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Several residents gathered for a workshop in Mandeville to learn how FEMA's new flood insurance rates might affect their properties.more>> Several residents gathered for a workshop in Mandeville to learn how FEMA's new flood insurance rates might affect their properties.more>> He played a tough mob boss on HBO's hit series "The Sopranos," but people who met James Gandolfini remember a kind, gentle man.
more>> He played a tough mob boss on HBO's hit series "The Sopranos," but people who met James Gandolfini remember a kind, gentle man.more>> Officer John Ray, a 38-year veteran, was indicted last December on a charge of public bribery, which was later amended to malfeasance.
more>> Officer John Ray, a 38-year veteran, was indicted last December on a charge of public bribery, which was later amended to malfeasance.
more>> "Two women were arrested and one's husband is sought after St. Bernard Parish narcotics agents broke up a small meth lab behind a Chalmette house."more>> "Two women were arrested and one's husband is sought after St. Bernard Parish narcotics agents broke up a small meth lab behind a Chalmette house late Wednesday afternoon, acting on information that three young children in the house could be in danger."
more>> Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes it a crime for journalists or anyone else to publicly identify concealed handgun permit holders or applicants.more>> Despite criticism it would violate the First Amendment, Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes it a crime for journalists or anyone else to publicly identify concealed handgun permit holders or applicants.more>> Mandeville police have booked the owner of a Metairie moving company with extortion and more arrests are expected soon.more>> Mandeville police have booked the owner of a Metairie moving company with extortion and more arrests are expected soon.more>> The president of St. Tammany Parish says she's moving ahead with efforts to take control of the coroner's finances, in spite of a lawsuit challenging that effort.
more>> The president of St. Tammany Parish says she's moving ahead with efforts to take control of the coroner's finances, in spite of a lawsuit challenging that effort. Pat Brister says a new financial report gives good reason why the takeover needs to take place.
more>> Each summer, massive areas of the usually fertile Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds become uninhabitable to most sea life.
more>> Each summer, massive areas of the usually fertile Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds become uninhabitable to most sea life. FOX 8 spoke with a scientist who says this year the "dead zone" may be the largest since monitoring began in 1985.
more>> By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.more>> By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.more>> Federal agents say a bank robber wearing a reflective work vest held up the Gulf Coast Bank branch in Mid-City early Wednesday afternoon.
more>> Federal agents say a bank robber wearing a reflective work vest held up the Gulf Coast Bank branch in Mid-City early Wednesday afternoon.
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Members of the Fox 8 team were honored tonight in New York with one of journalism's top awards.
Columbia University honored Fox 8 News with its Alfred I duPont-Columbia University Award for two Lee Zurik Investigations: "Hiding Behind the Badge" and "Dirty Deeds".
The duPont award is the Pulitzer Prize for broadcasting and it's rare for a station to win for one story, but the national award recognized two of Zurik's series.
"Hiding Behind the Badge" led to federal guilty pleas by former Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Jiff Hingle and businessman Aaron Bennett.
"Dirty Deeds" is a nearly two year investigation into descendants of three former governors, including Huey Long, earning millions of dollars from oil leases secured in the 1930's.
Also honored with Zurik is Donny Pearce, Mikel Schaefer, Greg Phillips, Wes Cook, Thomas Wright and Marcy Planer.
Fox 8 is one of only three local stations in the country to win the duPont.
