Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Gerardot, Wickens, Roberts win 2022 Champions of Change Awards
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS ) – Alison Gerardot, Jeann Wickens, and Jeff Roberts today were named the 2022 Champions of Change Award winners by the Greater Fort Wayne (GFW) Inc. Women's Network. The...
Joey Martin May 13, 2022

FWCS online pre-registration now includes fee payment
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Online registration for the 2022-23 school year is now open for all Fort Wayne Community Schools students. This year, online registration includes the option to pay fe...
Joey Martin May 13, 2022

How you can try tennis for free
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Tennis is booming and now you can get in the game through local events and play opportunities in the Midwest as part of National Tennis Month. For the second year in a...
Joey Martin May 13, 2022

FWPD look for person behind Holton and Creighton 'shots fired' call
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police are investigating and asking for the public’s help in a shooting incident yesterday morning. Dispatch calls indicated that someone was firing a...
Joey Martin May 12, 2022

Fort Wayne protest settlement costs City $300,000
Photo: Daniel Church FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne is paying a protester $300,000 for the damage officers did to his eye back in the summer of 2020. New court documents say the settlemen...
Joey Martin May 12, 2022

Man in critical condition after rollover crash on Washington Center
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Officials with the Fort Wayne Police Department says a man is in critical condition following a crash late Tuesday night close to Washington Center Road and Kroemer Ro...
Joey Martin May 11, 2022

Man shot multiple times at Holton and Oxford expected to survive
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Police Department says that a man was hurt in a shooting early Wednesday morning. Officers were called to 449 Clermont Road just before 12:15 a.m. Once ...
Joey Martin May 11, 2022

Local CASA volunteer achieves 25 years of advocacy
Donna Neff FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Allen County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) The Allen County Office of GAL/CASA recently celebrated Donna Neff, CASA Volunteer for her 25 years of...
Joey Martin May 11, 2022

TinCaps Jersey auction to help fund Daisies monument
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne TinCaps, in partnership with the City of Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Department, are raising funds to renovate and improve the Fort Wayne Daisies...
Joey Martin May 10, 2022

Two people escape house fire in neighborhood off East State
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Two people were able to escape a burning home on the 7500 block of Antebellum Blvd off East State. FWFD officials say the flames broke out on the first floor while the...
Joey Martin May 10, 2022