Mykal Vincent
Digital Content Executive Producer
New Orleans, La.
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Mykal Vincent started his digital news career in Baton Rouge and has moved to New Orleans in January of 2020 as the Digital News Supervisor for FOX 8.
Contact Mykal via email at mykal.vincent@fox8live.com.
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Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 9:34 AM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Cassidy would be the third Republican to enter the race for the governor’s mansion.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 4:05 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
In an interview with The Athletic, Bruce Arians admitted to barking at officials and Lattimore before things turned ugly.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 3:23 PM CST
|By Mykal Vincent
Saints running back Alvin Kamara is unlikely to face any disciplinary actions this season after a Las Vegas judge set a March 1 trial date in connection to an alleged assault outside of a nightclub in February.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A Houston-area teacher has been found “alive and well” in New Orleans after a months-long search spanning two states.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 5:34 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The Bogalusa Lumberjacks will end their 2022 football season early after Albany High School informed them they will be forfeiting the season finale over safety concerns.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 3:28 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Dennis Allen said even with Winston cleared to play, the Saints’ offense has been efficient with Dalton under center.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
In the suit, attorneys for Darnell Greene say Alvin Kamara “brutally beat” their client “without justifiable provocation,” causing a disfiguring facial injury.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 6:51 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Andrew McMunn
A man whose body was found dismembered in Louisiana in 2016 has been identified after DNA samples linked him to a foot found years later in 2019.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A man whose body was found in St. Tammany Parish in 2016 has been identified after DNA samples linked him to a foot found in Biloxi years later.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 12:02 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
After weeks of criticism and legal reviews, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she will pay the city back nearly $30,000 in first-class flight upgrades.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Officials are searching for an 18-year-old accused of breaking into a home in Hammond, killing a man and critically wounding his 12-year-old daughter, Chief Jimmy Travis says.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 11:12 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Mike Evans is appealing a one-game suspension for shoving Marshon Lattimore.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A New Orleans Saints player has been arrested in Jefferson Parish, jail records indicate.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 8:12 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Jon Batiste, the multiple Grammy Award-winning artist, is stepping away from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert after seven seasons.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 10:38 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
In a tweet Tuesday morning (Aug. 9), the Saints announced they will wear the new helmets for the Oct. 2 game against the Minnesota Vikings in London.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A Houma man was arrested for allegedly catching too many sharks and having meth in his possession, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:26 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Arsenio Wells carjacked a man who was trying to pump gas, and was captured after police spotted him at another gas station in the stolen vehicle.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 11:58 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The NFL said the Dolphins also had “impermissible communications” with Sean Payton's agent about becoming Miami’s head coach before he announced his retirement.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
For one Louisiana groom, the pressure was mounting and the decision was too much for one man to bear without the consult of his groomsmen.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 11:06 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Alvin Kamara was at practice, not in a Las Vegas courtroom, Monday morning for a scheduled hearing dealing with his off-season arrest.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 8:24 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A child accidentally overdosed on heroin in his father's vehicle, officials say.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 10:55 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
NFL fans both stateside and abroad waited for hours in queues of hundreds of thousands of people before being told tickets were sold out.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The founder of Raising Cane’s is buying a $2 Mega Millions ticket for all 50,000 of his employees as the jackpot grows to the fourth-largest ever.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:21 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Johnson’s ruling clears the way for clinics to continue operating temporarily until the lawsuit challenging the state’s near-total ban on abortions is resolved.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 7:33 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Just when you thought you’d seen it all, a Baton Rouge rapper punched a professional wrestler on national television.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 3:25 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Police say Czar Nicholas is accused of shooting a woman after a domestic dispute. He was previously arrested and released after allegedly strangling a dating partner in 2020.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 12:55 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
After two hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Los Angeles found NBA YoungBoy, real name Kentrell Gaulden, not guilty of felony gun possession charges, according to Nancy Dillon of Rolling Stone magazine.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 8:45 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A judge ruled to exclude NBA YoungBoy's lyrics as evidence that he knew there was a pistol in his car at the time of his "blindsided" arrest in Los Angeles.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 1:36 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Pelicans guard Devonte Graham was arrested for drunk driving, according to police in North Carolina
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The death has been ruled an accident.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 1:28 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A New Orleans art gallery is closing its French Quarter shop permanently due to crime concerns.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Hip-hop artist Rob49 was performing at The Fillmore NOLA when an altercation reportedly broke out in the women’s bathroom.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The body of Everette Jackson was recovered from the Payette River in Idaho on Sunday, officials say.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 3:13 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Frank Bartholomew, 49, and Laverne Duplessis, 40, have been arrested in connection to a graduation day murder.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 12:01 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The iconic Irish Bayou castle in New Orleans is for sale once again.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2022 at 7:47 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A horse walking in a funeral procession in New Orleans “likely” died of heat exhaustion, according to the executive director at the Humane Society of Louisiana.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 4:31 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Bands of heavy rain pushed through New Orleans and surrounding areas Friday morning, causing flash flooding and power outages.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 4:26 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Olivia Vidal
Police have been silent since Augustine Greenwood was killed at Morris Jeff's graduation ceremony.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 1:13 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Videos of drivers spinning donuts and bystanders kicking and jumping on an NOPD patrol car went viral on Sun., June 5.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 11:06 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The father of an Edna Karr student has been indicted for the murder of his son’s alleged killer, according to the Orleans Parish District Attorney.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
“Let that make headlines! Dance!”
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 12:18 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A 45-year-old man is dead after being struck by a deputy’s patrol unit on Airline Highway in Laplace, according to Louisiana State Police.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 12:55 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
An alligator was captured outside of a high school in Slidell.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 12:56 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Sean Payton will reportedly join FOX's NFL Sunday crew as an analyst.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 11:23 AM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A man came to the aid of a woman being robbed on Canal Street and stabbed her attacker multiple times, police say.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 3:57 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The two men were feuding for years before the 2018 homicide.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 2:21 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Four teenagers accused of carjacking and dragging Linda Frickey to death will be tried as adults, D.A. Williams announced.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 7:39 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A juvenile female was shot and killed in the French Quarter on Tuesday (April 26).
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 1:56 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Attorneys have asked for more time to review new evidence.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 9:39 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Jordan Gartner
A New Orleans man shot at two teenagers who were attempting to steal his car Thursday night, and residents say these incidents are becoming too familiar.
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