Kelly Weston

The Coast Guard and the crew of the cruise ship Carnival Fantasy rescued 23 people from a disabled boat Sunday 130 nautical miles off the Yucatan Peninsula, according to a Coast Guard news release.

Terrance Leonard has been jailed on three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of obstruction of justice in an attack on four children and a woman said to be his girlfriend.

Jason Thomas was accused of making inappropriate comments about a 14-year-old girl, touching her sexually over a period of time and having her take partially nude photos of herself with his camera.

A man in Texas says he’s looking forward to a retirement free of worry and on the cheap by spending the last part of it not in a retirement home, but in a Holiday Inn.

n October 2018, investigators from the Louisiana State Police Special Victims Unit began an investigation into the online distribution of child pornography. On Friday, investigators arrested a 41-year-old Houma man in connection with the case.

The victims are said to be in stable condition.

Laura Smith, 37, was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on Thursday (Feb. 14). She faces two counts of aggravated arson and one count of simple arson.

A Mississippi man accused of killing men in two states was indicted Thursday for a 2016 murder in the Seventh Ward, according to Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office.

The jury deliberated just over two hours before finding 64-year-old Sherman Hampton guilty as charged on three counts of aggravated rape, and guilty of one lesser count of simple rape.

The suspension is an attorney disciplinary action tied to a 2012 incident in which a cab driver shot cell phone video of Jennifer Gaubert and called police to say she had sexually assaulted him.

At about 7:45 p.m., officers were called to the 9000 block of Chef Menteur Highway, where they found an adult male with a stab wound to the body.

The Louisiana Insurance Commissioner has approved another rate decrease for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, marking the third rate decrease for coverage on private vehicles in nine months.

Environmental groups are calling for action based on concerns about a shifting waste pile in St. James Parish that they say is radioactive and unstable.

The incident is under investigation and officers are interviewing witnesses.

Following an undercover investigation conducted by the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division Narcotics Unit, a Chalmette man was arrested for possession with the intent to distribute narcotics, and narcotics and six firearms were seized, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

A suspect was arrested Tuesday (Feb. 5) in connection with the Sunday night shooting in St. Tammany Parish, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

A second arrest has been made in the homicides of two people and the wounding of a third that occurred the night the Christmas Eve bonfires in St. James Parish, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

A&E Network’s documentary series, “Live PD” will be returning to film this weekend with the Slidell Police Department.

Police have arrested three juveniles and a 19-year-old they say are responsible for multiple car burglaries and thefts.

On Saturday shortly before 5 p.m., Thibodaux police officers responded to a medical emergency with a child who wasn’t breathing. When they arrived, officers discovered that the baby was breathing, but it was extremely labored and irregular, and the boy's face was injured.

Tony Nunez Jr. left his home in the 1900 block of Joseph Drive in the St. Bernard community on the evening of Jan. 31, and has not returned home or been heard from since.

A fatal accident involving a 26-year-old NOPD officer is under investigation by Louisiana State Police.

Firefighters got the call just after 9 p.m.

From the identity of the initial 911 caller to surveillance video that may show Nanette Krentel the day she died, the St. Tammany sheriff is releasing new information to the public.

In a city that's 300 years old, you find lots of cemeteries. And for New Orleans, its unique above-ground tombs are a top tourist attraction.

On Thursday the Gretna Police Department released convenience store surveillance video of officers struggling with a man who died two days after the February encounter. The confrontation with Kendole Joseph, a paranoid schizophrenic, lasted seven minutes.

A driver plowed into a crowd of Endymion revelers Saturday, injuring 28 people, including a police officer and a toddler. Twenty-one victims were hospitalized, while seven refused treatment.

Here are the FOX 8 Football Friday prep scores for Oct. 28, 2016, courtesy of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association and The Associated Press.

Living in the South, you can see some rather impressive live oak trees, and there is actually a Live Oak Society that keeps track of the largest.

Three officers and two civilians were injured in a high-speed chase Tuesday that started in St. John Parish and ended in a crash in Metairie. A suspect is in custody.