Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Moped driver critically injured in crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) says an adult man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries suffered in a moped crash Saturday night. The crash happened just af...
Sep 08, 2025 dpfoxfoto / Depositphotos.com
Energy efficiency could be easier with new City partnership
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Homeowners in Fort Wayne and Northeast Indiana will soon have an easier way to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects thanks to a new partnership between tw...
Sep 05, 2025 garagestock / Depositphotos.com
ACPL pauses launch of gateless parking system at Main Library
UPDATE (September 5, 2025): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is pausing the launch of the new gateless parking system at the Main Library garage and adjacent surface l...
Sep 05, 2025
Reimagined Brewer Park reopens
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department officially reopened Brewer Park, located at 800 East Pettit Street Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Fort Wayne Mayor ...
Sep 04, 2025
Patrol reports fewer fatal crashes during '100 Deadliest Days of Summer'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - Earlier this week, we learned that traffic fatalities went up over Labor Day weekend this year in Ohio. (Story HERE) Just a day later, the Ohio State Highway Patrol had better...
Sep 04, 2025
ISP investigating attempted suicide at Allen County Jail
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police say an inmate is in critical condition at a hospital after attempting suicide Friday at the Allen County Jail in Fort Wayne. The inmate was found unresp...
Sep 04, 2025 Matthew Ansley / Unsplash
OSHP: Nearly two dozen die in Labor Day weekend crashes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting nearly two dozen roadway fatalities during Labor Day weekend. Officials say 23 people died on Ohio roads in 20 separate crashes last...
Sep 03, 2025
Richard Allen's attorneys want another appeal extension
UPDATE (September 3, 2025): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Attorneys for convicted Delphi double murderer Richard Allen are asking the Indiana Court of Appeals for an extension of their September 5 dead...
Sep 03, 2025 Richard Allen
Child, several pets rescued from Spring Street fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne firefighters were able to rescue a child and several pets from a house on Monday. Crews with the Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) arrived at the 2600 block of Sp...
Sep 02, 2025 danyk / Depositphotos.com
FWPD: Man at the center of barricaded subject situation in custody
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne police say a man was taken into custody and will receive an evaluation after barricading himself in a home in the 1400 block of Kitch Street on Monday. They were ...
Sep 02, 2025
