Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Boys & Girls Club celebrates diversity in new library from Pepsi
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The local division of Pepsi North American Beverages recently announced a partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne to promote literacy and diversity pro...
Joey Martin Feb 23, 2023

Identification made in fatal Trier Road hit and run
UPDATE (February 23, 2023): A man that was hit and killed by an SUV early Sunday morning has been identified. The coroner says that 28-year-old Andrew Follett was hit on the 4200 block of Trier Road j...
Joey Martin Feb 23, 2023

TinCaps announce 2023 promotional schedule
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne TinCaps have announced their 2023 promotional schedule, including events every homestand. Single-game tickets for 2023 regular season home games go on s...
Joey Martin Feb 23, 2023

Coroner identifies woman shot after leaving Eagle's Lodge off Bluffton Rd.
UPDATE (February 22, 2023): The Allen County Coroner has released the identity of a woman who was shot while leaving the Eagle’s Lodge off Bluffton Road Sunday night. Police said initially that ...
Joey Martin Feb 23, 2023

Help name the Home & Garden Show's mascot gnome
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show will return to the Coliseum soon. This year will mark 50 years of the popular event celebrating all things home. And this year, org...
Joey Martin Feb 21, 2023

ACPL's Rolland Center launches new exhibits in honor of Presidents' Day
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Public Library invites media to cover recent updates at the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research located at the Main Library. The new exhibits will ope...
Joey Martin Feb 20, 2023

City: Preparations for Riverfront Phase II construction continue
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne says that preparations for the next phase of Riverfront public space improvements have begun. Two metal, former material storage buildings locat...
Joey Martin Feb 20, 2023

Motorcyclist critically hurt in crash while running from cops
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say a motorcyclist has life-threatening injuries after taking off from a traffic stop and crashing early Sunday morning. Officers initially tried to ...
Joey Martin Feb 20, 2023

Man arrested after ten hour long standoff in vehicle
NEW HAVEN, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Sheriff's Department says that an hours-long standoff in a vehicle in New Haven led to the arrest of a Michigan man on an outstanding warrant. He was i...
Joey Martin Feb 20, 2023

TinCaps to take on alternate identity for select games in 2023
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Since being introduced as Senate Bill 322 on January 4, 2023, leaders at the State House in Indianapolis have been debating whether or not the Breaded Tenderloin deser...
Joey Martin Feb 17, 2023




