Category Archives: Top News Stories
Portion of WB I-94 closed for 90 minutes Thursday morning: Pedestrian struck and killed by motorist
PAW PAW TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Police are investigating a fatal accident on I-94 in Van Buren County where a pedestrian was struck and killed by a motorist. Authorities say it hap...
Sep 29, 2022 Michigan State Police - File photo
Suspicion of armed student places Parchment High School on lockdown
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Parchment High School went into lockdown on Wednesday, September 28 for a concern over a student with a gun. According to the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, the sc...
Sep 28, 2022 Parchment High School - Google Street View
McGinn convicted in 2019 murder/robbery of Michael Corbin, sentencing scheduled for October 31
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County jury has convicted Kolbie McGinn in the 2019 murder and robbery of 27-year-old Michael Corbin after a trial which lasted for three days. The jury delibe...
Sep 28, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Driver charged in crash injuring Kalamazoo police officer bound over for trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Parchment man accused of driving intoxicated and seriously injuring a Department of Kalamazoo Public Safety officer in a crash has been bound over for trial. 31-year-ol...
Sep 27, 2022 KDPS Officer Tom Maher. (Photo provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Bronson nurse sentenced to probation for fentanyl medication tampering
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A former nurse at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo sentenced by a federal grand jury for tampering with vials of fentanyl. According to court records, the U.S. Dis...
Sep 27, 2022 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) deploying 350 employees to Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian
FORT WAYNE, IN (WKZO AM/FM) -- Indiana Michigan Power is answering the call to provide mutual assistance ahead of Hurricane Ian, which is on track to make landfall this week along Florida's Gulf Coast...
Sep 27, 2022 Photo provided by Michigan Indiana Power (I&M).
AUDIO: Foundation for Excellence allows Kalamazoo to step up economic development efforts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Like most cities, Kalamazoo has an economic development department geared to work with entrepreneurs to get them through zoning, finances, and all the other hurdles new bu...
Sep 27, 2022 Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence logo
Preparations for Tikario Taylor-McMillon double murder re-trial underway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An 18-year-old man accused of breaking into a Kalamazoo Township couple's apartment and killing them in December of 2020 is set to face a re-trial and a new jury. Accordi...
Sep 26, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
Teens involved in deadly drive-by shooting of 2-year-old in Battle Creek formally charged
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two teens involved in a fatal drive-by shooting in Battle Creek a week ago that killed a 2-year-old boy were formally arraigned on open murder and weapons charges on M...
Sep 26, 2022 Best Law
No injuries in armed robbery at South Westnedge Avenue business Sunday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries, but money was taken in an armed robbery at a Kalamazoo business Sunday afternoon. At approximately 4:40 p.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety ...
Sep 26, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
