Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Fort Wayne TinCaps announce 2026 regular season schedule
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Tuesday, Minor League Baseball released the Fort Wayne TinCaps' 2026 regular season schedule. The 'Caps will begin on the road for a three-game series before Opening Day ...
Aug 13, 2025
East Side and Harvester residents "get the lead out"
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Monday, Mayor Sharon Tucker joined residents from the East Side and Harvester neighborhoods, members of the City Council, and City Utilities officials to celebrate a sign...
Aug 12, 2025
FWPD: 13 arrests during downtown drug blitz
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department announced that 13 more people were arrested in another blitz operation downtown, focusing on narcotics use and dealing. The FWPD released th...
Aug 12, 2025 ChiccoDodiFC / Depositphotos.com
Wells Street building heavily damaged in fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A home on Wells Street has heavy damage after a fire Sunday morning. Fort Wayne Fire Department crews were called around 7:18 a.m. and found flames coming from the attic of ...
Aug 11, 2025 danyk / Depositphotos.com
Man arrested after attacking mother, standoff in Huntington County
HUNTINGTON CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Huntington County Sheriff's Office says 53-year-old Christopher Kenline has been arrested after attacking his mother and a standoff with police and SWAT Saturday. Sh...
Aug 11, 2025
Allen County Sheriff's Department conducting death investigation
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Sheriff's Department says that a man and a woman are dead from what appeared to be gunshot wounds in Allen County. Officers responded to a reported battery o...
Aug 11, 2025
Man found unresponsive in mobile park dies at the scene
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is investigating after a man was found unresponsive in the roadway of a mobile home park close to Washington Center Road. Just before...
Aug 07, 2025 Max Fleischmann / Unsplash
Sweetwater helping young musicians start the school year on 'the right note'
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Sweetwater is helping aspiring musicians gear up for the school year with free instrument fitting sessions. The fittings are open to anyone interested in trying out a new in...
Aug 07, 2025
Caps' Mendez wins July Midwest League Pitcher of the Month Award
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne TinCaps right-handed pitcher Miguel Mendez has been named the July Midwest League Pitcher of the Month, Minor League Baseball announced Wednesday. He is the secon...
Aug 07, 2025
Three in serious condition following I-69 crash
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Sheriff's Department says three people were seriously hurt in a crash Monday on I-69. It happened just after 2 p.m., around the 293 marker, when an SUV ran i...
Aug 05, 2025
