Category Archives: WXKE Regional News

Prosecutor wants ISP investigation of dog deaths
UPDATE (September 1, 2023): CROWN POINTE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Lake County Prosecutor’s Office is asking Indiana State Police to investigate the deaths of several canines in Lake Station. Th...
Joey Martin Sep 01, 2023

OSHP: Troopers "focused on impaired drivers for Labor Day"
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging drivers to be safe this Labor Day weekend. Troopers will focus enforcement efforts on removing impaired drivers from Ohio's roadw...
Joey Martin Sep 01, 2023

One person dead in five-vehicle crash in Grant County
GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – A crash involving five vehicles on northbound I-69 in Grant County has claimed one life. Indiana State Police say the crash happened just before 2 p.m. Wednesday near t...
Joey Martin Aug 31, 2023
Two arrested in I-80/94 crash
LAKE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police have arrested two people for a crash between a semi and a car on eastbound Interstate 80/94 early yesterday morning. The crash happened near the 7.7 mile ...
Joey Martin Aug 30, 2023

Driver that caused deadly bus crash charged with vehicular homicide
UPDATE (August 24, 2023): CLARK CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The minivan driver who allegedly caused the deadly school bus crash in Clark County Tuesday morning is now facing criminal charges. Court offi...
Joey Martin Aug 24, 2023
Hartford City man pleads guilty in wife's attempted murder
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. (ADAMS) - The Blackford County prosecutor's office has reached a plea agreement with 45-year-old Kevin Kearney, who was charged in July 2022 with attempted murder. Kearney was accu...
Joey Martin Aug 24, 2023
Tippecanoe County jail inmate dies, ISP investigating
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police are investigating the death of an inmate in the Tippecanoe County Jail. The inmate was found unresponsive in the shower Sunday from what is believed to b...
Joey Martin Aug 22, 2023

Grant County Sheriff: Man found in dumpster died of natural causes
GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The Grant County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation after authorities found a man’s body in a dumpster Saturday. At approximately 7:47 p.m., pol...
Joey Martin Aug 22, 2023

Police in Grant County trying to piece together fatal crash
GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Police in Grant County are trying to figure out what led to a crash that killed a woman and left her two children trapped in the car on Monday. Emergency responders fou...
Joey Martin Aug 16, 2023
Muncie man killed in crash after feeling police
GRANT CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police says that a Muncie man died as a result of a crash late Friday night after running from police. ISP says that Grant County Deputies tried to stop 33-year...
Joey Martin Aug 14, 2023