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.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 5:13 PM CDT
|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.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 2:29 PM CST
|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.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 6:42 PM CDT
|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.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 1:50 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Gray News staff
Amber Alerts had been issued for the two girls in both Louisiana and Mississippi.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 11:26 PM CDT
|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.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 4:20 PM CST
|By Jesse Brooks and Debra Worley
A man was arrested and another is recovering after a verbal argument in a Louisiana parking lot turned violent.
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: Oct. 7, 2021 at 2:15 PM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Gray News Staff
Police say a viral TikTok challenge may be the reason why a student was jailed and charged with a felony in an attack on a teacher.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2021 at 9:58 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Debra Worley
A groom was arrested Saturday night for allegedly shooting his friend and another car stuck in traffic after leaving his own wedding.