Lauren McCoy
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Lauren joined the FOX 8 team in April of 2022.
She lives in Slidell and graduated from Northshore High School and LSU.
After graduating from LSU, Lauren began her television career as a reporter at WVLA/WGMB in Baton Rouge. There, she worked her way up to the weekend anchor and eventually took over the weeknight anchor duties.
In 2019 Lauren left Baton Rouge for a tremendous opportunity with the Black News Channel in Tallahassee, FL co-anchoring the morning newscast. She also co-produced and hosted the talk show “Being a Woman”. In 2021 Lauren was promoted to the Headline Anchor position for the Atlanta, GA-based “Start Your Day” program, also a part of the Black News Channel.
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Dr. Clarence Becknell recently earned his Doctor of Education from Xavier University. During the process, he was determined to highlight the challenges of veterans adjusting to life after the military.
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Bastion, a unique community in New Orleans, offers veterans a sanctuary to heal and find camaraderie.
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Tulane Police hope a new substation will help students and residents in the area feel safer around campus.
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For Charlie “Coach” Bowman’s colleagues, family, friends and former students, coach means more to them than he will ever know.
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Disney commissioned New Orleans artist Sharika Mahdi to do four pieces to help inspire its Imagineers to create a theme for their new ride.
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More than 30 years after remains were discovered near Slidell, a cold case involving the death of a Lafourche Parish mom has now opened back up.
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A maintenance man was killed in a shooting in the driveway of a home he was doing repairs on, according to Kenner Police.
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New Orleans police stepped up Sunday (March 12) patrols under the Claiborne overpass in Treme.
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A retrial is scheduled for September 18 for Cardell Hayes, the man once convicted of killing former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith.
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The NOPD and Tulane police say they are increasing their patrols in the neighborhoods near campus and Tulane is encouraging students to request campus police escorts and utilize the university’s free shuttle buses.
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50 years ago, New Orleans made national headlines when a sniper went on a killing spree at a downtown hotel.
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A fallen Louisiana Navy veteran is home on the 81st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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A group of North Shore teens recently won gold at an international competition in Istanbul
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Jean Lafitte mayor Tim Kerner said Ida-related flooding sent as much as 4 feet of mud into some homes in his community.
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From Australia to Columbia, people from all over the world are drawn, to not only the music and the smell of freshly powdered beignets, but also to the hospitality.
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On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers told the last enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas that they were free.
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