NOPD gives details of homicide at N.O. East Burger King
NOPD spokesman Frank B. Robertson III gives details at the scene as police investigate the shooting death of a man in the parking lot of the Burger King on Chef Menteur in New Orleans East on Friday...
View ArticleMother of slain infant pleas for killers to come forward
Mother of slain 7-month-old infant, Deshawn Kinard pleas for the killers to come forward.
View ArticleToday's weather from FOX 8 meteorologist Chris Franklin: Monday, Nov. 18, 2013
Today's forecast from meteorologist Chris Franklin (Twitter: @CFranklinFOX8) at our weather partner, FOX 8 …
View ArticleSlidell's 125th birthday toast 2013
The City of Slidell celebrated its 125th birthday Nov. 16, 2013, in Olde Towne Slidell.
View ArticleVideo shows male suspect burglarizing vehicle
A male suspect is seen stealing from a vehicle early Monday morning in Baton Rouge.
View ArticleObamacare comparisons to Hurricane Katrina not accurate, politcial experts,...
As President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act has stumbled out of the gates, some Republicans had harsh criticisms last week. They compared his administration's response to repairing the online...
View ArticleToday's weather from FOX 8 meteorologist Chris Franklin: Tuesday, Nov. 19 , 2013
Today's forecast from meteorologist Chris Franklin (Twitter: @CFranklinFOX8) at our weather partner, FOX 8 …
View ArticleCASA Jefferson celebrates National Adoption Week
CASA Jefferson is teaming up with other child welfare agencies this week to celebrate National Adoption Day, which is observed the Saturday before Thanksgiving each year. To kick off the event, CASA...
View ArticleSearching for Lee Harvey Oswald’s New Orleans homes
Take a video tour of the New Orleans homes of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man widely believed to have assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
View ArticleCampaign contributions at the Jefferson Parish Council: Louisiana Purchased
In this video, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune's Manuel Torres and WVUE Fox 8's Lee Zurik explain what they found when they delved into campaign contributions and their role in contracting at the...
View ArticleJefferson Parish known for pay-to-play contracting: Louisiana Purchased
Jefferson Parish is known as a bastion of pay-to-play contracting, and there’s a reason. Almost 50 percent of campaign contributions to council members and parish presidents between 2009 and 2012 came...
View ArticleJohn Barry explains creation of Restore Louisiana Now non-profit organization
Former Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East vice president John Barry explains that a new non-profit organization, Restore Louisiana Now, was created to defend the authority's decision...
View ArticleMich Landrieu remarks at Riverwalk renovation gathering
Developers with the Howard Hughes Corp. give a tour of the renovations at the Riverwalk, which is being turned into an outlet mall in New Orleans, Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013. (David Grunfeld, Nola.com / The...
View ArticleBid vs. non-bid work in Jefferson Parish: Louisiana Purchased
In another episode of 'Louisiana Purchased,' WVUE's Lee Zurik teams up with Nola.com | The Times-Picayune's Manuel Torres to uncover the huge discrepancy in how contracts are awarded in Jefferson Parish.
View ArticleColonial Golf and Country Club vote forces Harahan to consider change
The former site of a plantation and a country club sits empty, awaiting a decision from Harahan's City Council that could come as early as Thurs., Nov. 21, and could shape its future.
View ArticleTaxicab Altercation
A video taken of a Nov. 9 altercation between a French Quarter tour guide and Wilton Joiner, an inspector with the Taxicab Bureau, shows the presence of Malachi Hull. Witnesses say Hull, the head of...
View ArticlePatricia Chandler describes Clay Shaw
Chandler, a former resident of the Spanish Stables - a French Quarter building renovated by Shaw - describes opening her home to the local businessman, after he was indicted by Jim Garrison.
View ArticleFrank Minyard describes his friend Jim Garrison
The Orleans Parish coroner, a long time personal friend of Jim Garrison, describes the former district attorney's huge intelligence.
View ArticleOswald's Cuban Connections
Fifty years after the Kennedy assassination, Cubans living in New Orleans still remember Lee Harvey Oswald's attempts to connect to their homeland.
View ArticleNew Orleans City Council approves the mayor's sanitation fee collection proposal
The New Orleans City Council voted in favor of a new ordinance that would give the Sewerage & Water Board the authority to terminate the water service of those who fail to pay their monthly garbage...
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