigan University. A rep...
Apr 30, 2024 Bronco statue on the campus of Western Michigan University (Photo by John McNeil)
"A Two Hearted Tale" documentary set to make its debut in Kalamazoo Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A short film about the unusual labels for Bell's Brewery bottles and cans will make its debut Thursday in Kalamazoo. The documentary "A Two Hearted Tale" celebrates the hi...
Apr 30, 2024 (courtesy Woodward Original)
