Category Archives: WJFX Local News (imported)

Fort Wayne woman sentenced for 2022 shooting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A Fort Wayne woman will serve 15 years in prison for her role in a robbery that became a shooting at an apartment last August. Autumn Hayden was sentenced yesterday. W...
Joey Martin Aug 29, 2023

FWA marks near pre-pandemic traffic numbers
Courtesy: FWA FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) says that following a slowdown in travel due to COVID-19 it has seen a record comeback in the past year. Represent...
Joey Martin Aug 25, 2023

FWACC: Keep animals safe in the heat
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is encouraging the community to keep all pets indoors if possible in very hot weather. Animals exposed to high temperatures, high hu...
Joey Martin Aug 25, 2023

Baby orangutan dies at Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
UPDATE (August 25, 2023): FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A baby orangutan has died at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo. Officials say the orangutan was born on August 16 and a necropsy will be do...
Joey Martin Aug 25, 2023

ACPL Strategic Planning Survey sees unprecedented response
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – From July 20 through August 9, the Allen County Public Library conducted a community-wide strategic planning survey to gather feedback from the Allen County population...
Joey Martin Aug 24, 2023

Arrest made in deadly Greentree Court shooting
UPDATE (August 24, 2023): Fort Wayne police say that an arrest has been made in a June homicide. 23-year-old Mattie Marie Wilson was found on Greentree Court around 5 a.m. on June 25. Now, police say ...
Joey Martin Aug 24, 2023

Coroner identifies two killed in Airport Expressway crash
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – On August 20, 2023, at approximately 8:19 P.M., officers with the Allen County Sheriff's Department responded to the area of Airport Expressway and Coverdale Road in re...
Joey Martin Aug 23, 2023

Pedestrian struck at Smith and Engle dies
UPDATE (August 23, 2023): The Allen County Coroner says that a man who was hit by a car early Sunday morning at Smith and Engle has died. The coroner identified the man as 23-year-old Jamie Corona Vac...
Joey Martin Aug 23, 2023

INDOT to host hearing for proposed work at 930 and Maplecrest
ALLEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana Department of Transportation will host a public hearing for the proposed intersection improvements at State Road 930 and Maplecrest Road. The public is invi...
Joey Martin Aug 23, 2023

Parkview Hospice seeking new volunteers
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – If you have a caring and compassionate heart and would like to help bring support and comfort to patients in their final weeks of life and their families, Parkview Hos...
Joey Martin Aug 22, 2023