Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Demonstrations held against Trump administration in Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - People gathered on the courthouse lawn in Fort Wayne between noon and 4 p.m. Sunday to protest "actions being taken by the Trump administration and the billionaires being gi...
Mar 03, 2025 macor / Depositphotos.com
Juvenile driver critically injured in S. Coliseum crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - One person is reported in critical condition following a crash on South Coliseum close to Schele Avenue early Friday morning. The Fort Wayne Police Department says it happen...
Feb 28, 2025
Governor Braun signs executive orders on unemployment fraud
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana Governor Mike Braun has signed executive orders aimed at stepping up anti-fraud efforts on unemployment and requiring jobless Hoosiers to do "meaningful work searc...
Feb 28, 2025 Ivan Radic / CC
2025 Parkview Sports Medicine Baseball Classic schedule set
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Parkview Field, the home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, will host a dozen high school and college baseball games, featuring 24 local teams, this April and May as part of the ann...
Feb 28, 2025
Visit Fort Wayne: Share your music economy input
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - If you own a music-related business, are an employee/freelancer, a music fan, or an artist, Visit Fort Wayne wants to hear from you. The group wants input as they look ahead...
Feb 28, 2025
Two Fort Wayne women arrested on human trafficking charges
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Two women are charged with recruiting a child for a sex trafficking operation in Allen and Marion counties. State police say officers searched a home last week in Fort Wayne...
Feb 28, 2025 Emiliano Bar / Unsplash
Deadly listeria outbreak connected to Prairie Farms in Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A listeria outbreak that has killed 11 people and sickened people in 21 states has been linked to Prairie Farms' plant in Fort Wayne. The frozen supplemental shakes that wer...
Feb 26, 2025 MLWilliams / Depositphotos.com
Governor Braun says he might veto property tax bill
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana Governor Mike Braun says he might veto Senate Bill 1, which is what is left of his property tax plan after the Senate made large changes to it this month. It is in...
Feb 26, 2025
FWPD: Woman's death in Fairfax Avenue home was not criminal
UPDATE (February 26, 2025): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne police say the death of a 60-year-old woman on the city's south side was not connected to any crime. The woman was found dead by a fri...
Feb 26, 2025 The Fort Wayne Police Department
YMCA launches annual fundraiser for local scholarships and programs
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne has launched its annual fundraising campaign under the theme of "The Y Within Reach for All." With a goal of raising $800,000 in just one mont...
Feb 26, 2025
