Category Archives: WXKE Indiana News
New Indiana senator sworn in
UPDATE (February 10, 2026): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Republican Nick McKinley has taken the oath of office as a state senator. Chief Justice Loretta Rush administered the oath to him yesterday as ...
Feb 10, 2026 crazy.daisy / Depositphotos.com
Indiana House Committee takes testimony on school cell phone ban
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A state House committee has held a hearing on a bill to ban the use of cell phones in all classrooms. Supporters of the bill say they want their children to be able to foc...
Feb 05, 2026 David Kennedy / Unsplash
Bill giving governor authority to dispatch military police force passes House
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A bill has passed the Indiana House to give the governor the authority to deploy a military police force of Indiana National Guard members anywhere in the state. Represent...
Jan 30, 2026 rachwal / Depositphotos.com
Bill instructing "marriage-before-children" passes Indiana Senate
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Senate has passed a bill expanding the state's "good citizenship" instruction. The bill would include high school completion, full-time employment, and marriag...
Jan 30, 2026
FEMA approves over $4 million in grants for Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Over $4 million in federal grants supporting Indiana's recovery from severe storms last spring have been approved. The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved the gra...
Jan 30, 2026 Lawcain / Depositphotos.com
Indiana House rejects firing squad use for executions
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana House of Representatives has rejected a bill that would have allowed the state to use a firing squad to carry out a death row inmate's execution. The bill was ...
Jan 29, 2026 Moonborne / Depositphotos.com
Ten Commandments bill scaled back, passes House committee
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A scaled-back bill allowing public schools to display the Ten Commandments has been approved by the state House Education Committee. The bill leaves the decision over whet...
Jan 28, 2026
Great Lakes are 43.18% frozen following artic air blast
LANSING, Mich. (ADAMS) - The Great Lakes are 43.18 percent frozen over, up 18 percent from last week. Lake Erie is nearly completely covered by ice. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Jan 27, 2026
Bill would repeal Indiana school diabetes protections
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A bill before the Indiana House would repeal a 2007 law that provides protections for diabetic students. Some lawmakers say the Care of Students with Diabetes Act, also kn...
Jan 27, 2026 NewAfrica / Depositphotos.com
Syracuse man arrested for 1975 San Diego cold case murder
KOSCIUSKO CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police (ISP) say that an over-50-year-old cold case has been solved. It ended in the arrest of a Syracuse man for a 1975 murder in San Diego, California. Th...
Jan 26, 2026 Olivier26 / Depositphotos.com
