Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

6-State Trooper Project netted arrests for drugs, weapons
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol and other members of the 6-State Trooper Project recently collaborated to remove drugs and illegal weapons from our communities. This initi...
Joey Martin Mar 16, 2022

Local business owner donates original jury chairs back to courthouse
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Board of Commissioners and the Allen County Courthouse Preservation Trust are pleased to announce the return of 12 original jury chairs to the Allen C...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2022

Hired killers sentenced for Fort Wayne murders
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – It’s 30 years in prison for a pair of hired killers who murdered two Fort Wayne men back in 2013. A federal judge on Monday sentenced Salomon Robles and Margil R...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2022

FWACC: Registration for Pet Explorers Camps now open
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Registration for spring break and summer camps at Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control are now open. The popular camps give kids the opportunity to learn about animal...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2022

Fort Wayne man arrested in New Orleans on molestation charges
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Local police say that a Fort Wayne man who was wanted on charges of child molestation has been arrested. FWPD officials say that he was driving a stolen vehicle at the...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2022

Coroner identifies man struck and killed by train
UPDATE (March 15, 2022): The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified the man found dead next to train tracks in rural DeKalb County. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department is reported ...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2022

Ohio senator calling for primary election delay
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – State Senator Cecil Thomas is calling for a delay of Ohio’s primary election. The Cincinnati Democrat is asking other lawmakers to support legislation moving the e...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2022

FWPD releases video from December fatal shooting
STORY ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 8, 2022 FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Police have released a video from the night of a shooting that took a man’s life in December of last year. Fort Wayne po...
Joey Martin Mar 15, 2022

Woman critically injured in rollover crash on Brooklyn Avenue
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Police say a woman has critical injuries following a crash early Saturday morning. The Fort Wayne Police Department says the car flipped over around 3:37 a.m. on Brook...
Joey Martin Mar 14, 2022

Fort Wayne UNITED presents United Response Sunday
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Sunday morning, eleven churches simultaneously opened their doors to the community, along with their congregations, to view a video about the grief journeys of local f...
Joey Martin Mar 14, 2022