Category Archives: WXKE Local News
New mural going up this week at Promenade Park
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Art This Way, a program of Downtown Fort Wayne, says that local muralist Tim Parsley will install a 1,300-square-foot mural along South Harrison Street this week. The mural ...
May 21, 2024
Traffic alert! Part of McKinnie Avenue now closed
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - City Utilites says that McKinnie Avenue is now closed to through traffic between Hessen Cassel Road and Wayne Trace as crews install a stormwater pipe and ditch to address d...
May 20, 2024 Zac Gudakov / Unsplash
Pedestrian struck and killed in Whitley County
WHITLEY CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police say that a man was killed in Whitley County Friday while picking up trash in a roadway. ISP says that a driver tried avoid hitting 83-year-old Carl Moe...
May 20, 2024
FWPD asking witnesses in triple shooting to come forward
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says that there were dozens of witnesses present when someone shot three people at a strip mall at N. Clinton Street and E. Washington Cente...
May 17, 2024
Heads up for work on some park trails this weekend
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - In order to perform routine maintenance to trail surfaces, Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation will oversee the repair and sealing of the trails in the following parks beginning...
May 17, 2024 Jeremyarnica / Depositphotos.com
Ohio woman dies in DeKalb Co. crash
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says a woman from Defiance, Ohio died in a crash Thursday. Police think her SUV veered off the road SUV veered off at about 10:15 a.m. on ...
May 17, 2024
Celebrate World Wetlands Month with tours this weekend
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Step into Fort Wayne's Wetlands this Saturday, May 18, 2024, at the Catching Rain Wetlands Tour. City Utilities released the following: This FREE family-friendly tour sequen...
May 17, 2024
Gladys Knight to play in Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation announces that the Foellinger Theatre will host multi-genre artist Gladys Knight on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. The following was...
May 16, 2024
Parkview Health adds new helicopter to Samaritan fleet
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Parkview Health is adding a new helicopter to its Samaritan Flight Program. Designed around a patient's critical care needs, the new aircraft features advanced technology an...
May 15, 2024
Parks and Rec looking for planning feedback
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - After a year of gathering public input, meetings and development, Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation has released a draft of the Fort Wayne 2024 Park System Comprehensive Plan....
May 15, 2024
