Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 12:44 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
The former Xavier University student reportedly was shot by a gunman who opened fire outside a nightclub
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 2:04 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
The officer is retired with more than 30 years of service and a reserve sergeant currently assigned to the training academy as an instructor, a spokesman said.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 12:50 AM CST
|By Ken Daley, Rob Masson, FOX 8 Staff and Gray News staff
The suspect is being held without bond on several charges, including first-degree murder.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2022 at 4:16 AM CST
|By Ken Daley and Gray News staff
The shooting was the second in the area in the span of five hours.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 4:30 PM CST
|By Ken Daley, Kaitlin Rust and Andrew McMunn
The dog's owners said they had only spent a short time in New Orleans when their vehicle and dog were stolen.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2022 at 9:33 AM CST
|By Ken Daley
The NOPD said the armed robbery suspect was gunned down after entering a business through its back door around 9:48 p.m.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 11:07 AM CST
|By Ken Daley and Josh Roberson
More than 10 years after a five-alarm fire destroyed its factory in Faubourg Marigny, the New Orleans institution Hubig's Pies is back.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2022 at 10:30 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
The victims were injured Sunday just before 6 a.m., police said
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Texas are working with police in Louisiana to locate a missing junior high school teacher after her car was found in New Orleans.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 5:49 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Gray News Staff
A 16-year-old boy is in custody after robbing an off-duty New Orleans police officer early Monday in the French Quarter.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:49 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Gray News staff
A New Orleans police officer was arrested for allegedly driving drunk while on duty and crashing his marked cruiser into several vehicles.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 9:04 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
The victim was shot in the 100 block of Bourbon Street, the first block off Canal Street, the NOPD said
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 8:54 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Louisiana made a grim discovery Tuesday evening while searching for a missing 2-year-old boy.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 4:21 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Gray News staff
Police have not said if any charges will be filed in connection to the boy’s death.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 6:29 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Joey Chestnut has won the Nathan's hot dog eating contest in 14 of the past 15 years, and set a record last year by consuming 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 12:36 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Brown was wanted in two states, accused of killing a woman in New Orleans and shooting a Tennessee police officer during a traffic stop.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2022 at 12:13 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Brandon Rock, 18, was booked Friday (June 10) on single counts of manslaughter and illegally carrying a weapon on school property.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley, FOX 8 Staff and Gray News staff
One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting Tuesday outside a high school graduation ceremony that had just concluded at Xavier University, New Orleans police said.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 1:23 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Gray News staff
The suspect was arrested and faces multiple charges, including attempted first degree murder.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 5:59 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Drew Brees says he's 'undecided' on his future following a media report that he's out after one season as an NFL analyst on NBC Sports.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Jordan Gartner
Officials in Louisiana report a group of nine people was able to be rescued over the weekend after their boat capsized.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 2:59 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
New Orleans police were working Monday (May 2) to recover a dead body tangled in wood debris from the Mississippi River.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 12:09 AM CDT
|By Amanda Alvarado, Ken Daley, Amanda Roberts and FOX 8 Staff
Rescue crews searched more than 93 miles along the Mississippi River with a combined 55 total hours.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2022 at 6:56 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Three children were missing Saturday night (April 23) after plunging into the Mississippi River in New Orleans, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 6:41 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Andrew McMunn
A police officer with the New Orleans Police Department was arrested on allegations of dealing crack cocaine.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 12:01 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Gray News staff
Chris Frantz's post was accompanied by a photo showing the couple’s crumpled white Ford SUV, which appears to have been totaled in the violent collision.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2022 at 1:11 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
The body of an unknown male was pulled out of the Mississippi River near downtown New Orleans, after it was spotted floating in the water Friday evening (March 18).
Updated: Mar. 5, 2022 at 12:32 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
David Rester Jr. of Vidalia, La., was arrested Saturday (March 4) on suspicion of robbing a bank in Waveland, Miss., and is also suspected of murdering Bogalusa bar owner Marl Smith on March 3, authorities said.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 5:16 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
Saints defensive coordinator Dennis Allen, 49, is the team's choice to succeed Sean Payton as head coach.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2022 at 9:09 AM CST
|By Ken Daley
David Mack, 62, was booked with animal cruelty and gun counts after allegedly shooting the family German shepherd during a domestic dispute inside a home in Talisheek, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2022 at 2:03 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
A Tulane University student who met a potential match through an online dating app was raped by the man last month in her on-campus residence, the university’s police department said Saturday (Feb. 5).
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 10:20 AM CST
|By Ken Daley and Gray News Staff
Louisiana authorities said a 4-year-old died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while adults were smoking marijuana in a car.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 5:00 PM CST
|By Ken Daley and Debra Worley
Four family members, including two children, were killed when a fire raged through a home that was equipped with one inoperative smoke detector, fire officials said.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 12:32 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
The gruesome details were contained in an arrest warrant affidavit for 34-year-old Benjamin Beale, who was booked with obstruction of justice in a death investigation and several drug and weapons charges.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2022 at 12:38 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
Three separate incidents of gunplay on New Year's Eve left a New Orleans boy wounded and two juvenile teens arrested, the NOPD said
Updated: Dec. 25, 2021 at 7:46 AM CST
|By Ken Daley
Juwaine Ashford, 21, was booked with negligent homicide after New Orleans police said he fatally shot a 22-year-old man 'inadvertently' on the way to a fishing hole.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 2:00 PM CST
|By Ken Daley
The Saints' social media crew fired some Twitter shots following Sunday's 9-0 victory at Tampa Bay
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:58 AM CST
|By Ken Daley
Actor Josh Duhamel has been chosen to reign as Bacchus when the Mardi Gras parade rolls in New Orleans on Feb. 27, 2022
Garth Brooks has sold out 102,000 tickets for April show in Baton Rouge; Orlando show on sale Friday
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 6:45 AM CST
|By Ken Daley
Garth Brooks has sold 102,000 tickets for his April 30 show in Baton Rouge, making it one of the top two largest crowds ever for a North American stadium show
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 6:10 AM CST
|By Ken Daley, Josh Roberson, FOX 8 Staff and Gray News staff
Passengers said they were required to show proof of vaccination before boarding in New Orleans and were tested for COVID-19 exposure on Saturday before disembarking Sunday.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 8:08 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
NFL insider Ian Rapoport said Wednesday (Nov. 3) that Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas has encountered a 'new issue' further delaying his return from ankle surgery.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 12:39 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Gray News staff
The charges could be punishable by up to 10 years in prison, according to the district attorney.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 5:27 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Gray News staff
Firefighters quickly discovered that the fire was in an extremely difficult place to fight. Several firefighters had to gear up and climb to the roof while they attacked the fire from both inside and outside of the dome.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
An intense fire billowed from the Superdome roof Tuesday (Sept. 21).
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Amanda Alvarado and Ken Daley
A Louisiana man with trash collection complaints was arrested Sunday after threatening to shoot New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell in a recorded call to 911.
Entergy says more than 525K customers have power back statewide, including 75 percent of New Orleans
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 10:53 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Entergy Louisiana said Tuesday (Sept. 7) that power has been restored to more than 525,000 customers statewide nine days after Hurricane Ida.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 6:17 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
New Orleans gasoline prices soared nearly 16 cents per gallon in the first week after Hurricane Ida
Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
New Orleans' Sewerage and Water Board on Monday (Sept. 6) urged residents to make water conservation efforts until the city's wastewater system is operating at full capacity
Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 10:49 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Entergy New Orleans said Monday (Sept. 6) that it has restored power to 70 percent of its New Orleans customers
Updated: Sep. 4, 2021 at 12:00 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
The JPSO said 20-year-old Walter Sippio of New Orleans turned himself in for the fatal shooting of Metairie motorist Dwayne Nosacka, 36, during a gas station line dispute on Sept. 3.
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