Governor Holcomb Issues Executive Order to Prepare for Solar Eclipse
STATEWIDE, Ind. (WOWO) – Governor Eric Holcomb has issued an executive order to boost Indiana’s emergency response systems ahead of the anticipated surge of visitors...
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Dispatchers issue “no confidence” vote against supervisors
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Fort Wayne and Allen County 911 dispatchers have issued a vote of “no confidence” in their supervisors. At a board meeting...
Grant County Police investigating after finding body in burning vehicle
GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO) – The Grant County Sheriff’s Department is seeking answers after finding a body in a burning vehicle that was located in...
Verizon Wireless currently experiencing unstable cellular service that could affect 911
INDIANA (WOWO) – Verizon Wireless had indicated that they are experiencing intermittent service and an unstable network at this time. The problems at this time...
Adams County residents impacted by 911 outage
BERNE, Ind. (WOWO): Some Adams County residents lost the ability to call 911 this morning. The Sheriff’s Department says on Facebook that there are technical...
$2.8M federal grant awarded to Indiana PSAPs to enhance 911 equipment
INDIANA, (WOWO) – A $2.8-million grant will be awarded to dispatch centers across Indiana to enhance their 911 equipment. The funds derive from the 911...
More than 100 Adams County residents currently without access to 911
ADAMS COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO) – The primary emergency number is currently out of service for a portion of Preble residents in Adams County. Our partners...
Investigation continues into local 911 outage
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Officials are still looking into an outage that left Fort Wayne without 911 service for a little under an hour Friday. The...
Brief 911 outages plague several Indiana counties
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): The Allen County 911 system went down for an hour Friday night, and it wasn’t the only one. According to our...
Indiana residents can text 911 instead of calling
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four years after Indiana’s dispatch centers began adopting text-to-911 technology, residents in all 92 of the state’s counties can now send texts...