Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Woman's Ventura Lane shooting death ruled homicide
UPDATE (September 30, 2021): A woman’s shooting death has been ruled a homicide. The coroner says Arlene Shelton died of gunshot wounds from the incident on Ventura Lane late Tuesday night. The ...
Joey Martin Oct 01, 2021

Ohio House tables vote on Vaccine Fairness Bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – A bill to allow people to opt-out of employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccine requirements is heading back to committee. On Wednesday, the Ohio House tabled a vote on Bill 435...
Joey Martin Sep 30, 2021

Mayor Henry leads business walk in downtown Fort Wayne
Twitter via @MayorTomHenry FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Wednesday, Mayor Tom Henry led a business walk in downtown Fort Wayne. The walk served as an opportunity for Mayor Henry and City of Fort...
Joey Martin Sep 30, 2021

Downtown display to promote healing, ending to domestic violence
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Mayor's Commission on Domestic Violence, Sexual Harassment & Rape is hosting a Silent Witness display from 7:30 a.m.-noon on Friday, Oct. 1 outside the Courth...
Joey Martin Sep 30, 2021

Cat perishes in Well St. vacant mobile home fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Fire Department officials say that a cat perished in a trailer fire on Wells Street Wednesday. Around 6:45 p.m., crews were sent to the 3100 block of Wells ...
Joey Martin Sep 30, 2021

Man surrenders after standoff with FWPD at West Wind apartments
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A man is in custody after an hours-long standoff at an apartment complex off Coliseum Boulevard Tuesday night. Officers were called to the West Wind Apartments just be...
Joey Martin Sep 29, 2021

New contract could raise teacher pay at FWCS
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A new contract could spell more money for teachers at Fort Wayne Community Schools. A tentative two-year agreement between FWCS and the Fort Wayne Education Associatio...
Joey Martin Sep 28, 2021

NACS parents protest at latest school board meeting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – If anything, parents in one Fort Wayne-area school are more upset now that their school board has refused to listen to them at meetings. Parents protested outside the ...
Joey Martin Sep 28, 2021

Second phase of Beckett's Run Trail completed
Facebook via The City of Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Monday, Mayor Tom Henry joined Fort Wayne Trails, Concordia Theological Seminary, residents and business owners, along with the ...
Joey Martin Sep 28, 2021

Parkview Health reopens Mirro Center vaccine clinic
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Parkview Health says it has reopened its COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation to offer booster shots to individuals who mee...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021