Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
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
FWACC looking for person who abandoned puppies at shelter
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is hoping the public can help in finding whoever is responsible for leaving a container of puppies outside its shelter in freezing tempera...
Jan 04, 2024
Community Crossings call for projects now open
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation is accepting applications for the spring 2024 call for Community Crossings Matching Grant Program projects. The application window...
Jan 03, 2024
Some formulas for babies with milk allergies recalled
(ADAMS) - The makers of a formula for babies with allergies to cow's milk are recalling the product over possible bacteria contamination. Corporate leaders with Reckitt/Mead Johnson say some batches o...
Jan 02, 2024
Hospital says man found in crashed truck after six days is improving
UPDATE (December 28, 2023): PORTAGE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Officials at South Bend's Memorial Hospital say 27-year-old Matthew Reum of Mishawaka has improved and is now listed in serious condition. Reum was ...
Dec 28, 2023
Documents indicate possible insanity defense in Kroger stabbing
UPDATE (December 28, 2023): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Documents in Allen Superior Court indicate 31-year-old Jermard Lewis of Fort Wayne might claim insanity as his defense. Lewis is charged in the s...
Dec 28, 2023
