Jesse Brooks
Digital Content Producer
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Jesse Brooks is a Digital Content Producer creating content for the web in the New Orleans market.
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.
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Brees, an NFL record-setting passer and Super Bowl MVP, is the most decorated and accomplished athlete to play for a Louisiana professional sports franchise.
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Sheriff Daniel Edwards said that Jonathan Payne Kliebert placed a 911 call around 1:45 a.m. saying he fatally shot his mother and her dog in their sleep.
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Family members identified the victims as 38-year-old Quintella Chopin and her two children Jirmani Edwards, 7, and Therrill Edwards Jr., 2.
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A surprise was waiting for early bird customers and staff at a Dollar General store in Plaquemines Parish on Tuesday (Aug. 29) morning just before opening hours.
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A spokesperson for Marathon Petroleum says naptha leaked from a storage tank and caught fire in an area surrounding the tank.
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After rising to No. 1 on the mainstream chart last week, Aldean's hit has fallen to No. 21, the steepest drop ever for a song that didn't debut at the top. But it still holds a strong position on country charts.
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A Slidell man died as the result of an RV crash in Mississippi on I-10, according to the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office.
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MS state trooper Calvin Robertson said that the accident occurred around 3 a.m. when a loaded car hauler truck went off the roadway, overturning and hitting pine trees onto the roadway about two miles from the Louisiana line coming from Mississippi.
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Alicia and John got married in 2019 and she was a filmmaker and music producer alongside her husband at John Schneider Studios in Holden.
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A kid that was once a viral social media star on the now-defunct video platform Vine is now a high school football state champion in New Jersey.
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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.
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Tragedy has struck communities in Tangipahoa Parish as Sheriff Daniel Edwards shared over the weekend that his office is dealing with the loss of a beloved deputy to suicide.
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A plane carrying the band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi killing 6 out of 26 passengers.
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Deputies say that a woman called 911 around 8:30 a.m. saying that she had just shot her daughter and that she was about to shoot herself.
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A woman accused of stabbing a convenience store clerk in Ponchatoula has been located after her truck flipped in St. Tammany Parish.
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Four people were wounded when gunfire broke out at a high school’s graduation on Southeastern Louisiana University’s campus Thurs., May 19.
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Covington police say that they were able to identify Bryan Paul Guillerman, 28, through the help of community Facebook users after posting stills from surveillance footage on their page.
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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.
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The Pear River County Sheriff’s Department was the agency conducting the traffic stop when Marc Rice attempted to make a run for it.
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The game will be on Sun., Sept. 11 with a kickoff set for noon.
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Demetris Harris, 19, is facing charges of first-degree rape, aggravated kidnapping, and possession of a firearm in a gun-free zone.
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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.
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Authorities say that the incident occurred in the 200 block of Dianne Drive around 5:30 p.m.
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Emma Savoie, 6, has died after being struck by a truck in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School parking lot.
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Bieniemy will interview for the job on Saturday and is reportedly the last candidate that will interview for the job. Rapoport said that he thinks that a hiring decision could be made this weekend.
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Chief Jimmy Travis said that deputies and units from the Hammond Police Force were able to arrest the 17-year-old suspect that was traveling south on I-55 upwards of 130 miles per hour Monday night.
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Cell phone video captured Richard Suarez arguing with several women before reportedly punching an elderly man.
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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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What deputies found between slices of bread on Tuesday wasn’t exactly nutritious.
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Recently the hot wing chain restaurant unveiled new uniforms for their waitresses that included even shorter shorts.
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An 18-year-old Covington High School student has been arrested for assaulting a teacher in the classroom Wednesday, police say.
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According to a spokesperson, a man drowned after he attempted to take his vehicle through floodwaters near I-10 and West End Blvd.
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Today, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the New Orleans Saints have officially named Jameis Winston as their week 1 regular season starting quarterback.
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Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reports that Lutz left Saturday’s practice early and he will visit Dr. William Meyers in the coming days to be evaluated for a potential core muscle surgery.
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Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said that Lana Cristina, 28, has been charged with second-degree murder now the classification of her child’s death is now considered a homicide.
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A groom was arrested Saturday night for allegedly shooting his friend and another car stuck in traffic after leaving his own wedding.
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City officials are gearing up to give away free crawfish fresh and hot out of the pot and all it requires is for you to take one shot.
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For fraternity members of LSU’s Phi Gamma Delta house back in 1988, it was their cook that left the biggest impression on them.
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