The New Orleans City Council adds $2 million to a reparation fund designated to pay over $36 million owed to individuals who sued the city
New Orleans City Council unanimously approved changes to a 1972 ordinance, breaking Lucky Dogs' long-standing monopoly on push cart food sales in the French Quarter
A Fox 8 investigation found former NOPD officer Todd Morrell racing cars while being paid to police
With state’s backing, Sewerage & Water Board departs from EPA regulations, federal law
New Orleans City Council ends Lucky Dogs pushcart monopoly in French Quarter following FOX 8 investigations.
Fenton, Louisiana, got 92.5% of its revenue from fines and forfeitures in a single year. The average municipality in the U.S. gets 1.7%. That means this village of 226 people has one of the highest percentages in the country.
Data from state health records and GPS readings from S&WB samplers’ vehicles raises questions about whether hundreds of testing stops took the time needed for reliable results.
Infractions could possibly lead to criminal charges
A delayed 911 response to a deadly house fire shed light on problems in the handling of domestic emergency calls
Text messages seem to contradict the NOPD's statement on why Mayor LaToya Cantrell needed NOPD escorts for Essence Festival Weekend. Documents show several days she had more officers protecting her than were on duty in entire police districts.
St. Tammany Parish Coroner Charles Preston claims the next coroner broke his office's confidentiality policy.
A surprise phone call in the middle of the night from a town mayor to a contractor raises questions about how business is done in Jean Lafitte.
Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner's undisclosed silent partnership in a local business and government contracts raise ethical questions
Fox 8 sought documentation to support recent assertions from the mayor's office
Sabrina Richardson says most of the double-dipping allegations came after she was promoted and her timesheet was auto-populating.
Lafourche Parish coroner Dr. John King was accused of performing extra autopsies to supplement income
The attorneys have extensive experience defending clients in federal court
A decades-old ordinance allows Lucky Dogs to be the only pushcart vendor in the French Quarter
Lafourche Parish will get a new coroner, after sources tell FOX 8 the current coroner, Dr. John King missed the deadline to qualify.
Zurik: St. Tammany Coroner claims concerned citizen group, ex-employee conspiring against his office
St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston accuses FOX 8, a group of concerned citizens, and former employees of trying to undermine his office. The accusations came in a recent radio interview and follow a series of FOX 8 reports that raised questions about whether his office was losing money by performing autopsies for surrounding parishes.
A former employee of the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office says he was forced to pick up campaign signs that didn't belong to the office while on the clock.
Council members plan to introduce a new ordinance in an attempt to take the Pontalba apartment away from Mayor Cantrell.
Mayor Cantrell faces allegations of violating a city council ordinance by staying overnight in the Upper Pontalba apartment during Essence Fest weekend.
Courts have ruled against Jeff Landry in 8 of 11 exoneree compensation cases he has opposed
A new subdivision under construction on the West Bank has some neighbors worried about their health and the health of those who could soon be moving in. The state says testing shows the land is safe, but one environmental scientist has concerns about what could be in the soil.
A crime watchdog says the officer who spent hours inside a city-owned apartment with Mayor LaToya Cantrell while on the clock received a light punishment.
The City of New Orleans accuses the Federal Consent Decree Monitor of political motivations, after a report from the monitor slammed the NOPD’s handing of an investigation into Officer Jeffrey Vappie, a former member of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s executive protection team.
One Plaquemines Parish Deputy has had more than a dozen complaints filed against him in the past three years, but there’s one thing in common with every time he was exonerated. One lieutenant has investigated every case in which he was exonerated or the complaint was determined to be unfounded.
A state police search warrant shows the Lafourche Parish coroner is being investigated for public contract fraud, which is a felony.
An empty tract of land, bought for $70,000 sold just two years later at nearly eight times the purchase price. Documents acquired by FOX 8 show the sale benefited the family of a Jefferson Parish politician.
Past Attorneys General have challenged some compensation claims; however, Jeff Landry has done so all but two times since he took office.
Locked up for crimes they didn’t commit for years or even decades; when exonerated inmates are finally freed, they often barely recognize the world they’re released into. Louisiana has a program to compensate exonerated inmates, but in recent years, many have struggled to get the money the state says they’re owed.
A sworn affidavit by Deputy Vincenzo Sainato was examined in a Fox 8 report
The NOPD doubles down, defending its resistance to turn over an internal investigation into officer Jeffrey Vappie to federal consent decree monitors.
A frequently-sanctioned deputy claims one man was at the scene of an accident when video appears to show him watching the Super Bowl in his office.
The federal monitor in charge of overseeing the New Orleans Police Department’s compliance with the consent decree says the department’s Public Integrity Bureau has been “backsliding.”
The NOPD won't explain why Officer Jeffrey Vappie was temporarily reassigned to another city department late last year
Despite claiming seven-figure profits, documents indicate that outside autopsies may be costing St. Tammany Parish taxpayers money.
Inspector General Ed Michel's office says it has discovered no policies in place to regulate and guide the executive protection team’s operations.
Michelle Woodfork defended the NOPD's decision to allow former Captain Sabrina Richardson to return to detail work while she remains under investigation for allegedly abusing the detail program.
Sabrina Richardson is currently under two criminal investigations, however, after returning from her suspension, she was able to resume participation in the same program she’s been accused of abusing.
Dr. John King's raise put on hold during Louisiana State Police investigation
The Lafourche Parish President confirms the longtime parish coroner, Dr. John King is under criminal investigation. Despite that investigation, the council voted to officially raise King’s salary at a Tuesday night meeting.
New Orleans City Councilmember Freddie King says it is time to revisit a 50-year-old ordinance that has allowed Lucky Dogs to become the exclusive food cart vendor in the French Quarter.
The New Orleans City Council will outline how the Upper Pontalba Apartment can be used after the New Orleans office of Inspector General concluded its current use could violate city ordinance and state law.
Jeffrey Vappie changed clothes in the Pontalba apartment that other protectors of Mayor Cantrell rarely if ever entered
Records contradict new claims by Mayor Cantrell regarding NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie's time at HANO board meetings
Scope of requested duties often went beyond security, officers told PIB
Long hours, big paychecks and little oversight: New recordings shed light on the operations of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s security detail
Officers said they always billed taxpayers for 16 hours while traveling with the mayor, regardless of how long they actually worked.
