Ashlyn Brothers

Ashlyn Brothers is an award winning journalist who joins Fox 8 from Tulsa, Oklahoma where she spent 3 years as a dedicated MMJ/Reporter.
She got her start in news the summer before her senior year in high school interning and eventually working in Northwest Arkansas/Fort Smith while studying at the University of Arkansas (WOO PIG).
Brothers loves musical theatre and spent much of her childhood living in NYC & LA where she studied singing, acting, and dancing. She’s passionate about investigative journalism, victim impact pieces, and sharing survivors’ stories. You can watch her reports every weekday and catch her filling in on the desk from time to time.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2023 at 4:16 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff and Ashlyn Brothers
Police were on the scene of an “active incident” at the school’s biology building
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 5:44 PM CST
|By Ashlyn Brothers
Annie Richardson's friends she was a creative, compassionate artist who loved her family and had a zest for life.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 11:29 PM CST
|By Ashlyn Brothers
Experts expect cases to increase over the holidays
Updated: Oct. 9, 2023 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Ashlyn Brothers
Investigators are following some leads on the frightening incident that abruptly ended Friday night’s football game.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2023 at 3:17 PM CDT
|By FOX 8 Staff and Ashlyn Brothers
No criminal charges will be filed in the Hard Rock Hotel collapse case, as decided by a Louisiana grand jury, concluding a two-year investigation.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Ashlyn Brothers
Derek Carr's AC joint sprain, the severity of the injury, and the rehabilitation process
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 1:08 PM CDT
|By Ashlyn Brothers and FOX 8 Staff
The indictment follows disturbing revelations that Lawrence Hecker had previously confessed to molesting multiple teenagers dating as far back as 1966
Updated: Sep. 4, 2023 at 7:21 AM CDT
|By Jesse Brooks and Ashlyn Brothers
Chief Crocker was appointed and hired as the first and only administrator of the Tangipahoa Fire Board in 2012 after serving in the Kenner Fire Dept. for 25 years.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 11:40 PM CDT
|By Ashlyn Brothers
At the request of the State Fire Marshal’s Office, Kenner firefighters were deployed to western Louisiana
Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 6:12 PM CDT
|By Ashlyn Brothers and Wesley Muller
State Sen. Sharon Hewitt and Attorney General Jeff Landry officially entered the race for Louisiana governor Wednesday, joining a crowded Republican field for the Oct. 14 primary election.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 6:19 PM CDT
|By Ashlyn Brothers
State officials blame the 17.3% increase on inflation and say it will impact more than a million LA drivers