Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Bundle up, Ohio! It's Winter Safety Awareness Week
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – The Buckeye State has already seen an array of weather this fall season to include warm weather, sweater weather with a few tornadoes, and snowflakes in between. Now is ...
Joey Martin Nov 15, 2021

Rescue Mission aims to raise hunger and homelessness awareness
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Rescue Mission is hoping to shine a light on poverty, food insecurity, and homelessness in Northeast Indiana during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week...
Joey Martin Nov 15, 2021

Woman critical after being hit by vehicle on Wayne Trace
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Police say a woman has life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle Saturday night. The Fort Wayne Police Department says that just after 10 p.m. officers...
Joey Martin Nov 15, 2021

More than 1,500 people have applied for Fort Wayne ID cards
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – There’s a steady demand for Fort Wayne’s new city ID cards. Catholic Charities, which runs the program for the city, says more than 1,500 people have appli...
Joey Martin Nov 12, 2021

New social workers to work alongside FWPD officers
Courtesy: Twitter via @MayorTomHenry FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The two newest people at Fort Wayne’s police department are not officers. The city said it’s hired two social workers ...
Joey Martin Nov 12, 2021

TinCaps bring back fan-favorite holiday season beer sampler
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The TinCaps call it the “perfect to pair with the start of the holiday season.” The latest beer sampler package from the team is now on sale. The “on...
Joey Martin Nov 11, 2021

Ivy Tech FW receives Freightliner with help of Daimler and Stoops
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Representatives from Daimler Trucks North America and Stoops Freightliner presented Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne with a new Freightliner semi-truck in the Ivy...
Joey Martin Nov 11, 2021

Health Commissioner: Demand strong for young kids' vaccine
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Depsite lagging numbers throughout Indiana, Allen County’s public health boss says a lot of parents want to get their younger kids vaccinated. Allen County Healt...
Joey Martin Nov 11, 2021

Man critically injured in Calhoun Street shooting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say that a man was critically injured in a shooting on the city’s south side Tuesday afternoon. Officers were called to the 4200 block of S Cal...
Joey Martin Nov 10, 2021

Fort Wayne councilman looks to subpoena Red River CEO
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – One city councilman in Fort Wayne is looking to put the head of the city’s trash company under oath. On Tuesday, Councilman Russ Jehl asked what it would take to...
Joey Martin Nov 10, 2021