Category Archives: WXKE Local News

AUBURN, Ind. (ADAMS) – A few more whacks and he may have been free. The sheriff in DeKalb County says an inmate almost broke out of the county jail yesterday. Deputies say the inmate used a grat...

PLYMOUTH, Ind. (ADAMS) – Financial aid professionals from across Indiana will be volunteering at Plymouth High School and 39 other sites to help college-bound students and their families open th...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Mayor Tom Henry announced on Monday that masks will no longer be required at City of Fort Wayne-owned facilities effective March 1. Masks will continue to be recommend...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Thursday, February 24, six new Court Appointed Special Advocates will be sworn-in at the Allen County Courthouse Rotunda by Magistrate Beth Webber. The newest class...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Parkview Regional Medical Center and Parkview Hospital Randallia both experienced timely births on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, also known as "Twos-day." First, twins were ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Commissioners say that a feasibility study on the future of the Allen County Jail will be the subject of a public hearing on Friday. The Allen County Board of Commissi...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Love animals? Looking for a job for the spring. and summer? The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo may have just what you’re looking for. The Zoo says that it is hi...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Police in Fort Wayne say their latest drug bust pulled 12,00 pills off the street. Officers arrested 27-year-old Elijah Shores earlier this week. They say he was selli...

UPDATE (February 24, 2022): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – An arrest has been made in a murder from November of last year. Jonathon Jackson was shot and killed at the West Wind Apartments in the ear...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A two-state, 100-mile chase with a stolen semi ended with a fiery standoff just outside of Fort Wayne early yesterday morning. Authorities say it started in southwest ...