Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
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
Schools throughout Indiana receive bomb threats
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say they are aware and working with other agencies after bomb threats came into schools all over Indiana. Here locally, Northwest Allen County ann...
Apr 14, 2023
Bill tightening vote-by-mail rules heads to Governor Holcomb
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana House has voted 64-30 along party lines to approve new rules for voting by mail. The bill requires voters to give more identification information to get ...
Apr 12, 2023
Bill would require agreements between delivery services, restaurants
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Proposed legislation at the Indiana Statehouse would require delivery services to enter into written agreements with the restaurants they work with. If passed, the b...
Apr 11, 2023
