Category Archives: WXKE Local News

StoryScape Early Learning space opens at ACPL
Story Time led by Executive Director Susan Baier with students from Alyssum Montessori School FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) -The Allen County Public Library invited guests to tour the new StoryScape at a g...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2022

Woman hurt when her vehicle crashed into stopped semi
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Police in DeKalb County say that a woman was hospitalized Friday afternoon after crashing into the back of a semi on state Route 101. Just before 2 p.m., Joy Forester,...
Joey Martin Sep 26, 2022

Croninger Elementary named 2022 National Blue Ribbon School
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Croninger Elementary School is one of 297 schools in the nation to be named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2022. The recognition is based on a school's overall acad...
Joey Martin Sep 26, 2022

Woman sentenced to 65 years for murder
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A 23-year-old woman will serve the maximum sentence of 65 years in prison for killing 20-year-old Shelby Vonholdt in June 2021. An Allen County judge sentenced Valerie...
Joey Martin Sep 26, 2022

Angola man arrested after attempting to break in home of ISP trooper
FREMONT, Ind. (ADAMS) – A burglary suspect in Angola picked the wrong house to try and break into. Police say troopers arrested 25-year-old Joshua Enos yesterday morning after he tried to break ...
Joey Martin Sep 23, 2022

Steuben County man interrupts burglars, shoots at them
ANGOLA, Ind. (ADAMS) – A trio of accused burglars is in jail after a man caught them in his house and chased them out with bullets. The Steuben County sheriff says a man came home to his house j...
Joey Martin Sep 23, 2022

Bicyclist suffers life-threatening injuries when hit by SUV
FORT WAYNE, Ind (ADAMS) – Police say that a man is in critical condition after being hit by an SUV while riding a bike at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Tecumseh Street Wednesday night. Pol...
Joey Martin Sep 22, 2022

One person taken to the hospital following Waynedale house fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Fire Department says one person was taken to the hospital following a fire in Waynedale on Wednesday. Crews were called to the 6500 block of Liberty Dri...
Joey Martin Sep 22, 2022

Police blame speed, dirty windshield for school bus crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Police in Fort Wayne are blaming the sun and a dirty windshield for a crash involving a local school bus. It happened yesterday morning on the way to school. The India...
Joey Martin Sep 22, 2022

OSHP releases results of recent 6-State Trooper Project
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol joined forces with members of the 6-State Trooper Project to focus on criminal patrol and marijuana interdiction and eradication. During th...
Joey Martin Sep 22, 2022




