Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
'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
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
