The Times-Picayune 09-12-2025 by The Advocate

PYTHIANBACK ON THEMARKET

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

The historic Pythian Building on Loyola Avenue is back on the market after an effort to sell the property to an affordable housing developerinAtlanta fell through. It wasthe second unsuccessful attempt in two yearstosell the property, which openedin2018after an extensive $46 million renovation. Local surgeon and real estate investor Dr.Erik George, whose ERG Enterprises owns the 116-year-old

Deal to sell historic building fallsthrough

Pythian, hasn’tset an asking price for the building, which includes aformer food hall on theground floor,asecond-floor event venue, 69 market-rate andaffordableapartments andoffice space.

But

ERGChiefFinancialOfficer

Ryan Cabos saidthat after the recent dealsdidn’tcome together,itwas time to get more aggressive about ﬁnding abuyer

Fewer than 60%ofthe building’s residential units are occupiedand its commercial spaces are vacant.

“Our goal withthis process is to ﬁnd

apurchaserwho will preserve the building’saffordable components and ideally strengthenitfurther,”Cabos said.

The salelisting is thelatest chapter in the saga of the Pythian, whichran intoﬁnancial trouble not long after its much-celebrated opening seven years ago. ERG Enterprises was an early investorinthe project and bought outthe other partners in 2022 after alengthy court battle over the building’sﬁnances and management.

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AI,fossilfuels dominate energy forum

Tulane summit dives into future of industry

BY RICH COLLINS Staff writer

Artiﬁcial intelligence is going to mean big changesfor theenergy industry.But no one knows exactly what those changes will be.

That’sthe takeaway from the ﬁrst twodays of the second annual Future of Energy Forum at Tulane University,which has drawn nearly 2,000 attendees —twice as many as last year —tohear presentations from energy executives, policymakersand other expertslooking

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at how innovation, competition and collaboration will shape the industry in the decades to come.

“We’reall on this AI journey,” said NewOrleans native Colette Hirstius, head of oil giant Shell’s U.S.operations, during an onstage conversation Thursday.“Some aspectsofour industry will ﬁndit easier to use than others, and the answer to how it can be useful will be differentinsix months than today.”

BY ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, JESSE BEDAYN and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press

OREM,Utah The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off aroof and intothe woods remainedatlarge morethan 24 hours later Thursday as federal investigators appealed for the public’s help by releasing apair of photos of the person believed responsible. Investigators obtained clues including apalm print,ashoeimpression anda high-powered hunting riﬂe found in awooded area along the path the shooter ﬂed. But they had yet to nameasuspect or cite amotive in the killing they were treating as the latest act of political violencetoconvulse the United States across the ideological spectrum The photosofa personina hat, sunglasses and along-sleeve black shirt, as well as a$100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, suggested that law enforcement thought tips from the public might be needed to crack the case.

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BY JILLIAN KRAMER Staff writer

Acriminal justice watchdog told the state Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that prosecutors under Orleans Parish DistrictAttorney JasonWilliams had“fundamentally failed” by takingmorethan adozen cases to trial before ajudge with no witnesses. Williams pushed back, saying he’d disciplinedhis staff but that the judge in question, Leon Roche, shouldersmuchofthe blamefor signaling his dim view of those cases, hobbling their prosecution. Williams also suggested aracist motive behind the latest attack on his leadership.

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Moderator Hridesh Rajan, left, interviews Colette Hirstius, president of Shell USA, at the Future of EnergyForum at Tulane University on Thursday.

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The Pythian Building,right center,at234 Loyola Ave. in downtown NewOrleans is for sale again after an unsuccessful attempt to sell the historic site.

U.K. fires ambassador to U.S. over Epstein links

LONDON U.K Prime Minister

Keir Starmer on Thursday ﬁred the country’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Just days before the arrival of President Donald Trump to the U.K. on his second state visit, Starmer dismissed the veteran British politician in the wake of the publication of emails that Mandelson sent to Epstein, in which he gave his support to the disgraced ﬁnancier, even when he was facing jail for sex offenses.

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty told Parliament the emails pointed to the “depth and extent” of Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein being “materially different” from what was known when he was appointed ambassador to Washington last year after the Labour Party’s election victory.

In particular, Doughty pointed to Mandelson’s suggestion in one email that Epstein’s ﬁrst conviction in 2008 was “wrongful and should be challenged.”

Mandelson took up his Washington post in February after what Starmer’s government described as an “extensive” vetting process. The diplomat has voiced his deep regret over his previous links with Epstein and said he knew nothing about his criminal activities.

Child dies from measles complication in Calif

A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles contracted in infancy, Los Angeles County health ofﬁcials said Thursday

The child, who had been too young to be vaccinated when they were infected by the virus, died of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, according to the county health department. The incurable disorder causes progressive brain damage and is nearly universally fatal.

About 1 in 10,000 people who get measles develops the disorder, but the risk is 1 in 600 for infants.

“This case is a painful reminder of how dangerous measles can be, especially for our most vulnerable community members,” said Dr Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County health officer “Infants too young to be vaccinated rely on all of us to help protect them through community immunity.”

This has been the worst year for measles in the U.S. in more than three decades, as childhood vaccination rates decline and domestic and international outbreaks have spread. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conﬁrmed 1,454 cases as of Tuesday Three people have died.

The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is safe and is 97% effective at preventing measles after two doses. Doctors recommend kids get a shot at 12-15 months old and a second one at age 4-6 years.

Humpty Dumpty caper

sparks N.J. probe

CAPE MAY, N.J Humpty Dumpty took a big fall, and now police are hoping to crack the case.

A playful, colorful statue of the nursery rhyme icon was forcibly removed from a structure at a miniature golf course in Cape May, New Jersey, on Sunday and dumped down the street.

Local police say they’re looking for two men who are seen on video stopping at Ocean Putt Golf at around 4 a.m. Video shows one of them entering the course by climbing over a fence, grabbing and rocking the statue back and forth and pulling it off its foundation before walking off with it.

The statue, showing a smiling Humpty Dumpty with big, white head, red cheeks, a yellow bow tie, a blue jacket and gray pants, was found several properties away In a nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty falls off a wall and all the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put him back together again.

A message was left at a phone number listed for Ocean Putt Golf, whose Instagram page shows the statue above one of the course’s holes earlier this year

Cape May Police detectives asked for the public’s help in identifying the two men seen in multiple videos posted on the department’s Facebook page

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By LUIS NOVA Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro stands Thursday at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil. The majority of a panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices on Thursday voted to convict Bolsonaro of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat.

Bolsonaro convicted in attempted coup

Former Brazilian president sentenced to

more than 27 years by high court

BY MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison Thursday after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in ofﬁce despite his 2022 electoral defeat.

Bolsonaro, who has always denied any wrongdoing, can try to appeal the ruling. He is currently under house arrest in Brasilia.

Four of the five justices reviewing the case in the panel found the far-right politician guilty on five counts, in a ruling that will deepen political divisions and was expected to prompt a backlash from the U.S. government. It makes Bolsonaro is the first former Brazilian president to be convicted of attempting a coup.

The ﬁve counts are: attempting a coup after losing the 2022 race to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a plot that prosecutors alleged included plans to kill Lula; participating in an armed criminal organization; attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law; damage qualiﬁed by violence; and deterioration of listed heritage.

Bolsonaro’s co-conspirators, all of them former Brazilian ofﬁcials, were also sentenced for their roles in the attempted coup. Gen. Braga Netto, Bolsonaro’s former defense minister and running mate in 2022, received 26 years. Admiral Almir Garnier got 24 years. Gen. Augusto Heleno received 21 years and Gen. Paulo Sérgio Nogueira got 19 years. Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, who cooperated with investigations, was given two years under an open regime.

Chief Justice Luís Roberto Barroso joined the panel at the end of the session and called the trial a “watershed moment in Brazil’s history.”

The U.S. government immediately

criticized the ruling and warned it would respond.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was “very unhappy” with the conviction. Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House, he said he’d always found Bolsonaro to be “outstanding.”

And later, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on his X account that Trump’s government “will respond accordingly to this witch hunt.”

Trump’s administration had already applied a 50% tariff on imported Brazilian goods, which it said was in reaction to the process against Bolsonaro.

The sentence doesn’t mean Bolsonaro will immediately go to prison. The court panel has now up to 60 days to publish the ruling. Once it does, Bolsonaro’s lawyers have five days to file motions for clarification.

His lawyers have said that they will try to appeal both the conviction and sentence before the full Supreme Court of 11 justices, although some experts think it’s unlikely to be accepted.

“It’s unlikely, but not impossible, that there will be appeals to the full Supreme Court,” said Rafael Mafei, lawyer and law professor at University of São Paulo and ESPM university. “But of course, the defenses will try because they should.”

One of the justices, Cármen Lúcia, said she was convinced by the evidence the Attorney General’s Ofﬁce presented against the former president. “He is the instigator the leader of an organization that orchestrated every possible move to maintain or seize power,” she said.

Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president’s eldest son, said on X the conviction was a “supreme persecution” and that history would show they were on the right side.

The trial has been followed by a divided society, with people backing the process against the former president, while others still support him. Some have taken to the streets to back the far-right leader who contends he is being politically persecuted.

Observers say the U.S. might announce new sanctions against Brazil after the trial, further straining their fragile diplomatic relations.

White House seeks emergency ruling to remove Fed governor

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP economics writer

WASHINGTON The Trump administration has asked an appeals court to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors by Monday, before the central bank’s next vote on interest rates.

The request represents an extraordinary effort by the White House to shape the board before the Fed’s interest rate-setting committee meets next Tuesday and Wednesday At the same time, Senate Republicans are pushing to conﬁrm Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s nominee to an open spot on the Fed’s board, which could happen as soon as Monday Trump sought to ﬁre Cook Aug. 25, but a federal judge ruled late Tuesday that the removal was illegal and reinstated her to the Fed’s board. Trump has accused Cook of mortgage fraud because she appeared to claim two properties as “primary residences” in July 2021, before she joined the board. Such claims can lead to a lower mortgage rate and smaller down payment than if one of them was declared as a rental property or second home. Cook has denied the charges.

that Fed governors can only be ﬁred “for cause,” which she said was limited to misconduct while in ofﬁce Cook did not join the Fed’s board until 2022.

In their emergency appeal, Trump’s lawyers argued that even if the conduct occurred before her time as governor, her alleged action “indisputably calls into question Cook’s trustworthiness and whether she can be a responsible steward of the interest rates and economy.”

The administration asked an appeals court to issue an emergency decision reversing the lower court by Monday. If their appeal is successful, Cook would be removed from the Fed’s board until her case is ultimately resolved in the courts, and she would miss next week’s meeting.

Judge blocks effort to remove dozens of immigrant children

Kids are from Guatemala and Hondurus

BY JACQUES BILLEAUD and MORGAN LEE Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. A federal judge in Arizona temporarily blocked the Trump administration from removing dozens of Guatemalan and Honduran children living in shelters or foster care after coming to the U.S. alone, according to a decision Thursday.

U.S. District Judge

Rosemary Márquez in Tucson extended until at least Sept. 26 a temporary restraining issued over the Labor Day weekend.

Márquez raised concern over whether the government had arranged for any of the children’s parents or legal guardians in Guatemala to take custody of them.

Laura Belous, attorney for the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, which represents the children, said in court that the minors had expressed no desire to be repatriated to their native countries of Guatemala and Honduras amid concerns they could face neglect, possible child trafficking or hardships associated with individual medical conditions.

Lawyers for the children said their clients have said they fear going home, and that the government is not following laws designed to protect migrant children.

Belous’ organization ﬁled a lawsuit in Arizona on behalf of 57 Guatemalan children and another 12 from Honduras between the ages 3 and 17.

The suit, along with a related lawsuit before a federal judge in Washington, D.C., responds to the Trump administration’s Labor Day weekend attempt to remove Guatemalan migrant children who were living in government shelters and foster care after coming to the

U.S. alone. In a late night operation Aug. 30, the administration notiﬁed shelters that they would be returning the children to Guatemala and needed to have the kids ready to leave in a matter of hours. Scores of children got as far as boarding planes in Texas on the morning of Aug. 31 and were set to depart to Guatemala At Thursday’s hearing in Tucson, Denise Ann Faulk, an assistant U.S attorney under the Trump administration, emphasized that the child repatriations were negotiated with Guatemala at high diplomatic levels and would avoid lengthy prohibitions on returning to the U.S. Nearly all the children were in the custody of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s Office of Refugee Resettlement and living at shelters in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Similar lawsuits ﬁled in Illinois and Washington, D.C., seek to stop the government from removing the children.

The Arizona lawsuit demands that the government allow the children their right to present their cases to an immigration judge, to have access to legal counsel and to be placed in the least restrictive setting that is in their best interest.

The Trump administration has argued it is acting in the best interest of the children by trying to reunite them with their families at the behest of the Guatemalan government. After Guatemalan officials toured U.S. detention facilities, the government said that it was “very concerned” and that it would take children who wanted to return voluntarily Children began crossing the border alone in large numbers in 2014, peaking at 152,060 in the 2022 ﬁscal year July’s arrest tally translates to an annual clip of 5,712 arrests, reﬂecting how illegal crossings have dropped to their lowest levels in six decades.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the administration had not satisfied a legal requirement

If the appeals court rules in Cook’s favor, the administration could seek an emergency ruling from the Supreme Court. Either way the Fed is expected to cut its benchmark interest rate next week by a quarter-point to about 4.1%. When the Fed reduces its key rate, it often, over time, lowers borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, and business loans. Some of those rates have already fallen in anticipation of cuts from the Fed. Should Miran, a top economic adviser to Trump, win approval in time to join the Fed next week, he could push for a steeper half-point reduction to the Fed’s rate.

Cook

But its problems persisted for avariety of reasons, including the ﬁnancial model of the mixed-use building, which was weighted down by debt. Pandemic-era shutdowns hit the food hall hard, and theeventvenue never opened. In late 2022, ERG evicted theoperator of the food hall and notified tenants of the rent-adjustedapartments that their long-term leases would be renewed only on amonth-to-month basis, though none of the tenants was ever evicted, Cabos said.

In 2023, ERG listed the building for sale. It sat for nearly ayear before local developerBryan Gibbs came up with aplan that calledfor preservingthe nearly two-dozen rent-reduced unitsinthe building. But Gibbs was unable to secureakey piece of ﬁnancing for his plan —a$13.4 million loan from the Louisiana Housing Corporation that seeks to create “middle market” or workforce housing, acategoryfor those who earn 80% of the area median income.

In the New Orleans area, that amounts to about $46,000 ayear for an individual or $52,500 for acouple. ThoughGibbs’ proposal met the agency’s criteria, there weren’tenough funds fromthe competitive program to go around.

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Throughout two dozen panels over the forum’sfirst two days, others discussed how AI has already transformed the industry At “Forging the Future Grid,” threeutilitiesexperts discussed ways AI is helping companies efficiently deploy recovery teams after storms and better predict when wildfires are likely to break outsopreventive measures can be taken.

Deanna Rodriguez, CEOof Entergy New Orleans,said the utility has an AI pilot program that uses data from drone inspections to detect problems in the transmission infrastructure.

Arushi Sharma Frank, an energy consultant, said that the technology is also helping the nation’s3,000 utilities,which usemany different software systems, collaborate.

“It’screating ways for verycomplexfiefdoms to use the same analysis process so they can bring things to the grid faster and upgrade better,” she said.

In the energy and petrochemical industry,Hirstius sees thetechnologyas acompetitive edge rather than athreat.

“Whatever role we do plus AI is more powerful than our minds independently,” she said. Some of the presentations at the energy forum reﬂected ashift in the industry

1909 andisone of themany historicbuildings in acity full of rich architectural history.Itwas designed by noted local architecture ﬁrm Diboll, Owen andGoldsmith, and was built using asteel frame —a relatively new practice at the time.

More recently,ERG thought it found abuyerin an Atlanta-based affordable housing developer that wanted to convert thebuilding to apartmentsfor low-income seniors. But that plan involved reconﬁguring the building to add more apartments. Cabos said thedevelopers were unable to secure financing at an attractive interest rate.

“Westill talk to them weeklyand are hoping to make something work,” Cabos said. “We’re also pursuing our own plans to try to do something.”

In the meantime, however, he said it’stimetostart marketing the property again. Opportunities, challenges

The nine-story building was originally constructed as thePythian Temple in

away from prioritizing the clean energy transition infavor ofanapproachthatemphasizes energyavailability, affordabilityand reliability along with sustainability.

Policy changesinWashington, where the Trump administrationhas doubled down on fossilfuels,and the growingenergy demand from AI data centers are two reasons behind the change.

Bobby Tudor,a Houstonbased investment banker andglobal energyconsultant who spokeWednesday, saidthe war in Ukraine is another big reason for the shift in thinking.

“It changed everything because it remindedthe world thedegree to which our societyishighly dependent on our energy systems and, at this moment,highly dependent onfossilfuels, he said.

He said the industry,governmentand academianeed to tackle the problem,but it’sgoing tobeexpensive andit’sgoing to take along time —although technology will help.

“A few years ago, if you toldpeoplethe majority of power in Texaswould one day be provided by renewable energy sources,they would have laughed,” he said. “On arecenthot sunny day this year,renewables provided 71% of our grid’s power.It’stechnology that changes thegame.”

In an onstage interview Wednesday,Entergy Corp.

CEO Drew Marsh said the three natural gas-fueled power plantsthe utilityis

It served many functions throughout the20th century,includingasa hiring ofﬁce for Higgins Industries, apresidential campaign headquarters for Dwight D. Eisenhower,adistrictcourt and medical ofﬁces. In 1957, anew owner installed an aluminum and porcelain sheath over the building’sexterior Its recent renovation, architectural assets andproximitytothe Central BusinessDistrict anddowntown medical corridor makeitan attractive investment, according to Corporate Realty PresidentMichael Siegel, whoismarketing theproperty

“This is an exciting opportunitytotap into one of the city’smost dynamic and importantreal estate markets with aremarkable property that is ideally suited for repositioning,”Siegel said.

Local appraiser Bush Benton,who is not afﬁliated with the listing, said while thepropertyhas many positives going for it,its current conﬁguration could make it harder to sell.

“The multiuse, specializedspace, thevacantfood court, ofﬁce spaces, present somechallenges for abuyer and probably work against it rather than in its favor,” he said.

building for Meta’snew north Louisiana data center will likely keep theutility from meeting its goal to cut emissions in half by 2030.

“Itmakes it harder to reach ourgoalsinthe near term,but Ithink it hasthe potential to make it easier in the long term,” said Marsh, whoheadsthe only Fortune 500company headquartered in New Orleans. “2030 is going to be tough, but Ithink we still have agood shot at 2050, because Metacan bring its$2trillion company to bear on this problem and help us clean up.”

Forumspeakers also talked abouthow policy changes andtariffs have created uncertaintythat makes it harderfor investors to make bets.

“Right nowwe’reata point where we swing from oneextreme to another between differentadministrations” in Washington, D.C., which makes it challenging for companies like Shell to manage the transition from fossilfuels to sustainable energy sources, Hirstius said.

Tudor said the“regulatory whipsaw” translates to less capital that’smore expensive to account for theincreased risk.

“Energy investors, leaders and boards are hungry for a less volatile regulatory environment than they are seeing in this country today,” he said. “But they deal with it other places, so they’ll deal with it here.”

Email Rich Collinsatrich. collins@theadvocate.com.

BY AIDANMcCAHILL Staff writer

SouthernUniversity officials have canceled all school activities and events through the weekend after the BatonRouge campus was shut down for just over an hour Thursday in reactiontothreats made against students.

The announcement came on aday when threats were received at severalhistorically Black colleges and universities across the country,prompting multiplecampuses to go into lockdown.Clark Atlanta University,Virginia State University, Alabama State University,Hampton UniversityinVirginia, and Bethune-Cookman University in Florida all reported threats andwent into lockdown.

Authorities did not elaborate on the type of threats that were made, and no injuries have been reported. The FBI toldThe Associated Pressitistaking the “hoax threat calls” seriously and that there is “no information to indicatea credible threat.”

Onescreenshot circulating on social media and amongSouthern University studentsshows an email that speciﬁcally threatens to shoot Black students on Southern’scampus. A document with thetitle “SUBRshootingmanifesto” is attached to theemail in the screenshot. The originalsource of theemail is currently unknown, and no timestampswere visible. Southernhas not responded to arequest for comment on the circulating screenshot.

In apostonX,U.S. Rep. Troy Carter,D-New Orleans, urged the Department of Justice, the DepartmentofHomeland Security and the FBI to use “allavailable resources” in investigating the threats made against HBCUs.

“These reprehensible acts are not only an attack on institutions of higher learning —theyare an attack on ourhistory,our culture,and the promise of opportunity that HBCUs represent forgenerations of students,” Carterwrote. Southern lifted the lockdown approximatelyan hour after advising students to shelterinplace.

Afterthe lockdown was lifted, Southern officials urgedstudentsliving in off-campus housing and nonessential employees to leave the Baton Rouge campus, which includes themaincollege, the Law Center,the Agricultural Research and Extension Center, andthe Laboratory School

They said accommodations would be made for students who reside on campus and instructions would be communicated directly to them.

At Alabama State University,whichsits near downtown Montgomery and has an enrollment of about3,500, studentswere ordered to shelter in place as police searched each building on campus.

About two hours later, the university said it had received the “all-clear” from police. However,the school said that while the “immediate threat hasbeen resolved,” students were asked to remain in their dormsand classeswere canceled forthe remainder of the day

Precautionary measures came at atime of heightened worry on school cam-

puses over violence following the assassination of conservative activistCharlie Kirk at aUtah Valley University and ashooting at a Colorado high school. Swatting incidents typicallyincrease after violent events, putting schools on edge,saidDon Beeler chief executive officer of TDR Technology Solutions, which tracks swatting calls andoffers technology to prevent them.The safety measuresthatschools may implement following potential threats could be heightened, such as canceling class for afew days, instead of just one day

“Anything that happens in the next week is going to getanoverreactionthan what you normally see,” Beeler said.

Other HBCUs that did not receive threatsannounced that they,too, weretightening security South Carolina State University requiredanyone coming on campus, in Orangeburg, to show aphoto ID after the threats started surfacing. Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia —which neighbors auniversity that did receive athreat —issued alockdown Thursday and said it was increasing security measures. At the start of the school year,atleasta dozencollege campuses received hoax calls aboutactive shooters. The realisticsounding calls, some of which had gunshots that could be heardinthe background, prompted universities to issue lockdowns with directions to “run, hide, ﬁght.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story Email Aidan McCahill ataidan.mccahill@ theadvocate.com or followhim on X, @AidanMcCahill47.

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The Pythian Building was originally constructed as the Pythian Temple in 1909.

Twopeople whoweretaken into custody shortly after Wednesday’sshooting at Utah Valley University were later released, forcing ofﬁcials to chase new leadson aseparate person of interest they pursued Thursday

One clue was aMauser .30-caliber,bolt-action rifle found in atowel in the woods.

Aspent cartridge wasrecoveredfrom the chamber, and three other rounds were loaded in the magazine, according to information circulated among law enforcementand described to The Associated Press. The weapon and ammunition were being analyzed by law enforcement at afederal lab.

The attack, carried out in a broaddaylight as Kirk spoke about social issues from a university courtyard, was captured on grisly videos that spread on social media.

The videos show Kirk,a close ally of President DonaldTrump whoplayedan influential role in rallying young Republican voters, speaking into ahandheld microphone when suddenly ashot rings out. Kirk can be seenreachingupwith his right hand as blood gushes from the left side of his neck. Stunned spectators gasp and scream before people start running away

The shooter,who investigators believe blended into the campus crowd because of a“college-age” appear-

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Hisfiery response followed testimony by Rafael Goyeneche,presidentof the nonprofit Metropolitan Crime Commission, who detailedan April report showing two of the 12 Orleans Parish judges, Roche and NandiCampbell,heldmore thanhalfofthe court’sjudge trials over threeyears. Campbelland Roche also acquitted defendants more often, at rates of 79% and 88%,respectively In Campbell’scourtroom, prosecutors called witnesses and presented evidence, according to records. But transcripts from cases presented to Roche often lacked witnesses, evidence and even argument by prosecutors or defense attorneys, Goyeneche said.

He said 13 of 16 judge trials held in Roche’scourtin the last year included no witnesses. Goyeneche argued thatthose verdicts are void under state law

“It never would have occurred to me, as aformer prosecutor,that you would go to trial and not have any witnesses present,” he said Roche,who took the bench in 2023, did not appear at the hearing in Baton Rouge and didnot immediately return

ance, ﬁred asingleshotfrom the rooftop where they were perched before jumpingoff.

“I can tell youthis was a targeted event,” said Robert Bohls, thetop FBI agent in Salt LakeCity Trump, who wasjoinedby Democratsincondemning the violence, said he would award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highestcivilian honor in the U.S., whileVicePresident JD Vance and his wife, Usha, arrived Thursday afternoon in Salt Lake City to visit with Kirk’sfamily.Vanceposted aremembrance on Xchronicling their friendship, datingback to initial messages in 2017, through Vance’s Senate run and ultimately praying after hearing ofthe shooting

“Somuchofthe success we’ve had in this administrationtraces directlyto Charlie’sability to organize and convene,” Vance wrote “He didn’t just help us winin 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.”

Kirk’s casket was to be flownaboardAir Force Two from Utah to Arizona, where his nonprofit politicalyouth organization, Turning Point USA, is based. Trump told reportersheplans to attend Kirk’s funeral. Details have not been announced Kirk was aconservative firebrand and provocateur who became apowerful political force amongyoung Republicans and was afixtureoncollege campuses, where he invited sometimesvehement debate on social issues.

He was shot whileat-

aphone callThursday afternoonseeking comment In May,JudicialAdministrator RobertKazik defendedRoche, writingthat the acquittals were “directly attributabletothe Orleans ParishDistrictAttorney’s Office’sfailure to present any witnesses, victims and/ or evidence that proves a defendant’sguilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Without it, “the court is left with no choice but to ﬁnd adefendant not guilty,” Kazik wrote.

Also testifying Thursday was LauraRodrigue, aformer OrleansParish prosecutor and the daughter of former District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro. Rodrigue argued that thecommission’sfindings cast doubt on Williams’ oversight of young prosecutors. Sen. Blake Miguez,R-New Iberia, asked if prosecutors were “colluding” withdefense attorneys or others “tokeepcriminalsonthe streets” of New Orleans. Rodrigue respondedthat the lack of trial preparation by prosecutors amounted to neglect.

Under questioning from the committee’schairperson, Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, Goyeneche said he had ﬁled state bar and judicial misconduct complaints over those bench trials.

Williams said that two young prosecutors who chose to take the cases to trial should have dismissed them.

“I think it is improper,” he said, “and it should not have

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is searching for this personofinterest in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah ValleyUniversity

tending one suchevent Wednesday,adebate hosted by Turning Pointatthe Sorensen Center on campus in what wasbilled as theﬁrst stop on Kirk’s“American Comeback Tour.”

Theevent generated apolarizing campusreaction. An online petition calling for universityadministrators to bar Kirk from appearing received nearly 1,000 signatures.

Theuniversity issueda statement last week citing First Amendment rights and afﬁrming its “commitment to free speech, intellectual inquiry andconstructive dialogue.”

Lastweek, Kirk posted on Ximages of news clips showing his visit was sparking controversy.Hewrote, “What’s going on in Utah?”

One such provocative ex-

happened, andwehaveretrained those prosecutors.”

Still, he accused Roche, a former public defender, of “jammingupyoung” prosecutors in favor of his formercolleagues. In onecase, Williams said, apolice ofﬁcer likely did notshowup for trial becauseRoche had earlier found no probable cause for the arrest.

“Thereisapattern,” Williams said, “andthe pattern is thejudge signaling to the police” that he viewed the evidence as weak Williams argued that the committee ignored the city’s plummeting crime rates and his office’sconviction rates, whichhesaid were more than 85% in homicide cases. He argued the hearingwas propelled by Rodrigue,long avocal critic.

“This is clearly about something else,” he said. “I have to wonderiftoday’s hearing have more to do with my race, my party afﬁliation or my parish.”

Morris disputed thatnotion

“You didn’tknowwhat was going on in your own ofﬁce,”hesaid. “The racist card won’twork here.”

Later, Williams saidhe apologized if he hadoffended any committee members “I hope you all realizethat regardless of what youthink aboutmeorhavebeen told about me, we allshare the samegoals,” he said.

Email JillianKramer at jillian.kramer@ theadvocate.com.

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Sisters Clara Hetland,4,from left, HaddieHetland,9,and Audra Hetland 6, of Surprise, Ariz., spend time Thursday at amakeshift memorial at TurningPoint USA headquarters in Phoenix after the shooting death at aUtah collegeon WednesdayofCharlie Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of the organization.

change playedout immediatelybeforethe shooting, as he was taking questions from an audience member about gun violence when the shot was heard.

Some attendees whobolted after thegunshotrushed into two classrooms full of

students. Theyusedtables to barricade the door and to shield themselves in the corners. Someone grabbed an electric pencil sharpener and wrapped the cord tightly around thedoorhandle, then tied the sharpener to a chair leg.

Madison Lattinwas watchingafew dozenfeetfrom Kirk’sleft when she heard the bullet hit him

“Blood is falling and dripping down, and you’re just like so scared, not just for him but your own safety,” she said.

On campusThursday,the canopy stampedwiththe slogan Kirk commonly used at his events“PROVE ME WRONG” stood disheveled. Kathleen Murphy,a longtimeresident wholives near thecampus, said she has been staying inside with her door locked.

“Withthe shooter not being caught yet, it was aworry,” Murphy said. Meanwhile, the shooting continued to draw swift bipartisan condemnation as Democratic ofﬁcials joined Trumpand other Republican alliesofKirkindecrying the attack,whichunfolded during aspike of political violence that has touched a range of ideologiesand representativesofbothmajor political parties.

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Belarusfrees 52 politicalprisoners

U.S. liftssome sanctionsonits national airline

BY YURAS KARMANAU and LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press

VILNIUS,Lithuania Belarus

freed 52 political prisoners on Thursday as part of a deal brokeredbythe United States, which lifted some sanctions on the country’s nationalairline.

It was another sign of a possible rapprochement between Washington and Minsk, aclose ally of Russia that has faced Western isolation for years. U.S. President Donald Trump and Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko spoke on the phone last month, and the American leader even suggested a face-to-face meeting could be in the works.

That would be abig win for Lukashenko, who has ruled hisnation of 9.5 million with an iron fist for more than three decades. Belarushas beenrepeatedly sanctioned by Western countries both for its crackdown on human rights and allowingMoscow to use its territoryinthe invasion ofUkraine in 2022. Butmorerecently, Lukashenko has sought to mend tieswith the West in the hopes of easing the sanctions.Hehas regularly released prisoners as away to win favor,including freeing Siarhei Tsikhanouski, akey dissident andthe husband of exiled opposition leader SviatlanaTsikhanouskaya, in June.

The concession from the U.S. came aday after Poland denouncedanincursion of Russiandrones into itsterritory —saying some came from Belarus —in what Western ofﬁcials called an

act of aggression. NATO jets were scrambled andshot someofthe drones down.

Trump, whose country is the major militarypower in NATO, offered an ambiguous initialresponse to theincursion,posting on his TruthSocial platform: “What’swith Russia violating Poland’sairspace with drones? Here we go!

Trump envoyJohnCoale announced the lifting of sanctions at ameeting with Lukashenko in Minsk on Thursday

Some sanctions on Belarus national carrier,Belavia, were relaxed in light of prisoner releases so far,according to aU.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic conversations. That will allow theairline to repair and buy parts for its planes, including Boeing aircraft.

The airline was sanctioned

Qatarleader: Israelistrikekilled hope forGazahostage release

BY JON GAMBRELL, ABDEL KAREEM HANA and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press

DOHA, Qatar Benjamin Netanyahu “killed any hope” for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip after Israel’sattackthis week on Hamasleaders in Doha Qatar’sprime ministersaid Thursday in remarksthat underscored wider anger among Gulf Arab countries over the strike.

Tuesday’sattack on the territory of aU.S.allykilled at least six people and alarmed countries in the Middle East and beyond, risking upending ceasefire talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt that soughttofree the Hamasheld hostages in Gaza.

“I was meeting one of the hostages’ familiesthe morning of the attack,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told CNN in an interview aired late Wednesday.“They are counting on this mediation. They have no other hope for that.”

“What Netanyahu has done,hejustkilled any hope forthose hostages,” added Sheikh Mohammed, who is also Qatar’stop diplomat. Hamas spokespersonFawzy Barhoumsaid Israel’s attack constituted a“derailment of negotiations efforts” and showed that Netanyahu andhis backers “refuse to reacha deal.”

Hamas says its seniorleaders survived the Doha strike but thatfive lower-level members were killed. The militant group, which has sometimes only confirmed the assassination of its leaders monthslater,offeredno immediate proof that senior ﬁgures hadsurvived.

Funerals for the five Hamas members and aQatari security officer who were killedinthe attack were held Thursday.Qatar’s ruling emir,Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, attended theservice.

Sheikh Mohammed arrived Thursdayatthe United Nations headquarters in New York to attendanemergency

SecurityCouncil meeting, part of Qatari diplomatic effortsfollowing the strike

The SecurityCouncil earlier issued ajoint statement expressing “deepconcern” without mentioning Israel and emphasizing “de-escalation.” Approvedbythe 15-member council, includingthe U.S.,the statement also conveyed itssolidarity with Qatarand the “vital role”it’splayed in mediating peace efforts in recentyears.

At the start of the session, Rosemary DiCarlo, theU.N.’s political chief, saidIsrael’s attack “shocked the world” and “potentially opens anew and perilous chapter” in the war in Gaza.

“It was an alarming escalation,especially since it targeted individuals whowere reportedly gathered to discuss the latest U.S. proposal for a ceaseﬁre and hostage release deal in Gaza,”she said.

In addition to the U.N. visit,Qatar also said it was organizing an Arab-Islamic summit next week in Doha to discuss theattack

by the European Union, the U.S., andothers after Belarusianflight controllers ordered acommercial jet travelingfrom Greece to Lithuania to land in Minsk. Once the planelanded, authoritiesarrestedRaman Pratasevich, adissident journalist who was on board. Lukashenko, who hasreliedonRussia’s loansand cheap energy to keep Belarus’ economy aﬂoat, called themove “very important.” Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus’ opposition leaderinexile, warned that theeasing of sanctions could allow Moscow,whoseaviation industry has been sanctioned, to getairplane parts through Belavia.

“Weunderstandthat this is part of the deal,”she told The Associated Press. “But lifting sanctions without systemic changes in the country could open loopholes that both theLukashenko regime

and Russia will use to circumvent the sanctions.”

That could also create new opportunities forBelarus in its relationship with Russia.

Minsk will be able to resell the parts to Moscow “at a very favorable price,” said independent analyst Valery Karbalevich, anditmakes “the Kremlin’sleash” on Belarus “a little longer.”

One of the prisoners re-

leased Thursday,veteran oppositionactivist Mikalai Statkevich, refused to cross into Lithuania and tried to return to Belarus, but was blocked by the border guards, Anatol Lyabedzka, akey activist on Tsikhanouskaya’s team,toldAP in aphone interviewfroma Lithuanian border crossing where theprisoners were handed over

BY KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press

SEOUL,South Korea South Korea’spresident said Thursdaythat Korean companies will likely hesitate to make further investments in the United States unless Washingtonimprovesits visa system fortheir employees, as U.S. authoritiesreleased hundreds of workers who were detained at aGeorgia factory site last week. In anews conference marking 100daysinofﬁce, Lee Jae Myung called for improvements in the U.S. visa system as he spoke about

theSept. 4immigration raid that resulted in thearrestof more than 300 South Korean workers at abattery factory under construction at Hyundai’s sprawling autoplant west of Savannah. South Korea’sForeign Ministry later confirmed that U.S. authorities have released the 330 detainees— 316 of them Koreans —and thatthey were being transported by busestoAtlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport where they will boarda charter ﬂight scheduledto arrive in South KoreaonFriday afternoon. The group also includes 10 Chinese nationals, threeJapanese nationals and

one Indonesian. Themassive roundup and U.S. authorities’ release of video showing some workers being chained and taken away,sparkedwidespread angerand asense of betrayal in SouthKorea. The raid came less than two weeks after asummit between U.S. President DonaldTrump andLee, andjust weeksafterthe countriesreached a July agreementthatspared South Korea from the Trump administration’shighest tariffs —but only after Seoul pledged $350 billion in new U.S. investments, against the backdrop of adecaying jobmarket at home.

PHOTO PROVIDED By BELARUSIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and U.S. presidential envoyJohn Coaleshakehands Thursday during ameeting in Minsk,Belarus.

U.S. marks24thanniversary of Sept.11attacks

BY PHILIP MARCELO and LISEBERTH GUILLAUME Associated Press

NEWYORK Nearlyaquarter

century has passed since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but for many,the emotions of the day remain raw as ever

On Thursday,America marked the 24th anniversary of the deadly attacks with solemn ceremonies in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania

The commemorations were punctuated by moments of silence, the tolling of bells and the reading of the names of the nearly 3,000 killed.

“Even 24 years later,it’s heart-wrenching,” said Jennifer Nilsen, who wore a T-shirt emblazoned with an image of her husband, Troy Nilsen, as she attended the commemoration at ground zero in lower Manhattan. “It feels the same way every year.”

Michelle Pizzo, wearing a shirt with the image of her late husband, Jason DeFazio, said she hoped more people could take aminute to reﬂect on the day

“Younger kids don’trealize that you have to remember,” she said.

Emma Williamson, 20,of Massachusetts, made apoint to travel from her college uptown to stand near ground zero, where two memorial pools ringed by waterfalls and parapets inscribed with the names of the dead mark the spots where the twin towers once stood.

“I wasn’tborn when it happened, but it was really an importantday in America,”

Washington to commemorate the24th anniversaryofthe Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

shesaid.“It’skind of the last time we all stuck together, and that matters.”

The9/11 anniversary,often promoted as aday of national unity,came during atime of increased politician tension.

The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at aUtahcollege aday earlier prompted additional security measures at ground zero, where FBI Director Kash Patelwas among the dignitariesinattendance.

Vice PresidentJDVance and hiswife,second lady Usha Vance,had planned to attend butinstead ﬂew to Salt Lake City to visit with Kirk’sfamily.Kirk’s casket was then taken to his home state of Arizona aboard Air Force Two.

Many in thecrowd at ground zero held up photosof lost loved ones as amoment of silence marked the exact time when the ﬁrst hijacked planestruckthe iconictwin towers.

Loved ones thenread aloud

BobMenendez’s wife gets 4½ years in prison forbribery

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRYNEUMEISTER Associated Press

NEW YORK

FormerU.S.

Sen. Bob Menendez’ssobbing wife told ajudge that her husband was “not the man Ithought he was” before she was sentenced Thursday to 41/2 years in prison for selling thepowerful New Jersey politician’sinﬂuence in exchange for bribes of cash, gold bars and aluxury car

U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein sentenced Nadine Menendez, 58,for her April conviction for colluding from 2018 to 2023 with her husband, the former Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in avariety of corrupt schemes, someinvolving assisting the Egyptian government. Nadine Menendez, tearfully addressing the judge for several minutesbefore he sentenced her,described her husband as a manipulative liar

“I put my life in his hands and he strung me like a puppet,” she said. “The

blindfoldis off. Inow know he’s not my savior. He’snot the manI thought he was.” Standing outsidethe courthouse afterward, shesaidshe doesn’t plan to divorceher 71-year-old husband, who is servingan 11-year sentence for takingbribes, extortion, and actingasanagentofthe Egyptian government Stein told the defendant thatshe wasn’tthe person she was portrayed as during last year’strialofher husband and two New Jersey businessmen,whenthe judge said she was painted as “the true force behind the conspiracies.”

But he saidshe also wasn’t the “innocent observer of what was happening around you,”asher lawyer claimed

“You knew what you were doing. Your role was purposeful,”hesaid. AssistantU.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz said Nadine Mendendezwas “the second-mostculpable member” of the scheme, after her husband, andthat she“didsowithout hesitation.”

thenames of the victims, with manygiving personal remembrances, well wishes and updates on their lives

ZoeDoyle,daughterof Frank Joseph Doyle,said her family created anonproﬁt in his honor that’sbuilt schools in South Africa andisfeeding and educating thousands of children.

Manuel DaMotaJr. said he remembers his father and namesake, Manuel DaMota, not just with grief, but with gratitude for theexample he set.

“In aworld ﬁlled with division andconﬂict,I do my best to honor my father by choosing connection, empathy and hope,” he said.

Melissa Pullis, whose husband Edward Pullis diedin the towers, said this year is more difficultthanothers because two of the couple’s threechildren are getting married.

“You can’twalk your princess down the aisle,” she said through tears. “You are

Policy wouldcut offpeopleinU.S. illegallyfrom program

BY MAKIYASEMINERA AP education writer

Afederal judge hasissuedanationwide block on a Trump administration directivethat preventedchildren in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program.

Head Start associations in several statesfiledsuit against the policychange by the U.S. Department of Health andHumanServices.The rulingbyafederal judge in Washington state on Thursday comesafter a coalition of 21 Democratic attorneysgeneral succeeded in temporarily halting the policy’simplementation within their own states. With the newruling, the policy is now on hold across the country AndrewNixon, an HHS spokesperson, said theagency disagrees with the court’s decisionsand is evaluating next steps.

In July,HHS proposed arule reinterpretation to disallow immigrantsinthe country illegally fromre-

missedevery day.Wewill always sayyour name, and we will always ﬁght for justice.”

At the PentagoninVirginia, the 184 service members and civilians killed when hijackers steered ajetliner into the headquarters of the U.S. military were honored in aceremonyattended by President Donald Trump and ﬁrst lady Melania Trump.

The president, in his remarks, recounted moments from that day,including snippetsofconversations from passengers who were aboard the hijacked airplanes.

“Today,asone nation, we renewour sacred vowthat we will never forget Sept. 11, 2001,” Trump said during the observance, which took place in an internalcourtyard of the building ratherthan its traditional location outside

its walls near thebuilding’s Sept. 11 memorial.

“The enemywill always fail,” he added. “Wedefy the fear,endure the ﬂames.”

The president,who attendeda New York Yankees game in the Bronx on Thursday evening, also announced Kirk would be posthumously awardedthe Presidential Medal of Freedom, calling hima “giant of his generation” and a“champion of liberty.”

And in arural fieldnear Shanksville, Pennsylvania, aceremonyattendedby Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins honoredthe victims of Flight 93, thehijacked plane that crashed after crew membersand passengers tried to storm the cockpit.

Elsewhere, people marked

theanniversary withservice projects and charitable works as part of anational dayofservice. Volunteers took part in food and clothing drives,parkand neighborhood cleanups, blood banks andothercommunity events. In all, the attacks by alQaida militants killed2,977 people, including many financial workers at the World TradeCenter andfirefighters andpoliceofficers who had rushed to the burning buildings trying to save lives. Theattacks reverberated globally,altering the course of U.S. foreign and domestic policy.Itled to the global war on terrorism and the U.S.ledinvasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and related conflicts that killedhundreds of thousands of civilians and troops.

ceivingcertain social services,including Head Start and other community health programs. Those programs were previously made accessible by afederal law in President Bill Clinton’sadministration.

Thechange was part of a broader Trump administration effort to exclude people withoutlegal status from accessing social services by making changestofederal eligibility rules. Those immigrants would

be barred from accessing the impacted programs because they would be reclassiﬁed as federal public beneﬁts —an alteration that Health SecretaryRobertF.Kennedy Jr saidcoulddisincentivizeillegal immigration.

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William Staudt, a firefighter that worked at Ground Zero on the dayofthe attacks,looksover areflecting pool during aceremonytomark the 24th anniversaryofthe Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Thursday in Newyork.

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President DonaldTrump and first ladyMelania Trumpattend aceremonyThursdayatthe Pentagon in

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Wall Street’s record run continues Thursday

NEW YORK Wall Street’s record-setting run kept rolling on Thursday, and stocks climbed after a mixed set of U.S. data kept the path clear for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in order to boost the economy The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and set an all-time high for the third straight day The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 617 points, or 1.4%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.7%. Both also hit records.

Treasury yields eased in the bond market following the economic reports, which were some of the final data releases left that could sway the Federal Reserve’s thinking before its meeting next week The unanimous expectation on Wall Street is that it will cut its main interest rate for the first time this year On Wall Street, stocks of companies that could benefit from lower interest rates rallied, including owners of real estate and homebuilders. Builders

FirstSource, which sells cabinets, lumber and other building supplies, climbed 4.5% Centene helped lead the market with a jump of 9%. The health care company said its business results through August are tracking with the proﬁt forecast for the year that it had earlier given. That’s more than analysts are forecasting

Jobless application filings hit 4-year high

WASHINGTON — In another grim sign for the U.S. labor market, jobless claim applications jumped to their highest level in almost four years last week, virtually assuring the Federal Reserve will cut its benchmark interest rate next week.

The number of Americans ﬁling for unemployment beneﬁts for the week ending Sept. 6 rose by 27,000 to 263,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday That’s the most applications since the week of Oct. 23, 2021, and well above the 231,000 new applications economists forecast. It’s also the biggest week-to-week increase in almost a year

Typically the Fed would cut its key rate when unemployment rises in an attempt to spur more spending and growth. But it would do the opposite and raise rates — or keep them unchanged — in the face of rising inﬂation.

“The hot inﬂation print will not likely change the Fed’s plan to cut rates in September, but it’s possible the Fed will hold in October if inﬂation expectations no longer look well-contained,” said Jeffrey Roach, chief economist for LPL Financial.

Fed ofﬁcials recently have expressed greater concern about the deteriorating labor market than inﬂation, and while a rate cut could spur economic growth and boost the job market, economists fear it could push inflation even farther above the Fed’s target of 2% European Central Bank leaves rates unchanged

FRANKFURT Germany The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday with inflation back under control and the economy weathering Trump’s tariff onslaught better than expected.

The bank’s rate-setting council left its benchmark deposit rate unchanged at 2% at a meeting at its skyscraper headquarters in Frankfurt.

The focus in Europe has shifted to the ﬁscal crisis in France and any possible role for the ECB in containing potential market turmoil that could erupt from the country’s out-of-control deﬁcit and political logjam Bank President Christine Lagarde said after the rate decision that monetary policy was “in a good place” and that decisions are being made “meeting by meeting.” She gave no hint of future moves, saying the bank is “not on a predetermined path.”

Entergy CEO: Meta power plants a win

But climate goals will be impacted, he says

BY RICH COLLINS Staff writer

Entergy Corp. CEO Drew Marsh

called the three natural gas-fueled power plants the utility is building for Meta’s new north Louisiana data center big wins for the state, but they will likely keep the utility from meeting its goal to cut emissions in half by 2030.

In a speech Wednesday to more than 300 energy professionals, policymakers and students at Tulane University’s Future of Energy Forum, Marsh said the huge new power plants, expected to cost more than $3 billion, will improve grid reliability for customers statewide at a cost of pushing back some of its carbon goals.

Orleans. “2030 is going to be tough, but I think we still have a good shot at 2050, because Meta can bring its $2 trillion company to bear on this problem and help us clean up.”

Entergy was instrumental in landing the $10 million Meta data center, which is heralded by some as one of the biggest economic development wins in state history Others have criticized it for its massive energy demands and over concerns about how it will affect people living nearby in Richland Parish.

The project, announced a year ago, will take up the space equivalent to about 70 football ﬁelds. Estimates are that the facility will draw twice the power that the city of New Orleans uses on a hot summer day

Meta promises more than 5,000 construction jobs and 500 permanent jobs. The power plants will likely employ another 50 people. Louisiana’s Public Service Commission voted to approve the project in August.

Marsh, a 27-year Entergy veteran, said the data center and its power plants are part of an industrial boom along the Gulf Coast and particularly on the Interstate 20 corridor connecting Shreveport to Jackson, Mississippi — that has boosted the utility’s annual growth from 5% a year to about 13%.

“As we look out to 2050, we think we could triple or quadruple our sales,” he said. “There’s just a lot going on out there.”

To meet the increased demand, Marsh said, Entergy will have to invest in a variety of power generation methods, including nuclear Marsh, who is chair of the Nuclear Energy Institute trade association, said the country needs to maintain its existing power plants and ease regulations so more can come online.

“Nuclear safety is something that is very important, but it has been overdone,” he said. “One-ina-million years type standards on things could be very, very expensive and not really generate much

incremental safety.”

The Energy Forum comes at a time of signiﬁcant changes in the nation’s energy policy, when the Trump Administration has moved away from clean energy initiatives and promoted increasing domestic fossil fuel production.

Marsh’s remarks echoed others at the event, where the focus has shifted away from clean energy in favor of a more pragmatic approach. Marsh said Entergy is prioritizing affordability reliability and resilience.

“Some of the areas that we serve are some of the most economically disadvantaged areas of the country,” he said. “And a lot of our large industrial customers are competing in a global commodity market, so if our prices were to go shooting upward, that could end their ability to compete in our service territory.”

“By and large, the world is not focused on sustainability. Less so today than it was two years ago, to be sure,” he added. “But it is something that is going to come back around. That’s what we believe.”

Inflation rises as job market cools

Data puts Federal Reserve in a tough spot

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP economics writer

WASHINGTON Inflation rose last month

as the price of gas, groceries and airfares jumped while new data showed applications for unemployment aid soared, putting the Federal Reserve in an increasingly tough spot as it prepares to cut rates at its meeting next week despite persistent price pressures.

Consumer prices increased 2.9% in August from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday up from 2.7% the previous month and the biggest jump since January

Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 3.1%, the same as in July Both ﬁgures are above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.

A separate government report Thursday showed that weekly applications for unemployment aid jumped 27,000 to 263,000, the highest in nearly four years Requests for jobless beneﬁts are a proxy for layoffs. Recent reports have also showed that hiring has weakened dramatically this year and was lower than previously estimated last year

The data raises the specter of “stagflation,” a trend that last bedeviled the U.S. economy in the 1970s. The term refers to a period of slower growth and higher unemployment along with rising inflation. It is unusual because a weak economy typically keeps inflation in check.

Such a scenario could create major headaches for the Fed as it prepares for a meeting next week, when policymakers are widely expected to cut their short-term rate to about 4.1% from 4.3%. The Fed is under relentless pressure from President Donald Trump to cut rates. At the same time, stubborn inﬂation while the job market is weakening is difﬁcult for the central bank because they are diverging trends that require polar reactions from Fed policymakers to address.

Typically the Fed would cut its key rate when unemployment rises to spur more spending and growth. Yet it would do the opposite and raise rates — or at least keep them unchanged in the face of rising inﬂation.

Last month, Chair Jerome Powell signaled that Fed ofﬁcials are increasingly concerned about weaker hiring, setting the stage for a rate cut next week. Wall Street investors

think there is an 85% chance the Fed will cut twice more after that according to futures pricing tracked by CME Fedwatch. “Consumer inﬂation came in mildly hotter than forecast, but not nearly high enough to prevent the Fed from starting to cut rates next week,” Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist for Nationwide, said. “The labor market is losing steam and reinforces that the Fed needs to start cutting rates next week and that it will be the start of a series of rate reductions.”

Where inflation heads next is a key question for the Fed While Thursday’s report showed inflation picked up, data released Wednesday suggested prices at the wholesale level are cooling. Economists also noted that a separate measure of inflation that the Fed prefers, which will be released in about two weeks, should come in lower than Thursday’s figures and paint a more benign picture of prices.

On a monthly basis, overall inflation accelerated, rising 0.4% from July to August, faster than the 0.2% pace the previous month. Core prices rose 0.3% for the second straight month. Many economists and some key members of the Fed think that the current pickup in inflation reflects one-time increases from Trump’s sweeping tariffs and won’t lead to a lasting inflationary trend. They argue that a weaker job market will hold down wages

and force companies to keep prices in check.

Subadra Rajappa, head of U.S. rates strategy at Societe Generale, said that while inﬂation was elevated last month, there were also signs that the cost of services moderated, suggesting that outside of tariffs, prices are cooling.

Yet Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM, a tax and consulting firm, says that higher-income households are still spending sufficiently to push some prices higher, such as hotel and airfare costs, which leapt last month. Such spending could keep inflation stubbornly high even in a weak job market, he said.

“The Fed’s getting ready to cut into a sustained increase in prices,” he said. “Very unusual spot. We can see tariff-induced inﬂation in a slow, steady and methodical manner.”

Goods prices picked up last month, a sign Trump’s sweeping tariffs are pushing up costs. Gas prices jumped 1.9% just from July to August, the biggest monthly increase since a 4% rise in December Grocery prices climbed 0.6%, pushed higher by more expensive tomatoes, apples, and beef. Rental costs also increased, rising 0.4%, faster than the previous month.

Clothing costs rose 0.5% just last month, though they are still just slightly more expensive than a year ago. Furniture costs rose 0.3% and are 4.7% higher than a year earlier

FTC questions social media, AI companies on effects of chatbots

Big Tech asked what steps are taken on kids’ safety

BY BARBARA ORTUTAY AP technology writer

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into several social media and artificial intelligence companies about the potential harm to children and teenagers who use their AI chatbots as companions.

The FTC said Thursday it has sent letters to Google parent Alphabet, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, Snap,

Character Technologies, ChatGPT maker OpenAI and xAI.

The FTC said it wants to understand what steps, if any, companies have taken to evaluate the safety of their chatbots when acting as companions, to limit the products’ use by and potential negative effects on children and teens, and to apprise users and parents of the risks associated with the chatbots. The move comes as a growing number of kids use AI chatbots for everything — from homework help to personal advice, emotional support and everyday decisionmaking. That’s despite research on the harms of chatbots, which have been shown to give kids dan-

gerous advice about topics such as drugs, alcohol and eating disorders. The mother of a teenage boy in Florida who killed himself after developing what she described as an emotionally and sexually abusive relationship with a chatbot has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Character.AI. And the parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine recently sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT coached the California boy in planning and taking his own life earlier this year.

Character.AI said it is looking forward to “collaborating with the FTC on this inquiry and providing insight on the consumer AI industry and the space’s rapidly evolv-

ing technology.”

“We have invested a tremendous amount of resources in Trust and Safety, especially for a startup. In the past year we’ve rolled out many substantive safety features, including an entirely new under-18 experience and a Parental Insights feature,” the company said.

“We have prominent disclaimers in every chat to remind users that a Character is not a real person and that everything a Character says should be treated as ﬁction.”

Meta declined to comment on the inquiry and Alphabet, Snap, OpenAI and X.AI did not immediately respond to messages for comment.

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A personal shopper gathers items to fill an online grocery order in Dallas on Aug. 28.

Families of slainprotestersinNepal seek justice

Hundreds seek to leavecountry

BY BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press

KATHMANDU,Nepal— Grieving families of protesterskilled by police duringviolent protests in Nepal this week gathered in the capital on Thursday,expressing anger at authorities and seeking information about their missing loved ones.

Families held acandlelight vigil outside ahospital morgue in Kathmandu and announced plans to meet with Nepal army ofﬁcials to seek justice.

Earlier on Thursday,hundreds of people crowded Nepal’smain airport in Kathmandu to get aflight out of the country,asconfusion set in over who governs the Himalayannation after violent protests toppled the country’sgovernment.

The Health Ministry said that 34 people were killed and 1,368 wounded in protests on Monday and Tuesday.They were sparked by a short-lived social media ban and fueledbybroader discontent over corruption and

unemployment. Nepal’sarmy took control of thecapital Tuesday night after two days of huge protests that left the presidential residence and government buildings in ﬂames and forced the prime ministerto resignand ﬂee

Thetollofthe deadand wounded has been risingas reportsoncasualtiestrickledinfromother parts of the country

“Weneed to ﬁght for justice for our family who were killed and we cannot stay silent any longer,” said Kamal Subedi,one of those at the vigil. He said his nephew was killed.

“Wehavelost our loved ones butpolitics seem totake priority right and no one has even approachedus, so now we going to ﬁght for justice forthe honorthey deserve.”

Protesters said theyare demanding state honorsfor their loved ones and are not interested in monetary compensation.

Bhol BahadurBishwokarma was seeking information about his brother,Santosh Bishwokarma, who was killedbypolice ﬁre

“Wehave heard that the body is in the hospital

Passengers check flight schedules on ascreen

reopens in Kathmandu,Nepal. The airporthad been closed due to nationwideprotests.

morgue here but no one has confirmed that or in what condition and shape the body is in. We have not even been able tosee the body.We demand the government address our concern at theearliest,” he said. In the capital, residents rushedtobuy food staples like rice, vegetablesand meat early Thursday,when thearmybrieﬂy lifted acurfew.Armed soldiers were guarding the streets, check-

ing vehicles and offering assistancetothose in need. Many tried to leave the country after theairport reopened lateWednesday and international flights resumed Thursday “It was very difficult time for us. We had trouble just to get to airport and back to hotel hoping for flights but finally Ihave found aseat and am going to be flying out of Nepal,” said Raj Kumar Bika, achicken farmer who

was trying to get to NewDelhi for business. The last day of the key Indra Jatra festival was also shortened by the organizers canceling the chariot process of the living goddess in the heart of Kathmandu. Afew hundred devotees wereallowed in the old palace courtyards but the living goddess was not taken out of her palace temple. It remained unclear who would takecontrol of the

government as the search foraninterim leader continued. When the protests prompted Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli to resign Tuesday,the country’s ceremonial President Ram Chandra Poudelaskedhim to lead atransitional government until anew one could be put in place. But Oli ﬂed from his ofﬁcial residence, and his whereabouts were notclear Residentsofthe capital were left wondering who was in charge. “I feelthere should be an election soonest and new leaders who are able to workfor thecountry should be elected,” said Sanu Bohara,a shopowner.“After allthis what we need is peace. Ifeel there should not have been so much destruction,but that hasalready happened.”

Anup KesharThapa,aretired government ofﬁcer who was looking at thecharred ofﬁcial residences of ministers, said it was not clear who would lead the country andif people would actually listen to them. “If the protestshad gone in an organized way, it would be clear who was leading,” he said.

BY MARYCLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press

WASHINGTON Senate Republicans took the ﬁrststeps to change the chamber’s rules on Thursday,moving to make it easier to conﬁrm groups of President Donald Trump’snominees after lastminute negotiations with Democrats fell apart.

Senate MajorityLeader John Thune’smove is the latest salvo aftera dozenyears of gradual changes by both parties to weaken the ﬁlibuster and make the nominations process more partisan. He has said the Democrats’

obstructionis“unsustainable” as theyhave drawn out the confirmation process and infuriated Trump as many positions in his administration have remainedunfilled. “We’re going to fix this today, and restore thelongtime Senate precedentofexpeditiousconfirmation, and the Senate’sroleasfirstand foremost alegislativebody,” Thune said.

The Senate on Thursday evening moved forward on theproposed rule change with a45-53 party linevote. Thenew rules proposal would allow theSenate to move some of Trump’snominees in groups of 48 at atime.

TheRepublican rules change stops short of speeding up votes on high-levelCabinet ofﬁcials and lifetimejudicial appointments.

Republicanswill have to go through additional procedural steps next week for the process to be complete. And if all goes accordingto their plan, the ﬁrst tranche of Trump’snominees— undersecretaries and staff positions for variousagencies across thegovernment as well as severalambassadors —could be conﬁrmed as soon as next Thursday

The effort to changethe rules comesasbothparties have obstructed each other’s

Officials: Colo.schoolshooting suspecthad been radicalized

Twostudents wounded

BY COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

DENVER A16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified “extremist network” fired arevolver multiple timesduringanattackatasuburban Denver high school that wounded two students, authorities saidThursday

Some students ran and others locked down during Wednesday’sshootingatEvergreen High School in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. One of the victims was shot inside the school and anther outside.

Thesuspect in Evergreen, student Desmond Holly, shot himselfatthe school and later died, saidJefferson County sheriff’s office spokesperson Jacki Kelley The county was also the scene of the1999Columbine High School shooting that killed 14 people. Theschool resource officer was on medical leave and two part-time officers whonow share the jobwere notpresent at thetime, she said at anews conference. The officer working at the school that day hadbeen sentearlier to anearbyaccident.

Kelley said Holly had been“radicalized by some extremist network,” and suggested authoritiescame to that conclusion after ex-

amining the suspect’s home and phone.

Butdetails on howheallegedly hadbeen radicalized and by what group were not immediately released,with Kelleypromising more information at alater date. It also remained unclear if Holly knew the victims and had adisputewiththem,or if theywereshot randomly Bothwere reported in critical condition Thursday

Ofﬁcialsreleased astatement from the family of one of the victims, Matthew Silverstone, 18, expressing appreciation for the support they’ve received and requesting privacy as the familyfocuses on his recovery The other victim had not been publicly identiﬁed.

nominees foryears, andas both Republicans and Democrats have advocated for speedinguptheprocesswhen theyare in the majority

Republicans have been pushing the ruleschange sinceearly August,when the Senate left for amonthlong recess after abreakdown in bipartisan negotiations over the confirmation process and Trumptold Senate DemocraticLeader Chuck Schumer to“GO TO HELL!” on social media.

Democrats have blocked more nominees than ever before as they have struggled to ﬁnd ways tooppose

Trump andthe GOP-dominated Congress, and as their voters have pushed them to fight Republicans at every turn. It’s theﬁrst time in recent historythatthe minority party hasn’tallowed at least some quick conﬁrmations.

Schumer hassaidDemocrats aredelaying thenominations because Trump’s nominees are“historically bad.”

“We’resupposedtodebate and take votes on nominees, especially when the executive branch is grossly breaking norms by sending us woefully unqualiﬁed, unscrupulous, and in somecases,

deeply dishonest individuals forpowerful and important positions,” Schumer saidin aﬂoor speech following the votes. Still, Democratscontinued talks with Republicans into Thursday afternoon as Republicansdelayed their votes foralmost ﬁve hours. The twosidesdiscussed a compromise that would have limited thegroups of nominees to 15 andshortenedthe length of debate. But in the end, they were not able to agree. DemocraticSen.Brian Schatz, of Hawaii,saidthey hadbeen “achingly close to adeal.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOByNIRANJAN SHRESTHA

ThursdayasNepal’sinternational airport

NATO’s

BY EMMA BURROWS Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia For more than three years, Ukraine has waged an almost nightly battle against Russian attack drones. NATO on Wednesday got ataste of that ﬁght Polish authorities said they detected 19 violations of their airspace, prompting amillion-dollarresponseas ﬁghter jets were scrambled and Patriot air defense systems placed on alert. Up to four drones were shot down with the help of NATO allies.

The incursion, which lasted for several hours, showed NATO’svulnerability to drone warfare. Russian authorities said they didn’t target Poland, and Belarus, aclose ally of Moscow,said someofthe drones “lost their course”because they were jammed. Nonetheless, several European leaders and experts said Poland was deliberately targeted.

If oneortwo drones crossed into Polish airspace, it could havebeen a“technical malfunction,” but it “deﬁes imagination that it could have been accidental” when there were 19, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said.

While proving intent is difficult, “to have several to lose their wayisstarting to look rather deliberate,” agreed Thomas Withington, an expert in electronic warfare at the Royal United Services Institute in London.

Agoal, he suggested, could have been to test NATO’sreaction and ability to respond to drones.

Since January,Russia has ﬁred at least 35,698attack drones at Ukraine, according to an Associated Press analysisofdata from the

dronebattlepitsjetsagainst cheapdrones

Ukrainian air force. Polish airspace has been violated multiple times since thebeginning of Russia’sfull-scale invasion of Ukrainein February2022. Fragments from Ukrainian missiles killed two people in Poland in 2023, while drones have strayed into Poland, Romanaand Moldova as well as theBalticstates of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

But until Wednesday,no NATO country had sustained multiple incursions into its airspace. It wasthe ﬁrst time NATO air power was engaged against enemy targets inside aNATOcountry Dronefragmentswere found about 344 miles into Polishterritory —deeper than any previous incursion.

Much remains unclear andfor now,NATOhas remained cautious. “Wedonot yet know if this was an intentional act or an unintentional act,”saidU.S. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, NATO’s supreme alliedcommander Europe. He added that even thenumber of drones has yet to be conﬁrmed

It’s difﬁcult “without hard evidence,” to say if Moscow really intended to fly the drones into Poland, said Ash Alexander-Cooper,a former specialist military commander andvicepresident at Dedrone by Axon, which makestechnology to detect and neutralize drones. But, based on what is known about Russian drones andhow theyrespondto electronic warfare, the expertswho spoketoAPsaid it was highly possible the incursionswere deliberate. There aretwo key ways to neutralize most drones: Shoot themdown or inter-

fere with their signals. Jamming and spooﬁng are the main ways to do signals interference. Jamming seversthe drone’sconnection with asatellitenavigation system, whereas spoofing tricks the drone into thinking it is somewhere else.

If thedrone were jammed —eitherbyUkraineorPoland— it would either land or ﬂy back towardits point of origin in Russia or Belarus, Withington said. If it were spoofed, it could ﬂy off course, crash or land.

If thedrone were spoofed, trying to jam it could actually “make the problem worse,” said AlexanderCooper.Jamming adrone normally sends it home, but Russia is now programming some drones so that their “home” is actually their target. If satellite communications are cut, the dronescontinue towardtheir targets. Militarydrones also have inertialnavigation units, which use previous position fixesand gyroscopes to markthe drone’sposition

relativetothe earth so that it can keep ﬂying without satellite or radio signals.

In thatcase, the drones could only havepenetrated deep into Polishairspaceif Russia had given them atargeted “mission,” Withington said.

Russian attack drones known as Shaheds —are “hard to disrupt” electronically,Alexander-Cooper said, which is why NATO scrambled jets to takethem down.

F-35and F-16 ﬁghter jets and Black Hawk helicopters were deployed, as wellas Soviet-designed MI-24 and MI-17helicopters, the Polish Defense Ministry said.German Patriot missile defense systemsinPoland also were placed on alert

Theresponse, AlexanderCooper suggested, was economically disproportionate to thethreat

“Firing million-dollar missiles is notaneconomical model that can be sustained” againstdronesthat cost tens of thousands of dollars, he

said.

Gen.Wiesław Kukuła, general commander of the Polish armed forces, told Polish televisionthe cost wasbeside the point. “What matters is the value of what this drone can destroy.Ifit’s aPolish life, it has no price,” he said.

Lt. Gen. Andrus Merilo, commanderofthe Estonian armed forces, told AP it’s important to look at “what kind of targets we are defending,” rather than what’s attacking them.The drones may be cheap, but the cost of amissile to repelthemmay be faroutweighed by the damage they can do.

If facedwith drone swarms like those in Ukraine, there would not be “enough aircraft within the NATO ﬂeet withenough missilesorenough interceptors to do thejob,” said Alexander-Cooper.Itwould also require putting ﬁghter jetpilots —who are in limited supply andexpensive to train —inharm’s way, he said.

Both Russia and Ukraine have rapidly developed new drones,technology andtactics.

Since 2024, Russia has mixed decoy drones with no payload amongarmedShaheds in ordertooverwhelm Ukrainianair defenses, which cannot easily distinguish between the two. Russia also has the ability to connect achain of drones together to bounceasignal to extend anotherdrone’s range, said Fabian Hinz at the International Institute forStrategic Studies in London.

In June, Ukraine used dronesflown fromtrucks to strike million-dollar Russian warplanesdeep inside the country,during Operation Spiderweb. Ukraine’s security service said it used artificial intelligence to partly pilot the drones along aplanned route in the event they lost signal.

On thefront lines, both Russia andUkraine use ﬁber optic drones for surveillance and strikes. They areimpossible to interfere with electronically as they areconnected to the operatorbyalong, thin ﬁber optic cable

Eachnight, Ukraine shoots down most Russian attack drones, according to data from its airforce, but even oneortwo can do serious damage. After Wednesday’s incursion, Polish authorities said drone fragments were found at 16 locations. This could indicatethat several drones escaped.

That some of the drones flew so far into Polish airspace is an indication that “perhaps somewherethe detection capability waslacking,” Withington said.

Inquirystartsintocause of gastankerblast in Mexico City

Deathtoll risesto8

By The Associated Press

MEXICO CITY Families

clustered outside hospitals awaiting word of their lovedones Thursday after the crash and explosion of a tanker truck aday earlier on aMexico City highway that killed at least eight people and injured 90. The fire engulfedmore

than two dozen vehicles andlefta gruesome scene of badlyburned survivors staggering in the street in tattered clothing as first responders rushed to the scene. The injured suffered second- and third-degree burns

Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada saidThursday the death toll had risen to eight, with 67 others still hospitalized, 22 of those incritical condition

The accident Wednesday

drewrenewed attention to thethousands of trucks that rumble through Mexico daily carrying liquid propane, which most homes and businessesrelyonfor cooking and heating water

Regulators said apreliminary review revealed that the truck, which was carrying morethan 13,000 gallons of gas,did nothaveupto-dateinsurance allowing it to transport its cargo, somethingthe company denied.

President Claudia Shein-

baum said Thursday she instructedherenergysecretary to design new measures to maketransporting fuelsafer,but did notprovide details.

By The Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS,Md.

The United States Naval Academy in Maryland was put on lockdown Thursday and abuilding was clearedinresponse to reports of threats made to the miliary school, and one person was injured, ofﬁcials said. The person injured was airlifted to ahospital and wasinstable condition, Lt Naweed Lemar, the spokesperson for the base that hoststhe academy, said in a statement.

Naval SupportActivity Annapolis security and local law enforcement had responded to the reports of suspicious activity, Lemarsaid.Additionaldetails aboutthe threat and howthe person was injured were not immediately available.

Lemar hadsaidearlier that theacademy in Annapolis was on lockdown “outof an abundance of caution.”

Police wereseen near Bancroft Hall, which houses midshipmen in its more than 1,600 dorm rooms. It is considered the biggest single college dormitory in the world, according to the school’swebsite.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOByCZAREKSOKOLOWSKI

Territorial defense officers clean up debris from the destroyedroof of ahouse on Thursday after Russiandrones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine in Wyryki,Poland

NEVER FORGET

ABOVE: St. Tammany Parish firefighter Mathew Lato, left, wears his honor guard uniform as he rings a bell during the 24th anniversary remembrance of 9/11 held at Heritage Park in Slidell on Thursday RIGHT: A piece of a steel beam from the World Trade Center is on display at Heritage Park on Thursday. Dozens of first responders gathered around it for a 24th anniversary remembrance of the terrorist attack. BELOW: First responders from across St. Tammany Parish hold their hands over their hearts during the 9/11 remembrance on Thursday STAFF PHOTOS By CHRIS GRANGER

council approves parking garage for hospital

Residents voice concerns about 5-story structure

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

At a packed meeting Tuesday night, the Covington City Council voted 6-1 to allow a Covington hospital to build a ﬁve-story

Changes could be coming to Mardi Gras parade lineup

First krewe would roll an hour earlier

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

The Thursday night before Mardi Gras is one of the most popular slots in the Carnival calendar, with three lighted parades following one after another along the Uptown route amid enormous crowds. In 2025, the Babylon parade kicked off the evening at 5:30 p.m., followed by Chaos, then the mammoth Muses procession. But in a memo to the City Council this week, representatives of the three processions proposed that next year the Thursday night parade lineup get

City Council overrides mayor’s LSU veto

Cantrell sought to halt $5M deal

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

day lineup. Babylon would follow Chaos at 5:30 p.m., and Muses would cap off the night, starting a half-hour earlier than

land in Port Fourchon had been divvied up between LSU, the city, the heirs of philanthropist Edward Wisner and others.

The council moved last month to pull $5 million from capital bond funds to seal the deal, but Cantrell vetoed the measure in late August when the council sent it to her desk for a signature. “This ordinance oversteps the legal boundaries of Council authority,” she said in a statement at the time “As Mayor, I have a duty to protect the integrity of our budget process and to ensure public funds are handled lawfully and responsibly.”

The century-old trust expired in 2014, and the council has maintained that the city is entitled to 100% of the land’s proceeds. A legal fight unfolded over the years between the council and the heirs who want to retain their stake in the land. That took a turn, however, when Civil

Fishing dispute flares between state, feds

BY JOSIE ABUGOV Staff writer

Gov. Jeff Landry weighs in on amberjack season Landry ä See VETO, page 2B

The federal government’s move to end the commercial amberjack season in the Gulf has reignited a long-standing dispute with Louisiana over the management of popular fish species. Following the federal closure, Gov Jeff Landry wrote on social media Tuesday that recreational amberjack fishing would stay open through the end of October, even if the national fisheries agency closes the season. Louisiana argues, as it has done with other species, that amberjack numbers off Louisiana are plentiful, and that the state’s own data is more reliable than the federal government’s. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries division announced in late August that commercial amberjack season would close Sept. 2 in federal waters, an action necessary to protect an overfished population,

STAFF FILE PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

There may be changes coming to one of Mardi Gras’ most popular nights, with the Chaos parade starting early, so the Muses parade doesn’t end late.

Cantrell

AbitaSprings mayoravoidsjailinhousing dispute

Curtis’lawyers raise health concerns

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Astate judge has agreed not to sendAbita Springs Mayor Dan Curtis to jail after Curtis’ lawyers raised concerns about Curtis’upcoming back surgery Judge William Burris of the 22nd JudicialDistrict on Mondayhad ordered Curtis to spend weekends in jail in arulingstemming from a long-running dispute between the town of Abita Springs and adeveloper that wants to build anew

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District Court Judge Kern Reese ruled in May that thecity has a sole interest in the land. The heirs have appealed that ruling, and Cantrell later shocked the council when she sided with them.

subdivision.

ButBurris granted arequest from Curtis to place astay on his order after Curtis’ lawyersraised concerns about Curtis’ medical condition, Curtis’ lawyer Andrew Wilson saidonThursday Curtis is suffering from “severe spinal degeneration,” and plans to undergo spinal fusion surgery later this month, Curtis’ lawyers said, citing an afﬁdavit from Curtis’ doctor.Sending him to jail at this juncture could cause “irreparable injury,”they argued incourt ﬁlings. Curtis’ lawyernoted that Curtis

also plans to appeal Burris’ order and will request ahold on the incarceration order during that time Burris had ordered Curtistospend every weekendinjail, starting on Friday, after ﬁnding that the mayor was notworking toward complying with a courtorder that he allow a390-homedevelopment on 168 acresoutsideAbita Springs to proceed

“When the mayorhas comeinto good faith compliance, he can stop reporting every single weekend to theSt. TammanyParish Jail,” Burris said on Monday.

The yearslong legalcasedates back to 2018, when Lonesome Development LLC made an agreement withAbita Springs to build the newsubdivision, known as Abita Meadows.The following year, the town accused Lonesomeof breaching the development agreement and saiditcould notproceed.

The developer sued and Burris andthe state’s1st Circuit Court of Appeal sided with LonesomeDevelopment. “What the Mayor fails to appreciateisthathealready holdsthe keytothisjail cell,needing only to purge his contempt,” thedeveloper’slawyer’swrote in their ﬁlings opposing the stay.They wrote that

the “mayor’smedical condition” is not a“shield to perpetuate his continued contempt while Lonesome suffers.”

Last year,Burrisordered Curtis to jailfor notallowing the development to proceed, butonappeal, the Louisiana SupremeCourt found Curtishad notbeen properlynotiﬁed and sent the case back down to Burris.

Curtis’ lawyers have been arguing in recent years that connecting thenew subdivisiontothe town’s sewage systemcould result in an “environmental disaster.”

Email Willie Swettatwillie. swett@theadvocate.com.

Council members said last month and again Thursdaythat thedeal,inwhich LSU gives up a12% stake in the trust,would ensure that nonproﬁts doing important city work receive more funding.

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reducehelicopter transfer time and improve parking safety after two traffic accidents involving hospital staffinrecent years.The hospital has said the garage won’t generate additional trafﬁc

The garage had already wonapproval from the City Council in March under the condition that the hospital agree to constructarightturn lane on Tyler Street.

But in response to residents’ concerns, the hospital filed an amended application in May that added additional signage and moved the location of the sky bridge from the fourth floor to the third floor

After the amended application was approved by the Covington Planning and Zoning Commission

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the schedule. In an email, Chaos conﬁrmed its agreement to the proposal, echoing the memo’sassertion that other entities were on board with the change.

“Weare excitedthat Babylon, Chaos, Muses, the NOPD,and the Mayors’ Mardi Gras Advisory Committee collaborated on arevisedand more efﬁcient parade line up for the Thursday night parades,” wrote arepresentative of the Knightsof

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according to the federal agency.Landry and the state fisheriesagency criticized the move as “extremely disappointing” in aletter posted on X, signed by the governor and Tyler Bosworth,the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

“The existingfederal framework has deprived Louisiana’scommercial reef fishermen of the opportunity to harvest Greater Amberjack,” states the letter,addressed to the regional NOAA ﬁsheries ofﬁce. NOAA didnot respond to requests for comment.

Louisiana went on to end the commercial season in its state waters, which generally extend three miles off the coast. The state issued an emergency declaration Wednesday that the season would end on Thursday NOAA Fisheries projected that the target of 93,930 pounds of amberjack would be met on Sept. 2, the state ﬁsheries agency wrote in its declaration. Landry’sletter thisweek stressed how the federal closure triggeredthe state closure.

“This federal action puts Louisiana’scommercial reef ﬁshermen in the untenable position of either foregoing their season altogetheror

The moneywill ﬂowtothe New OrleansRecreation and Culture Fund, which the council established in 2022 tosupport organizations focused on youth, culture bearers and community

in July,Covington resident Carolyn Chasseeappealedittothe council.

Differinginterpretations

The debate on Tuesday centered on atraffic study commissioned by the hospital, as well as on the garage’s height, footprint and location. The council chamber,which hold 131 people,was full.

“Thisisnot about opposing hospital expansion,”RickSchroeder, an attorney representing Chassee, said during the meeting, which ran for around three hours. “It’sabout atrafﬁcimpactstudy.”

Schroeder argued the traffic study didnot meet Covington’s code or national standards andappeared to be inaccuratelydated.He also argued that the garage lacked arequired variance for its height and said that thegarage’s setbacks from the street didnot meet Covington’scode.

Chaos, who asked to remain anonymous, as is Chaos’ custom. “It’sour understanding that the proposed new lineup will be presented to theCityCouncil andultimately the mayor’sofﬁce for approvals.”

Staci Rosenberg, captain of Muses, delivered thememo to thecouncil. Babylon nor theMayor’sMardi GrasAdvisory Committee replied immediately to arequest for comment.

Thememo does notexplain what prompted thechanges. But, as all Carnival veterans know,parades can be like dominoes. In 2025, a broken ﬂoat axle stalled the Chaos parade. That caused the start of

“Thisisagooduse of funding made available through atrust by someone who was interested in thecity’swell-being,” council member Eugene Green speculated of thelate Ed Wisner.

To ensure transparencyfor the public, council member Joe Giarrusso saidapplicants seeking fundingwillapply throughthe Greater New Orleans Foundation, which will vetthe organiza-

The garage will border Tyler and Harrison streetsbetween 11thand 12thavenues, replacing an existing 120-car parking lot and medical ofﬁce building.

“I think it is fair to sayIrespectfully disagree withnearly all of the comments made by esteemed counsel Schroeder this evening,” replied the hospital’slawyer,Jeff Schoen.

“Weknow how to do atraffic study.Wedothemall daylong,” said Lawrence Lambert, an engineer with VecturaConsulting Services, which conducted the trafﬁc study.The report did have amistaken dateonit, he said, but added that the study was in fact conducted on the correct day As for the questions raised about whether the garage meets Covington’scode, Alex Carter, aplanning consultant for thecity, noted the challengesassociated with interpreting the city’scode, but said,

Muses parade,which followed on theUptown route, to suffera long delay, resulting in it rolling deep in thenight.

Council member JosephGiarrusso conﬁrmed that the councilhad received the memo fromRosenberg, though he said it’s premature to discussthe matter in any detail.

“Speaking only for myself, it’d be nicetoknowifeveryone is on board. It’d be putting thecart before the horse without conﬁrming that.”

According to the memo, the proposalistimed so thatitcan be voted on during thecouncil’sregularSept. 25 meeting.

violating the conditions of their federal permits,” the letter states.

Recreational amberjack

While the state lacks the powertooverride thenational fish rules,the Louisiana ﬁshery agency maintained that if thefeds close the recreational seasontoo, thestate would keep its own waters open “In Louisiana ﬁshing is a way of life,”Landry wrote on X. “That’s why even if NOAA closes the season, we’rekeeping ourwaters open forrecreational Greater Amberjack harvest throughOctober 31.” Right now,there’snodiscrepancy between the federal and state recreational amberjack rules, as waters underbothjurisdictions are open for theseason.But

Louisianaisbeing “preemptive,” said Chris Schieble, the deputy assistant secretary for LDWF,due to the commercial closure.

The move also underscored an ongoingdispute over state versusfederal management of recreational amberjack. Louisiana andother Gulf states have argued that the federal data collection system is faulty and slow In response,statesinthe region have developed their own systems.Louisiana’s data collection program, called LA Creel, was the ﬁrst to getfederal certiﬁcationbyNOAA in 2018. The system hasalso been used for state management of Louisiana’srecreational red snapper season. “Our argument as astate is that we have abetter re-

tions. Theapplications then go to council members who will make determinations for disbursement.

Thursday’sveto comes months after the council also overrode the mayor’svetoofa separate $20 million settlement that the council brokered with Tulane University,another beneﬁciary of the $7 millionto$13 millionin annual Wisner proceeds.

“Based on theseinterpretations, it meets the code as it’swritten today.”

Some council members also noted that some aspects of thehospital’sapplication to build the garage had already been approved.

“I think we have to recognize the fact —it’safact —there is atraffic problemonHighway 21. There’s also atrafficproblem throughout St.Tammany Parish.Right?This parking garage is notbringing a newfound traffic issue to ourparish,” said councilmember Mark Verret.

And while Schroeder argued thehospitalhad picked the wrong spot forthe garage,CityCouncil member John Botsford questioned whetherother locations, such as farther south on Tyler Street, would be any better

“Every location has its own challenges,” Botsford said.

In addition to the change in the orderofthe parades andthe earlier start times, the memo outlines other stipulations. Each parade would agree to start on timeand “use its best efforts not to stop” or delay subsequent parades.

But Chaos was singled out in certain details. Underthe proposal, Chaos would “will obtain a tow truck, which will travel along astreet parallel to its parade, throughout the parade,together withtwo support vehicles.”

The memo also suggests that Chaos “minimize the presence of ﬂambeaux, in its reasonable discretion, and mayconsolidate or minimize

porting system that’smore timely,” Schieble said. “(The federal system) leads to thesediscrepancies in data.”

The federal data collection system,called the Marine Recreational Information Program, is only usedfor recreational catch. Commercial fishermen report theirlandingsthrough “trip tickets,” which are compiledand providedtofederal agencies

Richard Fischer, the CEO of the Louisiana Charter Boat Association, said thatrecreationalchartercaptainshave been “frustrated for along time about federal ﬁsheries management,” including the data collectionsystem and increasingly short seasons.

“The federalsystemisbrokenand we need to getinto astate or regional management system, notonly for amberjack,but formore species,” Fischer said.

Tulane plans to use its settlementmoney to turn the Charity Hospital site into anew research center.LSU, meanwhile, would use the $5 million to support “capital expenditures consistent with LSU Downtown plans,” according to the council’sresolution. Under both agreements, the city’sannual proceeds will double, from $3.5 million to about $6 million, Giarrusso said Thursday

While Tyler Street itself is astate road andunder thepurviewofthe Department of Transportation and Development, Botsford said the city plans to conduct its own trafﬁc study of the area, which he said could lead to improvements on surrounding streets. Verret and Botsford, along with Peter Lewis,Joey Roberts, Todd Burrall and Blake Bushnell, voted in favor of the garage. Council memberJimmy Inman voted against it. Inman had voted against the garage whenitlast appeared in front of the council.

“Last night was devastating,” Chassee, who lives three blocks from the site, said in an interview Wednesday.She saidshe planned to meet with other residents to decide on their next steps.

EmailWillie Swett at willie. swett@theadvocate.com.

horseback riders.”

Any changes would only apply to the 2026 Mardi Gras season and can be assessed and revised thereafter, the memo said. The satirical Knights of Chaos andKreweofMuses wereboth founded in 2000, while Babylon is considerably older,having ﬁrst rolled in 1939. TheChaos parade had amere 200 riders in 2025, Babylon had 370 and theall-female Musesparadehad 1,130. The Thursday before MardiGras2026 is Feb. 12.

Email Doug MacCashat dmaccash@theadvocate.com.

Curtis

STAFF FILEPHOTO By BRAD KEMP

Fisherman Braxton Voisin, right, smiles as his record

1convicted in ’22father, son torturecase

Threepeoplestill awaiting trial

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

The

ﬁrst of four suspects has been convicted on charges that he helped torture aMetairie father and son before kidnapping the teen son and demanding an $80,000 ransom, according to JeffersonParishcourt records.

Ralin Americo Paca, 20, was found guilty Aug.27on two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of aggravated burglary following athree-day trial. His accused co-conspirators, Michelle Mayorga, 21, Nilson Fredrich Ruiz, 21, and Eduardo NunezPonce, 24, are still awaiting trial, according to court records.

Charged as an adult, Americo was just 17 in 2022whenauthorities say the foursome enacted their violent plan that finally endedwithahigh-speed chase across the New Orleans area.

Midnight break-in

The suspects’ main target was a43-year-old man who worked as acontractor, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce investigators. None of the suspects knew theman personally but became aware of him while hanging out at aKennerbar,authorities said.

The crew of four came to believe that the man earned and kept lots of cash on hand at the Fat City apartment he shared with his family.Around midnight on July 2, 2022, thefoursuspectsdonned masks and broke into the apartment on Hessmer Avenue, according to the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

Mayorga was the only suspect not armed with a gun. But she appeared to be in charge, according to Sheriff’s Ofﬁce investigators who called her the plot’s“mastermind.” The victims told detectives she was directing the group.

The four woke the father from hissleep by beating him, yelling and demandingmoney,authoritiessaid. When he told the intruders he didn’thave any cash, the suspects dragged him out of bed andinto the living room. His then-17-year-old son had also been dragged from bed, and the group begantotorture the father and son, according to the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

“The intruders continuously demanded the victim’s money as they physically beat, whipped and tortured thetwo victims,” Detective Harold Wischan testiﬁed in an earlier hearing in thecase. At one point, the suspects even tried to cut off one of the father’sﬁngersbut were unsuccessful, authorities said.

Newtactic

The crew of four searched theapartment but didn’tﬁnd any money Aftersix hoursoftorture, they formulated anew plan: They decided to kidnapthe 17-year-old son and hold him for ransom, giving the father until noon to come up with $80,000 or theywouldkillthe boy, according to the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

The suspects tookoff

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withthe teen, his cellphone, the father’sdebit cardand twochecks they’d forced the father to write, according to authorities. They left instructions that they’d turn the teen’scellphone on at noon to communicate an exchange location.

The group made their waytoa bank on Bullard Avenue in New Orleans East, where they used the stolen debitcardto withdraw cash about 7a.m., accordingtothe Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

They’d left the father at the Fat City apartment, bound withduct tape.He managed to free himself and call the authorities.

Sheriff’s Officedetectivesimmediately began searching for the abducted teenand hiscaptors. Investigatorsdetermined the getaway vehicle belonged to someone linked to Americo, accordingto the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

Authorities checked the St.Bernard residence of the vehicle’s registered owner with noluck. According to the son, the group movedaround, drivinginOrleans and Jefferson parishes whilewaiting to contact hisfather,authorities said.

Exchange-turned-pursuit

Detectiveswere listening in on the call when the suspects turnedonthe son’s cellphone at noon. Authorities helped negotiate the ransom amount downto $15,000 and sent the captors photos of money seized in an unrelated narcotics investigation to ease suspicions astheyset up an exchange, according to the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

Americo was behind the wheel when the suspects and thevictim arrived in an SUV at the exchange site, theBayou SauvageUrban National Wildlife Refuge in NewOrleans East.Hecircled afew times butthen sped away,the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce said. That kicked off ahighspeed chase across New Orleans and into Jefferson Parish that involved five law enforcementagencies, including theSheriff’s Office, New Orleanspolice and the U.S. Marshals Service. Thesuspectsthrew their weapons and the son’s cellphoneout of thewindows during thepursuit, according to authorities. The chase endedonthe Lake Pontchartrain Causeway afterthe SUVwas disabled. The sonwas rescued, and the four suspects were arrested.

Americo’sfirst trial in December 2024 ended in ahung jury afterthe jurors could notreach a unanimous decision, court records said. Jurorsinhis retrial voted to convict Americo after deliberating for just over an hour On Thursday,JudgeDonald Rowan Jr., of the24th Judicial DistrictCourt,sentenced Americotolifein prison, with the possibility of paroleafter25 years, for both counts of aggravated kidnapping, according to court records. Rowan also sentenced Americo to 30 years in prison for aggravated burglary and orderedthe sentences to be served consecutively, according to court records.

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Walter L. Barnes,Sr.,a faithfulservant of God, transitionedfromthis earthly realmtothe arms ofhis Savior,Jesus Christ onMonday, August 25 2025, at theripeage of 76 years.A retiredLongshore‐man with ILALocal 3000, he was member of Fellowship MissionaryBaptist Church, where he served on the Usher Board. He wasalsoa 32nddegreeMason with Phoenix Lodge#226. Sonof the late Royand Lucille Barnes, Sr.Husband of the lateSandraAtkinson Barnes; loving father of Di‐aundraBarnes-Martin (husband,Patrick)and the lateWalterL.Barnes, Jr.; devoted grandfatherof Daija,Patrick K. andDei‐drick Martin;brother of Eu‐lalie Barnes-Young andthe lateRoy Barnes,Jr.;and a hostofother caring rela‐tives anddevoted friends. Relatives andfriends of the family, also Pastors, Offi‐cersand MembersofFel‐lowship Missionaryand Pilgrim’s Rest #2 Baptist Churches,employees of ILALocal 3000 andTulane University, arecordially in‐vited to attend theHome‐going CelebrationServices onSaturday, September13, 2025, 10:00 a.m.,atFellow‐shipMissionaryBaptist Church,2805 Gen. Taylor Street; finalviewing from 9:00–10:00 a.m.;Dr. Moses Stroter Gordon,II, Senior Pastorand Officiantand Rev.Moses S. Gordon,III Executive Pastor;Inter‐ment, Mt.OlivetMau‐soleum. Professional arrangementsentrusted to MajesticMortuaryService, Inc. (504) 523-5872.

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Dawn Marie Bourgeois entered intoeternal rest on September 8th, 2025, at theage of 67. Dawn was born on April18th, 1958, and spent most of her life in Westwego, LA.She was adevoted mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Dawn touched thelives of everyone she met and livedher life fulloflove compassion, kindness,and most importantly her faith. Throughout her life,Dawn heldanunwavering faithin God, which was aguiding light forall who knew her. Her smile, laughter and

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eryonearoundher.Dawn spent most of hertime cherishingmomentswith herfamily, cooking ahome -cooked meal, listeningto agoodtune, reading the Lord'sword, and tending to hergarden. To be loved by herwas atrueblessing andwewill forever cherish herinour hearts. Dawn is survived by her daughterAmber HingleBourgeois(Phoebe), her sister Penny, herbrothers Joel (Kristi)and Cory (Danette), herdaughter-inlaw Stella, andher granddaughters Jenna, Isabella, andAlyson. Dawn also leaves behindmanynieces andnephews. Dawn is preceded in death by herson Brooks Bourgeois, herparents Huey &Shirley Bourgeois, and brother-in-law Eddie Buras. Aprivate familyservice andinternment will be held in honor of Dawn's life.

Bowie, James William

JamesWilliam Bowie,of Covington,Louisiana, was calledhome to be withthe LordonSeptember 7, 2025, at theage of 33 in atragic accident. He washit by a carwhileridinghis bike anddiedinstantly.

Jameswas born on April 3, 1992, in Pensacola, Florida, andgrewupinthe Mandeville-Covington area. He was adevoted father to his belovedson JamesNathanielBowie, whowas the lightofhis life.

Jameswas dedicated at Pensacola Christian Church as ababyand accepted Jesus Christ as his Lordand Savioratthe young age of 7. He wasa leader andactive in his youth groupatChurchof theKingwhile in Junior High,graduated from Mandeville High School in 2010 and from LSUin2016 with aBachelorofScience degree in Kinesiology. He workedininsurance, hospitality, security, andcommercial transportation Jameswas agiftedathlete.Heenjoyedwakeboarding, golf, strength training, snowboarding, skateboarding, andmountainbiking. Hisgreatest joy was spending time with his son, Nate, teachinghim to play basketballand to swim. Jamesapproached life with courage, even as he faced struggles with addiction.Wetake comfort in knowing he is nowat peace.Onhis last day, Jamessharedhis faithand hope in God, telling Nate: "Have FaithinGod, seek peace, no matter what you are goingthrough." He is survived by his son, JamesNathaniel Bowie;parents,Dr. Roger Earl Bowie and Mrs. Deborah Bowie;sisters Elizabeth Kunath (Spencer) andLauraLamar (Anthony), brotherRoger Bowie,nieces Lucy, Eleanor,Vivienne; nephew, Lakenan; as well as many loving aunts, uncles,and cousins. He waspreceded in death by hisgrandparents, Mr.and Mrs. William Dugan,and Mr.and Mrs. JamesBowie Serviceswill be held on Saturday, September13, 2025, at GraceFuneral Home &St. Lazarusof Bethany Memorial Garden, 450 Holy Trinity Drive

Covington,Louisiana. Visitation will take place at 10:00 a.m., followed by the Funeral Service at 11:00 a.m., with interment anda Receptiontofollow.The familyinvites all whoknew andloved Jamestojoinin celebratinghis life. In lieu of flowers, the familyrequests that donationsbemade to support hisson's education through theJames NathanielBowie Benefit Account. Deposits may be made in personatany ResourceBankbranch, or by mail:James Nathaniel Bowie BenefitAccount, ResourceBank, Private Banking, 2nd Floor, 70533 Hwy21, Covington,LA 70433.

DeborahAnn Britton passedawayonTuesday, August26, 2025. Shewas borntothe late Sonnyand GloriaLee Brittonand was lovinglyraisedbyher uncle andaunt,Willieand Elizabeth Britton. Sheis survivedbyher children Emanuel, Kentrell, Steven Dominic,and Erica—and15 grandchildren.A funeral service will be held on Sat‐urday,September 13, 2025 atStarBethelBaptist Church,2217 Harmony Street,New Orleans, LA 70115. Visitation begins at 9:00a.m with theservice at10:00 a.m. Intermentwill beprivate.Servicesen‐trusted to Dennis Funeral Home.

Glantz, SaulFairlie,and Autumn Fairlie.Daughter of thelateRay McGuire and Leah Vaughn McGuire. Sister of Debbie Pearce (Rich), andthe late Michael McGuire, Pat McGuire, and Mary McGuire. In lieu of flowers, please considera memorial donation to The Alzheimers Association. Intermentwillbeprivate

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TanyaMarie Franklin Chatman,entered this earthly life on December 14, 1965, in NewOrleans, Louisiana,toFranFranklin and Thomas Jackson. She was thefourthof five chil‐dren, andthe only girl.By virtueofbeing theonly girl, shewas hermother's bestfriend. Tanyawas ed‐ucatedinthe NewOrleans PublicSchool System As anadult shewas employed inthe serviceindustryat Service Star LLC. andfor over15years at theRe‐naissanceHotel.Tanya will berememberedfor her kindness, compassion and givingspirit. Aloving mothertoher five children Tanya treasuredher chil‐drenand grandchildren and embraced everymo‐mentwiththem. Tanya was adevoted wife to her husband.OnAugust27, 2025 at theage of 59, Tanya entered peacefully into eternal rest.She waspre‐ceded in deathbyher fa‐ther, Thomas Jackson; her sons, Henryand Jamel Franklin; herbroth‐ers,Thomas, Terrance,Troy and GregoryFranklin; her maternalgrandmother,Is‐abel(Madear)HallWilson Franklin. Tanya'slifewill forever be cherishedand rememberedbyher hus‐band, JamesChatman;her children; Joandrika, Darryl and Richard; herstep-chil‐dren, Ieshaand Cory Barnes; herparents,Fran and Robert Javers;her grandchildren Asiah, Lamar,Italy,Ja'Myaand Cur'Chea; hergreat-grand‐child Laci;her uncleand aunts, FrederickFranklin, CherylStewart,Florence Franklinand Kathleen Washington; herbrother and sister-in-law; Chris Chatman andEvelynChat‐man,niecesand nephew, Keyonia,Debony, Keyshanda,Keyshawn, Ciara,and Gregory: her dearfriends,Margaret Lawrence, CharmikCollins and Patricia Fulfordand a hostofother relativesand friends.Relatives and friends of thefamily, also pastor, officers,and mem‐bersare invitedtoattend the CelebrationofLifeSer‐viceonSaturdaySeptem‐ber 13, 2025 for10:00 a.m. atGreater Evergreen Bap‐tistChurch 2243 Clouet St New Orleans, La.70117 Visitationfrom9:00a.m until 10:00 a.m. (service time).Rev.TerranceA.Ran‐son,Sr. officiating. Inter‐ment: Mount Olivet Mau‐soleum, 4000Norman Mayer Ave. NewOrleans, La. 70122.Arrangements entrusted to Estelle J. Wil‐son FuneralHome, Inc. 2715 Danneel St.NOLA 70113. Information: (504) 895-4903. To sign online guest book please visit www.estellejwilsonfh.com.

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Ruby MaeHayes Dorsey departedthislifeonThurs‐day,August28, 2025, at the age of 71. Shewas anative ofNew Orleans, LA anda residentofMarrero,LA. Rubywas employed as a caregiver,and apilarinher community.Beloved motherofMyron Dorsey, Sr.,JermaineDorsey, Yada Dorsey, PiaDorsey, andthe lateKenya Cecilia Hayes. Daughterofthe late Phillip Hogan, Sr andSaint Ce‐cilia OdealHayes.Sisterof the late Vera Hayes, Helen Corder, Benjamin Hayes, and PhillipHogan, Jr.God‐motherofShantrelle Boothe,alsosurvivedbya hostof14grandchildren 18great grandchildren, and ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁ‐cersand membersofGood HopeBaptist Church,and all neighboringchurches are invitedtoattendthe Celebration of Life at Good HopeBaptist Church 2028 Weyer St.Gretna, LA on Saturday, September13, 2025, at 10:00a.m. Visita‐tionbeginsat8:30a.m until servicetimeatthe above name church.Inter‐ment: Woodlawn Park MemorialCemetery-West‐wego, LA.Arrangementsby Davis Mortuary Service230 MonroeSt. Gretna,LA. To viewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face MasksAre Recom‐mended.

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ated by Pastor Samuel CrumJr. Entombment will followatFirst Mt.Zion MemorialCemeteryinEm‐pire, Louisiana. Funeral serviceshavebeen en‐trusted to Robinson Family FuneralHome, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse,LA70037 (504) 208-2119. Foronline condolences,pleasevisit www.robinsonfamilyfuner alhome.com

On Friday,August29, 2025, Rogers Gaines,Jr.,af‐fectionatelyknown as “Pedie”,heard TheLord callhis name,carefully took hishandand transi‐tionedintoeternityatthe age of 62 yearsyoung Rogers wasbornonSep‐tember26, 1962 in NewOr‐leans,LA, to Yvonne Gaines Johnson andthe late Rogers Gaines,Sr. A1980 graduateofJohnMc‐Donogh High School," Pedie"continued hisedu‐cationatSouthernUniver‐sityofNew Orleansand SidneyN.Collier Voca‐tionalTechnical School.A retired truckdriver, he was a former employee of Sysco,IronMountain, Shred-It, ChisesiMeat Company,Wrist Inc. and Kim’s Transportation Ser‐vice. Mr.Gainesleavesto cherish precious memo‐ries, hismother, Yvonne GainesJohnson;fromhis marriagetoSandra Bridges,a daughter,Ranija IndiaGaines; bonus daugh‐ter,GekevaHaymond (Jayson); bonus son, Ger‐ald Cowart,III; grandsons, Rogers Gaines,IV, Reid Alexander Gaines andEzra Gaines; siblings,Vanessa Caliste Swafford (Gregory) Forest, Sr.(Nedra) and Joshua Gaines;brother by way of cousin,Cephas Williams (Yulanda); de‐voted companion, Pavia Broussard;bestfriends, MarlonBradford(Angela) and Earnest“Skeeter”Bai‐ley;three nephews, one great nephew anda host of other relativesand friends. In addition to hisfather, Rogers is also preceded in death by hisgrandparents, Willie Maeand Forest Gus‐tave, Sr;son,Rogers,III; sister, Calynthia“Kandi” Gaines; uncle,Forest “Monk”Gustave,Jr. and nephew, BrandonSim‐mons. ACelebration ser‐vicehonoringthe life and legacyofthe late Rogers "Pedie" Gaines,Jr.,willbe heldatThe City of Love, 8601 Palmetto Street,New Orleans,LA70118, on Sat‐urday,September 13, 2025 at10am. IntermentProvi‐dence Memorial Park and Mausoleum,Metairie, LA Visitation9 am in the church.Pleasesignonline guestbook at charbonnet‐funeralhome.com. Char‐bonnetLabat Glapion, Di‐rectors (504)581 4411.

Keith(Karena)and Ke‐ichelle Gibson;bonus chil‐dren, Demetrice(Antonio) McKoy,DebbieGibsonand Tanya Riley; grandchildren, Chelsea,Dylan andMaver‐ick Tero,LegendRoss, Charlie,Keir, Keirly,Aniya, Mekhi,Kayden, Khiand KarterGibson; bonus granddaughter,De’Anna Jackson;bonus greatgranddaughter,Melodi Jackson;siblings; Patrica (Robert)Broadway, Brenda Crew, Paulet Riley, Terry (Alonda)Gibson, Sr., Don‐nalynn(Donnell) Leban, Gilda,Cheryl, Kennethand Danny Gibson;bonus sis‐ter,Cynthia (Leslie)Riley; sisters-in-law, Jarita Dusuau-Hunter,Jacinta Braud andJoyce Gibson; brother-in-law, Merlin Dusuau; devotedniece Trichelle Barra, as well as a hostofother relativesand friends.A Home going Cel‐ebrationhonoringthe life ofthe late Anna MarieGib‐son-Dusuauwillbeheldin the Chapel of Charbonnet Labat GlapionFuneral Home, 1615 St.Philip Street,New Orleans, LA 70116 on Saturday,Sep‐tember13, 2025 at 1pm, followedbya Traditional JazzProcession(Second‐line).Interment Mount OlivetCemetery, 4000 Nor‐man MayerAvenue,New Orleans,LA70122. Visita‐tion12noon in thechapel. The Family wouldliketo express aspecial thanks to Ochsner (MainCampus) and Southern GraceHos‐pice. Please sign online guestbook at www.cha rbonnetfuneralhome.com. Charbonnet LabatGlapion Directors (504) 581-4411.

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Sis.Daisy S. Croon, Decem‐ber 6, 1935 –September 6, 2025. Momleftthisearthly lifeand found anew home inheaven. Godwas calling her home.Mom leaves to mourn herformerhusband Charles Croon,Sr. andher childrenHoltonand Donna Smith,Charles Croon,Jr. Glenn Croon,Sr.,Muriel and Jacqueline Croon.Rel‐ativesand friendsofthe family; also pastors, ofﬁ‐cersand membersofKen‐ner CalvaryB.C.; andem‐ployees of R.T.A.,Jefferson ParishTransportation. Jef‐fersonParishSchoolBoard and Oiland GasCompany are invitedtoattend the funeral on Saturday,Sep‐tember13, 2025 at Kenner Calvary BaptistChurch,929 S.SibleySt.,Metairie, LA 70003. Visitation 9-10 am Service at 10 am.Rev.Dr. James E. Turner,ofﬁciat‐ing.Interment at Provi‐dence Memorial Park,8200 Airline Dr., Metairie,LA 70003. Richardson Funeral HomeofJefferson,River Ridge,LA, in charge of arrangements.www.ric

AugrineGladysDuncan Stewart Encalade,Septem‐ber 15,1938 –September 4, 2025. AugrineGladysDun‐can StewartEncalade, age 86, enteredeternal rest on Thursday,September 4, 2025, surrounded by her lovingfamily. Shewas born onSeptember 15, 1938, to the late MaizeJones Dun‐can andLambert Adam Duncan. Augrinewas bap‐tized at ayoung ageatMt. Olive BaptistChurch by the lateRev.JohnTaylorand was along-time,devoted memberofZionHillChrist‐ian Church in Boothville Louisiana,where shenur‐tured herfaith throughout her life.She waspreceded indeath by herparents, Maize andLambert Dun‐can;her husbands, Felix Stelly,CarlStewart Sr and Willie Edward Encalade; her sonVernon(Loretta) DuncanSr.;her daughter Lucretia(KeithSr.)Es‐padron; grandchildren Richard Woulard and Christy Merrick; andone great-grandchild. Augrine leavestocherish hermem‐ory herdevoted children: Carnell Hight(Derek),Cas‐sandraMayfield(Mack), CarlStewart Jr.(Kay) DanitaLaFrance, Edward Demolle,PatriciaJackson Hiwanis Stewart, Carlette Davis,and Cassandra Cook.She is also survived byher loving siblings:Vi‐vian(thelateArnold) Tay‐lor,Gaynell (SamuelSr.) Crum, Robert (the late Debra), FloraMae,Gary (Faye), Mancil (Kay), and Calvin(thelateJoyce)Dun‐can.She is furthersurvived by48grandchildren,168 great-grandchildren,53 great-great-grandchildren, and 1great-great-greatgrandchild,along with a hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,and friendswho willforever treasure her loveand wisdom. Rela‐tives,friends of thefamily, pastors,officers,members ofZionHillChristian Church,and allneighbor‐ing churches areinvited to attendthe Celebrationof LifeonSaturday, Septem‐ber 13,2025, at Zion Hill Christian Church in Boothville,Louisiana.Visi‐tationwillbeheldfrom 10:00 am to 12:00pm, fol‐lowed by thefuneral ser‐vice at 12:00 noon,offici‐

Anna MarieGibsonDusuau, affectionately known as “Weebot” passedawaypeacefullyat her home on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at the age of 64. Born in NewOr‐leans,LAonJune 25, 1961, asthe twelfthchild of the lateLeona Lumarand Oscar Gibson,Jr.,Anna was awoman of “many hats“ who lovedher family and friendsuncondition‐ally. Shewould always try to ﬁnd reasonstohavea party to celebratewithher loved ones.Inaddition to her parents, Anna is also precededindeath by her motherand father-in-law, Joyce andMerlinDusuau; siblings, Mark A.,Oscar,III, Debra andLinda (Peedy) Gibson; sister-in-law, Birdie Gibson; brothers-in-law, MarkDusuauand Delroid Braud;nephews,Jermaine and Terry Gibson,Jr. Sur‐vivorsinclude herloving and amazinghusband Matthew Dusuau;children, Manuel(Jenee’)Tero, III, Keianna (Timothy)Barra,

OlaMae Harris entered intoeternal rest at West Jefferson MedicalCenter onTuesday,September 2, 2025, at theage of 78. She was anativeofWhite Cas‐tle,LA, anda resident of Westwego, LA.Ola Mae was agraduateofLincoln HighSchool andwas em‐ployedfor over 25 yearsas a MedicalBilling andCod‐ing Supervisor at West Jef‐fersonMedical Center be‐foreretiring. Shefaithfully attendedTrueVineBaptist Church in Westwego for morethan50years.She was thebeloved wife of 65 years and5 months to ClarenceHarris. Loving motherofKeioka(Timo‐thy)Harris, Ke’Shawn Har‐ris (Keith)Pilart, Janae Harris, La’Shondra Harris and thelateRonnieHarris. Great-grandmother of the lateTerranceVideau. Daughterofthe late Leonard Williams and LouiseScott. Shewas ade‐voted sister to Doretha (Willie)Brooks, Anna Rose Williams,Hazel (James) Fox,Annette Williams, Donna Williams,Leonard (Brenda)Williams, Michael Williams,and Gary Williams.Daughter-in-law ofthe late TomHarrisand Alice Kennedy Harris.Sis‐ter-in-lawofLionel(Patri‐cia)Harris, Jerald (Joyce) Harris, Nellie Hill,and the lateBarbara Harris,Janice Harris, JoyceKennedy Geraldine (Sam)Batiste, Alvin Harris,and Thomas Kennedy.Bestfriendof morethan60years,Bar‐baraSavage. OlaMae is alsosurvivedby20grand‐children, 31 great-grand‐children, 1great-greatgrandchild, anda host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.Relatives and friends of thefamily, pas‐tors, ofﬁcers,and mem‐bersofTrueVineBaptist Church,along with all neighboring churches are invited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at True Vine Baptist Church,249 Sala Avenue,Westwego, LA,on Saturday, September13, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Leander Johnson, ofﬁciat‐ing.Visitationwillbegin at 8:00a.m.until servicetime atthe church.Interment: Private.Arrangementsen‐trusted to DavisMortuary Service,230 Monroe St., Gretna, LA.Toviewand signthe guestbook,please gotowww.davismortua ryservice.com.Facemasks are recommended

ClaudiaMarie Rodgers Hudsonwas born on Sep‐tember24,1948 in Fox‐worth,Mississippi to the lateOna PearlRodgers and BeamonOdell Rodgers. On Saturday, September6 2025 Claudiadepartedthis earthly life at theage of 76 She wasa resident of New Orleans,Louisiana.She was proceeded in deathby her parentsOna Pearl Rodgers andBeamonOdell Rodgers,and hersister, PamelaRodgers.She leavestocherish hermem‐ory,her devotedhusband of56years -ClarenceHud‐son,son Eric Hudson Sr (Catina Ruffin),daughters Kalisha Bennett(Lamont), KimaliHudson, herbeloved grandchildren ImariRuffin, EricHudsonJr.,Lamont Bennett Jr., LaylaBennett, and Hayden Hudson,her godchildren Monica Ricks, Jeoffre Duplessisand Am‐briaMcNairand hergrand‐pups, Whiskeyand Max. She is survived by hersib‐lings AnnieMixon (John), BrendaBarnes, Donise Gladden,Elijah“Jack” Rodgers,Satchel Rodgers (Margaret), Paulette Dup‐lessis, JessieRodgers (Ora),LisaMcNair(Julius), Kenneth Rodgers, andVin‐centRodgers (Dedra). Along with ahostof nieces, nephews, extended familyand friendswho will forever hold herintheir hearts. Claudiawas a proud graduate of Marion Central High School,Class of1966. Shespent many hours servingindifferent capacitiesather church Cornerstone United Methodist,where shewas a member forover25 years.She served on the Hospitality Ministry as the Chairperson,Trustee Board,Church ChoirPraise Team& Women’sChoir, Staff-PastorParishRela‐tionshipMinistry, Care Team, Banner Ministry and Silverstones’ Senior Adult Ministry. Claudiawas a memberofEbony Women and ClassicLadiessocial clubs.Overthe yearsClau‐dia worked at Godchaux Departmentstore,the U.S. Naval Base,Saint Mary of The Angels Before &After‐care, andKiddieCareDay‐care. Herlovefor children and helpingothersled her toopenher ownDaycare which shehad fora num‐ber of years. Funeralser‐vices celebratingClaudia’s lifewillbeheldatCorner‐stone United Methodist Church at 5676 BullardAve, New Orleans, La 70128 on Saturday, September13, 2025. Visitation andview‐ing will beginat9:00am. Celebration of Life will begin at 10:00am.Reverend Clifton Conrad will be offi‐ciating.Revered E. Andrew Goffwillperform theeu‐logy.Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery Arrangement by D.W. RhodesFuneral Home,3933 WashingtonAve.Please visit www.rhodesfuneral com to sign theonline guestbook

GavinPitre,and Hannah Iannazzo. Paul's dedication tohis educationwas ap‐parentfromhis early years.A proudgraduateof Brother Martin High School,hewentontopur‐sue hiscalling in themed‐ical field. He received his nursing degree from the Charity Hospital School of Nursing,furthered hisex‐pertise with aBachelorof Science in Nursingatthe UniversityofSouth Al‐abama,and aMasterof Science at Xavier Univer‐sity. In 1993, he achieved his specialization as a Nurse Anesthetistfromthe Charity Hospital School of Nurse Anesthesiology.For 25years,Paulservedwith distinction as aCertified RegisteredNurse Anes‐thetist at LeonardJ Chabert Hospital,touching countless liveswithhis care. In his finalseven years,hecontinued hisvo‐cationatDoctors’Same Surgery Center,where his passion forhis patients and hiscolleaguesshone brightly. Beyond thehospi‐tal walls, Paul wasa man ofmanypassions. He was anavidhunter,a master of BBQ andgrilling, andhad a lovefor classiccarsand motorcycles that wasonly matched by hislovefor travel. Hisadventurestook him to places far andwide, yet he always remained a steadfastpresenceinthe lives of hisfamilyand friends.Paullooked outfor everyone, atrueembodi‐mentofwhatitmeans to beloving. To know Paul was to know akindhearted soul,anintelligent mind, anda generous spirit alwayswilling to give.As wesay farewelltoPaul AlanIannazzo, mayhis memorybea source of comfort andpride forall who were fortunate enoughtocross pathswith him.The familywould like toalsoexpress theirgrati‐tudetoHeart of Hospice and to Dr.Ware. Relatives and friendsare invitedto attend avisitationat9:00 amonSaturday, Septem‐ber 13, 2025, at Greenwood FuneralHome, 5200 Canal Blvd. NewOrleans,LA, fol‐lowed by aMassat11:00 am. Intermentwillbeat Greenwood Cemetery.Do‐nations canbemadeto GlioblastomaFoundation inhonor of Paul’s life.We alsoinviteyou to share yourthoughts, memories and condolencesonlineat www.greenwoodfh.com

Louise JenkinsJohnson was born on July 12, 1947 and transitioned into eter‐nal rest on Monday August 25, 2025 at theage of 78 She wasa native andlife‐longresidentofNew Or‐leans LA.Daughterofthe lateNoble andEvelina BarnesJenkins.Wifeofthe lateJimmieLee Johnson. Motherofthe late James Lee JohnsonIII. Grand‐motherofLaKeishaCrosby, Jamesha Harang and James Walker.Great grandmother of Layla Keyes,SterlingKeyes III, Lilyana Keyesand Byron Kelly Jr.Bonus grand‐motherofTyece and Te'Saun Walker.Sisterof Mae HelenLewis andthe lateFlorencePellerin, Mary Jenkins,IrmaJenkins Josephine Singleton, Ethel Manuel, Thelma Lanella Jenkins Manning, Johnny Jenkins,Frank Jenkins, RobertJenkins,Andrew Jenkins andArthurJenkins Sisterinlaw of Charlene Johnson andOllie Johnson. Mrs Johnsonisalsosur‐vived by severalnieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives anddevoted friends.Relatives and friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend thefuneral service of Saturday Sep‐tember13, 2025 at GreatSt. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church locatedat5600 ReadBlvd.,New Orleans LA. 70127. Thevisitation willbegin at 10:30AM fol‐lowed by an 11AMservice PastorDebra B. Morton will ofﬁciateand intermentwill followinHoltCemetery New OrleansLA. Funeral planningentrusted to RobinsonFamilyFuneral Home, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse LA.70037 (504) 2082119. Foronlinecondo‐lencespleasevisit www robinsonfamilyfuneralho me.com

We come together to honor andcelebrate the lifeofPaulAlanIannazzo, a manwhose kindness, in‐telligence, andgenerosity leftanindelible mark on the hearts of allwho knew him.BornonOctober 17, 1963, in NewOrleans,and passedawaypeacefully on September 5, 2025, in Metairie, LA,leaving be‐hinda legacy of love,care, and professional excel‐lence.Paulwas thecher‐ished sonofthe late Carlo IannazzoJr. andAudrey Bourgeois Iannazzo. He shareda life of love and companionship with his wife, Rebecca Savoie Ian‐nazzo,and wasa beloved brother to SusanNunez (Kenny),Stephen Iannazzo (Beth), andMarkIannazzo (Trina).His familycircleex‐pandedthrough thebonds ofmarriagetoinclude his

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Markell“Marty” Jones, Sr.,63years oldofSt. Rose LA, died on Sunday,August 31, 2025. He is survived by his wife Patricia,3 chil‐dren, MarkellJr.,Brandon and Crystal(Melvin), 4 grandchildren andone sis‐ter Lauria Cook.Visitation isat10amonSaturday, September 13,2025 at Mt ZionBaptist Church,100 SecondStreet,St. Rose,LA. Service to follow at 11:00 am. RevFreddieDixson, Sr Ofﬁciating. Intermentwill followatJefferson Memor‐ial Gardens, St.Rose, LA Funeralarrangementsen‐trusted to Richardson Fu‐neral Home of Jefferson, River Ridge, LA.www.ric hardsonfuneralhomeofjeff erson.com

Jordan,Joyce C.

JoyceC.Jordanpassed awayon9/2/2025 at the age of 62. Sheissurvived byher loving familyand is now reunitedwithher hus‐band, BruceJordan, who passedawayin2021. Joyce leavesbehindher mother EmmaJ.Ball, daughters: Cassandra andLatisha Crumedy,and hercher‐ished grandchildren: Za’hyria, Zayden,and Jor‐dan.She is also survived byher sisters. Preceded in death by herfather, Charles Warren,and sister Cassandra Warren.Joyce willberememberedwith lovebya host of otherrela‐tives andfriends.Family and friendsare invitedto attendthe Celebrationof LifeService on Saturday, September 13, 2025for 10:00 a.m. at GreaterBright Morning Star,4253 Dale St New Orleans, LA 70126. Vis‐itation will beginat9:00 a.m.PastorElder Barryl Dil‐lon,ofﬁciating. Interment willfollowatBalls Ceme‐teries, Tylertown, Ms Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504) 282-0600. DonavinD Boydand Linear Brooks BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

Lloyd, Annette Marie

AnnetteMarie Lloyden‐tered eternalrestat Ochsner MedicalCenter WestbankonMonday, Sep‐tember1,2025, at theage of65. Shewas anativeof New Orleans, LA anda resi‐dentofGretna, LA.Annette was agraduateofJohn Ehret High School,and she was aretired maintenance workerwithTrinity Episco‐pal School.Beloved mother ofErnest(Elena) Lloydand Emmanuel(Dominique) Lloyd.Daughterofthe late Bernell andMarthaCorley. Granddaughter of thelate Moses andEllaLloyd.Sis‐ter of Joseph Lloyd(Joyce) Gloria(James) Starks,and MaryAnn Ledet. Nieceof the late Mary andEmma Lloyd,alsosurvivedby3 grandchildren,and ahost ofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives, and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also pastors,ofﬁcers,and members of Life Center Cathedral,and allneigh‐boringchurches arein‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at Life Cathedral,2100 Ames Blvd., Marrero,LAonSaturday, September 13,2025,at 10:00 a.m. Bishop J. D. Wileyofﬁciating. Visitation beginsat9:00a.m.until service time at theabovenamed church.Interment: Will be private. DavisMor‐tuary Service, 230 Monroe St.,Gretna, LA.Toviewand sign theguestbook,please

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SernitaKaren Manuel receivedher AngelWings onSeptember 4, 2025, at the ageof67. Hermemo‐rieswillbecherished by her threechildrenElisha ParkerIII, AntoineParker, Talanisha Lewis; sixgrand‐children: Elisha Parker IV Elisa Parker,Emani Parker, Ka’Shin Parker,StarParker, LawrenceLewis II, and babygirlonthe way. She alsoleavesher partner Allen Como andex-hus‐bandElishaParkerJr.,nine siblings: Janelle, Debra, Synda,Edith,Romalis,Troy, Letetia,Trudy,LaVergne and ahostofrelatives and friends.Precededindeath byher parents, Eddieand Shirley Manuel Jr., son Joshua Ka’ShinParker, sis‐ter Lorraine,brothers EddieIII andKrisManuel. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend herCele‐bration of Life Servicefor 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 13,2025, at Christian BaptistChurch, 2442 Mazant St NewOr‐leans,LA70117. Visitation willbegin at 9:00 a.m. Rev‐erend Dr.RogerGraham, ofﬁciating. Intermentwill followatResthaven Ceme‐tery. Repast at 4939 Chef Menteur Hwy.,70126 Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504) 282-0600. DonavinD Boydand Linear Brooks BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

PitreSr.,HowardJoseph

Howard Joseph Pitre, Sr passedawaypeacefully on Saturday, September6, 2025 in Covington, LA.He was 78.Howardwas born inAlgiers andwas aresi‐dentofMandeville, LA.He was preceded in deathby his parents, John E. Pitre and Norma DuettPitre,his granddaughter,Jessica Marie Pitre, hissiblings, JohnPitre,Kermit Pitre, GaryPitre,James Pitre, JaneConstanza,and Char‐leneJarrell. He is survived byhis loving wife of 58 years,Susan Delhommer Pitre,his children,Howard J.Pitre,Jr. (Jacklyn), StevenPitre,Kevin Pitre (Yvette), andhis siblings RickPitre,Dolores Hill, Maryann Chisesi(Phillip) RitaSchiffman (Jerry) and Barbara Neidhardt. He is alsosurvivedbyhis grand‐children, Howard J. Pitre, III, KaylaPitre,Heather Tovar (Juan),Dorie Cross‐land(BrandonBowman) Katelyn Gibson (Alex) and Timothy Crossland (Shelby)and hisgreatgrandchildren,Elijah, Olivia, Jaxson,Rallie, Allie, Dakota, Emmalynand Au‐drie. He wasa parishioner ofOur Lady of theLake Catholic Church in Man‐deville,LA. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend thevisita‐tionon Friday,September 12, 2025 at EJ Fielding Fu‐neral Home,2260 West 21st Avenue, Covington, LA from5:00pmuntil 7:00 pm The Mass of ChristianBur‐ial will be held on Satur‐day,September 13, 2025 at 12:00 pm from OurLadyof the Lake Catholic Church 312 Laﬁtte Street,Mandev‐ille, LA.Interment will fol‐low in Westlawn Cemetery and MausoleuminGretna, LA. E.J. Fielding Funeral Homehas been entrusted withfuneral arrangements Pleasesignthe guestbook atwww.ejﬁeldingfh.com

Tyrone MichaelRalph Sr.,age 78, passedinto glory on Thursday,Sep‐tember4,2025. Born on Oc‐tober 22, 1946, to thelate Augustand AureliaRalph, Mr. Ralph, wasa proud graduateofG.W.Carver HighSchoolsClass of 1965 Tyroneworkedinthe New Orleans hospitalityindus‐try formanyyears,coownedR&R Enterprise and retired from Lockheed Mar‐tin’s NewOrleans facility asa CompositeTechnician. In addition to hisparents, Heisalsoprecededin death by hisbeloved daughter, Angela Bernal; brothers, Raymondand Reynold;sister-in-law,Ber‐niceGloverand devoted friend, Eric James. Sur‐vivorsinclude hisson,Ty‐roneM.Ralph,Jr. (Donya); grandchildren,Brigette (Drel), Briana andDean Bernal, Jr.(Codi); greatgrandson, Paxton Bernal; sister-in-law,ElaineRalph; Goddaughter andniece, MercedesMarioneaux (Ralph);and ahostof nephews,nieces, relatives, and friends. Thosewho loved himare welcometo gather, sharememories and celebratethe lasting imprint he leaves behind.A MassofChristian burial honoringthe life and legacyofthe late Tyrone Michael Ralph, Sr will be heldatSt. Leothe Great Catholic Church,2916 Paris Avenue,New Orleans, LA onSaturday, September13, 2025 at 10 am.Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman MayerAv‐enue,New Orleans, LA Visi‐tation9 am in thechurch Pleasesignonlineguest‐book at www.charbonnetf uneralhome.com. Charbon‐net LabatGlapion,Direc‐tors(504)581 4411.

Rodriguez, Robert 'Rob'

Robert "Rob"Rodriguez, age 43, wasbornonSep‐tember15, 1981. He en‐tered eternalrestonMon‐day,August25, 2025. He was educated in theOr‐leans Parish School Sys‐tem.Robertwas theloving son of Rita Rodriguezand Nathaniel Lee. Belovedfa‐therofRobert, Samantha and RobinRodriguez.De‐voted brotherofSamantha Rodriguez,SherlitaRo‐driguez Wright (Kevin), and EdnaRodriguez Jones (Travis). Doting uncle of Samaya, Samyra Harness, Sequoia,Ace,Ayden Ro‐driguez,and Travis Jones, Jr. Loving grandson of MeritaRodriguez.Adoring nephewofGailBaker, Mary, Cynthiaand Ugean Rodriguez.Robertwas also survivedbya host of cousins,extendedfamily and friends. He waspre‐ceded in deathbyhis grandfather Lawrence Ro‐driguez;and hisaunt and unclesKimberly, Timothy, Randolph, Charlesand LawrenceRodriguez.Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the CelebrationofLifeSer‐viceonSaturday, Septem‐ber 13, 2025 at St.Roch Community Church,1738 St. Roch Street,New Or‐leans,LA70117 at 10:00 a.m.Visitationfrom9:00 a.m.until 10:00 a.m. Rev. James Smart, Ofﬁciating. IntermentRestlawnPark Cemetery, 3540 US-90, Avondale, LA 70094. You may sign theguest book onhttp://www.gertrud egedddeswillis.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home Inc.,incharge (504) 522-2525.

Lilliane HicksRoyal en‐tered eternalrestather residence on Sunday,Au‐gust31, 2025, at theage of 67. Shewas anativeof New Orleans, LA anda resi‐dentofAvondale, LA.Lil‐liane wasa retiredcare‐giver.Beloved wife of the lateRodneyNormanRoyal Devoted mother of Norma, Rodney, Renoda,Joel, Roc‐quel, Shawn, andthe late Renokka.Daughterofthe lateJames Hicksand Cora BentlyHicks,alsosurvived bya host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.Relatives and friends of thefamily, also pastors,ofﬁcers,and members of Christian Restoring Hope Ministry and allneighboring churches areinvited to at‐tendthe CelebrationofLife atSt. StephenMissionary Baptist Church,1738 L. B. LandryAvenue,New Or‐leans,LAonSaturday, Sep‐tember13, 2025, at 10:00a.m. Pastor Norman Francis,hostpastor; Rev. Barry Guillory of Christian Restoring Hope Ministry, ofﬁciating. Visitation be‐ginsat8:30a.m.until ser‐vicetimeatthe above named church.Interment: Christian Social CemeteryGretna, LA.Arrangements byDavis Mortuary Service 230 Monroe St.Gretna, LA Toviewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face MasksAre Recom‐mended.

Robert L. Siegel,age 92, passed away at his home in Newnan, Georgia on September 5, 2025, of complications from dementia.

He is survivedbyhis devotedwife Gloria (nee Allocca); son Robert J. of Newnan; sonTim of Dallas and granddaughtersKate, Ellie, Alex (Matt Dragich) and great-grandchildren Tommy, Cal, Miles,and Mattie; son Christopher, daughter-in-law Monica and granddaughters Isabella and Sophiaof Newnan; daughter Victoria,son-in-law Todd DeMonte and grandchildren Thomas, Emma and Julia of Wisconsin; brother and sister-in-lawEdward and AudreySiegel of California; sister-in-law Marian AberleofLas Vegas; cousin Helen Siegel of the Bronx, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and WandaSiegel of New York, brother-in-law Albert Aberle of Las Vegas, sisterin-law June Allocca of Charlottesville, VA,and grandsonLukeSiegel of Lubbock, TX.

Bobwas borninAstoria, Queens, NY on December 19, 1932. His childhoodwas spent in Flushing,playing at Kissena Park,swimming at Jones Beach, seeingthe World'sFairand visiting Southampton, L.I.with his parents and brother Edward.Hewouldtellstories of his participation in Boy Scout TroopOne and earning abadge for birdwatching, apassion he held for therest of his life. He madelifelong friends and played thetrumpet whileatP.S.107 and BaysideHigh. In 1955 he graduated from Queens College,where in thehallway he met GloriaAllocca, who wouldbecomehis wife of 69 years.

After Queens,Bob was First Lieutenantinthe US AirForce. He would reminisce about his days as a pilotintraining and of traveling to Europe after WW II foraresearchmission. At abasein Frankfurt, he boarded a train where he spoke German to thetrain conductor.Asthe train crossed intoFrance, he and theconductor both switchedtoFrench. Despiteflying through the

air like thebirds he often identified,the Holmgren Wool Test detected colorblindness, and hismilitary career wascut short Though he recalled a kindergarten teacherquestioningwhy he colored a blue lake with agreen crayon, it was neverofficiallydetected untilinthe service

In 1959, Bob earnedhis MBA in Finance from Columbia University in NewYork. After graduation he spent years working as an associate editorfor McGraw-Hill, SimmonsBoardman, and Time, Inc. publishinghouses. Working in thecityinstilledinhim adeep love forManhattan.Hewas also atried andtrue Yankeesfan

In 1966, Bob moved his familytoMetairie, Louisiana, wherehejoined theWRSmolkin& Associatesmarketing firm. After teaching marketing at TulaneUniversity College, he became Vice PresidentofSmolkinSiegel andAssociates.In 1972 he formed hisown successfulreal estate market consultingfirm, Robert L. Siegel andAssociates Inc.,onBaronneStreetand later on O'Keefe Avenuein theNew Orleans CBD. He advisedhomebuilders, wrote newsletters on the market and gave speeches all across North America untilretirement.Bob traded pilotingplaneswithbeinga passenger as oneof thefirst millionmilersin theearly stages of Delta's reward programfor frequentflyers.

In theirearly days in NewYork, Bob andGloria's first dates were spent learningthe game of tennis, whichbegan alifelong interest in thesport that hisentire familyshared. After relocatingto Louisiana, Bob spent countless hours andmade manylastingfriendships both on andoff thecourt at Beach ClubinMetairie andChateau CountryClub in Kenner,playingwell in to his80s.

WhileinNew Orleans, Bob practicedhis love of foreignlanguage at L'AllianceFrancaise, finetunedhis photography skills at AGalleryfor Fine Photography andsupported theNew OrleansOpera Association and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. He couldoften be foundatindependent booksellers in thecity, adding to hislarge personal collection.Bob could neverhave too many books. He wasregularly feeding hisappetite for knowledge on just about any topic,fromworld affairstolocal news,through long discussionswith everyonehemet.Hewas with his childrenat Ponchartrain Beach, watchingSaintsgames, theearly days of Jazz basketball,CityPark, tennis tournaments, piano recitals, school events and vacations, photographing themoments, framing thematDeVilleon CarondeletStreet, anddisplaying theminthe family home.

At age90, Bob and Gloria moved to Newnanto downsizeand be closerto family. Bob often expressed gratitude andjoy when familyand extended familygathered around thetable, standingtogive atoast andthankingeveryonefor being there. He wasalways eagertohear abouthis grandchildren andgreat grandchildren andlook to theirfuture Though he never wanted to fully retire,hefound ways to be productive, calling friends andloved ones, taking notesonthe news,readingThe New York Times, discussing currentevents, listeningto Benny Goodman and watchingthe birds in his backyard with his wife Gloria by his side.

Bob wasabletoage in place with the help of his children, hisson-in-law, andhis daughter-in-law.In hisfinal years his health needsweremet by awonderfulgroup of in-home caregivers. Special thanks andmuchappreciationto Patricia, Shonnie, Shantel andYolandafor theirhard work, patienceand attention to Bob. Theylovingly played Benny Goodman and birdsongsathis bedsideduringhis final hours. Mayheforever be spotting birds in thetrees.

In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made to the DementiaSociety of America or theCornell Lab of Ornithology.

Norris Dale Simmons, Sr passedawayonTuesday, September 9, 2025. He was borninJennings, LA on January 22, 1937. He is sur‐vived by hischildren, Rox‐anne SimmonsWilliams, NorrisDaleSimmons,Jr., Merry SimmonsHulme and Shannon Simmons Williams;grandchildren, Matthew Williams,Alexan‐dra Brocato, Taylor Motter, AndrewMotter, Campbell Motter, Ryan Motter,Calis‐ter Simmons, Kensey Williams,KiraWilliamsand CallenWilliams; andfour great-grandchildren.He was preceded in deathby his wife,GailMcKinnon Simmons;his parentsElsie MaryVincent Simmons and JerryTillman Sim‐mons; andbrother,Vincent Jerry Simmons. Mr.Sim‐monswas alifetimeedu‐cator beginninghis career atN.P.Trist MiddleSchool and many yearsand retir‐ing at BayouLacombe Mid‐dle School.Hewillbe missedbyall who knew and lovedhim.Inlieuof ﬂowers, contributionsin memoryofMr. Simmons may be made to theGary SineseFoundationwww garysinisefoundation.org. Relativesand friendsare invited to attend thefu‐neral services at E. J. Field‐ing FuneralHome, 2260 W. 21st Avenue,Covington LA 70433 with visitation on Fri‐day,September 12, 2025 beginning at 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. followed by a gravesideservice in Pinecrest Memorial Gar‐dens. E.J. Fielding Funeral Homehas been entrusted withfuneral arrangements The Simmonsfamilyin‐vites youtoshare thoughts, fondestmemo‐ries, andcondolences on‐lineatE.J.FieldingFuneral HomeGuest Book at www ejﬁeldingfh.com

CamilleSmith,departed thislifeonSaturday, Au‐gust30, 2025 at theage of 55. BelovedSon of thelate Loretta Smithand Camille Morris; BrotherofRogers, Marvinand Rodney Smith, LolitaSmith andthe late Laura Smith. Also survived byhis partnerBrandon Kel‐ley,hostofnieces, nephews,other relatives and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also pastors,ofﬁcers andmem‐bersofBlessedHopeBap‐tistChurch areinvited to attendthe FuneralService atD.W.RhodesFuneral Home, 3933 Washington Ave., NewOrleans,LAon Saturday, September13, 2025 at 10:00am;Visitation willbegin at 9:00am until 10:00am.Pleasejoinusby livestreamat9:50amby visitingwww.facebook com/D.W.RhodesFuneralHo me/live.Interment:Provi‐dence Memorial Park Cemetery, Metairie,LA. Pleasevisit https://pre miermemories.net/users/ MTczMTQxLUNhbWlsbGU gRS4g/home.htmltosign the online guestbook share memories andcon‐dolenceswiththe family. Arrangementsentrusted to D.W.RhodesFuneralHome, 3933 Washington Ave.,New Orleans,LA70125 (504)8227162 www.rhodesfuneral com

Stewart, Barbara Barbara AnaStewart departedthislifeon September2,2025. Daughter of theLate Idel Pocheand Alfred Pierson, Mother of Chanel Banks, PennyArmstrong, Gregory, Michael Robertson, and the lateTinaCollins. Sister of Alfred Tillman Deborah andSheila Pierson. Barbara is survivedbya host of grandchildren, great grandchildren,great great grandchildren other relativesand friends Funeral Service willbe held on Saturday, September13, 2025, at 10:00a.m. at Milesville See more DEATHS page

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OPINION

Fact book indicators positive signsfor La.

More moving up than moving down, with much room to improve. That’sagood summary of our 2025 update to the Louisiana Fact Book: Facts for the Future. Leaders for a Better Louisiana has been tracking alist of 35 important indicators of progress across ﬁve categories to measure the overall wellbeing and trajectory of our state.

First created in 2023 by the Council for aBetter Louisiana, which has now merged with the Committee of 100 for Economic Development,our combined group remains committed to making Louisianaabetter and moreprosperous state for all. That includes continuing to track how we are doing on issues that in many ways deﬁne how others perceive Louisiana. Our latest update is the third

since we launched the Fact Book, and this year’sresults are encouraging.They weren’t ayear ago. At that time, Louisiana was seeingprogress on 16 indicators, but moving in the wrong direction on 16 more. Three were unchanged.Byany measure, that was unacceptable. This year,the ﬁndings are abit more positive. We’redoing better on 20 indicators, falling behind on 13 and holding steady on two. As before, the education andworkforce issues tend to be amongthe brighterspotswith notable improvementsinoverall student performance in grades three through eight, eighth grade math andcontinued increases in theeducation attainment of our working-age population. Some ofthe economic indicators also improved.Louisiana

outpaced the nation in job growth and recorded an employed workforce of 2million people for the first time in adecade, and only thesecond time in history.We reversed amultiyear decline in population withasmall uptick in thenumber of people living in the state. While net domestic out-migration continued, it was significantly smaller than what we have seen in prior years. Still, there are some areas of ongoing concern. Both theoverall povertyrate and child poverty increased significantly.Health indicators remain troubling, particularly in terms of declining life expectancy,low birthweight babies, infant mortality andfood insecurity. AndLouisianacontinues to see growing issues with many of its small, rural water systems where more of them are running into safety and compliance issues.

Crimestats tell part of thestory

Over the past few months, there havebeen conﬂicting narrativesabout whethercrime is decreasing in America overall or speciﬁcallyin large urban areas.These debates oftenrely on the resultsofthe Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reports.

However,these reports frequently do not match public opinion. In fact,they often point in opposite directions. Why is that? How can we tell if crime is risingor falling?

The United States has traditionally used two methods to measurecrime. One is the UCR managed by the FBI. This system has been in place since the early 1930s The FBI collectscrime data that lawenforcement agencies voluntarily submit for crimes reported to, or detected by, police.

niﬁcant statistical difference between urban and rural areas. The UCR and theNVCS aredifferent reports with different methodologies. But bothare valuable. Ignoring one over the other is aserious mistake. Experiences always outweigh the statistics.

So, what is the picture these indicators paint? Amixed bag, but moreencouragingthan we have seen since we started this project. In recent years, we have placed a concerted focus on several education and workforce issues, and it appears that we are seeing positiveresults from that.

Louisiana has also madesome policy changes that are clearly intended to spur job growth and enhance the state’seconomic competitiveness. But those changes are recent and would not account forthe improvements we have seen in the economic data so far.That gives us reason to be hopeful that the modest, but critical, economic growth we see now might continue to improve in later years.

Recently,Louisiana has made signiﬁcantgains in education outcomes that have given us amajor boost in the national rankings.

That has been great to see, and it has garnered alot of positive attention. But we know that type of growth is rare, especially given the manycomplex issues we face, and the goals we set must be realistic. Still, it is entirely reasonable to expect that we should be making progress on every indicator, every year As we work as astate to improve Louisiana’scompetitiveness and economic vitality,we must not ignore the other things that are holding us back. The message that we are improving on mostindicators is agood one. Our goal now must be to sustain our progress and broaden our focus so that we can begin to impact moreofour mostchronic challenges.

Barry Erwin is the chief policy ofﬁcer forLeaders foraBetter Louisiana.

Congress should enact needed debankinglaws

The second method for measuringcrime is through the National Crime VictimizationSurvey, which has been conducted annuallybythe Bureau of Justice Statistics sincethe early 1970s.The NCVS randomly surveysover100,000 people each year to ask about their personal experienceswith crime. This is primarily how we determinethat approximatelyhalf of all crimes havegone unreported to the UCR. Thelimitation of the NCVS is that it is anationwide survey,not conductedatthe stateorcity level.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ NCVS released itsﬁrstreport in July to analyze crime data from urban, suburbanand rural areas across thecountry.Hereare the keyﬁndings from 2020 to 2023. About 38%ofviolent victimizationsinurban areas were reported to police, whichwas lower than thepercentages in suburban(43%) and rural (51%)areas

Thepercentage of rapeand sexual assault victimizations in rural areas that were reported to police (52%) was almostfour times higherthan the share reported to policeinurban areas (13%), and almosttwo times higher thanthe sharereported in suburbanareas (29%) Reporting to police for simple assault victimizations washigher in suburban (39%) and rural areas (46%) than urban areas (32%).

For robbery,the percentage of victimizations reported to police was lower in suburbanareas (49%) than urban areas (63%). Therewas no sig-

Many communities use athird method to measure crimebyrelying on independent survey datatounderstand residents’ perceptions of safety.Having used all three methods, Ifound the third to be themost helpful for guiding our decisions to improve thepolice department.

During my time as chief of the Nashville Police Departmentfrom 2004 to 2010, we started asurvey conducted twice ayear among Nashville residents in June and December.Ofall the data we collected, this was the most important. How people feel about their neighborhood, their ability to move freely around the cityand their sense of personal and family safety are the most critical issues we must address.

While Iserved as superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department from 2010 to 2014, and continuing today,the New OrleansCrime Coalition (NOCC) has been doing similar surveys. Initially,from 2010 to 2014, NOCC conducted this survey every six months; morerecently,they have shifted todoing it once ayear.Nomatterhow often it’sdone, it remains themostvital measure of safety perceptions in New Orleansand, based on my experience, in any city across the country

It is crucial to remember that the real measure of crime is how people feel about it.This is more reliable than the UCR, which has signiﬁcant gaps in reporting compared to actual crimes,and more comprehensive than the NCVS alone, because it’s notyet as detailed at the state and local level.

Irespectfully caution political and police leaders that the conversation about what the UCR reportsoncrimeislimited to what it states and what it doesn’t. We must understand how people experience crime, not just how we report or ﬁnd it.A longtimecolleague of mine said it well: “Crime can be measured, but public safetyissomething that people feel.”

Ronal Serpas is theformer superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department

Mostofustakeitfor granted that we can open abank account, processapayment or apply for aloan without politics getting in theway Butacross the country,a troubling practiceknown as “debanking,”drivenby regulators in Washington, threatensthat. Debanking happens when financial institutions deny services for certain individuals or businesses based on perceived political, religious or social reasons. Arecent paper from the America First PolicyInstitute explains how political pressure from Washington regulators beginning underthe Obama and Biden administrations —weaponized regulatorstoblacklist entire industries, like firearms and crypto. When accesstobanking is politicized, it doesn’tjust hurt targeted industries. It dissolves public trust in the entire financial system. If lawful businesses and law-abiding citizens can be frozen out for their beliefs or affiliations,thennoone’saccessis secure. Here in Louisiana,we’ve taken theissueseriously.Earlierthis year,the Legislature passeda resolution urging Washington to end government-drivendebanking. That resolutionsent aclear message: Our state will notstand by while federal regulators pick winners andlosers in the marketplace. Louisiana knows the importance of protecting economic freedom, andweare willing to lead in asmart, effective way Thankfully,there are encouraging signs of progress.

President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order directing regulators to eliminate theuse of “reputation risk” —the vague and subjective standard that has been weaponizedbyregulatorstojustify politically motivated banking discrimination. He also tasked the Treasury Department to work with Congress on acomprehensive strategy to addresspoliciesatthe federallevel thatdrovegovernment debanking and come up with solutions to end the practice altogether This is ameaningful step, but it cannot be the ﬁnalword. As Loui-

siana’s ownU.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said after the orderwas signed, “This political discrimination—such as we sawwith the Obama administration’s‘OperationChokepoint’ —isunlawful, dishonest, anddecreases trust in ourbanking institutions.” He’s right. Unless reforms arelocked in through legislation, they remain vulnerable to being undone by afuture administration. That’swhy Congress must act.Bipartisan proposals suchasthe Financial Integrity andRegulation Management Act would ensure thatregulators cannotweaponize their powers to chokeoff lawful businesses. Lawmakers should take steps to update outdatedpractices such as anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer rulesto bettertargetreal threats while reducing unnecessary burdens on banks andconsumers alike. These reforms would restore fairness, strengthen oversight where it matters most and give Americansconfidence that politicshas no place in their wallets. The timing of this debate is significantfor ourstate. Last month, New Orleanshosted the State PolicyNetwork’s33rd annual meeting, bringing state leaders from acrossthe country to discuss howtodefendfree markets andindividualliberty.Louisiana hasa proud story to share —one of pushing back on federal overreach andinsisting thatgovernment stayout of Americans’ bank accounts. The principle is simple: Financialservices should never be usedasa tool for political punishment. Whether you run a small business or simply want peace of mind thatyoursavings account won’tbetargeted, every Louisiananhas astake in this fight. By standing firm, ourstate can help lead the wayinkeeping government outofthe banking systemand ensuring thatevery American hasfairaccessinthe marketplace.

MichaelLunsford is the executive director of Citizens For aNew Louisiana.

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COMMENTARY

ISSUE OF THE WEEK NATIONAL GUARD IN NEW ORLEANS

After deploying National Guard troopsfor operations in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.,PresidentDonald Trump has called for the broaderuse of the Guard to combat crimeincities,mostrun by Democrats.Thelatest list of places that Guard troopscouldbesentincludesChicago, Baltimore and NewOrleans.While it is unclear when or if those cities will seesoldiersonthe streets,opponents sayitraises keylegal questions,asthe useof themilitaryindomestic lawenforcement has long been prohibited. Butsupporters saycities should welcome anyhelp in makingthem safer.InNew Orleans, where the governor has sent in state troopers to aid local police, many sayithas largely beena success. But would the National Guard be different? Hereare twoperspectives:

DeployingGuard in N.O. is nota conservative idea

Donald Trump, aman of many redhats, now wishes to wear ablue one as thede facto New Orleans chief of police.

“We’ll straighten that outintwo weeks,” Trump says of crime in NewOrleans, “easier than D.C.” Ronald Reagandescribed “I’m fromthe government and I’m here tohelp” as the most terrifying wordsinthe English language. His Republican successor hears them differently

The absence of even adebateonthe right about making afederal case of Louisiana problems indicatestoward which end of the principles-partycontinuum conservatives now lean.

It was not always so.

[Richard] Nixon kite,” persuaded National Review to withhold itsendorsement for the Republican nominee. Fedupwith Gov.Nelson Rockefeller,Sen. Jacob Javits and other Empire State Republicans, theWoodstock resident helped found theConservative Party of New York in 1962.

City haswelcomedthe National Guardbefore

Frank Meyer, presentatthe creation of National Reviewand Young Americans for Freedom, afounding father of the American Conservative Unionand author of the canonical-for-conservatives In Defense of Freedom,characterized President Dwight Eisenhower’sdeployment of the National GuardtoLittle Rock as an “invasion.” He regularly criticized Republicansand castanenthusiastic ballotfor exactlyone GOPpresidentialnominee. He gained rather than lost standing Faithlessness to the party,from thetitular character of “The Man WhoInvented Conservatism”no less, provokesa confusedface emoji from younger right-wingers.

He advised that party’snominee, James Buckley,ashedefeated aRepublican senator —NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’sfather,Charles —in1970. The following year,he becameone of the Manhattan 12, thedozen conservatives who suspended their support for President Nixon.

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Meyer’sefforts to transform the GOP into avehicle for conservatives, ironically,Republicanized the tight to adegree that so few feel comfortable putting principle over party.

As early as 1954, he envisioned a“anew alignment of parties” that pushed “traditional Republicans and Southern Democrats” together into the GOP and “liberal Republicans” and “New Deal Democrats” into the Democratic Party.This dream of parties as ideological avatars rather than collections of diverse interest groups, realized long after Meyer’s1972 death, became, if notanightmare for principled conservatives, then at least at times an inconvenience.

“The aimofconservatives between now and 1956 must be to build aconsciousness of the issues sufﬁciently strong to nominate acandidate on the Republican ticketand elect him,” he wrote JohnChamberlain, an editor of The Freeman,after Robert Taft’s 1952 Republican convention loss to Eisenhower.“Milk and water attitudes toward Eisenhower at this pointcan only cloudthat aim. After all,hethinks thatthe revolution of the last twenty years is established, is outside of politics, andmust be accepted by every moral American.” Chamberlain heeded his advice —and lost his job. Apro-Ike board ﬁred the magazine’s anti-Ike editors, and Meyerlost thesmall remuneration it provided.

Apoorer Meyer persevered Meyer later noted in The AmericanMercury “littletodistinguish the Eisenhower administration from itspredecessors in the ﬁght against creeping collectivism.”

In 1960, Meyer, arguing that“under no circumstancesshould the conservative movement be compromisedbytailing the

To challenge the wisdom of federalizing New Orleans’ crime problems suddenly calls aconservative’scredentials into question.

The tailwags the dog.

Conservatives properly rejoice at Trump securing the border,appointing strict constructionists to the bench and shuttering the United States Agency for International Development.This does not merit aperpetual hall passgranted tocheat on ostensibly shared principles.

When thepresident veers, such as with theidea to enforce local laws with federal troops, conservatives should feel free to criticize.

Frank Meyer did.

“The Republican Party deserves conservative loyalty,” he reasoned, “only to the degree that it is conservative.

Daniel Flynn is afellow at the Hoover Institutionand author of “The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer.”

Over the past few days, Orleans Parish politicians have lined up to reject thesuggestion from President Donald Trumpthat New Orleans could beneﬁt from having theNational Guard deployed to our city.New Orleans has always welcomed the National Guard, but this time it may be much more than just boots on the ground. If facts matter,then the success of the National Guard’s presence in preventingviolent crime in New Orleans speaks for itself. According to data from theMetropolitan Crime Commission, when the National Guard was in New Orleans for two weeksduring the 2025 Super Bowl, there was an average of 8.5 incidents of violent crime per week. The week they left, that number jumped to 14.3 incidents, a68% increase. The presence of the National Guard alone is avaluable resource, but the attention it could bring to the Orleans Parishcriminal justice system may be thereal reason our local politicians don’twant them here. All eyes are on the crime problem in Washington, D.C., since theNational Guard was deployed there. Trump has accomplished much morethan boots on the ground; he put theentire criminal justice system in D.C. under aspotlight.

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money went, and the juvenile judges had refused to produce data from juvenile offenders. Council member Joe Giarrusso said, “I’m tired, candidly,of not getting data from juvenile court, and not knowing what’sgoing on.” U.S. Rep. Troy Carter,R-New Orleans, issued apredictable statement this week, suggesting that instead of sending the National Guard, Trumpshould tackle crime in NewOrleans by providing morefederal funding forpreventative programs. If facts matter,Carter would remember that President Joe Biden already tried that in NewOrleans.

In 2022, Biden gave New Orleans $4.5 million to address juvenile crime. By August 2024, after the city had reigned as the murder capital, the City Council learned that no one had bothered to use the federal money either The Cantrell administration admitted before the council that they had an “inﬂux of funds” and were never able to formulate aplan on how to spend all the money they were receiving.

City ofﬁcials have historically welcomed the National Guard to our city foryears, mostrecently during the Super Bowland Mardi Gras. Suddenly,now they are not welcome.

Recently,D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro held anews conference to discuss thejuvenile crime plaguing D.C., thelack of accountability in juvenile court and thejudges. In referencing juvenile offenders, she stated, “They need to be held accountable, and we need to be protected.”

Pirro went on tocrucify the judges for their failed rehabilitation attempts,their refusal to incarcerate violent offenders and thelack of transparency for juvenile crime.

Pirro could have heldthat exact samenews conference in high-crime cities all over America. In 2022, violent juvenile crime reached an alltime high in New Orleans. The City Council allocated $3.5 million fornine separateprogramstoaddress juvenile crimeand rehabilitation. By May 13, 2024, the City Council admitted they had no idea where the

Despite anational reduction in crime, NewOrleans still ranks the eighth mostviolent city in America. The last thing our local politicians wantisour criminal justice system launched onto the national stage, where it belongs.

The National Guard put aspotlight on D.C. and it is sounding the alarm forother crime-ridden cities that refuse to protect victims. In what could prove one of his moststrategic moves yet, Trump’sseemingly simple idea might be the catalyst forexposing the underbelly of failing criminal justice systemsinAmerican cities that have been deprived of sunlight forfar too long.

Laura CanizzaroRodrigueisa former Orleans Parish prosecutor andfounder of theBayou Mama Bears, an advocacy group.

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Louisiana National Guardwalk Bourbon Streetahead of Super Bowl LIX in NewOrleans.

with meteorologist DamonSingleton

to the lowtomid-90s Northwestwindswill bring more dryair, therefore lowdew points, thus lowhumidity today. Temperatures couldfeel close to 98 degrees.The UV index is in the very high range, so stay hydrated and protect yourself from prolonged sun exposure. Atropical wave will emergeoff the West African coast today.

Memorial Church of God in Christ, 129 Apple St., Lapalce, LA 70068. Bishop Ronald Frank, officiating. Visitation at 8:30am until service time. Interment: Antioch Cemetery, Paulina. La ProfessionalServices Hobson Brown Funeral Home 134 Daisy St., Garyville, La 70051 (985) 535-2516.

Williams, Beverly BeverlyWilliams departed this life on September 2, 2025. Daughter of the Late LorraineJohnsonand Thomas Williams, Mother of Lenydria Williams. Beverly is survived by her siblings, ahost of other relatives and friends Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 1:00p.m. at Milesville Memorial Church of God in Christ, 129 Apple St., Laplace, LA 70068. Bishop Ronald Frank, officiating Visitation at 12:00 noon untilservice time. Interment: Providence Cemetery Montz. La Professional Services Hobson Brown Funeral Home 134 Daisy St., Garyville, La 70051 (985) 535-2516. Williams,Dorothy Mae

DEATHS continued from Nathan Williams,Sr.,Mon‐ica Williams,and Rodney Williams.Daughterofthe lateVivianJesse Steiband Sylvester Steib. Loving sis‐ter of Glenda Greer, Veron‐ica Gordon,Claudette Raphael,DanielSteib StephenSteib,and Claude Steib.Mother-in-law of Lor‐raine Williamsand Herman Williams.Daughter-in-law ofthe late Alex Williams, Sr. andPressieM.Williams. Sister-in-law of John Greer, Lorenza,Doretheaand Yvonne Steib, Jerry,Victo‐ria,and Rose Williams. Alsocherishingher memo‐riesare 6grandchildren,8 great grandchildren, anda hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also priestand parishioners of St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church andall neighboring churches are invited to attend theMass ofChristian Burial at St Josephthe Worker Catholic Church,455 Ames Blvd., Marrero,LAonSaturday, September 13,2025, at 10:00 a.m. Father Sidney Speaks, celebrant. Visita‐tionwillbegin at 8:00 a.m.; RecitationofRosary8:45 a.m.; Tributetofollow. In‐terment:RestlawnPark Cemetery-Avondale,LA. ArrangementsbyDavis MortuaryService,230 Mon‐roe St Gretna,LAToview and sign theguestbook, pleasegotowww.davismo rtuaryservice.com.Face masks arerecommended

DorothyMae Williams, age 95, enteredpeacefully intoeternal rest at herres‐idenceonMonday, August 25, 2025. Shewas anative ofVacherie, LA anda resi‐dentofMarrero,LA. Sheat‐tendedSt. JamesCatholic ChurchSchool andwas formerlyemployedwith the JeffersonParishPublic School System in theEnvi‐ronmental Services Depart‐ment. Dorothywas afaith‐ful parishionerofSt. Josephthe Worker Catholic Church, where wasactive withthe Church AltarSoci‐ety,Young at HeartMin‐istry,and aEucharistic MinisterofHolyCommuni‐cation. Belovedwifeofthe lateRoyal Williams,Sr. De‐voted mother of Royal Williams,RitaW.Williams,

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn thepassing of our beloved brotherand uncle, John Williams,who de‐partedthislifeonThurs‐day,August28, 2025, and entered eternalrestatthe age of 69. John wasthe oldestofsix children and was aman of quiet strengthand deep family loyalty.Hehelda special place in theheartsofall who knew himand willbe

remembered forhis unwa‐veringlove, uniquesense ofhumor,and thekindness heshowedtoeveryone around him. He is lovingly survivedbyhis 4siblings: SamualPitts andlongtime partner SueDevlin, Pamela Pitts Harris andhusband Eric"Train" Harris,Cynthia Henderson andhusband DanielHenderson of Baton Rouge,La. andbaby brother DarrellPitts.He was adevoted uncle anda steadypresenceinthe lives of hisniecesand nephews.Johnnow joinsin peace thosewho have gonebeforehim:his loving mother, Celester Williams Pitts andfatherWalter Cain; hischerished sister, Donna MariePitts;his beloved grandmother, MarthinaWilliams; great grandmother Lilly Williams,dearaunt,Re‐becca Evansand daughter Paulette EvansHart; and unclesErnestWilliams, ClarenceWilliams, and RobertWilliams. Whilewe grievehis passing, we ﬁnd comfort in knowingheis reunitedwiththose he loved.His spirit will live on inthe memories we share, the storieswetell, andthe lovethatbinds ourfamily together.A funeralservice celebrating John'slifewill beheldatMount Triumph Baptist Church,1734 Fern Street,New OrleansLA 70118 on Saturday,Sep‐tember13, 2025, at 10 am Rev.CreoleJames Sr.pas‐tor,ofﬁciating. Church visi‐tation9 am -10am. For‐everinour hearts,John willbemissedbut never forgotten. Professional ser‐viceentrusted to Littlejohn FuneralHome, 2163 Aubry Street,Cal K. Johnson, Fu‐neral Director/Manager Info: (504) 940-0045.

Robert Williams,age 74 was born October5,1950 HepassedawayonAugust 29, 2025 at JeffersonHealth Care. He wasthe sonofthe lateJessieWilliamsJr. and Neomi Powers Williams Robertwas knownas Bobby to hisfamilyand friends.Hewas averyin‐dependentpersonand

neverasked forhandouts. Bobby worked variousodd jobs. He helped unload trucksand worked at atire shop. Aftera hitand run accident,hewas placed at WestJefferson Nursing Home. AfterHurricane Ida hewas movedtoJefferson HealthcareNursing Home Bobby is survived by two sisters CarolynW.Jackson ofNew Orleans, La.and Yolanda NewsomeofHous‐ton,Txand onebrother NaimAhmad akaCharles Williams.Alsosurvivedby his brother-in-law Emanuel Jackson Sr severalnieces and nephews, otherrela‐tives andfriends.Hewas precededindeath by his parents andsiblingsJessie Williams III, Rodney Williams andCassandra W. Pierce. Family andfriends alsopastors,officers and members of IrishChannel Christian Fellowship and FranklinAvenue Baptist Church,officers andmem‐bersofA.V.Williams#178 O.E.S.and employees of WholeFoodsare invitedto attendthe FuneralService onSaturday, September13, 2025 at Littlejohn Funeral Home, 2163 AubryStreet, New Orleans, La 70119 be‐ginning 10:00 am.Rev Kevin Vance, officiating. Parlorvisitation9:00am–10:00 am.Entombment Mount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman MayerAve NewOrleans, La 70112.

Kwame“Shockk” Wil‐son,Sr.,was born on Sep‐tember2,1982 in NewOr‐leans,LA. He wascalled homeonhis birthday,Sep‐tember2,2025. Beloved son of thelateMonicaAnn Wilson.Kwame leaves be‐hinda strong andenduring legacythrough hisson Kwame Wilson,Jr.,Ronald and IeshaGreen;grandson, RonaldGreen,Jr. Also sur‐vived by hislovingpartner, Yasmine Anderson; mother, Charlena Math‐ews;siblings, Shanga Mathews,Sr.,Azizi Math‐ews,Sr.,Harry Wilson,Sr. and MonishaWilson; un‐cles, Gary Wilson,Darren andDerek Smith, as well as

ahostofnieces, nephews and friendswho will con‐tinue to carry hismemory forward.Known as thepro‐tectorofhis family, Kwame was educated in theOr‐leans parish public school system, attendingHelen S. Edwards,Carverand Dou‐glass High Schools. His charm andcharismamade him abeloved ﬁgure in the vibrant NOLA hospitality industry, where he found joy andpurpose in serving others. Kwame’spresence touched many livesinthe 9th Ward,DesireProject and theDesire& Galvez areas.His spirit will con‐tinue to live on in the heartsofall who knew and loved him. AHomegoing celebration honoring the lifeand legacy of thelate Kwame “SHOCKK” Wilson, Sr.,willbeheldinthe ChapelofCharbonnet Labat GlapionFuneral Home, 1615 St.Philip Street,New Orleans, LA 70116 on Saturday,Sep‐tember13, 2025 at 10 am IntermentProvidence MemorialParkCemetery. Visitation9 am in the chapel. Please sign online guestbook at www.cha rbonnetfuneralhome.com. Charbonnet LabatGlapion Directors (504)581 4411.

BryanHenry Wise,61, was alifelongresidentof New Orleans, Louisiana. Af‐fectionatelyknown as "Buttercup” he wasborn June 21, 1964, to thelate Lilly MaeWiseinNew Or‐leans,La. On Wednesday, September 3, 2025. Our beloved,brother,uncle cousin, nephew,friend, and co-workertransitioned tohis heavenly home to be withthe Lord surrounded byfamilyand friends. He enjoyed watching football and agood hand of spades. He also enjoyed friendlybanterwhile doing the things he lovedmost. Bryanwas aworkaholic.

He enjoyedfamilygather‐ingsjokinglybeing thelife ofthe party. He neverleft without expressing his love, especially forhis loved ones.Our grand‐motherlaidthe foundation byteachingustoprayand embrace faith earlyon. He attended FrancisT.Nicholls High. He wasanemployee atDominos SugarReﬁnery HealsoworkedatFoods for Families,New Orleans Country Club andR&L Car‐riers.Bryan waspreceded indeath by hismother, Lilly MayWise; hisgrand‐mother, AnnieLee Wise; his aunt,MattieSmith;and his cousins, Robert Smith Jr.,ReginaldSmith,Royce Wise,and Dawn Wise-Mar‐tin.Heissurvivedbyhis companion Sheila Lafrance,brothersDarrel and Carrol Wise,sisters DoreneCarter, Raquel Wright, andChandra Wise, niecesJaylynn andKe‐ichandraWise, KiaConrad, and JamieWright, grand‐daughterAlnesha Green‐berry,stepfatherCarrol Hills,and many relatives, friends,and colleagues Bryan will be dearly missed. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend thefuneral service on Saturday,Sep‐tember13, 2025 at Gentilly Baptist Church locatedat 5141 Franklin Ave.,New Or‐leans LA.70122. Thevisita‐tionwillbegin at 10 a.m. followedbyan11a.m.ser‐vice. Rev. Derick Joshua willofﬁciate. Interment willbeprivate.A repass willfollowthe servicein the church’s fellowship hall. Funeralplanningen‐trusted to Robinson Family FuneralHome, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse LA 70037 (504) 208-2119. Foronlinecondo‐lences, please visitwww robinsonfamilyfuneralho me.com

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Tulane going to O-Line rotation on rightside vs.Duke

BY GUERRYSMITH

Contributing writer

Preparing for an imposing Duke defense with 20 tackles for loss and seven sacks through two games, Tulane has made an adjustment on theright side of itsoffensive line.

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Redshirt freshman Reese Baker willmove between guard and tackleon Saturday night at Yulman Stadium (7 p.m. ESPN2), playing inside when sophomore Darion Reed is at tackle and sliding outside when Liberty transfer Jordan Hall, aredshirt senior enters at guard. Coach Jon Sumrall said the switchwas necessary because Reed, a 6-foot-7, 318-pound behemoth, wore down in the second half of the Green Wave’s 33-31 win at South Alabama.

The right side of the line was aquestion mark entering the seasonwith twonew starters. Reedallowed asack that ledtoa three-and-out on Tulane’ssecond series of the third quarter “Game one they graded out really well, particularly in the first half,” Sumrall said. “Game 2, DarionReed played good at times, but he cramped late. You’re going to see maybe alittle bit more of arotation over there. The one constant will be Reese Baker.” Either way,Sumrall anticipates ahuge challenge. Even in a44-19loss to Illinois last Saturday,the Blue Devils held theIllini to minus-5 yards rushing during the ﬁrst half. Senior end Vincent Anthony registered three sacks. Sumrall labeled gradstudent tackle Josiah Green a“twitchy,violent player.” Duke’sdefensive numbers trumpTulane’s six tacklesfor loss and four sacksbya wide margin. “Their defensive line’shellacious,”Sumrall said.“Alltheir frontguysyou feel how athletic and physical they are. They take risks and crowd the line of scrimmage and bring it some and drop back some. Last week was how they controlled thelineof scrimmage for most of the game.”

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Thecoaches recruiting him, however, chose not to let him wait.

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Now,over 50 years later,both Stovall and Alexander will have their names and jersey numbers displayed on the south façade of Tiger Stadium.LSU will formally retire

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Inside cornerback yiadom’s windingroadbacktothe Saints

BYMATTHEWPARAS Staff writer

Isaac Yiadom hasn’t ever gone back to watch ﬁlm of hisyounger self, theway that defensive coordinator Brandon Staley did this offseason. But theNew Orleans Saints cornerback says he can only imaginethe differences.

Staley doesn’thave to imagine. He likes to use Yiadom’stape as an example for young corners. He shows them Yiadom from 2019. Andthen Yiadom in 2025.

“Tobeplayinglike he is now,” Staley said, “just shows you that there’salot possibleifyou just hang in there.”

To Staley,Yiadom’s tape shows astark contrast in conﬁdence. The ﬁlmisthe journey of aplayer who’s spanned six teams in eight years, one whowas on track to be abust but has blossomed into areliable veteran.There wasDenver,New York,Green Bay,Houston, New Orleans, San Francisco and New Orleansagain.Staley and Yiadom have overlapped in three of those spots, startinginDenver,reuniting in San Francisco and now teaming up withthe Saints

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Saints cornerback Isaac yiadom stops Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBrideduring the first half of their game Sundayatthe Caesars Superdome.

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Tulane offensivelineman Reese Baker keeps NorthwesternWildcats away duringthe

first half of their game Aug. 30 at yulman Stadium.

Hughes leads in Napa

Ryder Cup players gets mixed results

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

NAPA, Calif. — Mackenzie Hughes of Canada quietly went about his work with a 9-under 63 on Thursday to lead the Procore Championship. The big crowds followed Scottie Scheffler and the U.S Ryder Cup team and saw mixed results. For the longest time, Ryder Cup rookie Ben Griffin wasn’t even the low Griffin at Silverado until five birdies on the back nine gave him a 64, one shot behind with Matt McCarty Russell Henley was at 65 with Lanto Griffin. Scheffler who hasn’t finished lower than eighth place since March, lost one streak on a breezy afternoon in wine country when he was wild off the tee at the par5 18th and had to settle for par and a 70. That ended 21 consecutive rounds in the 60s.

Ten Ryder Cup players are here for the competition and to try to stay sharp ahead of Beth-

page Black in two weeks, and that wasn’t lost on them regardless of the scores. Russell Henley shot 65 and U.S.

Open champion J.J. Spaun had a 67.

No one else broke 70, though all of them were at par or better. It’s not unusual to see prominent players in the same group for television

The difference here is that they’re all spending time together — same wave of tee times, same mansion to hang out in their spare time

“I think it was a little different today just knowing that all of us were kind of paired in the same little area of tee times, and we obviously did spend a lot of time with each other this week so it deﬁnitely feels slightly different than it would have if this tournament was in March,” he said.

“You know, the Ryder Cup is right around the corner.”

Just don’t get the idea this is a social week Schefﬂer showed as much when he was visibly frustrated at a shot that deﬁed gravity and

stayed in thick rough over a bunker on the par-5 12th. He turned and slammed his club into the ground. The stance was so awkward that when he ﬁnally ﬁgured out how to play it, he had to jump down into the bunker after he hit it.

Scheffler made par He made par on all the the par 5s, contributing to his ﬁrst score that began with a “7” since his 72 in the third round of the Travelers Championship in June.

“This is his first go ‘round here. It’s very goofy,” Spaun said. “I don’t think I liked this place the first couple times I came here, but you kind of learn how to play it, you learn where to miss. The greens, especially in the afternoon, are not great. It’s just poa annua and they’re sloped and they’re pretty fast. He just barely missed a few putts. That would have kept his streak going. He’ll be fine.”

Hughes is playing for other reasons. He missed out on the top 50 in the FedEx Cup, which would have put him in all the $20 million signature events next year But anyone ﬁnishing in the top 60 are

the Fall Series gets into Pebble Beach and Riviera.

The Canadian was had nine birdies in 13 holes and allowed his mind to think brieﬂy about a 59, but only because he thought par was a 71. Either way, a pair of bogeys ended that, though he was happy enough with a 63.

“The goal is to get into that top 60 and set up my beginning to the year,” said Hughes, who is at No. 65. “I also won’t play ﬁve, six events to try to chase that. I’ve love to just play a few and get some good rest and be home a bunch this fall. That’s the plan right now But we’ll see what happens.” Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley was at Silverado, but only as a spectator

“This is awesome to see,” Bradley said as he stood behind the 13th green watching Scheffler, Henley and Spaun walk side-byside up the fairway

Sam Burns had a 71, while the other Ryder Cup players — Justin Thomas, Cameron Young, Patrick Cantlay, Harris English and Collin Morikawa — were all at 72.

NBA’s ‘heave rule’ to help players’ shooting perecentages

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP basketball writer

NEW YORK NBA players can now ﬁre up those end-of-quarter

heaves from deep without their shooting percentages being adversely affected.

The league has approved a change in the way statistics on those shots are recorded, which could spur players to take more heaves from very, very deep with hopes of a miracle make. It was finalized at the league’s board of governors meeting on Wednesday The rule change was tried out at Summer League in Las Vegas back in July, as well as the smaller leagues that month in Utah and California. For stat-keeping purposes, the NBA will tell teams that any shot taken within the final three seconds of the first three quarters and is launched from at least 36 feet away on any play that starts in the backcourt will count as a team shot attempt but not an individual one. Many players have avoided taking the miracle 50-footer or deeper shot at the end of quarters to protect their personal shooting percentages. The “heave rule,” the league hopes, will fix that. According to SportRadar, players last season made about 4% of shots taken in the final three sec-

onds of the ﬁrst three quarters of a game with the 36-foot minimum distance. Based on its tracking data, Golden State’s Stephen Curry made four shots under those criteria last season and Denver’s Nikola Jokic made three.

All-Star decision looming

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday, at the end of the league’s board of governors meeting, that he hopes to have the details on this season’s AllStar Game — one that will have a U.S. vs. the world format — ﬁnalized by the start of the regular season.

The AP and other outlets reported on Sept 3 that the league is closing in on ﬁnalizing another new format for this season’s AllStar Game, one where three eightman teams — two from the U.S. and one composed of international players — would square off in a round-robin tournament.

Having 16 All-Stars from the U.S and eight from other countries would be in line with the current breakdown of where NBA players are from; the league is about two-thirds American players, one-third international players.

“People have great memories of All-Star games. It’s part of the fabric of this league, the excitement that comes from it and the engagement from our players,” Silver said. “So, we want to ﬁx it.”

The league has been heading in this direction for several months, especially after last season’s AllStar mini-tournament untimed games to 40 points, with four teams of eight players each — was a ﬂop.

Silver has wanted a more competitive All-Star format for years. Nobody has been willing to play much in the way of defense at the game in recent seasons — a 211-186 game in 2024 was the last straw there so the league tried the tournament plan this past season.

European, domestic expansion

Talks on how to proceed with a new NBA-backed league in Europe, in partnership with FIBA, are continuing, Silver said.

“I think our basketball people now are very engaged in how the competition will work,” Silver said. “Our lawyers are thinking hard on how we can take a sort of cap-based system and revenuesharing system with players and how we could apply that in a European framework.”

Silver also said the league’s governors got an update on domestic expansion plans at its meeting that concluded Wednesday The NBA said in July that it was beginning the process of formally exploring adding to its current 30-team league, though there is no timetable for when that will happen.

Yankees SS Volpe gets injection for labrum tear

NEW YORK New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe had a cortisone shot in his left shoulder on Wednesday after playing through a small tear in his labrum for more than four months. Before the Yankees concluded a three-game series with the Tigers on Thursday, manager Aaron Boone conﬁrmed a report in the New York Post that Volpe underwent the injection after reaggravating a previous shoulder injury while making a diving stop in Sunday’s 4-3 win over Toronto. It was Volpe’s second cortisone shot this season. The Yankees also said the 24-year-old had a cortisone shot during the All-Star break. Boone said Volpe was not available off the bench and may miss the opener of a three-game series at Boston on Friday

Ex-NBA player Collins in treatment for brain tumor

NEW YORK Jason Collins, the NBA’s ﬁrst openly gay player who now serves as an ambassador for the league, is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor his family said Thursday Collins announced he was gay in 2013, becoming the ﬁrst publicly gay athlete to play in any of the four main North American sports leagues. He retired in 2014 after a 13-year career that included stops with the New Jersey Nets, Memphis, Minnesota, Atlanta, Boston, Washington and back to the Nets after they moved to Brooklyn.

Collins averaged 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in his career In his best season, he averaged 6.4 points and 6.1 rebounds for the then-New Jersey Nets in 2004-05.

Titans RT Latham out with hip injury vs. Rams NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee starting right tackle JC Latham said Thursday that he will be out Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams in the Titans’ home opener Latham left the season-opening loss in Denver early in the fourth quarter with an injured hip that limited him during the preseason. Titans coach Brian Callahan said Monday that Latham aggravated an issue that the lineman has been playing through.

The seventh pick overall in 2024 out of Alabama started every offensive snap as a rookie, playing 1,032 snaps. Latham wasn’t available to reporters Wednesday when he didn’t practice. He said Thursday he is dealing with a strain that limits his ability to move as needed at lineman.

Mavericks sign forward Washington to extension

Seattle and Las Vegas have long been believed to be major candidates for NBA expansion if the league formally decides to move forward.

NBA Cup semifinal change

The NBA Cup, which has had a Final Four setup for its semiﬁnals and ﬁnal in Las Vegas — and will again this season — will be changing in 2026-27.

The league has decided that semifinals will be played at the home arena of the higher-seeded team in each conference starting next season. The final which doesn’t count on either team’s record will be the only game played at a neutral site.

Coach’s challenge adjusted

The board approved a change to coach’s challenges, starting this season.

During review following a challenge of an out-of-bounds violation, the replay center ofﬁcial — not the crew chief — “will determine whether a proximate foul should have been called,” the league said.

The NBA says it will expedite review times.

Last season was the ﬁrst where referees could determine whether a proximate foul should have been called on certain plays. The change was unanimously recommended by the competition committee and league ofﬁce.

DALLAS The Dallas Mavericks have signed forward P.J. Washington Jr to a contract extension and are also bringing back guard Dante Exum in moves that should finalize the roster for 2025-26. The Mavericks announced the deal for Washington on Thursday A person with knowledge of the extension said the deal was worth $89 million over four years. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because terms weren’t released. Exum will be among the options at point guard until Irving returns, and part of the depth if the 11-year veteran stays healthy The 30-yearold, who was the fifth overall pick in the 2014 draft out of Australia, has missed significant time with injuries each of his two seasons in Dallas.

Gulfstream Park set to host Pegasus World Cup HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. Gulfstream Park will play host to the 10th edition of the Pegasus World Cup on Jan. 24, one of the highlights of the

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Ben Griffin waves to spectaots on the second green during the third round of the Tour Championship tournament on Aug. 23 in Atlanta.

Tackle Richards arrived in nick of time

Newly acquired RT played well in relief of injured starter Fuaga

BY LUKE JOHNSON and ROD WALKER Staff writers

A few weeks before the start of the regular season, the Saints found themselves in dire need of a capable swing tackle after Landon Young suffered an ankle injury that put him on season-ending injured reserve.

So the Saints dipped into their pool of draft resources and put together a trade for Asim Richards, sending a future sixth-round pick to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for Richards and a seventh-rounder New Orleans couldn’t have known how quickly it would need Richards.

Taliese Fuaga played just 46 offensive snaps before heading to the bench with a knee injury against the Arizona Cardinals — and it was evident from his performance that he’d been trying to play through the pain before leaving the game. New Orleans called on Richards and dropped him into the fire at right tackle, and came away pleased with his performance after only a few weeks with the team. Richards was on the field for 23 passing plays (including two spikes to stop the clock). He allowed two pressures, according to Pro Football Focus, but did not give up a sack. He held up especially well on the final drive. On the sequence at the end of the game where the Saints were taking shots at the end zone,

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Staley uses the phrase “the road less traveled” with Yiadom. And that’s technically true: Not many in the NFL have a career arc quite like the 29-year-old. But in the literal sense, as he prepares to face his former team Sunday when the Saints host the 49ers, Yiadom has traveled a lot of roads to get to this point. And he’s arrived at his destination.

“If I had to go back, of course I wish I didn’t (have to play for so many teams),” Yiadom said. “But everything happens for a reason. The only beneﬁt of it is I got the chance to play in so many different defenses for so many different (coordinators), see different offenses, play in the AFC, in the NFC.

“I’ve had a chance to play against damn near every receiver in the NFL already You know what I mean? So there’s no moment too big, no opponent too big. So that’s why things are good.” Things weren’t always good A third-round pick in 2018 out of Boston College, Yiadom lasted just two seasons with the Denver Broncos before being traded to the New York Giants in 2020. Another season led to another trade this time to Green Bay Looking back, Yiadom sees his opportunity with the Packers as a turning point in his career That year, he felt he did everything he could to latch onto a place. He studied hard. He practiced hard. But he primarily saw action on special teams, taking just 9% of Green Bay’s defensive snaps that season. Headed to Houston, Yiadom was determined to move on. Not from football. But Yiadom realized his mentality was holding him back. If a mistake happened, Yiadom would let it linger too much in his play He played too carefully, too cognizant of not wanting to make another mistake. The following summer, Yiadom didn’t make the Houston Texans’ 53-man roster — but he finally had the kind of training camp he wanted.

“I just started playing free,” Yiadom said.

That freedom led to stability In his second stint with the Saints, he’s now the elder statesman in the cornerback room — even though he’s yet to turn 30. His teammates affectionately call him “Ike.” And Yiadom has loved to be a mentor: Rookie Quincy Riley said the veteran always reminds him to pay attention at all times because you never know who is watching. Yiadom gives

Richards stonewalled Arizona’s

pricey offseason acquisition Josh Sweat on three consecutive plays.

He also handled a pair of defensive line stunts, passing off the outside rusher to right guard Cesar Ruiz and neutralizing the loop defender

“I thought he came in and did really well, especially in those twominute situations,” center Erik Mc-

Coy said. “Him and (Ruiz) had great communication, passing off twists and games. I thought for only being here two weeks, a week and a half, that he came in and executed at a high level.”

The Saints may need to count on Richards again this week against San Francisco. While coach Kellen

advice on what and what not — to do.

“We’ve got a saying in our room:

‘Do it like Ike,’” said third-year cornerback Rezjohn Wright, who gleefully notes he was graduating high school when Yiadom entered the league.

“(He’s) just been a great example for our program,” Staley said. Every stop presents the chance to gain experience, form new bonds. When he went to the 49ers last year Yiadom went to AllPro linebacker Fred Warner and showed him the handshake that he used to do with Demario Davis on the Saints. That handshake would become their handshake.

Sometimes, Yiadom’s actions will take teammates by surprise.

A few weeks ago, Yiadom was on the phone in the team’s cafeteria when then-Saints safety J.T. Gray, now with the Ravens, became surprised once he overheard parts of the conversation.

Yiadom was speaking in Twi — the native language spoken in Ghana, which the cornerback grew up speaking at home.

Gray according to Yiadom, had no idea that English, which the cornerback said he learned partly by watching “SpongeBob SquarePants” as a child, was Yiadom’s second language. Most teammates don’t.

“No, I did not know that,”

Wright said “That’s crazy.”

The Saints, though, are counting on Yiadom to be more than a mentor

For the last two years, including his first stint in New Orleans, Yiadom served as a high-quality backup a player who could fill in adequately when needed, leading to 13 starts in 34 games. But this year Yiadom has been a starter from Day 1. He was one of five Saints to play every defensive snap in Sunday’s seasonopening loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

It wasn’t the role most envisioned when the Saints signed Yiadom to a three-year, $9 million deal in March. New Orleans would draft Riley in the fourth round a month later, and the outside consensus was that the two would battle in training camp for the third cornerback spot. Yiadom, however, never ceded ground — he took all the starting snaps throughout OTAs and training camp keeping the rookie at bay

Eight years into his career, Yiadom is still ﬁnding new roads to travel.

Just don’t tell him that.

“To tell the truth, I feel like I’m in a competition every single day,” Yiadom said. “I never felt like I won a job or arrived. I’m going to keep doing what I got to do to stay out there, and that’s how it’s going to be.”

Email Matthew Paras at matt paras@theadvocate.com

Moore suggested he doesn’t believe Fuaga’s injury will keep him out long term, the second-year tackle did not participate in Wednesday’s practice.

The 49ers managed only eight quarterback pressures and one sack against the Seattle Seahawks last week, but they have a talented defensive front with All-Pro Nick Bosa and ﬁrst-round pick Mykel Williams on the edges.

Kroeger’s debut

Punter Kai Kroeger got his ﬁrst taste of NFL action Sunday

The undrafted rookie punted four times, averaging 50.5 per punt. That average ranks ninth in

the league after Week 1. Kroeger who played at the University of South Carolina, says it felt good to get his ﬁrst real game under his belt.

“The preseason is a big deal, especially for rookies,” Kroeger said. “But that ﬁrst regular season game, there’s no feeling like it. I had that ‘pinch me’ moment afterwards when everything hit me. I’m getting to live out my childhood dream. Being a Saints fan my whole life because of Drew Brees and Thomas Morstead, it was a surreal moment for me.”

Kroeger’s longest punt was 54 yards. Two of his four punts landed inside the Cardinals’ 20-yard line.

“I thought he did a good job,” said Saints’ special teams coordinator Phil Galiano. “He went out there end executed the game plan that we wanted. He punted the ball directionally, which we talked about, and kept it outside the numbers. I knew all along that he had that in him and that’s why he’s here.”

Fuaga returns Taliese Fuaga seemed conﬁdent he’d be back on the practice ﬁeld this week, and he backed up his words Thursday Fuaga, who sat out the fourth quarter of last week’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals with a knee injury, was back at Saints practice Thursday afternoon as a limited participant.

The Saints won’t release an ofﬁcial injury designation for Fuaga until Friday afternoon, but his return to practice suggests he may be able to play Week 2 against the San Francisco 49ers.

He was the only one of the Saints’ injured starters to return to the practice field: Edge rusher Chase Young (calf) and left guard Trevor Penning (toe) did not participate in the session.

Long snapper ZachWood (shoulder) was downgraded on Thursday’s injury report after he was limited Wednesday Saints special teams coordinator Galiano said the team has a ready list of available longsnappers if needed, and the team also has several players who have some experience snapping in their history — including practice squad players Cedrick Wilson and Nephi Sewell. Running back Velus Jones (knee) was limited for the second straight day

Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

Burrow looking to get out of the pocket more against the Jaguars

BY JOE REEDY AP sportswriter

Joe Burrow doesn’t want the Cincinnati Bengals to be timid when they host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday

After leading an offense that had only 7 net yards and went threeand-out on ﬁve of six second-half possessions last week at Cleveland, Burrow has a game plan in mind as the Bengals look to go 2-0 for the ﬁrst time since 2018.

“I think I’m going to be a little more aggressive to maybe get out of pocket and make some plays. Just like every game, you want to get out and see how things are going I’m going to be ready to adapt for whatever we see,” Burrow said.

Rolling out to find either

Ja’Marr Chase or Tee Higgins would add another element to Burrow’s game. Burrow was 10 of 17 on designed rollouts last season and was 25 of 48 when forced to scramble.

Chase is also looking to bounce back after having only two receptions for 26 yards last week It was only the ﬁfth time in his career he’s had two or fewer catches.

Cincinnati will be facing a Jacksonville defense that forced three turnovers in its 26-10 victory over Carolina.

“I think their front is very disruptive. It feels like I say that every week, but they have a lot of guys that I respect on that front and they came up with some bigtime defensive plays,” Burrow said.

The Jaguars, under first-year coach Liam Coen, are also looking for their ﬁrst 2-0 start since 2018. Jacksonville’s defense had a low blitz rate last week but pressured the quarterback on 40% of dropbacks, the 10th-highest rate in the league.

“He can get it out. You’ve got to take some of the air out of the coverage, and it’s hard to give him a ton of space, but it’s feast or famine,” Coen said about Burrow. “You go up and press him, you get too much on him, who knows what it could be, and it’s just one of those combinations.”

The other number one

It will be the third matchup between Burrow and Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence. Burrow was the top overall pick in 2021, followed by Lawrence one year later

It’s only the second time since the College Football Playoff title game in 2020 when Burrow’s LSU squad beat Lawrence and

Clemson — that the two have faced off in the NFL. Burrow and the Bengals won the 2021 meeting 2421. Burrow missed the 2023 game due to a wrist injury

Balancing act

The Bengals held Cleveland to 2.0 yards per carry last week in their 17-16 win. They now face a Jacksonville offense that put up 200 rushing yards and did not allow a sack against Carolina.

Coach Zac Taylor said the biggest emphasis this week is again trying to win the turnover battle.

“Jacksonville leads the league right now in that margin. They’re first; we’re tied for second. So I think that goes a long way in deciding these early-season games, the discipline aspect of all of this stuff,” he said.

Hunter to play more on defense

Two-way star Travis Hunter, the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner from Colorado and the second pick in the NFL draft, will see more de-

fensive snaps in his second game.

Coen said the team plans to continue expanding Hunter’s usage. Hunter played six defensive snaps against Carolina, a run-ﬁrst team with Chuba Hubbard. He caught a team-high six passes for 33 yards on offense while playing 42 of 66 snaps on that side of the ball.

“The goal is to increase and continue to increase,” Coen said.

“It just so happens that we’re playing Cincinnati with two good wideouts this week.”

Burrow said there is limited tape on Hunter playing defense for the Jaguars, but that there is a base of knowledge from when Hunter played defensive back at Colorado.

“His ball skills are obviously great. That’s why he’s playing offense too, and he just continuously made plays it seemed like in big spots, so I got a lot of respect for what he did and how he did it and I’m excited to watch him in the league,” Burrow said.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By BUTCH DILL

Saints right tackle Taliese Fuaga played 46 offensive snaps before leaving Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals with a knee injury.

AP PHOTO By DAVID RICHARD Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow throws a pass during a game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in Cleveland.

AP PHOTO By JOHN RAOUX Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence looks to pass the ball against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla.

THE VARSITYZONE

More Dome gamespossible

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

The second week of New Orleans area high school football games will include several exciting matchups.

Here’salook ahead and what to know about ﬁve big games. Rummel vs.UniversityHigh

This is the fourth year in arow for these schools to face each other,and the ﬁrst of two games being played Friday at the Caesars Superdome.

Rummel haswon the past three games against U-High, each by close scores.

Rummel lost the opener last week against Lafayette Christian 27-26 as juniorJaden Terranceran for 141 yards anda touchdown.

For U-High, LSU commitment Lamar Brownislisted as the top defensive tackleinthe country,but he will play most of the snaps on the offensive line.

Chris Dabe

‘Early discussions’ hint at future regular-season gamesinSuperdome

Picture another weekendwithsome of the best high school footballprograms in Louisiana going against topprograms from outside the state.

Something likewhat fans will experience Friday when Edna Karr faces American Heritage (Plantation,Florida) in apowerhouse matchup betweentwo reigningstate champions, plus asolid in-state matchupbetween Rummeland University High

All inside the Caesars Superdome.

The creation of this eventcould leadto more games in theDome.

“There’searly discussions about that,” Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said.

“We’d love to see it become an annual thing,” said Hundley,whose main objective would be forthere to be “a little bit of atourism componenttoitbecause that’satthe core of the SugarBowl committee’smission

“Wegot an American Heritage team coming from Floridaand U-High coming from Baton Rouge,” Hundley said “While it doesn’treach thelevel of impact the college football gamedoes, naturally,it’sa bigdeal and we have funbeing apartofit.”

This won’t be theﬁrst time the Dome has been used for regular-season games.

BelleChassetwo-way standoutfollowing in brother’sfootsteps

BY SPENCERURQUHART Staff writer

Belle Chasse senior Savion Barthelemy has been astarter since hisfreshman season and has shared the ﬁeld with family members the entire time.

Savion’sﬁrst two years at Belle Chasse were played alongsideolder brother Sterling Barthelemy, whoisasophomore at Arkansas Baptist. Savion is also in line to play college football as he committed to Texas State thissummer after receiving multiple Division I offers.

Now atwo-way starter for Belle Chasse at defensive end and tight end, Barthelemyfinishedwith 12 tackles for aloss and seven sacks as ajunior.Heshares the field with his first cousin Glenn Davis, asenior who starts on the defensive line. “I went out to watch (Sterling) play last weekend,” Barthelemy said. “(Glenn Davis and I) like to call ourselves the avengers becauseweliketothink we’re unstoppable. We’ve been playing together along time.” Standing at 6-foot-3, 295 pounds, Barthelemy has grown into aversatile playerfor Belle Chasse as asenior.He’sago-to receiving threat and astrong blocker at tight end while being adisruptive force on defense.

“(Savion) is big and athletic,” coach StephenMeyers said.“He runs well and is our best receiver

John Curtis and Rummelplayed separategames inside theDome to open the season last year,but those games got moved from The Shrine on Airline during theweek of the game because of inclement weather

The Dome has been home to dozens of other games in the regular season at various points sincethe iconic sportsvenue ﬁrst opened 50 years ago.

“We’ve actually done acouple that were televised by ESPNwith John Curtis involved,” Hundley said.

The Dome famously had 45,000 in attendance when St.Augustine beat Jesuit in the ﬁrst state title gameplayed there in 1978, an event that sparked theidea of holding all championships there starting with the ﬁrst Prep Classic in 1981.

Holding games in the Dome does come with acost, however,something Karr coach Brice Brown had in mindwhen asked about the possibility of future games there.

“It takes alot to make the Dome run for any kind of event with the security,the lights, all that kind of stuff,”Brown said.

An event with enough sponsorship could provide thefunding needed so that it could “feature teams from all over the city,” Brown said, “and give those kids an opportunity to play in avenue like the Dome.”

Karr has plenty of experience playing there. The seven-time state title winners mostrecently trounced Alexandria 53-8 in the LHSAA Division Istate ﬁnal last season.

The Cougars this season are loaded

with talented players, with LSU commitments RichardAnderson (defensive line) and Aiden Hall (secondary) among the headliners.

From American Heritage, Texas commitmentDia Bell is listed by the 247Sports composite as the top quarterback in thecountry forthe class of 2026.

U-High has LSUcommitment Lamar Brown as the top-rated defensive lineman in the country for2026.

“I thinkafter this happens,” Rummel coach Nick Monica said, “I think people are going to see how great of an experience it is, not just forthe kids and the people involved in it, but the fans and the schools and the community.I think this deﬁnitely could be something that could grow intosomething that happens every year.”

It doesn’ttake much imagination to picture asetting with two games on aFriday and three on aSaturday —something like the Prep Classic structure used by theLHSAA.

Perhaps something that includes an out-of-state powerhouse team playing against one of Louisiana’sbest.

Or somethingthat includes amatchup between two in-state schools that commonly makes deep runs into the playoffs

Something like what fans will soon witness inside this historic venue that has been hometooh-so-many high school football games —with the next twoof those to come Friday

Contact ChristopherDabe at cdabe@ theadvocate.com

He’sone ofthe best I’ve coached.

He’s still alittle raw, but the sky’s the limit for him once he gets to college.”

Barthelemyisahomegrown talenthaving grown up and played football in theBelle Chasse area dating to his youthfootball days.

“CoachMeyers hasbeenonmy butt since pee-wee (football),” Barthelemysaid. “It’sbeen aride for sure.”

Barthelemy’s senior season beganwith astrongWeek 1performance in a61-0 win over McMain.

He finishedwithtwo sacksand three tacklesfor aloss in one half of action along withone catch for 25 yards.

Afourth-down tackle thatforced aturnover on downs against district

foe St. Charles was amongSavion’s

top highlightsfromlastseason

“Savion can run over people and

run past people,” Meyers said.

“He’shard to block. He makes lots of plays on offense and defense.”

“That (fourth down against St. Charles) was really astatement piece,” Barthelemy said.

Belle Chasse senior Logan Jackson is another defensive line standout withoffers from Texas State, Troy and others.

Jackson alsohas an older brother at ArkansasBaptist in Leon Jackson, afreshmandefensive back who’steammates with Barthelemy’s older brother Sterling.

“Logan was fourth in the state in the 100-meter (dash),” Meyers said. “He’sreal fast and long.”

“I’ve gotoffersfrom some pretty good schools,” Jackson said. “I haven’tmade my choice yet, but I’m working on it. Savion and Iat defensive endare pressuring the quarterback always.”

Week 2

Allgames7p.m.unlessnoted.

Thursday Riverdale vs.Haynes, n Holy Cross vs.DeLaSalle, n John Ehret at Vandebilt Catholic,n NorthlakeChristianatEpiscopal, n Young Audiences vs.Cohen, n Friday PatrickTaylorvs. SophieB.Wright at Pan American, 3:30 p.m. U-High vs.Rummel at Caesars Superdome, 6p.m. Abramson at Collegiate Baton Rouge Ben Franklin vs.Fisher at Memtsas BogalusaatSouth Plaquemines Bonnabel at Destrehan Booker T. Washington vs.McDonogh 35 at PanAmerican Brother Martin at St.Paul’s Country DayatWillow Douglass at Houma Christian Dutchtown at Ponchatoula E.D.White vs.JesuitatGormley East Jefferson at Belle Chasse Franklinton at Covington Hannan at AscensionEpiscopal Higgins vs.Carver at PanAmerican Jefferson Rise vs.KennerDiscovery at Bertolino L.B. Landry at Thibodaux LakeshoreatChalmette Livingston at Slidell Lutcher at St. Charles Madison at Fontainebleau Madison PrepatMandeville McMain at Hahnville Northshorevs. John Curtis at Shrine on Airline Pearl River at South Lafourche Pope John Paul II at Varnado Riverside at Newman Salmen at East Ascension Sarah T. Reed at Albany St. James at West St. John St. Martin’s at Westminster Christian West Jefferson at Shaw American Heritage (Fla.) vs.Edna Karr at Caesars Superdome,8p.m. Saturday Kennedy vs.Warren Easton at PanAmerican St. Augustine at East St.John Open date: Thomas Jefferson, CrescentCity

UL andTroyare amongthe other Division Iprogramstohave offered Barthelemy,who’sprojected to play defensive tackle in college andislistedasathree-starrecruit

“He’sthe best defensive lineman I’ve ever coached, and I’ve been doing this for 37 years,” Meyers said.

BrotherMartinatSt. Paul’s Brother Martin will make itsfourth consecutive tripto Covington for this nondistrict matchup.

TheCrusaderswon thefirst three matchups, the most recentbya 31-28 score after a last-minute touchdownbywideout Easton Royal on a46-yard pass play Royal,a top recruit,scored three touchdowns last week in a29-22 comeback win against East Ascension.

For St. Paul’s, senior Cody Corales rushed for 154 yards and twotouchdowns in a48-13 win at Live Oak.

RiversideatNewman

This small-schoolsmatchup did not get played last season afterHurricane Francine impacted areas westofNew Orleans. Newman has won the past six meetings between the schools, including a33-7 victory in 2023. Tulanecommitment Jake Randle —a running back formostof his high school career —played quarterback forthe first time last week against St. Charles and looked sharp at times. Riverside, astate runner-up in 2023, has Brock Bourgeois as athird-year starter at quarterback. Kenric Johnson is another key player on offense. The RebelslosttoClass 5A Terrebonne last week.

LakeshoreatChalmette

Both teams reached the state quarterfinals last season and will faceeach other forthe fourth year in arow Lakeshorewon 45-21whenthe teamsmet last season, one year after Chalmette pulled out a2422 victory at home. Lakeshore won in 2022.

Chalmette returned five alldistrict players from last season, including quarterback Breez Wilson, whoaccounted forfour touchdowns (twopassing, two rushing) as the Owls beat John Ehret35-0inthe opener last week.

For Lakeshore,juniorquarterback Brody Loudermilk had four touchdowns (three rushing, one passing) and Chaise Dore recovered two fumblesasthe Titans beat Fontainebleau 45-7. Edna Karr vs.American Heritage (Florida)

The second gameFriday in the Caesars Superdome will pit two nationally ranked teams and reigningstate champions against each other TheKarrdefense didnot allow aﬁrst down until after halftime and defeated Shaw —another reigning state champion —35-0 in the opener last week. Heritage,a six-timeFlorida state champion, has Texas commitment Dia Bell at quarterback and Florida State commitment Brandon Bennett among three college-committed wideouts. Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

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Belle Chasse tight end Savion Barthelemy runs after acatch against McMain last FridayinBelle Chasse. The Cardinals won61-0.

Top QB recruits Manning, Nelson to face off Saturday

BY JIM VERTUNO AP sportswriter

AUSTTIN,Texas

Arch Manning and Malachi Nelson were two of the most coveted quarterback recruits in the country coming out of high school in 2023.

Both were can’t miss five-star prospects who were going to be leading two of the biggest programs and brands in college football to national title contention.

Yet their respective journeys to Saturday’s matchup of Manning’s No. 7 Texas Longhorns (1-1) against Nelson and UTEP (1-1) could not have been more different

“We were both at the top of the recruiting boards in ’23. It’s going to be a fun little showdown,” Nelson said. “The environment is going to be rocking I can’t wait to get out there.”

Manning signed with Texas out of high school and stayed the course with the Longhorns, waiting as the understudy to Quinn Ewers the past two seasons.

Nelson, who some analysts rated higher than Manning coming out of high school, has taken a journeyman’s route. He signed with Southern California and spent his freshman season there, before transferring to Boise State. He lasted one season on the bench there before landing in El Paso in search of a starting role.

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Not an issue

If you were worried about Duke having an advantage on Saturday because of quarterback Darian Mensah’s knowledge of Tulane’s signals, put those fears to rest. Mensah, who transferred from Tulane to Duke last December, will recognize very little from his year under coach Jon Sumrall

“I don’t get caught up in all the sign stealing, but our signals are totally different (from 2024) on both sides of the ball,” Sumrall said. “That was really because we needed to change them regardless (of the opponent). There’s some terminology we changed, too.” Sumrall added the shift came in the summer, not this week.

“We’ve created where we have more signals for every call,” he said. “The same call may have more than one signal.”

Hidden gem

Saturday was not a banner night for Tulane center Jack Hollifield, who was flagged for holding twice and was bailed out on a botched third-down snap that Gordon grabbed from the ground before picking up a first down.

Still, Holliﬁeld drew Sumrall’s praise for his all-out hustle after Retzlaff fumbled in the red zone. South Alabama cornerback Jayvon Henderson picked it up at the 6 and was headed down the sideline before Holliﬁeld drilled him at the Jaguars’ 23.

“The most impressive thing we had on Saturday was Jack Holliﬁeld’s effort making the tackle,” Sumrall said. “Our starting center ran down the corner with not a really good angle to go get him.

Manning has been under an intense spotlight since he landed on campus, and it has only grown hotter as Texas started the season No. 1 and he struggled in an opening loss at Ohio State.

Nelson started his career in the glitz of Los Angeles, but the buzz is far quieter now The Miners have had just three winning seasons in 20 years and haven’t won a bowl game since 1967.

Manning and Nelson both threw four touchdowns in bounce-back wins last week Texas and Manning will be heavily favored Saturday, but Nelson at least has a chance to show off the talent he showed in high school.

“I’m excited to see what he can do,” Manning said. “I wish him luck the rest of the way.”

Manning makes faces

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian denied any suggestions this week that Manning has been playing with in injury to his throwing shoulder He faced questions about it after social media posts noted Manning’s strained facial expressions on some throws.

“I’ve never ﬁlmed any of you guys when you’re using the bathroom, so I don’t know what faces you make when you’re doing that,” Sarkisian told reporters in response. Texas penalty problems

The Longhorns have had a rash of self-inﬂicted problems in their 1-1 start. Texas had 12 penalties for 112 yards last week against San Jose State Two defensive penalties against Ohio State cost Texas a safety and aided a Buckeyes’ touchdown drive. Preseason all-American edge rusher Colin Simmons has just a half sack and ﬁve penalties through two games, and was benched briefly at the start of the second half against San Jose State

Favorite targets

Manning and Nelson have developed quick bonds with favorite receiving targets. Texas freshman Parker Livingstone has three touchdowns on six catches UTEP junior Kenny Odom already has 14 catches for 221 yards and two touchdowns.

Miners chasing Manning

UTEP’s aggressive pass rush will try to pressure Manning and expose any weak links in a rebuilt Texas offensive line. The Miners have 10 sacks in the ﬁrst two games. Bright lights, big league

UTEP players are eager to step into an SEC environment against one of the state’s ﬂagship universities, Walden said. UTEP will also plays at Texas in 2027, 2029 and 2031. The last time Texas went to El Paso was 2008.

NCAA investigating UNO players tied to gambling

BY SPENCER URQUHART Staff writer

The NCAA announced Thursday that it is in “in the process of alleging violations” of illegal sports betting against men’s basketball players who were members of the UNO team during the 2024-25 season.

UNO was one of six Division

I programs mentioned in the NCAA’s Thursday update, which stated that the NCAA wasn’t seeking penalties against any of the schools but was further investigating “violations of sports betting rules” by 13 former studentathletes across the six schools. The other five programs were Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, North Carolina A&T and Mississippi Valley State.

“While the facts and alleged behaviors in each case vary, they include student-athletes betting on and against their own teams, sharing information with third parties for the purposes of sports betting, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes and/or refusing to participate in the enforcement staff’s investigation,” the NCAA said in a statement.

UNO released a statement addressing the NCAA’s update.

“As noted by the NCAA, there are no allegations that university personnel had any involvement in or knowledge of the violations,” the statement said “The NCAA has confirmed that no institutional penalties are being sought against UNO.”

UNO suspended four men’s basketball players this past season after a game on Jan. 27, and

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Alexander’s No. 4 at halftime of its game against Florida on Saturday (6:30 p.m., ABC), giving that under-the-radar recruit who became its third all-time leading rusher an honor it’s reserved for only three other program greats: Stovall, Billy Cannon and Tommy Casanova.

“Tobeperfectlyhonestwithyou,”

Alexander told The Advocate in a phone interview “I’ve never experienced anything like this before. I’m very humbled Happy for myself. I’m happy for my teammates, the guys that I played with. I want them to feel like they’re part of what I’ve done and accomplished so far Just overjoyed.”

Alexander, 68, is one of the most prolific rushers in college football history By the time his collegiate career ended in 1978, he had become the first SEC tailback to eclipse 4,000 career rushing yards and 40 career rushing touchdowns. Today, he and Cannon are the only LSU players who have twice finished top 10 in the Heisman Trophy voting.

LSU almost missed its chance to sign Alexander, who initially told Stovall that he didn’t want to move to Baton Rouge. Houston was much closer to home. But the Tigers won out in the end, Alexander said, because he thought his skillset was tailored more to their I-formation offense than it was to the veer that the Cougars were running at the time. Alexander was a track star in high school. He had elite straight-line speed, but he lacked the short-area quickness he needed to play running back at an elite level in the SEC. As a freshman, Alexander picked up only 301 yards on 108 rushes (2.8 yards per carry).

So, he decided to skip the spring track season to focus on improving as a running back. Alexander jumped rope and played racquetball.

Unclear

Tulane starting running back Maurice Turner, who missed the South Alabama game with an ankle injury, was anywhere from questionable to probable to return against Duke according to Sumrall after Thursday morning’s practice. Turner carried 14 times for 86 yards in the opener versus Northwestern.

“It’s a game-time decision,” Sumrall said. “He’s not doubtful. He’s trending up. He moved around well today. He’ll act like

it’s game time tomorrow for the

ﬁrst 20 to 30 minutes (of practice) and we’ll see what it looks like, and we’ll do the same thing Saturday He’ll go out in pre-game warm-

ups, and we’ll make the call.”

In Turner’s absence, Zuberi Mobley and Javin Gordon combined for 162 yards on 26 attempts at South Alabama.

Lagniappe

Sumrall said tight end Ty Thompson, who practiced some this week, had an outside chance to play Saturday but added it might not be in his best interest short or long term. Tulane’s tight ends have nine catches for 96 yards and two touchdowns through two games. Wide receiver Garrett Mmahat (deep thigh bruise) and guard John Bock (leg injury) remain out. Mmahat might return for the Ole Miss game. The target date for Bock is Sept. 27 at Tulsa.

it was announced on Feb. 26 that the four players had been held out due to “a violation of team rules,” according to UNO athletic director Vince Granito.

The four players suspended by UNO were James White, Dae Dae Hunter, Jah Short and Turk Vincent. All four were starters on UNO’s men’s basketball team at the time of their suspensions and are no longer on the team’s roster College basketball website TheFieldof68.com reported on Feb. 26 that the suspensions were “due to an investigation into sports gambling.” No players were mentioned by name in the NCAA statement.

The NCAA shared some insight Thursday on how it substantiated the allegations against the 13 athletes targeted by the investigation.

“Through the NCAA’s extensive integrity monitoring program and network of sources, the enforcement staff became aware of unusual betting activities around regular-season games played by these teams,” the NCAA statement said “The enforcement staff followed up on those reports and substantiated in some cases, via text messages, direct messages on social media platforms and other material evidence — that violations had occurred.”

Similar cases involving men’s basketball players tied to sports betting were resolved recently and resulted in players from Fresno State and San Jose State losing their NCAA eligibility

CENTER MOORE SET TO RETURN VS FLORIDA

LSU senior center Braelin Moore will be available to play for this weekend’s matchup against Florida, coach Brian Kelly said Thursday.

“Braelin took all of the reps with the ﬁrst team,” Kelly said.“He’s ready to go.” Moore suffered a left ankle injury on the ﬁrst snap of LSU’s win over Louisiana Tech last weekend. He was listed as questionable to play on Wednesday’s Southeastern Conference availability report and spent the end of last Saturday’s game wearing street clothes and a walking boot.

Multiple reports on Sunday suggested that Moore had suffered a high ankle sprain.Kelly said that wasn’t the case on Monday.

“We didn’t get the true sense that we have a high ankle sprain with Braelin,” Kelly said Monday.“There was nothing that gave us that sense when we looked at the MRI that this is a tightrope procedure and he’s going to be out for four weeks.

Sophomore tight endTrey’Dez Green and redshirt sophomore wide receiver Destyn Hill were also listed as questionable to play on the SEC injury report.Green,Kelly saidThursday,will likely be a game-time decision as to whether he’ll be available against the Gators. Green suffered a right knee injury against Louisiana Tech. Hill fractured his left hand in Week 1 against Clemson, an ailment that required surgery.

The only other Tiger listed on Wednesday’s injury report was defensive lineman Zion Williams. Kelly said Williams is in concussion protocol. Koki Riley

great physical condition,” Alexander said. “To be able to carry a football sometimes 40 times a game, it took some endurance. I got hurt some, but I didn’t have any major injuries.”

The training unlocked Alexander’s agility, which allowed him to reach the second level of defense and use his breakaway speed to leave tacklers behind. He ran for 876 yards as a sophomore, 1,686 as a junior and 1,172 as a senior Today, Kevin Faulk and Dalton Hilliard are the only LSU tailbacks with more career rushing yards than Alexander (4,035), who also has the Tigers’ ﬁfth-best career rush yards per game average (92) and their second-highest single-season rush yards per game average (153). Alexander is the only LSU player who’s ever taken more than 40 carries in a game, and he did it three times — once in 1978 and twice in 1977. The 311 rush attempts he tallied as a junior in 1977 is still a Tigers’ single-season record.

“I felt like that I got myself in

After Alexander wrapped up his LSU career he rushed for over 2,600 yards across the seven seasons he played in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals. He then returned to Baton Rouge to work as an academic advisor for LSU athletes and a development ofﬁcer at the Tiger Athletic foundation before he moved back to Houston to work in the oil and gas industry

Alexander also owns the company that manufactures an allpurpose Cajun seasoning brand called C’mon Man.

LSU’s athletics hall of fame committee voted to retire Alexander’s number in May, a move that will give his name a permanent place in Tiger Stadium alongside the legendary player and coach who drove to Houston over ﬁve decades ago to make sure he’d sign with the Tigers.

“It’s been a joy, man” Alexander said. “It’s really something that I’m proud of, and I’m just happy that I lived to see this day.”

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Tulane offensive lineman Jack Holliﬁeld take a moment to cool off during a scrimmage on Aug. 16 at yulman Stadium.

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Texas quarterback Arch Manning runs for a touchdown against San Jose State during the second half of a game on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

NOLA RiverFest, ‘SpinalTap II’screening andhaunted houseopening

n NOLA RIVER FEST

celebrates the Mighty Mississippi and the culture of the Crescent City with agood time Saturdaystarting witha second-line from Jackson Square at 11 a.m.to the NewOrleans Jazz Museum in the Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave. “Louisiana’sNative Foodways” will focus on the bounty of the river and Gulf, with music and more. nolariverfest.org.

n In need of afright?

IFn Filmed here withlocal crewand talent, “SPINAL TAPII: THEEND CONTINUES” will be screened at 4:30 p.m. and 7p.m. Saturday at the Broad Theatre, 636 Broad St., withco-star Harry Shearer participating in aQ&A session after each screening (7 p.m. is sold out). The film reunites Sir Christopher Guest,MichaelMcKean, Rob Reiner and Shearer in the mockumentaryabout the rock band.The NewOrleans Film Society event kicks off the countdowntothe annual film fest in October.neworleansfilmsociety.org

Afteradecadeinthe Disney system,18-year-old MalachiBartonisthe breakout star andnewly anointed teen heartthrob of ‘Zombies 4: Dawn of theVampires’

Malachi Barton is one of the DisneyChannel starsset to performFridayatthe Smoothie King Center for the Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour

BYKEITH SPERA Staff writer

youare atween or teenager or the parent of one, you’re familiar with the Disney Channel’sZombies and Descendants highschool musical movie franchises. The latest installment is Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires.” MalachiBarton stars as Victor,a young vampire witha killer smile and heart of gold

Aftera decadeinthe Disney system,the rolehas elevated Bartontothe next level of stardom/ heartthrob status. At age18, he has 2.8 million Instagram followers. He andother cast members are singing anddancing theirway across North America on theDescendants/Zombies Worlds Collide Tour.The 43-date arena tour stops

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Freya Skye,left, and Malachi Barton, cast members of the Disney Channel’s2025 movie ‘Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires,’performas partofthe Descendants/Zombies Worlds Collide Tour

at the Smoothie King Center on Friday

The following interview with Barton,edited for lengthand clarity,isfrom arecent episode of “Let’s Talk with Keith Spera” on WLAE-TV and WWNO 89.9 FM. You filmed“Zombies 4” in New Zealand. New Zealand is like its own character in the movie. All the scenery is real. It was someof thesame locations as “Lord of the Rings.”Itfelt like we were ﬁlming on history

Are prosthetic fangs difficult to wear?

During the initial hair and makeuptesting, they went through two options. Onewas the prosthetic fangs. The other was CGI (computer-generated imagery) fangs. They ended up going with the CGI fangs. Thank God Iwas not having to wear prosthetic fangs every

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‘Iwas the kid sleeping in the guitar cases. Iwould getonstageduring intermission and dance to Justin Bieber and getlike$50 in tips.’ MALACHI BARTON, of going on the road with his musician parents

Head over to 4800 Canal St. because ’tis the season to getscared at THE MORTUARYHAUNTED MANSION. The creep-tastic castleofgloom and doom welcomes visitors forthe season Saturday with a grand opening at 7:30 p.m. “Origins of Evil” will be the haunting refrainfor the season that runs various days through Nov. 8. Tickets startat$30 and must be purchased forspecific times.themortuary.net.

Getting theband back together

In ‘SpinalTap II,’ thegroup is back with alittlehelp from some friends

BY MIKESCOTT Contributing writer

Review

Let’sbeunﬂinchingly honest: The track record forcomedy sequels shot in New Orleans is, frankly,less than impressive. There was 2020’s“Bill &Ted Face theMusic,” which was anything but an excellent adventure. There was 2015’s“Hot Tub Time Machine2,” which was all wet. Andasfor 2019’s“Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” —well, some thingsare best left unsaid. Consequently,the bar is lower than an 18-inch model of Stonehenge forwriter-director Rob Reiner’s41-years-later, NewOrleans-shot mockumentary encore “Spinal TapII: The End Continues.” The question, then, isn’tif Reiner and company can clear said bar.Ofcourse they can and of course they do. It’s whether asequel to one of the mostrevered comedies of ageneration —and one that reunites the key players from 1984’s“This is Spinal Tap” —can exceed its own lofty expectations by living up to the beloved original. For the mostpart, it does.

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Michael McKean reprises hisroleasrockerDavid St. Hubbins in the 41-years-later mockumentarysequel ‘Spinal TapII: The End Continues.’

Silliness, firstand foremost

To be clear,audiences shouldn’texpect anything profound here. Nothing groundbreaking. That’show sequels work, and “Spinal TapII” is no different.

Just like its predecessor,it is built on silliness, ﬁrst and foremost, taking viewers backstage forthe fake preparations of afake concert reuniting the members of afake —but hilariously accurate —heavy metal band.

It is ﬁnely tuned silliness, however,delivered by atrio of comedy pros —Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer —who after all these years, inhabit their characters with an easy effortlessness that helps further sell the illusion.

Even moreimportantly,these guys still rock. Yes, Spinal Tap’ssongs are parodies, but ä See REVIEW, page 2D

By The Associated Press

Today is Friday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2025. There are 110 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the ﬁrst man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system.

Also on this date:

In 1857, the S.S. Central America (also known as the “Ship of Gold”) sank off the coast of South Carolina after sailing into a hurricane in one of the worst maritime disasters in American history; 425 people were killed and thousands of pounds of gold sank with the ship to the bottom of the ocean.

In 1940, the Lascaux cave paintings, estimated to be 17,000 years old, were discovered in southwestern France.

In 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Cooper v. Aaron, unanimously ruled that Arkansas ofﬁcials who were resisting public school desegregation orders could not disregard the high court’s rulings.

In 1959, the Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 space probe, which made a crash landing on the moon.

In 1962, in a speech at Rice University in Houston, President John F. Kennedy reafﬁrmed his support for the manned space program, declaring: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard.”

In 1977, South African Black

student leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, 30, died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry

In 1994, truck driver Frank Eugene Corder piloted a stolen single-engine Cessna airplane into restricted airspace in Washington, D.C., and crashed it into the South Lawn of the White House. He died in the crash.

In 2003, in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly opened ﬁre on vehicles carrying police, killing eight of them.

In 2008, a Metrolink commuter train struck a freight train head-on in Los Angeles, killing 25 people.

In 2011, Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal to win his first U.S. Open championship. Today’s birthdays: Actor Linda Gray is 85. Singer Maria Muldaur is 82. Author Michael Ondaatje is 82. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 74. Photographer Nan Goldin is 72. Composer Hans Zimmer is 68. Actor Rachel Ward is 68. TV hostcommentator Greg Gutfeld is 61. Actor-comedian Louis C.K. is 58. Golfer Angel Cabrera is 56. Country singer Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) is 51. Rapper 2 Chainz is 48. Singer Ruben Studdard is 47. Basketball Hall of Famer Yao Ming is 45. Singer-actor Jennifer Hudson is 44. Actor Alfie Allen is 39. Actor Emmy Rossum is 39. Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is 36. Country singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini is 32. Actor Sydney Sweeney is 28.

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they are so well written and performed, so infused with genuine musicianship, that it’s hard not to rock along with the ridiculousness of it all.

“Bangers,” the kids would call them today, and — as absurd as their lyrics often are — Guest, McKean and Shearer perform them without a trace of irony or cynicism, making them that much more amusing.

Elder statesmen reunite

As we catch up with them all these decades later, their ﬁctional rockers have become gray-haired and pot-bellied elder statesmen of the rock scene. They are also, we learn, reuniting for a one-night-only show some 15 years after last performing together Naturally, documentary director Marty De Bergi (Reiner) and his camera crew are there to document it all, including the band’s rehearsals and the subsequent backstage drama — as they prepare for the big night.

As with the original, this isn’t a roll-in-the-aisles comedy The humor here is built as much on nuance and wordplay as anything else, zeroing in on the sublime ridiculousness of the music industry

It also squeezes as much mileage as it can out of its numerous cameos, most memorably from rock luminaries Paul McCartney and Elton John.

Also ﬁguring prominently is New Orleans itself, which serves as the backdrop for Reiner’s ﬁlm.

New Orleans scenery and more Reiner, who previously made 2016’s “LBJ” and 2017’s “Shock and Awe” in the city, makes effective use of New Orleans’ presence, infusing the ﬁlm with its charms but without overplay-

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day That is like a whole battle in itself. In the movie, your vampire crew goes up against the “daywalkers.”What exactly is a “daywalker”?

They are literally the opposite of vampires. They still eat the same food, they have fangs. But the daywalkers control the power of the sun, whereas vampires control the power of the wind. And vibe-wise, vampires are more on the darker side. Daywalkers are more light and sun and shiny and happy

One other cool difference is the choreography Choreographer Dondraico Johnson gave the daywalkers and vampires different feels. With the vampires, there’s a swag, a ﬂow; they dance using the power of the wind. The daywalkers are a little more happy-golucky

You grew up in a showbiz household.Your mom is a singer-songwriter and a backing vocalist on “American Idol” and “Dancing With the Stars.”Your dad is a musician and tour manager who has toured with Lil Nas X, Olivia Holt and Skip Marley

That’s been such a blessing to have a dad with me on this tour that knows how to tour Going into this with no aspect of what touring is would have been really hard. Because he’s toured a lot, I knew the ins and outs a little better

My mom is an insane songwriter, such a boss. We also have a podcast called “MOMager.” We bring celebrities and their parents on.

‘SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES’

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CAST: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Kerry Godliman,Valerie Franco, Paul McCartney, Elton John.

DIRECTOR: Reiner

RATED: R, for language including some sexual references.

RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 25 minutes. WHEN AND WHERE: Now playing in wide release

ing it.

You can expect obligatory beauty shots of Jackson Square, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 and other postcard-worthy images. But Reiner goes deeper

The band’s temporary rehearsal space, for example, is at Bywater Studios on Dauphine Street (the one adorned with Brandan “BMike” Odums’ striking crayon kid mural). Their reunion concert is at Lakefront Arena, which audiences of a certain age will remember as the real-life local epicenter of arena rock back in the day

At one point, legendary local bluesman Little Freddie King gets a few moments to shine as a French Quarter busker

Sure, one could quibble that not every punchline lands as intended. A joke about Stormy Daniels, for example, already feels dated. One could also question whether Sirs Paul and Elton are really the most appropriate on-stage match for heavy metal gods like Spinal Tap.

But, then, when performers of their stature agree to appear in your ﬁlm, you let them, I suppose. In the end, it all amounts to something of a cinematic victory lap, but one played with ﬁnesse and just enough fresh material to make the encore worth it. In a world of bloated reboots and soulless sequels, “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” earns its place on the setlist

My parents are rock stars. They’ve also really helped me to stay humble and true to who I am in this wild, wild business.

They moved from Virginia to Los Angeles to further your career?

We went Virginia to Nashville, then to California. Initially it was my mom moving to pursue the singer-songwriter thing, because she signed a record deal. And that’s when my love for entertainment kicked in.

My mom was in a writing session and the owner of the studio came out and saw me dancing on top of our car to Justin Bieber He said, “I want to get you in a meeting with a friend of mine.”

That friend has been my manager since I was 5 years old. It’s a wild story Right place, amazing timing. I got my ﬁrst job at 5. Early on you did a McDonald’s commercial. I did. I fractured, or sprained, my ankle right before I ﬁlmed that commercial. They were asking me to run down this backyard. I had a little twisted/sprained ankle moment.

I did a random run of soap operas. “Young and the Restless” was my ﬁrst job. A bunch of random guests spots as “cute little kid who pops in.” I did a Lays potato chip commercial.

I signed my ﬁrst Disney contract on my eighth birthday I booked “Stuck In the Middle,” my ﬁrst big show, when I was 8. I’ve been with Disney for a decade

A poster for the 2025 Descendants/Zombies Worlds Collide Tour features stars from the two Disney Channel musical movie franchises. The tour is bound for the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Friday.

and I’ve loved every second of it. They’ve been such a family and so great to me.

So once you’re in the Disney system, you have opportunities to be on different Disney shows?

It all depends. Shows aren’t just given to you. I’ve been very fortunate and very grateful to have been working with them for a very long time. I’ve been working consistently It’s not like that for everybody

Being a part of the Disney family doesn’t give you much leeway when it comes to auditioning. For “Zombies 4,” my audition process was literally 2½ months. That just goes to show that, even if you’ve been working and have a name for yourself, you’ve still got to work for the project.

Did having parents in entertainment predispose you to this sort of career?

In a way My parents went on tour when I was 4 years old. I was the kid sleeping in the guitar cases. I would get onstage during intermission and dance to Justin Bieber and get like $50 in tips. I thought I was hot stuff.

So being in an entertainment household has deﬁnitely helped in a way But I also feel like I’ve had my own journey, because they’re in music, and acting has always been my ﬁrst love.

I’m deﬁnitely grateful to have them by my side. But there are things that I’ve had to learn and ﬁgure out, because there are so many curveballs.

Did you ever take voice or dance or acting lessons?

I never took acting lessons. Not trying to sound cocky, but it kind of like came to me. It was just something I loved. Watching movies, I learned from that.

I took a couple lessons with acting coach John Rosenfeld for “Zombies.” He was great. That was super fun. Other than that, I took one dance class when I was 8 or 9 years old. My mom has been my vocal coach. Singing and dancing was never really my thing until “Zombies.” I went into it with an open mind, like, “I’m up for the challenge.” And I did it and I love it now, and I’m proud to put it on my resume. You had never sung on-screen before “Zombies 4”?

The only other time was the night (DJ) Bobby Bones won “Dancing With the Stars” (in

2018). I sang “A Million Dreams” from “The Greatest Showman.” I went up there onstage and was singing my little heart out. I recorded a song or two for the animated (Disney) series “Fancy Nancy.” Other than that, it was probably like the Christmas play or singing “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”

In “Zombies 4,” you have a big duet with Freya Skye, who plays the daywalker Nova, on “Dream Come True. It was singing boot camp in my house before I went to New Zealand. My mom was drilling me in front of the piano. She was like, “Nope, this is the note.” So I give props to my mom for my singing in “Dream Come True.”

On the Descendants/Zombies Worlds Collide Tour, you sing in front of thousands of people nightly Were you intimidated at first?

It was such a shocker to my system. One of the biggest things I was hesitant about when I signed the contract for this tour was, “I’m gonna be so nervous 24/7, and I’m not excited for that.” The ﬁrst day of the tour came around in San Diego and, like, nothing happened. I went onstage and it was so much fun and so chill.

For some reason, nerves just haven’t been there for this tour There are shows where I’m not feeling it that day But the second the show starts, I’m all good.

Part of me is glad that I got thrown into arenas ﬁrst. This is all I’ve known when it comes to live performing. That will be clutch if I ever do anything like Broadway It’s a smaller crowd (so) I’m gonna be more at ease.

Your next project is the Disney Channel supernatural dramedy series “Coven Academy” in 2026.

We’ve only shot the pilot. The quick synopsis is it’s a little bit of a witches and warlocks vibe, like a university type of thing. It’s by Tim Federle (whose credits include “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”). Tim is a genius and the sweetest guy ever

The cast is loaded. I ﬁlm very soon in Vancouver I can’t wait to see where this show goes. I can’t wait for everybody to see it.

“Zombies 4” ends with a teaser Your character and Freya’s character are on a beach as a huge waterspout appears. This franchise is so full of surprises. There’s no pattern — one movie you have werewolves, the next movie you have aliens. (The waterspout) deﬁnitely hints at some type of water creature. The fans are going to have to wait and see.

The centerpieces of the “Zombies” franchise are Meg Donnelly and Milo Manheim, who star as cheerleader Addison and zombie Zed. Do you aspire to be the main guy in a film franchise?

(“Zombies 4)” has a big passingthe-torch vibe to it. That can be intimidating, especially with this sought-after of a franchise.

But the creative team handled it very well. The fans have accepted it graciously I would love to take this franchise on. I think I’ve got what it takes.

Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

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OF FIC IAL PROCEED ING S OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

REGULAR SESSION

CITY HALL: JULY10, 2025

The Council of the City of New Orleans met this day in Regular Session, at 10:16A.M., in the Council Chamber,City Hall, Council President, JP Morrell, presiding.

On callingthe roll, the following members answered to their names:

PRESENT: MORENO (VICE PRESIDENT) MORRELL (PRESIDENT) GIARRUSSO HARRIS GREEN THOMAS

ABSENT:

KING (Arrived later in the meeting)

SIX MEMBERS PRESENT,CONSTITUTING AQUORUM ROLL CALL

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

INVOCATION

BISHOP BRANDON BOUTIN UNITED FELLOWSHIP FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH

PLEDGEOFALLEGIANCE JP MORRELL

COUNCILMEMBER-AT-LARGE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES June 12, 2025 and June 26, 2025

APPROVED. FOR RECONSIDERATION BY REASONOFTHE MAYOR’S VETOORD. NO. 30380 M.C.S. (AS AMENDED)– CAL. NO.35,135- BY: COUNCILMEMBERSGIARRUSSO, MORRELL, MORENO,HARRIS KING, GREEN AND THOMAS -An Ordinance to amend and re-ordain Ordinance No. 30,141 M.C.S entitled “An Ordinance Providing aCapital Budget for the Year 2025”, to effect the following change to the 2025 Capital Budget: to appropriate unencumbered bond funds to Tulane University forCharity Hospital redevelopment efforts in addition to capital expenditures consistent with Tulane Downtown plans; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

VOTE ON THE QUESTION:“SHALL THE ORDINANCE PASS, THE OBJECTION OF THE MAYOR NOTWITHSTANDING?” (GREENVOTE OVERRULES -RED VOTE SUSTAINS)

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris,King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 THIS IS TO CERTIFYTHATTHE ABOVE ORDINANCE VETOEDBYTHE MAYOR WASRETURNED TO THE CLERK OF COUNCIL AND AT THE COUNCIL’SNEXT REGULAR MEETING OF JULY10, 2025, THE COUNCIL VOTED 7YEAS AND 0NAYSTOOVERRULE THE MAYOR’S VETO. VETO OVERRULED.

ORDINANCES ON FINAL PASSAGE

CAL. NO. 35,134 -BY: COUNCILMEMBERKING -AnOrdinance to amend and reordain Sections 66-402 and 66-403 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, to increase the maximumbooting fee and adjust the reduced fee for delayed boot release; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell-6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Thomas -1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,143 -BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST)- An Ordinance to amendand re-ordain Ordinance No. 30,141 M.C.S entitled AnOrdinance Providing a Capital Budget for the Year 2025”, to effect the following change to the 2025 Capital Budget: to de-appropriate funds from the Department of Property Management, the New Orleans FireDepartment, and the New OrleansRecreation Development Commission; to appropriate funds to the Department of Property Management, Department of Public Works, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, the Office of Resilience and Sustainability, and the New Orleans Police Department; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:King -1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,144 -BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST)-AnOrdinance to amend Ordinance No. 30139

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:King -1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,145 -BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST)-AnOrdinance to amend Ordinance No. 30140

M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate funds to various departments to cover essential public safety expenses incurred during the Mardi Gras and Super Bowl events in FY25; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:King -1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,148 -BY: COUNCILMEMBERGIARRUSSO (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and The Orleans Parish School Board(“OPSB”),for aterm greaterthan one year,for the public purpose of the improving education for Orleans Parish residents by providing ashareofnet revenue generated by the City’selectronic enforcement devices, as morefully detailed in the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement form as Exhibit “A”; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:King -1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,152 -BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS -An Ordinance to rename the park located at 1801 South Robertson Street to Barbara Lacen Keller Park; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris,King, Moreno, Morrell -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Thomas -1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,153 -BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN (BY REQUEST) -

An Ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into Amendment No.1toa previously executed Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (“City”) and Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (“SOUL”) relative to the valued public purpose of tree plantings and community engagement around tree plantings as part of the City of New Orleans’ Urban &Community Forestry Program award, to amend the scope of services, as morefully detailed in Amendment No. 1tothe CEA as Exhibit “1”; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris,King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

NO. 35,154 -BY: COUNCILMEMBERMORENO (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance to ordain Article XIV of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of New Orleans to requireowners of nonresidential and multi-family buildings to measureand disclose energy usage; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, King, Moreno,Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE

shall be asked to approve an amendment to Section5-404 of the Home Rule Charter to extend the deadlines forthe City Planning Commission and City Council to act on the Master Plan and amendmentsthereto; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 ANDTHE ORDINANCE,ASAMENDED, WASADOPTED. MOTIONS/RESOLUTIONS (LYING OVER)

NO.M-25-185 CITYHALL: March27, 2025 BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, GREEN ANDTHOMAS WHEREAS, at its meeting on November 8, 2024, the Civil Service Commission adopted

CITY HALL: May 22, 2025 BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, GREEN AND THOMAS WHEREAS, at its meeting on May 9, 2025, the Civil Service Commission adopted the following amendment to the Classified PayPlan(Fire). In

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Effective January 1, 2025, the Department of Labor is increasing the salary threshold for required for White Collar exemptions to that of $58,652 annually. To address this issue, the Civil Service Commission approved the aforementioned hiring rate increases in order to maintain the present FLSA exempt status. In conjunction with the implementation of these pay plan changes and consistent with January’s2025 pay increase of 2.5%, the Commission approved apay policy to guarantee that employees in the aforementioned classifications receive at least atwo (2) step increase or approximately 2.5%. Since the incumbents in the aforementioned classifications receive their pay increases beforethe first complete pay period of 2025, no further adjustment would be warranted; and WHEREAS, the Chief Administrative Office has certified that funds are available to implement the above proposed amendments to the Classified Pay Plan; NOWTHEREFORE BE IT MOVED BY THECOUNCILOFTHE CITYOFNEW ORLEANS, That in accordance with Article X, Section10ofthe Constitution of Louisiana, the amendments to the Classified Pay Plan is approved to be effective March 30, 2025.

BE IT FURTHERMOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall forwarda certified copy of this motiontothe Director of the Civil Service Commission and the Chief Administrative Officer JULY10, 2025 THE FOREGOING MOTION WASREAD IN FULL, THEROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF,AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: King –1 RECUSED: 0 ANDTHE MOTION WASADOPTED. NO.M-25-188 CITYHALL: March27, 2025

BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, GREEN ANDTHOMAS WHEREAS, at its meeting on February 3, 2025, the Civil Service Commission adopted the following amendment to the Classified Pay Plan (Notary Pay) In accordance with Article X, Section10ofthe Constitution of Louisiana, this agency is submitting for Council approval, the following amendment to the Classified Pay Plan as adopted by the Civil Service Commission at its meeting of February 3, 2025 as outlined below: Amended Special RateofPay: From: Any non-exempt employee who is assigned notary duties and is commissioned by the StateofLouisiana shallreceive five (5) percent over their normal rate of pay To: Employees at pay grade 88 and below who areassigned notary duties and arecommissioned by the StateofLouisiana shallreceive five (5) percent over their normal rate of pay Following departmental requests, the Civil Service Commission approved the aforementioned pay plan amendment to expand the use of the special rate of pay applicable to licensed notaries forexempt employees who arenot at asenior level; and WHEREAS, the Chief Administrative Office has certified that funds are available to implement the above proposed amendment to the Classified Pay Plan; NOWTHEREFORE BE IT MOVED BY THECOUNCILOFTHE CITYOFNEW ORLEANS, That in accordance with Article X, Section10ofthe Constitution of Louisiana, the amendment to the Classified Pay Plan is approved to be effective March30, 2025. BE IT FURTHERMOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall forwarda certified copy of this motiontothe Director of the Civil Service Commission and the Chief Administrative Officer JULY 10, 2025

THEFOREGOING MOTION WASREAD IN FULL, THEROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF,AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: King –1

RECUSED: 0 ANDTHE MOTION WASADOPTED. NO.M-25-237 CITYHALL: April 24, 2025 BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, GREEN ANDTHOMAS WHEREAS, at its meeting on March14, 2025, the Civil Service Commission adopted the amendment to the Civil Service Rules. In accordance with Article X, Section10ofthe Constitution of Louisiana, this agency is submitting for Council approval, the following amendment to the Civil Service Rules as adopted by the Civil Service Commission at its meeting of March14, 2025 as outlined below: Rule VIII, Section2.13 Sick or Annual Leave Donation: Subject to the prior approval of the Director of Personnel, an appointing authority may allow an employee to donate sick or annual leave with pay to another employee, subject to the following conditions: (adopted April 25, 1991) (a) The recipient must have been employed with the City foraperiod of not less than six months eight weeks. (adopted March16, 1995, effective April 1, 1995) Please let us have acertified copy of the action taken by the Council on this pay plan amendment. The Commission asked that the effective date of this amendment be effective the date of their approval on February 3, 2025; and WHEREAS, the Chief Administrative Office has certified that funds are available to implement the above proposed amendment to the Civil Service Rules; NOWTHEREFORE BE IT MOVED BY THECOUNCIL OF THECITYOFNEW ORLEANS, That in accordance with Article X, Section10ofthe Constitution of Louisiana, the amendment to the Civil Service Rule to be effective February 3, 2025. BE IT FURTHERMOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall forwardacertified copy of this motiontothe Director of the Civil Service Commission and the Chief Administrative Officer JULY 10, 2025 THEFOREGOING MOTION WASREAD IN FULL, THEROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF,AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS:

YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT:King –1

RECUSED: 0 ANDTHE MOTION WASADOPTED. NO.M-25-286

CITY OF NEWORLEANS, That in accordance with Article X, Section 10 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the amendment to the Classified PayPlanisapproved to be effective May 25, 2025. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, Thatthe Clerk of Council shall forward acertified copy of this motion to the Director of the Civil Service Commission and the ChiefAdministrative Officer JULY10, 2025 THE FOREGOING MOTION WASREADINFULL, THE ROLLWAS CALLEDONTHE ADOPTION THEREOF,AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas-6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:King –1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE MOTION WASADOPTED. NO. M-25-347 CITY HALL: June 26, 2025 BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, GREEN AND THOMAS WHEREAS, at its meeting on June 13, 2025, the Civil Service Commission adopted the following amendment to the Classified PayPlan(Safety and

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BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCILOFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS, That in accordance with Article X, Section 10 of the Constitution of Louisiana the amendments to the Classified PayPlanare approvedtobeeffective June 29, 2025.

BE IT FURTHER MOVED, Thatthe Clerk of Council shall forward acertified copy of this motion to the Director of the Civil Service Commission and the ChiefAdministrative Officer JULY10, 2025 THE FOREGOING MOTION WASREADINFULL, THE ROLLWAS CALLEDONTHE ADOPTION THEREOF,AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas-6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:King –1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE MOTION WASADOPTED. NO. M-25-348 CITY HALL: June 26, 2025 BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, GREEN AND THOMAS WHEREAS, at its meeting on June 13, 2025, the Civil Service Commission adopted the following amendments to the

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datedMay 3, 2023, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember17, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

p p is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

follows, to-wit:

g of record affect‐ingthe property

BUR‐MASTER

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause,

Onecertain lot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, and allofthe rights ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision thereofknown as Cherokee Park Subdivi‐sion,inSquare No.191, bounded by Sib‐leyStreet, BooneStreet Olga Street and NorthBengal Road (formerly Cherokee Street), desig‐natedasLot No 63 on asurvey andplanofA W. J. Bisso,C.E datedApril6, 1953, andre‐visedDecember 11, (being are‐subdivisionofa portionofOwn Your OwnSub‐division)which plan is annexed to actofsaleby Lislet Land Co., Inc. to Cherokee Park Builders,Inc., passed before N. M. Brister, Notary Public, on February 8, 1955, andac‐cordingto which said lot measures 50 feet fronton North Sibley Street, thesamewidth in therear, by a depth of 115 feet between equaland parallel lines andcommences at adistanceof 200 feet from thecornerof NorthSibley Street andOlga Street.All as more fully shownplatof survey by A. W. J. Bisso,C.E.& S.,dated June 3, 1955.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price i d h

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

aug8-sep 12-2t $95.54

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-838 PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VERSUS NIAD.BENN By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 20, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember17, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofknown as BAYOUDES FAMILLES SUB‐DIVISION,per plan registered in COB1160, folio 100, being more fully describedas

LOT7,SQUARE 2, which said square is bounded by BayouTech Drive, Ames Boulevard (side),Bayou L'Ours Court (side),Bayou L'Ours Court said lot7 has a ﬁrst frontage on BayouL'Ours Courtof50feet anda second frontage along theare of a curvehaving a radium of 180 feet,a distance of 25.24 fronton BayouL'Ours Court, 60.00feet in width in the rear,bya depth alongBayou TecheDrive of 110.00 feet and a depth alongthe BayouL'Ours Court(side)of 109.29. Allas more fully shownonsur‐vey by Dading,Mar‐ques andAsso‐ciates,Inc., datedNovem‐ber24, 1992. Im‐provements locatedonJanu‐ary26. 1993, and recertiﬁed on March8,1993; subjecttore‐strictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights f d ff

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNumber 2764 Bayou L'Ours Court, Marrero, Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025 aug8-sep 12-2t $102

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-713 WELLSFARGO BANK,NA‐TIONAL ASSO‐CATION,NOT IN ITSINDIVIDUAL OR BANKINGCA‐PACITY,BUT SOLEYAS TRUSTEEONBE‐HALF OF THE LAKE COUNTRY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-HE1 VERSUS CHIQUI RICAUD CARRIEREA/K/A CHIQUI R. CAR‐RIERE, CHIQUI CARRIEREA/K/A JACQUELINERI‐CAUD RIOA/K/A JACQUELINERAE RICAUD AND SIDNEY QUINN CARRIEREA/K/A SIDNEY Q. CAR‐RIEREA/K/A SIDNEY CAR‐RIERE

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the

abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 13, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember17, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREONAND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THEPARISHOF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 23 AND24EAST, SOUTHEAST LAND DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, KNOWNASHAR‐VEYCANAL

PROPERTY,JEF‐FERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, DESIGNATED AS PARCELSG-I-B ANDC-1,PER PLAN BY J.J. KREBS& SONS, INC.,DATED MAY15, 1973, REVISEDSEP‐TEMBER 26, 1973, APRIL11, 1974, MAY 5, 1975, DECEM‐BER29, 1975, OCTOBER19, 1976, MARCH27, 1978, JULY 24, 1978, DECEMBER 5, 1979 ANDMAY 22, 1981, WHICH SAID PORTION HASBEEN RESUBDIVIDED INTO WOOD‐MERE SOUTH SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1, ALL AS PERPLANOF RESUBDIVISION MADE BY J.J. KREBS& SONS INC.,C.E., DATED APRIL13, 1981, APPROVED BY THEJEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐CILBY ORDINANCENO. 14846, RECORDED IN COB1101, FOLIO 815, ANDORDI‐NANCE NO.14938, RECORDED IN COB1014, FOLIC 893, ANDASPER ACTOF DEDICATION BE‐FORE ODOM B. HEEBE, N.P. DATEDDECEM‐BER4,1981, RECORDED IN

COB101, FOLIO 209, SAME BEINGDESIG‐NATEDASFOL‐LOWS: LOT199, SQUAREE WHICHSAID SQUARE IS BOUNDEDBY GLENOAKDRIVE, DESTREHANAV‐ENUE,INWOOD DRIVEAND KEITH-WAY DRIVE, ANDSAID LOT 199 COM‐MENCES AT A DISTANCE CF 572.99 FEET FROM THEIN‐TERSECTION OF KEITH-WAY DRIVEAND GLENOAKDRIVE, ANDMEASURES THENCE 60 FEET FRONTON GLENOAKDRIVE, SAME IN WIDTH ACROSS THE REAR,BYA DEPTH OF 100 FEET BE‐TWEEN EQUAL ANDPARALLEL LINES; ALLAS PERSURVEY MADE BY J.J. KREBS& SONS INC.,DATED MAY27, 1983, RESURVEYED JULY 15, 1983, TO SHOW IMPROVE‐MENTS. THEIM‐PROVEMENTS THEREONBEAR THE MUNICIPALNO. 3808 GLENOAK DRIVE, HARVEY LA 70058. This sale is sub‐

owner of the property in the form, manner and location prescribed by the department of safety and permits and this article. No charge for the release of amotor vehicle that has been booted in excess of that which is contained in the signs required by this article shall be imposed. Such signs shall contain such information as the director of safety and permits shall prescribe in such rule including, but notlimited to, the word“WARNING” and the booting fee shall be in letters not less than three inches high in the color red, and the following: “CUSTOMER PARKING ONLY, ALL OTHERS WILL BE BOOTED, BOOTING FEE $121.00” or “PARKING FOR RESIDENTS AND GUESTS ONLY, ALLOTHERS WILL BE BOOTED, BOOTING FEE $121.00” and the name of the booting service business with its business telephone to call to have the boot removedshall be in letters not less than one and one-half inches high in the color black, except the fee amount. The signs shall be rectangular and have ayellow background color, and the sign and lettering shall be made of light reflective materialtoassist in reading during evening hours.

Sec. 66-403. -Booting service business requirements.

(d) At all times, seven days aweek, 24 hours aday,the booting service business shall release the booted motor vehicle within 30 minutes of receiving arequest for such vehicle’srelease; provided, however,that payment of any charges for booting, and any parking charges, if applicable, is made at or prior to the time of such vehicle’srelease. The maximum charge for removing the boot is $121.00. No extra charge shall be made for any check or credit cardpayment. The fee to release the boot shall be reduced by 50 percent (a maximum fee of $60.50) should the booting service business not arrive within 30 minutes of receiving arequest for such vehicle’srelease. Thereshall be no charge to release the boot should the booting service business not arrive within 60 minutes of receiving a request for such vehicle’srelease. The booting service business shall maintain atime-stamp method of recording all calls pertaining to release of vehicles. These records shall be maintained aminimum of 90 days, and acopy of any particular callorall calls within adesignated period shall be made available within three business days at no cost to the city or its representative.”

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OFNEW ORLEANS JULY 10, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ONJULY11, 2025

APPROVED: JULY14, 2025

LaTOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONJULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Thomas -1

RECUSED: 0 REDLINED VERSION: Sec. 66-402. -Signage requirements. (a) No motor vehicle shall be booted on private property or aprivate parking area unless asufficient number of signs areconspicuously posted and maintained by the owner of the property in the form, manner and location prescribed by the department of safety and permits and this article. No charge for the release of amotor vehicle that has been booted in excess of that which is contained in the signs required by this article shall be imposed. Such signs shall contain such information as the director of safety and permits shall prescribe in such rule including, but notlimited to, the word“WARNING” and the booting fee shall be in letters not less than three inches high in the color red, and the following: “CUSTOMER PARKING ONLY, ALL OTHERS WILL BE BOOTED, BOOTING FEE $90.00$121.00” or “PARKING FOR RESIDENTS AND GUESTS ONLY, ALL OTHERS WILL BE BOOTED, BOOTING FEE $90.00$121.00” and the name of the booting service business with its business telephone to call to have the boot removedshall be in letters not less than one and one-half inches high in the color black, except the fee amount. The signs shall be rectangular and have ayellow background color,and the sign and lettering shall be made of light reflective materialtoassist in reading during evening hours.

Sec. 66-403. -Booting service business requirements.

(d) At all times, seven days aweek, 24 hours aday,the booting service business shall release the booted motor vehicle within 30 minutes of receiving arequest for such vehicle’srelease; provided, however that payment of any charges for booting, and any parking charges, if applicable, is made at or prior to the time of such vehicle’srelease. The maximum charge for removing theboot is $90.00$121.00. No extra charge shall be made for any check or credit cardpayment. The fee to release the boot shall be reduced by 50 percent (a maximum fee of $45.00$60.50) should the booting service business not arrive within 30 minutes of receiving arequest for such vehicle’srelease. Thereshall be no charge to release the boot should the booting service business not arrive within 60 minutes of receiving arequest for such vehicle’srelease. The booting service business shall maintain atime-stamp method of recording all calls pertaining to release of vehicles. These records shall be maintained aminimum of 90 days, and acopy of any particular callor all calls within adesignated period shall be made available within three business days at no cost to the city or its representative.

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 12, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,143 NO. 30390 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBERSGIARRUSSO, MORENO,GREENAND THOMAS (BYREQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-ordain Ordinance No. 30,141M.C.S., entitled “An Ordinance Providing aCapital Budget for the Year 2025”, to effect the following change to the 2025 Capital Budget: to de-appropriate funds from the Department of Property Management, the New Orleans Fire Department, and the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission; to appropriate funds to the Department of Property Management, Department of Public Works, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, the Office of Resilience and Sustainability,and the New Orleans Police Department; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION I. THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS,

NEWORLEANSPOLICE DEPARTMENT

FEMAIDA 30721 -IDA PW 5142 MTABULIDINGS $167,576

NEWORLEANSPOLICE DEPARTMENTTotal $167,576

AppropriationTotal $12,053,080 Grand Total $11,872,535

ADOPTED BY THECOUNCILOFTHE CITYOFNEW ORLEANSJULY 10, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENTOFTHE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY11, 2025

APPROVED: JULY14, 2025

LaTOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THEMAYOR ON JULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M.

AISHAR.COLLIER ASSISTANTCLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: King -1

RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITYOFNEW ORLEANS

CITYHALL: June 12, 2025

CALENDAR NO.35,144

NO.30391 MAYOR COUNCILSERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST)

AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No.30139

M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans forthe Year 2025”, to appropriate funds to various departments to cover essential public safety expenses incurred during the MardiGras and Super Bowl eventsinFY25; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCILOFTHE CITYOFNEW ORLEANSHEREBY ORDAINS, That Ordinance No.30139 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision thereincontained to the contrary,totransfer funds allocated thereinasfollows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES– FUND 6699 Intergovernmental Revenues Grants, Contributions, and Fund Transfers $2,734,110

TOTAL $2,734,110 TO: GENERAL FUND –FUND1000 Other Financing Sources Use of Fund Balance $2,734,110

TOTAL $2,734,110

ADOPTED BY THECOUNCILOFTHE CITYOFNEW ORLEANSJULY 10, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THECOUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 11, 2025

APPROVED: JULY14, 2025

LaTOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THEMAYOR ON JULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M.

AISHAR.COLLIER ASSISTANTCLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: King -1

RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITYOFNEW ORLEANS

CITYHALL: June 12, 2025

CALENDAR NO.35,145

NO.30392 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST)

AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No.30140

M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate funds to various departments to cover essential public safety expenses incurred during the Mardi Gras and Super Bowl eventsinFY25; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THECITYOFNEW ORLEANSHEREBY

ORDAINS, That Ordinance No.30140 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision thereincontained to the contrary,totransfer funds allocated thereinasfollows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES- FUND 6699

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

600 –GRANTS, CONTR. ANDFUNDTRANSFERS $2,734,110

TOTAL $2,734,110 TO: GENERAL FUND –FUND1000

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

200 –OTHER OPERATING $80,000

CHIEFADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

200 –OTHER OPERATING $1,385,316

DEPARTMENTOFFINANCE

200 –OTHER OPERATING $363,144

DEPARTMENTOFFIRE

200 –OTHER OPERATING $15,448

DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH

200 –OTHER OPERATING $70,545

DEPARTMENTOFPUBLIC WORKS

200 –OTHER OPERATING $819,657

TOTAL $2,734,110

ADOPTED BY THECOUNCIL OF THECITYOFNEW ORLEANSJULY

10, 2025

JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THECOUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY11, 2025

APPROVED: JULY14, 2025

LaTOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THEMAYOR ON JULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M.

AISHAR.COLLIER ASSISTANTCLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: King -1

RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITYOFNEW ORLEANS

CITYHALL: June 26, 2025

CALENDAR NO.35,148

NO.30393 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER GIARRUSSO (BYREQUEST)

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and The Orleans Parish School Board(“OPSB”), fora term greater than one year,for the public purpose of the improving education for Orleans Parish residents by providing ashareofnet revenue generated by the City’selectronicenforcement devices, as morefully

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 30206 MCSamendedsection

forty percent(40%) of the net revenue distributed to distribute among public schools in OrleansParish underthe jurisdiction andoversight of the OPSB; and WHEREAS, OPSB will use the funds to improve education in Type 1, 3 and5charter schools within OrleansParish andOPSB district-operated schools; andNOW THEREFORE SECTION I. THE COUNCILOFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANSHEREBY ORDAINS, That the Mayor,onbehalfofthe City of NewOrleans, is hereby authorized to enterinto the attached cooperative endeavor agreement with The OrleansParish School Board(“OPSB”) for aterm of two (2)years for the public purpose of improving education in the City of NewOrleans. SECTION 2. Thatsaidcooperative endeavor agreementisattached to this ordinanceas“Exhibit A” andincorporatedand made apart hereof.

ADOPTEDBYTHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWORLEANSJULY 10, 2025

JP MORRELL

PRESIDENTOFTHE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY11, 2025

APPROVED: JULY14, 2025

LaTOYACANTRELL

MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLLCALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas-6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:King -1

RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street,Room 1E09, City Hall.

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEWORLEANS

CITY HALL: June 26, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,152 NO. 30394 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS AN ORDINANCE to rename the park located at 1801 South Robertson Street to Barbara Lacen KellerPark; andotherwise to provide with respect thereto.

WHEREAS, Section 5-405(1)(b) of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans (“Charter”) provides thatthe City Council, upon recommendation of the City Planning Commission, maybyordinanceadopt an Official Map showing allexisting or planned parks andotherpublic openspaces; and WHEREAS, Section 5-405(4) of the Charter vests the City Council with the ability to amendthe Official Map at anytime,aftersecuringthe advice of the City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, arequest to rename the park located at 1801 South Robertson Street to Barbara Lacen KellerPark, was initiatedvia Motion Number M-25-115 of the Council of the City of NewOrleansonFebruary 27, 2025, anddirected the City Planning Commission to considerthe renaming; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held apublic hearing on this proposed change andrecommendedapproval of the name change [Street (Park) Name Change No. 2/25];and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was upheld, andthe changesweredeemed necessary andinthe best interest of the City of NewOrleansand weregrantedapproval, as stated in Motion NumberM-25-311 of the Council of the City of NewOrleansonJune 12, 2025; NOW THEREFORE

SECTION 1. THE COUNCILOFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANSHEREBY ORDAINS, That the park located at 1801 South Robertson shall henceforth be namedBarbara Lacen KellerPark.

SECTION 2. The Department of Public Works shallsignify allchanges imposedbythis ordinancethough the installation of newsignage

SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council shall provide noticeofthe approvaltothe Department of Parks andParkways,the Mayor’sOffice, the Department of Public Works, the NewOrleansPoliceDepartment, the NewOrleans FireDepartment, the Department of Finance, the Department of Safety andPermits, NewOrleans EMS,the Sewerage andWater Board, the Orleans Parish Communications District, the OrleansParish Assessor the Clerks of Criminaland Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, the UnitedStatesPostalService, the private utilitiesfor the City,the designated stewardofthe City’selectronically maintainedrepository of street names, andall otherappropriate departments and/or agencies of the renaming.

ADOPTEDBYTHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWORLEANSJULY 10, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENTOFTHE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY11, 2025 APPROVED: JULY14, 2025 LaTOYACANTRELL MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLLCALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell-6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Thomas-1

RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEWORLEANS

CITY HALL: June 26, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,153 NO. 30395 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER GREEN (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to authorizethe Mayor of the City of NewOrleansto enterinto Amendment No. 1toapreviously executedCooperative Endeavor Agreement(“CEA”) between the City of NewOrleans(“City”) andSustainingOur UrbanLandscape (“SOUL”) relative to the valued public purpose of tree plantings andcommunity engagement around tree plantings as part of the City of NewOrleans’ Urban& Community Forestry Programaward, to amendthe scope of services, as morefully detailed in Amendment No. 1tothe CEAattached hereto as Exhibit “1”; andotherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority containedinArticle 7, Section 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, andstatutory authority supplementalthereto, the State of Louisiana andits political subdivisions, including the City,may enterinto cooperative endeavors with each other, or with anypublic or private corporation or individual; andfurtherpursuant to Section 9-314 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of NewOrleans, the City mayenterinto cooperative endeavors with anypublic or private association, corporation, or individualfor activitiesinsupportofeconomic growth andotherpublic purposes; and WHEREAS, SOUL, anon-profitcorporation,whose principal address is located at 2000 LakeshoreDrive, TRAC Building 212, NewOrleans, LA 70148; and WHEREAS, the City,along with acoalition of partners, including SOUL, prepared aproposal andreceived agrantfromthe U.S. Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service to support the City’sReforestation Plan through tree plantings andrelated workforce developmenttraining; and WHEREAS, the City andSOUL desiretoamend the scope of services of the existing CEAinorder to accomplish the valuedpublic purpose of tree plantings andcommunity engagement around tree plantings as part of the City of NewOrleans’ Urban& Community Forestry Programaward; NOW THEREFORE SECTION I. THE COUNCILOFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANSHEREBY ORDAINS, That the Mayor,onbehalfofthe City of NewOrleans, is hereby authorized to enterinto Amendment No. 1, in the formattached hereto as Exhibit “1”, to the previously executedCEA between the City of New Orleans andSOUL to amendthe scope of services of the said previously executedCEA relative to the valued public purpose of tree plantings and community engagement around tree plantings as part of the City of New Orleans’ Urban& Community Forestry Programaward. SECTION 2. ThatsaidAmendment No. 1tothe CEAisattached to this ordinance as Exhibit “1”and incorporatedand made apart hereof. ADOPTEDBYTHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWORLEANSJULY 10, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENTOFTHE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY11, 2025 APPROVED: JULY14, 2025 LaTOYACANTRELL MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLLCALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas-7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street,Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEWORLEANS

of net-zeroemissions by 2050 and included the passage of abenchmarking ordinance as an essential step towardachieving that goal; and WHEREAS, in 2022the New Orleans City Council adopted Ordinance No 29082 MCS that requires the City to benchmark City-owned facilities; and WHEREAS,in2023 the City of New Orleans joined the White House National Building Performance Standards Coalition to express its commitment to adopting abenchmarking policy and to evaluating additional building performance policies; and WHEREAS, twenty percent of the City’sgreenhouse gas emissions originate from energy use in large buildings in the City; and WHEREAS, buildings that track energy use achieve an average of two percentannual energy savings; and WHEREAS, in July 2024 the City of New Orleans was awarded atotal of $49,975,589 from the Environmental Protection Agency’sClimate Pollution ReductionGrant program, including $1,467,525 to staffand implement acity-wide energy benchmarking program;and WHEREAS, morethan 50 local and state governments nationwide, including Atlanta, Denver,Orlando,Austin, Kansas City,Miami, Pittsburgh, andothers, have adopted similar requirements, thus demonstrating the acceptability,legality and feasibility of such requirements; NOW THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS,That Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, Louisianaisamended to add Article XIV which shall read as follows: “Chapter 26 –BUILDINGS, BUILDING REGULATIONS AND HOUSING STANDARDS

Article XIV.–BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING AND DISCLOSURE Sec. 26-683. –Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except wherethe context clearly indicates adifferent meaning: Administering agency means the agency or department designated by the Mayor to administer the benchmarking program consistent with the provisions of this article.

Benchmark means to input andsubmit the total energy consumption of aproperty for acalendar year,and other descriptive information for such property as required by the benchmarking tool. Total energy consumption does not include separately metered uses not integral to building operations, such as broadcast antennas and electric vehicle charging stations.

Benchmarkingtool means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s

ENERGY STAR PortfolioManager, or any additional or alternative tool adopted by the administering agency used to track and assess the energy use of certain properties relative to similar properties. Condominium means aproperty that combines separate ownership of individual units with common ownership of other elements such as common areas.

Covered property means one or more buildings on atax parcel that

measure20,000 or moregross squarefeet in total combined floor area except for property owned by the state or federal government. Energy means electricity,natural gas, steam, or other product sold by autility to acustomer of aproperty,orrenewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of providing heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, or for powering or fueling other end-uses captured by ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager means the tool developed and maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to track and assess the relative energy performance of buildings nationwide. Owner means any of the following:

(a) An individual or entity possessing title to acovered property;

(b) The boardofmanagers in the case of acondominium;

(c) The master association, in the case of acondominium wherethe powersofanowners’ association areexercised by or delegated to a master association;

(d) The boardofdirectors in the case of acooperative apartment corporation; or (e) An agent authorized to act on behalf of any of the above. Tenant means aperson or entity occupying or holding possession of abuilding, part of abuilding or premises pursuant to arental or lease agreement. Utility means an entity that distributes and sells natural gas, electric, or thermal energy services for buildings. Whole building utility data means aggregated, anonymized energy usage data for amultitenant building provided by autility Sec. 26-684. –Benchmarking required.

(a) Benchmarking required. On or before May 31 each year,the owner of acovered property shall benchmark energy use for such property and submit to the administering agency,in electronic format through U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager,orasestablished by the administering agency,the total energy consumed by the covered property and any other descriptive information for the property as required by the administering agency,for the prior calendar year. The owner of the covered property shall ensurethe accuracy of the data submitted in accordance with this section and shall amend any submission upon learning of the inaccuracy (b) Multitenant property benchmarking. If acovered property has more than one tenant, the owner shall comply with this section using whole building utility data. If whole building utility data is not available, the ownermay enter data using another method that captures energy use for the covered property,including but not limited to, compiling data from individual tenants or from amaster meter.The owner shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain and ensuresubmission of all information required to comply with this section. If the owner is unable to obtain data from all tenants, the owner shall still provide abenchmarking submission containing all available information. No provision of this article shall require any person to interferewith any tenant’squiet enjoyment of premises they have leased. No provision of this article amends, abrogates, or limits any right granted to tenants by any other article of this Code or by the laws of the State of Louisiana.

(c) Vacating nonresidential tenant. At the completion of anonresidential tenant’soccupancy of acovered property,the owner shall request the tenant’senergy use for any period of occupancy relevant to the owner’s obligation to benchmark, butonly if whole building utility data is not available.

(d) Transfer of ownership. The owner of acovered property shall transfer to the new owner all benchmarking data not yet reported pursuant to this section upon transfer of ownership of the property

(e) Maintenance of benchmarking records.The owner of acovered property shall maintain such records as established by the administering agency,which shall include, but need to be limited to, the energy bills and reports or forms received from tenants or utilities. Such records shall be preserved for aperiod of at least three years and, at the request of the administering agency,shall bemade available for inspection and auditby the administering agency.Such records may be kept in electronic form. (f) Exemptions. The administering agency may exempt the owner of acovered property from submission of the benchmarking data as required by this section, upon request of the owner,under the following circumstances: (1) The covered property does not have acertificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of occupancy,and did not have either acertificate of occupancy or temporary certificate

and compile alist of all covered properties required to complywith this chapter.The administering agency shall publish the list in adownloadable comma-separated values or similar spreadsheet format on the city’s website, and shall ensurethat the list is maintained and updated, at least annually (b) Courtesy notice to owners. Between January 1and March 1ofeach year,the administering agency shall provide the owner of acovered property acourtesy notice in writing of the requirements of this chapter

Failureofthe administering agency to provide such courtesy notification shall not relieve the owner of any obligation required by this article.

Sec. 26-686. –Sharing and analysis of benchmarking information No laterthan December 1ofeach year,the administering agency shall publish on the city’swebsite areport for the prior calendar year on benchmarking of all covered properties, including an assessment of compliance rates, an assessment of accuracy and issues affecting accuracy,summary energy consumption statistics, and trends observed, and an assessment of changes across the portfolioover time. In conjunction with the report’spublication, the administering agency shall publish on the city’swebsite for each covered property,for the prior calendar year,the information generated by the benchmarking tool. The published data shall include, but need not be limited to the following: (i) address; (ii) primary use type; (iii) gross floor area; (iv) site energy use intensity; (v) total annual greenhouse gas emissions; and (vi) whether the owner complied with the requirements of this article.

Sec. 26-687. –Enforcement and penalties.

(a) Failureofanowner of acovered property to complywith any provision of this articleshall be in violation and subject to penalties in accordance with chapter 6.

(b) The penalty for each violation of this articleadjudicated in accordance with chapter 6shall not exceed the monetary limit established by section 6-37.

(c) Each day that the owner of acovered property fails to complywith this articleshall constitute aseparate and distinct violation.

(d) Penalties shall be assessed according to the following schedule:

(1) The penalty for the first violation shallbenoless than the maximum established by section 6-37.

(2) The penalty for subsequent violations after the first violation shallbe $60 per violation.

(3) The combined penalty amount for allviolations shall not exceed $3,000.

(e) Penalties shall be waived during the first year that acovered property is subject to the requirements of this article.

(f) The owner of acovered property found in violation of this article may appeal this determination pursuant to chapter 6.”

SECTION 2. That the provisions of Section 1ofthis ordinance applicable to the owner of acovered property shall be effective January 1, 2026 for covered properties measuring at least

ADOPTED BY THECOUNCIL OF THECITY OF NEWORLEANSJULY 10, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THECOUNCIL DELIVERED TO THEMAYOR ON JULY11, 2025

APPROVED: JULY 14, 2025

LaTOYACANTRELL MAYOR RETURNED BY THEMAYOR ON JULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M.

AISHAR.COLLIER ASSISTANTCLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris,King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 ENGROSSED VERSION: SECTION 1. THECOUNCIL OF THECITY OF NEWORLEANSHEREBY

ORDAINS, That Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of NewOrleans, Louisiana is amended to add Article XIV which shall read as follows: “Chapter 26 –BUILDINGS,BUILDING REGULATIONS ANDHOUSING STANDARDS *** Article XIV.–BUILDING ENERGYBENCHMARKING ANDDISCLOSURE

Sec. 26-683. –Definitions.

The following words, termsand phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except wherethe context clearly indicates adifferent meaning: Administering agency means the agency or department designated by the Mayortoadminister the benchmarking program consistent with the provisions of this article.

Benchmark means to input and submitthe total energy consumption of aproperty for acalendar year,and other descriptive information for such property as required by the benchmarking tool. Totalenergy consumption does not include separately metered uses not integral to building operations, such as broadcast antennas and electric vehiclecharging stations.

Benchmarking tool means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager,orany additional or alternative tool adopted by the administering agency used to track and assess the energy use of certainproperties relative to similar properties.

Condominium means aproperty that combines separateownership of individual units with common ownership of other elements such as common areas. Covered property means one or morebuildings on atax parcel that measure20,000 or moregross squarefeet in total combined floor area except for property owned by the state or federal government.

Energy means electricity, natural gas, steam, or other product sold by autility to acustomer of aproperty,orrenewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of providing heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, or for powering or fueling other end-uses captured by ENERGY

STAR Portfolio Manager

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager means the tool developed and maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to track and assess the relative energy performance of buildings nationwide.

Owner means any of the following:

(a) An individual or entitypossessing title to acovered property;

(b) The boardofmanagers in the case of acondominium; (c) The master association, in the case of acondominium wherethe powers of an owners’ association areexercised by or delegated to a master association; (d) The boardofdirectors in the case of acooperative apartment corporation; or (e) An agent authorized to act on behalfofany of the above.

Tenant means aperson or entity occupying or holding possession of abuilding, part of abuilding or premises pursuant to arental or lease agreement.

Utility means an entity that distributes and sellsnatural gas, electric, or thermal energy services for buildings. Whole building utility data means aggregated, anonymized energy usage data for amultitenant building provided by autility Sec. 26-684. –Benchmarking required (a) Benchmarking required. On or beforeMay 31 each year,the owner of acovered property shall benchmark energy use for such property and submittothe administering agency,inelectronicformat through U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager,orasestablished by the administering agency,the total energy consumed by the covered property and any other descriptive information for the property as required by the administering agency,for the prior calendar year.The owner of the covered property shallensurethe accuracy of the data submitted in accordance with this section and shall amend any submission upon learning of the inaccuracy (b) Multitenant property benchmarking. If acovered property has more than one tenant, the owner shall comply with this section using whole building utility data. If whole building utility data is not available, the owner may enter data using another method that captures energy use for the covered property,including but not limited to, compiling data from individual tenants or from amaster meter.The owner shall make all reasonableefforts to obtain and ensuresubmission of all information required to complywith this section. If the owner is unable to obtain data from all tenants, the owner shall still provide abenchmarking submission containing all available information. No provision of this articleshall require any person to interferewith any tenant’squiet enjoyment of premises they have leased. No provision of this article amends, abrogates, or limits any right granted to tenants by any other article of this Code or by the laws of the StateofLouisiana.

date for which the request wasmade anddoesnot extendtopast or futuresubmittals. Sec. 26-685. –Identification of covered properties, courtesy notice required. (a) List of covered properties. The administeringagencyshall identify andcompile alist of allcoveredproperties required to comply with this chapter.The administering agency shall publish the list in adownloadable comma-separated values or similar spreadsheet formatonthe city’s website, andshall ensure thatthe list is maintainedand updated, at least annually (b) Courtesy noticetoowners. Between January 1and March 1ofeach year,the administering agency shall provide the ownerofa covered property acourtesy noticeinwritingofthe requirements of this chapter Failureofthe administering agency to provide such courtesy notification shall not relieve the ownerofany obligation required by this article Sec. 26-686. –Sharingand analysis of benchmarking information. No laterthanDecember 1ofeach year,the administeringagencyshall publish on the city’swebsite areport for the prior calendar year on benchmarking of allcoveredproperties, including an assessment of compliancerates, an assessment of accuracy andissues affecting accuracy,summary energy consumption statistics, andtrends observed, andanassessment of changesacross the portfolio over time.In conjunction with the report’spublication, the administeringagencyshall publish on the city’swebsite for each covered property,for the prior calendar year,the information generated by the benchmarking tool. The published data shall include,but need not be limitedtothe following:

(i) address;(ii) primary use type;(iii) gross floor area; (iv) site energy use intensity; (v) totalannualgreenhouse gasemissions; and(vi) whetherthe owner compliedwith the requirements of this article

Sec. 26-687. –Enforcementand penalties.

(a) Failureofanownerofacovered property to comply with anyprovision of this article shall be in violation andsubject to penalties in accordance with chapter 6.

(b) The penalty for each violation of this article adjudicated in accordance with chapter 6shall not exceed the monetary limit establishedbysection 6-37.

(c) Each day thatthe ownerofa covered property fails to comply with this article shall constitute aseparateand distinct violation.

(d) Penaltiesshall be assessed according to the following schedule:

(1)The penalty for the first violation shall be no less thanthe maximum establishedbysection 6-37.

(2)The penalty for subsequent violations afterthe first violation shall be $60 per violation.

(3)The combinedpenalty amount for allviolations shall not exceed $3,000.

(e) Penaltiesshall be waivedduring the first year thatacoveredproperty is subject to the requirements of this article

(f)The ownerofacoveredproperty found in violation of this article may appeal this determination pursuant to chapter 6. SECTION 2. Thatthe provisions of Section 1ofthis ordinanceapplicable to the ownerofa covered property shall be effective January 1, 2026 for covered properties measuringatleast 50,000 gross square feet in total combined floor area

ADOPTEDBYTHE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWORLEANSJULY 10, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENTOFTHE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY11, 2025 APPROVED: JULY14, 2025 LaTOYACANTRELL MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY14, 2025 AT 2:15 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLLCALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green,Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas-7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 ENGROSSED VERSION: SECTION 1. THE COUNCILOFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANSHEREBY ORDAINS, That Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of NewOrleans, Louisiana is amended to add Article XIV whichshall read as follows: “Chapter 26 –BUILDINGS, BUILDING REGULATIONS AND HOUSING STANDARDS

Article XIV.– BUILDINGENERGY BENCHMARKING AND DISCLOSURE Sec. 26-683. –Definitions. The following words, terms andphrases,whenusedinthis article,shall have the meanings ascribed to theminthis section, except wherethe context clearlyindicates adifferent meaning: Administering agency meansthe agency or departmentdesignatedby the Mayor to administerthe benchmarking program consistent with the provisions of this article

Benchmark meanstoinput andsubmit the totalenergy consumption of aproperty for acalendar year,and otherdescriptive information for such property as required by the benchmarking tool. Totalenergyconsumption does not include separately metereduses not integraltobuilding operations, such as broadcast antennasand electric vehicle charging stations.

Benchmarkingtool meansthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager,orany additionaloralternative tool adopted by the administering agency usedtotrack andassess the energy use of certainproperties relative to similar properties. Condominium meansa property thatcombinesseparateownership of individualunits with common ownership of otherelements such as common areas.

Coveredproperty means one or morebuildings on atax parcel that measure20,000 or moregross squarefeet in totalcombined floor area except for property owned by the state or federal government.

Energy meanselectricity,natural

ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

LAETITIA BLACK Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans

Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

aug8-sep 12-2t $141.06

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-636 PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VERSUS SAMUELMAR‐TINHARRISON ANDDEBORAH GOMEZHARRI‐SON By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 15, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember17, 2025 at 10 o'clock

a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILDINGSAND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, MEANS, PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVI‐TUDES, ADVAN‐TAGESAND AP‐PURTENANCES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGINGORIN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,INTER‐RYTOWN SUBDI‐VISION,SEC‐TION 3, BEING PART OF OAKDALE SUBDIVISION SECTION"B" FIRSTWARD, ALLINACCOR‐DANCE WITH THESUR‐VEYOFADLOE ORR, JR. &AS‐SOCIATES,C.E DATEDOCTOBER 9, 1959, AP‐PROVED BY THE JEFFERSON

PARISH COUN‐CILUNDER OR‐DINANCE NO.4545, ADOPTEDAPRIL 21, 1960, REGIS‐TEREDINCOB 510, FOLIO 492, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, LOUISIANA, ON JULY 20, 1960, ANDINPLAN1 BOOK 39, FOLIO 66, OF‐FICE OF THE CLERKOF COURT, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LA WHICHSAID PROPERTY IS MORE FULLYDE‐SCRIBEDAS FOLLOWS, TOWIT:

LOTNO. 32 IN SQUARE NO.57, BOUNDEDBY FRIEDRICA STREET,FARM‐INGTON PLACEAND HER‐ITAGEAVENUE, WHICHSAIDLOT COMMENCES AT ADISTANCE OF 550 FEET FROM THECOR‐NEROF FRIEDRICA STREET AND FANNINGTON PLACEAND MEASURES

THENCE 62 FEET FRONTON FRIEDRICA STREET,BYA DEPTHALONG THESIDELINE NEARER FARM‐INGTON PLACE OF 110 FEET,BY A DEPTHALONG THEOPPOSITE SIDE LINEOF110 FEET,BYA WIDTH IN THE REAR OF 59.07 FEET, ALLINACCOR‐DANCEWITH THESURVEYOF ADLOEORR, JR & ASSOCIATES, C.E. DATEDSEP‐TEMBER 10, 1962; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

Commonly knownas1921 FriedricaStreet Gretna,LA70056

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS -The full purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025 aug8-sep 12-2t $118

LOUISIANA NO:864-148 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS JAIMEACOSTA BARAHONA A/K/AJAIME A. BARAHONA A/K/AJAIME BARAHONA A/K/AJAIME ACOSTA A/K/A BARAHONA JAIMEACOSTA A/K/ABARA‐HONA J. ACOSTA AND VILMAGERAR‐DINA MORALES ESCOBARA/K/A VILMAGERAR‐DINA MORALESA/K/A VILMAG MORALESA/K/A VILMA MORALESA/K/A VILMA GERARDINAES‐COBARA/K/A VILMAG.ESCO‐BARA/K/A VILMAESCOBAR By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐

son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 29, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember17, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTIAN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereonsitu‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISIONin SECTION3-A, beinga part of OakdaleSubdi‐vision Section"B"., FirstWard, allin

accordance with survey of AdloeOrr, Jr.& Associates, C.E. datedOcto‐ber9,1959, re‐visedJuly15, 1960, andap‐proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNO. 4707, adoptedAugust 25, 1960 regis‐teredinCOB 514, folio345, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Louisiana on September7, 1960, andin Plan Book 40, folio 37, Of‐ﬁce of theClerk of Court, Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, and accordingto which said property is more fully de‐scribed as fol‐lows,to-wit: LOT35in SQUARE 65, commences at a distance of 316.13 feet from thecornerof Cooper Road andFairlawn Drive, andmea‐suresthence60 feet fronton Fairlawn Drive,

same width in therear, by a

depth of 110 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.Square

65 is bounded by Fairlawn Drive, Cooper Road,Fielding Avenue and ConcordRoad, all as further shownona sur‐veybyJ.J Krebs &Sons, Inc., certiﬁed correct July 23, 1965,a copy of which is annexedtoact of Paul Morphy, Jr., Notary Pub‐lic, datedAu‐gust 5, 1965

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

LAETITIA BLACK Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

aug8-sep 12-2t $113

y mond W. Krebs, Professional Land Surveyor dated December 22 2003, approved by Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 22378 on January22, 2005, registered in COB3139, FOLIO 788. Ac‐cordingtosur‐veyby Yu-Chiao Lo, P.L.S.,dated September27, 2022, copy of which is at‐tached hereto and made apart hereof,saidlot measures sixty feet (60')front on N. Harper Drive, same in width in the rear,bya depth of onehundred tenfeet(110') between equal andparallel lines; subjectto restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of recordaffecting theproperty. Informational Purposes Only: TheImprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 2319 NorthHarper Drive, Harvey, Louisiana70058

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

NO:863-654

NEWREZ LLC

D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VERSUS ISSAC

CHEATHAM JR. ANDLACHASITY

CHEATHAM AKA

LACHASITY BANKHEAD MAGEE

CHEATHAM

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof

SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 22, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember17, 2025 at 10 o'clock

a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

aug8-sep 12-2t $104.53

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-646 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS DIONNE S. WISE A/K/ADIONNE SMALLWISE A/K/ADIONNE WISE A/K/A DIONNE TERRELLSMALL ANDLUTHER WISE,III A/K/A LUTHER I. WISE, III A/K/A LUTHER WISE

rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, Stateof Louisiana, BELLE MEADE SUBDIVISION, UNIT B, allas perplan thereof made by AdloeOrr, Jr.& Associates,C.E., datedFebruary 29, 1968, ap‐proved in COB 680, Folio232, andin COB681, Folio 374, described as follows, towit:

LOT368 in SQUARE 13, whichsaid square is bounded by Westmeade Drive, Brookmeade Drive, Belle‐meadeBoule‐vard,and Wood‐meadeCourt commencesata distance of 125 feet from the corner of West‐meadeDrive andWood‐meadeCourt, and measures thence 65 feet frontonWest‐meadeDrive, same width in therear, by a depth of 105feetbe‐tween equal andparallel lines. Allac‐cordingtosur‐veybySterling Mandle Land Surveyor, datedFebruary 20, 1978.

Improvements thereonbear the Municipal No.393 West‐meadeDrive Gretna,LA70056

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

BRIGHAMJ LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

aug8-sep 12-2t $99.24

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

70058, on Sep‐tember 17, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Terrytown SubdivisionNo. 6, beinga part of OakdaleSub‐division,Section B, First Ward,inaccor‐dancewiththe survey ofAdloe Orr, Jr.and As‐sociates,C.E datedMay 4, 1960, approved by theJefferson Parish Council underOrdi‐nanceNo. 4787, adopted November 3, 1960, registered in COB520, page 390, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on December 5, 1960, andin Plan Book 41, folio 21, ofﬁce of theclerk of court, Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, and accordingto a plan of resubdi‐vision by Adloe Orr, Jr.and Associates, C.E., datedDecem‐ber2,1969, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 9601, said lotisdesig‐natedand mea‐suresasfol‐lows:

Lot13-Aof Square 99, boundedby Oakwood Drive, Guardian Av‐enue,Goodson Drive andCarol Sue Avenue,mea‐sures56feet frontonOak‐wood Drive, same width in the rear,bya depth between equal andparallel linesof110 feet Allasmorefully shownon thesurveyby AdloeOrr, Jr.& Associates,C.E datedMarch 17, 1971, andLot 13A commences at a distance of 614.64 feet from thecornerof CarolSue Av‐enue and Oakwood Drive.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

HEIRSOFCAR‐OLYN

SCHIFFERSTINE GAGNARDA/K/A CAROLYNSCHIF‐

FERSTINE GAG‐NARD A/K/A

CAROLYNS GAGNARDA/K/A

CAROLYNGAG‐NARD

g September 12, 2025

aug8-sep 12-2t $105

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

MunicipalAd‐dress: 1037 Kingsway Drive East,Gretna, Louisiana70056.

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-085 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS JOSHUA STEPHENVER‐RETTE AND AMBERHUDSON VERRETTE

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

shownonsaid subdivision map. This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

aug8-sep 12-2t $96.07

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-376 FIRSTHORIZON BANK VERSUS FRANCISCOADA NORELLANA

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisianain that part thereofknown as TheColony, beinga resubdivisionof Lake Timber‐lane Estates, Section4,Parcel A-5and Lake Timberlane Estates.,Section 5, Square E, and which lotisdes‐ignatedasLot 5, Square L-1. All as perplanofsub‐division by Rich‐

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-185 NEWREZ LLC D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING vs DEREKMICHAEL STEVENSA/K/A DEREKM STEVENSA/K/A DEREKSTEVENS

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber23, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember 17, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Onecertain lot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, and allthe rights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, advan‐tages, andap‐purtenances thereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, City of Harahan, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Anna Terrace Subdivision, beinga subdivi‐sion of aportion of original Tract XofSoniator Tchoupitoulas Plantation , as delineated on aplanof subdivisionby WilliamMaier C.E.,dated Octo‐ber26, 1957, aprint whereof is annexedtoan actofre-dedica‐tion passed be‐fore Harold A. Buchler N.P. on January 14, 1958, andis in the file in the office of the clerkofcourt forthe Parish of Jefferson, andona print of survey made by William MaierCEdated April7,1958 a printwhereof is annexedtoact before Leonard H. Rosenson, N.P.,dated De‐cember 12, 1958, according to which the said lotisdesig‐natedbythe number16, in Square 5, boundedby GeneresDrive, Walter Rd,the easterly line of thesubdivision andthe southerlylineof thesubdivision andmeasures 62 feet fronton GeneresDrive, same width in the rear by adepth of 84.07 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

aug8-sep 12-2t $103.48

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:860-238

ROCKET MORT‐GAGE,LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/AQUICKEN LOANS INC. vs THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

DENNISF WIGGINS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August8,2025, b

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances, andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, andbeing apor‐tion of original lots 6, 7and 8of TrudeauPlanta‐tion,and in accordance with plan if sur‐veymadeby AdloeOrr, Jr.& Associates,C.E datedMay 10, 1957, as ap‐proved by the Police Jury for theParishof Jefferson, Ordi‐nanceNo. 3542, registered in COB430, Folio 660, said prop‐erty is situated in LYNN PARK SUBDIVISION, UNIT NO.3 in Square NO.2 thereof, which said square is boundedby: said LOTbeing designated by theNO29, bounded by Lynette Drive andCanberra Court, said Lot No.29measures 65 feet fronton Canberra Court, with awidth in therear of 65.55 feet and adepth on the side line of Lot No.30of86.77 feet anda depth of 95.21 feet on the opposite side line.All in ac‐cordance with survey of Adloe Orr, Jr.& Associates,C.E datedOctober 3, 1967, acopy of which is an‐nexedtoanact before John Hanson Jackson,notary Public,dated October9,1967, registered in COB665, Folio779.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

KATE SOTO‐LONGO

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly21, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, andap‐purtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywise appertaining, situated in the Stateof Louisiana, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,inthat part thereof knownasPARK PLACESUBDIVI‐SION,SECTION 2, beinga resubdivisionof ParcelZ-1 of Park Placeand Parcel 26 por‐tion of Cazalar Plantation T-14-S, R-24-E, into Lots 178 through421, all locatedand measuringas perplanof resubdivision made by J.J. Krebs& Sons C.E. &S., dated November 8, 1979, approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 14223 on Febru‐ary 20, 1980, and recorded in COB 978, folio397, andaccording to theaforesaid plan theproperty is describedas follows, to-wit: LOT221 of SQUARE 8, which square is bounded by Kingsway Drive East,Fairfax Drive, Westside Drive, Algiers OutfallCanal, Planters ByPass Canal, and the Plaquemines Parish bound‐ary, andwhich lotcommences 545 feet front thecornerof Kingsway Drive East andWest‐side Driveand measures thence 60 feet fronton Kingsway Drive East,same widthinthe rear,bya depth of 102 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines; subjectto restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025 Sep12-oct17-2t $105.07

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-931

U.S. BANK TRUSTCOM‐PANY,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEE FORASSET BACKED SECURI‐TIES CORPORA‐TION HOME EQ‐UITY LOAN TRUST 2004-HE9, ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGHCER‐TIFICATES, SE‐RIES 2004-HE9 VERSUS PAMELA R. CLARKA/K/A PAMELA CLARK By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 25, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember 17, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: That certainlot or parcel of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorany‐wise appertain‐ing, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision knownasWil‐lowdaleSubdi‐vision Section5,and beingdesig‐natedonthe of‐ficial plan of said subdivi‐sion,on file and of record in theof‐fice of theclerk andrecorderof said parish and state, as lot number342, square no.30, said subdivi‐sion,saidlot having such measurements anddimensions andbeing sub‐jecttosuch servitudes as

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

aug8-sep 12-2t $87.07

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-428 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC VERSUS GREGORYA PLAISANCE By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 10, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember 17, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisianain that part thereofknown as Normandy Park Subdivi‐sion anddesig‐nated as Lot12of Square "G". Said Square is bounded by WiegandDrive Gato Street,and Lander Street Said Lot12com‐mences at adis‐tance574 feet from thecorner of WiegandDrive andGatoStreet andmeasures 52 feet fronton WiegandDrive, same widthinthe rear,bya depth of 118.08 feet between and parallel lines; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ing theproperty. TheImprove‐mentsthereon bearingMunici‐pal641 Wiegand Drive, Nine Mile Point, LA 70094.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐

terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck

Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐

RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025

aug8-sep 12-2t

$85.48

JUDICIAL

NO:867-820 FLAGSHIP CREDIT ACCEPTANCE VERSUS JEREMY BRIAN JUNEAU

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 19, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber15, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: Description: 2020 RAM1500 LARAMIE, VIN: 1C6RREJT3LN320 785

STORED AT: AVONDALE STORAGE 3110 HWY. 90 P. O. BOX9150 AVONDALE,LA

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

WILLIAMT MCNEW Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025

Sep12-oct17-2t $56.89

UCTS,INC., MORTGAGEBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-SL2 VS JUAN R. ESCO‐BAR(A/K/A JUAN ESCOBAR) ANDGIULIA AR‐RILLAGAESCO‐BAR (A/K/A GIULIA ARRILLAGA, GIU‐LIA ESCOBAR)

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYE HOLLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025

Sep12-oct17-2t $81.24

District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 25, 2023, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onOcto‐ber22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisianain that part thereofknown as TRUDEAU SUBDIVISION andinaccor‐dancewithPlan of Office of Sur‐veys,Inc.dated December 19, 1963, approved by the JeffersonParish CouncilDecem‐ber19, 1963,as perOrdinance No 6408, acopyof which is on file in theOffice of theClerk of CourtofJeffer‐sonParish, which survey wasrevised on May27, 1964, said lotisdesig‐natedand mea‐suresas follows:

LOT11OF SQUARE 12,is bounded by Marmande Av‐enue Newton Street,Richard Avenue and westernbound‐aryofthe rightof-way of the Illinois Central Railroad.Said lotmeasures50 feet fronton RichardAvenue, same width in therear, by a depth of 130 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines.

Together with allbuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon includinga 1999 Fleetwood manufactured home having se‐rial numberMS‐FLW25A7939506, which manufac‐tured home wasim‐mobilizedpur‐suanttoLa. R.S. 9:1149.4byAf‐ﬁxation Afﬁ‐davitrecorded with Mortgage on July 5, 2000 in Instrument No 10032954, Jeffer‐sonParish, Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate:

September12, 2025

October17, 2025

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:856-852

U.S. BANK TRUSTNA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUTSOLELYAS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR LEGACY MORT‐GAGE ASSET TRUST 2021-GS3 VS KARLASAAVE‐DRAHERRERA

ALLTHATCER‐TAIN LOTOR PARCEL OF GROUND,to‐gether with all of the buildingsand improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,means, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances, advantages and component partsthereunto belongingor in anywiseap‐pertaining thereto, lying andbeing situ‐ated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofknown as CHATEAU ESTATESNORTH, SECTIONONE andaccording to aplatofsur‐veybyGeraldB Dunn, Land Sur‐veyor, datedOc‐tober12, 1993, a copy of which is annexedtoan act registered in COB2884, folio 841, said portion of ground is designated as LOT29, SQUARE 4, which square is bounded by Bordeaux Drive, St.JulienDrive Rhone Driveand ChablisDrive, andwhichlot commences at a distance of 494.41 feet from theintersection of Bordeaux Driveand St Julien Driveand measures thence 60 feet frontonBor‐deauxDrive, same width in therear, by a depth of 110 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025 Sep12-oct17-2t $94.48

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-876

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS ALEXANDERW MOOREAND LORENSALINAS MOORE

g andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU

Attorney for Plaintiff

frontonGrove Street,bya depthof120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines Forinforma‐tional purposes only:Improve‐mentsthereon bear Municipal No.829 GroveAvenue Metairie, Louisiana70003

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is due at the time of thesale.

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

$106.12

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025

Sep12-oct17-2t $108.77

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

BRIGHAMJ LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

PaciﬁcPublic Belt Railroad RiverRoad (side),and Nor‐mandyPark Subdivision (side) andLot 3 commences 100.11 feet from thecornerof Hooter Road andRena Courtand mea‐sures50' feet frontonHooter Road,the same widthinthe cor‐nerrear, by adepth of 150 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.680 Hooter Road,Bridge City, Louisiana 70094.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

SITUATED IN THEPARISHOF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWNASTIM‐BEROAKS SUBDIVISION, ANDDESIG‐NATEDASLOT NO.335. ALLIN ACCORDANCE WITH A PLAN OF RESUB‐DIVISION MADE BY S.K. LANDRY SURVEYOR, DATED DECEMBER 29, 1980, APPROVED IN ORDINANCE NO.14696, BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐CILONAPRIL 1, 1981, REGIS‐TEREDINCOB 1001, FOLIO672. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWNONSUR‐VEYBYBFM CORPORATION, SURVEYOR, DATEDSEPTEM‐BER30, 1982; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025

Sep12-oct17-2t $94.48

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-304

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025 Sep12-oct17-2t $102.42

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:855-079

U.S. BANK TRUSTNA‐TIONAL ASSO‐CATION,NOT IN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUTSOLELYAS OWNER TRUSTEEONBE‐HALF OF BRAVO RESIDENTIAL FUNDINGTRUST 2021-HE2 VERSUS CHUCKA.LACH‐NEYSRA/K/A CHUCKA.LACH‐NEYAND SONIA ROJASA/K/A SONJAROJAS LACHNEY

MORE COM‐MONLYKNOWN AS:1705 HAMP‐TONDR, HAR‐VEY, LA 70058. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 28, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as LINCOLN MANOR SUBDIVISION, formerly Sec‐tion 7, Kenner ProjectSubdivi‐sion,all as more fully shownona plan of resubdivision by WilliamW Robert,Sur‐veyor, dated April3, 1972, approved in Ordinance Number 1400 on April24, 1972, andregistered in COB 760, Folio329, andaccording to which plan said portionis designated as LOT NUMBER 30-Aof SQUARE NUM‐BER159, said square being bounded by Ohio Avenue (For‐merlyMalvern Street), 31st Street (formerly CharentonAv‐enue), LexingtonAv‐enue and32nd Street (formerly Glenwood Av‐enue), said lot commences 120 feet from thecornerof Ohio Avenue and32ndStreet andmeasures thence 50 feet fronton Ohio Avenue, same width in therear, by a depth of 120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines;Lot 30Aiscomposed of allofformer Lots 30 and31 and1/2 of formerLot 29 adjoiningLot 30. Allasmorefully shownonsur‐veymadeby William W. Robert,Sur‐veyor, dated June 1, 1972. All in accordance with asurveyby Gilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,Sur‐veyors,dated April15, 1989; subjecttore‐strictions, servitudes, rights-of-way d di

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-451 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS CHAD RYAN DARBYA/K/A CHAD R. DARBY A/K/ACHAD DARBYAND ASHLEY ELIZABETH BERGERON A/K/AASHLEYE BERGERON A/K/AASHLEY BERGERON By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 6, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that subdivision known as Morningside Park Subdivi‐sion,Square47, bounded by GroveStreet, West Metairie Avenue,Blanche Street andVan BurenAvenue, beingcom‐posedofLots Nos. 14 and15, accord‐ingtoa survey of J.J. Krebs& Sons,Surveyors, datedMarch 11, 1955, andcerti‐ﬁed copy of which is an‐nexedtoanact passedbefore Edward Haspel Notary Public, datedApril 1, 1955, which said portionof ground com‐mences325 feet from VanBuren Avenue,and measures thence 50 feet

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION VS MAGGIE TURNER EDWARDS By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJanuary 31, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OR GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthere‐untobelonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown, as HOOTER HEIGHTSSUBDI‐VISION,all as perplanof Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor,dated March30, 1978, approved by Or‐dinanceNo. 13369, adopted by theJefferson Parish Councilunder EntryNo. 824675 in COB928, folio 397, as perAct of Dedication before Gerald J. Arceneaux, N.P., datedFebruary 2, 1979, regis‐teredinthe Parish of Jefferson, under EntryNo. 662000 in COB950, folio 134, the said portionof ground is more fullyde‐scribedasfol‐lows,to-wit: LOTNO. 3, SQUARE B, which is bounded by Hooter Road Rena Court, Northern

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025 aug8-sep 12-2t $95.54

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:830-510 WELLSFARGO BANK,NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-2, ASSETBACKED CER‐TIFICATES, SE‐RIES 2005-2 VS JEANNINE FOR‐ESTRAMBIN A/K/AJEANNINE F. RAMBIN A/K/AJEANNINE RAMBIN ANDLAWRENCE R. RAMBIN,JR. A/K/A LAWRENCE RAMBIN,JR.

g property to wit:

ALLTHATCER‐TAIN PIECEOR

PARCEL OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐tainingthereto, situated in the Stateof Louisiana, in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, PONTCHAR‐TRAIN SHORES SUBDI‐VISION,and designated on a plan of Pontchartrain Shores Subdivi‐sion by ofﬁce of Sur‐veys,Inc., dated October30, 1956, copy of which is an‐nexedtoanAct before Edward F. Wegman,No‐tary Public, datedApril 2, 1957, as follows to-wit:

LOT4 of Square

56 of said Subdi‐vision,which said square is bounded by Clearview Parkway, Avron Boulevard, Lorino Street andBelle Drive. Said LotCom‐mences 125.59 feet from the corner of Avron Boulevardand Lorino Street, same width in therear, by a depth between equaland paral‐lellines of 107.42 feet

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 8, 2025, September12, 2025 aug8-sep 12-2t $95.54

ber22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Ridgeﬁeld Subdivision, all as perplanof J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., C.E., datedFebruary 5, 1965, approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder ordinanceno. 7040,recorded under instrument no 323-110 in COB 61.1, folio 438, andasper Act of Dedication before C. Heebe, No‐tary Public, datedMay 31, 1965, recorded in COB615, folio 654, and as perplanof resubdivisionof RidgeﬁeldSub‐division made by J.J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,C.E., dated January12, 1970, approved by theJefferson Parish Council No 9551 recorded in entryno. 433196 andasper ActofDedica‐tion before BernhardtC Heebe, Notary Public,dated March19, 1979, recorded in in‐strument no 483-363, in COB612, folio 846 andasper plan of resubdi‐vision more par‐ticularlyde‐scribedand designated as follows:

y Personal Check with Bank Letter ofCredit.

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025

Sep12-oct17-2t $133.69

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-320

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS KAMRYN

LORETTABLUME A/K/AKAMRYN L. BLUME A/K/A KAMRYNBLUME ANDGERALD JOSEPH BLUME, JR. A/K/AGER‐ALDJ.BLUME, JR. A/K/AGER‐ALD BLUME,JR. By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 9, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onOcto‐ber22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

DENNISWIG‐GINS,JR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-338

PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VERSUS CLARENCE RAY FLYNT, JR. A/K/A CLARENCE RAY‐MOND FLYNT, JR. AND STEPHANIE WILLIAMS FLYNTA/K/A STEPHANIE WILLIAMS FRICKEYFLYNT

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

feet;subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

TheImprove‐ment thereon bearingMunici‐pal2616 Mesa Drive, Marrero, LA 70072

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

LGRAHAM ARCENEAUX Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-159 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS TOMIKA HUBERT

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-177

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-367

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

VERSUS DONALD AN‐THONY DUFRENE,IV A/K/ADONALD A. DUFRENE,IV A/K/A

DONALD DUFRENE,IV A/K/ADONALD ANTHONY DUFRENE A/K/A

DONALD A. DUFRENE A/K/A DONALD DUFRENE

q andparallel lines. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veymadeby Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie,Inc datedDecem‐ber 23, 1987, acopy of which is an‐nexedtoact registered in COB1877, page 216.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

Lot26-Dof Square Awhich is bounded by TambourDrive, BatisteDrive, Timbalier Drive, Square J side,westline of thesubdivi‐sion,north line of servitude, andeastline of thesubdivi‐sion,and ac‐cordingtothe aforesaid,Lot 26-Bcom‐mences at adis‐tance of 200feet from thecorner of BatisteDrive andthe east line of thesub‐division and hasa ﬁrst frontage on BatisteDrive of 48.75 feet to a pointand a fur‐ther frontage of BatisteDrive of 1.25 feet, a width across therearof50 feet,bya depth of 100feet between equal andparallel lines. Allas more fully shownon a more recent survey of Gilbert, Kelly andCouturie, Surveyorsdated October1,1970, andaccording to a survey by Dad‐ingMarques & Associates,Inc., datedJuly13, 1990, Lot26-Bof Square A, is boundedby BatisteDrive thewest, north and east linesof the subdivisionand hasthe same location and measurements

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or

That certain pieceorparcel of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Cherokee Park, beinga resubdi‐vision of Square 19 of OwnYour OwnSubdivi‐sion,bounded by N. Bengal Road (formerly Cherokee Street), Boone andN.Atlanta Streets, andAir‐line Highwayand more particu‐larly described on aplatofsur‐veybyF.G Stewart, Surveyor,dated August 6, 1964, as follows:

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune3, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,with allthe buildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudesand appurtenances thereuntoap‐plying,situated it theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as RANCH

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-128 M& TBANK VERSUS HEATHER SWEENEY GON‐ZALEZWIFE OF/AND ROBERTOGON‐ZALEZ

Lot"J" of Square 19 com‐mences 105feet from theinter‐sectionofN Bengal Road andBoone Street, measur‐ingthence50 feet frontonN Bengal Road, same width in therear, by a depth of 115 feet between equaland paral‐lellines,and is composed of thewhole of former lots 36 and37and the rear 10 feet of former lots 38 through42.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe

ACRESEXTEN‐SION,which said pieceorportion of ground is shownonthat certainsubdivi‐sion plan by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc,dated 9/17/71, ap‐proved by Ordi‐nanceNo. 10688 of theJefferson Parish Counciladopted May25, 1972, registered in COB764, folio 803, andisfur‐ther describedinac‐cordance with survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,dated March23, 1977, resur‐veyedtoshow improvements on May7,1977, as LOT29of SQUARE 5, which said lot commeneces 239.53' feet from theintersection of Mesa Drive and Ames Boule‐vard,and mea‐suresthence 66.97' feet front on Mesa Drive with awidth in therearof 52.27 feet,by a depth on the sideline nearer Sierra Street of 93' feet by adepth on the opposite side‐line of 94.15'

ACERTAIN LOT OF GROUND,to‐gether with all of thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Driftwood Park, Section3,and beingmorefully describedas follows, to-wit: Lot17, Square 3, which is bounded by An‐tiguaDrive EmileAvenue, Trinidad Drive andOsborne Driveand com‐mences at adis‐tanceof40feet from theinter‐sectionof AntiguaDrive andEmile Av‐enue andmea‐suresthence60 feet frontonAn‐tiguaDrive same with in therear, by a depth of 100 feet between equaland paral‐l l li

ONE(1) CERTAIN LOTORPARCEL OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, situated in that subdivisionof thePARISHOF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA, CITY OF KENNER, knownasUNI‐VERSITY CITY SUBDIVI‐SION,and being designated on theofficial sub‐division map, on file andofrecordin theoffice of the Clerkand Recorder for said parish and state, as LOTNUMBER TEN-B(10-B), SQUARE 81, said subdivision, said lothaving such measurements anddimensions as shownon said map.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

KATE SOTO‐LONGO Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate:

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION VERSUS ESTHER SILVA GIRONA/K/A ESTHER S. GIRONA/K/A ESTHER GIRON By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust7, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber22, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: That certainlot or parcel of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated as follows: TownhouseUnit No.119 of Beau ChateauCondo‐miniums, Mu‐nicipalNo. 1020 St Julien Drive, to‐gether with all therightsand appurtenances thereuntoap‐pertaining, includingrights to thecommon elements and limitedcommon elements,as provided in theCondo‐minium Declara‐tion Creating andEstablish‐ingBeau Chateau Condominiums (the Condo‐minium Declara‐tion), including thesurvey, plat, plansand otherinstru‐mentsannexed theretoasEx‐hibits Athrough Cexecutedon behalf of Beau Chateau Condominiums, datedNovem‐ber7,1979, reg‐isteredinthe recordsof theconveyance ofﬁce of the Parish of Jeffer‐son, in COB983, folio 940 andthe amendments thereto, dated October9,1980, registered in COB990, folio 598, said Unit 119 being more particu‐larlydescribed in theCondo‐minium Declara‐tion andthe amendments thereto as Ex‐hibits Athrough C.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit COREYJ.GIROIR

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as LIVEOAK MANORSUBDI‐VISION,all as perplanofsub‐division by Sub‐division Planning Engi‐neer,Inc dated March16, 1959, revisedJune 9, 1959, approved under Ordi‐nanceNo. 4152, adoptedbythe JeffersonParish Council, ﬁledof record under EntryNo. 159352 in COB 486, folio 469, andasper act of dedication before Harold J. Zeringer,Jr.,No‐tary Public datedSeptem‐ber16, 1959, ﬁledunder Entry No.160982, in COB488, folio 343, more par‐ticularlyde‐scribedasfol‐lows;to-wit: LOT15, SQUARE 18 is bounded by Joseph Street,Lucille Street,Jeffer Driveand CynthiaStreet, andcommences at adistanceof 385 feet from theintersection of Jeffer Driveand CynthiaStreet andmeasures thence 55 feet frontonCynthia Street, same widthin therear, by a depthof95feet between equal l

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

LAETITIA BLACK Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September12, 2025, October17, 2025 Sep12-oct17-2t $108.77