Category Archives: WBTU Featured News (Imported)

Coroner rules Amazon worker's death accidental
		UPDATE (May 11, 2023): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Coroner Allen County Coroner's Office has identified a man killed in what was an apparent accident at the Amazon facility close to the airpo...
			
				Joey Martin				May 11, 2023							
		
Traffic alert! Construction to resume on Coldwater over I-69
		ALLEN CO., Ind. – (ADAMS) The Indiana Department of Transportation says that work will be resuming on Coldwater Road over I-69. Starting on or after May 8, crews will begin working on the southb...
			
				Joey Martin				May 08, 2023							
		
Holcomb signs bill requiring parental notification of name change
		INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Schools will be required to notify parents if their child requests a pronoun or name change at school. Governor Holcomb signed the bill on Thursday. Critics say coul...
			
				Joey Martin				May 05, 2023							
		
Consumer alert: Products recalled in April
		INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Attorney General Todd Rokita is alerting Hoosiers of important consumer protection concerns for products recalled in April. This is the time to take advantage of opp...
			
				Joey Martin				May 05, 2023							
		
Surgeon General's advisory calls loneliness a public health crisis
		WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) – The U.S. Surgeon General is calling loneliness a public health crisis. Dr. Vivek Murthy has released an advisory calling attention to isolation and the lack of connecti...
			
				Joey Martin				May 03, 2023							
		
Bipartisan group demands better tornado warning system
		WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) -The active start to tornado season has inspired a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators to file legislation calling for a better warning system. The group has co-signed and re-int...
			
				Joey Martin				Apr 28, 2023							
		
Bill to fund handgun training for teachers goes to Holcomb
		UPDATE (April 27, 2023): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Proposed legislation to fund handgun training for teachers is heading to Governor Holcomb’s desk. The bill passed the Indiana Senate o...
			
				Joey Martin				Apr 27, 2023							
		
Police ask for help finding vehicle in hit and run crash
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Officials with the Fort Wayne Police Department are asking for the public’s help in finding a vehicle involved in a crash last month that left a bicyclist in lif...
			
				Joey Martin				Apr 26, 2023							
		
Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection
		UNION, N.J. (ADAMS) – Bed Bath & Beyond is filing for bankruptcy protection as it tries to stay afloat. The home goods retailer filed for Chapter Eleven protection Sunday in a New Jersey co...
			
				Joey Martin				Apr 24, 2023							
		
Pedestrian hit, killed in Meijer parking lot
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A 76-year-old man has been hit and killed by a vehicle in a Meijer parking lot in Fort Wayne. He has been identified by his family as Robert Harter, an Air Force Vietn...
			
				Joey Martin				Apr 21, 2023							
		





				