Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Record amount of snow falls in Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne has broken its snow record for January 25, receiving 6.2 inches Wednesday. The old record of 5.4 inches was set in 1978 during the blizzard. Snow in Fort Wa...
Joey Martin Jan 26, 2023

FWPD: Officer acted appropriately in now viral video
Courtesy: Fort Wayne Police Department FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Police Department says it is aware of a video showing an FWPD officer “engaged in enforcement action with a...
Joey Martin Jan 25, 2023

Mayor Henry, FWPD and FWFD recap 2022 and present plans for 2023
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Tuesday, Mayor Tom Henry, Police Chief Steve Reed and Fire Chief Eric Lahey provided a public safety recap of 2022 and highlighted plans for 2023 that they say are ...
Joey Martin Jan 24, 2023

FWCS returns to two-tier schedule
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – After input from the public, Fort Wayne Community Schools announced new start and end times for the next school year. Monday start times for middle schools and high sc...
Joey Martin Jan 24, 2023

Grace College providing "curbside" tax returns
Grace College student Lila Schuiteman receives tax documents from a participant of the curbside VITA program. WINONA LAKE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Grace College School of Business prepares for its fo...
Joey Martin Jan 24, 2023

Steuben County law enforcement arrest alleged child molester
Kevin A. Lambos STEUBEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The Steuben County Sheriff's Office says that a man has been arrested after an investigation into child molestation. Officials say that it happened in...
Joey Martin Jan 24, 2023

The Rescue Mission to host annual Point in Time Count
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Every January the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development identifies one day as the Point in Time Count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homel...
Joey Martin Jan 23, 2023

Fort Wayne police arrest barricaded man
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A man has been arrested after barricading himself in a home in Fort Wayne Sunday morning. Police were called to the home in the 2400 block of Cambridge Boulevard aroun...
Joey Martin Jan 23, 2023

ACPL's Lincoln Collection gets $50,000 boost
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Friday, January 20, the Friends of the Lincoln Collection received a check in the amount of $50,000 from the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, National Society of the Dau...
Joey Martin Jan 23, 2023

Fort Wayne UNITED Late Night Basketball returns
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne UNITED Late Night Basketball Initiative is back for its winter session. The program runs from 8-11 p.m. each Saturday evening from January 28 through Fe...
Joey Martin Jan 23, 2023




