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BY JAMES FINN and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writers
Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the New Orleans jail from which 10 inmates escaped last week, suspended her campaignfor reelectionTuesday, hours after she apologized tothe City Council amid mountingcalls for her resignation and questions about her leadership.
In an about-face from past statements that pointed blame at
other parties, Hutson on Tuesday told thecouncil she takes “fullaccountability”for theescapes and acknowledged that the breakout was a“failure.”
Late Monday,Hutsonsaid she was grateful to all whoassisted in afrenzied manhuntfor the escapees that has reached itsfifth day, and pointed out the steps her office hastakentoassist the process.
“Still, there is along road ahead of me tobefully satisfied thatthe OJC (jail) and my deputieshave
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theproper resources toperform theirduties to thefullestextent the people of NewOrleans deserve,” she said. “As such, I am temporarilysuspendingmy reelection campaign. Icannot spend amomentputting politics
over your needs.”
Her announcement followed an explosive CityCouncilmeeting in which Hutson, at times contrite and at other times defiant, engaged in ayears-old argument with the City Council over whether afunding shortage or mismanagement is to blame forthe jail’s well-documented inadequacies.
For the better part of three hours, council members also peppered Hutson andtwo of her
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BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer
Members of the LouisianaLegislative Black Caucus remained upset Tuesday after aRepublican lawmaker pushed abillthrough the House the night before that would ban diversity,equityand inclusion programs in state government.
On Monday,inanunusual form of protest, two dozen Black Democrats and two White Democrats stood in solidarity in thefront of
theHouse to expresstheir quiet fury with the bill, repeatedly callingit“divisive.” Debateoverthe bill lasted into the night.
“Thisisthe most racially offensive pieceoflegislationthatIthink I’ve had to debate since Icame into office,” said Rep. Candace Newell, D-NewOrleans, thefirst of 10 membersofthe Black Caucus who denounced the measure, House Bill 685 byRep. Emily Chenevert, R-Baton Rouge.
“Thisbill is aboutrace, that’s
all,” Rep. Ed Larvadain, D-Alexandria, said several minutes later Chenevertteared up briefly as shedefended it, saying, “Mydesire is that we come together,and we not divide.”
Voting closely alongparty lines, theHouse passed Chenevert’sbill by four votes, 57-32. No Democrats voted for the bill, while threeRepublicans voted against it. They were Rep.Vincent Cox, of Gretna; Rep.Beth Billings, of Destrehan; and Rep.Jeff Wiley, of Gonzales. Likelyindicatingthe political sensitivities,13members who
BY LARA NICHOLSON, JUSTIN MITCHELL and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writers
Someoneneededtoturnoff the water
To execute Friday morning’s massive jailbreak from the New Orleansjailwithout flooding the cell and setting off alarms, avalve in the “pump chase,” asupposedly secured area located behindrowsof cells, would need cranking off.
Accordingto authorities, Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old maintenance man who has worked for five years at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office was the man for the job.
An investigation by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation led to Williams’ arrest Monday on one count of malfeasance and 10 counts of principaltosimple escape. According to an affidavit for his arrest warrant, Williams“willfully and maliciously” aided in the brazen early morning exodus.
An initial Sheriff’sOffice investigation found that the 10 inmates, five of whom remained on the lam late Tuesday,did the rest.
That review found they escaped “by removing asink toiletcombination unit from acell, then using an unknown apparatus to saw steel bars behind the cell room sink.
New salmonella outbreak tied to previous grower
U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 550 illnesses last year
Cucumbers grown by Florida-based Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales have been linked to illnesses in at least 26 people in 15 states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported late Monday. At least nine people have been hospitalized; no deaths have been reported
The cucumbers were sold to restaurants, stores and food service distributors between April 29 and May 19 and may still be within their shelf life this week Illnesses were reported between April 2 and April 28, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The outbreak was detected as part of a follow-up inspection in April to a 2024 outbreak that sickened 551 people and led to 155 hospitalizations in 34 states and Washington, D.C. In that outbreak, investigators found salmonella bacteria linked to many of the illnesses in untreated canal water used at farms operated by Bedner Growers and Thomas Produce Company In the current outbreak, offi-
cials found salmonella bacteria from samples on the farm that matched samples from people who got sick.
Health officials are investigating where the potentially contaminated cucumbers were distributed. Several people who fell ill ate cucumbers on cruise ships leaving ports in Florida, according to the CDC. Organic cucumbers are not affected, officials said.
Iran rejects U.S. stance on uranium enrichment
TEHRAN, Iran Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday pushed back against U.S. criticism of the country’s nuclear program, saying that Tehran won’t seek permission from anyone to enrich uranium and calling American statements “nonsense.”
“They say, ‘We won’t allow Iran to enrich uranium.’ That’s way out of line,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during a memorial for late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last year “No one in Iran is waiting for their permission The Islamic Republic has its own policies and direction — and it will stick to them.”
Khamenei’s remarks came as indirect talks between Iran and the U.S. reportedly continue, though he expressed doubt about their outcome.
“Yes, indirect negotiations were held during Raisi’s time too, just like now,” he said. “But they didn’t go anywhere — and we don’t expect much from the current ones either Who knows what will happen.”
His comments reflect Tehran’s growing frustration with the stalled nuclear discussions, as well as the broader tensions that have defined U.S.-Iran relations in recent years
Westminster Kennel plans for 150th show
NEWYORK It’s still just 21 in dog years. But the Westminster Kennel Club is gearing up for its 150th annual dog show next year and announced plans Tuesday for the milestone event, expected to draw about 3,000 champion dogs
It’s slated to start Jan. 31 with agility and other canine sports, including the relay-race-style flyball tournament introduced last year, at the Javits Center convention venue in Manhattan
The traditional breed-by-breed judging happens Feb. 2 and 3, with first-round competition during the days at the Javits Center
The show moves in the evenings to nearby Madison Square Garden. U.S. dogdom’s most storied best in show trophy will be awarded late on Feb. 3 by David Fitzpatrick, who handled two of his Pekingese to Westminster wins in 2012 and 2021. The Westminster show began in 1877 and has been held every year since. In 2020, it happened about a month before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. New York shutdowns began soon after
BY WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism, launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians Israeli officials said they also allowed in dozens more trucks carrying aid.
Two days after aid began entering Gaza, the desperately needed new supplies have not yet reached people in Gaza, which has been under an Israeli blockade for nearly three months, according to the United Nations. Experts have warned that many of Gaza’s 2 million residents are at high risk of famine
Under pressure, Israel agreed this week to allow a “minimal” amount of aid into the Palestinian territory after preventing the entry of food, medicine and fuel in an attempt to pressure the Hamas militant group. U.N spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that although the aid has entered Gaza, aid workers were not able to bring it to distribution points where it is most needed, after the Israeli military forced them to reload the supplies onto separate trucks and workers ran out of time
COGAT, the Israeli defense body that oversees humanitarian aid, said five trucks entered Monday and 93 trucks entered Tuesday But Dujarric said the U.N. confirmed only a few dozen trucks entered Gaza on Tuesday
The aid included flour for bakeries, food for soup kitchens, baby food and medical supplies. The U.N. humanitarian agency said it is prioritizing baby formula in the first shipments.
But none of that aid actually reached
Palestinians, according to the U.N. Dujarric described the new security process for getting aid cleared to warehouses as “long, complex, complicated and dangerous.” He said Israeli military requirements for aid workers to unload and reload the trucks are hindering efforts to distribute the aid. COGAT did not immediately comment on the new procedures.
The United Nations humanitarian agency received approval for about 100 trucks to enter Gaza, spokesman Jens Laerke said, which is far less than the 600 that entered daily during the latest ceasefire that Israel ended in March. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said dozens are expected to enter each day
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he decided to let in limited aid after pressure from allies, who told him they couldn’t support Israel while devastating images of starvation were coming out of Gaza.
But some close allies say the limited aid is not enough.
The British government on Tuesday said it was suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and was leveling new sanctions targeting settlements in the occupied West Bank. The move came a day after the U.K, France and Canada condemned Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza and its actions in the West Bank and threatened to take action.
“I want to put on record today that we’re horrified by the escalation from Israel,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Parliament Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein called the new sanctions “unjustified and regrettable” and claimed Israel and the U.K. had not been talking about free trade.
New EU, U.K. sanctions target Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers
By The Associated Press
BRUSSELS The European Union on Tuesday agreed to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, notably targeting almost 200 ships from the shadow fleet illicitly transporting oil to skirt Western restrictions put in place over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The 27-nation bloc targeted 189 ships in all, and imposed asset freezes and travel bans on several officials as well as on a number of Russian companies. The measures were endorsed by EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that while President Vladimir “Putin feigns interest in peace, more sanctions are in the works. Russia’s actions and those who enable Russia face severe consequences.”
Russia uses its “shadow fleet” of ships to transport oil and gas, or to carry stolen Ukrainian grain
The EU has now targeted almost 350 of the ships in total. The new measures are not obviously linked to Russian delays in agreeing to a ceasefire. Work on the measures began in the days after the last package was finalized three months ago
Ukrainian officials have said that the shadow fleet involves around 500 aging
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BY SOPHIA TAREEN and ED WHITE Associated Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state’s second execution in 15 years.
Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana’s death row since 2002, when he was convicted of killing Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney during a chase on foot.
Ritchie was executed at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, according to Indiana Department of Correction officials. IDOC said in a statement that the process started shortly after midnight and Ritchie was pronounced dead at 12:46 a.m Ritchie’slastmeal was from the Olive Garden and he expressed love, support and peace for his friends and family according to the statement.
Under state law, he was allowed five witnesses at his execution, which included his attorney Steve Schutte, who told reporters he had a limited view of the process.
“I couldn’t see his face. He was lying flat by that time,” Schutte said. “He sat up, twitched, laid back down.”
The process was carried out hours after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take the case, exhausting all of Ritchie’s legal options to fight the death sentence.
Dozens of people, both anti-death penalty advocates and supporters of Toney, stoodoutsidetheprisonuntil early Tuesday
Indiana resumed executions in December after a yearslong hiatus due to a scarcity of lethal injection drugs nationwide. Prison officials provided photos of the execution chamber before Joseph Corcoran’s execution, showing a space that looks like an operating room with a gurney, fluorescent lighting and an adjacent viewing room. They’ve since offered few other details.
Among 27 states with death penalty laws, Indi-
ana is one of two that bars media witnesses. The other, Wyoming, has conducted one execution in the last half-century
The Associated Press and other media organizations filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana seeking media access, but a federal judge denied a preliminary injunction last week that would have allowed journalists to witness Ritchie’s execution and future ones. The judge found that barring the news media doesn’t violate the First Amendment nor does it single out the news media for unequal treatment. The execution in Indiana was among 12 scheduled in eight states this year Texas and Tennessee also plan to executeprisonersthisweek. Ritchie was 20 when he and others stole a van in Beech Grove, near Indianapolis. He then fired at Toney during a foot chase, killing him. At the time Ritchie was on probation from a 1998 burglary conviction.
Toney, 31, had worked at the Beech Grove Police Department for two years. The married father of two was the first officer of the small department to be killed by gunfire in the line of duty Relatives spoke at a clemency hearing last week in support of the execution.
“It’s time. We’re all tired,” said Dee Dee Horen, who was Toney’s wife. “It is time for this chapter of my story, our story, to be closed. It’s time for us to remember Bill, to remember Bill’s life, and not his death.”
Ritchie’s attorneys fought the death sentence, arguing his legal counsel at trial was ineffective because his lawyers failed to fully investigate and present evidence on his fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and childhood lead exposure. Current defense attorneys say Ritchie suffered “severe brain damage” because his mother abused alcohol and drugs during pregnancy and that he struggled with decisionmaking. He was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2005.
ships of uncertain ownership and safety practices that are dodging sanctions and keeping the oil revenue coming.
Ratings agency S&P Global and the Kyiv School of Economics Institute, a think tank, have put the number at over 400 ships that can transport oil, or products made from crude such as diesel fuel and gasoline. Vessels from the shadow fleet have also come under suspicion of damaging undersea cables, particularly in the Baltic Sea. Finnish police on Dec. 26 seized the Eagle S, a tanker they said was part of the dark fleet, on suspicion it used its anchor to damage the Estlink 2 undersea power cable
that supplies electricity from Finland to Estonia.
The EU also said that it targeted people and companies, including an insurer that make it possible for the shadow fleet to operate, hitting interests in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Hong Kong.
In parallel, the U.K. targeted the shadow fleet in a raft of 100 new sanctions that it said are aimed at “ramping up pressure” on the Kremlin.
In a statement Tuesday, Britain’s Foreign Office said the sanctions will hit entities supporting Russia’s military, energy exports and information war, as well as financial institutions helping to fund its war against Ukraine.
Temple notches importantvictory
BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer
Insurance Commissioner
TimTemple notched an important victory Tuesday
An effort to turn hisjob into an appointed position died in the state Senate.
Se n. Ro yc e Duplessis, who sponsored the measure, withdrew Senate Bill 214 after telling his colleagues that he lacked the votes to pass it.
an interviewafterDuplessis withdrewhis bill. He backed an argumentmade to senators by Sen. Adam Bass, R-Bossier City,that voters should decide who sets insurance rates and regulates the industry,not someone appointed by the governor.
If Louisiana wantsto lower insurance rates, Temple added, “then we need to focus on thefactors that make Louisiana an outlierwith excessiveclaims. This bill didn’tdothat.”
In an interview afterward, Duplessis said he had at least 20 votes but not the 26, or two-thirds, that he needed.
As abackup plan, Duplessis, D-New Orleans, said he hoped to win approval to createa commission to study whether Louisiana ought to appoint its commissioner Temple was elected in 2023 without opposition Duplessis noted that 39 states have appointed insurance commissioners,making Louisiana an outlier as officials grapple with how to address high car and property insurance rates.
Senators, Duplessis said in the interview,“aremore interested in the status quo andpushing an agendaby Temple that defers solelyto the insurance industry.” Temple is backing anumber of measures supported by the insurance industry that he says wouldreduce claims, which he says is the key to reducing rates “I’m glad to see democracy prevail,” Temple said in
The bills favored by Temple are opposed by thetrial lawyer associationand legislators who support their position that giving the insuranceindustrywhat it wants won’t lead to lower rates.
Gov.JeffLandry has taken what he calls a“balanced approach” on car insurance issues, favoring billssupportedbyboth sides. He is alsopushing House Bill 148 by Rep. JeffWiley, R-Gonzales,thatwouldgive Temple greater authority to reject rate increases That billisupfor final passage in the Senate.
Temple strongly opposes the measure because he says it wouldallow the insurance commissioner to arbitrarily reject rate increases, without relying on actuarialdata. Temple says this would discourage insurance companies from operating in Louisiana.
Another measure, Senate Bill 170, by Sen. Robert Allain, R-Franklin,would also addressthe insurance commissioner’sratesetting authority in away that opponents of Wiley’s bill say would be more palatable.
BY TARA COPP Associated Press
WASHINGTON President Donald Trumpannounced Tuesday the concept he wants for his futureGolden Dome missile defense program—amultilayered $175 billion systemthatfor the first time will put U.S weapons in space.
Speaking in theOval Office, Trump said he expects thesystem will be “fully operationalbeforethe end of my term,” which ends in 2029, and have thecapability of intercepting missiles “even if they are launched from space.” It’slikelier thatthe complex system may have some initial capabilitybythat point,aU.S. official familiar with the program said.
Trumpalsoannounced thatGen. Michael Guetlein, who currently serves as thevice chief of space operations, will be responsible for overseeing Golden Dome’sprogress.
Golden Dome is envisioned to include groundandspace-basedcapabilitiesthat are able to detect and stop missiles at all four major stages of apotential attack:detecting and destroying them before a launch, intercepting them in their earliest stage of flight, stopping themmidcourse in theair,orhalting them in thefinal minutes as they descendtowarda target Forthe last several months, Pentagonplanners have been developing options— which aU.S. official described as medium, high and“extra high” choices, based on their cost —that include space-basedinterceptors. The officialspoke on conditionofanonymitytodetail plansthathave not been madepublic. The differenceinthe three versions is largely based on howmanysatellitesand sensors —and for the first time, space-based interceptors —would be purchased. The Congressional Budget
Office estimated this month that just thespace-based components of theGolden Dome could cost as much as $542 billion over the next 20 years. Trumphas requested an initial $25 billion for the program in his proposed tax break bill now moving
through Congress. The Pentagonhas warned for years that the newest missilesdeveloped by China andRussia are so advanced that updated countermeasuresare necessary Golden Dome’saddedsatellites andinterceptors—
where the bulk of the program’s cost is —would be focused on stopping those advanced missilesearly on or in the middle of their flight. The space-based weaponsenvisionedfor Golden Dome “represent newand emerging requirements for missions that have never before been accomplished by military space organizations,” Gen. Chance Saltzman, head of the U.S. Space Force, told lawmakersata hearing Tuesday China andRussiahaveput offensive weapons in space, suchassatelliteswith abilities to disable critical U.S. satellites, which can make theU.S.vulnerable to attack But there’snomoney for the Golden Dome project yet, and the program overallis“still in the conceptual stage,” newlyconfirmed Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told senators Tuesday.
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top aides with questions about what officials described as chaotic, hodgepodge communication with other law enforcement agencies in the hours immediately following the escape.
The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office was not first to alert the New Orleans Police Department and Louisiana State Police of the escapes on Friday, officials said. Officials from both agencies said they learned of the breakout hours after it had occurred from reports generated by a state-run crime “fusion center,” then confirmed those reports through later calls to Hutson.
“There is a substantial breach of public trust when you look at the timeline,” Morrell told Hutson Hutson defended her communication with other agencies, shifting blame to what she called a “coordinated effort” that involved “intentional wrongdoings” by jail employees accused of helping the escapees. And she blasted the City Council for failing to budget more money over the years for the jail’s facilities, which she said are plagued by “patchwork fixes” to deep-seated problems
“This facility was never designed to be a maximum-security jail,” she said.
The rancor on display in the City Council chambers Tuesday underscores growing frustration with Hutson’s leadership in the aftermath of the unprecedented escape from the 9-year-old Orleans Justice Center — a facility long troubled by reports of inmate violence, overcrowding and understaffing.
Hutson, a Democrat, rose to lead the Sheriff’s Office four years ago by ousting a powerful incumbent. She won a major political victory at the polls just two weeks ago when she earned another decade’s worth of jail funding by just four votes.
But in the past few days, analysts have said the stunning escape has imperiled her reelection chances.
The fall municipal primary is Oct 11.
Hutson did not specify the duration of her election campaign pause, which Silas Lee, pollster and sociology professor at Xavier University, said “gives her an exit ramp to either resume or termi-
nate the campaign.”
Typically, an incumbent sheriff candidate would be building campaign “infrastructure” at this point, Lee said, by compiling staff and funds a challenge when multiple investigations and an ongoing manhunt are underway
The 10 escapees, who police said had help from a jail employee in the wee hours of Friday morning, tore a toilet from a wall, cut through a drywall panel, clambered through the opening, scaled an outer jail wall and ran to freedom across Interstate 10, officials have said.
Finding the remaining fugitives could take until July, U.S. Deputy Marshal Brian Fair said Monday
Blistering pushback
Before the council meeting began Tuesday, backlash against Hutson reached a crescendo State Rep. Aimee Adatto Freeman, DNew Orleans, on Monday was the first elected official to call for Hutson’s resignation, a call she and state Rep. Jason Hughes, D-New Orleans, repeated Tuesday on the floor of the state House in Baton Rouge.
“Sheriff Hutson must resign immediately,” said Hughes.
In the days since the escape, Gov Jeff Landry, Attorney General Liz Murrill, Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams and three of Hutson’s campaign opponents have heaped blistering scorn on Hutson.
Council members meanwhile
gave her their most stinging criticism yet on Tuesday
Things got off to a rocky start when Hutson launched a presentation on the jailbreak with a timeline of events that began at 8:43 a.m. Friday — at least seven hours after investigators say the escapees broke free.
“Are we not discussing midnight through 8:43 today?” said District A council member Joe Giarrusso.
Huston and a top aide, Jeworski “Jay” Mallett, said details of what unfolded during those hours remain under investigation and can’t be disclosed.
Mallett and Hutson confirmed testimony by State Police and NOPD officials that those agencies first learned of the escapes from fusion center reports. Hutson said she spoke to officials at those agencies later, when they reached out to her
Around 9 a.m., once officials discovered the fugitives’ absence during a routine headcount, Hutson said a deputy quickly alerted the U.S. Marshal’s Service of the escapes.
But Hutson “overly” relied on the Marshal’s Service Task Force to alert other law enforcement agencies of the escapes in their aftermath, she acknowledged Tuesday “I did reach out to every sheriff after that, I spoke to (State Police Superintendent Col. Robert) Hodges, I spoke to Chief Kirkpatrick, and took responsibility for not talking to them directly,” she
added.
Political issue
Hutson provided no further details Tuesday about claims she made last week that the timing of her reelection may have fueled the escape plans. At a Friday news conference, she called it “very suspicious” that the escapes occurred “as we’re getting ready to start this sheriff’s race.”
Council member Oliver Thomas, who chairs the council’s Criminal Justice Committee and led Tuesday’s meeting, said he had heard no evidence for those claims. Thomas, who is running for mayor, called on other officials not to politicize the response.
After a jail employee was arrested Monday and accused of collaborating in the escape, Hutson noted in Tuesday’s meeting an investigation is ongoing and hinted at more arrests to come.
The arrested employee is Sterling Williams, 33, a jail maintenance worker who said one of the escapees threatened to “shank” him if he didn’t cut off the water to the dorm area where the inmates would eventually remove a toilet to get out of the jail, according to records. Multiple employees have been suspended.
“There were procedural failures and missed notifications,” Hutson said Tuesday “But there were also intentional wrongdoings. This was a coordinated effort aided by individuals inside our own agency who made the choice to break the law.”
The most contentious portion of the meeting unfolded when Hutson blamed the escapes on a lack of funding, reviving a long-running debate between her office and the City Council.
The agency’s 2025 budget included $64.6 million from the city’s general fund, which is close to the amount the city provided to the Sheriff’s Office in 2024 after midyear appropriations. It is also far short of the $88 million that Hutson asked for Hutson doubled down on asking for more cash Tuesday She said the mass breakout “shows that patchwork fixes are not enough.”
“It was built for short-term detention, not high-risk, long-term” incarceration, she said of the jail. Three of the 10 men who escaped the jail had languished there for two years or longer, according to records.
Morrell, Giarrusso and council Vice President Helena Moreno, who is running for mayor, hit back by questioning whether Hutson’s office has tapped into a handful of emergency accounts to fund the shortages. They noted that the Sheriff’s Office uses a separate accounting system from other city agencies, which doesn’t allow council or city oversight of how taxpayer dollars are being spent. That makes any future funding increases difficult to stomach, they said.
As it recalled the often-raised debate, the Bureau of Governmental Research, a good government nonprofit, in a Monday report urged the city and Hutson to come together to develop a long-term strategic plan for the jail and a compensation strategy for jail employees.
“The city must provide most of the jail’s funding under state law, but it has no control over how the sheriff runs the jail,” the report’s authors wrote. “Conversely, the sheriff’s ability to improve jail conditions can be limited by the city’s control of the purse strings. Over the decades, the city has blamed the jail’s deficiencies on mismanagement, while the Sheriff has cited inadequate funding,” the report’s authors said. “Ultimately, the public bears the consequences of an underperforming jail, which has been subject to federal oversight for more than 50 years.
Staff writer Ben Myers contributed to this report.
BY MISSY WILKINSON and KASEY BUBNASH Staff writers
Law enforcement officers arrested escaped inmate Corey Boyd 19, in the Iberville area Tuesday evening, according to Louisiana State Police.
Armored and marked police vehicles were in the 1400 block of Iberville Street, which was closed to foot traffic, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Boyd will be booked into a secure state facility outside of the area on simple escape, according to State Police
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Sgt. Kate Stegall. Additional charges may be forthcoming. Boyd is the fifth inmate apprehended in as many days after he and nine others at the New Orleans jail broke free and fled, prompting a citywide manhunt and state-led investigations into the jail’s operations.
Boyd was initially jailed in connection with the killing of a witness who caught him and two others trying to break into their car in the Marigny in April 2024, police said. In that incident, Mister Brandon Fees, 38, was shot before Boyd alleged-
ly struck him with a vehicle. A shooter who police didn’t identify, then stood over Fees and shot him in the head. Boyd pleaded not guilty in September
The five still at large are Antoine Massey Lenton Vanburen, Jermaine Donald, Leo Tate and Derrick Groves. Tips on the whereabouts of the remaining fugitives could be rewarded with $20,000 per inmate if an arrest is made. Anyone with tips can call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111 or (877) 903-STOP or texting TELLCS to CRIMES (274637). The FBI can be reached at (800) Call-FBI.
records.
On Tuesday, a different commissioner, Joyce Sallah, set bail for Williams at $100,000 per count, for a total bail of $1.1 million
The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation is an investigative agency under Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office. According to the affidavit from one of its agents, the evidence against
26, 2019. The two ran out through a hole in the fence and escaped in a rental car that had pulled up nearby, according to Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office Chief Criminal Deputy James Mardis.
Mardis said surveillance footage tracked the car near the property night before. Massey and the other inmate were recaptured that
Parish, she said. Massey was later arrested in Mississippi and booked into the Orleans Parish jail. By the time her office issued the warrants for his arrest, Carboni said, Massey was already jailed in Orleans. A hold was placed for the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office’s warrants. Officials have contacted the victim, Carboni said. Williams is the first person arrested in the case outside of the escapees. Sheriff Susan Huston, who put her reelection campaign on hold Tuesday night, said three Sheriff’s Office employees have been suspended related to the jailbreak.
Murrill did not disclose the roles and titles of the suspended employees. She said she’d be examining the facility’s conditions, court system backlogs and other broader contributing factors in the ongoing investigation. More arrests and upgraded charges could be coming pending its outcome. Staff writers John Simerman and Willie Swett contributed to this report.
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BY JOSEPH CRANNEY Staff writer
One of the 10 New Orleans jail escapees last weekwas arepeat offender who was only supposedtobethere temporarily while waiting on Louisiana prison officials to move him to amore secure lockup, accordingto records and interviews.
At the time of the escape, Leo Tate was one of dozens of jail inmates marked “ready” for routine transports to state prisons by the LouisianaDepartmentofPublic Safety and Corrections, a departmentspokesperson said. It’sunclear if or when Tate’stransfer had actually been scheduled. The department typically picks up inmates from Orleans Parish at least once aweek. Tate, along with four other offenders, remains at large five days after escaping from the jail. Four escapees who have since been recaptured —Dkenan Dennis, Kendall Myles, Robert Moody and Gary Price were taken to the state’s maximum security prison, the Louisiana State PenitentiaryatAngola.Law enforcement captured afifth escapee, Corey Boyd, on Tuesday evening. The day after the escape, the state rounded up 63 other inmates who were also in line for atransfer from the Orleans JusticeCenter and moved them to state prisons, officials said Tuesday.The moves were “to assist with jail security concerns,” the department said in anews release Tuesday Thedepartment declined to name the inmates or release any details about their criminal histories.The department is sending ateam of auditors to inspect the Orleans lockup for “overall jail security,jail staffing and jail policy and procedures,” the department said Tuesday “Public trust and safetyis
FRIDAY,MAY 16
12:23 a.m.: 10 inmates escape by tampering with alock and breaching awall at the Orleans ParishJail.
1:01 a.m: Inmates scale ajailwalland flee across Interstate 10.
8:30 a.m.: Inmates discoveredmissing during routine head count
9:30 a.m.: Federal, state public safety agencies notified of escape byaFusion Center dispatch.
10:30 a.m.: NewOrleans Police Department notified about escape bythe Fusion Center
10:50 a.m.: Sheriff’s Office notifies public of escape with anews release.
11:12 a.m.: An inmate, 20-year-oldKendall Myles, arrested by Louisiana State Police in the French Quarter
2 p.m.: NOLA Ready is informed of theescape.
7:30 p.m.: Asecond escapee, 21-year-old RobertMoody,isarrested inCentralCity.Athird, DKennan Dennis, 24, is arrested shortly afterward.
MONDAY,MAY 19
7:02 p.m.: State Police announce afourth inmate, 21-year-old Gary Price, was captured.
TUESDAY, MAY20
8:30 a.m.: Attorney General LizMurrill announces ajailmaintenance worker has been accusedofaidingthe escape.
paramountand when events such as the recent jailbreak occur it erodes thatconfidence,”said Gary Westcott, the department’s secretary, in the news release. “The Department’sdedicated correctional professionals arecommitted toproviding insight that will help local jails mitigate any future occurrences within correctional settings.” Tate has adecadelong criminal history in New Orleansthat dates back to at
least2014, when he pleaded guilty to afelony gun charge.
He faced second-degree andattempted second-degree murder charges in a 7th Ward double shooting in 2018, for which he accepted aplea deal and was convicted of obstruction of justice. And in April, he pleaded guiltytoafederal gun possession charge.Healso hasstate charges pending of simple burglary,illegal possessionofafirearm and
vehicle theft.
Tate’scase highlights an unusual burden that jailers in Louisiana carry Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is among many sheriffs whosay their departmentsare underfunded or understaffed. Buttypically around half —oftentimes, more —ofthe state’s prisoners aren’thoused in state prisons, but rather local jails.
At the timeofthe escape, 81 of the jail’sdetainees about 1in20— were state inmates,said Gary Scheets, aSheriff’s Office spokesperson on Tuesday. In recent years, it’sbeen as high as 1in10, according to jail records.
Fifteen state inmates remainedatthe jail as of Monday,Sheetssaid.
Threeothers who escaped —Jermaine Donald, Antoine Massey and Lenton Vanburen— were also state inmates, said Tiffany Dickerson, adepartment spokesperson.
Thosethreeremained locked up in NewOrleans becauseeachhad charges pendinginOrleans parish, Dickerson said.
Another inmate whoescaped,DerrickGroves, was convicted of murder in October,but was awaiting sentencing. Groves had also
“Afterweconvict someone, it’snot on theDA’sOffice to go pick them up in avan and drivethem up to Angola. That’s thestate’s responsibility,bylaw If it wasuptome, he wouldn’tbehere asingle dayafterhis conviction. But unfortunately,it’snot up to me.”
ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEyJASON WILLIAMS
pleaded guilty late last year to two counts of manslaughter in aseparate case,and pleaded guilty in 2019 to a federal drug case.
Gov.JeffLandry said Sundaysaidthatsuch court delays andthe escape were evidence that “progressive” elected officials in New Orleanshad loosened their grip on the city’scriminals.
OrleansParish District
Attorney Jason Williams, who helped prosecute the Groves case personally, firedback Monday.
“After we convictsomeone, it’snot on the DA’s Office to go pickthemupin avan and drive them up to Angola,” Williams said. “That’sthe state’s responsibility,bylaw
“If it wasuptome, he wouldn’tbehereasingle dayafterhis conviction,” Williams added. “But unfortunately,it’snot up to me.” When New Orleans had a7,000-bed parish prison before Hurricane Katrina, the jail wasa major userof thestate’sinmate-transfer program, occasionally filling abouthalfofthe facility with inmatesfrom the state, whopaidtohouse them, said Rafael Goyeneche, president of the New OrleansMetropolitanCrime Commission. Thatprogramhas largely been phasedout. Now,the numbersfluctuate,but as recently as late 2023, the state regularly held more than100 inmatesatthe jail, according to records.
The state’sinmates end up in the custody of parish jailers for severalreasons. Among them: local chargesthathaven’t been resolved, parole violations, or inmates nearing the end of prison termswho are eligible forworkrelease, or who don’tposesignificant security risks. Sometimes, as was the case with anumber of the recently transferred, the offendershave been sentenced and are simply awaiting transport to astate prison.
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BY LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, LEAH ASKARINAM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump implored House Republicans at the Capitol to drop their fights over his big tax cuts bill and get it done, using encouraging words but also the hardened language of politics over the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing before planned votes this week.
During the more than hourlong session Tuesday Trump warned Republicans not to touch Medicaid with cuts, and he told New York lawmakers to end their fight for a bigger local tax deduction, reversing his own campaign promise The president, heading into the meeting, called himself a “cheerleader” for the Republican Party and praised Speaker Mike Johnson. But he also criticized at least one of the GOP holdouts as a “grandstander” and warned that anyone who doesn’t support the bill would be a “fool.”
“We have unbelievable unity, Trump said as he exited. “I think we’re going to get everything we want.”
The president arrived at a pivotal moment. Negotiations are slogging along and it’s not at all clear the package with its sweeping tax breaks and cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs, has the support needed from the House’s slim Republican majority Lawmakers are also being asked to add some $350 billion to Trump’s border security, deportation and defense agenda. Inside, he spoke privately in what one lawmaker called the president’s “weaving” style and took questions.
The president also made it clear he’s losing patience with the various holdout factions of the House Re-
publicans, according to a senior White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting. But Trump himself disputed that notion as well as reports that he used an expletive in warning not to cut Medicaid. Instead, he said afterward, “That was a meeting of love.” He received several standing ovations, Republicans said.
Yet it was not at all clear that Trump, who was brought in to seal the deal, changed minds.
“We’re still a long ways away,” said Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., the chair of the House Freedom Caucus. Conservatives are insisting on quicker, steeper cuts to federal programs to offset the costs of the trillions of dollars in lost tax revenue. At the same time, a core group of lawmakers from New York and other high-tax states want bigger tax breaks for their voters back home. Worries about
piling onto the nation’s $36
trillion debt are stark.
With House Democrats lined up against the package as a giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of safety net programs, GOP leaders have almost no votes to spare. A key committee hearing is set for the middle of the night Tuesday in hopes of a House floor vote by Wednesday afternoon.
“They literally are trying to take health care away from millions of Americans at this very moment in the dead of night,” said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
Trump has been pushing hard for Republicans to unite behind the bill, which has been uniquely shaped in his image as the president’s signature domestic policy initiative in Congress.
Asked about one of the conservative Republicans, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Trump lashed out.
“I think he is a grand-
stander, frankly,” the president continued. “I think he should be voted out of office.”
But Massie, a renegade who often goes it alone and wears a clock lapel pin that tallies the nation’s debt load, said afterward he’s still a no vote.
Also unmoved was Rep. Mike Lawler, one of the New York Republicans leading the fight for a big-
ger state and local tax deduction, known as SALT: “As it stands right now, I do not support the bill. Period.”
The sprawling 1,116-page package carries Trump’s title, the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” as well as his campaign promises to extend the tax breaks approved during his first term while adding new ones, including no taxes on tips, automobile loan interest and Social Security
There’s also a higher standard deduction, of $32,000 for joint filers, and a bigger child tax credit.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog group, estimates that the House bill is shaping up to add roughly $3.3 trillion to the debt over the next decade.
Republicans criticizing the measure argued that the bill’s new spending and tax cuts are front-loaded, while the measures to offset the cost are back-loaded.
BY MIKE CATALINI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
Federal prosecutors alleged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention facility, according to charges in court papers unsealed on Tuesday In an eight-page complaint, interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s office said McIver was protesting the removal of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka from a congressional tour of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark on May 9. The complaint says she attempted to stop the arrest of the mayor and pushed into agents for Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement She faces two counts of assaulting, resisting and impeding an officer McIver has denied any wrongdoing and has accused federal agents of escalating the situation by arresting the mayor She denounced the charge as “purely political” and said prosecutors are distorting her actions in an effort to
deter legislative oversight. Habba had charged Baraka with trespassing after his arrest but dismissed the allegation on Monday when she said in a social media post she instead was charging the congresswoman. Prosecuting McIver is a rare federal criminal case against a sitting member of Congress for allegations other than fraud or corruption. The case instantly taps into a broader and more consequential struggle between a Trump administration engaged in overhauling immigration policy and a Democratic party scrambling to respond.
Within minutes of Habba’s announcement, McIver’s Democratic colleagues cast the prosecution as an infringement on lawmakers’ official duties to serve their constituents and an effort to silence their opposition to an immigration policy that helped propel the president back into power but now has emerged as divisive fault line in American political discourse.
Members of Congress are authorized by law to go into federal immigration facilities as part of their oversight powers, even without advance notice. Congress passed a 2019 appropria-
tions bill that spelled out the authority A nearly two-minute clip released by the Homeland Security Department shows McIver on the facility side of a chain-link fence just before the arrest of the mayor on the street side of the fence. She and uniformed officials go through the gate and she joins others shouting they should circle the mayor The video shows McIver in a tightly packed group of people and officers. At one point her left elbow and then her right elbow push into an officer wearing a dark face covering and an olive green uniform emblazoned with the word “Police” on it. It isn’t clear from bodycam video whether that contact was intentional, incidental or a result of jostling in the chaotic scene.
The complaint says she “slammed” her forearm into an agent and then tried to restrain the agent by grabbing him.
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s top border adviser, said during an interview on Fox News Tuesday “she broke the law and we’re going to hold her accountable”
“You can’t put hands on an ICE employee. we’re not going to tolerate it,” he said.
At least 7.6 million fewer people are expected to have health insurance under the initial Medicaid changes, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said last week.
Republican holdouts are also looking to more quickly halt green energy tax breaks, which had been approved as part of the Bidenera Inflation Reduction Act, and are now being used for renewable energy projects across the nation.
But for every change Johnson considers to appease the hard-right conservatives, he risks losing support from more traditional and centrist Republicans. Many have signed on to letters protesting deep cuts to Medicaid and the rolling back of clean energy tax credits.
Trump, who had campaigned on fully reinstating the unlimited SALT deduction, now appears to be satisfied with the proposed compromise, arguing it only benefits “all the Democratic” states. If the bill passes the House this week, it would then move to the Senate, where Republicans are also eyeing changes.
In particular, the conservative Republicans are looking to speed up the new work requirements that Republicans want to enact for able-bodied participants in Medicaid. They had been proposed to start Jan. 1, 2029, but GOP Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, said on CNBC that work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries would begin in early 2027.
BY CHRIS MEGERIAN, THOMAS BEAUMONT and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press
BY MARK KENNEDY Associated Press
NEW YORK George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy“Cheers” and later crafted astage careerthat took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray” and “Elf,” has died. He was 76.
Wendt
Wendt’sfamilysaid he died early Tuesday morning, peacefully in his sleep whileathome, according to the publicity firm The AgencyGroup.
“George was adoting family man, awell-loved friend and confidantto all of those lucky enoughto have known him,” the family said in astatement. “He will be missed forever.” The family has requested privacy during this time.
Despite along career of roles onstage and on TV, it was as gentle and henpecked Norm Peterson on “Cheers” that he was most associated, earning six straight Emmy Award nominationsfor best supporting actor in acomedy series from 1984-89. The series was centered on lovable losers in aBoston bar and starred Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Kelsey Grammer,John Ratzenberger,Kirstie Alley and Woody Harrelson.
It would spin off another megahit in “Frasier” and was nominated for an astounding 117 Emmy Awards, winning 28 of them.
Wendt, who spent six years in Chicago’srenowned Second City improv troupebefore sitting on abarstool at the place where everybody knows your name, didn’thave high hopes when he auditioned for “Cheers.”
“My agent said, ‘It’s asmall role, honey.It’s oneline. Actually, it’s oneword.’ Theword was ‘beer.’ Iwas having ahard time believing Iwas right for the role of ‘the guy who looked like he wanted abeer.’ So Iwent in, and they said, ‘It’stoo small a role. Why don’tyou read this other one?’ And it was aguy whonever left the bar,”Wendt told GQ in an oral history of “Cheers.”
“Cheers” premiered on Sept. 30, 1982, and spent the first season with low ratings. NBC president Brandon Tartikoff championed the show,and it was nominated for an Emmy for best comedy series in its first season. Some 80 million people would tune in to watch its series finale 11 years later Wendt became afan favorite in and outside the bar —his entranceswere cheered withawarm “Norm!” —and his wise-
cracks alwayslanded. “How’sabeer sound, Norm?” he would be asked by thebartender.“Idunno Iusually finish thembefore they get aword in,” he’d respond. While the beer the cast drank on set was nonalcoholic, Wendt and other “Cheers” cast members have admitted they were tipsy on May20, 1993, when theywatched the show’sfinal episode then appeared together on “The Tonight Show” in alivebroadcast from theBull andFinch Pub in Boston, the bar that inspired the series. We hadbeendrinking heavily for two hours but nobody thought to feed us,” Wendt told the Beaver County Times of Pennsylvania in 2009. “Wewere nowhere near as cuteas we thought we were.”
After “Cheers,” Wendt starred in his own shortlived sitcom “The George Wendt Show”— “too bad he had to step out of Norm and down so farfrom that corner stool for his debut stanza,”sniffedVariety —and had guest spots on TV shows like“The Ghost Whisperer,”“Harry’sLaw” and“Portlandia ”Hewas part of abrotherhoodof Chicago Everymen who gathered over sausage and beers and adored“Da Bears” on “Saturday Night Live.”
But he foundsteady work onstage: Wendt slipped on Edna Turnblad’s housecoatinBroadway’s “Hairspray”beginningin 2007, and was in the Tony Award-winningplay “Art” in New York and London. He starred in the national tourof“12 Angry Men” andappeared in aproduction of David Mamet’s“Lakeboat.” He also starred in regional productions of “Deathofa Salesman,” “The Odd Couple,” “Never TooLate” and “Funnyman.”
WASHINGTON Elon Musk, therichest person in the worldand akey financial supporter of President Donald Trump, saidTuesday that he’ll be spending “a lot less” on political campaigns, a reversalthat couldbea setback forRepublicans ahead of next year’smidterm elections.
Musk disclosed his decision via videoconference during aBloomberg forum in Doha, Qatar.Itspeaksto his possible disenchantment with politics after his tumultuous tenureasTrump’s pick to lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency,which has fallen far short of its goals forreducing federal spending.
Musk hasscaled back his government role to spend moretime at his businesses, including Tesla, which have seen intense blowback. Tesla reported abig dropinprofits in the first quarter
“In terms of political spending I’mgoing to do a lot lessinthe future,” Musk said. Asked why, he responded that “I think I’ve done enough.”
Musk’sstatementmarks areversal of the course he had set during the 2024 campaign —whenhewas among thevery top political spenders— and immediately after
Musk spent at least $250 million supporting Trumpin thepresidential campaign, as the main contributorto America PAC, asuper PAC that was active in advertising and funding door-to-door canvassing groups across the seven most-competitive states in theNovember presidential election.
Musk relished in thepublicity,campaigning alongside Trump at times and headlining some of his own campaignrallies on theGOP nominee’sbehalf.
And while he took credit for helping Trump return to the WhiteHouse, Musk suffereda public defeat in April, after he became deeply involvedinaWisconsin Supreme Court cam-
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paign. Musk-backed groups AmericaPAC and Rebuilding America’sFuture spent morethan $21 million on the April 1election in support of the Republican-backed candidateBrad Schimel.
But Schimel’sdefeat by 10 percentage points in Wisconsin, astate Trumpcarried just five monthsearlier, was ablow to Musk, who campaignedfor Schimel in Green Bay theweekend before theelection and had also pledged to enforce Trump’sagenda in the2026 midtermelections.
Aweek after Trump’sNovember victory, Musk said the political action committees he supportedwould “play asignificantrolein primaries,” adding later that he might help finance Republican challengersto GOPmembers of Congress whodid notsupportTrump’s nominees.
“How else? Thereisno
otherway,” Musk wroteon X, which he rebranded after purchasing Twitter,inresponse to thesuggestionof supporting intraparty challenges.
An adviser to Musk’sPACs declined to comment Tuesday
Once Trump took office, Musk held aprominent role as an adviserand leader of DOGE. He andhis acolytes in the department fanned out widely across the federal government to enact deep cuts to theworkforce and spending, in somecases seeking to shutter entire agencies altogether
DOGE has pushed to fire tens of thousands of workers in downsizing at agencies,ranging fromthe IRS to Health andHumanServices, and pressured tensof thousands more to take buyout and early retirement offers. And they sought to shut down agencies such as
the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment and the Consumer FinancialProtectionBureau With backing fromDOGE, agencies have cancelled tens of thousands of governmentcontracts and grants that they saydonot align with theadministration’s priorities. Some of those movesweredonesoquickly that theyhad to be reversed afterpushback or court rulings finding thattheywere illegal.
Critics say it amounts to areckless chain-saw approach that coulddestroy much of thenation’s apolitical civil service, impair services for vulnerable populations, and halt critical research DOGE claims on its “Wall of Receipts” it hassaved an estimated $170 billion, but those savings numbers have been shown to be flawed and inflatedinmanycases.
Southwest to require chargersbekept out
Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights willsoon be required to keep their portable chargers in plainsight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithiumbatteryfires in anew policy that other airlines may adopt Southwest announcedthe new policythat will go into effect May28and said passengers mayhave already seen notifications about the rule when using the airline’sapp.
WhileSouthwestisthe first U.S. airline to restrict theuse of portable chargers, several Asian airlines have taken action earlier this year after a devastating fireaboard an Air Busan plane waiting to takeoff fromanairport in South Korea in January
There is growing concern about lithium-ion battery fires on planes because thenumber of incidents continues to grow yearly,and devicespowered by those batteries are ubiquitous.There have already been 19 incidentsinvolving these batteries this year,following last year’srecord high of 89, according to Federal Aviation Administration statistics
Southwest said that requiring thesechargerstobekept out in the open when they are being used will help because “in therare event alithium battery overheats or catches fire, quickaccess is critical and keepingpower banks in plain sight allow for faster intervention and helps protect everyone onboard.”
The airline will allow the chargers to be stored inside carry-on bags when they aren’t in use.
Honda pulls back on EV strategyfor now
Honda said Tuesday electric vehicle sales wereslowing in the U.S., prompting the Japanese automaker to scrap its previousgoal forEVs to be 30% of its global vehicle sales by 2030. Instead of the initial plan to invest $69 billion in an electrification strategy through thefiscalyearendingin2031,Honda is reducing that investment to $48 billion.
Honda Motor Co. ChiefExecutive Toshihiro Mibecalled thedecisions “a switch inthe planned course,” while stressing thelong-term shift toward electrification remained unchanged, justpushed backin time Mibe didn’tmention U.S. President Donald Trump. But Trump’spolicies on tariffs, as well as his lack of enthusiasm for electric vehicles, have Japanese automakers scramblingto adapt.
Levi Strauss agrees to sell Dockers
Levi Strauss is settofinally part ways with Dockers— inking adeal to sell its brand once credited with propelling the popularityof“Casual Fridays” to Authentic BrandsGroup. In an announcement Tuesday,the denim giant said it had agreed to sell Dockers toAuthenticfor up to $391 million. The transaction willstart at an initial value of $311 million, with thepotential of addinganother$80 million to the price tag based on business performance under the new ownership.
The sale arrives as San Francisco-based Levi Straussboosts itsfocusonthe chain’score Levi’sbrand —aswell as BeyondYoga, which the company acquired in 2021,asmore and more consumers continue to cozy up to athleisure wear.
Levi Strauss launched Dockers back in 1986,and the brand soon became a“Casual Friday” staple. Many office workers turned to Dockers’ khakis and looser button-downs in the place of more traditional business attire. While it was not the sole—orvery first —creator of dressed-downoffice looks, Dockers has been widely creditedasan integral part to “Casual Friday’s”rise,particularly in the ’90s.
sourcing offers some insulation from tariffs
BY MICHELLECHAPMAN AP business writer
Home Depot doesn’texpect to raiseprices because of tariffs,sayingithas spent years diversifying the sources for the goods on its shelves
Billy Bastek, executive vice presidentofmerchandising, said duringa conferencecallonTuesday that Home Depot’ssuppliers have shifted sourcing across several
countriesand that the company doesn’t expect any singlecountry outside of the U.S. will represent morethan 10% of itspurchases 12 months from now “Wedon’tsee broad-based price increases for our customers at all going forward,” he said.
Othercompanies, domestic and foreign, have warned customers thatpricehikes are on theway due to atrade war kicked off by the U.S. Walmart said last week thatit hasalreadyraised prices andwill have to do so againinthe near future. Late Monday, Subaru of America said it would raise prices on some of its mostpopular models
by as much as $2,000. President Donald Trumplambasted Walmart, saying on social media over the weekend that the retailgiant should “eat” the additional costs created by his tariffs
As Trump hasjacked up import taxes,hehas triedtoassure thepublicthatforeign producers would pay forthose taxes and that retailers and automakers would absorb the additionalexpenses. Many economistsare skepticalof those claims and have warned that thetradepenalties would worsen inflation.
Tariffs on materials like lumber arealso aconcern for both homebuildersand homebuyers. Ahome-
buyer now needs to earn at least
ayear to
—the national
price in April, according to
released this month by Realtor.com Additionalhousing material costs wouldput home ownershipout of reach formore potential buyers, though Home Depotissomewhat insulated as it sources the majority of itslumberinthe U.S. Early last year,the company said that about17% of itswood is sourced from Canada. The company would not say Tuesday if those import levels have changed though after negotiations,Canadianlumberwas exempted from additional 25% U.S. tariffs
Search engine gets makeover in latest overhaul
BYMICHAEL LIEDTKE AP technologywriter
GoogleonTuesdayunleashed another waveofartificial intelligence technology to accelerate ayearlongmakeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic to websites.
The next phase outlined at Google’sannual developers conference includes releasinganew “AI mode” option in the United States. Thefeature makes interacting with Google’ssearch engine more like having a conversationwith an expert capable of answering questions on just aboutany topic imaginable
AI mode is being offered to allcomers in theU.S. justtwo-and-a-half-months after thecompany began testing with alimited Labs division audience.
Google is also feeding its latest AI model, Gemini 2.5, into its search algorithmsand will soonbegintesting other AI features,
such as the ability to automatically buy concert ticketsand conduct searches through live video feeds.
In another exampleofGoogle’sall-in approach to AI, thecompanyrevealed it is planning to leverage the technologytoreenter thesmart glasses market with anew pair of Android XR-powered spectacles. The preview of theforthcoming device, which includes ahands-free camera and a voice-poweredAIassistant, comes 13 years after the debut of “Google Glass,” aproduct that thecompany scrapped after apublic backlashover privacy concerns.
Google didn’tsay when its Android XR glasses will be available or how much they will cost, but disclosedthey will be designed in partnership withGentle Monsterand Warby Parker.The glasses will competeagainst asimilarproduct already on themarketfrom Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Ray-Ban.
The expansion builds upon atransformationthat Google began ayear ago with the introduction of conversational summaries called “AI overviews” that have been increasinglyappearingatthe top of its results page and eclipsing its traditional rankings
of web links.
About1.5 billionpeople nowregularly engage with “AI overviews,” according to Google,and mostusers are nowentering longer and morecomplex queries.
Although Google executives predicted AI overviews would trigger moresearches and ultimately moreclicks to other sites, it hasn’t worked out that waysofar,according to the findings of searchoptimization firm BrightEdge.
Clickthrough ratesfrom Google’s search results have declined by nearly 30% during the past year,according to BrightEdge’srecently released study, which attributedthe decrease to people becoming increasingly satisfied with AI overviews.
Google’sreliance on more AI so far appears to be enablingits search engine to maintain itsmantle as the internet’smain gateway —aposition that’s mainreasonits corporate parent, Alphabet Inc., boasts a market value of $2 trillion.
During the year ending in March, Google received 136 billion monthly visits, 34 times more than ChatGPT’saverage of 4billion monthly visits, according to data compiled by onelittleweb.com.
Indexisstill within 3.3% of itsrecord
BY STAN CHOE Associated Press
NEW YORK U.S. stock indexes fell on Tuesday,asmomentum slowed forWall Street after it rallied from adeep hole nearly all the way back to its all-time high set earlier this year. TheS&P 500 fell forits first drop in seven days, but it’sstill within 3.3% of its record.The Dow Jones Industrial Averageand theNasdaq composite also slipped. Treasury yields and the value of theU.S.dollar heldrelatively
stablefollowing abriefjolt Mondaymorning after Moody’sRatings said theU.S.government no longer deserves atop-tier credit rating because of worries about its spiraling debt
Several of the U.S. stock market’s worst losses came from companies in the travel industry,as doubts continue abouthow much U.S. households will be able to spend on vacations. Airbnb dropped3.3%, Norwegian CruiseLine fell 3.9% and UnitedAirlines lost 2.9%. Viking Holdingsfell5%even though the company, whichoffers river cruises and other trips, reported stronger resultsthan analystsexpected for thelatest quarter
On thewinning side of Wall Street was D-WaveQuantum, which jumped 25.9% after releasing itslatest quantum computing system. The company says it can solve complex problems beyond thereach of classical computers. In thebond market, the yield on the10-year Treasury edged up to 4.47% from 4.46% late Monday
The two-year yield, which more closely tracks expectations foraction by the Federal Reserve, edged down to 3.96% from 3.97%. Concern still remainsthat Trump’stariffs could pushthe U.S. economy into arecession, even if it’sheld up OK forthe timebeing. If arecession were to hit, the U.S. government may have less room
to offer support for the economy through big spending plans or direct stimulus checks to households than in prior downturns. That’s because the U.S. government’s debt is so muchhighernow,and it could be set to get even bigger with Washingtondebatingmore cuts to taxes. If the U.S. governmentcan’t offer as muchfiscal support for the economy, that could make the next recessiondeeper andlastlonger, according to James Egelhof,chief U.S. economist andotherstrategists at BNPParibas. Thatcould put morepressure on theFederal Reserve to prop up the economy by itself through lower interest rates.
voted on the preceding bill were absent on HB685.
The bruised feelings remained on Tuesday
“We received no answers to our questions of what the bill would do to specific programs that deal with racial relations and training,” Rep Tammy Phelps, D-Shreveport, said in an interview
Tuesday
Chenevert’s bill is part of a movement by conservative lawmakers in recent years to target DEI programs, particularly at schools
In August, Gov Jeff Landry signed an executive order preventing the use of critical race theory in Louisiana’s K-12 public education system.
“Critical Race Theory (CRT) includes divisive teachings that instruct students to view life through the lens of race and victimhood,” Landry said in issuing the order
Chenevert’s bill prohibits state agencies from maintaining or initiating DEI programs, employing people to perform functions related to DEI or requiring any applicantsoremployeestoprovide a statement regarding DEI
Her bill also prohibits “any preferential treatment based on race, color, ethnicity, sex, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation in making decisions at public postsecondary education institutions on admissions, state-supported financial aid, scholarships, or other services or benefits.”
“This is not about taking rights away from anybody,” said Chenevert. “This is not divisive This is about protecting every Louisianan. This is about equality for all.”
But Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, echoing the views of other Democrats, said Chenevert’s bill would undermine efforts to overcome laws that have held back Black people and women.
“Apparently, Rep. Chenev-
ert does not know why it was created in the first place,” Marcelle said. “If we had equal opportunity to be at the table, there would be no need to create the program.”
Larvadain said HB685 might repeal a program that gives financial need scholarships to one or two Black students each year to study at LSU-Alexandria.
In an interview Tuesday, Rep. Adrian Fisher, D-Monroe, said it could eliminate a program at the state Department of Agriculture that assists Black farmers.
Rep. Vanessa LaFleur, DBaton Rouge, said it could kill courses on Black history or African-American studies that are mandated for a major
The bill bars institutions from mandating instructional content “that relates to critical race theory white fragility, white guilt, systemic racism, institutional racism, anti-racism, systemic bias, implicit bias, intersectionality, gender identity, allyship, race-based reparations, or race-based privilege.”
It also forbids institutions from requiring “instructional content that promotes the differential treatment of any individual or group of individuals based on race or ethnicity, imputed bias, or other ideology related to di-
versity, equity or inclusion.”
The bill includes some exemptions, and it specifies that it is aimed at institutional mandates, not to “limit the academic freedom of any individual faculty member to direct the instruction of his own class, including the selection of instructional materials, classroom discussion topics, and assignments, nor to limit the discussion of ideas in a classroom setting.”
But some Louisiana university professors have raised concerns that the bill could undercut their academic freedom and block them from teaching important concepts.
“This legislation would stifle the ‘marketplace of ideas’ and infantize our students, forcing faculty to avoid concepts the legislature dislikes and presenting only those that have gained their favor,” wrote leaders of the Louisiana Conference of the American Association of University Professors in a letter to lawmakers. “This is antithetical to freedom in a democratic society and hurts our students as they transition into fully enfranchised citizens.”
After passage of the bill, HB685 heads to the Senate for consideration.
The racial debate that roiled the chamber might
spill over and affect other legislative business, especially on bills where Republicans are divided and need Democratic support to win passage. That could affect bills supported by Landry, who backs the measure, ac-
cording to Chenevert.
Sen. Gerald Boudreaux, D-Lafayette, cast doubt on whether the Senate will approve HB685.
“The Senate as an institution was built on trust and respect. That’s still in place,” Boudreaux said in an interview “There will be some conversations about, ‘What does this accomplish and are there other means to get there?’”
Racial issues periodically flare up and divide legislators.
In 2021, anger by Black legislators over a White colleague’s “divisive comments” from teaching about race ignited a monthlong controversy In the end, the legislator, then-state Rep. Ray Garofalo, R-Chalmette, was forced to step down as chair of the House Education Committee by thenSpeaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales.
On Monday night, Rep. Edmond Jordan, D-Baton Rouge, said leaders such as P.B.S. Pinchback, the state’s
first Black governor, during the Reconstruction Era, provided for public education.
“Then Jim Crow came in,” he said, adding, “Let me be frank. This is an anti-Black bill.”
After the Black Caucus members, Rep. Beryl Amedee, R-Gray went to the well and spoke in favor of the bill.
Amedee called equity “a Marxist term. It’s an attempt by the government to force equal outcomes.” She added, “What makes us strong is unity unity around truth. We should recognize people for their strengths, for their talents. There’s only one race, and it’s human. All are created in the image of God. I love you, my colleagues.” Rep. Chuck Owen, RRosepine, defended Chenevert, saying she is a good, churchgoing woman. He expressed chagrin at the debate.
“I see us talking past each other,” he said. “I hear us talking past each other.”
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BY ELYSE CARMOSINO Staff writer
Early education advocates made
a plea to Louisiana lawmakers
Tuesday to restore nearly $9 million for child care and preschool that was cut from the state budget last year, arguing that the funding is crucial to Louisiana’s educational and economic future.
The ask comes as the state tries to reduce its spending, with a pro-
posed budget for next fiscal year that is about $440 million less than the current year The state House of Representatives recently added nearly $200 million to the budget for teacher pay stipends, while it cut $30 million for student tutoring. It also agreed to the nearly $94 million that Gov Jeff Landry sought for a program to help families pay for private education. The proposed budget allocates a little over $78 million for early
childhood education, but advocates want to up that number to $87.8 million.
“We know that if we make investments in young children today, it will pay off today and tomorrow with an increased workforce, a better economy and children who enter kindergarten ready to learn,” said Libbie Sonnier of the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, a research and policy organization focused on children up to age 4. Last spring, the state Senate cut $24 million from early childhood
programs but later restored $15 million following outcry from advocates, who said the reduction would mean 2,000 infants and toddlers could lose child care access.
The remaining cuts resulted in the loss of 720 early child care seats, the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children said, adding to the nearly 100,000 Louisiana children who don’t have access to affordable, quality child care.
Early childhood education provides a critical academic boost, advocates say Poor students who attended preschool programs are
twice as likely to enter kindergarten with foundational reading skills compared with 4-year-olds who didn’t, according to a new study by researchers at Tulane University
Landry expressed support for early child care education in a prerecorded speech, but did not say whether he would back an increase in funding, only that the state’s executive budget maintains last year’s funding levels.
“We know that high-quality early
Co-CEO to assume full leadership role
BY RICH COLLINS Staff writer
New Orleans nonprofit veteran
Andrea Chen has left her leadership role at Propeller, the business incubator and accelerator that she co-founded in 2009 to help the region’s underserved communities access resources, capital and contracts.
Chen, who had been serving as co-CEO for the past year with Jess Allen, is moving on to lead The Vincent Chin Institute, a national nonprofit established to fight anti-Asian hate. She and her family plan to split time between New Orleans and Oakland, California. Funded by foundations, individual donors and grants, Propeller offers support to hundreds of entrepreneurs each year, providing them with access to training, resources, investment and loans, and helping them connect with
Metairie couple also accused of obstruction of justice
BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer
A Metairie woman and her boyfriend who were booked last month with negligent homicide are now facing a murder charge in the death of her 7-year-old dis-
abled son.
Karla Padilla Pavon, 22, and Hovet Vela Espinoza, 48, were rearrested May 14 and booked with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice, said Capt. Jason Rivarde, spokesperson for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. They are accused of killing Cristian Rodriguez Padilla, Karla Padilla’s son who had cerebral palsy, was nonverbal and relied on a feeding tube, according to
authorities. Vela is not the boy’s biological father Cristian died April 19 while left alone in the couple’s Metairie home, the Sheriff’s Office has said. Authorities upgraded the charges because the investigation revealed Padilla and Vela left the boy alone for eight hours, not the two and a half hours the couple initially claimed, police said. The two also took steps to tamper with evidence, according to the depart-
ment.
Padilla was additionally booked with sexual abuse of an animal in connection with illicit images found on her cellphone, Rivarde said.
Padilla and Vela appeared in Jefferson Parish Magistrate Court on Monday for a bail hearing in their case. Sheriff’s Detective Eric Hymel testified for the prosecution. Padilla, who is six
Residents push back on proposed project
BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer
A Covington hospital that received pushback from residents over its proposed five-story parking garage has submitted a new amended application for the structure that would have over 400 parking spots, as well as medical offices, a helipad and a sky bridge, potentially extending the monthslong debate about the structure into the summer St. Tammany Health System submitted the new application amid opponents’ concerns that the original application contained er-
rors, Jeff Schoen, a lawyer for the hospital, told the Covington Board of Adjustments on Monday night. Schoen said this was not an admission of error
“It was determined that even with the approvals received by the Zoning Commission and the City Council, why not try to satisfy the concernsraisedbyothers?”Schoen said on Monday The hospital says the garage will ease access to the hospital’s helipad and improve pedestrian safety after two recent traffic accidents involving hospital staff.
In February, Covington’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 to
BY MARCO CARTOLANO Staff writer
An overturned garbage truck is expected to remain stuck on the Interstate 10 westbound entrance ramp from South Carrollton Avenue for at least a week, a Department of Transportation and Development official said.
The Republic Services truck also damaged the exit ramp above onto Airline Drive north when it crashed about 9:30 a.m. Monday
The damage will close the Airline Drive off-ramp for at least a month, said Scott Boyle, an engineer administrator with the department
The closed ramps slowed Tuesday morning traffic on the por-
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tion of the interstate between Mid-City and Uptown
The truck is leaning against a horizontal guardrail on the South Carrollton ramp and appeared to have struck a vertical support beam DOTD engineers are working with a contractor on a plan to remove the truck and repair the ramp, Boyle said Based on an early assessment, Boyle said it looked like the truck’s attached dumpster was too tall and struck one of the exit ramp’s girders, and the truck then crashed into a support column, Boyle said DOTD is still investigating the crash
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contracts Its focus is primarily in the areas of food, health care, education, water management and community economic development.
“We work with some startups and some multimilliondollar businesses getting big contracts, but everyone we work with has some kind of social or environmental impact,” Chen said Tuesday “We’re trying to make the world a better place.” Based in a 10,000-square-foot coworking space on Washington Avenue in Broadmoor, Propeller has 13 full-time staffers, with more hires on the way and an impressive track record.
More than 650 companies have completed its accelerator program over the years, generating more than $350 million in revenue, according to Chen Last year alone, program alumni received $9 million in contracts with 14 companies.
Now, the organization will move forward under the leadership of Allen, who has assumed the role of CEO.
Allen has served in multiple roles at Propeller, after coming to the organization nearly eight years ago with a background in public health.
“Jess and I last year moved to a co-CEO model, and it has been one of the best professional development experiences I have had,” Chen said. “We share the same values but have two totally different brains.”
After moving to New Orleans in 2004 as a Teach for America corps member, Chen joined the precursor to Propeller — a volunteer group called Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans in 2006 with others doing social justice work in the city
The group incorporated as a nonprofit in 2009 and Chen became its first full-time staff member and executive director in 2011. The next year, the organization changed its name to Propeller
The organization was one of several supporting entrepreneurs in the city after Hurricane Katrina created devastation and an opportunity to build back better Its peers included The Idea Village, which had been around for a decade at that point, along with newcomers 4.0 Schools, the New Orleans BioInnovation Center and Good Work Network.
Until this month’s announcement, Chen was the last of the founders of these organizations to remain at the helm. Now she will become the executive director of The Vincent Chin Institute, named after a Chinese American man who was killed in a hate crime in 1982 in Detroit. The national nonprofit is backed by Oakland-based journalist and activist Helen Zia.
For Chen, the remote job is an opportunity to stay connected to New Orleans while also spending time on the West Coast, near family
“We’re planning to be bicoastal, but for us it’s the West Coast and the Gulf Coast,” Chen said. “I have lived in New Orleans for more than 20 years. It’s my home. People in other places don’t know what they’re missing: Our community here is so generous, loving and courageous.”
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care and education have a profound, long-term positive effect on our children,” he said State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley also did not express support for an increase but noted that early childhood education helped fuel Louisiana’s recent rise in national education rankings.
“I can’t help but think the work you have done in setting that foundation has played a vital role in the gains we’ve made,” he said Tuesday during a news conference held by the Ready Louisiana Coalition, which includes groups
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months pregnant, began weeping as court officials read the charges.
The Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about 8:49 p.m. reporting that a child had died at a home in the 7200 block of Mistletoe Street, according to Hymel.
Deputies sent to the residence found Cristian lying on his back on a living room sofa. He was pronounced dead at 9:03 p.m Hymel said.
The Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office has not formally determined a cause or manner of death. Cristian’s autopsy initially revealed complications from his cerebral palsy But the Coroner’s Office is still awaiting the results of further testing, officials said.
On the night of Cristian’s death, Padilla and Vela told investigators they left the boy home alone about 5 p.m. while they traveled to Baton Rouge with Padilla’s other children, ages 5 and 3, to deliver money to Padilla’s mother, Hymel testified. The couple told authorities they returned to the house around 7:30 p.m. and found Cristian dead.
“It did not turn out to be true,” Hymel said. Using surveillance video and cellphone data, detectives determined the couple had actually left the house just before noon Hymel said. They didn’t return until 8:07 p.m.
Missing video cameras
While at the house, investigators noticed empty camera
that promote investment in early education.
Access to affordable early child care is crucial to Louisiana’s economy said Mandi Mitchell, president of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority Without it, parents are more likely to miss work or quit their jobs.
In March Louisiana’s Education Department reported that more than 4,500 children were on the waitlist for the state’s Child Care Assistance Program, which provides financial assistance to low-income parents or guardians while they work or attend school.
Only one in five children from low-income families in Louisiana have access to a publicly funded early education program, according to data from Ready Louisiana.
mounts and realized that someone removed surveillance cameras inside and outside of the residence, according to Hymel. Detectives learned there’d been a Ring doorbell camera and subpoenaed the records from the company. Hymel reviewed video from Padilla’s Ring accounts for April 19 and determined the actual times the family left the house and returned, he said.
A video camera that had been set up in Cristian’s room recorded Padilla’s actions before she left the house that day. She connected her son’s feeding tube, tied his knees together so they couldn’t move and wrapped his legs in a blanket before placing him on his bed, Hymel said.
Sometime shortly after 4 p.m., a video shows Cristian moving around a bit with a comforter positioned over his mouth His eyes and nose were uncovered, Hymel testified.
By 5:45 p.m another video shows Cristian no longer moving. The comforter is completely over the child’s head, his face no longer visible, according to Hymel.
In the same video, a woman’s voice can be heard through the camera calling for Cristian using a nickname. Hymel testified that the woman was Padilla remotely accessing the camera to speak to her son. The voice calls the name again but gets no response, he said. A beeping alert can also be heard from Cristian’s feeding tube, Hymel testified. Still, no one returned to the house until after 8 p.m.
The lack of affordable child care costs Louisiana roughly $1.3 billion annually in missed work by parents, a 2022 Policy Institute and University of Louisiana study found.
“When parents can’t access child care, they can’t participate in the workforce,” Mitchell said, “and businesses suffer.” Sonnier, of the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, said the state should fully fund education programs for children of all ages, rather than pick and choose.
“I think, fundamentally, we have to see K-12 education as a continuum,” she said, “to be really successful.” Email Elyse Carmosino at ecarmosino@theadvocate.com.
Cristian is not seen moving again on any of the videos recorded after 5:45 p.m., Hymel said.
Other videos show Padilla and Vela removing cameras from their mountings and taking them out of the residence before authorities were summoned to the house, according to Hymel.
All of the cameras except the device that had been in Cristian’s bedroom have been recovered, Hymel said.
Animal abuse
Padilla has previously faced allegations of neglect, Hymel testified. The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services investigated two prior complaints against her. The first in 2022 was for neglect and lack of supervision. The second in 2024 was for neglect and malnutrition. It was not immediately clear whether the complaints were about Cristian or Padilla’s other children. Hymel said he has not yet seen the reports. The animal sex abuse charge stems from two videos found in a password-protected folder on Padilla’s phone, Hymel said. They appeared to show a man sexually abusing a dog, he said.
Jefferson Parish Criminal Commissioner Paul Schneider ruled there was probable cause to continue holding Padilla and Vela as charged. He also denied a request to reduce Padilla’s $700,000 bail.
Vela’s bail was set at $650,000.
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structure. After a nearby resident appealed that decision, the City Council upheld the approval of the conditional use permit in a 5-2 vote at a contentious meeting a month later
Some neighbors contend the proposed garage off 11th Avenue and Tyler Street will make traffic congestion worse and doesn’t fit in with the neighborhood.
After the City Council’s vote in March, residents filed an appeal with the Board of Adjustments, which can hear appeals about some actions by administrative officials. The residents said City Planner Ellen Agee accepted an incomplete application from the hospital, didn’t provide proper notice of the zoning and council meetings and didn’t present relevant information during the meetings or respond to questions. They asked the board to nullify the Zoning Commission’s approval.
“No matter who has told you (that) you don’t have the authority to act on this request, you do,” Candace Watkins, a former mayor of Covington and one of the appellants, told the board.
“I think we all agree there were errors made by the administrative official,” said another former Covington mayor, Keith Villere, who as a member of the Zoning Commission cast the lone vote against the garage in February Villere, whose term on the commission has since expired, suggested the Board of Adjustments could potentially put conditions on the garage, in light of any administrative errors.
But Alex Carter, a city planning consultant, told the board it only had the power to consider decisions made by Agee, meaning it could only consider Agee’s alleged acceptance of an incomplete application. The other alleged errors had been dealt with at zoning and City Council meetings, Carter said. For that reason, a separate appeal of the garage by another resident, Ben Guidry, who argued the hospital’s traffic study did not meet city requirements, could not be heard at all, Carter said. The City Council already addressed traffic concerns, she said, noting it had added conditions to the garage when it approved it in March, including requiring a right turn lane on westbound 11th Street.
In the appeal heard Monday meanwhile, residents argued the application was incomplete becausethesiteplandidnotinclude certain elements, like screening, lightingandsignage,andbecause it was not at the appropriate scale, a claim the city and hospital responded to by bringing in an enormous poster of the site plan on Monday
The Board of Adjustments, at Carter’s recommendation, voted 4-0torecommendthatAgeemeet with the appellants to discuss any alleged errors. Two board members did not vote because of a conflict of interest.
“This is an emotional issue,” board member Jan Butler said. “I’d like to say a few things, but I really cannot,” she added, saying she was limited by her role as a member of the board.
“We were disappointed, but we weren’t surprised,” said Carolyn Chassee, one of the appellants.
This round of appeals appears to be over, unless the opponents challenge the City Council’s decision by suing in 22nd Judicial District Court.
But the debate between the city, the residents and the hospital could continue into the summer
On May 9, the hospital filed its amended application, which includes moving the sky bridge from the third floor to the fourth floor to avoid the need to apply for variances, adding lighting and signage information, and revising its old traffic study to comply with city code. Chassee said she has questions about the new application, especially the scope of the revised traffic study The hospital plans to hold a community meeting about the garage before the Zoning Commission hears the new application in July
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GRANGER
Jody ‘Cajun Queen’ Boudreaux,right,looksatthe burnedremains of crown that she said wasgiven to her by French Quarter performer Chris Owens. Boudreaux wascleaning up the damagetoher home that was oncethe sitewhere Voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau lived in NewOrleans. A fire damagedthe rear half of the buildingonMonday.
Voodoo queen
MarieLaveau’s cottageonce stoodat site
BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer
The house at 1020 St. Ann St. reekedofsmoke. The kitchenwallswere blistered from fire, the ceiling charred and the floor covered in wet soot. Everyday household items and family mementos were melted and smudged.
The house at the edge of the French Quarter was built in 1905 atop the site of the19th-centurycottage where legendary Voodoo queen Marie Laveau lived until her death in 1881. Even today,it’s adestinationfor visitors seeking atouchstone with the Crescent City cultural icon.
The ornamentaliron bars over the windows are crowded with ribbons, hair bands and other small of-
ferings to Laveau, who was saidtobeahairdresser, as well as amystic and healer.
The house caughtfire early Mondaymorning. No one was injured.
Tour guideJody“The Cajun Queen” Boudreaux, who rents the dwelling, said thatshe wasawakened by popping sounds comingfrom the kitchen, where the fire hadbroken out.
“She savedmylife,” said Boudreaux’s partner Davis Davis. “I was asleep.I would have never known.”
Then he said,“Isaved her (Boudreaux’s) life,” because afterthey’descaped the burning house, “she wanted go back in.”
Firefighters arrived to fight the kitchenblaze about 4a.m., Boudreaux said. The Fire Department said the blaze was extinguished at 6:31a.m It could have been alot worse
Boudreaux said she’s lived in the house for two yearsand thatshe knew
“what she was signing up for.”
The site, she said, is part of every Voodoo tour in the French Quarter, whichis fine by heraslongaspeople don’tsit on the stoop blocking the door
She alsowishes they wouldn’tmark the house with the triple-Xsymbol associated with the Voodoo queen
Boudreaux said there’s nothing especially spooky aboutthe place. She thinks shemay have been “drawn there” because shedoesn’t indulge in the silly stories associated with Voodoo. Laveau,she said,was apracticing Catholic just like her.
The Salvation Armyhas offeredtoprovide her ahotel roomuntil herplace can be repaired and cleaned, Boudreaux said. Though herhome wasjoinedsideby-side with1022 St.Ann St., that side seems untouched.
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BY BOBWARREN Staff writer
ASlidell manwho raped two juveniles will spend the rest of hislife in jail, authorities said.
State Judge Richard Swartz handed Robert Allen Morgan, 63, two life sentences for the rapeson May9,the northshoreDistrict Attorney’sOffice said in anews release Tuesday. Swartz also handed Morgan nearly 70 years in prisontime on counts of molestationofchild under13, indecent behavior with ajuvenile and sexual battery of achild under 15.
ASt. Tammany Parish jury had found Morgan guilty of the charges following aweeklong trialin February Twovictims andtwo
parents gave impact statements before the sentencing, according to the District Attorney’sOffice. One parent called Morgana “monsterthatwore good-guy clothes” adding thatmonsters belong in jail.
The District Attorney’s Office said authorities opened theirinvestigation in the summerof2021 after ateenagegirltold friends that she hadbeen molested years earlier An adult overheard their conversation and reported it to the girl’smotherand Department of Children and Family Services. The girl’s parents reported it to area law enforcement authorities. During an interview at theChildren’s Advocacy Center’sHope House in Covington, the girl identi-
fied Morgan as theman who hadsexually assaulted her on multiple occasions overseveral years, according to the District Attorney’sOffice.Two additional teens, onefemale andone male, told investigators that Morgan hadalsosexually assaulted them years earlier.
TheDistrict Attorney’s Office saidMorgan initially denied their claims, but then admitted to the sexual assaults, telling detectives he prayed for forgiveness.
Assistant District Attorneys ChristinaFisher and TiffanyDover presented the casetothe jury. Detective Nicholas Fishel, formerly of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Office and now with LouisianaState Police, was in charge of the investigation.
BY COURTNEYPEDERSEN Staff writer
Only one student collected adiplomafromSouth Cameron High School this year
The school in Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana is used to having smaller graduating classes, ranging from eight to 14 students. However,this year Diana Lopez was the only student to walk across thestage andcollect her certificate at theMay 13 graduation ceremony
The region took abeating fromHurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020. Many communities are still recovering, which Lopezpointsto as the cause for the nearlyempty class of 2025.
“Hurricane Laura hit in 2020, anditwas very disastrous and completely took outthe classthat was supposedtobegraduating (thisyear),” Lopezsaid. “A lot of them relocated to different schools, kind of more north, kind of away fromall thehurricanes.”
Knowing there wasno senior class graduating in 2025 —and after aconversation with afriendduring her 10th grade year —Lopez set up ameetingwith her counselor to seeifshe could graduateayear early, making her the school’sentire classof2025.
“I was able to kind of combine thetwo years taking dual enrollment classes, online classes, and just overall, having afull seven-hour schedule,”Lopez said. “I was able to complete all the creditsand graduateearly.”
In the fall, Lopez will attendNorthwestern State University and planstoearn anursing degree.
In fact, she got a“good offer” from the university when it came to financial aid and she received most of the scholarships available in her community,Lopez said.
“Itwas alot of my inspiration for wanting to graduate early,coming from a single momhaving to raise us, Iwanted it to be simple for her to be able to financially support me through college,” Lopez said. “A lotofthe scholarships that I’ve gotten now, I’msaving them.And Iwon’tbetouchingthem untilabsolutely necessary.”
While knowing she would be able to getalot of scholarships wasadriver behind Lopez’sdecision to graduate early,she said it was not the only reason.
“I think the biggest reason was being able to prove that Icould do alot more thaneverything that I’ve done so far, andbeing able to push myself to be able to graduate (and) do all the things,” Lopez said. “It was
avery stressful task. Going through all those classes and stuff was really difficult, but being able to do it and graduate early was proving not onlytomyself, but to otherpeople, that Icould go so much farther.”
As she starts hernext chapter at Northwestern State University,Lopez is excited to meet newpeople and have new experiences. South Cameron is so small that everyone has known her since Pre-K. However, she said it’s been sadtomiss some of the high school senior experiences andgraduateahead of her friends. “(It was) very bittersweet (to graduate early),” Lopez said. “It wasexciting to graduate and kind of start my life early,but also scary to have to start, especially by myself.”
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Albe, Yelva Petithory
Yelva Petithory Albe passed awaypeacefully on the morning of May 14, 2025 at the age of 90. Yelva was born December 5, 1934 in New Orleans Louisiana. She married Alvin Robert Albe Sr.onSeptember 28th 1952. They were each others lifelong companions for the past 71 years until his death on February 15 2024. Yelva attended F.T. Nicholls high school, was a loving wife and mother, and in later years worked as asecretary at Annunciation Catholic School andSt. Cecilia grammar school in New Orleans. After working at several schools she worked as areceptionist and file clerk at several doctor offices. Yelva was preceded in death by her loving husband Alvin Robert Albe Sr., and her parents Yelva Briant Petithory and Henry Jules Petithory. Yelva is survived by herchildren :Alvin R. Albe Jr.(Virginia), Linda Albe Reeg(Frank), Robert H. Albe and Donna Albe Shepherd(David). Seven grandchildren: Jennifer Albe Miller, Lauren Albe Jumper, Leslie Albe Field,
HoldinessProctor (Dr Drew); nephew, Michael Holdiness, Jr.(Heather); andsister-in-law,Linette Holdiness.
The familywould like to express theirgratitude to Haley Pierce withPalliative CareatHeart,Jennifer Sanchez of Heart of Hospice,and Dr.Thomas G. Nuttli.
In lieu of flowers, please considera donation to LASPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd,New Orleans, LA 70114, or Scottie Kingdom Rescue,P.O. Box 551265, Dallas, TX 75355.
John August Batt, Jr., principaland director of Biltmore Property Group, husband of 30 years to Andrée,father, beloved friend to many, and native New Orleanian, died Monday, May19, 2024,at age 64. "Jay,"ashewas known to allwhom he encountered, had numerous passions: his family, his friends, his work, and bettering the livesofothers. Jay willberemembered and cherishedassomeone who greeted strangers and friends alike with awarm smileand affectionate embrace. Atruegentleman of impeccable sartorialstyle, Jay, along with hisbusiness partners, developed numerous franchises that spanned throughout the Southeast, including Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Lilly Pulitzer, Ruth'sChrisSteak House and J.W. Bell. He attended Sewanee:The University of the South, and in 1983,hegraduated from Tulane University where he was amember of theSigmaAlphaEpsilon (SAE) socialfraternity. One of two sons, Jay was an "all girls" dad. His pride and joywerehis threegirls, Andrée and their daughters, Bailey and Kelly. All attended Sacred Heart, with Baileyattending the University of Alabama, and Kelly the University of South Carolina. Jay startedhis professional careerasa bankeratFirst National Bank of Commerce untilhe embarkedupon asuccessful real estate development career. He launched his debut into retailwith Jos. A. Bank Clothiers on Carondelet Street, where Jay was ever-present and greeted his customers with both ajovialsmile and agoodjoke(albeit some abit off-color).Most recently arealestate consultantwith McEnery Residential, Jay was perfectly positioned forthis role, being the people-person he was.His passion to help create abetter New Orleans motivated himto run for the City Council where he tirelesslyserved theresidentsofDistrictA When Hurricane Katrina struck,Jay was unyielding in his efforts to bringhis neighborsand constituents home to New Orleans to see their flooded homes, including his own. An avid sports fan, Jay was amemberofthe AllstateSugarBowl Committee, where he servedasPresident and as amember of its Executive Committee. He led with great pride the annual Sugar Bowlparadefor many years. Jay also presided over the New Orleans City Park Commission, as its President, and was Chairman of the Board of Crimestoppers,Chairman of theLouisiana Republican State Central Committeeand the Orleans ParishRepublican Executive Committee.Jay excelled in connecting people to facilitateconversations across the aislefor thebettergood.Jay was a member of several social and Carnival organizations. He joyfully and enthusiasticallysupported the acting careerofhis talentedbrother,Bryan,and greatly valuedtime with his family in his second home in Asheville, North Carolina. Jay was trulygifted in making people feel welcomed,cherished and loved. Jay is predeceased b hi h l
Joseph Edward (Joey)
BerriganIII died on Mon‐day,May 12, 2025 at 3:15 p.m.age 69 years. Beloved son of thelateKathleen Weiss Berriganand Joseph E.BerriganJr. Stepsonof the late HonorableHelen (Ginger)Berriganofthe Eastern District of Louisiana.Brother of Kath‐leen,Laura,Michael and Melanie Berrigan. Also sur‐vived by nieces and nephews.Relatives and friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend afuneral service on Saturday May 24, 2025 at theJ.Garic SchoenChapelofJacob Schoen& SonFuneral Home, 3827 CanalSt.,New Orleans LA 70119 at 11:00 a.m.withvisitationbegin‐ningat10:00 a.m. Inter‐mentwillfollowinSt. Roch No. 2Cemetery. To view and sign theguestbook visit www.schoenfh.com.
EllisJr.,David John
DavidJohnEllis,Jr., beloved husband,father, and friend,passedaway peacefullydue to compli‐cations of Multiple Sclero‐sis on May16, 2025, at the age of 73. Born aboard the U.S.N.S.C.G.Mortonnaval shiponNovember24, 1951 David’s life beganonthe openseasand wasmarked bya quietstrength, deep loyalty, andanunwavering
devotion to hisfamily. He lived in Kenner,LAfor manyyears before he madehis home in Abita Springs,LA, where he shared44wonderful years ofmarriagewithhis loving wife, LindaEllis.Together, theybuilt alifefullof laughter, resilience,and love. Davidwas aproud and devotedfathertohis two daughters, Michelle Mardisand StacyDronet, who were thelightsofhis life. He wasprecededin death by hisparents,Dr. David J. Ellisand Billie Ellis and hissister, Sharyn Duda. He is survived by his soulmateof44years,Linda Ellis,his children,Stacy Dronet(Patrick) and Michelle Mardis (Bill)and alsosurvivedby6 grand‐children, MacieHebert, Mackenzie Dronet,Kayden Ellis,BerkeleyMardis, Ben‐nettMardisand McKinley Mardisand hissiblings, Bill Ellis (Tara),Susan Berghan (Tom) andPamelaAllison (Michael).David will be re‐memberedfor hisquiet presence, hissteadyguid‐ance, andthe love he gave sofreely. Hislegacylives oninthe hearts of those who knew andcherished him.Relatives andfriends ofthe familyare invitedto attend theMassofChrist‐ian Burial on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 11:00 am at E JFieldingFuneralHome, 2260 West 21st Avenue Covington,LAand thevisi‐tationwillbegin at 9:00 am until servicetime. Inter‐mentwillfollowin Pinecrest Memorial Gar‐densand Cemetery.E.J FieldingFuneralHomehas been entrustedwithfu‐neral arrangements Pleasesignthe guestbook atwww.ejfieldingfh.com
In lieu of flowers, thefam‐ily asks that donationsbe madetothe Multiple Scle‐rosis Foundation,inhonor ofDavid’s memory
Patricia “Tricia” AnnWa‐terhouse-Gardnerpeace‐fully completedher jour‐ney on Friday,May 2, 2025 atthe ageof73. Patricia was born January8,1952 to the late Edward LouisWa‐terhouse, Sr,and Annie Mae Penn-Waterhouse.Tri‐cia leaves to cherishher memoriesher husband Al‐fredGardner III, children: AsantaNdukwe, Altraves Gardner,DanielSmith, Patrick Gardner, stepchil‐dren: KimAfford andAlfred Gardner,IV, eightgrand‐children, threegreatgrandchildren,siblings: Ed‐wardLouis,Jr.,AnnieMae Waterhouse, andEdwina Waterhouse, anda host of extendedfamilyand friends.Along with herpar‐ents, shejoins hersiblings, Verna Waterhouse,and Carmelita Waterhouse Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend thevisita‐tionfor Patricia on Satur‐day,May 24, 2025 from 8:00 a.m.to8:45a.m.atNew Light BaptistChurch,1435 FelicianaSt. in NewOr‐
Mack R. Holdiness, MD PhD, passedawayathis home on Saturday, May17, 2025, at the age of 68. He wasborninBastrop, Louisiana andgraduated Salutatorian from Prairie View Academy in 1974. He went on to receive both his bachelor'sand master's degree from Northeast Louisiana University in Chemistry in 1976 and 1977 respectively. Mackreceived hisPhD in Chemistry from Emory University in 1981and his MD from Louisiana State University in 1985. From there he completed his residency at Tulane University in 1988. He workedinprivate practice as an internal medicine physician from 1988 until 2020. He also was the Medical Director of River Oaks PsychiatricHospital until2024.
Relativesand friends are invited to attenda memorial service at Lake LawnMetairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd in NewOrleans,on Friday, May23, 2025. Visitation will begin at 10 AM with theservice to follow at 12 PM. Dr.Holdiness will be laidtorest in All SaintsMausoleumimmediately followingthe service To view andsignthe familyguestbook, please visit lakelawnmetairie.com
Jordan,Jude Jackson, Joyce
In hisfreetime, he loved to travel to Bermuda and NewYorkCity. He wasa self-appointedfoodie who lovedtoshare hismenus andcuisine on hisfood blog,otherwiseknown as Facebook. Mack's father,a WorldWar II veteran, impartedtohim an appreciation for history. He taught Mack morse code andset himonhis waytobecominga well-studied World War II history buff.
He wasprecededin death by hisparents, Richard andGwendolyn McKoin Holdiness; and brother, Michael Holdiness.
Dr.Holdiness is survived by hiswife of 13 years, Robbie Gail Romaine;son AndrewRichard Holdiness; niece, Dr.Gwendolyn
Joyce Antoinette "Sliver Fox" Jackson,was born on September 14th, 1947, in NewOrleans LA, preceded in death by herlatefather George Sr.and late motherLouise Jarrow LaFrance.She departed this earthyrim with our Lordand SaviorJesus Christ on May3,2025. West JeffersonMedical Center at theof77. Joyce graduatedfromGeorge Washington Carver High School. Shededicatedher life as aForklift Operator for Folgers Coffee Companyover20yearsuntilretirement.Never the less Joyce live afulland active life, enjoying familyand friend. Whileservingasa deaconess at Greater Evergreen Baptist Church Shewas also amember "PowdertoExhaleand
Exhale NOLA" where woman became Queen. She was married to the late Melvin Lee Jackson. Joyce leaves to cherish 5children Raymond Jr, Stewart, Corey Stewart (Lisa), Renell Stewart (Tamika) LanellN'Diaye (Lamine). lateTroy Stewart (Rochelle), Brother's George Jr and Pierre LaFrance. She also survived by ahost of Grandchildren, Great Grandchildrenand Great Great Grandchildren. Joyce leaves ahost of nieces, nephew, cousin family and friend. Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of life home going service for Joyce Antoinette "Sliver Fox" Jackson on May 21, 2025 Service at Greater Evergreen Baptist Church, 2243 Clouet Street. New Orleans.LA 70117. Reverend Terrence A Ranson, Officiating. Visitation starts at 9:00am and the funeral service begins at 10:00am.Interment: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, 34888 Grantham College Dr. Slidell, LA 70460 Please sign guestbook at www.heritagefuneraldir ectors.com Heritage Funeral Directors, 504 9445500
Jude "Judy" Abadie Jor‐dan,bornJuly12, 1940 passedawayfromlym‐phoma at herhomein Metairieonthe morningof May 6, 2025. Shewas 84 Judywas alifelongpractic‐ing Catholic anda woman oftremendousfaith in God and SaintJude. Shewas alsoa contributing mem‐ber to theShrinefor the BlessedFrancis Xavier See‐los.Judywas born in New Orleans andraisedinthe FrenchQuarter.She at‐tendedhighschool at Holy Angelsand latergraduated fromAnnunciationin1958 Judyattendedmassregu‐larly at theSaint Louis Cathedral andlater the Im‐maculateConception Church when sheworked downtownasa bookkeeperfor FirstNBC Bank After gettingmarried in 1963, andlater moving to Jefferson Parish,Judybe‐camea housewifeand homemaker forher three children. Sheenjoyed gar‐dening, readingthe news‐paper,cooking, doing word-search puzzles, and watchingclassic Western T.V.shows.Judyispre‐ceded in deathbyher fa‐ther, Alphonse Abadie mother, Esther Abadie, and husband,Pedro Jordan She is survived by hersis‐ter,Maria Hattier(Patrick), brother,ArthurAbadie (Joanne), andthree chil‐dren, PeterJordan, Stephanie Jordan,and Aaron Jordan.Relatives and friendsare invitedto attend thememorialser‐viceonThursday,May 22, 2025, at Garden of Memo‐riesFuneral Home,4900 Airline Drive, Metairie, Louisiana 70001. Visitation willbegin at 10:00am, with a Mass starting at 11:30 am. Inurnmentwillfollow after services in Garden of MemoriesCemetery. In lieu of flowers, Judy askedthat contributions be made to the Shrine forthe Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos,the restoration andupkeep of the SaintLouis Cathedral, orhaveCatholicmasses saidonher behalf.Tooffer the familyonlinecondo‐lences, please visit, www gardenofmemoriesmetairi e.com
Keen,Susan Enloe
SusanEnloe Keen,age 83, of Covington, Louisiana, passedawayonTuesday, May 13, 2025. Shewas born onJanuary 2, 1942, in New Orleans,Louisiana.She is survived by herchildren,
Mark Keen (Dawn)and StephanieKeen Rolling (Jason);grandchildren, Jessica Pastor,KylePastor; and many extended family members andfriends.She was preceded in deathby her loving husband of 44 years,Frank McElroy“Mac” Keen,III; herparents,Gille‐spie Enloe, Sr.and Helen Forio Enloe; andsiblings, Gillespie “Gill” Enloe, Jr Susan graduated from Mc‐Donough 35 High School in New Orleansand attended Louisiana StateUniversity where shewas amember ofthe DeltaZetaSorority. Art washer lifelong pas‐sionand atrueexpression ofher heart. Sheespecially loved painting pleinair capturing flowers, land‐scapes, andthe quiet beautyofthe worldaround her.One of herearliest works wasa magnolia she painted forher mother on Mother’sDay while at LSU, a gift made with love when money wastight.She began hercareerasan English teacherinthe Jef‐fersonParishSchool Dis‐trict,later transitioningto a fulfillingroleinreales‐tatewithLatter& Blum.At 80, shetook asolotripto Francetopaint—one of her favoriteadventures. In her later years, shecontinued togrowasanartistand was thrilled to be the2025 ChefSoireePosterArtist. She wasexceptionally in‐telligent andknown forher razor-sharp,dry wit—al‐waysready with aclever remarkthatcould make you laughorthink.She met eachday with quiet strengthand determina‐tion. Herresiliencewas an inspiration to allwho knew her.She lovedtraveling withfamily, and her daughterwillalwayscher‐ish theirmany mother/daughter trips, es‐peciallytheir favorite des‐tinationofNew York City She wasdeeply proudof her son, Mark,and her grandchildren,Jessica and Kyle. Shealsofound great connection andinspiration inher belovedart groups whose friendshipsmeant the worldtoher.Inlieuof flowers, contributionsin memoryofMrs.Keen may bemadetothe Northshore HumaneSociety at www northshorehumane.org/ give or to theYouth Service Bureauatwww.ysbworks. com/donate. Thefamily willholda privatecelebra‐tionoflifeata laterdate. IntermentwillbeinGreen‐wood Cemetery,New Or‐leans,Louisiana.E.J.Field‐ing FuneralHomeofCov‐ington, Louisiana, is hon‐oredtobeentrusted with Mrs.Keen’sfuneral arrangements. Herfamily invites youtoshare thoughts, memories,and condolences by signingan onlineguestbook at www ejfieldingfh.com
Lewis, Belencia Dunham
Belencia Dunham Lewis departedthislifeonTues‐day,May 6, 2025 at theage of66. BelovedMotherof Ade’Lewis andgrand‐motherofBaileyHavard. Relatives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the FuneralService at D. W. RhodesFuneralHome, 3933 WashingtonAve., New Or‐leans,LA70125 on Thurs‐day,May 22, 2025 at 10:00 am. Visitation will beginat 9:00am. Arrangements by D.W.RhodesFuneral Home. Please visitwww rhodesfuneral.comtosign the online guestbook
Mendoza, Arian Justice
Arian Justice Mendoza, age50, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May7,2025.She was a beloved mother, daughter, sister,cousin, and friend whosepresence brought light andwarmth to those who knewher.She dedicated much of her lifeto caring for others through her work as aRegistered Nurse.Her compassion, strength, and unwavering dedicationmade alasting
impact on countless lives. Arian had agiftfor making every moment special, and she diditwithlaughter and undeniablesparkle She is preceded in eternal life by her father, Jerry Justice of Oklahoma City; and ahost of grandparents. Arian leavestocherish her memories her son, Joshua Daly Mendoza; loving and devoted parents, LeslieDalyBreaux and Stephen Breaux; brother Jeremy Justice (April); and ahost of aunts, uncles, otherrelatives, and friends.
Relatives and friends of thefamily are allinvitedto attend her Memorial Service on Thursday, May 22, 2025, 2:00PM, at St Catherine of SienaChurch, 105 BonnabelBlvd, Metairie,LA. Visitation will beginat1:00PM. In lieu of flowers,pleaseconsider Massesormake acontribution to your favorite charity in Arian's name
Parker,Aaron
AaronParkerentered eternal rest on Tuesday May 6, 2025, at theage of 65. He is survived by his devoted wife,Rosalyn Parker; histhree loving daughters,AarielParker, ErinThomas, andErica Parker; andhis beloved granddaughter,Ja’liyah Tanner. He also leaves to cherish hismemoryhis siblings: WinfredDalcour Sr.,Joyce Osum (James), SharonParker, Almenta Parker, andFrank Parker (Vanessa). Aaronisalso survivedbya host of other relatives andfriends.He was preceded in deathby his parents, O.C. andOdeal Stills-Parker;his grandpar‐ents, Jack andBertha Stills; hissister, Jacqueline Turner; hisson-in-law, Lewis Thomas Sr.; andhis niece,Rhondra Olezene. Relatives andfriends are invited to attend theCele‐bration of Life Serviceon Friday, May23, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.atRisingStarBaptist Church,620 Cardinal St LaPlace,LA70068. Visita‐tionbeginsat12:30 p.m. PastorAlvin McQuirterSr. willofficiate. Interment willbeprivate.Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditi onbegins.com(504)2820600. Linear BrooksBoyd and DonavinD.BoydOwn‐ers/FuneralDirectors
Patricia Rodrigue Pi‐choff peacefully passed awayonSunday, May18, 2025. Belovedwifeofthe lateRonaldJames Pichoff for 61 years. Mother of RhondaP.Pascal(Joe), James P. Pichoff(Arleen), Kathy P. Penton,Michael J. Pichoff (companion Kim) and Rebecca P. Fernandez (Chris).Grandmother of 12 grandchildren and21great grandchildren.Daughterof the late Dolien Rodrigue and Kate Dantin Rodrigue Sisterofthe late Bonnie R. Landry. Age88years,a na‐tiveofNew Orleans, resi‐dentofMarrero,LA, and for thepast24years resided in Carriere,MS. She wasa devotedwife, proud mother andgrand‐mother. Sheloved theLord and enjoyedlife, serving others, travel,cooking, playing word gamesand the piano, andspending timewithfamily, and friends,and herbeloved pups. Relativesand friends ofthe familyare invitedto attendher FuneralService atMothe FuneralHome, 7040 LapalcoBlvd.,Mar‐rero, LA 70072, on Friday May 23, 2025 at 1:00 pm Visitationwillbegin prior toat10:00 am.Interment willimmediatelyfollowat WestlawnMemorialPark, 1225 WhitneyAve Gretna LA. Thefamilykindlyin‐vites youtoshare thoughts, fondestmemo‐ries, andcondolences on‐lineatwww.MotheFunera ls.com.Mothe Funeral
Home hasbeen entrusted withfuneral arrangements
PrèauJr. MD,Walter Antoine Walter Antoine Prèau, Jr. MD, passedaway on May 15, 2025, at Summer HouseRetirement Community of Alexandria, at theage of 86. Arrangements havebeen entrusted to John Kramer &Son FuneralHome. www.KramerFunerals.com
Waller,James Harold JamesHaroldWaller was born on September3, 1946 in Monroe,Louisiana and passedawayonTues‐day,May 13, 2025. He was aneducatorinthe NewOr‐leans Public School System for over 25 yearsand also taughtatRiverside Acad‐emy in Reserve, Louisiana. Heissurvivedbya host of familymembers andclose friends.A privateservice willbeheld. Dennis Funeral HomeInChargeof Arrangements.
Craig“Casper”Williams, veteran of theUnited StatesArmypassedaway onSunday, April27, 2025 at the ageof71. He hada gentle, joking,kindhearted spirit, anda love of ani‐malsand adventure. Beloved oldest sonofEve‐lyn Williams-Crockettand the late Alonzo Crockett (U.S. Army Vet).Grandson ofthe late Ernestineand Frank Williams.Fatherof Domonique Tousaint (Jonathan Long). Brotherof Pamela, Darryl,Rhonda, Lynell, Ledean (Marvin Arnold),and thelateHer‐bertL.Crockett. Also sur‐vived by ahostofgrand‐children, nieces,nephews, other relativesand friends. He will be sadlymissedby
all. Relativesand Friendsof the familyare invitedtoat‐tendthe FuneralService on Wednesday,May 21, 2025 at10:00am at Majestic Mortuary1833 Oretha C. Haley Blvd.NOLA70113 Visitationwillbegin at 9:00am. Burial will be held atSoutheast LouisianaVet‐erans Cemetery at alater date. DuetoCOVID-19, everyoneattendingisen‐couragedtowearmasks and adhere to social dis‐tancing.ProfessionalArrangementsentrusted to Ma‐jesticMortuaryService Inc. (504) 523-5872.
IrvinP.Young Jr alife‐longresidentofNew Or‐leans,LA, passedawayon May 12, 2025. Irvinleaves behindhis mother,Hilda Young;his son, BrianCan‐non;three sisters, Denise Y.Williams, PearlieY L’Herisse,and Sandra Y. Perry (MarkPerry); anda hostofnieces, nephews, great nieces,great nephews,cousins,rela‐tives,and friends. AMemo‐rialCelebration of Irvin's lifewillbeheldonThurs‐day, May22, 2025, at
10:00am at Majestic Mortu‐ary,located at 1833 Oretha CastleHaley Blvd., NewOr‐leans,LA70113. Dueto COVID-19, everyone attend‐ing is encouraged to wear masks andadheretosocial distancing. Professional Arrangementsentrusted to MajesticMortuaryService, Inc. (504) 523-5872.
It’shard to imagine today,but thescope of Louisiana’scoastal land loss was onceanongoing crisis that received scant attention.Now,it seemswe have an alphabet soup of agencies to address coastal restoration Still, the state is losing theequivalent of a football field of wetlands every 100minutes, although the rate of coastal landlosshas decreased in recent years. That’s due toavariety of factors, but we cannot overlook how much a sustained, coordinated coastal restoration effort has contributed to our progress. Yet, we are beginning to see cracksinthat unified front. Disagreements over sediment diversions and pressuretocut fundingatthe federal level are threatening to undo decades of hard-wonprogressjust asweare starting to see significant results. We urge all who careabout thecoast notto let discord derailus.
If it’shard to measure how far we’vecome, Mother Nature has her own ledger: Brown pelicans returning to barrierislands. Endangered sea turtles onceagainspotted atthe Breton National Wildlife Refuge. Hundredsofacres of restored marsh thriving.And at the Wax Lake Delta, river sediment is actually building new land, providing aliving laboratoryfor an army of researchers studyinghow healthy wetlandsoperate.
We’ve arrived at this moment due to tireless work of coastal advocacy groups andthe bipartisanefforts of our elected officials. We all owe them adebt of gratitude.
Seventy-three percent of statevotersin 1989 approved acoastal restorationtrust fund authored bystate Sen. Ben Bagert.Tofill the fund,the BreauxAct in 1990, spearheaded by Sens. John Breaux and J. BennettJohnston, provided thefirst dedicated federalfinancing. In the aftermath of HurricaneKatrina, Gov. Kathleen Blanco was instrumentalinestablishing the Coastal Protection andRestoration Authority to coordinate coastal protection efforts. In 2006, Sen. Mary Landrieupushed through the Gulf of Mexico EnergySecurity Act, or GOMESA, which gave Louisianaand other Gulfstates ashareinoil lease royalties foroffshoredrillingto address coastalissues. Afterthe Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, Gov.Bobby Jindalwas key to getting asettlement fromthe oil giant BP that would direct funding to coastal restoration andprotection. We see severalways for legislators to carry forward their vision and continue to attack what is an existential threat to ourway of life HouseMajority Leader SteveScalise,RJefferson,has inserted languageinthe budget bill being debated in Congress that would give Louisianaagreater share of money from offshore oil drilling, money that will become critical as BP settlementfunds end in2031. We urge our state’sdelegation to make sure this provision survives as thebill movesthrough the legislative process.
The latest annual plan from CPRA, which outlines spending on $2 billion worth of projects, has received approval from its board and now goes before the stateLegislature.Lawmakers should support it so work canmove forward.
As for the thorny issue of sediment diversions, we believe that experimentationwith new ways of rebuilding land along the coast is the only way ultimately to figureout how to not just stem, but reverse, coastal land loss. However,weagree that as we experiment, the voices of residents and commercial interests must be at the table
We know that coastal projectsare costly, but countless benefits have alreadyredoundedto ourstatefrom theseendeavors. We’re mitigating our risk from storms, andwehavebecome leadersworldwide in coastalscienceand managing wetlands.
Restoring our coast was never goingtobe easy.But when we startedthis journey, we felt we owed it to future generations. Thathasn’t changed. Neither should ourcommitmentto preserving the rich land and legacyofcoastal Louisiana.
Iwas excited to see contrasting columns on the case of Kilmar Ábrego García. Ihavetosay Iwas disappointed in both. Byron York raised thequestion of why this man is even in jail, but he did not follow up withthe obvious point that thereason we do not know is because of alack of basic due process. Cal Thomas,onthe other hand, decided to list all theaccusations against ÁbregoGarcía as if accusations excuse his accidental deportation,much less offer arationale to skip due process. If this guy is agang member,anabuser and ahuman trafficker,you know what we do in theUnited States?Weprove that in court. This caseseems simple. Afederal court judge and then the Supreme Courthave saidtothe Trump administration: Youscrewed up. They ordered them to bring theguy back, and if he should be in jailinAmerica or
needs to be deported, then do it legally Isn’tthat always the mantra Ihear around immigration —doitthe legal way? To see President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi sit around with the authoritarian president of El Salvador and say,“See, we can’tget him back” is not only alie; it’s amiddle finger to the Supreme Court. The president just said in an interview that he could callupElSalvador and get ÁbregoGarcía back if he were anice guy.What?Ifheisabad guy deporthim or puthim in jail the right way.This isn’tabout if someone is a nice guy or not;it’sabout rule of law Time for the president to obey the Supreme Courtand if he doesn’t, time for Republicans in Congress to do something about it THOMAS SHEPLEY NewOrleans
This is in response to therecent staff editorial on pedestrianizing Bourbon Street.Puttingaside security entirely, Bourbon should still be closed to vehicles
The editorial raises concerns for the livelihoods of residentsand business owners —aserious concern. However, existing pedestrianization efforts in other cities have resulted in morebusinessfor the pedestrianized area, not less.
On congestion concerns: Prior pedestrianization efforts show that pedestrianization can lead to less traffic on adjacentstreets, as fewer people decide to drive to thepedestrianized area, instead opting for means of travel like bikes and public transit. Getting delivery and emergency vehicle pastpedestrian barriers is a solved problem and is addressed in the Teneo report, through active barriers. The lack of other vehicles on theroad will quicken, not hinder,emergency responses —aphenomenon seen in other pedestrianized places
The most bizarre concern raised in theeditorial concerns the charm of
Bourbon. Has anyone ever thought to themselves,“that F150 crew-cab obscuring the historic buildings really ups thecharmaround here?” Motor vehicles —their noise,exhaust and tire debris —detract from the charm of the Quarter.The space vehicles take up would be better utilized as more walking space for pedestrians, aka potential customers, for local businesses. Finally,the editorial is concerned about Bourbon becoming “difficult to access and cut off fromthe rest of the city.” Of all the visitors each day,few drive to andpark on BourbonStreet Mosteither parkfartherout, take a rideshare, take public transportation, walk or bike.
The city should absolutely get input from residents, but Iwould also urge consideration of the outcomes in previously pedestrianized places. Better to act on evidence than to suppose our fear of change is correct If we do nothing differently, nothing different will happen.
MATTHEW JOHNSON
NewOrleans
Ourleaders need to look outfor most vulnerable
Iamthe mother to abright, loving, daughter whohas multiple disabilities including autism and arare chromosome syndrome, so I’ve witnessed firsthand both the beauty of neurodiversity and the heartbreak that comes when our leaders fail to uphold their responsibilities to disabled Americans. My daughter deserves aworld where she is supported, understood and included —not sidelined by political agendas. Yettimeand again, administrations —past and present —have madepromises to protect the disability community,only to fall short. Whether it wasslashing funding to Medicaid programsthat provide lifelines to families like mine, failing to enforce education laws like IDEA or spreadingmisinformation about autism,these decisions have real consequences. Theydon’t just hurt policy; they hurtpeople
My daughter’sfuture depends on access to therapies, inclusive education,community supports andemployment opportunities. She depends on asociety that sees herasfully human, notasaburden or atalking point.Unfortunately, proposalsfrom current politicians like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.only add to this concern.Whenpublic figures cast doubtonscience or minimize thelivedrealitiesofpeoplewithdisabilities, they undermine theprogress so many of us have fought for. This isn’tabout partisanship. It’s aboutpeople. About ourchildren Aboutthe nearly61millionAmericanswithdisabilitieswhose lives are shaped by policiestoo often made without theirvoices at the table
We need leadershipthatprotects ourrights, funds ourfutures and listenstoour stories. My daughter is notastatistic. She is alearner,a light in this world, and she, like so many others, deserves better So in closing,ifwedon’tcare aboutour mostvulnerable,who are we as individuals? That’sthe real question?
CHRISTINA MARTIN Kenner
When genealogist Jari Honora atThe Historic NewOrleans Collection madethe discovery thatnewly electedPopeLeo XIV’sfamily tree has abranchinNew Orleans, it set off awaveofinterest and introspection. Though thepope, formerly CardinalRobertPrevost, grew up in Chicago andspentmuch of his adult years in Peru,his mother’sfamilyhails from NewOrleans’7th Ward.Censusrecords showtheywereCreoles of color.Louisiana has long been home to amix of cultures from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean andmore. So, in many ways the pope’s storyisrelatable to many Louisiana families. Still, the ties to our state have promptedreflectionsfrom many quarters. Here are afew we want to share.
My mother was already on herfeet, despite the ache of aging legs, gleefully watching repeated news clips aboutthe new pope. Then Ishowed her historian Jari Honora’spost connectingPopeLeo XIVtoNew Orleansand, well,the lid blewoff her boiling pot of joy Indeed, theappearance of an energetic, first-ever U.S.-born pope mightelicit enthusiasm among folks anywhere invested in papal leadership. But for locals, the connection to New Orleans was nextlevel jubilance. My city’s connection to the Holy Father in Rome mightseem improbable. On its surface, New Orleans looks to be wholly unseriousabout anything unconnected to havinga good time.But New Orleans RomanCatholics have given so much of themselves to the church, taking very seriously their responsibilities as practitioners of their faith. After the cataclysm of Hurricane Katrina, apriority for many parishioners hurting from deep personal loss was: How can we get our churches back? Moreover,for New OrleansBlack Creoles like me, our familiesand teachers were very serious about demonstrating notonly how to be good Catholics, but how to be good and caringpeople. We made our way into acacophonousworld
prepared to live by thegolden rule work hard,mind your manners, meet high expectations,take care of family, serve yourcommunity
Thecity’sBlack Creoles have long had the church’s back. Over generations, many of ourfamily members, including several in mine, have devoted their lives to religiousservice in orders like the Josephites and the Sisters of Holy Family, as well as to lay ministry.Corpus Christi Church, the center of Black Creole spiritual life in the 7th Ward for generations, was at one time thelargest Black Catholicparish and school in the U.S. As well, the city is home to Xavier University of Louisiana,the only historically Black Roman Catholic university in theU.S With news of thepope’sfamily ties to the 7th Ward, the sense of pride is nearly overwhelming for those of us raised or schooled in that neighborhood. The pontiff’s grandparentswere my ancestors’ neighbors, were wed in achurch that was on Annette Street,ahalf-block from my childhood home. They were part of acommunity of New OrleansBlack Creoles —nurturing and supportive, encouragingand demanding —whose family legacies include brilliant artists, musicians,poets,writers, physicians, educators and civic leaders. Andnow, even apope.
Lynette Dolliole Johnson is aLouisiana cultural historian.
From the moment Ifirst entered the archdiocesan archives, Iwas captivated by its rich history and abundance of records. With records dating backtobefore1718, each visit felt likea treasure hunt as Isought out the most remarkable documents in the collection. Little did Iknowthat arandom Thursday in May would lead me to one of my biggest discoveries as an archivist. Discoveringthe baptismal record of PopeLeo XIV’sgreat-grandmother was one of the most extraordinary finds ofmy career.His great-grandmother,Eugenie Grambois, was baptized in 1840 at St.Louis Cathedral. Learning that she was baptizedinthe oldest continuously operating cathedral in the United States is just the beginningofher family’sdeep connection to New Orleans We have traced Pope Leo’sfamily lineage back to the 1750s,with many of the sacramentsoccurring at St.Louis Cathedral.
St.Louis Cathedral is theiconic symbol of thecity and was founded in 1718. It hasendured numerous disasters yet has remained asteadfast beacon for thecity throughitall. Since the 18th century,St. LouisCathedral has united the people of New Orleans. It has stood as an icon of thecity through wars, catastrophes, diseasesand victories. Though itsfaçade haschanged over theyears, thestoryof the cathedral has remained the same. It is aliving symbol of acity that has witnessed over 300 years of history, showing thatthe church and the cityare interconnected from thebeginning of New Orleans’ establishment. The connection between thepope and St. Louis Cathedral brings local New Orleanians closer to both the church and the city once again.I am so excited to continue searching our records and fully trace the history of thepope’sfamily and their link to the city we alllove.
Katie Beeman is director of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Office of Archives and Records
Beinganeighth generation Louisiana Creole who’sbeen researching and tellingthe story of my people since the 1990s, discovering that Pope Leo XIV shares apiece of ourgeographic and familial history feels quite normaland not out of the ordinary In New Orleans, once upona time pre-Katrina youkneweverybody’s mama or who their people were. Many of us were Catholic; our grandparents spoke fluent Louisiana Creole, and we ate gumbo for breakfast a time or two. Our heritage was molded out of athree-caste society among other things. We are unique.Wefeel connectivity
Ibelievethis is whysomany people are excited to bring him into the fold of what is left of us. It’sgood for other people to gain asense of hope through beingconnected to thenew pope. Ido feel he is far moreChicago than here. He was born andraised, like his mother, in Chicago. That is his lived experience aside from where he haslived as an adult. WhatheshareswithLouisiana is asomewhat distant connection. My issue with thechurch and thoughts
overshadowing Pope Leo XIV’sconnection to Louisiana are with the treatment of abused children. The fact that there is so much wrong that has been historically happening, especially for Black Catholics, and so little being done about it all. Words and great sermons are only that. Ilook around and see churches being sold, senior citizen living complexes being sold, people possibly displaced against the backdrop of the stunning architecture, the gold and rich fabrics in the Vatican and wonder why.Isee people having faith in things that hurt innocent children and look the other way at the cover-ups.
The thing that came to mind most of all during all the Creole connection hoopla was the old WWJD acronym When will we get serious about that? No parades and parties and gumbo until the temple is cleansed. Where have we landed as asociety? We pummel others for their “sins” but don’teven stand up for our ownpeople, our children especially No, Ineed the pope to respond in an urgent, intentional way,then we can possibly break bread or share popcorn and pizza.
Dianne “Gumbo Marie” Honoré is an historicinterpreter
PopeLeo XIV and Iare fourth cousins. IamgratefultoJari Honora of The HistoricNew Orleans Collection for bringing Pope Leo XIV’sNew Orleans Baquié family roots to my attentioninthe newspaper OurBaquié rootsinNew Orleans go back to the early 19th century.My grandmother,Blanche Catherine Baquié,and Pope Leo’sgrandmother, Louise Baquié, were second cousins, both born in New Orleans. Through Blanche and Louise, Robert Prevost and Ishareacommon ancestor: Jean Pierre Baquié (b.1752 in Monein, France).
Jean Pierre had at least two families. Onebranch (mine) producedJean Rose (b.1786, St. Domingue [Haiti]), his son Charles Eduard(b. 1816, Jamaica), and thedaughter of Charles, Blanche Catherine (b. 1844, New Orleans). Blanche Catherine Baquié was my grandmother After Jean Pierre Baquié’swife (Rose Blanchard) died in 1810, he hadtwo sons
with Marie Thérèse Rancuel. One was JosephAristide Fleury Baquié (b. 1811, Guadeloupe). His father (Jean Pierre) died when Aristide was 5yearsold. Aristide became part of the family of his much olderhalf-brother, Jean Rose (my greatgreat-grandfather) andwenttoNew Orleanswith the family some time in the 1820s or early 1830s. By 1835, Aristide was in arelationship with afreewomanofcolor in New Orleans, Celeste Lemelle.They had two sons. One,Ferdinand, wasborn in 1837. Ferdinand wasthe father of Louise Baquié (b. 1868),the grandmother of Pope LeoXIV Honora was quoted in the newspaper as joking that“now, every New Orleanianisgoing to be claiming to be cousins with the pope.” Many New Orleanians may have thatclaim. Ihope people are motivatedtolook at the complex family relationships thathaveenrichedour culture.
MaxReichardisaretired professorof history
BY GUERRYSMITH
Contributing writer
Michael Lombardi waseverything
Tulane coach Jay Uhlman hoped for and awhole lotmore Tuesday morning.
Theimposing AmericanAthletic Conference saves leader was dominant during his career-long seven-inning start in the fifth-seeded Green Wave’s AAC Tournament opener in Clearwater,Florida. He limited fourth-seeded Florida Atlantic to one run and twohitswith 11 strikeouts in a6-3 victory
Throwing aseries of high fastballs while loweringhis ERAto1.42, he overmatched one Owlshitter after another as two-time reigning champion Tulane improved to 9-1 at BayCare Ballpark since 2023. “When he’sout there, the guys have ahuge level of belief,” Uhlman said. “Hisstuff’s electric. There’sa reason why pro teams out there are
going to want to get their hands on himpretty shortly.
The Owls could not gettheir bats on his pitches. Making his fifth start of the season, Lombardi (4-0) struck outtwo in each of thefirst five innings. After awalk in the sixth broke his string of 11 outs in arow, he coaxed atailor-made double play to shortstop Kaikea Harrisonand pumped his arm over his head twice as he headed to the dugout. “I did agood job of getting ahead of themearly and then making them more aggressive,whichworkedto
Isuppose in the endWilliam F. Tate IV felt he was more urgently needed at Rutgers than LSU.
How do you not when your new basketball team has two NBA lottery picks and doesn’t even make the NCAA Tournament?
Tate’sdeparture as the LSUpresident after ahistoric four-yeartenure at the university— he was the first Blackpresidentorchancellor of any Southeastern Conference school leaves abig leadership void to fill in Baton Rouge. Not theleast of which is his support of, interest in and appreciation for asuccessful athletic program and what that canmean for auniversity’simage Tate was anear omnipresent figure at major LSU athletic events and announcements.Hewas there in
December 2021, holding a“Win” bar replica withthen-new football coach Brian Kelly and athletic director ScottWoodward. He helped cut down thenets in April 2023 when LSU women’sbasketball trounced Iowa for its firstNCAA title(still thebiggest wininthe still simmering Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark feud). Hisface is even plastered next to Kim Mulkey’s on thewall of the women’sbasketball practice gym at the Pete Maravich
Assembly Center —Tate’swife Kim served as the team’schaplain. Whoever replaces Tate, one of the biggest questions inevitably will be how much does that person support athletics? In astate that ranks 50th forlivability,how much does LSU’s newpresident care about winning and striving to have achampionshiplevel athletic program across the board?
This is, of course, Gov.Jeff Landry’sdecision to make. Onecan expect the governor isn’tconsidering apro-sports(not professional sports) candidate as being aqualityatthe topofhis list. Nor should he. Butone questions how much Landry values a strong athletic program at the state’s
my advantage,” he said. “I kind of got my second wind in that fourth or fifth inning. Ifelt great in the sixth and seventh.”
Tulane (31-24) advanced to awinner’sbracket game against topseeded Texas-SanAntonio (43-11) on Thursday at noon.The Roadrunners rallied for three runs in the eighth to beat eighth-seeded Rice 4-2 on Tuesday
Sophomoreleft-hander Trey Beard(7-1), afirst-team All-AAC pickalong with Lombardi, labored through six innings forFAU (36-20),
BY JIM KLEINPETER
Contributing writer
LSU softball coach Beth Torina was still feeling the pain of last weekend’sstunning losses to Southeastern in theNCAABaton Rouge regional, calling them “unacceptable” andvowing to fix the issues that led to the second regional ouster in three seasons by an in-state foe. Her job is going to be harder than expected with theapparent loss of right-hander Sydney Berzon, the team’s ace the past three seasons and two-time All-American. The On3 website reported twodays ago that Berzonplans to enter the transfer portal.
Torina declined to commentspecifically on Berzon’sdeparture Tuesday after spending Monday conducting exit interviews. She said she and her staff will be active during thetransfer-portal windows. Despite some fans calling forher dismissal on social media after an eight-year absence from the Women’sCollege World Series, Torina touted her body of workthat includes four trips to the WCWS between 2012-17.
“I don’twanttomakeexcusesfor losses that shouldn’thave happened, but we’ve accomplished alot of things in ourtime here,”said Torina, the schools all-time winningest coach (578-253) in 14 seasons. “Wegraduated nearlythe entire starting lineup (fromlastyear), including fifth- and sixth-year players. Somehow we still hada team that won 40-plus games and ranked in the top10 almost all year
“Of course we can’t lose those games. We’re going to makeadjustmentstomake sure that doesn’thappen again. Idon’twant to not take ownership forthatbecause it’snot acceptable, but it’salso softball.
BY RODWALKER Staff writer
players to makeone
of the All-Rookie teams, Missi was the second-lowest draft pick. Only Memphis GrizzliesguardJaylen Wells, selected in thesecondround, was drafted lower than Missi. Missiwas asked at the end of the season whatitwould mean for him to make theAll-Rookie team. “Obviously,just knowing that whatever Iwas doing out there was being acknowledged by the NBA jurors would be great,” Missi said.
Missi, drafted out of Baylor,was expected to be more of aproject for the Pelicans. Instead, he became one of the team’s more reliable playerswith the potential to becomemore.
Missi started ateam-high 67 games and played in 73. He averaged 9.1 points,8.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks. He scored aseasonhigh 24 pointsinaloss to thePhoenix Suns in February,and grabbed aseason-best 15 rebounds in awin over the San Antonio Spurs.
MissiearnedWesternConference Rookie of the Month in December.Hefinishedthe season with 14 double-doublesfor aPeli-
cans team that finished 21-62, the second-worst recordinfranchise history
“As ateam, it wasn’tasgood,” Missi said when asked whether he exceeded expectations this season
“But obviously for me, individually,just being able to play and get on the court and get some experience was great.”
Missi was selected to play in the Rising StarsGameduringNBA All-StarWeekend, but he didn’tget to play after hyperextending his right knee against the Sacramento Kings in thegame right before the All-Star break. His selection was an indication of just howmuch
he had developed in the first few months of the season.
“It’sacredit to Yves and his persistence and his ability to come in as arookie and pick up all of the concepts,”Pelicanscoach Willie Greensaid in February.“With everything that’sbeen going around, he’s been pretty consistent with his ability to step on the floor and compete at ahigh level. Ithink that’s admirable.”
The All-Rookie first team consisted of Stephon Castle(Spurs), Zaccharie Risacher (Hawks), Alex Sarr (Wizards), Zach Edey (Griz-
Winner of the two heads to Finals
BY BRIAN MAHONEY
AP basketball writer
GREENBURGH, N.Y Jalen Brunson
held a steel chair Tyrese Haliburton had brass knuckles.
As the star point guards glared at each other in a WWE wrestling ring last summer in Madison Square Garden, it seemed a fitting next step in the rivalry between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks. It’s already featured headbutts and chokes, so why not weapons?
The teams go at it again starting Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Knicks’ first trip to the Eastern Conference finals in 25 years, with the winner of their ninth playoff matchup headed to the NBA Finals.
ä Indiana at New York. 7 P.M. WEDNESDAy TNT
“It’s obviously a storied rivalry between the two franchises, so to add another chapter to it is going to be a lot of fun,” Haliburton said It sure was for Haliburton and the Pacers last year when the teams met in the second round. Indiana won Game 7 at Madison Square Garden against a Knicks team that was decimated by injuries, shooting an NBA playoff-record 67.1% from the field in a 130-109 romp Haliburton scored 26 points and afterward wore a sweatshirt to his news conference with a picture of Reggie Miller making a choke signal toward Knicks fan Spike Lee on the sidelines during a playoff game three decades earlier
Haliburton returned to the Garden to troll New York fans again about a month later, attempting to interfere in a match on behalf of Logan Paul. Brunson, with a seat in the crowd near the ring, intervened and LA Knight pinned Paul. After the match Brunson grabbed the chair and entered the ring to protect the winner when it appeared Paul and Haliburton had him surrounded.
“I’ll be back! I’ll be back!” Hal-
iburton yelled toward fans after exiting the ring. Well, here he comes.
“It was obviously something that he wanted to do and the way he played last year in the playoffs, I mean, it was fitting,” Brunson said. “And so, he played well in the Garden. Obviously Knicks fans and Pacers fans, they go back and forth. But I think he did a great job with it last year but now we’re moving on.”
A Knicks-Pacers series could be penciled into the spring schedule in the 1990s.
The teams met six times in an eight-year span, starting with a 1993 series that included John Starks getting ejected for headbutting Miller. Indiana won the last one in that stretch, a victory in the 2000 East finals the most recent time the Knicks advanced this far
This time, it’s a surprise. Cleveland and Boston ran away to the top two records in the East, but the Knicks ousted the defending champions and the Pacers blew away the top-seeded Cavaliers in
five games to set up this matchup between the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds.
Things are different now. Brunson and Haliburton are friendly, having been teammates in 2023 on the U.S. team that played in the Basketball World Cup. But Miller will be in the arena, working the games as an analyst for TNT, so there will be a reminder of the way KnicksPacers used to be.
“There was definitely a sense of hatred for each other So I think that makes a good rivalry,” Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns said. “They have a history of finding a way to end each other’s season, so it’s up to us now to add our names into history and see what we do.”
The postseason history
The Pacers lead the series 5-3. When the teams have met in the East finals, the Knicks won in 1994 and 1999 — when they reached the NBA Finals as a No. 8 seed — and the Pacers won in 2000.
The 2024-25 history
The Knicks went 2-1 against the Pacers, with all the meetings before the All-Star break. Towns had 30.3 points and 12 rebounds per game for the Knicks, who averaged 124 points on 53.9% shooting.
A torrid Pace
The Pacers were just 10-15 after a loss to Charlotte on Dec. 8. Counting the playoffs, they are 48-19 since.
A June reunion?
An NBA Finals matchup between the Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves is a possibility after they made a blockbuster trade on the eve of the preseason. The Knicks acquired Towns by sending Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota Towns, the Wolves’ No. 1 pick in 2015, isn’t thinking about that yet.
“We’ve got to get there first,” he said. “I ain’t going to worry about something that we’re not there yet. Step by step.”
BY DOUG FEINBERG AP basketball writer
It was a busy opening weekend for the WNBA with record-breaking performances and ratings as the league’s stars shined.
WNBA notebook
The game between Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever and Angel Reese’s Chicago Sky drew an average of 2.7 million viewers, which made it the most watched WNBA game on ESPN platforms. Clark posted a triple-double while Reese had 12 points and 17 rebounds in the blowout loss for Chicago.
The pair also had a moment on the court when Clark had a hard foul on Reese while she was going for a layup that ended up being a Flagrant 1 when it was upgraded by the officials. Both players after the game said that it was just a basketball play
A day after the game, the league said it was looking into racial comments made towards Reese by fans. A person familiar with the situation confirmed the details to The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league had not publicly identified the subject of the taunts or who made the allegations.
Indiana said it would do what it could to help the league.
“I told the team, obviously, we’re going to cooperate fully with the investigation,” Fever coach Stephanie White said Monday “But there’s no place for that in
our league, whether it’s at home, whether it’s on the road. It doesn’t matter We want to encourage our players, our staff to bring recognition to it in real time if it’s heard, if it’s seen or anything of that nature.”
The two teams will meet again on June 7 in Chicago. It wasn’t just the ChicagoIndiana game that drew strong numbers. The opener Saturday between Las Vegas and New York had an average of 1.3 million viewers. Reigning MVP A’ja Wilson had a stellar performance in the loss. Last season’s runner-up for MVP also had a strong opening weekend as Napheesa Collier led
Minnesota to two victories. While Indiana, Chicago, Las Vegas, New York and Minnesota were expected to be in the WNBA spotlight this season not much was expected of Washington with a new coach, new general manager and a whole host of new players, led by rookies Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen. The Mystics won their first two games and now head out for a three-game west coast trip in Golden State, Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Sidelined
Phoenix Mercury guard Kahleah Copper underwent an arthroscopy on her left knee last week
Former LSU point guard Curtis Givens is transferring to Memphis of the American Athletic Conference, he announced on social media Tuesday The 6-foot-3 freshman from Memphis, Tennessee, averaged 4.8 points on 26.9% shooting and 1.6 assists per game last season. He averaged 18.2 minutes and made 12 starts.
He entered the starting lineup for the first time on Jan. 11 against Ole Miss, replacing fifth-year senior Jordan Sears. Of the seven players to leave coach Matt McMahon’s 2024-25 team, Givens was the last one to enter the transfer portal before the window officially closed April 22. Givens was the No. 65 player in the 2024 class, according to the 247Sports Composite, and chose LSU over Memphis as a high school recruit.
Former Arkansas standout Fland commits to Florida
Former Arkansas standout Boogie Fland, widely considered the top guard in the transfer portal, chose to play for defending national champion Florida on Tuesday Fland committed to coach Todd Golden following a two-day visit to Gainesville and posted his decision on Instagram. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Fland averaged 13.5 points, 5.1 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 21 games with the Razorbacks last season. The freshman from New York averaged nearly 32 minutes a game despite missing time with a right thumb injury that required surgery He returned for three postseason games before entering the NBA draft. He withdrew his name from consideration Sunday and made the visit to Florida.
All-Pro guard Thuney, Bears agree to extension
Two-time All-Pro guard Joe Thuney and the Chicago Bears have agreed to a two-year $35 million contract extension, agent Mike McCartney announced on Tuesday The extension is for $17.5 million per season. Thuney is due $51 million over the next three years with $33.5 million guaranteed, McCartney said.
General manager Ryan Poles said last month he hoped to get a deal done. Thuney was entering the final season of a five-year, $80 million deal he signed with Kansas City The Bears acquired the 32-yearold Thuney from the Chiefs in a trade in March, one of several moves they made to overhaul a shaky offensive line and give Caleb Williams the protection he needs.
Hall of Famer Woodson joins Browns’ ownership
and will be out four-to-six weeks, the team announced. Copper is playing in her ninth season in the league and was the WNBA’s third leading scorer last year averaging 21.1 points a game in her first season in Phoenix.
Power poll rankings
Minnesota and New York led the way in the first regular season AP power poll tied at No. 1. The national voting panel chose Indiana third and Phoenix fourth. Las Vegas, Washington and Los Angeles were the next three. Seattle, Atlanta and Dallas followed. Chicago, Connecticut and Golden State rounded out the rankings.
Player of the week
Napheesa Collier had a strong opening weekend, averaging 28.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists to help the Lynx win their first two games, both on the road.
Other players receiving consideration included Caitlin Clark of Indiana, Natasha Cloud of New York, Kelsey Plum of Los Angeles and Brittney Sykes of Washington.
Game of the week
New York at Indiana, Saturday The defending champion Liberty will visit Clark and the new-look Fever Indiana made a ton of offseason moves to bolster their roster, including signing DeWanna Bonner and Natasha Howard. It will be a chance for the team to see where it stacks up against one of the best teams in the league early in the season.
Former NFL great and Ohio native Charles Woodson has joined the Cleveland Browns as a limited partner, the club announced Tuesday The non-controlling minority interests were approved at the league’s spring meetings in Eagan, Minnesota. Jimmy and Dee Haslam are majority owners. Woodson won the 1997 Heisman Trophy at Michigan, played 18 years in the NFL for the Raiders and Packers and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021. He is an NFL analyst for Fox Sports and lives in Orlando, Florida, as an assistant on his son’s high school football team. Woodson, who grew up in Fremont, Ohio, said it was a dream come true to play in the NFL but he never expected to be part of an ownership group.
Indy 500 announces first sellout since 2016
The Indianapolis 500 has sold out its grandstands for the first time in nearly a decade, and the local TV blackout that has been in place since 1951 has been lifted so fans in central Indiana will be able to watch the race live.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Doug Boles said Monday that while its roughly 230,000 grandstand seats had sold out, general admission infield tickets were still available. He expects a crowd of about 350,000 race fans or about 1 for every 1,000 people living in the U.S — will be at the track Sunday for the 109th
The lifting
BY DAVE CAMPBELL AP pro football writer
EAGAN, Minn. NFL players in the past three Pro Bowls have had a taste of flag football under the new format for the all-star game.
For a select few, the Olympics could be next.
League owners unanimously have approved permission for players to participate in flag football for the 2028 Olympics.
The vote at the spring meetings in Minnesota on Tuesday authorized the league to negotiate safety provisions and scheduling logistics with the NFL Players Association, the sport’s international governing body and the relevant Olympic authorities before it becomes reality during the next Summer Games in Los Angeles.
The excitement throughout the league and momentum in global growth of the game have made this a seemingly inevitable advancement.
“I think the world finally has an opportunity to see the greatest athletes in the world participate,” league executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said.
The 10-player Olympic rosters will be selected by the national committee for each country, with six teams each in separate tournaments for men and women. Only one player per NFL club would be allowed for each country The game itself is a 5-on-5 competition on a 50-yard field.
With the 2028 Olympics scheduled from July 14-30, the flag football gold medal game could practically be staged before teams re-
port to training camp, a provision that NFL executive vice president of club business and league events
Peter O’Reilly indicated already has received informal support.
Vikings wide receiver and former LSU star Justin Jefferson attended the news conference along with teammate Brian Asamoah, a backup linebacker and specialteams ace whose parents were born in Ghana and potentially could play for his country of heritage.
While Jefferson would provide some serious star power, players of his stature might not be willing to risk injury right before the season. He said he’d have to consider his participation, but as one of the league’s global ambassadors for the sport, he’s a true champion of flag football.
“The Pro Bowl game was honestly way more fun,” he said. “We felt like kids out there.”
The flag football vote was a given. The hard part for league owners this week at the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel is determining the fate of the tush push.
After tabling the issue seven weeks ago, a vote was expected Wednesday on the proposal by the Green Bay Packers to prohibit the play popularized by the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. To enact the ban, 24 of the 32 teams must approve.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said last month he believes the owners will reach a consensus on the issue that involves both competitive integrity and player safety The league released a revised proposal by the Packers on Monday that broadens the language to
prohibit pushing, pulling, lifting or encircling a runner by any offensive player, not specific to quarterback assists. This would put the rule back where it was 20 years ago, when a previous such ban was lifted because of the difficulty of enforcement.
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has been leading the defense of the play his team developed with the coinciding arrival of strong-legged quarterback Jalen Hurts in 2020.
The NFL has no conclusive data supporting a connection between the tush push and an injury-risk
increase, as Lurie noted at the previous league meetings in Florida. The Buffalo Bills are also a frequent user and favor a ban for safety though, as head coach Sean McDermott said after the vote was tabled. The tush push not only assigns a player to push the backside of the quarterback for extra power behind a tight nine-man line but also sometimes involves a blocker on the end pivoting to try to pull the ball carrier past the marker Health is only half of this debate, however Entertainment is the other
While the Eagles nearly have perfected the play for fourth and 1 or 1-yard-line situations with well-chosen personnel and wellrehearsed precision, it looks more like rugby than football.
The Packers have been among several teams voicing their distaste for the evolution of the traditional quarterback sneak into an all-out scrum.
“It was controversial when the forward pass came out,” Lurie said at the last league meetings. “I think aestheticism is very subjective. I’ve never judged whether a play looks OK.”
Staff report
Shan Foster, who starred in basketball at Bonnabel High School and collegiately at Vanderbilt, has been selected for induction into the New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
A four-year starter at Bonnabel, Foster was named first-team all-state as a senior after averaging 23.4 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks per game.
He was a four-year starter at Vanderbilt and is the school’s alltime leader in points (2,011) and 3-pointers (367). In 2008, he was named SEC Player of the Year He was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks and played overseas before retiring from the game in 2013. The Hall of Fame ceremony will take place Aug. 2 in New Orleans.
“It takes a village, and I was so fortunate to have a huge one,” Foster said. “My grandparents, they raised me (for the first six years of my life). My grandfather is 94 years old, he taught me the value of hard work, how to be a man, how to worship and lean on my faith.
“My mom (Anita), being a single parent, working two jobs and going to school, trying to pro-
vide opportunities for us. I get my work ethic from her as well.
My dad (John) played basketball at Southern Miss, was always in my life, helped me so much with the game of basketball and making sure I was the right kind of person, as well as right kind of player
He played AAU basketball for Dannton Jackson, the coach at Xavier University, and he joined pickup games with college players at Xavier and Tulane.
The 6-foot-6, 195-pounder was a four-year starter and a threetime captain at Bonnabel for coach Glenn Dyer
After being recruited by schools from around the country, he chose to play at Vanderbilt under coach Kevin Stallings. As his collegiate career began, he expanded his village to Nashville, learning the college game during summer pickup games with older players
Next on the agenda was the NBA. He was selected by the Mavericks in the second round, but then he realized something else about himself.
“I realized, my dream was to get drafted by the NBA, not to have a long NBA career,” Foster said. “The purpose for my life was much bigger than basketball.
It was about making a difference in other people’s lives.”
He played multiple years in the NBA Summer League and played overseas in Italy, Belgium and Turkey. He chose to retire from the sport in 2013.
“I truly believe that basketball was the vehicle to carry me to what I do now,” he said. Foster who has done extensive work to end violence against women and girls as well as with mentoring young people, is the director of community engagement at Vanderbilt Medical Center He’s also the co-founder of Fostering Healthy Solutions, an organization that cultivates healthy solutions to diversity issues through education, training and execution.
“I’ve been able to transition in such a way that when I’m in the airport, people come up to me and say thank you for what you’ve done to end domestic violence, thank you for what you’ve done for education, thank you for your leadership, thank you for investing in my town, that’s what’s most important,” he said. “They remember the jump shots, the threes, the wins, but what folks are most proud of, what matters the most in the world I’ve done after basketball.”
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zlies) and Wells. Joining Missi on the second team were Donovan Clingan (Trail Blazers), Matas Buzelis (Bulls), Bub Carrington (Wizards) and Kel’el Ware (Heat).
Missi is the eighth player in franchise history to make an AllRookie team. Chris Paul (200506), Darren Collison (2009-10), Anthony Davis (2012-13), Buddy
Hield (2016-17) and Zion Williamson (2019-20) all made the first team as rookies. Marcus Thornton (2009-10) and Herb Jones (2021-22) made the second team.
Missi’s goals for next season are to bulk up, work on his shooting touch around the basket and improve his free-throw shooting. “Keep working on my game and just come back strong and win some games,” Missi said. Email Rod Walker at rwalker@ theadvocate.com.
Privateers take on HoustonChristian in conference championship series
BY SPENCERURQUHART
Staff writer
UNO baseball has madea runin the Southland Conference Tournament and is now only two wins away from an NCAA regional berth.
Abest-of-three conference championship series awaits No. 8seed UNO (28-24) thisweek against No. 5seed HoustonChristian (30-23). The Privateerswere the lowest seed in Hammond last week but upset No. 1seed Southeastern Louisiana in their first game and wontwice against No. 4seed NorthwesternStatetoadvance.
UNO came backfrom being down six runs Saturday to avoid aSunday eliminationgame. Atrip to Houston now awaits thePrivateers, who are looking to reach a regionalfor the first time since 2008.
“Everybody is in good spirts and in good health,” UNO coach Dax Norris said. “It’ll be atoughseries (in Houston), but it’sbeen tough every series all year.Withguys that are ultimate team guys, they bring everyone together.They can go along way.”
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throwing 120 pitches while permitting five runs. FAUwill face Rice at noon Wednesdayinan elimination game.
Uhlman said it was a“nobrainer” decision to go with Lombardi on Tuesday.Staff ace Luc Fladda gave up eight runs in 11/3 innings against Florida Atlantic at thebeginningofMay, andthe Owls did not see Lombardi on the mound because he injured his oblique while swingingata pitch in the first game of that series.
“He’sour best arm,” Uhlman said of Lombardi. “Wefelt that wasthe matchup against that team to win Game 1, and when you’re in thistournament, winning the first game is the most important.”
Lombardi was nearly flawless after arun-scoring double to Dylan LaPointe with two outs in the second inning on aslider, giving up zero hits therestof the way while no runner got past first base. The Owls kept chasing his high heat andnever caught up.
“He was really tough,” FAU coach John McCormacksaid. “Metrically,that fastball is special. The release point is special It’s really hard for the hittersto pick up. He was phenomenal.” Tulane tied it in the third on senior Holy Cross productGavin Schulz’stwo-out triple to deep center field, scoring Tanner Chun.
The Wave took its first lead without the benefit of ahit. Beard plunked Hugh Pinkney, whohas struggled against left-handers all year. Apairof wild pitches moved Pinkney to third before James Agabedis laid down asuccessful safety squeezebunt.
Tulane scored three in the fifth after having no one on with two outs. Schulz and ConnorRasmussen singled, putting runners at the corners,before BeardwalkedMatthias Haas and Pinkney to force in arun Third baseman Nick Romano then made aterrific stab of a hard grounderbyTheo Bryant butshort-hopped first baseman Jake Millan on the throw as Rasmussen and Haas scored Freshman Jason Wachs added aleadoff home run in the ninth —the first homer of his career to pad the lead to 6-1 and extend his hitting streak to 17 games. The Wave needed the insurance. Reliever ConnorBenbrook, who pitched a1-2-3 eighth after replacing Lombardi, gave up back-to-back hits to start the bottom of the ninth.
Tayler Montiel enteredand allowed arun-scoring hit around two outs before walking back-toback batters, forcing in another run. He then struck out Ayden Garcia on three pitches with the bases loaded to preserve thevictory. Lombardi stillwould have been on the mound if it had been up to him.
“(Pitching coach Anthony Izzio) hadtoyankthe ball out of my hands,” he said. “He told me Iwas at 105 pitches, but if he had told me Iwas at 60, Iwould have said that soundsabout right. Iwanted to keep going.
First pitch is scheduled for 6p.m. ThursdayatHusky Field. Friday’s second game is alsoscheduled for 6p.m., and adecisive third game is set for 6p.m.Saturday,ifnecessary
UNO seniors Bryce Calloway, Tristan Moore and BryanLoriga each has morethan 30 RBIsand 30 runsscored on the season. They lead aveteran lineup that’sdelivered timelyhits throughout the conference tournament.
Loriga transferred from Nova SoutheasterninFlorida and has thrivedinhis first season as the UNO third baseman. His two-run home run tied the gameagainst Northwestern StateonSaturday
“That (home run) is one of the best momentsI’vehad in my baseball career,” Loriga said. “I’ve never played on ateam like we have rightnow whereevery single guy gets along with everybody.Part of that is abig reason to why we’ve beensosuccessful as of late.”
Center fielder Alexander Saunier and shortstop Diego Villescas are other senioranchors for UNO.
TransfersMattGonzalez and Adrian Dominguezare both hitting above .300.
“There area lotofunselfish guys,” Norris said.“(Adrian) Dominguez should probably be starting every game. He getsa hit nearly every time he comesoff the bench.”
Calloway,a two-way player,is hitting.390 with 18 homeruns and has recorded 11 saves. He’shit and pitched in every conference tournament gamesofar
“I feel good and got some rest,” Callowaysaid. “That’s goingto be huge for us, just making sure we’re well-rested, well-prepared. We’veshownthat we candoit. People have continually said that we can’t,and we’re going to continue to show that we can.”
Senior right-handed pitcher
Grant Edwards leads UNO in innings pitchedand strikeouts.Edwardsthrew only 12/3 inningslast week butisset to startthe first game of the championship series Thursday
“I feel ready to go,” Edwards said. “Getting out there and helping the team win is all I’mtrying to do. Isee the team coming together We’re pitching it well andswing-
UNOinfielder BryanLoriga, left,celebrates after hitting ahome run against Tulane on March 25 at
ing it well.”
UNOused13pitchersinHammond. Junior left-handed pitcher Hayden O’Dellthrew 71/3 innings againstNorthwestern State in a 3-2 Friday win. Houston Christian also won threestraight Southland Tournament gamestoadvance to the championship series. UNO swept the regular-season series against theHuskies in April.
“(HoustonChristian) hashad agood turnaround with Clay (VanderLaan) being afirst-year guy,” Norris said. “They’ve got aguy like Calloway in (Parker Edwards) who hits andpitches. It’sgoing to be two similar teams matched up andbeagood series to watch.”
Email Spencer Urquhart at surquhart@theadvocate.com.
LSU coachBrianKelly,center,stands withLSU presidentWilliam F. Tate
news conference on Dec. 1, 2021, at the Lawton Room in TigerStadium
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flagshipuniversity.His interest in how LSUperforms on the field or court to this point has seemed minimal.
LSUpresidents and chancellors have, at times, injected themselves deeplyintothe expenditures, hirings and firings that comeaspart of the course chartedbyits athletic directors. There was the point man negotiatingthat former LSU chancellor
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Torina took last year’steam to withinone gameofthe WCWS and lost six players who had started for at least three seasons. She signed athree-year extensiontoher contract that paysher $455,000 through the 2028 season.
The former Florida star pitcher said the team’searlysuccess combined with its youth may have had theteam“alittle over theirskis” when the backloaded half of the schedule came around. LSU was 35-5 and8-4 in conference play at onepoint but went 7-11 the rest of theway
“Weneed people that can win us biggames, pitch under pressure, executeplans,” shesaid.“People who can winbig games when the lights are on.
“We’ve got to be tougherasa whole, top to bottom, in the organization. It’sone thing to be able to execute it in Tiger Park withnoone in the stands onTuesday afternoon at 2o’clock. It’sanother thing to do it when somebody is pressingyou with speed players thatrun all over
and later NCAA president Mark Emmertdid to hire Nick Saban in late 1999. And there was the roadblock tofiring Les Miles at theend of the 2015 season by then-athletic director Joe Alleva, which came from Gov.Bobby Jindal’sadministration, facilitated by then-LSU president F. King
Alexander
That doesn’tmean that LSU’s new president,and by proxy Gov Landry,will or will not take a morekeen interest in thefuture. How that will shape policy when it comes to laying out multimillion deals to hire coaches,
or conversely fire them,isabig question. Thenthereisthe matter of Woodward. The LSU grad and Baton Rouge native’stenurepredatesTate’sbytwo years, having been hired by Alexander under the governorship of John Bel Edwards. There has been atrend at LSU since Landrytook office to sweep out pre-Landry administrative appointees Will anew president put asimilar target on Woodward —who has lost popularity with more vocal segments of LSU’sfan base for not retaining scandal-plagued
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you like Southeastern did. We need people who can executewithpressure.” LSUtweaked its offensive attack after the departure of longtime assistant Howard Dobson and promotionofBryce Neal, and thestats
showed thatitpaid off. LSU set a school record foron-base percentage, and hadthe second-best battingaverage and walktotals. LSU also set arecord forthe most mercy-rule wins with 19. Torina said her staffwill scour
men’s basketball coach Will Wade and forkeeping his successor, Matt McMahon —orwork with him?Much may be determined by how LSU football does this season under Kelly,ablockbuster hire Woodward madeand that Tate endorsed. Kelly has spoken often about the “alignment” he sought with LSU’s athletic and academic administration. Whether that’s something that continues now that Tate is moving to NewJersey will becomeone of the new LSU administration’smost closely watched issues.
the portal for power hitters who can produce right away.She will also havetolook for immediate pitching help to replace Berzon, who was 18-8 with a2.46 ERA.
“Itwas arecord-settingoffense, and we did it without the slug numbers,” Torina said. “Normally when you areinthe top20inscoring in the country it comes fromdoubles andhomers. But youcan’t findus in thetop for that. We just didn’t have it.”
The recruiting classisled by outfielder Rylie Johnson, atop-25 outfield prospect fromFredericksburg, Virginia,and pitcher Ashlin Mowry from Lancaster,Ohio,who hashit 73 miles perhour on the radargun.
Torina said she expects herteam to mature next seasonwith only two position starters out of eligibility
“Wehave areally good core of the offense,” she said. “It’s devastating to lose that way,but once you keep moving it forward it becomes exciting to think about whatcould be.Aswestart to put the pieces together with the portal and incoming freshmen, it becomes hopeful of what it could be in trying to find the right answers.
The last chance for another career Grand Slam this year seemingly ended when Jordan Spieth missed the cut at thePGA Championship. The next two days might have changedthe outlook.
Scottie Schefflerwon the PGA Championship with two stretches that were simply sublime. There was the closing five holes on Saturday that he played in 5-under par to build the lead, and the opening six holes on the back nine Sunday to stay there In both cases, he didn’tmiss ashot. Not one.
BY STEVE REED Associated Press
“I hit the important shots well this week, and that’swhy I’m walking away with the trophy,” Scheffler said.
“When Ineeded to, Ifeel likeI hit theshots.”
This was the epitome of execution, enough to wonder if he can win the U.S. Open and British Open over the next two months, the two majors he doesn’t already have.
Scheffler,with two Masters green jackets and the Wanamaker Trophy,now is halfway home to the career Grand Slam. He’s beenNo. 1inthe world for the last two years, and really golf’s best since 2022. He has been No. 1for 89% of the time since he firstgot to the top of the ranking.
Scheffler talked about the careerGrand Slam afew days afterRory McIlroy won the Masters forthe final leg. As usual, he delivered adose of perspective.
“I’ve only won one,” he said, his two majors coming from Augusta National.“That’sthe other side of the coin. It’snot easy to geton the cusp, but it’salot easier to get on the cusp than to actually pull it off. I’ve been playingsome pretty good golf and I’m not even close.”
He is astep closer now,and the way he played at Quail Hollow might make itlook closer than it appears. This wasn’this best golfoverfour days, or even three days. It took him awhile to get going in his round the openingtwo days. His lifelong coach,Randy Smith, was with him on the range Friday evening, placing his hands on Scheffler’ships and crouched over to avoid being hit by the club, all to make sure his
hips wereclearing. But oh, those two stretches.
His 3-wood into the 304-yard 14th holewas theshot of the tournament, settlingjust under 3feet away that set off his eaglebirdie-par-birdie-birdie finish for athree-shotlead
Theonly par was a7-iron off a slightly sidehill lie to aright pin thatwas awkward. He hit it to 12 feet and called it his bestshot of the day.Scheffler doesn’t often rank shots. This was special.
That was to build alead. Tougher still was havingtohold it on Sunday with Bryson DeChambeaubriefly leading and Jon Rahmcharging, two daunting sights in amajor Scheffler wasstruggling, at least by his standards. On eight of nineholes on thefront nine, from either the tee or theapproach, themiss was to the left. He went from afive-shot lead to atie with Rahm. His caddie, Ted Scott, doesn’tget overly worried aboutmuch and suggested to him, “Maybe you’re aimed over there. Just try and hitalittle further right.”
Genius. Scheffler hitevery fairway thebunkeronthe reachable 14th,
which should count given the ideal position —and was in the right spot on everygreen.
“I knew Ineeded nine really good holes,” he said. To hear him explain it was brilliant in its sheersimplicity.
“I hit agood shot on 10, good approach shot, and Iexecuted. From there, fairway on 11, really good iron shot. Fairway on 12, really good iron shot. Good iron shot on 13. Good tee ball on 14, good birdie there. Twogreat shotson15,”hesaid.
Rinse and repeat
“From 10 to 15, Ifelt like Iexecuted as good as Ihad almost all week,” Scheffler said. “That was avery important time in the tournament.”
Andthen it was over before it was really over,just like his other two major titles. He wears everyone down with near flawless execution, the hallmark of his game. Scheffler looked over from the 15th hole to see Rahmonhis way to makingbogey.DeChambeau had faded by then. Scheffler started the back nine in atie. He was up by six shots towardthe end. He becamethe first player since Tiger Woods in 2007 to
win by at least five shots in consecutive PGA Tour starts in the middle of the season. He wonin Dallas by eight, the PGA Championship by five, and now goes to Colonial with expectations higher than ever
Getting on the cusp of the career Grand Slam indeed is hard, and Scheffler is not there yet. But as many comparisons as there are with Woods, it’snot too much to thinkScheffler can winatOakmontnext month and at Royal Portrush in July.
He’snot thinking that far ahead. Scheffler doesn’tset goals, he only appreciates winning. Gettingfrom the first hole Thursday to the72nd hold on Sunday is what he enjoys. Aperformance like that —bya player like that —makes it easy to forget McIlroy won at Pebble Beach,The Players Championship and the Masters. It wasa weird week forMcIlroy at Quail Hollow,mainly the Masters champion feeling above any obligation to speak to the media for four days, even the Irish who have documented him his entire career
The chase now falls to Scheffler.And all he cares about his competing.
CHARLOTTE,N.C. Given his resume, Kurt Busch knew it wasamatter of when, not if,hewould be selected into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Still, gettingvoted in on thefirst ballot on Tuesday wasahuge relief for Busch, who let out an emotional sigh of relief after hearing his named called at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
“I’mverygrateful andthankful that it happened this first time,” Busch said. “You want to have that answer as fast as you can.” Ray Hendrickand Harry Gant were also voted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Tuesday,while executive Humpy Wheeler was namedthe Landmark Awardwinnerfor his contributiontothe sport. Aceremony will be held to officially induct theClass of 2026 intothe Hall of FameinMarch.
The 46-year-old Buschheldoff Jimmie Johnson to winthe 2004 Cup Series championship and went on to win 34 Cup races, including at least one victory in 19 of his 21 fulltime seasons on the premier circuit before he retired in 2023.
Hisjourney to NASCARstardom beganin2000with aTruck Series rookieseasonthat foreshadowed greatness. His big breakthrough camein2004, whenhebecamethe first driver to winthe titleunder NASCAR’s“playoff” system —a feat that proved both his excellence and adaptability
TheconsistentBusch finished in the top 10 in the Cup Series standings 10 times.
“Things happenedfastfor me in this sport and Idon’tknow how or why,”Busch said. “There was no template, there wasn’tthe ladder that these days you see the kids that have asystem where it is going to be this or that. For me it was being in the right place at the right time and the universe smiled down on me.”
Hendrick, who died in 1990 at age 61, was the original “Mr.Modified.”
CHARLOTTE,N.C.— Twomonths after the inaugural TGL season, the indoor golf league has expanded.
The principals areMichael Hamp, Peter Hamp and Kevin Kelleher, all with Detroit roots. TheHamp family has been longtime co-owners of theDetroit Lions
thanits current six teams Hoganaward
Motor City Golf Club representing Detroit will be the seventh team in TGL, the league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy as part of their TMRWSports entertainment company Motor City will not start playing until 2027. It will join teams that represent Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Boston,Atlanta and Jupiter,Florida.Atlanta, with Billy Horschel and JustinThomas, won the inaugural title. The Motor City ownership group is led by Middle West Partners.
“This is agreat moment forDetroitsports and aproud moment formepersonally,” Michael Hamp said. “My grandfather,William Clay Ford Sr., was an avid golfer, andI believe bringing anew formatofthe game he loved would make him really proud.”
Theownership group includes DenverBroncos owner RobWalton andJordan Rose, president of Arizona-basedRoseLaw Group.
Eachteam features four players (Woods is with Jupiter,McIlroy with Boston). Agroup representing Dallaswas working on abid last month. With Detroitnot starting until 2027, it was unlikely for TGL to start next year with more
Theamazing year of Luke Clantonhit another high notewhen the Florida State junior was selected for the BenHogan Awardasthe top college player basedonperformances in college, amateur and professional events. Clanton is theNo. 1player in the amateur ranking and No. 1inthe PGA Tour University, already securing aPGA Tour card after the NCAAs end next week.
Clanton already has two runnerup finishes on the PGA Tour,atthe JohnDeere Classic andthe RSM Classic, andhehas two other top 10s playing on sponsorexemptions. Not since Jack Nicklaus in 1961 hasanamateur hadatleast three top 10s on thePGA Tour in the same season. He has four wins
this year at Florida State, most recently at the NCAAregional. The NCAA Championship starts later this week at La Costa Resort north of San Diego.
Majorstreaks
Sergio Garcia took bogeyonhis final hole of U.S. Open qualifying on Monday that cost theSpaniard aspot in what turned out to be a 7-for-1 playoff forthe last of seven spots at Bent Tree in Dallas. That ends astreak of 25 consecutive U.S.Open appearances forGarcia that began in 2000 at PebbleBeach. His streak nearly ended last year,but he got into the field at Pinehurst No.2asan alternate. He had played in 82 consecutive majors— dating to 1999 —until he tested positive forthe coronavirus and missedthe 2020 Masters.
He is one of the winningest drivers of all time, with more than 700 modified and late model sportsman wins between 1950-88. His success started in hishome state of Virginia,where his No.11was well known. He won five track championships at South Boston Speedway —four modified and one late model sportsman.
He was known as adriverwho waswilling to race “anywhere and everywhere.” He filledhis schedule with modifiedand late model sportsman races across the East coast. Hendrick wasknown best for hiswinsonshort tracks, but also produced victories at Talladega, Charlotte and Dover. Despite never winning aModified Division championship, Hendrick finished in the top 10 in the standings nine times from 1960-69. The85-year-old Gant,known as the “Bandit” for his long-time sponsorshipwithSkoal Bandits, won 18 Cup Series races, including the Southern 500 in 1984 and 1991. From 1981-85, he finished in the top five in points four times, including arunner-up championship finish to Terry Labonte in 1984.
From a‘notbrunchy’ brunch to ‘the Soniat Sequel,’ trythese funideas thenext time dining out
BY IAN McNULTY| Staffwriter
Where have youbeen eating lately? Spring meanta lot of great festival food and the generosity of backyard crawfish boils for me. In between, I’vealso been checking out newrestaurants and revisiting others, often,I discovered upon returning,after toolong.
Here are somequick picks for your next meal out, from date night toa speedy weekday lunch fix
BY IAN McNULTY Staff writer
STAFF PHOTOSByIAN McNULTy
ABOVE: Sweet heat
cauliflower is the centerpiece of acombo plate with vegan greens and sweet potatoes from Sweet SoulFood at the 2025 Jazz Fest.
LEFT: Cracklincan geta dose of Filipino flavors at Southerns, with adobo, elements of soy, fish sauce, crushed peanuts and garlic
TheSoniat Sequel: Avegno and Gautreau’s
Perhaps you’ve heard of “the DryadesDouble,” atwo-stopdining jaunt that begins at the oyster bar at Pascal’sManale, 1838 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-4877, and continues down the street at Charlie’sSteak House, 4510 Dryades St., (504) 895-9323? In the same spirit, Ipropose “the Soniat Sequel,” made possible by the recent opening of the lounge Avegno, 1726 Soniat St., next to sister restaurant Gautreau’s, 1728 Soniat St., (504) 8997397. They have the same owners, the same chef, aconnected kitchen and different doors.
We started an early evening at Avegno with cocktails, aplate of very fine Bayonne ham (the French jamon) and aclutch of oysters from Lady Nellie Oyster Farm,the sameasthose I devoured every day of Jazz Fest this year
Then it was next-door foranother look at how chef Rob Mistry has been adding his signature to Gautreau’ssince taking
By The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday,May 21, the141st day of 2025. There are 224 days left in the year
Todayinhistory: On May 21, 1881, the American Red Cross was founded bynurse and educator Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
On this date: In 1924, 14-year-oldBobby Franks was murdered in a“thrill killing” carried out by University of Chicago studentsNathan Leopold Jr.and RichardLoeb (Bobby’sdistant cousin).
In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis monoplane near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33½ hours.
In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to flysolo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland.
In 1941, aGerman U-boat sank the American merchant steamship SS Robin Moor in theSouth Atlantic afterthe ship’spassengersand crew wereallowed to boardlifeboats.
In 1955, Chuck Berry recorded
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French TrucklocationsinNew Orleans and Baton Rouge (the company also has afew locations in Memphis).
That starts with pastry,ahandful of savory items and the house focaccia bread.Next up, Fogg will takeonthe other side of the menu, the sandwiches, salads and other savory dishes served at French Truck locations equipped with their own kitchens.
“French Truck is established and known for coffee, we think it should be knownfor pastry and food too,” Fogg said.
Seasonal andsavory
The latest French Truck location openedthis week at 7638 Maple St. That corner spot was briefly home to Zoe’sBakery,after a long run as adifferent bakery, Maple Street Patisserie, which once supplied French Truckwith its pastries.
This is the brand’s13th location, and as the company has grown it developed its own commissary kitchen. That’swhere Fogg and his kitchen staff have been at work since the chef joined French Truck late last year They’ve been analyzingrecipes and finding ways to elevate them and increase consistency and quality,while keeping up with demand that can call for 3,000croissant-stylelaminated pastries alone in anormal week, and another 1,400orsobiscuits for the popular build-your-own breakfast sandwiches.
Fogg has also started adding seasonal pastries, to go with the cafes’ seasonal coffee drinks
Right now that’sapistachio strawberryDanish, with crisp, rippling layers of pastry surrounding aburst of jammy fruit. Next up, Fogg is working on a lemon blueberry cruffin for summer Traditional almond croissants are joined in the case by savory versions, like aham andcheese number and ajalapeño cheddar sausage croissant, aonce-main-
hisfirst single, “Maybellene,” for Chess RecordsinChicago.
In 1972, Michelangelo’sPieta, in St.Peter’sBasilica at the Vatican,was damaged byahammerwielding man. (Thesculpture went back on display 10 months later after its damaged elements were reconstructed.)
In 1979, former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan Whitewas convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the slayings of Mayor GeorgeMosconeand openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk. Outrage over White’slenient sentence sparked theWhite Night riots that evening.
In 1991, former Indian Prime MinisterRajivGandhi was assassinated amid Indian national electionsbyasuicide bomber Today’sbirthdays: Baseball Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox is 84. Singer Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers) is 84. Singer LeoSayer is 77. Actor Mr. Tis 73. Actor Judge Reinhold is 68.Filmmaker Nick Cassavetes is 66. Actor Lisa Edelstein is 59.Comedian-TV presenter Noel Fielding is 52. Actor Fairuza Balk is 51. ActorDa’Vine Joy Randolph is 39. Country musician CodyJohnson is 38. Actor Hannah Einbinder is 30. NFL quarterback Josh Allen is 29.
Build-your-own biscuit
arepartofthe menu at French TruckCoffee in New Orleans.
stay item forFrench Truck that Fogg hasbrought back. Growingbrand,new chef
French Truck has been growingswiftly since founder Geoffery Meeker started the company as aspecialty roaster in his New Orleans home in 2011. He took a culinary approach to coffee, in sourcingbeans androastingto order,and found an initial followingamong local restaurants.
French Truck takes itsname from the yellow Citroën delivery truck thathe used to make deliveries in the early days. Today, Meekerrunsthe company in partnershipwith BobbyWinston. Fogg was the pastry chef at Emeril’sRestaurant for six years before thepandemic.Itwas a high-profile position that brought thechef national recognition. He’scompeted on the Food Network shows“BestBaker in America,”“Chopped Sweets” and “Beat Bobby Flay” (hedid just thatin the show’s2018 season).
During the pandemic he tapped into his own familyroots to create Mae’sBakeshop. It started out supplyingdirect orders and in 2024 openedaretail location Uptown. Soon after closing the shop late last year,hejoined French Truck.
The newest French Truck is next door tothe originallocation of PJ’sCoffee, whichclosed in January after nearly 50 years.
Email Ian McNulty at imcnulty@theadvocate.com.
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over the kitchen in late 2023.
The mortadella cannelloni in brodo, the scallops with spicy ’nduja (the spreadable sausage) and aduo of lambloin and alayered lamb leg pavé in aminty sauce were all new highlights; this kitchen’sway with fish, theunderlying technique of the duck confit and theclassic roasted chicken are all enduringly Gautreau’s. Palm &Pineplus,plus
Ilike abrunch best when it’s not especially “brunchy,” with somethingmorethan fancified eggs, and morelike adecadent weekend lunch. That’swhat an Easter Sunday brunch at Palm &Pine, 308 N. Rampart St., (504) 814-6200, delivered.
Aspecial of fried oysters with aFrench triple cream cheese and marmalade (a tasty tribute to theClancy’sclassic) started things off, then it was tuna tostadas and crawfish Rangoon before thewhole snapper to share
The cream cheese cinnamon roll withmamey fruit and the perfectly-textured biscuit with dewberryjam were pretty brunchy and also excellent
The banana and curry ice cream had to be thefinale, as usual for me here.
To prolong this dressed-up French Quarter Sunday fun day,westarted with an Aperol spritzatthe Hermes Bar at Antoine’s, 713 St.Louis St., (504) 581-4422, and later meandered around the corner to The Will &The Way, 719 Toulouse St., (504) 354-1139, for around of Colette’sSecret, a smooth, elegant rum-based riff on an espressomartini. Hey, it was aholiday JazzFest reprise at SweetSoulfood
Did you trythe sweet heat cauliflower at Jazz Fest? It was from new vendor Sweet Soulfood, 1025 N. Broad St., (504) 821-2669, which for years has run aneighborhood vegan restaurant right very close to theFair Grounds.
The cauliflower,with a tempura crispness under the sweet/spicy coating, is adaily special on bothMondays and Fridays (other days have different cauliflower preparations).You can build your own platewith sweet potato and greens and many other changing options. It’sa quick-serve hot line, all vegan and areasonable bargain for aspeedy lunch.
It was good to see this restaurant get abig break at Jazz Fest; remember they can be on your regular rotation anytime.
Southerns pastrami run,add cracklin
Iwill travel for proper pastrami, and the one Southerns, 4620 Veterans Blvd., (504) 345-2097, turns out as a periodic special is all that, and then some, so smoky,with a crusty edge around atexture between dense and yielding.
It has to be an appointment sandwich though; they make this pastrami only occasionally,and it sells out quickly Iwas lucky to get my jaws around the sandwich recently,
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quesadilla with an outer shell of golden molten cheese always satisfies. Look forblackboard specials, like the mushroom molotes, anew one on me, essentially crispy masaempanadas with a creamy filling.
Evviva first taste
but Iwas also reminded how much Ilike the everyday specialties at this restaurant that grew out of afood truck (which arestill in rotation at taprooms andevents).
The chicken sandwiches and fried catfish tacos are worth a visit any day,and the cracklin are the best this side of Toups’ Meatery,while the Filipino style, finished with soy and fish sauce and garlic and peanuts, is in its own league.
Non-Taco Tuesday at El Pavo Real
Mexican restaurants these days are going big on decor, and elaborate drinks, and of course there’sthe seemingly inexhaustible taco Tuesday craze. Buthow about alowkey mom-and-pop restaurant for handmade Mexican food with its own character? That’s what has me coming back to El PavoReal, 4401 S. Broad St., (504) 266-2022.
There’safamily feel all over theplace, right downtothe crayons provided to kiddos while their adult keepers peruse themenu with acocktail (I likethe beet and tequila number).
My recentlyvisit happened to be aTuesday.But instead of tacos, we had the ceviche, which is really atomato-based seafood cocktailwith big chunks of fish and shrimpand octopus in aparfait glass, and thecoconut shrimp, which gives an Indian-meets-Mexican flex, cooked in coconut milk (not coated with coconut, as the name might makeyou think). The crab and avocado
After the Franklin closed in the Marigny,Evviva, 2600 Franklin Ave., (504) 267-0640, swiftly opened in its place, and Iwas in quickly to get a first taste. The new restaurant reunites the talents of chefs and operators whopreviously worked together at the Link Restaurant Group. This is a separate venture with its own personality,and amenu that’s abit French, alittle Spanish and very much Italian. It’s great to see chef Rebecca Wilcombback leading this kitchen, alongside chef de cuisine Marcus Jacobs. The menuisgrowing and changing frequently.The first run at roasted pork jowls, the umamiladen anchovy focaccia, radiatori pasta with mushroomsand taleggio, smoked lambribs and aradicchio salad with endives and ham were the right pitch forthe season and put Evviva on my must-return-to-soon list. Go early and you can score a$7martini off the happy hour menu(5p.m. to 7p.m.) to begin.
To makeanight of it, continue at the nearby Tuff Break Loser’sLounge, 3021 St Claude Ave., anew joint (in the former Junction tavern) co-founded by another Link group alum, Leighann Smith, with asense of humor and style soaked into every inch of it.
Getting ataste of Guatelinda Bakery
Itry not to let any errand that takes me out near WilliamsBoulevard in Kenner go by without exploring one of the manyLatin American spots peppering its strip malls and side streets. This timethat brought me to the Guatemalan bakery Guatelinda Bakery Louisiana, 3901 WilliamsBlvd., (504) 267-1480, atiny storefront set back in a cramped strip mall. Ibrought homeasmattering of rolls and sweets, the highlight of which wasthe milhojas, with stacks of delicate pastry layers sandwiching asticky-as-flufffilling.
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Dazzle got double play at the recent Hancock Whitney Zoo-To-Do. Indeed, as it does each year,the gala impressed with aspectacular display of décor,food, music, auction items, Lexus Luxury Vehicle Raffle, and guests’ outfits Dazzle is also aname for apack of zebras becausetheir unique striping can cause a dazzling effect as they move together.Additionally,zebras are social animals, living in groups. (Sounds like us in the Crescent City.)
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All this underscored Hancock Whitney Zoo-To-Do 2025, which was chaired by Susu Stall,and, as related by the Audubon Nature Institute President-CEO Michael J. Sawaya,welcomed the imminent return of zebras to Audubon Zoo later this year to further ANI’s continuing wildlife conservation efforts. When the new groupof mountain zebras arrives, adazzle, they will share ahome withthe zoo’sresident giraffes in theAfrican Savanna. Mr.Sawaya succeeded Ron Forman and holds the title L. Ronald Forman Chair in Conservation Leadership, Audubon Nature Institute. The “To-Do” excitementprevailed for two weekends. The firstactivity,Zoo-ToDo for Kids, was presented by theManning Family Children’sLCMC Health and chaired by LauraFlower. Mr.and Mrs.Calvin C. Fayard Jr werethe sole individualdonors in the top sponsor category.The second Friday night, the Hancock Whitney-presented bash, drew adults.Ofnote, Susu Stall was aformer chairman of the Kids’ fun, heading it up in 2000. Eight years later, the above Frances Fayard captained the same caper Along with her husband Andrew,Susu Stall was aConservator Sponsor,the onlypeople in the listing. Chevron was theConservation Champion and Lexus, Lexus of New Orleans, the raffle sponsor.Thanks were abundant all around. For the Lexussponsorship, Clifton LeBlanc was hailed. More within the Zoo’swho’s whowerethe gala’shonorary chairmen,including Angus R. Cooper II, Elizabeth Hefler, and Dr Charles C.Teamer; VIPs from Hancock Whitney; scoresofcommittee members, rangingfrom Michelle Aguglia to Meredith Yount;ANI board chairman WillardL Dumas Jr ;Audubon Commission President J. Kelly Duncan;adozen or so former gala chairmen; hundreds of sponsors andpatrons; and 53 featured vendors. Lee Michaels FineJewelry —thank you, Chad Berg!—proposed a Pick-A-Present pop-up on Zoofari Pathway The featured entertainers in various spaces were headliners The Life Atlantic,Sierra Green and the Giants, Alexey Marti, Watoto’sofKumbuka African Drumming, Hancock Whitney’sPhoto Booth and AISelfie Station,BoogieBooth, and Krewe des Fleurs. Listed as further attractions were 11 decorators, including Luis Colmenares,who’sbeen with the event all along; a100-plusarrayofsilent auction items; 25 restaurants; 28 cocktail bars; asponsor party in the Jerome S. GlazerAudubon TeaRoom and Garden Tent; and aTea Room Field-located patronparty in thelounge and patio tent, where the partygoers imbibed ZestyZebra Paloma Frescadrinks. Asplash of rain subdued some of the activity,but not forlong Surveying the crowd, who responded to thecome-on of the beautiful large invitation depicting alivelyzebra on itscolorfulcover,wereanumber of festive folks who relished—and supported —the hoofstock hobnobbing and added their “razzle” to the To-Do’sdazzle
“BeneathaSapphire Sky” titled Sugarplum Ball 2025, which was presented by LEMOINE to benefit Manning Family Children’s LCMC Health, which has Lou Fragoso as the president and CEO Bernhardand The Ray &Jessica Brandt Family Foundation figured, respectively, as the top Northern Lightsand Wish Upon aStar sponsors. Linda and Gordon Kolb were theindividual names in Twinkling Twilight, while Jill and Lou Fragoso, Dana and Dr TomKimball, Holt and GordonKolb,and Marye and John Nickens were listed as Magical Moonbeams supporters. Hundreds of sponsors were counted in further categories. Black tie was optional for “Sapphire Sky,” which commanded Mardi Gras World, River CityBallroom and Plaza, forfour festive hours. The VIP Party launched the levity with gratitude to the above Brandt Foundation. Nibbles came via Ralph Brennan Catering from Café Nola, Napoleon House and Ralph’sonthe Park. Strawberry caprese skewers, minimuffulettas, tostados and crab ravigote sated the early appetite as attendees turned an ear to NOLA String Quartet. The later Main Stage Entertainment wasbyBlue Rhythm,and the Environmental Entertainment came from Paper DollPromotions. The latter was one of the 21 Event Partners, who rated special recognition. ALucky Stars Cash Raffle (won by CateyBatte-Spieler),the Lunar Lottery, and the auction ado showcasing four boards and 437 items kept thecrowd on the move. Ryan Casteix was one of the auction’sbig bidders, copping “Iko Iko forTen with Orpheus.” The package is for 10 riders (replete with lots of perks) forthe Lundi Gras Krewe of Orpheus parade. Annie Gonzalez and Dorian Stone teamed to chair the auction.
As for thefood, 33 purveyors, including Lucky Dogs, fedthe flock. Andheading that committee were MegBaldwin and MaryMartin Roth Crescent City Distributing, The Goldring Family Foundation/Sazerac Company,and Republic National Distributing Company wet the whistle.
The top names —and duly appreciated —ofthe host committee were 2025 Sugarplum Ball co-chairs Marcie Gardner and Holt Kolb, who succeeded the 2024 duo of Quincy Crawford and Jessica Waguespack In 1981, BarbaraBush and Ethel Clay were the first chairing pair.Dozens served on this year’scommittee.
As did theZoo-To-Do, the ball printed abooklet/program with a map insertion to show locations of the auction, raffle, Glitter Bar, beverage bars, “Birthday Wishes” and mainstage on the River City Ballroom’sfirst floor.Asmaller map indicated features forthe second floor,including the360 Photo Booth and the Lunar Lottery Prize Pull. All thewhile attendees thrilled to the décor,which was inspired by Dakota Harrison’sbook, “Beneath aSapphire Sky,” the bash’stheme. Varying shaded of blue, twinkling lights, white gossamer swags, suspended sparkle stars, and aerial performers brought the story to party life. Sodid party models dressed in silvery sequined sheaths and wearing headdresses of stars, an abundance of indigo balloons, floral centerpieces, and ahuge (I do mean huge!) cake topped with “70” to acknowledge the anniversary of the celebrated children’shospital, which has recently been renamed Manning Family’sChildren.
Mastheaders included past Children’sboard president Dr Stephen Hales (whowas recognized) and spouse Nancy,Olivia and Archie Manning, hospital board president TodSmith and Kenya, Jessica Brandt, Michaeland Sara Cooper,Mel Lagarde and Joann Kunkel, state Sen. Royce Duplessisand Krystle, Tulane University President MikeFitts, MFC’s Jessica Cahill,longtime hospital supporter Betty Lauricella with son Louis,aslew of MFC doctors, and friends and family of the host committee. The event raised $1.6 million in support of the MFC’svital mission of child health.
As thepace of the 43rd annual Sugarplum Ball quickened, the “Sky” set bounded tothe dance floor forBlue Rhythm.The music making, and all the features of the fete that aligned with it, cast a rosy glow on the gallivanting.
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InstructIons: sudoku is anumber-placing puzzle based on a9x9 grid with several given numbers. Theobject is to place the numbers 1to9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. Thedifficulty level of thesudoku increases from monday to sunday.
Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer
By PHILLIP ALDER
Elizabeth Olsen, an actress and singer, said, “At New York University, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they havetwomainpoints.Oneisalwaystobe active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character.”
At the bridge table, be active in counting points and figuring out tricks, both yours and theirs.
In this deal, West is trying to defeat three no-trump. He leads the spade queen: five, two, king. South plays on clubs, putting West back in. What should he do next?
What do you think of South’s one-notrump response?
I think it is better than raising clubs, which might be only a 4-3 fit. But if three no-trump is the best final contract, probably it would be preferable for the opener, with the stronger hand, to be the declarer. Some Souths would respond with an imaginative one diamond (and I might do that if the spades and diamonds were reversed).
Note South’s taking the first trick with the king. Usually declarer should win with the top of touching honors from the closed hand.
Trick one in no-trump can be an exception. If he wins with the ace, it advertises strength, because with only the ace, he would make the holdup play.
East’s spade two denies a high honor. So South is marked with seven points in spades and, with the club ace out of the way, nine winners (two spades, three hearts and four clubs). There isn’t a moment to lose. West should go center stage and shift to the diamond queen, hoping East has at least A-J-10-x-x
Average mark 28 words
Time limit 35 minutes
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INVITATION TO BID
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May 14, 2025 CONTRACT TO SUPPLYTRAFFIC SIGNAL PARTS Sealed Bid No. 25-6904
The City of Kenner (also referenced as “Kenner” and “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for: CONTRACTTOSUPPLY TRAFFIC SIGNAL PARTS
Bidders may also obtain copies of the bid documents and submit bids electronically by visitingwww.centralauctionhouse.com.
Sealed bids may alsobereceived by mail or in-personuntil Friday,June 13, 2025 at 9:45 a.m by the City of Kennerinthe Finance Department located at: 1610 ReverendRichardWilsonDrive BuildingD Kenner,Louisiana 70062
All interested parties are invited to attend theBid Opening on the same day at 10:00 a.m. in the City of Kenner, Building DAuditorium, 1610 Rev.RichardWilson Drive, Kenner Louisiana, at which time the bids will be publicly read CITY OF KENNER
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Kenner (Kenner)issoliciting the submittal of Statement of Qualifications(SOQ’s) from persons or firms
interested and qualified toprovide professional architectural and engineering services for thedesign,construction administration and supplemental services relating to one 1-2 story high office building that can accommodate medical services and acommunitycenter with properdrainage, sewer/ water,lighting, landscaping, etc., requirements.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The City of Kenner- Arthur Paul (A.P.) Clay Resource Center Reconstruction Project will entail the new construction for the project on property alreadyowned by the City of Kenner located at 200 Decatur Street, Kenner, LA 70062. TheA.P Clay Reconstruction Project developmentisinresponse to the community need for accessible, affordablehealthcare services, particularly in thesouthernarea of Kenner, which isconsidered as amedical desert.The new A.P.Clay facility will be approx. 6,500 -8,000 squarefeet in size and will be constructed to meet standards of healthcareinfrastructure. It will house medical examinationrooms, consultation areas treatment spaces, diagnostic services, behavior health,and medical and dental services with an on-site pharmacy.The facility will also encompass flexible, multi-purposespace that will be open andavailable for use by the community. It is anticipated that the new A. P. Clay Resource Center will be operational by approximately September 2027 or later
Within the project site, thereare recreational facilities ofthe City of Kenner Splash Park, Tennis Court, and TotLot.There is also adecommissioned cafeteria within theproject site. Depending on fundingavailability,Kenner reserves the right to rehabilitate the building forfutureuse and include such work as part of this project.
Demolition has alreadytaken place at the site; therefore,no demolition of existing buildings is considered to be part of this project.
The approximate rough”squarefootage(living area) for the proposed office buildings has been estimated to be 8,000 sq. ft. Kenner reserves the right to make adjustmentsto facility(s) square footageand/or number of floors.
Persons or firmsmustbefamiliar with State of Louisiana Office of Community Development (LA-OCD) and United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rules and regulations, as Kenner will be receiving financial assistance from both agencies. Therefore, the project will be subject to all applicable Federal rules and regulations Plans and specifications will be subject to review and approval by LA-OCD, HUD, Kenner’s Planning/Code Enforcement/Public Works Departments, and theState Fire Marshal’sOffice and Kenner Fire Department
Plans and specifications “may” alsobesubject to review and approval by the State Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and theFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the account of facilitybeing in closeproximity to an evacuationrouteand Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. In theevent that permitsare required from the DOTD andFAA,the persons or firms selected forthe project will be required to assistKenner with thepreparation of necessary permitsdocumentation.
Persons or firms selected will be required to prepare adesign rationale report, inclusive of conceptual plans/renditionswith recommendationsfor the bestapproach to designing the new facility to meet the City’sworkflow,general public, and service deliveryneeds. Such rationale report is to be provided based on research of similar communities’ facilities and best practices.Roughestimated construction costs shall be provided for each conceptual plan/rendition provided.
At least one public meeting will be conducted to presentto the public conceptual plans/renderings to gatherpublic input.
Project may require environmental clearance documentation/ services to meet LA-OCDand HUD requirements.
Kenner will seek for recommendations for improvements to reduce the risks from damagefrom futuredisasters, incorporation of energy efficientcomponentsand modern information technology practices.
Current roughestimated total budget for theentire project is $4.4M. Kenner reserves the right to reduce the scope of work of the project to accommodate available funding. Due to limited funds,project may have to be split into phases
Kenner will be lobbying for Stateand Federal funds for the project, as it progresses.
Kenner will only enter into an Agreement/Contract with a firm or person submitting aStatement of Qualificationsasthe prime firm/person/consultantfor the project. Kenner will not be entering into an Agreementwithsub-consultants specified in the Statement of Qualifications
Sub-consultants do play afactor intothe Evaluation Criteria of the Statement of Qualifications. Kenner reserves
not require ResidentInspection and Testing of Construction Materials Services. Kenner reserves the right to select proper firms fortheseservices at proper time.
oSupplementaryServices worktasks can be performed by qualified personnelwithinthe firm/person staff or via the use of sub-consultants.
oThe preparation of adesign rationale report will be required forthis project. Paymentfor such report is to be made on alump sum or hourly rate basis. Kenner reserves the right to establish method of payment.
oAll sub-consultants listed in theSOQ submitted by the firm/person must submit aStatement of Qualifications (SOQ) in Professional Services Evaluation Committee Format.
All fees shall be negotiated with the person/firm and shall be mutually agreeable to bothparties In the event that Kennerand person/firm cannot reach an agreementonproject (professional services) fees, Kenner reserves the right to select another person/firm for the project.
All costs associated with theproject shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor,KennerCouncil and any entities involved with the financing of the project.
“MINIMUM” REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTION
•The persons or firms underconsideration shall have a least one principal who is alicensed/registered architect or professional engineer in the State of Louisiana. A subcontractor/sub-consultant maynot be used to meet this requirement
•The persons or firms under considerationshall have a professional in charge of the project who is alicensed, registered architect or Civil Engineer in the State of Louisiana with aminimumof five (5) years of experience. Professional experience indicates architectural/ engineering workperformed with aProfessional Architectural/Engineering license. Asubcontractor/subconsultant may not be used to meet this requirement.
•The persons or firmsunder consideration shall have at least one (1) employee who is alicensed, registered architect andCivil Engineer in the State of Louisiana, with aminimumof five (5) yearsofexperience in the planning anddesign of local governmentfacilities. Personnel envisioned being required forthis project is as follows: ► Architect
Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer ► Structural Engineer
Professional architectural/engineering experience indicates architectural/engineering work performed with aProfessional Architectural/Engineering license. Asubcontractor/subconsultant maymeet this requirement.
•The persons or firmsunder consideration must also employ afull-time supporting technical and clerical staff.
INSURANCEREQUIREMENTS
Upon selection for aparticular project, successful firm(s) shall provide insurance certificates in accordance with Kenner’s insurance requirementsfor professional service agreements, attached to this SOQ.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Thefollowing criteria listed in order of importance will be used to evaluateeach personor firm submitting aStatement of Qualifications:
I) Professional training andexperience both generally and in relationtothe type and magnitude of work required for the particular project, including experience with LAOCD and/or HUD-funded projects- 60 points maximum
2) Capacity for timely completion of the work, taking into consideration the person’sor firm’scurrent and projected workload and professional and support manpower- 50 points maximum
3) Size of the firm based on thenumber of personnel, as related to projectrequirements and/or scope and complexityofproject - 25 points maximum
4) Pastperformancebythe personor firm on public contracts;including any problems with time delays, costoverruns,and/ordesign inadequacies in prior projects for which said person or firm was held to be at fault,asevidenced by documentation provided by the administration - 30 points maximum
5) Prior successful completion of projects of the type and nature of thearchitectural/engineering services, asdefined, forwhich firmhas provided verifiable references. – 20 points maximum
6) Demonstration of experience in resiliency,cost effective hazardmitigation, green energy efficient and modern information technology practices and principles that can reduce therisks fromfuture disasters and be implemented under FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation 406 and AlternativeProcedures428 Plan – 15 points maximum
All firms (including sub-consultants) must submit aStatement of Qualifications(SOQ) in Professional Services Evaluation Committee Format. Interested firms must submit one (1)
original, (5) copies andadigital copy on a flash drive for this Statement of Qualificationstothe Office of Finance, City of Kenner, 1610 ReverendRichardWilson Drive, Building D, Kenner, LA 70062 no later than JUNE 24, 2025 BY 10:00 A.M. Packetscan alsobesubmitted electronically via www centralauctionhouse.com. No submittalswill be accepted after this deadline. Any inquiries regarding this SOQ should be sent in writing to Fincontracts@kenner.la.us
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On motionbyCouncilman Rau and seconded by Councilman Smith, thefollowing ordinance was introduced:
ORDINANCENO. 5021
An ordinance pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statues §§ 33: 4712 to declare certain weapons formerly used by the Gretna Police Department as surplus propertybecause of their age and obsolescence, authorizing the privatesale of same to current or former Gretna Police officers and fixing the minimum price of same
WHEREAS,the Gretna Police Department wishes to declare115 Glock manufactured Model 21 and Glock manufactured Model 21-SF semi-automatic firearms as surplus property; and WHEREAS,saidsemi-automatic firearms aredescribed (Exhibit“A”) arenolonger sufficient as department issued firearms for police officers engaged in active lawenforcement due to theirage and obsolescence; and have been replaced with newer,morecurrent and moreefficient semi-automatic handguns and arenolonger needed for public purposes; and WHEREAS,pursuant to theLouisiana Revised Statutes §§ 33:4712, theseweapons may be declared as surplus property by theCityCouncil since they arenolonger used by theGretna Police Department and no longer needed for public purposes; and, may be soldatprivate sale; and
WHEREAS,Gretna Police Department has obtained acurrent market valuefromalocal, reputable, licensed firearms dealer of $250.00, each; andcurrent/former Gretna Police officers have expressed interest in purchasing these firearms from theCityatcurrent market value; and WHEREAS,saidminimum price should be fixed by theCityCouncil at thecurrent market valueof$250.00, cash only at thetime of sale; and WHEREAS,each saleofeach firearm shallbeconducted by aFFL licensed firearms dealer complying withthe provisions of Louisiana Revised Statutes §§ 40:1789; and WHEREAS,the proposed ordinance shallbeadvertised in theNew OrleansAdvocatethree (3) times within fifteen (15)days, one (1) week apart;and any opposition must be made in writing and filed with the Gretna CityClerkwithin fifteen (15)days after the first publication; and WHEREAS,thisproposal is recommended to theCityCouncil as necessary and in thebest interest of theCityofGretna, Louisiana. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by theCityCouncil,acting asthe legislative authorityfor theCityofGretnathat:
TheGlock manufactured Models 21 and Model 21-SF semi-automatic firearms arehereby declaredtobesurplus propertybythe CityCouncil. Pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statues §§ 33: 4712 the CityofGretna is hereby authorized to conduct the privatesale of these semi-automatic handguns to current or former Gretna Police officers.The minimum price is hereby fixed at $250.00 each. Eachsale of each firearm shall be conducted by aFFL licensed firearms dealer who will comply withthe provisions of Louisiana Revised Statutes §§ 40:1789.
Provided that amajority of theCityCouncil of theCityofGretna have voted in favor of this ordinance, this ordinance shallhave thefull forceand effect of law at midnight on thetenth day following theClerk’s presentment of same to theMayor,inaccordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:406(c)(2) unless theMayor returnssame, unsigned, to the Clerkduring that ten-day period.
This ordinance having been submitted to avote, thevote thereon wasasfollows:
Yeas: Councilmen Rau, Smith, Hinyub, Miller, and Carr Nays:None Absent: None Abstain: None
ADOPTED: MAY14, 2025.
APPROVED:MAY 15, 2025. /S/NORMAJ.CRUZ, LCMC /S/ BELINDA C. CONSTANT CITYCLERK MAYOR CITY OF GRETNA CITYOFGRETNA STATEOFLOUISIANASTATEOFLOUISIANA
Ordinance presented to theOrdinance returned from the Mayor on May15, 2025. Mayor on May15, 2025. /S/ NORMA J. CRUZ,LCMC /S/ NORMA J. CRUZ,LCMC CITY CLERK CITYCLERK CITYOFGRETNA CITYOFGRETNA STATEOFLOUISIANASTATEOFLOUISIANA
for the transportation, distribution, or sale of electric service for or on
of
On amotion by Councilman Smith andseconded by Councilman Kerner Jr.the following ordinance wasadopted: Upon the request of Entergy Louisiana, LLC, (the “Company”), and pursuant to La.R.S.33:4401,this municipality’s police powers, andinorderto protect the health, safety,and welfare of the public, TheTownofJean Lafitteasset forth hereinbelow grants to the Company,its successors and assigns, afranchise, right, andprivilege for a period of thirty(30) years from the date of adoption hereof, todistribute, deliver,sell and supply,insuch amanner as it chooses, electric service throughout theMunicipality, andto theinhabitants thereof, or to any person, firm,orcorporation; the right to acquire, construct, operate,and maintain such plants, structures, transmission lines, distribution systems cables, fibers, facilities, and equipment as maybeuseful or necessary for the generation, production, transportation, distribution, deliveryand/or sale of electricservice throughout the Municipality; the right to erect, operate, andmaintain poles, masts, supports, wires, cables, fibers, transmission lines, conduits, conductors,substations, distribution systems,and anyand all other appliances useful or necessary in connection with the sale, transportation, delivery and/or distribution of electric service on, over,under, along,upon,and across allof the present and/or future streets, roads, highways, alleysand publicplaces of the Municipality; the right to repair,replace or remove same or any portion thereof;and the right to connect any such facilities to any other such facilities for the purpose ofselling, transporting and/or distributing electricservice along the boundaries of the Municipality. SECTION 1:Beitordained by the Mayor andthe Town of Jean Lafitte of the Municipality in regularsession duly convened, that the Municipalitygrants andthere is hereby granted to Entergy Louisiana, LLC (the “Company”), its successors and assigns, in addition to the rights andprivileges presently enjoyed by the Company,afranchise,right,
to any person, firm, or corporation otherthanthe Company locatedwithin the boundaries of theMunicipality,unlessand until the Company has been notified ,inwriting, by the Municipality that the interests of the Municipality,including, but not limited to, its recovery of franchise feerevenue on such third party transactions, are adequatelyprotected in connectionwith the provision of such third party service by the Company.Inthe event that the operations of the Company are unbundled, in connectionwith the adoption of aplan for retail open access or otherwise, the Company will have the right to assign its franchise rights with respect to particular facilities or operations as may be necessary to facilitate unbundledoperations; provided, however,that any such assignment (1) shall not resultina reduction in the franchise feesreceived by the Municipality relatingtothe provision of electric service within the Municipality; and (2) shall ensurethat the Municipality retains allotherrights and protections affordedbythis Franchise.
SECTION3:Beitfurtherordained that this Franchise is granted upon and subject to the following provisions:
A. In maintaining its properties, the Company shall not unnecessarily or unreasonably damage, impair or obstruct the streets, roads,highways, alleys, sidewalks, andpublic grounds, and the Company shall at its own expense,without unreasonable delay, makeall necessary repairstoremedy any damage or remove any obstruction caused by its operations hereunder,all in accordance with applicable industrystandards. The Company shall obtain all necessary permits or approvals for construction, maintenance, and operations; provided, however, that thisprovision shall not apply to any requirements for such permits or approvals that are adopted or amended subsequent to the date of this Ordinance and that, as so adopted or amended, have amaterial effect on the Company’srights or obligations pursuant to this Franchise or on the Company’scost of providing service pursuant to this Franchise.
B. Upon request, the Company will makeits best reasonable efforts to provide current maps for specificareas showing feederroutesand the majority of pole locations, and will provide construction manuals that show the typical structural configurations used by the Company; provided, however,that the provision of such information by the Company shall not relieve the Municipality of any obligations that it
EXHIBIT “A
Description of semi-automatic firearms areasfollows: 141714-495972-may21-28-jun
can makeany adjustments to its grossreceiptscalculation that may be necessary as aresultofsucha change
C. This obligation to makesuch paymentstothe Municipality shall remain in full force and effect so longas(1) the Company holds agood, validand irrevocable thirty (30) yearfranchise granted by the Municipality,and (2)the Municipality,tothe extent permitted by law,purchases all of its electric service requirements from theCompany; provided, however:
(i) This contract is wholly and entirely conditioned upon the approval of the Treasury Departmentof theUnitedStates of America and theDepartment of Revenue of the StateofLouisiana, and upon the approval of the Louisiana Public Service Commission of the right of the Company to deduct from its gross revenues and charge as an operating expense any and all amounts which it may pay to theMunicipality pursuant hereto other than such amountsasmay be collectedfrom customers througha lineitemon customerbill and in the event of failuretoobtain the approval of any such authority forsuchpurpose, the Company shall have the right to cancel this Contract upon thirty (30) days’ notice; it being understood that in the event of the cancellationbythe Company upon the grounds set out in this paragraph, the Company shall not be entitledtoany refund of any moniestheretofore paid to theMunicipality pursuant hereto.
(ii) Should the Municipality levy upon Entergy Louisiana, LLC any new taxes, of any nature whatsoever subsequent to the date of this Contract,orincrease the ratesofany taxesinexistence on thedate of this Contract (except uniform ad valorem taxes now authorized by Article VII, Section 18 of the Constitution of the StateofLouisiana or othertaxes that are generally applicable to all
breach hereoforfailureto performhereunder SECTION 8:Nothing in this Franchise shall be construed as superseding,repealing,canceling,modifying, or in any way affecting any of therights enjoyed by Entergy Louisiana, LLC underthat certain franchisegranted by Ordinance No.529,
THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NO.2612-14
MILAN, CITY OF NEWORLEANS IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:U.S BANK TRUST COMPANY, NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS IN‐DENTURE TRUSTEEFOR THE HOLDERSOF THEACCRED‐ITED MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-3ASSET BACKED NOTES VERSUS ROSE LEE COLLINS, INDI‐VIDUALLY AND AS SURVIVING SPOUSE OF NORMAN C. COLLINS
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2019-8133
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onMay 22, 2025 at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 2612-2614 MILANSTREET LOT4,SQUARE
624, SIXTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQUIRED MIN 822449 WRIT AMOUNT:
$91,360.97
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS -CASH. Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans GH 23
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 4/16/2025 & 5/21/2025 apr16-may21-2t $98.83
ANDCAROLYN THORNTON HAMILTON A/K/ACAROLYN T. HAMILTON A/K/ACAROLYN HAMILTON
Case No: 2023-213
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floorofthe Civil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on May22, 2025, at 12:00o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:
3611 SECOND STREET LOTL &M, SQUARE 460, FOURTH MUNIC‐IPAL DISTRICT, ACQUIRED MIN 1302459 WRIT AMOUNT: $111,784.45
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH
Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
GH 25
THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 4/16/2025 & 5/21/2025 apr16-may21-2t $72
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMNBER507 ELMIRA AV,CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/ATHE BANK OF NEWYORK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JP‐MORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A.AS TRUSTEEFOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDINGTRUST, SERIES 2003-3 NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSETBACKED CER‐TIFICATES, SE‐RIES 2003-3VERSUS KARENANN LALA A/K/A KARENA.LALA A/K/AKAREN LALA,HEIROF LEON GREGORY RADKOVICH A/K/ALEONG RADKOVICH A/K/ALEON RADKOVICH A/K/ALEON GREGORYRAD‐KOVICH,JR. A/K/A LEON G. RAD‐KOVICH,JR. A/K/ALEON RADKOVICH, JR.
By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parishof Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on May22, 2025, at 12:00o'clock noon,the fol‐lowingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 507 ELMIRA AV NEWORLEANS LA 70114 LOT25- SQUARE 96 5THMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 744206 WRIT AMOUNT:
$106,785.15
Seized in the above suit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
RB 24 THE LAWOF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373 COREYGIROIR
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 4/16/2025 & 5/21/2025 apr16-may21-2t $106.24
PUBLIC NOTICE
SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 171 OAKMONTDR, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WILM‐INGTON SAV‐INGS FUND SO‐CIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FORFI‐NANCEOF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES AC‐QUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1 VERSUS YVONNE PRICE ABADIE A/K/A YVONNE P. ABADIE A/K/A YVONNE ABADIE
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-8505
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil DistrictCourt forthe Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, onthe ground floor of theCivil DistrictCourt Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onMay 22,2025, at 12:00o'clock noon,the fol‐lowingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 171 OAKMONT DR NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70128 LOT19- SQUARE B 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 23 09
ACQ MIN: 1123509 EASTOVER SUB‐DIVISION PHASE -1 WRIT AMOUNT:
$589,368.88
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order.NoPer‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
RB 13 LAWOFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 4/16/2025 & 5/21/2025
apr16-may21-2t $96.18
PUBLIC NOTICE
SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3401 MANDEVILLE STREET,THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER
ENTITLED: METAIRIE BANK &TRUST VER‐SUSS.T.R.I.V.E PROPERTIES, LLC, HARRYJ JOHNSONAND SHANNONM SHERMAN
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-9133
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 3401 MANDEV‐ILLE ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70122
THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT SQUARE 2278, LOT8 ACQ MIN:1324754 WRIT AMOUNT: $320,782.34
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
BT 27 NEWMAN MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE A PROFESSIONAL LAWCORP504837-9040 JEFFERY M. TOEPFER
JEFFERY M TOEPFER
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025 may21-jun25-2t $90.36
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1501 DANTEST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:B1BANK VERSUS JOSEPH ROBERT KOVE‐LESKIE,JEN‐NIFERCONOVER PAGE,AND DIF‐FICULT AIR‐WAYS,L.L.C
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-11469
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 1501 DANTEST NEWORLEANS, LA 70118 LOTZ -SQUARE 195 7THMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1368291 WRIT AMOUNT:
$921,523.43
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
RB 3
BAKER, DONEL‐SON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC 504-566-8671 JOSEPH P. BRIGGETT
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025
may21-jun25-2t $89.30
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 11120WOOD‐VINE LN NEW ORLEANS, LA 70128 LOT3 -SQUARE 6 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1386418 IDLEWOOD PLACESUBDIVI‐SION WRIT AMOUNT: $220,182.48
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order.NoPer‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
RB 31 THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373 DENNISF.WIG‐GINS,JR.
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025
may21-jun25-2t $91.42
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3336 SHORTSTREET, THIS CITY,IN THE MATTERENTI‐TLED:MEB LOAN TRUSTVI, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UAL CAPACITY BUT SOLEYAS TRUSTEEVER‐SUSHERBERT WINSTONFRAN‐CIS CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7592
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 3336 SHORTST NEWORLEANS LA 70125 SQUARE 504, LOT9 SEVENTHMU‐NICIPALDIS‐TRICT WRIT AMOUNT: $9,476.01 Seized in the
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
RB 9 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 CANDACEA COURTEAU
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025
may21-jun25-2t $90.36
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1317 SOUTHSAL‐CEDO STREET, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS FOXRE‐MODELING COMPANY, INC
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7825
By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 1317S SALCEDO ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70125 LOT: 17, SQUARE:510 FIRSTMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1304255 WRIT AMOUNT: $1,205.00
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH
Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
GH 6 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 ANNA T. LEE
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025
may21-jun25-2t $86.66
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 39353937 BANKS STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WILM‐INGTON SAV‐INGS FUND SO‐CIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEOF RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPOR‐TUNITIES TRUST II VERSUS QOPH CAPITAL, LLC, MICHEAL BAKERA/K/A MICHEALL BAKERAND MYLESJ.KEAR‐NEY
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-3565
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 3935-3937 BANKSSTNEW ORLEANS, LA 70119 SQUARE 753, LOTS B& A FIRSTMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1388048 WRIT AMOUNT: $314,984.19
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans BT 8 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐RIS
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025 may21-jun25-2t $95.66
OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-8438
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 2608 D'ABADIE A/K/A2608-10 D'ABADIE ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70119 LOT: 10-C, SQUARE:1515 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1326497 WRIT AMOUNT: $157,450.18
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
GH 20 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504838-7535 AMYR.ORTIS
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025
may21-jun25-2t $91.42
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 6569 ARGONNE BOULEVARD, THIS CITY IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:MCLP ASSETCOM‐PANY,INC.VER‐SUSSEANPAUL BERNARD (A/K/A SEAN P BERNARD, SEAN BERNARD) AND EMILYANNE WILLIAMS BERNARD CI
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks
THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3757 SILVER MAPLE CT,THISCITY, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FREE‐DOMMORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS ANIECE N. SMITH
VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-10672
District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onJune 26,2025, at 12:00o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:
2717-19AN‐NETTE ST NEW ORLEANS, LA THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT SQUARE 1546, LOTY ACQ
MIN:1361193 WRIT AMOUNT: $320,782.34
TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
GH 29
THELAW OFFICE OF KYLE S SCLAFANI LLC OPERATINGAC‐COUNT KYLE SCLAFANI
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2824-26
JOSEPHINE STREET,THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:IN‐VESTAR BANK, N.A. VERSUS QUIANA M. GAR‐RISON
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-10166
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onJune 26,2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 2824-26 JOSEPHINEST NEWORLEANS, LA 70113 LOT: 4, SQUARE 393 FOURTH MUNIC‐IPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1294774 WRIT AMOUNT: $94,400.09
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
GH 5 CARVER,DAR‐
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floorofthe Civil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26,2025 at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 3757 SILVER MAPLECTNEW ORLEANS, LA 70131
LOT571-ASQUARE 126 FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1405375 WRIT AMOUNT:
$201,017.66
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING.
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
RB 15 JACKSON& MCPHERSON, LLC504-5819444 CRIS JACKSON
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025 may21-jun25-2t $87.18
PUBLIC NOTICE
SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2717-19 ANNETTE STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED: METAIRIE BANK &TRUST VER‐SUSS.T.R.I.V.E PROPERTIES, LLC, HARRYJ JOHNSONAND SHANNONM SHERMAN CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-9133
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACEMASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
BT 28 NEWMAN, MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE A PROFESSIONAL LAWCORP504837-9040 JEFFERY M. TOEPFER
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025 may21-jun25-2t $90.36
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT
THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5672 ROSEMARY PLACE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:LOAN FUNDER LLC, SE‐RIES 63599 VER‐SUSSAWEB,LLC CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-10160
may21-jun25-2t $88.24
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT
THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 19391941 NORTH TONTISTREET, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:METAIRIE BANK &TRUST VERSUS S.T.R.I.V.E. PROP‐ERTIES,LLC, HARRYJ JOHNSONAND SHANNONM SHERMAN
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-9133
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 1939-1941 N TONTISTNEW ORLEANS, LA THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRIT SQUARE 1204, LOTB ACQ MIN:1361193 WRIT AMOUNT: $320,782.34
THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:ANITA BOYD AUGUST ANDEVANGE‐LINEBOYDDUN‐NAWAYVERSUS WELTON SMITH, BARBARA SMITH, TY‐RONNE SMITH, DEBRASMITH JETT,WALDO SMITH, PAMELA BOYD VALENCIA BOYD, NORRISBOYD, YOLANDABOYD BATISTE, GER‐MAINE DEMESME, TRUDY DEMESME, EMANUEL DEMESME, KEN‐NETH DEMESME, CAROLDEMERY, STEPHANIE HEBERT REED, PHILIP HEBERT, JR., KEVINHEBERT
CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2021-9795
By virtue of a CourtOrder di‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on June 26, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: Onecertain lot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longing, or in anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theTHIRD DISTRICT of the CITY of NEWOR‐LEANS, in SQUARE No 1193, bounded by North Rocheblave, Leharpe, North Tontiand Columbus Streets, desig‐natedasLOT
nated as LOT No.24onsurvey made by Adloe Orr, CivilEngi‐neer andSur‐veyor, datedJuly19TH 1946, according to which said LotNo. 24 com‐mences at adis‐tanceofone hundred twenty five feet five inches (125'5") from thecomer of Columbus Street,and measures thence thirty twofeet,seven inches (32'7"6"') frontonNorth Rocheblave Street,and same width in therear, by a depth between equaland paral‐lellines of one hundred seventyeight feet, eight inches andsix lines(178'8"6"') said LotNo. 24 is composed of all original LotNo 24 andthe rear of Lot11, Said LotNo. 24 is subjecttoand together with the perpetualuse of acommondri‐vewaybetween said LotNo24 andlot No 23 theretoadjoin‐ing on thesideto‐wardsLeharpe street,measur‐ingseven feet, sixinches(7'6") frontonNorth Rocheblave Street,the same width in the rear by adepth between equal andparallel linesof onehundred andtwentyfeet (120')being composed of threefeet nine inches (3'9") of LotNo 23 andthree feet,nineinches L(3'9")ofLot No 24, the theretobefore mentioned depth,all as appearsonthe survey of July 19, 1946.
Property bears municipalnum‐ber1516 1518 North Rocheblave Street
AmyG.Smith, AppointedNo‐tary Public TERMS- CASH h h
TERMS CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON
SusanHutson
454 2828
JOHN Y. KENNEDY
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025
may21-jun25-2t $157.06
allthe rights,ways, privi‐leges, servitudes andap‐purtenancesthereunto belongingorinany wise appertaining,situatedin theSECONDDISTRICTof this City,inSQUARE“D” PARKVIEW,bounded by WILSON,DELGADO HARDING, DRIVES,and DUMAINESTREET,desig‐natedbythe LETTER “A on theblueprint of sur‐veymadebyGilbert & Kelly,Surveyors,dated September19th, 1934, copy of which is annexed to actofpurchasebySe‐curity Building &Loan Association, passedbe‐fore Wilhelmina Von Behren,NotaryPublic, datedMay 5th, 1942, and said survey is redated November 4th, 1947, a copy of which annexed to an actbeforeFrank S. Norman,NotaryPublic, datedNovember7,1947, accordingthereto,said portionofground com‐mences seventy-sixfeet eightinchesand five lines(76’8”5”’) from the corner of
NOTICE TO SELL IMMOV‐ABLE PROPERTY AT PRI‐VATE SALE Notice is giventhatBert Dupre, theAdministrator of theSuccessionofGlo‐riaTheresa Becnel,has petitioned this Courtfor authoritytosellthe im‐movablepropertyhere‐inafterdescribed belong‐ingtothe deceased,Glo‐riaTheresa Becnel,at privatesaleinaccor‐dancewiththe provi‐sionsofArticle 3281 of theLouisiana Code of CivilProcedure forFive HundredSixty-One Thou‐sand Five Hundredand No/100 ($561,500.) Dol‐lars,cash, thefollowing termsand conditions to wit: This sale is conditioned upon theabilityofthe Buyertoborrowwiththis property as security for theloan95% of thesales pricebya conventional mortgage loan at an ini‐tial interest nottoex‐ceed 7% percentper annum ,interestand principle, amortizedover aperiodofthirtyyears payableinmonthly in‐stallments or anyother termsasmay be accept‐able to thebuyer.The Succession is obligated to dischargeall encum‐brancesonthe property to paya proratashare of taxeswhich maybedue forthe currentyear, and to compensate the buyer’sbroker3 %ofthe salesprice at closing, and$20,000. in repairs, includinga broken sewer pipe under theslab. All otherterms andcondi‐tionsare as setforth in an AgreementtoPur‐chaseorSell filedin these proceedings. Th i bl t
is giventhatBert Dupre, theAdministrator of theSuccessionofGlo‐riaTheresa Becnel,has petitioned this Courtfor authoritytosellthe im‐movablepropertyhere‐inafterdescribed belong‐ingtothe deceased,Glo‐riaTheresa Becnel,at privatesaleinaccor‐dancewiththe provi‐sionsofArticle 3281 of theLouisiana Code of CivilProcedure forSix HundredThree Thousand andNo/100 ($603,000.) Dollars, cash,the follow‐ingterms andconditions to wit: This sale is conditioned upon theabilityofthe Buyertoborrowwiththis property as security for theloan80% of thesales
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025 may21-jun25-2t
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floorofthe Civil District Court ildi
By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil DistrictCourt forthe Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, onthe ground floor of theCivil DistrictCourt Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onJune 26,2025, at 12:00o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 5672 ROSEMARY PL NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70114 LOTS:1 AND2 SQUARE:426 SECOND MUNIC‐IPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1428017 HOMEDALE PARK SUBDIVI‐SION WRIT AMOUNT: $367,600.00 Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter
Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS
Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING
SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans
BT 26 NEWMAN MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE A PROFESSIONAL LAWCORP504837-9040 JEFFERY M. TOEPFER
TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 5/21/2025 & 6/25/2025 may21-jun25-2t $90.89
PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTIAN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1516 1518 N. ROCHEBLAVE STREET THIS