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