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Suspicious fire at vacant Battle Creek church under investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire at a vacant Battle Creek church is under investigation for being suspicious. Firefight...
3h ago

Battle Creek police arrest 24-year-old woman in shooting investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have arrested a 24-year-old woman for a shooting that happened Wednesday ...
4h ago

Grand Rapids man charged with threating President Trump, Vice President Vance
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 42-year-old man named James Donald Vance Jr. of Grand Rapids is facing federal charges of t...
5h ago

AUDIO: Kalamazoo County has $400,000 available for grants
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is making $400,000 available for local groups that want to help local residents...
5h ago
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AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools facing deadline for budget decisions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools is facing a looming deadline. They have until the end of the month to p...
5h ago
State

Grand Rapids man charged with threating President Trump, Vice President Vance
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 42-year-old man named James Donald Vance Jr. of Grand Rapids is facing federal charges of t...
5h ago

Woman is dead, suspected shooter in critical condition in domestic dispute in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A woman is dead and the man who police believe shot her is in critical condition in a domestic d...
14h ago
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McCann reintroduces legislation to put bottle bill expansion before voters
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo has reintroduced legislation that would allow the legislatu...
19h ago
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General Motors investing $4 Billion In U.S. plants
DETROIT, MI (WTVB)- General Motors says it's investing four billion dollars in three U.S. plants, moving some production from...
Jun 11, 2025

Eight-month-old safe after vehicle stolen in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An eight-month-old was unharmed after the vehicle they were in was stolen in Portage Tuesday morni...
Jun 11, 2025
Local Sports

KCC baseball team wins regional championship, heads to Junior College World Series
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kellogg Community College baseball team are regional champions for the second consecutive...
May 21, 2025

AUDIO: Ad hoc committee to pick youth sports complex location is set
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new ad hoc committee picked to decide the location for Kalamazoo's new youth sports complex ha...
May 21, 2025

First Kalamazoo Wings coach, GM dies at 80
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first head coach and general manager of the Kalamazoo Wings hockey team has died. The ECHL t...
May 14, 2025

Kalamazoo County hotel owners approve adding fee to room charges for youth sports complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday was a tough day for three funding requests on the ballot locally. Two school bond issues...
May 08, 2025

ACEing Autism, USTA welcome 87 tennis players for inclusive tennis clinic at Portage YMCA
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The USTA and ACEing Autism welcomed 87 tennis players of varied abilities to the Portage YMCA this...
May 07, 2025
National Sports
Report: Antonio Brown sought on attempted murder charge
Former All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown is being sought by authorities in Miami-Dade County on a charge of attempted murde...
18m ago
Reports: Brewers deal RHP Aaron Civale to White Sox
One day after Aaron Civale requested a trade, the Milwaukee Brewers obliged and shipped the right-hander to the Chicago White...
19m ago
Report: Rams LT Alaric Jackson dealing with blood clots
Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson is dealing with blood clots for the second time since 2022, NFL Network reported ...
20m ago
Colts inducting late Jim Irsay in Ring of Honor in Week 1
The Indianapolis Colts will induct late owner and CEO Jim Irsay into their Ring of Honor during the Sept. 7 season opener aga...
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Swimming-Canada's teen sensation McIntosh looking ahead to worlds after record week
By Lori Ewing (Reuters) -A day after Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh completed one of the greatest weeks in swimming histo...
2h ago
National
Report: Antonio Brown sought on attempted murder charge
Former All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown is being sought by authorities in Miami-Dade County on a charge of attempted murde...
18m ago
Reports: Brewers deal RHP Aaron Civale to White Sox
One day after Aaron Civale requested a trade, the Milwaukee Brewers obliged and shipped the right-hander to the Chicago White...
19m ago
Report: Rams LT Alaric Jackson dealing with blood clots
Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson is dealing with blood clots for the second time since 2022, NFL Network reported ...
20m ago
Colts inducting late Jim Irsay in Ring of Honor in Week 1
The Indianapolis Colts will induct late owner and CEO Jim Irsay into their Ring of Honor during the Sept. 7 season opener aga...
20m ago
No immigration changes under way for farm, hospitality workers, Washington Post reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -There are no policy changes under way to exempt farm, hotel and other leisure workers from Donald Trump...
26m ago
World
Leaders of UK, France, Germany urge de-escalation of Middle East conflict
LONDON (Reuters) -Leaders of Britain, France and Germany on Friday called for all sides to refrain from further escalation af...
15m ago
Nigerian President Tinubu's pardon of 'Ogoni Nine' draws ethnic group's rejection
By Ope Adetayo LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria's Ogoni activists on Friday rejected a posthumous pardon for nine members executed th...
16m ago
UN conference on Israel-Palestinian issue postponed after attack on Iran, sources say
PARIS/RIYADH (Reuters) -A United Nations conference co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia aimed at forging a roadmap towards a...
16m ago
German foreign minister alters Middle East trip after Israel strikes Iran
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul had to change his trip in the Middle East, dropping a stop in Israe...
16m ago
Russia says it tests new laser defences against drones
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday it had conducted large-scale tests of new laser-based systems to defend against drone...
17m ago
Business
IEA says it stands ready to tap emergency oil stocks, OPEC sees no need
By Ahmad Ghaddar (Reuters) -The West's energy watchdog said on Friday it was ready to release oil stocks should the market ex...
22m ago
Big disruption to oil supply unlikely after Israel's attack on Iran, say analysts
(Reuters) -Israel's attack on Iran is unlikely to cause a major disruption to oil supply, analysts at two major banks said, b...
22m ago
Adobe shares slide as investors skeptical of quicker AI-adoption returns
By Twesha Dikshit (Reuters) -Adobe's shares dropped 7% in early trading on Friday as investors' concern that the company's AI...
22m ago
Investors fearing worst-case Middle East scenarios hunker down
By Amanda Cooper and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Investors' worst-case scenario of a full-blown Middle East conflict i...
23m ago
IFC to provide $400 million loan for Pakistan's copper-gold Reko Diq mine
By Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The International Finance Corporation will provide a $400 million subordinated loan for...
24m ago
Politics
US judge blocks Trump administration from overhauling federal elections
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing...
1h ago
Radio Free Europe still hopes for Congress funds after U.S. financing halt
By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) -U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is seeking to build bi-partisan ...
3h ago
Soldiers, Strykers and 100-degree temps: Inside Trump's border military zone
By Andrew Hay SANTA TERESA, NM (Reuters) -The weapons system atop a drab green U.S. Army Stryker swivels, its camera shifting...
4h ago
Trump finds victories at the Supreme Court in rush of emergency cases
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, his administration has bombarded the U...
4h ago
Trump signs executive order on wildfire prevention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that directed the top officials of the Int...
17h ago
Health
Trump Medicaid cuts could devastate rural health services, hospitals warn
By Andy Sullivan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Rural hospitals are sounding the alarm over proposed healthcare cuts...
2h ago
Goal to end AIDS by 2030 'more off-track' after Trump cuts, UNAIDS head says
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Donald Trump's cuts to HIV/AIDS programmes will further derail an already faltering plan...
2h ago
India's Sun Pharma names Kirti Ganorkar as managing director
(Reuters) -India's Sun Pharmaceutical on Friday named Kirti Ganorkar as managing director, effective September 1, for a perio...
2h ago
WHO warns of spread of cholera outbreak from Sudan to Chad refugee camps
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization warned on Friday that cholera cases in Sudan are set to rise an...
2h ago
Moderna falls on fears new CDC vaccine advisory panel could cloud RSV shot prospects
(Reuters) -Moderna's shares fell 2.5% before the bell on Friday, on concerns whether a new CDC advisory panel would back the ...
2h ago
Science
Russian space agency says it fixed a leak on its segment of space station, Ifax reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Friday that a leak on the Russian segment of the International Space...
1h ago
FAA says probe closed into SpaceX Starship Flight 8
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it closed an agency-required investigation into a ...
17h ago
Exclusive-After Trump feud, role of Musk's SpaceX in Golden Dome missile shield in question
By Marisa Taylor and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The role of Elon Musk's SpaceX in an ambitious new U.S. missile defen...
18h ago
Space station air leaks trigger delay to private astronaut mission
(Reuters) -NASA indefinitely delayed a four-person crew's mission to the International Space Station on Thursday over an esca...
19h ago
Webb telescope spots infant planets in different stages of development
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of inf...
Jun 12, 2025
Technology
Adobe shares slide as investors skeptical of quicker AI-adoption returns
By Twesha Dikshit (Reuters) -Adobe's shares dropped 7% in early trading on Friday as investors' concern that the company's AI...
22m ago
OpenAI to continue working with Scale AI after Meta deal
By Supantha Mukherjee PARIS (Reuters) -OpenAI plans to continue working with Scale AI after rival Meta on Friday agreed to ta...
1h ago
Britain says Google's online-ad commitments no longer needed
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's antitrust regulator said commitments it secured from Google in 2022 related to online advertising...
3h ago
Brazil's Meliuz raises $32.4 million in share offering to buy bitcoin
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian fintech Meliuz raised 180.08 million reais ($32.39 million) in a follow-on share offering aime...
3h ago
Deutsche Telekom, Nvidia to build AI cloud for industry in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) -Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia will join forces to build an industrial artificial intelligence cloud for Europ...
4h ago
Entertainment
International K-pop fans thrill to prospect of BTS reunion
By Daewoung Kim and Jisoo Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -Thousands of international fans of K-pop megastars BTS gathered on Friday in t...
4h ago
Harvey Weinstein jury resumes deliberations after partial conviction, infighting
By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Jurors will reconvene on Thursday in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, a day after they handed ...
Jun 12, 2025
Hats on! A milliner talks Ascot's most important accessory
LONDON (Reuters) -At her London studio, Merve Bayindir carefully glues on dried flowers onto a pale pink saucer hat. Nearby, ...
Jun 12, 2025
Soccer-'Ted Lasso' stars tell Los Angeles to surrender to the World Cup vibe
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The creators and stars of award-winning comedy series "Ted Lasso" were among...
Jun 12, 2025
China pulls decade of rubbish from park that inspired sci-fi film 'Avatar'
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China has cleared 51 tonnes of trash from a scenic southern region famed for a craggy peak featured in H...
Jun 12, 2025