Broadmoor house fire kills five
President of the Broadmoor Charter School Board David Winkler-Schmit speaks to the press to attempt to let parents know school would be cancelled on Tuesday at Andrew H. Wilson Charter School. Three...
View ArticleWWII Veteran Thomas Blakey leaves behind the little man
Thomas Blakey was haunted for most of his life by memories from D-Day. At 23-years-old, he was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy around 1am on the...
View ArticleLouisa Mini Mart clerk identifies slain teen as robbery suspect
George Carter, 15, who was shot and killed Oct. 21, 2014, was identified by a Louisa Mini Mart clerk as one of two young teens who held up the store a day before Carter's body was found in a vacant lot...
View ArticleGretna Veterans Day 2014
At Gretna’s Veterans Day program, the American Legion Post 64 Band, directed by Conductor Sherman Leggett played “Taps” to close the uplifting, but poignant program under the marketplace. The “50th...
View ArticleGretna Veterans Day 2014
At Gretna’s Veterans Day program the American Legion Post 64 Band, directed by Conductor Sherman Leggett played a variety of military music with special crowd pleasers like the “Service Medley” and...
View ArticleMetairie students raise flag, recite pledge
International School of Louisiana students received a new flag from Josh Bravo, a crew chief with the 159th Fighter Wing Louisiana Air National Guard in Belle Chasse. Bravo son, Bennet Bravo, attends...
View ArticleGov. Bobby Jindal's controversial travel and campaign expenses
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View ArticleFrench Quarter residents on edge after Monday morning robbery
The New Orleans Police Department is searching for a suspect in a Monday morning robbery in the 800 block of Burgundy Street. French Quarter residents are now on edge about there safety walking the...
View ArticleAttorney Robert Meadows, representing Chevron, discusses energy companies'...
Attorney Robert Meadows, who represents Chevron, discusses a federal court hearing Wednesday on energy companies' motions to kill a wetlands damage lawsuit filed against them by the Southeast Louisiana...
View ArticleLevee authority President Stephen Estopinal discusses hearing on wetlands...
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East President Stephen Estopinal discusses a Wednesday federal court hearing on motions filed by energy companies to dismiss the authority's wetlands...
View ArticleNOPD mishandled rapes, OIG says (Fox8 Video)
Five NOPD detectives have been transferred to street patrol and are under internal investigation after the city's inspector general found they systematically failed to investigate and document...
View ArticleIan Somerhalder on fracking
Actor Ian Somerhalder explains why he made the trip home to attend fracking hearing in St. Tammany Parish.
View ArticleDennis Watson
Dennis Watson, lead pastor of Celebration Church with locations throughout the New Orleans area, talks about the church as part of its 25th anniversary celebration.
View ArticleNOPD Chief Harrison says sex crimes unit overhauled (Fox 8 video)
NOPD overhauled the Special Victims Section amid an inspector general inquiry into five detective's handling of rape and child abuse cases. Five officers are now on desk duty and remain under internal...
View ArticleOIG investigator Howard Schwartz explains shoddy police work (Fox8 Video)
OIG lead investigator Howard Schwartz explains the lax and shoddy police work detailed in the new report about the NOPD's Special Victims Section.
View ArticleCarrollton resident kills man in his front yard
NOPD Homicide Sgt. Nick Gernon discusses the early police investigation into the fatal shooting by Carrollton resident Bradley Parvez Thursday morning outside the scene at 1932 Fern St.
View ArticleMayor Mitch Landrieu discusses Broadmoor fire
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, at a Nov. 13 news conference, discusses a fire that killed five family members in the Broadmoor neighborhood.
View ArticleJefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand on Grand Isle drug sting
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand describes undercover operation in Grand Isle that led to 20 arrests.
View ArticleTulane panel asks: How do we end sexual assault on campus?
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View ArticleNew St. Bernard DA Perry Nicosia speaks
New St. Bernard DA Perry Nicosia speaks to crowd before being sworn in by parish Clerk of Court Randy Nunez on Nov. 14, 2014, as the parish's first new district attorney in 35 years. Nicosia was...
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