Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Some brie cheese sold in Indiana Aldi stores recalled
NEW HOLLAND, Pa. (ADAMS) - Six different kinds of Brie cheese are being recalled for listeria contamination. The cheese was recalled in 12 states after listeria was detected on processing equipment at...
Nov 08, 2024 Westlight / Depositphotos.com
Driver arrested after crash sends van into vacant building on Maumee Ave.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says an arrest was made following an overnight crash that sent the driver to the hospital and a building with structural damage. Police were...
Nov 07, 2024 Emiliano Bar / Unsplash
Family of 18-year-old sues City, FWPD over his 2022 death
UPDATE (November 6, 2024): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The family of 18-year-old Wyatt Beckler is suing the city of Fort Wayne and Fort Wayne police for his November 2022 shooting death. Officer Andrew...
Nov 06, 2024
Pierson Drain Phase II hopes to curb neighborhood flooding
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Monday, Mayor Sharon Tucker visited the Caribe Colony neighborhood to kick off Phase II of the Pierson Drain Stormwater initiative. It aims to focus on diminishing and el...
Nov 05, 2024
Fire at vacant southeast side home ruled electrical
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department says that no one was hurt when a fire broke out at a home on Alexander Street on the city's southeast side. Crews were called out around 12:15...
Nov 04, 2024 Lydia Liu / CC
Gilbane, PFW break ground on 600-bed student housing complex
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - For leaders and students at Purdue University Fort Wayne, August 2026 can't come soon enough. That's when a four-story, 213,000-square-foot apartment complex near Ginsberg H...
Oct 30, 2024 A rendering of the aerial view of the complex includes a glimpse of Ginsberg Hall on the university's North Campus and St. Joe Place Apartments, which are located just beyond the property line.
ISP: Precinct committeeman for stealing ballots
MADISON CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - A precinct committeeman from Madison County has been arrested by the Indiana State Police (ISP) for allegedly stealing ballots following an incident earlier this month. ISP...
Oct 30, 2024 slexp880 / Depositphotos.com
Junk Ditch shutting down in late November
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A Fort Wayne brewery is shutting down operations next month. Junk Ditch Brewing Company first closed its Huntington Tap Room on October 2nd. Now, they're announcing the clos...
Oct 30, 2024 vova130555@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Two Fort Wayne men charged in connection to Jan. 6 riots
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Two Fort Wayne men are facing charges in connection to the U.S. Capitol riots on January 6th, 2021. 40-year-old Blake Patterson and 39-year-old Ryan Holden are accused of en...
Oct 30, 2024
Temporary lane closure from I-69 onto I-469 starts Wednesday
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says there will be new restrictions north junction of I-69 and I-469 starting Wednesday. Crews will conduct minor work on the...
Oct 29, 2024
