Category Archives: WXKE Local News

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

I-69 crash claims life of Fort Wayne man
HUNTINGTON CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say that a Fort Wayne man was killed in a crash on Friday. Police say witnesses reported seeing his Porsche experience a tire blowout before h...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021

Grant funding now available for nonprofits, schools in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced last week that $4.25 million in grant funding is now available for safety and security enhancements at religious institutions, chartered no...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021

Driver critically injured in Stellhorn Road crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department say that one person is in critical condition following a crash on Stellhorn on Friday. Police say that it happened when ...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021

Amani receives funding to develop a family justice center
ALLEN. CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Amani Family Services has received a $50,000 grant from St. Joseph Community Health Foundation to help develop a multicultural family justice center in 2021-2022. Aman...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021

Lutheran Health Network expands medical care in Auburn
AUBURN, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Thursday, Sept. 23, the DeKalb Chamber Partnership hosted a ribbon-cutting followed by an open house to celebrate the completion of the new Lutheran Health Network (LHN...
Joey Martin Sep 24, 2021

Firefighter injured in blaze at St. Joe Center Dollar General
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Fire Department officials say that a fire damaged a local Dollar General store in Thursday. Fort Wayne Fire crews were called around 12:45 p.m. to the store...
Joey Martin Sep 24, 2021

Meijer prepares to give 'high volume' of COVID-19 booster shots
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ADAMS) - Meijer says it is ready to administer COVID-19 booster shots to eligible patients - regardless of where they received their original vaccine series - at all its pharmacie...
Joey Martin Sep 24, 2021