Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Ivy Tech donates medical supplies to One World Medics charity
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw recently donated decommissioned respiratory therapy equipment to the One World Medics charity. The donated supplies in...
Joey Martin Aug 24, 2022

FWCS okay higher substitute pay
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Substitute teachers in Fort Wayne will soon make a bit more. The city’s school district yesterday approved a plan that’d add an extra $20 or $50 per day to...
Joey Martin Aug 23, 2022

Ohio launches new aircraft tracking system
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – As the number of drones grows, so do concerns about how to keep airspace safe for both crewed and uncrewed aircraft. Ohio is pioneering technology to do just that. At lo...
Joey Martin Aug 23, 2022

Mayor Henry's call for transparency in new jail talks
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – County commissioners are meeting this Thursday with a federal judge regarding progress on the current Allen County Jail after it was ruled by a federal judge to be ...
Joey Martin Aug 23, 2022

Ashley man killed in DeKalb County crash
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – A man from Ashley died Sunday evening after crashing his car in DeKalb County. According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, Michael Lesher, 60, was driving wes...
Joey Martin Aug 23, 2022

City of Butler sewer work to close portion of S.R. 1
DEKALB CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana Department of Transportation says that part of State Road 1 in Butler will close soon for work. The City of Butler will be doing sewer work between RE Jone...
Joey Martin Aug 22, 2022

OPSB approves solar energy facilities in Van Wert, Harrison counties
COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) - On Thursday, the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) approved applications filed by Wild Grains Solar, LLC and Nottingham Solar LLC to construct solarpowered electric generating fa...
Joey Martin Aug 19, 2022

Two responses come in for bulk collection contract in Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The City of Fort Wayne has received two bids for a new bulk collection contract. GFL Environmental, the city's current residential trash and recycling hauler, and Repu...
Joey Martin Aug 19, 2022

Milling, paving work could impact Spring Street traffic next week
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Another construction project could tie you up starting next week. The City says that due to milling and paving street resurfacing there will be lane restrictions on Sp...
Joey Martin Aug 19, 2022

Both parents now charged in Fort Wayne boy's shooting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Both of the parents of a Fort Wayne boy who police say found a gun and shot himself are now looking at charges. According to WANE-TV, prosecutors in Allen County filed...
Joey Martin Aug 19, 2022