Liz Reyes

The free local STEM NOLA program helps students excel academically and attain University Scholarships.

Just a few days from Christmas, there are signs of progress in the cleanup from Wednesday’s deadly tornadoes. One of those big steps forward happened on the Westbank in Marrero.

This year’s St. Augustine High School’s graduating class received a lot of attention after one of the school’s graduates posted a video of their graduation ceremony on Twitter.

A New Orleans federal-based appeals court upholds its decision to stop the Biden Administration’s enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for most U.S. companies.

In New Orleans, carjackings grew 90% in 2020 compared to the average of the previous four years.

A local woman speaks out on the negative impact COVID-19 restrictions are having on the elderly at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

NOPD releases new sketch of suspect in 2017 Gentilly shooting of a mother and her children in their home.

A plea for help to find the killer of a New Orleans mother of three kids insider her home in 1982

19-year-old Vanessa Bodden vanished in December of 1989. She’d been missing for about three weeks when someone found her mutilated body inside an abandoned New Orleans building.

In 2009, a prominent Tulane University plastic surgeon was fatally stabbed inside of his French Quarter home that was then set aflame. Now, Dr. Edward Newsome's family and the NOPD plead for help to find the killer.

Nearly 27 years after someone shot a pregnant New Orleans mother on the Westbank, killing her and her unborn baby, detectives and the victims grown daughter plead for help.

A man's hope to start a new life in New Orleans takes a tragic turn when he is killed during Carnival Season

The families of 33-year-year old Jefferson Parish pre-school teacher Jacqueliyn Williams and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Thaddeus Jackson are still desperate for answers over a year after they were killed.

Three years after his murder in 2016, loved ones recall 25-year-old Tulane University Graduate Thomas Rolfes as a kind, wonderful young man.

A man who was studying to become a minister while working at a restaurant to support his family was found in a pool of blood. Now, 38 years later, police are still looking for his killer.

The disappointing and heartbreaking announcement left fans with many unanswered questions.

Saints fans are optimistic for team despite loss to Panthers at the Dome

Louisiana Baby Boomers medicinal Marijuana use on the rise

Many people are familiar with Hollywood heavy hitters like Sylvester Stallone, Jamie Foxx and "The Rock."

Young people obsessed with their smart phones and other hi-tech devices are a sign of the times across the country. When asked, some local kids admit they are hooked on their phones and social media apps.

FOX 8 anchor, Liz Reyes, shares the things she loves about New Orleans.

Just days after New Orleans lifted its boil water advisory, New Orleanians await news on what the Sewerage and Water Board plans to do to maintain a steady power supply in order to avoid future similar advisories.

When Hurricane Katrina hit  New Orleanians sought shelter in states like Florida. This weekend Floridians did the same when thousands fled Irma by driving in their cars to New Orleans.

A tragic ending in the search for a nine year old girl on the North Shore . Authorities confirm searchers found the body of little Gabrielle McCoy.

Members of a New Orleans family became the latest victims of crimes as they stood in their driveway Wednesday night.

At any moment when you get behind the wheel of a vehicle, just one collision alone can drastically alter your life. It happened to one North Shore  mother who is also a St Tammany Parish Sheriff's deputy.

It was a packed Easter Holiday weekend across the Metropolitan New Orleans area.

Family members identify two of the three people killed in a triple homicide in New Orleans East, Saturday night.

Do you have an escape plan if you had to quickly flee flames and smoke in your home?

NOPD Detective Charlie Hoffacker works with a team of investigators tackling high-profile crimes. They have a front row seat to the gory side of New Orleans. But away from work… "I can literally paint all day," he said. "Easily."

A St.Tammany Parish Jury awarded  $1.2 million in punitive damages and $112,655 in actual damages to a Mandeville woman and her two children.

A Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Deputy is recovering after an armed man opened fire on him after he responded to a Domestic Disturbance call.

This is a great time to be in Louisiana that's known for some great pecan sweet treats because its National Pecan Day.

Remember when kids use to trade lunches at school. These days it appears that many of them are also ditching their lunches all together.The Nestle Research Center conducted a study of the eating patterns of more than 3,000 children and found many skip lunch during the week and on weekends.It suggests that it's a common practice for children and teens ages 3 to 17. The researchers say this is of great concern to caregivers and school leaders because the lunch meal is where kids primarily get h...

Turns out there is another reason you love comfort foods like mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese or great southern dishes like smothered pork chops. New research shows its not just the taste that attracts you to all those fattening great tasting dishes.

Love is in the air on the first day of spring. It's National Proposal day.

Café Reconcile, known for its tasty dishes, is expanding its programs to help train the next generation of chefs and workers for the local restaurant industry.

Café Reconcile know for its  tasty lunch dishes is expanding its Central City facility to help train even more students to ensure there is a next generation of local restaurant workers.

He already has the 2007 James Beard Award for best Southern Chef. For New Orleans Chef Donald Link that is a huge award because it is the equivalent of winning an Oscar.

A new study may serve to predict which patients are at higher risk for chronic pain, and help develop drugs to prevent it. For the first time, scientists have followed a group of people with the same new

Lung disease kills more people than any other disease worldwide according to the Forum of International Respiratory Societies.

More children are getting hospitalized for high blood pressure according to a study published in the American Heart Association Journal Hypertension.

The family of a New Orleans woman who was murdered and dismembered says it wants to remember 23 year old Jaren Lockhart as a young woman who always had a smile on her face.

A group of seven New Orleans students and their spanish instructor are bound for Peru to help families in poverty stricken neighborhoods.

A huge hit for this year's American Idol winner Phillip Phillips. His first single achieved the second-largest digital-sales week ever for an 'Idol' contestant putting him in the top-10 spot on the Billboard.

Fox's American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez says her dream collaboration for a post American Idol C.D would be rapper Eminem.

Montreal, Canada- Your high-fat diet could cause depression. A new study by the Universite de Montreal linked depression and anxiety in mice. Recent studies increasingly reveal that obesity is linked

It's a cosmetic product known for smoothing away wrinkles, but physicians in New Orleans says there's a surprising new way that Botox is helping patients in dire need rebuild their bodies from strokes.

It was a Louisiana-style entrance for American Idol's Joshua Ledet when he arrived for his hometown concert at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles.

In Westlake, Louisiana an enthusiastic crowd lined the parade route on Saturday to welcome home their favorite hometown son, American Idol's, Joshua Ledet.