Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Rotary Club and City Utilities helping to "STEM the brain drain"
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Now in its third year, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) partnership between the Anthony Wayne Rotary Club and City Utilities invests in the future...
Jan 04, 2024 Kevin Rothgeb of Anthony Wayne Rotary Cub, Sophia Bodkin, Hanna Weirick, Justin Brugger, City Utilities CFO, Annabelle Novak, Alexander Kohart (Samantha Miller was unable to attend).
Local health departments receive Health First Indiana funding
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Local health departments have received enhanced funding for the first time as a result of the Health First Indiana (HFI) initiative. The Indiana Department of Health says ...
Jan 04, 2024
Coroner identifies man who died in Bluffton Road fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Coroner has identified a man who died in a fire on December 23. Fort Wayne Fire Department officials say that crews went to a mobile home park on the 7500 b...
Jan 03, 2024
PFW: We are ready to help students with new financial aid forms
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The much-anticipated release of a new and improved Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, or FAFSA for short, began with a soft launch on Sunday. The U.S. Department...
Jan 03, 2024 Team members from the Office of Financial Aid at Purdue University Fort Wayne help students with their FAFSA forms in this file photo from Oct. 20, 2022.
Victim in fatal Christmas Eve shooting identified
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Coroner's Office says that a 25-year-old man has died following his injuries in a shooting on Christmas Eve. The Allen County Coroner's Office released the ...
Jan 03, 2024
New troopers assigned to the ISP Fort Wayne Post
New troopers assigned to the ISP Fort Wayne Post FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Thursday, December 21, 2023, 28 newly appointed probationary troopers graduated from the Indiana State Police 84th Academ...
Jan 03, 2024
Fort Wayne man found safe after overnight Silver Alert
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne police have canceled a Silver Alert. They issued the alert early this morning for 86-year-old Thomas Truitt and canceled it just after 2 a.m. once Truitt had been...
Jan 03, 2024
New minimum wage for the new year in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - Ohio is ringing in the New Year with a new minimum wage. As of January 1, it has gone up from $10.10 to $10.45 an hour for non-tipped employees. The wage for workers who do re...
Jan 02, 2024 Alexander Grey / Unsplash
Suspect shot by FWPD officers after standoff in Superior roundabout
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says that one person is being treated after they were shot by officers after an hours-long standoff in the roundabout at Wells and Superior....
Jan 02, 2024
Missing Markle girl found safe at Wisconsin gas station
BARNEVELD, Wis. (ADAMS) - An 11-year-old girl from Wells County has been found safe near a Kwik Trip gas station in Barneveld, Wisconsin and three adults have been arrested for kidnapping her. They ha...
Jan 02, 2024
