Kiran Chawla
Baton Rouge, La.
Updated: May. 28, 2020 at 9:34 PM CDT
|By Nick Gremillion and Kiran Chawla
Louisiana State Police Trooper George Baker was laid to rest Thursday, May 28 after a private memorial service in Hammond.
Updated: May. 22, 2020 at 5:46 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
They’re the moments just about every high school senior looks forward to, the last few months, but the Class of 2020 was pretty much robbed, and the graduating class of Denham Springs High School may have had it even harder.
Updated: May. 1, 2020 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
High school senior moments are the memories everyone cherishes years later, but the coronavirus became the headline for the Class of 2020.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2020 at 9:45 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
The family of the officer killed in the line of duty Sunday, April 26 has now been identified.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2020 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
While some are still waiting to receive their federal stimulus money, several dead people have already received theirs.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2020 at 5:49 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
Rep. Edward James, better known as Ted James, is finally emerging from the fight of his life, the fight with the coronavirus. He’s now back home after COVID-19 nearly claimed his life.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2020 at 5:11 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
The biggest goal of the masks is to cover your nose and mouth or to even protect you from others, but do these homemade masks meet the guidelines laid out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
Updated: Feb. 19, 2020 at 1:50 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla and WAFB Staff
An arrest warrant filed by the Zachary Police Department reveals disturbing details about the inappropriate relationship between a teacher and a 15-year-old student.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2020 at 11:44 AM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
The much-anticipated wait to enjoy some famous charbroiled oysters from Drago’s will soon come to an end.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2019 at 5:47 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
A former high-ranking Livingston parish sheriff’s deputy and his wife have both entered pleas of “not guilty."
Updated: Nov. 26, 2019 at 5:37 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla and Samantha Morgan
A 49-year-old Boy Scout volunteer is being held on a massive bond for charges related to pornography involving juveniles.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2019 at 12:38 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
Dennis Perkins is facing 60 counts of child pornography and rape.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2019 at 4:59 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore says there have been significant legislative changes when it comes to criminal hazing.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2019 at 6:27 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
After initially turning to the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which will pay a percentage of the fees, Cook’s widow contacted members of the media and the community. Since then, numerous people, organizations, and the funeral home have stepped up to pitch in.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2019 at 7:35 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
It was around 7 a.m. on June 27 on Highway 10 in East Feliciana Parish when Reonardo Frost, 17, was headed to work. While driving, he swerved to miss an animal on the roadway. The next second, his life flashed before him.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2019 at 10:07 AM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla and Scottie Hunter
Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi says deputies have arrested one person in connection to the murder of a 14 year old teen and they’re still looking for one more person.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2019 at 8:37 AM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
Holy Family Principal Michael Comeau was arrested Thursday, May 30 in Washington, D.C. at a strip club.
Updated: May. 28, 2019 at 4:48 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster and Kiran Chawla
A spokesman at Louisiana State University says school officials are monitoring a parking lot near River Road that is experiencing impacts related to high river levels.
Updated: May. 24, 2019 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
If the swollen Mississippi River forces officials to open the Morganza Spillway, it could mean an abrupt end to this year’s crawfish season.
Updated: May. 23, 2019 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
People living in the Bayou Estates neighborhood in lower St. Martin Parish are keeping their homes dry with aqua dams, sandbags, and pumps pushing water out 24/7.
Updated: May. 9, 2019 at 4:06 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
A newly released video from the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office shows two men walking up in the dark to a home on Barrow Street in Plaquemine on April 24.
Updated: May. 7, 2019 at 5:32 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
A woman went from planning her wedding to planning her fiancée’s funeral, but she cannot cremate his body. Instead, a little-known Louisiana law is forcing her to pay for a much more expensive burial.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2019 at 6:35 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
A man has been arrested in connection with an accidental shooting that injured an 11-year-old boy.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2019 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office officials now say Louis W. Moore Jr., 44, of Port Allen, confessed to killing his mother and even led deputies to her body.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2019 at 7:53 PM CDT
|By Rachael Thomas and Kiran Chawla
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy John DePedro Jr., 36, was killed Friday, April 19 in a motorcycle wreck in Geismar.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2019 at 3:43 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
A family is hoping to get some help after a fire destroyed their home, leaving them with nothing. Now, the entire family is displaced.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2019 at 5:40 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
It has been more than 1,000 days since the deadly ambush on law enforcement in Baton Rouge. Three men lost their lives in July of 2016, while three others were shot and survived. Deputy Nick Tullier is one who continues to fight against all odds.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2019 at 11:08 AM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
Multiple law enforcement sources tell the 9News Investigators that a Livonia man was arrested following an investigation involving child pornography.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2019 at 8:05 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
There was no confirmed tornado in St. Amant Sunday evening, but some strong winds damaged several homes.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2019 at 12:08 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
An inmate serving time for a sex crime was found working unsupervised at the sheriff's home.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2019 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
Baton Rouge physical therapist, Philippe Veeters, now has three additional charges being brought against him.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2019 at 12:18 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
Doctors will examine Ryan Sharpe to determine if he knew right from wrong at the time of four shootings that left three men dead.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2019 at 5:03 AM CDT
|By Kevin Foster and Kiran Chawla
An escaped kitchen trustee was captured in Memphis, Tennessee after escaping from the West Baton Rouge Parish Jail.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2019 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
The water from the August 2016 flood may have receded, but two and a half years later, time continues to tick away for Dean and Verna Bourgeois in St. Amant.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2019 at 5:10 AM CST
|By Nick Gremillion and Kiran Chawla
The Baton Rouge Police Department has received two reported claims of attempted kidnappings and is actively working to validate the claims, according to a department spokesperson.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2019 at 11:21 AM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
Iberville officials are trying to find out who or what dumped gallons of crude product into Wilbert's Canal.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2019 at 5:22 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
It was an anxious morning for many as they waited on Robert and Abigail Moreno to arrive at their home on Prescott Road in Baton Rouge.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2019 at 10:08 AM CST
|By Kiran Chawla and Carmen Poe
Tracie Zimmerman was arrested Tuesday.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2019 at 5:41 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
Tamara Frank thought she had closure when the man convicted of killing her sister was put away for life, that is until she received a letter in the mail saying he is now up for a clemency hearing.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2019 at 5:48 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
“I don’t sleep at night. We don’t go places. We don’t do anything. There’s no joy,” said Judy Zieto. That’s how she describes the past 12 years after she said one incident changed everything.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2019 at 7:09 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
Many are still trying to come to terms with the weekend’s killings in Livingston and Ascension parishes. On Monday, Denham Springs High School decided to step in and help one of their fallen classmates and his family in their time of need.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2018 at 6:30 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
Nick Tullier's story has touched people across the country, including President Trump
Updated: Dec. 14, 2018 at 12:15 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
A West Baton Rouge Parish grand jury has indicted two former Brusly police officers, Anthony “Kip” Dupre and Dan Cipriano, for the actions they took during the arrest of a 14-year-old student at Brusly Middle School.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2018 at 5:05 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
'Tis the season of giving, but that can be difficult when behind bars.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2018 at 6:00 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
A former Port Allen police officer filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging Port Allen Police Chief Esdron Brown is making decisions based on religion, including giving someone a promotion because “God told him to” do so.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2018 at 5:21 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
It started with a 29-year-old Baton Rouge man looking for love online, and ended with him getting a call from a man pretending to be an officer threatening to charge him with several felonies.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2018 at 6:03 PM CST
|By Wes Muller and Kiran Chawla
In fewer than nine months, those five BRPD officers together made more than $116,000 on top of their already high salaries. That’s more than enough to hire three new officers. Their total compensation, including base salaries and overtime but not including benefits or outside work details, will cost
Updated: Nov. 14, 2018 at 5:11 PM CST
|By Wes Muller and Kiran Chawla
WAFB's 9News Investigators obtained leaked footage from Brusly Middle School that shows a police officer place a student in a choke-hold, then slam him to the ground twice as staff members anxiously pace behind a desk. Two officers resigned, and the case is under investigation by state authorities.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2018 at 4:25 PM CST
|By Kiran Chawla
Michael Collins, 45, the man accused of the murders of Denham Springs couple, Eugene and Patricia Gurley, is fighting extradition, which means Governor John Bel Edwards will now have to get involved.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2018 at 4:52 PM CDT
|By Kiran Chawla
Two people have reportedly been found dead near Pete’s Highway in Denham Springs.