Kellie Sanchez
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Kellie Sanchez is general assignments reporter and anchor for the Saturday evening broadcast.
A graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, she most recently worked as a reporter for WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach, Florida.
A native of Texas, Kellie says she fell in love with Louisiana while attending Loyola.
Contact Kellie via email at kellie.sanchez@wafb.com.
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A Louisiana community is mourning the death of a 7-year-old girl who died after being viciously attacked by an unrestrained pit bull.
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A school official said the mistake was made when the bus the boy was on had to be swapped out.
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The Baton Rouge Fire Department added if you are suspicious about an illness, you should still call 911.
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Two teenagers have allegedly confessed to their involvement in a deadly shooting that killed a 33-year-old woman.
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The head of the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners is among the two people arrested on drugs and weapons charges following a pursuit down I-12 in Livingston Parish.
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Young offenders from the Bridge City Detention Center could soon find themselves locked up at Jetson Correctional or Angola State Prison.
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Baton Rouge firefighters helped five stranded drivers get out of floodwaters on Wednesday, Aug. 3, as high water rose around the area.
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Anthony Kimble first heard about LIHEAP, a program that helps people pay cooling, heating, and water bills, after seeing it on WAFB.
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Englyn Roberts loved dancing, music, and food.
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In Louisiana, the reversal of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court makes abortion illegal right away, with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
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Baltimore Ravens, Louisiana Tech, and West Feliciana football star Jaylon Ferguson was found unresponsive in his home on Tuesday, June 21.
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The La. Legislative Auditor took a close look last year at how the LWC distributed benefits during the pandemic, and in a follow-up report, found the LWC still has some issues to address.
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Saturday in a somber ceremony, the names of each of the 11,000 military members from Louisiana who have died in a war since the American Revolution were read.
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“There could still be 10 to 20 storms that end up forming, but as we’ve all unfortunately experienced over the last two years, it just takes one."
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Police are investigating after a toddler was hit and killed by a stray bullet while lying in his bed.
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Entergy customers are warned to get ready because their bills are going to be increasing soon. The utility company is doing this to help pay for storm damage from 2020 and 2021.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards held a news conference on Friday, August 13, to discuss the state’s continued rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
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