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Indiana SAT scores improve, but still trail goals
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - SAT scores of Indiana students show some improvement, but Hoosiers are still trailing the goals of being college-ready. In reading and writing, Indiana students who are at...
Jul 22, 2025 AndriiVergeles / Depositphotos.com
Camp Atterbury in Indiana to be used for immigrant detention center
EDINBURGH, Ind. (ADAMS) - A letter from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Congress has confirmed Camp Atterbury in Indiana will be used as an immigrant detention center. Hegseth says they will also us...
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Indiana Department of Workforce Development lays off 100+ workers
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Workforce Development is letting 123 employees go. The department says the layoffs are due to budget restrictions at both the state and federal l...
Jul 18, 2025 Rawpixel / Depositphotos.com
Judge: Medical debt to stay on credit reports
(ADAMS) - Medical debt will remain on credit reports after a federal judge vacated a Biden-era rule. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule would have removed the debt; however, the judge found...
Jul 16, 2025 sbartsmedia / Depositphotos.com
Delayed pattern, reconstruction on Bluffton Road gets underway
UPDATE (July 16, 2025): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne says a change in the traffic pattern on Bluffton Road is underway. Bridge work has been going on for months, but this second p...
Jul 16, 2025
Several INDOT projects to begin this week in Allen County
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced several projects that could impact your commute. There will be new bridge work on U.S. 27 and S.R. 930. Additio...
Jul 13, 2025 Zac Gudakov / Unsplash
Police search for suspect in deadly crash that followed police chase
UPDATE (July 11, 2025): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The FWPD is looking for a man who they believe is connected to a fatal crash that followed a police chase in April. They say Brandon Pearson w...
Jul 11, 2025
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
