Lauren McCoy

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Lauren McCoy

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - At Abigail Reller Art Studio in Metairie, paint covers the walls, the floors are splattered and 4-year-old Thomas Reller is usually the one doing the dancing. His parents Abigail and Aaron Reller say every spin, jump and laugh is a miracle. Before he was born, Thomas was diagnosed with a life-threatening congenital heart defect. “During the anatomy scan, they were kind of spending a long time on the heart,” Abigail Reller said.

2 weeks ago | wlox.com | Lauren McCoy

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Ochsner Health will break ground Tuesday (April 29) on a new 343,000-square-foot facility for its Children’s Hospital, made possible by a major donation from philanthropist Gayle Benson. The expansion, located on the hospital’s sprawling Jefferson Highway campus, is being described as transformational for pediatric care in the region.

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Lauren McCoy

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Ochsner Health will break ground Tuesday (April 29) on a new 343,000-square-foot facility for its Children’s Hospital, made possible by a major donation from philanthropist Gayle Benson. The expansion, located on the hospital’s sprawling Jefferson Highway campus, is being described as transformational for pediatric care in the region.

3 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Lauren McCoy

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Music fills Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Lower Ninth Ward every Sunday. On most Sundays, you will find 101-year-old Edgar Crawford sitting amongst the congregation. “I’ve been here forever...” Crawford said. “I’ve been here longer than anybody else in here.”Crawford is one of the oldest souls in this church, and some would say the brightest light. “It’s just the whole atmosphere. Everybody’s so friendly, wholesome...

Jan 9, 2025 | fox5vegas.com | Lauren McCoy

(InvestigateTV) — A beehive is a well-functioning system with thousands of members working together, similar to the military. However, these troops consist of worker bees and drones, and instead of a general, they have a queen. In Louisiana, bees work on a 50-acre apiary and blueberry farm run by Coast Guard Veteran Cheri Ben-Iesau. “It started with the bees. We only have 27 hives, and we plan to slowly increase that,” Ben-Iesau said. “When I retired, I started gardening full-time.