Category Archives: WXKE Local News

Man shot in Weisser Park Avenue home while eating dinner
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say that a man is in critical condition after he was found in a home off Weisser Park Avenue with gunshot wounds. The man reportedly was eating dinne...
Joey Martin Mar 03, 2022

City announces Starbucks location to open at Southtown Centre
City of Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Monday, Mayor Tom Henry announced that a Starbucks is one of two new developments planned for southeast Fort Wayne. The City of Fort Wayne's Comm...
Joey Martin Mar 03, 2022

City of Fort Wayne Public Works division hiring
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne Public Works Division is looking to fill several seasonal positions beginning this month. The hourly rate is $15.00 and a typical work week will...
Joey Martin Mar 02, 2022

Parkview, Best Buy launch site featuring of medical, wellness devices
BestBuy.com/Parkview FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Parkview Health and Best Buy say they are making it easier to find medical and wellness products to enhance virtual health care experiences. They ...
Joey Martin Mar 02, 2022

"Disability Awareness Month" proclaimed in Allen Co., Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Tuesday, the Allen County Board of Commissioners and Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry signed a proclamation making March "Disability Awareness Month" in the city and coun...
Joey Martin Mar 02, 2022

Mom of murdered northern Indiana toddler gets prison time
PLYMOUTH, Ind. (ADAMS) – It’s two-and-a-half years in prison for the mother of a murdered northern Indiana toddler. A judge in Marshall County yesterday sentenced Tiffany Coburn for neglec...
Joey Martin Mar 02, 2022

Our HEALing Kitchen grants now available
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation, in partnership with Parkview Health, is now taking applications for the Our HEALing Kitchen program. Our HEALing Kitchen is...
Joey Martin Mar 02, 2022

INDOT wants input on the I-469 and U.S. 24 project
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana Department of Transportation will host a public hearing for the proposed interchange modification project at I-469 and U.S. 24. INDOT says that the preferre...
Joey Martin Mar 02, 2022

Lawsuit accuses NACS nurse of inappropriately touching student
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – One Fort Wayne-area family is suing their school district over how a school nurse treated their child. Michael and Alissa Reed are suing Northwest Allen County Schools...
Joey Martin Mar 02, 2022

Speed, alcohol suspected in fatal crash
GARRETT, Ind. (ADAMS) – Police say a Fort Wayne man is dead following a crash Sunday evening. He was the passenger in a car that reportedly lost control on a county road in Garrett and collided ...
Joey Martin Mar 01, 2022




