Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

TinCaps announce 2023 promotional schedule
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne TinCaps have announced their 2023 promotional schedule, including events every homestand. Single-game tickets for 2023 regular season home games go on s...
Joey Martin Feb 23, 2023

Coroner identifies woman shot after leaving Eagle's Lodge off Bluffton Rd.
UPDATE (February 22, 2023): The Allen County Coroner has released the identity of a woman who was shot while leaving the Eagle’s Lodge off Bluffton Road Sunday night. Police said initially that ...
Joey Martin Feb 23, 2023

Help name the Home & Garden Show's mascot gnome
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show will return to the Coliseum soon. This year will mark 50 years of the popular event celebrating all things home. And this year, org...
Joey Martin Feb 21, 2023

ACPL's Rolland Center launches new exhibits in honor of Presidents' Day
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Public Library invites media to cover recent updates at the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research located at the Main Library. The new exhibits will ope...
Joey Martin Feb 20, 2023

City: Preparations for Riverfront Phase II construction continue
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne says that preparations for the next phase of Riverfront public space improvements have begun. Two metal, former material storage buildings locat...
Joey Martin Feb 20, 2023

Motorcyclist critically hurt in crash while running from cops
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say a motorcyclist has life-threatening injuries after taking off from a traffic stop and crashing early Sunday morning. Officers initially tried to ...
Joey Martin Feb 20, 2023

Man arrested after ten hour long standoff in vehicle
NEW HAVEN, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Sheriff's Department says that an hours-long standoff in a vehicle in New Haven led to the arrest of a Michigan man on an outstanding warrant. He was i...
Joey Martin Feb 20, 2023

TinCaps to take on alternate identity for select games in 2023
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Since being introduced as Senate Bill 322 on January 4, 2023, leaders at the State House in Indianapolis have been debating whether or not the Breaded Tenderloin deser...
Joey Martin Feb 17, 2023

FW Animal Care & Control inches closer to Angel Fund goal
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – At the beginning of February, Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control received a donation of $2,500 from a FWACC foster volunteer who wished to remain anonymous. The donor ...
Joey Martin Feb 17, 2023

"Homeward Bound!" Humane FW eyes new facility
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – On Thursday, representatives with Humane Fort Wayne announced plans for a Capital Campaign to help in funding a new facility off Leesburg Road. Saying that they have o...
Joey Martin Feb 17, 2023