Category Archives: WXKE Featured News

Indiana AG highlights the latest recalled products
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Attorney General Todd Rokita is alerting Hoosiers of important consumer protection concerns for products recalled in May. Consumers are encouraged to take advantage ...
Joey Martin Jun 01, 2022

COVID-19 booster shots now available to Hoosiers aged 5-11
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Hoosiers aged 5-11 are eligible for a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine following authorization this week from the U.S. FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Joey Martin May 20, 2022

FW Animal Care and Control: Stop "kitnapping" to save lives
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control is launching a new life-saving campaign urging citizens to stop "kitnapping" unweaned kittens. Kitnapping is when kittens are pre...
Joey Martin May 19, 2022

Three Hoosier cities, including Fort Wayne on the "Best Places to Live" list
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – “U.S. News & World Report” unveiled its annual report on the “Best Places to Live,” and the Top Five are: Huntsville, Alabama . . . Colora...
Joey Martin May 18, 2022

Third round of free COVID tests can be ordered
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) – The government is now offering more free COVID tests. The White House will make it official Tuesday. This is the third round available after the first shipped out in Ja...
Joey Martin May 17, 2022

Comedian breaks world record for driving around Indiana roundabout
CARMEL, Ind. (ADAMS) – A comedian is setting a new world record for the most times driven around a roundabout. Dave Dugan drove around a roundabout in the village of West Clay for four hours and...
Joey Martin May 12, 2022

Fort Wayne picks new trash company
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne’s long battle with its old trash company is finally over. On Tuesday, City Council picked GFL Environmental as the city’s new trash hauler. GFL ...
Joey Martin May 11, 2022

Mayor Henry traveling to Sister City Plock
Plock, Poland FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Mayor Tom Henry will travel to our sister city Plock, Poland later this week with University of Saint Francis President Father Eric Zimmer, Deputy Mayor ...
Joey Martin May 10, 2022

CDC predicts new rise in COVID hospitalizations, deaths
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) – Another COVID surge could be on its way. The CDC is predicting that 42 states will see a rise in hospital patients over the next two weeks, including Minnesota, Wiscons...
Joey Martin May 06, 2022

Allen County Coroner wants help identifying man's body found in river
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Coroner is asking for help identifying a man found in the St, Mary’s River last month. Authorities found the man’s body off Bluffton Road ...
Joey Martin May 05, 2022