Category Archives: WXKE Local News

City Utilities: Look out fot the 2025 Water Quality Report
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The annual Drinking Water Quality Report from City Utilities has been mailed or emailed, depending on how customers receive their bill, and will arrive soon. City Utilities'...
Joey Martin Jun 30, 2025 jurisam / Depositphotos.com

Indiana AG requests execution date for inmate
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is asking for an execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward. He is from Spencer County and was convicted of raping and killing 1...
Joey Martin Jun 30, 2025 DIGICOMPHOTO / Depositphotos.com

UPDATE: Suspect arrested in Hamilton Avenue shootings
UPDATE (June 30, 2025): The FWPD says Ford is in custody. The following was put out on Friday: ***Updated Media Release*** Details/Summary: On June 26, 2025, Fort Wayne Police Officers responde...
Joey Martin Jun 30, 2025

Siren's Curse opens for riders at Cedar Point
UPDATE (June 28, 2025): SANDUSKY, Ohio (ADAMS) - The debut date is here for Cedar Point's new Siren's Curse roller coaster. At a height of 160 feet, a length of almost 3,000 feet, and a speed of 58 mi...
Joey Martin Jun 28, 2025 Siren's Curse (Courtesy of Cedar Point)

Humane FW launches free microchip scanning station
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Humane Fort Wayne is launching a new, free, 24-hour microchip scanning station, giving community members a quick and easy way to help lost pets find their way back home. And...
Joey Martin Jun 27, 2025 RuslanKal / Depositphotos.com

AG Rokita's defense costing Hoosiers nearly half a million dollars
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The defense of Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita in several disciplinary investigations and formal ethics cases has cost Hoosier taxpayers nearly $500,000 Rokita has fa...
Joey Martin Jun 27, 2025 AG Todd Rokita (R) Indiana

Governor Braun orders state to have energy plan
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Mike Braun is ordering the state to plan for how it will meet a growing energy demand. He says the economy is growing and Indiana needs "new solutions to meet thi...
Joey Martin Jun 26, 2025 elenarostunova / Depositphotos.com

Two Fort Wayne men charged with sexually abusing 14-year-old boy
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Two Fort Wayne men are charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy for several months. The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) says the victim told investigators that he...
Joey Martin Jun 25, 2025

Indiana's public universities, colleges agree to tuition freeze
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - All of Indiana's public universities and colleges are committing to a two-year tuition freeze. Governor Mike Braun made the announcement on Tuesday. The governor says the ...
Joey Martin Jun 25, 2025 steilemas@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com

City: Northwest 2035 neighborhood plan reaches milestone
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Northwest 2035 neighborhood plan reached a significant milestone Tuesday evening with approval from Fort Wayne City Council. "My heartfelt thanks go to the residents, bu...
Joey Martin Jun 25, 2025