Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
Police look for driver in southwest hit-and-run
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is asking for help in finding a vehicle and whoever was driving it on Sunday when it struck a pedestrian on the city's southwest side...
Jul 10, 2025
Indiana National Guard recruitment up 14%
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Recruitment by the Indiana National Guard is up 14 percent from last year. Officials say they have over 12,000 members as of now, and they hope recent benefit changes will...
Jul 10, 2025 rachwal / Depositphotos.com
Indiana property tax changes take effect
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The state's property tax changes have taken effect, and gross assessed property values are up 12 percent compared to 2024. Farmland is being assessed at a lower base rate ...
Jul 09, 2025 AndreyPopov / Depositphotos.com
FWPD Chief Caudill: Violence will not be tolerated
UPDATE (July 8, 2025): The Chief of the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is calling on the community, specifically parents and caregivers, to be more involved in guiding our young people away from ...
Jul 08, 2025
Traffic alert! New work heads to Coldwater close to Dupont
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Beginning July 9, southbound Coldwater Road between Dupont Road and Northwest Passage will be restricted to one lane for the Woodland Lakes Concrete Street Repairs Project. ...
Jul 07, 2025
FWCS: Frozen school funds could have devastating result
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne Community Schools superintendent Mark Daniel says the move by President Trump to freeze over $6 billion in federal funds for schools is "devastating to our commun...
Jul 03, 2025 Brett Levin / CC
Indiana Department of Child Services 'reorganizing'
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) said it is reorganizing, effective July 1, and as many as 40 employees could lose their jobs. The move was announced Friday ...
Jun 30, 2025 andreaobzerova / Depositphotos.com
Mayor Tucker announces Collected Neighborhoods Initiative winners
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Thursday, Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker announced that the Northwest Central Collaborative and East State Village Neighborhood Group submitted the two winning Connected ...
Jun 27, 2025
Survey shows youth smoking in Indiana at lowest rate in decades
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The 2024 Indiana Youth Tobacco Survey (IYTS) released Tuesday shows that youth tobacco use continues to decline, with high school tobacco use at its lowest level in two de...
Jun 25, 2025 Rangizzz / Depositphotos.com
FW Animal Care & Control: Protect your pets from the heat
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - With the hot temperatures here, Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control wants to remind pet owners to pay extra attention to their pets. Animals cannot regulate their body temp...
Jun 23, 2025
