Credit Courtesy of Donna Odom
Odom was named a Kalamazoo YWCA Woman of Achievement recipient in 2018. She is a scholar on the Underground Railroad’s presence in Southwest Michigan. Odom used to coordinate history programs and special projects at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum for 16 years, including holding a summer youth camp on the Underground Railroad. A major traveling exhibit about race had come to the museum during the same year that she retired from there in 2010.
Odom kept the conversation about race going by launching a multi-racial, community-wide book group that met in public spaces to encourage racial healing; it was founded within months of the exhibit’s conclusion. That discussion and reading effort is now a joint project of SHARE and the Kalamazoo Public Library.
Juvenile in custody following alleged stabbing incident
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and last updated 2021-02-09 18:12:16-05
KALAMAZOO, Mich. â Kalamazoo police responded to reports of a stabbing on California Avenue this morning, according to Kalamazoo Public Safety.
Weâre told police found a 45-year-old male with a stab wound in the chest when they arrived.
Police say the manâs wounds are non-life-threatening, adding that the victim claimed to have been hit after a pair of knives were thrown at him.
The suspect is a 14-year-old male Kalamazoo resident who was located some time later, authorities say. Weâre told he has been charged with felonious assault and is currently lodged at the Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home.
Kalamazoo police: vehicle occupant sustains gunshot wound
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and last updated 2021-02-05 16:28:23-05
KALAMAZOO, Mich. â Kalamazoo police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Cobb Avenue and West North Street this afternoon.
Officers discovered a victim inside a vehicle with a sustained gunshot wound, according to Kalamazoo Public Safety.
After applying first aid to the wounded victim and conducting interviews in the area, officers learned that shots were fired by an occupant of another vehicle, according to police. They say no suspect description is available at this time.
Weâre told the victim was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Stolen firearm recovered during Kalamazoo traffic stop
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and last updated 2021-02-04 23:13:32-05
KALAMAZOO, Mich. â Kalamazoo police recovered a stolen firearm during a traffic stop Thursday evening.
The traffic stop was made in the area of East Stockbridge Avenue and South Burdick Street, according to Kalamazoo Public Safety.
They say contact was made with the vehicleâs occupants when a semi-automatic weapon was spotted inside the car.
Weâre told the gun was confiscated before it was determined to be stolen, resulting in the arrest of a 36-year-old resident from Kalamazoo. Police say that person was charged with multiple felonies.
Newly Colorized Photos of Early Kalamazoo Will Blow Your Mind
I ve always found it fascinating to see old pictures of the place you grew up in from the early 1900s. It’s even more fun when you can get back into the 1800s and see just how different things were back then. One thing I love about Kalamazoo Public library is that they regularly throwback on Thursdays and post old pictures that are public domain. When you look at those pictures you feel like it’s a different world.
But when you bring color to the pictures you realize that the technological advances we’ve made are the only things that really separate how different things were. Of course it was another time but the color seems to give it real life. I found a new app on the phone called Colorize that takes black-and-white pictures and adds color to them. They are always 100% accurate or give the greatest detail, but for most it does an amazing job. Using the help of Kalamazoo Public Libraries’ #ThrowbackThursday pos