Kevin Foster
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 6:39 PM CDT
|By Tamer Knight and Kevin Foster
Products commonly impacted during a state of emergency are gasoline, diesel, hotels, motels and generators
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 7:24 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
A Louisiana man was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of kidnapping for his role in a scheme to murder gay men.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:53 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Campus police at Louisiana State University cited a student accused of grabbing and attempting to follow a person near one of the school’s residence halls.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:44 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
The man who was arrested and eventually charged in the attempted kidnapping plot at LSU posed as a delivery driver with DoorDash, the 9News Investigators have learned.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 3:47 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Officials with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) have released the initial findings of the internal investigation into the agency’s handling of a case that resulted in the death of two-year-old Mitchell Robinson, III.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Services has been called to answer questions from lawmakers over its handling of cases of abuse and deadly drug exposure.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 6:47 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
The 9News Investigators have learned that the Department of Children and Family Services is conducting a full review of how the case was handled after the overdose death of a 2-year-old boy.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2022 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter, Kevin Foster and Jordan Gartner
A trooper stopped the head of Louisiana State Police for speeding along a dangerous stretch of a Louisiana interstate last month.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Davis said Friday that he was “simply wrong in that situation.”
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 11:13 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
The man convicted of shooting and killing LSU basketball player Wayde Sims in 2018 has been formally sentenced to life in prison, according to a report published in The Advocate.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 6:29 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A Louisiana state lawmaker’s testimony about Gov. John Bel Edwards’ knowledge of the Ronald Greene death investigation is drawing a strong denial from the governor’s top staffers.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Just days after Tiki Tubing owner John Fore was arrested for sexual battery, his partner, Patricia Fore, has been booked on the same charge.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Elizabeth Vowell and Kevin Foster
Pastor Tony Spell says he’s already planning a triumphant Sunday sermon, following a Louisiana Supreme Court decision.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 1:58 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
The fraternity is suspended until May of 2023 and is barred from campus activities. It is also blocked from selecting or admitting new members during the suspension.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Police say that one person is in stable condition at a local hospital after a late-night shooting Saturday, March 26 in St. Gabriel.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Exclusive new audio obtained by the 9News Investigators revealed what was said when retired Louisiana State Police (LSP) superintendent Kevin Reeves and his legal team met privately with Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder (R - Gonzales) earlier this year to discuss Ronald Greene’s death investigation.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2022 at 3:56 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
LSU has fired head basketball coach Will Wade and associate head coach Bill Armstrong on Saturday, March 12, university officials said.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 8:56 AM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit south Louisiana, on Friday, Feb. 25, according to the White House.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 10:17 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Dozens of text messages and emails show staffers in Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office attempting to manage a response to fallout over the death of Ronald Greene.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 11:56 AM CST
|By Kevin Foster and Chris Rosato
Some Louisiana lawmakers are calling for Gov. John Bel Edwards to be investigated over his knowledge of the death of Ronald Greene. Others say it’s just politics at play.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2022 at 9:47 AM CST
|By Kevin Foster and Elizabeth Vowell
Greene’s death occurred in May of 2019. Officials said he refused to pull over for a traffic stop and led troopers on a chase across northern Louisiana.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2021 at 11:51 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Leaders in the Louisiana Department of Health say more people are seeking out at-home COVID-19 tests.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 10:56 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
A former prosecutor who worked under Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has filed a lawsuit against his former employer.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2021 at 2:25 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
The federal government announced the deadline Thursday, November 4.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A sanity hearing has been set for a Louisiana man accused of killing his grandmother, stabbing his mother, and shooting three strangers in early August.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Seven shuttered nursing homes across Louisiana will remain closed for at least 12 months, as the operator fights to have his licenses reinstated.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2021 at 1:30 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Officials with Louisiana State Police reported Matthew Mire is under “constant” watch at a medical facility in the Capital Area.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2021 at 1:04 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
An investigation continued Sunday, as Louisiana State Police leaders worked to piece together exactly how long Adam Gaubert’s ambush went unnoticed.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 1:41 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Former East Baton Rouge Metro Council member, turned Louisiana State Representative, C. Denise Marcelle has rescinded a “key to the city” given to performer R. Kelly.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 3:52 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
The man who deputies say killed his grandmother, stabbed his mother, and shot three strangers Sunday was charged in 2011 with simple criminal damage to property, court records show
Updated: Jul. 7, 2021 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Baton Rouge police officers filmed kneeling on a teen’s body are being sued.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By Allison Childers and Kevin Foster
A threat of gun violence in Louisiana’s capitol building is under investigation.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 2:58 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Louisiana State Police leaders fired troopers linked to the deadly arrest of Ronald Greene and the beating of another man in Franklin Parish, located in North Louisiana.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 6:05 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Gloria Scott denies ever putting a price tag on her silence about alleged sexual harassment by former Louisiana State University (LSU) Tiger football star Derrius Guice.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 3:36 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
A recorded phone call, multiple text messages and three voicemails related to the matter were obtained by WAFB-TV through a public records request filed with the university.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 3:32 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
New video obtained by the 9NEWS Investigators shows the arrest of a Baton Rouge contractor at the “happiest place on Earth.”
Updated: Apr. 2, 2021 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
Rampant hazing reported on Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus since January of 2019 has led to sanctions and suspensions in three Greek letter organizations and the university’s famed band.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 3:58 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
State wildlife experts warn backyard bird feeders and birdbaths are blamed for a statewide Salmonella outbreak.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 3:32 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Documents filed in a Louisiana court show Baton Rouge rapper Kentrell Gaulden allegedly skipped out on drug testing mandated as a bond condition for his September arrest.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
A federal indictment details a dark scheme allegedly planned by a Louisiana teen to “kidnap and murder gay men whom he met online.”
Updated: Mar. 12, 2021 at 12:30 PM CST
|By Scottie Hunter, Kevin Foster and Nick Gremillion
Officials have confirmed the trooper’s resignation was effective close of business March 10.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 6:49 PM CST
|By Amanda Lindsley and Kevin Foster
Federal officials are investigating how accurately Louisiana State University reports crime on its campus and among its students.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2020 at 9:46 AM CST
|By Kevin Foster
Two miners are dead following a roof collapse on Avery Island.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2020 at 5:27 PM CST
|By Kevin Foster
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating allegations that inmates in Louisiana were held past their release dates.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 8:02 AM CST
|By Kevin Foster
The hours between Quawan Charles leaving his home in Baldwin, Louisiana and his body being found in a field near Loreauville are the focus of an ongoing investigation.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 7:27 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
In a statement, one representative said, “While any person being affected will be significant, the numbers outside of Houston will be very small.”
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster and Lester Duhé
Gov. Edwards called the petition from Republican lawmakers “reckless, irresponsible, and unconscionable” during a firey news conference Friday, Oct. 23.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 12:08 PM CDT
|By Scottie Hunter and Kevin Foster
A Louisiana State Trooper, who is now deceased, is heard admitting he “beat the ever-living f*ck” out of a Black man during a struggle that followed a May 2019 pursuit.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 11:03 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
Two backseat passengers in a car died after a Louisiana State Police (LSP) unit rear-ended them in Monroe, Louisiana.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 6:54 PM CDT
|By Kevin Foster
People can now track the date their COVID-19 relief payment is scheduled to be deposited into their bank account or mailed to them.