Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Indiana paid $900,000 for drug to execute Joseph Corcoran
UPDATE (March 27, 2025): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A new document says the Indiana Department of Corrections paid $900,000 for the drug that was used to execute Joseph Corcoran. The drug was pentob...
Mar 27, 2025 Emiliano Bar / Unsplash
Indiana Senate committee approves billboard ban of marijuana ads
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Senate Transportation Committee has approved a billboard ban on marijuana advertisements. The bill would also include other controlled substances like heroin, ...
Mar 26, 2025 marketing.lasers@ya.ru / Depositphotos.com
Gov. Braun signs bill to create online portal for farmers
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Mike Braun is signing a bill into law for the first time. The governor signed a bill that requires the Indiana State Department of Agriculture to set up an online...
Mar 26, 2025
INDOT: Intersection of SR 1 and CR 40 to become all-way stop
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced traffic pattern changes to the intersection of State Road 1 and County Road 40. After a traffic engineering st...
Mar 26, 2025
Spring brings neighborhood infrastructure improvements to Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Tuesday, Mayor Sharon Tucker and Public Works Division leaders announced that $41.4 million will be spent on neighborhood infrastructure improvements throughout the commu...
Mar 26, 2025
Mayor Tucker: City of Fort Wayne not affiliated with Fort Wayne Next
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Tuesday, Mayor Sharon Tucker's office released a statement they hope will provide clarity to a situation that may be causing some confusion in the community. The City of ...
Mar 26, 2025
Fort Wayne sees notable growth in Black-owned business
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A recent report from the Brookings Institution reveals that the Fort Wayne metropolitan area has achieved one of the highest growth rates in Black-owned businesses nationwid...
Mar 25, 2025 Courtesy: GFW Inc.
ACPL Shares 2024 Community Impact Report
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Public Library has released its 2024 Community Impact Report. The report, which utilizes data from the Library's annual report to the Indiana State Library,...
Mar 25, 2025 ACPL Main Library
Man arrested after alleged racing on I-69
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police say that a trooper from the Fort Wayne Post felt as though he was "at a race track" when he witnessed vehicles suspected of street racing on I-69 last F...
Mar 25, 2025
Indiana Department of Health blocked from releasing abortion records
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Health has been blocked from being able to publicly release abortion records. A preliminary injunction was approved in Marion Superior Court Mond...
Mar 25, 2025
