Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Shooting victim aided by gas station clerk
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Police say that a man is expected to recover after he was shot Thursday morning. The FWPD says that it happened around 6 a.m. The man reportedly showed up at the Lassus stat...
Jul 26, 2024 Apriori / Depositphotos.com
West Central Fire District considers $9 million new fire station
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A proposal for a new West Central Fire District station is being considered. The West Central Fire District Board of Trustees held a hearing this week to discuss a $9 millio...
Jul 26, 2024
FWPD investigating fatal shooting overnight
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne police are investigating a fatal shooting early Thursday morning. An adult man was taken by medics from the area of Warsaw and Rudisill and pronounced dead at the...
Jul 25, 2024
Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Someone who purchased a Mega Millions ticket in Fort Wayne is a big winner. A ticket sold at a Lassus station on 24 close to Homestead Road matched all five white balls with...
Jul 25, 2024
Motorcyclist critically injured in downtown crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The FWPD says speed is suspected as a factor that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital with critical injuries Wednesday evening. It happened just before 6:30 p.m. at Clinton ...
Jul 25, 2024
FWPD closes 2012 cold case
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is closing a cold case from 2012. 43-year-old Robert Jackson Jr. was shot and killed on July 24, 2012, and police say they have figured out ...
Jul 24, 2024 Jo Naylor / CC
New I-69/I-465 interchange opening in Indianapolis next month
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The new I-69/I-465 interchange at Harding Street will open next month. The Indiana Department of Transportation announced the news to Indianapolis commuters on Tuesday. Th...
Jul 24, 2024 .waldec / CC
Ivy Tech FW/Warsaw named a 2024 Metallica Scholars College
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - A local community college is getting a boost from a very well-known metal band. Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw is one of 18 community colleges nationwide j...
Jul 24, 2024
U.S. 224 and C.R. 100 E to become all-way stop
WELLS CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Indiana Department of Transportation says that the intersection of US 224 and CR 100 E will become an all-way stop starting Wednesday. INDOT released the following: After...
Jul 24, 2024
New small-scale event venue to open this weekend
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - There is a new event space set to open in Fort Wayne. The Northeast Indiana Small Business Development Center says that the Ari Creative Event Studio is set to open this wee...
Jul 24, 2024
