Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
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
Indiana overdose deaths dropped 18% in 2023
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Overdose deaths in Indiana fell by 18 percent in 2023 compared to 2022. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that is the second-highe...
May 17, 2024 CDC
Fort Wayne police searching for Cricket Wireless robbers
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is asking for the public's help in finding three people who are seen in footage robbing a store Sunday afternoon. Police say it happe...
May 15, 2024
City introduces new neighborhood data website
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne has announced a new website that allows the public to easily access data about Fort Wayne's neighborhoods. Data Fort Wayne is provided by the City of ...
May 09, 2024
