Kalamazoo County News

When a methamphetamine lab caught fire inside an upper-floor unit at Fox Ridge Apartments on Tuesday, nine people ran, police said.

Four Kalamazoo County criminal-justice agencies will share a $553,309 federal grant that offers federal economic-stimulus dollars to ``prevent or reduce crime and violence.'' The city of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Portage and Kalamazoo Township are sidestepping provisions that would have allowed a portion of the money to ``support hiring.'' ...

Shelly Wilson is sad her brother, Todd Spears, is dead. But she said she always knew alcohol would kill him.

Michigan motorists one day could see highway signs directing them to tourist attractions rather than just fuel, food and lodging.

A An 83-year-old Kalamazoo man was killed and two others were critically injured in a two-vehicle crash early tonight at B Avenue and Ravine Road, police said.

Western Michigan University student William K. Bradley has been sentenced for larceny in a building.

An expensive, lined leather bomber jacket, moldy sneakers, shorts, funky-smelling socks and a Ziploc baggie containing a wallet, papers and photos tumble out of a heavy-duty paper bag.

Kalamazoo City Commissioner David Anderson predicts an amended ordinance extending discrimination protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals will be approved Monday -- perhaps unanimously -- by the City Commission.

The Kalamazoo County Transportation Authority unanimously supported a resolution Monday to increase fares for the area's public transit services.

Police said they will seek charges against a mother and daughter following a methamphetamine bust Thursday in Kalamazoo's Vine neighborhood.

Four people are in the hospital after the car they were traveling in smashed into a tree.

Clad in their new bike helmets, Aliah and Sierra Ward practiced hand signals they had just learned.

A Mendon man injured along with three other people in a crash of two pickup trucks this morning in southern Kalamazoo County has died.

Firefighters were at the scene this morning of a two-car crash in the southeastern corner of Kalamazoo County.

Three people were transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital, including one who was badly injured, following a two-car collision Monday evening in Oshtemo Township.

Methamphetamine lab busts continue in Kalamazoo County, but money for cleaning up the sites they contaminated may be drying up.

Officials in Michigan say tornadoes have destroyed or heavily damaged at least three homes and several other buildings in the western part of the state.No injuries were reported after the twisters struck late Friday.The National Weather Service said the first tornado touched down near the city of Allegan.

WHAT: Plan to improve the quality and capacity of Kalamazoo County preschool system.

The wreckage was everywhere. Metal ripped from a shed and thrown nearly a half-mile rested in a cluster of trees.

A Kalamazoo woman who told police she repeatedly threw her baby on the floor has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the case.