Category Archives: WXKE Local News
UPDATE: Suspect arrested in Hamilton Avenue shootings
UPDATE (June 30, 2025): The FWPD says Ford is in custody. The following was put out on Friday: ***Updated Media Release*** Details/Summary: On June 26, 2025, Fort Wayne Police Officers responde...
Jun 30, 2025
Siren's Curse opens for riders at Cedar Point
UPDATE (June 28, 2025): SANDUSKY, Ohio (ADAMS) - The debut date is here for Cedar Point's new Siren's Curse roller coaster. At a height of 160 feet, a length of almost 3,000 feet, and a speed of 58 mi...
Jun 28, 2025 Siren's Curse (Courtesy of Cedar Point)
Humane FW launches free microchip scanning station
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Humane Fort Wayne is launching a new, free, 24-hour microchip scanning station, giving community members a quick and easy way to help lost pets find their way back home. And...
Jun 27, 2025 RuslanKal / Depositphotos.com
AG Rokita's defense costing Hoosiers nearly half a million dollars
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The defense of Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita in several disciplinary investigations and formal ethics cases has cost Hoosier taxpayers nearly $500,000 Rokita has fa...
Jun 27, 2025 AG Todd Rokita (R) Indiana
Governor Braun orders state to have energy plan
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Mike Braun is ordering the state to plan for how it will meet a growing energy demand. He says the economy is growing and Indiana needs "new solutions to meet thi...
Jun 26, 2025 elenarostunova / Depositphotos.com
Two Fort Wayne men charged with sexually abusing 14-year-old boy
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Two Fort Wayne men are charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy for several months. The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) says the victim told investigators that he...
Jun 25, 2025
Indiana's public universities, colleges agree to tuition freeze
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - All of Indiana's public universities and colleges are committing to a two-year tuition freeze. Governor Mike Braun made the announcement on Tuesday. The governor says the ...
Jun 25, 2025 steilemas@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
City: Northwest 2035 neighborhood plan reaches milestone
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Northwest 2035 neighborhood plan reached a significant milestone Tuesday evening with approval from Fort Wayne City Council. "My heartfelt thanks go to the residents, bu...
Jun 25, 2025
Open Streets to return August 17th
FORT WAYNE, Ind (ADAMS) - Mayor Sharon Tucker and the City's Public Works Department announced today that Open Streets Fort Wayne will return on Sunday, August 17, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m., for the eighth ye...
Jun 24, 2025
One dead, another hurt in shooting at Tillman Park
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting at Tillman Park just before midnight on Monday that killed one man. Another man has life-threatening injuries and is hospitali...
Jun 24, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
