Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
Indiana's reserves to hit post-pandemic low
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Financial statements released Tuesday say Indiana's reserves are set to hit a post-pandemic low next year. The state closed the 2024 fiscal year this month with $2.6 billi...
Jul 24, 2024
Mayor Tucker announces new decorative welcome markers
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Monday, Mayor Sharon Tucker, the City of Fort Wayne's Public Works and Community Development divisions and Design Collaborative unveiled concepts for sculptural markers t...
Jul 23, 2024
ILEARN scores show little improvement in Hoosier students
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - New ILEARN test results for school children in Indiana have been released and show little progress for kids in grades third through eighth. Only around 41 percent of Hoosi...
Jul 18, 2024
COVID rising across the US
(ADAMS) - COVID 19 cases are rising throughout the United States this summer. The Centers for Disease Control says COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 45 states and territories. The C...
Jul 18, 2024
NWS says Tuesday's storms were a derecho
FORT WAYNE (ADAMS) - The Storm Prediction Center sayas it was a derecho blew across Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio early Tuesday morning. A derecho is a straight-line windstorm...
Jul 17, 2024
IU Health to build new hospital in Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A new hospital will be built by Indiana University Health in Fort Wayne. The $421 million investment will result in 140 beds, 17 emergency department exam rooms, and six ope...
Jul 16, 2024 scalatore959 / Depositphotos.com
Indiana law enforcement agencies cracking down on speeding
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Law enforcement agencies across Indiana are working to keep everyone on the road safe by raising awareness about the dangers of speeding, and urging drivers to obey speed ...
Jul 11, 2024 jkirshphoto / Depositphotos.com
'Walk-Thru Holiday Lights' coming to Parkview Field
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne TinCaps have announced a new holiday season event - Parkview Field Holiday Lights. The walk-thru event will be hosted at the ballpark for 50 nights from Novem...
Jul 09, 2024
Kendallville store sells $1 million Powerball ticket
KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Someone who purchased their Powerball ticket for Saturday's drawing at a store in Kendallville needs to look at their ticket. A million-dollar winner was sold at the Kenda...
Jul 02, 2024
Video of deadly officer-involved shooting released by the FWPD
UPDATE (June 26, 2024): As Mayor Sharon Tucker said in a statement on Monday, the footage from the body-worn camera in the shooting death of Linzell Parhm was released after the family reviewed it. Th...
Jun 26, 2024
