Ken Daley

05/19/2023

Look what we did - again. Very proud to be part of the best and hardest-working News organization in New Orleans. We care about this community and it shows every day. www.Fox8live.com

FOX 8 has been honored with a total of 103 regional Murrow awards in the last 13 years, including Overall Excellence 10 times.

11/18/2022

It’s not only airline seats for which the mayor believes she deserves only the finest accommodations and that New Orleans’ citizens should foot the bill for luxurious treatment, in violation of city policy.

A political analyst and a crime watchdog believe Mayor Cantrell may have violated city policy with room upgrades, paid for by taxpayers, during her travel.

11/17/2022

Clothing purchases on the mayor's behalf dating to 2017 are being scrutinized by the FBI, according to Fox 8 sources

11/17/2022

The former law partner of Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams faces sentencing Nov. 30

11/17/2022

Mayor Cantrell has spent weeks traveling the country and globe this year, and has come under intense scrutiny as taxpayers foot the bill. Now, there are new questions about who is traveling with her, and when , and where Cantrell chooses to have security.

11/10/2022

Surveillance video raises questions about how Mayor Cantrell is spending her time and taxpayer money outside the office.

11/03/2022

'UNTREATABLE:' Insanity acquittee who killed fiancee on Metairie street during 2013 psychotic episode must be freed from state hospitalization, Louisiana Supreme Court 'reluctantly' says

Tracy Nguyen, 24, was fatally shot in the 2300 block of Division Street on Aug. 10, 2013

09/30/2022

Following a Lee Zurik investigation finding New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell spending much of her time at a city-owned apartment, possibly without paying rent, FOX 8 contacted the administrations of all prior New Orleans mayors to discuss how the apartment was used during their terms.

09/30/2022

Here is Lee Zurik’s investigation, in the works for the past two months:

A two-month-long FOX 8 investigation finds New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is possibly breaking city policy and maybe even state law, spending much of her time at a city-owned apartment, possibly without paying rent.

09/29/2022

A weeks-long FOX 8 investigation shows New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell likely violated city policy, spending much of her time and staying overnight at a city-owned apartment, possibly without paying rent.

09/29/2022

For those wondering what could possibly be next, here it is 🤦‍♂️

The group says they have received “credible information and documentation from multiple independent sources” that Mayor Cantrell has been “inhabiting and/or personally utilizing” an apartment owned and managed by the city.

09/24/2022

A crime victim says he is furious after finding out the juvenile who held him at gunpoint walked free.

09/08/2022

https://www.fox8live.com/2022/09/07/five-high-ranking-supervisors-fired-orleans-parish-sheriffs-office/

The five fired holdovers from Marlin Gusman's administration had more than 100 years combined experience.

09/01/2022

https://www.fox8live.com/2022/09/01/opso-communications-director-terminated/

Timothy David Ray, the highly-paid communications director for Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, has been terminated.

09/01/2022

https://www.fox8live.com/2022/09/01/zurik-questions-surround-hiring-pay-invoices-sheriff-hutsons-communications-director/

Invoices show the Director of Communications for the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office is on track to make $175,000 this year. But a political analyst and a crime watchdog question his experience, pay and invoices.

08/19/2022

Deborah Chapman served as Hutson’s campaign manager and joined the office after she won. It’s unclear what her position is with the sheriff’s office, but she makes $155,000 per year.

When Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson took office, the change of command led to a change in communication. Her office has refused repeated requests from FOX 8 for information that the public has a right to know. Two experts believe the office is trying to punish FOX 8 for prior investigations int...

08/15/2022

07/27/2022

The NOPD manpower crisis is only getting worse.

Third-year officer Scott Fanning notified a supervisor by text message last Friday night that he was quitting the NOPD and left in the middle of his shift.

06/15/2022

Such professionalism at new Sheriff Susan Hutson’s office after two inmate deaths last weekend.

When Sheriff Susan Hutson was sworn in early in May, she was coming off a campaign in which she branded herself as the “reformer,” promising to bring about change to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office and usher in a new era for the criminal justice system in New Orleans.

05/19/2022

In 2019, the IRS says Williams failed to pay nearly $274,000 in income taxes. Wednesday afternoon, the IRS filed a federal tax lien, alleging Williams and his wife failed to pay a 1040 income tax return, and owe that money for the 2019 tax year.

Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams is just months away from a federal tax fraud trial, but now faces new tax issues. THe new allegation falls outside the parameters of the original indictment, and involves a period of time when Williams was running for D.A.

04/14/2022

New Orleans attorney Nicole Burdett, co-defendant in a tax fraud case against District Attorney Jason Williams, was arrested Wednesday in Baton Rouge.

02/09/2022

https://www.fox8live.com/2022/02/08/federal-authorities-poised-take-tyrese-harris-prosecution-away-orleans-da/

Federal authorities have filed a detainer claiming custody of 18-year-old murder and carjacking suspect Tyrese Harris, for the purpose of prosecuting him in federal court.

02/07/2022

https://www.fox8live.com/2022/02/07/costco-carjacking-suspect-booked-with-murder-12-year-old-sources-say/

Costco carjacking suspect Tyrese Harris, 18, was booked early Monday (Feb. 7) with second-degree murder, which sources say is in connection to the Jan. 3 killing of 12-year-old Derrick Cash