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: Oct. 10, 2022 at 7:51 PM EDT
|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: Jul. 31, 2022 at 1:30 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
The father was booked on several charges, including suspicion of cruelty to juveniles and possession of heroin.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 12:29 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News Staff
The founder and CEO of Raising Cane's has bought a lottery ticket for each of his 50,000 employees.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 3:26 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Emily Van de Riet
Four teenagers accused of a brutal carjacking that killed a 73-year-old woman will be tried as adults on second-degree murder charges, according to the district attorney.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 10:39 PM EDT
|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.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:22 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
Paul Brown passed away after battling a longtime kidney illness.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 3:09 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent and Amanda Alvarado
Four people are dead, including three siblings, after a two-vehicle crash on Friday on I-49 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 8:01 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
The helicopter crashed on I-10 Eastbound at the Bonnet Carre Spillway Bridge, according to Louisiana State Police.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 1:32 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
Attorneys for the family of former New Orleans Saints player Glenn Foster said he was found dead in the back of a police cruiser while being taken to a hospital following an altercation with another inmate.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 8:02 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
A Louisiana high school student has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity after she attacked a teacher in a TikTok challenge gone wrong.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 3:55 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
Glenn Foster was arrested in Pickens County, Alabama, on suspicion of simple assault and third-degree robbery. .
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 3:29 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent and Debra Worley
Abby was wearing a seatbelt but was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. She died two days later.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A man wanted for allegedly having sex with horses in New Orleans’ City Park has been arrested under suspicion of doing the same thing in California, jail records show.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
A man was arrested after allegedly tasing a dog that was duct-taped and tied up.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 3:04 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Debra Worley
A man in Florida took matters into his own hands when he found an alligator roaming around his property.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 1:02 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and WVUE Staff
The St. Tammany Parish Coroner reported the remains belonged to 71-year-old Timothy Satterlee, according to WVUE.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT
|By Natasha Robin, Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
The lawsuit claims Entergy failed to maintain its infrastructure and facilities, plunging nearly a million people into the dark as Ida ravaged southeast Louisiana.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 3:59 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Debra Worley
Deputies have captured an alligator they believe attacked and killed a 71-year-old man in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 7:12 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The victim's wife says she heard a commotion and saw the attack happening, but her husband was gone after she left to get help.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 3:27 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
Rescue teams spent three days pulling the puppies up 65 feet to safety, one by one.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2021 at 3:14 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
The cards had blank lines for names, birthdays, lot numbers and a CDC logo, but they were riddled with typos, unfinished words and some Spanish verbiage was misspelled.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2021 at 4:28 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Gray News staff
A 66-year-old man was killed by a dog after climbing into a house in New Orleans, police say.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2021 at 1:12 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent, Natasha Robin and Gray News staff
The boy with autism went missing Thursday around 5:30 p.m., according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. He was last seen with a parent.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2021 at 11:54 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Krispy Kreme is sweetening the idea of getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2021 at 8:44 AM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
Deputies in the Lone Star State are not letting widespread power outages dim their humanity.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Three women are behind bars, facing battery charges after viral video captured an alleged attack on a hostess at Chili’s.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2020 at 7:49 AM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
Millions of people have signed a petition to change the silhouette on the NBA logo
Updated: Jan. 17, 2020 at 4:49 PM EST
|By Kevin Foster, Mykal Vincent and Rachael Thomas
Jack Jordan, the teen accused of causing a fiery car wreck that left one woman dead after “God told him to kill himself” is now being sent back to a mental health facility until his next court appearance.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2020 at 10:45 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
OBJ is facing a charge of simple battery.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2020 at 1:38 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
Police say the man was caught on video punching a child.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2020 at 9:49 AM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
The Irwin family is continuing Steve Irwin's legacy of rescuing and saving wildlife in danger.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2019 at 1:10 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
Check your pantry and fridge for these recalled foods before planning your holiday meals.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2019 at 2:03 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
KFC is getting into the alternative-meat game.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2019 at 11:39 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent and Lester Duhé
Stay comfortable and save money by using these recommended settings for your central air.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2019 at 10:10 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A new scam tries to convince people they've been hired for a secret shopping job before stealing money from victims.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2019 at 7:40 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
In the most highly-anticipated return to a fast food restaurant’s menu, spicy nuggets are officially back at Wendy’s.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2019 at 3:51 PM EDT
|By Kevin Foster and Mykal Vincent
Jack Jordan, 18, is facing a murder charge for allegedly intentionally causing a crash that claimed the life of Stephanie Payne, 51.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2019 at 6:53 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
The waivers will allow those with tickets to change their reservations without fees, as long as they do so by a certain deadline.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2019 at 6:44 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
This may be worse than the time Kevin spilled an entire pot of chili.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2019 at 8:04 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Taste buds everywhere rejoice.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2019 at 11:42 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Get your dad his favorite restaurant meal even easier this Father's Day.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2019 at 6:08 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Quest hasn't been able to determine the impacts of the reported data breach yet.
Updated: May. 6, 2019 at 7:57 AM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Thanks to Chance the Rapper, the world might once again be reunited with the highly sought-after spicy chicken nuggets
Updated: Apr. 11, 2019 at 12:01 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
A man has been arrested in connection to the burning of three historically black churches
Updated: Mar. 15, 2019 at 12:49 PM EDT
|By Mykal Vincent
She said yes and the kids said “ewww!”
Updated: Mar. 8, 2019 at 5:59 AM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
The company intends to provide users with authoritative information on the controversial topic.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2019 at 5:28 AM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
Claire's does not believe that affected products are still available for sale.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2019 at 5:24 AM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
The product was distributed nationwide.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2019 at 12:19 PM EST
|By Danae Leake and Mykal Vincent
Authorities are searching for a man believed to be responsible for killing 5 people in Louisiana Saturday
Updated: Dec. 16, 2018 at 7:53 PM EST
|By Mykal Vincent
The email was sent to a police officer who said he isn’t even a user of the popular streaming service.
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