Category Archives: WXKE Local News
StoryScape early learning space opens at ACPL's Woodburn branch
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Wednesday, the Allen County Public Library welcomed guests to celebrate the new Woodburn Branch StoryScape at a grand opening. StoryScape is the first of its kind at an A...
Mar 21, 2024
Southwest garage badly damaged in fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department says that no one was hurt but a detached garage on the city's southwest side suffered heavy smoke, fire, and water damage during a blase Tuesd...
Mar 20, 2024
Wabash man charged with stealing over $450,000
HUNTINGTON CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The 50-year-old former business manager for Huntington County Community School Corporation is facing 20 felony charges for allegedly stealing over $450,000 from the dist...
Mar 20, 2024 Chris Potter / CC
PFW's Doermer School of Business gets $1.32 million boost in recent gifts
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Purdue Fort Wayne representatives say that since Nov. 20, the school has received $1.32 million for its Doermer School of Business. Three of the four gifts will be used for ...
Mar 20, 2024
Suspect in Hugh Street homicide arrested
UPDATE (March 19, 2024): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says that a man wanted in a recent homicide has been detained. Police apprehended 31-year-old Thristian Boykin in a...
Mar 19, 2024
High-speed chase ends with ISP K9 apprehension
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A Fort Wayne man was incarcerated Sunday evening after allegedly leading troopers on a high-speed vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash and subsequent foot chase in southwes...
Mar 19, 2024
This will be Parkview Field's 15th anniversary season
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - In celebration of Parkview Field's upcoming 15th anniversary season, the TinCaps have unveiled a list of their top former players who've competed at the ballpark, as well as...
Mar 19, 2024
FWPD: Man charged after raping a woman he met off social media
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says a man has been arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on March 8. The FWPD says that Marcus Walker, 31, met the w...
Mar 19, 2024 The Fort Wayne Police Department
Marion man charged in fentanyl overdose death
GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Grant County Sheriff's Office says that a man is being charged in connection to an overdose death from fentanyl. Police say that 20-year-old Thomas Maberry sold the drug ...
Mar 19, 2024 Thomas Maberry
Michigan woman arrested after 100 mph chase into Indiana
STEUBEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - A 37-year-old woman from Quincy, Michigan is in the Steuben County Jail after a 100-mile-per-hour police chase that happened while her child was in the vehicle. Brienne Bic...
Mar 18, 2024 Brienne Bicknell
