Category Archives: Top News Stories
Altered City of Kalamazoo budget proposal to include funding for improved childcare and other services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo's City Manager has altered his 2023 proposed city budget to include money to improve child care for preschoolers at the request of commissioners, who say daycar...
Jan 05, 2023 Kalamazoo City Commission at their meeting Oct. 3, 2022
Man charged in fatal shooting at New Year's Eve party facing four felonies
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Lawrence Township man who allegedly killed two people by celebratory gunfire at a New Year's gathering is now facing two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of ...
Jan 04, 2023 Photo of Christopher Toppenberg provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office.
AUDIO: Hard feelings remain over the handling of KDPS chief Coakley's dismissal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The firing of former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Vernon Coakley has the leader of the Kalamazoo's NAACP asking questions. Coakley was let go after a month'...
Jan 04, 2023 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
Taylor elected new chair of Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners, vows bipartisanship
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners held their first meeting of the new year Tuesday night, with a few new faces, picked new leadership, and expressed hope that th...
Jan 04, 2023 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners vice chair John Taylor (courtesy John McNeill)
Sentence handed down to Kalamazoo man in 2017 murder of 11-month-old
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo man convicted of murdering an 11-month-old child in August 2017 has been sentenced to 12 1/2 to 40 years in prison. Bryant Rolland received the sentence in co...
Jan 03, 2023 Best Law
Report: Actions by former Kalamazoo Public Schools Operations Director may have been illegal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More details have been released on last week's firing of the Kalamazoo Public Schools Operations Director, and it appears some of his alleged misdeeds may have been legal ...
Jan 03, 2023 EpicTop10.com / CC
Armed robbery suspect found hiding by KDPS K-9, 19-year-old lodged in Kalamazoo County Jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect who reportedly robbed a Kalamazoo business at gunpoint, then fled to a neighboring home, has been arrested. Monday afternoon officers from the Kalamazoo Departme...
Jan 03, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo County to hold organizational meeting, decide on easing COVID-19 safeguards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners will hold their annual organizational meeting Tuesday to approve commission bylaws and pick a new chair and vice-chair. One thing...
Jan 02, 2023 Kalamazoo County Courthouse
Shots fired, guns seized, and two arrested in Kalamazoo Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were arrested and several weapons were seized during traffic stops associated with a large gathering New Year's Day morning in the 2900 block of West Michigan A...
Jan 02, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
New minimum wage in Michigan now $10.10 per hour
LANSING, MI (WJXQ) - The minimum wage in Michigan is now $10.10 an hour. The wage rose 23-cents on January 1 and the minimum wage for tipped workers has risen to $3.84. The Legislature adopted and ame...
Jan 02, 2023
