drugs

It's more than just recreational marijuana and it's more than "no big deal." Drugs are a problem in Michigan.

Edibles may have won the homecoming queen her crown at a Southwest Michigan High School.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that they were called to the 1400 block of Jack Pine Way around 1:45am Sunday, after a citizen saw someone shooting a handgun several times in a parking lot, before entering a residence.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that a team executed a search warrant to a home on North Park St. around 9pm Sunday, after tips led them to believe drugs were inside. Once inside, police found a large amount of crack cocaine and marijuana, along with a loaded handgun and almost $5,000…

Richland Police were investigating a mobile home near Gull Lake Middle School, because they believed a marijuana growing operation was taking place. Inside the home, police found things like motor oil and butane gas, which led them to believe that the occupants were using the space to create hash oi…

44-year-old Todd Maneke appeared in Kalamazoo County Court on Monday, January 30, where a judge ordered him to serve between 15 and 20 years in prison; he pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of 88-year-old Alfred Minka last month.

A KDPS officer who spoke with Ballinger the day of the death says that even though her daughter was calling for help, and at some point began gasping, no effort was made to help the child. The couple allegedly admitted to detectives that they had been smoking meth the night of Desaray’s death…

Arraignment took place yesterday for a Battle Creek man accused of stealing a child’s headstone.
The Battle Creek Enquirer reports that 31-year-old Wesley Carter is charged with receiving and concealing stolen property; at the same time, he was arraigned on meth making and dealing cha…

Last year saw a dramatic rise in the number of drug related deaths in Kalamazoo County, while Calhoun County saw a slight drop.
The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department says Thursday that from 2015 to 2016, the amount of drug related accidental deaths more than doubled from 33 to…