Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Ohio State Highway Patrol accepting submissions for Holiday Card Contest
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - As we enter the holiday season, the Ohio State Highway Patrol is accepting submissions for its annual Holiday Card Contest. Since 2019, children up to 12 years old have had th...
Nov 03, 2025
City Council approves plan for $9 million trail project
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A multi-million dollar trail project is moving forward in Fort Wayne. The City Council approved the $ 9 million construction work this week.The project will include lane imp...
Oct 30, 2025 Jeremyarnica / Depositphotos.com
PFW plans major expansion of club sports ahead of fall 2026 semester
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - For most high school athletes, the final games, meets, and matches of their senior year come with a bittersweet realization that the opportunities to compete at that level m...
Oct 30, 2025
Highjacked shipment of Bitcoin machines recovered for Grant County company
GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Grant County Sheriff's Office says a multi-state and agency investigation recovered over $700,000 worth of Bitcoin machines that were in a highjacked cargo shipment belon...
Oct 29, 2025 Mvelishchuk / Depositphotos.com
Hoosier health officials report first flu death of this season
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Health officials are confirming Indiana's first flu death of the season. The Indiana Department of Health did not say where the flu case happened or the person's identity ...
Oct 28, 2025
Set up underway for Parkview Field Holiday Lights
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Parkview Field is setting up its seasonal light display. This will be the second year for the Parkview Field Holiday Lights event. Crews began installing over a million ligh...
Oct 28, 2025
Coroner identifies driver pulled from fatal Illinois Road crash
UPDATE (October 28, 2025): The Allen County Coroner's Office says it was a 22-year-old woman behind the wheel of a car that crashed into a truck on Friday morning. The coroner says that Sydney Griffit...
Oct 28, 2025
ACPL's Rolland Center receives $35,000 in grant from Google
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) announced this week that it has received a $35,000 grant from Google to fund upgrades to the immersive projection experience inside th...
Oct 28, 2025
Wanted man out of Fort Wayne arrested after police chase
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police (ISP) with the Fort Wayne Post say that a wanted man is in custody after a chase Friday night. It started on Thomas Road on the city's southwest side ar...
Oct 27, 2025 Naypong / Depositphotos.com
City of Fort Wayne launches "TRECtheFort.com"
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne Public Works Division is launching a new website, TRECtheFort.com, designed to improve communication with the traveling public regarding road restrict...
Oct 27, 2025
