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07/18/11 Amy Morrow, anchor and reporter for WRCB-TV, has decided to leave the television station after 10 years, station officials said Monday. She has co-anchored Channel 3 Eyewitness News at 11 p.m. for more than a year.
07/16/11 Michael Luke / Eyewitness News ST. BERNARD, La. -- Rescue crews are combing the waters off Shell Beach for a missing 11-year-old girl after two boats collided, according to Coast Guard officials. At 5:40 p.m. Saturday, the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office contacted the Coast Guard about a missing 11-year-old girl in the water near Shell Beach just south of Chalmette, according to Coast Guard ...
07/16/11 Each weekday from 4:30 to 7 a.m., the Eyewitness News 5 In The Morning team provides Oklahomans with live, local, latebreaking news and weather information. However, there are plenty of lighter moments -- and we've picked our favorites from the past week.
07/15/11 Eyewitness News went looking for answers about the horrible condition of the Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park, Queens.
07/15/11 Maya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News CHALMETTE, La.-- At Today's Ketch Seafood in St. Bernard Parish, the catch is fresh and homegrown. A year ago, though, uncertainty gripped owner Jeff Pohlmann, as oil gushed out of the Macondo Well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. "We didn't know where it was going to wind up, being that it was affecting so close to home here," Pohlmann said. "This is where ...
07/12/11 A Rhode Island woman has solved a problem with her Rhode Island beach pass with the help of Eyewitness News.
07/12/11 Katie Moore / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- The University of New Orleans has battled back from hurricane Katrina, lost its leader and has seen major changes in athletics in recent years. Tuesday, Gov. Bobby Jindal ushered in another big change for UNO. With the swipe of a pen, Jindal signed a law that will transfer UNO out from under the LSU administration system and to the University of ...
07/06/11 Tania Dall / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- Coyote sightings are growing across New Orleans, and now City Park is starting to experience problems with the wild animals. The latest run-in involved a chihuahua killed inside the park on Fillmore Avenue near the golf driving range. "It's a beautiful park. They have wonderful areas," said Susana Palma, who thought the trails and open space at City ...
07/05/11 A jailer was terminated from her position amid an investigation of an inmate's escape from the McClain County Jail, Undersheriff Bill Shobe told Eyewitness News 5.
07/04/11 Bill Capo / Eyewitness News THIBODAUX, La. -- Most festivals don't welcome guests with simulated fifty caliber machine gun fire, but at the 'Let Freedom Ring' Festival in Thibodaux, the display of battle gear from Houma's Regional Military Museum was a reminder of the price of freedom, especially to those who served. "I was in this, in a turret, running the rivers in the Mekong Delta with the ...
07/02/11 Maya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News LAFITTE, La.-- All across Louisiana this 4th of July weekend, law enforcement officers will be out on the water-- and they say expect to be stopped. Sgt. Jason Russo, with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, is one of a number of officers patrolling the state's waterways this weekend. Eyewitness News accompanied him on his patrol. He expected to ...
07/02/11 Kendra Eaglin delivers the news, Mike Spong with your AccuWeather weekend forecast, and Shawn Stepner on sports... tonight at 6 and 11pm on Eyewitness News.
07/01/11 Christina Leavenworth / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- Be prepared to see a whole lot of DWI checkpoints all over the area this weekend. State police are trying to save lives by keeping drunk drivers off the roads. The numbers speak for themselves: 28 people have been killed in the past four years in highway crashes during the 4th of July weekend in Louisiana. State police say many of those ...
07/01/11 Monica Hernandez / Eyewitness News GRETNA, La. - Every year, Phil Brauner rings in the 4th of July with a bang. "We have a big party and blow up half the neighborhood," said Brauner. That's why we checked out the goods at some of the stands that pop up every year on the Westbank Expressway in Gretna around Independence Day. "Knowing the guys I hang out with, we try to outdo each other by buying ...
07/01/11 Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News JEFFERSON, La. -- Jefferson Parish has declared war on a troublesome pack of coyotes, now roaming the streets of Harahan and River Ridge feasting on people's pets. "Ever since the river rose the coyotes came into the city," said Harahan Police Chief Mac Dickinson. "We've been getting constant complaints. What's alarming is now the water is down and we're still ...
06/30/11 Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- It's been 10 days since the Army Corps of Engineers closed the bays of the Bonnet Carre spillway. That means the recreational spots enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year are open for business. There are only a few ponds left where floodwater from the Mississippi River rushed through for more than a month. "It's warm out here and the water is ...
06/29/11 Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS - In Louisiana, all state employees are given same health insurance, covering everyone from construction workers to judges. But some judges in New Orleans have been awarding themselves extra health insurance benefits, in apparent violation of state law. According to records obtained by 4Investigates, Orleans Parish civil and criminal court judges in ...
06/28/11 Meg Farris / Eyewitness News MANDEVILLE, La. -- Nearly 65 patients have been released from a Northshore hospital after asbestos was found in the floor tiles. Patients in Mandeville's Fontainebleau Treatment Center and Alcohol Drug Unit, which is housed in the Southeast Louisiana State Hospital, were discharged to out-patient services in their parishes, and staff temporarily reassigned to other ...
06/28/11 Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- One of only three main channels into the mouth of the Mississippi River is "enter at your own risk." Vessels travel through South Pass, Southwest Pass and Pass a Loutre to get into the river from the gulf along coastal Louisiana. Tuesday, the Coast Guard issued a notice to mariners that South Pass, which is used primarily by recreational boaters and ...
06/21/11 Scott Satchfield / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- In a home video obtained by Eyewitness News from October 2010, crowds of people are seen hanging out in the street, outside a cluster of bars. There's trash strewn across the ground, loud music playing, and flashing, blue police strobes. Neighbors who shot the video say it's a scene reminiscent of Bourbon Street, but in reality, it's Maple Street ...
06/19/11 Tune in tonight for Kendra Eaglin with the important news of the day, Jennifer Stanonis with a look at the Accuweather forecast, and Shawn Stepner with all the local sports action. 6 and 11pm, Eyewitness News--on Channel 7. | 
