The Times-Picayune 10-01-2025 by The Advocate

Government shutdown looms

Officialsunclear on impact forLouisiana

BY MARK BALLARD andALYSE PFEIL Staff writers

WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats were no closer tocompromise Tuesday night, setting the stage for thefederal governmenttorun outof money at midnight and cause the ﬁrst shutdown of most federaloperations since 2018.

The agencies were still working out just who should cometowork Wednesday and who should stay home. Ofﬁcialswere ﬁguringout: What services are deemed essential and must continue even without funding? Andwhich servicescould be curtailed?

In the past, the White House’sOfﬁce of Management and Budget gathered allthe contingency plansand published them on its website. This time, the administration of President Donald Trumphas ordered each and

Henry said based on priorshutdowns like the one in 2018, “Weknow thatSocial Security, militaryand veteransaffairs will notbeaffected.”And mostcritical services like ﬂights and air trafﬁc control won’tbedisrupted, he said.

The militarywill still be on duty Armed forces retirees will still get their checks, but anychangestoindividual accountswill have to wait, according to the Defense Department contingency plan.

every agency to post its own contingency plan on its website.

SenatePresident Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, said he hadn’treceived a formal notiﬁcation regarding afederal governmentshutdown.

Veterans Affairs medical facilities continue operations, and veteran beneﬁts will be processed. Commercial flights will continue, though lines may start getting even longer if theshutdown wears on.

With two hurricanesoff theU.S. coast, thestaff of National Weather

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BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer

Gov. Jeff Landry’srequest to deploy 1,000 Louisiana NationalGuard troops in the state’s citiesdrewmixedreactions across the state as local leaders waited to learn moredetails. Landry announced on Fox News host Sean Hannity’sshow Monday night he was sending Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth aletter asking the federal government to pay forthe deployment. Under his administration,Landry told Hannity,“We started to seeviolence startto trickledown, andlatelywe’ve seen an uptick, so I’mcalling the president today.”

In his letter to Hegseth, Landry cited crime in cities like Baton Rouge, Shreveport and New Orleans as justiﬁcation forthe deployment.

Aspokesperson forLandrysaidshe could not answer questions about where the troops would go, whatthey would do, or whenthey might be deployed, because Trump had not approveda plan yet. AWhite House spokesperson did not comment, and the Pentagon did not answer questions on whether Landry’sproposal will be approved.

In astatement, the Louisiana National Guard said it will “start coordination with law enforcement partners in select major urban areas for preliminary development” as it awaits orders.

“The LANG is the home team, made up

Oliver Thomas seekssecondchancetoleadN.O.

‘Listening to our people fuels leadership’

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Wearing ablue suit and thick-

rimmed glasses, OliverThomas paced the St. Augustine High School gym, making eyecontact with students in the crowd ashe

mused about how city leaderscan uplift Black businesses.

The students listened intently as he promisedtodosoasNew Orleans’ next mayor Then Thomas hithis stride. Shuffling his feet, bending his knees and spreading hisarms in dance, he pledged,too, to defend New Orleans from incursions by stateand federal leaders.

“I want to be amayor that if Jeff Landry and Donald Trump don’t understand what we’re about, I’ll

be the one to get in their face and tell them, ‘Don’t make me trip out,’”Thomas said, doing asnippet of adance popularized by New Orleansartist T99ZY

The gym full of Purple Knights cheered. Thomas,aveteran City Council member,shines in these moments —those where he can let loose,

elicit alaugh, show New Orleanians he’s oneofthem. His voice often breakswithemotionfrom the council dais. He greets people with bear hugs and handshakes. It’s howhesays he’d govern,by meeting NewOrleanians in their homes and on their streets as he brings them alongonthe road to building a“city that works for everyone.

“I want to meet and touch as

ä See THOMAS, page 8A

Oliver Thomas

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center,speaks during anewsconference after apolicyluncheon at theCapitol on Tuesday.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,D-N.y speaks to reporters on Tuesdayatthe Capitol.

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Prosecutorsseek

11 yearsfor Diddy

NEW YORK Keywitnesses against Sean “Diddy” Combs, includinglongtimeex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, are urging afederal judge to reject leniencyfor the hip-hop mogul at his sentencing Friday,saying they fear for their safety if he is freed.

Prosecutors included letters from R&B singer Cassie, her parents and four others in a written submission Tuesday as theyseek to have Combs sentenced to at least 11 years and 3 months in prison for his convictionontwo prostitution-related charges.

Notably absent was the voice of an ex-girlfriend whotestiﬁedunder the pseudonym Jane. Like Cassie, she said Combs subjected her overseveral years to dayslong, drug-fueled sexual performances with male sex workers that Combs watched and often ﬁlmed.

Mexican manshot at Dallas ICE facility dies

DALLAS AMexican man who was among three people shot at aDallas immigration ﬁeld ofﬁce last week has died, becoming the second person killed in the attack, his familysaid Tuesday The family of Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, said he died after being removedfrom life support, according to a statement provided throughthe League of United Latin American Citizens,acivil rights organization.

Authorities have said the gunman in the Sept. 24 attack, Joshua Jahn, 29, fired indiscriminately from anearby roof onto the U.S. Immigrationand Customs Enforcement facility and avan holding detainees in agated area.Authorities have

Trump: U.S. can be ‘trainingground’

Presidentproposes using American cities to trainmilitary

BY BEN FINLEY,KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and EVAN VUCCI Associated Press

QUANTICO,Va. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed using American citiesastraining groundsfor thearmed forces and spoke of needing U.S. military might to combat what he called the “invasion from within.”

Addressingan audienceofmilitary brass abruptly summoned to Virginia,

gerous cities as training grounds for our military,” Trump said. He noted at another point: “We’re under invasion from within. No different than aforeign enemybut more difﬁcult in many ways because they don’twear uniforms.”

After calling hundreds of military leaders from around the world to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Hegsethlargely focused on long-usedtalkingpoints that painted apicture of amilitary hamstrung by “woke”policies. He said militaryleaders should “dothe honorable thing andresign” if they don’tlike his new approach.

Though meetings between military brass andcivilianleaders are nothing new,this gathering had fueled intense speculation about its purpose giventhe haste withwhich it was called and the

Israelitroopskill31 Palestinians in Gaza

Qatarpushesfor discussion on Trumppeace plan

BY SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press

CAIRO— Qatar said Tuesday that further talks were needed over details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan aimed at ending thenearlytwo-year warin Gaza, as Hamas weighed its reply.InGaza, Israeli forces killedatleast 36 Palestinians, local hospitals said. The comments by Qatar, akey mediator,appeared to reﬂect Arab countries’discontent over the text of the 20-pointplanthatthe White House put out after Trump andIsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced they had agreed on it Monday Three Arab ofﬁcials told

The Associated Pressthat changes had been made in theoriginalproposal that Arab andMuslim countries had worked out with Trump —changesinfavor of Israel. The ofﬁcials, who camefrom regionalpowers involved in the talks, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the behind-thescenes diplomacy The depth of the Arab countries’ discontent was not clear,and they have continued to express broad support forthe plan. But Qatar’scomments indicated they could seek further negotiationoversome of its terms—even as Trump toldreporters Tuesday that Hamas has “three or four days” to respond. Arab mediators and Turkish officials are to meet withHamasrepresentatives Tuesday in Doha to discuss the plan, said Qatari ForeignMinistry spokesman Majed Al Ansari.

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President DonaldTrump, right, is greeted Tuesday by SecretaryofDefense Pete Hegsethbefore speaking to agathering of top U.S. military commanders in Quantico, Va

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTOByJEHAD ALSHRAFI Afamily sets up atent Tuesdaynear aU.N.school used as ashelter fordisplaced Palestinians in Khan younis.

TurningPoint makes firstreturntoUtah

BY HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, JILL COLVIN andJONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press

LOGAN, Utah Turning Point

USA’s college tour returned to UtahonTuesday for the ﬁrst time since founder CharlieKirk wasassassinatedon acollege campus in the state earlier this month.

The stop, at Utah State University in Logan, is about two hours north of Utah Valley University,where Kirk was killed Sept. 10 by agunmanwho ﬁred asingle shot through the crowd while Kirk was speaking.

The Logan campus temporarily evacuated abuilding Tuesday after a“nonexplosive” device was found and detonated by the bomb squad “out of an abundance of caution,” the school said in an alert to students. The building is safe, the school said, and events “may resumeas normal.” Authorities are investigating but the university does not believe the package was athreat or related to the Turning Point event, school spokesperson Amanda DeRito told The Associated Press. The assassination of a top ally of President Donald Trump and asigniﬁcant

ﬁgure in his Make America Great Again movement has galvanized conservatives, whohave vowed to carry on Kirk’smission of encouraging young voters to embrace conservatismand moving American politics further right. Kirk has been celebrated as a“martyr” by many on the right, and Turning Point USAhas seen tens of thousands of requests to create new chapters in high schools and colleges.

Tuesday’sevent, scheduled before Kirk’sdeath, showcased Turning Point’spath forwardwithout its inﬂuential leader,who headlined many of its events and drew crowds.

The tour is now headlined by some of the biggest con-

servativenames,including Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and GlennBeck. Tuesday’s event featured conservative podcast host Alex Clark and a panel with Rep. Andy Biggs, former Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Gov.Spencer Cox. Sen. Mike Leeappearedby video due to budget votes in Washington,his spokesperson said.

Theschool’s basketball stadium was filled withred “MAGA” hats, chants of “USA,”and blaringcountry music. Volunteers handed out posters reading,“Iam CharlieKirk” and“In honor of Charlie Kirk, this is the turning point.”

Attendees said they’d come to paytribute to Kirk alongside othershe’d inspired and to trytoheal together “I feel like the tension is superhigh, especially being in the same statewhere it happened. But I’m superexcited for it,” said Jada Chilton, from SaltLake City.“It’skind of just healingmysoul kind of being that Iactually get to come to aTurning Point event even though the mainspiritof it isn’there.”

Chilton said listening to Kirk on TV,indebates and

on his podcast hadbeen her “daily regimen.” She’d bought tickets to the event 30 minutes before the assassination, which left her shattered.

“I was on theﬂoor sobbing,” she said.

She said authorities were on roofsand police ofﬁcers were “everywhere” keeping Tuesday’sevent secure.

“It makesyou feel more comfortable, but it just is sad and disappointing, honestly, thatwehave to,” she said.

Michelle Hlavaty,from Logan, Utah, saidshe bought her ticket beforethe assassination, andwas heartened to seethe tour going on. She’s been listening toKirk’spodcast daily since 2016.

“I love that Charlie had that impact on so many people and so many people have come out of the woodwork and declared whotheyare religiously,” she said.

Kirk’s widow,Erika Kirk, had pledged to continue the campus tour and the organization’s work.She oversees Turning Point along witha stable of her latehusband’s former aides and friends and hassaid she is doing so as her latehusband intended, closely following plans he

laid out to her and tostaff.

“We’renot going any-

where. We have the blueprints. We have our marching orders,” she said last week on Kirk’spodcast, which she also vowed would continue with rotating hosts and decades of clips of her husband.

“My husband’svoice will live on,” she said.

Erika Kirk,however,made clear that she does not intendtoappear on thepodcast often, and so far seems to be assuming amore behind-the-scenes role than her husband.

MikeyMcCoy,Kirk’sformer chiefofstaff, said Erika Kirk is in daily contact with the Trump administration, andhas describedher as “very strategic” and different from her husband.

The college tour’sevents since Kirk’s death have focused on honoring his memory as well as prayer and the question-and-answerses-

sions Kirk was knownfor At Virginia Tech last week, Republican Gov.Glenn Youngkin, urgedthe crowd to carry Kirk’slegacy forward.

“The question that has been askedoverand over again is: Who will be the next Charlie? And as Ilook out in this room and Isee thousands of you, Iwantto repeat the best answer that Ihave heard: Youwill be the next Charlie,” he said. “All of you.”

Kelly,who headlined the event, told thecrowd that she knew appearing carried risk, but that it wasimportant “tosenda message that we will not be silenced by an assassin’sbullet, by aheckler’sveto, by aleftwing, wokeprofessor or anyone who tries to silence us from saying what we really believe,” she said to loud cheers.

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Judge: Agencies targeted protesters

Ruling:Trump administrationacts unconstitutional

BY MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press

BOSTON The Trump administration violated the Constitutionwhen it targeted non-U.S. citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel, afederal judge said Tuesday ina scathingruling directlyand sharply criticizing President Donald Trump and his policies as serious threats to free speech.

U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston agreed with several university associations that the policy they described as ideological de-

portation violates theFirst Amendment as well as the Administrative Procedure Act, alaw governing how federal agencies develop andissue regulations. Young alsofound the policy was“arbitraryorcapricious because it reverses prior policy without reasoned explanation.”

“This case perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of thisdistrict court–squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United Statesactually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us.The Court answersthis Constitutionalquestion unequivocally ‘yes, they do,’”Young, anominee of President RonaldReagan, wrote.

The Department of Homeland Security did notimmediately respond to arequest for comment.

Plaintiffsinthe case welcomed

the ruling. “The Trump administration’sattempt to deport students fortheir political views is an assault on the Constitutionand abetrayalof American values,”said Todd Wolfson, president of theAmerican Association of University Professors union. “This trialexposed their true aim: to intimidate and silence anyone whodares oppose them. If we fail to ﬁght back,Trump’sthought policewon’t stop at pro-Palestinian voices —they will comefor anyone who speaks out.”

Therulingcameafter atrial during which lawyers for theassociations presentedwitnesseswho testiﬁed that the Trumpadministration had launched acoordinated effort to target students andscholarswho had criticized Israel or showedsympathy forPalestinians.

Trumpsaysadministration closetodealwithHarvard

University targeted with investigations, funding cuts

BY COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump saidTuesday that hisadministrationis close to reaching adeal with Harvard University,which it hastargeted with aseries of investigations and billions of dollars in funding cuts as it presses for changes to its policiesand governance.

Atruce with the country’s oldest and wealthiest college wouldend aclash that has tested the independenceof America’scolleges.

Trump came into office saying he would cut funding for schools that defied his agenda, vowing to eliminate “wokeness.” His pressure campaign zeroed in on the Ivy League institution after it rebuffed his demands.

Trump initially saidadeal had been reached but then said ofﬁcials were “close to

finalizing” the agreement.

“Wehaven’t done it yet,”he said at theWhite House.

Trump saidthe agreement includesa$500millionpayment from Harvard that would be used to create“a giant tradeschool,a series of tradeschools that would be run by Harvard.” Trump described it as an investment to revive tradeschools andproduce workers for American plants.

“They’re going to be teaching people howtodoAIand lots of other things,” Trump said.

Harvard andthe White House did not immediately respond to requests forcomment

Adeal would open the door to aresolutionofsanctions thathave included cuts to more than $2.6billion in Harvard’sresearch grants, losses of federal contracts, and efforts to cut off the school’sability to enroll foreignstudents.

Trump’sadministration hasaccused Harvard of tolerating antisemitism, particularly during lastyear’s protests over the Israel-Hamas war.InalettertoHarvard,

federal officials said the campus was “overrun by an impermissible, multiweek encampment”thatleft Jewish and Israeli students fearful and disrupted their studies.

Harvard President Alan Garber hasacknowledged problemswith antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias on campus, but said Harvard has taken strides to fight prejudice.

Earlierthis month, afederal judge in Bostonordered theTrumpadministration to reverse thecutstoresearch funding, ruling the cuts amountedtoillegalretaliation for Harvard’srejection of theadministration’sdemands. The governmenthad tied thefunding freezes to Harvard’shandlingofantisemitism allegations, but the judge saidthe university’s federally backed research had little connectiontodiscrimination against Jews.

Harvard in April became theﬁrst universitytoopenly defy the administration’s sweeping demands, sparking an escalatingﬁght with mounting sanctions from theadministration.

BY HANNAH FINGERHUT and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press

DES MOINES,Iowa— The Des Moinespublic schoolssuperintendent whohas been detained by immigration authorities submitted his resignation Tuesday while he focuses on challenging his looming deportation, his lawyer said. Ian Roberts hadbeen underthe impression from aprior attorneythat his immigration case was “resolvedsuccessfully,” said attorney Alfredo Parrish. His law ﬁrm ﬁled arequest to stayRoberts’ deportation with an immigration courtinOmaha,Nebraska, and was working on another motion to reopen theeducator’s immigrationproceedings.

U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agentsdetainedRoberts lastweek,saying theGuyananativeand former

Olympicrunner was living and working in the country illegally.Astate board stripped Roberts’ license to be superintendent.

TheDes Moines school board voted Monday to put Roberts on unpaid leave from his job leading the district, whichhas morethan 30,000 students.

Roberts submitted aletter through hisattorney announcing hisimmediate resignation Tuesday, sayinghedidn’twanttodistract district leaders and teachersfromfocusing on education.

Theboardhad given Roberts until noon Tuesday to provide documentationshowing he can legally workinthe U.S. It plans to hold ameeting Tuesday night to considerwhether to accept the resignation or movetoﬁre Roberts.

The backlash from the arrest was farfrom over The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division an-

nounced Tuesday it would investigate whetherthe district has engaged in racial discrimination by favoring non-White applicants as part of aplanto“increase the number of teachers of color.” Adistrict spokespersonsaidthe matter was under review Meanwhile, hundreds of high school students marchedout of theirclassrooms Tuesday to protest Roberts’ arrest and ICE’s broadercrackdown on illegal immigration. Roberts,54, is being held at the WoodburyCounty Jail in Sioux City,about 150miles northwestofDes Moines. Parrish described Roberts as a“tremendous advocatetothis community” and an inspiration to students, and he thanked the public foranoutpouring of support. Parrish said he and other lawyers spoke with Roberts for hours Tuesday and “his spirits are high.”

ASSOCIATEDPRESS FILEPHOTO By OLGA FEDOROVA

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil chants during aJune rally in Newyork celebrating hisreturnfrom immigration detention.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTO By CHARLES KRUPA Awoman walks Tuesdaythrough Harvard yard atHarvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

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J.J. Wilson rides aschool bus in 2013 tocatch aferry to his school on the mainland from hishome in the Hogg HummockcommunityofSapeloIsland,Ga. The island is hometoone of the South’slast Gullah-Geechee communities foundedbyfreed slaves.

Ga.court sideswith slavedescendants

Landowners fighttoprotect island community

BY KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press

ATLANTA— Georgia’shighest court on Tuesday sided with Blacklandowners in aﬁght over zoning changes that weakenedlong-standing protections for one of the South’slast Gullah-Geechee communities founded by freed slaves.

The state Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court ruling that had stoppeda referendum to consider repealing arevised zoning ordinance passed by McIntosh County officials two years ago. Residentsof Sapelo Island opposed the zoning amendments that doubled the size of homes allowed in atiny enclave called Hogg Hummock.

Homeowners feared the change would result in one of the nation’smost historically and culturally unique Black communities facing

unaffordable tax increases.

Residentsand their supporters last year submitteda petition with more than 2,300 signatures from registered voters seeking areferendum in thecoastal county which lies 60 miles south of Savannah McIntosh Countycommissionerssuedto stop the referendumand alower court ruled thatone would be illegal. Thedecision halted a vote on the zoning change with less than aweek to go before Election Day.Hundreds of people had already cast early ballots in the referendum.

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“Nothing in the textof the Zoning Provisioninany way

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“Wefeel vindicated,” said Jazz Watts, aHoggHummock homeowner who helpedorganize the referendum effort. “The election should not have been stopped. It was stopping the voice of the people.”

It wasn’t immediately clear when areferendum might be rescheduled. But attorney DanaBraun, who represents the Hogg Hummock residents,saidthe rulingwillgive county residents “some real say” in whether they support the zoning change.

McIntosh County attorney Ken Jarrard said in an email thatthe county commissioners are “obviously disappointed” by theorder but respect the high court’s ruling.

Friendssay suspectcarried hatred toward Mormon faith

4killedinattack at Mich.church

BY ISABELLA VOLMERT, MARKVANCLEAVE and ED WHITE Associated Press

GRANDBLANC TOWNSHIP,Mich.

The man whoopened ﬁre in aMichiganchurchand killed four people while settingitablaze long harbored hatred toward The Church of JesusChristofLatterday Saints, according to longtime friends,and told astrangerwho showed up at his door days before that attack that Mormons were the“antichrist.”

The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, began making those sentiments known years ago following his return fromUtah where he datedbut laterbroke up with agirlfriendwho was amember of theMormon faith, two childhood friends said Tuesday. Sanfordhad moved to Utah after leaving the Marines and told his friends he hadbecome addicted to methamphetamines.

No longer thehappy-golucky kid who was voted class clown of their graduatingclass, Sanford routinely spouted off about his grievances against the church, his friends said Theﬁrst time they heard it wasata wedding13years ago.

“Wewere like,‘Come on, we don’twant to hear this,’” saidBobby Kalush, who grew up down theroad from Sanford.“Whenhe came back from Utah, he was acompletely different person.”

Just six days before Sunday’sattack, those grudges were still boilingatthe surface, saidKrisJohns, a City Council candidate who described abizarre brush

with Sanford while door knocking forhis campaign.

The twowere speaking at Sanford’shomeinBurton aboutgun rights when Sanford physically leaned in, Johns said, and asked, “Whatdoyou knowabout Mormons?”

For closeto15minutes

Sanford spoke in controlled andcalmtones aboutthe Mormon faith, saying he wasconcerned about their beliefs while expressing that he was aChristian.

Sanford then saidhebelieved that Mormons are the “antichrist,” according to Johns.

“That’ssomething I’ll never forget,” he said.

Police have released very fewdetails about Sanford, who died after being shot by officers, and have refused to discuss what might have motivated theattack at the church, which wasset reduced to rubble in Grand Blanc Township, about 60 miles north of Detroit.

On Tuesday, Sanford’s family released astatement through alawyer,expressingcondolences. “Nowords can adequately convey our sorrow for the victims and their families,” they said.

Sanford served four years in theMarine Corps after enlisting in 2004 and deployedonce to Iraq for seven months, according to military records. His commander during the deployment,David Hochheimer, said theunit neversaw combat or incoming ﬁre. “It wasarelatively quiet time,” he said on Tuesday Sanford moved to Utah shortlyafter leaving the military.His friends said they noticed achange after he moved back home, thinking his battle with addiction was to blame. Kalush said hisfriendwas no longer the“short, stocky ballofenergy” whoonce bought dozens of ﬂowers to give out to girls before the homecoming dance. Around bonfires with friends, it wasn’t unusual for Sanford to start talking about how Mormons were going to take over, saidFrances Tersigni,who alongwith his twin brother was among Sanford’sbest friends. “It was just so random. It was like, ‘Why Mormons dude?’”Tersigni said. “It’s hard to explain. We didn’t take it serious.”

BY DAVID FISCHER Associated Press

STARKE, Fla. Aman con-

victed of killing amarried couple duringarobbery in South Florida in 1990 was put to death Tuesdayinarecord 13th execution this year in the state.

Victor Tony Jones, 64,was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following alethal injection at Florida State Prisonnear Starke. Jones’ death extended Florida’srecord for totalexecutions in asingle year,with the state planning to carry out two more executions next month.

Thecurtain to theviewing room open promptly at the scheduled 6p.m. start of the procedure. Asked if he had

any final statement,Jone said, “no, sir.” Then,just two minutes after the curtains opened,the drugs began flowing. His chest began to heave for afew minutes, then slowed and stopped completely

Thewarden shook Jones and shouted his name several minutes into the injection, but therewas no response. Jones’ face lost color as he laidmotionless, andamediceventually entered thedeath chamber and declared him dead minutes later.Ofﬁcialssaid theexecution was carried out without complications.

Joneswas anew employee at aMiami-Dade business owned by Matilda and Jacob Nestor in December 1990 when he stabbed the

womaninthe neckand her husband in the chest, court records show.Investigators determined that despitehis wounds,Jacob Nestor managed to retreat to an ofﬁce, unholster a.22-caliber pistol and fire five times, striking Jones once in the forehead.

Police said theyfound Jones wounded at the scene with the Nestors’ money and personal property in hispockets. Jones was hospitalized and later convicted of two counts of ﬁrst-degree murder in 1993 andsentenced to death. The jury also found him guiltyof twocountsofarmed robbery

Sincethe U.S.Supreme Court restored the deathpenaltyin1976, the highestprevious annual total of Florida executions was eight in 2014.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By DAVIDGOLDMAN

Ukrainesharesdrone expertisewithDenmark

BY ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press

KYIV,Ukraine The Ukrainian military is sharing with European countries its expertise in ﬁghting Russian drones, sending amission to Denmark for joint exercises, UkrainePresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy said

Tuesday

“Our military has begun deploying amission in Denmark to disseminate Ukrainian experience in drone defense,” Zelenskyy said.

European defenseministers agreed last weekto buildwhattheycalled a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe’sairspace.

Europe’sreadiness and technology are lagging far behind Ukraine and Russia, however,ascutting-edge drone warfare has become a hallmark of their three-year war since Moscow’sfullscale invasionofits neighbor

“Ukrainian (drone) experience is the most relevant in Europe right now,and it is our experience, our specialists, and our technologies that could become akey element of the future European ‘drone wall’—alarge-scale project that will guarantee safety in thesky,” Zelenskyy added in apost on Telegram.

Denmark has in recent days reported drone sightings at military facilitiesand over Danish airports.

Danish intelligence officials, though careful not to directly accuse aspecific country,said they regarded the risk of Russian espionage and sabotage in Denmark as high.

Poland has also turned to Ukraine for expertise after Russian drones entered Polish airspace.

“The results of the (Ukrainian) mission in Denmark will shape the framework for cooperation with other European countries as well,” Zelenskyy said.

The NATO military alliance is troubled, too,byEuropeanairspace violations by Russia warplanes that are further straining relations with Moscow and fu-

Ex-Congo president sentenced to death

BY SALEH MWANAMILONGO Associated Press

Ahigh military court in Congo convicted former President Joseph Kabila of treason and war crimes Tuesday on accusations of collaborating with antigovernmentrebels and sentenced him to death. It was not immediately clear how the sentence could be carried out because the whereabouts of Kabila, who has been on trial in absentia since July,have been unknown since he last was seen in public in arebel-held city earlier this year.Kabila’s political party called the verdict politically motivated.

The court in Kinshasaorderedhis immediate arrest

The government said Kabila collaborated with Rwanda and the Rwandabacked rebel group M23, which seized key cities in a lightning assault in January in Congo’smineral-rich east. Kabila has denied the allegations, though he expressed support for the rebels’ campaign in an op-ed published in Februaryinthe South African newspaper Sunday Times.

The highmilitary courtin Kinshasa ruled Tuesday that Kabila was guilty of treason, war crimes, conspiracyand organizing an insurrection together with the M23. It also ordered Kabila to pay $29 billion in damages to Congo, as well as $2 billion to the country’sprovince of North Kivu and $2 billion to South Kivu.

elingfearsthatthe ﬁghting could spill beyondUkraine’s borders.

At the same time, there is uncertainty about peace negotiations that were setin motion by the United States

monthsago but appear tobe making no headway Ahead of twosummitsin the Danish capitalCopenhagen this week, NATO is stepping up aerial surveillance in the Baltic Sea,

while France, Germany and Sweden are bolstering Denmark’sair defenses.

ARussian drone strike killed an entire family of four in avillage in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumyregion

overnight, authoritiessaid.

Thefamilywas madeupof ayoung married couple and their two sons, aged 4and 6, regionaladministration head Oleh Hryhorov wrote on Telegram

“This is aterrible andirreparable loss forthe entire community and the region,” Hryhorov said. “The death of the family …isatragedy we will never forget or forgive.”

many people as possible,” he said in an interview Fond of monologues about comforting the afflicted and the old days of New Orleans politics, Thomas, a fixture of the city’s public life for more than three decades, can come across more like a preacher, or a historian, than a policy-steeped bureaucrat. Yet he says he’s running for mayor because he’s sick of government services that don’t deliver He floats big goals, like revitalizing the economy of New Orleans East by promoting birding and other ecotourism ventures.

Two decades ago, many in New Orleans thought the title of mayor was Thomas’ to lose. Then, in 2007, his political career imploded when he pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges, resigned his City Council seat and spent three years in federal custody He returned home in 2010 to rebuild his life and reputation, then staged a political comeback in 2021 when voters in District E entrusted him with his third seat on the council.

This time around, Thomas’ ability to win the mayor’s ofﬁce will turn on more than his reputation as an accessible everyman. He must convince New Orleanians that he can deliver for a city weary of cracked roads, a rickety power grid and dysfunctional leadership — that he represents change, even though he has spent the longest of any candidate in the race as a public servant. And while his council district has forgiven the bribery charge long behind him, that may be a blemish voters citywide won’t abide. His biggest strength may be that voters know him and believe he will listen.

“Listening to our people fuels leadership,” he said “I want to hear from them. And I want to learn from them.”

Redemption arc

One of ﬁve siblings born to a telephone operator and a laborer in the Lower 9th Ward, Thomas, 68, traces his roots to the heyday of New Orleans’ neighborhood-based Black political groups. He left the city to attend the tiny College of Santa Fe in New Mexico on a basketball scholarship — friends recall his “lethal” lefthanded jump shot before spending a few years working as an account executive for an international travel ﬁrm in New Jersey Thomas returned to New Orleans in the mid-1980s to attend to his ailing mother, working as a substitute teacher in the city’s public schools and volunteering on political campaigns.

His dad helped set Thomas up as a volunteer for Ken Carter, New Orleans’ first Black assessor, on Carter’s barrier-busting 1985 campaign. Carter introduced Thomas to District B coun-

cil member Jim Singleton the following year The leader of the Black Organization for Leadership Development, Singleton was looking to hire a legislative aide.

Singleton recalled feeling put off by an oversized suit Thomas wore to their meeting, a sign of his inexperience. But he displayed a sincerity that seemed unusual for a young person. “The kinds of clothes he wore I couldn’t relate to,” said Singleton, now 92. “But once I got to sit down and talk to him, all of that changed.” He later met Thomas’ parents and left impressed by how they’d raised him. Singleton hired him. (Then, Thomas recalled, Singleton took him suit shopping.) In 1994, Thomas won his boss’s old District B seat after Singleton claimed an at-large seat on the council. They would help form a bloc that often opposed then-Mayor Marc Morial. When Singleton’s mayoral bid in 2002 sputtered, Thomas won his old mentor’s at-large seat

Hurricane Katrina burnished Thomas’ image as he lambasted federal ofﬁcials’ response and soliloquized about the struggles of living in a ravaged city The storm left scars that he still invokes in public meetings. Pain lingered, too, from personal tragedies, including the death of his 11-monthold son, Bradley, in a 1991 car accident. Thomas was widely expected to run for mayor in 2010, at the end of then-Mayor Ray Nagin’s tenure.

But his political fortunes turned when a local business owner close to Morial, Stan “Pampy” Barré, donned a wire for the FBI, buttonholed Thomas at the Houston airport and got Thomas to recount how, years earlier he had demanded payments from Barré in exchange for helping him retain a city contract.

That conversation formed the basis of federal charges to which Thomas would plead guilty

At the time, Thomas said he was prepared “to pay the

consequences for my mistake.” He resigned from the council and spent three years in federal custody He starred in two plays that plumbed themes of failure, self-discovery and redemption. Now a pledge that he has paid his dues to society and deserves another shot at running the city is baked into his campaign.

“I’ve owned it, I’ve taken responsibility, and I’ve learned immeasurably from it,” he said in announcing his campaign He’s promising to lead New Orleans, too, to a “comeback.”

He met his wife, Jasmine, at Full Gospel City of Love Baptist Church The two married in 2016. They have a son together and a daughter from her previous relationship. Thomas also has an adult daughter

Final push

Thomas recalls the period following his prison term as the most fulﬁlling of his career He mulled lessons imparted by Singleton, Carter and Morial about working with people of disparate

backgrounds and perspectives. Politics seemed to be growing more rancorous, he said. Running for ofﬁce again seemed a way to impart the lessons of his mentors upon the current political class.

That Thomas remained popular with voters, at least in the Lower 9th Ward and New Orleans East, was proven when he won the seat representing District E.

The 2021 victory made him the only modern New Orleans politician to represent three seats on the City Council.

To get a sense of his popularity, Thomas’ friends say, one needs simply to go in public with him.

“Trying to go grab a basic lunch with him, it’s like walking around with the Pied Piper,” said Clarence Roby, an attorney and longtime friend of Thomas. “He knows everybody and everybody knows him.”

From his latest council term, Thomas points to the razing of the long-abandoned Six Flags site, which he has touted as a potential economic hub under a project headed by a childhood friend, business owner Troy Henry He has highlighted diminished crime in the East.

As mayor, he would bring more retail and other businesses to New Orleans East. He’d also work to further reduce crime and blight.

Thomas is one of the few City Council members who at times sided publicly with Mayor LaToya Cantrell. At the same time, he has blasted Cantrell for failing to work more collaboratively with the council.

At the height of his clashes with Morial, Thomas recalled the former mayor inviting him to lunch to hash out disputes.

“I’ve never been to lunch with this may or ,” Thomas said.

Cantrell’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

change agent.”

Mending divisions

Thomas’ campaign website includes a lengthy policy platform, including proposals to make New Orleans’ police chief an elected position, building 10,000 new affordable housing units over eight years and partnering with local banks to offer low-interest loans to entrepreneurs. Thomas’ name recognition is still strong, according to polls. His skill as a retail politician shines at events where he can work a crowd or mingle with residents.

At the Fifth African Baptist Church in Central City on a recent Sunday morning, the theme of the morning’s service was “Man up.” That theme dovetailed with Thomas’ populisttinged pledge to uplift New Orleanians, particularly Black ones, who endure lower incomes and health outcomes than their peer residents.

Thomas unfolded his 6-foot-6 frame from a pew and walked to the pulpit.

“There have always been men, Black men, who man up,” Thomas told parishioners, who murmured along in agreement “Yet we live in a society today where we’re the only community where they want us to be whole with half.”

A few hours later, Thomas was on a street corner in Treme, eating ice cream and chatting up passersby

“How are you, son?” Thomas asked a local blogger who wandered over Later he passed by Renee Lapeyrolerie, a veteran political operative running Moreno’s campaign. The two shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.

‘Almost like it used to be’

As he noted in his remarks at St. Augustine, Thomas is vying to be mayor at a time when many in New Orleans feel it faces threats from Landry who has launched a series of policy incursions here, and Trump, who has threatened to impose his will on majority-Democratic cities across the country

Both Th om as and state Sen. Royce Duplessis have been attempting to chip away at polling leads held by Helena Moreno, Thomas’ City Council colleague and the race’s presumptive frontrunner Moreno notched 51% to Thomas’ 16% in the most recent publicly available poll.

“People look at (Thomas) as the establishment candidate because he’s been around for a while,” said Edward Chervenak, a political scientist who heads the University of New Orleans’ Survey Research Center “Royce is the new kid on the block. Helena represents the establishment but seems to have done a good job presenting herself as a

“New Orleans needs a partner, not a predator,” he’s fond of saying on the campaign trail.

Thomas’ allies say he’s been under-polling on the race, insisting that he can carve a path to victory on the backs of a silent bloc of supporters who they say hold a deep, years-old loyalty to him. (Thomas has hosted a radio show on WBOK-AM, a station owned partly by Henry, but dropped the program while campaigning for mayor.)

“I think at the end of the day, he’ll make a runoff, and people will get behind him,” Henry said.

Thomas said he doesn’t pay much attention to polls, focusing instead on the reactions he gets from voters on the street.

“The level of excitement and engagement from the community is almost like it used to be,” he said.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By JOHN McCUSKER

Mayoral candidate Oliver Thomas campaigns in Treme ahead of the Satchmo Summerfest parade on Aug. 3.

Moreno

Duplessis

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Candidates for mayor of New Orleans, from left, Royce Duplessis, Frank Janusa, Helena Moreno and Oliver Thomas discuss their ideas on the city’s water and flood issues during a forum at the University of New Orleans on Tuesday.

Service will be working even thoughthe agency hasroughly 20%fewer employees as result of Trump’s government downsizing, according to NOAA’s contingency plan.

Similarly,the Federal Emergency Management Agency workers willbeon duty during the shutdown.

“That doesn’tmean the employees working at those agencies wouldget atimely paycheck,” Henry said, adding those employees are required to workbut maynot receive compensation until after the funding dispute is resolved.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated Tuesday about 750,000ofthe federal government’s2.3 million civilian employees will be furloughed,and their compensation runs roughly$400 million aday

Louisiana has 19,486 civilian employeesinLouisiana, mostly working for agencies in and around New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

The 1.26 million Louisiana seniors who receive Medicare and 1.6 million people on Medicaid state will be unaffected provided the shutdown is over in about three months, accordingto contingency plans.

Pell Grants and Federal Direct Student Loans and other educationgrants already have been disseminated and should not be impacted. But, if the shutdown lasts along time, the money availablefor collegestudents may lapse.

“Data or research may not be accessible via government sites,” said Louisiana Board of Regents spokesperson Chris Yandle. “There wouldbedisruptions to administrativeservicesat federal agencies like the Department of Education.”

“The effects to public higher education could become more pronouncedthe longer the shutdown lasts,” he added.

The Small Business Ad-

Temple is in Washington to meet with the FEMA Review Council, ironically about ﬂood insurance —but

ministration will still process disaster loans,but new business loans will have to wait.

Some essential services like Medicaid will continue even with the federal government shutdown, said stateRep.JackMcFarland, R-Jonesboro, who chairs the Louisiana Legislature’s House budget committee.

McFarland said the availability of fundingfor other federal programs administered byLouisiana, such as food stamps, will depend on how much money had previously been allocated and remains in agency reserves.

The roughly 95,000 Louisiana residents who rely Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, better known as WIC,and 850,000 Louisiana residentswho receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, also won’t see any disruptions unlessthe shutdown continues for afew months.

Some services havesources of revenue independent of thediscretionary funding that is at issue in Congress.

Mail will be delivered becausethe Postal Service gets its money from stamps andfees. Social Security beneﬁts will be paid because themoney comes directly from workers.

Passports, which applicants must pay for,will continue to be processed. Because appropriations included in the recently passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill are exempted, immigration courts andborder patrols will continue, as will efforts to deport immigrants.

But planned visits by foreign dignitariesgenerally won’tbeallowed.

Perhaps the biggest impact on Louisiana residents is the endofthe National Flood Insurance Program, at least for the time being.

The insurance program isn’treally apart of thebudget fracas between Democrats andRepublicans. A few yearsago,the periodic renewal of ﬂood insurance coincided with the funding deadline andgot attached to thecontinuing resolution that kept government open.

Now,the expiration of ﬂood insurance is caught up with the shutdown.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner TimTemple said Tuesday that his staff already has lined up media appearances for thenextfew days,and he expects flood insurancetobethe top topic. Flood insuranceisfederal program —not administered by thestate.

Temple said Louisianahas about418,000 NFIPpolicies worthabout $275 million in

force now.Private insurers write about $29 million in ﬂood policies and they will not be affected. He understands the anxiousness.

“Wehavehighfrequency, and we have high severity

on ﬂood claims compared to thenational averages,” Temple said. “This isn’ttheir vacation homes in South Louisiana.These areworking menand women that need to be able to live where they are living.”

Rep. Adriano Espaillat,D-N.y speaks during anewsconference on the impact of

healthcare on Tuesday.

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of Louisiana sons and daughters. We will carry out our duties with honor and treat all with dignity and respect,” said Maj. Gen Thomas C Friloux, the Guard’s leader “Protect what matters is our motto, and protecting our citizens from crime ﬁts within our primary mission.”

Having National Guard members already deployed throughout Louisiana could enhance their ability to respond to hurricanes and state emergencies, according to the statement.

Landry can mobilize the Louisiana National Guard himself, but he needs a sign-off from the Trump administration to get federal funding. Under the Title 32 deployment he requested, the troops would remain under the state’s control.

Landry’s letter asked for troops to be deployed through the end of the 2026 fiscal year, but it was not clear whether that meant the state fiscal year which ends June 30, or the federal fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. He said the troops will support law enforcement and assist during large events such as the Bayou Classic and Mardi Gras.

For some Louisiana residents, a National Guard deployment would be a sign of tough action against crime that has harmed their communities.

“Now is the time. I mean how many more families are going to suffer due to all of these killings?” said Ieesha James, after her 19-year-old cousin, D’Anthony Brown, was shot and killed on Bellehaven Drive in Baton Rouge earlier this month. “I mean, it’s getting out of hand.”

But others were skeptical the deployment would make a difference.

Sean Coleman worked during Mardi Gras in New Orleans as a Lyft driver and observed the National Guard “mostly chilling.”

“What’s their purpose? Ain’t no attack going on,” Coleman said. “They should be protecting us from Trump.”

Jashua Scalf is a saxophonist and bandleader in New Orleans whose mother was killed by a drunken driver in August and whose friend Eliot Brown, 47, was killed last week.

“I am feeling like, on a personal level, crime is pretty high,” he

said. “The gun violence is just out of hand. It is too much.”

But, while he didn’t have a problem with the Guard’s deployment during Mardi Gras, he doubts a soldier could have prevented the kind of crime that claimed his friend’s life.

“There’s a lot of mental illness going on. As far as Eliot’s death is involved, I don’t know if policing can always get that kind of stuff,” he said.

Attorney General Liz Murrill supports a Guard deployment.

“While we have made tremendous progress in fighting crime throughout Louisiana since I took ofﬁce — there is still more work to be done. That’s why I fully support (Landry’s) request for federal assistance,” she said in a statement.

Meanwhile, in a post on X, Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis slammed the proposal as a “ridiculous use of power,” and suggested Landry should focus on “funding needed programs for our state.”

“Lil Jeff is out here trying to suck up to Daddy Trump,” Lewis continued.

Leaders of the cities that could see troops deployed also gave a mixed reaction

“We have not requested the National Guard, but it’s foolish

to think that they’re not coming based on all the publicity being given about it,” said Hans Ganthier, assistant superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department “But with that said, we collaborate well with anyone, whether it’s the State Police, the federal government or federal agents and the National Guard shouldn’t be any different.”

Ganthier acknowledged a staffing shortage: NOPD has about 888 commissioned officers, and full staffing is considered closer to 1,200.

But he disputed Landry’s description of high crime rates. New Orleans is seeing its lowest overall crime in 50 years, according to the NOPD which Ganthier credits to effective policing and prosecution, plus a solid partnership with Louisiana State Police’s Troop NOLA, a specialized unit Gov Landry assigned full-time to New Orleans in 2024.

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards noted in a statement that his city faces a shortage of about 150 law enforcement ofﬁcers, and said, “Additional resources can provide much-needed boots on the ground and extra eyes in our community to help keep our residents safe.”

But he also made clear he wants

more information on the speciﬁc plan.

“We are continuing to evaluate the details, logistics and timeline of a possible National Guard deployment,” the mayor said.

“Should troops be stationed in Baton Rouge, I will work to ensure they act in a supportive role rather than a replacement for our local police ofﬁcers.”

Edwards’ measured statement came after all six Democrats on the East Baton Rouge Metro Council released statements criticizing the proposal.

“We are calling on Mayor Sid Edwards to reject this request,” council member Cleve Dunn Jr said in a statement. “Unlike trained police ofﬁcers, National Guard members are not equipped for community policing, de-escalation or upholding civil liberties in everyday interactions.”

Other Baton Rouge Republicans said a Guard deployment could make a positive difference.

“We all know that real safety starts with ﬁxing the underlying issues,” said Metro Council member Dwight Hudson “I’d like to see the National Guard help us clean up blight and improve our neighborhoods, rather than just patrols. When people take pride in where they live, it changes the whole atmosphere. Hopefully we aren’t shortsighted with this opportunity.”

There had been 43 homicides in Baton Rouge midway through the year, a decline of 19% from the year prior. Homicides have declined in the city over the past few years, but remain higher than they were before COVID-19.

Shreveport Mayor Tom Arcenaux was traveling Tuesday and was not available for comment. He has previously said he would be happy to discuss a Guard deployment, but favored less drastic action.

“We are proud of the progress made in recent years in reducing crime across the city, but we recognize there is always more work to be done,” Police Chief Wayne Smith said Tuesday “We will continue striving for improvement and will never turn down additional resources offered by our state or federal partners.”

Through Monday, there have been 33 homicides in Shreveport At that pace, 2025 would finish with 44, a drop of eight from last year, or a 15.1% decrease. Through the end of June, there was a 29% reduction in shots-ﬁred

calls for the year, which Shreveport police spokesperson Cpl. Chris Bordelon said was “directly proportioned to the amount of violent crime in our city.”

If the deployment is approved, it would be far from the ﬁrst time Louisiana has used the National Guard for assistance. But previous deployments have generally been tied to speciﬁc emergencies, such as Hurricane Ida and the Jan. 1 terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

During Hurricane Ida in 2021, 8,800 National Guard members were deployed to Louisiana, with about 3,000 of them coming from other states, according to Lt Col Noel Collins, a Louisiana National Guard spokesperson.

On New Year’s Day, after Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove his pickup into revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 14 people, Landry sent 100 Guardsmen to the city for three days.

And, as the city and state sought to tighten security in preparation for the Super Bowl in February, 350 National Guard members were sent to New Orleans for 10 days, Collins said. They served alongside thousands of other law enforcement ofﬁcers.

Louisiana has roughly 11,000 National Guard members.

A 1,000-troop deployment would come amid a string of similar highproﬁle deployments that are playing out across the country In Oregon, officials say the Trump administration is sending in 200 Guardsmen despite state leaders’ opposition to the plan. Meanwhile, Trump is also expected to send Guard members to Memphis, Tennessee Republican Gov Bill Lee has publicly said he does not expect their numbers to exceed 150, though that number is in ﬂux.

In June, Trump deployed roughly 4,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov Gavin Newsom.

In August, he sent National Guard members to Washington, D.C., as part of a crackdown on crime and immigration. There are still more than 2,000 troops in the city Critics have described such deployments as reminiscent of authoritarianism and called them unjustiﬁed.

Staff writers Missy Wilkinson, Patick Sloan Turner Quinn Coffman, Adam Duvernay and Brian McCallum contributed to this story, as did The Associated Press.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By J SCOTT APPLEWHITE National Guard troops patrol the grounds of the Washington Monument with the Capitol seen in the distance as part of President Donald Trump’s order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

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Pfizer agrees to lower Medicaid drug costs

WASHINGTON Pﬁzer has agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration, President Donald Trump said Tuesday as he promised similar deals with other drugmakers under the threat of tariffs.

Trump made the announcement at the White House alongside Pﬁzer CEO Albert Bourla just hours ahead of a possible government shutdown in a partisan standoff over health care and spending.

Pﬁzer Inc., one of the largest U.S. drugmakers, produces the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty and the treatment Paxlovid. Its products also include several cancer drugs, the blood thinner Eliquis and the pneumonia vaccine Prevnar Under the deal, New York-based Pfizer will charge most-favorednation pricing to Medicaid and guarantee that pricing on newly launched drugs, Trump said. That involves matching the lowest price offered in other developed nations.

The agreement by Pﬁzfer builds on an executive order Trump signed in May setting a deadline for drugmakers to electively lower prices or face new limits on what the government will pay Trump said deals with other drug companies would be coming over the next week

Consumers are not expected to start seeing lower prices under the Pfizer deal until 2026, according to senior administration officials who were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity California police pull over self-driving Waymo

SAN FRANCISCO Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to ﬁnd no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ticket.

The San Bruno Police Department wrote in now viral weekend social media posts that officers were conducting a DUI operation early Saturday morning when a self-driving Waymo made the illegal turn in front of them.

Ofﬁcers stopped the vehicle, but declined to write a ticket as their “citation books don’t have a box for ‘robot.’”

“That’s right no driver no hands, no clue,” read the post, which was accompanied by photos of an ofﬁcer peering into the car

Ofﬁcers contacted Waymo to report what they called a “glitch,” and in the post, they said they hope reprogramming will deter more illegal moves. Waymo is owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet. FCC moves to cut expanded Wi-Fi access

The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the moves will make it more difﬁcult for people who are low-income or live in rural areas to access the internet.

The 2-1 vote on hotspot lending reverses a Biden-era expansion of the discounts that allowed schools and libraries to use E-Rate funds for school bus Wi-Fi and hotspots so people could go online outside of schools and libraries.

The FCC said the agency “lacked legal authority for this expansion and that the agency failed to properly justify its decision” and said the program represented “unreasonable policy choices” and “invited waste, fraud, and abuse.”

Another 2-1 vote overturned the FCC’s 2023 decision to provide WiFi on school buses FCC Chair Brendan Carr had said it amounted to “illegal” funding for “unsupervised screen time for young kids.”

The E-Rate program, established in the 1990s, has provided billions of dollars in discounts for eligible schools and libraries since 2022 to afford broadband products and services. According to a 2024 data analysis by the AP, it offered beneﬁts to more than 12,500 libraries, nearly half of them in rural areas, and 106,000 schools As of 2024, 79% of Americans had access to broadband internet at home, according to the Pew Research Center

Amazon unveils a new generation

Updated gadgets are all AI-powered

BY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP retail writer

NEW YORK — Online juggernaut

Amazon Inc unveiled its next generation of Kindle, Ring and Echo devices, among other gadgets, that are all powered by artificial intelligence and connected to Alexa+, its AI-infused personal assistant, which made its debut in February

The lineup, announced at a presentation and showcase in New York, includes new cameras for its Ring video monitoring device with a new AI facial recognition feature that allows users to register friends and family and notify them who is at the front door

Amazon unveiled four new Echo devices revamped with Alexa+ that serve up personalized insights like whether the user left the front door unlocked after midnight. The Seattle-based company also announced a series of Alexa+-infused Fire TVs that offer more personalized searches like ﬁnding a speciﬁc scene in a movie or getting commentary about last night’s football game

The presentation Tuesday was the ﬁrst big product event for Panos Panay, who joined Amazon in 2023 to head up the company’s devices and services teams after a 19-year career at Microsoft where he served as chief product ofﬁcer.

Panay told the audience of several hundred journalists and bloggers that Alexa+ and artificial intelligence are allowing technology to work “in the background when you don’t.”

“Products creating subtle shifts in all our behavior, driven by AI, integrated into the hardware,” Panay said. “And ﬂowing natural through the products themselves Whether it’s a camera catching what you missed Or your Fire TV updating you on a game. Or your Kindle remembering exactly where you left off.”

Amazon’s effort to infuse more

AI into its device line-up is part of technology’s latest craze as all the industry’s major players jockey to gain the upper hand.

The battle so far has focused on leveraging AI to make smartphones even smarter and turn digital assistants into more conversational and versatile companions better equipped to help people manage their lives.

So far Samsung and Google have been making more signiﬁcant strides with the AI features on their devices than Apple has made with the iPhone, which still doesn’t have all the tools that the company promised more than a year ago. Meanwhile, OpenAI has joined forces with former Apple design guru Jony Ive to work on a wearable device built on AI technology PP Foresight analyst Paolo Pescatore wrote in a note Tues-

day that the Amazon offerings were “a much needed refresh to the lineup, as it was starting to look a bit dated.”

“Attention to detail may not grab headlines, but it should not be overlooked, especially how the products look and feel, ” he wrote.” The latest generation of devices is designed to blend into users’ lives without them realizing they exist Alexa+ is clearly the glue that holds the stack together...”

Here are some highlights:

More powerful doorbell

Amazon has been expanding its home security features since the company bought Wi-Fi-connected cameras and doorbell maker Ring in 2018. Amazon said Tuesday that it’s infusing the device with more technology and upgraded cameras that will transform the device into a doorbell attendant and community tool for pet owners among other new uses.

Amazon said the ring cameras with retinal vision now come with 2K resolution for sharper detail and 4K resolution video. Amazon’s new AI facial recognition feature called “Familiar Faces,” allows the user to register friends and family The smart doorbell, infused with Alexa+, will also be able to manage deliveries and provide instructions for delivery workers among other tasks.

For pet owners, Amazon has a new feature that helps owners reunite lost dogs with their families. It works like this: A neighbor reports a lost dog in the Ring app, which would notify people nearby with a Ring camera. The cameras would then use AI to look for a possible match with the lost dog.

Ring Wired Doorbell Pro, priced at $249.99 and Wired Doorbell Plus, priced at $179.99, among other Ring cameras, will

be available for pre-order on Tuesday, Amazon said. Ring’s “Search Party” for dogs will begin rolling out in November, followed by cats and other pets. And Alexa+ Greetings and Familiar Faces will be offered in December, the company said. Updated Kindle Scribes lineup Amazon unveiled new versions of the Kindle Scribe that the company touts as lighter and faster and features an AIpowered notebook search One of them includes a color screen.

The new Scribes feature larger 11-inch, glare-free E Ink screens up from 10.2 inches previously They now weigh 400 grams compared to 433 grams for last year’s version, the company said. Executives noted that at 5.4 millimeters thick, these new versions are thinner than the iPhone Air, which measures 5.6 millimeters.

The new versions of Scribes will allow users to access documents stored on Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, the company said. Amazon said that later this year in the U.S., Kindle Scribe will be available starting at $499.99 and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft will be offered starting at $629.99.

Alexa+-Empowered Echo

Amazon unveiled four new Echo loud speaker devices the Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11 — that are specifically for Alexa+ and allow for more personalized experiences.

The new offering, which starts at $99.99, comes as Amazon reports that those customers with early access to Alexa+ are engaging with the personal assistant twice as much and relying on it to do tasks like booking reservations and controlling smart home devices.

Ga. farmers to get $531M in

But the deal’s not done yet

BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

ATLANTA The wait continues for Georgia farmers who need more aid after Hurricane Helene, even as state and federal officials in other states announce agreements. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper on Tuesday announced Georgia farmers will receive $531 million, on the same day that federal and state ofﬁcials announced $38 million in additional aid for South Carolina farmers.

But unlike in South Carolina, as well as earlier announcements in

Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, Georgia’s aid amount wasn’t accompanied by a ﬁnalized agreement on how the state is going to hand out the block grant

Matthew Agvent, a spokesperson for Harper, said Georgia officials are “ironing out administrative details in the agreement with USDA while we also finalize the state’s work plan.” He didn’t estimate when a final agreement might be signed. Agvent said Tuesday’s announcement is significant, though, because it means state and federal officials have agreed on how much money should be spent to provide aid to farmers for different kinds of crops Agvent called that “the vast majority of the negotiation process.”

The delays are frustrating Georgia farmers, who have operated for a year without making up

Wall Street yawns as shutdown looms

Dow sets another record

BY STAN CHOE AP business writer

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks coasted to the ﬁnish of their latest winning month on Tuesday as Wall Street yawned at the potential shutdown of the U.S. federal government that’s looming.

The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to close out its ﬁfth straight winning month after setting a record last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 81 points, or 0.2%, to set its own alltime high, and the Nasdaq composite ticked 0.3% higher

The quiet trading came as a midnight deadline approached, when the U.S. government could shut down because of Washington’s latest political impasse. That’s because history has shown that past shutdowns have had limited impact on the economy and stock market, and many economists and professional investors expect something similar this time around.

The S&P 500 has climbed an average of 4.4% during past shutdowns and is positive over the past ﬁve, according to Monica Guerra, head of U.S. policy at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. What could make this shutdown different, though, is that the White House may push for large-scale ﬁrings of federal workers.

The broad stock market has been on a nearly relentless run since hitting a low in April on expectations that President Donald Trump’s tariffs won’t derail global trade and that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates several times to boost the slowing job market.

Treasury yields wavered in the bond market but ultimately held relatively steady following mixed reports on the U.S. economy One said consumers are feeling less conﬁdent than economists expected, with many respondents in the Conference Board’s survey pointing to the job market and to inﬂation that has remained higher than anyone would like.

A second report suggested the job market may be remaining in its “lowhire, low-ﬁre” state. U.S. employers were advertising roughly the same number of job openings at the end of August as the month before. The hope on Wall Street had been for a number that’s neither too high nor too low, one balanced enough to keep the Fed on track to continue cutting interest rates.

The Fed just delivered its ﬁrst cut of the year, and ofﬁcials have penciled in more to give the job market a boost. But too-strong data on jobs could make the Fed less willing to cut rates, which would strengthen criticism that the U.S. stock market has become too expensive after prices ran so high. Too-weak numbers, meanwhile, could signal a coming recession, which would also hurt stock prices.

Oil-related companies weighed on the market as the price of crude fell again as traders see too much oil washing around the world. Baker Hughes sank 3.6%, and Schlumberger fell 2.1%.

Hurricane Helene aid

losses not covered by insurance or other assistance programs. Some farmers have dipped into savings to pay for losses. Others have unpaid debts from last year and couldn’t borrow as much to plant 2025 crops. A few have sold equipment or land to generate cash. The ﬁnancial stress comes as farmers face low prices for some crops even as the price of farming has risen.

Vann Wooten a farmer in south Georgia’s Jefferson Davis County, told WJCL-TV last week that he’s stopped raising chickens and refocused on cattle and produce after the storm demolished his chicken houses, causing $2 million in damage. Georgia ofﬁcials have said destruction to the state-leading poultry industry is one of the biggest targets for additional aid.

“We still haven’t gotten nothing.

We still haven’t even got a word,“ Wooten, also a county commissioner, told the television station. “We got a promise. But nothing on paper.” Federal agriculture officials have said they are working with 14 different states to negotiate block grants following a $100 billion package passed by Congress in December In July, they announced completed agreements for $676 million in relief for Florida farmers covering losses from not only Helene but also Hurricanes Idalia, Debby and Milton. They also announced $61 million in relief for Virginia farmers that month. Earlier this month, they also announced a $221 million aid program for North Carolina. In all those cases, like with Tuesday’s South Carolina announcement, those included ﬁnal deals on distribution.

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Panos Panay, senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon, speaks during an Amazon event in New york on Tuesday.

Earthquake kills20inPhilippines

Region hitbydeadlystorm just days ago

BY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press

MANILA, Philippines

An offshore earthquake of magnitude6.9 collapsed walls of houses andbuildings late Tuesday in acentralPhilippine province, killing at least 20 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as theintense shaking cut off power,ofﬁcials said.

The epicenterofthe earthquake, which was set off by alocal fault, was about 10 miles northeast of Bogo, acoastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu province where at least 14 residents died, disaster-mitigation ofﬁcer Rex Ygot told The Associated Press by telephone.

The death toll in Bogo wasexpected to rise. Workers were trying to transport abackhoe to hasten search and rescue efforts in a cluster of shanties in amountain

village hit by alandslide and boulders,hesaid.

“It’shard to move in the areabecause there arehazards,” Glenn Ursal, anotherdisaster-mitigation officertoldThe AP,adding some survivors were brought to ahospital.

Sixpeople, including threecoast guard personnel, afirefighter and a child, were killed separately in San Remigio town,south of Bogo, the town’svice mayor,Alfie Reynes, told the DZMM radio network without elaborating how the victimsdied.

Reynes appealed for food and water,saying San Remigio’swater system was damaged by the earthquake.

In Bogo, the quake damaged concrete walls of houses, afire station and concrete and asphalt roads, firefighterRey Cañete said.

“Wewere in our barracks to retire for the day when the ground

started to shake and we rushed outbut stumbledtothe ground becauseofthe intense shaking,” Cañete told The AP,adding that he and threeother firemen sustained cuts and bruises. Aconcretewall in their fire stationcollapsed, Cañetesaid. He and fellow firefighters providedfirstaid to at least three residents, who were injured by falling debris and collapsed walls.

Hundredsofterrifiedresidents gathered in the darkness in agrassy ﬁeldnear theﬁre station and refused to return home hours after the earthquake struck in Bogo.Severalbusinessestablishments visibly sustained damages and the asphalt andconcrete roads where they passed had deep cracks, Cañete said,adding that an old RomanCatholic church in Daanbantayantown near Bogo was also damaged.

TyphoonBualoideath toll hits 26 in Vietnam

BY ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL

Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam The search continued on Tuesday for 22 people stillmissing people following Typhoon Bualoi that caused flooding and landslides in Vietnam and has killed at least 26. Eight fishermen are among those unaccounted for,aswell as four members of the same family —afather,amother and two children —inTuyen Quang province who were buried when a landslide struck their house, state media said.

Rainfall topped nearly a foot in parts of Vietnam,including the capital,Hanoi, over the past 24 hours, the national weather agency said Tuesday.Itwarnedthat heavy downpours would continue. The prolonged rain trig-

gered ﬂash ﬂoods and landslides thatcut off roads and isolated communities from the northern mountainsof SonLaand Lao Caiprovinces to central Nghe An province.

Rivers swollen by downpours and dam discharges have alsocaused widespread flooding and landslides inthe north. TheThao RiverinYen Bairosewell above emergencylevels overnight, sendingwater up to 3feet deep intohomes and forcing evacuations.

Thenear-continuous downpours throughout Tuesday meant that most streets in Hanoi were ﬂooded and authoritieswarned thatpeople close to the Red River, which passes through the city,should take precautions

Flights at Hanoi’sNoi Bai International Airport were

diverted or delayedbecause of heavy rain. Many schools were forced to close by midday and about 2.3million Hanoi students will stay homeWednesday

Because of thesame storm system, authorities have also evacuated nearby vulnerableareasand shut down roads where landslides have blocked travel.

Bualoi has alreadycaused at least 20 deaths in thePhilippines since Friday

It made landfall in Vietnamearly Monday thenlingered, whichincreased the danger

Global warming is making storms like these stronger andwetter,accordingtoexperts, since warmer oceans provide tropical storms with more fuel, driving more intense winds, heavier rainfall and shifting precipitation patterns across East Asia.

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Cebu Gov.PamelaBaricuatro

said the extent of the damage and injuries in Bogo and outlying townsinthe northern section of the provincewould not

than we think,” he said in avideo message posted on

BY EDITHM.LEDERER

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS The U.N Security Council voted Tuesdaytoauthorize amuch larger,5,550-memberinternational force with expanded powers to help stop escalating gang violence in Haiti. Theresolution, co-sponsored by theUnited States andPanama, will transform the current Kenya-led multinational force into a“Gang Suppression Force” withthe power to arrest suspected gang members, which the current force does not have.

The vote was 12-0with Russia,China and Pakistan abstaining.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz said the resolution’s adoption “offers Haiti hope.”

“It is ahope that has been rapidly slipping away as ter-

rorist gangs expanded their territory,raped, pillaged, murdered and terrorized the Haitian population …(and) jeopardized the very existence of the Haitian state,” he said.

Gangs have growninpower since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Theynow control 90% of the capital, Port-auPrince, and have expanded their activities, including looting, kidnapping, sexual assaultsand rape, intothe countryside. Haiti has not hada president sincethe assassination.

The U.S. Embassy in Portau-Princesaidthe message from the Security Council is clear: “The era of impunity forthose who seek to destabilizeHaiti is over.”

Panama’sU.N. Ambassador Eloy Alfaro de Alba

said the co-sponsors are convinced that “through this force, it will be possible to re-establish the security thatisneeded forpolitical reconstruction and the holding of elections,”aswellas reviving theeconomyand creating opportunities for theHaitian people.

But China’sU.N. Ambassador Fu Cong was highly critical of the resolution, which he said “risks exacerbating Haiti’salreadycomplexand diresituation.”

He especially criticized the United States, whichhe said not only failed to provide promised funding to the Kenya-ledforce but also owes $800 million to theU.N peacekeeping budget while demanding that other countries share the financial burden forthe new Gang Suppression Force.

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Poll revealslatest on N.O. races

Mayoralcontest largelyunchanged

BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

The New Orleans mayoral race has remained largely unchangedin the final weeks of campaigning, with Helena Moreno maintaining amore than 30-point lead among likely voters in the latest publicly available poll.

Thepollconductedbythe Universityof New Orleans SurveyResearch Center from Sept.20-24 and published Tuesday shows 49% support forMorenoamong respondents, with state Sen. RoyceDuplessisearning 15% support and District Ecouncil member Oliver Thomas earning 13%. Thepoll has a4.8% margin of error

District A candidates center theirfocus

All5prioritize infrastructure,services

BY DESIREESTENNETT Staff writer

Five candidates are vying for the chance to hold the New Orleans City Council’s District Aseat held now byCouncil member JoeGiarrusso, who opted to leave thepublic sector All ﬁve say they will be as accessible to voters as Giarrusso was shouldthey win the race.

The candidates generally agree that infrastructure, improving basic city services and balancing the city’sbudget are key priorities forwhoever wins the seat representing parts of Mid-City,Lakeview,Hollygrove andUptown. But they disagree on how besttoaddress budget shortfalls, among other issues.

None of the candidates has held elected ofﬁce before and will havetolearn on the job if they win. Early voting began Saturday and runs through Friday TheelectionisOct.11; a runoff, if needed,will be Nov.15.

AimeeMcCarron

Aimee McCarron,41, was apolicyand budget director for Giarrusso. She said shewould ensure the city prioritizes outstanding roadwork.

The city has yet to fund extensiveroadworkin District A, she said. She wants to work with the next administration to complete that work with “Super Bowl-level coordination” —aphrase also recently touted by mayoral candidate Helena Moreno, the council’svice president.

“Weare at arebuildingpoint where we can either go one direction, where we have afuture for my kids and the rest of the kids in New Orleans, or we go back and New Orleans doesn’texist,” she said McCarron also wantstotap tradeunions and staff from Delgado CommunityCollege to train workers the city could hire to complete road repairs. That way,the city can quit hiring so many outside contractors. Moreno has also called for that move.

“If our streets aren’tlit and if ourtrafﬁc lights aren’tworking, that can causeaccidents,kids can get hurt and it canbring crimetoneighborhoods,” she said McCarron is endorsedbyAlliance for Good Government and the Independent Women’sOrganization, amongothers.

Theresults mirror another poll conducted two weeks earlier that showed Moreno, the CityCouncil’svice president, witha similar double-digit lead over heropponents.Inthat survey,however,Moreno surpassed the 50% thresholdneeded to win outright, and Thomas wasahead of

Duplessis. Ed Cherve na k, a po lit ical sc ientis t who directed the UNO survey,said the results show thatvoters perceive Moreno as the “change” candidate, while Thomas andDuplessis seem to appeal to thosewho favor the status quo.

“Thosefolks who are unhappy with themayor’s performance and dissatisfied with the city’sdirection, they’re more likely to supportMoreno,” he said.

The poll also measured respondents’views on Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who is term-limited and can’tseek reelection. It found that just 20% of respondents approved of Cantrell’sperformance, with 51% of respondents strongly disapproving and 15%disapproving of her performance. The maj ority of

Turninginterest

Schoolssee students creating CharlieKirk politicalgroups

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Levi Gregory was about 10 years old when he saw his first Charlie Kirk video andimmediately “fell in love with it.” He said he was drawn to Kirk’sdebatestyle and theway Christianity informedKirk’sthinking. This summer,Gregory,now 15, founded thenorthshore homeschool chapterofTurning Point USA’s “Club America,” the high school wing of the conservative activist’s

political group. He wasplanning to attend Kirk’scollege event at LSU in October Butafter Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, Gregory shifted hisapproach. On Sept. 25, he organizedanevent that drew around 100 people to aPearl River church with the goal of bringingaTurning PointUSA Club America chapter to every high school in St. TammanyParish. It was the ﬁrst parishwide event in St. Tammany,Gregory said, and it came amid agrowing pushtostart Turning Point USA Club America chaptersacrossLouisiana and the U.S. The U.S. Department of Education also recently announced apartnership withTurning PointUSA. In Lafayette, for instance, students

expressed interest in starting chapters at David Thibodaux Stem Magnet Academyand Southside High School, according to Tracy Wirtz, a spokesperson for Lafayette Public Schools.

On the northshore,meanwhile, multiple high schools could see chapters start meeting soon. At Mandeville High School, TrentDouglas, 15, said he submitted paperwork Sept. 26 to found aClub America chapter with his sisterand threeother students. Around 30 kids have signed up, he said, andtheyplantomeet weekly At Fontainebleau High School in Mandeville, parent AbiLicatino said in an interview she was helping some

Cantrell to deliver budgetproposal

Uncertaintylooms over deficit

BY BENMYERS Staff writer

New Orleans Mayor LaToya

Cantrell will present heradministration’s final annual budget proposal to theCity Council on Wednesday,asthe city’sfinancial outlook for next year continues to worsen and officials grapple witha deficit they aren’tsure thesize of. The city’srevenue estimating bodyonMonday shaved another $7 million off the official 2026 general fund revenue forecast,reducing it to $725.6 million. That’s$20 million less

than the forecast for this year, which is already $31 million below what was estimated when the year began. Meanwhile, theCantrell administration is reporting a$73 million overrun in personnel spending, the cause of which has been amoving target. The former chief administrative officer,Gilbert Montaño, in May attributed morethan half that amount to the public safety overtime response to the Jan. 1truck attack on Bourbon Street,increased securityprotocols for the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras and thehistoric January blizzard. But twoweeks after

killed during birthday trip

BY JOHN SIMERMAN Staff writer

about two hours before she was shot in the 100 block of Bourbon. Her sister,Davona Morgan, said the twowere walking back to their hotel room when an argument between two men they didn’tknow turned to gunﬁre.

The fatal victim in Sunday’s early morning shootingon Bourbon Street was aChicago hospital worker and mother who had traveled to New Orleans to celebrate her birthday with family when she landedin themiddle of ashootout, family members said Tuesday Jessica Williamshad turned 33

“Wewalkedright through the argument,” Morgan said. “I looked over on the street, Isee the fat guy clutching his gun. Itoldmysister… ‘Let’s walk faster.’” Morgansaidshe wasstruck in thebackfroma bulletthat brokearib andlodged in her breast. Twoothers were also wounded.

“I ran across the street. Igot to feeling my shoulder burning. Igot to yelling, ‘I’m hit. Help me,’”she said. Morgan said she

Williams

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Hunter McGovern,13, center,attends Turning Point USA Club America’s first parishwide event in St. TammanyParish at Generations Church in PearlRiver on Thursday.

Moreno Thomas Duplessis

Police: Woman fatally stabs boyfriend at birthday party

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

Akailah Hicks’ 19th birthday celebration started with a party among friends and family at a Kenner Airbnb, but ended with her in handcuffs after authorities say she stabbed her boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife.

Hicks was arrested Monday morning, her birthday, and booked on counts of seconddegree murder, obstruction of justice and possession of marijuana, according to Kenner Police Deputy Chief Mark McCormick.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office identiﬁed the victim as Keenan Dyas, 21, of New Orleans.

The stabbing was reported about 7:24 a.m. at a house in the 400 block of Holy Cross Place, McCormick said. Hicks dialed 911 to report that Dyas had been stabbed. Officers arrived and found him lying on the ground in the backyard, with a stab wound to his chest. They performed life-saving measures, but Dyas was pronounced dead at the scene, McCormick said.

Investigators learned that Hicks and Dyas were a couple who shared a child together. They’d rented the Airbnb, a unit located in the backyard of the Holy Cross Place house, to throw a birthday party for Hicks on Sunday night, according to McCormick.

Hicks told police Dyas left the rental unit some time Monday morning. But when he returned and knocked on the door, Hicks said she opened it and found Dyas with the stab wound, according to McCormick

Hicks told police her boyfriend collapsed, and she called authorities Investigators, however, don’t believe Hicks’ story Preliminary autopsy results revealed Dyas’ fatal stab wound wasn’t survivable for more than a minute, according to McCormick.

“He would have to have been stabbed right there,” McCormick said “There was no blood located anywhere else, not in his vehicle, not out front The only blood was located within the backyard.”

Detectives obtained a warrant for Hicks’ arrest, and she was taken into custody Hicks was being held without bail Tuesday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna.

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students form a chapter Licatino said she thought it was important that the values and principles of Club America, Turning Point USA and Kirk serve as a “foundational basis for what our kids are exposed to at our high school.”

Evonne Heredia a ﬁeld representative for Club America, said in an interview she has received over 1,000 inquiries from a mix of parents and students interested in starting Club America chapters at schools in the group’s Bayou region, which includes Louisiana and southern Mississippi.

As of Tuesday, no Club America chapters had officially been approved at any of St. Tammany’s eight public high schools, school district spokesperson Meredith Mendez said. No public high schools in Jefferson Parish have chapters, according to Jefferson Parish school district spokesperson Kaela Lewis.

‘The same thing I believe’ Club America, though nonpartisan, has “conservative” and “godly values” and seeks to “empower young students to be educated on free markets, embrace freedom and limited government,” Heredia said She said that being a Christian or a Republican is not a requirement.

During meetings, they discuss politics, current events or topics like the U.S. Constitution, she said

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respondents also said the city was headed in the wrong direction, though respondents living in council District E, which includes New Orleans East and the Lower 9th Ward, were the most pessimistic. They were nearly ﬁve times as likely to say the city is moving in the wrong direction than the right direction.

The UNO poll also surveyed voters on the Orleans Parish sheriff’s race and the race for two at-large seats on the New Orleans City Council.

It shows former interim NOPD Superintendent Michelle Woodfork with a commanding lead over her five opponents in the sheriff’s race. She received support from 44% of respondents, while incumbent Sheriff Susan Hutson received 13% and 2nd City Constable Edwin Shorty received 9%. Around one-third of voters in sheriff’s contest remain undecided.

In the race for City Council at-large, Division 1, state Rep Matthew Willard earned 32% support, while state Rep Delisha Boyd earned 18% and Matthew Hill received 5%. Nearly half of voters remain undecided in that contest.

Mayor’s race

The poll surveyed 409 likely voters through landline and cellphone interviews and was weighted to reflect the demographics of the city’s voters. The sample included 221 Black respondents, 162 White respondents, ﬁve Asian respondents, six Hispanic respondents and 15 respondents that identified as another race.

Among Moreno’s supporters, most disapprove of Cantrell’s performance and think the city is on the wrong track. The opposite was true among supporters of both Thomas and Duplessis.

The poll also found a clear racial divide in how respondents view Cantrell’s performance About one-third of Black respondents gave the

Gregory told the crowd at the Pearl River event that his heart broke for Kirk’s children, as he has grown up without a father Gregory’s dad, Slidell police Officer

Jason Seals, died in a motorcycle crash while escorting a funeral procession in 2018.

Others at the Pearl River event focused on identity, faith and politics.

“A lot of us said, ‘He believed the same thing I believe,’” St. Tammany Parish Council member David Cougle said.

Austin Lind, a regional coordinator for Turning Point USA Faith, the group’s faith division, described some of the factors that led him to become a missionary in the U.S including the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado and the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage.

“I realized that this nation was sick and we needed a change,” he said.

Contested views

The growing fervor around Club America has garnered some controversy, including in St. Tammany Parish, where a majority of voters went for Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Kirk has been criticized for some of his views on topics such as Islam, race and gender

“We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s,” Kirk said at a political convention in December 2023. He said he thought the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed seg-

mayor positive marks, compared to just 5% of White respondents. Still, 51% of Black respondents, 88% of White respondents and 69% of nonBlack minorities expressed disapproval of the current mayor A racial divide was also evident in the race for mayor An overwhelming majority of White respondents, or 76%, said they would vote for Moreno, while Black respondents were more fragmented.

Moreno received support from 28% of Black respondents, while Duplessis received 24% and Thomas received 21%. One-quarter of Black respondents remained undecided.

Moreno is backed by nearly half of registered Democrats and 69% of registered Republicans, according to the poll.

“The message from voters is clear: They’re ready for change and a proven leader who puts New Orleanians first,” Moreno campaign spokesperson Todd Ragusa said.

Tyronne Walker, senior strategist for Duplessis’ campaign, said they believe the race will go into in a November runoff.

“We are focused on the only thing that matters: connecting directly with voters. Sen. Duplessis is taking no vote for granted and working to earn the vote of every single New Orleanian,” he said.

Thomas’ campaign manager, Ethan Ashley, said polls are a snapshot. “Our campaign is energized by the people of New Orleans who want safer streets, reliable services, and a city that works for everyone,” he said.

The poll only surveyed “likely voters.” That included individuals who voted in at least four of the past 10 elections where turnout was above 10%, and also those who voted in three of the last elections as well as the 2021 mayoral election.

The poll found that Moreno performed especially well among those it defined as “chronic voters” — or those who participated in seven or more of the last 10 elections. Among those voters,

regation in public accommodations and schools and prohibited employment discrimination, led to a “permanent DEI-type bureaucracy.”

Licatino said she thinks people with negative opinions of Kirk were listening to “sound bites” and “caught up in one-liners,” as opposed to full speeches.

“If you watch anything that Charlie Kirk says in its full context, you may not agree with what he says, but you can completely see he’s not doing it out of hatred.”

But some St Tammany parents said in interviews they were concerned about what Turning Point USA’s presence on campuses might mean for their kids. Lauren Menn said she recently met with other progressive parents to discuss their response, though she added they are not “trying to stop anything.”

“I feel like it is pushing our education in an ideological direction rather than keeping it neutral and creating critical thinkers,” said Menn, the mother of a 15-yearold student at Mandeville High School.

Mel Manuel, the co-executive director of Queer Northshore, an LGBTQ+ group based in St. Tammany, called some of Kirk’s views “hate speech.”

“It’s a hateful ideology and it doesn’t belong in a public school,” said Manuel, who ran unsuccessfully in 2024 against U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, and is the parent of a ninth grader at Mandeville High School.

Manuel said they have no prob-

54% supported Moreno, 15% supported Duplessis and 12% supported Thomas.

“These are the people that show up even if there’s nothing at stake,” Chervenak said.

Council, sheriff’s races

Shorty said he’s confident the sheriff’s race will come down to a runoff between him and Woodfork, adding that the UNO poll was conducted before his campaign began its “media blitz.” Neither Woodfork nor Hutson responded to a request for comment.

Boyd said she hadn’t seen the UNO poll but that every poll she’s reviewed shows the District 1 at-large council race is “virtually tied.”

Willard said: “We are knocking every door, attending every event we can to get out our message: It’s time to rebuild this city, block by block, together.”

Meanwhile, the race for the City Council Division 2 atlarge seat has a clear leader with incumbent City Council President JP Morrell earning 45% support over challengers Gregory Manning, with 10%; and Kenneth Cutno, with 5%.

Manning’s campaign manager, Jack Reno Sweeney, said they’re confident that the race will go into a runoff.

“The polls have consistently shown that the incumbent does not have the support of a majority of New Orleanians, and he has failed to gain ground as we approach election day,” he said.

Said Cutno: “It’s time for fresh leadership, new ideas and for positions to be earned, not inherited.”

Morrell’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Early voting began Saturday and runs through Oct. 4. The primary is Oct. 11 and the general election is Nov 15.

Early voting in the ﬁrst two days is up 59% compared to this time during the mayoral election four years ago, Chervenak said.

Email Blake Paterson at bpaterson@theadvocate. com.

lem with conservative or liberal groups in St. Tammany schools, but called Turning Point USA “indoctrination.”

Mendez said St. Tammany’s policy for clubs is that “equal access will not be denied on the basis of religious political philosophical, or other content of such meetings or organizations.”

Support from St. Tammany

The St. Tammany Republican Parish Executive Committee has reserved $2,000 for Turning Point USA chapters and afﬁliates, according to RPEC member Josh Allison, who also said an anonymous donor has agreed to match the contribution.

With the uptick in interest there are now eight chartered Club America chapters in Louisiana, including Gregory’s homeschool chapter, said Heredia, who expects that number to grow. Turning Point USA’s process of approving a club is also separate from the school’s, a process that can vary by region and type, Heredia said.

In St. Tammany, students must ﬁll out paperwork and be sponsored by a certiﬁed teacher on campus, Mendez said.

“We’ve been slammed,” said Heredia, whose ﬁrst day as Club America’s Bayou Field Representative was two days before Kirk’s death, which was not long after she moved from Texas to the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans.

Email Willie Swett at willie. swett@theadvocate.com.

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Montaño stepped down at the end of August, the administration presented a slide showing those expenses amount to just $8 million Reached by phone Montaño said the most recent estimate was calculated after he left ofﬁce and he is not sure how it was done. He declined further comment.

The Cantrell administration did not immediately respond to a question about the different amounts on Tuesday afternoon. In any case, the 2025 budget appears to be on track to run a deficit of $104 million The administration is also anticipating a $65 million deﬁcit in the fund balance, which is the cushion that rolls over from year to year The city started the year with a $206 million fund balance thanks in part to federal pandemic aid — which has been used to cover this year’s budget deﬁcit as well as other spending priorities, according to the administration. Cantrell has already ordered a freeze on most new contracts, purchase orders and other spending. The administration is also working on a package of revenue measures and spending cuts to get the fund balance out of the red.

“The deﬁcit is one that we’re looking and staring at in the face, and we’re going to deal with it as we’ve dealt with all other challenges before,” Cantrell said Monday at a meeting of the Revenue Estimating Conference, which formally adopts revenue forecasts by the city’s chief economist.

Exactly what the administration will propose is unclear, but officials have said they are looking at everything from revenue bonds to hiring freezes. Fee increases — including to the controversial sanitation fee — have also been openly contemplated, but these could be a difficult sell to the public. Meanwhile, the Louisiana legislative auditor is reviewing the city’s finances to come up with a clear understanding of what the deficit actually is. That follows a Budget Committee meeting this month in which administration officials and council members used different numbers to describe the shortfall. The City Council on Sept. 25 voted unanimously to request the state auditor’s review. The Cantrell administration said it welcomes the scrutiny, in a rare show of unity between legislative and executive branches that have battled on numerous issues over the past four years.

Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack said the review should wrap up in about two weeks, so long as the city’s ﬁnancial records are complete.

At the Revenue Estimating Conference on Monday, Chief Economist Matthew Cooper said the most recent revenue reduction for next year stems from lawsuits by the Orleans Parish School Board and charter school systems that forced the city to stop taking service fees for collecting taxes on the schools’ behalf.

The New Orleans City Council in April passed an ordinance forbidding the fees without an interagency agreement in place, but the Cantrell administration continued taking a cut — 2% of property taxes and 1.6% on sales taxes — despite the ordinance. The administration relented after the lawsuits.

The School Board claims in a separate, pending lawsuit the city illegally charged more than $135 million in fees for more than a decade.

The city’s chief financial officer, Romy Schofield-Samuel, said at the Revenue Estimating Conference meeting that other external agencies the city collects taxes for are also looking for a break on collection fees, which could further reduce city revenue.

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dropped to her knees.

“I looked to my left, I looked to my right, I didn’t see my sister Then I looked and she was falling on the ground face-ﬁrst.” Williams died there, said Morgan, who remained hospitalized Tuesday

“They ﬂipped her body over to do CPR and I just knew she was gone, and it hurt my feelings so bad,” Morgan said. “Because she was just trying to have a good trip. We’re not even from here.”

Police made two arrests in connection with the shooting.

Mekhi Jarius Andry 20, was arrested early Tuesday in Me-

tairie as a fugitive and booked into the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center, jail records show He will be extradited and booked into the Orleans Justice Center on one count of seconddegree murder and three counts of attempted second-degree murder New Orleans police believe Andry shot at Dontrell Bradley, 19, in the 100 block of Bourbon Street at 2:22 a.m. Sunday Bradley fired back, was struck and went to a hospital. When he is discharged from the hospital, he will be booked into the Orleans Justice Center on a count of being a felon in possession of a ﬁrearm, as well as on two probation warrants for an aggravated assault charge in Texas. Morgan described their excitement in

planning for a trip that included eight people, mostly family

“We never been here before. We heard that Bourbon Street be lit. I’m a party animal. I like to dance. My sister, all she do is work and go home,” Morgan said.

She described Williams as “just such a sweetheart,” and someone who loved to talk.

“You know you got that one person in your family that’s always going off for no reason, then if there’s a reason, she go off even more? That was Jessica,” Morgan said.

Williams spent most of her time at her housekeeping job at Cook County Hospital and caring for her two kids, ages 5 and 7. A cousin, Kardajia Wells, also was on the trip and said it took convincing for Williams to come.

“She’s just a hardworking woman, and she deserved this trip. We as a family came together to plan it,” said Wells, 31.

“We came for a vacation, and she’s a real innocent person. She was loving, caring. She did nothing for herself. She did everything for her kids. We begged her to go on this trip, to treat yourself, and it ends tragic.”

NOPD responded to a call of shots fired and found Williams and two other shooting victims. A fourth victim suffering from a gunshot graze was found a few blocks away at Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue.

Family members said they were awaiting the release of her body from the Coroner’s Ofﬁce, which identiﬁed her Tuesday

“All the other agencies that we do work on behalf of (are) now requesting information on how much we’ve collected, and the possibility of removing those fees,” said Schofield-Samuel, who sits on the revenue estimating body along with Cantrell and other ofﬁcials.

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HollyFriedman

Holly Friedman, 57, was a constituent services director for Giarrusso. The city should leverage technology to more efﬁciently manage its resources and create safer roads, she said.

“Becoming atransparent smart city willactually help us with our ﬁnances, because you’re using technology and data so employees can work smarter,not harder,” she said.

For example, city crews now fill potholes by loading their truckswith hot asphalt on the West Bank, then filling the oldest pothole on record and going down the list in that order, she said. That could mean they fill asingle pothole in Gentilly,then another Uptown, then athird in New Orleans East before the truck is empty or the thencooled asphalt is wasted. Instead, they could check the city’sdata systems to seeall thepotholes in one area and fill them all at once, she said. The city should alsocreate apublic dashboard of potholes filled and those awaiting repair.

“If we can track our packages on Amazon, we should be able to track when apothole is going to be ﬁxed,” she said. She is endorsedbyAFLCIO and the Mid-CityDemocrats, among others

Robert “Bob”Murrell

Robert “Bob” Murrell, 40, ran against Giarrussofour years ago. Then aDemocrat, he is now running with no party affiliation after leaving the party overits support for Israel’sactions in the war in Gaza.

Endorsed by the New Orleans DemocraticSocialists of America and others, Murrell is oneoffour candidates with ashared platform that has the support of DSA along with Danyelle Christmas, who is running for aDistrict Eseat, JacksonKimbrellrunning in District Cand Gregory Manning in the Division2 at-large race.

“When you look across the country where cities and states are electing DSA members and socialists into ofﬁce that’swhen you’re able to put forward signiﬁcantly more progressive legislation,” he said.

Murrell wants to appoint poor and working-class people to city boards. He would push for utility debt forgiveness for people who struggledtomake ends meetduring the COVID-19 pandemic. He also wants to visit 100 workplaces in his first year to encourage workers to form more unionsand increase their power

“When youincrease union density,itincreases wages, notjust in those unionized workplaces but acrossthe industry,” he said.

BridgetNeal

Bridget Neal, 51, the only Republican in the race, has worked for NASA,the Australian Embassy and in higher education.

Nothing is more important than keepingNew Orleans fiscally solventand addressingits ﬂooding and street problems, she said.

“My goal is to make New Orleans acity that you don’t havetothink about,”she said.

First, she plans to get nonproﬁt, tax-exempt property owners to start paying their fair share in taxes, she said. If nonproﬁts don’tpay up, she will consider levying fees on them.

She also wants to revive afederally funded planto put aretention pond in City Park to alleviate flooding that has caused roaddamage in Lakeview.The federal government clawed back that money in 2019 when city leaderscouldn’tagree on how to spend it. She will fight for those and other solutions across the district, evenifthat means getting in the crosshairs of the city’spowerbrokers, she said.

“I’m more worried about your ﬂood mitigation that I am about those people talking to me at cocktail par-

THECANDIDATES

AIMEE McCARRON

41.BorninNew Orleans, lives in NewOrleans.

EDUCATION: Graduated from NewOrleans CreativeArts; bachelor’s in hotel, restaurant andtourism management from University of New Orleans

JOB EXPERIENCE: District APolicy andBudgetDirector for City Council member Joe Giarrusso,Financial Advisor forPrudential, Catering Sales Manager for Ralph Brennan Restaurants

PARTY: DemocraticParty WEBSITE: aimeemccarron com

HOLLY FRIEDMAN

57. Born in Houma, lives in NewOrleans.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma; bachelor’s

JOB EXPERIENCE: Technical

Project Manager for Locally, Inc., former software engineer and team leadfor Mumms Software.

PARTY: No PartyAffiliation, former Democratic Party, ran forNew Orleans City Council District Aseatin2021.

WEBSITE: www.bob4districta. com

BRIDGET NEAL

51. BorninPonchatoula, lives in NewOrleans

EDUCATION: Graduatedfrom high school in Tangipahoa Parish; bachelor’sin anthropologyfrom Louisiana State University; master’sin civil and cultural management fromTulane University

JOB EXPERIENCE: former Administrator forthe Embassy of Australia,Sponsored Projects Administrator for

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Alexander, Allyce Trapp

LouisianaState Capitolto raise awarenessfor dyslexia. Shehad learned how to manage thelearn‐ing disabilityherself,be‐cominganavidreaderand student of history. She usually worked herway through twobooksatonce. Allycefound herway into governmentaffairs,and she became agovernment affairs coordinatorat Adams &Reese. Shecried whenshe got theoffer. It was herdream job, and she lovedevery minute of it. Sheendearedherself to everyoneinthe legislature withher smile andkind‐ness. Aproud Louisiana native, shewas always ex‐cited to go to work in the Capitol.Whenshe wasn't working,Allyceloved spendingtimewithher family, friendsand col‐leagues.She washappy fishinginthe Gulf,wander‐ing throughmuseums, playing with cats and going to estate sales. Al‐lyceenjoyed learning about Britishhistory,espe‐cially theWar of theRoses and theroyal family. She savored acrisp glassof champagne anda small raw oyster,and whenshe ordered in,she usually asked forsushi.A natural conversationalist,Allyce could talk to anybody about anything.She was loyal andsweet,with trademark blonde bangs and an infectious energy thatdrewpeopletoher When shesenthand-writ‐ten letters, shesealedthe envelopes with wax stamps. Shealwaysgave her friends- andlater their kids -agiftontheir birthdays.She wassmart beautiful,elegant and bright. She filledher beloved husband'sdays withjoy.InJune 2024, Al‐lycewas diagnosedwith angiosarcoma, arareand aggressiveformofcancer. The outlook wasfrighten‐ing,but shetrusted her faith in Godand fought nonstop for16months, de‐terminedtobeatthe dis‐easeevenwhenthe odds appearedinsurmountable She dideverythingshe could untilthe very end. Her strength inspired everyonearound her. Al‐lyceissurvivedbyher hus‐band, Wilson Alexander; parents Heinke andSusan Trapp; brother, John Trapp; maternalgrandmother, Ann Lirette;and several aunts, uncles andcousins She is preceded in death byher grandparents Nolan Lirette Sr Heinke TrappSr. and Audrey Trapp. Ade‐voutCatholic, shelooked forward to seeing herfam‐ily in Heaven,aswellas her fluffy orange cat, Qua‐simodo, andher family's ShihTzu,Sophie. Hertime withuswas far tooshort But in aconversationwith one of herbestfriends,she said, "I'velived alot of life in31years.I have no com‐plaints." As much as Allyce loved flowers, especially peonies,pleaseconsidera donationtothe Sarcoma FoundationofAmerica,the Discalced CarmeliteNuns ofLafayette or St.Pere‐grine Cancer Shrine.These organizations didgreat workinsupportingAllyce through herstruggles with cancer. Afuneral mass will beheldat10:00 a.m. Friday October 3, 2025, at St.Fran‐cis de SalesCathedral,500 Goode St., Houma, LA 70360. Visitation will be from8:30a.m.until the timeofservice at the church.Burialwillfollow servicesinSt. Francisde SalesCemetery #2

andbrother-in-law

Satish hisbrothers-in-law

Ajit Lamba and Ashok Lamba, hisuncle JackChawla, and cousin Joyce Chawla. He is survived by hisdevoted wife, thelove of hislifeof 52 years Beena Arora, daughterPujaArora,son Sumit Arora, daughter-inlaw Sejal Arora, andthe lights of hislife, hisgrandchildren, Raina Aroraand Simi Arora. He is also survived by hissister,Sujata Arora(Rajan), sister-in-law Suman Lamba, Mary Chawla(belovedJack), Naresh "Tony" Chawla (beloved Joyce); Rakesh "Bobby" Chawla(Kiran); Rajesh "Roger" Chawla (Sarita), LeeChawla (Kristen),and nieces, Renu Verma(Harish)and Anju Thayal (Shelly).

Relativesand friends are invited to attendhis Visitation whichwill begin at 1:00pm followed by the Funeral Service at 2:30pm on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at Jacob Schoen & Son, 3827 Canal Street NewOrleans,LA70119. To view theservice via livestream and to sign the familyguestbook, please go to www.schoenfh.com.

Brosset,MarvinO.

Allyce TrappAlexander, 31, of BatonRouge passed awaypeacefully themorn‐ing of Sept. 27, 2025, sur‐rounded by thefamilyshe loved so much.She had spent thelastmonth of her lifehosting friendswhen‐evershe could. As she smiledand talked to them, she gave them comfort eventhoughtheyhad cometodothatfor her. If she hada littlebit more time, Allyce wouldhave written this herself. She wanteditsaidthatshe loved herhusband,Wilson Alexander;her brother, JohnTrapp; andher par‐ents, Heinke andSusan Trapp, more than anything inthe world. Allyce was borninHouma,Louisiana onJanuary 6, 1994. She camefroma supportive and loving family. Allyce graduated from Vandebilt Catholic High,where she participatedinstudent council, tennis andvolley‐balland shewas voted bestdressedinher class because sheknewhow to accessorizea uniform bet‐ter than anyone.One of her great honors as ateenager was beinga Maid of Mardi Grasinthe Kreweof Houmas. In 2012, Allyce moved to BatonRouge to gotoLSU andnever left She joined theChi Omega sorority, andone year,she oversaw theelection process forthe student government. Allyce wasa proud two-time graduate ofthe ManshipSchool of MassCommunication.She particularlyenjoyed asum‐mer studying abroad in Germany.AtLSU,Allyce found hercalling whenshe gave aspeechatthe

Arora, Surinder K. SurinderK."Sonny" Arora, 84, of Kenner,LA, passedpeacefullyon September 28, 2025 at home surrounded by family andfriends. Sonnywas born in September, 1941 in Peshawar, the capital of theNorth-West Frontier Province, Indiabeforethe partition.With thehelpof hisuncle Jack Chawla, he came to theUnited States in 1969. He attendedcollege andworkedfor ashipping companywhileattending night school. After leaving the shipping company, he workedwith Jack at C&E Enterpriseswhich wouldbecome oneofthe largest auto parts wholesalers in theGreater New OrleansArea. In 1980, he took aleap of faithand formed Sunny Ventures through which he owned several businessesranging from service stations to ice cream shops.

Sonnybalanced hisambitious professional life with an unwavering commitment to hisfamily. His legacylives on in the valuesheinstilledinthose whoknewhim. He believed in thepower of familyand dedicatedhis life to creatinga loving andsupportive home. Sonny'sadvice was soughtbymany, and his calm presence wasa source of comfort to all whoknewhim. He will be missed by many.

He waspredeceased by hisparents Manohar Arora andShakuntula Devi,his sister Kaval Kharbanda

MarvinBrosset, a beloved father, grandfather,and all-around champion of both ballgames andgumbopots, passed away on September28, 2025, at theage of 79. A NewYear'sDay baby, Marvinenteredthe world on January 1, 1946, to the lateMarielise Sampité Brosset and thelateMilton Brosset, startinglifewith perfect timing. An All-State athlete at Menard Memorial High School in Alexandria, Louisiana, Marvinwenton to shineatULM,where he earnedNAIAAll-American honorsfor threestraight years. He set school recordsfor both singleseason and career batting averages. With a.400 career average, he swung his wayintothe ULMHall of Fame. Neverone to hang up hiscleats, "Marvelous Marv" continued to play with OTMAC andthe Over 40 Baseball League. He suited up for ICI and the NewOrleans Pelicans, proving that hislove for thegame neveraged, only hisknees did. Atruecountry boy, Marvinfound thrillinthe great outdoors.For him, it wasneveraboutthe trophy, but thelaughterand camaraderieshared amongst hisfriends. Hisfamilyinsists he missed histruecalling as a chef. He wasjust as fierce in thekitchenashewas on thefield.Fromtreasured familyrecipes to improvisedexperiments,hefed thepeople he lovedwith equal parts skilland heart. Hisproudest titles were "Dad" and"Pops" and "Popie",leavingbehinda legacyofathleticism and encouragement. He is survivedbyhis sister Lisa KellySampité-Brosset (Bill); histhree daughters Monica BrossetAydogmus; Korey Brosset Gwinn(Robbie)and Kasey Brosset Carriere (Paul), and theirmotherDinah Walters Brosset; his ten grandchildrenKaya, Halil, Acelya, andBerk Aydogmus; Kain, Jude,and Reed Gwinn; KixPaul, Rosemary, andMignon Carriere;his great-grandson, Demir Aydogmus; and numerousnieces, nephews, cousinsand friends. He waspreceded in death by his parents and hissister,DianneBrosset. Upon hisarrival to Heaven,Marvinwas greeted by an angel, hisgrandson Christian Louis Carriere AMass of Remembrance will be celebratedat12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 3, at St AnnCatholic Church in Metairie, Louisiana, with visitation beginningat 10:30 a.m.

Aspecial thank you to thededicated staff of EJGH, especially the nurses anddoctorsinthe ICU,for theirexceptional care and compassion given to Marvinand hisfamily. We havefaithknowing Marvinisreunited withold teammates, hunting buddies andloyal friends,raisinga shotofJägertotoast alifewell lived To view andsignthe online guestbook, visit

Ecuyer, Lawrence Joseph

Lawrence Joseph Ecuyer died on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at the age of 83. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Octave Ecuyer and EllenCotton Ecuyer; his brothers, Richard J. Ecuyer and Allen J. Ecuyer; and his sister, Jo Ann Ecuyer McNeel.

m to review and renew contracts.Additionally, she traveledwithinthe United States to various insurance companiesasa good willambassador for her employer. Volunteer"was Gerry's middle name. An honorgraduateofSt. Mary's Dominican High School, she was active in a number of localand nationalorganizations: President of the Casualty and Surety Assoc. of New Orleans, Secretary of the National Insurance Recruiters Association, Memberofthe Board of Directorsofthe Harahan Community Committee on Aging, as well as the JeffersonParish Council on Aging. Shewas instrumental in organizing athrift store to benefit members of the HarahanSenior Center,which is still in existence today. She also held several offices in the Harahan Business Association and served on the HarahanPlanning and Zoning Boardunder two mayors. Services willbe private.Arrangements entrusted to TharpFuneral Home. Expressions of love andsympathy may be placed andviewed at www.tharpcares.com.

Larry is survived by his wife of 59 years, Linda Kuntz Ecuyer; his children, Michael J. Ecuyer (Ann Ellinghausen) and Nicole Ecuyer Waguespack (David);and his grandchildren, Blake L. Ecuyer, Stephen M. Ecuyer, Wilhelm D. Waguespack, and Grace M. Waguespack. He is also survived by sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, and lifelong friends

Larry proudly served his Country in the United States Army in duty stations throughout the world for24years, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel He graduated from Jesuit High School and the University of Southern Mississippi.

Aman of great Catholic faith; he fought the good fight, he finished the race, he kept the faith.

APrivate Mass was held, followed by aburial at All Saints Mausoleum (in MetairieCemetery).

To view and sign the online guest book, please visit LakeLawnMetairie.com

Gelpi, Geraldine Sydney

Geraldine "Gerry Sydney Gelpi died on September 23, 2025. She was preceded in death by her parents Margaret and Sidney Gelpi and her husband John M. Sensebe,Sr. She is survived by herson John M. Sensebe, Jr. of Deltona, FL. Gerry enjoyed along career in insurance, culminating in her own business, Gelpi & Associates, recruiting and placing qualified personnel within the insurance industry. In her high school years, Gerry auditioned andwas selected to play saxophone in an all-girlorchestra, performing in and around NewOrleans and including an eleven-day stint at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS. Later, as arepresentative of amajor local insurance agency, Gerry traveled to London to visit Lloyd's of London

Robert Earl Hendrix, a devoted husband, father, mentor,and pillarofhis community,passedaway onAugust23, 2025, in New Orleans,Louisiana, at the ageof77. Born in Memphis, Tennessee,on June 18, 1948, Robert was the belovedson of Fannie MaeShelton and the youngest of sevensiblings—the onlyone to carry the Hendrix name forward.

Robert earned a Bachelor of Science degree in IndustrialEngineering from Memphis State University, launching acareerthat blended technical excellence with quiet leadership.In1977, while working for General Electric in Illinois,hemarriedDallas Ann Hendrix, beginning a lifelong partnership. After abrief stay in Pennsylvania, the couple settled in Louisiana in 1979, where they raised two children: hisson, Justin RobertHendrix (born 1981),and hisdaughter,Talise Renee Hendrix (born1991).

Anatural athleteand fierce competitor, Robert found joyinbaseball, tennis,and bowling. Hispassionfor sports extended into service,coaching Little League baseballand track and field atthe local community center. He was amentortocountless neighborhood children,offering guidance, encouragement, and asteady presence thatshaped lives farbeyond his own family

Robertwas asteadfast providertoboth hisnuclear and extended family, embodying generosity and strengthineveryrole he held. In 2006, he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, achallenge he faced with courage and grace. The condition contributed to the rapidonset of Alzheimer's Dementia, and ultimately, complications from pneumonia led

to his passing

He is survivedbyhis son, Justin Robert Hendrix, and his daughter, Talise Renee Hendrix, who carry forwardhis legacy of integrity, compassion, and unwavering love

Robert Earl Hendrixwill be remembered not only forthe life he lived, butfor thelives he touched.His memory remains abeacon of strength,kindness,and enduring devotion.

King Jr.Frederick Edward

Frederick Edward King Jr., known affectionately as "Beets" to his friends and family,departed this world to be with his Lord and SavioronAugust 18, 2025, in Mandeville,LA. Born on January 27, 1943, in NewOrleans, LA. He was precededindeath by Frederick Edward King, Sr and Rita Lucy Hayden. He is survivedbyhis wife EllenMargaret Serpas King, his daughter Julie King Navarro,his Son- inlawHector Christopher Navarro,his grandchildren Emma and Hagan Navarro and histhree fur babies He was aproud alumnus of FrancisT NichollsHigh School, and attended Southeastern Louisiana University. He was amemberofthe Clerks and Checkers Union Local 1497, and VillageChurch Lutheran. He was an enthusiasticparticipantin fantasy football,a passion that brought him both excitement and camaraderie. One of his most endearing qualitieswas hislovefor animals. Aboveall,Beets' greatest joy was his grandchildren. Each moment spent with them was treasured,and he imparted laughter, and unconditional love upon them. Please join us for aCelebration of Life on October 4thfrom 12 -4pmatVillage Church Lutheran 29180 Us-190, Lacombe,LA. 70445. In lieu of flowers,ifyou can, bring cat or dogfoodtobedonatedtoa local animal rescue organization. He was a character, so we would like youtoshare any funny stories, if youchoose to at theCelebrationofLife.

MontgomeryJr.,Earl Norman With sadnessweshare thepassing of Earl Norman MontgomeryJr.,onSep‐tember 18, 2025. Please visitwww.rhodesfuneral. comtoviewservice infor‐mation,signonlineguest‐book,sendﬂowers, and sharecondolences

Moore, Audrey J. On September28, 2025, Audrey J. MooreofMar‐rero,Louisiana,was called to herHeavenlyHomesur‐rounded by lovedonesin Louisville,Kentucky. Au‐drey is preceded in death by herparents,Lawrene Jeansonne andRodia Fruge' Jeansonne,her hus‐band of 43 years, E.J. (Blackie)Moore, brothers, Aubrey Jeansonne andCarl Jeansonne,and son, Steven Moore. Sheissur‐vivedbyherchildren, An‐nette Moore, Lawrence Moore, andDeniseAngel (David), grandchildren,

Steven Moore, Jr., Shanon MooreCooper,Shasta MooreDutruch,Tanya Lester Soule, Cheryl Lester Lawrence Moore, Jr,James (Jimmy)Moore, Joel (Poppy)Thomas, and MeganAngel,seventeen great-grandchildrenand nine great-great-grandchil‐dren.She wasborninthe smalltownofEunice, Louisiana, hertruelove wasfor her adoptedhome of NewOrleans.She ﬁrst movedthere as ateenager andlater with herhusband andtwo oldest children, where sheand Blackieran agrocery storefor many years. Shelived through theGreat Depression WorldWar II, breast can‐cer, andhavinga sonserve in Vietnam. Life took herto Marrero, Louisiana, where herhusband owneda ser‐vice stationand were one of thefoundingmembers ofVisitationofOur Lady Catholic Church.Audrey lovedmusic anddancing Living in NewOrleans gave herthe chance to meet many people,and she counted amongher friends such notableindividuals as Fats Domino,Lee Allen, and Ernie"TheWhip" Bringier, to name afew.She often recalled howFatswould acknowledgeher and Blackieiftheyhappenedto be where he wasperform‐ingbyputting their name in whateversonghewas singing. Audrey wasa gen‐uine 'peopleperson' and lovedmakingnew friends wherevershe went.Even after moving to Kentucky sheloved going places and talkingtopeople. In Louisiana, shewelcomed everyone with open arms always readywitha potof gumboorred beans. She wastruly oneofakindand will be greatlymissed. Family andfriends arein‐vitedtoattend thevisita‐tion forAudreyonFriday, October3,2025from10:30 AM until 12:30PMatWest‐side/Leitz EaganFuneral Home,5101 Westbank Ex‐pressway in Marrero. Gravesidewillfollowat 1:00PM at Westlawn Ceme‐tery in Gretna.Inlieuof ﬂowers, thefamilyisask‐ingthatyou make adona‐tion to SusanG.Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in Audrey's name.Visit www.westsideleitzeagan. com to sharecondolences with thefamily.

Ruth Elizabeth McCoyUpton

Ruth ElizabethMcCoy UptonOuder,ofSlidell, Louisiana, passed away peacefully at herhomeon Sunday,September 21, 2025. Shewas 95 yearsold Ruth wasprecededin deathbyher parents, George andJosephine Fan‐dalMcCoy;17brothersand sisters; herhusbands, JamesRobertUptonand Joseph “J.C.” Ouder; and four of hersix children –Ronald L. Upton, Robert A. Upton, Betty UptonWatson andKimberly UptonSmith Left to cherishRuth’s memory areher brothers, John andFritz McCoy; her children,James “Jim” Upton(Tanya) andPaula Ouder(Margaret Pierce); herchildren-in-law MichaelWatson(Cathy), Mark “Smitty”Smith (An‐

gelique), andSherylHarris (Brian); 11 grandchildren–Ronald H. Upton(Ann), BrianSpatola,RobertW Upton, Emeric Watson (Susan), EricaWatson Smith(Raymond),Derek Upton(Alicia), Jake Smith (Dolores “Doe”Ver‐schoore),Joshua Smith (Emily), Victoria “Tori” Upton, Austin Upton (Caitlin), andPierce“P.J. Ouder; numerous nieces andnephews;more cousinsthancan be counted;and awidecircle of belovedfriends.Ruth’s living legacy includes 15 great-grandchildrenand onegreat-great-grand‐child. AmongRuth’ssur‐vivors,her niece, Sandy KayBray(Ronnie),helda special placeinRuth’s heart, providingfaithful love andcareafter Ruth stoppeddriving,shortly after her90thbirthday. She hadthe best neighbors anybodycould askfor who always made sure she waswell-fedand cele‐brated.Bornand raised in Slidell, Louisiana, Ruth graduatedfromSlidellHigh School in 1948 andeagerly attended theschool’s an‐nual“50 Year Club”re‐union,one of herfavorite datesonthe calendar Ruth worked as ruralletter carrierfor theU.S.Postal Service, where shemade lastingfriendships anden‐joyedtraveling thecountry with fellow carriers on nu‐merous adventures.She worriedenoughfor every‐oneelseand excelled at caring forothers, espe‐cially in theirtimeofneed Fiercely independentand toughasnails,itwas diffi‐cult for Ruth to accept help whenshe finally needed it, butshe bore thelimita‐tionsofadvancedage and afailing heartvalve with graceand genuineconcern forher children andcare‐givers.Ruthshareda love of gardeningwithher late husband J.C. Sheenjoyed cooking, canningand hap‐pily eating thefood they grew.She made amazing jelliesand preserveswith localfruits. Ruth enjoyed watchingwrestling on tele‐vision andattended theoc‐casional Mid-Southmatch in person with hergrand‐children.She adored mak‐ingotherslaugh by sharing dirtyjokes or playfully de‐livering awell-timedonefinger salute.Inher quieter hours, shecould be found crafting, visiting with friendsand family, playing cards, bargainhuntingat garage sales, doting on ba‐bies andwatching “Wheel of Fortune”and “Jeopardy.” Shewas alongtimemem‐berofthe ApplePie Ridge Club.Inher finalmonths, Ruth wasattendedby NotreDameHospice.The familyisdeeply grateful forthe kindness andcare of nurse Hannah Travis aide Dionne Davidson and companionMargaret Ducre. Acelebration of a beautiful, well-lived life will be held Saturday,Oc‐tober4,2025, at Honaker Funeral Home,1751 Gause Blvd.West, in Slidell, Louisiana. Visitation for friendsand familyis scheduledfrom11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. with afuneral serviceat1:00P.M.and re‐ceptiontofollow. Please visitwww.honakerforestla wn.comtosignguestbook Arrangements by Honaker FuneralHome, Inc.,Slidell LA

Constance Dent Rietschel, age 78, of Green Valley, Arizona, passed away on September 25, 2025. Shehad been in hospice care at theVillas at Green Valley. Connie was born in Oklahoma Cityon January12, 1947, the daughter of Harryand PaulineDent(neeTurk). Shegraduatedfrom RichardsonHigh School, Richardson, Texas, in 1965 and wona National Merit Scholarship. Hermanual dexteritywas notconfined to playing piano andorgan,but also allowed her to compete in interstate competition in typing while in high school, for which she wasawarded a Scholastic jacket, like the members of thefootball team received

SheattendedNorth Texas State University, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and graduated from theUniversity of New Orleans, whereshe received herbachelor'sdegree with atriplemajor in math, computerscience andsocialscience.She workedasa computer programmer for American NationalLife Insurance Company, the Universityof California San Francisco theUniversity of Texas HealthScience Center, San Antonio, Emory University, Lyke's Shipping, Gulf Systems, and LAMMICO, whereshe ran theinformation technology department.

ShemarriedRobertL Rietschel on September 3, 1966, at Messiah Lutheran Church,Richardson, Texas, Rev. Virgil Meyer presiding. Yes, theywerehigh school sweethearts. They are members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Tucson, Arizona. Their 59year marriageincluded twochildren, EricLee Rietschel and PennyAnne Rietschel, and two grandchildren, Haley Noel Rietschel andAva Grace Rietschel.

Visitation will be at the Garden of Memories, Metairie, Louisiana, on October4th,2025, from Noonuntil2 pm. Service to follow at Garden of Memories,Rev.John RamseyofFirst English Lutheran Church officiating. Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Alzheimer's Association

Wilfred

Wilfred Schwartz, age 97, aproud U.S. Navy veteran,devoted husband, cherished father,and beloved friend, passedaway peacefully surrounded by hisfamilyonFriday, September 26, 2025. Born with agenerous heartand agentle spirit, Wilfred lived alifedefined

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by love, service, and integrity.Hewas married for 65 beautiful years to the love of his life, Patricia whom he caredfor with unwavering devotion during her illness. Their partnership was an enduring example of loyalty, joy, and faith.

Atrue family man, Wilfred never missed an important moment in the lives of his three children. Whether cheering from the sidelines, celebrating milestones,orsimply gathering around the familytable,he was always present, always supportive, and always proud. An amazing father, he enriched his family's life not only with his steadfast guidance but also through his passion forcooking, bringing everyone togetherwith delicious mealsthat nourished both body and soul. Professionally, Wilfred was apartner of Pepperman, Emboulas, Schwartz and Todaro CPA firm, where his dedication, work ethic, and integrity builta foundationoftrust for countless clients and allowed him to provide a strong and secure future for his family.

Aman admired and adored by allwho knew him, Wilfred embodied the qualities of atrue gentleman—kindness, humility and honor. Hislegacy is not only in the firm he built or the service he gave to his country, but even more in the lessons of love, generosity,and devotion he passed on to his family. He is survivedbyhis three children, Patrice Schwartz,Brett Schwartz (Lori), and Ashley Klotz (John), grandchildren Alyssa Barrett Scott (Trevor), Kieffer and Kyleigh Schwartz, and Holton and Peyton Klotz, and great grandson, Desmond Scott, and sisters Irene Aldrich and Jeanette Baham and ahost of extended family and friends who were blessed to share in his remarkable97years Heispreceded in death by his beloved wife, Patricia, parents Carroll Schwartz and Mary Schwartz, brothers Albert and Carroll "Junior" Schwartz,Irma Solomon,CarolynSt. Germain, and Maynette Dobard.

The family wouldliketo give special thanks to Interim Hospice and Wilfred's wonderful caregivers, namely, Tonya, Jermisha, Twyler and Danielle, who cared for him with compassion, dignity and respect. Wilfred's life willbecelebrated at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home on Thursday, October 2nd, with visitation from 11-1, followed by afuneral mass,where familyand friends willgather to honor alife well-lived. His life was ablessing, his memory atreasure and his example agift that will live on in the heartsof all who loved him. To view and sign the online guestbook, visit www.lakelawnmetairie.co m

Sylvia Hyman Senter passed away Friday, September 26th at the age of 29 &"holding for 56 years." Sylvia was born in New Orleans on February 22, 1940 to Frieda &Morris Hyman. She was agraduateofAlcee Fortier High School and Newcomb College.While attending Newcomb, Sylviamarried Jack,the love of her life. The door to their home was always open. She considered her many nieces, nephews, and her children's friends to be her own. After raisingher family, Sylvia followed in her father's footsteps and becamea real estate broker. She devoted her life to her family,friends, & her Ferragamo shoe collection. Sylvia is survived by her two childrenthat she adored, Jeffrey (Michele) Senter and Jill (Steve) Caldwell, her grandchildrenSamuel &Suzanne Senter; bonus grandchildren Steven, Jr., Holley, & Jourdan Caldwell;sisters Marian Jacobson & Dorothy (Bernard) Lobel; sister in lawGloria (Bobby) Miller; and many nieces & nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Jack, her siblings

Alfred Hyman, Ethel Schnitt, &MildredHyman Gitter andher sister in law Sara MaeSchaeffer. Funeral serviceswillbe held GravesideFriday, October 3rd at 10:00amat Lake Lawn Park Cemetery 5454PontchartrainBlvd., New Orleans,LA70124 with Rabbi Daniel Sherman officiating.The service will be streamed via Facebook by following the Monsour & PatinFuneral Directors page. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made to TheSamuel J. Senter MemorialFund at the University of Alabama or Temple SinaiNew Orleans.

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Janelle“Jan” Schexnail‐dreTatepassedintothe arms of ourlovingGod on September25, 2025 at the ageof75after abrief but intensebattlewithcancer of thesmall intestines When confronted with the cancer diagnosisand its advanced stage, Jancoura‐geouslydecided to forego chemotreatments; she knew Whowas waitingfor heronthe otherside, a faithful Godwho never ceased to shower her with love andmercy.Jan drew strength from thesewords from theprophet Isaiah (Is. 12:2): “God indeed is my savior;I am conﬁdent and unafraid.Mystrengthand my courageisthe Lord andHehas been my sav‐ior.”Jan livedher Catholic faith with passionasa wife,mother, grandmother andspiritual director and mentortoscoresofpeo‐ple. Janwas predeceased by herparents Claytonand Lois Schexnaildreand her brotherPaulSchexnaildre (Suzy).She is survived by herhusband of 53 years, LloydTate, andher 5chil‐dren:AdamTate(Eugenie), Rachel Mulry(Pat),Jessica Vicknair,Sarah Foote (Gary) andEvanTate(Tra‐cie).Jan is also survived by 18 grandchildrenwhom sheadoredand who lov‐inglycalledher Mamere Sheisalsosurvivedby3 siblings:Val King (Ed), Drew Schexnaildre (Lylee) andReneSchexnaildre (Susie)and ahostofcher‐ishedcousins,nieces, and nephews. Janwas an honorgraduateofboth Chapelle High School and Loyola University where sheearneda degree in communications. Shewas indeed agiftedcommuni‐catorhighlyregardedasa retreatdirectorand heren‐gaging Faithwitness led hertospeakingopportuni‐ties both nationally andin‐ternationally. Janwas ac‐tively involved in multiple Church ministries sinceher high school years.Her min‐istriesare toomanyto enumeratebut hertwo pri‐maryministrieswereserv‐ingasa spiritualdirector at theArchdiocesanSpiri‐tuality Center foralmost30 yearsand herjoint min‐istrywithher husband Lloydoverthe past 48 years in preparingcouples formarriageinthe Catholic Church.Jan and Lloydwereencouragedto author abook to guide othermarried couplesin mentoring engagedcou‐ples formarriage. Their program,“In Home Mar‐riagePreparation”isused extensivelyinthe NewOr‐leansareaand in several dioceses around theUS. In addition to training hun‐dredsofmarried couples to engage in this ministry, Janand Lloydhaveperson‐ally prepared more than 400 engagedcouples for marriage andenjoyed closeongoing relation‐shipswithmanyofthem. Thefamilywants to extend profound gratitudetoall who sent loving messages to Janattestingtoher im‐pact on theirlives.She re‐ceived well over 100 such messages. Shetruly expe‐riencedthe graces of a “happy death. Well done good andfaithfulservant Come andshare your Mas‐

ter’sjoy.” AMassofChrist‐ianBurialwillbecele‐brated at St.Francis Xavier Church,444 Metairie Road on Friday,October 3, 2025 at noon.Visitationwill beginat10:00 a.m. Janwill be buried on theholy groundsofSt. Joseph Abbeyina privatecere‐mony followingthe Mass In lieu of ﬂowers, please consider contributionsto theArchdiocesanSpiritual‐ity Center,CatholicChari‐ties,ora Christiancharity of your choice

Wallace, EllenM

EllenM.Wallace,transi‐tioned on September23, 2025. Shewas born in Napoleonville, La.onNo‐vember 27, 1936 to thelate DoidyLangSr. andthe late EthelDabneyLang. At the ageofnine, Ellenmoved to NewOrleans,La. with her aunt andasa child, shede‐votedher life to Christ and wasbaptizedatanearly age. She ﬁnished school andworkedseveral jobs throughout theyears with herlastemploymentbeing at OchsnerMedical Center Main Campus in house‐keeping. Sheisprecededin deathbyher late husband PercyWallace Sr., oneson Gerald Wallace, onedaugh‐terShannon Wallace, two grandchildrenAlvin and Tontanisha Wallace, three brothers Sylvester, Harri‐son, andWhitney Lang twosisters BerniceReid andMarthaGray. Sheis survived by oneson Percy WallaceJr.,fourdaughters EarlineWallace,Troylynn Hayes, LatonyaHandy,and CatherineWallace,one brotherDoidy Lang Jr., one sister EthelHurst,grand‐children,great-grandchil‐dren,great-great grand‐children anda host of nieces,nephews,cousins andfriends.Relatives and friendsofthe familyare in‐vitedtoattend theCele‐brationofLifeServiceson Friday October3,2025 at Rock of AgesBaptist Church,2515 Franklin Av‐enue,New Orleans, La 70117. Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Fu‐neralServicesfor 10:00 a.m. Rev. Jonathan Everett, Sr.ofﬁciating. Interment: Providence Memorial Park Cemetery,8200Airline Dr Metairie,La. 70003. Arrangements Entrusted To Estelle J. Wilson Funeral Home,Inc.2715 Danneel Street,NOLA70113. To sign online guestbook please visitwww.estellejwilsonfh. com

ber26, 2025. Shewas ana‐tive of NewOrleans,LA anda resident of Gretna, LA.Marilynwas a1959 graduate of Xavier Prep High School andSouthern University at NewOrleans, earninga degree in Politi‐calScience andEnglish in 1977. Shelater obtained herLouisiana StateTeach‐ersCertiﬁcate from Holy CrossCollege.Marilyn beganher teaching career

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Betty Marshall Wells en‐teredeternal rest on Fri‐day, September26, 2025. Shewas born on February 14,1935 in NewOrleans,La. Shewas the ﬁrstchild of Martha B. andJohnG.Mar‐shall, Sr.She leaves to mournher precious memo‐ries,her daughters, Gail MarieCollins andSandra AnnMcLauren, hergrand‐children,and greatgrand‐children,one brother, John G. Marshall (Bernice), and a host of loving familyand

friends. Sheisprecededin deathbyher son, Michael Wells andsister, Marilyn Johnson. Betty wasedu‐catedinthe public school system,attendingR.T Danneel Elementary,be‐fore entering private school at GilbertAcademy andgraduated from Gaudet EpiscopalSenior High School.She attended Southern University in BatonRouge forone year in 1952. Betty metthe love of herlife, Andrew L. Wells andtheyweremarried in NewOrleans on December 23rd, 1954. Ms.Betty was affectionately knownasa joyful lady,fulloflifeand laughter,who devotedher life to helpingothers. She livedlifetothe fullestand lovedher church,Rayne Memorial,and herjob at OchsnerClinic Foundation forover41years.She left herhomeat4:30every morning, to make sure she wasthere to show patients where to go fortheir surgery. Shewas abright spot in everyone's day, with abig smile,aninfec‐tiouslaugh andsohelpful to patients andtheir fami‐lies.She lovedwhatDr. AltonOchsner said,"You arenot treating disease, butpeople".Thousands of patients broughtMs. Betty pins from theirtravels far andwidetopin on the jacket sheworeevery day. In fact, Shereceivedso many,she hadtoretireat least14jackets,theybe‐came so full.The hospital displayedall of them in a largeglass case forall visi‐tors to seethe love so many shared with Ms Betty.MsBetty's smile and personalitylit up aroom Shewas famous allover thecityfor thewarm greetingshe gave patients andtheir families.People wouldgreet herbynamein stores,businessesand

restaurants. Shehad no idea who they were,but they allknewher.She lovedtodance ajig and hadher favorite foods, such as afried pork chop po-boy,red beanswith sausage, andfried shrimp po-boy.Betty's strong faith got herthrough many chal‐lenges in herlife. She walked with theLordand found greatpeace with Him. Shewillbemissedby allwho knew andloved her. "The Lord is my light and my salvation".Family andfriends areinvited to attend atribute andfu‐neralservice,for alady who trulytouched thelives of everyone shecamein contactwith. Servicewill be held on Thursday Octo‐ber2,2025 for10:00 a.m. at RayneMemorialUnited MethodistChurch,3900 St CharlesAve.New Orleans, La.70115. Interment: Provi‐denceMemorialPark Cemetery,8200 Airline DriveMetairie La.70003. Arrangements Entrusted To Estelle J. Wilson Funeral Home,Inc.2715 Danneel Street,NOLA70113. Infor‐mation:(504) 895-4903. To sign online guestbook please visitwww.estelle jwilsonfh.com

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Repatriate Native American remains to honor history, culture

There are probably few of uswho,at one time or another,have not wandered through amuseum, gazing through glass at objects unearthed from Native American burial sites acrossLouisiana and the nation.

Chances are that those displays included bones or other human remains of people unearthed during the 19th and20thcenturies

For manyNative Americans, thosedisplays aren’teducational tools. They are their ancestors, unceremoniously disinterred andcarried off to museums, universities or privatecollectionsinwhat many feel is agrotesque anddisrespectful manner.For them, regardless of how educational the displays are, they areevidence of little more than grave-robbing

That’swhy we are glad to see themovement to repatriate many of the objects, especially the human remains. We are disheartened,however, by the slowness of the process, whichwas kickstarted in 1990 when Congress passedthe Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA

At the time, federal ofﬁcials estimatedit would take about 10 years to return most of the humanremains.But more thanthreedecades later,hundredsofthe more than 1,700 individuals unearthed around the stateremain unreturned.

Part of the slowness can betraced to funding; identifying the remains andlocatinglineal descendants can be atime-consumingand expensive process, one that manysmaller institutions may not be able to properly manage. Another problem is the lackofclarity in federal databases meant to aid in repatriation.For instance, federal records show that Louisiana’s Department of Culture, Recreation andTourism has the remains of 20 people. But an ofﬁcialwith the department told this newspaper’sHaley Miller that the total is actually more than 120. On the other side, those same databases show the Yale Peabody Museum has remains from more than 100 people uncovered in Native burial sites in Louisiana.But aspokesman for the Museum told Miller that theactualtotal was less than one-third that number This is acomplicated issue. Many of those remains were uncovered using archaeological processes and principles that were considered correct for the time. Knowledgegainedfrom them has been invaluable in ourunderstanding andappreciation of many of these cultures. But some others were uncovered by treasure seekers with little regard for the remains or their value to the communities that buried them

We urge Louisiana organizations, including CRTaswell as higher ed andcultural institutions,tomake complying withNAGPRA apriority.Collections should be carefully examined and inventories and relevantdatabases brought up to date.This should not be apolitical issue. It’samoral and ethical one.

It may be that some Native groupsopt to allow some institutions to keep certain objects or remains. But it should be their choice. No one should be forced to go to amuseum to pay respectto theirancestors.

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Louisianautilities and regulators stuckinthe past

Regarding Entergy CEO Philip May’s statement in arecent article that “Louisiana customers will continue to get low-cost power from the plants,” even if Meta were to pull out after 15 years. The levelized cost of renewable electricity (with storage) is now at or approaching parity with gas combined cycle in levelized costs.

Given that gas turbine electricity generation is avery mature technology vs. onshore wind and photovoltaic and storage, which are all relatively young, we might expect the latter’s costs to continue downward. If Meta does bail out of the area, it seemsob-

Iﬁnd it hard to understand the secretaryofwar’sdecision to order all 800 one-star and above generals and Navy admirals, essentially all of our highestranking militarypersonnel, to ﬂy in from all around theglobe to attend an in-person meeting with him. Even Hamas has better sense than to have all of its military leaders congregatein one place.

What he did was themilitary equivalent of putting all of our eggs in one basket.Can you imagine abetter target for an enemy?

To makematters worse, the date and place of the meeting was posted all over the internet —just in case our enemies didn’tget the word.

Irealize that the meeting was scheduled to be held on aMarine Corps base, and I’msure that the security was tight, but it would have only taken asingle drone, plane or bomb to wipe

Last time Ichecked, Gov.Jeff Landry is not adoctor,but he is a political ofﬁcial who endorsed Donald Trump, who expedited Operation Warp Speed to get us all avery effective and life-saving vaccine against COVID. Now,the governor is complaining that Dr./Sen.Bill Cassidy is attempting to bypass his mandate to dissuade people from getting thenew COVID shot when,infact, Cassidy is simply trying to set thestagefor anyone to easily get thevaccine if they so

vious that the only way forEntergy customers to get low-cost electricity would be if they buy the old-fashioned gas turbine generating facilities and takethem withthem.

This is entirely ignoring the fact that afundamental problem with electricity is relatively high transmission cost, meaning that on-site production (like roof-top photovoltaic) has large beneﬁts. Ourpublic utilities regulators are not doing us any favors by continuing to stonewall future-facing generation methods.

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out our entire military hierarchy.That would have dealt adevastating blow to our national security.Since mostif not all of them no doubt have access to secure communications equipment at their usual locations, the whole idea of the mass in-personmeeting seemed reckless and poorly thought out. What was so important that the entire U.S. militaryhad to be disrupted just so the secretary could look his generals in theeye and assert hisauthority?

Ithought that nothing could possiblybemore reckless than discussing apending attack in agroup text, on insecure communications equipment, that included people whodidn’thave a“need to know.” That is, until we announced to theentire world exactly where all of our highest-ranking militarymemberswould be on Tuesday SAL RAGUSA Old Jefferson

choose. Iwould think that unhindered freedom to makehealth care choices is somethingthe governor would have endorsed. Apparently,when it comes to healthcare and personal freedom regarding those choices, the governor thinksheknows more than adoctor

Iguess Iknow who to callthe next time Isprain my ankle or need acolonoscopy.I’m calling Dr.Landry ADOLPH LOPEZ NewOrleans

Taxdollars go to pregnancy centers that don’t help women

Thank you forEmily Woodruff’s timely article on the boondoggles that are the 12 Pregnancy and Baby Care Initiative centers. Louisiana has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the U.S. Yetnearly $5 million of our tax dollars support unlicensed, unregulated pregnancy centers throughout the state offering no medical advice or care. Louisiana’spregnant womenneed doctors, nurses and midwives to provide actual medical care, not simply advice and diapers.

There are increasingly fewerOBGYN’sinLouisiana as our lawmakers have madeitincreasingly more difficult to provide medical care forwomen at their mostvulnerable —during their first trimester.This is when medical conditions can be identified, diagnosed and treated. It is also when mostmiscarriages occur If medical care is administered during amiscarriage, doctors can be charged under our abortion ban with losing their medical license, jail time and/or fines of thousands of dollars. This includes womenenduring an ectopic pregnancy or medical conditions such as sickle cell anemia or cancer.All because our legislators would rather pander to pro-lifeadvocates, than promote medical care forwomen at their mostvulnerable —either already losing their pregnancy or enduring one that could end their lives.

These Baby Care Initiative centers do nothing to help women survive their pregnancy

MARYANNE MUSHATT NewOrleans

Criminals belong behind bars

Acivilization that accepts an excuse (any type of excuse) for any heinous act and allows the perpetrator(s) of such an act to walk freely in society is not acivilization at all. That is pure jungle law

KERRYP.REDMANN Mandeville

AmyConey Barrett’sbrand of originalismirritates some.Good.

When Amy Coney Barrettwas growing up in NewOrleans, her grandmother relied not on awritten recipe but on years of practice making shrimp rémoulade. Now the grandmother’sgranddaughter is aSupreme Court justice who must implement the nation’srecipe for ordered liberty, the written Constitution,which “puts people on notice of their rights” and “government ofﬁcials on notice of their obligations.”

Keep an eye on Maine

OGUNQUIT,Maine The Old Dirigo State. The Lumber State. Down East. The Switzerland of America. The Polar Star State. The Pine Tree State. Vacationland.

But in recent weeks, an even moreappropriate nicknamehas emerged for Maine: Ground Zero.

George Will

“Unwritten constitutions, like unwritten recipes,” she writes in her new book, “Listening to the Law,” “can be hard to pin down.”So, however,can written ones. Unless pinned downasmuch as possible by adherence to the discoverable original public meanings of the words the Constitution’sframers used, the Constitution will not constitute. It will not give adurable structure to a polity,ordue notice to the government and governed.

For Barrett, as much pinning down as is possible is best done by originalism and textualism. These are principlesthat limit judges’ discretion, lest they encroach on the Republic’sinstitutions of representation. Judges need their discretion constrained by ﬁdelity to the normal public meanings of the words used by those who wrotethe texts of the Constitutionand statutes.

Although Barrett is preternaturally nice, she irritates some people. The reason she does makes her an exemplary justice. It is her fastidious acknowledgmentthat certainty andprecision are oftenelusive when construing, as an originalist, the Constitution’stext (“due”process, “unreasonable” searches, “cruel and unusual” punishments, etc.) in modern contexts. Awareness of uncertainties justiﬁes judicious restraint: The duty to construe texts does not empower judges to try to discover— or guess —the purposes or intentions of those who wrote the words.

To put the point less gently than Barrett might: Some people with mindclosing jurisprudential orthodoxies are exasperated by the tentativeness inherent in originalism and textualism. Critics misperceive thisasalack of principled rigor.Injudicial reasoning, however,the importance of living with the limited utility of principles is aprinciple.

Barrett’soriginalism is not so tightly tetheredtothe past that it cannot create rules impliedbythe Constitution’stext, history and structure. For example:

In 2023, the court blocked theBiden administration’senormously consequential action (about $430 billion in student loan forgiveness) based on 2003 legislation authorizing, in an emergency,the executive to “modify” terms of student ﬁnancial assistance.

Thecourt cited the “major questions doctrine:” An agency claiming an enormous power must demonstrate thatCongress clearly granted it. Criticsonand off the court complained that this doctrine is “judgemade.” Textualism, Barrett writes in her book, took the court to the conclusion that“modify”means “makemodest adjustments,” which the forgiveness was not.

Much of constitutional law is atapestry of judge-made doctrines made to apply original constitutional precepts in contemporary contexts. In this case, the major questions doctrine was applied originalism, conforming to the Constitution’sarchitecture, the separation of powers. Rather than augmenting its own power,the court was requiring Congress to clearly exercise its.

TheNinth Amendment saysthe Constitution’senumeration of certain rights neither denies nor disparages others “retained by thepeople.” How, then, should we identify fundamental rights —those meriting robustjudicial protection —without inciting courts topromiscuously proclaim such rights?

Thecourt has devised arule harmonious with the originalist frame of mind: Afundamental right is “deeply rooted” in U.S. history andtradition

and “implicit in theconcept of ordered liberty.” That concept, and the measurement of something “deeply” rooted,requires originalism’sfoundational self-restraint: One must always start, and often must end, with adeep dive intothe nation’smemory Often,originalists resurface with differing conclusions. So, arguments continue. Get over it.

In his just-published book, “Born Equal: Remaking America’sConstitution,1840-1920,” Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar emphasizes that America has an originalist political culture. This is becauseAmerica, unique among nations, had aclear,emphatic origin. It was framed by two documents, the 1787 Constitution properly construed in the light cast by the1776 Declaration of Independence.

In 1863, apolitician with an originalistmentality summoned the nation to honor what its Founding Fathers originally saidtheyhad “brought forth” some “fourscore and seven yearsago.” Although he loathed slavery,before the war,this originalist scrupulously respected the Constitution’s provisions that in several ways protected slavery Lincoln exempliﬁed thepainful patience sometimes demanded by what Barrett calls “ourconstitutional culture.” Courts are secondaryin maintaining this legacy of originalism. The public, inattentive and impatient, is primary.

Email George Will at georgewill@ washpost.com.

Whowillbuy Elon Musk’s cars?

The Tesla board has offered to make Elon Musk the planet’sﬁrst trillionaire if he meets certain milestones in rocketing the automakertonew glory Did Musk show true brilliance the ﬁrst time around? Yes, he did. Tesla’sstock price rose 700% in 2020, making it more valuable than Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors and Ford combined.

things like,“Ibought this before we knew Elon was crazy.”

Froma Harrop

But there’sanother question. Who is going to buy his Teslas now?

Musk has burned many abridge since he built up the company to a world force. Tesla was once the great green energy hope, offering an elegant way to replace planet-warming fossil fuels with cleaner electric power. Recall that the Obama administration extended the company a$465 million federal loan because Teslas had made electric vehicles cool. But then Musk spent over aquarterbillion dollars getting Donald Trump elected in 2024, angeringhis environmentalist consumers.Ashead of the Department of Government Efﬁciency,Musk gleefully went after environmental funding, including grants to universities and services tied tothe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Overnight, Teslas became uncool. Some Teslas were torched, showrooms attacked and even charging stations set on ﬁre. Embarrassed Tesla owners put stickers on their vehicles reading

(Noexcusefor the vandalism. Many Teslaowners had bought the EVs as abadge of environmental activism. In any case, harming privateproperty to make apolitical point is criminal, whatever the motive.) Tesla is on track to mark its second consecutive year of falling revenues hereand elsewhere. European sales have fallen by 40% and more, reﬂecting Musk’sties to the much-disliked Trump. In one of Tesla’sbiggestforeign markets, Germany,sales in the ﬁrst seven months of this year crashed by more than 55%. Musk tried to insert himself into that country’selection by endorsing the far-far right Alternative for Germany party as “thebest hope for Germany.” (Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned his remarksas“disgusting.”) Musk alsoprovided an ugly visual by raising his arminwhat looked like aNazi salute. In this country,Teslaswere painted with swastikas and the words “Nazi cars.” Meanwhile, Teslanolonger dominates the EV show in this country Chevrolet’sEquinox EV now competes with Tesla’sModel Y. Cadillac’sOptiq crossover has entered the EV market big time. And Ford is converting a Kentucky assembly plant to build affordable midsize electricpickups

TheChinese EV maker,BYD Co., has just passed TeslainEuropean

sales. BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen are also showcasing their new models.

Teslaishard at work trying to launch arobotaxi service. Butsoare other companies. Because Muskhas done so much for MAGA, it’spossible that members of that EV-bashing movement might buy Teslas in ashow of solidarity. But Muskisnolonger one with the Great Leader He’shad run-ins withTrump,most notably his bashing of the “OneBig BeautifulBill.”

Twoobvious reasonsfor Musk’s discontent:Itended subsidies to buy electric vehicles and slowed the expansion of charging stations. Consumers have until theend of this month to makeuse of the$7,500 new clean vehicle tax credit

Andso, who is going to buy Musk’s cars now? Probably not thedefenders of all that Trump does and says. Not theenvironmentalistswho despise Musk. Not the280,000 federal workers his DOGE ﬁred. Or their families. Andnot many of the EV shoppers who today have morechoices Muskmay have drawn warm applausefrom investors when he promised to devote“maniacal” attention to Teslagoing forward. It’sagood guess, however,that theaudience of actual buyerswas sitting on its hands

Froma Harrop is on X, @FromaHarrop. Email her at fharrop@gmail.com.

This sprawling land massof 35,385 square miles, hometoamere 1.4 million people, is emerging as perhaps the mostvital battleground in the struggle for the future of American politics.

Its citizens —about as manyas in San Antonio alone —are weeks from amajor test of the future of mailvoting. A year from now,one of the mostcontroversial and endangered lawmakers on Capitol Hill will likely face her sternest challenge yet. The state is averitable litmus test of the future of American politics.

That’sbecause Maine, with arobust maverick streak, nonetheless is possessed of manyofthe elements of the politics that themselves are being tested in the Donald Trumpera.

One of its congressional districts is safely Democratic; the other teeters on the edge of being a swing state itself. In the past three-quarters of a century,Maine has had six Democratic governors and ﬁve Republican governors. It has an independent tradition, having twice elected an Independent to the governor’smansion in Augusta and sent one Independent to the Senate in Washington. And because of Maine’sunusual electoral system,the state’ssecond congressional district, itself bigger than West Virginia, three times has delivered asingle electoral vote to Donald Trump while the state sent three electoral votes to the Democratic presidential nominee.

In the state’svital Senate race —perhaps the contest attracting the mostnational attention, one that will be amagnet for out-of-state ﬁnancial contributions —the incumbent, Republican Susan Collins, is pilloried both for being too much a stooge of Trumpand too little loyal to Trump. Collins sometimes plays the role of swing vote in the Senate —she didn’tvote for Trumpin2016 and this spring joined Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in opposing the Trump tariffs on Canada —but often sides with other Republicans on Trumppriorities. She supported Robert F. Kennedy Jr.for secretary of Health and Human Services but opposed Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon. She voted once to acquit Trumpafter he was impeached and once to convict him

The question of whether Collins is awaning moon is not something new under the sun, which each morning touches the UnitedStates ﬁrst in Maine —sometimes, depending on the season, in West Quoddy Head, sometimes on Acadia National Park’sMount Cadillac.

Already,challengers to Collins, who has been in office for three decades, have come forward. The last Collins challenger,state House Speaker Sara Gideon, wasaninsider with impeccable political credentials. Twoofthe latest are outsiders with the progressive profiles that thrust Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez into the House over an established congressional figure and delivered the New York Democratic mayoral nomination to state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani over former Gov. Andrew Cuomothis summer

“Even without alot of namerecognition, either of those two could do well,” said James Melcher,a University of Maine, Farmington, political scientist.

The brewmaster,Dan Kleban, co-founder of the Maine Beer Co., is running on his business’smotto, “Do What’sRight.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, himself on the left edge of American ofﬁceholders, appeared in Portland the other day when the oyster farmer,Graham Platner,told 6,500 people, “Wedo not live in asystem that is broken, we live in asystem that is functioning exactly as it is intended,” which is to say that it is in thrall to established power and the rich.

The state’sDemocratic establishment is waiting on whether Maine’s popular governor,Janet Mills, will take up the challenge of sending Collins into retirement. She’sinnohurry to decide. Her age (she’s77years old) may be adisadvantage, but Collins turns 73 herself this winter.

The other day,agroup of Democrats gathered in this seaside town to organize an offensive to defeat aNovember ballot question that would satisfy akey Trumppriority,the curtailment if not the elimination of mailballots, which Trumpsays is a major cause of “massive fraud all over the place.” Some40% of votes in this largely rural state are by mail.

The referendum would eliminate two days of absentee voting, ban absentee-ballot requests by telephone or by family members and end the state’sprovision permitting seniors and the disabled to remain on the absentee-ballot rolls indeﬁnitely Trumpiscontemplating an executive order banning postal voting. “Weare now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting,” he said last month, falsely,onhis Truth Social platform. For decades after 1840, there was sometruth to the maxim “As Maine goes, so goes the nation.” The echoes of that phrase may yet ring true again. Email David Shribman at dshribman@postgazette.com.

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LSU offense sputtering on third downs

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

The LSU offense wasn’t perfect last season, but few teams in the nation were as good on third down.

The Tigers converted on 49.2% of their third-down attempts in 2024, which was the best rate in the Southeastern Conference and the sixth-best in the country Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier consistently made tight-window throws, and his receivers got open despite facing muddied coverages on third and long.

But this season, LSU has struggled turning third downs into ﬁrst downs. In three games against Power Four opponents Florida, Clemson and Ole Miss, LSU has converted on 10 of 36 third-down attempts, a 27.8% conversion rate.

“We’ve been a really good third-

“Garrett Nussmeier’s got to play better Every player on offense has got to play better.”

BRIAN KELLy, LSU coach

down team. We have to be better on third down,” coach Brian Kelly said after the Tigers’ loss to Ole Miss. “And that’s not just Garrett, we’ve got to get open. Our coaches have got to get our guys in a position where they can make some plays.”

Numerous factors have gone into LSU’s third-down struggles, but Nussmeier’s health might be the biggest of all. The ﬁfth-year senior has dealt with a torso injury since

Running Rattler

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

Four games into the season, Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler has played well enough to hold off questions about a switch to rookie Tyler Shough, but not well enough to stake a claim as the team’s answer at the position.

Rattler’s performance Sunday against the Buffalo Bills followed what has been a mostly repeatable script for him: He was ﬁne. For the most part, Rattler avoided costly turnovers and sacks though he was, for the second time this season, sacked on the Saints’ ﬁnal offensive play to end a comeback threat. He operated the offense and had the Saints in position to be competitive late But Rattler also missed some throws that NFL starters are expected to hit, the most notable being a third and 13 from the Buffalo 17-yard line Brandin Cooks

fooled safety Cole Bishop with an outside fake, coming wide open in the end zone when he bent his route inside and Bishop stumbled. A better ball would have been an easy touchdown by NFL standards — one that would have given the Saints a fourth-quarter lead. But Rattler’s throw from a clean pocket was low and toward the sideline, forcing Cooks to attempt a difﬁcult catch against his momentum. The pass was ruled incomplete after replay review, and the Saints settled for a ﬁeld goal.

Later in the fourth quarter, trailing by two scores near midﬁeld and facing a third and 10, Rattler put another ball behind a receiver This one went to Rashid Shaheed, who had room to run thanks to a well-designed mesh concept Pressured from his right side, Rattler ﬂoated a ball behind Shaheed, allowing the defender to

catch up and make the tackle 3 yards shy of the sticks. The Saints’ ensuing fourthdown play was stopped a yard shy of the marker One thing is becoming clear about Rattler as he develops as a passer: He has an underrated ability to affect the game with his legs. Rattler gained 49 yards on six carries last week. Five of those runs moved the chains, and the one that didn’t was a positive play, gaining 8 yards on second and 10. Rattler converted third downs of 7, 2 and 1 yards as a runner His impact as a runner can be measured by the advanced stat known as Expected Points Added (EPA), which attempts to quantify the difference in a team’s scoring potential after a given play Rattler led the NFL in EPA as a runner in Week 4, contributing +6.5

the preseason and hasn’t looked ﬂuid as a thrower through most of the season.

Kelly, who revealed the existence of the injury after LSU’s win against Florida, said after the Ole Miss game that Nussmeier was healthy Nussmeier declined to comment on his health after the game.

Much of LSU’s potential this year hinged on Nussmeier taking another step forward after an upand-down ﬁrst season as a starter

“Garrett Nussmeier’s got to play better,” Kelly said. “Every player on offense has got to play better.” But the blame for the third-down struggles goes beyond quarterback. Problems in the run game has turned potential third-andshorts into third-and-longs.

Injuries mounting

BY ROB MAADDI

Even the best quarterbacks look average or worse when they don’t have time to throw

Just see Patrick Mahomes in his two Super Bowl losses. The Kansas City Chiefs couldn’t protect him and were routed by the Philadelphia Eagles last season and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl 55. With so many offensive linemen getting hurt at an alarming rate, more quarterbacks are facing immense pressure across the league. Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers were off to a 3-0 start before running into the winless New York Giants on Sunday The Chargers already were missing left tackle Rashawn Slater because of a torn patella suffered in training camp and right guard Mekhi Becton because of a concussion. Tackle Joe Alt was carted off the ﬁeld with an ankle injury in the 21-18 loss to the Giants. Herbert was sacked twice, got hit 11 times and was pressured on 45.5% of his drop backs, according to Pro Football Focus. He threw two picks and had a seasonlow 57.3 passer rating.

The Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are among several teams that haven’t had their projected starting offensive line together for any of their four games.

The Vikings missed left tackle Christian Darrisaw in the first two games and lost center Ryan Kelly (concussion) and right tackle Brian O’Neill (knee) during a 24-21 loss to Pittsburgh in Dublin on Sunday They were also playing without left guard Donovan Jackson after he had wrist surgery Carson Wentz got sacked six times and was under pressure on 38.9% of 54 drop backs, though some of those were because of him holding onto the ball too long. Wentz and J.J. McCarthy have been sacked on 14% of their passing plays, which leads the league.

The Buccaneers got All-Pro left

Key players dropping like flies in the NFL ä See NFL, page 4C

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LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier looks for a receiver during the third quarter against Ole Miss on Saturday in Oxford, Miss.

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Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler runs past Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp during the first half of Sunday’s game in Orchard Park N.y Rattler carried six times for 49 yards in the Saints’ 31-19 loss.

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Suzuki,Kelly hitback-to-backHRs

Cubs topthe Padres

3-1inplayoff opener

BY JAYCOHEN AP baseball writer

CHICAGO Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly hit back-to-back homers, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Tuesday in Game 1oftheir NL Wild Card Series. Chicago also got aperfect performance from its bullpen in the franchise’sﬁrst playoff win since the 2017 NationalLeagueChampionship Series. The Cubs were swept by Miami in the wild-card round in 2020 during their last postseasonappearance.

Game 2ofthe best-of-three series is back at Wrigley Field on Wednesday afternoon.

“All in all, areallygoodday for us,”Kelly said. “Having achance to clinch tomorrow and move to the next round is all you can ask for.”

Suzuki opened the fifth inning with a424-foot drive to left-center off Nick Pivetta, tying it at 1and sending acharge through atowelwaving crowd of 39,114 on apicturesque day. Pivetta hadretired 11 in arow before Suzuki extended his homer streak to fivegames going back to the regular season. Kellyfollowed with atowering shotthat drifted just over the wall in left-center.The catcher and Chicago native held his rightarm in the air as he rounded first base.

It was the MLB postseason debutfor bothSuzukiand Kelly, who combined for the franchise’sﬁrst set of back-to-back homers in the playoffs since MiguelMontero and Dexter Fowler went deep on Oct.15, 2016, against the Dodgers.

“Simply put, it was fantastic,”

Suzuki said through atranslator.

“You just felt the passion of the fans, them cheering us on. Roundingthe bases, Ifeltsomenerves,

obviously,but great feeling overall.”

Pivetta struck out nine in ﬁve solidinnings,but SanDiego’s lineup was shut down by Matthew Boydand four relievers.

Jackson Merrill and Xander Bogaerts produced an early lead for thePadres with back-to-back doubles in thesecond. Bogaerts advanced to third on center ﬁelder Pete Crow-Armstrong’sthrowing

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error,but he was strandedthere when Boydretired Ryan O’Hearn (grounder to shortstop), Gavin Sheets (popup to third) and Jake Cronenworth (grounder to shortstop)

SanDiego put runners on the corners with one out in the fourth, but Chicago shortstop Dansby Swanson madea nicerunning catch to help Boyd escape again.

“Everybody knows how big those situations are,” Padres sluggerFernandoTatis Jr.said.

“We’vejust got to do better in those situations.”

San Diego manager Mike Shildt said Swanson’sover-the-shoulder grab on O’Hearn’ssoft liner was a big moment.

“Right offthe bat, Ithought it was going to fall in there, but Dansby got anice drop step, went out and made whatended up being probably the play of the game,” Shildt said.

Boydexited after Freddy Fermin’sone-out single in the ﬁfth.

As shadows started to creep across home plate,DanielPalencia retired each of his ﬁve batters forthe win, including strikeouts of Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill.

Drew Pomeranz andAndrew Kittredge each got three outs before Brad Keller handled the ninthfor the save.

“Just abrilliant job,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said of his bullpen. “Everybody just made— executed pitches, madepitches. Can’tsay enough about what they did today.”

Skubal’s 14 Ks propel Tigers past Guardians

BY JOEREEDY AP sportswriter

CLEVELAND Tarik Skubal tied Detroit’spostseasonrecordwith 14 strikeouts and the Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Tuesday in Game 1oftheir AL Wild Card Series.

Will Vest got the ﬁnal four outs for Detroit, surviving atense ninth inning after Cleveland starJose Ramírez got hung up between third base and home for the second out. The Tigers can advance to the AL Division Series for the second straight year with awin Wednesday

“Anyone new to the Tigers/ Guardians, this is what they look like. Like every game,” Detroit managerA.J.Hinch said. “Tarik’s been incredible for us all season, but what aperformance at the biggest moments in the biggest stage to getusina greatpositionto win the game.” Detroit scoredthe go-ahead run in the seventh inning when Zach McKinstry’ssafety squeeze scored Riley Greene from third.

Ramírez led off the ninth with an inﬁeld singleand advanced to

thirdwhen shortstop JavierBáez threw wide of ﬁrst base. Vest struck out pinch-hitter George Valera then Kyle Manzardo hit agrounder to Vest.

Ramírez broke for homebut was cut off by Vest, who chased him down and tagged him out.

“That ball’s 2feeteitherway,he scores,” Cleveland managerStephenVogt said. “It just happened to go right back to Vest. So we play aggressive. We always do.Werun the bases aggressive. Iwouldn’t play thatany other way.”

C.J. Kayfusthenhit aflyoutto Báez in shallowlefttoend it. Skubal, who is favored to win his second straight ALCyYoung Award, set a career high for strikeouts. He was dominant andunfazedashepitched on the same mound where one week ago, he threw a99mph fastball that struck Cleveland designated hitter David Fry in the nose and face during the sixth inning

The right-hander went72/3 innings and threw 107 pitches, one off his

career high, including 73 strikes. He allowed onerun on only three hits, with two beinginﬁeld singles, andwalkedthree. His fastball averaged 99.1 mph, 1.6 mph above his season average. “I was just kind of worried about executing each pitch and trying to do my besttolive pitch by pitch and just do what makes me agood pitcher,” Skubal said. SkubaloutdueledCleveland starter Gavin Williams,who was just as effectivebut hurt by apair of Guardians errors. Williams allowed twounearned runs in sixplus innings on ﬁve hits with eight strikeouts and one walk.

He is the ﬁrst pitcher to go sixplus innings and notallowan earned run in apostseason loss sinceWashington’sStephen Strasburg in Game 1ofthe 2017 NL Division Series against the Chicago Cubs.

RED SOX3,YANKEES 1: In New York, Garrett Crochet retired 17 consecutive batters after allowing Anthony Volpe’ssecond-inning homer,pinchhitter Masataka Yoshida lined agoahead,two-runsingle off reliever Luke Weaver,and the BostonRed Soxbeat the New York Yankees on

Tuesday night in their AL Wild Card Series opener Crochet improved to 4-0 against theYankees this year,throwing acareer-high 117 pitches in a marquee duel of ace left-handers against Max Fried. Crochet struck out 11 and walked none over 72/3 innings while allowing four hits. Pitching witha lead after Yoshida’s go-ahead hit in the seventh, Crochet extendedhis streak of retiredbatters until Volpe singled with oneout in theeighth. Crochet’s final pitch was his fastest at 100.2 mph, which AustinWells took fora called third strike. Ex-Yankee Aroldis Chapman retired José Caballero on aflyout to finish the eighth, and Alex Bregman, playing his 100th postseason game, hit an RBI double in the ninth off David Bednar Paul Goldschmidt, AaronJudge and Cody Bellinger loaded thebases with consecutive singlesstarting thebottom half, but Chapman recoveredtoget thesavewhenhe struck out Giancarlo Stanton, retiredJazzChisholm Jr.onaflyout and fanned Trent Grisham.Boston improved to 13-12 against the rival Yankees in thepostseason,winning nine of the last 10 meetings.

Dolphins confirm WR Hill’s season-ending knee injury

Tyreek Hill’sseason is done afterthe star Miami receiver suffered asignificant knee injury during agame against the New York Jets, and the Dolphins are nowpreparing for what their offensewill look like without one of themost dynamic players in the NFL.

Hill was undergoing what Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel called “major” surgery Tuesday afternoon to repair signiﬁcant ligament damage in his left knee, including atornanterior cruciate ligament.

Hill washurtwhenhemade acatch and got tackled near the Jets’sideline with 13:21 left in the thirdquarter Monday night.He was running toward thesideline and planted his leftfoot,and his knee appeared to twistseverely as he was getting pulled down.

RaidersLTMillerplaced on IR with ankle injury

Raidersleft tackle Kolton Miller is heading to injured reserve becauseofahigh ankle sprain, a personwith knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Tuesday,dealing LasVegas the lossofits bestoffensive lineman. ACTscan also showed that Millersuffered ahairline fracture, according to NFL Network. By beingplacedoninjured reserve, Miller will have to miss at leastfour games

Miller was injured with 43 seconds left in theRaiders’ 25-24 losstoChicago on Sunday

It’sasigniﬁcant loss foranoffensive line that struggledthe ﬁrst threeweeks before playing its bestgameagainstthe Bears. Miller has been easily theRaiders’ bestlineman.

Alcaraz pays backFritz, takes Japan Open title

Top-rankedCarlos Alcaraz beat No. 5Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 in the Japan Open ﬁnal on Tuesday for his eighth singlestitle this year It also couldbeAlcaraz’slast match for afew weeks as he later announced he will skip the Shanghai Masters that opens on Wednesday He injured an ankle in theﬁrst roundbut overcame that and droppedonly oneset in Tokyo Alcaraz’s24thcareer singles titlewas clinched with adeft, sliced drop shot winner and reversed alossintwo setslastweek to Fritz at the Laver Cup team event.

The Spaniard also improved his season record to atour-best 67-7 as he stayed on coursefor the season-ending No. 1ranking.

Women’sFinal Four moved to Lucas Oil Stadium in ‘28

The NCAA has decided to hold the 2028 Women’sFinalFouratLucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis instead of the arena where the Pacers and Fever play their games.

The change announced Tuesday by the Division IWomen’sBasketball Committee means the event will gain approximately 13,000 seats.

The committee also voted to keep the preliminary round formatofschools hosting first and secondround gamesbeforetwo regional sites forthe Sweet 16 and Elite 8.

The NCAA said 85%ofathletic directors, coaches and conference ofﬁcialssurveyed on the topicpreferred to keep that setup of 16 nonpredetermined campus sites for the opening rounds.

Red Sox’sGiolitounlikely to pitchinpostseason

BY RONALD BLUM AP baseball writer

NEW YORK Baseball’seconomic disparity is on display in the playoffs, where the Los Angeles Dodgers have committed morethan $500 million in salariesand luxury tax this season as they takeona Cincinnati Reds team with a$121 million payroll.

“Wedon’thave the ability to outspend mistakes,” Redsmanager Terry Francona said, “soyou try not to make very many of them.” Six of the 12 postseason teams have payrollsof$200million or more, with the Boston Red Sox about $500,000 short of themark

The World Series champion Dodgers overtookthe New York Mets for the most expensive roster with in-season moves that boosted their payroll to $341.5 mil-

lion, according to MajorLeague Baseball’slatest tabulation.

“I thinkitdoesn’tmatter.It’s just thechemistry of theteam,” Redsshortstop Elly De La Cruz said Tuesday.“We playtogether We staytogether andwesupport each other.”

Despitedeferringover $1 billion in payments for eight players, including Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles is projected topay nearly $168 millioninluxury tax. That shatters thepriormark of $103 million it paid for the2024 season for arecord total spend of $509.5 million Thesecond-biggest spender the Mets, didn’teven makethe 12-team postseason ﬁeld despite spending $428.8 million —which representsadecrease of about $1.5 million from 2024. The Mets’ payrollafter in-season moveswas

$339.7 million and theyproject to pay $89.1million in tax.

Finalpayrolls andtax figures won’tbecalculated until award bonuses are determined following theWorld Series. Baseball’scollective bargaining agreement expiresinDecember 2026 andsome ownersare advocatingthatmanagement push for asalary cap.

Baseball players have always resisted acap,and thesport’s 10th work stoppage since 1972 is possible. The Yankees have thethirdhighest spend at $363.3 million with $301.5 million in payroll and $61.8 million in tax. Their Wild Card Series opponent is the rival RedSox, who committedjust under $199.6million with a$198 million payroll and alittle more than $1.5 million in tax.

Cleveland at $103.9millionhas the lowest payroll among playoff teams.The Guardians are playing Detroit, which is at $162.6 million. San Diego ($224.1 million in spending) is facing theChicago Cubs ($211.8 million) in theother National League first-round series.

The Padres have a$217.3 million payroll and are projected to pay a $6.9 million tax. Twoteams with ﬁrst-round byes didn’treach this year’sluxury tax threshold, Milwaukeeat$124.8 million and Seattle at $167.2million. Philadelphia hasthe fourthhighest spend at $347.7 million with a$291.7 million payroll and $55.9 million in forecast tax. Toronto is at $266 millionwith a$252.7 millionpayrolland $13.4 million in projected tax.

Lucas Giolito doesn’tappear to have structural damage to his right elbow but is unlikely to pitch forthe Boston Red Sox during the postseason. A31-year-old right-hander,Giolito wasleftoff Boston’s roster for the Wild Card Series against the NewYork Yankees because of elbow pain. Dugas repaired the ulnar collateral ligament in Giolito’s right elbow with internal brace surgery on March 12 last year Giolito returned to NewYork in time for pregameintroductions. An All-Star in 2019, Giolito was 10-4witha 3.41 ERAin26starts this season. He also hadTommyJohnsurgery with Dr.LewisYocum on Sept. 13, 2012. Giolito is 71-66 with a4.30 ERA in nine major league seasons.

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ChicagoCubs slugger SeiyaSuzuki hits ahomerun during the fifth inning of Game 1vs. the San DiegoPadres on Tuesday in Chicago.

Swinney, Belichick relish chance to face each other

BY STEVE REED AP sportswriter

The coaching clash between Bill Belichick and Dabo Swinney may have lost its luster with North Carolina and Clemsonoff to disappointing starts, but don’ttell Swinney that Swinney said he’sembracing the opportunity to coachagainst Belichick on Saturday when his Tigers face the TarHeels in Chapel Hill.

“Yeah, Imean, are you kidding me?It’samazing,”Swinney said Tuesday.“Imean, Inever inmy lifetime thought Iwould get an opportunity to coach against coach Belichick. Imean, how coolis that?”

It marksonly thesecond time in college football history that acoach with multiple national championships willface one with multiple Super Bowl titles.Bill Walsh, athree-time Super Bowl winner with the San Francisco 49ers, led Stanford against twotime champion Joe Paterno and PennState in theBlockbuster Bowl on Jan. 1, 1993.

The spectacle of Belichick’sarrivalatthe college level has commanded anational spotlight.

UNC’shiring of the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach looked to be an all-in bet to upgrade the program —which included paying Belichickatleast $10 million in each of his first three seasons —and reset the balance of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Swinney’sTigers have long dominated the league, winning eight of the last 10 titles.

Excitement grew over the matchup as the season approached, and it ﬁgured tobeone of themarquee games on thecollege football schedule.

But North Carolina’sopener turned into adebacle, withTCU

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LSU’saverage third-down distance against Ole Miss was 8.1 yards. Against Florida it was 7.2 yards, and at Clemson it was 8.5. “I mean, there’snot one guy that you will put up and go, ‘Well, that was the reason why we lost,’ ” Kelly said. “There’smany,many players that have to play their best when their best is needed.”

The rushing attack showed no signs of progress against theRebels. The Tigers averaged just 3.1 yards per carry when adjustedfor lost sack yardage against one of the weakest run defenses in the SEC. Ole Miss entered Saturday allowing 5.1 yards per rushingattempt. Opposing defenses have caught on to the Tigers’ running struggles,making life more difficult for Nussmeier to push the ball downﬁeld with his arm.

running asoldoutcrowdout of Kenan Stadium by the end of the third quarter in a48-14 blowout. UNC’stwo wins have come against Charlotte andRichmond before theTar

Heels lost to another Big 12 team —CentralFlorida —bya 34-9 score.

Clemson hasbeenaneven biggerdisappointment.

TheTigers entered the season ranked No. 4inthe AP poll, the overwhelming favorite to repeat as ACC champions and expected to competefor athirdnational titleunder Swinney afterreturningthe mostexperienced team in the country

Butfirst-teampreseason AllAmerican quarterback Cade Klubnik and company stumbled out of the blocks, losing at home to LSU. Little has gone right since.

The Tigers needed asecondhalf comebacktobeat Troy,then dropped back-to-back games to Georgia Tech and Syracuse to fall to 0-2 in the league.

The Tigers hadenteredthe game againstthe Orange as a 171/2-point favorite at home but fellbehind 10-0 early and lost 3421

Clemson’s 1-3start is its worst in the Swinney era,and the Tigers spent the bye this past weekend soul-searching, self-evaluating andresettingtheir season-long goalswiththeirnational championship hopes vanquished.

“It has been acoaching failure,” Swinney said. “Wehave failed as coaches. I’m not pointing the ﬁnger, I’m pointing thethumb.”

With bothteams struggling, the ACCscheduled thegamefor an 11 a.m. kickoff— not the primetimematchup that many had anticipated. RapperLudacriswas

booked to perform before the game on the ChapelHill campus, aconcert that is nowset to start at 9:40 a.m.

Swinney said it’stime for the Tigers, who are two-touchdown favorites, to “seewhat we’re made of.”

Belichick andSwinneyhad crossed paths before Belichick’s arrivalatUNC, though they got to knoweach other more in the ACC coaches’ meetings during theoffseason. At thetime, Swinney joked that seeing Belichick at themeetings was “so 2025.”

Belichick said he began picking Swinney’sbrain to garner insights from hislongrun of coaching at thecollege level.

“Dabo spoke anumber of times about various issues,and Ican just tell from his comments and his opinions on certainthings where he was coming from, what his beliefs are, what’simportant to him and what his convictions are,” Belichick said. “And those were all pretty consistent with what Ithought they would be.

“But to actually hear him articulate them andtalkabout things thathedeals withasthe head coach at that school —thatinall honesty, Ihaven’thad enough experience at this level to appreciate all those —was very insightful for me.

“Wetalked aboutsome things outsideofthe meetings, off-cameraand things like that.But he’s been very,Iwould say,helpful withacouple of things thatI’ve asked him aboutjust in general. And Iappreciate hisopenness and willingness to try to give me some advice that I’ve asked for.”

Swinney saidhewas more than happy to help.

“The guy’sgot eight(Super Bowl) rings,”Swinney said. “He’s arguably thegreatest (coach) ever,certainly at thepro level. It’s acool thing.”

Ole Miss cornerback Ricky Fletcher plays tightdefense against LSU widereceiver Zavion Thomas, denying acompletion on Saturday afternoon in Oxford, Miss. LSU’saveragethird-down distance against Ole Miss was 8.1 yards, which contributed to its 2-for-11performance.

Kelly said on the “PaulFinebaum Show” on Monday that 85% to 90% of the coverages LSU faced on Saturday were eight-man looks, which means that Ole Miss dropped extra bodiesintocoverage because it didn’trespect LSU’sability to run the ball. “I lookatour plan, and Ididn’t like our plan,” Kelly said regarding LSU’sapproach to the Ole Miss defense. “And that falls on us. Thatcan’t happen, and we’ve got to be prepared foreverything and put our playersinaposition to succeed.” The run gamealso struggled ayear ago. ButNussmeier was healthier last season, and the Tigers leanedonhis abilitytomake tightwindow throws on third-and-long. That aspect of the offense has dried up this season, playing a large role in why LSUhas sputtered throughthe first fivegames of the year,especially on third down. “Some of theguys needed to have better performances There’snodoubt,” Kelly saidon Finebaum’sshow. “But Ithink it falls on allofustotakeagood look in the mirror and findout why we came up short in this game.And we came up short because our preparation wasn’texactly what it needed to be for this game.”

Angels won’tretain Washington as manager

BY GREG BEACHAM AP sportswriter

ANAHEIM, Calif. Ron Washington will notreturn fora third season as the manager of the Los Angeles Angels, the team announced Tuesday Washington missed roughly half of the current season after undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery.The Angels said they will hire anew manager for 2026, which means interim manager RayMontgomery also won’tget thejob.

The 73-year-old Washington was theoldestmanager in the majors during his two seasons with the Angels, who hired him in November2023. Los Angeles had the worstseasoninfranchise history in 2024, going 63-99 after the freeagency departure of two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani.

The Angels went72-90 this season andﬁnished last in the AL West for the second straight season underWashington and Montgomery thebench coach who stepped up in late June after Washington was sidelined by his health issues.

Washington was back around the Angels in uniform at the closeof theseason, but he didn’tresume managerial duties.

Washingtonrepeatedly said he hopedtoreturn as manager next season, butowner Arte Moreno hasdecided to make another change to astruggling franchise that hasendured10consecutive losing seasons and 11 straight nonplayoff seasons —both the longest active streaks in the majors.

Washington had success dur-

ing his tenure as the manager of theTexas Rangers from 2007-14, reaching twoWorldSeries while making three playoffappearances andposting ﬁve straight winning seasons. He moved on to coaching roles in Oakland and Atlanta, and he wona WorldSeriesringwith the Braves in 2021. But he couldn’t save the long-inept Angels despite remaining popularwithhis players and Orange County fans.

The Haloswill have theirﬁfth full-time manager in eight seasons since the departure of Mike Scioscia, who managedthe club for 19 years and won its only World Series title in 2002.

After years of free spending on veteran players by Moreno, the Angels have built the start of a young core withshortstop Zach Neto, catcher Logan O’Hoppe, outﬁelder Jo Adell and ﬁrst baseman Nolan Schanuel. That rising talent hasn’tled to an improvement in the standings.

The Angels also paid $38.5 millionthis season to third baseman Anthony Rendon, who didn’tplay in 2025 because of alingering hip injury.Rendon, who hasn’tplayed more than58gamesinany of his six seasons with Los Angeles, still hasone year left on oneofthe most disastrous free-agentcontractsin history

Four MLBteamshavemoved on from their managerssincethe regularseasonended Sunday.San Francisco fired Bob Melvin and Minnesota fired Rocco Baldelli on Mondaybefore Bruce Bochy and the Texas Rangers mutually decided Bochy won’t return to the dugout.

Ron Washington talks during a NewOrleans baseball ceremony Dec.16, 2021. The Angels have parted ways with Washington as their manager

Big12ﬁnesColorado forfans’ slursvs. BYU

BY PATGRAHAM AP sportswriter

Colorado coach Deion Sanders apologizedtoBYU on Tuesday just before the Big 12 Conference reprimanded the Buffaloes and issued a$50,000 ﬁnefor derogatory chants by fans over the weekend.

The expletives and religious slurs directed at Mormons took place as No. 23 BYU beat Colorado 24-21 at Folsom Field.

“That’s notindicative of who we are,” Sanders said before wrapping up his weekly newsconference. “Our student body,our kids are phenomenal,sodon’tindict us just based on agroup of young kids that probably wasintoxicated and high simultaneously

“Maybe Ishouldn’thave said that as well, but thetruthwill make you free. But BYU, we love you, we appreciateyou and we support you.

God bless you.”

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark condemned the chants in a statement announcing the penalty

“Hateful anddiscriminatory language has no home in the Big12 Conference,” he said.“Whilewe appreciate Colorado apologizing for thechants that occurred in the stands during Saturday’sgame, theBig 12 maintains zero tolerance for such behavior.” BYU is the flagship school for

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely knownas the Mormon church. In February, theUniversity of Arizona apologizedafterthatschool said some fans engagedinan“unacceptable chant” as theWildcats basketball team lost 96-95 to BYU

Earlier this week, Colorado leaders condemned the behavior of those fans involved in the use of profane and religious slurs.

“Suchbehaviorisdeeplydisappointing and does not reﬂect the values of respect, inclusion and integrity we expect of our campus community,” read the statement, which was issued from chancellor Justin Schwartz and athletic director Rick George.

The school said it has astrict policy regarding abusive behavior andthose “found to have engaged in conductthatisnot consistent with our values are held accountable.”

“Discriminatorylanguageand hostile conduct have no place at our athletic events or anywhere on our campus,” the statement continued.

“Wethank the majority of our fans who continue to support our teams with enthusiasm andrespect.”

TheCougarshost West Virginia on Friday,while the the Buffaloes play at TCU on Saturday

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North Carolina head coachBill Belichickgreetsa persononthe sidelines before agameagainst Richmond on Sept. 13 in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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NFL Dominated again

49ers QB Purdy hopes to play despite hurting toe and a short week

BY JOSH DUBOW AP pro football writer

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Quarterback

Brock Purdy was slated to miss practice Tuesday as he deals with a toe injury that sidelined him for two games earlier this season, and his status for the San Francisco 49ers’ game on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams remains in question.

Purdy returned to the ﬁeld on Sunday and reported soreness in the injured toe after a 26-21 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. He hasn’t been able to practice yet this week and has little time to heal with a short week before the game.

“Thursday night football games, they come quick,” he said.

“Anything can happen. But I’m so hopeful that I can. We’ll see.”

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Purdy will be listed as questionable.

“We always look into everything for all of our players, so we will take every precaution to make sure that Brock’s all right,” Lynch said. “I think he is. Now it’s just a matter of can he turn it around on a short week?”

Purdy struggled at time against the Jaguars, missing several throws high to his receivers. He went 22 for 38 for 309 yards and two touchdowns but also had two interceptions and lost a fumble on a potential game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter

Purdy said he wasn’t sure what impact the injury had on his performance.

Bengals looking lost without star quarterback Burrow

BY JOE REEDY AP sports writer

Zac Taylor said he didn’t envision many changes to the Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive game plan when Jake Browning took over for injured quarterback Joe Burrow Based on the first two weeks without Burrow, the seventh-year coach needs to pivot.

The Bengals were dominated for a second straight week as Denver rolled to a 28-3 victory on Monday night. Cincinnati was beaten 48-10 a week earlier at Minnesota That’s a 76-13 differential over the last two games.

“Offensively, we’re just not creating enough momentum to put points on the board, put pressure on the other team, to get our defense a rest,” Taylor said.

Cincinnati (2-2) has had 23 possessions the last two games with nine ending in three-and-outs. The only sign of progress Monday night was that the Bengals didn’t commit a turnover after having ﬁve against the Vikings.

Ja’Marr Chase had 14 catches in the Bengals’ Week 2 win over Jacksonville, but he has been held to 12 receptions in the other three games combined.

Chase, who had ﬁve catches for 23 yards on Monday, was frustrated on the sideline during the second half and was talking with Taylor Tee Higgins has only 10 receptions in four games.

“It’s hard knowing the type of offense we have, knowing the type of weapons we have in the backﬁeld, outside and at tight end,” Chase said. “We know we’re capable, we know the ins-and-outs of the offense.

“We know we’re a downfieldthreat team and everybody else knows it but right now, we’re facing a little adversity, and we got to ﬁgure it out.” Denver blitzed Browning on just

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four of 29 drop backs but generated three sacks and nine pressures when rushing four or fewer

Chase Brown had 40 yards rushing, but the Bengals are often behind the chains because they have to rely on the passing game. On third down they had an average of 8 yards to go and converted just 2 of 11.

“I think any time you are struggling or not doing well on offense, there’s a lot that goes into it. I think for me, my focus is on my role in that which is dropping back, making sure I’m making good decisions and to continue to move the ball forward,” said Browning, who completed 14 of 25 passes for 125 yards.

“Finding a way to be more explosive, put up more points, sustain more drives, to be better on third down Just play better offense in general.”

With Detroit Green Bay and Pittsburgh as their next three opponents, the Bengals need a quick ﬁx.

What’s working Red-zone defense. Demetrius Knight’s interception in the third

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Saints running back Kendre Miller rushed for 65 yards on 11 carries against the Bills on Sunday. The Saints rushed for a season-high 189 yards, including 165 after contact.

the NFL’s most complete backs against the Saints. Of his 117 yards rushing against the Saints, 81 came between the tackles, where he averaged a whopping 5.7 yards after contact per attempt

117.8 Opposing quarterbacks have a 117.8 passer rating against the Saints this year Only the Miami Dolphins (125.1) and Dallas Cowboys (123.0) have allowed a higher rating. Next up

All eyes are on Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart and the

quarter was the second time this season the Bengals got a pick in the end zone, and the fourth time this season Cincinnati hasn’t allowed an opponent to score after getting inside the red zone.

What needs help Avoiding penalties. The Bengals were ﬂagged 11 times for 65 yards, including six for 35 yards in the second quarter when they fell behind 21-3. That was the 11th time since 2000 they have had at least six penalties in a quarter

Stock up

Knight tied for the team lead with 10 tackles and came up with his ﬁrst NFL interception, picking off a pass in the end zone during the third quarter The rookie linebacker, who was taken in the second round of the draft, is second on the team with 31 tackles.

Stock down

Cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt, who allowed a pair of third-down receptions by Courtland Sutton in the second quarter on a touchdown drive. Those catches resulted in 41 yards.

people he is throwing the ball to.

The No. 25 overall pick out of Ole Miss made his debut as a starter last week and impressed, throwing for 111 yards, rushing for 54 and totaling two touchdowns while the previously winless Giants knocked off the previously unbeaten Los Angeles Chargers. The numbers aren’t particularly impressive, but Dart put them up against a Chargers team that ranks third in total defense and fourth in scoring defense. There are some things to consider such as the Chargers sacked Dart ﬁve times, three of which came when Dart held the ball and waited for the play to develop. While New Orleans hasn’t generated consistent pressure this season, its 11 sacks are tied for the seventh-most in the NFL through four weeks.

Dart also will be without his top wideout, former LSU star Malik Nabers, who tore his ACL against the Chargers. Without Nabers, the Giants top receivers are Wan’Dale Robinson (18 catches, 237 yards) and Darius Slayton (nine catches, 135 yards).

Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

Purdy said he felt a lot better than he did after ﬁrst injuring the toe in the season opener against Seattle. He missed the next two games before returning last week He said he was told there would be some soreness again if he played but doesn’t regret his decision to get back on the ﬁeld. He said he would like to play if he is cleared by the doctors to go and he feels healthy enough.

“If I can play this game, I’m going to play,” he said. “Obviously, I want to get right and get healthy and everything. But we need to win this game against the Rams So that’s how I’m looking at it.

The 49ers will issue an ofﬁcial injury report on Wednesday, but general manager John Lynch told ﬂagship radio station KNBR that

“I missed the throws on film and everything, but is it something that had to do with my toe and whatnot? I couldn’t tell you at this point,” he said.

Starting receivers Ricky Pearsall (knee) and Jauan Jennings (ribs, ankle) also didn’t practice on Tuesday and likely will be questionable for the game. Receiver Jordan Watkins (calf), defensive tackle C.J. West (thumb) and defensive end Robert Beal (ankle) also missed practice, while defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos (knee), cornerback Renardo Green (neck), linebacker Dee Winters (knee) and defensive lineman Mykel Williams (wrist) were are limited.

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tackle Tristan Wirfs back Sunday but they lost right guard Cody Mauch for the season in Week 2 and are missing right tackle Luke Goedeke. Baker Mayﬁeld was sacked twice and threw his first interception while scrambling out of trouble in a 31-25 loss to Philadelphia. The Tennessee Titans haven’t had right tackle JC Latham in the past three games

Right guard Kevin Zeitler sat out Week 3. Rookie quarterback Cam Ward has been sacked a league-high 17 times Jets guard Alijah Vera-Tucker suffered a season-ending triceps injury during camp. Falcons right tackle Kaleb McGary also went down before the season. Panthers guard Robert Hunt is expected to miss the rest of the season with a torn biceps, and center Austin Corbett is out 6-8 weeks because of a knee injury. Saints right guard Cesar Ruiz hurt his ankle on Sunday Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson injured his shoulder and right guard Tyler Steen suffered a lower-body injury. The Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks and Chiefs are among the few teams that have stayed healthy on the offensive line. When Bills right tackle Spencer Brown didn’t play against the Saints because of a calf injury, it marked just the second time since the start of 2024, including playoffs, that the Bills didn’t have their projected ﬁve starters.

Other injuries

Tyreek Hill was the latest star player to suffer a season-ending

injury when the ﬁve-time All-Pro receiver dislocated his knee during Miami’s win over the Jets on Monday night. The New York Giants lost star wideout Malik Nabers for the season to a knee injury Sunday Quarterback Joe Burrow, edge rushers Nick Bosa and Khalil Mack, defensive linemen Nnamdi Madubuike and Calijah Kancey, and running back James Conner are among the top players out.

Lamar Jackson has a hamstring injury for the Ravens, who’ve been decimated by injuries

Linebacker Kyle Van Noy missed the past two games, and All-Pro fullback Patrick Ricard hasn’t played all season. All-Pro linebacker Roquan Smith, AllPro cornerback Marlon Humphrey, Pro Bowl tackle Ronnie Stanley and starting cornerback Nate Wiggins all left Sunday’s loss at Kansas City along with Jackson.

Tight end George Kittle; running backs Joe Mixon and Aaron Jones; wide receivers Mike Evans, Brandon Aiyuk, Jayden Reed, Christian Watson, Jalen McMillan and Tank Dell; cornerbacks Jaylon Johnson and Maxwell Hairston; and linebackers Dre Greenlaw and Nolan Smith are also recovering from injuries. Brock Purdy missed two games and is still dealing with a toe injury that could force him to sit out San Francisco’s game on Thursday night.

Jayden Daniels didn’t play the past two games for Washington because of a knee injury Justin Fields missed one with a concussion for the Jets. McCarthy hasn’t played the past two.

Injuries are part of the game, but teams that can avoid losing key players have the best chance to win in the end.

Bengals tackle Jalen Rivers looks on from the bench as time runs out against the Denver Broncos on Monday.

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Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor heads off the ﬁeld after his team lost 28-3 to the Denver Broncos on Monday in Denver. The Bengals have been outscored

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By GODOFREDO A. VÁSQUEZ San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy passes as Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah applies pressure Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Newyork State Park Police officers watch the crowd at the first hole of BethpageBlack at the Ryder Cup on SundayinFarmingdale, N.y.RoryMcIlroyofTeam Europewas unhappy with the fans’ noiseand vulgar words, saying golf shouldbeheld to ahigher standard

Playersdecry rude U.S. spectators at RyderCup

BY DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press

FARMINGDALE,N.Y.— Rory McIlroygot so fedupwithone American at the Ryder Cup that he asked security to throw out the spectator.The noise was so loud and relentless that McIlroy talked about taking medicine for a headache.

This was in 2016 at Hazeltine.

The behavior at Bethpage Black took the atmosphere to anew level, which surprised no one who has seen championship golf on theLong Island public course even without an “us versus them” competition involving ﬂags like the Ryder Cup.

The tone was set Friday morning when afan screamed out, “Fore, right!” as Jon Rahm was over histee shot. Asmall section started an expletive chant at McIlroy,which was repeated Saturday morning by comedian Heather McMahan, hired as amaster of ceremonies by the PGA of America.

The Ryder Cup crowd has been getting out of control going back to Brookline in ’99, when Colin Montgomerie took so much personal abuse that his father walked off the golf course. The crowd began turningonthe hometeam for losingin a year when money was at the forefront. And then on Sunday,itﬂipped hard the other direction with the U.S comeback to win.

There was curiosity going into the week if the New York fans —nostranger to teams underperforming —would turn on the

Americans or doubledown on their vitriol toward the Europeans.

ings and playing in the SandersonFarms Championship this week in Mississippi.

Familiar facesreturn forreigningThunder

young OKCteam lookstoits winningformula

BY CLIFFBRUNT Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knows theoutside view of him and theOklahoma CityThunder squad he leads has changed significantly in thepast year

It turnedout to be the latter

“Things got out of hand —that was disappointing. We knew the crowds would be like that,” former PGA of America president Ted Bishoptoldgolfchannel. com. “If you’ve attended any NewYorksportingevent, Yankees, Mets, that’s what you’re goingtoget in New York.”

There is loud, and thereis lewd. Bethpage wasthe latter.That prompted McIlroy to say golfshouldbe heldto ahigher standard.“Idon’t think we should ever acceptthat in golf. Ithink golf should be held toahigher standard than what was seen out there this week.”

Then again, McIlroy and Shane Lowry retaliated with F-bombsoftheir own Equally troubling, however,isanother trend on both sides of the Atlantic. When the visiting teammissed a puttormissed the fairway, there used to be alag time of afew seconds before the home crowd clapped or cheered.Now it’simmediate.

There’s little chance of that going back to the way it was. Back to work

Theextreme highs and lows of the RyderCup are over,and nowit’stime toget to work for 10 playersdirectly involvedatBethpage Black.

Rasmus Hojgaard went from his Ryder Cupdebutto trying to keep his full PGA Tour status. TheDaneisNo. 87 in the FedEx Cupstand-

The top100 in the FedEx Cup keep their PGATour cards. Also in Mississippi are vice captains Brandt Snedeker and Francesco Molinari.

Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hattonand Robert MacIntyre have flown to Scotland for the Dunhill Links Championship, whereHatton is the defending champion.

Fleetwoodhonored

Alongwith being theleadingpoints-earner for Europe at Bethpage Black,Tommy Fleetwood won theNicklausJacklin Award,whichhonors theplayerwho best embodies the true spirit of the Ryder Cup. It’s named after Jack Nicklaus andTony Jacklin, part of Ryder Cup lorefor allowingthe 1969 matches to endinadraw Fleetwood went 4-1-0,raising his record in four Ryder Cups to 11-4-2.

He also kept acool head during the one tense momentinside theropes, when Justin Rose barked at BrysonDeChambeau’scaddie for walking in his space as Rose was studying his puttduring fourballs.

“Sportsmanship is important to ourgame, andthe Ryder Cup is themost intense environment we experience, andthings can alwayshappenthattestyou,” Fleetwood said.“ButLukeDonald has instilled in this team an amazing attitude that we should alwaysplay with the right spirit.That has really helped us get over the line and win the Ryder Cup once again.”

Lynx star blasts commissioner

BY DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press

Napheesa Collier delivered ablistering assessment of the WNBA and its commissioner on Tuesday as she sat in front of the media with aprepared statement, disclosing private conversations she said she had with CathyEngelbert that portrayed her as aleader who lacks accountability

TheMinnesotaLynxstar spoke for more than four minutes on topics ranging from Caitlin Clark —and her value to the league —toinconsistent ofﬁciating, which she feels Engelbert and the WNBA haven’taddressed

“Wehave the best leaguein theworld. We have the best fans in the world. But we have the worst leadership in the world,” the runner-up for MVPsaid. “Yearafter year, the only thing that remains consistent is the lack of accountability from our leaders.”

During what typically would be aroutine end-ofseason media availability, Collier blasted Engelbertas aleader who is insensitive to the current realitiesof being aWNBA player. Her remarks came as the WNBA players union, for which Collier is avice president, prepares to engage the league

in highly contentious collectivebargainingthatwill set the parameters for aleague trying to keep up with its unprecedented growth and global interest

“If Ididn’tknow exactly what the job entailed, maybe Iwouldn’t feel thisway,” Colliersaid. “But unfortunately for them, Idobelieve we servealeague thathas shown they think championship coaches and Hall of Fame players aredispensable, and that’s ﬁne.It’sprofessionalsports, butI will notstand quietly by and allow different standardstobe applied at the league level.”

Engelbert responded to Collierina statement not long after the media session, saying she was disheartened by “how Napheesa characterized our conversations,” but was committed to her joband “will not waver.” Reevegetsrecord fine

Things have been heated in Minnesota as oflate.

TheLynx was eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday in aGame4that Collier missed with an ankleinjury and her coach,Cheryl Reeve, missedbecauseshe was suspended for her behavior toward officialsin Game 3. Reeve also receivedwhat was believed to be the hefti-

est fine for an individual coach or playerinleague history,according to apersonfamiliar withthe penalty.

Collier said she hadn’t heard from Engelbert after her injury,which happened on the play thatprompted Reeve to take to the court and scream at ofﬁcials before her staff and players held herback in an attempt to diffuse the situation.

“Not one call, not one text. Instead, the only outreach has comefrom herNo. 2 telling my agent that she doesn’t believe physical play contributed to injuries. That is infuriating,”Collier said.

“It’sthe perfect example of the tone deaf, dismissive approach that our leaders always seem to take.”

Collier saidthat in aprivateconversation with Engelbert, the commissioner of seven years told her WNBA star Clarkshouldbe grateful tothe league for her earnings andendorsement deals,which stemmed from Clark’srecord-breaking college career

“ThispastFebruary, Isat across from (Engelbert) and asked how sheplanned to address the ofﬁciating issues in our league,” Collier said.

“Herresponse was, ‘Well, only the losers complain about the refs.

Gilgeous-Alexanderis the reigning MVP and the Thunder is the defending NBA champion —ﬁrstsfor both. Now,ateam that rarely was seen beyond its local market last season has aschedule filled with na tional television appearances. For all the new awards and attention, Gilgeous-Alexander is focused on what has remained the same. Most of the roster that won the titleafter a68-14regular season is intact. GilgeousAlexander,All-StarJalen Williamsand rising star Chet Holmgren allsigned extensions in the offseason.

Gi lg eo us-A le xande r hopes the familiar faces lead to familiar results. For thattohappen, he believes thatwill require afamiliar approach.

“How we get there is the sameasit’salways ever been —daily improvement and focusing on trying to get better at the things that we can controlevery day,” he said. “And hopefully,we look up and we’ve accomplished the same thing we just accomplished.”

Williams, aﬁrst-time All Star last season, believes

theapproach can lead to bigger accomplishments.

“You are chasing greatness,” he said.“You’re chasing to achieve stuff that hasn’tbeen done in our organization.And that’s everybody’smotivation. Ithink that’s why we’rea special group.”

Thunder guard Alex Caruso said the team would be naïve to ignore theriskof taking it easy after winning and said the challenges include “ﬁghting the complacency,ﬁghting the human nature of winning and not sitting back and resting but being on the front foot.”

Even with thechampionship,the Thunder remains one of the league’syoungest teams with its best days potentially ahead.

Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 32.7points, 5.0 rebounds and6.4 assists per gamelast season. It’s hard to imagine him getting better,but he’sonly 27. He said he’s still seeking growth andlittlechangedfor him this offseason, other than the fact that it was shorter than usual.

“I was nevera player that jumped out of the gym or had any insane talents,” he said. “I had to work for it. Ihad to craftand carve and mold myself into this player that Iamtoday,and I’ll never forget that.And because of that, Iholdthat very dearly and makesure if I’m doing anything, I’m working at my game and try to be better.”

Williams, just 24, averaged 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and4.1 assists last season and was athirdteam All-NBA pick and a second-team all-defensive selection. He wasaforce in theplayoffs,despite playing through awrist injury that required surgery after the season.

Williamssaid the surgery

helped him focus.

“Itallowedmetobe grounded and kind of focus on that and forget about the championship and everything else,” Williamssaid. Holmgren, 23, averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks last season. He missed 50 regular-seasongames witha pelvic injury and never fully got back to form last season. Despite that, the versatile 7-foot-1 forward wasstill akey piece who helped the Thunder winthe title. The role players areback, too. IsaiahHartenstein gave the Thunder muchneeded bulk andaveraged 11.2 points and 10.7 rebounds per game last season.LuguentzDort was a ﬁrst-team all-defensive selection who shot 41% from 3-point range. Carusoand Cason Wallace were among the league’stop perimeter defenders. Aaron Wiggins averaged 12 points per game.Isaiah Joe shot41% from 3-pointrangeand averaged 10.2 points. Jaylin Williams, AjayMitchell and Kenrich Williamsprovided key minutes when needed. The depth helped the Thunder keep winning last season, despite being amongthe league leaders in gamesmissedbecause of injury.Coach Mark Daigneault said the Thundermentality of being prepared for anything should help manage the season.

“The circumstances are always changingyearto year andevenwithin the season,” he said. “The challenges are always changing year to year and in the season. We try to have a very consistent andstable approach to that. And we try to have things thatare pretty timeless andthatcan transcendcircumstances. And we emphasize those in all circumstances.”

Williams

As FriedChicken Fest grows, NewOrleans event rooted in goal of unity

BY IAN McNULTY| Staff writer

he bestfried chicken combines a satisfying crunch with asavory juiciness andthe right spice. Is it possible within the love for great fried chicken there can also be adoseofunity, that civic ideal that too often feels elusive? Thatgoal wasthe initial spark behind the National Fried ChickenFestival, andit’sguided the event’s growth over nearlya decade into amarquee food event on theNew Orleans calendar

The National Fried Chicken Festival returns thisweekend, Oct. 4and Oct.5,with agreatly varied menuofits namesake dish and many other types of food from more than 40 vendors. It brings music on two stages, an expandinglist of programs and attractions and alocation directly on Lake PontchartraininNew Orleans for waterfront breezes andviews.

BY POET WOLFE Staff writer

The concept, however,started with conversations around weightier social issues than festivals and good times. It was in 2014, when then-New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu created aprogram called the Welcome Table NewOrleans, asking residents to work together on ideas of racial reconciliation and community-building in the city.Together at aweekendretreat as part of the program were two longtime friends —Cleveland Spears, founderofthe SpearsGroup marketing

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Garlic chile oil finishes the spicy fried chicken sandwichfrom the Bonafried food truck in NewOrleans.

STAFF PHOTO By IANMcNULTy Fried chicken is part of the plate lunch menumost days at Chicken’sKitchen in Gretna.

STAFF PHOTO By IAN McNULTy Sweet heat cauliflower is the centerpieceof acomboplate from Sweet Soulfood.

Fried chicken is servedupat Thai NOLA in New Orleans.

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andadvertising agency,and Jade Brown-Russell, alocal attorney and consultant.

“Wewere talking about what binds people together, Brown-Russell recalls. “I told Cleveland, you should just start afried chicken festival. If you really want to get New Orleans people together,itshould be with food.” Spears, whose company had already beenproducing local events at that point, immediately seizedonthe idea.

“I thought it was one of the most brilliant things I’d ever heard,” Spears said. “It’sthe idea of unity and convening, bringing people together around things that are universally loved, and we think nothing is as universally loved in New Orleans as fried chicken.”

The first Fried Chicken Festival debuted in 2016 and struck achord. Restaurants clamored to take part, eager to show off their own fried chicken.The crowd that turned up far outstripped what organizers anticipated.

Visiting the festival today,strolling the grounds between levee and seawall, gives afull-spectrum view of New Orleans lifeand a taste for how fried chicken cuts across cultures, trends, global traditions and creative kitchens. On themenu

The presenting sponsor for the festival is Raising Cane’s, but the Louisianabased chicken giant doesn’t serve food at the event. That’sbecause organizers have zeroed in on local, independent restaurants, caterers and food trucks. It’san intentional path to present adiverse lineup of vendors, and also give smaller players away to step up.

Youcan compare the merits of varying wings or twopiece chicken baskets side by side, snack on sliders or tryfried chickenwithwafﬂes (from Biscuits &Bunson Banks) as tacos (fromBirrieria la Poblana) or get into a bag of chickenskin cracklin’ from Fatty’sCracklin’, a name familiar from years as aJazz Fest food vendor

The event has become a platform for some restaurants that are newﬁxtures of local food festivals, like Addis NOLA,bringing its Ethiopianberbere spiced wings, andthe Indianrestaurant LUFU, with wings and stir-fried chicken using Indo-Chinese ﬂavor

Among the new additions this year is the landmark French Quarter restaurant Brennan’s. That’s not aname readily associated with fried chicken, but astaff meal favorite, prepared by the kitchen for employees before service, has inspired its festival dish —the “family meal sandwich,”with buttermilk fried chicken, chili lime mayonnaise and spicy coleslaw

This is also the first festival appearance forThai NOLA,aNew Orleans East restaurant from ablended family that mixes Thai dishes andCreole ﬂavors on its menu.It’sbringing along list of dishes, including Thaistyle wings, aramen gumbo and lighter grilled chicken pad Thai too.

That showsone shift this year.Vendorsare encouraged to serveother dishes alongsidetheir fried chicken entry,giving many more festival food options. There’seven adedicated vegan stand from therestaurant Sweet Soulfood, which made asplash this year at Jazz Fest with its “sweet heat cauliﬂower.”

Vendors are vying for awardsfrom thefestival crowd for bestfried chicken and top creative dishes, accolades that carry weight throughout theyear Past winnersback again

this year include the Korean fried chicken from Bao Mi andthe chickensandwiches from Southerns (a food truck that’sparlayed that sandwich’s popularity intoa pair of restaurants) and Bonafried (another food truckwith its own restaurant in the works), known for its way with spicy heat. Chicken’sKitchen(the wildly popular Gretna plate lunch place),Gus’sWorld Famous Fried Chicken(a Memphis brand with adowntown outpost)and pop-up and caterer NOLA ChuckWagon have also been in thewinners’ circle and return this year

‘Earnyourfeast’

Thefestival’s lakefront home is another uniquefacet, presenting this community event directly on the water’sedge. New this year is aFerriswheel to give some toweringlakefront views.

The festival has been ampingupthe music side of its production, hosting more nationally-touring acts along with local talent. Lloyd, Blanco Brown, G. Love and theSpecial Sauceand hiphoppioneersSugarhill Gang are among the headliners.

Also newthisyearisthe Fried Chicken Festival 5K run/walk tokick things off Saturday morning, in the theme of “earn your feast.”

“Wedohavea large food festival around avery indulgent food,” Spears acknowledged. “Sothis is showing you can enjoy it while also being about healthand wellness.”

Email Ian McNulty at imcnulty@theadvocate. com.

By The Associated Press

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2025. There are 91 days left in the year

Todayinhistory: On Oct. 1, 2017, in the deadliest massshooting in modernU.S. history,a gunman opened ﬁre from aroom at the high-rise Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on acrowd of 22,000 fans at acountry music concert below,causing 60 deaths and more than 850 injuries.

Also on this date:

In 1890, Yosemite National Park was established by theU.S. Congress.

In 1903, theﬁrst modernbaseball World Series began, withthe National League’sPittsburgh Pirates defeating theAmerican League’sBoston Americans in Game 1; Boston would ultimately win the series5-3.

In 1908, Henry Ford

introduced his mass-produced Model Tautomobile to the market. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build morethan 15 million Model Tcars.

In 1910, the ofﬁces of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by adynamite explosion and ﬁre, killing 21 employees; union activist J.B. McNamara eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to lifeinprison forthe bombing.

In 1949, Mao Zedong, leader of the communist People’sLiberation Army, proclaimed the People’s Republic of China during a ceremony in Beijing.

In 1957, themotto “InGod We Trust” began appearing on U.S. paper currency

In 1962, federal marshals escorted James Meredith as he enrolled as the ﬁrst Black student at the University of Mississippi; Meredith’spresence sparked rioting that left

twopeople dead. In 1971, Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida. In 1975, Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in the “Thrilla in Manila,” the last of their three boxing bouts forthe heavyweight championship. In 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum,ascientist-turnedpolitician, wassworninas the ﬁrst female president of Mexico. Today’sbirthdays: Actorsinger Julie Andrewsis90. Film director Jean-Jacques Annaud is 82. Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew is 80. Actor Randy Quaid is 75. Singer Youssou N’Dour is 66. Actor Esai Morales is 63. Retired MLB All-Star

CIVIC Salutes

n Firm Foundation

The New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation’sStake Out for Justice Luncheon amassed hundreds of concerned citizens to the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on arecent Thursday to celebrate “30 Years of Valor.” Lt. Gov Billy Nungesser was the guest speaker during aceremony when awards were given to ﬁrst responders, and New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick and Louisiana State Police Col. RobertHodges gave updates. Supt. Kirkpatrick addressed the crime reduction strategies that have led to historic decreases, and LSP Supt. Hughes discussed the impact of the LouisianaStatePolice in the Crescent City “a full year after establishing Troop NOLA.”

The luncheon is the NOPJF’sonly fundraiser of the year and it “powers initiatives that directly impact public safety and law enforcementinvestigations through detective training,digital forensics and drone technology, as well as ofﬁcer support programs.” MelanieTalia is the president and CEO of NOPJF,which was founded in 1995 by concerned citizens, principally John Casbon,“who believed the NOPD needed additionalresources to effectively policethe city.” Teamed to chair the 30thanniversary luncheon were Ben Dupuy,Gordon H.“Gordo” Kolb Jr ,and Zach Kupperman.Justbefore noon,and afterapproximately 30 minutes of registration, photos and general milling, Melanie Talia welcomed the guests in the ballroom/dining room and askedthemtoremain standingfor the presentation of the colors by NOPD Color Guard,the Pledge of Allegiance,the invocation by Chaplain Larry Johnson and the national anthemperformedbyLt. Troy Lyles. After everyone sat, the program continued withspecial recognitions. Among the slatedspeakerswas Attorney Gen. Liz Murrill.

Atasty Greek salad waspre-set, allowingfor ready food and the constraints of time during awork day.A homonymic play on theluncheon’s“Stake Out” title determined the main course: askirtsteak with aSazerac Bourbon glaze. Louisiana pecanpie was the dessert.Centering thewhite-clothed tables were arrangementsof the NOPJF blue-and-white-striped ﬂag,gold tinsel, andgold “30” numerals. Several Carnival krewessponsored tables.

In addition to the above-mentioned were Gayle Benson,who spoke and was amajor supporter through the presenting Gayle and TomBenson Charitable Foundation; and Gordon Kolb, who statedwhateveryone felt,“We all loveour city.” Circulating, and each bearinga title,were DarrahSchaefer, Ryan Berger,James J. Reiss III, Michael Simpson, James Letten,Bonnieand John Boyd,KarlHoefer,ElsePedersen, Chris Siegrist, Melvin Rodrigue, Justin Kennedy,Matthew Willard, Emery Whalen,Will J. DuBos and scores more who, as they departed through the hallway,acknowledged theshoulder-high, gilded structure, a much enlarged badge, withthe wording “NewOrleansPolice Ofﬁcer.”

n Taste and Tell

Sam and SaraFord wereamong the prominent attendees at the recent ABlind Taste,held in La Petite Grocery. Sam’s the president of the board of directors of WRBH,the event’sbeneﬁciary

The restaurant provided the pretty ﬂower arrangements of red roses, dianthus, and mums in Mason jars, as wellasthe passed appetizers and four-course mealof cured cobia and Gulf shrimp, broccoli agnolotti, conﬁt chicken leg, and vanilla bean pannacotta. Cathead Distillery and NOLA Wine Merchant provided, respectively, the welcome cocktail and the wine pairings. Acrimson apron and an eye mask in black were on each chair.Alignedwith the event’stitle, guests put on masks to show solidarity with much of the radio station’slistening audience: WRBH 88.3 FM is areading radio

Nell Nolan SOCIETY

Contact: nnolan@theadvocate.com

n ‘Oh, Freedom!’ Gala

Rebecca Finger and Lacey Wood chaired thecommittee of 36 for the recent “Oh, Freedom!” Gala benefiting Innocence Project New Orleans at The Terminal @The Lakefront Airport.Itwas the event’s24th anniversaryand program-listed names of sponsors and patrons (including 2024 event hosts Janet and Stanwood Duval)figured in the dozens. Pyramid Audio did thelighting; PavyStudio, the invitation, theme and program;and for thedécor,co-chairs Rebecca and Lacey They were joined by Dr Simon Finger and Scott Niemeyer Activitygot underway at the 5-6:30 p.m.,patron partywhen passed hors d’oeuvres and drinks added tothe initial socializing, and asilent auction enticed.Former IPNO client Calvin Duncan and co-author and social justice advocate Sophie Cull discussed their new book, “The Jailhouse Lawyer,” that chronicled his journey to freedom after 28 years of wrongful incarceration. Next, Gregory Davis, RogerLewis and Julius McKee second-lined guests to the gala, where Jessica Harvey sang“Oh, Freedom”asanoverture. Then, at 7p.m., the program began during which time theJohn Thompson Award forCourage& Justice was presented by Laverne Thompson to the Historic NewOrleans Collection forthe exhibition “Captive State: Louisiana andthe Making of Mass Incarceration.” “Innocence and Justice,” ashort film by JoLu Productions, followed. For the buffetdinner,Messina’s culinary team provided atasty selection of salad,Gulffish,Creole chickenbreast, macaroniand cheese, praline cheesecake and chocolate cake. Yum!

Amonganumber of signiﬁcant moments was the announcement of the organization’s new name, Innocence &Justice Louisiana, and the related logo, merchandise, and colors. Bassist Julius McKee played in amemoriam forclients, and IPNO executivedirector JeePark called anumber of in-attendance clients to the stage.

Bidding business was hearty with 78 itemsbeckoning. Nancy Hirsch Lassen‘s twopaintings had buyers in Ashley Barriere and JenniferBarriere.

Noted within the convivial crowd were Danielle Ziff and RustonForrester,Avione and Josh Pichon, Iman and April Houston, Susan and Lou Good,Alexa Pulitzer and Seth Levine,Jenny and Lee Zurich with Megan,AveryPardee, Georgette and Brett Venn, Laurie White,Susan and Hervin Guidry, Becki and Marcus Kondkar,Andrea Armstrong,RobertLancaster, Montrell Carmouche,Hon. W. Ross Foote,Hon. Bernette Johnson, Hon. Rachael Johnson,Krystle and state Sen. Royce Duplessis, and HNOC President and CEO Daniel Hammer with spouse Klara.All were repeating the new name: Innocence & Justice Louisiana.

Krista and Dr Matt Bolton. Donors were Humana, WRBH Executive Director Zach Frosch (with wife Candace of Cathead Distillery), Kaye and JerrySmith, WWOZand NolaFunk Fest,

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser

PHOTOSByREAGAN LAQUE

LaceyWood, Rebecca Finger

Daniel Hammer,Laverne Thompson, Eric Seifert

Calvin Duncan, JeePark,SophieCull, Ricky Tisdale

Cathi Pavy,Tyrone Mitchell

PHOTOSByREAGANLAQUE

Bill and Edie Steinhardt, Lauren and Will Steinhardt

Charles Smith, Emily Mase Candaceand Zach Frosch

Jim Nelson, Elise Ryan, Brandon Benedetto

Toni Mobley, Anne Kirkpatrick

Ben Dupuy, Gayle Benson,ElizabethBoh, Darrah Schaefer

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Gordon Kolb Sr., Gwen Nolan, Gordon Kolb Jr

Liz Murrill, Eugene Green

Testing‘Heloise’ reader hints

Dear Heloise: I’m aretired senior citizen who became awidower about ﬁve years ago. It didn’ttake me long to realize that Iwas acomplete novice around the house, especiallyinthe kitchen. Then Irecalled that my wife often mentioned hints from your column, and this led to my becoming an avid fan of yours.

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Ihave used many of the hints you’ve published, and most were agodsend, with very few being lessthan expected. On rare occasions, there have been hints you have published that,inmy mind, seem slightly unusual. This leads me to ask if you or your staff research, validate or test the hints

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ﬁgure molded into the shape of aRubik’sCube.

“Y’all, Ihave been looking for this everywhere, she says. “I cannot express to you my excitement right now.Idon’teven know which onetotry ﬁrst.” Baretela taps her fingernail against the lemon before biting into it The yellow white chocolate shell cracks open, revealing aganache ﬁlling.

Her three-minute videois oneofmanythatcirculated on the platform, where it garnered more than half amillion views and helped propel RoyalRoasterytosudden popularity.The shop’sown TikTok account has attracted morethan 74,000followers, and its most viewed video, showcasing an arrayoffruitshaped icecreams imported from China, has reached7 million people.

Dubaichocolate effect

The fruit-shaped confection isn’tevenRoyal Roastery’sbest-selling product, nor is it the one that made the business ahotspot in Jefferson Parish’s West Bank and Houston,where it opened a second location in 2022. It’s another dessert —amilk chocolate shell bursting with pistachio cream and kataiﬁ —that’sbecomeahallmark of internet virality

“The Dubai chocolate.We make thousands aday,” Abdelghani, the co-owner,says.

Butitdidn’tstart out that way.When Abdelghani and Khaled Harb opened Royal Roastery in 2019, the main conceptwas simple: coffee beans, roastednuts and spices made in house, like traditional shops in the Middle East. Already,itwas “really successful,” Abdelghani says. Then Dubai chocolate appeared on social media and stayed.

“A trend dies out,” Abdelghani says. “But Dubai chocolate just kept going.”

Like other shops worldwide, Royal Roastery seized the opportunity to createits own version of it last year. That’swhen social media inﬂuencers started tricklingin

that you publish. Please understand that thisisnot a complaintbut rather just a question outofcuriosity. Please keep your hintscoming! —Tom F., in Los Angeles Tom, we research a greatmany answers, and we even cook some of the recipes that people have sent in.There are oftentimes agreat number of answers to variousquestions, such as howtoget rid of cockroaches or how to remove certain stains. Ihavepublishedseveral books on householdhints, cooking,and many other questionsfrom readers, some of which go backas far as the 1950s. From all of us hereat Heloise Central, thankyou

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tobuy the bars andpost videos on TikTok, where they’d show off thecrisp shell and the cascade of pistachio cream that spills out after one bite.

Abdelghani says the casual videos inﬂuencerswould take in their cars, like Baretela’s, werethe onesthat drew in long lines. Thedemand pushed the business partners to expandthe shop last May,doublingits size to 5,000 square feet.

Now,the Royal Roastery team is building a7,000-foot store in Dallas, its biggestlocationyet.And Abdelghani is hoping to one dayopen ashop on Magazine Street,one of New Orleans’ most crowded retailthoroughfares

Theshop has also expanded its menu with coffee drinks, crepes and wafﬂes that incorporate the trendy chocolate and pistachio ﬂavors. And it added new delicacies beyond Dubaichocolate, handmade by askilled Syrian chef and adozen femalebakers.

Artistic desserts

Thedesserts are crafted with such precision and color that they resemble sculpturesratherthan confections in thedisplaycase.

The booza,a stretchy Arabic icecream,isfoldedinto airy clouds, and whole cookies are perched perfectly on the gelatos like aline of dominos.

Nearby are slices of baklava, crowned in chopped pistachios, andknafeh.

The pistachio cheesecake is an electric green, topped with strawberries or asmall Dubai chocolate bar, while ablanket of carameldrapes awhite cake adorned with whipped cream and Lotus Biscoffcookies.

On the top shelf are the

fruit-shaped pastries— lemons, strawberries, coconuts —modern, edible versions of trompel’oeil, the French art of “deceivingthe eye.” Abdelghani says the bakers devoted hours to learning how to perfectthe shapes. And still, even afterreachinga levelofmastery,it’sa lengthy process for the quasi-artists: Each fruit takes at leastthree hours to complete.

The blend of desserts from the Middle East,Chinaand Dubaihavedrawn adiverse clientele and people from other parts of thestate.

“When they trythe chocolates, when they try the delights, dried fruits, spices, they’re loving theculture.”

Akeeneye on trends

Just as thebakers have masteredthe art of precision, Abdelghani has mastered the art of trends.Scouring social mediaplatforms like Instagramand TikTok daily, he predicts which products will take holdofthe world

Thefruitpastries, an ironic blend of health andindulgence, are nothing new.Their popularity surgedafter the “Is It Cake?” trendexploded on TikTok,inspiring aNetﬂix baking series andprompting contentcreators to crafttheir own confectionsthat blurred the line between dessertsand everyday objects.

Andthe Dubai chocolate, created by aBritish-Egyptian engineer in 2021, still ﬁlls algorithms four years later, compared to most fads that emergeand eventually fade on social media.

Abdelghani knows which ones will notonly trend, but have staying power.

“Assoon as Isee something,” he says, “I can tellif it’sgoing to trend or not.”

Dear Annie: Iaman85-yearold widow living alone. I have threechildren, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. In years past when Iwas still driving, Iwould visit regularly and made it apoint to stayinvolved. Ihelped pay for camps,lessons, pageants, tutorsand even household expenses. Ihave always tried to be generous withboth my timeand resources Butlately,Ifeel the closeness we once had slipping away.For example, I sent my youngest granddaughter,acollege senior, acard and check for her birthday.She replied to atext confirming she received it, but she never thanked me. My daughter, who lives only two and a half hours away,has seen

me just once this year,and that wasatafuneral. She says her weekends are filled with great-grandchildren and time with a man she is dating. Icannot help but feel disappointed and resentful. Iwas there for her during apainful divorce, offering both financial and emotional support, and Inever imagined Iwould find myself in this position now.Myother two children remain supportive, but Imiss the closeness Ionce had with my daughter and grandchildren. Do you have any suggestions forhow Ican cope with these changes and find peace? —Lonely Mother and Grandmother Dear Lonely: Youhave poured so much love and support into your family, anditispainful when that is notacknowledgedorre-

turned.Itisnatural to feel disappointed,but remember that youcannot control your daughter’schoices or the path she is on.Whatyou can control is where you place your time andyourenergy. Continuetoreach outwith kindness, but avoidgiving morethanyou are comfortable with, especially if it leaves youfeeling unappreciated.Focusinstead on the people who value your presence —yourother children, your great-grandchildren, your friends andyourcommunity. Seek outactivities andgroups that bring you companionship andjoy Youhave already given morethan enough. Now is the timetoprotect your peace and allow yourself to receive the love and support that is offered to you. Send yourquestions forAnnie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

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Gelato is on offer at the RoyalRoasteryinTerrytown

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Think before you agree to participate. Refrain from taking on too much or exaggerating what you can do. Honesty will help you maintain the status quo and buy you time to develop or fine-tune your skills.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Distance yourself from anyone who wants to engage in a debate. Volatile situations can escalate rapidly, leaving you in a precarious position. When someone else goes low, you go high, and you'll win the battle.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Look for a unique outlet, and it will soothe your soul. Keep your distance from people who overreact, spend, indulge or tempt you with lavish behavior.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Learn, gain experience and explore your options. Participate in events that offer thoughtprovoking insights and exclusive information. Be direct, thoughtful and fair.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) You owe it to yourself and loved ones to chill and catch up. Attitude and gratitude will ground you and encourage realistic choices Choose peace over discord, and something good will come of it.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Keep moving. Choose discipline over overreaction or letting things get to you. What you accomplish will ease your stress and encourage you to do something nice for yourself.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Put your energy where it counts. Sign up for a cause you believe in, and the people you meet will

ignite your passion for your principles. Be the one to step up and make a difference.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Direct your energy wisely. An emotional outburst at the wrong time or place will jeopardize your position or reputation. Take care of domestic responsibilities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Change your perspective. A conversation or chance meeting will lead to a personal or physical change you've been considering. Update your appearance or persona.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) A timeout will give you a chance to digest what's coming down the pipeline. Be cautious about sharing your thoughts prematurely. A secretive approach to home and work is in your best interest.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Redirect your attention to domestic issues before someone close to you complains. Taking care of your responsibilities early will prevent the need to make additional compensations later in the day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Get organized, and you'll be able to deliver on your promises. An interesting change to how you earn or use your money will put you in a better position to negotiate and build the lifestyle you want to live.

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BY PHILLIP ALDER Bridge

Walter Lippmann,who originated the terms“ColdWar”and“stereotype,”said, “It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: Themusic is nothing if theaudience is deaf.” At the bridge table, the auction is nothing if theplayers are deaf to it.Thisdeal would be impossiblefor anyone whodid not remember thebidding; it would be testingfor someone whodid

HowshouldSouthplantheplayinthree no-trump? West leads his fourth-highest heart. East winswith his ace and returns the three, his original fourth-highest. (If he had started withonlythree hearts, he would have led back his higher remaining card in thesuit.)

Tobehonest,althoughitwasbesthere, IdisapproveofWest’sopeninglead.With no side-suit entry, he should have ledhis spade. (The last time Idid not lead partner’s suit, diamonds, they made three no-trump vulnerable instead of going down three.)

Southhaseighttoptricks:threespades, one heart and fourclubs. He does not have time to play on diamonds,somust get four spade tricks. Withsilent opponents, declarer would cash his ace and queen, but that does not rate to work here, needing West to have asingletonjack. Southshould hope that West has asingleton eight or nine. Declarer plays aclub to dummy’s10, then leads specifically the spade 10. If East plays low, Southrunsthe 10. If East covers withhis jack, declarer winswithhis ace (or queen) and happily notes the fall of theeight on his left. He returns to the dummy withaclub, plays aspade to his seven, and can claim.

Each Wuzzle is awordriddlewhich creates adisguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For example: nOOn gOOD =gOOD aFTErnOOn

Previous answers:

word game

InsTRucTIons: 1. Words must be of fourormore letters. 2. Words that acquire fourletters by the addition of “s,”such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3 additional words made by adding a“d” or an “s” may not be used. 4. proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit wordsare not allowed

ToDAY’s WoRD nosTRIL: NOSS-tril: Either fleshy wall of the nose.

Average mark21words

Time limit 40 minutes

Can you find 30 or morewords in NOSTRIL?

YEsTERDAY’s WoRD —cIVILIAns

wuzzles

loCKhorNs

marmaduKe

Bizarro

hagar the horriBle

Pearls Before swiNe

garfield

B.C.

PiCKles

hidato

mallard fillmore

dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. “Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

ken ken

InstructIons: 1 Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3 Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. HErE is a

WiShinG Well

Scrabble GramS

Get fuzzy

jump Start

roSe iS roSe animal crackerS

DuStin

Drabble

Wallace the brave

breWSter rockit

luann

Sealed bids will be re‐ceived forthe Stateof Louisianabythe Division of Administration and shallbedirectedtothe Office of Facility Planning andControl,1201 North ThirdStreet,Claiborne Office Building,Suite 7160, BatonRouge Louisiana, 70802 or P.O. Box94095, BatonRouge Louisiana, 70804-9095. Thedeadlinefor receipt of bids is 2:00 PM on Thursday,October 30, 2025, at whichtimebids will be opened andread aloudina public meeting in theClaiborne Office Building,Conference Room 1-145. FOR: Boiler Replacement CentralUtility Plant (CUP) University of NewOr‐leans NewOrleans,Louisiana PROJECTNUMBER: 19671-22-01, F.19002533 & 01-107-24-05, F.01004591 (Supplement)

Complete BiddingDocu‐

mentsfor this projectare availableinelectronic form.Theymay be ob‐tained withoutcharge andwithout depositfrom City Blueprintand Supply Company(www.cityblu eprint.com). Printed copies arenot available from theDesignerbut arrangements canbe made to obtain them throughmostrepro‐graphic ﬁrms. Plan hold‐ersare responsiblefor theirown reproduction costs.

Questionsabout this pro‐cedure shallbedirected to theDesignerat: CrumbEngineering, LLC 4609 FairﬁeldStreet Metairie,LA70006 Telephone: 504-455-4450 E-mail:jcrumb@crumben gineering.com

Allbidsshall be accom‐panied by bidsecurityin an amount of ﬁve per‐cent (5.0%) of thesum of thebasebid andall al‐ternates.The form of this security shallbeas stated in theInstructions to Biddersincludedin theBid Documentsfor this project.

ThesuccessfulBidder shallberequiredtofur‐nish aPerformance and PaymentBondwrittenas describedinthe Instruc‐tionstoBidders included in theBid Documentsfor this project.

APRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 10:00 AM on Thursday October16, 2025 at University of NewOr‐leans, Earl K. Long Li‐brary, Room 407, 6657 FoundersRoad, NewOr‐leans, LA 70140. Bids shallbeaccepted from Contractorswho arelicensedunder LA R.S. 37:2150-2192 forthe classiﬁcation of Mechan‐ical.Bidderisrequiredto comply with provisions andrequirementsofLA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No bid maybewithdrawn for a period of forty-ﬁve (45) days after receiptof bids,exceptunder the provisions of LA.R.S 38:2214.

TheOwner reserves the righttorejectany andall bids forjustcause.Inac‐cordance with La.R.S 38:2212(B)(1), theprovi‐sionsand requirements of this Sectionand those stated in thebidding documentsshall notbe waived by anyentity. When this projectis ﬁ‐nanced either partially or entirely with StateBonds or ﬁnanced in wholeorin part by federalorother fundswhich arenot readilyavailable at the time bids arereceived, theaward of this Con‐tractiscontingentupon thegrantingoflines of credit,orthe sale of bondsbythe Bond Com‐missionorthe availabil‐ityoffederal or other funds. TheState shall incurnoobligationtothe Contractor until theCon‐tractBetween Ownerand Contractor is fullyexe‐cuted.

Facility Planning and Controlisa participantin theSmall Entrepreneur‐ship (SE) Program (the Hudson Initiative)and theVeteran-Owned and Service-ConnectedDis‐abledVeteran-Owned (LaVet)Small Entrepre‐neurshipsProgram.Bid‐ders areencouragedto consider participation. Informationisavailable from theOfﬁce of Facility Planning andControl or on itswebsite at https:// www.doa.la.gov/doa/ fpc/ If youhavea disability andwould like to request an accommodation in ordertoparticipate in this meeting, please con‐tact ChristinaCardona at Christina.Cardona@la govor(225) 342-6060 as soon as possible butno laterthan48hours be‐fore thescheduled meet‐ing.

Construction.Bidderis required to comply

provisions andrequire‐mentsofLARS37:2165 andLA. R.S.38:2212(B)(5). No bidmay be with‐drawnfor aperiodof forty-ﬁve (45) calendar days after receiptof bids,exceptunder the provisions of LA.R.S 38:2214.

of theBaseBid andall Al‐ternates,and must be in theformofa certiﬁed check, cashier'scheck or Owner’sBid Bond Form AnyBid Bond must com‐plywithLAR.S.38:2218 and LA R.S. 38:2122B2 ThesuccessfulBidder shallberequiredtofur‐nish aPerformance Bond anda PaymentBond writtenbya companyli‐censed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equalto100% of theCon‐tractamount.Otherwise, thesuretybondmust comply with thestate Public BidLaw (asde‐ﬁnedbyLAR.S 38:2182(A)). AMANDATORY

TheOwnerreservesthe righttorejectany andall bids forjustcause,in‐cluding(withoutimita‐tion)asillustrativelyde‐ﬁnedinLa. R.S. 38:2214(B). In accordance with La.R.S.38:2212(B) (1), theprovisionsand requirements of La.R.S 38:2212 andthose stated in thesebidding docu‐mentsshall notbe waived.The ownershall incurnoobligationtothe Contractor until theCon‐tractbetween Ownerand Contractor is fullyexe‐cuted.

To participateinthe elec‐tronic submittalofbids, please seeInstructions to Biddersand

for the Parish of

RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND ONTHE CONDO‐MINIUMPLAT, ANNEXED THERETO, WHICH SAID UNIT NO 35C INCLUDES OWNERSHIP OF ANUNDIVIDED (FRAC‐TIONAL/PER‐CENTAGE) IN‐TERESTINTHE COMMONELE‐MENTS OF THE CONDOMINIUM ANDWHICH UNITAND COM‐MON ELEMENTS ARE SITUATED UPONTHE PROPERTY SUB‐JECTEDTOTHE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION, BEINGTHAT PORTION OF GROUND SIT‐UATED IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OR‐LEANS,AND BEINGMORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBEDAS FOLLOWS,TO WIT: THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUMS

THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUMS PARCELINTHE RIVERBEND CONDOMINI‐UMS, AS CREATEDBYDE‐CLARATION CREATING AND ESTABLISHING PROPERTY AND REGIME, DATEDAUGUST 25, 1982,REGIS‐TERED IN COB 783A,FOLIO 878, ESSEQ., AS RAT‐IFIED BY INSTRUMENT DATED SEPTEM‐BER 17,1982, REGISTEREDIN COB 783B,FOLIO 227, NOTARIAL ARCHIVES NUM‐BER 466865 PARISHOFOR‐LEANS LOUISIANA, AF‐FECTING LOTS 14, 17A, 18A,17B,18, 19, 20, 21,8,7 AND PART11, SQUARE40, AND LOTSA AND B, SQUARE 39 7TH DISTRICT OFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, MOREFULLY DESCRIBEDIN THE AFORESAID DECLARATION CREATING AND ESTABLISHING CONDOMINIM PROPERTY REGIME,BEING UNITNO. 35C. WRIT AMOUNT: $16,228.57

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 20 LAWOFFICES JACKSON &MCPHERSON, L.L.C504 581 9444

TheN.O.Advo‐cateDate (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $154.41

PUBLIC NOTICESALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND BEARING MU‐NICIPAL NO 10731 WILLOW‐BRAEDR,THIS CITY, IN THE MATTTERENTI‐TLED: SUNRE‐ALTY, LLC. AS ASSIGNEEOF SUN FINANCE COMPANY LLC FKA SUNFI‐NANCE COMPANY, INC. VERSUSTHE UN‐OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF RA

Seized in the above suit, TERMS -CASH. Thepurchaser atthe moment ofadjudication tomakea de‐posit of tenper‐centofthe pur‐chase price,and th b l p , thebalance withinthirty daysthereafter Note: Thepay‐mentmustbe Cash, Cashier's Check,Certiﬁed Check or Money Order.NoPer‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING.

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FLOOD PROTECTION AUTHORITY –WEST (SLFPA-W) Minutes of the Regular BoardMeeting Tuesday, August 19,2025

The SLFPA-W Board of Commissionersmet at approximately 4:00 P.M., Tuesday,August 19,2025atthe SLFPA-W –Office –Board Room, 7001 River Road, Marrero, Louisiana

Mr.Burke called the public meeting to order anddirected Mr Gauthé to call the roll.

Commissioners in attendanceatthe SLFPA-W –Office –Board Room: Mr.Ardoin, Mr.Burke, Mr.Fogle, Mr.Gauthé, andMr. Robinson. Mr.Galloway was absent

Mr.Burke led all in attendancein thePledgeofAllegiance

It was movedbyMr. Gauthé, seconded by Mr.Robinson,and unanimously approvedbythe Commissioners in attendanceto affirm the agenda as presented.

It was moved by Mr.Burke,secondedbyMr. Gauthé, and unanimously approved by theCommissionersinattendanceto accept and approve the minutes of theJuly29, 2025 regular board meeting. There were no public comments.

Mr.Burke presented thePresident’s Report forthe month of August.

Mr.Gauthé reportedonthe activities,meetings, andissuesof theAdministration Committee during themonth of August.

Mr.Robinson reported on the activities, meetings, and issues of the Operations andMaintenance Committee during the month of August.

In Mr.Noel’sabsence, Mr.Bosch presented the Regional Director’sReport forthe month of August. Mr.Bordelon presented notice of intent to amend theSLFPA-W Bylaws. It was moved by Mr.Gauthé, seconded by Mr.Fogle, and unanimously approvedbythe Commissionersinattendanceto approve bills for payment for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority –West, West Jefferson Levee District, and Algiers LeveeDistrict. The vote on the motion wasasfollows:

YEAS: Mr.Ardoin, Mr.Fogle, Mr.Gauthé, Mr.Robinson

NAYS: None

ABSTAINED: None

ABSENT: Mr.Galloway RECUSED: None VACANCY:One

It was moved by Mr.Gauthé, seconded by Mr.Fogle, and unanimously approvedbythe Commissioners in attendance toauthorize the Secretary –Treasurer andPresidenttoreview andapprove the 2024-2025 audit of theAuthority,and to execute any documents required to evidenceBoard approval. The vote on the motion was as follows:

YEAS: Mr.Ardoin, Mr.Fogle, Mr.Gauthé, Mr.Robinson

NAYS: None

ABSTAINED: None

ABSENT:Mr. Galloway RECUSED: None VACANCY:One

NAYS: None

ABSTAINED: None ABSENT:Mr.

Election”),and thatatthe Election there will besubmitted to allregisteredvoters in the Districtqualified andentitled to vote at the Election under the Constitution andLaws of the State of Louisiana(the State”) andthe Constitutionofthe United States, the following proposition to-wit: WEST JEFFERSONLEVEE DISTRICT PROPOSITION (RENEWAL) Shallthe West Jefferson Levee District(the “District”) be authorizedtorenew the levy andcollection of a special taxoffourand seventy-five hundredths (4.75) mills on all property subject to taxation in said District (the “Tax”) (an estimated $6,551,596reasonably expectedatthe time to be collected for an entire year)for aperiodoften (10) years beginning with the year 2028,and ending with theyear2037; andshall the revenues or proceeds of the Taxbededicated andusedfor the purposes of constructing, raising, armoring andmaintaininglevees, andfor the repair rehabilitation andreplacementofcapital projectsfor purposes of flood andhurricaneprotection including theBayou SegnetteComplex, Harvey SectorGate Complexand the District’sshare of the West Closure Complex; including payments requiredinconnection withdebtobligations incurredfor anyofthe above capital projects?

Thesaid Election will be held at the following polling placessituated withinthe District, which pollswillopenat seveno’clock (7:00) a.m., andclose at eighto’clock (8:00) p.m., in accordancewiththe provisionsofLa. R.S. 18:541, to-wit:

PRECINCT POLL PLACENAME &LOCATION

G001 Jefferson Parish General Government Bldg 200DerbignySt. 1st Floor,Gretna LA 70053

G002 David Crockett SteamFire Co.No. 1 323WeidmanSt., GretnaLA70053

G003 RuppelAcademy 815Huey P. LongAve Gretna, 70053

G004 Gretna#2Kindergarten 701AmeliaSt., GretnaLA70053

G005 William S. Hart Elementary School 2001 Hancock St.,Gretna LA 70053

G006 WilliamS.Hart Elementary School 2001 Hancock St.,Gretna LA 70053

G007 WilliamS.Hart Elementary School 2001 Hancock St.,Gretna LA 70053

G008 Frederick Douglass Elementary School 1400 Huey P. LongAve., GretnaLA70053

G009 David Crockett SteamFire Co.#47 700Gretna Blvd.,Gretna LA 70053

G010 GretnaLibrary 102Willow Drive, Gretna, LA 70053

G011 GretnaParkElementary School 1130 GretnaBlvd Gretna LA 70053

G012 TimberlaneCountry Club/Cafe Hope 700Lapalco Blvd.,Gretna LA 70056

G013 TimberlaneCountry Club/Cafe Hope 700Lapalco Blvd.,Gretna LA 70056

W001 WestwegoVolunteer Fire Co #92 Columbus Ave. &Ave. B, WestwegoLA 70094

W002 WestwegoVolunteer Fire Co #92C olumbus Ave. &Ave.B,WestwegoLA70094

W003 WestwegoEMS Station 677AvenueH,Westwego, LA 70094

W004 WestwegoEMS Station 677AvenueH,Westwego, LA 70094

W005 Isaac Joseph Elementary School 1525 Spruce St., WestwegoLA70094

W006 Louis Marrero Park Gymnasium 1200 Avenue D, WestwegoLA70094

W007 Louis Marrero Park Gymnasium 1200 Avenue D, WestwegoLA70094

150A Waggaman Playground 516DandelionSt., WaggamanLA70094

150B Waggaman Playground 516DandelionSt., WaggamanLA70094

151 Lucile Cherbonnier /Norbert Rillieux

Byvirtueof a WritofSeizure and Sale di‐rectedtomeby the Honorable JudgesofCivil DistrictCourt forthe Parish of l i h

CITY OF HARAHAN LEGALS

PALDISTRICT SUBDIVISION: BARRINGTON ACQMIN: 1191239 WRIT AMOUNT:

$29,345.79

Seized in the above suit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment ofadjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans BD 23 TITLEMANAGE‐MENT GROUP INC504-834-2977 MICHAELD TROENDLE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $93.54

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 901 03 05 07 PIETY STREET,THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED: CITY OF NEWOR‐LEANSVERSUS 901PIETY STREET LLCAND JEFFREY S. HARRISON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2021-7931

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of Civil District Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoorofthe Civil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGINGORIN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING SITUATED IN THETHIRD DIS‐TRICTOFTHIS CITY,INSQUARE BOUNDEDBY PIETY, DESIRE RAMPARTAND BURGUNDY STREETS, MEA‐SURING THIRTY FOUR FEET,FOUR INCHES AND THREELINES FRONTONPIETY STREET,BY ONEHUNDRED TWENTY FEET IN DEPTHAND FRONTONBUR‐GUNDYSTREET, FORTYSIX FEET IN DEPTHTHE SIDE LINETO‐WARDSRAM‐PARTSTREET, THENCE TWOFEET, SIX INCHES ON A PARALLEL LINE TO PIETY STREET,RUN‐NING IN THE DIRECTIN OF BURGUNDY STREET,THENCE ASECOND DEPTHONSAID SIDE LINE OF SEVENTYFOUR FEET NO INCHES NO LINES TO THEREARLINE WHICHREAR LINE

LINE HASA WIDTHOF THRITY ONE FEET,TEN INCHES AND THREELINES, AND WHICH SAID PIECEOF GROUND IS DES‐IGNATEDBYTHE NOS. ONEAND FOURTEEN A, ON A SKETCH MADE BY E. PILIE, SUR‐VEYOR, DATED OCTOBER 21, 1889,AND IS COMPOSED OF THEWHOLD ORIGINAL LOT NO.ONE,WHICH FORMSTHE CORNER OF PIETYAND BURGUNDY STREET,AND TWOFEET,SIX INCHES FRONTING ON PIETYSTREET TO THEDEPTH OF FORTYSIX FEET ON THELINEAD‐JOININGLOT NO ONE OF THELOT DESIGNATED BY THENO. FOUR‐TEEN A. THAT PORTION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THETHIRD DIS‐TRICTOFTHIS CITY,INSQUARE NO. 285, BOUNDEDBY PIETY, DESIRE, BURGUNDY AND RAMPART STREETS, DESIGNATED BY THENO. FOUR‐TEEN ON A SKETCH MADE BY EDGARPILIE, SURVEYOR,AND ANNEXEDTOAN ACTPASSEDBE‐FORE JAMES FAHEY, LATE NO‐TARY IN THIS CITY,ON THE14THOF SEPTEMBER, 1892; SAID LOT IS TO BE TAKEN AT A DISTANCE OF THRITY FOUR FEET,FOUR INCHES AND

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THEPORTOF NEW ORLEANS MINUTES OF THEREGULAR BOARD MEETING THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025

AREGULAR MEETING OF THEBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE PORTOFNEW ORLEANS, HELD IN THEFIRST FLOOR AUDITORIUM AT ITS OFFICE LOCATED AT 1350 PORTOFNEW ORLEANS PLACE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, WASCALLEDTOORDER BY CHAIRMAN MICHAEL A. THOMAS AT 1:43 PM.

MEMBERS Michael A. Thomas, Chairman

PRESENT: Jeanne E. Ferrer,Secretary-Treasurer

Walter J. Leger, Jr Member

James J. Carter, Jr Member

Darryl D. Berger, Member

Todd P. Murphy,Member

MEMBER Sharonda R. Williams, Vice-Chair

ABSENT:

STAFF:

B. Branch, President &Chief Executive Officer

L. Marino, Chief of Staff& External Affairs

J. Escudier,Chief LegalOfficer

Chief M. Montroll, Harbor Police Department

G.Brown, Vice-President,People &Culture

C. Gilmore, Vice-President,Engineering &Program Management

C. Labat, Director,Procurement

S. Gauthier,Vice-President,Cruise

Lt.C.Clark, Jr Harbor Police Department

S. Abu Naser,Controller

N. Barranco,Prime Consultant

M. Scelson, General Counsel

N. Dietzen, StaffAttorney

A. Dawson, Director,EmergencyManagement

K. Gilmore, Director,Real Estate

M. Sulser,Manager,Engineering

E. Lecompte, Manager,Environmental

B. Skaggs, Manager,Environmental

A. Romanov,Manager,Engineering

E. Loniello, DeputyDirector,Crane TerminalOperations

B. Bailey,Information Technology Specialist

M. Austin, Information Technology Specialist

D. Feraci, Engineering

K. Chinn, Procurement

J. Moran, Procurement

A. Randolph, Manager,Communications &Community Engagement

K. Curth,Press Secretary

K. Mills, Government &Community Affairs Manager

M. Singley,Executive StaffOfficer J.Fields, Marketing &CommunicationsOfficer

GUESTS: T. Bryant, NOPB

C. Kocur,NOPB

A. Thompson,Holy Cross Neighborhood Association

N. Pasache, Holy Cross Lower9

J. Wittenbrink, Holy Cross Lower9

P. T. West, EJES, Inc.

C. Nick, Holy Cross Lower 9

H. Perez, Holy Cross Neighborhood Association

P. Murrano, Holy Cross NeighborhoodAssociation

E. L. Thompson, Holy Cross NeighborhoodAssociation

J. French, Stopthe Grain Train

E. Madison, HolyCross Lower 9

C. Hammond,ILA

T. Rezende, Holy Cross Lower 9

L. Guiza, GEC Many Heymann, EC

C. O’Brien, Royal Engineers &Consultants, L.L.C.

R. Klare, Royal Engineers &Consultants, L.L.C.

H. Albert, Royal Engineers &Consultants, L.L.C.

C. Smith, Royal Engineers &Consultants, L.L.C.

L. Charbonet, CFS

I. Roll Call &Determination of Quorum

INCHES AND THREELINES FROM THE CORNER OF BURGUNDY AND PIETYSTREETS ANDMEASURES TWENTY NINE FEET

ANDSIX INCHES FRONTONPIETY STREET,THRITY TWOFEET IN WIDTHINTHE REAR, BY ADEPTH ON THESIDELINE TOWARDSRAM‐PART STREET,OF ONEHUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET

ANDONTHE OTHERSIDE LINE, SAID LOT HASA FIRSYT

DEPTHOF FORTYSIX FEET AT WHICH POINTIT

WIDENS TO TO‐WARDSBUR‐GUNDYSTREET, TWO FEET ANDSIX

INCHES AND SECOND DEPTH OF SEVENTY FOUR FEET

IMPROVEMENTS ON THEPROP‐ERTIES DE‐

SCRIBEDABOVE BEAR MUNICI‐PALNOS 901 03 05 07

PIETYSTREET

WRIT AMOUNT:

$16,629.56

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 1 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504 658 4346 LATEEFAH HAR‐RIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025

aug27-oct1-2t $189.35

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 140 ENGLISHTURN, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:BANK OF LOUISIANA VERSUS JWHIT‐NEYPROPER‐TIES,LLC,JASON WHITNEYJACK‐SONAND KA‐MALA BAKER JACKSON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5467

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected tomeby theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITU‐ATED IN THE FIFTHDISTRICT OF THECITYOF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF OR‐LEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF‐KNOWNASENG‐

KNOWN AS ENG LISHTURN MANORS SUBDI‐VISION,DESIG‐NATEDASLOT 11 THEREOF, WHICHLOT IS LOCATEDAS FOLLOWS: COM‐MENCEATTHE INTERSECTION OF THELINE COMMONTO ENGLISHTURN SUBDIVISION, PHASE4,SEC‐TION 1AND ENGLISHTURN MANORS WITH THESOUTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINEOFENG‐LISH TURN DRIVE, THEPOINT OF BEGINNING. MEASURE THENCE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION ALONGTHE SOUTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINEOFENG‐LISHTURN DRIVE ALONGTHE ARC OF ACURVE TO THELEFTHAV‐INGA RADIUS OF 642.38' THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARSS56 DE‐GREES 10 MIN‐UTES 03 SEC‐ONDS E, 157.83' ADISTANCEOF 85.83';THENCE 2S6DEGREES 46 33 SECONDSW 184.08';THENCE N63DEGREES 13 MINUTES27 SECONDSW 161' TO APOINT ON THELINECOM‐MONTOENG‐LISHTURN SUBDIVISION, PHASE4,SEC‐TION 1AND ENGLISHTURN MANORS; THENCE ALONG SAID COMMON LINEN47 DE‐GREES 47 MIN‐UTES 38 SEC‐ONDS E213.60' TO APOINT ON THESOUTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINEOFENG‐LISHTURN DRIVE, THE POINTOF BEGINNING. IMPROVEMENTS THEREONBEAR MUNICIPAL140 ENGLISHTURN DRIVE; NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131

WRIT AMOUNT: $119,090.19

Following arollcall of Boardmembers, Chairman Thomas confirmed aquorum and called the meeting to order at 1:43 p.m.

Commissioner Leger joined the meeting at 1:47 p.m.

II. Public Comment

Chairman Thomas calledfor publiccomment and Ms.Singley announced that eight (8) individuals had requested to make public comment on mattersnot listed on the agenda.

Prior to inviting the speakers to the podium, Ms.Singley read the Board’spubliccomment parameters.

Cheryl Nicks, Peter Murano, Amanda Thompson, JulieFrench, Ethan Madison, Jeffrey Wittenbrink, Jonathan Brown, and BettePerez expressed opposition to the lease agreement withSunrise Foods International, Inc., the establishment of an organic grain terminal at the Alabo Street wharf, and the rehabilitation of the raillines along Alabo Street.

III. Reportbythe President and ChiefExecutive Officer

Ms.Branch provided an overview of the July2025 volumes and productivitystatisticsaswell as asummaryofthe month’shighlights. She also congratulated Commissioner Carter on his recent election as President of the National BarAssociation

IV.Approvalofthe Meeting Minutes for July 2025

Chairman Thomas calledfor amotiontoapprove the publicmeeting minutes for July2025, as previouslycirculated. CommissionerBerger movedtoaccept the minutes and Commissioner Ferrer seconded. MOTIONCARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

V. ActionItems:

A. Acceptance of the Consolidated FinancialStatements forJuly 2025

Ms.Barranco presented the consolidated financial statements for the monthofJuly, acopy of whichismade apart of these minutes. Commissioner Carter movedtoapprove the consolidated financial statements and Commissioner Ferrer seconded. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

B. Consider Approval of aResolution Authorizing the President and ChiefExecutive OfficertoEnter into aContract withRoyal Engineersand Consultants,L.L.C.,toProvide Construction Management Services for the Louisiana InternationalTerminal Project,for aPeriod of Three Years withTwo, Two-Year Renewal Options, in an Amount NottoExceed $30,000,000 for the Full Contract Term

Mr.Chris Gilmorepresented and recommended approval of the resolution. Commissioner Murphy movedtoapprove the resolutionand Commissioner Leger seconded. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

C. Consider Approval of aResolution Awarding aContract to CompleteRoofing,LLC in the Amount of $1,286,600 for the Nashville-Napoleon Terminal Complex Cranes8and 9Trolley Rail Replacement

Ms.Loniellopresented and recommended approval of the resolution. Commissioner Leger movedtoapprove the resolution andCommissioner Murphy seconded. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make a de‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 33 NEWMAN MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE, APLC 504 837 9040 JEFFREYM TOEPFER

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $140.65

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2600 GRAVIER STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FED‐ERAL HOME LOAN MORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS FALSTAFF ASSO‐CIATES, LLCAND KEN‐NETH VITOR

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-11018

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by the Honorable

Honorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: PARCEL 1– POR‐TION OF SQUARE 586 ACERTAIN POR‐TION OF GROUND,SITU‐ATED IN THE STATEOF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS, FIRST MUNICIPAL DIS‐TRICT, CITY OF NEWORLEANS, DESIGNATED AS PORTIONOF SQUARE 586, OUNDED BY SOUTHBROAD STREET (SIDE) GRAVIER STREET,SOUTH DORGENOIS STREET AND PERDIDO STREET ANDIS MORE FULLY DESCRIBEDAS FOLLOWS: BEGINATTHE INTERSECTINOF THESOUTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE OF GRAVIER STREET AND THEWESYTERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE OF SOUTH DORGENOIS STREET, BEINGMARKED BY AN IRON ROD (SET): THENCE, PRO‐CEED ALONG THEAFORESAID WESTERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE,INA SOUTHWEST‐ERLY DIREC‐TION,A DIS‐TANCEOF448.97 FEET TO POINT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THEAFORE‐SAID WESTERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE ANDTHE NORTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE OF PER‐DIDO STREET; THENCE,TURN AN INTERIOR ANGLETOTHE

ANGLE TO THE LEFT OF 99?

33’25” ANDPRO‐CEED IN A NORTHWEST‐ERLY DIREC‐TION,ALONG THEAFORESAID NORTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE,A DIS‐TANCEOF200.60 FEET TO A POINT, MARKED BY ACROSS (FOUND); THENCE,TURN AN INTERIOR ANGLETOTHE LEFT OF 80? 26’35” ANDPRO‐CEED IN A NORTHEAST‐ERLY DIREC‐TION,A DIS‐TANCEOF448.97 FEET TO A POINTONTHE SOUTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE AT GRAVIER STREET, MARKED BY AN IRON ROD (FOUND) THENCE,TURN AN INTERIOR ANGLETOTHE LEFT OF 99? 33’25” ANDPRO‐CEED IN A SOUTHEAST‐ERLY DIREC‐TION,ALONG THEAFORESAID SOUTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE,A DIS‐TANCEOF200.60 FEET TO A POINT, MARKED BY AN IRON ROD (SET), BEING THEPOINT OF BEGINNING, WHICHFORMS AN INTERIOR ANGLEOF80? 26’35” THEABOVE DE‐SCRIBEDPOR‐TION OF GROUND CON‐TAINS88,814.97 SQUARE FEET OR 2.039 ACRES. ALLINACCOR‐DANCEWITHA PLAN OF SUR‐VEYBYKREBS LASALLE, LEMEIUXCON‐SULTANTS,INC SIGNED BY C. RANDALL DIXON, REGIS‐TERED PROFESSIONAL LAND SUR‐VEYOR, DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2006. PARCEL 2– LOT 34 A ACERTAIN POR‐TION OF GROUND,SITU‐ATED IN THE STATEOF

E. Consider Approval of aResolution Authorizingthe President and Chief Executive Officer to Execute an Amendment to the Lease with American CruiseLines, Inc. for the Property Located at 7300-C Jourdan Road, New Orleans,Louisiana, to AddaFive-Year RenewalOption.

Mr.Kyle Gilmore presented andrecommended approvalofthe resolution.Commissioner Carter movedtoapprove theresolution andCommissioner Berger seconded. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

VI. Appointment of the Nominating Committee

In preparation for thechangingofBoardofficers that will occurat theend of theSeptemberBoardmeetings, Chairman Thomas appointed CommissionersMurphy, Carter andWilliams to serve as theNominatingCommittee. TheNominatingCommitteewill meet beforethe Septemberregularmeeting, andwill provide aproposed ballot of officers to be approvedbythe full Board during theregular meeting. Commissioner Murphy will serve as Chairofthe Nominating Committee.

VII. Closed Executive Session Convened in Accordance with La R.S.42:17A(2),toDiscussthe Matters Entitled:

• Coastal Cargo Company, L.L.C. v. BoardofCommissioners of thePortofNew Orleans,Docket No.2023-2511, pending before the Civil DistrictCourtfor the ParishofOrleans, State of Louisiana.

• St.Bernard ParishSchool Boardv.BoardofCommissionersof thePortofNew Orleans,Docket No.24-0892, pending before the 34th JudicialDistrictCourtfor the ParishofSt. Bernard, State of Louisiana.

St.Bernard ParishGovernment v. BoardofCommissionersof thePortofNew Orleans,Docket No.23-1006, pending before the 34th JudicialDistrictCourtfor the Parish of St.Bernard, State of Louisiana.

Chairman Thomas read theagenda items aloud andcalled for amotion to enterintoa closed executive session, convenedinaccordancewith La R.S. 42:17(A)(2) to discuss theabove matters.

Commissioner Ferrer movedtoenterintoaclosed executive session andCommissioner Legerseconded. The MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY andthe Board enteredintoclosed executive session at 2:14 p.m.

Followingthe conclusion of thediscussion, Chairman Thomas called for amotion to endthe closed executive session andreturntothe open meeting. Commissioner Ferrer movedtoend theclosed executive session andCommissioner Legerseconded. The MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY andthe

D. Consider Approval of aResolution Authorizing the President and ChiefExecutive OfficertoExecute an Amendment to the Berthing Agreement withNCL (Bahamas) Ltd. d/b/a Norwegian Cruise Line. Mr.Gauthier presented and recommended approval of the resolution.Commissioner Ferrer movedtoapprove theresolution andCommissioner Carter seconded. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

MOMENT OF AD JUDICATION Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 35 QUINTAIROS PRIETO, WOOD &BOYER P.A. BRIANW HAR‐RELL

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $249.70

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 6801 MAYO ROAD THIS CITY,IN THE MATTER ENTITLED:CITY OF NEWOR‐LEANSVERSUS SIDNEY PAYNE, JR.,AND LOVE‐TOUCH MIN‐ISTRIES, INC.

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2019-7912

(241.10 FEET)TOA POINTON THEWESTERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINEOFSOUTH DORGENOIS STREET; THENCE,TURN AN INTERIOR ANGLETOTHE LEFT OF 80?26’ ANDPROCEED IN A SOUTHWEST‐ERLY DIREC‐TION,ALONG THEAFORESAID WESTERLY RIGHTOFWAY LINE, ADIS‐TANCEOF 212.3.7 (212.32 FEET)TOTHE POINTOFBE‐GINNING, WHICH FORMSANINTE‐RIOR ANGLEOF 99?34’ THEABOVE DE‐SCRIBEDPOR‐TION OF GROUND CON‐TAINS37,042.90 SQUARE FEET OR 0.850 ACREAS ALLINACCOR‐DANCEWITHA PLAN OF RESUB‐DIVISION OF RICHMOND W. KREBS, DATEDJULY12, 2007. ON OCTOBER1, 2009, THEORIGI‐NALLENDER ANDFREDDIE MACEXECUTED AN ASSIGNMENT OF MULTIFAMILY MULTIPLEIN‐

CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED:NA‐TIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS TRUL‐ISHA FORTHNER CRAWFORD A/K/ATRULISHA F. CRAWFORD A/K/A TRULISHA CRAWFORD AND TERRENCEL CRAWFORD A/K/ATER‐RENCECRAW‐FORD

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-6882

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025,at12:00 o'clock noon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 11037 CHAUCER STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127 LOT1,SQUARE F, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 972281 WRIT AMOUNT: $281,900.23

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH

Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING

6801MAYO ROAD,NEW OR‐LEANS, LA LOT28-A, SQUARE 1, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1249615 WRIT AMOUNT: $40,231.46

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, ParishofOr‐leans

GH 1 City of NewOr‐leans504-6584262

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

o clock noon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

1110 SHIRLEY DRIVE, NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70114

LOT5,SQUARE 2, FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1177539 WRIT AMOUNT: $68,007.87

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 13

LawFirm: DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318-388-1440

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 13419 DWYERROAD, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTER ENTITLED: MORTGAGE AS‐SETS MANAGE‐MENT,LLC VER‐SUSCECILEMA‐DRENEHOULE‐MARD A/K/ACE‐CILE M. HOULE‐MARD A/K/ACECILE HOULEMARD, HEIR OF SYLVESTERLEO THOMPSON

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 5 THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK JR.,LLC 225-756-0373

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS1110 SHIRLEYDRIVE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:PEN‐NYMACLOAN SERVICES,LLC VERSUS PATRICKO CALLAHANAND KARENC CALLAHAN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-2334

Parish of Or leans

GH 29

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,LLC 225-756-0373

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS120002 MILTON STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTITLED: WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A.VER‐SUSDONALDE WILLIAMS,JR., IN HISCAPACITY AS ADMINIS‐TRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF DONALD E. WILLIAMS,SR. A/K/ADONALD E. WILLIAMS,SR. A/K/ADONALD WILLIAMS,SR. A/K/ADONALD E. WILLIAMS A/K/ADONALD WILLIAMS

TITLED: FREE DOMMORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS RALPHM.PRICE CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-12600

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil DistrictCourt forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4508 MARQUE DR NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70128 LOT2 AND SQUARE 1 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT DONA VILLA SUBDIVISION MIN:1262225 WRIT AMOUNT: $123,942.63

4965 SANDAL‐WOOD STREET LOT23, SQUARE 18, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT LAKELAND ACRESADDI‐TION SUBDIVI‐SION ACQUIRED MIN 1253843 WRIT AMOUNT: $142,734.82

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 10 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY EMOR‐RIS

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 8 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYG YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $91.95

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

$5,723,280.30 Seized

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-2827

By virtueof a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 13419 DWYER ROAD, NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70129 LOT330, SQUARE 36, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 604614 WRIT AMOUNT: $125,179.49

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1200-02 MILTON STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 LOT 24A, SQUARE 2498, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1022245 WRIT AMOUNT: $105,502.41

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 12

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCEHLC.AD‐COCK JR, LLC 225-756-0373

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 11 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐RIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4965 SANDALWOOD STREET,THIS CITY IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:FREE‐DOMMORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS BARBARAANN JONESAND KIM MARIEJONES AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRA‐TORS OF THE SUCCESSION OF WALTER LEE JONESAND REBECCAFAIR‐FAXJONES

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2022-5492

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025

aug27-oct1-2t $93.54

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1639 ARTS ST,CITY OF NEWOR‐LEANS, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:U.S BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR RCAF ACQUISI‐TION TRUST VERSUS FREE‐MANHOMES LLC

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-4623

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3633 FRANKLIN AV‐ENUE,THISCITY, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:PLANET HOME LENDING, LLCVERSUS NICOLE LASHAE JONES CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-452 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 3633 FRANKLIN AV NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70122 LOT: 1, SQUARE: 14 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1396936 EDGEWOOK PARK WRIT AMOUNT: $374,245.81

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 7 DEAN MORRIS LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐RIS TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $87.71

HOLDINGS LA, LLC

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-1000

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 5737 WICKFIELD DR NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70122 LOT10, SQUARE 4 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQ MIN:1399475 WRIT AMOUNT: $148,400.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 5 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYG YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $90.36

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1639 ARTS ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOTC -SQUARE 741 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1399375 WRIT AMOUNT: $164,375.00

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 7114 HAYNES BD CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:THE SOLOMON FOUNDATION VERSUS CRES‐CENT CITY CHURCH OF CHRIST CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3598

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS11037 CHAUCER STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025

OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4508 MARQUE DR CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FREE‐

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5737 WICKFIELD DRIVE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CTP FUNDINGCOR‐PORATION, F/K/ACTP FUN‐DIDNG, LLCVER‐SUSHOME ACROBATICS, LLC, ALVINBUT‐LERAND REAL INVESTOR HOLDINGS LA,

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 7114 HAYNES BD NEWORLEANS, LA 70126 LOTS 19, 20 &21 -SQUAREC 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1265922 WRIT AMOUNT: $342,045.51 Seized in the

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 3 CHRISTOVICH& KEARNEY, LLP 504-593-4381 FRED S. BOUGHTON

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $87.71

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1005 MARIGNY STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED: CHARTRES EQ‐UITY GFROUP, L.L.C. VERSUS OLDE TOWNE MANAGEMENT LLC

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-4631 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onOctober 2, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1005 MARIGNY ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70117 LOT: G, SQUARE: 372 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT WRIT AMOUNT: $165,000.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH37 THESILVER‐STEINLAW FIRM,APLC504362-3692 IRLR.SILVER‐STEIN

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1463 HENRIETTE DELILLE ST,CITY OF NEWORLEANS, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:BANK OF LOUISIANA VERSUS JWHIT‐NEY PROPER‐TIES,LLC JASONWHITNEY JACKSONAND KAMALA BAKER JACKSON CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5467

LOT11A2SQUARE 382

3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1362932 WRIT AMOUNT: $119,090.19

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 32

NEWMAN MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE APLC 504-8379040

JEFFREY M. TOEPFER

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $90.89

PUBLICNOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3423 ANNUNICATION ST,CITYOFNEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:NEWREZ LLCD/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SER‐VICING VERSUS DAWN PELMEAR A/K/ADAWN ADELEPELMEAR DORAN

Orleans in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2, 2025,at12:00 o'clock noon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 3423 ANNUNICA‐TION ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 LOTB -SQUARE 158 6THMINICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1280031 WRIT AMOUNT: $322,121.20

Seized in the above suit, TERMS -CASH. Thepurchaser at themoment ofadjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 28 DEAN MORRIS LLC 318-3881440 CANDACEA COURTEAU

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025

aug27-oct1-2t $89.30

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2619 CHOCTAW STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FED‐ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE AS‐SOCIATIONVER‐SUSTHE OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF SYLVESTER O'NEAL ANDTHE OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF MOLLYO'NEAL (A/K/A MOLLIE O'NEAL,MOLLIE MCDONALD) ANDGREEKA MARTINEZAND NORISSA O'NEAL AND TYESHAO'NEAL ANDDOROTHY O'NEAL

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-1518

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 27 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504838-7535 AMYR.ORTIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025

aug27-oct1-2t $96.18

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5647 CATINA STREET, THIS CITY,IN THE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:FIDELITY BANK VERSUS RHONDA B. GRIFFISAND RHONDA B. GRIFFIS, AS TUTRIX FOR JACOBJAMES CARTY

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-756

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 5647 CATINA ST NEWORLEANS LA 70124 LOT: 10-A, SQUARE:427 SECOND MUNIC‐IPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1220974 WRIT AMOUNT: $192,905.61

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4717 MENDEZ ST CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:HOPE FEDERALCREDIT UNIONVERSUS

SHARON MARIE HUDSON A/K/ASHARON MARIEHUDSON NEVEUAND

DONALD L. NEVEU, III

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3799

4717 MENDEZ ST NEWORLEANS LA 70126 LOT25- SQUARE 14 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1177410 PONTCHAR‐TRAINPARK SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT:

$117,507.28

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 13 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 CANDACEA COURTEAU

above entitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2909, 2911, 2913 AND2915 HOL‐LYGROVE STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 LOTB,SQUARE 433, SEVENTHMU‐NICIPALDIS‐TRICT, ACQMIN: 1396808 WRIT AMOUNT: $229,537.08

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 27 SHER,GARNER, CAHILL, RITCHER, KLEIN &HILBERT,LLC 504-299-2100

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2919 GRAVIER STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:LIBERTY BANK AND TRUSTCOM‐PAMY VERSUS CEDRIC D. PATIN; ALLYSON THERESEWIL‐SONPATIN;AND BARONNE QUARTERS,LLC CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-4636

ORLEANS, PARISH OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DESIGNATED AS LOT‘F’,SQUARE 526, BOUNDED BY GRAVIER, DUPRE,AND GAYOSO STREETSAND TULANE AV‐ENUE, SAID LOTMEA‐SURESTHENCE 30 FEET FRONT ON GRAVIER STREET,BYA DEPTHOF 120 FEET BE‐TWEEN EQUAL ANDPARALLEL LINES, ALLAS MORE FULLY SHOWNON SURVEY BY GILBERT& KELLYSURVEY‐ORSDATED JUNE 26, 1934.

IMPROVEMENTS THEREONBEAR MUNICIPAL NO 2919 GRAVIER STREET,NEW ORLEANSLA 70119

WRIT AMOUNT: $536,853.88

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty daysthereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 30 NEWMAN, MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE, APLC 504 837 9040 WAYNEA.MAIO‐RANA,JR.

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $118.95

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS4220 DALE STREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:CTP FUNDING, LLC VERSUS DIVINE CARE GROUP, LLCAND RENE KEY

to make a de positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 33 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3701 AND3705 WASHINGTON AVENUE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:LIBERTY BANK AND TRUSTCOM‐PAMY VERSUS CEDRIC D. PATIN; ALLYSON THERESEWIL‐SONPATIN;AND BARONNE QUARTERS,LLC

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-4636

REAR, BY DEPTH ANDFRONT ON SOUTHTONTI STREET OF 68 FEET,BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES, ALLASMORE FULLYSHOWN ON ASURVEYBY MANDLE ED‐WARDS SURVEY‐ING, INC., DATEDDECEM‐BER18, 2017. SAID PORTION OF GROUND IS KNOWNAS3701 WASHINGTON AVENUE,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125

LOTA2ADJOINS LOTA1INTHE REAR,AND MEA‐SURESTHENCE 45 FEET FRONT ON SOUTHTONTI STREET,SAME IN WIDTHINTHE REAR,BYDEPTH OF 117 FEET 7 INCHES 2LINES BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES. ALLASMORE FULLYSHOWN ON SURVEY BY MANDLE ED‐WARDS SURVBEYING, INC. DATEDDECEM‐BER198, 2017. SAID PORTION OF GROUND IS KNOWNAS3705 WASHINGTON AVENUE,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125

WRIT AMOUNT:

$536,853.88

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 31 NEWMAN, MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE, APLC 504 837 9040

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025

aug27-oct1-2t $90.89

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS2909, 2911, 2913 AND 2915 HOLLY‐GROVESTREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITI‐ZENS EQUITY FIRSTCREDIT UNIONVERSUS JONESREALES‐TATE INVEST‐MENTSLLC

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-6709

LOT: C-2, SQUARE:1454 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 957709 SONIASUBDIVI‐SION WRIT AMOUNT: $69,289.62

GH 15 GRAHAM,ARCE‐NEAUX& ALLEN, LLC504-5228256 LOUISG.ARCE‐NEAUX

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $89.30

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-10122 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to meby theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the b i l d

Seized in the b i

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-6326 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled ill

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October2, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS ANDIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREON, AND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, ANDADVAN‐TAGESTHERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THEFIRST DIS‐TRICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF NEW

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4220 DALE STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127 LOT7,SQUARE 4, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1397688 WRIT AMOUNT: $52,400.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐i f

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS ANDIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREON, AND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, ANDADVAN‐TAGESTHERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THEFOURTH DISTRICT OF THECITYOF NEWORLEANS, PARISH OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DESIGNATED AS LOTS A1 ANDA2, SQUARE 470 (BEINGA RE‐SUBDIVISIONOF FORMER LOTS A OR 1. SAID SQUARE BOUNDEDBY WASHINGTON AVENUE,SOUTH TONTISTREET, FOURTHSTREET (SIDE) ANDSOUTH ROBERTSON STREET (SIDE) SAID LOTS A1 ANDA2ADJOIN EACH OTHER ANDMEASURES AS FOLLOWS: LOTA1FORM‐INGTHE COR‐NEROFWASH‐INGTON AVENUE ANDSOUTH TONTISTREET, ANDMEASURES THENCE 117 FEET 7INCHES2 LINESFRONT ON WASHINGTON AVENUE,SAME IN WIDTHINTHE REAR,BYDEPTH AND FRONT ON

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 8/27/2025 & 10/1/2025 aug27-oct1-2t $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4956 MEADOW BANK STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ING, LLCVERSUS CHRISTYQ JACKSON CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-4010

BANK STREET, NEWORLEANS, LA 70128

LOT14, SQUARE 3, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQINST: 202029400 WRIT AMOUNT: $152,181.67

Seized in the above suit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 7 JACKSON& MCPHERSON, LLC504-5819444

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025

OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

chase price, and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 8

TheLaw Ofﬁce of Herschel C. Adcock,Jr.,LLC 225-756-0373

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLICNOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 248 CHEROKEE STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTITLED:FED‐ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE AS‐SOCIATIONVER‐SUSMICHELLE BUSHEY WASH‐INGTON A/KA MICHELLE BUSHEY IVY WASHINGTON

INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4520 LENNOXBOULE‐VARD,THISCITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED: ROCKET MORT‐GAGE,LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/AQUICKEN LOANSINC VER‐SUSTHE

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-11204

GH 11 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS2810 MANSFIELDAV‐ENUE AND3101 KENT DRIVE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FAIR‐PORT ASSET MANAGEMENT II, LLCVERSUS MARLIN N. GUS‐MAN, JR.AND VARSHA CASTRO GUS‐MAN CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-6381

PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1526

GOVERNOR NICHOLLS STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:JPMOR‐GANCHASE BANK,NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATIONVERSUS

MYRA KELLY REDD A/K/A

MYRA KELLY

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-9920

the Honorable Judges ofCivil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 7717 MERCIER

ACQ MIN: 1400151 WRIT AMOUNT: $171,313.97

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 17 JACKSON& MCPHERSON, LLC504-5819444

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025

PUBLIC NOTICE

OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-8446

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onNovember6 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4520 LENNOX BOULEVARD, NEWORLEANS LA 70131 LOT11, SQUARE A, FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1320209 WRIT AMOUNT: $170,704.60

Seized in the above suit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chase price,and th b l

70118

LOTS 7, 11-B,8, 14, 17-A,18-A, 19, 20 AND21, SQUARE 40, LOTS A ANDB OF SQUARE 39, SEVENTHMU‐NICIPALDIS‐TRICT, ACQMIN: 1386642 WRIT AMOUNT: $253,204.38

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 11

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025,at12:00 o'clock noon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2810 MANSFIELD AVENUE ,NEW ORLEANS, LA LOT2,SQUARE 143, 3101 KENT DRIVE, NEWOR‐LESANS,LA LOT8,SQUARE 145, FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1201124 WRIT AMOUNT: $92,257.10

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 4 NEWMAN, MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE, APLC504-8379040

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1526 GOVERNOR NICHOLLS STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116 LOT28, SQUARE 176, SECOND MUNIC‐IPAL DISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1461611 WRIT AMOUNT: $23,611.56

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025

OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS7717

MERCIER STREET AND 3054 N. MIRO STREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:COM‐MUNITY ASSO‐CIATES,INC VERSUS DON JUAN JARMON, JR.

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3962

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable d f i il

STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA LOTS 41 AND42, SQUARE 70, 3054 N. MIRO STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA LOTM,SQUARE 1074, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1376853, 1250922 WRIT AMOUNT: $114,555.39

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 21 EVAN PARK HOWELL,III, AT‐TORNEY AT LAW 504-343-4346

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025

OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 7809 MERCIER STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTITLED:BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. VERSUS CLINTONHILL

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-6383

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans,inthe aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 7809 MERCIER STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA LOTS 31 AND32, SQUARE 70, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1400151

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 24 DeanMorris, LLC318-3881440

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025

OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 26353637 N. ROCHEBLAVE STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:NEWREZ LLCD/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SER‐VICING VERSUS BRITTANY NIC‐HOLE KIM‐BROUGH

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3605

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2635-2637 N. ROCHEBLAVE STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOTI,SQUARE 1322, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1369252 WRIT AMOUNT: $230,833.64

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING

OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

PUBLICNOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3322 N. ROBERTSON STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:U.S.BANK NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR VELOCITY COM‐MERCIALCAPI‐TALLOAN TRUST 2019-3VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSIONOF ARCHILEP DURONSLET

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-761

By virtueof a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 3322 N. ROBERT‐SONSTREET, NEWORLEANS, LA 70117 LOT4,SQUARE 602, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1269439 WRIT AMOUNT: $112,068.83

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH

Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 16

MCCABE LAW FIRM,LLC 504782-3436

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS20132015 PAINTERS STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTI‐TLED: PANORAMA MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC VERSUS MOR‐GANNICOLE WILLIAMS

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-6548

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on November 6, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2013-2015 PAINTERS STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOT7,SQUARE 1017, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, ACQMIN: 1412471 WRIT AMOUNT: $278,138.76

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 9 LawFirm: LOGS LEGALGROUP, LLC504-8317726

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 10/1/2025 & 11/5/2025 OCT1-NOV 5-2T $

includingthe heirsand creditorsof decedents. Anyopposi‐tion to this application must be ﬁledinthispro‐ceedingwithinseven (7) days from thedateof publicationofthisnotice. ATTY:TamikaC.Liv‐ingston(504)606-7772;

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