Robb Hays
WAFB News Director
Baton Rouge, La.
Robb Hays is the News Director for WAFB 9News.
Contact Robb via email at robb.hays@wafb.com.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2023 at 3:02 PM CST
|By Robb Hays
As Governor-elect Jeff Landry prepares to announce a new leader for Louisiana State Police, the names of two longtime troopers continue to surface as strong possibilities for the job.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2023 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Louisiana State Police Colonel Lamar Davis has announced he will retire at the beginning of next year.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 12:57 PM CST
|By Robb Hays
Five Louisiana law enforcement officers were charged with state crimes Thursday in the deadly 2019 arrest of motorist Ronald Greene.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
A large cross was erected Friday near the spot where LSU student Allie Rice died one week ago.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 4:48 PM CST
|By Breanne Bizette and Robb Hays
A fisherman rescued the man who fell off I-10 East and into Whiskey Bay following a crash on Friday, March 4.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 2:39 PM CST
|By Robb Hays
The boy’s father, Kyle Robichaux, says he withdrew both of his sons from the school because of the mask policy.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 6:27 PM CST
|By Robb Hays and Chris Rosato
A nine-year-old has been suspended from a school located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge after refusing to wear a mask inside his fourth-grade classroom.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 11:22 AM CST
|By Robb Hays
The property taxes for U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy have more than tripled after a reassessment of his massive home near the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Both suspects in the death of Nevaeh Allen will remain in jail for now, after a judge Friday afternoon ordered both must stay locked up until new bond hearings can be held on Monday, Oct. 4.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Students who fail to comply with LSU's COVID entry rules face being kicked off campus by the end of the day on Sept. 10, university spokesman Ernie Ballard said.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 11:25 AM CDT
|By Robb Hays
AT&T cellular customers are starting to be able to use their wireless devices after Hurricane Ida caused some problems for the company.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 3:25 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
The trial for former school teacher Cynthia Perkins, originally scheduled to start in Livingston parish next week, has been postponed.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021 at 12:33 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Another high-ranking member of the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office has resigned amid an ongoing probe into wrongdoing in that office.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 12:55 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
The United States Coast Guard is assisting in the search for ‘multiple people in the water’ after at least one vessel capsized during a severe storm near Grand Isle, LA this afternoon.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 1:01 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Divers have arrived to examine the lift boat that capsized off the coast of Port Fourchon, La., Tuesday, April 13, the United States Coast Guard confirmed to WAFB Thursday, April 15.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:54 AM CST
|By Robb Hays
Former LSU Athletics Director Joe Alleva recommended firing former Head Football Coach Les Miles in 2013 because of the coach’s alleged inappropriate contact with female students, an official investigation into the incident found.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 11:58 AM CST
|By Robb Hays
District Court Judge Tim Kelley Thursday ruled records requested by a newspaper reporter related to sexual harassment complaints against a high-ranking member of the Louisiana Attorney General’s office must be made public.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 at 11:23 AM CST
|By Robb Hays
Louisiana State Police (LSP) Friday released their findings into cheating allegations among cadets taking part in the 2019 training academy known as Cadet Class 99 (CC 99).
Updated: Dec. 14, 2020 at 3:19 PM CST
|By Robb Hays
A top-ranking member of the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office has been on administrative leave for the past three weeks for potential policy violations, the agency confirmed Monday.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2020 at 3:32 PM CST
|By Robb Hays
Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards was released from OLOL on Sunday afternoon
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 4:20 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
A broadcast tower over 300 feet tall was toppled by the winds from Hurricane Laura as the Category 4 storm made landfall in southwest Louisiana during the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 26.
Updated: May. 15, 2020 at 4:34 AM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Casinos and video poker parlors in Louisiana will be allowed to reopen Monday, May 18 with new rules and regulations in place, the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board said Tuesday.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2020 at 2:36 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Wednesday, April 15 the state is “moving in the right direction” in its fight against coronavirus.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2020 at 4:48 AM CDT
|By Robb Hays
The pastor of a church in Central, La. will be charged with six misdemeanor counts of disobeying the powers of the governor.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2019 at 10:02 PM CST
|By Robb Hays
The former head of the OLOL Foundation, John Paul Funes, has started his federal prison sentence for embezzlement. He reported to a federal prison in Indiana Monday, Dec. 2.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2019 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard confirmed Monday, Oct. 28 he was told in 2014 about his former deputy, Dennis Perkins, allegedly acting “inappropriately” with a teenage girl.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2019 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By Robb Hays
If you were startled out of your sleep by a 3 a.m. text message Thursday morning, you are not alone.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2019 at 9:37 AM CDT
|By Robb Hays
The attorney for the former head of Louisiana State Police confirmed Wednesday, Aug. 14 that his client, Mike Edmonson, has been cleared by the Louisiana Board of Ethics in several investigations involving alleged misconduct.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2019 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Vehicle inspection stations across Louisiana have been inundated with phone calls and visits from people wanting to replace their vehicle inspection stickers that won’t stay stuck.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2019 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Workers at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles are dealing with a pesky problem.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2019 at 12:30 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
The photographs and the embarrassing details related to them were part of a report that the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office publicly released Monday.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2019 at 1:48 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Louisiana has accidentally paid double tax refunds for nearly 66,000 taxpayers amounting to almost $26 million.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:18 PM CST
|By Robb Hays
Governor John Bel Edwards lambasted Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin Tuesday over the issue of whether a former Louisiana mayor with a felony conviction should have been allowed to vote in the state’s most recent election.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2018 at 1:58 PM CDT
|By Robb Hays
Louisiana is paying $149,075 to end a sexual misconduct lawsuit against former Secretary of State Tom Schedler that was filed by one of his former employees, the Associated Press reports.