Jesse Brooks
Digital Content Producer
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Jesse Brooks is a Digital Content Producer creating content for the web in the New Orleans market.
Brooks previously worked as a reporter for the Hammond Daily Star and newspapers in Amite, Kentwood, and St. Helena Parish. He is an LPA award-winning writer and journalist. He is also a New Orleans based singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 7:21 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say they responded to the 2400 block of North Villere Street around 10 p.m.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 7:07 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say they responded to the scene around 11 p.m. in the 4100 block of General Degaulle where they found a man dead from a single gunshot wound.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 11:04 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The Saints took a step towards bolstering their much-needed depth at running back by signing free agent Jamaal Williams to a 3-year deal worth up to $12 million with $8 million fully guaranteed, as reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 11:41 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
On Wednesday (March 15), reports say that the Saints have come to terms with tackles Khalen Saunders (Kansas City Chiefs) and Nathan Shepherd (New York Jets).
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 7:26 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say the call came in just after 4:30 a.m. that a man was hit and killed at that intersection.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:29 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say that officers responded in the 10 block of St. Claude Court around 10:44 p.m. to find a man suffering a gunshot wound.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:22 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
The Lady Lions have earned their first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA National Championship Tournament after winning the Southland Conference Tournament Championship, defeating Lamar 66-57.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 11:03 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
At the Legacy Center in Lake Charles, the top-seeded Lady Lions will face Lamar (20-11) Thursday, March 9 at 4 p.m. for the SLC Tournament Championship. If the Lady Lions get the win, it will be the program’s first-ever conference tournament championship win and their first automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in program history.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 7:14 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Wednesday, March 8 marks the 12th consecutive day of network outages.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:38 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
The Saints ranked first in the league with an A+ grade for how it handles travel for away games. They received high marks for first-class seating and giving their players enough space and individual downtime before away games.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 8:52 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Smith was back in his hometown of Amite City, Louisiana last week and he paid a visit to all of his old stomping grounds.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 7:09 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Seventh District officers say they responded to a call about an unresponsive person in the 7000 block of Morrison Road around 2:18 a.m.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 3:03 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say that they responded to reports of a shooting around 11:23 a.m. and when they arrived on the scene they found a man who was declared dead on the scene.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 3:03 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say they were responding to reports of shots being fired at Bundy Road and Lake Forest Road around 9:28 p.m.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 12:04 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
The Kentwood native was one of the few bright spots for Nebraska last season as the Huskers turned in a disappointing 4-8 overall record. He was the Huskers’ No. 1 receiver, hauling in 71 passes for 1,043 yards and nine touchdowns.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 9:52 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Volodymyr Dorogobid, 38, and Tigran Avetisyan, 39, both of Brooklyn, New York, were booked on three counts of unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system and also for obstruction of justice for tampering with evidence.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 1:03 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Authorities say it happened on the Pine Street Extension in the 36000 block.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 11:44 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Deputies found the body of 28-year-old Selena Marquez, of Houma, in the Johnson Ridge community near Thibodaux on April 5, 2022.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 11:08 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say the body was found not far from where the man was last spotted
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:29 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Next month's book release is expected to provide new insight into the unknown parts of Robert Johnson's life. It also has 40 previously unreleased photographs related to archivist Mack McCormick’s findings, possibly including unseen photos of the bluesman himself. To date, only three known photos of him exist.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 10:48 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
A man was arrested after barricading himself inside a residence in the St. Roch area in the 2600 block of North Miro Street, police say.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:44 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Prior to becoming a suspect in the second-degree murder of Jamins Robinson, Montrey Trevell Paige, 30, of Independence, was arrested and pled guilty to several drug charges on November 16, 2021 before skipping sentencing and fleeing to Texas.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 4:13 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Faculty members say it started on Friday with the schools official website going down and the outages were spread to the school’s phones, email, and Moodle online classroom resources.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 12:41 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
In the center of town, underneath what the small city in Tangipahoa Parish claims is the World’s Largest American Flag from a pole, is an artificial wildlife enclosure that holds a single alligator. Like LSU’s Mike The Tiger tradition, the alligator serving as the city’s unofficial “wildlife ambassador” has gone by the name “Ole Hardhide”, a tradition held since 1972.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 9:37 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
From now until late April, the strawberry crop in Louisiana is peaking and the state’s trademark red and juicy berries will be distributed across the nation.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 10:40 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
The Texas-born country and blues singer who launched his career busking in the French Quarter on Royal Street has chosen to launch his U.S. tour in Baton Rouge after coming home from Australia.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 11:05 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Alicia and John got married in 2019 and she was a filmmaker and music producer alongside her husband at John Schneider Studios in Holden.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 9:18 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say that the man was able to drive himself to a nearby business where it was reported to first responders.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 9:53 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Travis said that following those arrests over the past weekend, the investigation was expanded and seven more suspects were arrested on Monday (Feb. 20) at another nearby Airbnb in Tickfaw and 122 additional cell phones were recovered.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:57 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
The car completely took out the storefront of Empa Taco on Highway 22, which is part of a commercial strip of buildings that includes Lighthouse Pizza and the River Food Mart.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 8:19 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s office announced the arrests of four suspects over the weekend after 40 iPhones as well as credit cards, debit cards, and IDs were found in an Airbnb near Tickfaw. Chief Jimmy Travis says that the items recovered were reported stolen by paradegoers in New Orleans.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 11:18 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Around 6:45 p.m., NOFD says they responded to the 2200 block of Westbend Parkway to find the Oakmount Apartments blazing, causing a three-alarm fire.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 10:03 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Alonzo Knox and Sibil “Fox” Richardson, both Democrats, will go head-to-head for the open seat in the State Legislature.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 1:07 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Willie Joe London, 42, pled guilty to attempted second-degree murder on Jan. 25 and was sentenced last week at the Amite Courthouse. In addition to his 50-year sentence, he was also sentenced to two additional years for illegal weapons.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 11:55 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Two women jumped out of the stolen vehicle and into the back of a pickup truck in an attempt to evade police, detectives say. Both women were arrested.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 11:31 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Major Troy Tervalon said that the arrests were made Tuesday (Feb. 7) morning at Bogalusa High School and that they are all juveniles.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 9:44 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
A school bus painted in graffiti with the message “sex trafficking awareness” painted on it crashed onto the grounds of St. Scholastica Academy in Covington Tuesday (Feb. 7) morning, according to police.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 10:35 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler reports that the Saints are expected to hire Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Joe Woods to fill the vacancy left by Ryan Neilsen and Kris Richard.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 8:13 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
On Thursday night, the Pels made a play to have a chance to tie and go to overtime, but the play was blown dead. After the game, the officials are admitting that their calls in the final seconds were wrong.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 1:21 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
The Pelicans landed in Dallas at 12:41 p.m. this afternoon and have to face Luka Donic and the Mavs tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:03 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Singer and recording artist Beyonce will start the tour this summer on July 12 in Philadelphia and continue to stop in major cities like Chicago, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Houston, and more.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 11:53 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
At 24, the former Amite High Warrior has accomplished more than what most young athletes even dream about since his alma matter fell short, 40-36, to Lutcher in the 2016 LHSAA 2A State Championship his senior year.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 10:53 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say Johnathan Williams was taken into custody without incident at his home not far from where the incident occurred around 11:30 p.m.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 7:10 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks, FOX 8 Staff and WAFB Staff
After a renewed interest in the case, and the discovery of DNA evidence, Reginald Reed was arrested in June 2019 and found guilty last November.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 9:06 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Jefferson deputies say that after the crash, which occurred near the area of near Beverly Garden and Codifer Boulevard, the occupants took off on foot. A sheriff spokesperson said that at least one of the suspects will be arrested.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 12:49 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Before the injury, Ingram was averaging 20.8 ppg, 5.1 rebounds, and 4.7 assists in 32.1 minutes of play.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 11:43 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Sheriff Craig Webre said that Michael Jules and Javonte Miller held a couple up at gunpoint just before noon in the Cypress Court Trailer Park in Gray.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 9:48 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
Police say that a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old were arrested but they did not indicate when the arrests occurred in the safety notice that was sent out to students, faculty, and staff.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 7:30 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
A state police spokesperson said that there was a crash with minor injuries and wreckers are on the scene clearing the roadways.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 6:16 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks
While there seems to be somewhat of a timeline for recovery for Williamson, who is out with a strained hamstring, the current path to recovery for Ingram has felt open-ended.