Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Nuevo Estilo: TinCaps unveil new Manzanas Luchadoras style
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne TinCaps will have a new style for their Hispanic Heritage games in 2025. Playing as the Manzanas Luchadoras ("Fighting Apples" in Spanish), the new season bri...
Mar 14, 2025
Spring cleaning! City's brown biodegradable bag collection to begin
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Beginning March 31, the City of Fort Wayne Street Department will collect brown biodegradable paper leaf/lawn/garden bags placed by the curb. The collection period will run ...
Mar 11, 2025 Daria_Nipot / Depositphotos.com
Pedestrian dies after being struck by a vehicle on South Anthony
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - One person is dead after being hit by a vehicle on the southeast side of the city Monday night, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department. It happened just after 8 p.m. ...
Mar 11, 2025 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Citizen-match tree program now open
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation is inviting the residents of Fort Wayne to improve the quality of air, reduce urban heat, and improve cognitive function and mental fatigue b...
Mar 11, 2025 belchonock / Depositphotos.com
TinCaps unveil new home jersey for 2025
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - With Opening Day at Parkview Field less than a month away on Friday, April 4 (7:05 p.m.), the Fort Wayne TinCaps have unveiled a new home jersey for their 2025 season. The w...
Mar 11, 2025
Fort Wayne man arrested for 'destructive devices'
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A 61-year-old Fort Wayne man is facing felony charges after police reportedly discovered he was in possession of what they called "destructive devices." Joe Ellis Gray, Jr. ...
Mar 11, 2025 dechevm / Depositphotos.com
Woman critically hurt in Saturday night crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A woman is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a crash on the southeast side of Fort Wayne. She was found unconscious in one of the two vehicles involved in th...
Mar 10, 2025
North Manchester man shot by Secret Service near the White House
WASHINGTON D.C., Ind. (ADAMS) - An Indiana man has been shot by the Secret Service near the White House. The man, now identified as 27-year-old Andrew Dawson of North Manchester, was reported to be ar...
Mar 10, 2025 kmiragaya / Depositphotos.com
FWPD: Cash, guns, and fentanyl found in Fort Wayne warrant search
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says that its' Vice & Narcotics Division, with support from the FWPD Emergency Services Team (SWAT), executed search warrants at 3423 Ad...
Mar 10, 2025
Fort Wayne receives $1.5 million infrastructure grant
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City of Fort Wayne's Public Works Division has been awarded $1.5 million from the State of Indiana's Community Crossings Matching Grant Fund Program. The funding, couple...
Mar 07, 2025
