Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

KOSCIUSKO CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – A pedestrian is dead after a weekend crash in Kosciusko County. It happened on State Road 13 north of Syracuse Webster Road just before four Sunday morning. A 21-ye...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Police say a man is in custody following a fatal shooting on the city’s southeast side. The coroner has also now identified the 24-year-old victim in ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Board of Commissioners today issued the following statement in response to the death of Marine Captain Matthew Tomkiewicz of Fort Wayne, who died in t...

UPDATE (March 22, 2022): WHITLEY CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The ISP death investigation that was initiated Monday afternoon, after the deceased body of Curtis E. Thomas was discovered on a rural Whitle...

WELLS CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – A Fort Wayne police officer is on paid administrative leave after being arrested for OWI. Benjamin Shinneman was in his marked Fort Wayne Police Department squad car on...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol released a new dashboard today devoted to safety belt enforcement and education, furthering its emphasis that the use of safety belts by th...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced today that Arnav Gupta and Elizabeth Haskett are the 2022 Indiana Poetry Ourselves State Champions. Arnav Gupta, a sophom...

ALLEN CO., Ind. - The Indiana Department of Transportation says that a new traffic signal is scheduled to be activated on or after March 21. The new signal is located at the intersection of S.R. 1/Dup...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – At the recommendation of the PFW Ready Committee and with the full support of university leadership, Purdue Fort Wayne will no longer require face masks to be worn on ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Fire Department says that three pets died in an apartment fire close to downtown Thursday afternoon. Crews were called to the 1425 block of Swinney Aven...