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New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother's Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won't spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people. More>>
1500 jobs could be in jeopardy if the Algiers-Canal Street ferry goes out of service because of lack of funding. That's according to a local non-profit who recently surveyed riders. More>>
The battle to recall St. Tammany Parish Coroner, Dr. Peter Galvan is heating up in a major way. More>>
Police are investigating two fatal shootings that left a 37-year-old man dead in Central City and a 20 -year-old man dead in the Florida area. More>>
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a shooting in the 1200 block of Horace Street that killed a woman Friday night. More>>
Lafourche Parish is preparing to begin more than $6 million in flood protection projects for the Raceland and Des Allemands areas. More>>
Baton Rouge's police chief says it was a mistake not to take everyone to jail accused in the beating of a family at a gas station.
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FOX 8 obtained a copy of a pre-trial services report on one of the suspected gunmen in the Mother's Day shooting. More>>
A couple of Thibodaux doctors in the business of making people well have a new venture aimed at simply making people feel good. More>>
Ray Lewis ended his long football career with a Super Bowl win on the turf and now, 8-year old Scooter Compton gets to play on it. More>>
Investigators with the New Orleans Police Department arrested 19-year-old Monique Pepe Friday for having allowed Shawn Scott to hide out at her residence. More>>
One person remains in critical condition, while three others are stable and improving. More>>
Southeast Louisiana has suffered significant flooding from storms and hurricanes in recent years. But property owners say they do not deserve what Washington is dishing out. More>>
26-year-old Monette disappeared from Lakeview on March 2, but her mother, Toni Enclade, says she knows Monette is still alive. More>>
The first three LSU hospital privatization deals appear to use up 94 percent of the funding Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration set aside for eight such arrangements. More>>
A federal judge's ruling hasn't resolved a family's power struggle for control of Brennan's, one of New Orleans' best-known restaurants. More>>
Powerball fever swells the jackpot to the largest ever. More>>
The Dalai Lama brought his message of peace and compassion Friday to New Orleans, a city plagued by persistent street violence. More>>
According to preliminary Nielsen Co. figures Friday, Candice Glover's victory over Kree Harrison was watched by 14.2 million viewers More>>
A man told Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies he rendezvoused with a stripper at a Metairie apartment complex, looking for a "good time." Instead he was robbed following a blast of pepper spray to the face. More>>
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in capturing two robbery suspects who hit three times in one day. More>>
The Morris Jeff Community School board of directors unanimously voted Thursday to recognize a new local teachers' union. More>>
Louisiana's unemployment rate rose in April for the fourth straight month, as fewer people reported having work. More>>
Corps declares new hurricane defenses "complete" 100 year storm protection in place without temporary fixes More>>
Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a neighborhood Mother's Day parade.
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With an unprecedented effort underway to stop the gang activity in New Orleans, some believe gang members are operating under new rules. More>>
The club that organized the Mother's Day second line says the music will go on. More>>
It's a little known perk that only benefits less than 20 percent of Jefferson Parish employees, but costs the parish millions every year. And our questions to a statewide official had her telling us that the benefit is illegal. More>>
In the murky waters near Dulac, something lurks beneath the surface. Bayou Fabio takes us on the hunt. More>>
Senators are expressing skepticism about some assumptions House lawmakers used to balance next year's budget. More>>
New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton has settled his lawsuit against a former Saints player who sold him nonexistent state movie tax credits from a defunct film studio. More>>
Chances are a man didn't realize a patrol car was stopped at an intersection less than a block away when police say he fired an AK-47 from the porch of a house in the 3700 block of Monroe Street. More>>
People in the 7th Ward neighborhood where the mass shooting happened on Mother's Day are thrilled the accused shooters are now in jail. Meanwhile, a group of ministers has an initiative to encourage other wanted suspects to turn themselves in to local clergy. More>>
Mayor Mitch Landrieu and law enforcement officials warned street gangs that "the rules of the game have changed, and we will do everything in our power to protect the city." More>>
The Obama administration said Thursday it will require companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. More>>
Gov. Bobby Jindal's latest financial disclosure report shows his annual nearly $128,000 state salary provided the main source of income for he and his wife in 2012. More>>
State transportation officials kicked off an $11 million project which will widen a portion of the heavily traveled U.S. Hwy. 190 in Mandeville. More>>
A ban on posting to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter while driving appears likely to hit Louisiana's law books. More>>
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing rises again. More>>
Two Louisiana congressman find common ground across the aisle when it comes to the hugely-expensive bonuses and incentives, handed out in recent years by federal agencies including FEMA and the Veterans Health Administration. The White House has demanded cuts amid the nation's fiscal crises, but some agencies are bucking the trend. We'll examine the sky-high bonuses in our special investigation, "Out of Bounds." More>>
After two days of testimony, Lafourche Parish Judge Hugh LaRose rendered verdicts in the trial of a Thibodaux man accused of animal cruelty and noise code violations. More>>
New flood insurance reality poses the latest obstacle to communities trying to rebuild outside New Orleans' new flood walls. More>>
The 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans will be commemorated on Louisiana's license plates, starting next year. More>>
One is a little bit country. The other is a little bit R&B. Either country crooner Kree Harrison or vocal powerhouse Candice Glover will be revealed Thursday as the 12th season champion of "American Idol More>>
So you didn't win Wednesday's $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else. More>>
The Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club says its "second-line" is returning to the neighborhood where gunfire abruptly ended its Mother's Day celebration leaving 19 people injured. More>>
A well-known businessman takes a unusual approach to finding the man he says ripped him off. More>>
One of the children shot on Mother's day has been through more than most people can imagine. Now, a local organization believes it can offer the young man hope for a brighter future. More>>
The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings along the length of the river from Arkansas City, Ark., south to Baton Rouge, including at Natchez and Vicksburg, Miss. More>>
When voters rejected the property tax renewals for the parish's water and sewerage systems parish leaders said they were suddenly facing a financial crisis. Water and sewerage system officials continue to issue dire warnings.
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New Orleans Police need help finding a woman they say shoplifted from a French Quarter store. More>>
President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they filed for tax-exempt status. More>>
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the Water Resources Development Act, which re-authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' projects including the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection Project.
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Organizers of a petition drive to remove embattled St Tammany Paris Coroner Peter Galvan from office went to Baton Rouge Wednesday to begin a six-month process to gather 53,000 signatures.
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The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago took about three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the stabbing and shooting death of her one-time lover in his bathroom five years ago. More>>
The state Department of Health and Hospitals has hired a new inspector general to review spending and fight fraud. More>>
Ronald Leach is the FBI's suspect in Tuesday's robbery of the Marrero branch of Capital One Bank and another bank robbery last month.
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The trial of a Lafourche Parish man facing animal cruelty charges and charges he violated the parish noise ordinance continues Wednesday in Thibodaux. More>>
It's a collection of marshes and wetlands loaded with alligators, a large variety of colorful birds, and a sandy beach that dips into the Gulf of Mexico. The Creole Nature Trail allows you to step into the marsh and see wildlife up close. FOX 8's Dave McNamara takes a drive into "Louisiana's outback", in this edition of Heart of Louisiana. More>>
The Kenner Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a burglary suspect who stole rims and tires from a Kenner Ford dealership More>>
Louisiana lawmakers have new dollars to add into next year's budget after the state income forecasting panel Wednesday boosted its projections for state tax collections. More>>
A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast landowners who alleged energy companies intensified damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. More>>
Texas Brine Co. contractors have plugged the final two breaches in a containment berm around the Assumption Parish sinkhole after heavy rain and high water punched through the incomplete earthen barrier late last week More>>
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