A Tangipahoa Parish homeowner says he’s furious about an Entergy project taking place just feet from his backyard. He reached out to the FOX 8 Defenders for help as the utility says it’s simply trying to help customers across the state.
An elderly, disabled woman credits the FOX 8 Defenders with reaching out to city leaders, getting her help. It comes after a tree company left behind a mess in front of her Algiers home.
The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board fills in a six foot deep hole that it left on a Central City street for over a year. The work came just one day after the agency told FOX 8 it wouldn’t immediately fix what neighbors called a public safety risk.
he New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board dug a hole on Amelia Street, stretching approximately 10 feet wide and six feet deep. But more than a year later, the agency says it won’t fill it in until a nearby homeowner takes action on their property.
The felony payroll fraud case against fired NOPD Sgt. Henry Burke has been referred to the U.S. attorney’s office for a possible federal investigation, a source confirmed to FOX 8.
An elderly New Orleans homeowner is grateful after a Good Samaritan repaired the fence she says a Sewerage and Water Board crew damaged, saving her money for cancer bills.
An 81 year old cancer patient says a Sewerage and Water Board crew fixing a leak damaged her wrought iron fence. She filed a claim but after months of waiting, the utility denied it.
St. Bernard Parish cut ties with CivicSource, but unresolved property sales remain. One homeowner says he is out thousands and still waiting for answers.
NOPD is expanding biometric timekeeping to all scheduled shifts and overtime assignments after Fox 8’s Unchecked Overtime investigation uncovered officers at home while timesheets showed they were working.
An online auction platform used by people on both sides of the lake faces more consumer complaints. We first told you last month about CivicSource and the civil lawsuit filed against it. Now, we’re learning the St. Tammany Parish District Attorney is also looking into the company.
A new court filing says prosecutors want jurors to hear evidence that Mayor LaToya Cantrell kept publicly wearing a gold NOPD ring they say Jeffrey Vappie gave her
A new owner holds the keys to The Willows apartments in New Orleans East. The long troubled complex was auctioned off Friday, four years after the FOX 8 Defenders first started investigating the property and the complaints from residents about their deplorable living conditions.
The Willows apartment complex, in New Orleans East, went up for public auction Friday. Despite no one bidding on the property, which has been the subject of a number of FOX 8 Defenders investigations, community stakeholders say they’re hopeful someone will take over soon and clean up the place.
A major milestone Thursday for a long abandoned historic site in Algiers. Crews launched the renovation phase of a project meant to breathe new life into the old Touro Shakspeare Home, the subject of a number of FOX 8 Defenders reports.
