Category Archives: WXKE Local News
AG Rokita's defense costing Hoosiers nearly half a million dollars
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The defense of Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita in several disciplinary investigations and formal ethics cases has cost Hoosier taxpayers nearly $500,000 Rokita has fa...
Jun 27, 2025 AG Todd Rokita (R) Indiana
Governor Braun orders state to have energy plan
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Mike Braun is ordering the state to plan for how it will meet a growing energy demand. He says the economy is growing and Indiana needs "new solutions to meet thi...
Jun 26, 2025 elenarostunova / Depositphotos.com
Two Fort Wayne men charged with sexually abusing 14-year-old boy
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Two Fort Wayne men are charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy for several months. The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) says the victim told investigators that he...
Jun 25, 2025
Indiana's public universities, colleges agree to tuition freeze
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - All of Indiana's public universities and colleges are committing to a two-year tuition freeze. Governor Mike Braun made the announcement on Tuesday. The governor says the ...
Jun 25, 2025 steilemas@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
City: Northwest 2035 neighborhood plan reaches milestone
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Northwest 2035 neighborhood plan reached a significant milestone Tuesday evening with approval from Fort Wayne City Council. "My heartfelt thanks go to the residents, bu...
Jun 25, 2025
Open Streets to return August 17th
FORT WAYNE, Ind (ADAMS) - Mayor Sharon Tucker and the City's Public Works Department announced today that Open Streets Fort Wayne will return on Sunday, August 17, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m., for the eighth ye...
Jun 24, 2025
One dead, another hurt in shooting at Tillman Park
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting at Tillman Park just before midnight on Monday that killed one man. Another man has life-threatening injuries and is hospitali...
Jun 24, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Several units called in for hours-long standoff off Northcrest Drive
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - It took over four hours, but teams with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) were able to draw a barricaded subject situation to a peaceful end. Police say a man was repo...
Jun 24, 2025
Indiana officials react to Iran strikes
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Mike Braun is praising the U.S. military's bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend. Braun says, "We are thankful our brave troops who executed the...
Jun 23, 2025 CelsoDiniz / Depositphotos.com
Sinkhole in Grant County stops traffic
GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking people not to travel in the area of 2400 East 950 South. That is due to a sinkhole that formed Saturday and created a large hole i...
Jun 23, 2025
