Category Archives: WXKE Local News
OSHP reports 15 fatal crashes recorded during Labor Day weekend
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is sharing roadway fatality numbers from Labor Day weekend. OSHP says 15 people died in 15 separate crashes across the state between last Friday ...
Sep 04, 2024 DPP Law / CC
Court documents: 18-year-old charged in August murder
UPDATE (September 3, 2024): Prosecutors in Allen County have charged 18-year-old Dairyon McClendon with murder, felony murder, and robbery. He and a second suspect are accused of chasing and shooting ...
Sep 03, 2024
Fire damages home in southwest Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department says crews were sent to a house fire in the 7300 block of Beaty Avenue early Monday morning. Three people were inside at the time, two adults ...
Sep 03, 2024 Jean Carlo Emer / Unsplash
Mayor Tucker leads downtown Fort Wayne business walk
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - On Wednesday, Mayor Sharon Tucker led a business walk in downtown Fort Wayne. The walk served as an opportunity for Mayor Tucker and City of Fort Wayne staff members to talk...
Aug 29, 2024
Analysis shows Indiana is short $1 billion to maintain roads, bridges
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The state of Indiana needs $987 million more to maintain local roads and bridges and has a $2.4 billion shortfall over the next ten years. The figures are from the Local T...
Aug 29, 2024 tupungato / Depositphotos.com
Auburn man fatally struck by SUV
AUBURN, Ind. (ADAMS) - An 82-year-old Auburn man has died after he was hit by an SUV Tuesday evening. Indiana State Police say James Hatfield was walking onto Main Street and walked into the SUV's pat...
Aug 29, 2024
Ramp restrictions to begin for work at exit 350 on I-69
STEUBEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says there will be new ramp restrictions on I-69 at exit 350 near Angola for pipe liner installation. Starting on or after ...
Aug 29, 2024
S.R. 37 and S.R. 101 intersection to become all-way stop
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation says that there will be a traffic pattern change to the intersection of State Road 37 and State Road 101. INDOT says that after a tra...
Aug 28, 2024
Hoosier Lotto jackpot for Wednesday at $20.1 million
INDIANAPOLIS (ADAMS) - The Hoosier Lotto jackpot has reached $20.1 million for the Wednesday, August 28, drawing. It currently ranks as the largest state lottery jackpot and third-largest jackpot in t...
Aug 27, 2024
Temperatures hamper firefighters in house blaze
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a home on the city's northwest side during Monday afternoon's extremely hot temperatures. A fire was reported at 1225 Orlando Dri...
Aug 27, 2024 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com
