Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Portion of Vera Bradley's October sales to breast cancer research
FORT WAYNE, Ind., (ADAMS) – Vera Bradley, Inc. announced this week that items purchased in its new "Hope Blooms" and "Hope Blooms Pink" prints during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month will ...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

Michigan woman hurt in I-69 crash
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say that a Michigan woman was hurt in a crash on I-69 Thursday morning. Police and medics were called just before 7 a.m. to the 340-mile marker on...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

New Indiana Tech indoor track to be named for Coach Doug Edgar
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The new Indiana Tech indoor track and field facility at the university's Warrior Park athletic complex will be named in honor of Indiana Tech men's and women's track a...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

City Utilities among those given highest environmental award
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) presented the 2021 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence to eight recipients who were honored for extr...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

City of Fort Wayne looking for crossing guards
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Representatives with the City of Fort Wayne and the Fort Wayne Police Department put out a call on Monday for crossing guards. According to Jeremy Webb, Public Informa...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

Portion of SR 5 in Whitley Co. to close for culvert replacements
WHITLEY CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces the closure of S.R. 5. Crews will replace two culverts on S.R. 5 between U.S. 30 and U.S. 33. Work is scheduled to ...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

Last chance to register for the Fair Housing Summit
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Registration for the 2021 Fair Housing Summit is set to close on October 4. The event features keynote speaker Aaron Carr, who is the Founder and Executive Director of...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

USF receives $300,000 grant for violence against women program
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Department of Justice's Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $300,000 grant to the University of Saint Francis to initiate a new program to address dom...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

Man accused of holding gun to woman's head at hotel
Raymond Lothamer DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Officers with the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department say that a man is facing charges after allegedly holding a gun to a woman’s head in a hotel...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

Ivy Tech Fort Wayne Surgical Technology receives accreditation
Photo of Colby Allen (right) with surgical technology students in the renovated lab space. FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne's Surgical Technology program is now a...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021