Category Archives: WXKE Local News

TinCaps release 2025 schedule
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Minor League Baseball has released the game times for the TinCaps' 2025 regular season schedule, with Opening Day at Parkview Field on the calendar for Friday, April 4 at 7:...
Joey Martin Oct 29, 2024

Man critically injured in crash at Scott and Covington
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A man is in critical condition following a crash early Saturday morning. The crash happened at Scott Road and Covington Road just before 1 a.m. The Fort Wayne Police Departm...
Joey Martin Oct 28, 2024 Paul Joseph / CC

Ohio judge rules "heartbeat bill" unconstitutional
HAMILTON, Ohio (ADAMS) - An Ohio judge says the state's six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional. That ruling came Thursday from Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins who granted a permanent injunc...
Joey Martin Oct 25, 2024 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com

Final debate held in governor's race before election
UPDATE (October 25, 2024): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The three candidates for governor in Indiana held their final debate before voters choose which one of them will succeed Governor Eric Holcomb T...
Joey Martin Oct 25, 2024 peshkov / Depositphotos.com

FWPD looking for pair that robbed Bluffton Rd. Subway
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is looking for two people who held up the Subway on the 7000 block of Bluffton Road on Sunday, September 22nd. The FWPD didn't release many ...
Joey Martin Oct 24, 2024

Fort Wayne City Utilities honored for best-tasting water
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne City Utilities says that it has again been crowned with the Best Tasting Water in Indiana award. This year's recognition represents the utilities' third consecuti...
Joey Martin Oct 24, 2024

Local experts help to unveil new Scout EV
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - 44 years after the last International Scout went down the assembly line a new generation will be unveiled today. Scout Motors, Inc., a subsidiary of Volkswagen and longtime ...
Joey Martin Oct 24, 2024

FW 2025 budget passed, financial help for Citilink in City Council meeting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City says Fort Wayne continues to grow and achieve positive results for residents and neighborhoods, with fiscal discipline at the forefront. With that, the 2025 budget ...
Joey Martin Oct 23, 2024

Man sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 1975 murder
UPDATE (October 23, 2024): NOBLE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - A man who was convicted in the 1975 cold case murder of 17-year-old Laurel Mitchell has been sentenced to life in prison. Fred Bandy Jr. will have ...
Joey Martin Oct 23, 2024

ISP investigating Allen County Jail inmate death
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Allen County Jail Monday morning. Jose Velazquez Trejo, 25, was incarcerated on Friday for warrants out o...
Joey Martin Oct 22, 2024 Matthew Ansley / Unsplash