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.
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It was about an hour before this grocery store delivery driver was able to call her mother back to tell her she was not the one in front of the gun.
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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.
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Chef Edward Lee saw a recent report that 8 million people are slipping into poverty because of the pandemic and decided to get to work.
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LMPD’s impound lot has been a thorn in the department’s side for years.
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Last minute changes to an ordinance creating the review board and inspector general had some Metro Council members fuming after five months of hard work and community input.
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The Government Oversight Committee pressed city officials on how Elliott Avenue came to be the focus of several different departments.
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Cameron is one of 10 Republican attorneys general across the nation urging the Supreme Court to take up the case.
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The margins are narrowing, but President Donald Trump continues suing to stop the count in states where he’s ahead, while questioning legal votes in states where he’s behind.
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Wednesday had the highest number of hospitalizations since the pandemic started for Indiana.
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For those who feel like their vote doesn’t count, some argue this presidential election disproves that.
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Though Halloween is over, not knowing who did this or why continues to haunt the Acrees.
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The exciting Halloween wasn't stopped by COVID-19.
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Judge Brian Edwards' revealed Friday that thousands of signatures on a petition against the tax increase were either duplicates or inaccurate and suggesting tampering.
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Even though the states border one another, each state has its own way of determining what counties are red zones.
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The shooting happened outside of the Free Hype Shop.
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The ordinance passed 15-10. All seven Republicans were joined by three Democrats in voting no.
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LMPD Interim Chief Yvette Gentry testified to the Metro Council Public Safety Committee that the ordinance would take away flexibility that is needed with ever-changing policy.
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“There’s days I just want to give up and there’s other days, like, if I don’t fight, who is going to fight for him besides his family?” his mother questioned.
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A motion requesting to keep the evidence against former LMPD Detective Brett Hankison away from the public’s eye was jointly filed Thursday.
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A person found a pile of discarded USPS mail, including 112 absentee ballots for the upcoming election, on Thursday.
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It’s been debated and tweaked for weeks before being struck down with a 4-3 vote.
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Amendment 1 would provide greater constitutional rights for crime victims in the state, while Amendment 2 deals with term limits for Commonwealth’s attorneys and district court judges.
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Seven months after her son was killed by police, a mother finally got answers in the most unlikely of places: the Breonna Taylor case files.
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Attorney General Daniel Cameron chose to not make the warrant a part of his case, deferring that part of the investigation to the FBI.
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An LMPD detective explains seeing Taylor's ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover walk into her apartment empty-handed and come out with a package.
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Committee Chair Jessica Green cut a piece out and tabled it so that incoming Interim LMPD Chief Yvette Gentry gets to provide input as outgoing Interim Chief Robert Schroeder did.
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“I can say my customers have been phenomenal. Best in town," Joe Bishop said.
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Twice in recent months, Schroeder and Public Safety Chief Amy Hess appealed subpoenas requiring them to testify before the committee. They said they’d testify in executive session but not in an open-court environment.
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WAVE 3 News reporter Kaitlin Rust and photographer James Dobson had to be escorted away and shielded by a security guard in Jefferson Square Park after being confronted by protesters Wednesday evening.
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LMPD Sgt. Jon Mattingly, one of three officers involved in the Breonna Taylor shooting death, confirmed to WAVE 3 News that he sent a strongly-worded email to his department colleagues early Tuesday morning.
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In a statement, UPS called the incident "disturbing."
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An order was signed off on by a judge Friday morning, closing federal buildings in Louisville Monday through Friday.
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LMPD found the torso of the victim around 2 p.m. on Wednesday in a park in Clifton Heights.
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WAVE 3 News' legal expert breaks down how a settlement is reached before criminal proceedings are finished.
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The stands at Spencer County High School were a bit bare for Friday night football, only filled at about 20% capacity, but that doesn’t mean the support wasn’t there.
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Some experts say a negative test result might be inaccurate if a person is tested too soon.
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The Crusader was left on the doorsteps on multiple homes.
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Interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Robert Schroeder and public safety director Amy Hess will have to testify before Metro Council about recent events surrounding protests and riots in the city and LMPD’s response.
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Over 20 years moving up the ranks at LMPD before retiring, combined with her social service work in recent years, have many saying Gentry is the perfect fit.
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A pandemic and civil unrest marked the most unusual "most exciting two minutes in sports".
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The song is not about the famous brick house in Bardstown.
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Hauck’s Handy Shop was a staple in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood. The store opened its doors in 1912 and was sold in January 2019.
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Kenneth Walker addressed a gathering of media Tuesday, hours after he filed a lawsuit against LMPD and others, alleging police misconduct the night of the raid that left Taylor dead in the hallway of her apartment.
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LMPD said a SWAT truck hit one of the protester's cars, but only because it was about to drive onto the sidewalk, endangering others.
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Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine announced Wednesday that the LMPD officers involved in the shooting death of Shelby Gazaway will not face charges.
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An investigation is ongoing for a TARC driver and anti-gun violence advocate, and police are now requesting assistance in locating her missing vehicle.
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The fire was reported in the 200 block of East Washington Street around 9:45 a.m.
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The resolution was sent to the Metro Council Public Safety Committee to be heard next week. If it makes it out of committee, then it moves to the full council for a vote.
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Even though two-thirds of this year’s murder cases are still unsolved in Louisville, La'Deju Neal's family wants to make sure she doesn’t get lost in the numbers.
The deadline to submit artwork is Tuesday, August 25 at 5 p.m.