Category Archives: WXKE Local News

TinCaps single-game tickets on sale
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Single-game tickets for the 2022 Fort Wayne TinCaps season go on sale the Wednesday, February 16. Fans can purchase tickets on TinCapsTickets.com, by calling 260-482-6...
Joey Martin Feb 16, 2022

City seeking input on plan to address homelessness
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne's Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services has drafted a plan to use more than $4 million in federal funding to address homelessness with ...
Joey Martin Feb 10, 2022

Three men facing charges in recent robberies
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Local police say that they have arrested three people believed to be involved in a string of recent armed robberies of local businesses. The FWPD says around 2 a.m. on...
Joey Martin Feb 10, 2022

You can now pay your City Utilities bill at Walmart
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – City Utilities says that in continued efforts to improve customer service, it has partnered with Walmart to allow customers to pay their water bills near where they li...
Joey Martin Feb 10, 2022

Drug use suspected as factor in I-69 crash
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Police in DeKalb County suspect that drug use may have contributed to a crash Tuesday night. Around 11 p.m., DeKalb County units responded to a possible personal injur...
Joey Martin Feb 10, 2022

Man facing charges after allegedly lighting his house on fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Investigators say a local man set his own home on fire. It reportedly happened Wednesday night close to Bass and Thomas Roads. Neighbors told WANE-TV that around 8:30 ...
Joey Martin Feb 10, 2022

City looks to 14/69 Automall for new public works home
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne has announced a plan to purchase three existing buildings in the 14/69 Automall off Illinois Road to eventually house its public works and publi...
Joey Martin Feb 09, 2022

Fort Wayne approves public vaping ban
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – You will soon no longer be able to vape in public in Fort Wayne. The city council last night approved a public vape ban. The new vaping rules are pretty much the same ...
Joey Martin Feb 09, 2022

Auburn man arrested, trooper injured in traffic stop
AUBURN, Ind. (ADAMS) – An Auburn man is in jail and an Indiana State Trooper is recovering after being hurt when a traffic stop turned physical Tuesday morning. Indiana State Police say around 9...
Joey Martin Feb 09, 2022

Two men shot outside Hessen Cassel gas station
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Two people are hurt after a shooting late Monday night at a Shell gas station off Hessen Cassel Road and McKinnie. Right now, police think the two were in a vehicle wh...
Joey Martin Feb 08, 2022




