A school bus driver shortage is leading to canceled routes and lower attendance
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Comstock Public School District, like many across the state, is enduring an ongoing bus driver shortage that threatens hundreds of students' access to education. UNSOLVED: Tips wanted on 10 year anniversary of college student's hit and run death. In fact, due to the lack of...
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board to fund projects this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo County commissioners have one leftover piece of business from their recently approved 2026 budget that they plan to take up tomorrow. The board has set aside $200,000 for the past two years to fund an organized competition to pay for community projects that meet their...
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital Offering Free Meals For SNAP Families
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL’S INTERVIEW WITH COORDINATOR JESSICA BAKER. Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital is proud to announce a new community initiative aimed at supporting local families affected by recent SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefit changes and government workers affected by the shutdown. On...
Two Kalamazoo-area high schoolers hurt after deadly weekend crash
One of the three passengers injured in a deadly wrong-way crash on US-131 over the weekend is a Comstock Public Schools student, the superintendent confirmed to News 8.
Kalamazoo officials respond to viral social media posts about discolored tap water
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Social media posts showing what appears to be discolored water from Kalamazoo taps have gone viral, prompting city officials to address residents' concerns about water quality. FOX 17 Kalamazoo reporter Julie Dunmire saw multiple posts circulating on TikTok and Facebook showing what a user claims...
Family, friends honor 17-year-old killed in US-131 crash
PORTAGE, Mich. — Friends and family of 17-year-old Alayiah Lazzara gathered at the Celery Flats park in Portage to remember her Tuesday evening. The teen was one of four killed in a wrong-way crash on US-131 over the weekend. She died at the hospital Monday night, days after the...
Jackson High School Wrestler Marcell Oliver, 18, Passed Away in a Tragic Accident, Leaving...
Marcell Oliver, a Jackson High School Wrestler, passed away in a tragic accident that occurred early Sunday morning on 131 near Martin. A woman was engaged in the collision, driving the wrong way on the highway and colliding head-on with another car. A wrong-way driver on US-131 early Sunday morning...
Police identify drivers who died in wrong-way U.S. 131 crash that killed 4
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI — Police have identified the drivers of two vehicles that crashed on U.S. 131 after one of the drivers traveled the wrong way on the highway. The crash happened in the early morning of Sunday, Nov. 2, killing four people and seriously injuring two others, the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office said.
Finance director sent to prison in $1M scheme that closed preschool learning agency
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The former bookkeeper at a non-profit agency that helped preschool children was sentenced to four years, six months in federal prison for conspiring to embezzle $1,170,935. Sharon Killebrew, 70, former director of finance at the now-closed Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, or ELNC, was...
Man charged with assault with intent to murder, other felonies after hours-long standoff
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A 40-year-old man is facing several charges including assault with intent to murder after an hours-long standoff Friday. Previous: Armed suspect surrenders after hours-long standoff with police in Kalamazoo. While serving a warrant Friday around 6:11 p.m. to 40-year-old Shane Michael Launius at...

















