Category Archives: WXKE Local News

City offering free bicycle safety training
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - As our community continues to develop a bicycling culture, the City of Fort Wayne invites elementary-aged students to attend one of four free bicycle safety workshops that w...
Joey Martin Jun 25, 2025 FamVeldman / Depositphotos.com

Open Streets to return August 17th
FORT WAYNE, Ind (ADAMS) - Mayor Sharon Tucker and the City's Public Works Department announced today that Open Streets Fort Wayne will return on Sunday, August 17, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m., for the eighth ye...
Joey Martin Jun 24, 2025

One dead, another hurt in shooting at Tillman Park
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting at Tillman Park just before midnight on Monday that killed one man. Another man has life-threatening injuries and is hospitali...
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Several units called in for hours-long standoff off Northcrest Drive
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - It took over four hours, but teams with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) were able to draw a barricaded subject situation to a peaceful end. Police say a man was repo...
Joey Martin Jun 24, 2025

Indiana officials react to Iran strikes
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Mike Braun is praising the U.S. military's bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend. Braun says, "We are thankful our brave troops who executed the...
Joey Martin Jun 23, 2025 CelsoDiniz / Depositphotos.com

Sinkhole in Grant County stops traffic
GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking people not to travel in the area of 2400 East 950 South. That is due to a sinkhole that formed Saturday and created a large hole i...
Joey Martin Jun 23, 2025

Ohio EMA: Protect yourself from lightning
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - The Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA), National Weather Service (NWS), and the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness (OCSWA) are promoting Lightning Safety Awa...
Joey Martin Jun 23, 2025 mikeexpert / Depositphotos.com

Garbage, recycling collection will get an early start during expected heat
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City says that when temperatures are predicted to reach the 90s, GFL Environmental begins collecting garbage and recycling one hour earlier. With high temperatures expec...
Joey Martin Jun 20, 2025

Sheriff's department investigating fatal rollover crash
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Sheriff's Department says one person died as a result of a crash in southeast Allen County. Officers were called out around 4:15 Thursday afternoon to Hoagla...
Joey Martin Jun 20, 2025

Cooling stations open as temperatures rise
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne's Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services and the Fort Wayne Area Planning Council on Homelessness say that cooling stations are available to resi...
Joey Martin Jun 20, 2025 eliosdnepr@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com