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Indiana prepares for annual count of those homelessness
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The statewide annual count of individuals experiencing homelessness will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Service providers and volunteers in local communities acro...
Jan 22, 2024 Pedro Ribeiro Simões / CC
Indiana House advances bill to define antisemitism
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana lawmakers are advancing a bill to define antisemitism in the Hoosier state. The House passed the measure on a vote of 83 to zero, with 17 representatives excusing ...
Jan 19, 2024 Paul Sableman / CC
Consumer alert: These items were recalled in December
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Attorney General Todd Rokita is alerting Hoosiers of important consumer protection concerns for products recalled during the holiday season. The AG's office released the f...
Jan 18, 2024
Holcomb issues executive order to expedite propane transportation
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A new executive order aims to get propane to Hoosiers that need it. Governor Holcomb filed the order Monday. It makes those transporting propane in Indiana exempt from reg...
Jan 16, 2024 ALE SAT / Unsplash
Police looking for man or men seen recording girls at Glenbrook Mall
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is asking for the public's help to identify the suspect or suspects in two cases of voyeurism at a store in Glenbrook Square. On Thursday, t...
Jan 12, 2024
City expands winter contingency/emergency shelter plan
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The winter contingency/emergency shelter plan that's in place for the community for the winter season will expand over the next several days due to the anticipated cold temp...
Jan 11, 2024 Derek Mindler / CC
Fort Wayne's Neighborhood Improvement Grant program returns
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne's Community Development Division announced this week that the 2024 Neighborhood Improvement Grant program is open and accepting applications. This is ...
Jan 11, 2024
Resolution advances to rename section of I-69 after fallen trooper
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A resolution authored by State Rep. Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn) to rename a section of I-69 after fallen Indiana State Police Master Trooper James R. Bailey cleared the House Ro...
Jan 11, 2024 Representative Smaltz and Indiana State Police Sgt. David Poe
Holcomb delivers final State of the State Address
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Eric Holcomb has delivered his eighth and final State of the State Address. Holcomb is done due to term limits at the end of the year and gave the speech on Tuesd...
Jan 10, 2024 Governor Eric Holcomb, Indiana (R)
IEDC reports 2023 investments of nearly $29 billion
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Economic Development Corporation says it invested nearly $29 billion last year in investments and business commitments. Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg s...
Jan 05, 2024
