Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)
TinCaps and Lawnganics team up for community events
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne TinCaps and Lawnganics are partnering together on two campaigns to raise financial support and awareness for Humane Fort Wayne and the Fort Wayne Commun...
May 15, 2023
Motorcyclist hospitalized following DeKalb County crash
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department is investigating a crash that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital Saturday night. It happened around 9:45 p.m. when a motorcyclist was...
May 15, 2023
Women United completing second Born Learning Trail in Hamilton Park
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) - The first Born Learning Trail installation was completed at McMillen Park in November 2020, with the second installation wrapping up in Hamilton Park Thursday, May 18th. The...
May 15, 2023
Classroom assistant named FWCS Employee of the Year
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Maplewood Elementary School Classroom Assistant Tonya Oechsle has been named the 2023 Fort Wayne Community Schools Employee of the Year for her leadership and positive...
May 15, 2023
Child struck and killed by SUV off Bass Road identified
UPDATE (May 13, 2023): The Allen County Coroner has identified the child killed in an accident on Bass Road. (Original story below) The coroner released the following: On Tuesday, May 9th, 2023, the A...
May 13, 2023
Fire badly damages NE Fort Wayne home
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Fire Department officials say that a dog died and a home is heavily damaged following a fire Thursday evening. Just before 6:30 p.m., crews responded to the...
May 12, 2023
Minor League Baseball, American Cancer Society launch 2023 campaign
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne TinCaps, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball (MiLB) has announced plans for a series of fundraising dates during the 2023 season in support of the...
May 12, 2023
The Allen Co Marketplace opens third season in new location
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen Co Marketplace, an open-air market, launches its third season on May 13th in a new location, 1010 Carroll Road (the parking lots of Pathway Community Church)....
May 12, 2023
Man in custody after hours-long standoff north of downtown
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – FWPD officers spent nearly five hours trying to get the subject of a search warrant to leave a home Wednesday night just north of downtown. Detectives with the Vice an...
May 11, 2023
Arrest made in fatal Lillie Street shooting
UPDATE (May 11, 2023): Fort Wayne Police Department officials say an arrest was made in a woman’s fatal shooting on Lillie Street Tuesday night. Police found the woman, now identified as Kiera Z...
May 11, 2023
