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: Nov. 20, 2022 at 4:30 PM CST
|By Ken Daley, Kaitlin Rust and Andrew McMunn
The dog's owners said they had only spent a short time in New Orleans when their vehicle and dog were stolen.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2022 at 5:18 PM CST
|By Ken Daley and Kaitlin Rust
Sam, a 4-year-old fox red Labrador Retriever, was found safe after being in the back seat of a truck stolen from a Florida visitor Friday night (Nov. 18) on Mirabeau Avenue in Gentilly, the owner said.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2022 at 6:28 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
His estranged wife told deputies the man threatened to burn their house down and kill himself, authorities said
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Insufficient weather warnings and an inefficient emergency response contributed to the loss of 13 mariners, the report concluded
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 11:11 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
A group of New Orleans realtors says skyrocketing homeowners insurance rates are pricing prospective homebuyers out of the market
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 9:53 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Thieves have pillaged even more from the stranded boat just since last week, taking parts from the generator and engine
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 6:24 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust and Gray News staff
Damage from Hurricane Ida pushed the long-neglected building to the edge of collapse
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 6:57 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Bogalusa police said 50-year-old Veronique Allen was in the front room of a home when she was struck and killed by a stray bullet.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 10:21 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Monkey Pox concerns cause the cancellation of one of the biggest events at Southern Decadence, the free outdoor concert, Bourbon Street Extravaganza.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Florida-based insurer UPC will stop writing new policies in Louisiana on Jan. 1, 2023, after being downgraded Tuesday (Aug. 16).
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 10:59 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
As the city of New Orleans still faces a police manpower shortage, Carnival krewes want to know if they will be allowed to return to their traditional parade routes for next year’s Carnival season.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Three of four dogs abducted when a couple's truck was stolen last week in Gentilly Woods have been recovered, but one is still missing.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 10:15 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Entergy bills are strangling customers’ wallets across the state. An Avondale family finds it particularly egregious because their power has been disconnected from their home since Ida.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 9:34 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
In one Facebook group with more than 18,000 members, customers are sharing horror stories about their soaring electric bills.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 10:37 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
42,000 homeowners are looking for a new insurance policy as of Friday. The company, Southern Fidelity dropped them and now they have 60 days to find a new policy.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 10:49 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Friday, a New Orleans court hearing will determine if the State’s “trigger laws” banning abortion are unconstitutional.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust and Jordan Gartner
Police are investigating a deadly shooting in New Orleans that took the life of a National Guard member.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
A 24-year-old National Guardsman was gunned down in broad daylight while making a Doordash delivery Sunday (June 26) evening in the St. Roch neighborhood.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks, Kaitlin Rust and FOX 8 Staff
Four people were wounded when gunfire broke out at a high school’s graduation on Southeastern Louisiana University’s campus Thurs., May 19.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 9:40 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Entergy Louisiana customers are going to see higher utility bills at the end of the month.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 10:19 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
State Police say a woman texting and driving on Memorial Day cost a sanitation worker his leg when she crashed into the back of his garbage truck.
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 9:12 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Kaitlin Rust
The 31-foot twin inboard/outboard motorboat carried six people at the time it flipped and began sinking.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 1:36 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Louisiana Right to Life, along with some other prominent religious organizations, says they will not support House Bill 813 that is heading to the House floor this Thursday.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Kaitlin Rust
Police say that the suspect took the victim around 8 a.m. in the area of North Oak Street and West Dakota Street and the incident was reported to campus police at 10:52 a.m.
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: Apr. 11, 2022 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
The LSU freshman was on her way home for the weekend when she was killed in a crash on I-12 in Covington, Friday.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 9:23 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Although he still has to replace his window, he came up with a deterrent that chased away the would-be thief Friday night.
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. 29, 2022 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Daly has been going back and forth with the permitting department for months, to no avail. He can’t get special event permits.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 4:27 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust and Mykal Vincent
Photos and videos emerged over the weekend showing New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and guests partying with no masks on during the Mayor’s Ball.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 9:23 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
Only 81-percent of the City’s budgeted positions are currently filled. There are 270 NOPD vacancies, 54 at the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center, EMS needs to fill 28 positions and there are 26 mechanics needed to work on all of our emergency vehicles.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 9:42 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
Not only are all NOLA Public School students required to be fully vaccinated, everyone 5 years and up is required to have both shots to prove vaccination status, or a negative test when entering indoor spaces like bars and restaurants.
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. 31, 2022 at 10:26 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
The violent imagery may be disturbing to some, but it’s sparking a conversation of safety in a neighborhood where many people walk during off hours.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 10:26 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
It’s obvious this year’s Carnival season is going to be very different, but a lot of businesses along the parade route are trying to figure out just how different.
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: Jan. 10, 2022 at 10:26 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
Brian Robert Lee has been canvassing the area, digging for any information he can find on the five people who took his little buddy, Thunder.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 10:38 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
Krewes like Phunny Phorty Phellows, Uptown, and the Société Des Champs Elysée in the Marigny, usually take to the street cars to kick it all off on Twelfth Night, but this year no Krewe has gone untouched by several challenges facing the city.
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: Oct. 13, 2021 at 11:23 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
It happened Sunday night, just after 7:30 in the 2200 block of Burgundy, but the family fears in the midst of all the violence this city experienced over the weekend, his case may be forgotten.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 10:14 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
It’s a massive project trying to get Grand Isle back up and running, but there is hope as some power and water return to small parts of the island.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 10:17 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Close to 10,000 volunteers from other states like Texas, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia have come in over the past five weekends for The Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints Helping Hands operation.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 10:08 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
A lot of people in St. Charles Parish were looking for tarps. So many that the Destrehan pod site was out and we had to go over to Luling on the Westbank to find them.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 9:24 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Leaders in New Orleans say they’re looking at ways to make independent senior living facilities safer after they say five people died from negligence during Ida’s aftermath.
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. 3, 2021 at 10:45 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
“This is something that we were worried about when I was in nursing school is that in 2020 there will be a big nursing shortage,” Ecoee Rooney, the President of the Louisiana Nursing Association said.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 10:45 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Hospitalizations have shot up in Louisiana to their highest level since February: 844 people with 64 on ventilators.
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