The Times-Picayune 09-26-2025 by The Advocate

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BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

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Candidates for New Orleans mayor debated on live television for the second time in aweek on Thursday,facing off on issues like hurricane preparedness,the city’s parks department and its water system, as voters prepare to begin casting ballotsSaturday During the hourlongdebate,

which airedonWVUE FOX8 at 6p.m., the candidates spoke about severaltopicscentral to NewOrleanians’ lives that have been lessoften discussed during thecampaign. The four candidatespresent City CouncilVice President Helena Moreno, council member Oliver Thomas, stateSen.Royce Duplessis, allDemocrats;and certified public accountant FrankJanusa,

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aRepublican —were quizzed by moderator andFOX8 anchor John Snell.

In response to questions about emergency preparedness, Duplessis and Thomas, who have emphasizedtheir New Orleans upbringing throughout the campaign, both spoke about their own experiences confronting Hurricane Katrina. Duplessis spoke about the need to “put differences aside”during

acrisistocollaborate with state andfederal partners. Thomas said that as mayor he would have “safe houses and shelters” already in place, alongwith transportation to evacuate people.

Morenosaidshe would invest in “community lighthouses”— churches and other community organizations that are prepared with amicrogrid to assist residents in need. And Janusa spoke about usingexistingtransportation services to evacuate people and the importance of collaborating with

Langenstein’stobesold to Robert FreshMarket

Langenstein’son Metairie Road is one of three grocerystores in the NewOrleans metro area.

Family opened original Uptown storein1922

BY JONAH MEADOWS Staff writer

Langenstein’s, which opened its doors on the corner of Prytania and Arabella streetsmore than acentury ago andhas grown to three locationsand awinestore across the metro area, will bepurchased by New Orleans-based Robert Fresh Market, the companies announced jointly on Thursday Under the terms of the deal,Robertwill continue to operate Langenstein’sthree locations in Uptown, OldMetairieand

Debate touchesonparks,storm prep

state and federal partners. TheThursday debate was one of the few times that Janusa, who polled above 5% in arecent FOX8 poll, has appeared onstage with Thomas, Duplessis and Moreno, allofwhomhavepolledinthe double digits. Moreno has polled near or above50%,and Duplessis and Thomas are aiming to cut into Moreno’slead and force her into a Nov.15runoff. Theelection is Oct. 11. Early

911 service down forhours across La.

Disruption blamed on cut fiber-opticlines

BY QUINN COFFMAN and MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writers

Most of Louisiana lost the ability to call 911, the nation’suniversal emergencyresponsenumber, for severalhours Thursdayafter 911 ﬁber-optic lines werecut in Mississippi.

Lawenforcement agencies across Louisiana began reporting 911 outages in the early afternoon and offering other numbers for people needing police, ambulances or the ﬁre department to call.

The outagewas caused by the cutting of a911 ﬁber line or multiple lines somewhereinMississippi, said authorities with multiple parish communication districts andwithAT&T. Residents weretold service wasexpected to return after afew hours.

“Itwas important for us that the transaction made business sense. But also that it wasafamilythat we could trust andthatwas aligned with us from avalues perspective even if it doesn’thaveour name on the building.”

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LANAUX, Langenstein’s presidentand CEO

RiverRidge, as well as PrytaniaWine& Spirits, and will extend offers to hire Langenstein’s approximately 100 store staffers, according to Robert’sowners. Butthe stores will be rebranded as Robert Fresh

Market locations,bringing an end to one of the city’soldest brands.

Langenstein’sPresidentand CEO Ellis Lanaux, the great-great-grandson of company founder Michael Langenstein, said his family was not looking to sellthe business, but thatthe Roberts approached them earlier this year with an unsolicited offer thatwas toogood to pass up. The family would not have sold to anyone other than another local family,headded.

“It was important for us that the transaction made businesssense,” Lanaux said. “But also that it was afamily that we could trust andthatwas alignedwith us from avalues perspective even if

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“Our teamshavedispatched andare working as quickly as possible to repair multiple fiber cuts, affecting 9-1-1 service for somecustomers in Louisiana and Mississippi,” aspokesperson for AT&T said in astatement just after 4p.m.Thursday. “Weunderstand howimportant theseservicesare and appreciate the patience of our customers.” Service was returned for most parishes, including Orleans, Jefferson, Lafayette andEastBaton Rouge, after 4p.m.

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STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Pokémon protests DHS’

‘Gotta Catch ’Em All’

The company behind the wildly popular Pokémon franchise says it doesn’t want its characters used for propaganda.

The Department of Homeland Security uploaded a Pokémonthemed montage of various ICE raids to social media earlier this week.

The Japanese gaming company said the federal agency was not authorized to use its original content. “We are aware of a recent video posted by the Department of Homeland Security that includes imagery and language associated with our brand,” wrote the Pokémon Company International in a statement to The Los Angeles Times. “Our company was not involved in the creation or distribution of this content, and permission was not granted for the use of our intellectual property.”

The posted video included the anime theme song, with the lyrics “Gotta catch ’em all,” playing over segments of federal agents handcufﬁng people and imagery of a Pokémon character and the Pokéballs used to capture monsters in the game. It concluded with several mock-ups of Pokémon playing cards with photographs of detainees, which included their full names, crimes they have committed and details about their convictions and sentencing.

Springsteen wants Trump on ‘trash heap of history’ NEW YORK Bruce Springsteen is disparaging President Donald Trump once more. This time, he’s doing it in Time magazine. In an interview published Thursday covering a wide range of topics, the Boss lamented that “a lot of people” believe lies told by the commander in chief, but conceded that many Americans are comfortable with the way Trump practices politics.

Springsteen and Trump locked horns in May when the 76-yearold rocker opened his European tour by telling his English audience his country “is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”

Trump, 79, responded on social media by calling the singer “a pushy, obnoxious JERK” who was out of line for insulting a U.S. president on foreign soil. Springsteen told Time he doesn’t pay much attention to his adversary’s comments, but thinks the president should be impeached. “If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history,” Springsteen said.

He also complained the Democratic Party doesn’t appear to be the alternative many Americans want.

“There is a problem with the language that they’re using and the way they’re trying to reach people,” he claimed

Pentagon reduces prior mandate for flu shots

WASHINGTON The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the ﬂu shot every year by introducing exemptions for reservists and proclaiming that the shot is only necessary in some circumstances for all service members, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.

The memo, written by Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg on May 29 and sent to all the military services, says reserve troops now will need to be on active duty for 30 days or more before being required to get an annual ﬂu shot It also says the military will no longer be paying for reservists or National Guard members to get the vaccine on their own time.

Comey indicted on 2 charges

BY ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN

RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON James Comey was charged Thursday with lying to Congress in a criminal case ﬁled days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies

The indictment makes Comey the ﬁrst former senior government ofﬁcial involved in one of Trump’s chief grievances, the long-concluded investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, to face prosecution Trump has for years derided that investigation as a “hoax” and a “witch hunt” despite multiple government reviews showing Moscow interfered on behalf of the Republican’s campaign, and has made clear his desire for retribution.

Trump on Thursday hailed the indictment as “JUSTICE FOR AMERICA!” Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist, and

FBI Director Kash Patel issued similar statements. “No one is above the law,” Bondi said. Comey was fired months into Trump’s ﬁrst administration and since then has remained a top target for Trump supporters seeking retaliation related to the Russia investigation. He was singled out by name in a Saturday social media post in which Trump appeared to appeal directly to Bondi bring charges against Comey and complained that Justice Department investigations into his foes had not resulted in charges

“We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility,” Trump wrote, referencing the fact that he himself had been indicted and impeached multiple times. “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!”

The office that filed the case against Comey, the Eastern District of Virginia, was thrown into turmoil last week following the resignation of chief prosecutor Erik Siebert, who had not charged Comey and had faced pressure

to bring charges against another Trump target, New York Attorney General Letitia James, in a mortgage fraud investigation.

The following evening, Trump lamented in a Truth Social post aimed at the attorney general that department investigations had not resulted in prosecutions. He nominated as the new U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide who had been one of Trump’s personal lawyers but lacked the federal prosecution experience that would typically accompany the responsibility of running one of the Justice Department’s most prestigious ofﬁces.

Halligan had rushed to present the case to a grand jury this week. Prosecutors evaluating whether Comey lied to Congress during testimony on Sept. 30, 2020, had until Tuesday to bring a case before the ﬁve-year statute of limitations expired. The push to move forward came even as prosecutors in the ofﬁce had detailed in a memo concerns about the pursuit of an indictment.

Report lays out problems in response to Calif. fires

BY CHRISTOPHER WEBER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press

LOS ANGELES A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as ﬂames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildﬁres in January, according to an outside review

The Independent After-Action Report produced by the consulting firm McChrystal Group was commissioned by Los Angeles county supervisors just weeks after the Eaton and Palisades ﬁres killed more than 30 people and destroyed thousands of homes in and around Paciﬁc Palisades and Altadena.

The report released Thursday says a series of weaknesses, including “outdated policies, inconsistent practices and communications vulnerabilities,” hampered the county’s response.

Interviews with survivors and an Associated Press analysis of available data found evacuation orders for some neighborhoods of Altadena where the Eaton Fire swept through came long after houses burned down. AP reporting also showed similar delays for the Palisades Fire, though the Los Angeles Police Department initially handled evacuation management. The report sheds more light on ﬂaws in the county alert system.

The report cites critical staffing shortages including a high number of sheriff’s deputy vacancies and an under-resourced Office of Emergency Management In addition, first responders and incident commanders were unable to consistently share information due to unreliable cellular connectivity, inconsistent field reporting methods, and the use of various unconnected communication platforms.

“While frontline responders acted de-

cisively and, in many cases, heroically, in the face of extraordinary conditions, the events underscored the need for clearer policies, stronger training, integrated tools, and improved public communication,” the report says.

It is not intended to investigate or assess blame, county officials said in a news release.

“This isn’t about pointing ﬁngers. It’s about learning lessons, improving safety, and restoring public trust,” said Supervisor Kathryn Barger, whose district includes Altadena.

The Office of Emergency Management began putting together its staffing plan for predicted heavy winds Jan. 3, four days before the Palisades and Eaton fires ignited. But an experienced staffer had been sent out of town for a training event. That meant several less-knowledgeable staffers were in key positions, according to the report.

They were also working with some new emergency notiﬁcation software provided by an existing vendor

The review also found that the process to communicate an evacuation decision to the public was slow convoluted and involved multiple leadership roles across county-level departments.

Some of the evacuation alerts required residents to click a separate link to get complete information, hindering messaging. Power outages and cell tower issues further hindered evacuation notices and the ﬁre was moving too fast to keep up, the report found There was no ofﬁcial, standalone preparedness messaging provided by the county

The authors praised the heroism of first responders including sheriff’s deputies and county firefighters who evacuated senior care facilities, led public transit bus drivers through impacted neighborhoods and rescued people from burning homes.

Hegseth abruptly summons all top brass to meeting

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned the military’s top ofﬁcers hundreds of generals and admirals — to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week, according to three people familiar with the matter

The directive did not offer a reason for the gathering Tuesday of senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers at the Marine Corps base in Quantico. The

people, who described the move as unusual, were not authorized to publicly discuss the sensitive plans and spoke on condition of anonymity The Pentagon’s top spokesman, Sean Parnell, conﬁrmed that Hegseth “will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week.” Across the military, there are 800 generals and admirals of all ranks. Many command thousands of service members and are stationed across the world in more than a dozen countries and time zones.

The meeting was ﬁrst reported by The Washington Post.

In May Hegseth ordered that the military cut 20% of its four-star general officers, directed an additional 10% cut from all general and flag officers across the force, and told the National Guard to shed 20% of its top positions.

In February, Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy’s top ofﬁcer, and Gen. James Slife, the Air Force’s second highest ofﬁcer, without explanation. He also relieved the military’s top lawyers.

The two-count indictment consists of charges of making a false statement and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Comey’s lawyer had no immediate comment. Trump has for years railed against both a finding by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia preferred him to Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and the criminal investigation that tried to determine whether his campaign had conspired with Moscow to sway the outcome of that race. Prosecutors led by special counsel Robert Mueller did not establish that Trump or his associates criminally colluded with Russia, but they did find that Trump’s campaign had welcomed Moscow’s assistance. Comey’s relationship with Trump was strained from the start and was exacerbated when Comey resisted a request by Trump at a private White House dinner to pledge personal loyalty to the president. Trump fired Comey in May 2017, an action investigated by Mueller for potential obstruction of justice

Parents of girl lost in flood don’t want camp to reopen

BY JIM VERTUNO Associated Press

AUSTIN,Texas The parents of the only girl still missing from the catastrophic July 4 flood that tore through Camp Mystic in Texas are demanding that the camp halt its plans to reopen.

Ofﬁcials announced this week that they plan to reopen part of the camp next year and build a memorial to the 25 campers and two teenage counselors who died. The body of 8-yearold camper Cile Steward wasn’t recovered.

The reopening plan has drawn fierce complaints from some of the victims’ families, who said they weren’t consulted.

“To promote reopening less than three months after the tragedy — while one camper remains missing — is unthinkable,” CiCi and Will Steward wrote to Camp Mystic ofﬁcials in a letter released Thursday

“We call on Camp Mystic to halt all discussions of

reopening and memorials,” they wrote. “Instead, Cile must be recovered, and you must fully confront and account for your role in the events and failures that caused the deaths of our daughters.”

Camp Mystic’s owners include the wife and other family members of Dick Eastland, who also died in the ﬂooding.

Camp officials did not respond to an emailed request for comment. The children and counselors who died have become known as “Heaven’s 27.” The letter was signed by CiCi and Will Steward “on behalf of ourselves and other families of the Heaven’s 27.” It wasn’t immediately clear if other victims’ families participated in the letter A spokesperson for the group said the letter speaks for itself. The camp’s planned reopening would not include the area where the victims were swept away

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By ETHAN SWOPE Megan Mantia, left, and her boyfriend Thomas, no last name given, return to Mantia’s fire-damaged home after the Eaton Fire swept through Jan. 8 in Altadena, Calif.

BY KASEY BUBNASH Staff writer

There’snothing all that special about Tropical Storm Humberto on its own. Atypical storm developing in what is ahistorically active time of year for the Atlantic basin, Humberto seems like a cut-and-dried case.

Yetsince it formed east of the Leeward Islandson Wednesday afternoon, hurricane forecasters have warned that theirpredictionsfor thesystemcould be less accurate than usual, spurring calls for vigilance from local meteorologists along the Gulf Coast.

But it’snot Humberto itself that’sthrowing forecasters and hurricane models for aloop. It’sthe storm’s proximity to atropical wave over the Caribbean. With just about 750 miles between their centers,the systems could work together to create something rarely seen on our side of the globe:the Fujiwhara effect.

Aphenomenon more commonly seen in the Pacific Ocean, the Fujiwhara effect occurs when two tropical cyclones move so close together that they begin to rotate

teorologist Scot Pilié said Humberto andthe neighboring system areprobably themostcomplicated duo he’stracked in the last ﬁve seasons.

miles of each other.Henriette, the larger but weaker storm, was swallowed by Gil shortly after that “Henriette was atropical storm most noteworthy for themanner of its demise,” forecasters with theNational Hurricane Center wrote in areport on the storm days after its absorption That’scertainly what McNoldy,now asenior research

one ﬂings the other intoan entirely different direction, an eerieideawhenwe’re thinking about hurricanes.

Sometimes, like with Gil andHenriette, one absorbs theother.They don’talways dance around each other in clean circles, McNoldy said, though that is sometimes the case. How vortices interact is based on their strength, size

“Modelguidanceisstruggling,”Pilié said on Wednesday afternoon. “The latest models that just came out this morning are all over the place in termsofboth systems’ intensity and both systems’ tracks.”

Someshow Humberto becoming the dominant system,others show the opposite. Track runs show the storms curving out to sea without touching land, hitting theU.S.East Coastor makingcircles through the Caribbean. Some model runs even show ascenariowhere one system is ﬂung into the Gulf, though Pilié said Louisiana isn’tlikely to takea hit —the Gulf Coast will be shielded by dry air and wind shear for the next week or so.

get close enough forthe Fujiwhara effect to even be a thought. It’s more likely to happen in the Paciﬁc, which is alarger and, if you can imagine, amore prolific body of water when it comes to storms. But Piliésaid there’snot as much room in theAtlanticbasin,and thestorms that do form tend to do so in an orderly fashion. Those tropical waves that so oftendevelop into hurricanes typically moveoff Africa’scoast every three to four days,one afteranother,making it hard for twoofthemtopairupand strengthen simultaneously

“So this is very unusual,” Pilié said, “not only in aglobal sense but especially in the Atlantic.”

cast track shows Humberto reaching major hurricane strengthbyMonday as it moves northwest, passing east of Bermuda.But forecasters said Thursdaythey have lower thannormal conﬁdence in thestorm’strack due to its potentialinteraction with the system nearby New Orleans-based me-

The challenge liesintrying to figure out whether the storms will developat around the same time and which will become dominant, as Pilié said is usually the case.

“I think it’sgoing to be really interesting to see how it plays out,” he said.

It’s not every day that two Atlantic tropical systems of similar size andstrength

The most likely scenario is that one of the systemsintensiﬁesata faster rate, becoming thedominant storm andeventually absorbing the other. Usually,hesaid, one wins out.

But, Pilié said, “this could be oneoftheseweird cases where both systems organize at the same rate in close proximity andyou could theoretically get the Fujiwhara effect to happen.”

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voting begins Saturday and runs through Oct. 4. Asked about the city’sdrainage issues, Duplessis emphasizedlooking to nonproﬁts and other organizations involved with water managementatthe street level.

“Community-led solutions are often the best,” Duplessissaid.

Thomas emphasized the need to repair drains, make sure waterways are clear of debris and dumping, and expand the city’s alert system.

“I’m going to make sure we have an alert system for neighborhoods that if you see adrainage system in that neighborhood isn’tworking then it alerts that neighborhood or that business,” Thomas said Moreno said she’d do a“forensic

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out emergency communication across Louisiana, Jim Verlander,director of the East BatonRouge Parish Communication District, said he wanted to ask that same question to AT&T “Only AT&T knows, Verlander said, “because we don’tget to see inside of their network. So that’s AT&T’snetwork, but there’s supposed to be redundancies built in. It should prevent things like this from happening.”

Verlander said his office received anotiﬁcation about 10:30 a.m. from AT&T that there was an issue with the part of the 911system that reports the name and location of callers.

It wasn’tuntil shortly after 1p.m. that Verlander and other parish communication districts begannoticing problems with thetelephone systems.

Verlander said he saw the volume of 911 calls, which is normally around one per minute in East Baton Rouge Parish, droptoalmostzero About 30 minuteslater,the district received notiﬁcation

audit on Sewerage& Water Board to ensure that your money isn’t going downthe drain.” She’dalso ensure the agency cleans catch basins in most need of maintenance.

“Sewerage &Water Boardneeds to upgrade and update itsentire infrastructure,”added Janusa.

The candidates also discussed thestruggling New Orleans Recreation DevelopmentCommission Duplessis and Thomas emphasized the need to increase public investment in that department.

Thomas emphasized the need to maintainthe city’scontrol over public recreation. His statements comeascivic groups have blasted NORDC for unacceptable conditions at city parks and playgrounds, as Gov.Jeff Landry in thewakeofthat criticism has sent state dollars toward low-cost youth athletic programs at theUniversity of New Orleans.

“Why is there always adiscus-

that a911 ﬁber linehad been cutsomewhere in Mississippi,resultinginwidespread outages.

By 5p.m., Verlander said, everything was back up, adding that he wasgladservicereturned even though he wouldn’tdescribe the ﬁx as “timely.”

“But, you know,tothink of locating, ﬁnding, ﬁxing and getting everything back up andoperational,itseems like whatever this was well, it better have been something major,” he said.

Each Louisiana parish handles911 calls separately.Atleast adozen parishes reported 911 outages fortheir emergency services, includingEast Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans, Lafayette, Rapides and St Tammany,aswellasHancock and Pike counties in Mississippi.

“There is no indication that this is malicious,” Karl Fasold, executive director of theOrleansParishCommunication District,said during anews conference Thursdayafternoon In OrleansParish,Verizon and AT&T FirstNet users experienced difﬁculty reaching911 call takers, while T-Mobile andAT&T Mobility users were abletoget

sion, when somethingisbroken today …wehave to talk about somebody taking it or giving it away?”

Thomas said.

Duplessis said that the city needs to increasefunding for its parks department to increase programing and also ensure greater access to the programs that NORDC is already operating. Buthe also saidthe cityshould celebrate itswins

“I will notgodown this road of painting our city as doom and gloom,” said Duplessis, highlighting the facilities on the Lafitte Greenway.But at the same time he said thatmore investment is needed to bring other facilities up to par Morenodiscussedthe need to expand activities for youth.

“If that means partnerships well, let’sgofor partnerships, Moreno said. Janusa saidthat there should be

through, Fasold said. Mean-

while, some New Orleans 911 calls werebeing routed to otherjurisdictions, such as Bossier City.

“AT&Thandles the majorityof911 for the entire country.Soalot of people, they’re like, ‘Oh,well, this is just an AT&T thing,’ ”Verlander said. “If you have aVerizon phone and you dial 911 it goes through AT&T —inthe majority of thecountry —to the911 call centers.”

Fasoldasked OrleansParish residents to callonly in casesofemergencies. Car burglaries, he said, are not an emergency “Bleeding, aheart attack, ﬁre, all those things arevery obviously an emergency,” Fasold said. “Anything that does not require an immediate ﬁreorpolice response, we ask that you wait.”

TheLivingstonParish Sheriff’s Office made it through theday with its line still operational, with the department stating in a news release that its Next Generation911 system differsfrom legacy copperwire systems that other agencies rely on. However, the Sheriff’s Officestill struggled to transfer calls to other agencies.

Lastyear,atleast eight

collaborationbetween NORDC andthe New Orleans Police Department to improve security for NORDC activities. The agency’s budgetshould be “reviewed, and it needs to be reinvigorated,” he said.

Thetone amongthe candidates largely remained civil at Thursday’sdebate, which came on the heels of two othertelevised debates in recent weeks that turned tensewithasDuplessis and Thomas repeatedly ﬂung attacks at Moreno, ratcheting up the temperature of therace.

Some jabs came on the topic of the city’slooming budget deﬁcit, which Duplessishas blamed his opponents on the council for failingtoaddress. Duplessis criticized the council’sdecision to seek an audit from the state auditor of the budget, emphasizing the importance of addressing issues“from theinside.”

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Thomas also took aim at Moreno over the budget, saying that, unlike her,hewould not make large commitments to hire additional city workers “until we sit down and take amature look at what the realities areand what we canactually fund.”

Moreno said thathiring city workers to handle street maintenanceand other work nowhandled by contractors would save money “When we stop outsourcing so much,that’swhen we getsavings,” said Moreno. Janusa largely avoidedcriticizing his opponents on the budget directly.Toaddress thecity’s deficit,hesaid, thecityshould collect the taxes it is currently failingtocollect on sales andreal estate.

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One outage in Massachusetts left 7millionpeople without 911access for two hours.

Another,which affected

states were hit with911 outages, according to reporting from KFF Health News, a

millions in Nebraska,Nevada, South Dakota and Texas,was caused by workers severing afiberline while installing alight pole.

LANGENSTEIN’S

it doesn’t have our name on the building.”

The price of the sale for Langenstein’s, which had estimated sales of $35 million to $40 million last year, was not disclosed. The deal includes the three stores, the wine store and about 250 proprietary recipes collected over the years for food prepared and sold at Langenstein’s locations Lanaux said the decision to sell was an incredibly difﬁcult one.

“Obviously, it’s been kind of an emotional time for the family,” said Lanaux, who runs the business with his father, Mike Lanaux, and two of his aunts, Hilda Lanaux and Claudia Merrick. “We feel extremely lucky to have had the longevity and the business that we’ve had.”

Marc Robert III, a second-generation owner of Robert Fresh Market, which owns five stores across the metro area and does about three times as much volume as Langenstein’s, said the two companies share the same core values, and Robert is well-equipped to carry on the traditions that have made Langenstein’s so successful over the decades.

“We are a very similar company in a lot of ways,” Robert said.

“We’re a company that is ingrained in New Orleans communities, built on New Orleans traditions.”

The sale is expected to be ﬁnalized Oct. 15.

A tale of two families

Michael Langenstein opened the original Langenstein’s in 1922 with his sons, George and Richard, in the heart of the city’s then-bustling and rapidly growing Uptown neighborhood. The store’s focus at the time was high-quality meat and seafood. It quickly grew, and in 1954, moved down the block to a larger former Piggly Wiggly at 1330 Arabella St its home ever since.

The family continued to operate the original location, converting it to Prytania Liquor Store, now Prytania Wine and Spirits, and took over a 7,000-square-foot warehouse across Pitt Street to support the ﬂagship location.

In 1994, they opened Langenstein’s Metairie Road location and in 2015, expanded again with a third store in River Ridge.

At the same time Langenstein’s was moving into Jefferson Parish, Marc and Darlene Robert opened the ﬁrst Robert Fresh Market on West Esplanade Avenue in Metairie. Over the next decade, Robert expanded to a half-dozen locations, all of which were damaged during Katrina. In the years since, the family has renovated and reopened all but one of the original locations.

Though the founders remain involved, the business is now run by the second generation of Roberts.

Marc Robert III is general man-

ager; his brother, Matthieu, is general counsel; and sister, Marcelle Connick, is marketing manager ‘Never hurts to listen’

Members of both families say the deal was ﬁrst ﬂoated early this year, when the Roberts approached the Lanauxes after learning of their plans to remodel Langenstein’s Metairie location.

“We have always recognized that the Metairie Road and Arabella locations were fabulous locations and neighborhoods that we want to operate in and feel like really ﬁts our model,” Robert said.

At the time, Launaux said, it wasn’t “anything on our radar but that it never hurts to listen.”

Over the months that followed, the deal came together

The timing also coincided with Robert’s departure from the Baton Rouge market, where it sold its Highland Road location back to Matherne’s, a Baton Rouge-based family supermarket chain, earlier this year

Robert said Baton Rouge appeared to have a lot of potential when his family opened about

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three miles from the LSU campus nearly a decade ago but that over the years, the market became increasingly crowded with new competitors.

“We felt like New Orleans was a better ﬁt for our growth,” he said.

Grocers making the most of it

Robert’s acquisition of Langenstein’s comes as the grocery industry continues to consolidate, with smaller chains facing constant pressure from larger competitors, who can operate more cheaply amid ever-rising costs.

Grocery prices have risen more than 20% since their pre-pandemic levels and popular national chains, like Aldi’s and Trader Joe’s, are expanding locally, slicing into a pie already dominated by big-box stores like Walmart, Sam’s Club and Costco.

To compete, independent retailers like Langenstein’s and Robert have found growth in highermargin prepared foods like graband-go meals, hot bar lunches and salad bars.

None of that will change under Robert’s ownership, Marc Robert said. After the grocery stores are rebranded — Prytania Wine & Spirits will keep its name Robert will renovate its new Metairie Road store, with improvements planned for its offerings of prepared foods, cheese, baked goods and fresh produce.

An “enhancement” is also planned for Arabella Street in the future, “but we’re going to start with Metairie Road,” he said.

As for why Robert is doing away with a century-old brand name, which has a loyal following of longtime customers, Robert said the Lanaux family did not want to pass it on if they were no longer part of the business.

“They want it to kind of end with their family, and I respect that,” he said. “They do want to see us carry on all of those traditions that have made them who they are.” Email Jonah Meadows at Jonah. Meadows@theadvocate.com.

“A big reason for it is you have people that are trading down, so to speak,” Lanaux said. “If you previously would have gone out to dinner, maybe now instead you come and grab prepared food from us.”

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Langenstein’s, seen here in 1960, has been operating at this location on Arabella Street since 1954.

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Customers enter Langenstein’s on Metairie Road on Wednesday.

TrumpsaysXihas approved TikTok deal

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON

President

DonaldTrump has signed an executive order that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States in away that meets nationalsecurityconcerns laid out by the law

PresidentJoe Biden signed legislation last year calling for China’sByteDance to sell TikTok’sassets to an American company by early this yearorfacea nationwide ban, but Trump has repeatedly signed orders that have allowed TikTok to keep operating in the U.S. as his administration tries to reach an agreement for the saleofthe social media company

Much is still unknown about the actual dealin the works, but Trump said Thursday that Chinese leader Xi Jinpinghas approved it. Any majorchange to the popular video platform could have ahuge impact on how Americans —particularlyyoung adults and teenagers —consume information online.

TheChineseembassy in Washington didn’timmediately respond to an AP inquiry seekingconﬁrmation that China has signed off on the proposed framework deal.

About43% of U.S. adults under the age of 30 say they regularly get news from TikTok, higher than any other social media app including YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, according to a Pew ResearchCenterreport

published Thursday Trump saidinresponse to aquestion at asigning ceremony Thursdaythat he would make the Americancontrolled TikTok “100% MAGA”ifhefelthecould, but he intends for “every philosophy,every policy” to be “treated right.”

Vice President JD Vance saidthe deal ensures that “American investors will actually control the algorithm” that determines thecontent seen on thesocial media app. He said more information aboutthe deal will be revealed in thecoming weeks.

Underthe termsofthe dealthat have so far beenrevealed by the White House, the app will be spun off into a new U.S. joint venture owned by aconsortiumofAmerican investors —including Oracle andinvestment ﬁrm Silver Lake Partners. Trump also mentioned Dellfounder Mi-

chael Dell will be an investor in the new venture.

Though the details have yet to be finalized, theinvestmentgroup’stotal stake in the newventure would be around 80%, while ByteDance is expected to have a 20% or smaller stake in the entity.The board running the new platform would be controlled by U.S. investors ByteDance will be represented by one person on the board, but thatindividual will be excluded fromany security matters or related committees.

TikTok’snew owners include many whose business or political interests are tied to Trump, including Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and RupertMurdoch, raising questions about whether political inﬂuence will be exerted into the platform.

Although he stepped down as Oracle’sCEO morethan a

Shooterat ICEfacilityhated U.S. government,officials say

BY SEAN MURPHYand COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press

DALLAS The gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas hated theU.S.government and wanted to incite terror by killing federal agents, officialssaid Thursday,offering the first hint of amotive in theattack

Citing handwritten notes found at his suburban home, authorities said 29-year-old Joshua Jahn set out to ambush the agency and then fatally shot himself following the assault.

The shooting at daybreak Wednesdaytargeted the ICE ofﬁce building, including avan in agated entryway that held detainees.One detainee was killed, and two otherswerecritically wounded.NoICE personnel were hurt.

Jahn “specificallyintended to kill ICE agents,”firing at vehicles carryingICE personnel, federal agents and detainees. “He also fired multiple shotsinthe windows of theoffice building where numerousICE employees do their jobs every day,” said Joseph Rothrock, agent in chargeofthe FBI’s Dallas field office.” Jahn’snotes indicated “that he didnot expect to survive this event,” Rothrock said. “He wanted to cause terror.”

The gunman, who authorities said ﬁred indiscriminately from anearby rooftop, was involved in a“high degreeofpre-attack planning,” FBI Director Kash Patel said on the social platform X.

Patelquoted anote that said:“Hopefully this will give ICEagents real terror,to think, is there asniper with AP rounds on that roof?” The note used an apparent abbreviation for armor-piercing bullets.

The attack happened as heightened immigration enforcement has generated abacklash against ICE agents and stirredfear in

immigrantcommunities acrossthe country

Theassailant appearedtohaveacted alone. Nancy Larson, the acting U.S. attorney for theNorthern District of Texas, said investigatorsdiscovered thenotes at Jahn’s residence. Another note said, “Yes,itwas justme.” Other notes weresharply criticalofICE agents and indicated he hoped to avoid hurting any detainees.

Investigators have not found that the gunmanwas amember of any particular group or entity,Larson said. And while he broadly wrote abouthatred of thefederal government,hedid not mention anyfederal agencies other than ICE, she said.

Thegunman had also downloaded adocument titled “Dallas County OfﬁceofHomelandSecurity &Emergency Management” containing alistofHomeland Security facilities, Patel said.

Hours before the shooting, the assailant conducted multiple internetsearches for ballistics information and videoofthe assassination of conservative activistCharlie Kirk on aUtah university campus this month, Patel said. Last month, the man searched for apps thattracked the presence of ICE agents, he added.

Jahn legally obtainedthe bolt-actionriﬂe used in the shooting in August, Rothrock said. He “alsoacknowledgedthe potential for other casualties,”Rothrock said.

“He knew with ahigh likelihood ICE detainees would be transported that morning in the exact location where he was facing from his perch” atop the roof.

Following ICE procedures, thedetainees were restrained inside the van, said Marcos Charles, ﬁeld ofﬁcedirector of enforcement andremoval operations for ICE.

Authorities have not released the names of thevictims.

decade ago, Ellison remains heavily involvedaschairman andchief technology ofﬁcer.Now 81, he could be in line to becomeabehind-thescenesmedia power player, having alreadyhelpedfinanceSkydance’srecently completed $8 billion merger withParamount,a deal engineered by his son, David. TikTok users could now “getthe editorial policies of thepeople whonow have control of the company,” said David Greene, civil liberties director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “It won’tbe100% MAGA. The question is howitwill treat criticism of him and people he likes.”

The recommendation algorithm that has steered millions of users into an endless stream of video shorts has been central in the security debate over TikTok.China previously maintained the

algorithmmustremainunderChinese controlbylaw

But aU.S. regulation that Congress passed with bipartisan supportsaidany divestmentofTikTok must mean the platform cut ties with ByteDance. American ofﬁcials previously warned the algorithm —which is acomplexsystem of rules and calculations that platforms use to deliver contenttoyourfeed —is vulnerable to manipulation by Chineseauthorities,who can use it to shape messaging on the platform in away that’s difﬁcult to detect, but no evidencehas ever been presented by U.S. officials showing thatChina hasattempted to do so.

Although thedetails remain unclear,aTrump administration ofﬁcial said that alicensed copy of the ByteDancecreated algorithm —retrainedsolelywithU.S

data —will power the new U.S. versionofthe app. Administration ofﬁcials say this retraining effort will nullify anyrisk of Chinese interference and inﬂuence.

Vance said “wewanted to keep TikTok operating” but address security concerns so that “Americans can use TikTok but useitwithmore conﬁdence than they had in the past.” Young peopleespecially “really wanted this to happen,” Trumpsaid during the signing ceremony That makes it unclear if the U.S. versionofTikTok will be adifferent experience than what users in the rest of theworldare used to.Any noticeablechanges madetoasocial media platform’sservice raises the risk of alienating its audience, said Jasmine Enberg, an analyst forthe research ﬁrm eMarketer

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FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Starbucks to close hundreds of stores

Starbucks said Thursday it’s closing hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround.

The Seattle coffee giant said store closures would start immediately Starbucks said affected baristas will be offered severance packages and transfers to other locations where possible.

The company wouldn’t give a number of stores that are closing, but the bulk of the closures appear to be in the U.S. and Canada. Starbucks said it expects to have 18,300 North American locations when its ﬁscal year ends on Sunday As of June 29, the company had 18,734 locations.

Starbucks said it will notify nonretail employees whose positions are being eliminated early Friday In a letter sent to employees Thursday, Niccol said a review of the company’s stores identiﬁed locations where the company doesn’t see a path to ﬁnancial stability or isn’t able to create the physical environment customers expect. Those stores are being closed.

Starbucks said it expects to spend $1 billion on the restructuring, including $150 million on employee separation beneﬁts and $850 million related to the physical store closing and the cost of exiting leases

Spotify removes millions of ‘spammy’ AI tracks

Spotify has removed more than 75 million AI-generated “spammy” music tracks from its platform over the past 12 months, the company said Thursday, stepping up its crackdown on unauthorized AI-generated use of artists’ voices.

The Swedish audio company said it would improve its enforcement of impersonation violations, launch a new spam ﬁltering system and work with partners to label tracks that incorporate AI.

“We envision a future where artists and producers are in control of how or if they incorporate AI into their creative processes,” Spotify said in a post on its website on Thursday “As always, we leave those creative decisions to artists themselves while continuing our work to protect them against spam, impersonation, and deception, and providing listeners with greater transparency about the music they hear.” The push comes as tech platforms are grappling with how to handle the signiﬁcant increase in AI-generated content. While some creators have embraced the new tech tools, others say their businesses are hurting from people who have used AI to impersonate them without their permission.

Wall Street stumbles for third straight loss

NEW YORK — Wall Street stumbled to a third straight loss on Thursday as U.S. stocks gave back more of their big gains for the year so far The S&P 500 fell 0.5% and marked its longest losing streak in more than a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 173 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.5%.

Stocks felt pressure from reports showing the U.S economy may be stronger than economists thought. While that’s encouraging news for workers and for people looking for jobs, it could make the Federal Reserve less likely to cut interest rates several times in the coming months.

A stronger-than-expected economy could remove some of the Fed’s urgency, particularly because cuts to rates carry the risk of worsening inﬂation that’s already stubbornly high. If the Fed doesn’t cut rates as often as investors expect, it would empower criticism that the U.S. stock market is too expensive after rising so much, so quickly

“Buckle up,” warned Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at financial services firm BTIG.

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Amazon to pay $2.5B

FTC says company duped customers into enrolling in Prime

BY SALLY HO Associated Press

SEATTLE Amazon has reached

a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difﬁcult for them to cancel after doing so.

The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties the largest such ﬁne in the agency’s history for a rule violation — and $1.5 billion will be paid back to consumers who were unintentionally enrolled in Prime, or were deterred from canceling their subscriptions, the agency said Thursday

The surprise settlement comes just days after the trial began in U.S. District Court in Seattle this week. At the heart of the case is

Government data shows significant upgrade of growth in second quarter

BY PAUL WISEMAN AP economics writer

WASHINGTON An uptick in consumer spending helped the U.S. economy expand at a surprising 3.8% from April through June, the government reported in a dramatic upgrade of its previous estimate of second-quarter growth.

U.S. gross domestic product the nation’s output of goods and services — rebounded in the spring from a 0.6% ﬁrst-quarter drop caused by fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars, the Commerce Department said Thursday The department had previously estimated second-quarter growth at 3.3% and forecasters had expected a repeat of that ﬁgure.

The first-quarter GDP drop, the ﬁrst retreat of the U.S. economy in three years, was mainly caused by a surge in imports — which are subtracted from GDP as businesses hurried to bring in foreign goods before Trump could impose sweeping taxes on them. That trend reversed as expected in the second quarter: Imports fell at a 29.3% pace, boosting April-June growth by more than 5 percentage points. Consumer spending rose at a 2.5% pace, up from 0.6% in the ﬁrst quarter and well above the 1.6% the government previously estimated. Spending on services advanced at a 2.6% annual pace, more than double the government’s previous estimate of 1.2%.

“The U.S consumer remained a lot stronger than many thought, even in the midst of a stock market sell-off and a lot of trade uncertainty,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Cred-

the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act, a 2010 law designed to ensure that people know what they’re being charged for online.

FTC ofﬁcials said Amazon had its back against the wall and the consumer refund amount exceeded even the agency’s expert projections.

“I think it just took a few days for them to see that they were going to lose. And they came to us and they paid out,” said Chris Mufarrige, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, on the settlement negotiations.

Amazon, however, said it was confident it would win case but that it chose to resolve it quickly instead of going through potentially years of trial and appeals. The company admitted no wrongdoing in the case, which was first filed two years ago.

Certain Prime customers who are eligible for automatic refunds of up to $51 include those who may have signed up for a membership via the company’s “Single Page Checkout,” among other links,

between June 23, 2019, to June 23, 2025. Those customers will be reimbursed within 90 days of the settlement order

Amazon is also on the hook to set up a claims process for more than 30 million customers who may have been affected by the other issues at the heart of the FTC case, including its cancellation process.

Amazon Prime provides subscribers with perks that include faster shipping, video streaming and discounts at Whole Foods for a fee of $139 annually, or $14.99 a month.

It’s a key and growing part of Amazon’s business, with more than 200 million members. In its latest ﬁnancial report, the company reported in July that it booked more than $12 billion in net revenue for subscription services, a 12% increase from the same period last year That ﬁgure includes annual and monthly fees associated with Prime memberships, as well as other subscription services such as its music and e-books platforms. The FTC said Amazon deliberate-

ly made it difﬁcult for customers to purchase an item without also subscribing to Prime. In some cases, consumers were presented with a button to complete their transactions which did not clearly state it would also enroll them in Prime, the agency said. Getting out of a subscription was often too complicated, and Amazon leadership slowed or rejected changes that would have made canceling easier, according to an FTC complaint.

The process requires the customer to afﬁrm on three pages their desire to cancel membership.

As part of the settlement terms, Amazon is prohibited from misrepresenting the terms of the subscriptions. It must fully disclose the costs to be incurred and obtain the customer’s express consent for the charge. For example, it must have a clear option for customers to accept or decline a Prime subscription being offered during a purchase, avoiding potentially confusing language such as: “No thanks, I don’t want free shipping.”

it Union, posted on social media.

A category within the GDP data that measures the economy’s underlying strength came in stronger than previously reported as well, growing 2.9% from AprilJune, up from 1.9% in the ﬁrst quarter and in the government’s previous estimate. This category includes consumer spending and private investment, but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.

But private investment fell, including a 5.1% drop in residential investment. Declining business inventories took more than 3.4 percentage points off secondquarter growth.

Spending and investment by the federal government fell at a 5.3% annual pace on top of a

5.6% drop in the first quarter Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at Santander, noted that GDP growth averaged 1.6% in the first half of 2025 and consumer spending 1.5% — “not great but much better than initially thought.” Since returning to the White House, Trump has overturned decades of U.S. policy in support of freer trade. He’s slapped double-digit taxes tariffs on imports from almost every country on earth and targeted specific products for tariffs, too, including steel, aluminum and autos. Trump sees tariffs as a way to protect American industry, lure factories back to the United States and to help pay for the massive tax cuts he signed into

But mainstream economists — whose views Trump and his advisers reject — say that his tariffs will damage the economy raising costs and making protected U.S. companies less efﬁcient. They note that tariffs are paid by importers in the United States, who try to pass along the cost to their customers via higher prices. Therefore, tariffs can be inflationary though their impact on prices so far has been modest.

The unpredictable way that Trump has imposed the tariffs announcing and suspending them, then coming up with new ones — has left businesses bewildered, contributing to a sharp deceleration in hiring.

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week

BY MATT OTT Associated Press

for the week ending Sept. 20 fell by 14,000 to 218,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday Analysts surveyed by the data ﬁrm FactSet had forecast 235,000 new applications. Though layoffs remain historically low, recent government data has raised concerns about the health of the American labor mar-

ket, leading the Federal Reserve to cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point last week. The rate cut is a sign that the central bank’s focus has shifted quickly from inflation to jobs as hiring has ground nearly to a halt in recent months. Lower interest rates can spur growth and hiring as individuals and businesses benefit from reduced borrowing costs. The catch is that it can also exacerbate inflation, which remains above the Fed’s 2% target. Stubborn inflation could make future interest rate decisions tricky for the Fed, whose dual mandate is to support full employment in the labor market while keeping inflation at bay

Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a massive preliminary revision of U.S job gains for the 12 months ending in March, revealing that the labor market has not been as strong as previously thought.

The BLS’ revised ﬁgures showed that U.S. employers added 911,000 fewer jobs than originally reported in the 12 months ending in March 2025. Job gains were shown to be tapering long before President Donald Trump rolled out his far-reaching tariffs on U.S. trading partners in April.

The department issues the revisions every year, with ﬁnal revisions due in February 2026. The updated ﬁgures came after

the agency reported earlier this month that the economy generated just 22,000 jobs in August, well below the 80,000 economists were expecting.

Earlier this month, the government reported that U.S. employers advertised 7.2 million job openings at the end of July the ﬁrst time since April of 2021 that there were more unemployed Americans than job postings. The July employment report, which showed job gains of just 73,000 and included huge downward revisions for June and May, sent financial markets spiraling and prompted Trump to fire the head of the BLS, which compiles the monthly data.

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Shoppers examine refrigerators at a Home Depot in Boston. An uptick in consumer spending helped the U.S. economy expand at a surprising 3.8% from April through June, the government reported

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Joseph W. Smith, Jr transitionedintoGod’s eternal presence on Sun‐day,September 14, 2025, at the ageof84. He wasa na‐tiveofPlaquemine, LA and a lifelong resident of Mar‐rero, LA.“Joe”,ashewas affectionately knownby familyand friends, wasa graduateofIberville High School. He wasa retired employeewithGretnaMa‐chine andIronWorks as a Formanfor 37 years. Josephservedhis country duringn theVietnam War in1967 with United States Army. Belovedhusband of the late Isabel Smith. Son ofthe late Joseph W. Smith,Sr. andStella Mae McGinnisSmith.Although, heand hiswifehad no bio‐logicalchildren, they were instrumentalinthe rearing ofseveral nieces and nephews.Joseph, is sur‐vived by 8sisters,5 broth‐ers,and ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyalsopastors,ofﬁ‐cers, andmembers of ShilohMissionaryBaptist Church,and neighboring churchesare invitedtoat‐tenda CelebrationofLife atShilohMissionaryBap‐tistChurch 14194th St Westwego, LA,onSatur‐day,September 27, 2025, at 10:00am.PastorWoodrow Haydenofﬁciating. Visita‐tionwillbegin at 8:30am until servicetimeatthe above namedchurch.In‐terment:RestlawnPark Cemetery-Avondale,LA. ArrangementsbyDavis MortuaryService,230 Mon‐roe St Gretna,LA. To view and sign theguestbook, pleasegotowww.davismo rtuaryservice.com.Face Masks AreRecommended

William“Bill” A. Swan age 89,passedaway peacefullyonTuesday September 16,2025. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he was theonlychild of the lateJohnC.and OdileM Swan. AgraduateofFortier HighSchool,Billwentonto serve hiscountry with pride in theUnitedStates MarineCorps from 1954 to 1958, where he also played the French horn in theMa‐rineCorps Band.Hewas married to theloveofhis life, thelateAudreyVoisel Swan, forover55years.To‐gether, they raised three children: KatherineVille‐marette (Sidney),Dr. Timo‐thy M. Swan (Gina),and the late WilliamSwan, Jr Billwas adevoted grandfa‐thertoChristopher Ville‐marette (Emily), Nicholas Villemarette(Lily), Derek Swan(Emily),and Brandy SwanPenedo, and aproud great-grandfather to Lu‐cille Swan,Frances Swan AndersonPenedo, and Rhemi Penedo.Hewas also the cherishedson-in-lawof the late Vilmoreand Verdie Voisel. Bill retiredfromEn‐erpac after alongcareer asa dedicatedand hard‐working salesman.Hewas wellknownfor hissharp wit andgreat senseof humor.Above all, he wasa familyman who never missedanopportunity to showhecared—alwaysre‐membering birthdays, an‐niversaries,and specialoc‐casions with athoughtful card. He will be deeply missedbyall who knew and lovedhim.Relatives and friendsare invitedto attendthe FuneralServices atGardenofMemoriesFu‐neral Home &Cemetery, 4900 AirlineDrive Metairie, LA70001 on Saturday,Sep‐tember27, 2025. Visitation willbegin at 10:00amwith a Mass starting at 12:00 noon immediatelyfollowed bya military burial.To order ﬂowersoroffer con‐dolences, please visit www.gardenofmemorie smetairie.com.

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Oena Joseph Stansberry ofNew Orleans, La de‐partedthislifeonSeptem‐ber 12, 2025 at theage of 96. Shewas thewifeof JosephStansberry and daughterofEdward Joseph, Sr.and Martha JosephofDonaldsonville, La. Shewas askilled beau‐tician, cook andcaregiver She is survived by her daughter, Brenda Stanford (Rev. Alton),PalmHarbor, FL; sonLionelStansberry New Orleans, La.; brother, Rev.David Joseph,Sr. (Flo‐rence)ofDonaldsonville, La.;two godchildren,ten grandchildren,sixteen great-grandchildren,and a hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,and friends. She was amemberofGreater Mt. Rose BaptistChurch, 1322 SimonBolivar Avenue New Orleans, La.70113 where sheservedasa Dea‐conessand Mother of the Church.Serviceswillbe heldthere on Saturday, September 27,2025 at 10:00 am. Visitation will beginat 9:00am. Interment: Mount OlivetCemetery, 4000 Nor‐man MayerAvenue,New Orleans,La. 70122 ArrangementsbyD.W RhodesFuneral Home,3933 WashingtonAvenue, New Orleans,La. 70125. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral. com to sign theonline guestbook

(Jason)Watkins,Yenda Turks;grandmother to Ger‐ald WayneBailey, III and Faith AyanaWashington. She is survived by hersib‐lings AlceniaRobinson, Herbert (Yvonne)Washing‐ton,Idella Washington (the lateLawrenceWashington, Sr.), Marguerite Washing‐ton Avery(thelateEarl Avery,Jr.), threebrothersin-law, Joseph Davis, BurnieMoss, Jr.and Daniel Lee Simmons, Sr.; ﬁve sis‐ters-in-law,Beverly Allen, Mary(Lester,Sr.)Beauvia, DysineBowman, Jean (James) Casmere, Linda (James) Tate;and agodson James Chapman, Jr.She is joining herbrothersand sisters in glory, Alvin Washington, Arthur Wash‐ington, Sr., EthelMae WashingtonSimmons Leonard Washington,and Marcell Washington Moss; her brother-in-law ClarenceAllen, andtwo sisters-in-lawEthliaDavis and Aletha Washington She also leaves to mourna hostofnieces, nephews, family, anddearfriends Family, friends, andmem‐bersofthe JeffersonParish School System areinvited toattend aCelebration of LifeatLivingWordMinistry TrainingCenter, 201 Robert Street,Gretna, Louisiana 70056, ofﬁciated by Pastor Linda Roussell, on Satur‐day,September 27, 2025 at 1:00p.m.Visitation12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Interment: WestlawnCemetery, 1225 WhitneyAve., Terrytown, LA. Arrangements by D. W. RhodesFuneralHome, 3933 WashingtonAve., NewOr‐leans,LA. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.comto signthe online guestbook

ingacreage with abeauti‐ful home andgarden where he wasonhis trac‐tor until hislastday.Fam‐ily andfriends of thefam‐ily areinvited to attend the FuneralMassinthe chapel ofMothe FuneralHome, 7040 LapalcoBlvd.,Mar‐rero, LA on Saturday,Sep‐tember27, 2025 at 1pm. Visitationwillbeheldfrom 9 am until 1pm. Interment, WestlawnMemorialPark Cemetery. Family and friends canviewand sign the online guestbook at www.mothefunerals.com

sissippi.After moving to New Orleans, sheattended SylvaniaWilliamsElemen‐tary, John HoffmanMiddle, and graduatedfromMc‐Donogh 35 High School Class of 1951, before study‐ing at Dillard University Pearleanworkedfor First NationalBankofCom‐merce (currently Chase) as HeadTelleratmultiple brancheswithdedication. A long-timememberofTu‐laneMemorialBaptist Church,she served as an usher,trustee, deaconess, and chef forvarious church events.She was deeply devotedtoher fam‐ily,raising five children Riccardo(Shelia), Ramon, Kaahedrian, Kahedwyn, and Azediphar—andde‐lighted in herroleas Grammytoeight grand‐childrenand five greatgrandchildren.OnSatur‐day,September 13, 2025, Pearleanpassedaway, joining herparents,sib‐lings,and youngestgrand‐child.She transitioned peacefully,surrounded by family. Pearlean wasrec‐ognized forher resilience, dignity andcaringnature. Her legacy endures through herchildren, grandchildren,greatgrandchildren andall who benefitedfromher gen‐erosity. Services will be

held on Saturday,Septem‐ber 27, 2025, for11:00 a.m. atTulaneMemorialBaptist Church,3601 ParisAve., New

Rhonda MaeLewis Vallery,1953-2025. Rhonda Mae LewisVallery,of Shrewsbury, LA,entered eternal rest on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Ser‐vicewillbeheldonSatur‐day,September 27, 2025 at First Zion BaptistChurch, 7201 OliveSt.,New Orleans, LA. Visitation 8-10 a.m. service at 10 a.m. Shewas precededindeath by her parents,LawrenceSr. and WilmaVallery;brothers, KamorlVallery,Gregory Vallery,and sister Eliza‐bethVallery.She is sur‐vived by herdaughterKira Lewis;siblingsLawrence Vallery Jr., Beulah Greeves, PatriciaAllen, Lillian Vallery,and WinnieVallery; along with ahostofloving relatives andfriends.Inter‐ment: Mt.OlivetCemetery, New Orleans, LA.Richard‐son FuneralHomeofJeffer‐son,River Ridge, LA is in chargeofarrangements. www.richardsonfuneralho meofjefferson.com

Dianne Washington Turks departed this life to joinher Savior in Gloryat the ageof72, on Septem‐ber 22,2025 at herhome surrounded by herfamily. She wasa life long resident ofGretna, Louisiana(Jon‐estown).She wasthe youngestoften children borntothe late Henderson Washingtonand Augustine Jones Washington,onOc‐tober 17, 1952. Dianne at‐tendedL.W.Higgins High School andwas in its ﬁrst graduatingclass in 1970 She continuedher studies atMeadows Draughon BusinessCollege in New Orleans,Louisiana in Ac‐counting. Dianne began her career workingatDow‐ell Division of Dowell Chemicals as aRegional Secretary andlater as an Ofﬁce Supervisor.She joinedthe JeffersonParish School System in 1992 as a Teacher AssistantatLin‐colnElementarySchool For many yearsshe has workedwith Jefferson Community School as a Secretary/Account Clerk. The School,now named Douglass Community School,recentlyrelocated tothe site of theElemen‐tarySchool Dianne at‐tended, FrederickDouglass ElementarySchool.She leavestocherish hermem‐ory,her husband of 35 years,Larry Turks. Shewas a devotedmothertoher daughterTyraWashington; stepchildren, Tameka (David)Brown, Hyacinth

LawlessJohnWarino, alsoknown as JoeWarino and PawPaw Joe, left us to bewithhis loving wife of 68years.Hewas theson of the late Samand Marie WarinoofWestwego. He was preceded in deathby his loving wife Dorothy Berthelot,his son, Lionel JosephWarino, hisgrand‐sons, Larry JamesWarino Jr. andJakeWarino, his brothers, Angelo andAn‐thony Warino.Survivedby his daughters, Deborah WarinoWalters (Bob Wal‐ters),Diane Warino Cain, Darlene Warino,and son, Larry JamesWarino, Sr (Brandi Warino), hissis‐ters, JosieMason andBelle David andnumerous grandchildren andgreatgrandchildren.Lawless wentfrombeing an altar boy forOur Lady of Prompt SuccorCatholicChurch to a jobata very young age atWestwegoLumberYard, thenontothe oil fieldin‐dustryfroma Roughneck toa Roustabout until he was hiredonatAvondale Shipyard. He was firsta Riggerthena Master Dock‐smith Operator until hisre‐tirement. He then fulfilled hislifelongdream of own‐

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N.O. challenges La. traffic camera laws

Murrill says fines during past year should be returned

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

The city of New Orleans is challenging the legality of Louisiana’s school zone trafﬁc camera laws, which the state attorney general last month accused the city of violating. The city filed a lawsuit in the

19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish this month that claims the state overstepped its authority by enforcing the laws.

The outcome of the case could determine whether the city has to return about $1.4 million in speeding

ﬁnes it collected over the past year

One of the laws in question, which lawmakers passed in 2024,

requires municipalities to split revenue from tickets issued by school zone cameras with their local school districts. It also bars municipalities from issuing tickets until revenue-sharing agreements are in place. Another law which took effect in August, requires school zones to have speciﬁc markings and allows public ofﬁcials to

be charged with malfeasance in ofﬁce for violating the laws.

State Attorney General Liz Murrill last month threatened to launch a criminal investigation and pursue charges if New Orleans did not comply with the laws.

The city filed its lawsuit on Sept. 4, days after the Orleans Parish School Board approved an agreement that would split traffic camera revenues 60-40 between the city and schools. The agreement, which is a slightly modified version of one that the New Orleans City Council approved in July, has not come before the council. “I think the law is clear on this issue,” Murrill said in a statement Thursday “The

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DA wants prosecutors’ consent for judge trials

Defendants currently can waive jury trials

BY JILLIAN KRAMER Staff writer

Missing person alert system proposed

Council directs NOPD to create program

BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

The New Orleans City Council directed the New Orleans Police Department to create a program for alerting the public when vulnerable individuals go missing, after the disappearance of 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez last month didn’t meet the federal criteria for trigger-

ing an Amber Alert.

The motion, approved unanimously by the council on Thursday, directs the NOPD and other city agencies to establish a “more expansive local missing person safety alert program for children, seniors, and vulnerable adults” using either the city’s NOLA Ready text alert system or another platform.

Council Vice President Helena Moreno’s ofﬁce crafted the motion alongside the NOPD, the Orleans Parish Communications District and the city’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

in direct response to Vasquez’s disappearance. Vasquez, who was nonverbal, suffered from a traumatic brain injury, according to a Department of Children and Family Services report in 2021. He wandered from his home in New Orleans East in the early morning hours of Aug. 14 and was later found dead in a lagoon after a desperate 12-day search. His mother Hilda Vasquez, has since been arrested and charged with second-degree cruelty to juveniles and negligent homicide.

“Many people wondered why

there wasn’t an Amber Alert, and what we kept hearing from law enforcement and state officials is that his case did not meet the criteria,” Moreno said at a council committee hearing last week.

Council President JP Morrell noted that everyone from council members to Gov Jeff Landry attempted to get an Amber Alert out for Vasquez. To trigger an Amber Alert, however, there must be conﬁrmation that a child 17 years old or younger has been abducted

Man expected to plead guilty in murder-kidnappings

DA says he’ll receive life sentence in exchange

Williams BY BOB WARREN Staff writer

hearing at the Capitol where a local criminal justice watchdog told lawmakers that Williams’ ofﬁce tried more than a dozen cases before a

Daniel Callihan, accused of the slayings of a Loranger mother and one of her young daughters that stunned a quiet northshore community more than a year ago, is expected to be in court in Tangipahoa Parish on Friday morning, where he will plead guilty, authorities say In exchange for his guilty plea in connection with the

brutal crimes prosecutors are taking the death penalty off the table, and Callihan will receive a sentence of life in prison, according to 21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux. “That’s the plan,” Perrilloux said We dnesday “That was in line with what the family wanted.” Callihan is accused of killing 35-year-old Callie Brunett and her 4-year-old daughter, Erin, who he allegedly kidnapped along with her 6-year-old sister

The child’s body was found near Jackson, Mississippi, where Callihan was apprehended after a large-scale search across parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. The older daughter survived and was found near where Callihan was caught. Callie Brunett’s body was found inside her home in the Loranger community in east central Tangipahoa on June 13, 2024. She had been stabbed multiple times, investigators have said.

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expected Friday morning at the Tangipahoa Parish Courthouse in Amite, it will mark the closure of another of the multiple court cases he has faced. In early August, Callihan pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to the case, kidnapping resulting in death and transporting a minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity He faces life in prison on those charges at his scheduled sentencing on Nov 19 before U.S. District Judge Lance Africk. Callihan also faces charges in Mississippi. Victoria Cox,

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Breeze to launch international flights from MSY

First nonstop service will be to Cancun

BY ANTHONY McAULEY Staff writer

Breeze Airways will launch its ﬁrst international flights from New Orleans next year after winning federal certification as a U.S flag carrier, making it the first airline in more than a decade to complete the FAA’s rigorous process. The Utah-based carrier, founded by JetBlue and Azul creator David Neeleman, will begin seasonal nonstop service to Cancun, Mexico, on Feb. 7, 2026, pending ﬁnal approvals, the airline announced Thursday Fares start at $99 one way, with service initially scheduled on Saturdays through midMay

The New Orleans route is part of Breeze’s initial wave of international expansion, which also includes ﬂights to Cancun from Norfolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina. More cities, including Providence, Tampa and Raleigh, are slated to

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and sufficient descriptive information of the child, captor or captor’s vehicle, according to the NOPD’s operations manual. Silver alerts, meanwhile, can only be activated for individuals 60 years of age or older with a “diagnosed mental impairment,” according to the NOPD man-

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The city of New Orleans did not immediately respond to inquiries

In the lawsuit, New Orleans claimed that the slew of new traffic camera laws violate authority granted to the city by the Home Rule Charter New Orleans argued that the state must prove the traffic camera laws are both “necessary” and “protect a vital state interest” to enforce them statewide. The lawsuit notes that the city of Opelousas is exempted from the laws “without justification.” Sen Stewart Cathey, RMonroe, who authored the traffic camera laws, did not respond to questions

The city also argued that the new requirements around school zone markings including a two-footwide yellow stripe that says “Entering school zone” — differ from the markings required by the Federal Highway Administration

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judge without witnesses or evidence. Williams pushed back by blaming Criminal District Court Judge Leon Roché, whom he said had signaled skepticism about the cases, leading defendants to waive jury trials in hopes of acquittal

The law change would ensure “consistency across all 12 sections (of the court) about how justice is administered,” Williams said Thursday, with Morris Bart, the well-known personal injury attorney, standing beside him at the news conference.

A District Attorney’s Ofﬁce spokesperson said Bart appeared as a “supporter” of the ofﬁce.

But the change would go far beyond the halls of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court and would affect systems across the state.

The law change would bring Louisiana in line with federal guidelines, Williams said. At least 28 states have adopted similar rules.

get international ﬂights later in 2026.

At Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, whose call sign is MSY the move represents a significant investment. Breeze currently employs about 140 people at MSY, and Chief Commercial Officer Lukas Johnson said staffing and operations there will roughly double as the airline shifts its New Orleans fleet from smaller Embraer jets to Airbus A220-300s early next year

“That’s what’s really exciting for us — we’re going to be up about 90% in available seats by March, close to doubling year over year,” Johnson said. “New Orleans will also be one of the ﬁrst places to see our new A220s, with ﬁrst-class seating and more international capability.”

Airport director Kevin Dolliole said in a statement announcing the new routes that the expansion underscores the airport’s role as a core part of Breeze’s expansion plan.

“Having New Orleans selected as one of their inaugural cities for international service speaks volumes about New Orleans’ position

ual.

Those requirements leave out missing children who aren’t suspected of being abducted and adults of all ages with cognitive, developmental or physical challenges, said Sayde Finkel, Moreno’s chief of staff, who researched initiatives in other cities, including Detroit, which launched a similar program for missing persons last month. The goal eventually Moreno said, is to get the state

and could result in the loss of federal funding

Meanwhile, New Orleans continued to issue schoolzone speeding tickets and collect ﬁnes last year, holding in escrow about $1.4 million in net revenue from May 2024 to March 2025.

After months of negotiations, the School Board and City Council decided earlier this year to divide the proceeds of the trafﬁc camera tickets 60-40, with the larger share going to the city

The council had signed an agreement that reﬂected that split in July But board members, citing the city’s recent nonpayment of $10 million in an unrelated lawsuit, amended the agreement to include penalties for late payments from the city

The board passed an amended agreement in August, but that agreement has not come before the council.

The city said in August that it did not activate the cameras at the start of this school year Murrill said in a letter to New Orleans city ofﬁcials in August that tickets issued over the past year

In an interview, Harris said he agreed to author the legislation after realizing Louisiana was an outlier among neighboring states, including Mississippi and Texas. “I think prosecution and definitely victims should have an opportunity to be heard in the decision-making,” he said.

Williams said the current law is unfair to “victims who have no say.” When there are gaps in the law that “compromise fairness,” he said, his ofﬁce has a “duty to address them.”

But defense attorneys on Thursday bristled at the notion, arguing that Louisiana already restricts defendants’ rights in ways other states don’t.

Williams’ proposal would strip defendants of one of the most important pathways they have to impact their case, defense attorneys said. For example, Louisiana limits the ability of judges to dismiss cases and, in the most violent crimes, sets mandatory life sentences with no judicial leeway, said defense lawyer Jerome Matthews.

as a premier destination and our airport’s growing connectivity,” he said.

Bucking the trend

While international travel has been soft globally, Johnson said that Cancun ﬂights will target U.S. leisure travelers rather than rely on cross-border demand. The route will also be seasonal, pausing during the slow autumn months before resuming for peak holiday and summer travel periods.

The certification marks a turning point for Breeze,

Legislature to adopt a similar statewide alert system.

The proposal, which was approved Thursday without discussion, received enthusiastic backing from several parents and advocates of children with developmental disabilities at the council’s committee hearing.

Claire Tibbets, executive director of the Autism Society of Greater New Orleans, said a dedicated alert system is a “necessary improvement,” adding that

which launched in 2021 with a strategy of connecting midsize markets often overlooked by larger carriers. The airline already ﬂies more than 300 routes to 81 U.S. cities.

Johnson suggested that Breeze could expand its international footprint further if the Cancun routes perform well, naming destinations such as Montego Bay and Punta Cana as logical next steps. He also noted that turmoil among larger budget airlines could give Breeze opportunities to

when a person with a disability wanders off, “every minute counts.”

She noted that nearly 49% of children with autism attempt to run away from home after the age of 4 and that drowning accounts for 91% of deaths among children with autism.

“These numbers tell us that wandering incidents, especially near water, are not rare and are often lifethreatening,” Tibbets said, adding that “one of the deﬁn-

grow in New Orleans, where it has quickly become one of the airport’s larger operators. In recent months, several ultra-low-cost carriers have shown signs of distress — tightening capacity, cutting routes or restructuring under financial strain. Spirit Airlines, for example, has said it will furlough around one-third of its flight attendants and reduce its schedule by 25% starting in November as part of a bankruptcy restructuring plan.

Such turbulence puts pressure on smaller carriers, and Johnson is wagering Breeze can capitalize by ﬁlling gaps left behind in key markets like New Orleans.

Changing charter plans

Johnson also pointed to the airline’s active charter business in New Orleans, particularly with sports teams. Breeze continues to operate charters for colleges and professional franchises using its Embraer ﬂeet, though Johnson said the mix will change as those aircraft are retired. The newer Airbus A220s, with ﬁrst-class seating and higher costs, are expected to shift the char-

ing features of New Orleans is the ubiquity of water.”

The motion directs NOPD to create standardized activation and cancellation criteria for the alerts and to detail the minimum requirements for the messages sent out. It also requires annual training for law enforcement and first responders and that NOPD come up with guidelines to ensure noninterference with existing Amber and Silver alert programs. NOPD, NOHSEP

A car passes by a school zone traffic camera in New Orleans. The city is challenging the legality of Louisiana’s school zone traffic camera laws, which the state attorney general last month accused the city of violating

when no agreement was in place between the city and schools over revenue sharing — violated state law and that the fees should be returned.

If the city continues col-

“Taking away a defendant’s right to choose a judge trial leaves almost no check against the state (prosecutors),” he said.

Orleans Public Defenders spokesperson Lindsey Hortenstine also warned against the change in a statement after the news conference.

“This is a solution seeking a problem,” she wrote “We should not restrict individual rights to a trial. It is not only a threat to justice, but very often a hindrance to efﬁcient case resolution. Regardless of the kind of trial, the State must meet their burden and be held to account.”

Others argued that such a provision would limit the overall number of bench trials, which have beneﬁts beyond the potential favor of a judge. They are quicker, less expensive and require fewer resources, saving time and money in a system already overloaded with yearslong cases and hobbled by too few jurors, defense attorney Michael Kennedy said. Judges may also be “better equipped to evaluate complex, sensitive cases based

lecting fines before an agreement is ﬁnalized, she added, “I would then have no choice but to launch an investigation and pursue criminal malfeasance in ofﬁce charges against any and

on the law, not emotion,” he said.

Harris said “there are always two sides to legislation,” and that before the next legislative session, which begins in March 2026, he expects to have conversations to “figure out what the best thing is to do, and to make sure both sides are treated fairly.”

Williams also announced he would call for the creation of a “justice information committee” in New Orleans. The committee would “serve as a public education and accountability tool,” collecting and publishing “system outcomes — meaning in all sections of court, including magistrate court and provide transparent information to the public about how the courts are functioning or not functioning.” A spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office declined to provide additional details about the committee, saying more would be revealed in the coming weeks.

Rafael Goyeneche, president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, and Laura Rodrigue, a former

ter focus toward marquee events, high-profile teams and concerts. That shift also means some earlier contracts have ended. A charter deal Breeze signed three years ago with Tulane University’s nonfootball sports teams is no longer in operation, though Johnson emphasized the airline remains active in the sports travel market and is pursuing other opportunities.

Looking ahead, he said Breeze is lining up charter work tied to major global events, including the FIFA Club World Cup matches scheduled in the U.S next summer That business, combined with contracts from major college programs and entertainment acts, will keep New Orleans central to Breeze’s charter operations even as the company’s business model evolves.

“We’re still planning on doing tons of sports charters out of New Orleans in the ﬁrst quarter next year,” Johnson said.

Email Anthony McAuley tmcauley@theadvocate. com.

and OPCD are also required to submit an annual report to the council on the program. “This is about making sure our community can serve as an extra set of eyes and ears on the ground, that information is timely released to the public and that family friends and neighbors know they’re not alone,” Finkel said.

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who authorities say was an accomplice, also faces charges in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Kerry Cuccia, Callihan’s attorney, confirmed he would be in court in Amite on Friday morning, but declined to discuss speciﬁcs.

Early in the case, Perrilloux, whose district includes Tangipahoa, Livingston and St. Helena parishes, had said his office would seek the death penalty, noting the brutality of the crime, which shocked the quiet community But Perrilloux said the plea and life sentence would spare Brunett’s family years of appeals and court proceedings.

all responsible ofﬁcials.”

She added that any funds collected should be returned to anyone who received tickets that “were not authorized by law at the time.”

prosecutor and daughter of longtime District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, took aim at the court’s efﬁciency at the Sept 11 hearing of the state Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee. They said then that two of New Orleans’ criminal judges held more than half the court’s judge trials over the last three years. Most, they testiﬁed, ended in acquittals.

But Goyeneche said even more alarming were prosecutors’ actions in Roché’s courtroom, where a review of trial transcripts showed 81% of judge trials in the last year included no witnesses.

At the committee hearing, Williams’ acknowledged the “improper” actions of the prosecutors, whom he described as young attorneys. He said they had been retrained in trial procedures.

Williams also claimed Roché, a former public defender was “jamming up” his prosecutors in favor of the defense.

In a letter responding to the Metropolitan Crime Commission’s findings, Judicial Administrator Robert

“There is some beneﬁt to the matter being resolved, at least legally,” he said. “But I don’t think anything ever brings closure.”

He said Brunett’s family “is on board with it. They want this matter concluded.”

Kazik highlighted Louisiana judges’ inability to dismiss cases for lack of evidence, saying it allows poor cases to clog the system. “The court’s trial docket becomes inundated with cases that are very likely to end in a not-guilty verdict by judge or jury, due to the district attorney’s inability to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt,” he wrote. Email Jillian Kramer at jillian.kramer@ theadvocate.com.

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Teacherput student in chokehold, police say

Videoshows thechild being draggedtooffice

BY MICHELLEHUNTER

Staff writer

Ateacher at Harahan

Elementary Schoolwas arrested Wednesday after authorities said he put a studentinachokeholdand dragged the child to the front ofﬁce.

Teran James, 34, was booked with simple battery, accordingtoarrest records. He was also booked with an outstanding trafﬁc attachment and being afugitive from another jurisdiction. No details wereimmediately available about the other two charges.

James could not be reached for comment

Thursday

Harahan police were dispatched to theschool,

which serves pre-K through eighth grade, about 11:30 a.m. after receiving a report that ajuvenile was choked by ateacher,authorities said

The officer met withan assistant principal and reviewed video of theincident.Inthe video, James is seen dragging thestudent by the neckina chokehold from thecafeteria to the frontofﬁce.

Parents whoagreed to speak toThe Times-Picayune on condition of anonymity conﬁrmed that their students told them similar stories of aphysical disturbance involving James that occurred duringlunch.

James, who isidentified on the school’swebsite as a ﬁfth grade teacher,was taken into custody at the school.

Jefferson Parish Schools ofﬁcials releasedthe following statement:

“Weare aware that an employee of Jefferson Par-

ish Schools was arrested at HarahanElementary.The employee has been placed on leave pending an investigation.Wewill continue to cooperate with law enforcement in this matter. The safety of our studentsand staff remains ourtop priority.”

Some of the parents who spoke withThe TimesPicayune said there have been complaints of similar physical contactbetween James and students in previous years. Jefferson Parish Schools has not yet respondedtoinquiries about anypastcomplaints or investigations.

Bail was set at $1,000, but James was released Wednesdaywithout paying becauseofcrowding at the Jefferson Parish jail, court records said.

Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@theadvocate. com.

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JasonAldeantakes on gators before show at Cajundome

Country star snags 10-footer, hangs at localbar

BY JOANNA BROWN Staff writer

Country star Jason Aldean got adose of real Louisiana country life yesterday,thanks to Gov.Jeff Landry and Liz Higginbotham, the owner of alittle bar out on the levee in Catahoula.

Red’sLevee Bar,acommunity institution for bayou dwellers since1952, is about a40-minutedrive from Lafayette. Red’sis nestled deep in gator territory,only 10 miles up the road from the Bayou Benoit boat launch near Lake Fausse State Park. That’s where the governor hosts his annual gatorhuntand political fundraiser,near the Landry family camp. Aldean came to Louisiana from Nashville this week, ahead of his Lafayette show on Thursday night at the Cajundome. The staris in the middle of his “Full Throttle” tour,and his team decided he needed alittle under-the-radar recreation this week.

Afew years ago, Higginbotham met Aldean’s father,Barry Aldean, during anight out at her bar.A mutual friend had brought the senior Aldeandown to Red’s, which is noted for its authentic, swampy vibe out on the edge of the Atchafalaya Basin.

“Westarted planning this months ago, because Jason had never done an alligator hunt,” said Higginbotham. She personally asked Landry,who knew her fa-

ther,toset aside afew tags for Aldean to go hunting in the area. “He lined up acoupleof hishunters to bringusout andwekilledabout 10 all altogether. Jason’swas 10 feet, 5inches,” shesaid. The gator hunt, with Higginbotham, Jason and Barry Aldean andothers in their party,led to an afternoon hangingout at Higginbotham’shouse.Aldean then made an appearance at Red’s, where Higginbotham’sregulars were astonished to see thefamous singer It wasanafternoonof laid-backfun forAldean. Higginbothamsaid, “He came behind the bar and we pretendedhewas bartending. He visited with people and said it was along time since he had been in alittle dive barlike that.” Eventually,wordgot out

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that Aldean had been seen at Red’s, andhecalled it an early night. Stars have found theirway out to Red’sLevee Barbefore, whichHigginbotham says has been featured in movies like “The Apostle” with Robert Duvall,and “InThe Electric Mist” with Tommy Lee Jones

Shesaid that it washard to keep thevisit secret from her customers,but shewas happy to provide Aldean andhis fatherwith asimple day out on thewater where he could justbe himself.

“I’m just like, wow, that actually happened,” she said.“He satunderneath my patio andate withus and talked with us. It was a really great day.”

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Shyanne EdwardsBell departed this life on Tuesday, September16, 2025 at theage of 77. She wasa native of New Orleansand aresident of Marrero Louisiana forover 50 years. Shyanne was a graduate of Walter L. Cohen High School and DelgadoCommunity College. Shewas an LPN for 47 years providing dedicatedservice at Flint Goodrich Hospital, Southern Baptist Hospital, OchsnerMeadowcrest Hospital, Woldenberg Village Nursing Homeand DivinePurpose Nursing Home. Shyanne wasa fun loving person,who never met astranger. She was a loving and devoted mother,grandmotherand great grandmother Sheissurvivedbytwo sons, Thalman Taylor Jr andGlenn Taylor Sr., two daughters, Kimla Bell and RenettaBell-Vail(Tyrone), six grandchildren, Rha'KeishaWyre(Quinton), Trevon Vail Sr., Glenn Taylor Jr., Jasmine Henderson, Marcus Taylor andVontreVail, ten great grandchildren, threesisters, CynthiaFlemings, Karyn Mahogany, andLisa Edwards, andahost of nieces, nephews, family, andfriends. Shewas proceeded in death by her parents, Edward Seymore Sr.and Eva MaeHenry, two brothers,;JosephHenry Sr., andEdward Seymore Jr.Familyand Friends of thefamilyare all invited to attendher Celebration of Life service on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at ApostolicOutreachCenter, 8358 Lake Forest Blvd,New Orleans, LA 70126. Visitation willbeginat 9:00AM, with service to follow at 10:00AM. Interment, RestlawnCemetery

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Stephen Vallrie 'Steve'

Stephen "Steve" Vallrie Buras passed away peacefully on September 22, 2025, at the

and Jeffrey"Jeff" Buras (Kim),and proud PawPaw of Reid and Kai Buras. He was the brotherofValerie, David, Michael,and chosen sister and brother, Patsy and Barry Steve was employed by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOffice, wherehe servedhonorably for46 years. He retired as Captain and Commander of the Homicide Division Uponfull-time retirement, he returned for 5years as aDetective forthe Criminal Intelligence Center (CIC). Steve was known for his unwavering integrity, leadership,and compassionfor others. He was deeply respected by colleaguesand the communityheserved, alldue to how much he lovedhis jobwith the J.P.S.O.Steve attended the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia and was aproud graduate of Session177. He remained amember of theFBI Academy Associates. Steve was a long-time member of the InternationalHomicide Investigators Association (IHIA). He served as SouthernRegional Director and was President from 2006-2008. He wasinstrumental in bringingthe IHIA Symposium to New Orleans in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina Outside of his professional life, Stevewas alovinghusband, devotedfatherand grandfather, brother and afriend to many. He brought joyand laughter to everyone around him with hisquick wit, big heart, and natural sense of humor. He loved hunting, golfing,and watching his favorite sports teams.Steve willbe rememberedfor his selflessness, humor, loyalty and deep commitment to protecting those he loved. Hislegacy of service, laughter and lovewill live on in the hearts of allwho knew him. Friends, family and colleagues areinvited to attend afuneral service on Saturday, September27, 2025, at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 PontchartrainBlvd New Orleans, LA. Visitation willbeheldfrom 10:00 AM to 12:00PM, with aMassto begin at 12:00PM. Interment willfollow at Metairie Cemetery In lieu of flowers, please donatetothe American HeartAssociation, American Diabetes Association, massestoSt. Philip Neri Church,ora charity of your choice An online guestbook is availableatwww.LakeLaw nMetairie.com

Carey, SadieRome

SadieRomeCarey,a lov‐ing wife,mother, and grandma passedawayon Tuesday,September 23, 2025 at theage of 76 Beloved wife of thelate Lloyd Robert Carey, Sr.Lov‐ing mother of Dawn C. St Lucia (Stephen)and Lloyd R.Carey,Jr. (Amy). Grand‐motherofCySt. Lucia, Dylan Carey, Dalton Carey and AlyCarey.Daughterof the late FrancisLevet Rome and AudryJ.Rome, Sr.Sis‐ter of CarolAnn Rome, MargaretRomeBedard (Hector), WilliamRome (thelateNancy), Fernand Rome"T-Nook", Gayle Bozo"Rome(Mary Ann) and thelateLillieDiLeo, Audry Rome,Jr. Joyce Rome, andsister-n-law Wanda Carey(thelate Joseph).Alsosurvivedby manynieces, nephews, sis‐ters-in-law andbrothersin-law. Sadiewas anative ofRomeville anda resident of Kenner forover50years She found hergreatestjoy inher family, especially her grandchildren, who al‐waysbrought asmile to her face.Sadie wasa gifted cook,knownfor the delicious,heartfelt meals she lovingly prepared When notinthe kitchen, she found peaceand hap‐pinesstending to heryard. Sadie hada heartofgold and wasalwayswilling to helpothers. Shewas stronginher faithand at‐tendedweeklymassatSt. Jerome. Herstrongfaith and love forlife, gave her strengthto ﬁghtuntil the veryend.She will be dearly missed. Relativesand friends areinvited to at‐tendthe Visitation andFu‐neral Mass. Visitation will beheldonMonday, Sep‐tember 29, 2025 at L. A.

Gardens, FL for 26 years.

Muhleisen& SonFuneral Home, 2607 Williams Blvd Kennerfrom10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. followed by aFu‐neral Mass at St.Jerome Catholic Church,2402 33rd St.,Kennerat1:00p.m.In‐terment in Lake Lawn Park Cemetery, NewOrleans LA. To sharememoriesor condolences,pleasevisit www.muhleisen.com

Davis, Isabella

It is withgreat sadness that we inform youofthe passing of our grandmother Mrs. Isabelle C. Davis on September 15,2025 at her home in NewOrleans, LA Her funeralwillbeheld on Saturday, September 27,2025 at St.Josephine Bakhita CatholicChurch (FormerlySt. Mary's of the Angels) at 3501 NorthMiro St.New Orleans, La 70117. Viewing is for9 am-10 am. Service willbegin promptly at 10 am. Burial will follow immediatelyafter service Burial will be held at Bethel Church of Christ Holiness Cemetery 25333 HarveyRd. Franklinton, LA 70438. Following Burial theFamily willreturn to NewOrleans and receiveFamily and Friends at her home in New Orleans, LA.Crain and Sons FuneralHomeFranklinton are in charge of arrangements.Please signguestbookat www.crainandsons.com.

ValdaJosephDozier, age 82, wasbornonFebru‐ary 17, 1943 in NewOr‐leans,LA. Shedeparted thisearthly home on Fri‐day,September 12, 2025 She wasa graduate of JosephS.Clark High School and Straight Business Col‐lege. Shewas also amem‐ber of Little Zion Baptist Church andanAdministra‐tiveSecretary at TouroIn‐firmaryHospitaluntil her retirement. Valdawas the lovingmotherofDesear DozierAnderson. Beloved sisterofReginaldWilliams, Gwendolyn Joseph,Jean Williams,C'Ethel Kelly and Cornelius Joseph.Devoted grandmother of Ja'Kayla Anderson. Shewas also survivedbynieces, nephews,cousins,family, friends andchurch mem‐bers. Valdawas preceded indeath by herhusband Silas Dozier;her parents JuniusJosephand Ethel Price Joseph;and one nephew. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also Pastor, officers andmem‐bersofLittleZionBaptist Church,neighboring churches,and theStaff of Touro InfirmaryHospital, PrytaniaImaging Center and St.Katharine Drexel Preparatory School arein‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life Serviceon Saturday, September27, 2025 at Little Zion Baptist Church,4821 EarhartBlvd. New Orleans, LA 70125 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 9:00a.m.until 10:00 a.m. In‐terment ResthavenMemor‐ial Park,10400 OldGentilly Road, NewOrleans,LA 70127. Youmay sign the guest book on www.ger trudegeddeswillis.com Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home Inc.,incharge (504) 522-2525.

Ducote,Joyce Arnona Joyce Arnona Ducote of Palm Beach Gardens, FL on Friday, August 29, 2025. Belovedwife of thelate RolleJoseph Ducote, Sr. Cherished Mother of VirginiaPeeples (Joseph), Anthony Ducote (MaryLou), Alma Loyacano (John) and thelate Rolle Ducote, Jr.(Liz).Daughter of the late Anthony M. Arnona,Sr. and Virginia RuizArnona. Sister of Bette Messinaand thelate Anthony M. Arnona,Jr. Also survived by 5grandchildrenand 6greatgrandchildren. Age96 years. AnativeofAlgiers, LA and resident of Lake Worthand Palm Beach

Visitation at HolyName of MaryCatholicChurch, 400 Verret St., NewOrleans, on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10:30 a.m. until Mass of ChristianBurial at 11:00 a.m. Internment St. Mary's Cemetery.

Dutruch, Esther Louise

Esther Louise Dutruch passedawayonSunday, September 21, 2025. She was born in Bush,LAon July16, 1927. Shewas pre‐ceded in deathbyher par‐entsBerthaSharp Dutruch and FrankE.Dutruch;and siblings, Elaine Sharp, Frank Durtuch, Jr Linda Jenkins andClyde Dutruch. She wasa lifelong resident ofSt. Tammany Parish where shewas amember ofSharp’s Chapel Church ofGod andShepherd’s Fold. Esther wasa sweet lovinglady. Shewillbe missedbyall who knew and lovedher.Inlieuof ﬂowers, contributionsin memoryofEsthermay be madetoSt. Jude Children’s ResearchHospitalwww stjude.org. Relativesand friends areinvited to at‐tendthe funeralservices atSharp’s Chapel Church ofGod,22191 Sharp’s ChapelRoad, Bush,LA 70431 on Saturday,Sep‐tember27, 2025, at 11:00 AMwithvisitationat church on Saturday begin‐ningat9:00AM. Interment willfollowinSharp’s ChapelCemetery. E.J. Field‐ing FuneralHomehas been entrusted with funeral arrangements. The Dutruch familyinvites you toshare thoughts,fondest memories, andcondo‐lencesonlineatE.J.Field‐ing FuneralHomeGuest Book at www.ejﬁeldingfh com

Ellsworth, Rita Jo Neary

Rita Jo NearyEllsworth passed away peacefully in her home in Gretna on September 21, 2025. Rita Jo was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on August 14, 1934. She was preceded in death by her belovedhusband, William Hanson Ellsworth, her parents, Michael James Neary and Kathryn Martin Neary, as wellasher siblings: Lois Neary, James Neary, PatriciaLeblanc and Eileen Melancon.

Rita Jo is survived by her six adoring children: MaryBethRittiner(Greg), Kathy Shaw Gallagher (Ken), Deborah Lonker (Elliot),Susan Carazo (Ron), Alex Ellsworth (Michelle) and Michele Ellsworth. She was theloving grandmother of Katie, Caroline,Gregory, Mark, Jack,Emily, Jonathan, Charles, Christian, Caroline,Ashleyand Alexis. Rita Jo also had several greatgrandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Rita Jo became aresident of NewOrleans at the ageoftwelveand graduated fromSt. Joseph Academy in 1952. She attendednursing schoolat Charity SchoolofNursing and graduated in 1955. She workedasa registered nurse prior to becoming a devoted wife and mother.

On November 9, 1957, Rita Jo married theloveof her life,WilliamHanson Ellsworth. She and her "Billy" remained happily married and devoted to each otherfor sixtythree years. She was atremendous assettohim notonly as awonderful homemaker and mother to theirsix children, butalso withthe social demandsrequired of her as thewife of asuccessfulbusinessman in the Insurance and Surety Business. She was abrilliant conversationalist and exceptionally well versed on amultitude of subjects. She wasa favored attendeeatcountless dinner partiesand conventions. In addition to beingpassionate about her husband and her family,RitaJowas also adevoutCatholic. Her faithfulness and devotion was evident in how she livedher everyday life and in themany civicand religious groupsshe so actively supported Rita Jo was aEucharistic minister and lector at St. Cletus Parish and attended mass daily. She participated in many other Catholic organizations including LegatusNew Orleans. She wasalso arecipient of the honorary award of theorderofSt. Louis IX Medallion.

Hercivic organizations includedchapter member of LesDames of Timberlane, Chapter AV of thePEO Sisterhood, TimberlaneGarden Club, anda member of Magnolia JVFC. Rita Jo made lifelong friends in these organizations. Rita Jo was aremarkablewoman in everyway. Shehad arich, full and blessed life. Sheloved to traveland saw much of the worldwith herhusband. Shewas blessed that her large familylived close by andshe saw them regularly. Shelived outher faith everysingle day and although herloved ones will miss herterribly, they take great comfortinknowing that upon herpassing,she went straight into thelovingarms of her"Billy" and of herLordand Savior, whosurelysaid,"Well done,mygoodand faithful servant." Welcome home Servicesfor Rita Jo were held on September25, 2025 at GreenwoodFuneral Home, in NewOrleans with amass followingthe services.

Michael AnthonyFord, aged72, passed away unexpectedly at hishomein Gretna, Louisiana on September 8, 2025. He was born on October21, 1952, in Amarillo, Texas to the lateWilliam andGenevieve MatherneFord. He was predeceased by hissister Gwendolyn Ford.

Michael started outhis early years as aroofer and spent manyyearsinthe building industry in Mandeville,Louisiana, but continuedhis faithfulattendanceatHarahan Christian Church.After leaving theconstruction world, Michael moved to Ecuador, butafter becominggravely ill, returned to Louisiana andresidedin Luling,Louisiana. He then earneda degree as aregistered nurse at Louisiana State University. Michael's career lasted many years taking care of patients and becoming asupervisor at West JeffersonHospital He took great pride in the care he renderedtopatients in need

Michael's passion was always music, from the early days of CannedHeat, TheDukeofEarl on to Celticmusic andheavy metal. He entertained himself on hisguitar, even if he didn'tentertain anyone else. Michael is survived by hisloving wife,Pamela Ford, sons Michael Ford, Stephen Ford (Amy), ChristopherFord; grandchildrenJames andEllie Ford, sister DonnaBoudoin (Rick) and ahostofnieces, nephewsand cousins.

Amemorial will be held at thehomeofJason and RachelBoudoin,6513 Gillen Street Metairie, Louisiana, on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 1:00 in the afternoon. Familyand friends are welcome

Minister Edward Frank Jr.enteredthisworld on July 23, 1951, in the city of NewOrleans,Louisiana, to theproud parents Dora Starks Frank andEdward Frank Sr.Fromthe very beginning, hislifeborethe mark of God's purpose.On Sunday, September14, 2025, in Marrero,Louisiana, he peacefullytransitioned from this earthly life, surroundedbythe love of his devotedwife andhis family. On August 26, 1978, Minister Frank wasjoined in holy matrimony to his belovedwife,EliskaFrank. To theirunionwereborna host of children whobecame hispride andjoy: DaniseFranklin(Jimmy Franklin),Edward Frank III LashundraFrank, Isaac Frank,DerrickFrank, Jonathan Frank (Iliana Frank), BenjaminFrank Sr., Tiffany Frank,Nehemiah Frank,CedricFrank (TameshaFrank), Ednisha Frank,Ronard Frank (Tyreon Frank), Dwayne Frank,Alicia Frank,and

Kimberly Barrow (Pastor Quinton Barrow). Minister Frank was preceded in death by his loving parents, his brotherWillie Frank,and his daughter BrittanyFrank.Yet,his memory continues to be cherished by hissiblings: Lillie Stewart,Rachael Penns, Joseph Frank (Karen Frank), Eugene Frank (Pat Frank), andhis sister-in-law,Debra Frank Familyand Friends of the familyare all invited to attend hisCelebrationofLife service on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Good Hope Baptist Church, 2028 Weyer St,Gretna, LA 70053. Visitation will begin at 9:00AM,withservice to follow at 10:00AM. Rev. EddieCross III,officiating. IntermentRestLawn Cemetery

Yvette Larche Gilyot, age 79, passedawaySun‐day September7,2025 at WestOaksNursing Home inHouston,Texas.She was the beloveddaughterof the late Joseph andMillie Larche. Wife of Arthur Gi‐lyotJr. forthe past 56 years.Lovingmotherof Juan(Sharon Carter)Gi‐lyot, Errol(Marlene) Gilyot, and Duane(Erleen)Gilyot SisterofYvonne (Joseph) Rachaland thelateGail (Dale)Ancar,Pamela(Her‐man)Broussard,Joyce (Martinel)Fleury, Shirley Soublet,RuthParker, Carol and Joseph Larche.Daugh‐ter-in-lawofthe late Arthur Guilyot,Sr.and NelvillaGuilyot.Sister-inlaw of thelateStevenGi‐lyot. Also survived by two grandchildren,JuanIIand Kristi, anda host of nieces, nephews,and numerous relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the FuneralMassatCorpus Christi-EpiphanyCatholic Church,2022 St.Bernard Ave,New Orleans, LA,on SaturdaySeptember 27, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Visita‐tionat9:00a.m.Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman MayerAve New Orleans, LA.Please signthe online guestbook atwww.charbonnetfuner alhome.com. Charbonnet Labat GlapionDirectors, (504) 581-4411.

Hampton, Juanita Pittman With sadnessweshare the passingofJuanita Pittman Hampton, on Sep‐tember17, 2025, Please visit www.RhodesFuneral com to view serviceinfor‐mation, sign online guest‐book,sendﬂowersand share condolences.

EddieHenry,Jr. was bornonJanuary 10, 1956, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the late EddieHenry,Sr. and Ruby Wells.Here‐ceivedhis educationat Booker T. Washington Se‐niorHighSchool andlater attendedSouthernUniver‐sityatNew Orleans. At an early age, Eddiewas bap‐tized andgrewinhis love for theLord. In 2009, he unitedwithFranklinAv‐enue BaptistChurch under the leadership of Pastor FredLuter,where hisfaith continued to ﬂourish.On September 6, 2025, Eddie transitionedpeacefully intothe presence of God. For 49 years, Eddiewas the devoted husband of his beloved wife,Lillian J. Henry.Their union,which began in 1975, wasmarked bylove, devotion,and mu‐tualrespect.Eddiecher‐ished hiswifedeeply,serv‐ing as herprotector and conﬁdant.Eddie’sperson‐alitywas larger than life Known as thelifeofthe party,hehad an infectious smile anda heartthatwel‐comed everyone he met. Heloved unconditionally and touchedcountless lives with hiskindness, sin‐cerity,and generosity

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age of 73. He was born on December 26, 1951, in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Vallrie J. and Mary Fullmer Buras. Steve was alifelong resident of the greater New Orleans area, calling Kenner, Louisiana,home for 50 years. He is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Ann. He was the loving father of Alicia Buras (Jason)

Eddie’sprofessionaljour‐ney reflectedhis strong workethic anddedication. Hewas employed at the FairmontHotel in NewOr‐leans forseveral years, later workingat101 HowardAvenue.His career found itstruefulfillment whenhebecamea Post‐man with theUnitedStates PostalService—a role he loved andembraced wholeheartedly. After manyyears of service, Eddieretired in May2010 Hewas preceded in death byhis parents, Eddie Henry,Sr. andRubyWells, along with hisgrandpar‐ents, Martin andErnestine Charles.Eddie leaves to cherish hismemoryhis lovingwife, LillianJ.Henry; three adoptedsons, An‐drew, FrankSr.,and Matthew Joseph;two grandchildren,Kai Madison and FrankJoseph, Jr.; four brothers, Alton, Corey, Myron,and Tony;three sis‐ters, Antionette Henry, En‐derlinJessie, andYonda Fournier; hisstepmother, Valerie Henry; anda host ofnieces, nephews, rela‐tives,and friends. Eddie willbedeeply missed, but his spirit of joy, love,and faith will live on in the heartsofall who knew him.Relatives andfriends alsopastor, officers and members of Franklin Av‐enueBaptist Church arein‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at FranklinAvenueBaptist Church,8282 I-10 Service Road, NewOrleans,La. 70126, beginning10am. PastorFredLuter,officiat‐ing.Church visitation is 9 amuntil servicetimeonly. LiveStreamInformation: www.franklinabc.com YouTube.com/FABCNOLA, Facebook.com/FABCNOLA. Professional serviceen‐trusted to Littlejohn Fu‐neral Home,2163Aubry Street,Cal K. Johnson, Fu‐neral Director/Manager Info: (504) 940-0045. Hicks, GracyJohnson

Diallo Marshall Herbert departedthislifeonSep‐tember22, 2025 at 12:25 a.m.atage 53. He wasborn inNatchez,Mississippi and was aresidentofAlgiers, Louisiana.Dialloisthe son ofSharonMarsawHerbert and Howard Herbert. Grandsonofthe late Levi MarsawIII, ClaudiaMar‐saw,MervinJosephHer‐bertand JuliaParkerHer‐bert. Greatnephewof JosephRowan (Chicago, IL). Nephew of Gregory (Anne)Marsaw(Jack‐sonville, FL), Marshall (May) Herbert, JoyceHarri‐son,Pearl Herbert, Janice (Benny) Oliver,and Gail (Larry)Trusclair.Cousinof Felicia (Johnny) Scott (Magnolia,MS),Roosevelt Marsaw(Natchez, MS), Bridgette (Jamar)Dowsey (Clarksburg,MD),Kimberly Marsaw(BatonRouge,LA), ChiokeBush(Jacksonville, NC),Pierre(Kelly) LaBeaud,Pilar LaBeaud, Parys LaBeaud, Joycelyn (Allen) Leonard, Clarence (Cheryl)Rose, Patricia (Kenneth) Anderson,War‐ren HillsJr.,GregoryRose Sr.,Joshua (Janessa)Rose Sr.,Randy (Narrisa)Hills TravisHills,Tonya Oliver, Edward(Kenya) Sherman, and Roderick (Amina)Her‐bert. Diallo is agraduateof O.Perry Walker High School(Classof1990) and heearneda Bachelor of Science degree from USLin 1997. He wasemployedas the GeneralManager at Paris Stone. Relativesand friends of thefamily, mem‐bersofthe O. PerryWalker HighSchool Classof1990; employees of ParisStone; and pastors, ofﬁcers and members of Life Center Cathedral andFirst Shiloh MissionaryBaptist Church are invitedtoattend aCel‐ebrationofLifeService on Saturday, September27, 2025 at theFirst ShilohMis‐sionary BaptistChurchlo‐cated at 2507 Perdido Street in NewOrleans, startingat10:00 a.m. Pas‐tor AntoineR.Jacobs, ofﬁ‐ciating.Visitationfrom8:30 a.m.until startofservice at10:00 a.m. Interment: SunsetViewMemorial Park(Natchez, MS). Arrangement by D. W RhodesFuneral Home,3933 WashingtonAve,New Or‐leans,La. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to signthe online guestbook

GracyJohnson Hicks quietly departed this life at her residence on Sunday September 14,2025, at the age of 84. Shewas anative ofLakeland, LA anda resi‐dentofNew Orleans, LA Gracy wasa retiredEKG TechnicianatSaraMayo Hospitaland latershe was a managerofseniorcitizen nursing home formany years.She wasa devoted humbleservant andlife‐longmemberofSecond New Pleasant Zion Baptist Church (SavingGrace Church)inNew Orleans, LA. Shesanginthe choir and wasa member of the Deaconess Board. Herso‐cialpersonality wouldcon‐nectwithanyone. Shetruly loved spending time with the ones sheloved.She looked forwardtoprepar‐ing mealsand celebrating the holidays.Anexpert baker of pies,cakes,and pralines. Mother of Susan (Karl,Sr.)Jackson andthe lateCasandraHicks Ivory. Grandmother of Walter (Chianti) IvoryJr.,John Ivory, Alvin(Anthnika) Ivory, Jemiah Ivory, Jeremy Ivory, Nechell Ivory, Caleb Ivory, and thelateJohn Roberts,III. Daughter of the late Steveand Olivia Johnson.SisterofLouella (Clifton) Joseph,Amelia (Elvin) Collins, andthe late Danny Johnson, Horace Johnson,MorrisJohnson, Steve Johnson, Rev. Forest Johnson,JakeJohnson MelvinJohnson,Eloise Johnson,Rosie MaeJohn‐son,and ElizaKing. Sister in-lawofJune MarieJohn‐son,and FreddieKing. For‐mer wife of AlvinHicks alsosurvivedby6 great grandchildren,and ahost ofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamilyalso pastors,ofﬁcers and members of GentillyBap‐tistChurch,and neighbor‐ing churches areinvited to attenda CelebrationofLife atGentillyBaptist Church 5141 Franklin AveNew Or‐leans,LAonSaturday, Sep‐tember27, 2025, at 10:00a.m. Visitation will begin at 8:30a.m. until ser‐vicetimeatthe abovenamed church.Interment: RestlawnParkCemeteryAvondale, LA.Arrange‐ments by DavisMortuary Service,230 Monroe St., Gretna, LA.Toviewand signthe guestbook,please goto www.davismortua ryservice.com.FaceMasks Are Recommended.

Hoffman,Betty Jean With sadnessweshare the passingofBetty Jean Hoffman,onSeptember 4, 2025, Please visitwww.rho desfuneral.comtoview service information, sign onlineguestbook,send ﬂowersand sharecondo‐lences.

Wayne

Larry Wayne Holloway Sr.,age 68, enteredeternal restonSunday, September 14, 2025. Larrywas aresi‐dentofNew Orleans, LA,a graduateofJosephS.Clark SeniorHighSchool (1974), and agraduateofSouth‐eastern LouisianaUniver‐sity(1980).Heretired from the United States Army at the rank of Major. Larry was afaithfulmemberof the GlorylandMount Gillion Baptist Church,where he servedasa deacon, ﬁnan‐cialsecretary,and male chorusmember. He ac‐tivelyenjoyed hisfamily and church family,aswell asspendingtime ﬁshing and cooking. Larry is sur‐vived by hislovingwife, Linda Walker Holloway;his mother, LucindaB.Hol‐loway;his brother, Stanley Holloway; hischildren, Larry Holloway Jr Carris‐sia (Christopher)Feaster, Larenzo Holloway,Darian C.Walker, andDelvinJ Walker. He is also survived byone nephew,Terrance, ninegrandchildren,ten great-grandchildren, his

Godchild,AndreaThomas, and ahostofrelatives and friends.Wethank theVA Medical Center,University Medical Center,and DCI DialysisCenterstaff for their attentivecareof Larry.Weinviteall family and friendstoattend the HomeGoing Celebrationon Saturday, September27, 2025, at 10 am.Services willbeheldatGloryland Mt. GillionBaptist Church, 1515 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.,New Orleans, Louisiana 70113. Rev. Nor‐man A. Stovallispastor and will be theofﬁciantof services. Visitation begins at8 am andthe servicefol‐lowsat10am. Following services, therewillbea motorcade to Jerusalem Baptist Church,2155 Jim ThomasRd.,Magnolia, MS, for asecondviewing.Inter‐menttofollowat Jerusalem Church Ceme‐tery. Richardson Funeral HomeofJefferson,River Ridge,LA, is in charge of arrangements. www.ric hardsonfuneralhomeofjeff erson.com

JonasHolmes, Sr 80, a New Orleansnative, passedawayonSeptem‐ber 17, 2025, in Little Rock Arkansas. Born November 21, 1944, to Jesse andFlo‐restine Holmes,hewas precededindeath by his wifeof38years,Esther Becknel Holmes.A 1963 graduateofBooker T. WashingtonHighSchool Jonas worked as an electri‐cianfor NOPSIand retired asa LouisianaDOTDBridge and Tunnel Supervisor.He later drovecharter buses for Hotard Inc. andNew Or‐leans Tours. He is survived by five children,Chiquita Holmes(Ernest), Terri Holmes-Wells (Charles), Jonas Holmes,Jr.,Joel Holmes(Karen),and Juana Holmes-Green (Cornell); three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Jonas will be remembered for hisdedicationtofamily, loveof fishingand cooking, and commitmenttomen‐toringyouth.Familyand friends areinvited to at‐tendthe FuneralService in the Chapel of Rosesat CharbonnetLabat Glapion FuneralHome, 1615 St PhilipStreet,New Orleans, LA70116 on Saturday,Sep‐tember27, 2025, at 10:00 a.m Visitation at 9a.m Rev.HermanWilliams, offi‐ciating.Interment:Mt. OlivetCemetery, 4000 Nor‐man MayerAve,New Or‐leans,LA70122. Please signthe online guestbook atwww.charbonnetfuner alhome.com. Charbonnet Labat GlapionDirectors (504) 581-4411.

Jackson, Roseland Avon Morris

Roseland Avon Morris Jackson departed this life onSeptember 1, 2025, and wenthometobewiththe Lord. Shewas born on De‐cember15, 1933. Shewas precededindeath by her father, Rev. Paul David Morrisand mother,Hazel JosephMorris, sister Dei‐dra MorrisBowserand her sister(cousin)Queen Ester Rever,her brotherPaul David Morris,Jr.,her loving husband George H. Jack‐son,Sr. Sheissurvivedby her daughter Andrea Jack‐son Ross (Leroy), one niece,Hazel R. Bowser,one nephew, MichaelT Mitchell(Taifa) 4grand‐children, George III, Terrell, Damienand Lerconya (Connie),9 great-grand‐children, and2 great-great grandchildren,cousins Trude Lynn Perkins, Theata P.Blakes, Undrella Perkins, Godchildren:JulietSutton and MichaelT.Mitchell, Karen Catalanand many manymorecousins -too manytorecord. Allofﬁcers and membersofthe First DistrictMissionaryBaptist Association,relatives, friends,and N. O. Sheriff’s Dept. areinvited to attend the CelebrationofLifeser‐vice on Saturday,Septem‐

ber27, 2025, at Second ZionBaptist Church No.1 2929 Second St., NewOr‐leans,La. Visitation at 9:00 a.m Services at 10:00 a.m. PastorDerrick D. Webb, Sr ofﬁciating. Arrangements entrusted to D.W. Rhodes FuneralHome, 3933 Wash‐ingtonAvenue,New Or‐leans,La. 70125. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral. com to sign theonline guestbook

James, SelentaMarie

SelentaMarie James passedawayonSeptem‐ber 13, 2025, at theage of 49. Selentaissurvivedby her twodaughters,Myriel and Sanaya McNeil andher fatherCurious James. Also survivedbya host of other relatives andfriends.Pre‐ceded in deathbyher mother, MaeEllaRobinsonJames.Familyand friends are invitedtoattend the Celebration of Life Service onSaturday, September27, 2025, for10:00 a.m. at Ken‐ner CalvaryBaptist Church 929 SSibleySt.,Metairie, LA70003. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pastor James Earl Turner,ofﬁciat‐ing.Interment is private. Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504) 282-0600. DonavinD Boydand Linear Brooks BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

It is with both deep sor‐row andwarmreﬂection thatweannouncethe passing of Rita MaeJones Johnson,who took her leave from this worldon September 15, 2025. Born tothe late Wilson Sr.and Josephine Williams Jones inPlaquemine, LA on Sep‐tember5,1947, Rita wasa beaconoflight to allthose who knew her. Rita wasa devoted mother to Alecia Johnson,Chandrika John‐son-Anderson(Armond), DeLoisJohnson of NewOr‐leans,LA, Danielle John‐son-Davis (Michael); (Bonus)BiancaJohnson of New Orleans, LA anda dot‐ing grandmothertoCodi Clark,DontrielHoward (Justin), De’Javon Taylor, DerionSavoie, Dr.Diamond Perri Nickelson, Leonard HarrisIII, La’DejaHarris, SydneyDuhe,Kyhren Brown, Gabrielle Guidry, AliciaJohnson,Rhiana Johnson,Darvi Johnson, and ﬁve great-grandchil‐dren; shewas preceded in death by herparents and three sons Dartania,Morial and RandyJohnson.She pouredher love into her family, nurturing them with the same fervor that she putintoher cooking. The

familyinvites allwho knew and lovedRitaMae to join themincelebrating herlife onSaturday, September27, 2025 at BeechGrove Bap‐tistChurch,117 Beech Grove Dr Reserve, LA 70084. Visitation begins for 7:00amfollowedbythe Celebration of Life,Love and Legacy for10:00 am EntombmentSt. John MemorialGardens,2205 W. Airline Hwy.,LaPlace,LA 70068. Finalcareand pro‐fessional services en‐trusted to TreasuresofLife FuneralServices, 315 E. Air‐lineHwy., Gramercy,LA 70052. “Whensomeone you lovebecomes amemory, thatmemorybecomes a TREASURE”

Harrison “Harry”Kay‐wood III, age53, entered intoeternal rest at the homeofhis cousinsSean and Michelle Gasper in Prairieville, LA on Thurs‐day,September 11, 2025 Hewas anativeofAlgiers LAand aresidentofDar‐row,LA. Harry wasa 1990 graduateofO.Perry WalkerHighSchool and was amemberofthe Louisiana National Guard 141st FieldArtilleryfor 22 years.Hewas employed as anoperatorfor with ZenNoh GrainCorporation.He was amemberofChristian AssemblyFullGospel Church.Harrisonwas pres‐ident of PremierMen’s Bowling League andac‐tivelyinvolvedwithseveral other bowlingteams,in‐cluding Snakes on ALane, and Splits andGiggles,to justnamea few. Beloved son of thelateHarrison Kaywood, Jr.and Marva LovelyKaywood.Grandson ofthe late Harrison Kay‐wood, Sr.and Marion LoamesKaywood,Emma LovelyEstes,and Marsha Robertson.Devoted brother of Chevis Kay‐wood. Bonus father of Jireh Webster andJamir Bap‐tiste.Uncle of Aubrey Kay‐wood, Michael, Sage,and SeanGasper, Jalenand Amina Britton. Nephew of EliskaKaywood Small, Bar‐baraPettis, CarolynTaylor, CherylWashington, Karen Alexander,Gailand Diane Estes,Michael Smalland Moses Pettis.Cousin/Sib‐lingofMichelleSmall (Sean)Gasperand Marion Pettis(Wallace) Britton. Godfather of TevinUssin, ZyJosephand Michael Gasper. Also cherishing his memoriesare hisclose cousins Brenda Anderson, Tracey,(Gregory) Feast,

Yvonne Patterson, Rev. Corey (Melissa)Watson, Loamesand KaywoodFam‐ilies,and ahostofother relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the CelebrationofLifeatL B.LandryHighSchool Au‐ditorium, 1200 L. B. Landry Avenue, NewOrleans,LA onSaturday, September27, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Corey Watson,ofﬁciating. Visitationwillbegin at 8:30 a.m.until serviceatthe au‐ditorium. Interment: Rest‐lawnParkCemetery-Avon‐dale, LA.Arrangementsby Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St., Gretna,LA Toviewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face masksare recom‐mended.

Alfred Lundy, Sr.was

borntothe late Lula Franklinand EarnestLundy onJanuary 10, 1929 in Inns, LA. Alfred wasthe thirdof thirteen children.Atthe age of 20, Alfred left his hometomovetoNew Or‐leans where he began working as alongshore‐man craneoperator. He workedthisjob forover30 years.Alfredreceived Christinhis life at an early age.Later in life,hebe‐camea member of Second New GuideBaptist Church where he served as an usher untilhewas no longerable. Alfred was married to thelateOphelia Lundyand this unionpro‐duced sevenchildren, Bar‐bara(Joseph)Franklin, Brenda(Romalic) Buggage, Linda Quinn, Marion (Ed‐ward) Martin,Alfred (Ruby)Lundy,Jr.,Ronald (Lisa)Lundy andMyra (Carey) Wells.Alfredwas familyorientedand loved familygatherings. On oc‐casion, he traveled abroad and hadfamily ﬁshing trips.Whenwestayed awaytoo many days,he wantedtoknow“Where everybody at?Weneed to get together.” Alfred leavestocherish hismem‐ories 6children, 20 grand‐children, 34 greatgrand‐children, 17 great, great grandchildren,1 sister,3 brothersand ahostof niecesand nephews. Al‐fredisprecededindeath byhis wife,Ophelia Lundy; mother, Lula Franklin;fa‐ther, EarnestLundy; daughter, LindaQuinn; son,Alton Edwards; grand‐daughters,KimberlyWells and Lillie Lundy; great grandson, JoeMcKnight andgreat,great grand‐

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OPINION

Sellingwater from Toledo Bend couldbenefitLa.

Louisiana is asportsman’s paradise. From duck blinds to bass boats, our state is deﬁned by its natural resources and the people who cherish them. Few places capture that spirit better than Toledo Bend —areservoir that’sbeen asource of pride, recreation and world-classﬁshing for over 50 years.

It’snowonder that renewed talk of apotential water sale from the Sabine River Authority has stirred strong emotions. Louisianans are passionate about the places that deﬁne us, and this idea raises questions about what we’re willing to risk in the name of progress. But as with many emotionally charged issues, the conversation has been fueled by misinformation and misunderstandings. The truth is, thisproposal isn’t about draining the lake, it’s about making smarter use of aresource we already

manage, with every safeguard in place. Theproposed withdrawal is simply reallocating 5% of the water that’salready used for hydropower.Instead of generating $225,000

ayear from energygeneration today,thatsame amount of water could be soldand generate over $7 million ayear for Louisiana’ssharealone. Just as hydropower water

usageiscarefully managed to maintain lake levels, any water salenow or in the futurewould also follow strict safeguards. Maintaining water levels between 168 and 172 feet will remain

apriority,asithas historically,ensuring stable access for boaters, healthy ﬁsheries and strong shoreline property values. Samewater usage. Same commitment to managementplans. Sameprotection for the lake. The only difference? More revenue for Louisiana —without compromising the lake we all love. That’srevenue that could support local infrastructure, reduce reliance on aging systemsand strengthen the region’s future without raising taxes. And none of this happens without rigorous oversight. Federal operating licenses require minimum downstream releases and seasonal safeguards, meaning the lake’susability for ﬁshing, boating and tourism remains intact. Independence Dayboaters, weekend anglers and tournament sponsors can rest assured that preserving the lake’s recreational value is not only alegal requirement but also apriority across all of Louisiana. Every protection remains in place to ensure Louisi-

ana’swater is never sold without broad, transparent approval. These steps aren’t just bureaucratic —they reﬂect acommitment to thoughtful stewardship. This isn’tachoice between protecting Toledo Bend and pursuing economic opportunity.With thoughtful planning and accountability,wecan continue to preserve the lake’snatural beauty and recreational value while unlocking new beneﬁts for the community Let’smove the conversation past fears and focus on facts. Toledo Bend can remain the samebeloved destination for families and sportsmen —and serve as asmarter,more sustainable resource for Louisiana’s future.

Because in aplace as rich and resilient as ours, the choice isn’tbetween growth and preservation —it’s about achieving both, together

H.N. Goodeaux II is the chairmanofthe Sabine River Authority of Louisiana.

While there is agreat deal of uncertainty regarding tariffs, there is growingbipartisan interest in engaging in reshoring andnearshoring supply chains —implyinga shift of supply chains from Asia back to the United States as wellastoLatin America and the Caribbean Indeed, even as the Trumpadministration announcedhigh tariffs on countries across the globe, Latin America and the Caribbean —with the exceptions of Guyana, the“Troika of Tyranny” and Mexico —were largely spared and only faced the global 10% tariffs placed on all countries. This led Trump’sthen-special envoy for LatinAmerica, Mauricio Claver-Carone, to note that it was a“great day forAmericaand it’sagreat day for the Americas,” at an event the day after tariffs were announced

region.

At thesame time, the region has deep economic and cultural ties with the United States.However,the United States ﬁnds itself competing with China across Latin America and theCaribbean. The Americas Trade and Investment Act (Americas Act) —introduced to Congress last year by abipartisan coalition including U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and currently being revised —could serve as an important accelerant for regional integration.

New Orleansand Louisianaare wellpositioned to takeadvantage of nearshoring and reshoring efforts.

Although the uncertaintyremains, companies in New Orleans —and Louisiana more broadly —could be well positioned to take advantage of shifting tradedynamics However,following the tariff pause, these rates have changed slightly with 24 of the other sovereign states in the Americas still facing the 10% baseline tariff and six facing a15% rate. Brazil (50%), Canada (35%), Mexico(25%) and Nicaragua(18%) face yet higher rates.

TheriseofChina, coupled withthe supply chain disruptions caused bythe COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted theneed forthe United States to diversify andconsolidateits own supply chains. This has led U.S.policymakers to look for opportunities to promote friend-shoring (relocatingsupplychains in countries viewed as allies), nearshoring (relocating supply chains to nearerlocales) and reshoring (returning supplychains to the United States).

Latin America and the Caribbeanare critical regions in these efforts. First,the United States already has deep economic tiesto the region. In fact, 12 of the20countries with which the United States has freetrade agreements are in the Americas (including Canada).

The Americas also export crucial materials to the United States thatcannot beproduced domestically —includingcoffee, lithium(a crucial mineral for the green energy transition) and bananas,a product that built New Orleans’ connection to the region.Additionally,the United States maintains close diplomatic relations with most countries in the

According to theNew OrleansWorld Trade Center,in2023, ﬁve of Louisiana’stop 10 import partners were in the Americas Mexico (1), Canada (2), Brazil (3), Chile (6) and Venezuela (9). Additionally,according to theU.S. trade representative, in 2024, Latin America and theCaribbean accounted for approximately aquarter of Louisiana’stotal exports.

Louisiana’sand New Orleans’ long-standing cultural and historic connections to the region canbeleveraged to deepen tourism,investmentand trade while deepening peopleto-people connections to theregion.

Former New Orleans Mayor Chep Morrison referred to the city as the “Gateway to the Americas” and actively sought to promote closer ties between the city and the region even establishing aspecial team within the mayor’sofﬁce to promotecloser ties to Latin America. Today,Louisiana should look for new waystomake this vision areality.

Theeconomic, cultural and historic connectionsthat thecity shareswith the Americas could allow for Louisiana to take advantage of theopportunities presented by thegrowinginterest in nearshoring.

However,uncertaintysurrounding tariffs andthe geopolitical and political risks associated with some countries in theregion mean that companies must carefully navigate these waters —understanding where potential dangers lie and engaging the Americas to maximize shared interestsare crucial. No less important, however,isavoiding getting ensnared in the growing competition between Chinaand theUnited States in the region.

Adam Ratzlaff is thefounder and CEO of Pan-American Strategic Advisors, a consulting ﬁrm focused on theWestern Hemisphere.

Louisiana has aproud tradition of leading theway in American energy.Our state haspowered the country for generations and now stands at the forefront of another energy and sustainability revolution: carbon capture andsequestration.But if we allowfear and misinformation campaigns to shape public policy, we risk turning awinning hand into a lostopportunity

The good news is thatLouisiana was one of the ﬁrst states in thecountry to secure what’s called federal “primacy” for carbon capture regulation. That means our state doesn’thave to relyonWashingtontogreenlight these projects—wecan do it locally and responsibly,with ourown experts and agencies. The industry responded and ourcitizens are beneﬁting. Today,there’smorethan$20 billion in proposed CCS investment across the state.

In March, Gov.JeffLandry and President Donald Trump announced thearrival of HyundaiSteel Company’sﬁrst North American steel mill, a$5.8 billion investment in Ascension Parish. Expected to beginconstruction in 2026, the facilitywill createapproximately 1,300 direct jobs —averaging $95,000 annually —and an estimated 4,100 indirect jobsthroughout the region. Notably,this project is only possible because of ourstate’semerging CCS infrastructure, which provides Hyundai with apath to meet global decarbonizationgoalswhile operating in one of the world’smost competitive industrialcorridors. It’s ashining example of how we can grow our economyand reduce emissions, all while strengthening our workforce andcommunities. This kind of momentum doesn’t happen by accident. It’sthe result of smart, forward-looking decisions by state leaders. But momentum is fragile. And lately,it’sbeen at risk.

In themost recent legislative session, awave of proposals emerged that would add newrestrictions, slow permitting andinject confusion into aprocess thathas,sofar,

positionedLouisiana ahead of its peers. While some of these proposals stemfromgenuine concerns, many arefueledbypoliticsand inﬂuence from out-of-state activist groups thatare opposed to the oiland gasindustry.If partisanpoliticsormisinformationare allowed to derail CCS in Louisiana, the only real winner will be Texas. Foryears, Louisiana has setthe pace across the Gulf Coast regionwhen it comes to attracting energy andindustrial investment. But that lead is narrowing. While misinformation fuels debate anddelaysinBaton Rouge, neighboring states, especially Texas,are moving quickly to streamline permitting, encourage innovationand attract capital. Mississippi andAlabama aremaking strides, too. If Louisiana continuestocreate uncertainty in the process, we risk falling behind andtaking the region’smomentum down with it. Investors anddevelopers have choices.Theywanttogowhere the rulesare clearand consistent. Texasoffers certainty,speed and strong state support, with its ﬁnal hearing forCCS primacy quickly approaching andfull approval expected by the endofthe year Louisiana still has achance to lead.Wecan build on our early decisions, talent and momentum, andbecome the national hub for safe, responsible carbonstorage andutilization. Thatwill bring jobs, investment andamoresustainable future. Or we can allowpartisan noise to mire us in confusion and secondguessing, allthe while watching others seize the moment. If Louisiana doesn’tmovedecisively,the jobs, investment andfuture of energy leadership will move without it.

Will Green is thepresident and CEO of theLouisiana Association of Business andIndustry

STAFF FILE PHOTO By JILLPICKETT

Aboater fishes in Toledo Bend Reservoir near Cypress Bend Resort in SabineParish.

COMMENTARY

ISSUE OF THE WEEK FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Efforts by the government to crack down on free speech have oftenbeen metwith fierce resistance by the American public.Inthe wake of the murder of conservativeactivist Charlie Kirk,however, some political leaders have calledfor restrictionsonrhetoricaimed at stokinggrievance by extremists on the left.The late-night talk showhostJimmy Kimmel found himself caught in this whirlwind after making ajokethat some deemed unacceptable after Kirk’sdeath. Kimmel wasbrieflysuspended from his show. But hisreturndidn’t end the discussion.Are recent attempts to curb free speech partofadangerous newtrend that Americans should be worried aboutorhavewefacedsimilar threats before?Here are twoperspectives.

Theupsideofignoring big-government coercion

In an 1892 case concerning apolice officer’sFirst Amendment challenge to alaw proscribing political activitybyofficers, ajustice on Massachusetts’sSupreme Judicial Court wrote: The officer “may have aconstitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be apoliceman.” First Amendment protections of government employees and everyone else have expanded since Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr wrote that pithy formulation 10 years before beginning 29 years on the U.S. SupremeCourt.

Free speech underﬁre againbecause we need it

Remember when President Donald Trumpvigorously defended free speech —before he turned against it?

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Progressives today are mourning the ﬂeeting(six-day) martyrdom of Jimmy Kimmel, archetype of today’slate-night sometimes comedians, all-the-time propagandists. And some progressives, noticing how big government can throw itsweight around by workinglevers of coercion, are perhaps having an epiphany: Actual conservatives sensibly warnthat government has too much weight and too many levers. Perhaps progressives should have been more troubled when the Biden administration was throwing its weight around, using regulatory threats from the White House and federal agencies to pressure social media companies to censor what that administration called “COVID misinformation.” Some of what Joe Biden’s people wanted suppressed was true, or arguably so.

Although that administration’scoercion became public, it was intended tobedone privately.Perhaps that administration, to its limited credit, had an uneasy conscience. And, in extenuation, that administration was improvising during apublic health emergency about an imperfectly understood virus.

The Trump administrationisexuberantly public about its censorship aspirations. They are connected only toits ambitious agenda to curate American culture tothe liking of the president and his epigones. Fortunately,Brendan Carr,President Donald Trump’schoice to chair the Federal Communications Commission, is a person of helpful coarseness. The law empowering the FCC to require that broadcasters operatein“the public interest” assumes two things that Carr demonstrates cannot be assumed: That vague terms such as “the public interest,” allowing vast discretion to those construingthem, will notbetwisted for partisan purposes. And that the Senate willnot conﬁrm presidentialtoadies topositionswhere they can infuse unintended meanings into statutory language. If someday some deﬁbrillator restores Congress’sheartbeat, the legislators might legislate about this.

The Trump administrationfrequently

explores new frontiers of crudeness in pushing against the idea of unwritten restraints. There is, however,nothing new about attempts to expand political control over communications technologies. We might soon see an attempt to resurrect adiscredited doctrine. To complete its comprehensive repudiation of actual conservatism, the Trump administration might try to undo one of Ronald Reagan’sﬁnest achievements: abolition of the misleadingly named and abusively implemented Fairness Doctrine.

In 1927, thefederal government, using limited radio spectrum space as a pretext,began regulating thecontent of broadcasts. In 1928, the government decided that, although aNew York City station owned by theSocialist Party was not in the public interest,its license was renewed after thegovernment sternly warned it to show “due regard for the opinions of others.” What was “due”?Who knew?

TheFairness Doctrine required broadcasters todevote areasonable amount of time to each side of acontroversial issue. How much was reasonable? Who (and by what metric) would measure the threshold at which an issue becamesufﬁciently controversial? Who would decide how many sides there were to an issue?

Anticipating a1964 race against Arizona’sconservative Sen. Barry Goldwater, the Democratic Party paid people to monitorconservative broadcasts and taught themhow to demand equal time. This cost stations litigation expenses and 1,678 hours of free airtime.

An assistantsecretary of commerce in the Kennedy administration saidthe strategy “was to use the Fairness Doctrine to challengeand harassthe right-wing broadcasters and hope that thechallenges would be so costly to them that they would be inhibited and decide it was too expensive to continue.”

The ﬁrstRepublican president said: This country “belongs to the people who inhabit it.” Butitdepends on the people who inhibit its government, sometimes by ignoring it.

In July,the current Republican president (Henry Adams saidthe succession of presidents, from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant, upset the theory of evolution) demanded that theWashington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians “immediately” change their names back to the Redskins and Indians, respectively This is what then happened: nothing. Sometimes presidential noiseisonly that, until it is treated as more than that.

EmailGeorge Will at georgewill@washpost.com.

Remember how he sparked cheers when his second inauguration speech grandly promised to “immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech toAmerica?”

That was then. Fast forward to theshocking assassination of his prominent ally,conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. Days after Kirk was murdered, Vice President JD Vance sat in as the host of Kirk’s podcast, joined by Stephen Miller,deputy White House chief of staff andthe architect of many of the Trump administration’s mostnotorious policies. The twomen madeitclear they blamed the assassination on aconspiracy of “the left.”

over,yes, apolitical joke.

“Wehad somenew lowsover the weekend,” Kimmel said in part, “with the MAGAgang desperately trying to characterize this kid whomurdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

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Whether you laughed or not, the joke waswell within the usual boundaries of political comedy on late-night TV,agrand old American medium of entertainment, particularly forthose of us whofollow the newsalot.

But that just whetted the appetite for retribution.

“(W)ehave to talk about this incredibly destructive movement of left-wing extremism that has grownupover the last few years,” Vance said, and “... talk about how to dismantlethat.”

He added, “We’re going to go after theNGO network that foments, facilitates and engages in violence.”

To elaborate on the Trumpadministration’sintentions, Miller said, “We are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Securityand throughout this government toidentify,disrupt, dismantle and destroy these networks and make America safeagain forthe American people.”

What did Miller mean by “these networks”? I’m not aware of any network or conspiracy involved in Kirk’sassassination or the attempts on Trump’s life. Indeed, as Millercarried on, it seemed what he had in mind was suppressing legal political speech, albeit viewed through theprism of his own persecution complex.

“The organized doxing campaigns, theorganized riots, theorganized street violence, theorganized campaigns of dehumanization, viliﬁcation, posting people’saddresses, combining that with messaging that’sdesigned to trigger incite violenceand the actual organized cells that carry out and facilitate theviolence, it is avast domestic terror movement.”

Does this sound to you like Team Trumpisout to trample all over constitutional rights in pursuit of their political enemies? It does to me.

Butnone of this garnered as much attention —and, for manyofus, alarm —asDisney-owned ABC’sdecision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” offthe air indeﬁnitely,inresponse to backlash

Brendan Carr,the Trumployalist who chairs the Federal Communications Commission, madeaveiled threat on right-wing inﬂuencer Benny Johnson’s podcast that television executives immediately understood.

“Wecan do this the easy wayorthe hard way,”Carr said.

Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcast Group, the ﬁrst and second largest TV station operators in the U.S., reacted with haste, announcing that they would preempt Kimmel’s show on their ABC afﬁliates. ABC read the writing on the walland suspended the show It might be churlish to point out that Nexstar’sspeed in carrying out Carr’s wishes had something to do with its very important business before the FCC. Last month, it entered an agreementtobuy Tegna, another television station owner/operator,for $6.2 billion. That would put it over the FCC’sownership cap, but with the right inducements, Trumpand Carr have the ability to remove that obstacle.

Carr sounds proud of himself,and how could he not when media moguls are lining up to kiss his ring to keep their deals happening?

Idid not agree with Kirk’sright-wing approach to politics, but to paraphrase an old slogan, Iwill defend to the death his right to preach it. At least he strongly defended the need to foster dialogue with his adversaries, which is what free speech should be all about, not silencing your adversary by law or otherwise.

For now,the endless debates over free speech and hate speech are necessary to protect our free society.We need them not to give good publicity to the powerful but to educate and inform citizens and help our democracy to work.

Email Clarence Page at clarence47page@gmail.com

Jimmy Kimmel on the set of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ PROVIDED

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daughter,Rayne Watson Relatives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend his FuneralService at Sec‐ond NewGuide Baptist Church,1424 SouthDilton AvenueonSaturday, Sep‐tember27, 2025 at 11:00 am. Visitation will beginat 10:00 am.Interment:Provi‐dence Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements byD.W.RhodesFuneral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue. Please visitwww rhodesfuneral.comtosign the guestbook

Hewitt LeeMarshall, 72 ofIronton,La. departed his earthly life on Monday, September 15, 2025, to be withthe Lord.Hewitt“Pop” was theson of thelate Dorothy Marshall andTom Morris. He accepted Jesus Christatanearly ageand baptizedatSt. Paul Mis‐sionary Church in Ironton. Hewittwas educated in the PlaquemineParishSchool systemand attended Scottville High School.He was employed formany years with BollingerShip‐yardand admiredfor his hardworking spirit.Pre‐ceded in deathbyhis par‐ents, DorothyMarshalland Tom Morris, paternal grandparentsMargaret Millerand SamMarshall, son Terry Robinson,sister Carolyn Marshall and brother-in-lawLarry Petit Hewitt’slifeand memory willforever be cherished byhis devotedwife, Sarah LouiseMarshall; children BradfordPetit,Johnathan Petit (Dameka),Keyandra Petit,Carolyn Marshall (Re‐naldo Jr.),Tammy Marshall (Harold), AleeshaAllen (Robert); siblings:Bobby Marshall, Perry Marshall, SheliaFranklin(Willie,and Jawanda Alexander),aunt Eveliana Mitchell,loving mother-in-law Dollie Petit; 15grandchildren,4 sistersin-law,5 brothers-in-law, 3

nieces and2 godchildren Hewitt liveda life ﬁlled withfaith,love, kindness, and dedication to hisfam‐ily.Hewillforever be re‐membered. Family and friends areinvited to at‐tendthe CelebrationofLife Service on Saturday,Sep‐tember27, 2025, for10:00 a.m.at NewGeneration FellowshipChurch,1000 ClayStreet, Kenner,LA 70062. Visitation will begin at9:00a.m.PastorE.Craig Wilson,ofﬁciating. Inter‐mentwillfollowatIronton Cemetery. Guestbook On‐line: www.anewtraditionbe gins.com(504) 282-0600 Donavin D. Boyd andLinear BrooksBoydOwners/Fu‐neral Directors.

Maulet,Lucille

It is with profound sad‐nessthatweannouncethe passing of Lucille Maulet,a beloved mother,grand‐mother, and friend,who departedthislifeonSep‐tember12, 2025, in Gretna Louisiana.Lucille wasborn onJanuary 29, 1940, in New Orleans,Louisiana.She was born to thelate Joshua Washington and Jeanette LeeWashington. She preceded in deathby her belovedhusband DanielJohnson,Sr. She was also preceded in death by hersisters DorotheaLee Edmondsand Ora MaeLee Smith. Lucille was called home on Sep‐tember12, 2025. She wasa graduateofWalterL Cohen High school.She workedatCharity Hospital over30years before retir‐ing as an EKGTechnician where sheservedwith compassionand dedica‐tion. Lucille wasa lifelong residentofNew Orleans where shebuilt alife ﬁlled withlove, laughter,and de‐votiontoher family. She was adevoutCatholic since birthand worshiped atSt. RaymondCatholic Church until HurricaneKat‐rina andbecamea mem‐

berofSt. Cletus Catholic Church in Gretna, Louisiana.Lucille is sur‐vived by herfourchildren: DanielJohnson,Jr. (Melissa), Darryl Johnson, Sr.,Damon Johnson, and Shannon Johnson-Brownof Atlanta,Georgia.She wasa proud grandmotherto seven grandchildren: DanielleJohnson,Kristen Johnson,JoriJohnson,Dar‐ryl JohnsonJr.,Cyril John‐son of McComb,Ms. Kaylen Johnson andJoshua Brown ofAtlanta,Georgia.2 great-grandsons Braylen Halland Tristian Johnson, and host of nieces and nephews andextendedrel‐ativesand friends. Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the FuneralMassatSt. Cle‐tus Catholic Church in Gretna, La.onSaturday, September 27, 2025 at 11 am. Visitation will beginat 10am. Arrangements by D. W.RhodesFuneral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Pleasevisit www.rhodesf uneral.comtosignthe on‐lineguestbook.Interment: St. John’s Cemetery Thibo‐daux, La

Millet,Catherine Ann Duhe 'Cat'

CatherineAnn Millet (néeDuhe), aged 81 passedawaypeacefully on September 23, 2025, in Gon‐zales,LA, while surrounded byher family. Cat, as she was knowntoloved ones was born on July 16, 1944, inLaPlace,LA, to Chester and MarieDuhe (née Blouin).She residedin Gramercy, LA,and wasa 1962 graduate of Leon God‐chaux High School.She married Glen J. Milleton August6,1966, in LaPlace. Cat lovedtospend time withher family, especially her grandchildren, and found greatjoy in following their creative andathletic pursuits. When entering an event or gathering, she would declare“Theparty hasarrived!” Shespent

much of hertimeoutdoors inthe companyofher hus‐bandand neighbors. In her spare time,she sewed manygarmentsfor her grandchildren andliked to visit thebeach,delighting inthe shells found on the shore.She is survived by her husband,Glen; her children, Kevin(Greer), Casey (Jacqueline),and Jessica (Hope);her grand‐children, Grace, Madeleine, Ethan,Aaron,and Molly; her sister,Julie (Malcolm) Bordelon; herbrother, Chester (Nancy)Duhe;her brother,Paul(Guia)Duhe; and many nieces nephews,and cousins. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend theVisita‐tionand FuneralMassat MostSacredHeart of Jesus Church at 616 EMainSt, Gramercy, LA,onSaturday, September 27, 2025. Visita‐tionwillbefrom9:00am–11:00 am,withthe Funeral Massstartingat11:00 am

Onyenekwu, Dr.Chinyere Chinelo'CeCe'

Dr.ChinyereChinelo CeCe"Onyenekwu, age 43, enteredeternal rest in heavenonSeptember 13 2025. Sheissurvivedbyher parents,Dr. Chidiand Prof Ugoo Onyenekwu, andher siblings, Nkeiruka,Chinwe, Ikenna,Ifeyinwa, and Chukwuemeka Onyenekwu Cecewas aproud graduate ofEleanor McMain Magnet School andDillard Univer‐sityofNew Orleans, where she excelled as astudentathlete,earning both acad‐emicand athletic basket‐ballscholarships. Shewent ontothe University of Houston CollegeofOptom‐etry, where sheearnedher DoctorofOptometry(O.D.). Following graduation,Cece launcheda remarkable 21yearcareer.She began practicinginBrooklyn, New York, andlater earned li‐censesin ﬁve states and emerged as apioneer in telehealthoptometry. As a member of BlackOp‐

tometrists andAfrican Pro‐fessionals, shededicated herself to servingher com‐munity both domestically and abroad.Withgreat passion,she ledmission trips to EdoState,Nigeria, where shechampionedpri‐maryeye care forunder‐servedpopulations.Her commitmenttothiswork secured sponsorships and hundredsofdonated eye‐glasses, which sheensured reached thoseinneedat nocost. Cece laterre‐turnedhometoNew Or‐leans,where with vision, determination,and heart, she establishedher own practice. Herpatientsre‐memberher forher kind‐ness, excellence,and un‐waveringdedication. Be‐yondher professional life, Cecelived vibrantly. She loved travelingtotropical beaches or European ex‐cursionswithfriends,sup‐porting Black-ownedbusi‐nesses, andcelebrating life'smilestoneswith those sheloved-birthdays baptisms, baby showers, First Saturdaysatthe BrooklynMuseum, or a midweek trip to theWorld War II Museum in NewOr‐leans.Those who knew Cecewillrememberher as loving, joyful,and giving, witha bigpersonality that ﬁlled everyroom.Her laughterwas infectious her spirit generous,and her abilitytobring people togethera true gift.Guided byfaith andcompassion, CeCeembracedlifewitha zestthatinspiredall who cross herpath. She touched countless livesas a devoteddaughter, sister, aunt,godmother,and friend. Relativesand friends areinvited to at‐tendher funeralservices. Wake/CelebrationofLife onFriday, September26, 2025 for7 p.m. at Transﬁg‐uration Catholic Church 5621 ElysianFieldsAve New Orleans, La.70122. Fu‐neral Services:Viewing on Saturday, September27, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. followed byFuneral Mass at 11:00 a.m.atSt. MariaGoretti Catholic Church,7300 Crowder Blvd NewOr‐leans,LA70127. Interment: GardenofMemoriesCeme‐tery, 4900 AirlineDr., Metairie, LA 70001. Her memorywillliveoninthe heartsofher family, friends,and allwho were blessedtoknowher radi‐ant spirit with love and gratitude,The Onyenekwu Family. Live Stream:Friday Wakeand Celebrationof Lifehttps://youtube.com/ live/ebA_9Jf6PiY?fea ture=share Live Stream: Saturday FuneralMass

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Saints have NFL’s least explosive offense through three games

BY LUKE JOHNSON

Early in the New Orleans Saints’ Week 2 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Spencer Rattler had a golden opportunity to connect on an explosive touchdown pass.

Chris Olave began in the slot to the right of the Saints formation but motioned to the outside position on the far left. After the snap, the San Francisco secondary dropped into a Cover 4 zone, with four defenders each responsible for a deep quarter of the ﬁeld. Olave and tight end Juwan Johnson ran double posts from the left side of the play, with Johnson drawing the safety into the middle of the ﬁeld, leaving Olave with a one-on-one Olave beat his man easily with a head fake to the pylon and was open in the end zone — but Rattler’s throw drifted too far toward the sideline and fell incomplete.

Plays like this help explain some of the early season

Saturday in Oxford, Miss.

numbers the Saints offense is putting up: New Orleans has been the least explosive offense in the NFL through three weeks, but especially in the passing game, but it’s not for lack of trying.

“We’ve had opportunities; we’ve not accomplished them,” said Kellen Moore, head coach and offensive play-caller

New Orleans has just one completion of more than 25 yards this season a 39-yarder to Rashid Shaheed against the 49ers on the same drive as the missed connection between Rattler and Olave. Every other team has at least two, and the Saints’ opponent this week, the Buffalo Bills, has amassed eight already

The Saints are the only team in the NFL that doesn’t have a receiver averaging better than 10 yards per catch. Backup tight end Jack Stoll, with two catches for 21 yards, is the only player on the team to have crossed

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BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

When Sage Ryan arrived at LSU, a path to becoming the next Patrick Peterson, Tyrann Mathieu or Derek Stingley seemed within reach. Ryan was a ﬁve-star recruit in the Class of 2021, according to the 247Sports Composite. The Lafayette Christian star was the No. 2 safety in the nation and one of two ﬁve-star recruits from Louisiana. His cousin, running back Kevin Faulk, and uncle, linebacker Trev Faulk, were also All-Americans at LSU. Ryan bled purple and gold and had the résumé to potentially join his relatives as an LSU legend. But that’s not what happened. In four seasons in Baton Rouge, Ryan earned a starting role but never became

the star player many believed he could be, eventually transferring to Ole Miss after anchoring a struggling LSU secondary the last two seasons.

“Things didn’t kind of work out the way that we all wanted them to,” Kevin Faulk said. “We all expected it to, but I always tell friends, relatives (and) family, it’s not what you think it’s going to be when you get there. There’s a lot of work involved. There’s a lot of things that happen out of our control.”

Ryan’s history with LSU sets up an interesting dynamic for him this weekend when the Tigers travel to Ole Miss on Saturday to take on the Rebels (2:30 p.m., ABC).

“I can’t wait,” Ryan said to Ole Miss reporters in April. “I’m seeing red already I can’t wait to go against my former teammates, like Aaron Anderson and all of them. And my guy (quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is) back there, so it’s going to be fun.”

BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

Coming off a blowout loss at 13th-ranked Ole Miss, coach Jon Sumrall said Tulane will have no problem hitting the reset button for its American Conference opener at Tulsa. What happened in Oxford, Mississippi, hurt, but the Green Wave (3-1) remains the only Group of Five school with two wins against Power Four opponents.

“I want to win them all,” Sumrall said after Thursday morning’s walkthrough practice in the Caesar’s Superdome. “I’m never OK losing a game, but there’s a lot of people in college football that would love to be 3-1 with the schedule we’ve played.”

Tulane opened with a comfortable 23-3 victory against Northwestern at Yulman Stadium and led Duke 24-3 late in the first half of a 34-27 win, never giving the Blue Devils the ball with a single-digit deficit during the final three quarters.

“We’re resourced in a different manner than three of the four teams we’ve played in nonconference, and not by a little bit, but by a lotta bit,” Sumrall said. “And I’m talking about everything — facilities, revenue share, paying players, coaches’ salaries.” That will change the rest of the way Tulane, which is 22-2 in American regularseason games and 12-0 on the road in them over the past three years, will try to keep that streak intact against Tulsa (2-2, 0-1).

“We’ve played good football at times,” Sumrall said. “Now, have we been consistent enough? No. We have to be a lot better going into conference play, but I’m not down on where we are. I’m not down on this team, and if somebody is, they can throw their own little pity party.”

Through four contests, Ryan has played an important role within Ole Miss’ defense. He’s started every game at safety, racking up seven total tackles and allowing six receptions for 49 yards on 10 targets, according to Pro Football Focus.

Ryan isn’t the only Ole Miss player looking for revenge on Saturday Along with Ryan, the Rebels also have former Tigers edge rusher Da’Shawn Womack and running back Logan Diggs, but Ryan is the only starter among them.

Womack has played 112 snaps on defense in his ﬁrst year at Ole Miss this season, according to PFF Diggs has 13 carries for 117 yards through four games.

“Sage is a really savvy player that’s played a lot, plays a lot of different spots,” Ole Miss coach Lane Kifﬁn said, “and so we’re pleased to have him, and he’s great to be around and a really good team guy.” Ryan’s decision to transfer didn’t surprise Faulk. He respects his cousin’s decision to leave the Tigers for the Rebels — even if he

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Aguide to this year’s RyderCup

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

The Ryder Cup has become everything golf typically is not The slow-moving sportfeatures relentless action from the opening tee shot at 7:10 a.m. on Friday Sept. 26, and it doesn’tstop(exceptfor darkness) until the United States or Europegets enough points to win after the singles matches on Sunday afternoon Civility gives way to hostility when ﬂags are involved, mostly outside the ropes. Golf really doesn’thave apartisan crowd except at the Ryder Cup, where cheerscan be for agoodshotor amissed putt. The Ryder Cupis personal.

Andyes,there is homeﬁeldadvantage. Europehas had the upper hand in the Ryder Cup for the last 30 years,but it stillhas won only four times on U.S. soil. The Americans have seven players on their team who were noteven born when theU.S.last wonthe Ryder Cup in Europe in 1993. It all unfolds Sept. 26 at Bethpage Black on LongIsland in New York, known as the “People’s Course” because it was the ﬁrst state-owned course to host aU.S. Open.

Here’severything you need to know about the Ryder Cup: What’s at stake?

An English seed merchant named Samuel Ryder donated a 17-inch gold chalice forthe winner of the ﬁrst Ryder Cup in 1927. It’sone of the biggest prizes in golf. There are replicas of the trophy for thewinning team, butthe original stays at the Professional Golf Association headquarters of the current titleholder

Worthnoting:The golfer atop thegoldtrophy isnot Ryder himself —it’sAbe Mitchell, aprominent British golfer from the 1920s.

Howtowatch

There will be wall-to-wall coverageofthe RyderCup from the opening shot at 7:10 a.m. Friday morninguntil theclosing ceremonySunday afternoon

USANetworkwillbroadcast the Friday matches from 7a.m. to 6p.m. NBC will take over coverageonSaturday from 7a.m. to 6p.m., and on Sunday from noon to 6p.m Thefirst singlesmatch is not expectedtostart until 12:02 p.m., and matches will follow every 11 minutes afterthat.

Theteams

The United States and Europe hadseparatequalifying criteria in which the leading six players automatically made the team. Then, each captain was allowed

McIlroyhas become

the‘cornerstone’

of Europe in RyderCup

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

FARMINGDALE, N.Y.— Rory McIlroy

understood all that the Ryder Cup means three days before he ever hit ashot. As a21-year-old rookie in 2010, he was in theteam room at Celtic Manor in Wales with the rest of the Europeans. On the phone was Seve Ballesteros,the soul of Team Europe, dying from abrain tumor

“I look around and the majority of the team is crying as Seve is talking to us,” McIlroy recalled Wednesday ahead of asoggy day of practice at Bethpage Black.

“And I’m like, that’sit. That’sthe embodiment of what the European Ryder Cup team is,” he said. “That conference call with Seve in 2010 was the moment for me.”

The playerwho once referred to the Ryder Cup as an exhibition, as “not that importantanevent for me,”asacompetition that wouldn’t make him run around throwing ﬁsts pumps, is now the strongest voice and the only European with the career Grand Slam.

“He’sobviouslyagreatplayer and very skilled, veryexperienced,”Viktor Hovland said.“But also he carries alot of weight in the team room.

“He’svery comfortingtohave there. He makeseveryoneinthe team room feel good. AndI think he brings out the best in everyone in there.”

polarizing over the lastseveral years. He went from beingthe boldest opponent of Saudi-funded LIV Golf to pushing the hardest for the rival circuits to come together

Afterwinning the Masters to completethe career Grand Slam, he shirked media responsibilities at two majors, skipped the Memorial without acourtesycall to host Jack Nicklausand said at the U.S. Open, “I’ve earned the right to do whatever Iwant.”

He is abig ﬁgure in golf, abig part of Team Europe and certainly themost experiencedplayer.This is eighth Ryder Cup since making his debut in theexhibitionat Wales. His record is 16-13-4, certainly notthe best among European stalwarts,but what matters more is being on five winning teamsagainst two losses.

JonRahmsaw ashift in McIlroy’spresence at thelast Ryder Cup in Rome, aweek marked not only byMcIlroy’s personal-best 4-1-0record, but his feistyspirit when he mixed it up in aparking lotstillpeevedoverthe behavior by PatrickCantlay’s caddie.

“He’sthe biggest name we have in Europe. He’sthe better player we have in Europe. And he’sdeﬁnitely thebiggest presence,” twotime major champion Jon Rahm said. “That’shis role now.He’s gone from being an incredibly good playertoa great Ryder Cup player to now being,I would say,the cornerstonethatTeamEurope needs.”

to make six wild-card selections.

Europe returnsthe same faces —with onenew player —from the winning team in Italy.The exceptionisRasmusHojgaard of Denmark. He replaced his twin brother,Nicolai, from 2023. The Americans have six differentplayers fromthe 2023 matches, including Bryson DeChambeau and newcomer Ben Grifﬁn. Theformat Two-man teams will playfour matches of foursomes (alternate shot) andfourmatches of fourballs (better ball) on Friday and Saturday.For the ﬁnal session on Sunday,there will be 12 singles matches All matches that endina tie after 18 holes result in ahalf-point for each team.

Europe holds the Ryder Cup and needs only to win 14 points to retain thetrophy. TheAmericans will need 141/2 points to win the Ry-

der Cup. Each captaindetermines his two-man teams and it’sablind draw.Thatmeanseach puts his teams in slots 1through 4for the foursessions, and 1through 12 for thesingles.

U.S. captain Ben Crenshaw was theﬁrsttopopularize thestrategy of putting his best players at the top of the lineup on Sunday to try to build momentum.

Only once since1999 hasthe Ryder Cup been decided by the ﬁnal match.That was in 2010 in Wales, when Graeme McDowell defeated Hunter Mahan in the 12th singles match for another European home victory

Team captains Keegan Bradley was selected as U.S. captaininJuly 2024. At age 39, he is the youngest Ryder Cup captainsince Arnold Palmer was 34 in 1963. There almost was another Palmerconnection as Bradley— the No. 12 player in the world and theeighth-ranked American —contemplated being aplaying captain. Palmer was the last one. The Ryder Cup wasonesided back then Luke Donald returns as captain for Europe after his successful jobin2023 at Marco Simonein Italy.There hasn’tbeen acaptain who won back-to-back since Tony Jacklin in 1985 and 1987.

Series lead

TheUnited States hasa 27-15-2 lead that dates to the start of the Ryder Cup in 1927, when it played against only British golfers. Ireland was added to the British side in 1972.

But the modernRyderCup really dates to 1979 when continental Europe wasadded. Since then, Europe holds a12-9-1 advantage.

SSeattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh watcheshis 60th home runduring the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies on WednesdayinSeattle.

Mariners lookingfor fan whogaveaway Raleigh’s 60th home runball

BY ANDREWDESTIN AP sportswriter

SEATTLE CalRaleigh’s60th

home run put the Mariners’ All-Star catcherintoone of the most exclusive clubs in baseball. It also made foramemorablemoment in theoutfield stands at T-Mobile Park.

Jets QB Fields practices, couldstartvs. Dolphins

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. JustinFields is back on the practice ﬁeld for the New York Jets and could return for aMonday night matchup in Miami.

The quarterback remained in the concussion protocol Thursday,but was progressing toward potentially playing against the Dolphins in primetimeasboth teams look for their ﬁrst victory this season.

“If he’scleared, he’sthe starter,” coach Aaron Glenn said.

Fields was listed by the team as afull participant while practicing forthe ﬁrst timesince suffering a concussion in the Jets’ loss to Buffalo in Week 2.

Thequarterback will have two more full practices on Fridayand Saturday to prepare. An independent neurologist must determine if he can play

Alcaraz to headlinetennis event at Marlins’ ballpark

MIAMI— Top-ranked tennis player

Carlos Alcaraz will headline the Miami Invitational later this year —aone-day exhibition that marks the ﬁrst tennis event ever held at the Miami Marlins’ home ballpark. Scheduledfor Dec.8atloanDepot Park, the one-time event will also feature No. 42 João Fonseca, No.4Amanda Anisimova andNo. 33 Emma Raducanu.

The invitationalwill include twosingles matches, each bestof-three sets with a10-point tiebreaker deciding athird set. Anisimova,a U.S. Open andWimbledonﬁnalist thisyear, will face the 2021 U.S. Open champion Raducanu. Afterthat, six-time major champion Alcaraz will take on the 19-year-old Fonseca, Brazil’stop-ranked singles player. It’ll be the ﬁrst meetingbetween Alcaraz and Fonseca.

Sixers guard McCain suffersthumb injury

Jared McCain suffered atorn ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb during aworkout on Thursday,the 76ers conﬁrmed.

It is anotherinjury setback for McCain, who last season was an early Rookie of the Year frontrunnerbeforehesuffereda torn meniscus in his left knee in midDecember.Heaveraged 15.3 points while shooting 38.3% from 3-point range in 23 games before theinjury. McCainwas viewed as apotential starter alongside Tyrese Maxey and/or abackup point guard option after recovering from knee surgery The Sixers stated that McCain and the team are “consulting with specialists on next steps, and further updates will be provided as appropriate.”

UEFAmoves toward vote to suspendIsrael

GENEVA— European soccer body UEFAismoving toward avote to suspend its member federation Israel over thewar in Gaza,people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday AmajorityofUEFA’s20-member executivecommittee is expected to supportany voteinfavor of suspendingIsraeli teams frominternational play,two sources toldThe Associated Press on conditionofanonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. Such astepwould prevent Israeli national and club teamsfrom playing in international competitions, includingnextyear’sWorld Cup. Israel’s men’steam is set to resume its World Cupqualifying campaign in two weeks. It is unclear whether world soccer body FIFAwill support excluding Israel.

The question is what McIlroy will bring out from the New York crowd when the Ryder Cup gets started Friday at the public course with areputation for beingrowdy. McIlroy has gone from being extremely populartooccasionally

He can lead by hisplayand inspirebyhis emotions. McIlroy still doesn’tsee himself in aposition to dispense advice, particularly when it comes to handling ahostile crowd

During Wednesday night’s 9-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies, which gave Seattle itsﬁrst AL West titlein24years, the fan whocaughtRaleigh’s 60th home run ball gave it away toaboy in theright-ﬁeld seats. Team security workers led thechild and his father away to have the ball authenticated.The Marinerssaid the boytraded the ball for abat signed by Raleigh and an invitation to watch

battingpractice on theﬁeld. TheMariners arealsolooking to connect with the man who gave theballaway. Mariners senior manager of communicationsAdamGresch madeaplea on social media foranyone who knows“this incrediblefan”to send him adirect message. Raleigh is oneofseven playersinmajor league history to reach 60 homeruns in aseason, joining Babe Ruth (1927),Roger Maris (1961), Mark McGwire (1998 and ’99), Sammy Sosa (1998, ’99,2001),Barry Bonds (2001) and Aaron Judge (2022). With four games remaining, Raleigh has achance to pass Judge for the American League record. Judge hit 62 homers in 2022 to break the previous AL markof61set by Maris.

UCLA enlists sports execs in searchfor newcoach UCLA is turning to 2028 Los Angeles Olympic organizing committee chairman Casey Wasserman and Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters in its search forahead football coach. Along with athletics director Martin Jarmond, they are two of the six-member search committee announced Thursday that is seekinga replacementfor DeShaun Foster,who wasﬁred on Sept. 14 after the team’s 0-3 start.

Former Golden State Warriors generalmanager BobMyers,10year NFL player EricKendricks andErin Adkins,UCLA executive senior associate athletics director, are also on the committee. Wasserman, Peters, Myers and Kendricks allare UCLA alumni. On TV

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United States captain Keegan Bradley, left, and Europe captain Luke Donald pose for aphoto withthe Ryder Cuptrophyafter apress conference in New york on Oct. 8inNew york.

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Saints DE Young‘close’ to beingabletopractice

BY MATTHEW PARAS AND LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

In the locker room earlierthis month, ChaseYoung had an expressive answer when asked whether his calf injury was along-term concern

“Hellno,”the NewOrleans Saints pass rusher said.

But Young hasn’tpracticed since then. Andasthe Saintsprepare for Sunday’sgame against the Buffalo Bills, the 26-year-old passrusher is on track to miss his fourthstraight game. That’salmost aquarter of the season.

What gives?

“Sometimes those are tricky injuries,” coach Kellen Moore said “Just when you’re dealing with a calf, sometimes you got to see how the thingprogresses. He’sdoing everythinghecan. Iknowit’shis desire to be outthere as soon as humanly possible, but you’ve got to understand the medical aspect to this thing is real and you’ve got to do what’s rightfor him—not just this week —but from aseasonlong perspective.”

Moore said Wednesday that Young was “close” to practicing again, but he did not participate in Thursday’ssession. Young suffered the injury just fourdaysbefore the seasonopener It was unfortunate timingfor Young, who the Saints were counting on to have abig impact in 2025. After the team re-signed him to athree-year, $51 million deal this offseason, Young saidhefelthe had a“lot to prove” to himself Teammates and coaches, too, indicated they expected more outof Young following aseason in which he recorded acareer-high73pressures but just 5 1/2 sacks And even more unfortunately forYoung and the Saints, the pass rusher’ssidelining is nothing new. Last year was the exception, not therule.

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that 10-yard threshold. Olave(7.2) and Shaheed (9.1) are both more than ﬁve yards below their career yards-per-catch averages. Rattler is averaging eight yards per completion, which is the worst mark of any NFL starterand 2.5 yards worse than theleague average. No Saints quarterback withat least three starts in aseason has ever averagedfewerthan 10 yards percompletion in asingle season Moore uses basketball terminology to translate his passing game theory.There are the 3-pointers, which are the deep shots, and there are the layups, which arethe easy completions. If the 3-pointer is there, take the shot. But if it’s not, he wants the quarterback to ﬁnd the easy completions.

That’sreﬂected in the numbers. Perhaps because of thespeedy receivers the Saints possess, they have seena ton of shellcoverage this season —with two or more players patrolling the deep portions of the ﬁeld and keeping everything in front of them. The Saints have faced somesort of zone defense on more than 80% of their offensive plays this season That has meant the Saints have settled foralot of safe throws Of Rattler’s119 pass attempts,

thefirsttimelastseason, butto date, the formerDefensive Rookie of the Year has now missed 28 games due to the injuries—or 31.9% of his six-year career.Young sufferedaserious knee injury midway through the 2021 season that caused him to miss allbut three games ofthe following year

He also required neck surgery before the 2024 season.

With Young likelytomiss his fourth straight game,Moore was asked if the Saints regretted not puttingthe pass rusher on injured reserve. Doing so would have required Young to miss at least four games, butitwould have freed up aroster spot in Young’sabsence.

Moore said there were no regretsabouthow the situationwas handled

“The timeline is always something you’ve gottostay flexible on,” Moore said.“We’ve got plenty of ﬂexibility within our roster to manage the ups and downs on the 53-man roster.Sowe’ve had plenty of ﬂexibility to still give ourselves thedepth andthe roster moves that we need.”

Injury report

Four gamesinto the season, the Saintsmay ﬁnally get their ﬁrst look at their preferred offensive line.

Right tackle TalieseFuaga (knee/ back) and Trevor Penning (toe) were both full participants in Thursday afternoon’spractice, suggesting they will be in line to play this Sundayagainst the BuffaloBills.

Fuaga did not practice all of last week and ultimately missed Week 3againstthe Seattle Seahawks with his injuries.But he returned in alimited capacity on Wednesday and was upgraded on Thursday’sinjury report.

Penning was available for the Seahawks game,but after missing more than amonth with his turf toeinjury,the Saints kept him on thesideline as an emergency op-

81 have traveledless than 10 air yards,about 68% of their total passingoutput. That number is not especially high compared to his peers, but the Saintshave not been able to turn those easy completions into biggergains. Only six of Rattler’s 63 completionsof10orfewer air yards have gained more than 10 yards, none going for more than 14 yards. In other words, the Saints have not yet been abletoturn short passes into explosiveplays, either The numbersdonot look good, but it is asmall three-game sample,and there may be reason to hope for more big plays in the future.For as dink-and-dunk as the Saints’ passing game has appeared in the first three weeks, they have been taking more shotsdownfield than the surfacenumbers suggest About11% of the passes Rattler has thrown this season have traveled 20 or moreyards in the air,which is what Next Gen Stats considers a“deeppass.” That is the 12th-highest rate in the NFL throughthreeweeks, higher than deep-ballthrowerssuchasMatthewStafford (9.5%),JoshAllen (8.1%)and Justin Herbert (7.4%). Rattler has also attempted 25 passes that target intermediate areas of thefield (10-19 air yards), tied for eighthmostamong NFL quarterbacks Theissue is that the young quarterback has often struggled to con-

Commanders bringstrong runninggametoAtlanta as Falconslooktoregroup

BY CHARLES ODUM AP sportswriter

ATLANTA— While theWashington Commanders’ offense rolled even with Jayden Daniels out with a left knee injury,the Atlanta Falconsand quarterback Michael Penix Jr.fellﬂat in last week’s shutout loss at Carolina.

Daniels andhis ﬁll-in, former Atlanta quarterback Marcus Mariota, have thesupport of an unquestioned commitmenttothe running gameasthe Commanders (2-1) prepare to visit the Falcons (1-2) on Sunday.Mariota ran andthrew for touchdowns in a4124 win over the Las Vegas Raiders last week. The Commanders are averaging 157.3 yards on the ground, second in theNFL to theBuffalo Bills

(Falcons owner) Arthur Blank, hisfamily and giving me theopportunity to do that,” Quinn said. “But past that, it is forthe guys in between the white lines, so we’ll be ready to battle.”

ConfidenceinPenix

In aweek of changes forAtlanta’s offense, Morris has issued unwavering support forPenix after bringing in Kirk Cousins in the fourth quarter last week. Whenhewas reminded that Cousins lost the starting job after struggling late last season, Morris said: “We’re noteven close to that momentwith Mike. Mike’s our quarterback. We’ve got alot of conﬁdence in Mike. We’re moving forward with Mike.”

tion.The fourth-year pro madethe transition to left guard this offseason after strictly playing tackle to start his career

The rest of the injury report followed thesame pattern as Wednesday’s: Defensive end Chase Young (calf) and guard Dillon Radunz (toe) were bothheld out, while receivers Trey Palmer (hamstring)and Devaughn Vele (hip)were limited.

Cam Jordan (groin) was on the injury report as afull participant for thesecond straight day Galiano‘embarrassed’

After an abysmal Week 3performance againstthe Seattle Seahawks, onething hasmadeitself clear to Saints specialteams coordinator Phil Galiano in theaftermath.

“Our guys are just excited to get to Sunday so we can get that bad taste out of ourmouth,” Galiano said. “Theyknow how we played wasnot acceptable.A lotofguys —myself included, it starts with me —were embarrassed by our performance.”

The Saints’ special teams units had ameltdown in Seattle. They gave up apunt return touchdown, allowed another punt to be blocked and also yielded a60-yard kick return.

This week, Galiano said the Saintshavesqueezed out acouple of extra minutesinthe practice andmeeting schedules to focus on correcting the special teams errors. Most of it, Galiano said, boilsdowntocommunication and leverage.

The punt block was aresult of poor communication, Galiano said: Seattle’s D’AnthonyBell came completely unblocked off the edge to get his hands on Kai Kroeger’s punt Poor leverage in coverage, Galiano said,iswhatcontributedtothe long returns.

“Wehad abad day,” Galiano said. “It was unacceptable and we can’t do that again.”

nect on such throws: Rattler has completed just 3ofhis 13 attempts of 20 or more air yards,and he is completing 56%ofhis intermediate throws.

Mooresaid the Saints need to “generate more” explosive plays To getthere,hesaidthe Saints need to play more “mixed-down football” to create opportunities for them to exploit downﬁeld.

That means avoiding the presnap penalties thathave plagued the Saints in the earlygoing, andit means getting therun gamegoing more consistently so teams are less willing to sit back in shell coverage.

The San Francisco gamewas the best example of how this offense is supposed to look. The Saints had theirbest game of theyearrunning the ball, andwith that in his pocket, Moore was able todial up moreplay-action passes —mostof which had some vertical element.

New Orleans connected on four passes of 15 or more yards in that game, including the aforementioned 39-yarder,their longest gain of the season to this point.

Rattler said thebig plays need to come at theright time against the right look —they’re not going to just chuck it deep. Butwhen all of that aligns

“If theywant to present any type of look whereyou can get ashot going, you’ve got to hit it,” Rattler said. “It’s something we’regrinding on, getting extra reps on.”

TheFalconsare sixth with 139.3 rushing yards per gamebut haven’tprovided the same consistent run support for Penix. Days after coach Raheem Morrissaid running back Bijan Robinson “is deﬁnitely the best playerinfootball,” Robinson was limited to 13 carries for 72 yards in last week’s embarrassing 30-0loss at Carolina. Theearly season trend should be clear to Morris and Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson. The offense thrived in a 22-6 winatMinnesota on Sept. 14 when Bijan Robinson had22 carries for143 yardsand Penix passed for 135 yards but did not throw an interception.

ThoughAtlanta trailedonly 10-0athalftimelast week, Morris said the deﬁcitallowedCarolina to “take away that threatof (Robinson) having the abilityto run thefootball every time.” Robinson hadfewer than 14 carries in each of Atlanta’stwo losses. Penix threw twointerceptions, including one returned for atouchdown, against Carolina.

While the focus on Sunday may be Daniels’ health and Penix’s abilitytobounce back after being pulled in the fourth quarter last week,the keymay be thecomparison of therunning games.

Low-keyhomecoming

Washington coach Dan Quinn, who coached the Falcons from 2015-20, is downplaying hisreturn to Atlanta. He previously returned as the Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator and also coached theCommanders to a 30-24 overtime home win over Atlanta last season.

“We’ve playedthem last year andother times before, but Ialways have huge gratitude for

Morris fired wide receivers coach Ike Hilliard on Monday. Passing game coordinator T.J. Yates will coach thereceivers. Also, Zac Robinson is moving from thecoach’s boxtothe ﬁeld forSunday’sgame.

Pain in thebutt

TheFalcons have much respect for Daniels,but defensive coordinatorJeff Ulbrich says Mariota and his dual-threat skills also are difﬁcult to defend.

“I’ve had experience with him at the collegiate level and the professional level,” Ulbrich said. “So, I’m getting sick and tired of playing against him. He’sapain in the butt. He’sabetter athlete than you want him to be.Hecan run that offenseata high level. So,regardless of who we face, it’sgoing to be atremendous challenge.”

Mariota started 13 games for Atlanta in 2022, posting a5-8 record.Hedid notmake another NFLstart until last week.

Runningbackcommittee

After losing Austin Ekelerfor theseason witha tornAchilles tendon, the Commanders doubled down on their running game in Week 3. Washington did it with agroup of guys getting touches: Chris Rodriguez, Jeremy McNichols, rookie seventh-round pick Jacory “Bill” Croskey-Merritt and Deebo Samuel, plus a healthy dose of Mariota.

“I am comfortable sharing the responsibility andlet’ssee what thegamepresentscomingup,” Quinn said. “And sometimes the guygetshot andfeels it,and we’ll lean into that, too.” Additall up, and theCommandersput up 174yards rushingby halftime against the Raiders. It wastheir mostyards on the ground in aﬁrst half in 15 years. They ﬁnished with201.

Bowles andthe Buccaneers have hadHurts’number

BY ROBMAADDI AP pro football writer

TAMPA, Fla. Nobody has ﬁgured outJalen Hurts quite like Todd Bowles andthe TampaBay Buccaneers. Hurts is 53-16 against the rest of theNFL since he became afulltime starter in 2021 but only 1-4 against the Bucs, including apair of playoff losses.

The reigning Super Bowl MVP gets another chance when he leads the Philadelphia Eagles (3-0) against Tampa Bay (3-0)in apotentialplayoff previewon Sunday

“He’sgot alot of tools anda lot of things in his system that he does that’sverychallenging, andthat’s what makes them such agreat team anda great defense,”Hurts said of Bowles. “Knowing all of those things he has available, you just really wanna trust the rules and trust thepreparation of everything that you have. It’s areally good team,a really good defense, well coached and it’salways acompetitive environment going downthere.”

Hurtshas ﬁve touchdownpasses andfive interceptions along with 131 yards rushing and four TDs rushing in ﬁve games against the Bucs. He hasbeen sacked 14 times andlost one fumble. Bowles hasflummoxedHurts with his blitz schemes in several of the games

“You look inward. It’sabout controllingwhatyou can, being on the samepage and executing at ahigh level,” Hurts said. But Hurts and the Eagles have comea long way since that last meeting ayear ago. And, star wide receiver A.J. Brownwill be

out there. Hurts didn’thave his top target for the last twomeetings.

“Big-play receiver.He’sbig, he’s strong, he’s fastand he’s smart,” Bowles said of Brown.“He has very strong hands andyou can be draped allover him and he can still makethe catch. So,we’ve got our work cut out forus.”

The Buccaneers sacked Tyrod Taylor four times last week in a 29-27 comeback win over the Jets and have eight on the season.

Hurtsisadifferentchallenge.

“Heisreallygood. He canstep forward, he can runleft (and) right,” edge rusherYayaDiaby said. “Some right-handed quarterbacks, they can only (scramble) right, but he can go left, he can go through themiddle, he can go right, he can go everywhere. For us,wejusthave to go in with a great pass rush plan andkeep him in that pocket and getting awhole lot of guys in his face, and Ifeel likewewill be ﬁne.”

Facing theheat

The Eagles are ﬂying down to Tampa aday early,arriving on Fridayand practicing on Saturday to getbetter acclimated to the heat. Three of their four losses to the Buccaneers cameonthe road in theafternoon.The only win was aMonday night game in Tampa “Everything we do is to try (to make sure that) our process is right to giveourselves thebest chance to win,”coach Nick Sirianni said. “Ifyour process is off, then youdon’thaveasmuchof achance. That was part of our processwhenwestudiedsome things in theoffseason withthe heat and everything like that.

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Saints defensiveend Chase young is recoveringfrom acalf injuryand could be readytoreturntothe practice field soon. He suffered theinjuryfour days before theseason opener

St. Augustine’s Vashaun Coulon throws the ball as Shaw’s Ethan Lentz applies pressure during the Ed Daniels Classic on Aug. 20, 2024, at Hoss Memtsas Stadium. Coulon threw seven touchdown passes in last week’s victory against Legacy School of Sport Sciences (Spring, Texas), spreading touchdowns to four different receivers.

THE VARSITY ZONE

Toughness, talent and trust

How undersized quarterback Coulon earned keys to St. Augustine’s offense

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE

Staff writer

Vashaun Coulon wasn’t holding a football the ﬁrst time Robert Valdez noticed him. St. Augustine had just hired Valdez as football coach when he saw the sophomore pestering ball handlers with relentless defense on the basketball court. Coulon, then on the junior varsity team, was everywhere — hounding the opposing point guard no matter where he went. But something else stood out just as much as his intensity It was his size.

“He was little,” Valdez said Coulon — still small by quarterback standards at 5-foot-11, 175 pounds — has long since erased any doubts about his ability to play the position.

Last week, the second-year starter threw seven touchdown passes in a 68-40 win over a team led by Keisean Henderson, a 6-3 ﬁve-star quarterback and Houston commitment ranked as the No. 1 high school quarterback in Texas.

Coulon, a senior, completed 13 of 21 passes for 276 yards in that game against Legacy School of Sport Sciences, spreading touchdowns to four different receivers: three to sophomore Lucas Jefferson, two to junior Verchaun Simms and one each to Miguel Whitley and Ray’Quan Williams. His breakout season has caught

the attention of several smaller colleges, including Grambling, which has shown early interest. Going against a ﬁve-star recruit, all eyes were going to be on him,” Valdez said.

But it was Coulon who stole the show

A family-driven competitor

Nicknamed “Tig” by his family for his resemblance as a baby to the Tigger character in the Winnie the Pooh stories, Coulon played football, basketball and baseball at Willie Hall Playground with his father, Vashaun Sr., as one of his coaches.

The elder Coulon also played multiple sports growing up, but his small size kept him from pursuing athletics in high school — a hesitation he did not want his son to experience. By coaching his son, he could always encourage him to outplay what might be expected from a smaller player

“The only person that can stop him academically or with anything else in life is him,” Vashaun

Sr said.

With that support, Vashaun Jr quarterbacked his Willie Hall teams to multiple NORD league championships, including one where, at age 9, he completed a long pass that led to the gamewinning touchdown.

At St. Augustine, Coulon became the starting quarterback on both the eighth grade and junior var-

sity teams. As a sophomore, he

served as the varsity backup and saw limited action, typically when the starter went down with injury

But even in brief appearances, his toughness stood out.

“He never stayed on the ground,” offensive coordinator John-Paul Pierce said. “He never put his head down. He popped right back up.”

Pierce, a former quarterback himself, also saw something familiar in Coulon as a basketball player: poise.

“I never saw his emotions get too up or too down, and that’s how you have to be as a quarterback,” said Pierce, who played for Brother Martin in the late 2010s. “Even keel, that’s who he was.”

Earning the keys to the Cadillac Coulon earned the starting job during the spring before his junior season after months of offseason workouts and diligence in the meeting rooms.

“That’s just kind of how I go about living, always giving 100% because I always know somebody is watching,” Coulon said.

That attitude made an impression.

“He just kept coming around,” Valdez said. “He kept coming to the workouts, being consistent. He started learning. We were working out in the cold it was wet. He kept coming every day.”

Early on, the offense was limited.

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“I think our ﬁrst install was maybe three passes and ﬁve runs,” Valdez said. “Everybody thought we were just going to run the ball here — and that’s what I want to do.”

But with Coulon’s ability, that plan changed.

“I gave him the keys to the Cadillac,” Valdez said, “so I want to him to drive it fast and keep it clean.”

That means limiting turnovers and being a quick study

Pierce recalled a play against John Curtis last season when Coulon changed the play at the line, had a receiver run a post pattern and threw an interception.

“The thing with Vashaun is once he burns his hand one time, he’s not going to do it twice,” Pierce said.

This offseason, Pierce saw major improvement.

“His release is way quicker,” Pierce said. “Last year his release was way longer He has shortened that. The ball is coming out way faster His drops are way faster and sharper, and he’s more decisive in his decision-making. He’s trusting his eyes his pre-snap and post-snap reads.”

Now a trusted leader under center, the once “little” junior varsity basketball player is proving size was never the limit — and neither is his future.

Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

FIVE GAMES TO WATCH

Big games in Catholic League among headliners

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

There are several intriguing matchups in Week 4. Here are previews for some of the best games.

Brother Martin vs. Jesuit

7 p.m. Friday at Tad Gormley Stadium: Both teams are off to 3-0 starts something Brother Martin achieved last season and a ﬁrst for Jesuit since 2012. Last season, Jesuit kept Brother Matin from scoring a touchdown in a 17-5 victory that snapped the Blue Jays’ ninegame regular season losing streak to Brother Martin. That victory included a 97-yard scoring pass from Taylor Norton to Calvin Magee — two players that are back this season that went down as the longest touchdown in Jesuit history Leading Brother Martin is ﬁve-star wideout Easton Royal, a junior who scored multiple touchdowns in all three games this season.

John Curtis vs. Rummel

7 p.m. Friday at Joe Yenni Stadium: Rummel beat a mistake-prone Curtis team 14-7 when the teams met last season – a game in which Curtis lost two fumbles and had a bad snap on a ﬁeld goal. This season, the Patriots are off to an excellent start with more than 50 points scored in its ﬁrst two games both lopsided wins — while rushing for more than 1,000 yards combined with Jacobi Boudreaux as the leading ball-carrier Rummel (2-1) lost by one in the opener but has since leaned on its rushing duo of Coryan Hawkins and Jaden Terrance to get its two wins, including last week against Shaw Willow at Newman

7 p.m. Friday at Michael Lupin Field: Unable to score against Newman in a 44-0 loss last season, Willow will enter this season’s game with a more experienced and higher-scoring offense than a year ago. The undefeated Lions (3-0) are coming off a 56-22 victory against East Jefferson while being led by ﬁrst-year quarterback starter Kaiden Thomas along with skilled wideouts Darryl Franklin and Ahmad Vappie. Mark Rhodes is a leading rusher Newman lost the first two games against state-ranked St. Charles and Riverside and did not play last week. The Greenies played the ﬁrst two games with Tulane commitment Jake Randle, a starting running back last season, at quarterback.

Country Day vs. Douglass

3:30 p.m Friday at Pan American Stadium: Both teams have quarterbacks with high passing totals. Both teams have quarterback with high passing totals.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Hawkins set to step in for injured QB Mateer

Oklahoma backup started four games last year, including win against Auburn

BY CLIFF BRUNT AP sportswriter

NORMAN, Okla. Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer had what some might consider an early Heisman Trophy moment when he scored the go-ahead touchdown against Auburn on a dramatic 9-yard run late in a 24-17 win. Unknown at the time, the hand he carried the ball with on that play

— the right hand he uses to throw

— was injured badly enough in the ﬁrst quarter to require surgery Mateer tweeted Thursday that the procedure was successful, and the team expects him to return this

season. Though the situation is not ideal for the seventh-ranked Sooners, they remain conﬁdent as backup quarterback Michael Hawkins steps in.

Hawkins, a sophomore, started four games last season, including a win at Auburn and a solid performance in the Armed Forces Bowl.

The Sooners have an open date this week before Hawkins starts against Kent State on Oct. 4 Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said Hawkins will be ready.

“He just has put together a really good body of work over the last several months, and he’s always had a great work ethic and he’s always been really coachable,” Venables said. “He’s hungry, he’s humble and ultra-talented.”

Hawkins passed for 783 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 204 yards last season. One of his best highlights was a 48-yard touchdown run in a win at Auburn.

Receiver Deion Burks said Hawkins has matured since then and doesn’t depend quite as much on his exceptional speed as in the past.

“He looks comfortable in the pocket ” Burks said. “He trusts the O-line, so he’s not quick to run. He’s going to deliver the passes If he scrambles, he’s looking downﬁeld to throw it. But he also can use his feet as well.”

The Sooners were decimated by injuries during Hawkins’ four starts last season, especially at receiver Now, the team is relatively healthy.

“You know Mike — what he could do, what he did last year, but this year is going to be even more special when we got the guys around him that’s surrounding him and just picking him up, not losing a beat,” Burks, who leads the team with 23 receptions, said After rough outings against Texas

and South Carolina that cost him the starting job last season, Hawkins showed growth in the bowl game against Navy He threw a touchdown pass in the closing seconds, putting the Sooners in position to win. He was sacked on the two-point conversion attempt and the Midshipmen held on for a 21-20 win.

Venables said all those experiences should be helpful.

“I think there’s a comfort when it comes to what it’s going to be like out there taking that ﬁrst snap and being the guy that’s got to have a broad set of shoulders,” he said. “So I think some of those ‘ﬁrst-time jitters’ are in the past.”

Hawkins is playing his ﬁrst season with Ben Arbuckle as offensive coordinator, so there still may be kinks to work out.

Venables said his new starter will be ﬁne if he doesn’t try to do too much.

For Country Day (1-2), senior Hudson Wright made his season debut last week and threw for 409 yards with six touchdowns in a shootout loss to Episcopal after he missed the ﬁrst two games with a concussion.

The Cajuns also have basketball standouts Curtis McAllister and Kellen Brewer as leading pass catchers. For Douglass, freshman Asher Preatto has thrown for 728 yards and six touchdowns with no interceptions in helping the Bobcats to a 3-0 start.

St. Augustine vs. Easton

7 p.m. Saturday at Tad Gormley Stadium: Both teams won by scoring in the 60s last week.

Leading the St. Augustine offense is senior quarterback Vashaun Coulon, who threw seven touchdown passes in the win against Legacy School of Sport Sciences (Texas) and has completed 31 of 42 passes for 613 yards with 13 touchdowns and one interception on the season. Easton rushing duo Thomas Vaughn and Terrell Surtain combined for nearly 350 yards from scrimmage in a shootout against Slidell last week Rekye Gibson came through on defense with three interceptions, two in the fourth quarter help keep the lead in a 64-49 victory

DeBoer looking for Alabama to be resilient against Georgia

BY CHARLES ODUM AP sportswriter

ATHENS,Ga.— Alabama’s ﬁrst game away from home didn’t go well. That puts much on the line for No. 17 Alabama when it visits No. 5 Georgia on Saturday night.

The Crimson Tide’s 31-17 seasonopening loss at Florida State on Aug. 30 left coach Kalen DeBoer’s team with little margin for error Alabama (2-1, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) needs a win over Georgia (3-0, 1-0) to protect its College Football Playoff hopes.

DeBoer hopes his players learned from the painful loss at Florida State as they prepare for their second road game.

“We’ve got to be resilient,” DeBoer said. “We know there are going to be storms we have to weather in the SEC, on the road, and you’ve got to do it. No one else is going to go do it for you.”

Alabama answered the loss to Florida State with back-to-back wins, including a conﬁdence-building, 38-14 home win over Wisconsin on Sept. 13.

“I know there’s a high want-to factor this group has,” DeBoer said. “They’ve shown it in the work. They’ve shown it in their preparation. That’s the key Really just prepare, invest, and do everything you can to be conﬁdent and do something special together.”

Georgia also enjoyed a confidence boost in its last game, a 4441 overtime win at Tennessee on Sept. 13 as Gunner Stockton threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for a score.

The Bulldogs needed the boost in

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is an LSU person for life.

“There’s a lot of things that we do that we don’t tell people why it’s just you never know,” Kevin said. “But, like I said, (you) stand by him, root him on (and) continue to move forward. He just wanted to continue to grow.” Faulk spent his entire collegiate and professional careers with one team. After spending four years as the star running back at LSU, he played the next 13 seasons of his career with the New England Patriots.

But Faulk still knows what it’s like to go up against someone (or a place) that’s near and dear to your heart. In 2004, Faulk played against Trev in a matchup between the Patriots and St. Louis Rams in St. Louis. They were literally face-to-face in the second quarter when Trev tackled Kevin on a nine-yard carry in the open ﬁeld.

“I always bring it up to him. I always tell him, I’m like, ‘Oh, come on cuz,’ “ Kevin said. “He’s like, ‘Because I watched you for a lot of years make people look bad in one-on-one space situations, I was ready for that situation by all means.’

“ Kevin Faulk went into that November day in 2004 hoping his team would win the game but also wishing for Trev to play well. He’s entering this weekend with the same mindset, wanting LSU to win while hoping that Ryan has a strong performance against his former team.

“You don’t want him to not play well,” Kevin said. “You want him to play well, but at the same time, we all know who we want to win the game.”

their SEC opener following a sluggish 28-6 win over Austin Peay that left coach Kirby Smart looking for more explosive plays from his offense. Junior wide receiver

Zachariah Branch answered the call against Tennessee by leading the Bulldogs with ﬁve receptions for 69 yards with a touchdown and a two-point conversion to force overtime.

Hot quarterback

Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson completed 24 of 29 passes for 382 yards and four touchdowns, including two to Ryan Williams, in the win over Wisconsin. Two of the incompletions came on drops

Smart said Simpson “is probably the hottest quarterback right now in all of college football. His two last outings, I don’t know that I’ve seen an incompletion Like, the ball does not hit the ground.”

Simpson replaced two-year starter Jalen Milroe, a thirdround pick by Seattle who was a threat as a runner and passer

Smart has been impressed by Simpson’s passing and smart reads.

“He’s been accurate, he’s been quick with the ball,” Smart said.

“They’re really hard to defend because of their skill. They’ve got tremendously skilled receivers, backs, tight ends, but you’ve got to have a trigger guy that can get those guys the ball, and they do.

And he’s seen the ﬁeld.”

DeBoer vs. Top 25

DeBoer, the former Washington coach in his second season at Alabama, is 15-3 against Top 25 teams.

That includes a 5-1 record against

Alabama’s

Long-awaited visit

Smart, the former Alabama defensive coordinator, is in his 10th season at Georgia and ﬁnally has his first home game against the Crimson Tide. Alabama has proved to be a difﬁcult opponent for Georgia under Smart, who has a 1-6 record in the rivalry

Smart’s one win over his former home was memorable — beating Alabama in Indianapolis on Jan. 10, 2022, to win the national championship. That win ended Georgia’s 41-year national championship drought, and Smart led the Bulldogs to back-to-back titles the following year

Alabama has four wins over Smart and Georgia in Atlanta, including three SEC championship games and the 2018 national championship game.

Playing the best

Branch said the visit from Alabama on national TV (ABC) is the kind of game that attracted him to transfer from Southern California.

“You know, you want to give a chance to play the best competition,” Branch said, adding “the SEC is a great, great conference.

So I feel like you just set me up to, you know, have those prime-time games to play against some of the best competition in the country and, you know get a chance to showcase my talent when the time comes.”

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LSU safety Sage Ryan, left, celebrates with teammates after intercepting a muffed pass in the second half against Oklahoma on Nov. 30, 2024, at Tiger Stadium.

LSU EDGE RUSHER RELIFORD OUT FOR SEASON

LSU sophomore edge rusher Gabriel Reliford will undergo season-ending surgery for a torn rotator cuff next week, coach Brian Kelly said on his radio show Thursday. Reliford injured his right shoulder with 3:41 left to play in the first quarter last week against Southeastern Louisiana. He did not return to the game following the injury and finished the night with his arm in a sling

Heading into last week, Reliford had played the third-most snaps at edge rusher on the team, only trailing fifth-year senior Patrick Payton and senior Jack Pyburn. Both veterans, along with fifth-year senior Jimari Butler and Reliford, have made up LSU’s core rotation at edge rusher this season.

Reliford accumulated four tackles and four quarterback pressures through the first three games and had three tackles in a tackle for loss against SLU

LSU will likely turn to a deep group of young edge rushers to fill the void left by Reliford’s absence. Redshirt sophomore Dylan Carpenter, redshirt freshman CJ Jackson, redshirt freshman Damien Shanklin and redshirt freshman Kolaj Cobbins are Kelly’s options.

“We’re excited about Dylan.We’ll take a look at CJ and Kolaj.They’re both ready to play for us as well,” Kelly said Monday.“We’ll (also) take a look at Damien Shanklin.” Koki Riley

Texas A&M aims for 4-0

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN AP sportswriter

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Coming off a thrilling triumph at Notre Dame, Texas A&M coach Mike Elko knows his team’s fans are reticent to fully celebrate big wins because of the Aggies’ recent tendency to disappoint after such victories. Elko doesn’t like that mindset and wants everyone to embrace his team’s early success as No. 9 Texas A&M looks to improve to 4-0 Saturday in its Southeastern Conference opener against Auburn.

“You love Texas A&M football so get excited,” Elko told the Houston Touchdown Club last week. “Stop being scared and get excited about what this program is doing. It’s not fair to look at past failures and eliminate how you feel about where Texas A&M football is going.”

The Aggies hope this is the year they finally get over the hump and reach their first SEC title game after winning more than nine games just once since joining the conference. That came in their first year in the league in 2012 when they went 11-2 behind Johnny Manziel’s Heisman Trophy-winning season.

Texas A&M was off last week after beating then-No 8 Notre Dame 41-40 on Sept. 13. They did it by putting together a 13-play, 74yard drive, capped by an 11-yard touchdown pass by Marcel Reed with 13 seconds left. It snapped a streak of 13 straight road losses to ranked opponents and was the ﬁrst time they’d beat an AP Top 25 team since defeating No. 3 Auburn in 2014.

“That was a huge step for our program,” Elko said “That’s the biggest thing. When you get in those moments, you ultimately have to ﬁnd a way to get the job done to keep the program moving forward.”

Though he’s encouraged by the Aggies’ strong start, he knows they’ll have to do much more to get to where they want to go.

“Three weeks does not make a ﬁnish,” he said. “We still have a lot

of things we’ve got to do.”

This week they’ll face an Auburn team trying to move forward after a 24-17 loss at then-No. 11 Oklahoma last week that knocked the Tigers out of the poll.

“We’ve got to rebound,” coach Hugh Freeze said. “It’s a tough league and a tough loss last week, but we’ve got to put it behind us as we go face another tough team it’s a critical game for us to learn how we handle adversity and rebound.”

Protecting Arnold

The Tigers are looking to better protect Jackson Arnold after he was sacked nine times last week. Through four games, he’s been sacked 15 times and backup Deuce Knight has been taken down once to leave Auburn tied for second-most sacks allowed in the nation.

“You can’t take those sacks and win those games,” Freeze said. “We had some very difﬁcult breaks go against us, but we’ve got to clean up the protection of the pocket. Jackson’s got to clean up getting rid of the ball when he can get rid of it.”

Craver and Concepcion

Texas A&M’s receiving duo of Mario Craver and K.C. Concepcion have been among the best in the nation this season. Craver, who transferred from Mississippi State, and Concepcion, an N.C. State transfer, have given the Aggies the explosive playmaking ability the team lacked last season. Their presence has helped the Aggies produce 22 plays of 20 yards or longer

Craver was named The Associated Press national player of the week for his performance against the Fighting Irish when he had career highs with seven catches for 207 yards, including an 86-yard touchdown.

He ranks third in the nation with 443 yards receiving in just three games while the two players ahead of him both played four and his four TD receptions lead the team. Concepcion is second on the team with 227 yards receiving and three touchdowns.

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Meeting of the minds

Sumrall admits his ﬁrst impression of rush end Harvey Dyson during winter conditioning drills was lukewarm. Dyson, who transferred from Texas Tech in January, did not demonstrate the positive energy and demeanor he expected Those concerns are long gone.

“He’s been awesome,” Sumrall said. “I don’t know if he liked me or I liked him in February, but he was in a new environment just trying to figure out, ‘OK, what is this place about?’ He has really developed as a person and a player, and I like the direction he’s going.”

Dyson has started all four games and is tied for the lead among Tulane linemen with nine tackles. Understandably, he was a little circumspect in describing his initial relationship with Sumrall, but he added he began to feel comfortable when spring practice started.

“We got to know each other a lot,” he said. “It’s been fun playing for him. He’s a real good coach and brings that passion. We mesh well because we always want to win.”

Sumrall had to calm Dyson down near the end of the Ole Miss game when Dyson objected to the way an ofﬁcial was laughing on the ﬁeld and, in Sumrall’s words, “was losing his mind over it.” That emotion was exactly what Sumrall wanted to see.

“I told him, going into last week’s game, what I liked most about him was he liked to compete,” Sumrall said. “He wants to win. He cares. I like the way he practices. I like the way he does things.”

One-off

Sumrall said Derrick Graham would start at left tackle on Saturday after sitting out against Ole Miss with an ankle injury, allowing Shadre Hurst to return to his normal position at left guard. Hurst gave himself a passing grade for his ﬁrst performance at tackle since high school in 2021.

“I did pretty good,” he said. “The ﬁrst time is pretty tough, but I had a little experience from playing right tackle in high school. It was a smooth transition. It wasn’t too bad.”

The versatile Hurst would slide over to center if starter Jack Hollifield got hurt, and although it will never be necessary Sumrall added he could be effective as a defensive lineman, too.

“Very rarely do you see O-linemen and say I’d go put him on the D-line,” Sumrall said. “He has great ﬂexibility because he’s really athletic, he’s smart, he’s tough and he’s consistent. I’m glad he’s a part of our team. He has a really bright future in this game. I think he’s a professional player.”

Lagniappe

Tulane practiced at the Superdome because of early forecasts for Thursday morning rain that did not materialize. Sumrall began his Tuesday presser by sending his thoughts to the family of Shawn Clark, a Central Florida offensive line coach who died Sunday at age 50. Clark was the coach at Appalachian State from 2020-24, facing Sumrall’s Troy team in 2022 and 2023. Holliﬁeld and Tulane teammate Santana Hopper played for Clark at Appalachian State, and Wave defensive coordinator Greg Gasparato coached alongside him as a fellow assistant at Appalachian State in 2018-19.

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teams in the top 10.

The Crimson Tide beat No. 2 Georgia 41-34 in Tuscaloosa last season in DeBoer’s ﬁrst SEC game as

coach.

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Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson throws the ball against UL-Monroe on Sept. 6 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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Texas A&M wide receiver Mario Craver reacts after a first down catch and run against Utah State on Sept. 6 in College Station, Texas.

Indiana 89, Vegas 73

Tuesday: Las Vegas 90, Indiana 68 Friday: Las VegasatIndiana, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Pro tennis

China Open results

Thursday At National TennisCenter

Beijing Purse: $4,016,050

Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Men’s Singles Round of 32 AlexandreMuller, France, def. Karen Khachanov(5),Russia,4-6,7-6 (5), 6-4. Fabian Marozsan, Hungary,def. Benjamin Bonzi,France, 7-6(1),6-3 TerenceAtmane,France, def. Zhang Zhizhen, China, 6-4, 6-2. AlejandroDavidovich Fokina, Spain,def CamiloUgo Carabelli, Argentina, 6-1, 6-3. JannikSinner (1), Italy, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 6-2, 6-2. Women’s Singles Round of 128 Zeynep Sonmez, Turkiye, def. Sijia Wei, China, 6-2, 6-0. Wang Xiyu,China, def. HanyuGuo, China, 7-5, 6-1. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia,def.Yuliia Starodubtseva, Ukraine,7-6 (1), 6-2. Elena-Gabriela Ruse,Romania, def. Rebecca Sramkova, Slovakia,6-2,6-2 CamilaOsorio,Colombia, def. Ann Li, United States, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Anastasia Potapova,Russia,def. Katerina Siniakova, Czechia,6-3,6-4 Zhu Lin, China, def. Moyuka Uchijima,Japan, 6-1, 6-3. AliaksandraSasnovich,Belarus, def. Janice Tjen, Indonesia,6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-1.

Ella Seidel, Germany, def. Magdalena Frech, Poland, 7-5, 6-4. SonayKartal,Britain, def. Alycia Parks, United States,6-3,6-2 Maya Joint, Australia,def.VictoriaJimenez Kasintseva, Andorra, 6-3, 6-2. Cristina Bucsa,Spain,def.Donna Vekic, Croatia, 6-2, 6-4. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Spain, def. JaquelineCristian, Romania, 6-4, 6-0. Emiliana Arango, Colombia, def. Suzan Lamens, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-3. Lois Boisson, France, def. Dalma Galﬁ,Hungary,7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-2. Men’sDoubles Round of 16 Cameron Norrie, Britain, and Yunchaokete Bu, China, def. Marcelo Melo, Brazil, and AlexanderZverev, Germany, 7-6(5),6-4. Fabien Reboul and SadioDoumbia, France def. Romain Arneodo, Monaco, andSander Gille, Belgium, 7-6(4),6-2. ATPWorld Tour JapanOpen TennisChampionships results Thursday At AriakeColiseum Tokyo

Purse:$2,226,470 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Men’sSingles Round of 32 Jenson Brooksby, United States, def.Ugo Humbert (6), France, 7-6(4),6-3 Luciano Darderi,Italy, def. YoshihitoNishioka,Japan, 7-6(9),6-3 SebastianKorda, United States,def.Marcos Giron, United States,4-6,6-3,7-6 (4). Sho Shimabukuro, Japan, def. Tomas Machac (5), Czechia,6-3,7-6 (4). TaylorFritz (2), United States,def.Gabriel Diallo, Canada, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Aleksandar Vukic, Australia,def.Damir Dzumhur,Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Ethan Quinn, United States,def. Alex Michelsen, United States, 7-5, 6-2. Casper Ruud (4), Norway,def. Shintaro Mochizuki, Japan, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Brandon Nakashima, United States, def. Jordan Thompson, Australia,6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2. Carlos Alcaraz (1), Spain, def. Sebastian Baez, Argentina, 6-4, 6-2. HolgerRune (3), Denmark, def. Hamad Medjedovic, Serbia, 7-6(7),6-1 ZizouBergs,Belgium, def. AlejandroTabilo Chile, 1-6, 7-6(2),7-6 (4). Men’sDoubles Round of 16 Kaito Uesugi and SeitaWatanabe, Japan, def. NikolaMektic, Croatia, and Austin Krajicek, United States,6-4, 6-2. Evan King and Christian Harrison (1), United States, def. Fernando Romboli, Brazil, and Jan Zielinski, Poland, 7-6(5),6-4 Transactions

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Concert series presents hundreds of shows

BY KEITHSPERA Staff writer

Coming out of the pandemic shutdown, New Orleans music venues and musicians obviously neededassistance.

That need inspired 2021’sinaugural NOLAxNOLA, an initiative to boost the local live music community by promoting atwoweek series of branded shows at dozens of venues.

Fouryearslater,live music is stillina precariousposition. The nightlife trend seemstobe that patrons don’tstay out as late or drink as much, whichis detrimental to the bottomline of music venues. And if music venues don’tstay in business, musicians can’tmake aliving.

So NOLAxNOLAhas evolved into an annual two-weekcelebration of live musicinNew Orleans, showcasing therichness and diversityofthe local music scene while also remindingfans not to take the existence of music clubs for granted.

As notedonprominentbillboard advertisements around town, the 2025 edition of NOLAxNOLA kicks off this weekend and continues through Oct. 5.

is one of many performers featured during the 2025 NOLAxNOLA

Produced viaa partnership between New Orleans &Company,the ofﬁcialdestination sales and marketing organization for NewOrleans’ tourismindustry, and NOLAxNOLA founder Sig Greenebaum’s SigFest Events, this year’sseries spans more than 50 participating venues and 300 shows.

“In 2021, we understood how essentialitwas thatweall banded together to supportour vibrant artistic communityina time of need,” Greenebaum said in anews release.

“In true New Orleans fashion, we transformed achallenging moment into ahistoric one, showcasing just how resilient, adaptable, and innovative our city truly is. We’ve continued to build on our successes over the pastfour years, developing NOLAxNOLA into an annualseries. Eachyear,wepartnerwithmore venues and musicians to present every genre, every night, in every neighborhood —anhomage to the breadth of New Orleans’ diverse music community.”

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Todayinhistory: On Sept. 26, 1960, the ﬁrst nationally televised debate between presidential candidates took place as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off in Chicago. Also on this date: In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia during the American Revolution.

In 1954, the Japanese commercial ferry Toya Maru sank during atyphoon in the Tsugaru Strait, claiming more than 1,150 lives.

In 1986, William H. Rehnquist

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Isat down with Shearer following arecent screening of “Spinal TapII” presented by the New Orleans Film Society at theBroad Theatre. He still sported Smalls’ prominent facial hair

No lead singerorlead guitarist would ever have that mustache. It is verymuch thefacial hair of abassist. How long does it takeyou to grow it out?

About two months.

The original “Spinal Tap” didn’t do big business at thebox office but enjoyed a good runonhome video.

It’saccurate to say we were the ﬁrst nonporn movie to make money in home video.

Did you have ano-nudity clause inyour contract for the original film?

Ihavea no-nudity clause in my life.

As Spinal Tap, you, Christopher Guest andMichael McKean went on tourand performed at some prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall. Carnegie f****** Hall. They were a***** to us. For that tour, we had amake-believe sponsor, an adult diaper company.At every one of our venues, we’d hang two banners around the stage. Onesaid, “Rock with conﬁdence.” The other one said, “Wet is good, dry is better.”

And they wouldn’tlet us hang those: “There’snoadvertising at Carnegie Hall!”

It’snot advertising —it’sa joke on advertising!

The four principals in the originalmovie didn’tmakemuch money

Ithink Rob calculated that each of us made about 82 cents

Did you getanactual check for 82 cents?

I’ve gotten checks for 3cents. WhenIwas akid doing voiceover work in movies, I’d get these residual checks from Universal for like 3cents. Iwas so delighted that it cost them more to writethe check than thecheck wasworth

(With the original“Spinal Tap” ﬁlm) we were being screwed eight ways from Tuesday.Ijust gottoapoint where Iwas able to ﬁle suit.

Iamnot allowed by contractual clauses to describe the actual nature of the suit or what happened But this was acompany that was screwing us really badly andlying to us all the time. I’m allowed to say that.

They wouldn’tbudge on the issue of money,sothe IP was the consolation prize.

The intellectual property.Sothey didn’t payyou money,but you won the right to takethese characters and this conceptand makeanew movie. Yeah. It was like, “Here, get out of here.Here’sthe rights.”

Youwere in the position to coverthe cost

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was sworn in as the16th chief justice of theUnited States, while Antonin Scalia joined theSupreme Court as its 103rd member Rehnquist died in 2005 and Scalia in 2016. In 1990, theMotion Picture AssociationofAmerica announced it hadcreatedanew rating, NC-17, to replace the Xrating. In 1991, fourmen and four women began atwo-year stay inside asealed-off structure in Oracle, Arizona, called Biosphere 2; they emerged from Biosphere 2 on this date in 1993

In 2000, thousands of antiglobalization protestersclashed with police in demonstrations during asummit ofthe International Monetary Fund and the

World BankinPrague.

In 2005, ArmyPfc. Lynndie England was convicted by amilitary jury in FortHood, Texas, on six of sevencountsstemming from the Abu Ghraib prison abusescandal.

In 2020, President Donald Trumpnominated Judge Amy Coney Barretttothe SupremeCourt to ﬁll theseat left vacant by the deathofRuthBader Ginsburg. (Barrettwould beconﬁrmed the following month.)

In 2022, NASA’s Dart mission becamethe ﬁrst spacecraft to ram an asteroid in adress rehearsal for deﬂecting aspace object’strajectory.

In 2024, Helene, amajor Category 4hurricane, madelandfall in Florida’sBig Bend region. It went

PROVIDED PHOTO FROM BLEECKERSTREET Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls —better known as Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer —get the band backtogether in the NewOrleans-shot mockumentarysequel ‘This is Spinal TapII: The End Continues.

of the lawsuit thanks to thegenerosity of the folks at Fox, who pay you well for doing voices for“The Simpsons.”

Did you put“generosity” and “Fox” in thesame sentence?

That’s called creative writing. Ladies and gentlemen, don’t ever voluntarily get into alawsuit. Seriously.It is such adrag, such an emotional and economic drag. Youare basically signing up forasecondjob in terms of the time it sucksout of your life. I’vebeen in three. Iknow from personal experiencethat there are reasonstosay,“I’m gonna sue ’em!” But don’tdoit.

But the end result is that you were able to makeanother Spinal Tapmovie …and in theoryget paid for this one, if it does all right.

That wasn’treally my first thought when Igot the rights. The thought that haunted me was that we caught lightninginabottle (with thefirst film).How dare we trytodoitagain

The original is aclassicupthere with “Monty Pythonand theHolyGrail” and other movies that peoplehavequoted from fordecades. Do youwant to mess with that legacy?

Well, we did.

Because you were theone who won back the rights, in aroundabout waythat makes Mr.Burns,Ned Flanders and Principal Skinnerexecutive producers of “Spinal TapII.” (laughs) Yeah,kind of. Wasitahardsell to your co-stars to makeaSpinal Tapsequel?

We all shared that cautiousness aboutit. We started meeting in this ofﬁce to see if there was anythingthere, to see if any ideas occurred to us.

We movedtothe dining room of ourhouseinSantaMonica, with an oceanview.Aswewould talk about scenes that could lend themselves to astory, Rob would write them on a3-by-5cardand put

themonthe board. When he got enough of them, he thought,“OK, I’ve got enough for amovie.”

Youand your wife, singer-songwriter Judith Owen, split your time between Santa Monica and New Orleans.

Ivote here.

Much of the movie wasshot at The Ranch Film Studios on West JudgePerez Drive in Chalmette. But it wasn’tyour decision to film “Spinal TapII” in the New Orleansarea. No. Iwas taken aback and surprised and delighted, but Ihad nothing to do withit. Ithink the stateLegislature, in their taxwriting wisdom, had more to do with it than Idid. It was wonderful. We’ve been living here for along time now, and Igot something that Inever had had before, which was an opportunity to get familiar with Chalmette.

Ihad long COVID, so Iwas going to this balance clinic in a shopping center on Judge Perez Drive.

Rob Reiner has said that the New Orleans film crew wasone of the best he’dever worked with The best crew that I’ve ever worked with. AndI’m not saying that because I’minNew Orleans. I’ve said it everywhere. Ibelieve it. It was unbelievably good. The art department was amazing. It was wonderful.

New Orleansblues guitarist LittleFreddie King gotacameo in the film.That is now the one thing that Spinal Tapand Beyoncé have in common —Little Freddie King has done acameo in films by both.

We actually wear the same costumes,too.

Paul McCartney gets adecent amount of screen time.Youguys met him in 2009 when he turned up at arehearsal studioin California where Spinal Tapwas rehearsing We were toldthat on one side would be PaulMcCartney re-

on to cut aswathacross Georgia and South Carolina before triggering historicﬂooding in North Carolina andTennessee, causing an estimated $78 billion in damage and 219deaths.

Today’sbirthdays: Country singer David Frizzell is 84. Television host Anne Robinson is 81. Singer Bryan Ferry is 80. Author Jane Smiley is 76. Singer-guitarist Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) is 71.

Actor Linda Hamilton is 69. Actor Melissa Sue Anderson is 63.

Actor Jim Caviezel is 57. Singer Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) is 53. Hockey Hall of Famers Daniel andHenrik Sedin are 45. Tennis player SerenaWilliamsis44. Singer-actor Christina Milian is 44. Actor Zoe Perry is 42.

hearsing for Coachella and on theother side would be Michael Jackson rehearsing forhis comeback at the O2 (in London). And thedoor opened, and fortunately, it was Paul. We hadn’teven picked up our instruments yet. We were speechless —it’sPaul McCartney! After about 10 minutes of that, he said, “Give us asong, fellas.”

We conferred. We are also this other band, the Folksmen (featuredinthe Guest-directed mockumentary “A Mighty Wind”). They have abluegrass version of “Start Me Up.” So that’swhat we did. Youplayed abluegrass version of aRolling Stones song foraBeatle?

Likeyou do.

In “Spinal TapII,”McCartney inserts himselfinto aSpinal Taprehearsal.Wasit intimidating to playbass in front of him?

Uh,yeah. He’sone of the great bass players. My ear goes to the bass —that’s why Ipicked up the instrument. Listeningtohim over the years and noticing this little thing which is …his parts would always grow through the song. He never played it exactly the same. He played the simple version in theﬁrst verse, and then he’d add somethingand he’d add somethingand he’d add something so that there wasalways something else going on.

Iheard later on that he was the last person to put his parts on a recording. He would play temporary stuff when they recorded, then he would come in afterward, listen to the almost completed track, and devise his parts. So he was really able to conceive of a bass part that would grow

He would build drama throughout the song

Yeah. Rock ’n’ roll, which in its early dayswas noted forits simplicity, in the hands of somebody like him was able to develop complexity and different ways of moving within the framework of agiven song.

The Beatles once sang about a“Yellow Submarine.”SoI’m notsurprisedthat McCartney praisesthe “pink torpedo” line from Spinal Tap’s“BigBottom.”

Yeah, well, he’sinto colors, isn’t he?

The scenes for“Spinal Tap” were sketched out in advance,but howmuch of the dialogue wasimprovised? Ahundred percent. And aguy like Chris Addison, whoplayed thepromoter The stuff that came out of his mouth was just stunning.

There’sonly twopeople that I’ve ever worked with that I had to really force myself not to laugh. One was Fred Willard, who waswith the Air Force base in the ﬁrst (Spinal Tapmovie). The other wasChris Addison. Icouldn’tbelieve what he was coming up with.

The only thing that waspre-

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show at Tipitina’sonFriday.Zigaboo’s Funk Revuefor thenight includes Chris Severin, Kurt Brunus, Kyle Roussel,Dr. Chris Rossbach, Lance Ellis, Tracy Griffin,KathleenMoore,Earl Smith Jr., and Dave Easley. The band Toyesauce opensthe show at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25. On Oct. 2-3, NOLAxNOLA Talks, acollaborationwith Relix Magazine,presents aseriesof free panel discussions about New Orleansmusic andthe music industry at the New Orleans Jazz Museum from 11 a.m.to6p.m Go to neworleans.com/ nolaxnola for acomplete listing of shows.

pared wasobviously that the art department had built the International House of Rock. The crew had to know what we were doing. Howmanyextrahours of footage were shot forthe newmovie?

It waspretty tight. Each of the scenes that you see wentlonger There was morePaul Shaffer, there wasmore Fran Drescher But it wasapretty tight schedule. It wasless than amonth. Had youmet EltonJohnbefore he shot his cameo?

Ihad not. My closest connection to Elton John had been the great Raymond Anthony Myles (the late NewOrleans gospel singer) doing “Border Song (Holy Moses).” Eltonseemed like he wasanincredibly good sport. We have been lucky enough to receive great warmthfrom people in the music business. The vast majority of them recognize themselves in somebehavior that they’ve experienced, with the exception of the Gallagher brothers (from Oasis).

So manypeople in bands come up and say,“That’sthe movie we had on our (tour) bus.” It’s abus ﬁlm The only people whocouldn’t have it on their bus is us. We couldn’twatch it. “Black Adder,” awonderful British comedy series, was like our “Spinal Tap.” DidElton come in knowing the Spinal Tap songs he played with youguys? There wasanhour or two of rehearsal before we shot it. Howdoes sharing astagewith Eltonrank among your musical experiences? The only thing that’snearly comparable waswhen we played the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and (banjo master) Bela Fleck was onstage with us. That waspretty great. Iwas so stunned and amazed to be onstage with the guy This spoof band has led to all these really cool actual experiences.

We played the Live Earth show at Wembley Stadium.Weplayed the Freddie Mercury tribute show at Wembley Stadium.We played Royal Albert Hall, right after Imet Judith. Carnegie Hall. Glastonbury.It’sbeen an amazing experience.

Is there aspecificbox office total that youwould have to reach to do another Spinal Tap film?

78.6 zillion —something like that.

So whenyou shave offthe Derek Smalls facial hair this time, that will probably be the last time?

Well, Derek ain’tthrough yet. Derek will live to rock another day? Yeshewill.

The interview waslightly edited forlength andclarity Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

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NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $74.89

LOT

in the rear of 58.54’ and adepth of 100.00’ on the side of Lot 176 and adepth of 101.39’ on the side of Cindy Drive.

LOT 178 formsthe comer of the southerly right of way line of Cindy Drive and the westerly of line of Goldie Lane and measures 59.91 front on Goldie Lane with the right way awidth in rear of 45’, and adepth and front on Cindy Drive of 101.11’ and adepth of 100.00’ on the Lot179 side.

LOT 179 measures 45’ front on Goldie Lane, same width in the rear by adepth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 178 on its northerlyside and 180 on its southerly side.

LOT 180 measures 45’ front on Goldie Lane same width in the rear by adepth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 179 on its northerly side and 181 on its southerlyside.

LOT 181 measures 45’ front on Goldie Lane, same width in the rear by a depth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 180 on its northerly side and 182 on its southerly side.

LOT 182 measures 40’ front on Goldie Lane, same width in the rear by a depth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 181 on its northerlyside and 183 on its southerlyside.

LOT 183 measures 56.60’ front on Goldie Lane, a first width in the rear 25.99 feet second width in the rear of 15.52 feet, and adepth of 100.00’ on both sides, bounded by Lot 182 on its northerlyside and 184 on its southerly side.

LOT 184 measures 43.94’ front on Goldie Lane, same width in the rear by adepth of 100.00’ between equal and

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-321 GITSIT SOLU‐TIONS, LLC, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUTSOLELYIN ITSCAPACITY AS SEPERATE TRUSTEEOFGIT‐SITMORTGAGE LOAN TRUST BBPLC1 VERSUS TOYA BROWNROBERTSON A/K/ATOYA LASHAY BROWN, DAMON BROWN A/K/ADAMON LOUISBROWN, JEROME DEMEO BROWNA/K/A JERONELOUIS BROWNA/K/A JEROME DEMEO BROWN, SR JESSICA BROWN A/K/AJESSICA DEMEO-BROWN A/K/AJESSICA LYNN BROWN, JUDI BROWN A/K/AJUDI LORENE BROWNGILMORE, JOSHUA DEMEO BROWNA/K/A JOSHUA PAULEE BROWNAND JENNIFER BROWNA/K/A JENNIFER LA‐TRICEBROWN Byvirtueofand inobedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALEfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tledcause, dated April4 2025, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell tothe highest bidderatpublic auction,atthe Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex,1233 WestbankEx‐pressway, Har‐vey,Louisiana, 70058,onOcto‐ber 1, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐ertytowit: Acertain lotof ground,to‐getherwithall the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and allthe rights, ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes,appurte‐nancesand ad‐vantagesthere‐unto belongingorin anywise apper‐taining,situated inthe Parish of Jefferson,State of Louisiana, in Terrytown Sub‐divisionNo. 8, designatedas Lot No.41, Square128, bounded by Carol SueAv‐enue,EastMar‐lin Court, Merid‐ian Street and Behrman Highway;the id

g said LotNo. 41 commences at a distanceof135 feet from the cornerof Meridian Street and East Marlin Court andmea‐sures thence 60 feet fronton East Marlin Court, samewidth in the rear,by a depth of 115 feet between equal and parallel lines; all measurements areinaccor‐dance with Plan ofSurveyby Gilbert, Kelly& Cou‐turie,Inc., dated November21, 1977; subjectto restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineral rights ofrecordaffect‐ing theproperty

Thissaleissub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 22,2025, September26, 2025 aug22-sep26-2t $106.65

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-727 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICES, LLC VS MICHELLE HEIN‐DELROUSSEAU A/K/AMICHELLE HEINDEL BROWNDI‐VORCED WIFE OF/AND CRAIGJOSEPH ROUSSEAU

p auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex,1233 WestbankEx‐pressway, Har‐vey,Louisiana 70058, on Octo‐ber 1, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐ertytowit:

ACERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TIONOF GROUND, to‐getherwithall the buildings and improvements thereon, all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining,situated inthe Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son,inthatpart thereof known asTERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION, SECTION3-A, being apartof Oakdale Subdi‐vison,Section B",First Ward,all in ac‐cordancewith surveythereof byAdloe Orr, Jr., and Associates, dated October9,1959, revised July 15 1960, approved bythe Jefferson ParishCouncil underOrdi‐nance No.4707, adoptedAugust 25, 1960, regis‐tered in COB 514, folio 345, andinPlan Book 40, folio 37; andaccord‐ing thereto, said lot is desig‐nated and measures as follows:

LOTNO. 30, SQUARENO. 65., which said squareis bounded by FIELDING AVENUE, COOPER ROAD FAIRLAWN DRIVEand CON‐CORDROAD; saidLOT NO.30com‐mencesata dis‐tance of 556.13 feetfromthe cornerofFAIR‐LAWN DRIVEand CON‐CORDROAD, and measures thence60feet front on FAIR‐LAWN DRIVE, same width across the rear by a depth of 110 feetbetween equal andparal‐lel lines. Allinac‐cordancewith surveyof Gilbert,Kelly and Couturie, Inc.,dated May 25, 1988.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds must be

OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, ON THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE (185) CERTAINLOTS OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND ALL THE RIGHTS APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE STATEOFLOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, IN THATPART THEREOF KNOWN AS BEECHGROVESUBDIVISION EXTENSION NO. 2, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARESUBDIVISION,BYJJKREBS &SONS, INC., DATED MAY6,1985, SHOWING THE RESUBDIVISION OF PARCEL E, BEECHGROVESUBDIVISION, INTO BEECHGROVE SUBDIVISION NO. 2, ACCEPTEDBYTHE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL IN ORDINANCE NO. 16574, DATED 10/11/85, RECORDED IN COB 1345, PAGE 297, JEFFERSON PARISH RECORDS. SAID

Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

FOERSTNERG

MEYER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September 26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $105.07

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-036

ROCKET MORT‐GAGE,LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/AQUICKEN LOANS INC. VS KATHLEEN BONCKKELLER A/K/AKATH‐LEEN B. KELLER A/K/AKATH‐LEEN KELLER

enue,40th Street, 39th Street andConnecticut Avenue,and which LotD commences 150 feetfromthe in‐tersection of Delaware Av‐enue and40th Streetand mea‐sures thence 50 feetfront on Delaware Avenue,same width in the rear, by depths between equal and parallel lines of 120 feet

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September 26, 2025 aug22-sep26-2t $84.42

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-617 FEDERALHOME LOANMORT‐GAGECORPORA‐TION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFITOFTHE FREDDIEMAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2020-3 VERSUS JAMIEBOLOTTE AND CLINTON ANTHONY BOLOTTE

o'clocka.m.the following de‐scribed prop‐ertytowit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHERWITH ALL THEBUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREONAND ALL THERIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐LEGES SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA,IN THATSUBDIVI‐SIONTHEREOF KNOWN AS LAKE TIMBERLANE ES‐TATES,SECTION NUMBER3 EX‐TENSION,ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH APLANOF RESUBDIVISION BY J. J. KREBS& SONS, INC., DATEDOCTOBER 21, 1988, AP‐PROVEDUNDER ORDINANCE NO 17660, SAID ORDINANCE BEINGFILED AT COB 2133, FOLIO 67ONFEBRU‐ARY 9, 1989.

ACCORDINGTO SAIDPLAN, SAID LOT IS DESIG‐NATED,LO‐CATED AND MEASURES AS FOLLOWS:LOT 34OFSQUAREG, WHICHSQUARE IS BOUNDED BY BRADFORD PLACE, LAKE TIMBERLANEES‐TATES SECTION NO. 2(SIDE), LAKE TIMBERLANEES‐TATES SECTION NO. 2EXT (SIDE), ABBEY WAY(SIDE). NEWBURY COURT(SIDE), DEVON ROAD LAKETIMBER‐LANE ESTATESSEC‐TIONNO. 3 (SIDE), PARCEL CC(SIDE), PAR‐CEL DD-2(SIDE) AND MANHATTAN BOULEVARD (SIDE),AND WHICHLOT FORMS THE CORNEROF BRADFORD PLACEAND DEVON ROAD AND MEASURES THENCE65FEET FRONTON BRADFORD PLACE, SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 102FEET BE‐TWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES

ANDACCORD‐INGTOA SUR‐VEY BY J. J. KREBS &SONS, INC.,DATED SEPTEMBER5, 1989, SAID LOT HAS THESAME DESIGNATION LOCATION AND DIMENSIONS AS MENTIONED ABOVE. ANDAC‐CORDING TO MORERECENT SURVEY MADE BYDADING, MARQUES& AS‐

SOCIATES,INC DATED SEPTEMBER15, 1992, SAID LOT HAS THESAME DESIGNATIONS, LOCATIONS, ANDDIMEN‐SIONS AS MEN‐TIONEDABOVE, EXCEPTSAID SQUAREIS SHOWN TO BE BOUNDED BYBRADFORD PLACE,NORTH BOUNDARYOF SUBDIVISION, EAST BOUND‐ARY OF SUBDIVI‐SION, ABBY WAY,DEVON ROAD, SOUTHBOUND‐ARY OF SUBDIVI‐SION, NEWBURY COURT AND MANHATTAN BOULEVARD

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

KATE SOTO‐LONGO Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22,2025, September 26, 2025 aug22-sep26-2t $135.77

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-588 EF MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS ALVININTERNA‐TIONAL LLCAND ALVINWOOTEN

p p erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TIONOF GROUND, to‐getherwithall the buildings and improvements thereon, andall ofthe servi‐tudes,rights, and appurte‐nancesthere‐unto applying situ‐atedinthe STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISIONin Section No.3 being part of Oakdale Subdi‐vision SectionB,First Ward, allinac‐cordancewith planbyAdloe Off, Jr.&Associ‐ated, C. E. datedOcto‐ber 9, 1959, re‐vised July 15, 1960, approved bythe Jefferson Parish Council, under Ordinance No 4787, datedAu‐gust24, regis‐tered COB342, folio 345, plan No.40, folio 37, Ofﬁce of the Court,Parishof Jefferson,and saidground is more fully de‐scribed and designatedas follows to-wit: LOTNO. 12 SQUARE60 which said squareis bounded by Farmington Place, DanielsRoad, EastForest LawnDrive Friedrica Street, Lot No.12mea‐sures 60 feet frontonFarm‐ingtonPlace, the same width inthe rear by a depth between equal and parallel line of 110 feet.Lot No 12liesnearerto and commences ata distance of 460feet from the corner of Farmington Placeand Daniels Road,all a more fully shownonre‐centsurveyof SterlingMandle, dated August 14, 1980; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineral rights ofrecord affectingthe property.

Theimprove‐ments thereon bearthe munici‐pal:518 Farm‐ingtonPlace, Terrytown, LA 70056

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check,

MoneyOrder,or

PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

ZACHARYGAR‐

RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t

$106.65

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:866-364

BANK OF AMER‐ICA, N.A. VERSUS ROBERT F. ALT‐MEYERAND LISADURNING ALTMEYER

By virtue of and inobedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALEfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tledcause, dated July 7, 2025, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell tothe highest bidderatpublic auction,atthe Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex,1233 WestbankEx‐pressway, Har‐vey,Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 1, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐ertytowit: APORTION OF GROUND, to‐getherwithall the buildings and improve‐ments hereon, andall the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining,thereof known as UNI‐VERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION andwhich por‐tions of ground accordingtothe planthereof by ReneA Harris,Inc., con‐sulting engi‐neers, datedDe‐cember20,1962, recordedatCOB 48, FOLIO 6A of the records of the ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,des‐ignated as follows:

LOT26-A SQUARE85

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

KATE SOTO‐LONGO Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans

Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-869

FIRSTAMERI‐CAN BANK AND TRUST VERSUS ROBERT COSTEA,ASIN‐DEPENDENT AD‐MININSTRATOR FORTHE SUCCESSION OF ROBERTP.BELL‐FLOWER

ONECERTAIN CONDOMINIUM

UNIT,being des‐ignated as Unit 13D of Chardon‐nay VillageCondo‐miniums,cre‐atedpursuant tothe Declara‐tioncreating Chardonnay VillageCondo‐minium, dated August25, 1981, recordedinthe Conveyance records of theClerk and Recorderofthe ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana as COB 1010, FOLIO 474 / INST.No. 982849, as des‐ignated and shown on plan ofJoseph F. Varisco, Jr., RegisteredLand Surveyor, dated February9, 1981, revised April 27, 1982 andJuly27, 1981 annexedas Exhibit Btosaid declaration,to‐getherwithits undividedper‐centage interest inand to the CommonEle‐ments of the Condominium as setforth in the Declaration on ﬁle andof recordand sub‐jecttoand with assumption of all terms, covenants,con‐ditions,provi‐sions,restric‐tions and obligationsset forth in theDec‐larationasitex‐istsorasfrom timetotime amended in accordance with theterms ofthe Declara‐tion. Said Con‐dominiumbeing situatedon thefollowing described prop‐erty, to-wit: ACERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TIONOF GROUND, to‐getherwithall the buildings and improvements thereon, andall ofthe rights, ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,in thatpart thereof known as Parcel 22-A Chateau Estates South,being a resubdivision of Parcel22, Chateau EstatesSouth all in accor‐dance with a surveythereof byJ.J.Krebs & Sons, Inc., datedJanuary 4, 1973, revised May7,1973,ap‐d b h

p proved by the CityofKenner, under OrdinanceNo. 1526, adopted May 14,1973, registeredin COB 789, folio 938, Jefferson Parish,dated January 4, 1973 revised May7, 1973, said Parcel is designated as Parcel22-Aand measuresas follows: Commencing at a Intersection of the Westerly right of wayof DuncanCanal and the Northerlyright ofway of 35th Street (now WestEsplanade Avenue)which isthe point of beginning, measures thence North01 degrees 05'28" Westa distance of1611.35 feet to apoint onthe Southerly right of wayline ofCanal No.11; thencemea‐sures south87de‐grees 53'36" Westa distance of526.27 feet to a point; thence South 02 degrees 06'24" Easta distance of78.18 feet to a point;thence South 016de‐grees 59'46" East a distanceof 28.00 feet to a point;thence along thearc of a curvetothe left having ara‐diusof234.00 feet (the long chord of which bears South58 degrees 23'53" West 118.01 feet) a distanceof 119.30 feet to a point;thence along thearc of acurve to the right having a radiusof394.00 feet (the long chord of which bears South11de‐grees 24’39" West509.67 feet)a distance of554.25 feet to a point; thence along the curveofan arc to theright havinga radius of822.00 feet (thelong chordofwhich bears South45 degrees 44'59" Westa distance of318.00 to a point thence;mea‐sures in an Easterlydirec‐tionalong the Northerly right ofway line of 35th Street (now WestEsplanade Avenue)a dis‐tance of 576.24 feet to thepoint of beginning. Forinforma‐tionalpurposes only: Improve‐ments thereon bearMunicipal No. 1500 West Esplanade Avenue,Unit13D,Kenner, Louisiana 70065.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- 10% downbalance in 30days.

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

WA.MAIO‐RANA, JR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22,2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $8

PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-897

RACHELLE LIBBY AARON VERSUS KENT LIBBY

ONECERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, situatedinthe State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson, City ofKennerin thatpart thereof known asSouthlake Village,Section 1, PhaseB,and in accordance with Kenner CityOrdinance No. 7661, regis‐tered in COB 2881, folio 208 which approved the Plan of Sub‐divisionbyJ.J Krebs &Sons, Inc., dated8/8/93, saidLot is des‐ignated as Lot7 inSQ. “D”which Sq. is bounded by LITTLE BAYOU LANE, TECHE DRIVE,CYPRESS BAYOU LANE AND TURTLE BAYOUDRIVE (FORMERLY BOEUFBAYOU DRIVE.)

Said lotcom‐mences387.14 feetfromthe in‐tersectionof LittleBayou Laneand Teche Driveand mea‐sures thence 65 feetfront on Lit‐tle BayouLane, the same in which the rear,bya depth of120 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines

Improvements ThereonBear the Municipal Number: 217 Lit‐tle BayouLane, Kenner, LA,70065.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

PETERS.TITLE Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September 26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $83.89

VERSUS

CARROLC.DU‐RALLA/K/A CARROLDURALL

Acertain lotof ground,to‐getherwithall the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and allofthe rights, ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes,appurte‐nancesand ad‐vantages thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining,situated inCityof Gretna, Parish of Jefferson, State ofLouisiana,in thatthereof known as New Mechanickham, and accordingto a print of survey byHotardand Webb, C.E. dated Septem‐ber 22, 1950, said lotisdesig‐nated as fol‐lows, to wit: Lot5 Square 21, bounded by 22ndSt, Stafford Street, 21st,and HeroSubdivi‐sion.

Lot5 com‐mencesata dis‐tance of 86 feet fromthe corner of22ndStreet and measures 42.50 feetfront on Stafford Street, sameinwidth in the rear,by a depth of 139.34 feet on the sideline nearerto22nd Streetand a depth of 135.64 feetonthe opposite side‐line. Allinac‐cordancewith a surveyby Wilton J. Dufrene,Land Surveyor,dated November7, 1984, said lot situatedin GretnaGardens Subdivision This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

LAETITIA BLACK Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September 26 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $8

HERMAN JACK‐SONAND RI‐NENNY MARIA GIRODA/K/A RI‐NENNY M. GIROD A/K/ARINENNY GIROD

Byvirtueofand inobedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALEfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tledcause dated June 17, 2024, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell tothe highest bidderatpublic auction,atthe Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex,1233 WestbankEx‐pressway, Har‐vey,Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember5,2025 at10o'clock a.m.the follow‐ing described propertytowit: That certain piece or portion ofground,to‐getherwithall the buildings and improvements thereon, andall rights, ways privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantagesand appurtenances thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining,situated inthe Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana,in thatpart thereof known asSouth Avon‐daleHomes Subdivision, SectionIII, ac‐cording to a planofWilliam Maier,C.E., dated August 24, 1964, approved bythe Jefferson ParishCouncil under Ordi‐nance No.6792 and ﬁled forrecordas Entry No 303,279, regis‐tered in COB 559, folio 505, and in Plan Book 50,Plan58, of the recordsof the Clerkof Court forthe ParishofJeffer‐son,according to which the saidlot is desig‐nated as LotNo. 7,Square18 thereof, bounded by Julia, Dorothyand RuthDrives, and South Jamie Boulevard,and measures52 feetfront on DorothyDrive, the same in width in the rear, by adepth of100 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: September 26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $91

NO:852-583

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VS TODD K. KUBO

Byvirtueofand inobedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALEfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt, ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tledcause dated April2, 2024, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell tothe highest bidderatpublic auction,atthe Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex,1233 WestbankEx‐pressway, Har‐vey,Louisiana 70058, on Octo‐ber 1, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐ertytowit: ACERTAIN POR‐TIONOF GROUND, to‐getherwithall ofthe buildings and improvements thereonand all ofthe servi‐tudes,rights, ways, privi‐leges, prescriptions, advantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise appertaining situated in the ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,in thatpart thereofknown asTIMBERLANE ESTATES,UNIT NO. 4, desig‐nated as LOT3, SQUARE 11 bounded by Marlene Drive, Michelle Court, Lapalco Boule‐vard, ChristinaPlace, FairﬁeldAv‐enue,and the western bound‐ary of thesubdi‐vision. Said lotmeasures thence60.60 feet fronton Marlene Drive, a further fronton Marlene Driveof29.45 feet or atotal frontageon Marlene Driveof 90.05 feet a depth on its Northside, the lineofsubdivi‐sionbetween Lot 3and Lot2 of107.77 feet, a depth on theopposite sidelineof110 feet,a widthin the rear of 90 feet.All as more fully shownonsur‐vey by Gilbert, Kelly,&Cou‐turie,Inc., dated November5, 1979; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineral rights ofrecord affectingthe property.

Theimprove‐ments thereon bearthe Munici‐pal No.712 Mar‐leneDr.,Gretna, LA 70056.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

g September 26, 2025 aug22-sep26-2t $96.07

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:800-678

WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSIONOF DAVIDISRAEL LACOSTEA/K/A DAVIDI LACOSTEA/K/A DAVIDISRAEL LACOSTEA/K/A DAVIDLACOSTE ANDTHE SUCCESSIONOF IRIS JEWEL CHAUFF LA‐COSTEA/K/A IRIS JEWEL CHAUFF LACOSTEA/K/A IRIS JEWEL CHAUFF A/K/A IRIS J. CHAUFF A/K/AIRIS CHAUFF A/K/AIRIS JEWELLACOSTE A/K/AIRISJ.LA‐COSTEA/K/A IRIS LACOSTE A/K/A IRIS CHAUFF LA‐COSTEA/K/A IRIS C. LACOSTE

TWOCERTAIN LOTSOF GROUND, to‐getherwithall the buildings and improvements thereon, andall ofthe rights ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son,CityofKen‐ner,inHighway Park in Square 202, bounded by MarylandAv‐enue,(formerly MichiganAv‐enue,33rd Street (formerly 15thStreet), designatedas Lots43and 44; saidlotsadjoin each otherand mea‐suretogether 50 feet fronton MarylandAv‐enue,the same width in the rear,bya depth of127.5feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines;Lot 44 lies nearerto andcommences ata distance of 100 feet from the corner of MarylandAv‐enue and 34th Street.Ac‐cording to asur‐vey by Gilbert, Kelly andCou‐turie,Inc dated February 19, 1978, redated November10, 1983, redated April 6, 1990; saidlot has thesameloca‐tion, designated and measure‐ments as set out above.

time of thesale.

NOTE: Allfunds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September 26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $102.42

aug22-sep26-2t $72.24 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:825-909

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This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice is dueatthe

WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A VERSUS THEOPENED SUCCESSIONOF LINDILIA JOSEPH,(A/K/A DELIAJOSEPH) AND RENETTE JOSEPH AND ELIETTE JOSEPH Byvirtueofand inobedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALEfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt, ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tledcause dated June 26, 2025, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell tothe highest bidderatpublic auction,atthe Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex,1233 WestbankEx‐pressway, Har‐vey,Louisiana 70058, on No‐vember5,2025 at10o'clock a.m.the follow‐ing described propertytowit: That portionof ground,to‐getherwithall the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all of therights, ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes,appurte‐nancesand ad‐vantagesthere‐unto belongingorin anywise apper‐taining,situated inthe Parish of Jefferson,State of Louisiana, in MEADOWBROOK SUBDIVISION, UNIT NO.2,all asshown on planof resubdivision approved by the Jefferson Parish PlanningDe‐partmenton January 5, 1967, andac‐cording to which said por‐tionofground is designatedand measuresas follows: LOT18, SQUARE26, bounded by Hunterbrook Drive, Bannerwood Drive, Glenbrook Drive and Taylorbrook Drive,Lot 18 forms thecor‐ner of Glen‐brook Driveand Taylorbrook Drive, andmea‐sures 69.44 feet front on Taylor‐brook Drive, 93.61 feet in widthinthe rear, by adepth along Glenbrook Drive of 74.19 feet anda depth onthe opposite side‐lineof102.81 feet;subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and. outstanding mineralrights ofrecordaffect‐ing theprop‐erty. Theimprove‐ments thereon bear themunici‐

palnumber669 Taylorbrook Drive, Gretna, LA 70056.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025

sep26-oct31-2t $97.65

(formerly FreeportAv‐enue), 13th Street, and North Turnbull Drive andcom‐mences 92.89feet from the corner of NeyreyDrive and West Es‐planade Avenue (formerly Freeport Av‐enue), andmea‐sures thence 60 feetfront on NeyreyDrive, the same width in the rear, by adepth of117.25 feet along Lot16and a depth on the opposite sideline of 117.03 feet Allinaccor‐dance with a surveybyJ.J Krebs andSons, Inc.,C.E.&S., certiﬁed correctonJanu‐ary 13,1970; subject to re‐strictions, servi‐tudes,rights-ofway and outstanding mineralrights ofrecordaffect‐ing theprop‐erty.

Theimprove‐ments bear the municipalad‐dress 4416 NeyreyDr, Metairie, Louisiana 70002

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

By virtue of and inobedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIASfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt, ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tledcause dated Decem‐ber 21, 2023, I haveseizedand willproceed to selltothe high‐est bidder at publicauction, atthe Jefferson ParishSheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember5,2025 at10o'clock a.m.the follow‐ing described propertytowit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TIONOF GROUND, to‐getherwithall the buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, and allthe rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the PARISHOFJEF‐FERSON, STATE OFLOUISIANA, inthatpart thereof knownas NEYREYPARK EXTENSION,NO.

2,asper plan of subdivision made by J.J. Krebsand Sons, Inc.,dated July2,1963, and approvedbyOr‐dinance No 6249 of theJefferson ParishCouncil onSeptember 5, 1963 andregis‐tered in COB 579, folio237, being partofOriginal Lot 4of RosedalePlan‐tation. Said LOT isdesigned as LOT15of SQUARE6, bounded by NeyreyDrive, WestEsplanade Avenue

p thereonand all the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining,situated inthe Parish of Jeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,in thatpart thereof known asAirline Park NorthSubdivi‐sion, in square no. 211, bounded by Abadieand Ri‐vereAvenues and Carmen and Lafreniere Streets, which saidlot of ground is desig‐nated by the number 19,commences ata distance of 99.04 feet from the corner of AbadieAvenue and Carmen Street, and measures thence60feet front on Abadie Ave., same width in the rear,bya depth of102.75 feet between equal and parallel lines;all accord‐ing to sketch of survey ofGilbert,Kelly and CouturieJames A. Cou‐turie,C.E dated June 26,1973,and resurveyedJuly 3,1979.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

COREYJ.GIROIR

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September 26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $114.59

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:854-286 PHHMORTGAGE CORPORATION VS CHARLESWAL‐TERBURDETT,III A/K/ACHARLES W. BURDETT, III A/K/A CHARLESBUR‐DETT,III AND LYNDABOW‐MANBLACK‐WELL A/K/A LYNDAB BLACKWELL A/K/ALYNDA BLACKWELL

That certain piece or portion ofground,to‐getherwithall the buildings and improvements h d ll

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $90.77

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-205 JPMORGAN CHASEBANK, NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION VS JOYCEMARIE WILLIAMS

pp nances there‐untobelonging orinanywise appertaining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, STATE OFLOUISIANA inwhatis known as Oak‐dale Farm Subdivi‐sion, as perplan ofsubdivision madebyJ.T Stephens, C.E., ofsaid datedApril 19, 1917, andon ﬁle inthe Clerkof Court ofﬁce of Jefferson Parish Louisianaand further said subdivision made by AlvinE Hotard, C.E. dated March 30,1964, which resubdivision hasbeen ap‐provedbyOrdi‐nance No.6351 ofthe JeffersonParish Council under dateofApril 2, 1964, andac‐cording to which said pieceorpotion ofground is designatedas LOT 11-COF SAIDOAKDALE FARM SUBDIVISION, WHICHBLOCK 2, isbounded by VerretCanal, FriedrichsRoad, Wright Road and according tothe survey of Lot 11-C, mea‐sures 55.55 feet front on Hamilton Road, samewidth in the rear,by a depth of 125.00 feetbetween equal and parallel lines and is bounded onthe left by Lot 11-A-2, bounded in the rearbylot 11-A-1 andon the rightbyLot 11-Dand more recentbya sur‐vey of J. Perry Hotard, datedFebruary 11, 1974. Andac‐cording to sur‐vey by Wilton J. Dufrene,Land Surveyor,dated October 25, 1977, said lotis located in that squarewhich is bounded by Hamilton Road, Wright Road, Stumph Boulevard Robert Street, WhitneyAvenue andVerret Canal.Saidsub‐divisionis shown as Oak‐daleSubdivi‐sion. Andac‐cording to survey of Wilton J. Dufrene,dated August8.1983 saidproperty has thesame location,dimen‐sions and boundariesas statedabove, and commences 1052.45 feet from theinter‐section of HamiltonRoad and Robert Street

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: September 26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $120.41

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF

LOUISIANA

NO:858-311

MARINERS AT‐LANTIC PORTFO‐LIO,A CALIFOR‐NIALIMITED LI‐ABILITY COMPANY VS SHERYL A. ROGERS A/K/A SHERYL ANN WALL

ALLTHATPAR‐CEL OF LAND IN JEFFERSON PARISH,STATE OFLOUISIANA, AS MORE FULLYDE‐SCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 2975, PAGE 510, ID#0031428, BEING KNOWNAND DESIGNATEDAS: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PAR‐CEL OF GROUND TOGETHER WITH ALL THEBUILD‐INGS ANDIM‐PROVEMENTS THEREONAND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS, WAYS PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES ANDADVAN‐TAGES THERE‐UNTOBELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISEAPPER‐TAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA,IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN AS WOODMERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION5,IN TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH,RANGES 23& 24 EAST SOUTHEASTERN LAND DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, KNOWNASHAR‐VEY CANALPROP‐ERTY, ANDNOW RESUBDIVIDED INTO WOOD‐MERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION5,ALL ASPER PLAN OF RESUBDIVISION BY J. J. KREBS& SONS, INC.,C.E.& S., DATED OCTOBER 19, 1976 AND OCTOBER 21, 1976 APPROVED BYJEFFERSON PARISHCOUN‐CIL BY ORDI‐NANCE NO 12617, RECORDED IN COB 879, FOLIO 409, ANDASPER ACT OF DEDICA‐TION BEFORE ODOM B.HEEBE, N.P., DATED DECEM‐BER 21, 1976, REG.INCOB 880, FOLIO 822, NOW DESIG‐NATED AS FOL‐LOWS: LOTNO. 1335 IN SQUARE KK,WHICH SQUAREIS BOUNDED BY DEERRUNLANE, ALEXKORNMAN BOULEVARD, DEERCREEK LANE (SIDE) AND WOOD‐MEREBOULE‐VARD, (SIDE) ANDSAIDLOT COMMENCES 545FEET FROM THE CORNER OF ALEX KORNMAN BOULEVARD ANDDEERRUN LANEMEA‐SURES THENCE 60FEET FROM ON DEER‐RUN LANE SAMEWIDTH IN THE REAR,BYA DEPTH OF 100 FEET BETWEEN

EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES; ALLAS SHOWN ON PRINT OF SURVEY BY J. J. KREBS &SONS, INC.,C.E.& S., DATED JANUARY 16, 1978, RESURVEYED APRIL20, 1978 TOSHOWIM‐PROVEMENTS THEREON.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: September 26 2025, October31, 2025

sep26-oct31-2t $125.18

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-529 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS CHARLESW RIDER, IV A/K/A CHARLESRIDER, IV AND JAMIELYNN RIDERA/K/A JAMIEL.RIDER A/K/AJAMIE RIDER

By virtue of and inobedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALEfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt, ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tledcause, dated May20, 2025, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell tothe highest bidderatpublic auction,atthe Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex,1233 WestbankEx‐pressway, Har‐vey,Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember5,2025 at10o'clock a.m.the follow‐ing described propertytowit: Allthatcertain lot or parcel of ground,to‐getherwithall ofthe buildings and improvements thereon, andall ofthe rights, ways, means, privileges, servitudes appurtenances, advantages and component partsthereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining thereto, lying and beingsitu‐atedinthe ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana, in thatpart thereof known asTrudeau Sub‐division, andac‐cording to aplat ofsurveyby Adloe Orr, Jr.& Associates,C.E., dated June 13 1957, said por‐tionof ground is lo‐cated in square number15 bounded by Jef‐fersonHighway, Tullulah Avenue,Russell Streetand ArnoldAvenue and which por‐tionofground commences at adistanceof 1,413.64 feet from theinter‐

section of Jef‐fersonHighway and Tullulah Avenue and measures thence 50 feet front on Tullulah Avenue,same width in the rear,bya depth of144 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September 26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $88.12

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-464 KEESLERFED‐ERAL CREDIT UNION VS GREGORYR WHITEAND MICHELLE WHITE(A/K/A MICHELLE R. WHITE)

ACERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TIONOF GROUND, to‐getherwithall the buildings and improvements thereon, andall ofthe rights, ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,in thatpart thereof known as Magnolia Trace Subdivision and isdesignatedas follows,to-wit: LotFifteen (15), SquareOne (1), which square is bounded by Feli‐ciana Courtand Magnolia Trace Drive (side); saidlot com‐mencesata dis‐tance of sixty and eighty-seven hundredths feet (60.87')fromthe cornerofMag‐nolia Trace Drive and FelicianaCourt and measures thencetwelve and sixtenths feet (12.6')front on

FelicianaCourt and sixty-two and four tenths feet (62.40')on a secondfront,by a depth of one hundred forty feet (140')on the sideline ad‐joining LotSix‐teen (16),and adepth of one hundred forty and thirty-four hundredthsfeet (140.34')onthe opposite sideline,with a width in the rearofseventyﬁve feet (75'). All in accor‐dance with a survey by Dufrene Survey‐ing &Engineer‐ing,Inc dated September 24 1999.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: September 26 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $97.65

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-145

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICINGLLC VS WILLIAMC DAVISA/K/A WILLIAMDAVIS A/K/AWILLIAM C. DAVIS, JR. A/K/A WILLIAMDAVIS JR

Lot nos. 31 and 32ofsquareno. 177, Section2 ofsaidsubdivi‐sion, said squareis bounded by Sib‐ley,Chaldron, Cherokeeand Crawford Streets. Said lotsadjoineach otherand mea‐sureeach twenty-five feet (25’)front on SibleyStreet, samewidth in therear, by a depth onehun‐dred fifteen feet (115’)between equal andparal‐lel lines. Lot32adjoins lot no.31and commences at a distanceoftwo hundred feet (200’) from thecorner ofSibleyand Crawford Streets. Allas morefully shown on sur‐vey by GuyJ.Seghers Sr. &Associ‐ates, dated April 20, 1974, and according thereto Lot31 commences at a distanceoftwo hundred fifty feet from the cornerofChal‐dronStreet andalsoshows SibleyStreet and is now known as N. Sib‐ley Street.All as morefully shownonsur‐vey by BFMCor‐poration, dated September 4, 1984, acopyof which is attached to act registeredin COB 1104, folio 97, theproperty isdescribed as stated above, andis bounded by North Sibley Street,Crawford Street,North BengalRoad (formerly Cherokee Street)and ChaldronStreet

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withirrevocable BankLetterof Credit.

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September 26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $113

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-467

FIDELITY BANK VS MICHELLE L. AN‐DREWSA/K/A MICHELLE LOUISE AN‐DREWS