Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Padres announce 2025 TinCaps coaching staff
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The San Diego Padres have announced the coaching staff for the 2025 Fort Wayne TinCaps season. Lukas Ray will manage the High-A 'Caps after leading San Diego's Single-A affi...
Jan 20, 2025
Fort Wayne Fire Department receives $15,000 grant from Norfolk Southern
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Friday, Mayor Sharon Tucker and Fire Chief Eric Lahey announced that the Fort Wayne Fire Department was awarded $15,000 in grant funding by Norfolk Southern Corporation. ...
Jan 20, 2025 coffeekai / Depositphotos.com
ACPL encourages Imagination Library donations for Dolly Parton's birthday
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is honoring Dolly Parton's 79th birthday on Sunday, January 19 by sharing its current Imagination Library registration successes with ...
Jan 17, 2025
Indiana fentanyl test strips bill advances
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - State lawmakers are advancing a measure that would clarify that fentanyl test strips are legal in Indiana. The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee looked at a bill au...
Jan 16, 2025 Skorzewiak / Depositphotos.com
Coroner identifies man killed in Tuesday morning shooting
UPDATE (January 16, 2025): The Allen County Coroner's Office has identified a man shot and killed Tuesday off East Lewis Street. The coroner says that 53-year-old Kenneth Richards was the victim and d...
Jan 16, 2025 Jo Naylor / CC
Arrest made in connection with December fight, shooting in Wayendale
UPDATE (January 16, 2025): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) says a man has now been charged in connection to a Waynedale shooting in December. The FWPD said on Wednes...
Jan 16, 2025 The Fort Wayne Police Department
Neighborhood Improvement Grant Program accepting applications
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne's Community Development Division has opened applications for the 2025 Neighborhood Improvement Grant program. Now in its eighth year, the program help...
Jan 16, 2025 kzlobastov / Depositphotos.com
Parkview Field's Holiday Lights had a big debut
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A new Fort Wayne holiday event made its debut in 2024 at Parkview Field and found early success. Representatives say that over 48 nights from mid-November into early January...
Jan 15, 2025
Over $23 million in federal funding goes to Airport Expressway improvements
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne says it has received a grant of $23.2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration for improving a major thoro...
Jan 14, 2025
Traffic alert! E. Washington/Lafayette lane closures Tuesday
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Crews will be working to repair a water main beginning Tuesday at 8:30 am, January 14, 2025, at the intersection of Lafayette Street and East Washington Boulevard. The repai...
Jan 14, 2025
