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Silver Alert issued for missing Jefferson Parish man with Alzheimer’s

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By WAFB Staff
According to LSP, Mulleady has a history of getting lost and confused while operating his vehicle.

News

MISSING: Jefferson Parish man with Alzheimer’s last seen driving in St. Bernard

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By FOX 8 Staff
Louisiana State Police have issued a Silver Alert and are asking for the public’s assistance locating Jose Mulleady.

News

Coast Guard responds to oil spill in Terrebonne Bay, La.

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By Bria Gremillion
Anyone who has been impacted can call 281-486-5511.

News

Cantrell creates new Nighttime Economy office to aid New Orleans’ entertainment venues

Updated: 9 hours ago
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By Kaitlin Rust
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell appointed Howie Kaplan as director of the new city office

News

Slain Houma toddler Ezekiel Harry remembered on night of third birthday

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By David Jones
Ezekiel Harry, who was found dead July 12 in Houma, would have turned 3 on Monday (Aug. 8).

News

Transfers of violent offenders from Bridge City Center for Youth still not underway, lawmakers told

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By Rob Masson
State lawmakers were told Monday (Aug. 8) that the promised transfer of violent youth offenders from Bridge City to Angola has yet to take place.

Crime

Additional tips sought after Slidell man’s arrest on child porn allegations

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By Ken Daley
Shaun Dennis of Slidell, 25, was booked on nearly 50 counts related to the production and possession of child pornography, authorities said.

News

Poydras Street pothole causes traffic headache for downtown commuters; City says S&WB must repair leak

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By Olivia Vidal
Auto repair shops in New Orleans do a brisk business repairing damage caused by the city's poorly maintained streets, one mechanic said.

Crimetracker

New Orleans mother accused of stabbing her 2 children was in midst of custody fight, court records show

Updated: 14 hours ago
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By Natasha Robin
New Orleans police confirmed 31-year-old Jenee Pedesclaux is the mother of a 4-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy she is accused of stabbing Sunday (Aug. 8) in their home in the 3100 block of Law Street.

Saints

After Further Review: Five takes from Saints practice #11

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Sean Fazende
Sean Fazende gives his five takes on the Saints 12th practice of training camp.
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Crime

Off-duty NOPD officer robbed by teenager in French Quarter, police say

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Ken Daley
The 23-year-old off-duty police officer was riding a bike in the French Quarter when attacked around 3 a.m., the NOPD said

News

Storms increase this week

Updated: 18 hours ago
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By David Bernard
Heavy rain likely by midweek

News

Troopers urge La. drivers to exercise caution as schools resume

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 7:47 AM CDT
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By WAFB Staff
Troopers along with local law enforcement will be patrolling school zones throughout the state, and speeding will not be tolerated while school zone speed limits are in effect.

School

FOX 8, Salvation Army partner for school supply drive

Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 7:26 AM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
It’s that time of year once again. Students are returning and preparing to return to school in the FOX 8 viewing area.

National

Lil Wayne teases ‘Tha Carter VI’ is ‘coming soon’ during Young Money Reunion concert

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 10:55 PM CDT
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By Marchaund Jones
Lil Wayne fans get ready. “Tha Carter VI” is coming soon.

Crimetracker

Man shot and killed in New Orleans East, police say

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 9:08 PM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
A man was shot and killed in New Orleans East Sunday afternoon.

News

Loranger man dies after a fatal car crash in Tangipahoa Parish Saturday evening, police say

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 5:54 PM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
A 22-year-old man from Loranger died in a fatal crash Saturday evening in Tangipahoa Parish.

Crime

New Orleans mother accused of stabbing 2 toddlers; 1 dead, 1 critical, NOPD says

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 3:57 PM CDT
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By Ken Daley
Police said both juvenile victims were taken by private vehicle to a hospital, where the girl died and the boy was listed in critical condition

News

Sun and storms to start the week

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 3:35 PM CDT
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By David Bernard
Rain and storms likely by midweek

Politics

Tributes pour in after former Louisiana congressman Buddy Leach dies at 88

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 1:14 PM CDT
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By Ken Daley
The Leesville native was elected to Congress in 1978 but fell short in a bid to become Louisiana's governor in 2003.

Politics

Local lawmakers react after former U.S., state lawmaker Buddy Leach dies at 88

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 12:33 PM CDT
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By Johnathan Manning
Leach, a Leesville native, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until 1981.

Weather

Forecasters give wave off coast of Africa 40% chance of forming tropical depression over Atlantic

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 12:32 PM CDT
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By Ken Daley
A tropical depression could form in the Atlantic by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami

National

Mayor, councilmember ‘call for accountability’ following OTR mass shooting

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 11:50 AM CDT
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By FOX19 Digital Staff
Police say shots were fired after a fight broke out between two groups of people.

Crime

Funeral service held for slain rapper JayDaYoungan

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 10:07 AM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
Rapper Javorius Scott, better known as JayDaYoungan, was killed July 27 at age 24 in a Bogalusa double shooting that also wounded his father Kenyatta Scott Sr., police said.

News

Art lovers flock back to Julia Street for White Linen Night

Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 8:34 AM CDT
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By Olivia Vidal
Hundreds of art lovers turned out Saturday (Aug. 6) at Julia Street galleries for New Orleans' first White Linen Night in three years.

Crimetracker

Man arrested after police chase on I-610 Saturday evening, police say

Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 10:13 PM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
A man was arrested following a police chase Saturday evening on I-610.

Crime

Man shot to death Friday in Seventh Ward, NOPD says

Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 9:32 AM CDT
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By Ken Daley
According to the NOPD, Lamar Ford was in the 1300 block of Elysian Fields Avenue on Friday (Aug. 5), when a gunman stepped out of a vehicle and shot him several times.

Crimetracker

‘I let my guard down’: Man attacked over bike on levee in Algiers

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:26 PM CDT
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By Kaitlin Rust
A local business owner is attacked while riding his bike on the levee in Algiers.

News

Insurance Commissioner hopeful the state’s insurance crisis will subside by end of year

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:28 PM CDT
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By David Jones
As Louisiana’s insurance crisis deepens and residents search for answers in the face of rising premiums, the state is putting the blame squarely on the companies that have become insolvent and forced to leave the state.

News

D.A. Jason Williams secures a guilty verdict in a murder case that scarred the St. Roch Community

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT
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By Natasha Robin
In a case that Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams prosecuted himself, along with two other ADAs and a jury found Damond Scott guilty of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and obstruction of justice.

News

New $5 million road and boat launch project almost complete for West End

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 7:57 PM CDT
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By Rob Masson
West End resident proposes bird sanctuary instead of hi rise development

News

Deputies searching for burglars tied to 35 Bridge City car break-ins

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
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By Andrés Fuentes
Surveillance video from a neighbor shows two burglars in hoodies who the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office believes are tied to 35 car break-ins Tuesday (Aug. 2) morning.

Saints

After Further Review: Five takes from Saints practice #9

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 4:43 PM CDT
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By Sean Fazende
Sean Fazende gives his observations from the ninth practice of Saints training camp.

Crime

Lawyer confident Mystikal will be cleared on rape charge

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 11:00 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Mystikal, who grew up in New Orleans and now lives in Prairieville, is accused of attacking a woman, taking her keys and holding her against her will, according to an arrest warrant.

Top Story

Albert Woodfox, Louisiana inmate who spent decades in solitary, dies of COVID-19

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:47 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Woodfox and two other men became known as the “Angola Three” for their decades-long stays in solitary at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and other prisons.

Coast in Crisis

Coastal parishes hope to tap into billions of federal dollars for restoration and flood projects

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:42 PM CDT
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By John Snell
“RISEE ACT” would share oil, gas and wind energy revenue with states.

Crimetracker

WANTED: Man accused of breaking into homes in Lakeview, Lake Vista

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:25 PM CDT
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By Kaitlin Rust
The NOPD is asking for the public’s help with identifying a burglar dressed in a construction vest and hard hat that investigators say has been breaking into homes in the Lakeview and Lake Vista neighborhoods.

News

Mayor Cantrell to push to end the NOPD consent decree, some say it will take more to stop attrition

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:19 PM CDT
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By David Jones
For nearly a decade, the New Orleans Police Department has operated under a federal consent decree agreement with the Department of Justice, with the decree governing systematic reforms at the department. Now, Mayor LaToya Cantrell plans to make the case for the consent decree to be ended, saying NOPD has fulfilled all necessary categories.

Crimetracker

St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office seeks public’s help identifying man wanted for armed robbery

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 8:55 PM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
A man is wanted for robbing a store at gunpoint in Chalmette Thursday evening

News

Another insurance company drops out of La. as thousands of homeowners scramble for coverage this hurricane season

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 8:12 PM CDT
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By Olivia Vidal
A spokesperson from Donelon’s offices said there are about 84,000 policyholders without coverage in the state.

News

New Orleans City Council votes on safeguards for facial recognition technology

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 8:04 PM CDT
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By Andrés Fuentes
Before the city council voted on Ordinance 33,809, local advocates spoke out about their concerns with how the NOPD is now allowed to use facial recognition software.

News

‘My focus is on those officers’: Mayor Cantrell outlines steps to help retain police officers

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 7:09 PM CDT
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By Rob Masson
Mayor Latoya Cantrell this afternoon outlined several steps which she hopes will help retain police officers, as she criticized public officials and the media.

Crimetracker

Two dead, one injured in Lower 9th Ward shootings, police say

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 6:53 PM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
Two men were killed and another injured Thursday afternoon in the Lower 9th Ward in two separate shootings according to NOPD.

Events

Buku Fest won’t return in 2023, organizers say

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 4:27 PM CDT
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By Shan Bailey
Producers for the Buku Art + Music Project say they’re pulling the plug, for now. Organizers announced the festival will not return for 2023.

Forecast

Deep summer pattern continues

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 2:54 PM CDT
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By David Bernard
Rain chances higher next week

Crime

Houma man arrested in possession of too many sharks, meth in Oyster Bayou, LDWF says

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 11:29 AM CDT
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By Mykal Vincent
A Houma man was arrested for allegedly catching too many sharks and having meth in his possession, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Crimetracker

‘Habitual offender’ sentenced to 55 years after stealing car with no gas in it

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:26 AM CDT
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By Mykal Vincent
Arsenio Wells carjacked a man who was trying to pump gas, and was captured after police spotted him at another gas station in the stolen vehicle.

State

Coast Guard responds to oil discharge near Bayou Sorrel; no impact to wildlife

Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 9:59 AM CDT
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By WAFB Staff
The Coast Guard continues to monitor the clean-up efforts Thursday, Aug. 4, after oil was discharged from the WCC Energy facility in the vicinity of Frog Lake near Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana.

News

New Orleans traffic and municipal court still out of commission after roof damage from storms

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:54 PM CDT
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By FOX 8 Staff
New Orleans traffic and municipal court is still out of commission after storms last Thursday (July 28) took part of the roof off the temporary building where judges have been working since Hurricane Ida.

News

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner holds town hall amid ongoing homeowners insurance crisis

Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:52 PM CDT
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By David Jones
A question and answer event at the University of New Orleans, focused on the state’s continuing homeowner’s insurance crisis, drew a large crowd as Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon fielded questions.
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