Category Archives: WXKE Regional News
State Police helicopter locates missing Elkhart County child
ELKHART CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - This past Monday, July 4, 2022, a routine air patrol took a serious turn for Indiana State Police pilot, Sgt. Eric Streeval and Tactical Flight Officer, John Riggers, a cor...
Jul 07, 2022
Autopsy pending for toddler pulled from northern Indiana lake
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - We are waiting for more answers about the weekend drowning of a nearly two-year-old child in a northern Indiana lake. Yesterday's autopsy results are pending in the case. In...
Jul 06, 2022
16 killed over 4th of July holiday on Ohio roadways
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 16 people lost their lives in 16 traffic crashes during the July Fourth reporting period, which began Friday, July 1 and ended Monda...
Jul 06, 2022
Report: Climate change could trigger toxic disaster on Lake Michigan
CHICAGO (ADAMS) - Climate change could be detrimental to Lake Michigan in the future. A report from the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center shows the lakefront could experience toxic dis...
Jun 16, 2022
Former Muncie mayor transferred from prison to community confinement
MUNCIE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The former mayor of Muncie is being transferred from a federal prison to community confinement. Dennis Tyler pleaded guilty to taking a bribe after serving as the mayor of Munci...
Jun 08, 2022
6-State Trooper Project: Ohio patrol cites 4,712 with seatbelt violations
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol and other members of the 6-State Trooper Project recently collaborated in a safety belt enforcement project. The initiative began Monday, May 23 ...
Jun 03, 2022
Driver arrested after Toll Road pileup
UPDATE (June 3, 2022): ST. JOSEPH CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - A driver of a semi has been arrested after being involved in a six-vehicle crash that resulted in two fatalities Wednesday afternoon on the Indian...
Jun 03, 2022
ISP trooper narrowly escapes crash during traffic stop
LAKE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police say that one of their own was not seriously hurt when his vehicle was hit on I-80 Wednesday afternoon. Officials say that Sergeant Fifield, a 24-year vete...
Jun 02, 2022
Ohio Patrol releases statistics from Memorial Day reporting period
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 17 deaths on Ohio's roadways during the 2022 Memorial Day weekend according to provisional statistics. This Memorial Day saw m...
Jun 02, 2022
Libby German's mom: Investigators still don't know what they're doing
DELPHI, Ind. (ADAMS) - Libby German's mom says investigators still don't know what they're doing with the Delphi case. Carrie Timmons said the Indiana State Police have not filled in the gaps in the i...
May 27, 2022
