Mykal Vincent
Digital Content Executive Producer
New Orleans, La.

Mykal Vincent started his digital news career in Baton Rouge and has moved to New Orleans in January of 2020 as the Digital News Supervisor for FOX 8.
Contact Mykal via email at mykal.vincent@fox8live.com.
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Updated: Jul. 11, 2023 at 4:14 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Kamara will have to do community service and pay $100,000 to the victim for medical bills.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2023 at 11:50 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Maddie Kerth
Investigators say the public was instrumental in caching the teens.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 5:01 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent and Jordan Gartner
A woman is accused of using her aunt’s debit card to make hundreds of fraudulent purchases.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 4:12 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
Officials with the sheriff's office say the suspect was out on parole after serving almost 20 years in prison for armed robbery.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 10:04 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Crews are searching for four passengers who were aboard a helicopter that went down about 10 miles off the coast of Plaquemines Parish.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 12:37 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
King cake is not a year-round pastry, allegedly.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 4:30 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent, David Jones and Gray News staff
The girl's mother and her boyfriend were both arrested after her death was determined to be a homicide.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 11:15 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
The suspect was booked on two counts of armed robbery.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 3:23 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Saints running back Alvin Kamara is unlikely to face any disciplinary actions this season after a Las Vegas judge set a March 1 trial date in connection to an alleged assault outside of a nightclub in February.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 11:40 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
New Orleans police are looking for two men accused of breaking into someone’s car and stealing a PlayStation 5.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
In the suit, attorneys for Darnell Greene say Alvin Kamara “brutally beat” their client “without justifiable provocation,” causing a disfiguring facial injury.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 6:51 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Andrew McMunn
A man whose body was found dismembered in Louisiana in 2016 has been identified after DNA samples linked him to a foot found years later in 2019.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A man whose body was found in St. Tammany Parish in 2016 has been identified after DNA samples linked him to a foot found in Biloxi years later.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 12:49 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A deputy constable has been suspended amid an investigation into an alleged rape in the French Quarter that has gained national attention following a series of viral tweets from a witness.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
For one Louisiana groom, the pressure was mounting and the decision was too much for one man to bear without the consult of his groomsmen.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 12:30 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
The father was booked on several charges, including suspicion of cruelty to juveniles and possession of heroin.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The founder of Raising Cane’s is buying a $2 Mega Millions ticket for all 50,000 of his employees as the jackpot grows to the fourth-largest ever.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The New Orleans Saints are signing former LSU star wide receiver Jarvis Landry, according to multiple reports.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 2:26 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Emily Van de Riet
Four teenagers accused of a brutal carjacking that killed a 73-year-old woman will be tried as adults on second-degree murder charges, according to the district attorney.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 9:39 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Jordan Gartner
A New Orleans man shot at two teenagers who were attempting to steal his car Thursday night, and residents say these incidents are becoming too familiar.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 12:45 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The Chili Peppers will fill the Foo Fighters’ headlining slot on Sun., May 1.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 6:03 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The Foo Fighters have canceled their upcoming Jazz Fest headlining performance following the death of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 1:17 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The body of Michael Gelfand, 33, was recovered from the river in New Orleans on March 18.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 11:54 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Family members say Conner Lambert was killed Tuesday when a multi-vortex tornado struck St. Bernard Parish
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 1:36 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The New Orleans Saints are re-signing quarterback Jameis Winston to a two-year, $28 million deal
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 4:29 PM CST
|By Olivia Vidal and Mykal Vincent
The family of Ciaya Whetstone says they still have no information about a cause of death or any information from Uber about the driver’s background or the route they took that fateful night.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 2:10 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
City officials have alluded to lifting the mask mandate after Mardi Gras since reimposing it earlier this year.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 12:45 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
One young Saints fan got a surprise in the mail after applying to fill Sean Payton's coaching vacancy.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 2:15 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Passengers say a woman jumped from the Carnival Valor after a disturbance that caused security to handcuff her.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 1:39 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Police have issued an arrest warrant for a second suspect under the age of 13.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 at 10:27 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
The zoo has narrowed down a list of names for their baby orangutan.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 10:03 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Sean Payton will be stepping away as New Orleans head coach after 16 years.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 12:13 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
The good news brings “cautious optimism” as the Big Easy charges full steam ahead toward welcoming Mardi Gras parades back.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 11:21 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
United States Customs Agents seized hundreds of various shells and coral from two cruise ship passengers in New Orleans.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 3:40 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
The man taken into custody after a missing person investigation uncovered a woman’s frozen torso previously posted photos with guns, knives, and fictional serial killers.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 4:06 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
The Simmon's family was devastated when a wrong-way driver collided head-on with their family's SUV.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 11:49 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
A spokesperson for Governor John Bel Edwards says they cannot find a single day with more new cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2021 at 12:40 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Three African lions at the Audubon Zoo tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2021 at 10:36 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
The Saints are expected to sign another quarterback after COVID-19 wreaked havoc on their locker room.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 3:46 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Rutledge Deas has been arrested for a second time for offering babysitters money to treat him like a child and change his diapers.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 11:09 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
COVID-19 has hit the New Orleans Saints again this week.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 11:45 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
City officials have modified most parade routes for Mardi Gras 2022.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:36 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Four people are dead, including three siblings, after a two-vehicle crash on I-49 in St. Landry Parish, according to Louisiana State Police.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 2:09 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent and Amanda Alvarado
Four people are dead, including three siblings, after a two-vehicle crash on Friday on I-49 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 10:41 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Glenn Foster Jr. was strangled before he was found dead in a police cruiser in Alabama, an independent autopsy confirms.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 7:01 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
The helicopter crashed on I-10 Eastbound at the Bonnet Carre Spillway Bridge, according to Louisiana State Police.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 6:40 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
A helicopter crashed onto I-10 at the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Tuesday.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 12:33 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Kevin James stars as Sean Payton in the upcoming family comedy "Home Team."
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 2:04 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
You can either mourn the loss of the legendary culinary institute, or you can take action.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 12:32 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
Attorneys for the family of former New Orleans Saints player Glenn Foster said he was found dead in the back of a police cruiser while being taken to a hospital following an altercation with another inmate.