Category Archives: WXKE Indiana News

ISP enters "Best Looking Cruiser Contest"
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The American Association of State Troopers is conducting its annual "Best Looking Cruiser" contest. The Florida Highway Patrol cruiser was voted the "2023 Best Looking Cru...
Joey Martin Jul 19, 2024

Senator Braun teases property tax relief plan
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - U.S. Senator Mike Braun is teasing Hoosiers with a property tax relief plan if he is elected governor. The Republican says high property taxes is "probably the number one ...
Joey Martin Jul 17, 2024

IN Democrats pick candidates for AG, lieutenant governor
UPDATE (July 15, 2024): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Former state representative Terry Goodin is the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. He was selected with 79 percent of the vote at the Indi...
Joey Martin Jul 15, 2024 vepar5 / Depositphotos.com

Congresswoman Spartz now charged with bringing gun to airport
UPDATE (July 12, 2024): WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) - Indiana Congresswoman Victoria Spartz is now charged in Virginia for allegedly carrying a gun in an airport terminal. She was found with the weapon in...
Joey Martin Jul 12, 2024

Cops Cycling for Survivors rides this week
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police will again take to two wheels to honor fallen officers and their families. This year's Cops Cycling for Survivors will kick off Monday. Among those be...
Joey Martin Jul 08, 2024

New law creating 'Green Alert' takes effect in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A new alert system is now in place in Indiana. The Green Alert will notify the public when police are looking for a missing at-risk veteran. For a Green Alert to be declar...
Joey Martin Jul 02, 2024 photographee.eu / Depositphotos.com

Health officials urge Hoosiers to get rid of recalled 'Shruumz' products
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is encouraging individuals to not buy, eat, sell, or serve Diamond Shruumz brand chocolate bars, cones, or gummies following a ...
Joey Martin Jul 02, 2024

Federal judge blocks Indiana age verification law for adult sites
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A federal judge has temporarily blocked Indiana's law that would require age verification to view porn websites. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young says the state's "...
Joey Martin Jul 02, 2024 plysuikvv.gmail.com / Depositphotos.com

Indiana losing farmland but increasing productivity
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The state has lost nearly 346,000 acres of farmland from 2010 to 2022, but the Indiana State Department of Agriculture says agricultural productivity increased. Director D...
Joey Martin Jul 02, 2024

Nearly 150 new laws take effect July 1 in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - All or part of nearly 150 new laws will take effect on July 1 in Indiana. Those include the legalization of happy hour, the requirement that schools hold back third grader...
Joey Martin Jun 28, 2024 BreizhAtao / Depositphotos.com