Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Cat perishes in Well St. vacant mobile home fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Fire Department officials say that a cat perished in a trailer fire on Wells Street Wednesday. Around 6:45 p.m., crews were sent to the 3100 block of Wells ...
Joey Martin Sep 30, 2021

Man surrenders after standoff with FWPD at West Wind apartments
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A man is in custody after an hours-long standoff at an apartment complex off Coliseum Boulevard Tuesday night. Officers were called to the West Wind Apartments just be...
Joey Martin Sep 29, 2021

New contract could raise teacher pay at FWCS
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A new contract could spell more money for teachers at Fort Wayne Community Schools. A tentative two-year agreement between FWCS and the Fort Wayne Education Associatio...
Joey Martin Sep 28, 2021

NACS parents protest at latest school board meeting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – If anything, parents in one Fort Wayne-area school are more upset now that their school board has refused to listen to them at meetings. Parents protested outside the ...
Joey Martin Sep 28, 2021

Second phase of Beckett's Run Trail completed
Facebook via The City of Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Monday, Mayor Tom Henry joined Fort Wayne Trails, Concordia Theological Seminary, residents and business owners, along with the ...
Joey Martin Sep 28, 2021

Parkview Health reopens Mirro Center vaccine clinic
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Parkview Health says it has reopened its COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation to offer booster shots to individuals who mee...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021

I-69 crash claims life of Fort Wayne man
HUNTINGTON CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Indiana State Police say that a Fort Wayne man was killed in a crash on Friday. Police say witnesses reported seeing his Porsche experience a tire blowout before h...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021

Grant funding now available for nonprofits, schools in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced last week that $4.25 million in grant funding is now available for safety and security enhancements at religious institutions, chartered no...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021

Driver critically injured in Stellhorn Road crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department say that one person is in critical condition following a crash on Stellhorn on Friday. Police say that it happened when ...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021

Amani receives funding to develop a family justice center
ALLEN. CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Amani Family Services has received a $50,000 grant from St. Joseph Community Health Foundation to help develop a multicultural family justice center in 2021-2022. Aman...
Joey Martin Sep 27, 2021