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Portage Business Damaged In Fire
Officials say a fire at a business in Portage yesterday caused over $50-thousand dollars worth of damages.
No one was hurt when the fire broke out in the attic of the Hogan Insurance Agency on Gladys Street. Crews arrived at the scene at around 3 in the afternoon...
Fatal Fire Case Now Homicide Investigation
Police in Kalamazoo are questioning a man in connection with a fatal fire that occurred over the weekend that is now being called a homicide.
The victim, a 47-year-old woman, was found dead in her bed when officers responded to a report of a fire in an apartment at the Clayborne Court Apartments Saturday night...
Woman Stabbed In Kalamazoo Township Sunday
A woman is in the hospital being treated for multiple stab wounds after being attacked during an argument last night.
Kalamazoo Township Police say the woman was found with non-life threatening injuries when they responded to the LakeView Apartments shortly after 7pm...
Fatal Fire Investigated
A fatal fire in Kalamazoo Saturday has been deemed as suspicious in nature.
Firefighters responded to the Clayborne Court Apartments just before 8:30 that night and quickly put out a fire in a bedroom in one of the units. Officers say they found the 47-year-old woman who lived in the apartment dead on the bed...
Police Say Driver In Train Collision Went Around Barrier
Authorities say it appears that the van that was hit by an Amtrak in the Kalamazoo area yesterday had been driven around the crossing gates, leading up to the collision and the deaths of the three people inside.
It happened at around 4:30 on 11th Street in Oshtemo...
Perjury Trial Delayed For Former Reserve Police Officer
The trial for a former police officer accused of lying to investigators probing the November 2007 slaying of an 11-year-old girl has been delayed.
47-year old Raymond McCann of Three Rivers is a former Constantine police reserve officer charged with lying in testimony related to the unsolved 2007 homicide of Jodi Parrack...
Kalamazoo Man Sentenced In Murder Case
An 18-year-old Kalamazoo man will serve at least 30 years in prison for his involvement in a gang fight that claimed the life of a middle school student.
Rashad Perez was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for the May 26 shooting death of 13-year-old Michael Day...
Kalamazoo Woman Found Safe
Kalamazoo Police say a woman suffering from mental illness who went missing Sunday has returned home.
30-year-old Alexis Anderson walked away from her home on Reed Avenue yesterday morning, barefoot and not dressed for the weather.
Police say Anderson showed up at her home early this morning and appeared to be in good condition but she was sent to the hospital for an examination as a precaution...
Man Charged In Halloween Stabbing
A man has been charged with attempted murder, following a stabbing which occurred at a Halloween party in Kalamazoo. 19 year-old Drew Liggett was arraigned Wednesday in Kalamazoo County District Court.
Prosecutors say that Liggett became angry after being asked to leave the party and came back with a knife and that he then attacked a 20 year-old man who had confronted Liggett earlier in the evenin
Plow Blade Theft Investigated
Sheriff’s Deputies in Kalamazoo County are searching for whoever stole Comstock’s plow blades.
Township officials say thieves made off with all three of the plow blades from their facility on East Main just before Halloween.
Whoever took them loaded them into a trailer belonging to the township and drove off with it...