Fort Wayne Police Department Reports 22% Reduction in Fatal Overdoses in 2023
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) – The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) has announced a decrease in fatal overdoses in 2023. According to Sgt. Jeremy Webb,...
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Two mothers accused of neglect after overdose
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Two mothers are accused of overdosing in their car while their children were inside. Marquita Muff and Jennifer Deutsch were found...
Mother arrested and charged in death of toddler
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A Fort Wayne woman was arrested and charged Tuesday in the death of her two-year-old son. Kiara Johnson, 22, is charged...
UPDATED: One child dies, another hospitalized after overdose
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): One child died and another was hospitalized after two Fort Wayne children who got into their parents’ medication Wednesday night. According...
EACS considers stocking Narcan at school clinics
An Allen County school district is considering stocking an opioid overdose-reversal drug. Administrators with East Allen County Schools are asking the school board to stock...
Overdose rates down
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Drug overdose deaths are down in Allen County. At this time last year, the Allen County Coroner’s Office had seen 73 overdose-related...
Health Department to distribute more naloxone
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health will continue its fight against the opioid crisis thanks to another grant. The grant...
City of Fort Wayne suing opioid distributors
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Monday afternoon Mayor Tom Henry announced the city of Fort Wayne is suing opioid distributors for the ongoing opioid epidemic. The...
FWCS and NACS not on-board with Narcan in schools
ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO) – Medication for opioid overdoses is a hot topic for public schools in the Allen County area. In Ohio, the Akron...
Fort Wayne Fire Department looking for increase in paramedics
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): The Fort Wayne Fire Department needs more paramedics. That’s the call made by the department’s EMS Chief as he spoke yesterday...