Category Archives: WXKE Indiana News
Top Indiana elected officials to get pay raises in 2025
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana's next governor will make one of the highest salaries in the country in 2025, with pay going up by 65 % from what term-limited Governor Eric Holcomb is earn...
Sep 25, 2024
National Weather Service confirms Indiana tornadoes from Sunday
UPDATE (September 24, 2024): PORTLAND, Ind. (ADAMS) - The National Weather Service is confirming a second tornado touched down in Jay County Sunday evening. The second tornado was an EF-1 with peak wi...
Sep 24, 2024 vchalup2 / Depositphotos.com
600 Indiana National Guard soldiers heading to the Middle East
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana National Guard says around 600 soldiers will head to the Middle East to support Operation Spartan Shield. They will leave this week for Fort Cavazos in Texas w...
Sep 24, 2024
Flu shot clinics available to communities throughout northeast Indiana
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Starting this month, Parkview Physicians Group (PPG) is offering flu shot clinics throughout northeast Indiana for both patients and the public to protect themselves ahead o...
Sep 18, 2024
ICJI: Proper car seat use and installation can make a life-saving difference
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is encouraging parents and caregivers to take the time during Child Passenger Safety Week to make sure their child is properl...
Sep 18, 2024 tonodiaz / Depositphotos.com
Indiana marks Forensic Science Week
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana State Police say this is the 12th Annual National Forensic Science Week occurring September 15-21, 2024. National Forensic Science Week brings recognition to t...
Sep 16, 2024 Scientists from the Indiana State Police Regional Laboratory in Indianapolis
Tippecanoe County inmate dies in custody
TIPPECANOE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - An inmate at the Tippecanoe County Jail died Saturday afternoon after being found unresponsive in their cell. No foul play is suspected in the inmate's death according t...
Sep 16, 2024 Matthew Ansley / Unsplash
Man killed in central Indiana plane crash
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Ind. (ADAMS) - An 82-year-old man has been killed in a small plane crash in Henry County. The sheriff's office says the plane crashed around 2 p.m. Tuesday on a private landing strip ...
Sep 11, 2024
Cannabis company to open just over Indiana-Ohio border
ANTWERP, Ohio (ADAMS) - A cannabis company is planning to open a dispensary just over the Indiana-Ohio border in Antwerp, Ohio. Indiana remains a state where cannabis is completely banned, including f...
Sep 10, 2024 Marketeering Group / CC
Analysis shows Indiana is short $1 billion to maintain roads, bridges
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The state of Indiana needs $987 million more to maintain local roads and bridges and has a $2.4 billion shortfall over the next ten years. The figures are from the Local T...
Aug 29, 2024 tupungato / Depositphotos.com
