Category Archives: WXKE Local News
'Armed and dangerous' suspect arrested
UPDATE (January 18, 2023): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A man wanted for a shooting in Fort Wayne Friday has been arrested. Police say 37-year-old Roddrick Gale was arrested Wednesday. He is accused of ...
Jan 18, 2024
One driver critically injured in US 33 crash
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - A crash on U.S. 33 in Allen County left one person in critical condition and shut down traffic for hours Wednesday night. Around 7 p.m., deputies responded to the crash close...
Jan 18, 2024
Underage victim in fatal Vance Avenue shooting identified
UPDATE (January 18, 2024): The Allen County Coroner's Office says the first two homicides in Allen County this year were teenagers. A 14-year-old was shot and killed in New Haven Friday. Then on Satur...
Jan 18, 2024
SCOTUS declines to hear Indiana transgender bathroom case
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) - The Supreme Court is declining to hear a case about an Indiana high school's transgender bathroom policies. A lower court ruled students are allowed to use restrooms accordin...
Jan 17, 2024 Brett Levin / CC
Humane Fort Wayne gets big boost from PetSmart
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Human Fort Wayne says that 50 million pets in the U.S. experience a lack of access to even basic veterinary care. Rising costs and other barriers mean these pets struggle to...
Jan 17, 2024 Howie R / Unsplash
Coroner identifies woman found behind Fort Wayne Kroger
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Coroner's Office has identified the woman found dead behind a Kroger store last week. She was 67-year-old Kathleen Peterson of Fort Wayne. Peterson was pron...
Jan 17, 2024 charlotte bass / CC
Teenager's death marks Allen County's first homicide of 2024
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - A 14-year-old was Allen County's first homicide of 2024. The coroner says that Tra'Quon Dashon Hurmon died after being shot in the head Friday in New Haven. Police were calle...
Jan 17, 2024
Scott Caudill sworn in as police chief for the City of Fort Wayne
UPDATE (January 16, 2024): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Scott Caudill was sworn in as the City of Fort Wayne's new police chief on Wednesday. The swearing-in ceremony was part of a formal news conferenc...
Jan 16, 2024
House panel approves 13th check for public Indiana retirees
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The state House Ways and Means Committee has approved a Republican bill offering public retirees a 13th check every year. The bill from Representative Bob Cherry would giv...
Jan 16, 2024 Marco Verch / CC
Fire in vacant industrial building forces hours-long response in freezing temperatures
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A vacant industrial building off West Jacobs Avenue close to Wells Street was badly damaged in an overnight fire. Fort Wayne Fire Department crews were called after officers...
Jan 16, 2024 Hans Isaacson / Unsplash
