Amanda Roberts
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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."
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A witness who saw others attempting to resuscitate a 3-year-old girl fatally shot in the French Quarter on Tuesday (April 27) said it was 'the worst thing I've seen in this city.'
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Rescue crews searched more than 93 miles along the Mississippi River with a combined 55 total hours.
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A terrifying night turned into a tearful morning as family members began to realize their little ones may not come home.
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A family's trip to New Orleans was ruined when a woman was injured in a shooting near their Airbnb.
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FEMA is proposing using a 5.74-acre site at 3501 Houma Blvd. in Metairie to place an office and 28 trailers to provide temporary housing for up to 18 months for people still displaced by storm damage from Hurricane Ida last August.
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“It was dragging a lady by the seatbelt outside the car the door had closed on the seatbelt, and she was stuck in it… I got out of my vehicle screaming please stop other neighbors were also screaming,” said Ecker.
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A man was fatally shot in the chest inside a Bourbon Street business early Sunday (March 20), New Orleans police said.
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After months and hundreds of complaints of brown water flowing through their taps, Magnolia Water system told customers to flush their lines at home.
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Owner of the Phoenix Bar, Tracy Deroche remembers getting a frantic call from one of his bartenders while the sun was still up on Lundi Gras.
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“A lot of our fans are very proud of us and they’re they’re proud of the things that we represent. To see that the sound the sound system that brings the music to the streets was missing was a huge shock,” said Brodrecht.
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A busy Friday evening and Frenchman street was already a-buzz as it’s the official/ unofficial start to the parading season.
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After a long wait, Louisianans can now bet on their favorite sports teams, scores, and athletes in the palm of their hands.
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Krewe du Vieux leaders weren’t available to talk on camera, but say it’s been a real double whammy: announcing not only their parade route has been modified, but their queen, the city’s health director Dr. Jennifer Avegno says she will no longer ride, but will still reign.
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Since August 2020 when they first opened, COVID has robbed Metairie’s City Bar from hosting any Mardi Gras revelers.
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As New Orleans re-imposes an indoor mask mandate within the city limits, Colby says she’s grateful her bar sits within Jefferson Parish lines, especially with Mardi Gras revenue on the line.
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Fresh off the holiday break and a stark figure greeted Louisianans and health leaders: more than 30 thousand new Covid cases and more than 1 thousand now in the hospital.
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With multiple signs and postings at the front door of the High Hat Café, there’s little doubt you’ll have to flash proof of vaccination.
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The NOPD investigated two separate homicides this Christmas, leaving two men dead. Neighbors and loved ones wish the violence on a holiday like today would stop.
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New Orleans may have known him as a Saint, but those who knew Glenn Foster best say he was so much more.
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“We happened to see a helicopter flying low. It was going pretty fast. I didn’t understand it at the time,” said Joseph James Jr.
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It would require all companies with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated, or employees would need to pay for weekly testing. Landry says he’s keeping the constitution and the people of Louisiana in mind.
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As investigators start to get to the bottom of why the crowd surge started at the Houston Astroworld Festival, local festival producers and crowd control experts say these findings will be important especially as big events and festivals become more commonplace again.
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A man suspected of driving a stolen vehicle led Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies on a chase, where deputies had to start shooting, and eventually crashed into a Metairie home.
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“I just thank God we didn’t lose as many lives like Katrina but still damage to your home takes a lot out of you… the house is just a house but it’s home,” said Young.
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DCFS says they handled 76,515 calls Monday through Friday with upwards of 17,898 calls through Saturday evening.
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Hurricane Ida added onto the stressors of the pandemic which had fans wondering about their Eric Clapton tickets.
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After five people died across eight senior living facilities in the city, the city’s health department shut those facilities down saying the conditions were unfit, and evacuated the rest of the residents to state-sponsored shelters.
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State leaders and doctors are now encouraging another therapeutic treatment, monoclonal antibodies to keep people diagnosed with COVID-19 out of the hospital.
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Beginning Aug. 2, the Coast Guard will start to lay out their findings surrounding the Seacor lift boat disaster that capsized in April
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“It is what it is we have to get used to it and like I said for the sake of others and get through this pandemic,” said Rivas.
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She was asked to donate old baby clothes to help a new mother, and the next thing Charise Harper-Taylor knew, she was seeing that woman, Angelyc Seely on the news.
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As of Monday morning, 94 bodies have been recovered and identified.
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Another controversial legislative session came to a close, but Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of some controversial bills may spur Republican lawmakers to call a special veto override session.
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“This building is incredibly important to New Orleans economy to the hospitality industry and to our residents itself so we want every world-class event that’s looking for a home to consider the superdome in its selection process its good for the city its good for the building it’s good for the team,” said Martindale.
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“Helping my community the stigma that’s around police brutality against people of color I wanted to be a part of that change,” said Hamilton.
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Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Zeta beat the Louisiana coast in 2020, dotting blue roofs across the gulf coast.
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Eleven days after the Seacor power lift boat capsized, the Morales family is still holding out hope their loved one will come home
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“Working in chocolate milk if you will where you can maybe see 6 inches or a foot but it’s very difficult to do..."
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Eight people remain missing
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With the majority of the Seacor mariners still missing in the gulf, family members rushed to Port Fourchon, many leaving behind the comforts of home as they wait for any update.
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For generations, Deirdre Barrow Johnson’s family has made their family restaurant a part of the community, and the community a part of their family.
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“So by this time next year, I’m hoping absolutely we'll be able to celebrate and host events in this city like no one can do, so it’s an exciting time and how far we’ve come, but let me tell you the light's clearly at the end of the tunnel,” said Mayor Latoya Cantrell.
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“I do love socializing and everything, but at the same time I’m the kind of person who says this is a human decency thing..."
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Under a beautiful sunny sky, Bourbon street is nearly back to its rambunctious nature and locals and visitors alike chose to take advantage.
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While more than 100,000 people in Louisiana have received their COVID-19 vaccines, thousands more still patiently wait their turn.
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Four total teens are injured in three separate shootings over the weekend, including a 14 and 15-year-old injured on Bourbon St.
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“We’ve had one and a half million deaths from covid in the world. And anybody who comes out and says, avoid this vaccine. That is the mistake,” said Dr. Brobson Lutz.
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“It felt like we were in a war,” Eyewitnesses thankful to walk away from Metairie gun store shootout
They both walked into a concealed carry class without knowing each other, but now, Wanetta Joseph and Tyrone Russell say they’re both survivors
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The city says a security guard at the G7 event hall pulled a weapon on their code enforcer trying to investigate the place.
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A day after the city shut down four bars for not complying with Covid regulations, some bar owners say the city does not have the full picture.