Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Five hospitalized after box truck, buggy crash
		LAGRANGE CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Five people are hospitalized after a box truck hit a buggy Monday morning in LaGrange County. Four of the injured are children along with 33-year-old buggy driver La...
			
				Joey Martin				May 17, 2023							
		
TinCaps throw no-hitter at Dayton
		DAYTON, Ohio (ADAMS) – TinCaps pitchers Jairo Iriarte, Alan Mundo, and Adam Smith combined to throw a no-hitter as Fort Wayne beat the Dayton Dragons (Cincinnati Reds affiliate), 6-0, on Tuesday...
			
				Joey Martin				May 17, 2023							
		
Fire badly damages storage units at Broadway facility
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Fire Department says that several units at a local storage facility were heavily damaged in a fire on Monday. It reportedly started as a car fire around...
			
				Joey Martin				May 16, 2023							
		
Two adults, two kids safe after S Monroe St. fire
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Several people were home when a fair broke out in a Monroe Street home on Monday evening. Crews were called to the 3000 block of S Monroe St around 6 p.m. after smoke ...
			
				Joey Martin				May 16, 2023							
		
Secondary Teacher of the Year named for FWCS
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Christabel "Emma" Adhiambo has been named the 2023 Fort Wayne Community Schools Secondary Teacher of the Year. Adhiambo has taught for 21 years and has been at the FWC...
			
				Joey Martin				May 16, 2023							
		
Community Harvest to get big boost from Home& Garden Show
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – You may remember this past Home & Garden Show when organizers asked for help in supporting Community Harvest Food Bank. Well now, some three months after this yea...
			
				Joey Martin				May 16, 2023							
		
Crews quickly put out Chestnut Street fire
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – One person made it out of a fire safely on Monday on Fort Wayne's east side Monday evening. Crews were sent to the 3500 block of Chestnut Street around 7:30 and found ...
			
				Joey Martin				May 16, 2023							
		
FWCS names Elementary Teacher of the Year
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Shellie Kale-Burden, a first-grade teacher at Brentwood Elementary School has been named the 2023 Fort Wayne Community Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year. Kale-Bur...
			
				Joey Martin				May 15, 2023							
		
Three safe, cat rescued in Monday morning fire
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Just before 6 a.m., crews were called to a reported house fire on the 3000 block of Sandpoint Road, between Bluffton and Ardmore. Three adults made it out on their own...
			
				Joey Martin				May 15, 2023							
		
Man in custody following standoff in SW Fort Wayne
		FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police spent hours at a southwest home Sunday night. They were called just before 8 p.m. for a woman reporting that her husband had threatened her and that ...
			
				Joey Martin				May 15, 2023							
		





 
				
