Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Coroner identified victims of fiery Arcola Road crash
UPDATE (January 19, 2023): The Allen County Coroner says that Laine Arvey and Matthew Tustison were the victims of a fiery crash in Allen County. (Original story below) The crash happened on Arcola Ro...
Joey Martin Jan 19, 2023
New downtown sculpture to honor Ukraine
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Art This Way, a program of Downtown Fort Wayne, along with the Public Art Commission (PAC), City of Fort Wayne, Arts United and Fort Wayne Sister Cities International ...
Joey Martin Jan 19, 2023

ISP: Ladder to blame for crash that shut down I-69
AUBURN, Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police think an extension ladder that wasn’t properly secured caused a crash on I-69 Monday morning that shut down a portion of the interstate. Around ...
Joey Martin Jan 17, 2023

Parkview, Indiana Tech, Huntington Univ. launch accelerated nursing program
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Parkview Health, Indiana Tech and Huntington University have partnered to launch a new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program to be taught by Huntington nu...
Joey Martin Jan 17, 2023

UPDATE: S. Hanna Street fire reignites Tuesday morning
UPDATE: Fort Wayne Fire Department officials say that a fire that crews thought they had extinguished some 12 hours earlier flared up again around 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Crews reported again to 2008 South...
Joey Martin Jan 17, 2023

Indiana Sheriffs' Association announces criminal justice scholarships
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – DeKalb County Sheriff Brady Thomas announced this week that the Indiana Sheriffs' Association will again be awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seni...
Joey Martin Jan 17, 2023

House fire claims four lives in Fremont
FREMONT, Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say a house fire in Fremont Saturday has claimed the life of a woman now identified as 37-year-old Rebecca White and her three children. Five-year-ol...
Joey Martin Jan 16, 2023

Traffic alert: New sewer work begins on East Superior
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Starting Monday, January 16, 2023, East Superior Street, between Lafayette and Clinton Street, will have lane restrictions for the construction of a consolidation sewe...
Joey Martin Jan 16, 2023

Troopers arrest drunk driver after US 27 crash
Scott R. Moorehead FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say that a man has been arrested for his role in a crash that hurt two women on Thursday of last week. Police say that the man&...
Joey Martin Jan 16, 2023

Man arrested in southwest Fort Wayne attack
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – FWPD officials say a woman who was found on January 7 in “life-threatening condition” in a southwest apartment was stabbed. Just before 8:15 a.m., officers...
Joey Martin Jan 16, 2023




