Jacob Bradford

1 week ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

MARRERO, La. (WVUE) - Reports of wind damage began surfacing in Marrero late Friday (May 2) as strong storms swept through the region, bringing the potential for more wet weather into the overnight hours. Viewers shared images of a funnel cloud trying to form and damage reports from near the Rouse’s on Lapalco Boulevard, stretching across Belle Terre Road, and in the area of Avenue F near Barataria Boulevard.

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) - Nearly two weeks after Collin Avery crashed into a canal while having a seizure, he was able to thank the Slidell firefighters who sprung to action to save him. His accident happened April 18 -- Good Friday -- on Oak Harbor Boulevard in Slidell. “These are the two people right here, that you’re looking at, that I live for,” Avery said while speaking to the first responders. “You have given me a chance to live for them.

1 month ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In what usually is a quiet area of the French Quarter, there is a lot of construction noise coming from the vacant Governor Nicholls Wharf. The partial demolition of the structure is part of a $30 million project spearheaded by the Audubon Nature Institute. Michael Sawaya, the president and CEO of Audubon, said the riverfront park project is 20 years in the making. “For many years -- over 70 years -- these warehouses have been here,” Sawaya said.

1 month ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A quiet Uptown neighborhood is shaken after an early morning double shooting left one man dead and another injured. The deadly incident unfolded just before 3 a.m. Sunday (April 6) in the 7700 block of Willow Street. New Orleans police arrived to find two men shot inside a car, one of them already dead. Friends have identified the deceased as 20-year-old Colby Scheffler, a graduate of Chalmette High School who later served in the US Army.

1 month ago | fox8live.com | Jacob Bradford

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A quiet Uptown neighborhood is shaken after an early morning double shooting left one man dead and another injured. The deadly incident unfolded just before 3 a.m. Sunday (April 6) in the 7700 block of Willow Street. New Orleans police arrived to find two men shot inside a car, one of them already dead. Friends have identified the deceased as 24-year-old Colby Scheffler, a graduate of Chalmette High School who later served in the U.S. Army.