Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Registration now open for the 2024 Fair Housing Summit
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Registration is now open for the free 2024 Fair Housing Summit, which features Joshua V. Barr, Esq., Chief Strategist and President of Raising the Barr, LLC. Barr is an Emmy...
Mar 12, 2024
Lawmakers tout achievements as General Assembly adjourns
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana General Assembly has now adjourned for the year. State Democrats say some of their successes include establishing Green Alerts for missing veterans, boosting b...
Mar 12, 2024 Steven Van Elk / Unsplash
Governor Holcomb signs bobcat hunting bill into law
UPDATE (March 12, 2024): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A Senate bill to establish a bobcat hunting season has become law. Governor Eric Holcomb signed the measure Monday that will force the state Depar...
Mar 12, 2024
Driver injured when semi rolls over in DeKalb County
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says that one driver was hurt in a crash Monday afternoon when his semi rolled over. 37-year-old Manuel Ramos reported to police that he w...
Mar 12, 2024
Bill limiting land buys by foreign interests headed to governor
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - State lawmakers have approved a bill that would limit foreign "adversaries" from owning or leasing land. House Bill 1183 is now headed to the governor's office. It bars in...
Mar 11, 2024 Paul Sableman / CC
FWPD investigating suspicious death after Wilmette Street 'incident'
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says officers are investigating a suspicious death. There are not a lot of details at the moment but the FWPD said that officers were sent t...
Mar 11, 2024
ACPL's Dupont branch to pilot 24/7 holds lockers
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Beginning Monday, March 11, the Allen County Public Library's (ACPL) Dupont Branch will launch a pilot program featuring 24/7 holds lockers. The new machines will allow patr...
Mar 11, 2024
Ten Point Coalition receives Unsung Heroes Award
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Mayor Tom Henry and Fort Wayne UNITED's Executive Director Michael Patton, MNA, announced on Monday that the Ten Point Coalition was honored with the Unsung Heroes Award on ...
Mar 11, 2024
Man electrocuted by wires after DeKalb County crash
DEKALB CO. (ADMAS) - A man was electrocuted when his vehicle ran into a utility pole over the weekend. According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, officers responded to a crash just before 11 p.m...
Mar 11, 2024
ISP warns of new phone scam
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana State Police (ISP) is sounding the alarm about a new phone scam in the Hoosier State. ISP says that this scam makes it appear that someone is calling from its ...
Mar 11, 2024
