Category Archives: WXKE Regional News

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations is eliminating its statewide team of editors and reporters due to the defunding of the organization by the Indiana General Assembly in...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A search and rescue team from Indiana is headed to Texas to help with the aftermath of catastrophic flooding. Governor Mike Braun says FEMA activated Indiana Task Force On...

MERCER CO., Ohio (ADAMS) - Mercer County Sheriff Doug Timmerman is alerting residents to a recent surge in scam and fraud reports received by his office. Citizens have reported a variety of fraudulent...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - Voting in this year's Best Looking Cruiser contest is underway. The annual competition is sponsored by the American Association of State Troopers. Voters have until July 11 to...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is asking for an execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward. He is from Spencer County and was convicted of raping and killing 1...

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...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Governor Mike Braun is praising the U.S. military's bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend. Braun says, "We are thankful our brave troops who executed the...

GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking people not to travel in the area of 2400 East 950 South. That is due to a sinkhole that formed Saturday and created a large hole i...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - The Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA), National Weather Service (NWS), and the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness (OCSWA) are promoting Lightning Safety Awa...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - With extreme heat in the forecast, the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness (OCSWA), the Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA), and the National Weather Service W...