Kaitlin Rust
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Kaitlin Rust joined the Fox 8 News team in November 2020 as a reporter.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Kaitlin is enjoying her trek around the United States.
She's back down in the Bayou State after spending almost three years in Louisville, Kentucky reporting for Fox 8’s sister station WAVE 3.
Kaitlin started her career in Lake Charles after graduating from Rider University with a major in Digital Media and a minor in Political Science.
Obsessed with animals and music, Kaitlin can often be found spending time with her rabbit and two dogs or out dancing at a show.
She's excited to be in New Orleans and would love to tell your stories!
Feel free to email her with any ideas or just to say hello.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 10:38 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks, Kaitlin Rust and FOX 8 Staff
The Natchez Steamboat has sustained fire damage.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Witnesses say they waited 30 minutes for NOPD to show up while two women assaulted staff and patrons of a Lower Garden District Bar Saturday night.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
It was the last place she ever thought she would have to fight off carjackers; stuck in slow-rolling lunchtime traffic on I-10 near the Superdome.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Some FOX 8 viewers report a hold of $175 after filling up at Exxon stations.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 9:40 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Many think last year’s performance before his season-ending injury was an indicator Winston was the better choice anyway.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 1:34 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust and Gray News staff
It’s an eye-opener for some neighbors, but for many, this has been a fear for a while.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 10:41 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
A Slidell man believes the dismembered woman police found in an Upper 9th Ward freezer Tuesday is his missing wife.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 11:38 AM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
Shortened parade routes don’t necessarily mean fewer people in the Carnival season crowds.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 8:53 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks, Kaitlin Rust and Gray News staff
The victim, Jonshel Alexander, 22, was around 11 years old when she was cast in Benh Zeitlin’s low-budget yet visually stunning full-length motion picture filmed in Montegut and areas around Terrebonne Parish.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 6:17 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks and Kaitlin Rust
A former child actor that played a prominent role in the 2012 movie ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ was killed in a shooting that occurred in the Treme over the weekend, according to information from the NOPD.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 11:18 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Despite the city’s biggest festivals getting canceled and a major hurricane tearing through the area, New Orleans has a lot to do this spooky season.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 6:07 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Inflation rates rise, and consumer prices climb faster and higher than economists predicted.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 9:57 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
One of the biggest names in gaming has chosen New Orleans for his new headquarters as the video game design industry is really starting to blossom across the region.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 9:28 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust and Mykal Vincent
A hotel, water park, sports complex and more is coming to the old Six Flags site in New Orleans East.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 10:30 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Family members of Timothy Porter, 52, are furious and desperate for answers as to how their loved one died after being evacuated to a Tangipahoa warehouse with over 800 other nursing home residents.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 9:29 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Kaitlin Rust
“The fire was in a very inaccessible place. So we needed to have enough firefighters to cover a large amount of area so it wouldn’t get out of control more than it already was,” said Michael Williams of the New Orleans Fire Dept.
Uptick in Mississippi poison control calls from people who take livestock dewormer to treat COVID-19
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Mississippi’s Poison Control is reporting an alarming uptick in calls from people who took a drug bought at a feed store meant to deworm livestock.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 5:49 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
The Saints will be back in the Dome for the first time this year, but some season ticket holders are already looking for refunds.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2021 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
As New Orleans enacts the new requirement for proof of vaccination, phony cards are now added to the list of things law enforcement must seize.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Walker Beery, 9, was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer two years ago and has relapsed twice. This time around his parents switched up the treatment and traveled to Birmingham, Alabama for an immunotherapy trial.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
It was about an hour before this grocery store delivery driver was able to call her mother back to tell her she was not the one in front of the gun.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2021 at 7:47 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust and Gray News staff
An Uber driver was robbed at gunpoint by his own passenger Monday night next to Pontchartrain Park, and it briefly cost the driver his job.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2021 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
“Even though it gets quiet in our heads it’s still loud and it’s not gonna stop,” Angela Magrette, the twin sister of Anthony Magrette said.
Updated: May. 11, 2021 at 10:24 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
After 16 years, there’s promise to breathe new life into the old Six Flags JazzLand site in New Orleans East.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2021 at 9:56 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust and Jesse Brooks
An Amazon Delivery Center is set to open in Slidell next year, speeding up the delivery process on the Northshore and offering hundreds of jobs.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 10:44 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
"This is it, this our last little chance to put away a little bit of money for for Mardi Gras."
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 10:17 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
It’s a catch 22 situation...sacrificing business for public health and safety.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2021 at 10:30 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
There’s been little federal help for an industry that spans from musicians to technicians.