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Two convicted of murder after man was gunned down in broad daylight at Kalamazoo apartment complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pair of men have been found guilty this week in the shooting death of another man at the Fox ...
9h ago
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AUDIO: WMU fall commencement is Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Many of the seniors at Western Michigan University have something extra to celebrate this weeken...
15h ago

City of Kalamazoo announces cold weather assistance with warming shelters and centers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With weather predictions show the temperatures dipping down to single digits this coming weekend...
Dec 12, 2025
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Tunnel to Towers Foundation renovates home and pays off mortgage for injured Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was severely injured in a traffic accident h...
Dec 11, 2025

Driver injured after slamming her vehicle into a light pole and a cement barrier in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A driver reportedly experienced a medical emergency and slammed her vehicle into a light pole an...
Dec 11, 2025
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Two convicted of murder after man was gunned down in broad daylight at Kalamazoo apartment complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pair of men have been found guilty this week in the shooting death of another man at the Fox ...
9h ago
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Kalamazoo, Calhoun county medical director: Keep giving babies Hepatitis B vaccine
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan health officials continue to recommend the Hepatitis B birth dose. A federal committee ...
15h ago
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Battle Creek man facing child exploitation charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 35-year-old Battle Creek man is facing charges of accosting a child for immoral purposes an...
15h ago

Kalamazoo official: Water leaks might result in larger water bills
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The next time you get a water bill in the city of Kalamazoo, you may want to check what you are ...
15h ago

AUDIO: WMU fall commencement is Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Many of the seniors at Western Michigan University have something extra to celebrate this weeken...
15h ago
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Extra Holiday Road Patrols by Police in Michigan Underway
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - Even though Christmas is nearly two weeks away, it's not too early to have extra po...
16h ago

Tunnel to Towers Foundation renovates home and pays off mortgage for injured Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was severely injured in a traffic accident h...
Dec 11, 2025

Two dead in crash between car, semi in Muskegon County
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 9-year-old girl and a 51-year-old woman were killed yesterday morning in a crash between...
Dec 11, 2025
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Congresswoman Stevens files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens has filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human...
Dec 11, 2025

University of Michigan fires coach Sherrone Moore For alleged inappropriate relationship
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The University of Michigan has fired head football coach Sherrone Moore over an alleged inapprop...
Dec 10, 2025
Local Sports
Western Michigan extends coach Lance Taylor through 2030
Fresh off winning the 2025 MAC Championship in his third season at the helm, Western Michigan head coach Lance Taylor agreed ...
Dec 08, 2025

Broncos get bid to Myrtle Beach Bowl to face Kennesaw State December 19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After winning the MAC championship game Saturday, the 2025 Mid-American Conference Champion West...
Dec 08, 2025

Gilmore Car Museum hosting Run through the Lights Wednesday
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Gilmore Car Museum is inviting people to the facility Wednesday night from 5 to 9 p.m....
Dec 07, 2025

WMU wins MAC championship, awaits bowl announcement
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football team won the team's fourth league championship in school ...
Dec 07, 2025

WMU playing in MAC football championship game Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a good weekend to be a Bronco, as the football team plays this Saturday in the Mid-American...
Dec 05, 2025
National Sports
Lightning captain Victor Hedman to have elbow surgery
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman and captain Victor Hedman has an elbow injury that will require surgery and keep him out ...
2h ago
Trump honors 'Miracle on Ice' hockey players who defeated Soviets in 1980
By Andrea Shalal and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday honored members of the ...
2h ago
Soccer-High demand for 2026 World Cup tickets despite fans slamming prices
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES, Dec 12 (Reuters) - FIFA received five million requests for World Cup 2026 tickets in the first 2...
3h ago
Report: Guardians manager Stephen Vogt already has extension
So much for the idea that Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt was possibly headed into a lame duck season, with ESP...
3h ago
Spurs star C Victor Wembanyama (calf) could return vs. Thunder
San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama is listed as probable for Saturday night's NBA Cup semifinal at Las Vega...
3h ago
National
US House Republican healthcare plan does not extend Obamacare subsidies
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
1h ago
Trump honors 'Miracle on Ice' hockey players who defeated Soviets in 1980
By Andrea Shalal and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday honored members of the ...
2h ago
US president's new Air Force One jet from Boeing delayed again
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Friday the delivery of the first of two new Air Force One jets from Boeing...
3h ago
US invalidates union contract covering 47,000 TSA officers, AFGE vows to challenge
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday terminated the coll...
4h ago
Spain urges EU not to weaken 2035 combustion engine ban, letter shows
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged the European Commission not to wea...
4h ago
World
One dead in Russia's Saratov region after drone alert
Dec 13 (Reuters) - One person was killed and infrastructure was damaged in southern Russia's Saratov region after ...
2h ago
US envoy Witkoff will travel to Berlin to meet with Zelenskiy and European leaders, WSJ reports
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy an...
2h ago
Venezuela-US tensions spike in wake of seized tanker as Nobel winner vows change
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Friday promised political change after slipping out o...
3h ago
Bolivia judge rules ex-President Arce be held in pre-trial detention for five months
Dec 12 (Reuters) - A Bolivian judge on Friday said that ex-President Luis Arce will be held in pre-trial detention for f...
3h ago
North Korean leader Kim hails troops returning from Russia mission, state media says
SEOUL, Dec 13 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for an army engineering unit that had...
4h ago
Business
Canada's WestJet to pause non-adjustable seat rollout, seek passenger feedback
Dec 12 (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines said on Friday it would pause its rollout of non-adjustable economy seats next week, test...
1h ago
JPMorgan's Dimon signals support for Kevin Warsh as Fed chair, FT reports
Dec 12 (Reuters) - JPMorgan top boss Jamie Dimon signaled support for former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh as the...
1h ago
US president's new Air Force One jet from Boeing delayed again
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Friday the delivery of the first of two new Air Force One jets from Boeing...
3h ago
Brazilian airline Azul gets bankruptcy court approval for debt restructuring
NEW YORK/SAO PAULO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday approved Azul's debt restructuring, allowing th...
3h ago
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsi...
4h ago
Politics
US House Republican healthcare plan does not extend Obamacare subsidies
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
1h ago
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies t...
5h ago
Senior US Democrats urge release of Venezuela boat strike video
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Democratic members of the "Gang of Eight" of U.S. congressional and intelligence com...
5h ago
Trump's AI order faces political and legal hurdles
By Jody Godoy Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to bar state laws on artificial intell...
8h ago
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states
By Daniel Wiessner Dec 12 (Reuters) - California and 18 other U.S. states will file a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block Pres...
8h ago
Health
US House Republican healthcare plan does not extend Obamacare subsidies
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
1h ago
Court rejects Planned Parenthood's challenge to Trump-backed law ending Medicaid funding
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a provision of U.S. President Donald ...
2h ago
Bipartisan group of US lawmakers calls for export controls on synthetic DNA sequences
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers this week introduced bills that woul...
5h ago
US FDA approves Innoviva's oral antibiotic for gonorrhea
By Kamal Choudhury Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator on Friday approved Innoviva's oral antibiotic to treat gonorr...
8h ago
South Carolina measles cases rise to 126 amid accelerating outbreak
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The South Carolina health department on Friday reported 126 cases of measles in the state, up by 15 c...
9h ago
Science
Analysis-Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
By Joey Roulette, Ross Kerber and Echo Wang WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Investors eyeing SpaceX's potential blockbuster IP...
15h ago
Bezos' Blue Origin working on orbital data center technology, WSJ reports
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for ar...
Dec 10, 2025
Oldest evidence of human fire-making discovered at site in England
By Will Dunham Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans i...
Dec 10, 2025
Chinese astronauts install debris protection aboard space station
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Chinese astronauts have installed protection against "space junk" a...
Dec 09, 2025
Scientists discover secrets of ancient Roman concrete at Pompeii
By Will Dunham Dec 9 (Reuters) - Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen i...
Dec 09, 2025
Technology
Juventus is not for sale, sources close to Exor say, after Tether bid
Milan, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Agnelli family has no intention of selling Juventus to crypto group Tether or anyone else, sour...
5h ago
Trump's AI order faces political and legal hurdles
By Jody Godoy Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to bar state laws on artificial intell...
8h ago
Google faces $129 million French asset freeze after Russian ruling, documents show
By Leo Marchandon, Inti Landauro and Gleb Bryanski PARIS/MOSCOW, Dec 12 - The administrator of Google's defunct Russian busin...
9h ago
Oracle pushes back several data centers for OpenAI to 2028, Bloomberg News reports
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Oracle has pushed back the completion dates for some of the data centers it is developing for OpenAI ...
10h ago
Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claim
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Netflix says it must acquire Warner Bros Discovery to compete with YouTube, but an...
11h ago
Entertainment
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsi...
4h ago
Disney's 'Zootopia 2' set to join $1 billion box office club
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2" is on track to surpass $1 billion at the global box ...
8h ago
Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claim
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Netflix says it must acquire Warner Bros Discovery to compete with YouTube, but an...
11h ago
Universal submits remedy to EU's objections over Downtown deal
BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Universal Music said on Friday it has submitted a remedy to address competition concerns fr...
12h ago
Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora AI tool
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Walt Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will let the startup use characters from Star Wars, Pixa...
Dec 11, 2025





