Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Two dogs rescued from house fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department says that two dogs were rescued from a house fire on the city's west side around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Crews were called to the 1800 block of St...
Sep 13, 2024 Lydia Liu / CC
Arrest made in fatal E. Lewis shooting
UPDATE (September 12, 2024): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says that an arrest has been made in connection to a fatal shooting last month. The 26-year-old man was arreste...
Sep 12, 2024
Groundbreaking for new PFW Surack - Sweetwater Music Industry Building
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony on the campus of Purdue University Fort Wayne was capped off with some big news. It will be the new home of the popular music, music indust...
Sep 11, 2024 Exterior rendering of the Surack - Sweetwater Music Industry Building on the campus of Purdue University Fort Wayne
FWCS Board outlines expanded budget for 2025
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board reviewed the newly introduced 2025 budget at Monday night's meeting with an expected increase. The education fund will see an increase...
Sep 10, 2024
Speed suspected in fatal DeKalb County crash
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - A Woodburn man died after crashing his SUV in DeKalb County Monday night. It happened just before 9 p.m. when Bryce Holmes, 29, was driving eastbound on State Road 8 when hi...
Sep 10, 2024
Coroner identifies man killed by FWPD officer in Wells St. burglary
UPDATE (September 10, 2024): The Allen County Coroner has identified a man who was shot and killed by a Fort Wayne Police Department officer in a Wells Street home Friday morning. The Allen County Cor...
Sep 10, 2024 Daniel / CC
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
Indiana State Police investigating deadly DeKalb County crash
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police are investigating a deadly and fiery crash in DeKalb County over the weekend. Troopers say they found an Audi Avant vehicle engulfed in flames on State ...
Sep 09, 2024 Naypong / Depositphotos.com
Shawnee Place Historic District now on National Register
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Shawnee Place Historic District is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's official list of properties considered worthy of preservation. Th...
Sep 09, 2024 Lawcain / Depositphotos.com
New partnership could help crack local cold cases
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The FWPD is hoping that a new partnership could help to crack cold cases in Fort Wayne. Trine University launched the Cold Case Unit this semester. It is the first universit...
Sep 06, 2024 Olivier26 / Depositphotos.com
