Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Local auto shop nearly total loss in fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A large fire nearly destroyed a Fort Wayne business off Goshen Road. Investigators say that the fire was accidental and was sparked while someone was working on a car ...
Joey Martin Jul 27, 2022

Fort Wayne Community Schools approves Amp Lab sponsorship
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees on Monday, July 25, approved the district's first ever corporate sponsorship for naming rights. In preparatio...
Joey Martin Jul 27, 2022

UPDATE: Two dead in DeKalb County murder-suicide
UPDATE: The following was issued on Tuesday: The DeKalb County Coroner’s Office has identified the deceased in yesterday’s shooting incident as Heather Lynn Harmon, 35, of Auburn, and Edwa...
Joey Martin Jul 27, 2022

Traffic alert! Work heads to Aboite Center Road
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City says that work to improve drainage and protect neighborhoods along Aboite Center Road continues this week with stormwater pipe installation that will require ...
Joey Martin Jul 26, 2022

Lifetime Sports Academy players finish season with new skills, equipment
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The 24th season of the Lifetime Sports Academy successfully wrapped up last week with a fun day and award ceremony at McMillen Park for kids and parents. More than 800...
Joey Martin Jul 26, 2022

Woman critically hurt after being shot inside vehicle on S. Anthony
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Police are asking the public for help in finding out what led up to a shooting that happened in the early hours of Saturday morning on the city’s sout...
Joey Martin Jul 26, 2022

Coroner: Woman shot by her husband dies at hospital
UPDATE: July 26, 2022 The Allen County Coroner has released the name of a woman who was shot by her husband last week. Initially, she was said to have life-threatening injuries but the coroner now say...
Joey Martin Jul 26, 2022

Driver hurt in crash after reportedly falling asleep at the wheel
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Police in DeKalb County say that a Butler man was hurt in a crash after he allegedly fell asleep. It happened just after noon on Saturday in the 3500 block of C.R. 61....
Joey Martin Jul 26, 2022

Biosolids facility going back to regular fees Saturday
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – After two weeks of waiving fees for the drop-off of branches and limbs from recent storms, the City Utilities Biosolids Facility will reinstate regular fees beginning ...
Joey Martin Jul 22, 2022

FWPD make arrest in alleged drug dealing operation
Courtesy: Fort Wayne Police Department FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say that officers seized a large amount of marijuana from a home close to downtown on Thursday. Fort Wayne Pol...
Joey Martin Jul 22, 2022