Andrés Fuentes
Multimedia Journalist
New Orleans, La.

Andrés Fuentes is a New Orleans native and a 2020 graduate of Loyola University. He joined the FOX 8 News Team in January 2022 as a Multimedia Journalist.
Andrés is a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and comes to FOX 8 having already won awards for his work as a college journalist.
You can follow him on Twitter @news_fuentes or send him an email at andres.fuentes@gray.tv.
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Updated: Nov. 22, 2023 at 9:39 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
Local grocery stores welcomed a steady stream of customers making their final purchases before Thanksgiving Day.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2023 at 4:49 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
About a dozen homes on Ursuline and Salcedo Street had their parked cars smashed into overnight.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2023 at 10:17 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
The city is working with UNITY of Greater New Orleans to find homes for as many people in the encampment as possible
Updated: Nov. 10, 2023 at 4:07 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
State and Jefferson Parish officials aim to transform the Shrine into a multi-event facility operable throughout the year.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2023 at 3:44 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
The Central City Library has been shuttered since August.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 5:08 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
Rebuilding has been difficult for Seyli Molina, especially amid her battle with Stage 3 metastatic endometrial cancer.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 4:36 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes, Rob Masson and Chris Welty
I-10 near Michoud Boulevard and Irish Bayou is closed in both directions Tuesday (Nov. 7) due to multiple early morning accidents as fog and smoke from nearby marsh fires limit visibility on the road.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2023 at 10:10 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
En la cuadra 2100 de Willow Street, Evelin Castillo pasó la tarde del viernes esperando a que se pusiera el sol para poder sacar sus sartenes, platos de poliestireno y otros utensilios de cocina para una noche de freír pescado, costillas, pollo y chuletas de cerdo.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2023 at 9:54 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identifies the Oct. 29 homicide victim as 21-year-old Mayno Luis Castillo. Officials say he was killed around 6:30 p.m. at a park on Granville St.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2023 at 5:21 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Louisiana's youth face a staggering risk, with juvenile gun-related deaths doubling the national average, according to experts.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2023 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Promyse Ordon was fatally shot at the Parc Fountaine Apartments, leaving her mother devastated
Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
La Oficina del Sheriff de Jefferson Parish investiga una denuncia de que un maestro de Adams Middle estranguló a un estudiante de sexto grado el 17 de octubre.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
His mother says bruises were all over her son's neck and lower jaw.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2023 at 4:52 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes and David Jones
No NOPD units were immediately available when a mother called to report her ex-husband threatening to burn her house down with their three children inside.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2023 at 1:47 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The defense sought permission to select their own lab for the testing, in addition to the state lab’s analysis.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2023 at 8:58 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office reports deputies were trying to stop a man on West Esplanade westbound past Severn Ave around 1:20 a.m. Eventually, the man stopped near the Carthage St. intersection and ran northbound.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The Department of Education is investigating potential discrimination in the Jefferson Parish public school system following closures that disproportionately affected Black, Latino, and disabled students.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:33 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ latest reading, the saltwater wedge in the Mississippi River is about 10 miles away from the Belle Chasse and Braithwaithe water plants.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:25 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The saltwater wedge in the Mississippi River quickly moves through Plaquemines Parish and state emergency officials believe it will reach St. Bernard Parish in the first week of October.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 4:45 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes and Parker Boyd
The Army Corps of Engineers and state emergency officials warn Belle Chasse residents that saltwater could reach nearby water intakes in the first week of October, threatening drinking water for all of Plaquemines Parish.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 4:20 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The goal is to have a new space in the city that promotes a modern way of living on par with other cities across the United States, like Boston and Seattle.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Louisiana organizations offer assistance in the aftermath of Idalia and devastating wildfires
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 6:57 AM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
With so much personal data swirling around the internet experts sat scammers have started to pray on anyone that they can.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The heat mixed with one of the driest summers in the book leads to problems below ground.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
An expensive facelift is mostly complete on the north sides of the stadium, while the south side work continues into 2024
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Metairie shooting becomes the ninth JPSO-involved shooting this year.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2023 at 1:11 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Funeral service for Ville Platte Deputy Marshal Barry Giglio
Updated: Aug. 4, 2023 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Some parishes celebrate nearly full teacher staffing ahead of the new school year, while other Louisiana districts continue to struggle with teacher vacancies.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office says the removal will last around 52 days and cost taxpayers $300,000.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2023 at 11:30 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Since at least May, flies and the smell of human excrement have plagued New Orleans homeless encampments because portable toilets set up for the unhoused have not been cleaned properly.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
New Orleans City Council honors LSU baseball star Tre' Morgan III, proclaiming "Tre' Day" for his vital role in the team's CWS Title win
Updated: Jul. 11, 2023 at 11:24 AM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Police went floor-by-floor making sure no one was living in the building before contractors begin installing steel windows to prevent entry or exit.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2023 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Arborists are inspecting the other trees in Jackson Square in an effort to prevent another collapse.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2023 at 1:03 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The board of New Orleans’ 911 center will discuss and could vote Thursday on whether to suspend Director Tyrell Morris.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2023 at 11:51 AM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
A bullet went through the driver’s side window, within inches of her head.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2023 at 2:08 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The news of the Supreme Court rolling back affirmative action for college and university admission stunned many people nationwide, including Fredrick Bell.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2023 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
“For me as the general superintendent, that is somewhat of an embarrassment.”
Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 12:28 AM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
A pesar de los datos de millones de habitantes de Luisiana expuestos por una violación de datos de la Oficina de Vehículos Motorizados, la Oficina de Seguridad Nacional y Preparación para Emergencias del Gobernador dice que ninguna información personal ha sido utilizada o vendida.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2023 at 10:57 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Despite millions of Louisianians’ data being exposed from an Office of Motor Vehicles data breach, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness says none of the personal information has been used or sold off.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2023 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
La Oficina de Vehículos Motorizados (OMV) de Luisiana es una de un número aún indeterminado de entidades gubernamentales, grandes empresas y organizaciones que se verán afectadas por la violación de datos sin precedentes de MOVEit.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2023 at 4:32 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Police say drug users thought they were buying prescription pills like Xanax and Oxycontin from street dealers, but the drugs contained a lethal amount of pure fentanyl.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Ersel Bogan wants to make an impact in the first year of his camp by giving the city’s youth an outlet they might not have otherwise. Especially one 14-year-old boy who just last month tried to steal Bogan’s van, with his trombone, wife’s purse and his firearms inside.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 10:56 AM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
La policía dice que Mechael Yousef Mansoor, de 71 años, de Kenner, fue arrestado el miércoles e inicialmente acusado de lesiones por negligencia y operación imprudente de un vehículo.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 9:00 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
A 12-year-old has been declared brain dead days after a man crashed an ice cream truck into his family’s apartment in Kenner; family members tell Fox 8.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The CEO of Hertz says the company has apologized to and refunded a Puerto Rican man denied a rental car at the New Orleans International Airport.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 12:13 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Kenner Police launch an investigation into one of their officers responding to a disturbance call at MSY
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes and Jordan Gartner
A Puerto Rican man says he was wrongly denied a rental car at an airport even though he had proper identification.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 1:40 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Después de conectar vuelos nocturnos de Puerto Rico a Nueva Orleans, Humberto Marchand simplemente quería recoger su auto alquilado, encontrar una cena tardía y llevarle algo de comida a su hijo cuando saliera del trabajo.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 9:17 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Puerto Rican man denied rental car at New Orleans airport for not having a passport.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 5:00 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Interim NOPD superintendent Michelle Woodfork says she is fed up with the uptick in violent crime plaguing the city, specifically the crime against women.