Category Archives: Local News
Former priest and teacher at Jackson Lumen Christi charged in 1980s sexual abuse cases
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced his Criminal Division has charged James Francis Rapp, 74, currently incarcerated in another state, with multiple felonies for ...
Jan 12, 2015
Icy conditions result in injury for Union City man
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) – Slippery surfaces and falls have been taking a toll and there was another such incident early Monday afternoon in Branch County. A man was clearing ice from a porch in Un...
Jan 12, 2015
Authorities say ice still not safe in many areas
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) – The ice on many area lakes still is not thick enough to hold a human's weight. A resident near Crooked Lake in Kalamazoo County's Texas Township found that out the hard wa...
Jan 12, 2015
Police say slower speeds could have prevented massive pile-up on I-94 Friday
GALESBURG, MI (WTVB) – Michigan State Police say with another couple inches of fresh snow on Branch County area roads today, drivers again need to observe slower speeds and put more distance bet...
Jan 12, 2015
Coldwater gymnasts and wrestlers in action over the weekend
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports from over the weekend, in wrestling, Coldwater finished sixth out of 18 teams at the Dave Elliot Invitational at Clinton with Battle Cr...
Jan 12, 2015
Meth cook caught in the act in Coldwater Township
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – Caught in the act. Branch County Sheriff’s Deputies, acting on a tip, interviewed the owner of a home at 330 South Michigan Avenue in Coldwater Township Thu...
Jan 10, 2015
Quincy sweeps Union City in high school basketball
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) – For the second straight night, weather wreaked havok on the high school sports scene. A number of high school basketball games scheduled for Friday were postponed due to the ...
Jan 10, 2015
Michigan gay marriage ban review on hold
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVB) – The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to review Michigan’s ban on same sex marriage on Friday to decide whether or not to hear the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals d...
Jan 10, 2015
Deadly crash on I-94 near Galesburg involves at least 100 vehicles Friday morning
GALESBURG, MI (WTVB) – There's been a deadly crash on I-94 in Kalamazoo County involving over 100 vehicles, reportedly including at least 50 semis. The interstate was shut down in both direction...
Jan 09, 2015
BUSINESS BEAT: State Representatve Leutheuser invites area residents to his new office
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Residents of Branch and Hillsdale counties are invited to visit the office of incoming state representative Eric Leutheuser on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Representative Le...
Jan 09, 2015
