Amanda is incredibly excited be a part of the Fox 8 News team. She is a Nashville, Tennessee native with strong ties to the New England North; she’s now happy to have made it to what her family and friends refer to as the “Deep South."
The city has been diligent in keeping the public updated through dozens of news conferences since the partial collapse at the Hard Rock Hotel. But one of the answers the public hasn't heard, is exactly how this happened.
The corner of Canal where the Hard Rock construction collapse sit sits in the French Quarter, while still wrought with destruction is in the beginning phase of returning to some kind of normalcy.
Now that the Hard Rock construction collapse site is more stable, city leaders say they will begin recovering the bodies of the two victims still inside.
The Mandeville community stood in support during the funeral services and procession for fallen Mandeville police captain Vincent Liberto, and they haven't stopped working to give back to his family.
In a shocking development, federal charges brought against two Tulane University professors charged with attempting to steal trade secrets have been dropped.
Oyster fishermen are saying 100 percent of what they dredge up is coming up dead, which is not only a serious hit to their livelihoods but could have lasting impacts for years to come.
Five bystanders were injured during a shootout between an armed robbery suspect and police, before the suspect was fatally shot by a Louisiana State Trooper.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are still going without pay as the government shutdown continues. A group of those workers took to the streets of New Orleans today to protest.
