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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>> 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>> 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>> 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>> The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a shooting in the 1200 block of Horace Street that killed a woman Friday night.more>> The shooting death of a whooping crane has Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials asking for help from the public.
more>> The shooting death of a whooping crane has Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials asking for help from the public.
more>> FOX 8 obtained a copy of a pre-trial services report on one of the suspected gunmen in the Mother's Day shooting.more>> 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>> 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>> 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>> 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>> "Armed with semiautomatic pistols, the suspects committed the offenses in Metairie beginning in the early morning hours of May 16, 2013."more>> "Armed with semiautomatic pistols, the suspects committed the offenses in Metairie beginning in the early morning hours of May 16, 2013."more>> "A vial containing a mixture of undetermined acids had a buildup of gases and exploded... A few other students were evacuated from the third floor until the incident was cleared."
more>> "A vial containing a mixture of undetermined acids had a buildup of gases and exploded... A few other students were evacuated from the third floor until the incident was cleared."more>>
FOX 8 News received the following press release Tuesday night from the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness:
As of this evening, there were an estimated 2,937 people in shelters across the state.
The current population at all state-run shelters (both Critical Transportation Needs and Medical Special Needs) was 653 evacuees. There were 516 evacuees at the Alexandria mega-shelter, 112 medical special needs evacuees at the LSU Field House and 25 at the Alexandria medical special needs shelter.
There are an estimated 2,284 evacuees located at other parish run and Red Cross shelters around the state. Of those, 1,576 were at parish-run shelters in impacted areas, and 708 were located at Red Cross shelters around the state.
