Category Archives: WXKE Indiana News
Indiana Department of Health awards $35 million in grants
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Health has awarded more than $35 million in grants to help improve health outcomes in Indiana through the Health Issues and Challenges program, e...
Jun 15, 2022
Mitch Daniels retiring as Purdue President
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Mitch Daniels has one more year left with Purdue. Daniels announced his retirement as university president on Friday. He's led Purdue since 2013 and is responsible for t...
Jun 13, 2022
Winning Powerball tickets sold in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Lottery says two winning Powerball tickets were sold in the state this week. A ticket for Monday's drawing that's worth $100,000 was purchased at the Kroger Fu...
Jun 10, 2022
House GOP unimpressed by Jan 6th House Committee hearings
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) - House Republicans are unimpressed as the January 6th House committee holds a series of public hearings throughout June. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called it a political e...
Jun 10, 2022
National Weather Service confirms two Indiana tornadoes
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - There were two tornadoes in central Indiana on Wednesday. The National Weather Service yesterday confirmed tornadoes did indeed touchdown in Rush and Madison counties. Bot...
Jun 10, 2022
National average gas price closing in on $5 a gallon
UPDATE (June 8, 2022): (ADAMS) - Every day marks a new record for gas prices and the national average is closing in on five dollars a gallon. The national average price for regular rose another nickel...
Jun 08, 2022
Former Muncie mayor transferred from prison to community confinement
MUNCIE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The former mayor of Muncie is being transferred from a federal prison to community confinement. Dennis Tyler pleaded guilty to taking a bribe after serving as the mayor of Munci...
Jun 08, 2022
Indianapolis woman accused of tracking, then running down ex
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - She tracked him to a bar, then police say she killed him in the parking lot. Indianapolis Police say they've arrested 26-year-old Gaylyn Morris for last week's murder of 2...
Jun 07, 2022
Indy Children's Museum apologizes for Juneteenth watermelon salad
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Managers at Indianapolis' Children's Museum are apologizing for serving a watermelon salad to celebrate Juneteenth. The museum sold the salad in its cafeteria last week bu...
Jun 06, 2022
Walmart to add 4K jobs with new distribution centers
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (ADAMS) - Walmart says it's opening four new distribution centers that will create 4,000 jobs in the U.S. The company said Thursday that the new centers in Joliet, Illinois; McCordsv...
Jun 03, 2022
