Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Suspect in downtown bank robbery arrested
UPDATE (January 23, 2023): Fort Wayne Police Department officials say that a man suspected of robbing a downtown bank has been arrested. After police circulated pictures of the man, employees at a loc...
Joey Martin Jan 23, 2023

Three pets rescued in north Fort Wayne house fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Officials with the Fort Wayne Fire Department say crews responded to a house fire on the city’s north side Thursday afternoon on Stonecreek Trail. Just after 4 p...
Joey Martin Jan 20, 2023

Arts United appoints new president
Dan Ross FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Arts United announced this week that Dan Ross has been appointed as the new President and CEO of the organization. An experienced arts business leader, Ross w...
Joey Martin Jan 20, 2023

Allen County Coroner: Mother and son died by murder-suicide
UPDATE (January 20, 2023): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The shooting deaths Wednesday of 43-year-old Kari Lynn Beck and seven-year-old Oscar Beck in Fort Wayne have been ruled a murder-suicide. Th...
Joey Martin Jan 20, 2023

Electrical fire damages southeast side home
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Officials with the Fort Wayne Fire Department say crews responded to a house fire on Fort Wayne's southeast side Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported around 4:45 ...
Joey Martin Jan 20, 2023

FWPD: Man arrested had guns, drugs in reach of children
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Police Department officials say that a man is facing charges after a drug investigation. 26-year-old Kevin Jerelle Jones, Jr. was arrested for drug dealing ...
Joey Martin Jan 19, 2023

Three people make it out of Warsaw St. house fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Fire Department officials say that three adults were able to get out of a house fire on Warsaw Street Wednesday night. Crews were called around 11:40 p.m. t...
Joey Martin Jan 19, 2023

Two men face drug charges after "lengthy investigation"
Courtesy: Fort Wayne Police Department FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – FWPD officials say that two men are facing multiple drug-related charges after a "lengthy investigation" by the Fort Wayne Polic...
Joey Martin Jan 19, 2023

Healthier Moms and Babies launches new branding
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Healthier Moms and Babies, a nonprofit organization that provides programs, resources and education to our community's vulnerable families, announced a branding change...
Joey Martin Jan 19, 2023

FWPD photo wins recognition from the US Justice Department
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A photo of a Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) officer and a student reading together has received national recognition from a branch of the U.S. Justice Department....
Joey Martin Jan 19, 2023




