Tylor Brummett
Weekend Morning Anchor & Producer/Multimedia Journalist
Tylor Brummett joined the WPTA news team as a multimedia journalist in May 2021 and was promoted to Weekend Morning Anchor/Producer in May 2022.
Tylor came to Fort Wayne after graduating from Ball State University with a dual degree in Journalism and Telecommunications with a concentration in News.
While at Ball State, Tylor was an anchor, reporter and producer for the school's award-winning newscast "NewsLink Indiana" and its morning show "Waking Up with Cardinal Weather."
Tylor worked his way into management and eventually served as News Director for NewsLink Indiana, winning awards for his reporting and anchoring.
Tylor also spent two years at WISH-TV in Indianapolis, starting as an intern and eventually getting hired part time. During his time at WISH-TV, he helped gather video, write on-air copy, write content for its website and assisted its production team during live newscasts.
He also spent two years anchoring and reporting for Ben Davis High School's "BDTV" newscast.
Tylor grew up in Plainfield, Ind., located just outside of Indianapolis. He's excited to make northeast Indiana his home.
When Tylor isn't in the newsroom, he's typically hanging out with friends, watching football (Go Colts!), or checking out restaurants around the city.
Feel free to connect with him on Facebook and Twitter.
Education
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 6:49 PM EST
|By Tylor Brummett
Kelly Deacon tells me says she’s grateful for training she received earlier this year after Saturday night’s crash in Warsaw involving a school bus and a semi.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 5:48 PM EST
|By Tylor Brummett
Allen County Democratic chair Derek Camp and Republican chair Steve Shine both say they feel confident heading into Tuesday and they’re hopeful candidates in their respective parties can pick up wins in an election they say is extremely important.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 4:33 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Former Superintendent of public education, Jennifer McCormick was in Fort Wayne Wednesday afternoon as questions swirl over a potential run for governor.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Testimony got underway Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of killing another man last year and dismembering his body.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Along with everything else, the price you pay for meat could soon increase again as the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a California animal cruelty law and it could raise the price of pork.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Production at Amazon’s new facility on Flaugh Road in Allen County, which is already partially open for business, is set to ramp up further. However, could more trucks going in and out of the facility bring additional safety issues along U.S. 30?
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
According to the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, police have arrested a woman they believe is connected to a hit-and-run from over the weekend that injured two children.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 6:17 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
We’ve told you for months about supply chain issues that have led to the shortage of items like toilet paper, baby formula and computer chips. Now, you can add butter to that list.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
As Hurricane Ian inches closer to Florida, people from northeast Indiana are making their way to the sunshine state to help.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 7:44 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
A new grocery store could open on East Pontiac Street next year in an area considered to be a food desert at a location that is the former Vincent Village Outlet Store.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Leaders and some parents with Southwest Allen County Schools are asking for residents to vote in favor of a referendum that’s been in place since 1985 in that district.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:54 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
The fight to stop a new Allen County Jail from being built on Fort Wayne’s southeast side now has the support of a major county school system.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 7:14 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
A new construction project began Tuesday morning that city officials say will help protect the Maumee River.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:35 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
One community activist says he wants to make sure you have all the facts when forming an opinion about the future of the Allen County Jail just days after a federal judge gave county leaders more time to fix overcrowding issues he deemed inhumane.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2022 at 8:51 AM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
The Wabash County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 15-year old Austin Hinsey.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2022 at 8:50 AM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
A woman suffered life-threatening injuries after an early morning shooting Saturday during a large gathering at a home, according to police.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Where’s my money? It’s a question so many of you have asked weeks after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill that would give some Hoosier taxpayers a refund.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
The water is back on at a Fort Wayne mobile home community, But neighbors there are still upset that they went more than 12 hours yesterday without service.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 4:13 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
The Huntington County Humane Society needs your help trying to find who’s responsible for three emaciated dogs, who were brought to the shelter.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:42 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
There is more push back against a proposed Allen County Jail location in southeast Fort Wayne.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 6:54 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Teachers got a big boost Tuesday afternoon from a Fort Wayne community who wanted to make sure local educators have the supplies they need for their students to succeed.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 11:41 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Decatur City Council unanimously voted amended a city ordinance at Tuesday night’s meeting that bans slaughterhouses within city limits.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Some southeast side residents say they’re angry after Friday’s announcement by the Allen County Commissioners of a possible new jail location on the city’s southeast side.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
In a week and a half, the future of reproductive rights in Indiana could be decided during a special session at the statehouse.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 6:54 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
One month later, many of you are still cleaning up after a powerful derecho swept through parts of northeast Indiana.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
With Friday’s Supreme Court decision on abortion, activists and politicians are fired up and motivated to make themselves heard.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
In just over a week and a half, a new garbage company will begin collecting trash in Fort Wayne. At the same time, people across the city are dealing with growing piles of garbage and recyclables.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 3:36 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
People on Fort Wayne’s southwest side are still cleaning up the damage from last Monday’s derecho as part of a process they expect will take several weeks.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 5:35 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
We’re learning a lot more about the next phase of Riverfront Development and the details just released suggest the city is looking to make the great outdoors -- a little greater.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Fort Wayne’s new trash collector will take over in less than a month, but will it be ready to go?
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 5:27 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Help is on the way for people who are struggling to make ends meet as Americans deal with record setting inflation.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
The first new shipments of baby formula are now in Indiana and those special bottles will soon be on their way to babies who need them the most.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 4:56 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Avian influenza cases are rising nationwide and here in Indiana and we’re learning nearly an entire flock of poultry in Allen County has died after testing positive for the virus.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 11:18 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Four months after the big announcement, a sports park finally got the approval to be built in Auburn.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Neighbors in the Hacienda Village neighborhood are upset and claim Indiana Michigan Power is coming in and destroying the beauty of their neighborhood.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Allen County Chief Deputy Troy Hershberger won the Republican nomination Tuesday night in the race for Allen County Sheriff.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 11:34 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
The Republican nominee to succeed the current sheriff in Allen County is the chief deputy in the department, with Troy Hershberger securing his place on the November ballot on Tuesday.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified the person who was found in the Saint Marys river near Promenade Park over the weekend as a 45-year-old Charles White of Fort Wayne.
Updated: May. 1, 2022 at 11:35 AM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department are working to find out how a body ended up in the Saint Marys River at Promenade Park.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Just days after last week’s tragedy on Grassy Lane, community leaders want to make sure that you know what to do if your home catches fire.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
An Auburn man is lending a helping hand after Thursday’s fire at a mobile home that left four children dead.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 4:09 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Big changes are happening in public transit nationwide following a ruling from a federal judge that strikes down a mask mandate on public travel.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:19 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Have you filed your taxes yet? If not, then you need to hurry up because the federal deadline to file is midnight.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
The wife of an Allen County Jail inmate is pleading for change there after she claims her husband faces life-changing surgery because of failures in health care.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 5:19 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
It’s been four days since we first reported on that that federal ruling where a judge ruled that Sheriff David Gladieux and the department must address a number of problems at the Allen County Jail.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 5:27 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Days after a federal judge ruled that county officials have 45 days to fix numerous problems at the Allen County Jail, we’re hearing for Deputy Chief Troy Hershberger.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
A company called GFL Environmental is on track to become the city’s next trash collector and we did some digging and found they too have had issues picking up trash on time.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 3:35 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
First responders from across northeast Indiana gathered for training Tuesday morning to get ready for when disaster strikes.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Capt. Matthew Tomkiewicz was one of four marines who died when their osprey aircraft crashed Friday night in Norway and former members of the military say this is painful for their entire community.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2022 at 2:16 AM EDT
|By Tylor Brummett
Police make arrest in Saturday night deadly shooting.
