Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Spy Run Creek Restoration Project gets $200,000 boost
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) announced that it will award more than $1.2 million in grants to reduce the runoff of sediment, nutrients, and other pollutants into t...
Joey Martin Oct 28, 2022

2022 Tri-state CSA Conference heads to Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A conference heading to Fort Wayne is looking to bring more opportunities for community-supported agriculture farmers. In addition to the educational opportunities, th...
Joey Martin Oct 28, 2022

ACDEM Electronic Recycling Program ending
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Allen County Department of Environmental Management (ACDEM) says the Electronic Recycling Program hosted at OmniSource is ending. Residents have until 12 Noon Satu...
Joey Martin Oct 28, 2022

Francine's Friends gets big boost from pink ribbon campaign
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Francine's Friends Mobile Mammography has received a $29,000 grant from the Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness Trust (IBCAT), which disburses grants made possible by the ...
Joey Martin Oct 27, 2022

Coliseum and Crescent crash caused by driver running light
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say that a crash on Coliseum close to Crescent shut down the roadway around 11:20 a.m. on Wednesday. One person was hurt but is expected to survive f...
Joey Martin Oct 27, 2022

Coroner says woman found dead had been shot
UPDATE (October 26, 2022): The coroner says that a woman found dead in a home on the city’s north side was shot in the chest. Right now, it is unclear who pulled the trigger. Fort Wayne police a...
Joey Martin Oct 26, 2022

Poka-Bache 81-mile connector trail has big impact
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Local officials and trail advocates gathered on Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 on the Pufferbelly Trail section of the Poka-Bache Connector Trail to reveal the economic i...
Joey Martin Oct 26, 2022

City Council approves Mayor Henry's 2023 budget
Mayor Tom Henry (Twitter) UPDATE (October27, 2022): Despite a proposal that some called “inappropriate” regarding the mayor, Tom Henry’s budget for the city was approved Tuesday nigh...
Joey Martin Oct 26, 2022

Input requested for Parks and Recreation's five-year master plan
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation will host a public meeting to gather input on allocating parks funding and recreational programming over a five-year time period to beg...
Joey Martin Oct 26, 2022

Speed, alcohol suspected in fatal crash at Hanna and Decatur
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say that speed and alcohol are suspected as factors in a crash on the southeast side Monday. Just before 11:45 a.m., police say they were called to a...
Joey Martin Oct 25, 2022