Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
Fort Wayne among the top ten cities with largest rent increases
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Newark tops a list of American cities seeing the largest rent increases. A study conducted by SmartAsset found that the average rent in New Jersey's largest city rose by ove...
May 02, 2025 xura / Depositphotos.com
Fort Wayne to see nearly $100 million in utility improvements
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Mayor Sharon Tucker, neighborhood leaders, members of the Fort Wayne City Council, and City Utilities staff announced upcoming neighborhood utility projects. In 2025, Fort W...
May 01, 2025 eugenef / Depositphotos.com
One person critically injured in 469 crash
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Sheriff's Department is investigating a crash on I-469 early Wednesday morning that left one person critically injured. It happened around 12:30 a.m. near th...
Apr 30, 2025
City announces improvement grants for 35 neighborhoods
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Monday, Fort Wayne Sharon Tucker announced that 35 city neighborhoods have been awarded improvement grants. "The Neighborhood Improvement Grant program exemplifies how we...
Apr 29, 2025
Realtor.com's housing report card gives the U.S. a "C"
(ADAMS) - A new report from Realtor.com says affordable housing and homebuilding are hard to come by in the U.S. The online real estate marketplace graded all 50 states on criteria including housing a...
Apr 28, 2025 BrunoWeltmann / Depositphotos.com
INDOT: Look out for intermittent lane closures on I-69
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says that motorists should look out for road work and intermittent lane closures on I-69 in Fort Wayne. Starting on or after ...
Apr 27, 2025
FBI: Internet scams hit all-time high
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) - Americans are being ripped off by cybercriminals at record amounts. A new report from the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center says scammers and cybercriminals stole a record ...
Apr 25, 2025 Kenny Eliason / Unsplash
Language added to bill that would criminalize sleeping on public property
UPDATE (April 24, 2025): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A bill being considered by Indiana lawmakers now contains language that could criminalize being homeless. House Bill 1041 includes wording that wo...
Apr 24, 2025 Pedro Ribeiro Simões / CC
Sharon Tucker marks one year as Fort Wayne's 37th mayor
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Today (April 23) marks the one-year anniversary of Sharon Tucker being sworn in as Fort Wayne's 37th mayor. Since Mayor Tucker took office, the city has experienced many suc...
Apr 23, 2025 Mayor Sharon Tucker, Fort Wayne (D)
Homicide victim, suspect that died during chase identified
UPDATE (April 23, 2025): The Allen County Coroner's Office has identified a man who was shot and killed on Hinton Drive Sunday. Police believe the man who shot him, identified as Christifer Debus, was...
Apr 23, 2025
