Jesse Brooks 3s4w2l

Digital Content Producer 486a2b
New Orleans, Louisiana 4ki5g
Jesse Brooks

Jesse Brooks is a Digital Content Producer creating content for the web in the New Orleans market. 571y5u

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.

National
Authorities say Donnie Lee Stevenson followed a woman inside the store, kidnapped her, and...

Police arrest man accused of kidnapping woman outside Target and raping her 396c5o

Updated: Mar. 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM CDT
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By Jesse Brooks and Jordan Gartner
Louisiana authorities say they have arrested an 18-year-old man wanted in connection with a kidnapping and rape case.

National
Autumn Hano Harper, 24, was booked into the Washington Parish Jail in the death of her baby.

Mother accused of beating her 8-month-old child to death m4d1s

Updated: Mar. 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM CDT
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By Jesse Brooks, Gabby Killett and Jordan Gartner
Police in Louisiana say they have arrested a mother accused of beating her 8-month-old child to death.

Crime
From left, 27-year-old Kansas City Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, who was found dead in his...

Police seize electronic devices in investigation into Kansas City reporter’s death 4x3b33

Updated: Feb. 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM CST
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By Heidi Schmidt and Jesse Brooks
Adan Manzano, 27, was in New Orleans covering the event for Telemundo in Kansas City.

National
According to investigators, security footage shows Danette Colbert, of Slidell, with Manzano...

Woman accused of using credit card of sports reporter who was found dead while covering Super Bowl 1x294j

Updated: Feb. 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM CST
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By Jesse Brooks and Debra Worley
Telemundo KC announced on Thursday that Adan Manzano, 27, an anchor and reporter on assignment to cover Super Bowl LIX, died.

National
Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on...

At least 15 dead, 35 injured after man ‘intentionally’ drives into New Year’s revelers in New Orleans 3g5c24

Updated: Jan. 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM CST
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By Gray News staff, Amanda Alvarado, Jesse Brooks and Emily Van de Riet
At least 15 people are dead after a truck intentionally plowed through a crowd in New Orleans.

National
Fire at Marathon refinery in Garyville 5

Chemical leak, fire reported at Louisiana refinery; evacuations lifted 5v1w2x

Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 5:13 PM CDT
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By Jesse Brooks and Gray News staff
A spokesperson for Marathon Petroleum says naptha leaked from a storage tank and caught fire in an area surrounding the tank.

National
Firefighters said when they arrived, the building was engulfed in flames and that they had to...

73-year-old woman trapped by security gate dies in house fire, family says 546c1e

Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 2:29 PM CST
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By Jesse Brooks and Emily Van de Riet
A 73-year-old woman died in a fire at her home because she was trapped by a security gate with a padlock on it, according to the victim’s family.

National
The body of a man who went missing after a boat capsized in Lake Pontchartrain was recovered.

Missing man’s body recovered and identified after boat capsizes in lake on Memorial Day 4l6236

Updated: May 31, 2022 at 6:42 PM CDT
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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.

National
Amber Alerts for 2-month-old Amaya Hernandez and 9-year-old Eileen De Leon Ramos issued in...

Amber Alert canceled for 2 children from Louisiana 6v3064

Updated: May 10, 2022 at 1:50 AM CDT
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By Jesse Brooks and Gray News staff
Amber Alerts had been issued for the two girls in both Louisiana and Mississippi.

National
Authorities say a confrontation between a heavily armed 21-year-old man and his father...

Father fatally shoots armed son during confrontation, sheriff says 6up7

Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 11:26 PM CDT
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By Jesse Brooks and Gray News staff
The sheriff said the 21-year-old who was fatally shot has a history of unstable and violent behavior.

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Friday afternoon into evening, two sections of Broadway were closed near Westport after a...
Detectives spread out at 2 crime scenes following deadly shooting near Westport Road o1r2q
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Adrian man airlifted to KC hospital after pickup collides with tree near Archie 4w3m47
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Arrest warrant issued for accused meth, fentanyl dealer in Kansas City 3o6h2w
Tyler Loehr, Raytown, Mo., firefighter
Raytown firefighter, paramedic student faces high medical bills after beating cancer 416e1j
While grief is ongoing, Rabbi Moshe Grussgott said healing begins with leaning on faith and...
Jewish community turns to faith as it mourns woman shot in D.C. 452u2z

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Fans of the Savannah Bananas sold out Kauffman Stadium on Friday, May 23, 2025.
‘Banana Ball’ brings big crowds to Kauffman Stadium 3rgs
A bill sitting on the governor’s desk could help stock the shelves of diaper banks across...
Missouri diaper bank tax credits renewed by legislature, awaiting Kehoe’s signature 34i5j
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police investigate a midtown homicide after a victim is found shot in an...
Kansas City detectives investigate 2 scenes involved in midtown homicide 73810
A for-profit corrections corporation wants to reactivate a dormant facility in Leavenworth for...
Federal judge issues decision in battle to reopen Leavenworth prison to hold detained immigrants q2b6k
Poplar Bluff tornado damage on March 15
Kansas City curfew ordinance.
Memorial Day marks beginning of summer curfew for KC teens 412c30