Natasha Robin
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Emmy and Regional Murrow award winning reporter, Natasha Robin was born and raised in St. Bernard Parish. She started her career right here at FOX 8 News at just 17years old as a Production Assistant.
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Five tenants from different sites in New Orleans lost their lives.
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We’re just days away from the parade that could determine what the upcoming Carnival Season will look like.
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A week after a shooting outside of an Uptown church killed two and injured two others, New Orleans Police arrested 22-year-old Nairobi Davis.
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City Council members say they want to make sure what happened in some senior facilities after Hurricane Ida doesn’t happen again.
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NOPD Chief Shaun Ferguson called the city’s violence over the past week alarming.
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People who live in a normally quiet Uptown neighborhood are still shaken over the brazen shooting that unfolded in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon.
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Gayle Benson, Benson plans to one day gift the proceeds from the sale of the Saints and Pelicans to the New Orleans area.
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Doctors say the possibility of a new drug is exciting in the fight against COVID. The drugmaker, Merck, is now seeking authorization for the first antiviral pill for COVID.
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The New Orleans Council grilled the Mayor’s administration about how the city’s monitoring trash collection.
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Doctors are encouraged by the latest COVID data that shows a decrease in both the positivity rate and hospitalization.
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Nearly a month after Hurricane Ida churned through the city, trash is still piling up outside of some homes.
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New Orleans City Council members pressed Entergy New Orleans on Wednesday about its response to the extensive power outages following Ida.
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“The fire was in a very inaccessible place. So we needed to have enough firefighters to cover a large amount of area so it wouldn’t get out of control more than it already was,” said Michael Williams of the New Orleans Fire Dept.
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Attorneys say Entergy knew of deficiencies in their infrastructure yet failed to act upon them.
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An Ochsner resident with limited mobility began to panic when Ida began dumping water inside of her apartment.
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Laplace residents gut homes and prepare for rebuilding, but some are deciding whether to come back or not.
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Heavy downpours from Tropical Storm Nicholas are making an even bigger mess.
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Parish leaders say while the cleanup from Ida will go on for weeks, everyone should secure their property and stay weather aware.
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In the aftermath of Ida, the city’s Health Department visited 32 facilities in New Orleans.
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Ida’s wind ripped off rooftops and the rain and storm surge swamped homes. The damage is everywhere.
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Doctors say several unvaccinated pregnant women are now being hospitalized and patients overall are getting much younger.
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Officer Briscoe was shot to death while off-duty on a trip to Houston.
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Thousands are expected to attend the Saints’ pre-season game in the dome Monday night. But, things will be different for the fans.
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As the care for COVID patients rises, doctors at Ochsner cancel more than a thousand surgeries.
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While the number of patients in the hospital isn’t changing a whole lot, doctors are now admitting more people to the ICU, and placing them on ventilators.
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In 24 hours, New Orleans police have investigated three homicides, a double shooting, and the shooting of a 17-year-old.
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The additional shot is to boost a person’s immunity.
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COVID testing sites and clinics have been packed with people wanting to know if they have COVID.
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Staffed hospital beds are becoming more scarce and doctors say they’re working to keep patients away from the hospital.
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Katelyn Palmer was certain she’d never get the COVID vaccine until the unimaginable happened.
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Pharmacies in New Orleans are selling out before they can re-stock.
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The level of concern for hospital leaders continues to rise.
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COVID-19 is putting an extreme strain on Louisiana’s healthcare system.
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Chief Medical Officer of Ochsner, Dr. Robert Hart, says while the numbers go up there aren’t many patients in the ICU. Still, he worries that could change.
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548 COVID patients are now hospitalized in Ochsner hospitals, a 75% increase from a week ago. Hospital leaders say it has evolved to become a pandemic of the un-vaccinated.
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Councilmembers agree; something must be done to close a communication gap related to tracking criminals with ankle monitors.
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The latest Metropolitan Crime Commission report gives the public a chance to see the types of crime unfolding in each particular neighborhood.
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Police say 19-year-old Alvin Severin Jr. slit his pregnant girlfriend’s throat and beat her with a hammer.
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NOPD says it’s addressing violent crime, as well as quality of life issues throughout French Quarter
During the French Quarter Management District meeting, the NOPD gave an update on crime statistics and what the department is doing to reduce crime in the area. Commander Jeffrey Walls says the Eighth District is working to get illegal guns off the street. He says the NOPD’s made seven illegal gun arrests in the past two weeks.
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On Friday morning, JPSO had a full complement of search and rescue crews near the Twin Canals on Barataria Boulevard.
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More than a dozen men and women graduated today from the NOPD Police Academy. They took the oath of office to become a New Orleans Police Officer at a time when there’s a serious manpower shortage in the department, as well as a rising violent crime rate.
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Three men are in jail and police are searching for the fourth they believe to be responsible for giving a woman a fatal amount of narcotics in Houma.
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NOPD Chief Shaun Ferguson said once jury trials resume, he believes it could have an impact on those committing violent crimes across New Orleans.
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Investigators had a busy holiday weekend. More than a dozen people were shot across New Orleans adding to an already high violent crime rate.
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A group of 39 people fulfilled their dreams of becoming an American citizen Friday morning in New Orleans.
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Findings from a new survey conducted by the New Orleans Crime Coalition show the majority of the city’s residents do not feel New Orleans is safe.
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An Assistant District Attorney was terminated after failing to notify the victim of significant changes to the charges against her alleged attacker.
The D.A. admits no one reached out to the victim in a plea negotiation that sent her juvenile attacker to boot camp.
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The station worker says on average, there’s an incident every two weeks.
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“We plan to be part of making sure that justice is served so that there is not another family grieving like us,” says Stephanie Oliver.