Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Goshen Ave. improvement receives Project of the Year award
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne's Goshen Avenue Improvements Project received the 2021 APWA-Indiana Chapter Public Works Project of the Year in the Transportation category. The...
Joey Martin May 20, 2022

Do Good Foods plans production facility near FWA
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A sustainable food producer is expanding into Fort Wayne. This week, Do Good Foods (DGF) announced plans to invest up to $100 million in an animal-feed production faci...
Joey Martin May 20, 2022

FWCS names secretary as first Employee of the Year
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Community Schools celebrated its first-ever Employee of the Year on Wednesday when Superintendent Dr. Mark Daniel surprised Study Elementary Secretary/Treas...
Joey Martin May 20, 2022

Application available for Non-Congregate Emergency Shelter Funding
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) -The City of Fort Wayne's Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services (OHNS) is releasing its application for HOME Investment Partnerships American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Non-...
Joey Martin May 20, 2022

Pursuit lands Jeep in water and Leesburg man in jail
KOSCIUSKO CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say that a Leesburg, Indiana man led troopers on a pursuit through a field before crashing into a water-filled ditch on Monday night. ISP offic...
Joey Martin May 19, 2022

ISP Fort Wayne Post holds annual memorial service to honor fallen
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana State Police Fort Wayne Post held its annual memorial service on Wednesday, paying tribute to the 47 Indiana State Police employees who have died in the li...
Joey Martin May 19, 2022

City highlights reducing carbon emissions this National Public Works Week
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Mayor Tom Henry and the City of Fort Wayne's Public Works Division are recognizing National Public Works Week and the strides the City's Public Works Division has made...
Joey Martin May 19, 2022

Prosecutors say dad beat 10-year-old for watching Tik Tok video
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A Fort Wayne father is looking at neglect and abuse charges after police say he beat his 10-year-old daughter for watching a video on Tik Tok. According to WANE-TV, pr...
Joey Martin May 19, 2022

Art This Way announces six new tactile mural signs
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Downtown Fort Wayne and Art This Way announced the addition of six tactile signs at existing mural locations for the visually impaired. Downtown public artwork continu...
Joey Martin May 18, 2022

Court documents detail DeKalb County home invasion, shooting
UPDATE: AUBURN, Ind. (ADAMS) – Investigators say it was a home invasion and robbery that turned deadly for the robbers. New court documents detail just what happened last Sunday at a home in Aub...
Joey Martin May 18, 2022