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.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 6:24 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust and Gray News staff
Damage from Hurricane Ida pushed the long-neglected building to the edge of collapse
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley and Kaitlin Rust
A hearing was set for Thursday to determine whether Jenee Pedesclaux will have bond set after allegedly stabbing her two children
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Three of four dogs abducted when a couple's truck was stolen last week in Gentilly Woods have been recovered, but one is still missing.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 10:06 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
A fed-up French Quarter bartender gave us the video below, of a fight that escalated to gunfire Tuesday morning, an occurrence she says is becoming too frequent.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 11:32 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Entergy bills are strangling customers’ wallets across the state. An Avondale family finds it particularly egregious because their power has been disconnected from their home since Ida.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 11:27 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Foster Campbell says the company paid out a million dollars in dividends to stockholders for three consecutive years and the CEO’s salary was raised to $17 million.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 10:15 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Entergy bills are strangling customers’ wallets across the state. An Avondale family finds it particularly egregious because their power has been disconnected from their home since Ida.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 9:34 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
In one Facebook group with more than 18,000 members, customers are sharing horror stories about their soaring electric bills.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 10:37 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
42,000 homeowners are looking for a new insurance policy as of Friday. The company, Southern Fidelity dropped them and now they have 60 days to find a new policy.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust and Jordan Gartner
Police are investigating a deadly shooting in New Orleans that took the life of a National Guard member.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
A 24-year-old National Guardsman was gunned down in broad daylight while making a Doordash delivery Sunday (June 26) evening in the St. Roch neighborhood.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Natasha Robin and Kaitlin Rust
Casandra Jones considered filing a restraining order against the man who ended up brutally killing her.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 6:44 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
The court raises an initially low bond for a Slidell man accused of shooting two North Shore teens in the head after raping one and leaving them for dead in New Orleans.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
NOPD says the shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. outside of Big Daddy’s at the corner of Franklin and Royal in the Marigny.
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. 11, 2022 at 1:36 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Louisiana Right to Life, along with some other prominent religious organizations, says they will not support House Bill 813 that is heading to the House floor this Thursday.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Kaitlin Rust
Police say that the suspect took the victim around 8 a.m. in the area of North Oak Street and West Dakota Street and the incident was reported to campus police at 10:52 a.m.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 9:58 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Battling the worst inflation in 40 years, the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate Wednesday.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 10:38 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks, Kaitlin Rust and FOX 8 Staff
The Natchez Steamboat has sustained fire damage.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Witnesses say they waited 30 minutes for NOPD to show up while two women assaulted staff and patrons of a Lower Garden District Bar Saturday night.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
It was the last place she ever thought she would have to fight off carjackers; stuck in slow-rolling lunchtime traffic on I-10 near the Superdome.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
The LSU freshman was on her way home for the weekend when she was killed in a crash on I-12 in Covington, Friday.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 9:23 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Although he still has to replace his window, he came up with a deterrent that chased away the would-be thief Friday night.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 4:27 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust and Mykal Vincent
Photos and videos emerged over the weekend showing New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and guests partying with no masks on during the Mayor’s Ball.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 1:34 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust and Gray News staff
It’s an eye-opener for some neighbors, but for many, this has been a fear for a while.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 10:41 PM CST
|By Kaitlin Rust
A Slidell man believes the dismembered woman police found in an Upper 9th Ward freezer Tuesday is his missing wife.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 8:53 AM CST
|By Jesse Brooks, Kaitlin Rust and Gray News staff
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.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
Walker Beery, 9, was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer two years ago and has relapsed twice. This time around his parents switched up the treatment and traveled to Birmingham, Alabama for an immunotherapy trial.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
A fully-vaccinated New Orleans man wants to share his story with those who are still hesitant about the COVID vaccines.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2021 at 7:47 AM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust and Gray News staff
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.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2021 at 10:05 PM CDT
|By Kaitlin Rust
LSU Health researchers have made a discovery that could prevent COVID-19 and protect your lungs.
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