Category Archives: WXKE Indiana News
Indiana gasoline tax to rise in April
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Revenue says gasoline taxes will go up four-tenths of a cent to 19 cents a gallon on April 1. It is the third straight month it has raised. The t...
Joey Martin Mar 22, 2023
Notre Dame to build solar farm
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (ADAMS) - The University of Notre Dame will build a 46,000-square-foot solar farm. The St. Joseph County Council has given its approval for the plan. Notre Dame will start work this s...
Joey Martin Mar 17, 2023
Shipments of hazardous waste from derailment into Indiana resume
UPDATE (March 16, 2023): PUTNAM CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Shipments of hazardous waste from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment are again coming into Indiana. The shipments resumed Tuesday after third...
Joey Martin Mar 16, 2023
Bill targeting DCS, transgender kids stops in Indiana Senate
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray has killed a House bill that would prevent the Department of Child Services from removing kids from their parents if the p...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2023
Honda moving all Accord production to Indiana
GREENSBURG, Ind. (ADAMS) - All Accord production will be in Greensburg, Indiana by 2025. Honda made the announcement on Tuesday, saying its Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio will be retooled for making el...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2023
Report: Colts to release QB Matt Ryan
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Colts are moving on from their veteran starting quarterback. ESPN reports Indianapolis is planning to release Matt Ryan after just one season with the team. Ryan threw...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2023
Reported rapes increasing at IU Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (ADAMS) - The number of reported rapes on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington is rising. 24 students have reported being sexually assaulted to IU Police this academic year, ...
Joey Martin Mar 14, 2023
State trooper injured when unlicensed driver hits patrol car
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A state trooper is injured after his patrol car was rear-ended in Indianapolis. Master Trooper Antwaun Johnson was parked on the side of the road in a construction zone on...
Joey Martin Mar 10, 2023
Indy 500 tickets mailed out in over 25,000 blue envelopes
SPEEDWAY, Ind. (ADAMS) - Tickets for the Indianapolis 500 are on their way to race fans across the country. Over 25,000 blue envelopes were mailed from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday. Bu...
Joey Martin Mar 09, 2023
Indianapolis bans pet store sales of dogs, cats, rabbits
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Pet stores in Indianapolis have to stop selling dogs, cats, and rabbits by May 1 if they opened after September 1, 2021 and by May 1, 2025 if they have been open longer th...
Joey Martin Mar 08, 2023