Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 5:10 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Council members allege that the administration violated city policy, broke procurement law, and potentially even state law when over 100,000 pamphlets were sent out.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 4:14 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Mayor Cantrell's choice for the NOPD's top job will go before the city council for final confirmation.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 5:37 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
About 700 people are still living in temporary housing in Lafourche Parish.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 9:13 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A dozen officers were sworn in Friday (Aug. 25) as the newest members of the New Orleans Police Department.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 4:21 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The New Orleans City Council overrides Mayor LaToya Cantrell's veto of an ordinance preventing her use of the Upper Pontalba Apartment
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 5:46 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Plaza Tower has been abandoned since before Katrina.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Lawyers for four teenagers accused in the horrific carjacking and dragging death of Linda Frickey are requesting the trial date be pushed back.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 5:55 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Daphne Jackson, the 25-year-old shooter responsible for the fatal shooting of a Bourbon Street bartender and the injury of a tourist, has been found guilty by a jury of manslaughter and aggravated assault.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2023 at 3:46 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Josh Roberson
Rapid fire gunshots lasted nearly a full 60 seconds when police say two men were injured early Thursday (Aug. 17) morning.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 5:46 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Michelle Woodfork is one of four individuals currently under consideration for the New Orleans Police Department’s top job.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The new systems should be installed by mid-2025
Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 8:23 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The simulator can play more than 800 video scenarios, including active shooter situations
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 1:27 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The new ordinance puts the apartment back on the market, which the Inspector General said could generate nearly $36,000 a year for the city in rent.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 5:34 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Nearly 12 kilos of fentanyl, worth $300,000, was taken off the street. In all, 131 people were arrested.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 8:00 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Health officials have noted a concerning rise in COVID-19 cases in the city.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 5:41 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A grieving mother seeks answers and justice a year after her son was killed
Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 6:27 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Frustration across New Orleans is growing as one vehicle after another is broken into and windows smashed.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 6:57 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Councilmembers questioned the city's intention to sue for relief
Updated: Jul. 21, 2023 at 11:54 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Helena Moreno warns she will not vote to confirm any police chief appointment unless more information is provided to the council.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans is being fined $50,00 a month starting now after more than 50 NOPD officers retired from the force in the past two years.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2023 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Mayor Cantrell faces transparency concerns as she reveals interim NOPD Superintendent as one of six semi-finalists in the search for a new police chief.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2023 at 4:51 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The adults ran into the room to find Dereon Reed shot in the head.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2023 at 4:22 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Gunmen opened fire into a crowd of people leaving a bereavement ceremony in Vacherie, striking a 6-year-old boy, officials say.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2023 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Vendors speculate more people than usual left town this holiday weekend
Updated: Jul. 3, 2023 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Gunfire left the Marigny bar pock-marked late Saturday night with tourists and locals inside
Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 8:49 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A Metairie daycare center faces a wave of public outrage and an ongoing investigation after a video depicting disturbing incidents of alleged child abuse circulated widely on social media.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 6:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Dozens graduated after passing their high school equivalency through the Youth Empowerment Project in New Orleans.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2023 at 5:53 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
The New Orleans Police Department has increased its enforcement of minor and felony gun offenses.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2023 at 8:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
A series of social media posts capturing ATV riders performing stunts and causing traffic congestion on the city’s interstate has ignited a debate about public safety and effective law enforcement.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2023 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
An attack with an altered baseball bat in Kenner has left a man fighting for his life.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New details have emerged in the death of Hilbert Walker III, a 23-year-old Mandina’s employee who was fatally shot while working during the first weekend of Jazz Fest.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Carjacking leads to police chase, resulting in the arrest of three suspects who had stolen vehicles and firearms in their possession.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 12:15 PM CDT
|By Josh Roberson and Natasha Robin
Judge Kimya Holmes found Lenyra Theophile competent to stand trial alongside her co-defendants.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
An alarming rise in mass shootings in New Orleans, fueled by social media messages, continues to contribute to a wave of violence in the city.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Attorneys spar in court over the admissibility of expert testimony on juvenile brain development in murder trial.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans neighborhoods on edge after recent violent crimes.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 4:29 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
New Orleans Mayor responds to funding request for Bayou Phoenix project, emphasizing the need for developer's financial commitments.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 8:50 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In New Orleans, auto thefts have reached alarming levels.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 11:31 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Meg Gatto
New taxpayer funding requests for the Bayou Phoenix project caught some city officials by surprise
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 7:58 AM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
According to the MCC, the NOPD has investigated a total of 101 homicides so far this year, with 11 of those occurring within the past week.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Three women have lost their lives in separate incidents over the past 24 hours, adding to the concerning rise in the number of female victims across the city.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
DEA operation nets thousands of arrests, seizure of massive drug and weapon cache, exposing the connection between Mexican Cartels and drug-related violence in New Orleans.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 11:09 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Two employees were murdered outside two famous New Orleans restaurants in the past six weeks
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Four juveniles accused of going on a crime spree in Gentilly on Sunday have been linked to additional crimes, according to the police.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In new court documents obtained by Fox 8, disputes between Bella Fontenelle's mother and her accused killer span back to 2021.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Sully Simmons was killed on her sister's birthday, who was killed 14 years ago.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
Interim Supt. Michelle Woodfork has asked for additional help as the NOPD teams up with LSP to launch the third Operation Golden Eagle.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 3:54 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Natasha Robin
The toddler boy strapped into a car seat was unharmed in the back seat, police said
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 8:27 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
An Eleanor McMain student, just 12 days away from graduating, lost his life to gun violence. He’s one of three juveniles killed in four separate shootings in New Orleans.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 6:05 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin
In a normally quiet neighborhood, in the 1100 block of City Park Avenue, a 66-year-old woman was held up at gunpoint.