Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Jim Kelley Career Pathway Center opens at Boys & Girls Club
Tom Kelley, Chuck Surack, Joe Jordan cut the ribbon on the new center UPDATE (February 28, 2023): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne recently. The newly remodeled facility, the former locatio...
Joey Martin Feb 28, 2022

City grants $170,000+ for neighborhood improvement projects
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne's Neighborhood Planning and Activation Workgroup has announced that 38 neighborhood associations are being awarded grants totaling more than $17...
Joey Martin Feb 25, 2022

Elkhart man's Arby's devotion will give you the good feels today
ELKHART, Ind. (ADAMS) – If you need something to just give you all the good feelings today – look no further than 91-year-old Jack Burkett. The Elkhart man is getting attention after a new...
Joey Martin Feb 25, 2022

Northern Indiana police chase tops 100 miles-per-hour
PLYMOUTH, Ind. (ADAMS) – A two-county police chase in northern Indiana saw top speeds of 100 miles-per-hour and three blown tires. The Indiana State Police say it started in Kosciusko County whe...
Joey Martin Feb 25, 2022

DeKalb County inmate almost escaped from jail
AUBURN, Ind. (ADAMS) – A few more whacks and he may have been free. The sheriff in DeKalb County says an inmate almost broke out of the county jail yesterday. Deputies say the inmate used a grat...
Joey Martin Feb 25, 2022

Indiana students to get free FAFSA filing help at College Goal Sunday
PLYMOUTH, Ind. (ADAMS) – Financial aid professionals from across Indiana will be volunteering at Plymouth High School and 39 other sites to help college-bound students and their families open th...
Joey Martin Feb 25, 2022

Mayor drops mask requirement at City-owned facilities
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Mayor Tom Henry announced on Monday that masks will no longer be required at City of Fort Wayne-owned facilities effective March 1. Masks will continue to be recommend...
Joey Martin Feb 25, 2022

Six new CASA volunteers to be sworn-in
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Thursday, February 24, six new Court Appointed Special Advocates will be sworn-in at the Allen County Courthouse Rotunda by Magistrate Beth Webber. The newest class...
Joey Martin Feb 24, 2022

Two Parkview hospitals experience timely births on 2-22-22
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Parkview Regional Medical Center and Parkview Hospital Randallia both experienced timely births on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, also known as "Twos-day." First, twins were ...
Joey Martin Feb 24, 2022

Public hearing to be held on jail feasibility study in Allen County
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Commissioners say that a feasibility study on the future of the Allen County Jail will be the subject of a public hearing on Friday. The Allen County Board of Commissi...
Joey Martin Feb 24, 2022