The Advocate 05-15-2025

Air Force One gets another fighter jet escort

DOHA, Qatar President Donald Trump’s trip to Qatar is off to a flying start.

Like Saudi Arabia a day earlier, Qatar didn’t bother waiting for Trump to land before setting out to impress him with a fighter jet escort.

As Trump flew into Riyadh on Tuesday and then in to Doha on Wednesday as part of his Middle East trip, he received ceremonial escorts from each country’s F-15 fighter jets, exceptionally rare sights.

A White House official, Margo Martin, posted videos of the escorts online.

“Saudi F-15’s providing honorary escort for Air Force One!” she wrote on Tuesday The Royal Saudi Air Force has the world’s largest fleet of American-made F-15s after the U.S. Air Force. Then on Wednesday, Martin posted: “what a view flying into Qatar!!!” She even captured one of the Qatari aviators, sitting in the F-15’s backseat, returning the favor by taking a picture of Air Force One.

New foreign minister named for Canada

TORONTO Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a major Cabinet shakeup, including a new foreign minister, Tuesday as he shapes a newly reelected Liberal government.

Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau earlier this year and won election last month, named Anita Anand foreign minister, replacing Mélanie Joly, who becomes the minister of industry Anand’s previous roles include defense minister François-Philippe Champagne retains his job as finance minister, while Dominic LeBlanc remains minister of U.S. trade at a time of a trade war between Canada and the United States.

Carney won the job of prime minister by promising to confront the aggression toward Canada shown by U.S. President Donald Trump, while preserving the calm demeanor of an economist who has led the central banks of both Canada and the United Kingdom.

“Canadians elected this new government with a strong mandate to define a new economic and security relationship with the United States and to build a stronger economy for all Canadians,” Carney said.

Carney noted that King Charles III will deliver a speech outlining the Canadian government’s priorities on May 27, when Parliament resumes. Charles is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies.

NASA rover spies Mars aurora visible to humans

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that’s visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet.

European and U.S scientists reported that the green aurora in the dusty Martian sky was generated by a solar storm last year and had three days’ advance notice to set aside viewing time with the rover’s cameras. Previous auroras observed at Mars appeared only in the ultraviolet, but this one was in the visible wavelength It resulted from a solar flare in March 2024 that was followed by a coronal mass ejection of plasma from the sun that was directed toward Mars

These latest observations show that forecasting of northern and southern lights is now possible at Mars, allowing scientists to study space weather, said University of Oslo’s Elise Wright Knutsen, whose research appeared Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.

“While the brightness of this event was dimmed by dust, events under better viewing conditions or more intense particle precipitation might be above the threshold for human vision and visible to future astronauts,” the researchers wrote.

This was the first time an aurora had been reported from the surface of a planet other than Earth, the researchers noted. Earlier observations were made from orbit.

Airstrikes in Gaza kill 70, officials say

BY WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press

DEIRAL-BALAH,Gaza Strip Israeli airstrikes

pounded northern and southern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 70 people, including almost two dozen children, according to local hospitals and health officials, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was “no way” he would halt Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory before Hamas is defeated.

At least 50 people, including 22 children, were killed in strikes around Jabaliya in northern Gaza alone, according to hospitals and Gaza’s Health Ministry

The strikes came after Hamas on Monday released an Israeli-American hostage, a gesture that some thought could lay the groundwork for a ceasefire, and as U.S. President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia during a multi-day trip to Gulf countries.

Israel’s military refused to comment on the strikes. It warned Jabaliya residents to evacuate late Tuesday, citing militant infrastructure in the area, including rocket launchers In Jabaliya, rescue workers smashed through collapsed concrete slabs using hand tools, lit by the light of cellphones, to remove children’s bodies.

In comments released by Netanyahu’s office Tuesday the prime minister said Israeli forces were days away from a promised escalation of force and would enter Gaza “with great strength to complete the mission. It means destroying Hamas.”

There had been widespread hope that Trump’s visit to the Middle East could usher in a ceasefire deal or renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli blockade of the territory is now in its third month.

The war began when Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 people in a 2023 intrusion into southern Israel. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 52,928 Palestinians, many of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many

were combatants. Almost 3,000 have been

killed since Israel broke a ceasefire on March 18, the ministry said.

Israel’s offensive has obliterated vast swathes of Gaza’s urban landscape and displaced 90% of the population, often multiple times.

Israeli media reported that one target in a strike on a hospital in Khan Younis on Tuesday was Mohammed Sinwar, younger brother of the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces last October The military would not comment beyond saying it had targeted a Hamas “command and control center” which it said was located beneath the European Hospital.

Mohammed Sinwar is believed to be Hamas’ top military leader in Gaza. Israel has tried to assassinate him multiple times over the past decades.

A senior health official in Gaza said Wednesday that ambulances were no longer able to reach the hospital due to damage from the strike, which had also forced the facility to suspend surgical operations.

Dr Marwan al-Hams, director general of Field Hospitals at Gaza’s Health Ministry said the strike had severely damaged the hospital’s water and sewage systems, as well as its courtyard. He added that the Israeli military hit a bulldozer brought in by hospital authorities to repair the area to allow ambulances reach the building.

“Until these damages are fixed, we will have to shut down most departments of the hospital,” he said, adding that he had no information about Israel’s claimed target of the strike International food security experts warned earlier this week that Gaza will likely fall into famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign.

Nearly half a million Palestinians are facing possible starvation while 1 million others can barely get enough food according to findings by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises.

Mexico confirms cartel family members entered U.S. in deal

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration.

Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed a report by independent journalist Luis Chaparro that family members of Ovidio Guzmán López, who was extradited to the United States in 2023, had entered the U.S. Guzmán Lopez is one of the brothers left running a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel after notorious capo Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was imprisoned in the U.S Video showed the family members walking across the border from Tijuana with their suitcases to waiting U.S. agents.

Rumors had circulated last week that the younger Guzmán would plead guilty to avoid trial for

several drug trafficking charges in the U.S. after being extradited in 2023.

García Harfuch confirmed the family members’ crossing in a radio interview and said it was clear to Mexican authorities that they were doing so after negotiations between Guzmán López and the U.S. government.

He believed that was the case because the former cartel boss, whose lawyer said in January he had entered negotiations with U.S. authorities, had been pointing fingers at members of other criminal organizations likely as part of a cooperation agreement.

“It is evident that his family is going to the U.S. because of a negotiation or an offer that the Department of Justice is giving him,” García Harfuch said.

He said that none of the family members were being pursued by Mexican authorities and that the government of U.S. President Donald Trump “has to share information”

Virginia boy swept away as heavy rains, flooding hit states

BY GENE PUSKAR and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press

WESTERNPORT,Md Officials

found the body of a 12-yearold boy who was swept away by rushing water on a Virginia roadway during a storm system that also forced a dozen students to stay overnight at a Maryland high school due to heavy rains that led to flooding in several states.

A 911 caller reported Tuesday night that the boy was walking outside when he was swept away by water that overtook the roadway from a nearby creek, Albemarle County Fire Rescue said in a social media post.

What is believed to be the body of Jordan Sims was found by crews searching for him about 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, the county agency stated. He will be taken a medical examiner’s office in Richmond for positive identification.

“This is a heartbreaking outcome, and our hearts are with the Sims’ family and loved ones,” Albemarle County Fire Rescue Chief Dan Eggleston said in a statement. “We are incredibly grateful to our local and regional partners who supported this search effort with urgency, professionalism, and care.”

In far western Maryland’s Allegany County, officials said about 150 students and 50 adults were evacuated Tuesday afternoon

from Westernport Elementary School as floodwaters breached the second floor Crews used rescue boats to transport the children to higher ground. The small rural community of Westernport saw its downtown completely inundated for the first time in decades. Rapidly rising waters caught residents by surprise when a rainy day suddenly turned into an emergency situation.

“We went from just kind of puddles on the street to the whole town underwater in at most an hour,” said Chris Lafferty, deputy chief of Tri-Towns EMS in Westernport. “It turned basically all of downtown into a river.”

With a population under 2,000 people, Westernport is located in the far corner of western Maryland. Its modest downtown took shape in a valley where Georges Creek flows into the North Branch Potomac River People were also forced to relocate at two other county schools on Tuesday Allegany County Public Schools said 12 students stayed overnight at Mountain Ridge High School before being picked up Wednesday morning. County schools were closed Wednesday Emergency officials said no one had been reported missing or injured, but residents were urged to stay home anyway because several secondary roads had been washed out.

with Mexican prosecutors, something it has not yet done.

The confirmation by García Harfuch comes the same day that the U.S. Attorney General’s Office announced it was charging a number of top cartel leaders with “narcoterrorism” for the first time since the Trump administration declared a number of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

While prosecutors declined to comment on the video of the family U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon for the Southern District of California and other officials sent a warning to cartel members, repeatedly citing the Sinaloa Cartel by name.

“Let me be direct, to the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, you are no longer the hunters, you are the hunted. You will be betrayed by your friends, you will be hounded by your enemies, and you will ultimately find yourself and your face here in a courtroom in the Southern District of California,” Gordon said.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JEHAD ALSHRAFI Palestinians inspect the rubble of homes destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. According to local hospitals, 50 people were killed in the strikes including 22 children.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By GENE J PUSKAR Ashley Rishel, left, of the Allegany County 911, and Lesley Moran help clean up Main Street on Wednesday after fl

Cassidyquestions RFKinhealthhearing

BY MARK BALLARD Staff writer

WASHINGTON

U.S. Sen.Bill Cassidy said his committee’shearing Wednesday wasa chancefor health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr to comfort people worriedabout the sweeping changes President Donald Trump’sadministration is making to federalhealth agencies.

“Peopleinstinctivelyfear change, even when it’sfromworse to better,” Cassidy,R-Baton Rouge, said to openthe hearing. “But without aclearly defined plan or objective, people will assume the worst. …Americans need direct reassurance from the administration, andfromyou,Mr. Secretary, that its reforms will make their lives easier,not harder.And that’swhy I’ve invited you.”

Thehearing before theSenate Health Education Labor andPensions Committee, which Cassidy chairs,followed anotherhearing earlier in theday before aHouse Appropriations subcommittee, which Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Start, vice chairs.Itwas Kennedy’s first visit to Capitol Hill since he was confirmed in February Kennedy agreed to quarterly hearings as part of aconcession to win Cassidy’ssupport to become secretaryofthe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

During the two hearings, lawmakers from both parties questioned, in often tense exchanges, how much of Kennedy’sapproach was aspirational budgetcutting and how much was arealistic focus on improving health care.

Kennedy has overseen adramaticeffort to reshape accessto physicians, hospitals and medical care. He has removed 20,000 of the agency’s82,000 jobs, fired leading scientists, slashed federal funds for biomedical research and decreased the number of divisions from 28 to 15.

“Bureaucratic bloat and regulatory hurdles at the Departmentof Health and HumanServices have made it harder to deliver critical services,”Cassidy said.“We need to make HHS work betterfor the American people. That means finding ways to speed up approvals for lifesaving drugs, improving deliveryofhealth care services so Americans who need these ben-

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fits can receive them, addressing high levels of chronic disease and holdingbad actors accountable to lower health care costsfor American workers.”

Kennedy said there’sa lot of duplications in thesprawling departmentthat spent $1.7 trillion in 2024,including more than 100 communicationsoffices, 40 procurementoperations and nine that focused on women’s health.

“What we’re trying to do is consolidate, streamline,” Kennedy said, adding that the U.S. is “the sickest developed nation in the world,” whichcosts consumers $4.5 trillion annually

“Clearly something is structurally and systemically wrong with this system,” he said.

Kennedylaysout priorities

Kennedy said the department would increase access to primary care physicians inrural areas, preserve veterans health initiatives and ensure theviabilityof Medicaid,Medicareand Head Start,afederally funded preschool programfor low-income families thathas beentargeted for elimination by Republicans for years.

The federal government also would put a“specialfocus on the chronic disease epidemic,” he said.

Kennedygave much the same presentationtothe HouseAppropriations subcommittee earlier in

theday

“I’m so eagertohear from you how we can best support your mission moving forward,” saidLetlow Letlow said30,000cases of cancer are diagnosedinLouisiana each year,4,230 of which are breast cancer and 210 are cervical cancer.She asked for assurances thatthe federal government will focus on women’shealthconcerns.

“Westrongly support that,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy criticizedthe “party press”— aterm Republicansuse to describemainstream media they say favor Democratic policies —saying it inaccurately reported that he terminated awomen’shealth program.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., apologized to Letlow,then pointed out that Kennedy had sought to eliminate breast and cervical cancer projects in aproposed budget for thenext fiscal year,2026.

ShethenturnedtoKennedy to say:“Youare going to illegally impound billions of dollarsfor research appropriated by Congress. …You do nothavethe authority to do what you are doing.”

In theSenate hearing, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., touched on spending reductions that forced the National Institutes of Health to dumpbiomedical research projects. TheTrump administration terminated about$13.5billion in health care funding that included more than 1,600 grants for

Georgetown studentreleased from immigration detention

BY OLIVIA DIAZ and KENDRIA LAFLEUR Associated Press

ALVARADO,Texas AGeorgetown University scholar from India who wasarrested in the Trump administration’scrackdown on foreign college students was released from immigration detention Wednesday after afederal judge’sruling.

BadarKhan Suriwillgo home to his family in Virginia while he awaits the outcome of his petition against the Trump administration for wrongful arrest and detention in violation of the First Amendment and other constitutional rights. He’salsofacing deportation proceedings in an immigration court in Texas.

“Justice delayed is justice denied,” Khan Suri told reporters after his release from adetention facilityin Alvarado, near Dallas. “It took two months,but I’m extremely thankful that finally I’m free.” Immigration authorities have detained college students from across the country —many of whom participated in campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war —since the first days of the Trump administration. Khan Suri is the latest to win release from custody,along with Rumeysa Ozturk, aTufts University student from Turkey,and MohsenMahdawi, aPalestinian student at Columbia University

U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, said she was releasingKhan Suri because shefelthe had substantial constitutional claims against the Trump administration. Shealso considered the needsofhis family and said she didn’t believe he was adangerto the community

“Speech regarding the conflictthere and opposing

Israel’smilitary campaign is likelyprotected political speech,” Giles said. “And thus he was likely engaging in protectedspeech.”

Thejudge added: “The First Amendment does not distinguish between citizens and noncitizens.”

Khan Suri was arrested by masked, plain-clothed officers on theevening of March 17 outside his apartment complex in Arlington, Virginia. He was then put on aplane to Louisiana and later to adetention center in Texas.

The Trump administrationhas said that it revoked Khan Suri’svisa because of his social media posts and his wife’sconnection to Gaza as aPalestinian American. They accused himof supportingHamas, which the U.S. hasdesignated as a terrorist organization.

Khan Suri andhis wife, MaphezeSaleh,havebeen targeted because Saleh’s father worked with the Hamas-backed Gazangov-

ernment for more than a decade,but before Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Khan Suri’s attorneys say According to the U.S government,Khan Surihas undisputed family ties to the terrorist organization, which he “euphemistically refers to as ‘the government of Gaza.’ ”But the American Civil Liberties Unionhas said that Khan Suri hardly knew the father, Ahmed Yousef.

Giles acknowledgedthe Trump administration’s need to prioritizenational security but saidthat “whatever deference may be appropriate, concerns of national security” do not supersedethe judiciary.

David Byerley,aJusticeDepartment attorney had argued against Khan Suri’s release. He told the judge that Khan Suri’s First Amendment caseisinextricablyintertwinedwith the deportation case in Texas, so he should stay there.

Noticeisherebygiven pursuanttoArticle 7, Section 23 (C)of the Constitution and R.S. 47:1705(b)thata publichearing of theWest BatonRouge Parish Council will be held at West BatonRouge Parish Governmental Building/Council Room, 880 N. Alexander Avenue,PortAllen, Louisiana on Thursday, July 24th, 2025 at 5:30pm to consider levying additional or increased millage rateswithout further voterapproval or adopting the adjusted millage rate after reassessmentand rolling forwardtop rates not to exceed the prior year’s maximum. TaxRecipientbodyintends to consider levyingadditional or increased millage rateswithout further voterapproval (R.S.47:1705(B). Theestimatedamountof tax revenues to be collectedinthe next year from theincreased General Alimony and Librarymillages is $6,096,000 and the amountofincrease in tax attributable to the millage increase is $528,200.

Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee

Chair Sen. Bill Cassidy R-Baton Rouge, left greets Secretaryof Health and Human Services Robert F. KennedyJr. on Wednesdaybefore Kennedytestifies at ahearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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research by universities, medical schoolsand government agencies

“Wewant the federal government to play amajor rolein continuing its efforts to combat such terrible diseases as cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart diseaseand other terrible illnesses thatclaim thelivesofmillions of Americans,”Sanders said. Vaccines come up

During confirmation hearings earlier this year,Cassidy raised concerns about Kennedy’shistory of representing in court clientswho opposed vaccinations and making repeated public comments that linked vaccines to various maladies without presenting evidence.Cassidy,aphysician whohas participatedinvaccinationstudies, said people should notdie from illnesses that could easily have been treatedwitha simple injection.

Several Republican senators withheld their support of Trump’s nominee until Cassidy made his intentions known. One of the concessions Kennedy made to nail down Cassidy’sbacking was apromise nottoundermine the federal government’sefforts to vaccinatechildren.

Cassidyhad retweetedstatements Kennedy made aboutvaccinating children against measles. ButCassidy hasn’t said much aboutKennedy’sother statements that some claimcasts doubt about vaccines.

Sen. ChrisMurphy, D-Conn.,alleged that Kennedy undermined the role vaccines playinpreventing diseases during the largest measles outbreak in 25 years. He challengedKennedy on stripping $12 billion from the budget that went as grants to the states to administervaccination efforts. He noted that Kennedy had promised not to change vaccine standards but directed the Food andDrug Administration to change current practices used to approve the medicines. And Kennedy said on the “Dr.Phil” talk show that the measles vaccines have notbeen fully tested,which sows doubts in someparents, Murphy argued.

Kennedy interrupted, “All true. Youwantmetolie to the public?” Kennedy went on to say that only theCOVID vaccines,out of 70-some-odd mixtures, have been safety tested using placebos. Placebos mimic real vaccines but have no therapeutic effect and are used to assess the safety of a vaccine.

Cassidy later said, “The secretary made thestatement that no vaccine exceptfor COVIDhad been evaluatedagainst placebo. Forthe record, that’snot true.”

Cassidy’spolitical backdrop

Trump hascalledCassidy,who is running forreelection next year,derogatory names forvoting to convict the president on impeachment chargesstemming from theJan.6,2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. But Trump curtailed his diatribes against Louisiana’s senior senator when it became clearthat Cassidy had enough votes to sidetrack Kennedy’s nomination.

Cassidyalreadyhas attractedan opponent forhis reelection in 2026 in state Treasurer John Fleming, aMindendoctor who worked in the White House during Trump’s first term. OtherRepublican candidateshavealso talked about potentially entering the race. Trump hasn’tendorsed either candidate in the 2026 contest, but at arecentWhite House function praisedCassidy Email Mark Ballardat mballard@theadvocate.com.

Trump tries to negotiate nuclear deal with Iran

BY ZEKE MILLER, JON GAMBRELL and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

DOHA, Qatar President Donald Trump said Wednesday he urgently wants “to make a deal” with Iran to wind down its nuclear program but Tehran must end its support of proxy groups throughout the Mideast as part of any potential agreement.

Trump, who is in the midst of a three-country visit to the region, also discussed Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program in one-on-one talks with Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

The American president expressed measured confidence that the U.S. effort with Tehran would “work out one way or another.”

But in comments earlier in the day, at a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Trump made clear he expected Tehran to end its role as the chief financial backer of the militant groups. Iran “must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars and permanently and verifiably cease pursuit of nuclear weapons,” Trump told the GCC leaders. “They cannot have a nuclear weapon.” Al Thani did not directly address the Iran issue after his session with Trump in Doha. But the emir said U.S.-Qatar cooperation on a broad range of issues was lifting their partnership to “another level of relations.”

The two leaders, and others from their respective delegations, signed a series of agreements, including one between U.S. aircraft company Boeing and Qatar Airways. The White House said the deal was worth $96 billion. The U.S. and Iran have en-

gaged in four rounds of talks since early last month, and Trump has said he believes brokering a nuclear deal is possible but that the window is closing The Republican president’s latest push on Iran to cease support of Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen come as that proxy network has faced significant setbacks in the 19 months since Hamas launched its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. In Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called Trump’s remarks “deceitful” but did not directly address Trump’s demand

Trump said that he also believed the moment was ripe “for a future free from the grip of Hezbollah terrorists.” Hezbollah is severely weakened after its war last year with Israel in which much of its top leadership was killed, and after losing a key ally with the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a conduit for Iran to send arms.

Lifting sanctions on Syria

Trump met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a face-to-face engagement with the onetime insurgent leader who spent years imprisoned

by U.S. forces after being captured in Iraq. Trump agreed to meet al-Sharaa at the end of his stay in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Sharaa was named president of Syria in January a month after a stunning offensive by insurgent groups led by al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, stormed Damascus and ended the 54year rule of the Assad family

Trump said he decided to meet with al-Sharaa after being encouraged to do so by Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He also pledged to lift yearslong sanctions on Syria.

Trump told reporters that the meeting with al-Sharaa went “great” and described him as a “young, attractive guy” with a “very strong past.”

“He’s got a real shot at holding it together,” Trump said.

Prince Mohammed joined Trump and al-Sharaa for the meeting, which lasted 33 minutes. Erdogan took part via video conference.

Formerly known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, al-Sharaa joined the ranks of al-Qaida insurgents battling U.S. forces in Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion.

Trump meets with Syria’s interim president

BY ZEKE MILLER, JON GAMBRELL and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia U.S.

President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years and one that could serve as a turning point for Syria as it struggles to emerge from decades of international isolation.

The meeting, on the sidelines of Trump’s get-together with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, marks a major turn of events for a Syria still adjusting to life after the over 50-year, iron-gripped rule of the Assad family and for its new leader, who once had a $10 million U.S. bounty for his arrest

Trump praised al-Sharaa to reporters after the meeting, saying he was a “young, attractive guy Tough guy Strong past. Very strong past Fighter.”

Under the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, al-Sharaa had ties to al-Qaida and joined insurgents battling U.S. forces in Iraq before entering the Syrian war. He was even imprisoned by U.S. troops there for several years.

“He’s got a real shot at holding it together,” Trump said. “He’s a real leader He led a charge, and he’s pretty amazing.”

Trump had announced the day before as he kicked off his three-nation Middle East tour in Riyadh that he would also move to lift U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria under the deposed autocrat Bashar Assad.

People across Syria cheered in the streets and set off fireworks on Tuesday

night to celebrate, hopeful their nation — locked out of credit cards and global finance — might rejoin the world’s economy when they need investments the most.

The meeting came even after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier asked Trump not to lift sanctions on Syria, again underscoring a growing discontent between the White House and the Israeli government as its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip rages on.

Trump told the Gulf Cooperation Council after his meeting with al-Sharaa that he was ending sanctions on Syria in order to give the country “a fresh start.”

“It gives them a chance for greatness. The sanctions were really crippling, very powerful,” Trump said.

Trump said al-Sharaa had agreed to join the Abraham Accords and eventually recognize Israel, but Syria hasn’t confirmed that.

Trump told reporters, “I think they have to get themselves straightened up. I told him, ‘I hope you’re going to join when it’s straightened out.’ He said, ‘Yes.’ But they have a lot of work to do.”

Historic meeting

Trump said on Tuesday that he would meet alSharaa, who flew in to the Saudi capital for the faceto-face.

Even before its ruinous civil war that began in 2011, Syria struggled under a tightly controlled socialist economy and under sanctions by the U.S. as a state sponsor of terror since 1979.

Al-Sharaa is the first Syrian leader to meet an American president since Hafez Assad met Bill Clinton in Geneva in 2000. The Trumpal-Sharaa meeting took

place behind closed doors, and the White House later said it ran for just over 30 minutes. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the meeting with Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and al-Sharaa via phone. Turkey was a main backer to al-Sharaa and his rebel faction.

“I felt very strongly that this would give them a chance,” Trump said of Syria. “It’s not going to be easy anyway, so gives them a good strong chance. And it was my honor to do so.” What happened?

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Trump urged al-Sharaa to diplomatically recognize Israel, “tell all foreign terrorists to leave Syria” and help the U.S. stop any resurgence of the Islamic State group. Trump, a Republican, also asked for the Syrian government to “assume responsibility” for over a dozen detention centers holding some 9,000 suspected members of the Islamic State group, Leavitt added. The prisons are run by the U.S.-backed and Kurdishled forces that spearheaded the military campaign against the extremists and controlled the last sliver of land they once held in March 2019.

As part of a deal reached in March between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led forces, all border crossings with Iraq and Turkey, airports and oil fields in the Northeast would be brought under the central government’s control by the end of the year Trump’s desire for Syria to take over the prisons also signals the potential of a full American military withdrawal from Syria.

BY STEVE PEOPLES and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press

NEW YORK Six months after Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Democrats remain deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, although neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party is viewed favorably by a majority of U.S. adults.

A new poll conducted earlier this month by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that only about onethird of Democrats are “very optimistic” or even “somewhat optimistic” about their party’s future. That’s down sharply from July 2024, when about 6 in 10 Democrats said they had a positive outlook.

“I’m not real high on Democrats right now,” said poll respondent Damien Williams, a 48-year-old Democrat from Cahokia Heights, Illinois “To me, they’re not doing enough to push back against Trump.”

The poll comes at a critical moment for the Democratic Party, which is desperately seeking momentum after losing the White House and both chambers of Congress in last fall’s general election.

In the survey, Democrats offer mixed reviews for some of their party’s best-known elected officials — including Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both of New York while reporting significant concerns about how leaders are chosen in the U.S. political system. Williams, a member of the Teamsters union, said he likely won’t feel good about his party again “until somebody steps up in terms of being a leader that can bring positive change — an Obamalike figure.” Republicans, meanwhile, are slightly more optimistic

about the future of the GOP than they were last year.

The poll finds that about half of Republicans, 55%, are very or somewhat optimistic about their party’s future, up from 47% last summer. Still, only about 3 in 10 Republicans are optimistic about the state of U.S. politics, up from about 1 in 10 last summer.

Patrick Reynolds, a 50-year-old Republican community activist and pastor from Fort Worth, Texas, says he has conflicting feelings about Trump’s leadership and the future of his party

He worries that too many Republicans in Congress are falling in line behind the Republican president and his chief ally and adviser, Elon Musk, who has led Trump’s push to slash the size of the federal government. Reynolds also says he’s concerned that Trump’s aggressive moves to combat illegal immigration may be violating the Constitution.

“How can we be the party of the rule of law when we’re violating constitutional principles?” Reynolds said. “I think there could be a (political) backlash.”

Neither political party is especially popular right now

Overall, about 4 in 10 U.S. adults have a favorable view of the Republican Party while about one-third have a positive view of the Democratic Party

This relatively weak support extends to some of each party’s most prominent officials

Roughly 4 in 10 Americans have a favorable view of Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who has twice run for the Democratic presidential nomination and has toured the nation in recent months rallying anti-Trump resistance Among self-described Democrats, about three-quarters view Sanders favorably

About half of Democrats have a favorable view of Oc-

asio-Cortez, who has joined Sanders on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour She is less popular among U.S. adults overall about 3 in 10 have a favorable opinion of the 35-year-old representative, who is sometimes mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.

Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, is less popular than Sanders or Ocasio-Cortez.

Just about one-third of Democrats have a somewhat or very favorable view of the 74-year-old senator who took a hit from many liberals for acceding to a Republicanled funding bill that kept the government open. The share of Democrats who view Schumer positively has fallen since December 2024, when about half had a somewhat or very favorable view Among all adults, his favorability stands at 21%.

“I just feel like the majority of the old Democratic Party needs to go,” said Democrat Monica Brown, a 61-year-old social worker from Knoxville, Tennessee. “They’re not in tune with the new generation. They’re not in tune with the new world. We’ve got such division within the party.”

On the GOP side, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a former Florida senator, is more popular than several other high-profile Republicans.

Beyond their negative outlook on the future of their party, 55% of Democrats are also pessimistic about the way leaders are chosen in the U.S. The figure is up slightly from 46% last summer, when President Joe Biden was still in the White House. The AP-NORC poll of 1,175 adults was conducted May 1-5, using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based

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President Donald Trump and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meet at the Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday.

downtown, along with national events that drew large crowds, including the Miss USA competition and Bayou Country Superfest

But he had his share of controversies, including the messy firing of one of the police chiefs he appointed during his tenure. Holden had hired Dewayne White to help reform the department, but ended up terminating him for being “divisive” in what some claimed was a battle between the chief and the police union.

By Holden’s third term in office, he began facing more criticism of his leadership and clashed sharply and publicly with former allies on the Metro Council. Some north Baton Rouge political leaders argued that he’d turned his back on his own community by embracing parts of Baton Rouge with fewer Black residents. And when Baton Rouge faced historic floods in the summer of 2016 Holden was largely absent. When he left office, he did so quietly

After Sharon Weston Broome was elected in 2016, Holden ran for the U.S. House to represent Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District but barely campaigned and lost to fellow Democrat Cedric Richmond.

“Today, Baton Rouge mourns the loss of a trailblazer, a statesman and a son of our city,” said Broome, who served alongside Holden in the Louisiana Legislature. “I saw firsthand his sharp mind, his quick wit, and his unwavering belief in the power of government to improve lives. Whether on the House floor or in the mayor’s office, he led with courage, compassion, and a deep love for this community.”

Holden’s example opened doors for many in the Black community, she said.

Mayor-President Sid Edwards echoed Broome, characterizing Holden as a “trailblazer” and devoted public servant.

“Mayor Holden was a man of great vision and tireless commitment,” Edwards said. “He broke barriers and paved the way for future generations.”

Daniel ran against Holden for mayor-president in the 2004 primary but failed to make the runoff. He then came out in support of his fellow Democrat, with whom he’d built a relationship in the Legislature. Holden was a state representative from 1988 through 2002, then a state senator from 2002 until he was elected mayor-president in 2004.

“When he won that election, there were a lot of naysayers that said, ‘Well, you know, he’s only going to be for north Baton Rouge.’ And nothing could have been further from the truth,” Daniel said.

“The first thing that Kip told me was, ‘I represent the entire city.’ And I heard him say that 100 other times, if not 1,000. He never shied away from doing whatever it took to deliver services to the citizens of this parish.”

When a group of citizens in the majority-White southeast part of the parish began pushing to cre-

ate their own city, Holden counterattacked. His administration annexed major revenue sources into the city limits, launched legal challenges to the incorporation process in court and joined forces with other community leaders to campaign against plans for the new city Once Holden left office, the St. George movement eventually was successful.

District 6 Metro Council member Cleve Dunn Jr. said Holden will “go down in history as one of the most transformative mayorpresidents in the history of Baton Rouge.”

Dunn pointed to Holden’s economic development initiatives, saying they helped revitalize downtown Baton Rouge, making the area attractive for both visitors and residents.

“Kip’s economic developments and infrastructure initiatives also played a major role in developing much of what we now see and enjoy in southeast Baton Rouge,” Dunn said.

Hillar Moore, East Baton Rouge Parish’s longtime district attorney considered Holden a “dear friend.” Moore called Holden a good listener who “incorporated the

visions of others” in setting an agenda for the city-parish.

“Kip and I collaborated on several successful initiatives that made a lasting difference, all with the shared goal of making Baton Rouge not just safer, but a place where residents could thrive with genuine pride,” Moore said.

U.S. Reps. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, and Troy Carter, D-New Orleans, each shared tributes to Holden.

Fields described him as a “trailblazer, a history-maker and a dedicated public servant.” Carter said Holden was a tireless advocate for his community

“As the first African American to lead the city-parish, he broke barriers and built bridges, always putting people first,” Fields said.

Republican Metro Council member Dwight Hudson shared a photo of Holden dancing in a pirate costume, remembering his joie de vivre.

“A joy of life and a joy of Baton Rouge, that is how I will remember Mayor Kip Holden,” Hudson said. Holden is survived by his wife, Lois, five children and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are pending.

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East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden smiles and greets friends in the audience before presenting his final budget to the Metro Council in 2016.

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Kip Holden, center, celebrates on election night in 2004 after his election as East Baton Rouge Parish mayor-president.

Murill taking over death penalty cases

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offered to handle all of

those cases for local district attorneys, and she’s adopted several of them across the state this year as she argues that those condemned prisoners should be denied hearings for leaving their petitions to gather dust.

“I intend to move these cases forward as expeditiously as

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Parents working late. Children struggling with their mental health. Growth in online schools. Families moving repeatedly Late school buses. Early start times. Bad weather These are some of the reasons far too many children in Baton Rouge are regularly missing school. “Every child who is truant, there is a story to it,” said Casey Wells, principal at Merrydale Elementary Wells was one of four members on a panel discussing ways to decrease the number of children missing school organized by the nonprofit group Volunteers in Public Schools. The panel discussion, held Tuesday at the Main Library, was prompted by stubbornly

pandemic recedes in the rearview mirror.

“When a student is not in school, they’re not learning,” the principal said. “Nothing can substitute for the classroom teacher.”

Yet, far too often, the first bell rings and dozens of children are nowhere to be found.

“We have parents who are working all through the night who may be sleeping,” Wells said.

“’We were evicted last night,’” Wells recalled one mother telling her “’We don’t have anywhere to go. I spent last night living in my car What am I going to do?’”

Wells said parents sometimes were regularly absent from schools themselves growing up and don’t realize the extent of the damage their own children suffer when they are absent.

“They know their child should be in school but they don’t understand the full gamut of why a child should be in school,” she said.

The panel, titled “Rise Together to Tackle Truancy,” was comprised of Wells; Ciera

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Carter, an executive with UNUM Group in Baton Rouge; Juvenile Judge Gail Grover; and Christie Hitchens, supervisor of child welfare and attendance for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system.

Truancy is one of several measures of whether children are in school, but it is the one with the most legal repercussions.

In Louisiana, a child is considered truant for five or more unexcused absences or tardies — during a semester Tardies are defined as unexcused late arrivals or early departures from school, but don’t include children who are late changing classes.

Grover, elected in 2019, presides over a special truancy court that handles the most severe cases of children missing school Grover has the authority to levy a range of sanctions against the parents

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Frank’s attorneys are expected to argue in court on Thursday that Murrill’s office has overstepped its constitutional authority by taking over the defense of Frank’s conviction. Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Kimya Holmes is presiding over the case.

Ethics experts don’t see a problem with the firm’s work for the attorney general, generally. State ethics laws require a higher stake than John Murrill’s 2.5% share of Taylor Porter to call an ethics foul, they say Murrill says the state government work done by Taylor Porter, which currently has about $2 million in state contracts, has been carved out from their income since she took office early last year

“Neither my husband, nor I, get anything,” Murrill said of the state government work.

But legal ethics experts see a different problem in Murrill’s hiring of one of those four attorneys: Grant Willis, the former head of criminal appeals for the Attorney General’s Office who left in January 2024.

State ethics law bars public employees from doing the same kind of work for their former agency for two years after their separations.

Bayou Water Park will not be opening this year, the theme park said. No reason was given by the park in response to The Advocate’s questions via social media.

of truant children, ranging from community service to fines to jail time. Jail, she said, is very much a last resort.

“The pathway to that is diverse, and that is never the goal,” Grover said. “The goal is to get the child into school.”

Grover said she does not simply blame the parents, but seeks to root out the full story of why a child is missing school.

“I have subpoenaed principals,”

Grover said. “I have subpoenaed the director of transportation.

Another challenge, Grover said, is an increase in nontraditional schooling, including online education of various stripes. She said it is common for parents in her court to claim their children are learning online.

“We’re not able to capture where they actually are,” Grover said.

“We are still using systems that are not applicable to our current situation.”

During the pandemic, truancy grew notably worse at all levels of schooling across the country, but

“The statute mandates a twoyear pause or recess from contracting with the agency you worked with, or continuing to do the work that you were doing for that agency It’s not just for lawyers,” Scheckman said.

Scheckman said Willis’ contract “appears to be prohibited by that statute.”

Willis declined to comment, referring questions to Murrill’s office.

Dane Ciolino, a Loyola Law School professor who specializes in legal ethics, agreed that if Willis “did that sort of work for the AG while he was there,” a two-year freezeout would apply to him Murrill confirmed that Willis worked on at least one capital post-conviction case while serving as an assistant attorney general.

Private law firms unusual

On Wednesday, after questions from The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, Murrill said her office would seek “clearance” from the state Ethics Board for Willis’ work on Frank’s case or others.

“We won’t pay any billing for Grant until we obtain the clearance,” Murrill said.

Murrill declined to provide the contract for the work by the Taylor Porter attorneys, saying it was pending approval by Taylor Barras, the state’s commissioner of administration. She said the AG’s office is paying them a standard rate for the work.

Veteran ethics lawyer Steve Scheckman said the statute mandating a break before public servants can contract with their former agencies is broad.

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fraternity, sorority, band, athletic team or similar group to take a one-credit course on hazing prevention. Rep. Delisha Boyd, D-New Orleans, introduced the measure last month in honor of Wilson, who was 20 when he died in February after an alleged fraternity hazing ritual.

But members of the House Education Committee voiced concerns Wednesday about the bill’s projected price tag after university officials said the course would cost millions of dollars to develop and administer Some members also said plans for the course should be paused until a new anti-hazing task force issues a report next year, which is required by a separate measure that the committee advanced Wednesday Ultimately, the committee approved an amended version of

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Dixie Landin’ Theme Park, with its 26 rides that include the Ragin’ Cajun roller coaster the splinter log flume, and the 90-foot Giant

Wheel, will reopen for the 2025 season at 10 a.m. May 23, according to its Facebook site, which also announced that job applications are being taken. The ride park and water park opened in 1989.

said he spared her prison time because it was an isolated incident in an otherwise law-abiding life for a highly educated woman, who spent two years working as an instructional specialist for the Baton Rouge school district before her arrest last summer

Murrill said the four Taylor Porter lawyers who enrolled in Frank’s case will help argue that death row prisoners like Frank have dragged their feet for too long to now dust off challenges to their executions. Taylor Porter is generally known for handling civil cases; the only criminal defense that any of its attorneys list as a practice area is white collar Frank was convicted of one of the most notorious crimes in modern New Orleans history: The slayings of fellow police officer Ronald Williams II and 17-year-old Cuong Vu and 24-year-old Ha Vu at the Kim Ahn Noodle House in New Orleans East.

Her co-defendant, Rogers Lacaze, was removed from death row in a 2019 deal with former Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, who now heads Murrill’s criminal division.

The argument about death row prisoners taking too long to start their appeals has been met with mixed reviews so far in courthouses across Louisiana. Many capital post-conviction petitions have sat dormant for years, with neither side attempting to move them to a resolution. That changed last year, when the Legislature cleared a path to resume executions by ap-

Boyd’s bill that removed the semesterlong course mandate. Instead, the revised bill would update existing law by requiring student organizations to provide their members with a two-hour training, up from the current one-hour requirement, and adding a penalty for student groups that fail to train their members.

“I don’t believe it’s enough,” Boyd told The Advocate | TimesPicayune about the amended bill, which now heads to the full House.

“It’s a start.”

Wilson, who played trumpet in Southern’s renowned Human Jukebox marching band, died after being punched in the chest during an alleged hazing ritual that happened off campus. His death led to multiple arrests and spurred calls for reform, including by Wilson’s family

The Louisiana Legislature’s last major attempt to impose stiffer penalties for hazing came in 2018, when they changed criminal law to make hazing a felony. The law

has receded in much of the nation to pre-pandemic levels. In Louisiana, the picture is different. Four out of five school districts still have more truancy than pre-COVID. In East Baton Rouge Parish public schools, about 55% of children were truant during the 2023-24 school year up from 48% before COVID.

Hitchens, who oversees truancy officers for the school system, said the latest, unofficial numbers through May 2 three weeks before the end of the current school year — show a much lower truancy rate of 38.4%. If that holds, it would be substantially below pre-pandemic levels.

“We are tackling this problem and the numbers are going down,” Hitchens said.

Rates of student attendance and chronic absenteeism, however, are also high, both much worse in East Baton Rouge than they were pre-pandemic Chronic absenteeism nearly doubled, increasing from about 18% to 33%.

Chronic absenteeism is differ-

proving nitrogen gassing and electrocution as additional methods.

The state restarted its death chamber in March with the execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr., who had exhausted his appeals. Judges have signed a host of other death warrants for other death row prisoners this year, but none so far has survived legal scrutiny

“We have brought in additional counsel to assist in moving these cases forward. Antoinette Frank, for example, involves 16 boxes of documents that had to be indexed, organized, and evaluated under very short deadlines set by the court,” Murrill’s statement read.

Prosecutors and capital defense attorneys both say it’s unusual to see a private law firm step into a post-conviction proceedings for the state.

“I’ve not seen this happen before,” said Matilde Carbia, who represents Frank and works for the Mwalimu Center for Justice, which represents a majority of Louisiana’s 55 death row prisoners.

“We’ve never sought outside counsel for that,” said East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore.

Murrill pointed to the expertise of Willis and Ryan French, another Taylor Porter lawyer listed in Frank’s case, as being “particularly helpful in this matter.”

The Frank case landed with Murrill’s office at the invitation of Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams. In a March 14 letter, Williams cited “the commonality of the issues in the various cases and the benefits of a united appellate response in these cases that will all travel the same procedural pathway.”

Keith Lampkin, spokesperson for Williams’ office, did not respond to questions about the move.

AG expected to take more cases

Murrill argued that the slow grind of death penalty cases has frustrated justice for families of victims. She pointed to a reported altercation Monday in a Rapides Parish courtroom, when a victim of death row prisoner Larry Roy tried to jump him.

In that case, a judge blocked an execution warrant that had been signed for Roy finding the

change followed the death of Max Gruver, an LSU freshman who died from alcohol poisoning after a fraternity hazing incident.

Another law the Legislature passed that year required new college students to receive a handbook on the dangers of hazing, and for student organizations to provide their members at least one hour annually of training on hazing prevention.

But Boyd, who said she met at length with Wilson’s parents before crafting her bill, decided the existing rules did not go far enough. She said she spoke with current and former college students who described rampant hazing on campuses across Louisiana, adding that many said they had been unaware the activities were illegal.

“None of the ones I interviewed was aware that it’s a felony offense now,” she said. “Why are we not willing to empower these kids with that knowledge?”

Boyd said she envisioned a course that went beyond simply

ent in important respects from truancy Children are considered chronically absent if they miss at least 10% of the school year roughly 18 days of school.

Unlike truancy, which deals only with unexcused absences, chronic absenteeism counts all absences, excused and unexcused In Louisiana, a child can legally miss up to five days of school with a note from a parent, and more days if the child has a doctor’s note.

Grover said Louisiana reacts to children missing school after the fact rather than being proactive, and after the crisis eases, it moves on.

“It’s when we stop putting our hands on the scale, that’s when the numbers go up,” Grover said Grover said the problem will remain a pressing issue until there is a community movement where “truancy is on everyone’s agenda.”

“We are only as strong as the weakest child,” Grover said. “So when we ask, ‘How are the children?’ if the children aren’t well, we are not well.”

so-called “Cheneyville Slasher” hadn’t yet exhausted his appeals.

Roy’s attorney, Blythe Taplin, said Monday’s ruling “allows Mr. Roy an opportunity to present evidence in support of his claims.”

She added: “I fear that the attorney general’s involvement in these cases is unnecessarily politicizing them, and causing confusion because her office is not familiar with the record or the history.’

Murrill aims to take more of those cases, however, while she seeks help from the Legislature. She pointed to a pending bill she supports, House Bill 675 from state Rep. Brian Glorioso, R-Slidell. The bill would rewrite the rules for post-conviction in Louisiana, setting tight deadlines on defendants and judges to move their claims forward or abandon them.

“I’m using every tool available to move these cases,” Murrill said. In court, Murrill argues that Frank’s purported foot-dragging has resulted in “prejudicial delay,” noting the deaths of several key players at her trial.

Murrill’s office is making similar claims against other death row inmates. And Orleans is not the only parish where her office has been invited to handle capital post-conviction cases.

Moore, the district attorney in East Baton Rouge Parish, delivered four older capital cases to Murrill’s office in an April 29 letter among about a dozen pending in the district.

The four cases involve condemned inmates Robert Craig Miller, Gregory “Boo” Brown, David Bowie and Quincy Broaden. Moore said the four hadn’t “moved their cases” since at least 2010. Only after the Legislature cleared the way last year to resume executions by methods other than lethal injection did they begin to dust off their claims, he said.

Moore said his office doesn’t have the manpower to argue those cases on their merits.

“No one currently in my appellate section has any actual knowledge of these 4 capital petitioners’ cases,” Moore said in a statement. “Accordingly, any work to be done on these cases would be the first time anyone in EBR has ever seen the case. That’s a BIG problem.”

teaching students about the law, to having them study real-life examples of hazing and discuss how they would handle such situations.

Some university leaders said they support the idea of enhanced anti-hazing education, but worried about the bill’s requirement to launch the class this fall, Boyd said. In response, she changed the course start date to August 2026. She also changed the bill’s name from the Caleb Wilson Act to the Enough is Enough Act, saying she wanted to preserve Wilson’s name for future legislation.

The state’s public university systems also provided cost projections to the Legislative Fiscal Office. The Southern University system estimated that about 80% of students join some type of organization and would have to take the one-credit course. The system said it would cost nearly $2.6 million to develop and offer the course the first year, and about $1.9 million in later years. Southern’s estimate was substan-

“This was a variant in your life. This was an aberration in your life,” deGravelles said. “I’m expecting this will be the only variant and aberration in your life because I never want to see you back in this court or any other court.”

During her July 30 arraignment last year, Williams pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and make unlawful monetary transactions. The plea came less than a month after she was arrested for her role in the COVID-19 fraud scheme. According to federal investigators, an unnamed male, identified in court documents as the ringleader of the ploy, recruited Williams and others to help him file numerous fraudulent applications for federal tax credits through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act between November 2022 and April 2023.

The group filed tax forms for pandemic relief on behalf of Baton Rouge-area businesses that were either fictitious altogether or didn’t have a legitimate purpose before the pandemic.

Williams conspired with the alleged ringleader, creating fake businesses in other people’s names, then filing false tax forms for them. Among the fraudulent businesses were companies dubbed “Puckett U-Haul,” “Pope Flooring” and “Tackno Global Cleaning.”

When the U.S Department of Treasury doled out relief funds for the purported businesses, it mailed the checks to Williams’ College Drive address in Baton Rouge. Williams quickly handed over the checks to the alleged ringleader, who mailed them to a bank outside state lines so they could be deposited. The man then sent portions of the funds back to the business accounts Williams set up, and she used the aid money for personal use, prosecutors said. She paid her rent with the money cleared personal debt and used $42,000 to pay the balance of a car loan when the group cashed in on the Tackno Global Cleaning company, according to court records. “I am sincerely apologetic for what has happened,” Williams told the judge Wednesday “For my family, for the government, I do apologize. I’ve learned my lesson, I’m ready to move on and I understand and take full responsibility for what I’ve done. I would just like to get this chapter of my life closed and behind me.”

The fraud scheme was not connected to her duties with the Baton Rouge school district, but Williams’ attorney noted she lost her job as a result of the criminal case. DeGravelles ordered Williams to pay the U.S. Treasury Department $555,000 in restitution. That is likely to be shared among the other defendants in the case once they are convicted and sentenced in the future.

Williams had no prior criminal record and only participated in the federal scam for four months before she dropped out in April 2024. DeGravelles noted that she played a relatively minor role and profited much less from the scheme that other participants. He said he also gave her history and background as a teacher consideration when choosing not to send her to prison.

“You’re too talented. You’ve got so many things going for you,” deGravelles said. “I looked at this and I said ‘My Lord, what has happened here?’ This shouldn’t have happened.”

tially higher than other systems. LSU projected a $1.6 million price tag in year one, while the University of Louisiana system thought it would cost about $390,000. Rep. Ken Brass, D-Vacherie, said the proposed course would create a new cost for universities, while the current law puts the burden on fraternities, sororities and other student groups to provide the antihazing training. He proposed an amendment to expand the current training rather than establish a new course.

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Louisiana graduates, take abow

It’sgraduation season, and we want to extend ahearty congratulations tothe thousands of new graduates of colleges and universities across Louisiana. Youare our future. As you make your way in the world, we know you’ll be well equipped to handle whatever you may face thanks to the education you’ve received at oneofLouisiana’shigher education institutions.

Louisiana offers abroad array of opportunities for students to attain apost-secondary degree,from community colleges to public and private universities, including notable HBCUs.Weare proud of our higher education landscape and believe it provides students in our state the opportunities they deserve to achieve their dreams.

In 2019, the Board of Regentsset agoal for 60% of working-ageadults in the state to have completed some post-high school education by 2030. Since then, Louisiana’seducational attainment rate has grown steadily from 47.3% in 2021 to 51% in 2024. In 2023, 54.9% of Americans ages 25 to 64 had earned aposthigh school credential. Thisyear’sgraduating class puts the state on track tomeet itsgoal. That matters because higher educational attainment correlates withbetter jobs and higher wages. As the state moves to attract new economic engines, it will be important to have askilled workforceready tomove into these fields.

We know the road has not been easy for graduates. Youhave faced rising student debt and your professors have faced attacks on academic freedom. That’s why we urge our leaders at every level to support our colleges and universities. We are glad state lawmakers are looking at expanding the TOPS program, one of the nation’s first state-sponsored merit scholarships for higher education. Louisiana is losing students to neighboring states because of affordability issues as TOPS no longer covers tuition at anumber of colleges. We also note worrying trends. The number of Louisiana high-school students who submitted the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, was down 12% after the state repealed arequirement that it be filledout for students to graduate high school. FAFSA is the first step to help families realize how they can pay for college. And on the federallevel, we see the targeting of universities for their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as atroubling sign. The hallmark of higher education is afree and open exchange of ideas. We know that as graduates of Louisiana’scolleges and universities, you have benefitedfrom being able to hear from all points of view. Now,asyou are coming intoyour own, we wish you the best. Whether you stay in Louisianaormove on to explore the world, we hope our state stays in your heart and that,ifthe opportunity arises, you use your talentsto help make us better

Federal regulations can feel beyond our control, with bureaucrats making decisions that impact our lives and businesses. Arecent example is the EPA’sClean Air Act waiver allowing California to enforce its Advanced Clean Cars II regulation. This “EV mandate” bans thesale of non-EV cars and trucks not only in California but in 11 other states —affecting nearly 40% of the U.S. auto market. This policy strips Americansofchoice and threatens an industry that supports millions of jobs.

ButCongress has the power to act. Using the Congressional Review Act, they can reject California’sEVmandatewaiver —but they must move quickly

As owner of Full Throttle Equipment, an auto business in Alexandria, I see firsthand theimportance of vehicle choice. The automotive aftermarket industry contributes $337 billion to

theeconomy and employs 1.3 million Americans. My customers select their vehicles based on their needs —it’s not thegovernment’srole to decide for them. We are not anti-EV,but we oppose policies that force one technology while ignoring other innovations that can solve thesame problemsjust as effectively.Alternative fuels, cleaner engines and conversion kits can reduce emissions without limiting consumer freedom California’sdecision doesn’tjust affect its residents. With 11 states set to follow,Congress must act now to protect businesses, workers andconsumers nationwide. Iurge lawmakers to reject California’sEVmandate waiver and support policies that promote real innovation and choice. Our economy, industry and freedom depend on it. LANDON MILLER CEO, Full Throttle Equipment

In Louisiana, we are on the verge of enacting legislation that criminalizes the mostvulnerable among us —and calling it asolution. House Bill 196, abill creating aso-called “homelessness court,” is making its waytothe Senate floor.Proponents claim it offers an alternative path to rehabilitation. In truth, it adds yet another bureaucratic layer to an already overwhelmed system, turning social failure into criminal liability

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As conversations around energy evolve, one thing remains constant: Oil and gas is acornerstone of Louisiana’s economy.With an average of $68 billion per year flowing in from onshore and offshore production over the last decade, we would be foolish not to recognize this industry’simportance.

Louisiana’sstrategic position as a leader in LNG exportsalso gives us a global edge. In 2019, LNG terminals alone generated $7.1 billion in revenue for our state and contributed over $2 billion to GDP.That’s not something we can just replace overnight.

What’s more, theindustry’seconomic impact reaches deep intolocal communities. Using economic models,

When we recently witnessed 133 cardinals processing into theconclave to elect anew pope, Iheard no commentaryabout how strange it is that those persons in colorful elaborate and expensive red dresses were all men because for centuries the hierarchy has excluded women from all positions of power,nowomen priests, bishops, cardinals are allowed, and so mother church, as they like to call it, is not a mother,it’sa patriarchal, hierarchal institution that discriminates against women. Until they treat women as equals, they are not faithful to the true spirit

we can see how oil and gas activity multiplies into jobs, local business support and statetax income. Rather than pushing this opportunity away,Louisiana should double down on efforts to be anational leader in energy innovation, infrastructure and investment. That meansworking with industry leaders to ensure safe and sustainable operations, not driving them out with overregulation. Abalanced, forward-looking energy policy will help keep Louisiana strong —not just for today,but forgenerationstocome.

ROCKY FUSELIER LakeCharles

and message of Jesus Christ. How tragic and sadthat those who should be leading by example continue to treat women as second-class Christians. They,who have failedto protect children from pedophiles in theirranks, have the arrogance to claim authority to deny people the right to choose whothey love and marry Iknow manyare kind, loving persons, but theinstitution is, by reason alone of its exclusions, sinful and unfaithful to themessage of Christ. JIM O’NEILL Metairie

As someone wholeads ayouth agency in Baton Rouge, Isee the daily impact of housing insecurity on young people, especially those in foster care, juvenile detention or parenting at ayoung age. These youth are already overexposed to systemsthat punish them more than they protect. What HB196 proposes is not support or safety.Itis institutional fatigue masquerading as policy

Let’sbeclear: HB196 doesn’t solve homelessness. It shifts the cost, morally and financially,from social services to the criminal justice system.And whopays the highest price? Children. In 2022-2023, over 6,100 infants and toddlers in Louisiana experienced homelessness. Yetmore than 90% of them were not enrolled in any early childhood program They are growing up without access to the developmental support that could change their trajectory —and we’re debating whether to send their parents to court instead of sending resources to their communities.

We don’tneed another courtroom. We need coordinated, well-funded support services. This bill is adistraction from that reality

This is not how we build abetter Louisiana. HB196 adds pressure to an already overwhelmed judicial system and does nothing to address the lack of affordable housing, early care or mental health services.

Let’sreject this punitive approach. Homelessness is not a crime. It’s apolicy failure. And we owe our children better than this.

TEKOAH BOATNER Baton Rouge

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Grand Slam changes McIlroy’s outlook

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Rory McIlroy

has everything he dreamed of doing when he first fell in love with golf.

He reached No. 1 in the world and when he finally captured the Masters last month, he had his place in history with the career Grand Slam. Setting his next target might be the toughest challenge.

“I’m still going to set myself goals. I’m still going to try to achieve certain things. But I sit here knowing that very well could be the highlight of my career,” McIlroy said “That’s a very cool thing. I want to still create a lot of other highlights and high points, but I’m not sure if any other win will live up to what happened a few weeks ago.”

Only one other — Sergio Garcia — played the Masters more times before winning.

No other player went 11 years before getting the final leg of the Grand Slam. The emotion pouring out of McIlroy that Sunday at Augusta National captured the essence of dreams coming true.

He doesn’t spend a lot of time watching that moment because he wants to remember the feeling instead of getting caught up in the visuals of it.

So what’s next?

Johnny Miller was once among the brightest comets in golf when he shot 63 in the final round to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont, when he shot 66 on the final day at Royal Birkdale to overtake a 19-year-old Spaniard named Seve Ballesteros and when he won just about every tournament in the desert

The next Jack Nicklaus? It never worked out that way as priorities at home changed.

“When I got to the mountaintop, I kind of looked at the scenery and wondered, ‘Now what?’ ” Miller once said. “When Jack got there,

PGA’s

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

he said, ‘Where’s the next mountain.’”

Perhaps one Mount Everest might be the calendar Grand Slam, a feat never accomplished (Tiger Woods held all four major trophies over two years).

The PGA Championship starts Thursday at Quail Hollow, where McIlroy won last year on the PGA Tour for the fourth time.

“I would argue he’s the best driver of the ball I’ve ever seen, and that is extremely important here,” said Justin Thomas, who won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in 2017.

The U.S. Open is at Oakmont, and the British Open returns to Royal Portrush, home soil for McIlroy where he has a score to settle from missing the cut there in 2019.

That’s still a long way off, and while McIlroy is still flying high over that high-wire act to win the Masters, he is going step by step.

It’s only May

There are three more majors still on the schedule, along with more titles to seek on the PGA Tour and European Tour

There is a strong belief that McIlroy will feel more freedom than ever with his swing and his outlook after finally accomplished what he always wanted.

“That was really good for golf good for Rory’s psyche,” Xander Schauffele said the week after the Masters. “Maybe worse for us now that he feels free.”

The notion of playing with house money has come up on occasion.

“I’ve done everything I’ve wanted to do in the game,” McIlroy said. “I dreamed as a child of becoming the best player in the world and winning all the majors. I’ve done that Everything beyond this, for however long I decide to play the game competitively, is a bonus.”

The vague goal is to be his best every time he plays, wherever he plays.

McIlroy now has five majors, one behind Nick Faldo, two behind Harry Vardon. He turned 36 earlier this month and there is still plenty to chase. But he didn’t sound to be in the mood to chase. McIlroy did that for 11 years ever since he got the third leg of the career slam. It took a toll on him.

“I know what my abilities are; I know the golf that I can play And if I keep turning up and just trying to do that each and every week, especially in these four big ones a year, I know that I’ll have my chances,” McIlroy said.

“I’ve talked about trying to become the best European ever or the best international player ever or whatever that is,” he said. “I want to enjoy what I’ve achieved, and I want to enjoy the last decade or whatever of my career, and I don’t want to burden myself by numbers or statistics. I just want to go and try to play the best golf I can.”

identity might be no identity at all

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The PGA Championship for years has been the major that lacked an identity compared with the other three

The Masters is at Augusta National, the only major held at the same course every year The British Open has links golf. The U.S. Open loves its reputation as the toughest test in golf. And the PGA Championship?

“The other one,” Geoff Ogilvy once said in a blend of humor and honesty Another former U.S. Open champion, Graeme McDowell, was posed the same question years ago and he settled on “the fourth major.” But as the 107th edition of this major starts Thursday at Quail Hollow boasting 98 of the top 100 players in the world ranking, twotime major champion Jon Rahm raised the idea that the identity of the PGA Championship might be that it has no identity at all. With so much variety — 74 courses since it began at Siwanoy in New York in 1916 players aren’t always sure what to expect.

“When you go to Augusta, you know what you’re getting — same course every year,” Rahm said. “The U.S. Open, nine times out of 10 you know what you’re getting depending on weather Same thing with The Open, right?

“It’s this championship that we change venues and drastically change the way we set it up.”

Bethpage Black in 2019 was a beast. A wet week at Valhalla produced the lowest score in PGA Championship history last year No more than a dozen players finished under par at Southern Hills (2022) and Oak Hill (2023).

“You get different things every time you come,” Rahm said “It’s very difficult to say that two of them are the same.”

The U.S. Open goes to Oakmont next month, regarded as a classic

course for the second-oldest championship and one of the toughest in America.

Justin Thomas, who won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in August 2017 and at Southern Hills in May 2022 was asked what he would consider a classic PGA Championship venue.

“I don’t think there is,” Thomas said. “And I think that’s what is kind of cool and unique about this event.”

Gene Sarazen would have preferred otherwise.

Sarazen won his PGAs, when it was match play, at Oakmont (1922), Pelham in New York (1923) and Blue Mound in Wisconsin (1933).

And he was concerned that it was getting left behind in terms of prestige

The great “Squire” — the first player to take ownership of the career Grand Slam in 1935 was at Firestone Country Club in Ohio for the 1966 PGA Championship. It had been played at Laurel Valley in Pennsylvania the year before and was headed to Columbine in Colorado the next year

“I think that if the PGA Championship is ever going to attain the stature of the U.S Open or Masters, it must be given a permanent home,” Sarazen said. “And I think Akron and Firestone would be an ideal spot

“You can’t take a tournament like the PGA and jump it around from here to Colorado to some place out in the hills of Pennsylvania and hope to see it capture the public’s imagination,” he said. “I think the tournament here could be the Masters of the North which isn’t too bad a name, is it?”

Even the PGA of America has been trying to find the right message, the right slogan, for a championship that dates to 1916 and was deemed as a big one the year it started. “Glory’s Last Shot” was ideal when it was played in August, making it the final major of the year And then it moved to May and it became, “This is major.” It wasn’t long before someone in marketing realized if you have to remind people that it’s major it probably isn’t. There is some familiarity to

LSU women’s tennis set for 1st NCAA quarterfinals

The LSU women’s tennis team continues its strong season Thursday when the No. 13 Tigers face No. 5 North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the NCAA championships at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.

Doubles action begins at 1 p.m., with all action being streamed on ESPN+. LSU reached the quarterfinals after upsetting No. 4 seed Ohio State, 4-2, last weekend in Columbus, Ohio.

The win over the Buckeyes sent the Tigers to the program’s first quarterfinal appearance at the NCAA championships. The win also marked the 24th of the season for the Tigers, tying the previous mark for team dual match wins previously set by the 1978 team. LSU holds an overall record of 8747 in singles and 51-21 in doubles.

NBA fines Green $50K for questioning officials

Golden State Warriors star

Draymond Green has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for making an “inappropriate comment” to the officials during Game 3 of their second-round playoff series against Minnesota.

The league announced the penalty on Wednesday, saying Green’s comments during Saturday’s game, which the Warriors lost 102-97, questioned “the integrity of game officials.” Green has received a league-high five technical fouls this postseason and would have to serve a one-game suspension if the total reaches seven. He also has been called for two flagrant fouls. Green was suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals for accumulating too many flagrant fouls that postseason.

Ravens reach two-year extension with RB Henry

The Baltimore Ravens agreed Wednesday to a two-year contract extension with star running back Derrick Henry

The deal is worth $30 million — $25 million guaranteed — according to a person with knowledge of the contract, speaking on condition of anonymity because the terms haven’t been announced. Henry was an outstanding addition for the Ravens last season, rushing for 1,921 yards and 16 touchdowns and forming a devastating pairing with quarterback Lamar Jackson himself a significant running threat. The Ravens didn’t have too many potential losses to worry about in free agency this offseason, and now they can plan to have the 31-yearold Henry for two more seasons.

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Quail Hollow as a regular PGA Tour stop dating to 2003. That joins the likes of Torrey Pines, Pebble Beach and Riviera that annually host a PGA Tour event and occasionally get a major Torrey Pines and Pebble Beach hold tour events and majors in the same year

Rory McIlroy is a four-time winner at Quail Hollow, including last year at the Wells Fargo Championship. He set foot on the course Tuesday for the PGA Championship.

“I thought it was going to feel different just because it was a major championship, and I got out on the golf course, and it felt no different than last year at the Wells Fargo,” he said. “The rough is maybe a little juicier But fairways are still the same cut lines and same visuals. It doesn’t feel that much different.”

Even so, the anticipation is greater than usual this year with McIlroy coming off the career Grand Slam at the Masters, Scottie Scheffler coming off an eight-shot win and Jordan Spieth seeing if he can join the Grand Slam club.

The tournament rarely lacks for drama regardless of the scores. It has been decided over the last three holes dating to McIlroy setting the record with an eight-shot win in 2012 at Kiawah Island.

Most players attribute that to Kerry Haigh, the chief championships officer in charge of setting up the course. He wants it strong but fair

He wants them to play, not protect. No one seems to mind if Jason Day finishes at 20-under par at Whistling Straits, or if Xander Schauffele sets a major championship record at 21-under 263 as he did last year at Valhalla.

“It’s just all about getting a deserving, fitting winner,” Thomas said. “I feel like this tournament seems to do that for the most part.”

LSU men’s golf team ends season in regional AMHERST, Va The sixth-ranked LSU men’s golf team put together its best round of the rain-soaked 2025 NCAA Amherst Regional on Wednesday, but the Tigers came up short of advancing to the NCAA championships. LSU, the top seed in the 13-team field, shot a final-round 1-under-par 279 in the final round at the par-70 Poplar Grove Golf Club, but the Tigers were unable to crack the top 5 that moved on to the NCAA championships.

LSU finished ninth at 14-over 854, five strokes behind fifth-place Pepperdine (9-over 849). Freshman Arni Sveinsson led the Tigers with a 4-under-par 66 on Wednesday, finishing in a tie for fourth individually at 4-under 206. Sveinsson missed individual advancement to the NCAA championships by one stroke.

Qinwen ousts Sabalenka; Alcaraz defeats Draper Zheng Qinwen earned her first victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to set up an Italian Open semifinal match against Coco Gauff. The 22-yearold Zheng, the Olympic champion from China, had lost all six previous matches against Sabalenka. The eighth-ranked Zheng saved all five break points she faced and broke Sabalenka’s serve three times to reach the last four Carlos Alcaraz beat Jack Draper 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semifinals. He saved six of the eight break points he faced. Alcaraz, a four-time

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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, watches his tee shot on the second hole during a practice round at the Quail Hollow Club on Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C.

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Xander Schauffele hits from the rough on the 15th hole during a practice round at the Quail Hollow Club on Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C.

NFL

Chiefs get8stand-alone games

BY ROBMAADDI AP pro football writer

Patrick Mahomes, Travis

Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will be featuredin at least eight stand-alone games during the upcoming NFL season.

Their Super Bowl rematch againstthe Philadelphia Eagles won’tbeone of them.

Theteams will meet Week 2inKansas City in thelate afternoon gameonFox. The Eaglesdominated the Chiefs 40-22 to capture their second LombardiTrophy in February.Philadelphia is getting seven stand-alone games. There won’tbealong waitfor aJosh Allen-Lamar Jackson showdown. Allen and the Buffalo Bills visit Jackson and the Baltimore RavensinWeek 1on“Sunday NightFootball.” Allen edged Jackson for the NFL MVP award last season while Jacksonwas the AP’s first-team All-Pro quarterback.

After the Eagles raise their championship banner, they’ll kick off the league’s season against the NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 4. The Chiefs will take on the Los Angeles Chargers in the league’ssecond game in Brazil, on Sept. 5at Corinthians Stadium in Sao Paulo.

The Chiefs are visiting Dallas on Thanksgiving Day and hosting the Denver Broncos on Christmas night. The Cowboys also will play on both holidays. They’ll visit Jayden Daniels and the Washington

Commanderstokick off atripleheader on Christmas. The Chiefs are scheduled forthree games on Sunday night: at the New York Giants in Week 3; vs. the Detroit LionsonOct.12; vs. the HoustonTexans on Dec. 7. Kansas City has two Monday night games in the same month: atthe Jacksonville Jaguars on Oct.6and vs. the Commanders on Oct. 27. The Chiefs-BillsAFC championship rematch will beinBuffalo on Nov. 2. TheNFC championship rematch between the Eagles

andCommanderswill take place in Washington on Saturday, Dec. 20. Theteams meet again two weeks later in Week 18.

Netflix,which is streamingthe first twogames of aChristmas tripleheader, announced earlierthat the Lions will face the Vikings in Minnesotainthe late afternoon game. Philadelphia visits the Giants on “Thursday Night Football” on Oct. 9and hosts the LionsonSundaynight Nov.16.

New Bears coach Ben Johnson, who wasthe offensive coordinator for the

Lions, will face his former team for thefirst time in Week 2inDetroit. No. 1overall pick Cam Ward could make hisNFL debut withthe Tennessee Titans against Bo Nixand the Broncos in Denveron Sept. 7.

FormerTitans coach MikeVrabel faces his former team in Week 7when the NewEnglandPatriots visit Tennessee.

BesidesChiefs-Cowboys, the Thanksgiving Day slate includes the Packers-Lions in the early game and the Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore in primetime.

Saints’scheduleuser-friendly

TheTVnetworks are tellingus something about the New Orleans Saints. They believe they’re “not ready for prime-time players.”

BengalsAll-Pro DE Hendricksonstill upset over contract

timeframe.

BY CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

The Associated Press

CINCINNATI Atext from coach Zac Taylorled Bengals All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson to head to Cincinnati, attend Tuesday’soptional team practice as aspectator and speak to reporters.

Hendrickson,entering the final year of his co nt rac t, hasbeen seeking a newdeal and also requesteda trade. The Bengals’ front office hasn’tmatched what he’slooking for.

On Monday,Taylor texted Hendrickson that he’d be fined if he didn’treport to mandatory minicampnext month.

That message frustrated Hendrickson, whoheld court with local reporters for 20 minutesduring Tuesday’spractice.

“A little bit transpired between me and Zac,” Hendrickson said. “We’ve tried to keep it the least amount personal as possible, but at some point in this process it becomes personal. Being sent 30 days before mandatory camp or how many ever days it is that if Idon’t show up Iwill be fined alludes to the fact that something won’tget done in that

“The lack of communication post draft made it imminently clear to my party —meaning my wife,my sonand my agent, asmall group of people —that this might not workout.” Hendrickson, whoplayed forthe Saints between 2017-20, led the NFL with 171/2 sacks last season and wasselected as an All-Pro He said that as the defensive end market escalates, he’s looking fora newcontract that matches what top pass rushers are getting paid.

Hendricksonisscheduled to earn $15.8 million in basesalaryand hasa cap number of $18.7 million. The Bengals haven’t budgedfromtheir stance, and the two sides haven’t been able to find amiddle ground. That’sled to frustration coming from Hendrickson, whoreleased astatement to ESPN on Monday aboutthe lack of communication since the NFLdraftconcludedon April 26.

“I think over the last weekorso, it’sbecome personal unfortunately,” Hendrickson said. “When there’salack of communication in anyrelationship, whereit’sa business or personal relationship, lack of communication leads to animosity,and that leaves my narrative onlytome with no clear direction.”

Regular season Sept.

Unless they get agame flexed out of its scheduled slot, theSaints willnot play aprime-time game this season. That’s the first time that’shappened in more than two decades. When you have a rookie head coach and unproven quarterback, your QRatingtakes a hit.

The good news is the last time the Saints didn’thave aprime-time game (2000), they surprised everyoneby winning the NFC West and going on to winthe first playoff game in franchise history

On paper,the schedule appears to be the most user-friendly in recent memory.The Saints play just three teams that qualified for the playoffs last season —the Buffalo Bills (13-4), Los Angeles Rams (10-7) andTampa BayBuccaneers (10-7) —and just one other team with awinning record from ayear ago —the Seattle Seahawks (10-7).

Five of the Saints’ opponents finished last in their respectivedivisions in 2024. And it’ssix, if youcountthe Panthers, who tied the Saints for last in the NFC South.

The Saints willplay the fourth-place finishersfromthe NFC East(Giants), NFC North (Bears) and AFCSouth (Titans) in the NFL’s schedulingformula. Here’s what popped out at me about the slate:

Undaunting debut

Week 1, vs. Cardinals, Sept. 7

First-year head coach Kellen Moore couldn’tget amuch more manageable game for his NFL head coaching debut. The Cardinals havelost five consecutive games in the Superdome and haven’twon there since 1996. They also have lost three consecutive seasonopeners. The Saints probably will be underdogs, but they have a greatshot to extend their NFL-best streak of consecutive wins in season openers to seven.

Most intriguing game

Week 7atBears, Oct. 19

Dennis Allen landed the defensive coordinator gig on Ben Johnson’s Bears staff after being ousted as Saints head coach last season. After spending 15 of the last20years with the Saints, Allen certainly will have this one circledonhis calendar.The Bears went all-in this offseason and should be much improved.

Leastintriguinggame

Week 5vs. Giants, Oct. 5

Other than afascinating quarterback room— Russell Wilson, Jamies Winston, JaxsonDart and Tommy “Cutlets” DeVito —the G-men might be the least exciting team in the league. Arematch of the 14-11 pillow fight between theteams last year seems quite possible. At least we should get to watch former LSU star Malik Nabersplay

Biggestchallenge

Week 4atBills, Sept. 28

The Saints’ four-game winning streak in Buffalo will be put to a severe test this year.The Bills are a Super Bowl contender andfeature oneofthe most explosive offenses in the league, led by reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen. The Saints lost their first game in Buffalo back in 1983 but have notlost in four tripstoupstate New York since then. They should be heavyunderdogs in this one. Oh, and theBills were 10-0 at home in the regularseason and playoffs last season.

Second-biggest challenge

Week 9atRams, Nov.2

TheCity of Angels has not been kind to the Saints. Since the NFL returned to L.A., the Saintshave lost three consecutive road games to the Rams. The Saints have not won a regular-season gameatSoFi Stadium, going0-2.

Leastchallenging game

Week 16 vs. Jets, Dec. 21

Former Saints assistant Aaron GlennreturnstoNew Orleansasa

first-time headcoach.Intrying to restore credibility to afranchise that has sufferednineconsecutive losing seasons, Glenn’srebuilding job might be more challenging than Moore’s in New Orleans. At 200-to-1, the Jets

—along with the Saints and Browns

—are among the longest shots in the league to win Super Bowl LX. Who knows? The loser of this gamecould gain theinside track to the top pick in the2026 NFL Draft.

Potentialweather game

Week 17 at Titans, Dec. 28

The average low in Nashville on Dec. 28 is 32 degrees,sothe Saints will be wise to bring their cold-weather gear.The Titansand Saintswere acombined 8-26 ayear ago, but this gamecould feature amatchup of two of the top rookie quarterbacks in the league: Tennessee’sCam Ward, who was taken No. 1overall, and Tyler Shough, whom the Saints selected with the 40th overall pick in Round 2. The two waged an epic shootout in college last year,with Ward’sMiami Hurricanes edging Shough’sLouisville Cardinals 52-45.

Toughest stretch

Weeks 2-4, vs. 49ers, at Seahawks and at Bills,Sept. 14-28

This brutal stretch will testthe Saints’ body clocks. After facing the always-physical 49ers in the SuperdomeinWeek 2, the Saints flynearly 2,000 miles to the West Coast to take on the Seahawks, then will charter roughly 1,000 miles tothe East Coast to play theBills. Lumen Field in Seattle and Highmark Stadium in Buffalo are two of the most hostile road venues in theleague.

Easieststretch

Weeks 15-17, vs. Panthersand Jets, and at Titans, Dec. 14-28

If theSaints can outperform expectationsand stay in playoff contention until mid-December,they’ll have agreat chance to finish theseason strong. The Panthers,Jets and Titans were acombined 13-38 ayear ago. The Saints get to play the first two games in this stretch at the Super-

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fourth-place finish.

This season, theSaints won’tface their first divisional rival until Oct. 26 when they host the Buccaneers. That’sthe latest New Orleans will wait to face an NFC South opponent since 2009, when it squared off against the Atlanta Falcons also in Week 8. In that championship-winningseason, however,the Saints played onlysix games to that point becauseofan early Week 5bye

TheBucs’ matchup kicks offa pivotal stretch of division games. After another trip out west to face the Los Angeles Rams in Week 9, theSaintsget to facethe Carolina Panthers on the road in Week 10 (Nov.9) andthe Falcons in Week 12 (Nov.23), sandwiched between aWeek 11 bye

After hosting the Falcons, the Saints have an away gameagainst theMiami Dolphins (Nov. 30)before facing theBuccaneers (Dec. 7) and the Panthers (Dec. 14) again. Tampa Bay, which hosts therematch, is seeking its fifth-straight NFC South crown. The next two games come against non-divisionalopponents. FormerSaints assistant and playerAaron Glenn comes to town when he and the New York Jets face theSaints in Week 16 (Dec. 21). Glenn turned down an opportunity to interviewwiththe Saints in personbefore taking the Jets job this offseason. After the Jets,the Saints have to travel to Tennesseetotake on theTitans in Week 17. That sets up a showdown between rookie quarterbacks Cam Ward the first overall pickinthis year’sdraft— andShough, if he wins the job. The Titans will be one of two straight road games to closethe year.The Saints conclude their season at Atlanta in Week 18. That game does not have adateyet as the NFLtypicallywaits to finalize the week because of the stakes involved. Playing for the division, forexample,usually results in aprime-time “SundayNight Football” matchup. In themeantime, the Saints will have their hands full with aslate that could be much morecompetitive than its strength of schedule(.419, the second-easiest in the NFL) indicates. It’ll just have to be away fromthe limelight.

Jeff Duncan

Hendrickson

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes eludesthe reach of Philadelphia Eagles linebackerJosh Sweat during Super Bowl 59 on Feb.9 in NewOrleans.

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Saints tight end Dallin Holker is tackled by Arizona Cardinals safety Joey Blount during apreseason game on Aug. 10 in Glendale, Ariz

LSUsprintershiftsmindset after first-season setback

BY TOYLOYBROWN III

Staff writer

Jaiden Reid’swarmup routine disguised his panic before his 100-meter dash in Coral Gables, Florida.

In March 2024, the soon-to-be 19-year-old from the Cayman Islands was competing for the first time since suffering aleft hamstring injury that kepthim out for nearly five months.

The fully recovered first-year sprinter was ready to run, but his mind betrayed his body.

“I was scared to run out,” Reid said. “I was feeling hurt,but I wasn’tactually hurt. It was like my mind was playing games with me.”

Fellow LSU sprinter Godson Oghenebrume spoketothe young standout in atime of need.While theupperclassman’swisdom was appreciated, it couldn’t soothe Reid’spsyche.

He had the eighth-best time out of 19 runners in the event. A couple of months later,atthe outdoor Southeastern Conference championships, he didn’tmake it out of the preliminaries, finishing 10th overall in the200,his primary event.

These results were below his expectations but also served as a wake-up call to acknowledge his “mental block.”

Solving this issue didn’thappen overnight, nor was it expected.

His mom, Denise Brown, toldher son to accept the help of others and simply embrace thispart of hisjourney

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The Tigers went to Omaha the next season before winning their sixth national championship in 2009. But before they could find that levelofsuccess,theyhad to build the foundation in 2007.

That meant turning tofreshmen such as Jared Mitchell, Sean Ochinko, Ryan Schimpf and Blake Dean. Deanled the Tigers in battingaverage andstartedevery game.

“If we’re not going to win at a high level, at least I’m going toget these good freshmen alot of experience and playing time, so it’ll payoff down theroad,”Mainieri said. “And it certainly did with that group of guys at LSU.” Mainieri has deployed asimilar strategy at South Carolina, hoping that freshmen such as KJ Scobey and Beau Hollins canhelp turn around aprogram that won backto-back national championships in 2010-11.

“They’ve had up-and-down moments, just like the kids did way backinthe 2007 season,” Mainieri said. “But they’ve also shown what they’re capable of doing at times.”

Buta lot has changed since Mainieri retired at LSU afterthe 2021 season, and even more about the game has evolved since 2007. There’sNIL. There’sthe transfer portal. There’s more pitchers than ever throwing 95-plus miles per hour,and more hitters thanever strong enough to consistently hit balls out of the park.

Mainieri knew these were hurdles he’d have to tackle whenhe decided to return to thedugout last summer,but the sheer impact of it all caught him abit off-guard.

“The strength of the players, the velocities of the pitchers, that has been abig change since Iretired

“It’sjust part of the process,”

Brown said. “Talk to coach, talk to your medical team. It could’ve been worse.You have to go through this process becauseit’ll only make youstronger,more determined.”

Reid developed ahardened mind andstored all the determination possible for ayear.Now asophomore, he’sready for redemption at the 2025 outdoor SEC championships in Lexington, Kentucky,on Thursday through Saturday The5-foot-10 sprinter will compete in the 100, 200and the 4×100 relay.Before Reid’sspeed arrived in Baton Rouge, it was cultivated in theCaymanIslands. Brownsaid her son’shigh activity level as a child made her confident the sport was aperfect match. While theCaymanIslandsare knownfor their idyllic beaches, they don’thave arobustlist of track stars. As of 2023, it has a population of 73,038, whichis threetimes less than BatonRouge By 14,Reidsaidhewas clearly thefastest for his age group on the three islands, holding the Caymanian juniorrecord of 10.24 in the 100. Seeking stronger competition andtraining, Reidtook his talents to nearby Jamaica —anhour flight from his home—toattend Jamaica College for high school.There, he proved himself to be among the fastest teenagers and put himself on the radar of universities such as his dream school, LSU Reid wanted to come to TheBoot to compete atthe same school as some of the biggest stars in the track world, such as Sha’Carri

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PROBABLESTARTERS: LSU —TBA;SouthCarolina— LHP AshtonCrowther(2-2, 4.13 ERA)

WHATTOWATCH FOR: LSU will not turn to its aceonone dayof shorter restThursday as sophomoreleft-hander KadeAndersonwill startFriday instead.Sophomores Jaden Noot and Chase Shores are candidates to start instead. For South Carolina, Crowther didn’t allowany runs in three innings in his startlastweek against Auburn KokiRiley

four years ago,” Mainieri said. “I was tellingsomeone the other day, we’re beating Ole Miss 5-1inthe sixthinningorsomething,and they bring aguy in out ofthe pen throwing 100 miles an hour

“I remember when Jaden Hill touched 96 mph in afall game, and how everybody oohed and ahhed. I remember Alex Lange’s first pitch of his career (was 95 mph) and you could hear the buzzthroughout thecrowd.”

Celticssurvive Game 5 with

BY KYLE HIGHTOWER AP sportswriter

BOSTON Before the Boston Celticstook thefloor without their biggest star on anight theyhad to win,Joe Mazzulla implored his playerstojustpoureverything they had into winning one game. They did, and thedefending NBA champions earned another chance to extend their season.

Derrick White had 34 points, including seven 3-pointers, to lead the Celtics to a127-102 Game 5 winoverthe NewYork Knicks on Wednesday night that kept them alive in theEasternConference semifinals.

“Wedid what wasnecessary to do what we needed to do to get it back to New York,” Mazzulla said. “You don’tget to pick the test that you have, youpickhow you respond to them.”

The Celtics connected on 22 3-pointers to post their first home victoryofthe series andfirst without Jayson Tatum following his season-ending Achilles tendon injury

just 12 minutes. Mazzulla said Porzingis washaving trouble breathing as he continues to deal with alingering viral illness.

The Celtics are looking to becomejustthe 14th team in NBA history to come backfroma 3-1 deficit in 294 attempts.

JoshHartled theKnicks with 24 points despite brieflyleaving the game late in the first quarter to closeabloodygashoverhis eye after he took an inadvertent elbow

Jalen Brunson added 22 points before foulingout with 7:19 to play in the game.

Boston closed the third quarter on a23-9run and took a91-76 lead to the fourth. Brunson spent the final2:45ofthe thirdonthe bench after picking up his fifthfoul. “They came out with asense of urgency that we need,” Brunson said.

The Celticskeptitgoing in the final period, pushing their lead as high as 28 points.

Richardson and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Afreshman year that saw him miss practically the entire indoor season was nothow he envisioned the start to his LSU career.The hamstring injury andthe mental toll it produced alsodelayed him from achieving greatness by representing the Cayman Islands at an elite level.

“I like carryingthe weight of my country on my back,” Reidsaid. “I have the 200 record forthe Cayman Islands, so Iwouldn’tsay it’s alot of pressure in abad way, but it makes me drive moreand do better. Iwanttoput my country on themap.”

His national responsibility inspires his mom, but Brown wants himtokeep things in perspective

“The country is very small, so therefore all eyes are on him,”she said. “I just always remind him to not be pressured by theexpectation.Thatcan happen because you overthink.”

No matter where Reid places, Brown just wants him to give his best effortand continue having fun. Afterthe disappointing result in lastyear’s200 at theoutdoor SEC championships, LSU assistant coach Bennie Brazell —a former LSU star in trackand football —sharedadvicethatReidcarries with him today

“Rome wasn’t built in oneday you just got keep grinding,” Reid said of the advice. “Just stay down and grind, and ever sincethen, I’ve been working on my mentality.Now Irealize I’ve evolvedinto abetter sprinter since then.”

Thisbrutalreality has, in part, ledtoSouth Carolina being thirdto-last in the SEC in home runs (27) and second-to-last in ERA (9.27).

“We’ve just struggledonthe mound mightily,” Mainierisaid.

“You just look at our statistics, and it’seasy to see that.”

Acquiring thehorses necessary to compete in theSEC is thenext step forMainieri. He said he’s already hard at work on the recruiting trail for next year and beyond.

But recruiting high school players is just aslice of thepie in the modern era of college baseball

Addingimmediate impact transfers with thehelp of sufficient NIL funds is acomponent of roster building thathas become equally crucial in 2025.

“WhenI first got here last summer, we lost alot of recruiting battles because other schools were giving amore, shall Isay,appealing packagetokids,”Mainierisaid

“That’s therealityofthe world we live in now.The schools that have alot of money and arewilling to give it to theplayers are getting thebest players.

“Wewere playing Tennessee, for example, and the first baseman (Andrew Fischer) andthe No.1 starting pitcher (Liam Doyle) both played for OleMiss last year,and both had alot of success for Ole Miss last year.Why would they change schools from Ole MisstoTennessee? Because theylike the color orange? Imean, let’sbehonest.”

Mainieri is still confident he can getSouth Carolina back to where it was15years ago. It’safeat he already accomplished at LSU.

Butheknows it’s not going to be easy

“Wejust have to upgrade and get better,like we did after the firstyearatLSU,” Mainieri said. “And hopefully we will. We’re all working like crazyonrecruiting for next year.”

“Losing JT is tough,” White said. “Butwe’ve got alot of guys that arehighly competitive, and we didn’t want theseasontoend tonight.”

The Knicks will try again to win theseries Friday in NewYork. If theCeltics win, Game 7would be in Boston on Monday Jaylen Brownadded 26 points and 12 assists. Payton Pritchard had 17 points and five 3-pointers. Luke Kornet finished with 10 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks.

He startedthe second half for Kristaps Porzingis, who played

The gamewas highly physical throughout and included abrief face-to-face skirmishbetween Hart and Brown. Thatenergy carriedoveroffensively.The Celtics cameout hot, getting five 3s from White and 12 total in the opening 24 minutes. “We’vegot to playdesperate. I don’tthink we did that,”Knicks guard Mikal Bridges said. But the Knicks held as much as anine-point lead,connecting on eight 3s of their own and getting 10 second-chance points. Mitchell Robinson also converted on all four of hisfree throw attempts in the first half,nullifying the series-long intentionalfoulstrategy Boston employed on him

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atop-eight nationalseed in the NCAA Tournament, andthey probably need awin or two in Columbia to do thatbefore heading to the SECTournament. You’d think this wouldbea big deal in Gamecockscountry, and it might be if South Carolina weren’tsobad.The Gamecocks are 27-26overall and awoeful 5-22 in SECplay.Thatrecord includes five losses of 10 runs or more, including a17-0shellingat Texas A&M, a22-3 home loss to Florida and a24-2loss at Auburn. Notsurprisingly,South Carolina —with itscurrent 6.31 overall team ERA —isindangerofposting the worst ERA in program history No onesaiditwas goingtobe easy for Mainieri,just like it wasn’tin2007 when his first LSU team went 29-26-1 two years before winning the CollegeWorld Series. But the coach who is in multiplehalls of fame risks tarnishing hisreputation by coming out of retirementfouryears after he’d coached hislast season at LSUin2021. That Mainieri couldn’tlet the gamegoisataleasold as sports itself for countless coaches and athletes.Hemissed the action that nothing else in hislife— such as daily rounds of golf at the University Club —could replace. So he took the call to perform one more rebuilding jobfrom hisold friend, South Carolinaathletic director and two-time national championship-winning coach RayTanner. ButMainieri was shocked in September when Tanner announced he wasstepping down. Mainieri reportedly hasagood relationship with new athletic

director Jeremiah Donati.But there’snoquestion thatinthe years Mainieri was away from the dugout collegeathleticshas changeddramatically with the double-barreled challengesof NIL andthe transferportal. It’sa landscapethathas madecoaches youngerthanthe 67-year-old Mainieri decide to retire, not return. There isn’t as much interest for the LSU-South Carolinaseries in Columbia as there is for the NCAA softball regional there (the Gamecocksare aNo. 8national seed). South Carolinabaseball fans still want to andexpect to win, but the Gamecocks’ backto-back CollegeWorldSeries titles in 2010-11 are an increasingly distant memory.SoisSouth Carolina’slast trip to Omahain 2012, andeventhe last time it hosted an NCAAsuperregional in 2016. There are naturallygrumblings amongthe fan base, but Mainieri is adamanthewillbeback in 2026.

Considering it wouldtakeabout $7 milliontobuy outMainieri andhis topassistantsTerry Rooney (a pitching coach at LSU underMainieri)and associate head coach Monte Lee, Mainieri’s pledge is likely to stick

“I’m coaching South Carolina,” Manieri saidonMay 6. “Nobody hastoldmeanything different or implied anything different. If there’sgoingtobeachange,it’s news to me.

“I didn’tcome here justtobe here for one year.” Mainieri stillhas ahome in Baton Rouge,and it is there that permanent retirementeventually willbeckon.Hopefully for himthatwillcome before losses mount so high at South Carolina theystart to gnawatthe 1,500plus wins he’s hadoverhis career

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LSU track and field sprinter Jaiden Reid is asophomore from the CaymanIslands.

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Boston Celtics guard Derrick White drives to the basket against New york Knicks guard Cameron Payne on Wednesday in Boston.

THEVARSITYZONE

More themerrier?

thematchups, and there are some intriguingones, particularly for Catholic (35-5) and Live Oak (326), thetop seedsinthe Division I ranks.

baseball title in school history, mounting awild comeback to take down St.Charles Catholic.

BYSTEPHEN WHYNO AP sportswriter

BALTIMORE The wrecking ball is coming to Pimlico Race Course, a long-awaited demolition of the dilapidated racetrack that opened in 1870 and fordecades has seen better days. Asection of grandstand has been condemned since 2019, ceiling tilesare missing from the part of the structure that is still safe to occupy,and there is acrack in oneofthe large windows looking out at the track. The Preakness Stakes will move to nearby Laurel Park in 2026 while construction of the newPimlico takes place, with the aim of the second jewel of horse racing returning to its historic home in Baltimorein2027.

But first is the150th running of thePreaknessthisSaturday,one that without the Kentucky Derby winner will be atribute to acentury anda half of some legendary races andhorses who made their mark on the sport. Much likeBelmontPark in NewYork when it reopensafter getting knocked down and rebuilt, Pimlico will not be the same.

“I’m going to really miss it, 89-year-old Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas said. “It’salways been oneofmyfavorites, and I speak for the other trainers, too. I have never talkedtoatrainerthat worked through thePreakness thatdidn’tenjoy this the most.”

Two-timeTriple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert had to makesure, “They’re keeping the track,right?” Most horsemen would love to see the old-fashioned, close-togetherbarns stay thesame, as well.

“It’s adifferent vibe: It’s chill,” Baffert said. “It has alot of charm to it.”

at the1980 Preakness was referred to by his fellow trainers as “the quarter-horse guy.” That year brought his first of seven wins, saddling arecord 48 horses in the race through 2024.

“The one that probably made the biggest impact on me was Tabasco Cat (in 1994),” Lukas said. “That was the horse that ran over my son and eventually cost him his life.”

Jeff Lukas wasrun over when Tabasco Cat got loose in the stable area at Santa Anita in California on Dec.15, 1993, and the 36-year-oldwas still in acoma forthe Preakness. He suffered permanent injuries, dying nearly three decades later in 2016.

“When he won,itwas kind of unexpected,” LukassaidofTabasco Cat. “For them to lead that horse in (to the winner’scircle) andeverything, that probably hadthe biggest impact.There was alot of emotion withitwith Jeff involved.”

Mark Casse

“You want to know my worst one?” Casse said. “Classic Empire getting beaten at the wire.”

Thatwas 2017,when Cloud Computing finishedaheadin front of Casse’sClassic Empire. Twoyears later came arollercoaster ride of alifetime. Son Norm put his arm around hisfather during theKentucky Derby andtoldhim he’s about to winitwith WarofWill. Then Mark Casse’shorse clipped heels with Maximum Security, who crossed the finish line first andwas disqualified forinterference.

WarofWill miraculously stayed up and kept running on the way to finishing eighth.

Baseball coaches have been asking for it and now they’re really going to get it.

Both teamsplay their games side-by-side on the main fields with games set for 5:30 p.m. on Thursdayand Friday

Before contemplating the future, some Preakness champions share their favoritememories at the place nicknamed “Old Hilltop.”

BobBaffert

“I was just happythathewas safe,” Casse said aboutavoiding whatcould have been aseriesof horses and jockeys going down. “That would’vebeen just devastating forracing. Iwas just happy that he wasOK.”

Robin Fambrough

Anew era of LHSAA baseball begins Thursday with the best-ofthree finals series at McMurry Park in Sulphur.Four Baton Rouge area teams are part of the latest baseball transition

The formatiscorrectly lauded as the best way to determine the top teams in the top three select/nonselectdivisions. It will be interesting to see what this format looks like in real time.

Skeptics wonder whether the three-day event willhave the same fan appeal as the previous semifinals/finals format.

In the era of pitch-count limits, there is wiggle room for strategic moves. For example, if yourteam gets abig lead, do you pull your ace early with the notion of bringing him back in eithera Game 2 or Game 3scenario?

Acloserlook

Ultimately,itcomes down to

TheBears face Catholic League power Brother Martin (31-7), the third seed in Division Iselect. Both schools are run by thesame Catholic order,the Brothersof the Sacred Heart.

TheCrusaders are the second Catholic League playoff foe for theBears. Brother Martin has three players who werepart of theEastbankteam that won the Little LeagueWorld Series afew years ago.

For LiveOak coach Jesse Cassard, this is personal. Cassard facinghis mentor,Barbe’sGlenn Cecchini, in the finalwould have been poetic for the Division Inonselect final. But 11th-seeded Sam Houston (35-7) upset rivalBarbe in the semifinal series.

There are ties there, too. Sam Houston coach Chad Hebert and Cassard are former Barbe assistants, and Hebert was an assistant to Cassard at Zachary.

Thefact that thetwo teams have played in the last two quarterfinalsups the ante abit more.

Happyreturns

Ayear ago, University High of Division III select wonthe first

Meanwhile, Division II nonselect Brusly,another top seed, is in an LHSAA baseball final for the first time since 2010. Second-seeded U-High (27-9) faces No. 4Catholic-New Iberia in one of those rare interdivisional matchups based on enrollment figures. Gametime is 11 a.m. CHSNI is a2Aschool in the Division III playoff ranks, while UHigh is 3A and in Division III. It is the finals debut for firstyear U-High coach Jon Ramsey,a longtime assistant.

Meanwhile, Brusly coach Jason Lemoinehas one previous LHSAAtitle under his belt. He won it at Livonia.

The Panthers(35-5) have more in their corner than alum and American Idol finalist John Foster.They have an eight-game winning streak and have won 11 of their last 12. Second-seeded North DeSoto is 27-13.

Onemorething

This is not the first time LHSAA teams have had to win moreone gametoclaim abaseball title. The old Class 5A/4A tourney brought eight teams to one site for adouble-elimination tourney That event was scrapped after 2013 so that all classes could play in Sulphur.Though it was grueling at times, it was one of my favorite events.

LHSAABASEBALLTOURNAMENT

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP sports writer

Miami quarterback Carson Beck is throwing the football again. Beck, who couldn’tthrowthe ball at all during spring camp withthe Hurricanes because he was still recovering from elbow surgery, posted abrief Instagram video on Wednesday of himself attempting apass. He was clearedtothrow shortly after spring practice endedand has been throwing since then, the Hurricanes said. Beck was with the Hurricanes for the spring workouts, going through formations and learning systems —albeit without doing any throwing Beckisexpected to be full-go

when the Hurricanes open trainingcampinlate July.Miami opens theseasonathomeagainstCollege Football Playoff runner-up Notre Dame on Aug. 31. Beck hadsurgery in December to repair his right ulnar collateral ligament, then committed to Miamiand will presumably take over as No. 1draft pick CamWard’sreplacement as Miami’sstarter for this coming season. Beck originally declared for thisyear’sNFL draft,thenentered thetransfer portaland wound up departing Georgia for Miami.

Beck spent five seasons at Georgia, the last two asthe Bulldogs’ primary starter Beck completed 68% of his passes —628 of 923 —for 7,912 yards,

58 touchdowns and 20 interceptions in his college career.Heappeared in 39 games for Georgia, 27 of them in the last two seasons. The Bulldogs went 24-3 in those 27 games. He now could follow asimilar path as Ward, who strongly considered the2024 NFL Draft before deciding to join Miami. Ward rewrote theMiami record book last season, completing 305 passes for 4,313 yards and 39 touchdowns —all of those new Miamisingle-season records. He left as theHurricanes’ leader in completion percentage at 67.2%, breaking the school season mark (65.8%,set in 2023 by Tyler Van Dyke) and career mark (64.3% by D’Eriq King in 2020 and 2021).

No one haswon the PreaknessmoretimesthanBaffert’s eight, from Silver Charm in 1997 through National Treasure in 2023.

“Five of them were really exciting because we went for the Triple Crown,” Baffert said.

“WhenSilver Charm won, Iwas just hoping to hitthe board. And then he wins it and then I’mlike, ‘Oh wow,what do Idonow?’ I’ll never forget that.”

SilverCharm finishedsecond in the Belmont Stakes, then Real Quiet thenext year gave Baffert consecutive Kentucky Derby and Preaknesswinners. The 1998 racewas just as memorable for the power outagecausedbya transformer fire in the area and another smaller blaze in an air conditioner in the jockeys’ room on a96-degree day Real Quiet wasalsosecondin the Belmont, andin2002 Baffert hit theDerby-Preakness doublewith WarEmblembefore an eighth-place finish stopped theTriple Crown bid. Baffert was lucky enough to sweep all three races in 2015 with American Pharoah and then again with Justify in 2018 —aPreakness run in sloppy,foggy conditions.

“I hope thatbig white face is in frontwhenwecomeout of the fog,” Baffert said during the race. “And he was.”

D. WayneLukas

Entering thoroughbred racing from the sprinting world, Lukas

OK, but notwithoutsome pain Each of WarofWill’sfront feet were bruised, and he was almost scratched from thePreakness unbeknownst to everyone but his trainer

“The weekafter the Derby was pretty nip and tuck,” Casse said. “You knowwhenIdecidedfor sure —Inever told anybody thatIwas going to run him? About 10 o’clock Preakness morning. Until that point, Iwas not 100% sure Iwas going to run him.”

During the week,Lukasdefended WarofWill when someone looked at the horse and said he had no chance.

“Wayne said, ‘You just watch himrun,’ ”Casse recalled. “And Wayne was right.”

SteveAsmussen

Curlin beating Street Sense in the2007Preaknesswas the “turning pointinour barn’s trajectory,” according to Asmussen, whonow hasthe most career wins of any trainer in North America.

It got even better twoyears later when he won it with filly Rachel Alexandra.

“I had never experienced when we walked out of the barn with Rachel forthe 2009 Preakness: Everybody was on her side,” Asmussen said. “You go to the races and people have their favorites and whothey’re rooting for. But running Rachel was different than anything Ihad done previously or since.”

STAFF PHOTO By HILARySCHEINUK Catholic shortstop Jack Ruckertthrows to firstagainst John Curtis in the second game of the Division Iselect

best-of-three baseball series onMay 2atCatholic High.

No rolling needed

BY LINDA GASSENHEIMER

Shower

BY APRIL HAMILTON | Contributing writer

Crunchy iceberg salads were the star at every family dinner of my childhood. My mom had this magical way of grasping that head of lettuce in two hands and bumping the stem end on the counter with gentle force, then twisting the core and removing it with Excalibur finesse.

She ran it under the sink to rinse the head, then propped it onto the right size Pyrex cup to let the water run out, then into the fridge to chill and crisp while she made our nightly feast.

Salad Dressing

I would call this “Mom’s Salad Dressing,” but it is not unique to her. There are countless variations. This one is a comforting classic. Vary to your whim, adding fresh herbs or a few drops of honey.

1 clove garlic, peeled and pressed or scraped with

1. Combine the garlic with the vinegar in a pint-size Mason jar or covered container of your choice. Swirl to blend, then add the mustard. Swirl again. Add the olive oil in a stream and salt and pepper to taste. Cover and shake well.

2. Refrigerate up to a week and make on repeat. Remove from the refrigerator while you assemble your salad to loosen up the olive oil, which will congeal when it is cold Shake well and drizzle on your awaiting greens.

STAFF PHOTOS By HILARy SCHEINUK

Protein from the fridge featuring boiled shrimp and pulled chicken join a fresh salad array at April Hamilton’s home in Baton Rouge.

April Hamilton adds fresh olive oil to her salad dressing

TNS PHOTO By LINDA GASSENHEIMER

Stocks endmixed on Wall Street

Achoppy day of trading on Wall Street ended with a mixed finish for stock indexes Wednesday,asgains by several bigtechnology stocks helped temper losses.

The S&P 500 edged up slightly after wavering between small gainsand losses much of the day.Most of thestocks in the index lost ground, but solid gains for severalheavyweighttechnologycompanies like Nvidia helped counter adecline in healthcare and other sectors

The Dow Jones IndustrialAverageslipped, while the Nasdaq composite rose.

Super Micro Computer

surged15.7% aftersigning a partnership agreement with Saudi Arabian data centercompany DataVolt.Advanced Micro Devices gained 4.7% after announcing a$6billion stock buyback program.

Nvidia rose4.2% and Google parent Alphabet added 3.7% Other big gainers included eToro Group, aretail trading platform for stocks and cryptocurrency.Itrose 28.8% in its first day of trading.

ThebenchmarkS&P 500index, which sits at the center of many401(k)accounts, has erasedall itslossessincePresident Donald Trump escalated his globaltrade warin early April. It has now alsoerased its losses for the year and is back to within 4.1%ofits all-time high set in February

“The stock market’srally has legs, as the trade negotiation with Chinawas seemingly the toughest one on the docket,” said Rick Gardner,chief investment officer at RGA Investments American Eagle fell6.4% after the retailer withdrew its financial outlook for theyear citing “macro uncertainty.” GeneralMotors,UPS, Kraft Heinzand JetBlueare among the many companies representing awide range of industries that have warned about theimpact of tariffs and aweakening economy Boeing secures major ordersfrom Middle East Boeing has secured apairof major orders in the Middle East during avisit to the region by

CurbsonAIchipexports rescinded

Tech industry complained about restrictions

By The Associated Press

NEWYORK— Responding to complaints from thetechindustry and other countries, the U.S. DepartmentofCommercehas rescinded aBiden-era rule due to takeeffect Thursdaythat placed limits on the number of artificial intelligence chips thatcouldbeexportedto certain international markets without federal approval.

“These newrequirements would have stifled American innovation and saddled companies with bur-

densome new regulatory requirements,”the Commerce Departmentstated in its guidance.

President Joe Biden established theexport framework shortly before he left office in an attempt to balancenational security concerns about thetechnology with the economic interests of producers and other countries. While theUnited States had already restricted exports to adversaries such as China and Russia, someofthose controls had loopholesand the rule would have setlimits on amuchbroader group of countries, including Middle Eastern countriesthatPresident Donald Trump is visiting this week. The Bidenrule’ssorting more than100 countriesintodifferent tiersofexport restrictions drew

strong opposition from those countries, as well as U.S. chipmakers like Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. They arguedthe restrictions could actually push some countries to turn to China instead of the U.S. fortheir AI technology

What Biden’srule did “was send amessage to 120 nations that they couldn’t necessarilycount on us to provide the AI they want and need,” saidBrad Smith, Microsoft’spresident, at aU.S. Senate hearing last week.

Commerce Undersecretary

Jeffrey Kessler said Tuesday the Trump administration will work to replace thenow-rescindedrule to pursue AI with“trusted foreign countries around the world, while keeping the technology out

of thehands of ouradversaries.”

The administration said areplacement rule is coming in thefuture but hasn’tsaidwhatthe newrule will say

TheEuropeanCommission welcomed the change, said spokesperson Thomas Regnier,arguing that the Biden rule, if it took effect, would “undermine U.S. diplomatic relations with dozens of countries by downgrading them to secondtier status.”

European Unioncountries should be able to buy advanced AI chips fromthe U.S. without limitations, Regnier said. “Wecooperate closely,inparticular in the fieldofsecurity,and represent an economic opportunityfor the U.S.,not asecurity risk,” he said in astatement.

Trumptalks of victorybut

President Donald Trump.

The American aerospace manufacturer confirmed a$96 billion order from Qatar,one day after announcing an order fromacompany in Saudi Arabia for 20 737-8 jets and options for 10 additional aircraft.

The Qatar deal, which includes Boeing’s 787and 777X jets, is the biggest order for 787s and wide-body jetsinBoeing’s history, the company confirmed.

It has been aparticularly good week for Boeing. According to several media reports, China lifted aban on itsairlines takingdeliveries of Boeing planes earlier this week as part of Monday’strade truce with the U.S. Shares of Boeing, which has beenmired in legaland regulatory problems since 2019, bounced to their highestlevel in more than ayear Wednesday

It was the fifth straight day of gains for the Arlington, Virginia, company

Streaming service Max renamed HBO Max

HBO is returning —atleast in aname. Warner Bros. Discoverysaid Wednesday that it was rebranding its streaming service as HBO Max this summer,instead of the current Max.

TheMax namedated to Warner’smerger with Discovery and wasconsidered acurious choice when made in 2023. HBO is widelyconsidered a gold standard for quality, while Maxwas areference tothe less well-regarded Cinemax network.

Twoyears later,the company is reviving the HBO Max name, which was used by Warner before the merger.While the companydidn’tacknowledge

Chinesebusinessesviewtariff pausewithcaution,

BY HUIZHONG WU Associated Press

BANGKOK While U.S.PresidentDonald

Trumphas talked of victoryafter reaching aweekend deal with China to reduce the sky-high tariffs levied on each others’ goods, businesses in China are reacting to the temporary deal with caution. TheU.S. and China have cut the tariffsleviedoneach other in April, withthe U.S. cutting the145% tax Trump imposedlast month to 30%. China agreed to lower its tariff rate on U.S.goodsto10% from 125%. The lower tariff rates cameintoeffect on Wednesday Whilethe markets have responded to the agreement with gusto,rebounding to thelevelsbeforeTrump’stariffs,business owners remain wary Businesses like onekitchenutensil factory in southern Guangdong provincewere eager to getbacktowork. The business saidthey put at least fourorders from their American clients back into production on Tuesday afterthe tariff pausewas announced.

than 1,000

BY DEE-ANN DURBIN AP business writer

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday to protest a new company dress code, aunion representing the coffee giant’s workers said Wednesday Employees at unionized stores in NewOrleans and Sulphur participated in the strike, union officials said.

Starbucks put newlimitsstarting Monday on what its baristas canwearundertheir green aprons.

Thedress code requires employees at company-operated andlicensed stores in the U.S. and Canada to wear asolid black shirtand khaki,

“Wethought the negotiation would bring the tariffs down abit, but didn’texpect it would be so much,” saidMargaret Zhuang, asalespersonfor theutensil factoryinGuangdong province, one of China’s manufacturing hubs. Kahlee Yu,sales manager of Yangjiang HongnanIndustry andTrade Company whichalso manufactures kitchenutensils, said he was reaching out to Americancustomers again. “We’re alittle bit optimistic about thetradedeal between thetwo sides. But it is still possiblethe tariff policies will change again, resulting in no orders from our American clients,” he said.

However happy they were in the moment, thedamage from tariffs announced in April hasalreadybeen done,Zhuang added,as theyare seeing fewer orders. She has orders for products up until June. Earlier this year, before Trump’strade warbegan,theyhad orders for production extending to August.

The uncertainty also means companies are lesswilling to makenew investments. Kelvin Liao, sales director at Action Composites, a manufacturerofcarbon fiberauto partsin

Dongguan, amajor city in Guangdong, said he wasoriginally planning to buy apieceof land to build anew factory,but opted instead to rent because of the tariff situation.

“It is good to reach atrade deal between the twocountries. Butpeople have already lost confidence in Trump, and we will take a wait-and-see attitude,” he said. “Webelieve the signing atrade deal is just apause and the ultimate goal of the U.S. is to curb China’sdevelopment.”

Tariffs also remain in place for some industries, whichare not part of the general deal. Hong Kong businessman Danny Lau, whoowns an aluminum-coatingfactory,said his companystill faces about a75% tariff fromtariffs leviedatdifferent points since 2018 by the U.S. Still he welcomed the news from the weekend, saying he would reach out to existing American customers to gauge their views.

“Although the policy change doesn’tcover our industry,wehopetalks will continue and therewillbebetternewsduringthe 90-day pause,” he said.

black or blue denim bottoms. Under thepreviousdress code, baristas could wear abroader range of dark colors and patterned shirts. Starbucks said the new rules would make its green aprons stand out and create asense of familiarity for customers as it tries to establish awarmer,more welcoming feeling in its stores.

ButStarbucks Workers United, the union thatrepresentsworkersat570 of Starbucks’ 10,000 company-owned U.S.stores, said the dress code should be subject to collective bargaining.

“Starbucks haslostits way.Instead of listening to baristas who makethe Starbucks experience what it is, they are focusedonall the

wrongthings, like implementing a restrictivenew dress code,” said Paige Summers, aStarbucks shift supervisor from Hanover,Maryland. “Customers don’tcare what color ourclothes are whenthey’re waiting30minutesfor alatte.” Summers and others also criticized thecompany for selling styles of Starbucks-branded clothing thatemployees no longer areallowedtowear to work on an internal website. Starbucks said it would give two free black T-shirts to each employee when it announced the new dress code.

StarbuckssaidWednesday that thestrikewas having alimited impact on its10,000 company-operated U.S. stores.

“Thousands of Starbucks partners came to work this week ready to serve their customers and communities,” thecompany said in a statement. “It would be more productive if theunionwould put the same effort into coming back to the table to finalize areasonable contract.” Starbucks Workers United has been unionizing U.S. stores since 2021. Starbucks and theunion have yet to reach acontract agreement, despite agreeingtoreturntothe bargaining table in February 2024. The union said this weekthat it filed acomplaint with the National Labor Relations Board alleging Starbucks’ failure to bargain over the new dress code.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS FILEPHOTO By NG HANGUAN

Visitorstalk to asales rep for televisions April 15 at the 137thCanton Fair in Guangzhou in southernChina’sGuangdong province.

Sudoku

InstructIons: Sudoku is anumber-placing puzzle basedona9x9 gridwith several given numbers. The objectistoplace the numbers 1to9inthe empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.The difficulty level of the Sudoku increasesfrom Monday to Sunday.

Yesterday’sPuzzle Answer

THe wiZard oF id

BLondie

BaBY BLueS

Hi and LoiS

CurTiS

By PHILLIP ALDER Bridge

Colin Hay, aScottish-born musician who cametoprominence as lead vocalistofthe AustralianbandMen at Work, said, “I don’t walkoff andcome back for encores. Ifigure Ican addfourweeksto my life that way.”

In abridge column, though, encores canhelptoreinforce thepoint being made by the writer.

Whenthe dealer opensone of asuit andtwo passes follow, if fourth hand overcalls two no-trump, it shows ahand worth atwo-no-trump opening bid —as in this deal

Northmight use Stayman,but chooses to raise to three no-trump. After West leadsthe heart queen, howshould South planthe play?

Thedifficult part of thisdeal is thinking of therightplay. Declarer starts with six top tricks: two hearts, two diamonds andtwo clubs.There aretwo moretricks available in clubs, assuming a3-2 break, but onespade winner is also needed

If Southimmediately concedes aclub trick, West clears heartsand defeatsthe contract when in with the spade ace. If Southleads his spade queen, West wins andestablishes his hearts; the contract still fails

Instead,because West is marked with thespadeacefromhisopeningbid,South must start withthe low spade fromhis hand.IfWestgoesinwiththeace,declarer has nine winners via three spades, two hearts, twodiamonds andtwo clubs. Whereas if West ducks, declarer wins in the dummy and switches to clubs. His ninetricksareonespade,twohearts,two diamonds andfourclubs.

©2025 by NEA,Inc., dist.

By Andrews McMeel Syndication

wuzzles

Each Wuzzleisaword riddle which creates adisguised word,phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For example: NOON GOOD =GOOD AFTERNOON

Previous answers:

word game

InStRuctIOnS: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters

tODAy’S WORD nutRItIOn: nu-TRISH-un: Nourishment.

loCKhorNs

marmaduKe

Bizarro

hagar the horriBle

Pearls Before swiNe

garfield

B.C.

PiCKles

Jury Type: Petit Judge: Elizabeth A. Engolio Date: Monday,June 9, 2025

ADAMS, CORA AUTRY10740 3RD ST MARINGOUIN,LA70757

AGOSTA, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 58981 LILLIAN AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3419

AGUILLARD, CHANDLER LEWIS 1750 BAYOU PAUL LN ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4939

ALBARADO, WENDELL JAMES35030 FIFTY FOOT RD WHITECASTLE,LA70788-4406

ALEXANDER, NICHOLAS HAYDEN 59430 STONEWALL DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7419

ALEXANDER, SHANIRA 58425 COURTSTPLAQUEMINE,LA70764

ALEXANDER, TIERRA DESHON17720 HWY 77 #CGROSSE TETE, LA 70740

ALLEN, AMY JOHNSON 57345 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA,LA 70788-3122

ALLEN JR, GEORGE 32870 SHADY LN WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2316

ANTHONY,PATRICE MARIE 57840 GOVERNMENTSTPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2306

ARNOLD, BRIANA RICHELLE 58841 ALLENSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3063

ASH, SABRINA SENECA 32070 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6130

ASHFORD, MELISSE MERLE 65725 TOTCARLINE DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7302

ATKINS, BRASHELY SHINA 32905 OLANO ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2335

AUCOIN,BRENDA LEWIS10160 ROPPOLO DR MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

AUCOIN, ROBERTJUDE 56605 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4320

AUCOIN, TIMMY JON 58449 BUBBA ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3906

AUGUSTUS, ELVIN KARL 78835 WEST OAK LN MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

BAKER JR, FREDRICK EDWIN 5540 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWYCARVILLE,LA707212213

BANKSTON, DAVID CHRIS 24520 HEBERTSTPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4009

BARBEE, JOHN CONNER 59235 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7426

BARBER, COURTNEY REEANN 58325 ROBERTSON ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764

BARBIER, ASHLEY V59610 THOMAS ROSS DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764

BATISTE, BELVIN ANN 25136 PATUREAU LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5904

BELL, WYKETALASHAY23710 MULBERRYSTPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3729

BERGERON, BARBARA ANN 32960-AHWY 405 WHITECASTLE ,LA70788-4900

BERTHELOT,FELICIA MARIE 38905 BAYOUPIGEON RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7744

BIZETTE, GREGORYPAUL 58314 DESOBRYSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3502

BORDELON, LANE AUSTIN 58625 HYMEL ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4205

BOUDREAUX, FALLON ELIZABETH 59540 KEMBERDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6558

BOURGEOIS, KASEY THOMAS 24520 SHERWOOD DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3820

BOURGOYNE, ROGER MICHAEL25871 SAWMILL RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5406

BREAUX, ELAINE MARIE 57435-ACPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3123

BRIGALIA, TIFFANY FOSTER 22610 WARREN ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2129

BROCKSMITH, DONALD EUGENE 58145 LABAUVE AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3235

BROWN, ASHLEY R10835 GREENSTMARINGOUIN, LA 70757

BUTLER, JACQUELINE ANTIONETTE 57755 LINDBURG ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4133

BUTLER JR, RANDOLPH 24640 HEBERTSTPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4030

CADY,JAMES LUKE 17465 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3007

CAGLE, DEBRA H36020 RICHLAND RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4244

CAIN, AVA DARNELL 57810 BARROW ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4104

CALLEGAN, HOLLYMARIE 58145 HYMEL ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4200

CARLIN, ERIC JOSEPH 23455 WILBERTSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2651

CARLIN, VICTORIA MONIQUE 57652 TRUE HOPE LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4541

CARNEY JR, DONALD RAY79035 KEY ST MARINGOUIN,LA70757-3914

CARPENTER, ROSE LEE 39089 BAYOUPIGEON RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7745

CARRIERE, KALEY KLEINPETER10640 HWY 76 MARINGOUIN,LA70757-3300

CHAUNCY,MALINA ELIZABETH 6630 LEGIONDRSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4530

CHRISTMAS,LE’TICIA LYNETTE 77645 ISAAC ST MARINGOUIN,LA70757

CHRISTOPHE JR, ROLAND 59219 NATHAN GEORGETOWN ST PLAQUEMINE,LA707643071

CLARK, TAYLOR CHASE 33335 GRACIE LN PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7119

CLEBERT, EDWARD JOSEPH 60235 CHOCTAW ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4632

COLLINS, GLORIA WALKER 58100 BELL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2206

COLLINS JR, VINCENT JEROME 58140 NICHOLAS ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2232

CORSTEN JR, LUKE AYRES 5805 HARLESON DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5124

COUPEL, JACE 58645 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788

COUTY,LEIGH ANN 57835 LYONSSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5017

COX,MARTIN EARL 77215 RIDGEWOOD DR #5 MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3550

CROSBIE, LINDA N20690 CHARLES ORYDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5317

DAIGRE, WHITNEY RENEE 20225 DANIEL LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5304

DALBOR, KIM LOUIS 62915 BELLEVIEWRDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6312

DANIELFIELD, FLORA JEAN4880-AMARTIN LUTHER KINGJRPKWY ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4206

DAVID, BRENNAN ANTHONY 20160 SALLIE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5322

DAVIS, KENDERYIUS JAYWAUN 5535 ROSE DOWN AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5211

DELAUNE, JEFFREY CARRAWAY35761 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7607

DOAKES, JARROD OVIDE 5617 POINT CLAIR RD #R CARVILLE,LA70721-0043

DOMINGUE JR, MICHELLE TROY 58130 MERIAM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2719

DORSEY,DONALD BERNARD 3625 GRENADA DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4645

DOWNS III, RL 56210 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4316

DUBOIS,MARYHELEN 24730 DARDENNE ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6012

DUFFY,BRYCE GABRIEL 1255 MADRID AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5333

DUNCAN, ANTHONY WEST 20425 SIDNEY RD GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3414

DUPONT,LORI CARRIER 65085 LITTLE FARMS RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5822

DUPONT,MICHAEL J58265 CANAL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3618

EDWARDS, ALANA 57966 JOFFRIONSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2017

EDWARDS, SHARLENE ELLA 56875 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3117

EDWARDS, TERRI WINTERS 65600 TOTCARLINE DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7301

ELLSWORTH, JOHN 23830 PUNCHY WILSON ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3456

ELZY,CHAD DOMAIN 32240 FRANCISE ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2059

ELZY, RONALD BRUCE 33095 BOWIE ST #27WHITECASTLE, LA 70788-2354

ELZY,SANDRA BARRETT 32775 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2601

EVANS, KOURTNEY NIALONI 4970 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWYSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4207

EWING, KIMBERLYE 5585 BAYOU PAUL RD ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5107

FANN, MOLLYMAIZE 301 FACULTY DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4447

FAVORITE JR, WESLEY J11125 HWY 77 MARINGOUIN,LA70757-3504

FLEMING,JULISACHANDELL 24275 GOLDEN SHORE AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764

FLETCHER, JUSTIN BLAINE 1403 TASAJILLO DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5337

FOSTER, RONNIE L4530 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

FRANCIS, DASINA MARIE 2125 ELMCREST WAYSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5354

GALES SR, SHANNON CARDEL 1895 ROLLINGWOOD DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5355

GAUDET,HOLLYE CHRISTINE 33195 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7110

GAUTREAUX, EMILEE ANN 2320 MEADOWOAK DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

GILCHRIST,ERIC MICHAEL59235 HARVEST LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3077

GIRTLEY,ANGELA DENISEMARTIN 3640 MAGNOLIA DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

GLYNN, KYLE MICHAEL 56150 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4315

GODCHAUX, DAVON M23820 FIRST ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3216

GORE SR, DEDRICK LATELL 32320 LEONA AVEWHITECASTLE, LA 70788-2422

GORHAM, LISA RENE 1650 SAN MIGUELDRSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5340

GOURGUES, BRYANJOSEPH 58245 HOMESTEAD DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5202

GRACE, CANDACE ALANA 1625 BESSONLNSUNSHINE,LA70780-3525

GRANIER II, DENNISPAUL1403 HWY 75 SUNSHINE,LA70780-3213

GRAVES, BONNIE N32245 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7101

GREEN,CARE ANN24505 EARLEDR# 11 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3916

GREEN,PASSION TRAICHELL 58637 WARE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4249

GREEN,TINA MARIE57825 PLAQUEMINESTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2537

GRIMMETT,BRANDY JOHANNA NICHOLE23050 SHORTSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2329

GROS, RICHARD OWEN 25415 HWY 77 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5432

GUIDRY,ROCHELLE RENE3610 EVERGREEN DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4648

HAMMOND,RENEISHASHANTEL 57694 TRUE HOPE LN PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

HARRIS, DENISELYNN10755 CENTERSTMARINGOUIN, LA 70757

HARRIS, LATISHA TURLEY 11550 HWY 77 MARINGOUIN,LA70757

HAYDEL, SARAH LUCIA MORGAN 975 RIVER RD SUNSHINE,LA70780-3101

HEBERT, DENISEDUPUY 39775 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7738

HEBERT, JAIMIE HAYDELL 20285 SALLIE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5323

HENSON, AMANDA HUCKABEE 10050 ROPPOLODRMARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3018

HERNANDEZ, ARMANDO FABIAN 23420 HAMILTON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2550

HERNANDEZ, GARLINANDREW 135 SOUTH CLUB AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4438

HIGGINS,TERRYA 22550 WEST ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2242

HILLARY,WILBERTRAY 23720 CYPRESSSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2836

HIMEL, MARTYLAYNE 25950 WINTER ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6326

HINCHCLIFFE, ASHER HAYES 77390 MCBAYDRGROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3522

HINTON,CASEY HAROLD 37425 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7715

HOLLINS, ASLEE JEFFERSON 32340 MAGGIO ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2430

HORNSBY,KHADIJAH ST CAIR NICOLE58010 WW HARLEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3226

HUMPHREYS, JULIE M56190 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4315

HUNT,FLORIDA MAE1390 RAVIER LN SUNSHINE,LA70780-3511

HURDLE, KIMBERLYDELAINE 77075 HURDLERDROSEDALE, LA 70772

HYMEL, RAYMONDANTHONY 1165 RIVER RD SUNSHINE,LA70780-3103

JACKSON JR, AUGUSTUS LOUIS 31500 HWY 405 WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-3609

JACKSON, KENYETTATRIKINA PO BOX 571 SUNSHINE,LA70780-0571

JACKSON, SHAQUANNA SHARDAE 1900 BESSON LN SUNSHINE,LA70780-3533

JACOB, DARIUS DEVON 58435 ALLENSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

JAMES, LORELL V24735 DAMON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4117

JEANSONNE, KAITLYN 22655 TALBOT DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5219

JENKINS, JOHN WAYNE57744 GROVE RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4538

JENKINSIII, NATHAN 58742 ANNEXSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3042

JOFFRION, JULIA MCCARTNEY24825-A HWY 386 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3717

JOHNSON, AKIYA IRELLE 24955 BRUCE ST #B PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6043

JOHNSON JR, EDWARD 57005 BREAUXSTBAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3036

JOHNSON,JERNESHIA ALICIA 58165 NICHOLAS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2234

JOHNSON,KEJUAN SHARIF58022 BARKER ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2523

JOHNSON,MASON COLE 77220 JESSIE ROMIG DR GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3436

JOHNSON,RONALD C31810 DORCYRDWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-3617

JOHNSON, SHANNON BLAINE 165 GRACES DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4443

JONES, ELIZABETH ANITA575 BAYOU PAUL LN ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5409

JONES, NICOLE YVETTE 23980 HARMASON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3016

JONES, RANESHA6610 HWY 74 #601 ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4567

JONES, RODARRICK DATRON 5475 FLEMING LN ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4259

JORDAN,DAMONEECIA LATRELL 57724 PLAQUEMINESTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2536

JORDAN,DEXTER MAXWELL 52780 CANNONBURGRDWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4913

JOSEPH JR, SIDNEY A1835 OAK WOOD DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5349

JUMONVILLE,ASHLEY C25325 COMMODORE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4407

JUMONVILLE,GRANT 55950 MEDINERDWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4431

KEITH, DONNA GILCHRIST24150 TECHE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4600

KELLER, DAVID DEAN 24635 KELLER DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5922

KELLER, LORETTAS 62515 BAYOU RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5918

KELLY, JNYRIA LASHA 56945 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3118

KENNY,TAYLOR MARIE29560 HWY 405 BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3025

KETCHENS,VEYONDWILLIAMS 58015 BELLSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2203

KITTS, MARQUANDLAMAR 58610 IRON FARM RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3024

KOULPASIS, ELLA GRACEKATHERINE 58204 ELMSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3154

LABAUVE, TIANYA LOPEZ 58945 POSTELL AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3429

LADNER, WANDAGAIL33663 BAYOU SORRELRDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7221

LANAUTE, ANNA MAE5510 SPRING LN #ACARVILLE,LA70721-2150

LANAUTE, VERONICA MARIE59215 RIVER WESTDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6552

LANDRY, BLAKE ANTHONY65755 JR DR #APLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7308

LANDRY, KEVIND 1920 PINEGLEN DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4619

LANDRY, MABLE IRENE23650 KEARNEY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2965

LANGLOIS,KIMBERLYM 65265 MENDOZA DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6222

LANIEU, DEVINDEONTE BUTLER 58945 MARTIN LUTHERKING BLVD PLAQUEMINE, LA 707643031

LEBLANC, ANNA LEE 38855 BAYOU PIGEON RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7743

LEBLANC, CLAIRERENEE 58500 MILLE AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3568

LEBLANC, GARRETT PENN64285 BAYOU RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5945

LEBLANC, JAMES MICHAEL 16105 SIDNEYRDROSEDALE, LA 70772

LEBLANC, TASHEBA YORK 4955 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL,LA 70776-4214

LEMOINE, FARRAH MICHELLE 175 POLITZ AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4442

LEONARD, CARRIECHIARAVALLE 58730 DELACROIX AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3530

LEONARD, HEATHERD 35405 FIFTY FOOT RD WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4410

LEWIS, JESSICALAVINIA 22995 AIDAN RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5239

LITTLES SR, KEGAN 77235 LANDRY DR MARINGOUIN LA 70757-3207

LOPEZ, LENNIE DAVIS66305 STAMPLEYDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7311

LOTT SR, CARL WESLEY 54820 BABIN DR WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2203

MACK, TERRANCE JAMAL 5465 POINT CLAIR RD CARVILLE,LA70721-2108

MARIONNEAUX, BROOKLYN ELIZABETH 24970 STASSI RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5913

MARKINS,MARCY BRAUD 25630 SPRING ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6319

MARTIN, NICHOLASDANTHONY 4649 MARYLAND ST ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4248

MARTINEZ, ERINELIZABETH 36059 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7701

MCCORMICK, MATTHEW 58180 RANDOLPHS DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7430

MCGLOTHLIN, STEVEN WARD 77625 MCBAYDRGROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3525

MCNELL, ZELDA W57665 REVILLETOWN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7501

MEDINE,ANGELT 24635 EDMUND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3836

MEDINE,ROBBIESMITH 35195 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7601

MELLIEON II, BRANDON TROY 58475 NATS ALYPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2856

MENDOZA, DOLORES BABIN59115 DARBY AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3403

MENDOZA, MELANIE LUCIA 30655 HWY 75 #C PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6116

METREJEAN,PAULAANN 36405 HWY 69 WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4705

MILLER, KRASHAUNLYNETTE 32279 DOC DEANSTWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2038

MILLS,KATHRYN STOLL 1035 GUMMERS LN SUNSHINE,LA70780-3313

MOLDEN JR, CLARENCE 57581 BCPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788-3124

MORRISIII, AARON M4851 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL,LA 70776-4215

MYLES, DORISS 23440 WILBERTSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2652

NAVARRE III, LARRYJAMES 61920 BAYOU RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6038

NELSON, CONNIE DANGERFIELD 5685 OAK TRACE DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4718

tion to anyother ad val‐orem taxes, salestaxes or hoteloccupancy taxes, or combinationof such taxes, then in exis‐tenceorpermitted to be in existenceinthe Dis‐trict. Thepublicisherebynoti‐fied that theBoard of Commissioners of the District,the governing authorityofthe District (“Board”),intends to adopta resolution autho‐rizing thelevyand col‐lectionof(a) aone per‐cent (1%) taxuponthe sale at retail,the use, the leaseorrental, thecon‐sumption andstorage for useorconsumption of tangible personal prop‐erty andonsales of ser‐vicesinthe District and (b)a onepercent (1%) hoteloccupancytax within theDistrictcom‐mencingJuly1,2025 (col‐lectively “NewTax”) Theprojectsapproved andfundedbythe Dis‐trictutilizingthe New Taxwillcreateeconomic developmentbenefits to theCityofBaton Rouge, theParishofEastBaton Rougeand theState of Louisiana.

PURSUANT TO LA.R.S 38:9038.76, THEPUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEBOARD OF COMMIS‐SIONERSOFTHE DIS‐TRICTWILLMEET IN OPEN ANDPUBLIC SES‐SION TO HOLD APUBLIC HEARINGTOHEARANY OBJECTIONS BY THEPUB‐LIC TO THEPROPOSED LEVY OF THENEW TAX ANDTOCONSIDERAP‐PROVINGTHE LEVY AND COLLECTIONOFTHE NEW TAXBYADOPTINGTHE ABOVEDESCRIBED RESO‐LUTION AT ITSMEETING TO BE HELD ON THURS‐DAY, MAY22, 2025, 1:30 P.M.,ATTHE LSUFOUN‐DATION,THIRD-FLOOR TRAININGROOM, 3796 NICHOLSONDRIVE BATONROUGE,LA70802. 139917-my 8-15-2t $617.94

g tionsat24CFR 55.20 Sub‐part CProceduresfor Making Determinations on FloodplainManage‐ment Proposed work consists of 1.2-miles(mi)ofditch improvements/levee construction andinstal‐lation of apumpstation with sump between 200 BayouVista Driveto168feet (ft) southof262 BayouVista DriveinThi‐bodaux,Lafourche Parish,Louisiana.The projectislocated in the coastalzoneapproxi‐mately 0.7-mi southof BayouLafourche. Exter‐nalditches along the subdivisionsides will be modified to accompany levees andincrease stormwater conveyance to thepumpstation Ditchimprovements wouldparallelthe pro‐posedlevees andbecon‐finedtothe leveeoutline Leveeelevation will be to alevel of 10-year storm protection perLouisiana Department of Trans‐portationand Develop‐ment (LADOTD) hy‐draulicsmanual(+4-ft NAVD88).Construction will includea 10-ft wide crownwith1 vertical to 2.5horizontal(1V:2.5H) slopes.Levee andditch improvements will re‐quireexpansion of the existing drainage servi‐tude viaRight-of-Way (ROW)acquisition and potentially mitigation for 1.63-ac of wetlands in the projectarea. Thepro‐posedpumpstation wouldbelocated at ap‐proximately29.743N, -90.753W.Pumpstation will includetwo (2)verti‐caldrainagepumps dri‐venbydieselengines anddischarge piping Pump stationwilloper‐ateon floatsystem basedonwater levelin 0.3-acre (ac) reservoir (onat1-ft,off at -1-ft). Dischargewillbeintothe existing drainage artery at rear of subdivision that drains southtothe FortyArpentCanal.Ap‐proximately23.5-ac of floodplains will be tem‐porarilyimpactedduring construction.The project purposeistoreduce floodingfollowing severe weathereventsand en‐hancedrainageinthe projectarea. Thereare threeprimary purposes forthisnotice. First, people whomay be affected by activities in floodplains andthose who have an interest in theprotectionofthe nat‐ural environmentshould be giventhe opportunity to express theirconcerns andprovide information aboutthese areas. Sec‐ond, an adequate public notice program canbe an importantpublicedu‐cational tool.The dis‐semination of informa‐tion about floodplains canfacilitateand en‐hanceFederal effortsto reduce therisks associ‐ated with thetemporary impactstothe special areas. Third, as amatter of fairness, when the Federalgovernmentde‐termines it will partici‐pate in actionstaking placein floodplains,it must inform thosewho maybeput at agreater or continuedrisk.

Writtencommentsmust be received by Tim SoileauatELOSEnviron‐mental on behalf of TPG at thefollowing address on or before May30, 2025, during thehours of 8:00 AM and5:00PM.

TimSoileau

ProjectManager/Envi‐ronmental Scientist ELOS Environmental, LLC

607 WMorrisAve Hammond,LA70403 tsoileau@elosenv.com (985) 662-5501 140585-may15-1t $472

RE:PublicNoticefor Tangipahoa Parish Flood‐plain Restorationand En‐hancementProject (065)

To:All interested Federal, State, andLocal Agen‐cies,Groups, andIndivid‐uals This is to give notice that theTangipahoaParish Government (TPG)under 24 CFRPart58has deter‐minedthatthisproposed action under Louisiana Community Development BlockGrant (CDBG-MIT) numberB-18-DP-220001/53MTRR7701 is lo‐catedinthe 100-year floodplain/FederalFlood Risk Management Stan‐dard (FFRMS)riverine floodplain/wetlandand TPGwillbeevaluating practicablealternatives to locating this action in the floodplain/wetland andthe potentialim‐pactsonthe flood‐plain/wetlandfromthe proposed action,asre‐quired by ExecutiveOr‐ders 11988 and11990, as amendedbyExecutive Order13690 in accor‐dancewithHUD regula‐tionsat24CFR 55.20 Sub‐part CProceduresfor Making Determinations on FloodplainManage‐ment

Theproposedproject in‐cludes replacementof 507 driveway culverts alongseveral roadways in Tangipahoa Parish: Peggy LeeDr. andVelma Dr.inAmite City,LA; FrankLn. andMashonRd. in Independence,LA; WhiskeyLn.,Tin Can Alley, andJohnson Ln.in Tickfaw, LA;Timberlane D.,N.Fendalson Rd JimmyRd.,McGee Rd Booker Rd Park Ave. SimpsonPl.,Old Happy‐woodsRd.,FredClark Rd RandallAve and W. Yellow WaterRd. in Ham‐mond,LA; andLavigne Rd DouglasOneil Ln N. Hoover Rd WildoakLn. andSweeney Ln.inPon‐chatoula,LA. TPGpro‐posesreplacing thedri‐veways with newcor‐rectly-sized culverts,set to thecorrect invert,with thesamesurfacetypeas currentlyinplace.TPG maintainsthe roads identified in this project andhas theright to maintain up to 18" be‐hind ditches,asper re‐visedTPG ordinance1842. Culvertreplacement is within theright-of-way (ROW)thatTPG owns or hasthe righttomaintain. Approximately40acres of floodplains will be temporarilyimpacted during construction of theproposedproject Theproject purposeisto reduce floodingthrough improvinggravity drainage Thereare threeprimary purposes forthisnotice. First, people whomay be affected by activities in floodplains andthose whohaveaninterestin theprotectionofthe nat‐ural environmentshould be giventhe opportunity to expresstheir

p y impacts to thespecial areas. Third, as amatter of fairness, when the Federalgovernmentde‐termines it will partici‐pate in actionstaking placein floodplains,it must inform thosewho maybeput at agreater or continuedrisk.

Writtencommentsmust be received by Tim SoileauatELOSEnviron‐mental on behalf of TPG at thefollowing address on or before May30, 2025, during thehours of 8:00 AM and5:00PM.

TimSoileau ProjectManager/ EnvironmentalScientist ELOS Environmental, LLC 607 WMorrisAve Hammond,LA70403 tsoileau@elosenv.com (985) 662-5501 141077 May15, 1t $403.13

PUBLIC NOTICE

RE:PublicNoticefor Tangipahoa Parish Flood‐plain Restorationand En‐hancementProject (061)

To:All interested Federal, State, andLocal Agen‐cies,Groups, andIndivid‐uals

This is to give notice that theTangipahoaParish Government (TPG)under 24 CFRPart58has deter‐minedthatthisproposed action under Louisiana Community Development BlockGrant (CDBG-MIT) numberB-18-DP-220001/53MTRR7701 is lo‐catedinthe 100-year floodplain/FederalFlood Risk Management Stan‐dard (FFRMS)riverine floodplain/wetlandand TPGwillbeevaluating practicablealternatives to locating this action in the floodplain/wetland andthe potentialim‐pactsonthe flood‐plain/wetlandfromthe proposed action,asre‐quired by ExecutiveOr‐ders 11988 and11990, as amendedbyExecutive Order13690 in accor‐dancewithHUD regula‐tionsat24CFR 55.20 Sub‐part CProceduresfor Making Determinations on FloodplainManage‐ment

Theproposedproject in‐cludes removalofdebris from sixwaterwaylater‐als(41,000 linear ft)in Tangipahoa Parish:Coon Branch alongLA1045, be‐tween Magnolia andElla Drive, northofBickham Chapel Road alongUS-51, andcrossesBickham Chapel Road/Velma Road/Mandella Road alongVelma Road arelo‐catedinthe city of Amite in Tangipahoa Parish; Mashon Road to

g will be builton Chemekette Road in the city of Robert.Approxi‐mately 30 acresof flood‐plains will be temporarily impacted during con‐structionofthe proposed project. Theproject pur‐pose is to reduce flood‐ingthrough restoration of stream reaches. Thereare threeprimary purposes forthisnotice. First, people whomay be affected by activities in floodplains andthose whohaveaninterestin theprotectionofthe nat‐ural environmentshould be giventhe opportunity to expresstheir concerns andprovide information aboutthese areas. Sec‐ond, an adequate public notice programcan be an importantpublicedu‐cational tool.The dis‐semination of informa‐tion about floodplains canfacilitateand en‐hanceFederal effortsto reduce therisks associ‐ated with thetemporary impactstothe special areas. Third, as amatter offairness, when the Federalgovernmentde‐termines it will partici‐pate in actionstaking placein floodplains,it must inform thosewho maybeput at agreater or continuedrisk. Writtencommentsmust be received by Tim SoileauatELOSEnviron‐mental on behalf of TPG at thefollowing address on or before May30, 2025, during thehours of 8:00 AM and5:00PM. TimSoileau ProjectManager/ EnvironmentalScientist ELOS Environmental, LLC 607 WMorrisAve Hammond,LA70403 tsoileau@elosenv.com (985) 662-5501 141073 May15, 1t $418.46

g y isa crime,subjecting the filerto fine or imprison‐ment or both under R.S. 14:133. BY TYPING MY NAME BELOW, IHEREBYCER‐TIFY THAT THEINFORMA‐TION PROVIDED IS ATRUE AND COMPLETE STATE‐

g paula.roddy@la.gov for thezoom link and/or if youneed reasonable ac‐commodations. 141053-may15-16-17-1819-20-6t $124.78 PUBLIC NOTICE

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PUBLIC NOTICE TheCityofSt. George Planning &ZoningCom‐missions will hold public hearings on Monday June 2, 2025, at 6:00 pm at St.GeorgeCityHall, 14100 AirlineHwy,St. George,LA70817, to con‐siderthe following: Planning Commission S25-07-FSubdivision of LotA-1 of theErnest FloydMiller Estate Prop‐erty: This 3.36-acre prop‐erty is locatedat16212 DoyleRoad, near theTus‐canDrive intersection in Section3,T8S,R2E,GLD EBR, LA.The applicantre‐quests to subdivideone lotintotwo in theR (Rural)ZoningDistrict. (Applicant:Stephen La‐Cour,L&L Land Survey‐ing, on behalf of Mark Starks) Zoning Commission CU25-02 ConditionalUse Permit forthe Dunham School EarlyChildhood Center: This 10.18-acre property is locatedat 9611 Siegen Ln,between BriarHollowDrand NatchezCt, on TractB of theElizabeth S. Warrick Property,inSec.38, T8S, R1E, GLD, EBR, LA.The applicantrequestsa con‐ditional usepermitto adda newuse of an Edu‐cational Institutioninthe A2 (SingleFamilyResi‐dential) Zoning District (Applicant:The Dunham School,onbehalfofThe Chapel on theCampus, Inc) 141204 May15, 22, 29, 3t $77.71

TheMayor andCity Councilofthe City of Central, Louisiana, will hold apublichearing on Tuesday, May27, 2025 at 6:00pm at CentralCom‐munity School BoardOf‐fice,11576 Sullivan Road Central, LA,todiscuss thefollowing: a) T25-02: Violations & Penalties.Anordinance to amendTitle 7Unified DevelopmentCodeto consolidateand update violations andpenalties andprovide forrelated matters Commission Action (April 24 2025): Mr.Firmin movedtoapprovewith recommendations.Mr Pino seconded.Public comment:None. Vote: 6 yeas(Firmin,Harper Pino,Sharafkhani,John‐son),1 nay(Freneaux), 1 absent (Sheridan).Mo‐tion passed, andT25-02 wasrecommended for approvalwithchanges. b) T25-03: GeneralProvi‐sions.Anordinance to amendTitle 7Unified De‐velopmentCodetocon‐solidate andupdatevio‐lationsand penaltiesand providefor relatedmat‐ters Commission Action (April 24 2025): Mr.Pinomoved to approvewithrecom‐mendations.Mr. Firmin seconded.PublicCom‐ment:None. Vote:6 yeas (Firmin, Freneaux Harper,Pino Sharafkhani, Johnson) 0 nays,1 absent (Sheri‐dan).Motionpassed, and T25-03 wasrecom‐mended forapproval withchanges. Thecompleteagenda canbefound at central‐gov.comonthe Public Notice page andCouncil Archives page or by call‐ing225-262-5000. 141172-may15-1t $22.96

Jury Type: Petit Judge: Alvin Batiste Jr.Date: Monday,June 16, 2025

ALBERTJR, RAYMOND EDWARD 22210 WALKERST#15PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2030

ALEXANDER, ANIKKO SHANTESSIA 3675C BANK DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4617

ALEXANDER, TAMMY REDDITT 4720 LANDRYSTSTGABRIEL, LA 70776

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AMBEAU, DARREN T5380 MORRIS ST CARVILLE, LA 70721

AMBEAU, JA’COYIA 5580 MONROELNCARVILLE, LA 70721

ANDERSON, QUENTIN BRICE 77410 WHEELOCK LN MARINGOUIN,LA70757-3731

ANDERSON JR, RICKY ADAM 1545 ST FRANCIS LN ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4921

ANDERSON, RODDIE E22980 JACOB ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2319

ANDREWS JR, LAVEAR 5535 ANDREWS LN ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5439

ANGELLOZ JR, JOHN R5445 POINT CLAIR RD #131 CARVILLE,LA70721-2114

ARNOLD, REBECCA GILL 77525 MCBAYDRGROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3524

ASBERRY, MYLETTE SHARMANE 25270 PATUREAU LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5905

ATWOOD, JENNY SUE 20125 TONI LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5308

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BABINEAUX, WARNELL HEATHE 58610 BELLEVIEWRDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3900

BANKS, ARVIN S58566 JETSON AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4234

BANKSTON, TYLER ANDREW 26030 HWY 77 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

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BARBAY, GLENN KENNETH 58440 ANTHONY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2655

BATES JR, HOWARD BARNELL 63515 BAYOUJACOBRDPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5608

BAYHAM, ASHLEY CALCAGNO 76750 FANNIE MAE LN GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

BEAUCHAMP,COURTNEY MARYA 24715 PALERMO ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6009

BECKLEY,KENDRA 1370 SPANISH LAKESAVE ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5335

BECKWITH, MANASHA CRAIG 58375 ANTHONY ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2656

BELELLO, MORGAN LEGER5585 BAYOUPAUL RD ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5107

BELL,LAUREN LEATRICE 1580 RAVIER LN SUNSHINE, LA 70780

BELLOCK, CHEMAARGIOVENCHI32565 GRAHAM ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2209

BELLOCK JR, ROYAL J32345 BOWIE ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2403

BELLOT,CLARENCE CURTIS 65780 JRDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7308

BELLOT,PAIGE ASHLYN 61490 BAYOURDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6033

BELONEY,LATASHA RENEE 23745 BOURGOYNE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2862

BERAUD, KYRA NICOLE 76425 COREY RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

BERTHELOT,MARYL 33110-GGRACIE LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7117

BERTHELOT,MELISSA ANNE 36925 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7710

BLANCHARD, BRUCE 76907 GARNERLNGROSSE TETE, LA 70740

BLANCHARD III, EARLE EDWARD 57830 LABAUVE AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3336

BLANCHARD, MADONNA MURRAY58495 HYMELSTWHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4203

BOLOTTE, JUSTIN JUDE 36120 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7702

BOOKSH, BAYLEIGH BLANCHARD 25949 SAWMILL RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5407

BOOKSH, MARTIN KYLE 18365 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

BOUDREAUX, KENDALL JOSEPH 24320 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5510

BOURGOYNE, BAILEIGHELIZABETH 27050 BRADY LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5949

BOYER, KASEY CHEYENNE57930 ORANGE DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2122

BRANNAN, MEAGAN ELIZABETH 38883 BAYOUPIGEON RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7743

BRASHIER, CLAIRE MCLIN 7805 HWY 74 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4821

BRASSEAUX, ROXANE LANDRY57135 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4325

BREAUX, PAGE A145 GRACESDRSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4443

BRIDGEWATER, ROBERTBERNARD 59655 HWY 1148 #89PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5335

BROCK, ERIC DWAIN 58570 WARE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4248

BROCK, SHIRLEY JOHNSON3620 MAGNOLIA DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4643

BROCKSMITH, CRYSTAL KINBERGER 58145 LABAUVE AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3235

BROWDER III, FRANK 1301 GUMMERS LN SUNSHINE,LA70780

BROWN, JOSEPH DUHON 23620 CHURCH ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2737

BROWN, LAKISHA BARBER 1965 JAKE LN SUNSHINE, LA 70780

BROWN, RONALD J77625 JACOB ST MARINGOUIN,LA70757

BRUMFIELD, ARIEL 32585 BOWIE ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2503

BRYAN, SAMUEL CHRISTIAN 2135 ELMCREST WAYSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5354

BUI, DIEMPHUONG SARAH CAO 1320 MADRID AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5334

BUNCH, CARTNEY MICHELLE 32690 SHERLEY RDENNIS ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2512

BUSINELLE, SCOTT LEE 24715 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5506

CALLEGAN, TED J59015-ANEW CAMP RDWHITECASTLE, LA 70788-4139

CANELLA, VICTOR PETER 28350 HWY 405 PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7901

CANEZARO, BRYANDOUGLAS 76185A ROSEDALE RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

CANNELLA, TAYLOR MORGAN 20280 SALLIE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5323

CANOVA, ROBERTA BROGAN 915 ARTHUR DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5616

CARLINE, DEBRA LYNN 32985 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7108

CARLINE, VANCE JOHN 63420 BAYOURDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5928

CASSARD, MADISYN MICHELLE 35065 HWY 69 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788

CAUSEY,ROBERTCHARLES1035 BEEHIVEDRSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5116

CAZES JR, KENNETH WAYNE 20585 CHARLES ORYDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5316

CHARLEVILLE, VICTORIA LANE 18230 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

CHRISTIAN, ERIC MARTIN 59700 AVERYJAMES DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5274

CHRISTOPHE, PHYLLIS BUTLER 58205 NICHOLAS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2240

CLOUATRE JR, JERRYJAMES 24835 DEMPSEYSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

COLEMAN, JANESA RACHEAL MARIE 58165 LABAUVE AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3235

COLLINS, JANICE HATCHER 59310 RAGUSA RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6554

COLLINS, TROY DAVID 59110 DARBY AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3404

COMEAUX, DUSTIN JOESPH 57860 COMEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2042

COMEAUX, MARIE SUZETTE 1430 HWY 75 SUNSHINE,LA70780-3208

CRANDLE, JULAISA 58630 ALLENSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3052

CRAWFORD, ASHLEY FALCON 66320 STAMPLEYDRPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7311

CROCHET,MAGGIE VANTUYL 30810-A HWY 405 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-3602

CROCHET,NANCY ANN 39207-ABAYOU PIGEON RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7747

CROUCHET,CAMI WHEELER 135 TIGER DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4445

CROWSON, TONI 22165 WALKERST #A-4 PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2038

CUMMINGS, MYEISHA A2023 RAVIER LN SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3535

DABNEY,MARYANN 32760 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2602

DAIGLE, CRAIG JAMES 36251 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7703

DAIGLE, JOAN MARIE 57982 BORRUANO DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2003

DARTEZ, KENNETH ANTHONY 1225-BHWY 75 SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3108

DAVIS JR, ANTHONY RAY510 BAYOU PAUL LN ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5404

DAVIS, KEYONA KENCERE 33625 BOUDREAUX ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2729

DAVIS, PAULETTE DENISE57997 CENTER ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4311

DAVIS, PEARL LEBAN 57705 FORT ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3321

DAVIS, THOMAS RENARD JENKINS 5470 SMITH ST ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

DAVIS, VANJ 23510 FEDERAL ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2610

DENU, NAVIN DARGBEH 1995 OAK WOODDRSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5352

DOMINGUE, ALFRED J6225 HWY 74 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4542

DOMINIQUE JR, KENNETH EDWARD 56721 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 707883116

DOMINIQUE, WHITLEY CHARDAE 32530 WILLOW ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2220

DOMINO, DEBRA LYNN 76913 CEDARSTGROSSE TETE, LA 70740

DOTSON,JEREMIAHRAPHAEL 77680 WHEELOCK LN MARINGOUIN,LA70757

DUFOUR, ALICIA MENDOZA 55545-A GRAND RD WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4621

EAGLIN, TRACY C23780 HWY 386 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3706

EDWARDS, ERICO 32485 SONNY BARBIER ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2413

EDWARDS, RODRIGUE JAMEL31820 DORCYRDWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-3617

ELZY,ANGELTRESHON 32810 BOWIE ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2306

ENGOLIO JR, JOHN EDWARD 34715 KCDRWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4404

ERNEST,DENARD 58554 JETSON AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4234

ESCUE,JEFFREY W1320 CROCHETSTSUNSHINE,LA70780-3214

FEAST,IRENECURTIS 77170 PARISH LN MARINGOUIN,LA70757

FISHER, HALEY ELIZABETH 1565 TASAJILLO DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5339

FISHER, LANAI MARIE6610 HWY 74 #1508 ST GABRIEL,LA70776

FLORES, JAMIE TIRCUIT 1105 ETTADRSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5619

FOSTER, FLYNNDOUGLAS1061 RIVER RD SUNSHINE,LA70780-3102

FOSTER, KISHA R54845 GLEASON ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2310

FOURRIER, AMANDA LEE 1045 DAISYAVE ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5132

FOURROUX, ANTHONYWAYNE 24405 HOLLY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3874

FRANKLIN, KEONNTAINAYCHELLE 4837 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL,LA707764215

FRAZIER, MICKEY MICHELLE 4845 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL,LA70776

FRAZIER, VICTORIA LYNN 4845 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL,LA70776

FREY,BRETT DOUGLAS8400 MANCHAC RD ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5806

GANAWAY, CELESTE ELIZABETH 59143 BIRCHSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3805

GANAWAY, JOHN MICHAEL 33610 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7204

GAUDET,JANICECALLEGAN 65260 MENDOZA DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6222

GAUDET,SHERRYH 35330 RIDGE RD WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4216

GEORGE, CHRISTOPHER RAYMICHAEL 25125 GASPER ST #LOT 41 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4355

GEORGE, KRISTEN RENEE 1525 BESSON LN SUNSHINE,LA70780-3524

GEORGETOWN, KENNEDY 58360 WWHARLEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3118

GEORGETOWN,LATRICE EVETTE 57775 BRODE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4540

GIEP, MARK L22830 TALBOT DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5221

GILBERT, WILLA MAE33510 BOUDREAUXSTWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2727

GILBES, YESMARIAN BURGOS 1600 ST FRANCIS LN ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4919

GILLIAM, DAVIDWAYNE 23530 HWY 386 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3704

GIROIR, KEYON ABDUL33870 BOWIE ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2732

GLASER, CAROLYNEM 77040 BIG DEE DR GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

GLASER, TRINA A15070 HWY 77 ROSEDALE, LA 70772

GONZALEZ, MATTHEW JOSEPH 59655 HWY 1148 #162 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5339

GORDON,TAMARA S29385 INTRACOASTAL RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5815

GRACE JR, JAMES ELLIS24350 WL GRACE RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

GRAVES, BREIGH ANNE 36605 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7707

GREEN,CHRISTIAN AMIR 13415 HWY 411 MARINGOUIN,LA70757

GREVIOUS, PHYLLISWILEY10745 RAILROAD DR MARINGOUIN,LA70757

GUILLOT, GLORIAD 29110 INTRACOASTAL RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5813

HAHN, ELBIEELIZABETH 55535-A GRAND RD WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4621

HALL, JOSHUA WILLIAMS 1540 ST FRANCIS LN ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4918

HAMILTON,PEGGY BABIN24260 DES GLAISESSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4629

HAMPTON, CONSTANCE BEN 23720 CALVIN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2804

HARRIS, WILLIE M31474 HWY 405 WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-3608

HATCH, EVERETTE EFREM 10935 BAYOU RD MARINGOUIN,LA70757

HAYDEL, KEITH MARTIN 23038 TURNER ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2339

HAYNES, LINWOOD ALLEN 31820 LACROIX RD WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-3620

HEBERT, ASHLEY 57945 JOFFRION ST #3 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2046

HEBERT, CHRISTIAN LIONS57840 NEWERWIN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2326

HEBERT, JULIANA MAYER 57840 NEWERWIN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2326

HENDERSON,JERRYEDWARD 24625 HEBERTSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4029

HENRY, GABRIELLE MARIE32720 HWY 405 WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4801

HERNANDEZ, ELVA K58269 ROBERTSON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3643

HILL, CHASITY DANIELLE 10535 BAYOU RD #D2MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

HINESJR, MICHAEL 58390 WWHARLEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3118

HO,Y MINH 1875 MEADOW OAK DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776

HOBMAN,MAKAI ILYM 23455 WILBERTSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2651

HOLLAND, CHARLENE39575 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7736

HOLLOWAY,AMIE DAIGLE 16180 DEER BUCK RUNROSEDALE, LA 70772-3830

HONORE, DIAMONDLASHAY 22720 BLAKENEYLNPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5234

HOUGHTALING, WILLIAML 59600 MYRTLE GROVE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

HOWARD SR, PATRICK DONELL 58121 WASHINGTON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4057

HUNTER, BRIONNE MICHE 58845 BELLEVIEW RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

HUNTER, GLYNIS DESHAN 57948 CENTERSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4365

HURDLE, CHERYLCHENEVERT76945 HURDLERDROSEDALE, LA 70772

HYMEL, JASON PAUL 1200 ETTADRSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5624

JACKSON JR, PHIL PATRICK 2150 JAKE LN SUNSHINE,LA70780-3505

JACKSON,TREY RAYNARD 58675 IRON FARM RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3023

JAMES, JADA COREYNEKWA5445 POINT CLAIR RD #148L CARVILLE,LA70721-2114

JAMES, RITAGILBERT57694 TRUE HOPE LN PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4541

JEFFERSON III, CLARENCE 23725 MARSHALLSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2845

JENKINS, DAMONIQUE KHADIZAH 58461 NATS ALYPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2856

JENKINS, GEORGEW 58519 JETSON AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4233

JENKINS, JULIE LOUISE 59032 NATHAN GEORGETOWN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3073

JENKINS, LY’DYANA58525 NATS ALYPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2888

JOFFRION, FRANK JOSEPH 59445 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7424

JOHNSON, AKURA 32635 LEONA AVEWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2515

JOHNSON, ANDREA D24325 THIBODEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3749

JOHNSON, BOYD ALAN 76900 ROSEDALERDROSEDALE, LA 70772

JOHNSON, CHARLES RAY57905 GOVERNMENT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2307

JOHNSON, KAREN ASHLEY 58103 BELLSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2205

JOHNSON SR, RALPH 4907 LANDRY ST ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4244

JOHNSON,RHONDACURRY 58690 HARDINGSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3927

JOHNSTON SR, ELMER LEE 39055 BAYOU PIGEON RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7745

JONES, TRAMEKA COLEMAN 32430 FRANCISE ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2063

JOSEPH, SHARONDA RENEA 22875 AIDAN RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5238

KELLER JR, WILBERTKEVIN22775 JADE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5229

KELLEY,CATHY LYNN 34285 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7210

KELLEY,JEFFREY WAYNE6810 LEGION DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4556

KELLY, BRIANNA NICOLE 59121 LAUREL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3813

KELLY, MICHAEL ANTHONY25125 GASPER ST #8 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4345

KIRKLAND, GERLYN C58225 ELMSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3153

KIRKLAND, KEVIN 59100 OBIER AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3454

KITCHEN III, DON 23000 JACOB ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2317

KLEINPETER, CALEB SCOTT 76845 GUM ST GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

KLEINPETER JR, LEO J19265 SIDNEYRDGROSSE TETE, LA 70740

KNIGHTEN,ANTONIODION56853 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 707883117

LAKE, CHANTEL MARIE 23145 NADLER ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2422

LAKE, MASON 57820 TROSCLAIR ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2334

LANDRY, AMANDA FALCON 56005 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4314

LANDRY, ANITACAILLET 37525 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7716

LANDRY, CHRISTOPHER 5630 MAGNOLIA SPRINGS PKWY#ACARVILLE, LA 70721-2102

LANDRY, DWAYNE MICHAEL56005 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4314

LANDRY, DYLAN MICHAEL 28550 INTRACOASTAL RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5807

LANDRY, KATE VAUGHN 37205 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7713

LAPRAIRIE, CANDICE CALLEGAN 58250 TRABEAUX LN WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4209

LAPRAIRIE, KIM JAMES 805 PECAN DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5510

LASSERRE, CHRISTIAN BLAKE BURK 64425 GISCLARD RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6227

LATIOLAIS, SUSAN MELANCON 33615 BAYOUSORRELRDPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7221

LATIOLAS, BRITTANY NICOLE 16175 DEER BUCK RUN ROSEDALE, LA 70772-3830

LEAKE JR, JACK D24900 STASSI RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5913

LEBLANC, CHAD 5580 MONROELNCARVILLE, LA 70721

LEBLANC, DARIN ANTHONY 55625 GRAND RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4622

LEBLANC, DINATTE MARIE 77215 RIDGEWOOD DR #5 MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3550

LEBLANC, MORGAN W1900 BAYOU PAUL LN ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4937

LEBLANC, NEALEY LAINE 58710 DELACROIX AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3530

LEE JR, VINCENT EDWARD57738 TRUE HOPE LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4500

LEGENDRE, CALLI MARIE 57970 NEW ERWIN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2327

LEGENDRE, RITCHIE JOSEPH 36225 RICHLAND RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4300

LEJEUNE, HUNTER JOSEPH 62700 BAYOUJACOBRDPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5600

LESTAGE, GARRETT FRANKLIN 58460 BUBBA ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3907

LEWIS JR, CHARLES 14425 HWY 77 ROSEDALE, LA 70772

LEWIS, DEBRA P77850 JANIE LN MARINGOUIN,LA70757

LEWIS, NATLIE RENEE 57895 HOMESTEAD DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2107

LEWIS SR, RALPH LEONARD 57839 LUCKEY ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4368

LILLY, TERRYJEROME 33255 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7111

LINER, SIOBHAN 25640 SPRING ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6319

LINK, BRIDGETTE SCOTT 23926 TAYLORST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3041

LINK, LEMAR DUQUAN 33450 BOUDREAUX ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2706

LITTLE, DEMIRACLE K57235 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA,LA707883121

LITTLES, ETHEL MARIE 76705 GARNERLNGROSSE TETE, LA 70740

LIVELY, JEFFERYLYNN 22165 WALKERST# LOT7PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2038

LOBELL, GAGEJOSEF 1973 RAVIER LN SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3544

LOLIS, TANYADENISE 59600 THOMAS ROSS DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5270

LOLLIS, DAVID 28268 HWY 405 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7900

LOWTHER, ANGELA MARIE 57505 RANDOMOAKS DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7000

MALARCHER II, DAVID 5696 VILLA LN DCARVILLE, LA 70721-2146

MARIONNEAUX II, ROBERTMARK 19540 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3428

MARKINS,REBECCA CARLINE 57825 GUIDRYSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2101

MARTIN, CALEB KENNETH 57915 RANDOMOAKSDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7004

MARTIN, CHAD M24435 HOLLYDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3874

MARTIN, JASMINE KENEE 77650 CRUMP ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3428

MARTIN, STEPHEN RAY24130 EDENSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3713

MCCALL, KYLE M58100 PLAQUEMINE ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2733

MCCASTLE, LINDA G77855 JACOBSTMARINGOUIN,LA70757

MCCLAY, MELVIN 58110 GEORGE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2208

MCCOY,TYRIN D’FREDRICK 22980 AIDAN RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5239

MCCRAY, SHANA CHERRELL1725 BESSON LN SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3526

MCGARNER, MEGHAN Q57743 TRUE HOPE LN PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4500

MEDINE, BRIANANTHONY 22725 HWY 1PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2104

MELANCON JR, WALTER 54950 MAYORDOC FOLEY ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2033

MELLIEONJR, HAROLD IRVIN 58965 MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3031

MICHEL, ERIN GAIL 751 RIVER RD SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3203

MICHELLE, JENNIFER ANN 59325 RAGUSA RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6554

MILSTEAD, EASTER MAE PEARSON10520 COATES ST MARINGOUIN,LA70757-0955

MIMS-JULIEN, THERESA HAWKINS 11735 STOCKTON ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

MITCHELL, ADRIANNE LEMICAH 23470 RICH ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2646

MONISMITH, KEITH BRADY 55875 MEDINE RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4432

MOORE, CAMERON LEIGH 22560 TALBOT DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5218

MORALES, CALLIE MICHELLE 25845 WINTER ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6325

MORALES, LAKYN ALISE 23935 DORIS DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3405

MORGAN, JACKSON KELLEY 57840 HOMESTEAD DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2106

MORRIS,MONICA LASHEA 58921 POSTELL AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3429

MOSBY,DONNA MARIE 23920 JACKSONST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3030

MOSLEY,LANESE JONEE ANNETTE 32652 LEONA AVEWHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2516

MULMORE, JALEN NICOLE 23800 SEMINARYSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3356

MYLES, CHARLES EDWARD59300 WW HARLEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2969

NADLER, JAYNEL F59720 AVERYJAMES DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5274

NAGEL, DENISEANN 25371 FENNER ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4425

NELSON, KATELIN BRIANNA 22120 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3619

NELSON, KRISTIN BAKER 59525 MYRTLE GROVE DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7438

NELSON, LARRY5490 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWYCARVILLE, LA 70721

NGUYEN, CINDY HONG 76220 ROSEDALE RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772-3527

NICHOLAS, JOANMARIE 58085 CAPTAIN THARRIS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3239

NORTHERN, GERALDINE 77235 OAKS AVEROSEDALE, LA 70772

ODOM, ALTHA GREEN 23915 CASTLE CT PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3057

OSBY,ASIONAYE N32510 GRAHAM ST #BWHITECASTLE, LA 70788-2210

OUBRE, DENZEL LAMAR 58065 NICHOLAS ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2238

OURSO, BRAYDEN MATTHEW 23985 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5540

OVETE, LANDA DENICE 58462 NATS ALYPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2857

PALMER, LYDIA DENISE 58524 MERIAM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2886

PARSONS, KYLE WADE 25379 CLEMENT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4405

PATTERSON, WYONNA G32770 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2602

PERRIN, RAMONA GOMEZ 56250 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4316

PERSICK, DONALD M20300 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3420

PIERCE, KRISTIN NICOLE 32855 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7107

PONS, CHARLES LEWIS 6625 HWY 74 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4546

POPLION JR, JULIUS 57986 CASTRO ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4308

PORCH, YVETTE E58765 CAPTAIN THARRIS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3003

POSTON, HERMAN LEE 65695-AJR DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7307

PREVOT,QUEEN THOMAS 32350 LEONA AVEWHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2422

PRYER, GWENDOLYN 77675 LEE ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

PUGH, FRANCIS SPRAGUE22140 WALKER ST #21PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2033

PUGH, GABRIELLE SHANEICE 57815 HAASE ST #EPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3322

PUGH JR, NOLAN 24940 PATUREAU LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5902

RANZINO, SIDNEY CLAIRE 58055 LABAUVE AVEPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3233

REDDITT,ANDRE DWAYNE 4550-AMARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

REDDITT,DARRIUS TYRIC 32521 ALICE ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2501

REMSEN, KENNETH WILLIAM 545 PECAN DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5513

RICHARD, PEYTON LANE 24435 FERDINAND ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4001

RICHARDS JR, ERIC JAMES54950 BABIN DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2201

RILEY,TYRONESHAENRIEK 24821 TOWN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4349

RIVET,HEIDI LYNNE 25735 WINTER ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6324

ROBERTSON,DESIREE ALEXIA1830 ROLLINGWOOD DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5355

ROBERTSON,JASMINEPAYNE 10395 LIONS AVEMARINGOUIN, LA 70757

ROBERTSON,ROBERT24770 DARDENNE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6012

ROBINSON, DRUSILLA JASMINE 32590 LEONA AVEWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2514

ROBISON, MADELINE ELIZABETH 775 RIVER RD SUNSHINE,LA70780-3203

RODDY,PRESLEY MORGAN 24590 PECAN POINTE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6054

ROGERS, URIAHWRAYNE31860 DORCYRDWHITE CASTLE ,LA70788-3617

ROY,LINDSEY PAIGE 6995 BAYOU PAUL RD ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5607

SANCHEZ, KAIMEN PAUL 76370 SP DUMP RD GROSSE TETE,LA70740

SANDERS, GLENN JEROME 32345 RAYSTWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2001

SANDIDGE, ANDREA MICHELE 63240 BAYOU JACOB RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5605

SAPP,TINA RENEE 34800 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7216

SCHAFER, NIKKI LYNN 24685 DEVILLIER ST #23PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3845

SCHEXNAILDRE, JENNIE BILLINGS 58830 ST CLEMENTAVE PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3561

SCHILLER, TAYLOR GRAHAM 1905 PINEGLEN DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4619

SCIONEAUX, AUSTINM 59850 AVERYJAMESDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5269

SCOTT,DEKITA RENEE 15325 WILEY HAWKINS ST #A ROSEDALE, LA 70772

SCOTT,DRUSILLA 15325 HARRIS ST ROSEDALE, LA 70772

SCOTT,STACEYC 10925 MILLSTMARINGOUIN, LA 70757

SCOTT,TREYVON J10400 HWY 77 MARINGOUIN,LA70757

SEALS, TILLIE MARIE23760 BOURGOYNESTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2863

SEALS, VANESSA F24650 FERDINAND ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4024

SENEGAL, KAMERAN LEE 5445 POINT CLAIR RD #LOT 130 LCARVILLE,LA70721-2119

SIMMONS, JARROD JAMES 58785 MERIAM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2947

SKIDMORE, JALAYSHIA M59055 NATHAN GEORGETOWN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3035

SMITH, AVIS E23725 TUPELO ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2953

SMITH,CHLOE58180 LABAUVEAVE PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3236

SMITH, RICHARD TROY 77375 AUGUSTAAVE ROSEDALE, LA 70772

SNELL, AIDEN DAVID16245 SIDNEYRDROSEDALE, LA 70772

SPRIGGS,CODY DWAYNE 24670 FERDINAND ST #BPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4026

STANSBERRY, LIONEL 10765 RAILROAD DR MARINGOUIN,LA70757

STARKS, TANIKALASHAE 33065 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2619

STASSI,NICK ANTHONY25070 STASSI RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5912

STEIN, KEPER LLOYD 30215 GRANNYLEE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6236

STEWART, DEVINDESHAWN 57640 MORRISON BLVD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7519

STEWART, IRMA L23729 BAIST ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3250

STEWART, RICHARD O58641 CAPTAIN THARRIS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3001

STEWART, WARDELL 53210 POINT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6957

TANOOS, LINCOLN THOMAS 24690 TRUMAN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3957

TATTEN,BRANDON JAMES 58050 WASHINGTON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4046

TAYLOR, MILLA D58120 GEORGE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2208

TAYLOR, SHELIALITTLE 25905 TENANT RD #B6PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6543

TEMPANARO, DARYL J58962 DARBY AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3402

THIBODEAUX, ANITAJENSEN 16005 SIDNEYRDROSEDALE, LA 70772-3814

THIBODEAUX, DANIELLE LOIS 25415 HWY 386 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3723

THIBODEAUX, TRAVISM 59605 MYRTLE GROVE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7437

THOMAS, IVATONESE 24826 FRANK ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4316

THOMAS, JEWELL DAJHON 32521 ALICE ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2501

THOMPSON, COLETTAMARTINE 15182 HWY 76 MARINGOUIN,LA70757-4418

THOMPSON, LATRICIA 58206 MERIAM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2814

THOMPSON, THRAYSHELL SHANELL 22750 AIDAN RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5254

TODD, TREVOR DEMOND5015 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL,LA70776

TORTORICH, DEBRA CROUCH 24235 GOLDEN SHORE AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5276

TRAHAN,MARGARET REBECCA 365 SOUTH CLUB AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4440

TROSCLAIR SR, JOSEPH FELIX77055 IBERVILLE DR MARINGOUIN,LA70757

VANVALKENBURG,EDGAR EUGENE 57835 MERIAM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3343

VERRET,BRADLEY MORRIS33459 BAYOU SORRELRDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7130

VERRET,CANDY PIERCE33459 BAYOU SORRELRDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7130

VERRET III, ERNEST JEARL 62705 BAYOU RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5920

VONTREES, CHERINA SHANTAY54960 CYPRESSSTWHITE CASTLE,LA70788

WADE, NATALIE NICOLE 57395 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 707883122

WASHINGTON, BRITTANYTYEJUAN 76815 CEDARSTGROSSE TETE, LA 70740

WASHINGTON III, CHARLES 76825 GARNER LN GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

WASHINGTON III, SIDNEY 23980-A FLENIKEN LN PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3068

WASHINGTON, STEPHANIE 23929 HARMASON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3069

WASHINGTON, TIFFANYPETERSON 22995 JADE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5231

WATTS, CEOLA MARIE24815 DEMPSEYSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

WEBB, LATORA MARTOAKA 1400-B BESSON LN SUNSHINE,LA70780-3538

WHITE, BILLIE KYNAN 58640 DELACROIX AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3528

WHITE, SHERRI YVONNE 10920 MILLSTMARINGOUIN, LA 70757

WILLE, LARRYPAUL77525 WILLE DR GROSSE TETE,LA70740-3531

WILLIAMS, BIANCA PATRICE 33541 BOUDREAUXSTWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2726

WILLIAMS, CLARA LEE 58250 PLAQUEMINESTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2630

WILLIAMS, DEJAUNRUBY25186 DUBLIEUXSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6008

WILLIAMS, JONATHANLEONARD 475 SOUTH CLUB AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4441

WILLIAMS, KENYA DELONE24445 KYLIE DR #APLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3838

WILLIAMS JR, LIONEL LEE 24445 KYLIE DR #APLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3838

WILLIAMS, LOUIS 57959 LINDBURG ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4137

WILLIAMS, MICKEY 57804 GOVERNMENT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2306

WILLIAMS, TAIJAHLAFINA 25130 FOLSE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

WILLIBY,LATRICIA MCCLAY58452 MERIAM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2852

WOLFE, DEDRICKJ 1772 SHADOWBRUSH WAYSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5350

WOOLFOLK JR, ROBERT DALE 58140 BELLSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2206

YORK, JAYDEN 4846 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL,LA707764206

YORK, KAYLA RICHELLE 590-A BAYOU PAUL LN ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5404

YOUNG,DEBORAH E24960-B BRUCE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6043

YOUNG,KAREN LYNETTE 23080 SHORTSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2329

Juror Count: 400