Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
Consumer alert: Products recalled in April
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Attorney General Todd Rokita is alerting Hoosiers of important consumer protection concerns for products recalled in April. This is the time to take advantage of opp...
May 05, 2023
Surgeon General's advisory calls loneliness a public health crisis
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) – The U.S. Surgeon General is calling loneliness a public health crisis. Dr. Vivek Murthy has released an advisory calling attention to isolation and the lack of connecti...
May 03, 2023
Bipartisan group demands better tornado warning system
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) -The active start to tornado season has inspired a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators to file legislation calling for a better warning system. The group has co-signed and re-int...
Apr 28, 2023
Bill to fund handgun training for teachers goes to Holcomb
UPDATE (April 27, 2023): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Proposed legislation to fund handgun training for teachers is heading to Governor Holcomb’s desk. The bill passed the Indiana Senate o...
Apr 27, 2023
Police ask for help finding vehicle in hit and run crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Officials with the Fort Wayne Police Department are asking for the public’s help in finding a vehicle involved in a crash last month that left a bicyclist in lif...
Apr 26, 2023
Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection
UNION, N.J. (ADAMS) – Bed Bath & Beyond is filing for bankruptcy protection as it tries to stay afloat. The home goods retailer filed for Chapter Eleven protection Sunday in a New Jersey co...
Apr 24, 2023
Pedestrian hit, killed in Meijer parking lot
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A 76-year-old man has been hit and killed by a vehicle in a Meijer parking lot in Fort Wayne. He has been identified by his family as Robert Harter, an Air Force Vietn...
Apr 21, 2023
Police looking for SUV that took off from E. Washington crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police are on the hunt for the driver of an SUV that now has “significant damage to the rear of the vehicle.” They say that vehicle took off aft...
Apr 20, 2023
Mental health bill passes House, lawmakers must figure out funding
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – A bill aimed at increasing mental health resources for Hoosiers is advancing at the Statehouse. The measure passed out of the House on Monday after already being pas...
Apr 18, 2023
Major Disaster Declaration approved for 12 Indiana counties
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) – President Biden has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for 12 Indiana counties following tornado damage at the start of the month. Governor Holcomb made the request....
Apr 17, 2023
