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.
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A Slidell man believes the dismembered woman police found in an Upper 9th Ward freezer Tuesday is his missing wife.
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There is hope we may be able to keep many cases out of the hospital with two new FDA approved treatments, but experts fear they may not be widely available in time for this latest surge.
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Shortened parade routes don’t necessarily mean fewer people in the Carnival season crowds.
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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.
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The state celebrates the success of it’s temporary housing program, created because FEMA’s was moving too slow, but leaders in hard hit areas, like Lafourche, say there’s not much to tout.
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Ochsner gave out its first doses of the COVID vaccine to children ages 5 to 11.
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One of the biggest names in gaming has chosen New Orleans for his new headquarters as the video game design industry is really starting to blossom across the region.
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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.
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“The fire was in a very inaccessible place. So we needed to have enough firefighters to cover a large amount of area so it wouldn’t get out of control more than it already was,” said Michael Williams of the New Orleans Fire Dept.
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From Bourg to Chauvin, the devastation is immense and recovery isn’t looking like it will happen anytime soon.
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Uptick in Mississippi poison control calls from people who take livestock dewormer to treat COVID-19
Mississippi’s Poison Control is reporting an alarming uptick in calls from people who took a drug bought at a feed store meant to deworm livestock.
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The Saints will be back in the Dome for the first time this year, but some season ticket holders are already looking for refunds.
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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.
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Starting Monday, both employees and customers need to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to get into many New Orleans businesses.
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“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.
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Ochsner, the largest health system in the state, says it will soon make it mandatory for all of its employees to have their COVID shots.
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An Uber driver was robbed at gunpoint by his own passenger Monday night next to Pontchartrain Park, and it briefly cost the driver his job.
An uber driver robbed at gunpoint by his own passenger Monday night next to Pontchartrain Park.
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A 13-year-old girl has been reunited with her parents after being rescued from an alleged sex-trafficking situation in Terrytown. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office alleges the young girl was forced to have sex more than 10 times, arranged online by a Texas man and woman.
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Health officials are concerned with a troubling uptick in COVID cases and hospitalizations as the highly contagious Delta variant becomes the main strain across the state.
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LSU Health researchers have made a discovery that could prevent COVID-19 and protect your lungs.
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“Even though it gets quiet in our heads it’s still loud and it’s not gonna stop,” Angela Magrette, the twin sister of Anthony Magrette said.
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After 16 years, there’s promise to breathe new life into the old Six Flags JazzLand site in New Orleans East.
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Officials the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has confirmed the state’s first two identified cases of the SARS-CoV-2 virus known as the Brazil P.1 variant.
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“You want to pinch yourself, really, because you know not doing it for the last year so and you see you see things coming together, it looks real,” Cisco Gonzales said.
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As supply outpaces demand, Louisiana has passed on some federal shipments of COVID-19 vaccines with only a quarter of the state fully vaccinated.
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The family wants to hear from anyone who may have spoken to or seen Sarah Blalock and her 2017 Silver Nissan Maxima on Saturday, March 6.
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"We want to have this festival as bad as everybody wants to come out to the festival."
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There’s been little federal help for an industry that spans from musicians to technicians.
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In response to this third COVID-19 surge and the threat of variants sending us into another spike, the state health department launched a new app Friday that can anonymously detect if you’ve been exposed to COVID.
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After the historic move to impeach the President for the second time in the House, it’s still unclear exactly what will happen in the Senate.
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A Lakeview man is searching for his car after a thief took off in it while he was still hanging on.
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Thursday marked the grand opening of the annual Celebration in the Oaks. Despite the pandemic, organizers say they stepped up to make this year special for the 35th anniversary.
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A driver and Nelson County deputies helped rescue a 93-year-old man who had been trapped in his car for at least eight hours.