Jesse Brooks
Digital Content Producer
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Jesse Brooks is a Digital Content Producer creating content for the web in the New Orleans market.
Brooks previously worked as a reporter for the Hammond Daily Star and newspapers in Amite, Kentwood, and St. Helena Parish. He is an LPA award-winning writer and journalist. He is also a New Orleans based singer-songwriter, comedian, and actor.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Jesse Brooks
For their preseason opener against the Bulls, Pelicans head coach Willie Green said he wanted his starters to see no more than 20 minutes of action on the floor. In 15 total minutes of play, Zion turned in an efficient stat line of 13 pts, 4 rebs, 1 ast, and 1 stl.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 11:15 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The suggested obstruction of justice charge for Jacoriaen “Toine” Cyprian, 22, could carry up to 40 years in prison, according to Hammond Public Information Officer Lisa Lambert.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 7:12 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The NOPD is investigating two separate overnight homicides that occurred late Tuesday (Sept. 27) night and early Wednesday (Sept. 28) morning.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 6:19 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
If Zion Williamson wasn’t 100 percent during his historic first two seasons, how good can he be?
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 11:39 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Omarion Hookfin was taken into custody on one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of armed robbery, and two counts of aggravated kidnapping.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 5:53 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Zion even admitted that he now has to learn how to play in a lineup alongside Brandon Ingram and C.J. McCollum, but noted that their “big 3″ should have the complimentary skills to be a matchup problem for opponents.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:42 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
For the first time in 12 years, Hammond, now under head coach Dorsett Buckels, is off to a 3-0 start heading into District 6-5A.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:41 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
After two seasons of COVID-19 interruptions, Hammond High football (2-0) is seeing the positive results they were hoping for when they originally hired former LSU linebacker Dorsett Buckels to take the reigns as head coach.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 12:23 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
What started as a shoving match turned into an all-out brawl when Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans, who totaled 3 catches for 61 yards in the game, came running off of the sidelines to lay a hit on Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 1:23 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The Green Wave set the tone of the game with an interception from Wyatt Bennett that set the offense up for quarterback Nolan Tribble finding Cory Jackson 21-yards in the end zone two plays later.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 7:32 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
A home invasion Monday (Sept. 12) night left a Hammond father dead and his 12-year-old daughter in critical condition, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The Green Wave stood their ground on the defensive side of the ball last Friday (Sept. 9) to notch a week 2 win over Dutchtown 10-7, the first under head coach and former Southeastern starting quarterback Trey Willie.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:46 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
On Saturday, Aug. 27, detectives say a man walked out of the store with a generator and a dolly and was seen on surveillance footage doing so.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 7:56 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office says they are searching for Oliven Molina, who they describe as a Hispanic male in his late 20s, and have identified him as the primary suspect.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Fox 8 Saints analyst Jeff Duncan reports that wide receiver Michael Thomas, who was dealing with a hamstring injury through preseason, is expected to start week 1 on the road in Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 11.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 2:43 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
NFL insider Ian Rapoport is reporting that defensive back Chauncy Gardner-Johnson is headed to Philadelphia via trade after contract extension talks broke down.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 12:19 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
A woman accused of stabbing a convenience store clerk in Ponchatoula has been located after her truck flipped in St. Tammany Parish.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 6:40 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The sheriff’s office says the vehicle was taken on Mon., Aug. 22 when the owner of the vehicle left it running while they briefly went into the store.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 1:51 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and FOX 8 Staff
The Louisiana Secretary of State’s office confirmed that the recall petition was filed on Friday (Aug. 26).
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The event is coming back from its 2-year absence to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 8:21 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
As fate would have it, the next morning after Gillikin’s impressive boot, he received a notice from the NFL that he had been selected for routine random drug testing.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 6:46 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The owner of the Best Stop on Whiskey Lane said that his mother was working the register when the suspect, an unknown white male, grabbed the purses, which were sitting on a display next to the entrance.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The two suspects were caught on surveillance footage crawling through the broken glass with laundry baskets that they filled with up to $9,600 worth of cigarettes before taking off in their vehicle.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 9:19 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Receiver Michael Thomas was one of several notable players who didn’t practice Sunday.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 10:20 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
For their regular season schedule release, the Pelicans dropped a video of VP David Griffin tickling the ivories to some dramatic music as listing dates for games scroll across the screen.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 10:08 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The accident occurred around 9 a.m. and responders were still on the scene about 45 minutes later as they cleared the area and got traffic flowing again.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 8:59 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
NBA insider Shams Charania says that Zion’s deal will add five more years to his current rookie contract and that the extension is worth a total of $231 million. The commitment will take Williamson’s new deal through the 2027-28 season.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 9:42 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The Pelicans are re-inserting a superstar into an established core, plus young draft talent.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 10:14 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Rodney Joseph Arabie Jr, 47, is being held on a bond over $1,000,000
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 12:04 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
In this week’s NBA draft, the Pelicans appear to have possibly repeated team building through the draft once again.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2022 at 9:05 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
An anonymous online message board poster, known as ‘Q’, that has been accused of spreading false narratives through political conspiracy theories is active again after being dormant for two years, according to documentarian Cullen Hoback.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 7:06 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Nicholas Gibson and Joshua Randall are sophomores that will represent Southeastern this year. Gibson is an engineering technology major from Addis and Randall, from New Orleans, is majoring in communications.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 3:47 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Senator Patrick Connick said that he was notified around 4 a.m. that the five had escaped
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 12:07 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
In a press conference live-streamed on social media on Friday (June 17), Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson identified the victim as Joshua James, 32.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 12:05 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Olivia Vidal
Police are investigating reports of shots fired at the old Naval Base.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 4:08 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Laurence Dillion Ellzey, 26, was identified over the past weekend as the suspect of a shooting that occurred on Saturday, June 11.
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. 6, 2022 at 9:40 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The NOPD has released images of persons of interest related to illegal car stunts that attracted a mass gathering, shutting down traffic at the intersection of St. Claude and St. Roch Avenues on Sunday, June 5, in hopes of identifying them.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 9:26 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Covington police say that they were able to identify Bryan Paul Guillerman, 28, through the help of community Facebook users after posting stills from surveillance footage on their page.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 12:40 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Ronnie Davis, 27, is now facing six counts of attempted murder as the investigation into that mass shooting is ongoing.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 11:24 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Kody Blanchard, 18, of Marrero, was arrested Tuesday (May 31) night
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks, Kaitlin Rust and Andrew McMunn
The body of a man that went missing after a boat capsized at a Louisiana lake on Memorial Day has been recovered and identified according to authorities.
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. 27, 2022 at 3:55 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
A man has been arrested and another is recovering in a hospital for shootings that occurred at a residence, Hammond police say.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 7:25 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
Two adult men were arrested for pointing guns at children in a Walmart parking lot last week and one adult and a juvenile were recently arrested for stealing assault rifles during a fight, Ponchatoula police say.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 3:27 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The body of Roberta Mackles, 45, was recovered by the U.S. Coast Guard around 11 p.m.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
District Attorney Scott Perrilloux’s office says that Ermonee “Money” Bell, 17, of Hammond, will be charged as an adult due to the severity of the crimes. Bell faces armed robbery, attempted first-degree murder, and one count of illegal carrying of a weapon.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 8:10 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
At $.99, the Chili Cheese Burrito was cost-friendly and tucked between a lightly warmed flour tortilla and filled with a generous helping of creamy beef chili and cheddar cheese that blended into a cacophony of flavors that, unfortunately, Gen Z has yet to know.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 2:26 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
A 8-year-old boy that was reported missing Wednesday morning has been returned home and is safe.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 7:42 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks
The ping pong balls have fallen and the Pelicans will choose their next player at 8th overall in the upcoming 2022 NBA Draft.
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