Updated: Sep. 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM HST
|By Maddie Kerth, Jennifer Crockett, FOX 8 Staff and Gray News staff
Four people were stabbed to death and a child was critically wounded Saturday night in Houma, Louisiana, authorities said.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Gray News staff
Authorities say the baby suffered second-degree burns to the buttocks and genitals.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM HST
|By Andrés Fuentes and FOX 8 Staff
Detectives said the driver was a 15-year-old boy, but the agency withheld the suspect’s identity because he is a juvenile.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2026 at 7:02 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Akim Powell
Actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff
The victim was identified as a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A 73-year-old man in Louisiana is accused of trying to buy a 10-month-old girl at an auction house.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Akim Powell
A police officer in New Orleans is accused of providing a minor with his sperm in hopes of getting her pregnant.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A grandmother in Louisiana is accused of striking and killing her 5-year-old grandson with her vehicle in a driveway while under the influence.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff, Andrés Fuentes and Gray News staff
Some male middle school students reportedly shared AI-created nude photos of multiple female students on a school bus and at school.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Dorothy Sedovic
The last of 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail in May has been captured, according to the U.S. Marshals.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM HST
|By Gabby Killett, FOX 8 Staff and Gray News staff
The body of a missing boater recovered from Lake Pontchartrain has been identified as a local college professor.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM HST
|By Maddie Kerth, Dorothy Sedovic and FOX 8 Staff
A man is now working to rebuild his life after he was mistakenly accused of killing a 6-year-old boy in a hit-and-run.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A man in Louisiana has been arrested after authorities say he shot a pregnant teenager in the head during a road rage situation.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Gray News staff
Cadaver dogs joined the search in Louisiana for 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez, who has been missing since Thursday
Updated: Jul. 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff
A woman facing felony charges is accused of fraudulently obtaining Medicaid benefits while generating millions in business revenue.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Amanda Alvarado
A father was rescued from a river after his 10-year-old daughter paddled downstream for help.
Updated: May 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff, Gabby Killett and Akim Powell
The maintenance worker arrested after 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail says he only helped because he was threatened.
Updated: May 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Debra Worley
An Orleans Parish jail maintenance worker was arrested on Monday on allegations he helped facilitate the escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center last Friday.
Updated: May 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM HST
|By Dorothy Sedovic and FOX 8 Staff
Seven inmates, including three charged with murder, remain at large after they escaped a jail in New Orleans early Friday morning.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Gray News staff
The World Meteorological Organization has retired more hurricane names following a deadly and destructive 2024 season.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff
The cause of death was later determined to be blunt force trauma following an autopsy.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Debra Worley
A woman in Louisiana was arrested after being accused of killing her boyfriend over an argument about breakfast food, according to the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Dorothy Sedovic
The FBI released an update on their investigation into the possible motive behind the Bourbon Street attack.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Emily Van de Riet
Officials have named 12 of the 14 victims killed in the New Year’s Day terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM HST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Emily Van de Riet
Surveillance footage reveals the exact moment a terror suspect hit the gas and drove a truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early New Year’s Day.




































