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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has a new chief deputy.
more>> St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has a new chief deputy.
more>> Police are looking for 11-year-old Tationa Youngblood who was last seen Friday night around 9:30 p.m. in the 9200 block of Paula Court.more>> Police are looking for 11-year-old Tationa Youngblood who was last seen Friday night around 9:30 p.m. in the 9200 block of Paula Court.more>> The NOPD is looking for this woman for questioning in an aggravated battery in the 2100 block of South Claiborne on May 19.
more>> The NOPD is looking for this woman for questioning in an aggravated battery in the 2100 block of South Claiborne on May 19.
more>> The New Orleans Police Department needs your assistance in locating 54-year-old Patricia Brumfield, who is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and is desperately in need of her medication.more>> The New Orleans Police Department needs your assistance in locating 54-year-old Patricia Brumfield, who is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and is desperately in need of her medication.more>> Residents and companies in Plaquemines Parish are being asked to place all remaining debris from Hurricane Isaac on the roadside by Monday.more>> Residents and companies in Plaquemines Parish are being asked to place all remaining debris from Hurricane Isaac on the roadside by Monday.more>> A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics.
more>> A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics.
more>> "As part of the announcement today, NOPD announced that Commander Edwin Hosli has been reinstated to full duty following the close of local and federal investigations into the red light traffic camera detail."more>> "Today the New Orleans Police Department announced the realignment of several Police Commanders... As part of the announcement today, NOPD announced that Commander Edwin Hosli has been reinstated to full duty following the close of local and federal investigations into the red light traffic camera detail."more>> "Members of the NOPD's Homicide division issued a warrant for the arrest of 18-year-old Glen Emerson, for the role he played in the fatal wounding of 18-year-old Joseph Massenburg, an Illinois resident."more>> "Members of the NOPD's Homicide division issued a warrant for the arrest of 18-year-old Glen Emerson, for the role he played in the fatal wounding of 18-year-old Joseph Massenburg, an Illinois resident."more>> In a normally quiet River Ridge neighborhood, Jefferson Parish deputies investigate an apparent murder-suicide.
more>> In a normally quiet River Ridge neighborhood, Jefferson Parish deputies investigate an apparent murder-suicide.
more>> Meghan Lopez's parents say the 21-year-old woman took a synthetic drug called 2C-I, also known by other names including N-Bomb and C-Boom. In this case, a single drop proved fatal.
more>> Meghan Lopez's parents say the 21-year-old woman took a synthetic drug called 2C-I, also known by other names including N-Bomb and C-Boom. In this case, a single drop proved fatal.
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The Archdiocese of New Orleans reports that Msgr. Crosby Kern has died.
FOX 8 News received this short statement from the Archdiocese Friday afternoon:
Msgr. Crosby Kern died this morning at the age of 73 after a short battle with cancer. A native of New Orleans, Msgr. Kern attended both Incarnate Word and St. Dominic Catholic elementary schools and Jesuit High School. He attended Maryknoll College in Illinois before graduating from both St. Joseph Seminary College and Notre Dame Seminary. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in 1965 at St. Louis Cathedral by Archbishop Philip Hannan.
Since 2003, Msgr. Kern has served as rector of the historic St. Louis Cathedral where he oversaw management at the Old Ursuline Convent in the French Quarter. Prior to his service at the Cathedral, Msgr. Kern served for 25 years as the pastor of St. Angela Merici in Metairie and for 4 years as the pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary in Hahnville, La. In addition to his service as a pastor and associate at parishes throughout the New Orleans area, he also served for a time as the archdiocesan vocation director, as coordinator of the permanent diaconate and on several archdiocesan governing bodies including the priests council. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Thomas Varisco.
Funeral service are pending.
