Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Ohio State Highway Patrol releases July Fourth statistics
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) -The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 11 people lost their lives in nine traffic crashes during the July Fourth reporting period, which began Monday, July 3, and ended Mon...
Joey Martin Jul 07, 2023

Portion of S.R. 114 to close for box culvert replacement
WABASH CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana Department of Transportation says that a portion of State Road 114 east of North Manchester will close soon for work. Starting on or after July 10, crews w...
Joey Martin Jul 07, 2023

Coroner identifies man killed early Fourth of July in motorcycle crash
UPDATE (July 6, 2023): The Allen County Coroner has identified a man who died early Tuesday morning in a motorcycle crash off Eat Washington. He was identified as 41-year-old Andrew William Pinedo of ...
Joey Martin Jul 06, 2023

Fire damages local office building
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A Fort Wayne office building was damaged in a fire early Thursday morning off W. Washington Center Rd. The Fort Wayne Fire Department says that crews responded to the ...
Joey Martin Jul 06, 2023

FWACC gets some help to "empty the shelter"
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is reducing adoption fees as part of a nationwide push to find four-legged friends forever homes. FWACC is one of 335+ shelters part...
Joey Martin Jul 06, 2023

Mayor Henry still seeking applicants for Youth Engagement Council
Mayor Tom Henry (Twitter) UPDATE (July 6, 2023): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Mayor Tom Henry continues to seek applicants for his Mayor's Youth Engagement Council for the 2023-24 school year. App...
Joey Martin Jul 06, 2023

TRF parade grand marshal announced
Theoplis Smith III FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Three Rivers Festival Board of Directors and the Parade Committee announced that Theoplis Smith III will be this year’s Grand Marshal. As ...
Joey Martin Jul 05, 2023

Allen County school resource officers honored nationally
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Allen County school resource officers are being honored nationally. They have received an award from the National Association of School Resource Officers for being a Na...
Joey Martin Jul 05, 2023

Passerby calls in fire off Decatur Road
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The FWFD says that a passerby called in a fire early Tuesday morning off Decatur Road. It was in a building just east of US 27. The call came in around 12:45 a.m. afte...
Joey Martin Jul 05, 2023

Man found dead in West Creighton backyard
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Police Department officials say officers are investigating the death of a man found in the backyard of a home just south of downtown. He was found last nigh...
Joey Martin Jul 03, 2023