Winter weather, a high-speed chase, and more top stories
Below are News Channel 3's top local stories from this past week. One-Two punch coming from Old Man Winter After being a virtual no-show in West Michigan so far this season, it looks like Old Man Winter is about to come calling with a couple of snow-producing storms.
The first, this weekend, won't pose much of a challenge. An "Alberta Clipper," a fast-moving disturbance that often forms on the east side of the Rockies in the Canadian province of Alberta, will bring scattered snow showers from early Saturday morning through early Sunday afternoon. Michigan braces for 42% increase in refugee arrivals amid housing challenges
This year, over 2,500 refugees from different parts of the world, came to Michigan. State officials project the number to climb 42% next year, according to the Department of State Refugee Reception. Officials with Samaritas, a local nonprofit helping refugees in Kalamazoo, said its been a challenging time to keep up with the demand of refugees.
Michigan duo arrested on drug charges after bi-state, high-speed chase A driver and his passenger remain in LaGrange County Jail after leading St. Joseph County deputies on a late night, high-speed chase.
Deputies tried to stop the driver, a 53-year-old Sturgis man, for a speeding violation on Fawn River Road near Balk Road around 11:09 p.m. Saturday. Family calls son a 'hero' after he loses his life and saves his girlfriend
A mom is mourning after her son, 14-year-old Tristan Billman, was hit and killed by a car in Cooper Township on Dec.
29. The teenager was walking on the side of North Riverview Drive in the early morning hours when he was struck by a car driven by a 51-year-old Allegan man, according to Michigan State Police. Two shot, one killed in Kalamazoo New Year's Day homicide
A Kalamazoo man died and another person was hospitalized after both were shot on New Year's Day, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Public safety officers were called to East South Street near South Kalamazoo Mall around 1:28 a.m. Monday, finding Romero Weakley, 26, suffering from a gunshot wound.
MSP searches Kalamazoo home for suspected drug activity after traffic stop evidence Michigan State Police executed a search warrant for suspected drug activity at a house in Kalamazoo Saturday. After a traffic stop on Friday, law enforcement found evidence in the vehicle that was enough cause for a search warrant to be executed for a home on S.
9th Street near Stadium Drive. Teenager dies, 1 seriously injured in three-car crash in Kent County A 19-year-old woman died Thursday morning in a three-car crash in Kent County.
The teen from DeWitt was driving northbound on Whitneyville Avenue SE around 6 a.m. when her Cadillac side-swiped a southbound Ford Escape near Prairie View Lane, according to the Kent County Sheriff's Office.
14-year-old Kalamazoo teen fatally struck by car, MSP investigating
14-year-old Kalamazoo boy was hit and killed by a car Friday morning in Cooper Township, according to Michigan State Police. Troopers said the teen and a 15-year-old Kalamazoo girl were walking in the southbound lane of N. Riverview Drive near Van Buren Street around 6 a.m. when a vehicle struck them.
WATCH: Motorcyclist jumps into Kalamazoo River to flee police, bodycam video shows
"You're gonna go to jail anyway dude, give up," a Kalamazoo public safety officer can be heard yelling on bodycam video to a man in the Kalamazoo River.
A search was launched Monday for a motorcyclist who was swept under the waters of the Kalamazoo River while running from police.