Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control warns pet owners of scam calls
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is warning pet owners of potential scammers again. FWACC representatives say that the scammers are portraying themselves as employees from...
Jun 25, 2024 RobertAx / Depositphotos.com
INDOT will spend $265 million on welcome center overhaul
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation will spend $256 million to overhaul welcome centers in the state. The rest stops in the state are mostly dated to the mid-1960s an...
Jun 13, 2024 kbuntu / Depositphotos.com
Traffic alert! Two more I-69 ramps close
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportaiton says that an additional two I-69 ramps will close as part of ongoing interstate construction. INDOT released the following: Starting ...
Jun 11, 2024
PFW announces plans for 600-bed student housing complex
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Purdue University Fort Wayne has announced that it has entered into a public-private partnership with Gilbane to fulfill a yearslong goal of adding more student housing on c...
Jun 05, 2024
ACPL, FWCS to kick off free summer lunch program
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne Community Schools will kick off its annual free summer meal program at the Allen County Public Library with a community celebration on the Library Plaza. The free...
May 30, 2024
Private school voucher enrollment up 32% in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana's private school voucher program enrollment shot up by 32-percent in this school year. The state-funded program enrolled 7,095 students at a cost of $439 million f...
May 29, 2024 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
Eli Lilly to expand manufacturing in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly will put over $5 billion into expanding manufacturing in Indiana. The company says it will be doubling its investment in a site near their h...
May 28, 2024 Lilly LEAP Lebanon, IN site
City Utilities: Water is safe despite the smell
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - City Utilities says that it is aware that residents may be getting a not-so-great smell when they turn on their faucets. Frank Suarez with City Utilities says that this happ...
May 23, 2024 Noah / Unsplash
6th District Councilwoman Rohli Booker sworn in
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Tuesday, Mayor Sharon Tucker swore in Councilwoman Rohli Booker. Councilwoman Booker will finish the current term as the 6th Councilmanic District representative that was...
May 22, 2024
Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control needs fosters
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control (FWACC) is urgently asking for help from the community by becoming a foster family. FWACC is seeing a record-breaking number of kittens co...
May 20, 2024
