Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Woman left with life-threatening injuries in Lima Road hit and run
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say that a woman has life-threatening injuries after being hit by a vehicle at Lima and Washington Center. Around 12:15 a.m. Saturday morning, FWPD o...
Joey Martin Aug 01, 2022

100+ evacuated after accidental hotel fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – FWFD officials say that 125 people, including pets and 25 children, had to be evacuated from a West Coliseum motel on Saturday morning as crews responded to a fire. Ac...
Joey Martin Aug 01, 2022

FWCS kindergarten, 6th, 9th-grade students to get head start
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Students entering kindergarten and sixth and ninth grades in Fort Wayne Community Schools will get a sneak peak of their new school year when they visit their schools ...
Joey Martin Aug 01, 2022

Albion man killed in three-vehicle crash on US 33
NOBLE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say that a motorcyclist died Friday in a crash involving two other vehicles on US 33. Troopers from Fort Wayne and the Noble County Sheriff's Depar...
Joey Martin Aug 01, 2022

Fort Wayne man sets U.S. record for tallest sunflower
UPDATE (August 1, 2022): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A Fort Wayne man has the tallest sunflower in the United States. Alex Babich set the record over the weekend when he measured his sunflower at...
Joey Martin Aug 01, 2022

Man critical, another hurt in Gaywood Drive shooting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Police Department says officers are investigating a shooting that happened near the intersection of Sherwood Terrace and Gaywood Drive on Friday evening...
Joey Martin Aug 01, 2022

Paving work could impact traffic areas of State Boulevard this week
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – As part of the City of Fort Wayne's northeast quadrant resurfacing package, crews will be working along sections of State Boulevard. According to the City, work will b...
Joey Martin Aug 01, 2022

Overnight fire prompts officials to remind of smoke detector benefits
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Fire Department officials are using an overnight fire to remind residents that smoke detectors can save lives and residents can get free smoke detectors. It...
Joey Martin Aug 01, 2022

Seal coat operations planned for U.S. 27 Monday
ADAMS CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation says that seal coating operations are planned for U.S. 27 north of Decatur. Crews are scheduled to begin working on or after August 1...
Joey Martin Jul 29, 2022

The WEOC Women's Business Center receives excellence award
Left to right: Stacey Poynter, SBA; Tammy Allen and Jami Thomas, The NIIC; Geri Aglipay, SBA; Leslee Hill, Rosalina Perez, Rhonda Ladig, Maddy Dahlgren, Stephanie Taylor, Anna Heck, and Mike Fritsch, ...
Joey Martin Jul 29, 2022




