Category Archives: WXKE Featured News
Upgrades to Citizens Square could change guest experience
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Beginning Monday, June 2, an improvement project to a portion of the exterior of Citizens Square will result in some changes for guests. The payment kiosk for customers of C...
Jun 01, 2025
Minor shot in neighborhood off Bass Road, stolen gun recovered
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Sheriff's Department says a minor was shot in a neighborhood off Bass Road Wednesday afternoon. Officers and medics were called around 4:15 to Townsend Run a...
May 29, 2025
Fort Wayne announces new neighborhood engagement grants
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne has announced a new grant program open to City of Fort Wayne neighborhood associations. The grants aim to increase resident participation in such asso...
May 28, 2025 Engage Fort Wayne
Indiana University bringing back Hoosier the Bison mascot
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana University is bringing back a mascot from decades ago. A student group chose "Hoosier the Bison" as the mascot for the Bloomington campus. That mascot was retired i...
May 28, 2025 IU Athletics (Facebook)
Indiana marks over a month with no new cases of measles
UPDATE (May 28, 2025): ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana's measles outbreak is over. All eight cases in the Hoosier state were reported in Allen County. There were no new cases found since April 21st,...
May 28, 2025 tashatuvango / Depositphotos.com
Purdue Fort Wayne shuttering baseball, softball programs
UPDATE (May 25, 2025): Just a day after announcing budget cuts would eliminate 45 jobs, Purdue University Fort Wayne said that the school's baseball and softball programs would also be eliminated. 56 ...
May 25, 2025 ca2hill / Depositphotos.com
Colts owner Jim Irsay dead at 65
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Colts owner Jim Irsay has passed away. He was 65 years old. The Colts announced Irsay's peaceful passing via social media Wednesday evening. Irsay became the youngest gene...
May 22, 2025
TSA seizes seventh gun this year at Fort Wayne International
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Transportation Security Administration has seized a seventh firearm at Fort Wayne International Airport this week. That ties the number of firearms detected by security ...
May 21, 2025 This handgun was detected by TSA officers in a passenger’s carry-on bag at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) on May 19. (TSA photo)
Drivers urged to be patient and attentive during the Memorial Day holiday
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - Millions of drivers will hit the road for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, kicking off the unofficial start to summer. The American Automobile Association (AAA) estimates tha...
May 20, 2025
State of Indiana executes death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Corrections executed death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie early Tuesday morning. Ritchie was convicted of killing a Beech Grove police officer near...
May 20, 2025 miksov / Depositphotos.com
