Category Archives: Top News Stories
Murder charges dropped against wrongly convicted Jeffery Titus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man who spent the last 21 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit is officially a free man. Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Getting...
Jun 01, 2023 71-year-old Jeffery Titus who spent 21 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit, signs an Order of Dismissal of Criminal Proceedings document with Attorney Mary Chartier in Kalamazoo County's 8th District Court on Thursday, June 1. (Photo by Jerry Malec)
Kalamazoo and Portage to mark Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Friday, June 2 is Gun Violence Awareness Day in Kalamazoo, Portage and the rest of the nation. And gun safety advocates say folks should wear orange if they want to show t...
Jun 01, 2023 Robert Nelson / CC
Five injured, building hit, as two cars collide at Kalamazoo intersection overnight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people were injured in a two vehicle crash early this morning at the intersection of Park Street and Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public ...
Jun 01, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo man admits to abusing his 2-month-old son
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man charged with abusing his 2-month-old son admitted in court to hitting and squeezing the baby when he was three weeks old. WOOD TV reported on Wednesday, Ma...
May 31, 2023 Joe Gratz
Several agencies join in search for missing Three Rivers woman.
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search continues for a missing Three Rivers woman. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office is investigating the disappearance of 73-year-old Marilee Furlong from the ...
May 31, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
Former Hartford Police Chief charged with eight felonies for selling stolen pills
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hartford's former police chief has now been charged with multiple felonies and one misdemeanor after allegedly admitting to stealing from the drug disposal box at the polic...
May 31, 2023 Best Law
Missing Allegan County man found safe
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office is confirming that 58-year-old Ernest John Kieliszewski was located on Wednesday, May 31, and is now safe. Kieliszewski went missing just...
May 31, 2023 (Photo provided by the Allegan County Sheriff's Office)
EGLE issues Air Quality Alert for Kalamazoo and other SW Michigan counties
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kalamazoo County is included in an Air Quality Alert which has been issued through midnight on Wednesday night for several counties in southwest Michigan by the Mich...
May 31, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Kalamazoo County Sheriff pushes for greater computer interoperability for all county law enforcement agencies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has set aside $1.4-million dollars to help the county's eight different police departments get on the same computer program. Li...
May 31, 2023
Firearms seized, Kalamazoo man arrested after gunshots late Tuesday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old Kalamazoo resident is in the Kalamazoo County Jail after shots were fired late last night. Around 11:55 p.m. Tuesday the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safet...
May 31, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
