Category Archives: WXKE Local News
Final debate held in governor's race before election
UPDATE (October 25, 2024): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The three candidates for governor in Indiana held their final debate before voters choose which one of them will succeed Governor Eric Holcomb T...
Oct 25, 2024 peshkov / Depositphotos.com
FWPD looking for pair that robbed Bluffton Rd. Subway
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is looking for two people who held up the Subway on the 7000 block of Bluffton Road on Sunday, September 22nd. The FWPD didn't release many ...
Oct 24, 2024
Fort Wayne City Utilities honored for best-tasting water
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Fort Wayne City Utilities says that it has again been crowned with the Best Tasting Water in Indiana award. This year's recognition represents the utilities' third consecuti...
Oct 24, 2024
Local experts help to unveil new Scout EV
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - 44 years after the last International Scout went down the assembly line a new generation will be unveiled today. Scout Motors, Inc., a subsidiary of Volkswagen and longtime ...
Oct 24, 2024
FW 2025 budget passed, financial help for Citilink in City Council meeting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The City says Fort Wayne continues to grow and achieve positive results for residents and neighborhoods, with fiscal discipline at the forefront. With that, the 2025 budget ...
Oct 23, 2024
Man sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 1975 murder
UPDATE (October 23, 2024): NOBLE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - A man who was convicted in the 1975 cold case murder of 17-year-old Laurel Mitchell has been sentenced to life in prison. Fred Bandy Jr. will have ...
Oct 23, 2024
ISP investigating Allen County Jail inmate death
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Allen County Jail Monday morning. Jose Velazquez Trejo, 25, was incarcerated on Friday for warrants out o...
Oct 22, 2024 Matthew Ansley / Unsplash
Happy birthday, Fort Wayne!
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Today is Fort Wayne's 230th birthday! A local group is planning a celebration. The General "Mad" Anthony Wayne Organization, Inc. is holding an event at the intersection of ...
Oct 22, 2024
November 3rd Colts game moved to Sunday Night
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The November 3rd game between the Indianapolis Colts and Minnesota Vikings has been moved to 8:30 p.m. It will be the Colts' first appearance on NBC's Sunday Night Footbal...
Oct 22, 2024 efks / Depositphotos.com
Indiana State Police trooper hit by vehicle on I-465
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - An Indiana State Police trooper was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle on Interstate 465 in Indianapolis early Saturday morning. The trooper was investigating a mul...
Oct 21, 2024
