Category Archives: WXKE Indiana News
Indiana teacher receives $50,000 gift from Harbor Freight Tools
MONTICELLO, Ind. (ADAMS) - A Twin Lakes High School teacher is receiving a big gift from a tool retailer. Kim Rosenbaum was awarded $50,000 dollars from Harbor Freight Tools for her work as a welding ...
Oct 28, 2021
Fallen Indiana Marine to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) - A fallen Marine from Logansport will be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Marine Corporal Humberto Sanchez was one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in A...
Oct 27, 2021
Indianapolis to keep NFL Combine next year, compete after that
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indianapolis will keep the NFL Combine next year, but will have to compete for it going forward. The league yesterday said the combine will stay put in 2022, but said it m...
Oct 27, 2021
Indiana now offering Moderna, J&J boosters to eligible Hoosiers
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Health announced last week that it will begin offering booster doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccine to eligible Hoosiers following ...
Oct 27, 2021
Stolen Indiana police car chased into Ohio
NEW RICHMOND, Ind. (ADAMS) - No one is sure if the man who stole a New Richmond police car had a plan. Officers say 32-year-old Michael Gard stole the cruiser yesterday from the parking lot of the Ric...
Oct 26, 2021
ISP investigating inmate death at the St. Joseph County Jail
ST. JOSEPH CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - State Police say that they are investigating after an inmate died at the St. Joseph County Jail this past weekend. ISP officials say that jail employees found the inmate...
Oct 26, 2021
Grant County police dog injured in arrest
GAS CITY, Ind. (ADAMS) - An armed robbery suspect in Grant County is looking at an extra charge after police say he stabbed a police dog in the chest. It happened about three a.m. at a gas station in ...
Oct 26, 2021
Two new baby boxes open in Indiana
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (ADAMS) - There are two new baby boxes in Evansville. The boxes allow new mothers to give up their babies, no questions asked. The boxes are at two of Evansville's fire stations. Ther...
Oct 26, 2021
Twitter suspended U.S. Rep. Jim Banks over misgendering tweets
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A U.S. Congressman from Indiana can no longer use his Twitter account. Republican Representative Jim Banks had his account suspended after tweeting about Assistant Secretary...
Oct 25, 2021
Colts beat 49ers in rainy Sunday night game
SAN FRANCISCO (ADAMS) - The Colts are bringing home a win thanks to the rain, and some San Francisco turnovers. Carson Wentz threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third to help Indianapolis beat the ...
Oct 25, 2021
