Category Archives: WXKE Local News
"Border czar" Tom Homan visits Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The White House's "border czar," Tom Homan, spoke at a "Fairness for Hoosiers" event at the Indiana Statehouse on Tuesday. Homan urged state lawmakers to pass a bill they ...
Oct 15, 2025 michaklootwijk / Depositphotos.com
Two northern Indiana duck farms quarantined for bird flu
LAGRANGE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Two duck farms in northern Indiana are quarantined after bird flu was confirmed in them. One is in LaGrange County and the other is in Elkhart County. Over 6,000 ducks hav...
Oct 14, 2025 quangpraha1981@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
New Meridian Health clinic opens on McKinnie Avenue
UPDATE (October 14, 2025): The new Meridian Health Clinic on the Village Premier campus in southeast Fort Wayne is now open. Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker and representatives from Meridian Health Ser...
Oct 14, 2025
Call for an unresponsive motorist turns into chase and standoff downtown
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) says one man is being treated at an area hospital after a downtown chase and standoff Monday morning in a vehicle. Just before 9 a.m....
Oct 14, 2025 ChiccoDodiFC / Depositphotos.com
New agreement would boost pay for new FWCS teahcers
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A tentative two-year agreement between Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort Wayne Education Association (FWEA), which represents teachers, was presented during the Mond...
Oct 14, 2025 urfingus / Depositphotos.com
Several arrests made at large Fort Wayne Airbnb party
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says several arrests were made after they broke up a large party at a home close to Coldwater and Dupont early Sunday morning. Officers said...
Oct 13, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
INDOT: Another I-69 entrance ramp to close in Fort Wayne
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says that the I-69 ramp from eastbound U.S. 30 to southbound I-69 will close for work. Starting on or after October 11, crews...
Oct 10, 2025
Drive carefully, walk cautiously: Patrol reminds everyone to share the road
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is urging all Ohioans to prioritize pedestrian safety, reminding both motorists and pedestrians that safety is a shared responsibility on ...
Oct 10, 2025 Tungsten Rising / Unsplash
Man in custody after hours-long stand off with police
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says that an hours-long standoff ended early Friday with one man in custody. Around 8 p.m. Thursday, officers were called for a dispute on t...
Oct 10, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Sweet Breeze ends 2025 season early
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Thursday, Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation made the decision to pull the Sweet Breeze Canal Boat from the St. Marys River prior to the originally scheduled end of the seas...
Oct 10, 2025
