The Times-Picayune 10-31-2025 by The Advocate

BY KOKI RILEY and WILSON ALEXANDER Staff writers

LSU and athletic director Scott Woodward are ﬁnalizing his separationfrom the school, one day after Gov.Jeff Landry said Woodward would not be the onetohire the replacement for coach Brian Kelly LSU conﬁrmed in an announce-

ment Thursday that Woodward and theschool agreedtopart ways effectiveimmediately. Longtime LSU athletic official Verge Ausberry will serveasthe interim athletic director as the school nears theend of its search for a newpresident andlooks for anew headfootballcoach.

With four years left on hiscontract,Woodward is owed abuyout of roughly$6.7 million. LSU is ex-

pected to comply with the terms of his deal, according to Yahoo Sports. Woodward’s buyout would be paid outinto 2029 andcould be offset by thesalary at his next job According to the contract, Woodward has aduty to find another athletic director job or asimilar position.

“WethankScott for thelastsix years of serviceasathletic director,” ScottBallard, the chair of the

LSUBoard of Supervisors, said in astatement. “He had alot of success at LSU,and we wish him nothingbut thebest in the future. Our focus now is on moving theathletic department forwardand best positioningLSU to achieve its full potential.”

The decision had been expected, especially afterLandrycriticized

RiverDistrictdealcollapses

Developerabruptlywithdraws from negotiations

BY ANTHONY MCAULEY Staff writer

New Orleans’ long-delayed River District project was thrown intoturmoil Thursday after the consortium leading the development abruptly withdrew from negotiations with the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center just hours before the Convention Center’soversight board wastovote on sweeping changes to the project. The Convention Center’snew CEO Jim Cook told the board at Thursday’smeeting that he wasready to move forward butthatRiver District Neighborhood Investors— the consortium led by local developer Louis Lauricella —had informed him earlier in the day that they no longer wanted to.

He told Board ChairRusselAllen he had no furtherinformation

The consortium’swithdrawal effectively collapses atentative agreement that had been set for approval Thursday,which would have stripped RDNI of control over several key parcels of riverfront land

after repeated payment andperformancedelays

The move caps months of growing frustration inside the Convention Center, whose leadership had signaledthat patience with the developer had run out. RDNI hadmissed multiple rent deadlines and failed to meetconstruction milestones since

winning the “masterdeveloper” role in 2021. Aspokesperson for the Convention Center and its board chair said they had no comment Thursday morning. An RDNI spokesperson declined to comment.

Woodward for what he described as a“pattern” of bad coaching contracts. Landry claimed Woodward wastoblame for the nearly $77 millionbuyout that Texas A&M paid Jimbo Fisher,and LSU owes Kellyanearly$54 millionbuyout that is still being negotiated. Woodward hired Fisher at Texas A&M to a10-year,$75 million contract in 2017. Twoyearsafter Woodward left for LSU, then-Texas A&M athletics director Ross

BY BLAKEPATERSON and SOPHIEKASAKOVE

Staff writers

NewOrleans leadersare eyeing tappingarainy day fund to cover city payroll through the end of the year afterthe city abandoned its push for a $125 million loan amid threats of astate takeover of the city’sﬁnances. The city’srainy day fund —otherwise known as the Savings Fund —holds around $37 million, and can only be used with atwo-thirds vote of the City Councilincertain circumstancesunder the city charter

At least five of the council’sseven members —Lesli Harris, Joe Giarrusso, Eugene Green, JP Morrell and Oliver Thomas —saidinThursday interviewsthat they’d be willing to dip into the fund to alleviate the current cash flow crisis, though somesaidthey’dbemoreinfavor of going downother avenues first. Officials and economicexperts have long

King Charles IIIstrips

Prince Andrewoftitle

After ayearofembarrassing sex allegations related to Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew on Thursday wasstrippedofhis title by Buckingham Palace.

“Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” astatement said. “These censures are deemed necessary,not withstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him. Their majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and willremain with, the victimsand survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”

Andrew has been stripped of positions for several years.

Andrew stepped away from the spotlight after he was linked to the notorious late billionaire financier.This month Andrew publicly announced he would not use his title or honors, distancing himself even further from the royal family.

Andrew continued to deny the accusations. But theroyal family’sdecision to strip him of his titles, after emails emerged that he remained in contact with Epstein longerthan he previously admitted, is agrave consequence for King Charles III’syounger brother,who has faced questions about his relationship to Epstein.

Andrew faced accusations that he had sex with Virginia Giuffre, who said she wastrafﬁcked by Epstein, when shewas 17. Giuffre sued Andrew and thetwo reached an out-of-court settlement in 2022, but Andrew did not admit any wrongdoing.

2Mississippisheriffs and 12 officerscharged

JACKSON,Miss. Federal authorities on Thursday announced indictments against 20 people, including 14 current or former Mississippi law enforcement officers, that allege the officers took bribes to providesafepassage to people they believed were drug traffickers

The yearslong investigation swept across multiplelaw enforcement agencies in the state’sNorthwestern Delta region. TwoMississippi sheriffs, Washington County Sheriff MiltonGaston andHumphreys County Sheriff Bruce Williams, were among those arrested.

Some bribes were as large as $20,000 and $37,000, authorities said at anews conference.

“It’sjust amonumental betrayal of public trust,” U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner said.

Sunflower County Sheriff James Haywood conﬁrmed the arrest of adeputy,Marvin Flowers, on Thursdaymorning.Haywood said Flowers workedfor the department for 13 years.

Ohio panel unveils proposed House map

Ohio’sRepublican-led redistricting commission unveiled aproposed U.S. House map Thursday that could give Republicans achance at winning two more seats in next year’s midterm elections, bolstering President Donald Trump’seffortstoholdontoa slim congressional majority.

Ohio is requiredbyits state constitution to enactnew congressional districts before the 2026 elections because the current mapwas adopted by Republicanofﬁcials without bipartisan support. Republicans currently hold 10 of Ohio’s15congressionalseats, but some Republicans view the mandatory redistricting as opportunity to expand upon that.

The proposed map appears to increase Republican chances in thedistricts held by Democratic U.S. Reps. Greg Landsmanin Cincinnati and Marcy Kaptur around Toledo, an areathat gave Trump amajority in the 2024 presidential election.

Bus of Va.gubernatorial candidate catches fire NORFOLK,Va.— Lt. Gov.Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign bus caught on ﬁre Thursday afternoon. She posted on Xthat everyone is safe. Shedid not say what had caused the ﬁre.

Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate in Virginia’sgubernatorial race, takes on Democrat Abigail Spanberger in Tuesday’s general election.

5morearrestedinLouvreheist

BY THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press

PARIS— The dragnettightened around theLouvre thieveson Thursday.Fivemore people were seized in the crown-jewels heist including asuspect tied by DNA —the Parisprosecutor said, wideningthe sweep across thecapital andits suburbs.

Authorities said three of the four alleged members of the “commando” team,asFrenchmedia have dubbed the robbers, are now in custody

Thelate-night operations in Paris and nearby Seine-Saint-Denis lift the total arrested to seven.

ProsecutorLaure Beccuautold RTLthat one detaineeissuspected of belongingtothe brazen quartet that burst into the Apollo Gallery in broad daylight on Oct. 19; others held “may beable to inform us abouthow theevents unfolded.”

Beccuau called theresponse an “exceptional mobilization”— about100 investigators, seven

days aweek, withroughly 150 forensic samplesanalyzed and 189 items sealed as evidence.

Even so, shesaid thelatestarrests did not uncover the loot —a trove valued around $102 million thatincludes adiamond-and-emerald necklace Napoleon gave to Empress Marie-Louise as awedding gift, jewels tied to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense,and Empress Eugénie’s pearl-and-diamond tiara.

Only one relic has surfaced so far —Eugénie’scrown, damaged but salvageable, dropped in the escape.

Beccuau renewed her appeal: “These jewels are now,ofcourse, unsellable …There’s still time to give them back.”

Experts warn thegold could be melted and the stones re-cut to erase their past.

Key planning details have snapped intofocus. Nine days before theraid, amover whoowns atruck-mounted lift —the kind movers use to hoist furniture through Parisian windows —was

mysteriously booked fora“moving job” on the French classiﬁeds site Leboncoin,asitesimilarto Craigslist, Beccuau said Wednesday Whenhearrivedinthe town of Louvres, north of Paris, around 10 a.m. on Oct. 10, twomen ambushed him and stole the lift truck. On the day of the heist itself, that same vehicleidled beneaththe Paris museum’sriverside façade. Online observers have noted a remarkable coincidence:How a plotthatbegan in Louvresended at theLouvre.

At 9:30 a.m. thebasketlift rose to theApollo Gallery window; at 9:34 theglass gave way; by 9:38 thecrew was gone —afour-minute strike. Only the“near-simultaneous” arrival of police and museum security stopped the thieves from torching the lift and preserved crucial traces, the prosecutor said.

Securityfootageshows at least four men forcing awindow, cutting into two display cases with power tools and fleeing on two scooters toward eastern Paris. In-

Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba pick up pieces afterMelissa

BYARIEL FERNÁNDEZ, ANDREA

RODRÍGUEZand JOHN MYERS JR. Associated Press

SANTIAGODECUBA, Cuba The rumble of large machinery,whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursdayastheydug outfrom thedestruction of Hurricane Melissa andsurveyed thedamage left behind.

In Jamaica, government workers and residents began clearing roads in apush to reach dozens ofisolated communities in the island’ssoutheast that sustained a directhit from one of themostpowerful Atlantic hurricanes on record.

Stunned residents wandered about, some staring at their rooﬂess homes and waterlogged belongings strewn around them

“I don’thave ahouse now,” said Sylvester Guthrie, aresidentofLacovia in thesouthern parish of St. Elizabeth,as he held onto hisbicycle, the only possession of value left after the storm Emergencyrelief ﬂightsbegan landing at Jamaica’smaininternational airport, which reopened late Wednesday,ascrews distributed water,medicine and other basicsupplies.Helicopters dropped food as they thrummedabove communities wherethe storm ﬂattened homes, wiped out roads and destroyed bridges, cutting them off fromassistance.

“The entire Jamaicaisreally broken because of what has happened,” Education Minister DanaMorris Dixon said. Policesaid at least 19 people have died in Jamaica, and they expected the death toll to keeprising.

More than 13,000 people remained crowded into shelters, with 72% of the island without power and only 35% of mobile phone sites in operation,officials said. People clutched cash as they formed longlines at thefew gas stations andsupermarkets open in affected areas.

In Cuba, heavy equipment began to clear blocked roads andhighways and the military helped rescuepeople trapped inisolated communities and at risk from landslides.

ThetownofElCobre in theeastern provinceofSantiagodeCuba was one of the hardest hit. Home to some 7,000 people, it is also the siteofthe Basilica of Our Lady of Charity,the patron saint of Cuba who is deeply venerated by Catholics and practitioners of Santería, an Afro-Cuban religion. “Wewent throughthis very badly.So much wind, so much wind. Zinc roofs

were torn off. Some housescompletely collapsed. It was adisaster,” said Odalys Ojeda, a61-year-old retiree,as shelooked up at the skyfrom her living room where the roof and other partsof thehouse were tornaway

Even thebasilica wasn’tspared.

“Here at thesanctuary, the carpentry, stained glass and even the masonry suffered extensive damage,” Father Rogelio Dean Puerta said.

AtelevisedCivil Defensemeeting chaired by President Miguel Díaz-Canel did not provide an official estimate of the damage. However,officials from the affected provinces —Santiago, Granma, Holguín, Guantánamo, and Las Tunas reported losses of roofs, power lines and fiber optic telecommunications cables, as well as roads cut off, isolating communities,and heavy losses in banana, cassava and coffee plantations.

In an unusual statement Thursday,the U.S. State Department said the United States was “ready to assist the Cuban people.” Anews release said the U.S. “is prepared to provide immediate humanitarian assistance directly and through local partners who can deliveritmore effectively to those in need.”

Thestatement didnot specifyhow the cooperation would be coordinated or whethercontact hadbeen madewith theCuban government, with whichit maintains abitter conﬂict that includes six decades of economic andﬁnancial sanctions.

Melissa also unleashed catastrophic ﬂooding in Haiti, where at least 30 people were reported killed and 20 others were missing, mostlyinthe country’ssouthernregion. Some 15,000 people also remained in shelters.

Haiti’sCivil Protection Agencysaid Hurricane Melissa killed at least 20 people, including 10 children, in Petit-Goâve wheremorethan 160 homes were damaged and 80 others destroyed.

Steven Guadard said Melissa killed his entire family in Petit-Goâve, including fourchildren ranging in age from 1month to 8years old.

Michelet Dégange, who has lived in Petit-Goâve for threeyears, said Melissa left him homeless.

“There is no place torest the body; we arehungry,” he said. “The authorities don’tthink about us. Ihaven’tclosed my eyes since thebad weather began.”

When Melissa came ashore in Jamaica as aCategory5 hurricane with top winds of 185 mphonTuesday,ittied strength records for Atlantic hurricanes making landfall, both in wind speed andbarometric pressure.

vestigatorssay thereisnosignof insider help for now,though they are not ruling out awider network beyond the four on camera. French policehaveacknowledgedmajor gaps in the Louvre’s defenses, turning an audacious theft into anational reckoning over how France protects its treasures. Twoearlier suspects, men aged 34 and39from Aubervilliers, north of Paris, were charged Wednesday withtheft by an organizedgang and criminal conspiracy after nearly 96 hours in custody.Beccuau said both gave “minimalist” statements and “partially admitted” their involvement.

Onewas stoppedatCharles de Gaulle Airport witha one-way ticket to Algeria; his DNA matched ascooter used in the getaway French law normallykeeps active investigations under ashroud of secrecy to protect police work and victims’ privacy.Only the prosecutor may speak publicly, though in high-proﬁle cases police unions have occasionally shared partial details.

RadioFreeAsiasaysit’s haltingnews operations

BY DAVID BAUDER AP media writer

Radio Free Asia said it is shutting downits news operations on Fridaywith itsﬁnancingindirestraits duetothe U.S. government shutdown and the Trump administration’smoves against government-funded newsservices.

Since1996, Radio Free Asia has been an independent news sourceoperating online and on broadcast throughout that region, particularly in areaswhere the free flow of information is repressed. It has been operating with askeleton staff the past few months, primarily producing afew stories online as theadministration has sought to choke offits funding. Trump’s team hascontendedthat operations like RFA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty andVoice of America are poorly run anda waste of government resources.

“Inaneffort to conserve limited resources on hand and preserve the possibility of restarting operations should consistentfunding

become available,RFA is taking further steps to responsibly shrink its already reduced footprint,” said BayFang, RFA’spresident and CEO.

Radio Free Asia will begin shutting down overseas bureaus, laying off and paying severance to staff members, most of whom have been on unpaid leave sincelastMarch,Fangsaid. With itsown journalists andcontractors,RFA has reported aggressively on stories somegovernments don’twant to see —the repressionofUyghurs in China,the aftermath of the 2021 military coup in Myanmar and the plight of defectors in North Korea. RFE/Radio Liberty,similar to RFAasaprivate corporation funded by the government, said its own newsservices are staying up, “and we plantocontinue reaching ouraudiences forthe foreseeable future,” the organization saidthis week.Itoperates in Eastern Europe, Central Asia andthe Middle East The servicehad launched its own lawsuit against the administration.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By RAMON ESPINOSA Residentswalk in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in El Cobre, Cuba, on Wednesday.

Guard units ordered to create ‘quick reaction forces’

BY KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy with just hours’ notice, the latest indication of longer-term Trump administration plans to more readily dispatch soldiers to U.S. streets.

A set of memos circulated this month directs Guard units in all 50 states and U.S. territories, except the District of Columbia, to train a contingent of soldiers in a specialized course that includes the proper use of batons, body shields, stun guns and pepper spray

Signed by Major Gen. Ronald Burkett, operations director for the National Guard, the memos reviewed by The Associated Press give various numbers for each state’s force — often 500 each — that total more than 23,000 troops in all. The memos direct Washington, D.C., to maintain a “specialized” military police battalion with 50 National Guard soldiers on active duty orders.

It presses forward with President Donald Trump’s broader vision for a muscular role for the U.S military in targeting illegal immigration and crime. He has already pushed traditional boundaries by sending the National Guard into American cities, often over the objection of Democratic local leaders.

The memos, reported earlier by The Guardian, come

after Trump signed an executive order in August that directed the Pentagon to create quick reaction forces that would be “available for rapid nationwide deployment.”

The executive order is cited as one of the authorities for the memo, about which the Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment

The National Guard has always had troops that were

on standby to deploy at a moment’s notice, but they traditionally have been used to quickly react to natural disasters and did not receive special training.

The new, specialized quick reaction forces will be able to deploy a fourth of all their troops within eight hours and all of those assigned to the units within a day, according to the memo.

During a roundtable at

DOJ investigating BLM fraud allegations

Foundation leaders deny accusations

BY AARON MORRISON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed tens of millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020, according to multiple people familiar with the matter In recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials have issued subpoenas and served at least one search warrant as part of an investigation into the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. and other Black-led organizations that helped spark a national reckoning on systemic racism, said the people, who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing criminal probe by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press. It was not clear if the investigation would result in criminal charges, but its mere existence invites fresh scrutiny to a movement that in recent years has faced criticism about its public accounting of donations they have received. The recent burst of investigative activity is also unfolding at a time when civil rights organizations have raised concerns about the potential for the Trump administration to target a variety of progressive and left-leaning groups that have been critical of him, including those afﬁliated with

BLM, the transgender rights movement and anti-ICE protesters.

Spokespeople for the Justice Department declined to comment on Thursday

One of the people said the investigation had been initiated during the Biden administration but is getting renewed attention during the Trump administration. A second person conﬁrmed that allegations were examined in the Biden administration.

The foundation said it took in over $90 million in donations, following the 2020 murder of George Floyd, a Black man whose last breaths under the knee of a White Minneapolis police officer sparked protests across the U.S. and around the world.

Critics of the nonprofit foundation, and of the BLM movement broadly, accused organizers of not being transparent about how it was spending the donations. That criticism grew louder after BLM foundation leaders in 2022 conﬁrmed they used donations to purchase a $6 million Los Angeles-area property that includes a home with six bedrooms and bathrooms.

The leaders previously have denied wrongdoing and publicly released tax documents No prior investigations into the nonproﬁt’s ﬁnances have yielded proof of impropriety

Leaders of the foundation have received subpoenas. In a statement emailed to the AP on Thursday, the foundation said it “is not a target of any federal criminal investigation.”

“We remain committed to full transparency account-

ability, and the responsible stewardship of resources dedicated to building a better future for Black communities,” the foundation said in the statement.

The Black Lives Matter movement ﬁrst emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida. But it was the 2014 death of Michael Brown at the hands of police in Ferguson, Missouri, that made the slogan “Black lives matter” a rallying cry for progressives and a favorite target of derision for conservatives.

The investigation is being run out of the U.S. Attorney’s Ofﬁce for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles.

The top prosecutor there, Bill Essayli, was determined by a federal judge this week to have stayed in his temporary acting U.S. attorney job longer than allowed by law but permitted him to effectively remain the ofﬁce’s chief prosecutor but with a different title of First Assistant United States Attorney Essayli had previously served as a Republican assemblyman in California, where he took up conservative causes and criticized the state’s COVID-19 restrictions. He has been outspoken against state policies to protect immigrants living in the country illegally, and he has aggressively prosecuted people who protest Trump’s ramped up immigration enforcement across Southern California.

As a private practice attorney, he characterized BLM as a “radical organization” while defending a White

the White House last week with homeland security officials, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was asked about a memo detailing similar plans. Hegseth said he would not comment on the “particulars” but went on to say that there were “multiple layers of National Guard response forces.”

“We’ve got a lot of different ways that, constitutionally and legally we can employ” Guard troops, and “we will do so when necessary,” Hegseth said.

While Trump has sent the National Guard into cities including Los Angeles and D.C., his efforts to deploy troops in other places have faced swift legal challenges.

The Trump administration is blocked from sending troops into the Chicago area until at least the latter half of November, following a U.S. Supreme Court order calling on the sides to ﬁle additional

legal briefs. And a federal trial seeking to block a troop deployment in Portland, Oregon, got underway this week.

The memos, which were sent out to the states early this month, mandate that each state and territory have its quick reaction forces operational by Jan. 1. To help with that goal, units will be provided 100 sets of crowd control equipment as well as two full-time trainers by the National Guard Bureau.

The units also will be allowed to use an additional five days of training for soldiers to get through the “Interservice Nonlethal Individual Weapons Instructor Course.”

According to one of the memos, the initial portion of the course includes topics like “crowd management techniques,” “domestic civil disturbance training,” and “proper use of baton and body shields.”

couple charged in 2020 with a hate crime after they were videotaped defacing a BLM mural in Martinez, California.

At the time, city-sanctioned BLM murals had been painted on roadways in cities throughout the U.S. in an expression of solidarity with the racial justice movement. Essayli was quoted as having told reporters at the time that his clients were simply expressing their political viewpoints and that they disagreed with taxpayer funds being used to “sponsor a radical organization, Black Lives Matter.”

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By RAHMAT GUL National Guard soldiers patrol Tuesday at Union Station in Washington.

Lawmakersgrasp forwaystoend shutdown

BY LISA MASCARO AP congressional correspondent

WASHINGTON Certain senators

know it. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, knows it. And with President Donald Trump back in Washington from his overseas trip, perhaps the White House knows it, too.

For many,it’stime for thegovernment shutdown to come toan end.

From coast to coast, fallout from the dysfunctionofashuttered federal government is hittinghome: Alaskans are stockpiling moose, caribou and ﬁsh for winter, even before SNAP food aid is scheduled to shut off. Mainers are ﬁlling up their home-heating oil tanks, but waiting on the federal subsidies that are nowhere in sight.

Flights arebeing delayedwith holiday travel around the corner Workers are going without paychecks. And Americans are getting aﬁrst glimpse of the skyrocketing health care insurance costs that are at the center of the stalemate on Capitol Hill.

“People are stressing,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, as food options in her state grow scarce.

“Weare well past time to have this behind us.”

While quiet talks are underway, particularly among bipartisan senators, the shutdown is not expected to end before Saturday’sdeadline when Americans’ deep food inse-

children.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Republicans now “have the nerve”tosuggest it’s apolitical strategy to withhold food aid. “Weare trying to lift up the quality of life for the American people,” Jeffries, D-N.Y.,said about his party

“The American people understandthat there’sa Republican health care crisis,” he said. “The American people understand Republicansenacted the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history when they cut $186 billion from their one, big, ugly bill.”

curity —1 in 8peopledependon thegovernmenttohave enough to eat —could become starkly apparent if federal SNAP funds run dry

The White Househas moved money around to ensurethe military is paid, but refuses to tap funds for food aid. In fact,Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” signed into law this summer,delivered the most substantial cut ever to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP,projected to result in some 2.4 million people off theprogram.

At thesametime, many Americanswho purchase their own health insurance through thefederal and state marketplaces, with open enrollment also beginning Saturday,are experiencing sticker

shock as premium prices jump

“Weare holding food over the heads of poor people so thatwe can take away their health care,” said the Rev. RyanStoess, during aprayer with religious leaders at theU.S. Capitol.

“God help us,” he said, “when the cruelty is the point.”

The House remains closed down under Johnson for the past month The shutdown, in its30thday, appearsontrack to become the longestinhistory, surpassing the 35-daylapse that endedin2019, during Trump’sﬁrst termover his demands to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

The Republicans, who have majority control of Congress, find themselves in an unusual position, defending the furloughed federal workers and shuttered programs they have long sought to cut —includingmostrecentlywithnearly $1 trillion in reductions in Trump’s big tax breaksand spending bill.

Medicaid,the health care program, and SNAP food aid, suffered sizable blows this summer,inpart by imposing newworkrequirements. For SNAPrecipients, many of whom werealready required to work,the new requirements extendtoolder Americans up to age 64 and parents of older school-age

During the summer debate over Trump’sbig bill, Johnsonand other Republicans railed against what they characterized as lazy Americans, riding what the House speaker callsthe “gravy train” of government beneﬁts.

Thespeaker spokeabout ablebodied young menplaying video games whilereceiving Medicaid health care beneﬁts and insisted thenew work requirements for the aid programs would weed out whatthey called “waste, fraud and abuse.”

“What we’re talking about, again, is able-bodiedworkers, many of whom arerefusingtoworkbecause they’re gaming the system,” Johnsonsaidinspring on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“And when we make them work, it’ll be better foreverybody,a winwin-win forall,” he said.

BY MICHAEL CASEY and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press

BOSTON Afederal judge in Boston on Thursday seemed skeptical of the Trump’sadministration’sargument that SNAP benefits could be suspendedfor the first timein the food aid program’shistorybecause of the government shutdown. During ahearing over arequest by 25 Democratic-led states to keep the funding flowing, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani told lawyers that if the government can’tafford to cover the cost, there’sa process to follow rather than simply sus-

pending all benefits. “The steps involve finding an equitable way of reducing beneﬁts,” said Talwani, whowas nominated to the courtby then-PresidentBarackObama.

Talwani said she expects to issue aruling later Thursday and seemed to be leaning toward requiring thegovernment to put billions of dollars in emergency funds toward SNAP.That, she said, is herinterpretation of what Congress intended when an agency’s funding runsout “If you don’thavemoney,you tighten yourbelt,” she said in court. “You are not going to make everyonedropdead because it’s a

political gamesomeplace.”

Talwani acknowledged that even ordering emergency funds to pay for SNAP might still be painful for some SNAP recipients becauseit could mean they getless money and that the money they do get could be delayed. “Weare dealing with areality that absent a100% win for you, thebeneﬁts aren’tgoing to be there on Nov.1,” she told theplaintiffs.

Thehearing came twodaysbeforethe U.S.DepartmentofAgriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programbecause it said it can’tcontinue funding it

due to theshutdown.

Other lawsuits have been ﬁled over theprogram’ssuspension, including one filed Thursday in RhodeIslandbyacoalition of eight cities and community,business and union organizations. SNAP, whichcosts about $8 billionper month,servesabout 1in 8Americans and is amajor piece of the nation’ssocial safety net. Word in October that it would be aNov.1casualty of theshutdown sent states,food banks andSNAP recipientsscrambling to ﬁgureout howtosecure food. Some states said they would spend their own funds to keep versionsofthe pro-

gram going.

President Donald Trump’sadministration said it wasn’tallowed to use acontingency fund with about $5 billion in it for the program,which reversed aUSDA plan from before the shutdown that said that money would be tapped to keep SNAP running. The Democratic-led states argued that not only could that contingency money be used, it must be. Talwani pushed back against the Trumpadministration’sargument that suspending the beneﬁts was the best option, saying using emergency funds for beneﬁts seemed to makethe mostsense.

AP PHOTO By J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE House SpeakerMikeJohnson, R-Benton, departsa news conferenceThursday, the 30th day of the government shutdown, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOByMARIAM ZUHAIB House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.y.,speaksTuesday during a news conference at the Capitol.

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Bjork gave Fisher acontract extension in 2021 that raised his annual salary to more than $9 million. Fisher was fired two years later and Texas A&M paid him the largest buyout in college football history

“Weare not going down a failed path, and Iwanttotell you something: This is apattern,” Landry said Wednesday.“The guy that’shere now that wrote that contractcost Texas A&M 70-some million dollars. Right now,we’vegot a$53 million liability.Weare not doing that again.”

After hiring him away from Notre Dame, Woodward signed Kellytoa 10year,$95 million contract with additionalincentives that made the total value of the deal more than $100 million. Kelly was ﬁred Sunday night in the midstofhis fourth seasonwitha34-14 overall record.

Woodward was quotedin astatement sayinghemade the decision to fire Kelly after a49-25home loss Saturday to Texas A&M, the Tigers’ third lossinthe past four games. Woodward called himself “the current caretaker of our athletics programs” and said LSU would begin anational search.

On Wednesday, Landry made it clear Woodward would not be part of it.

“No, Ican tell you right now,Scott Woodward is not selecting thenextcoach,” Landry said. “Hell, I’lllet Donald Trump select it before Ilet him do it.” Woodward had been the athletic director at his alma mater since 2019 after stints at Texas A&M and Washington. The Tigers won six national championships during his tenure. Three of his hires —baseball coach Jay Johnson, women’sbasketball coach KimMulkey and gymnastics coach Jay Clark —won national titles.

The six national championships included LSU’slast footballtitle in 2019 under

coach Ed Orgeron, who had been hired by former LSU athleticdirectorJoe Alleva As LSU stumbled to an 1112 record over the next two seasons, Orgeron was ﬁred.

Woodward hired Kelly, believing he would stabilize thefootballprogram and consistently contend for championships. Kelly had ledNotre Dame tothe national championship game, appeared in theCollege FootballPlayoff andleft as the winningest coach in its programhistory “Bepatient,” Woodward said in an interviewwith The Advocatebefore Kelly’s ﬁrst season in 2022. “It’s not going to be aPicassocoming outofthe box, but it will get there.”

But the Kelly eradid not panout. LSU nevercame close to reaching the playoff, which expanded to12 teams last season.His most successfulcampaign was hisfirst year,whenLSU reached theSEC Championship Game and took down Alabama, 32-31, in overtime in TigerStadium. Woodward made other successfulhires.

Johnson hadled Arizona to the CollegeWorldSeries twice, including theCollege World Seriesfinal in 2016, before he was hiredasLSU’s coach in June2021. Since taking over in Baton Rouge, Johnsonhas won twonational championshipsinfour seasons and coachedthree playerswho became top-three picks inthe MLB Draft

Mulkey washired by LSU in April2021 after leading Baylortothree national championships in 21 seasons. It didnot take long for hertowin afourth title at LSUin2023 before reaching the Elite Eight of theNCAA Tournament in each of the past two seasons.

Woodward also hired men’sbasketballcoach Matt McMahonand gymnastics coach Jay Clark McMahonwas appointed in March 2022 from MurrayState. Headingintohis fourth season in charge of LSU’sprogram, he has yet to reach the NCAATournament.

Clarkguided thegymnasticsprogram to itsﬁrst national title in 2024 after he was promoted from his position as co-head coach in 2021.

Ausberry will nowlead the department during aperiod of significantupheaval. A former LSU linebacker and New Iberia native, he has served within the athletic departmentfor 24 years.

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LSU athletic directorScott Woodward, right, poses with newly hired LSUfootball coachBrian Kelly during Kelly’s

argued that the city should maintain asizable balance in its rainy day fund in case of emergencies and to maintain the city’scredit rating. And council members said Thursday that those reserves alone wouldn’tsecure thecashnecessaryto avoidcutstocityservices, though the extent of potential cuts remained unclear Giarrusso, who chairs the council’sBudget Committee, said that if the council votes to tap the rainy day fund, it would likely argue thatthe city is facinganeconomic downturn —one of three circumstances in which the money canbespent.

“We’re certainly not functioninginacompletely normal economy,” he said.

Council Vice President Helena Moreno, the mayorelect,did not respond to arequest for comment. She has said before that she is not in favor of using the fund. District Ccouncil member FreddieKingalsodid not respond to arequest for comment.

The Cantrell administration did not return arequest for comment Thursday but said Wednesday that Chief Administrative Ofﬁcer Joe Threat and other city officials would collaborate with council members on options to stem the crisis, including relying on revenue collections and reserves to get the city through the end of the year Cantrell at acouncil meeting Wednesday cautioned against using the fund, as doing so wouldhurt the city’sbond rating, ameasure of ﬁnancial health. That was before the city’soriginal plan of securing a$125 million loan fell apart.

“Wewant to reduce any pressure on that rainy day fund,”Cantrellsaid,adding that bond rating agencies werewatching. “Wedonot want to risk further reduction in terms of that rating.” Stavingoff financialcrisis

But the city faces daunting choices as it weathers a $160 million deﬁcit caused by overblown revenue projections, excess spending, and afailure to budget for overtime, among otherproblems. The city’scash ﬂows have also been drastically reduced because of delays in federal reimbursements tied to roadwork, officials have said, threatening payroll through 2025.

To prevent ﬁnancial catastrophe, the city asked the State Bond Commission to grant it permission to sell $125 million in short-term revenue loans, arequest Gov.Jeff Landry opposed. The city withdrew its request once it became clear that state officials would only approve it if aseparate state committee recommended that New Orleans receive astate appointed administrator Moreno said that amounted to atakeover, and she couldn’tstomach it. Now,the use of therainy dayfund,a less-palatable option officials discussed and passed on earlier this month, ap-

pears back onthe table.

Therainy day fund was created through acitycharter changeapproved by voters in 2017. According to the charter, moneyfrom the fund can only be withdrawn by the City Council by atwothirds vote if the city faces acrisis caused by an“act of God, riot,war,orgrave emergency,” asignificant loss in revenue duetoaserious economic downturn or a federal mandate.

The ideabehind it, advocates said at thetime, was to ensure the city had ameasure of cushion duringﬁscal emergencies

Theﬁve councilmembers who spoke on Thursday wouldmakethe majority necessary to approve an ordinance to tap the fundin this case.

“Based on the information provided by the CAO’s ofﬁce, there does not seem to be apathforward where we can keepthe government solvent without tappingthe rainy day fund,” Morrell said. “I’m open to doing whatever isnecessary to makesure that employees are not negatively impacted through the end of theyear.”

It’slikely the city would still need to cut some services even if therainyday fund is used. New Orleans spends $22 million every twoweeks to make payroll for its5,000 employees, and the citycurrently hascash on hand to make payroll through Nov 12.

Thedepth of those cuts depends onhow muchrevenue the city can scrounge up through the end of the year, Morrell said, from sources like unspent American RescuePlanAct funds and from Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursements.

Morrell said Wednesday that CAO JoeThreat told him the city was preparing to put all employees on notice that layoffswere possible; the administration did notrespond to questions on that point.

Thomas saidthathesupportedusing aportion of the rainy day fundtomaintain city services andpayroll.

“The rainyday fund isn’t just forrain,” said Thomas “Wehave to take alook at that before we talkabout placing more ﬁnancial burdenonour citizens.”

Harris said thatshe also supported tapping the city’s reserves.

“Ifthere were ever amoment to responsibly tap our rainy day fund, this is it,” said Harris. “Wemust ensure our city employees are paid and that essential services continue without interruption.”

But Harris said thatifthe rainy day fund is used, “we mustcommit to replenishing it as soon as revenues begin to recover.”

Green agreed that thecurrent cash crisis justiﬁed tapping the reserve. “There’s no more rainy aday than when you’re in ayear where you hadaterrorist incident, aSuperBowl, asnowstorm, Green said He said that increasing taxes and fees, an option suggested by theCantrell administration earlier this month, would be a“last resort.”

“We’regoing to look at it recognizing thatatthese times everything has to be on the table,” Green said.

‘Preciousemergency fund’

Even as thecouncil appears poised to support tapping the city’sreserves, Mayor LaToyaCantrell warned against dipping into the city’s “precious emergency fund”onWednesdaymorning, when it still seemed possible that the state mightsignoff on the city’s plan to sell $125 million in short-term bonds. She cited thepossibility of steeper declines to thecity’sbondrating, an assessment of thecity’s creditworthiness. Moody’s Ratings earlier this month downgradedNew Orleans’ credit rating andrevised itsoutlook from stable to negative,pointing to the city’s use of emergency funds to cover one-time and operational expenses.

The downgrade, from A2 to A3,could leadtohigher borrowing rates, though Moody’sand otherrating agencies still considerNew Orleans “strong” in its ability to meet ﬁnancialcommitments

In recent weeks, Cantrell hasproposed several ordinances aimed at raising city revenues. The ordinances would raise fees,ﬁnes and parking rates, including an increaseinthe monthly sanitation fee from $24 to $36 for residences and $48 to$72 for businesses. That would raise an estimated $19 million annually,according to the administration. Ahalf-penny sales tax increase would raise another $34 million annually

Even if thecouncil approvedthose revenuegenerating measures, it’s unclear howmuchofa dent that would make in thecity’s immediateneed for cash, Giarrusso said.

Members have yetto scheduleavote to consider tapping therainy dayfund.

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China to work with U.S. to resolve TikTok issues

President Donald Trump’s meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping produced a raft of decisions to help dial back trade tensions, but no agreement on TikTok’s ownership.

“China will work with the U.S. to properly resolve issues related to TikTok,” China’s Commerce Ministry said after the meeting. It gave no details on any progress toward ending uncertainty about the fate of the popular video-sharing platform in the U.S. Wide bipartisan majorities in Congress passed — and President Joe Biden signed a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. if it did not find a new owner to replace China’s ByteDance. The platform went dark briefly on a January deadline but on his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order to keep it running while his administration tries to reach an agreement for the sale of the company Trump’s order was meant to enable an American-led group of investors to buy the app from China’s ByteDance, though the deal also requires China’s approval.

However, TikTok deal is “not really a big thing for Xi Jinping,” said Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the German Marshall Fund’s Indo-Pacific program, during a media brieﬁng Tuesday “(China is) happy to let (Trump) declare that they have ﬁnally kept a deal. Whether or not that deal will protect the data of Americans is a big question going forward.”

The security debate centers on the TikTok recommendation algorithm — which has steered millions of users into an endless stream of video shorts. China has said the algorithm must remain under Chinese control by law But a U.S. regulation that Congress passed with bipartisan support said any divestment of TikTok would require the platform to cut ties with ByteDance.

Universal Music, Udio settle suit, to team up

LONDON Universal Music Group and AI song generation platform Udio have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit and agreed to team up on new music creation and streaming platform, the two companies said in a joint announcement Wednesday

As part of the deal, Udio immediately stopped allowing people to download songs they’ve created, which sparked a backlash and apparent exodus among paying users.

Financial terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed.

Universal announced another AI deal on Thursday, saying it was teaming up with Stability AI to develop “next-generation professional music creation tools.”

Udio and Suno pioneered AI song generation technology, which can spit out new songs based on prompts typed into a chatbot-style text box The companies said the new AI subscription service will debut next year

Meta shares slide on expense projections

Meta Platforms Inc. posted strong third-quarter results Wednesday but warned that its expenses will be significantly higher in 2026 than this year

Like its rivals, Meta has been on an artiﬁcial intelligence spending spree and said its costs will grow much faster next year, driven by infrastructure costs and employee compensation as it has hired AI experts at eye-popping compensation levels.

“Employee compensation costs will be the second largest contributor to growth, as we recognize a full year of compensation for employees hired throughout 2025, particularly AI talent, and add technical talent in priority areas,” Meta said.

Menlo Park, California-based Meta earned $2.71 billion, or $1.05 per share, in the July-September period. Excluding tax-related special expenses, the company would have earned $7.25. Revenue rose 26% to $51.42 billion from $40.59 billion.

Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $6.72 per share on revenue of $49.51 billion, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research

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U.S. stocks sink on mixed news

Wall Street reacts to Big Tech profits, U.S.-China relations

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEW YORK The U.S. stock market sank from its record heights on Thursday, as Wall Street sifted through mixed developments on everything from the U.S.-China trade war to proﬁts for Big Tech behemoths.

The S&P 500 fell 1% and pulled further from its all-time high set on Tuesday The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 109 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.6% from its record set the day before.

President Donald Trump hailed his talk with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, as a “12” on a scale of

zero to 10, and Trump said he would cut tariffs on China. But while the talks may offer some stability for the near term, major tensions remain between the two countries.

Plus, stocks had already run to records earlier this week on expectations for potentially big improvements coming out of the Trump-Xi talks.

“The result was fine, but fine isn’t good enough given the expectations going in,” said Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management. “The results were more like small gestures instead of a grand bargain.”

Microsoft sank 2.9% even though it reported stronger proﬁt and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Analysts pointed to how it also expects to spend more on investments in 2026 than in 2025, while growth for its Azure business may have

U.S. farmers cheer China’s soybean promise

But they caution deal doesn’t solve everything

BY JOSH FUNK AP business writer

OMAHA, Neb American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer tractors, repair parts and seeds

The Chinese promise to buy at least 25 million metric tons of soybeans annually for next three years will bring their purchases back in line with where they were before President Donald Trump launched his trade war with China in the spring. But the 12 million metric tons that China plans to buy between now and January is only about half the typical annual volume

“This is a very good thing I’m very grateful,” said Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt, who is a director with the United Soybean Board. “I don’t want to sound like a ungrateful farmer, but it doesn’t cure everything in the short term.”

Missouri farmer Bryant Kagay said it’s somewhat “crazy” that everyone is getting so excited about this deal when all it does is get farmers back to where they were before this trade war began.

“I don’t know why you would go to war on trade if you didn’t expect you could get a better outcome in the end,” said Kagay who is part owner of Kagay Farms in Amity, Missouri.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said China also agreed to remove all its retaliatory tariffs on American ag products, which should open the door for sales of other crops and beef. Plus, China promised to resume buying U.S. sorghum which is another crop

BY MEG JAMES Los Angeles Times (TNS)

NBCUniversal owner Comcast, is interested in some of Warner Bros. Discovery’s assets.

On a Thursday call with analysts to discuss third-quarter earnings,

Comcast President Mike Cavanagh suggested the Philadelphia giant might bid for certain Warner assets, primarily the Warner Bros. ﬁlm and television studios and its streaming service HBO Max.

Sources had previously said Comcast was angling to join the Warner Bros. Discovery auction after that company’s board formally opened the process last week. The Warner board has unanimously rejected three unsolicited bids from David Ellison’s Paramount, which has offered $58 billion for all of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Comcast isn’t looking to acquire the entire company or Warner’s large portfolio of cable channels that include CNN, TBS and Food Network. Instead, Cavanagh sug-

fallen a bit short of some investors’ expectations. On the winning side of Big Tech was Alphabet. Shares of Google’s parent company climbed 2.5% after its proﬁt and revenue for the latest quarter easily topped analysts’ expectations. How such companies do matters incredibly for investors. The trio of Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Microsoft alone account for 14.5% of the total value of all the companies in the S&P 500 index, which dictates the movements for many 401(k) accounts. That means movements for them and a handful of other Big Tech companies can easily overshadow what hundreds of other stocks are doing.

Elsewhere on Wall Street, Chipotle Mexican Grill tumbled 18.2% after the restaurant chain pointed to pressures weighing on its customers, particularly younger ones and those who aren’t making high

incomes. CEO Scott Boatwright said that households making less than $100,000 are dining out less often because of concerns about the economy and inflation. He pointed specifically to 25- to 35-year-old customers, who are feeling the weight of unemployment, increased student loan repayments and slower growth in wages with respect to inflation, and he said he thinks restaurants across the industry are seeing something similar Chipotle cut its forecast for an important underlying measure of sales growth this year Eli Lilly, meanwhile, rose 3.8% after delivering stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected It credited strong growth for its blockbuster Mounjaro and Zepbound drugs for diabetes and obesity and it raised its full-year forecasts for revenue and profit.

largely used for animal feed that depends on that market More than half the sorghum and soybean crops are exported every year with much of that going to China.

Having these promises from China should make it easier for farmers to get the loans they need heading into next year, but Ewoldt said “I hope the administration doesn’t think that this solves everything in the next 6 to 8 months or 10 months.”

Trump had promised to offer farmers a signiﬁcant aid package this fall to help them survive the trade war with China, but it’s been put on hold because of the ongoing government shutdown. Rollins said that aid package is still in the works, but she promised the administration is ready to “step in the gap” and address any sort of harm the trade war has caused farmers.

“We’ll see what the market does and we will be ready to continue to step in if in fact, we believe it’s necessary,” Rollins said.

Kurt Campbell, a former deputy secretary of state in the Biden administration and now chairman of The Asia Group, said it’s not surprising that Trump negotiated these soybean purchases because they will beneﬁt one of his core constituencies in rural America.

“Its key deliverables appear to be things that matter greatly to President Trump in the short term, notably progress on fentanyl and increased sales of soybeans from congressional districts that matter to the Republican Party,” Campbell said.

China is the world’s largest buyer of soybeans. It had been consistently buying about

gested that Comcast’s interest would be more narrow

He noted that NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. have compatible businesses. Comcast wants to grow its studios business and its struggling streaming service, Peacock, which lost $217 million during the quarter

“You should expect us to look at things that are trading in our space

It’s our job to try to ﬁgure out if there are ways to add value,” Cavanagh told analysts.

But he added a note of caution, saying the company didn’t feel that a merger was “necessary.”

“The bar is very high for us to pursue any (merger) transactions,” he said.

The Warner Bros. Discovery auction comes amid deep turmoil in the industry Traditional entertainment companies, including Warner and NBCUniversal, have long relied heavily on cable programming fees to boost proﬁt but consumers have been scaling back on pay-TV subscriptions amid the move to streaming.

one quarter of the American crop in recent years. China bought more than $12.5 billion worth of the nearly $24.5 billion worth of U.S. soybeans that were exported last year China quit buying American soybeans this year after Trump imposed his tariffs Yet it had been steadily shifting more of its purchases to Brazil and other South American nations over the past decade. Last year Brazilian beans accounted for more than 70% of China’s imports, while the U.S share fell to 21%, World Bank data shows. Argentina and other South American countries also are selling more to China, which has diversiﬁed to boost food security Farmer Caleb Ragland, who is president of the American Soybean Association trade group, said this agreement lays the foundation for restoring China’s traditional purchases of 25 million to 30 million metric tons of American soybeans.

“This is a meaningful step forward to reestablishing a stable, long-term trading relationship that delivers results for farm families and future generations,” said Ragland, who farms near Magnolia, Kentucky

Indiana farmer Brent Bible said this deal with China sounds good as long as they actually do what they promised, unlike what happened with the trade agreement China signed with the United States in 2020 after Trump’s initial trade war The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted trade between the two nations just as the agreement went into effect. In 2022, U.S. farm exports to China hit a record, but then fell.

To address that challenge, Comcast is spinning off its cable channels, including CNBC, MSNBC, USA and Golf Channel, into a separately traded company called Versant. That process is expected to be complete this year

As part of the transition, the liberal-leaning MSNBC is changing its name to MS Now and dropping the peacock from its network logo, reﬂecting its pending exit from NBC, which will remain part of Comcast.

Cavanagh suggested that Comcast would not double down in a declining cable channel business that it was already exiting. But Warner has other compelling businesses, including HBO and its Warner Bros. film and television studio. Warner and NBCUniversal are investing in their respective streaming services but both lag Netﬂix, YouTube and Walt Disney Co. in terms of subscribers and engagement. Peacock has 41 million subscribers; the service has lost billions of dollars since Comcast

launched it ﬁve years ago. To shore up Peacock and the NBC broadcast network, Comcast has doubled down on sports, including striking a $27-billion, 10-year deal for NBA basketball, a contract that kicked in this month with the new season. (Nielsen ratings for the inaugural NBA game on NBC last week were strong nearly 5 million viewers.)

Most analysts believe that Ellison’s Paramount is in the best position to win Warner Bros. Discovery They point to the Ellison family’s determination, wealth and political connections. Tech titan Larry Ellison, who is backing his son’s bid, is the second-richest man in the world behind Elon Musk, and President Trump views the elder Ellison as a good friend.

In contrast Trump has displayed a dim view of Comcast Chair and Chief Executive Brian Roberts, in large part, because of Comcast’s ownership of MSNBC, which Trump has accused of being an arm of the Democratic National Committee.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL CONROy Soybeans are harvested on Sept 17 on the Warpup Farm in Warren, Ind.

Move comesat critical moment as harvestwraps up

BY JENNA ROSS Staff writer

Ofﬁces that farmers count on for low-interest loans and disaster relief programs have reopened, even as the federal government shutdown drags on.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the reopening of 2,100 offices of the Farm Service Agency across the country at acrucial time for row crop farmers who are wrapping up the harvest, deciding whether to sell or

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TheRiver District is the largest single development project in New Orleans envisioned as anew neighborhoodofresidences, hotels, shops and entertainment venues across 47 acres of Convention Center-owned land along the Mississippi River.Civic and business leaders have described it as crucial to keeping New Orleans competitiveina shifting convention and businesstourism landscape.

TheConvention Center has owned the property for more than two decades but has struggled to turn the site into atrueconvention hubwhile other cities have forged ahead.

In Atlanta, for example, the Georgia World Congress Center Authority developed the 976-room Signia by Hilton hotel and surrounding attractions as partofan integrated entertainment zone. Indianapolis connected its Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium to a1,005-roomMarriott and the GeorgiaStreet entertainment corridor. San Antonio’sconvention center sits along the bustling River Walk, while Nashville’sMusic City Center opens into Broadway’shonky-tonk district. EvenMilwaukee has reimagined its convention area with the new Deer District entertainment zone.

By contrast, the NewOrleans Convention Center remains surrounded largely by parking lots, despite years of ambitious plans and millions in public investment aimed at transforming it into adestinationinits own right Lauricella’sgroupwas chosenin2021from among three finalists with aproposal featuring 1,100 residences —half affordable or workforce units —along with offices, retail and entertainment space. But four years later,only one project, ShellRiverside, hasbroken ground: amid-rise office tower that will serve as Shell Oil’sregional headquarters when completed in 2027 Underthe now-defunct plan that had been sched-

store and planning for the next growing season

“It’sabsolutely critical,” said Mike Strain, Louisiana’scommissioner of the DepartmentofAgriculture and Forestry,citing the agency’s many services, including crop insurance and bridge loans.“Whenyou look at the Farm Services Agency, they’re an integral partner in thebusiness of agriculture.”

Strain addedthatthe agency is especially important at this time of year. Late last week,Rollins metwithGov.JeffLandry, Strainand othersduring her visittoLouisiana. Government programs are key for farmers who are facinga difﬁcultmarket

uledfor board approval Thursday,the Convention Center was set to terminate RDNI’sleases on several prime parcels, leavingonly theShell Riverside lease intact. Three ofthose parcels —includingthe proposed site for the$165 million Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience,which recently received $28.5 million in state funding —wouldhave reverted directly to ConventionCenter control. Two other tracts at the upriver end of thesite were to be reclaimed,aswell.

RDNI would have retained theright to buy out four other parcels through theend of 2026 if it could secure ﬁnancing anddevelopment plans.Those includedthe site of theplanned Rivana residential project and the former Topgolf site, which has been mired in litigation over zoningand neighborhoodopposition.

Theproposed deal also wouldhave seen the Convention Center invest an additional $6 million in infrastructure around Rivana matching aCity Hall commitment, while pressing RDNI to put up its own share of funding

Cook had described the proposed restructuring as an effort to “move the project forward” andtake amore activerole in the development’sfuture.

“Theauthority hasbeen considering the progress of theRiver District development for some time,” Cook said earlier thisweek. “We believe the authority’s considered action with ourpartner RDNI will be aproductive one.”

That optimism evaporated Thursdaymorning. “We had apath forward,” the board source said. “Now Shell’sgoingtobeonanisland unless somethinggets done.”

With RDNI’swithdrawal, theConventionCenter now faces renewed uncertainty —and the likelihood of havingto find newpartners to revive avisionthat has eluded city leaders for more than two decades.

Separately,the board is stillexpectedThursdayto approvehalf of aplanned $70 million investment in aproposed $590 million “headquarters” hotel on

that includes high prices for most of what they buy,they say.Farmers have cited rising costs of fertilizer,and low prices for much of what they’re selling.

“President Trumpiscommitted to supporting America’sfarmers and ranchers,” aUSDA spokesperson said by email, “and thisaction will release over $3 billion in assistance for farmers that Democrats in Congresshave held up for over 20 days.”

County offices will be staffed by two employees ﬁve days aweek. The USDA spokesperson, who declined to give their name, said those employees are being paid, but didn’tanswer aquestion about how th ’r

During avisit lastweek to Amite, Rollins said the USDA is tapping funds from theCommodity Credit Corporation, according to a FarmBureau News article. Not all the USDA’s agriculture services have restarted, Strain said. There will be no newsign-ups for conservation programs, includingcost-sharing for cover crops. The market reports that the USDA typically compiles are still on pause, too, he said. Farms aretime-sensitive operations,partlybecause they’reselling perishable items, said Nichole Liuzza, whoruns Liuzza Family Farm

in Tangipahoa Parish,which growsarange of fruitand vegetables, from strawberriestosquash.“Wedon’tmake tiresyoucanstackup.Ithasto beharvested,ithastobesold.”

Liuzza, who works alongside her husband, afifthgeneration farmer,was expectinganother payment in October from afederal disaster reliefprogramfor adrought that hit in 2023. Even with the Farm Service Agency offices open, she’s unsure whether that paymentwill go through.

The farm doesn’tcount on such funding,as“we never know when it’s comingorif it’scoming,” she said. Now,

at least, she knows where she can go to ﬁnd out. Liuzza is morestressed about the bigger,longerterm effectsofthe shutdownonfolks’ ability to buy produce. The 65-acre farm depends on people being able to afford freshfruit and vegetables, rather than trying to stretchtheir dollars by buying a75-cent can of corn. She worries about federal workers missing paychecksand SNAPbenefits being suspended.

“It’smore than just the USDA ofﬁces,” she said. “I need the whole system to be working in order for us to beneﬁt.”

money to me,” Kirkpatrick said at anews briefing. “I will work with you on the nonessential safety elements. But Iamnot going to let an ofﬁcer get hurt, and I am not going to let the community be hurtbecause Iam not willing to pay overtime.”

The response from Kirkpatrick,who heads adepleted police force that has come to lean on overtime pay for daily coverageand major events alike,came as the full impact of the city shortfallremained in doubt Thursday

It came aday after New Orleans ofﬁcialsabandoned an attempt to secure a$125 million bridge loantoshore up abudgetgap and make payroll throughthe newyear, under threat of astate takeover of city finances. City ofﬁcials didnot directlyrespond to the pushback from Kirkpatrick, the city’s police chief for the past two years

The impasse at the state levelhad police officers, firefighters andotheremergency responders fearingan immediate hit to their paychecks,representatives said NOPD overtime hours in the city’s2025 budget account for about $56 million of the shortfall to abudget that included only $57,500 for overtime pay.That figure —about 1/1000th of the actual amount —was supposed to be revisedbut that “never happened,” police said at aTuesdaybudget hearing.

Accordingtothe NOPD, the year also saw overtime costs swellto$1.5million from the New Year’sterrorist attack, and $1.2 million for the January snowstorm Those and other happenings, includingMardi Gras, have cost the city nearly $13million in police overtime this year,according to department ﬁgures.

“The reason they’re spending money on overtime is because900 ofﬁcers are not enough to handle the calls for service and the crime

that we have,” said Rafael Goyeneche,president ofthe Metropolitan CrimeCommission.Hesaidthe city’s reliance on overtime pay goes far beyond special events for adepartment that has hovered for years athistoric stafﬁng lows.

“Everybody in government knowsthe PoliceDepartment’sovertime budget is going to be signiﬁcant, and thatisthe reason they pay it,” Goyeneche said. “They recognize how foundational that is to the safety and prosperity of thecitizensofthis community.”

Police ofﬁcershavemany concerns and littleinformationtogoon, said Eric Hessler,attorney and spokesperson for thePolice Association of New Orleans.

TheNOPD implemented a reduction in overtime earlier this year.Hessler said no one has been told of changes to existing plans for policing upcoming eventssuch as Halloween,with baked-in overtime.

“Fromwhat we’vebeen told, there is no (NOPD) overtime,” Hesslersaid “You have big things back to back toback. Ijust don’t see how they can do it,and I think it’sgoingtopotentially cause retention and recruitment problems.”

Sgt.Willie Jenkins, a20year NOPD veteranand ofﬁcialwith the local FraternalOrder of Police, called ofﬁcer overtimea “win-win for everybody,” given the gaps in coverage that would result without it.

“It’sgoingtobedetrimental, andthere’s going to be some financial hardshipto ofﬁcers,”hesaidofa hiatus on overtime. “A lot of them, it’sbecome sort of like a built-in salary bump.”

But Jenkins said it’swrong to think ofﬁcers areworking that extra time just for the pay

“Weneed theovertimeto make sure wecan provide thecitizensofNew Orleans with the best product,” he said. “That’sjustitinanutshell. They havetohave peopleon thestreet.”

Though the size of theprojected deficit has stunned,

New OrleansFireDepartmentofficials have been bracing forabudgetcrunch.

On Aug. 22, NOFD staff received amemo informing themthat overtimewould be reduced. It calledfor NOFD personnel to suspend stafﬁng of ambulances and nimble emergency “sprint cars.”

“These decisions were not madelightly,” NOFD Superintendent Roman Nelson stated in amemo obtained by TheTimes-Picayune.“We recognize that these measureswillplace additional demands on daily operations andmay increase thestrain on equipment.”

New Orleans EMS did not return requestsfor comment.

Because the NOFD is nearly fully staffed at around 650 personnel, overtime hoursaren’tessential for service, according to Aaron Mischler,president at International AssociationofFire Fighters Local 632.

“Wehave enough people to cover the shifts, barring vacation and injuries,”Mischler said. “The impact to us won’tbeasbad as police.”

Still, the loss of lucrative overtime paycuts deep, especially around theholidays, he said. Unlikefederal employees working during a government shutdown, ﬁreﬁghters won’twork without being on the payroll.

“You can’tdovolunteer firefighting, because then yourun into thecaseofworkers’comp,”Mischler said. “If youget injured, you’re not covered with insurance.”

New Orleans EMS relies on overtime and a“surge” contract withAcadian Ambulance Service to meet its staffingneeds, Chief Bill Salmeronsaid. So far, NOEMS hasn’tbeen toldto eliminateovertime, but if that happens, the agency would lean moreheavily on its contract with Acadian.

Mischler saidhe’soptimistic that ofﬁcials will come up with aworkable solution.

“They’re messing with people’slivelihoodsand public safety at this point,” Mischlersaid. “Theyneed to ﬁgure it out, andtheyneed to ﬁgure it out fast ”

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Church abuse victims OK settlement

Survivors overwhelmingly approve $230M payout

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

Clergy sex abuse survivors have overwhelmingly approved a $230 million bankruptcy settlement with the Archdiocese of New Orleans, potentially clearing the way for the local Roman Catholic Church’s long-running case to be resolved by the end of the year

According to court documents

ﬁled Thursday, 99.6% of all creditors in the case who submitted ballots during a six-week voting period, which ended Wednesday, voted in favor of the settlement.

Those creditors are divided into several groups or “classes”: more than 650 abuse survivors, a group of vendors and small businesses, and the bondholders owed $30 million by the archdiocese.

Bankruptcy law states that two-

thirds of all votes cast within each class must be in favor of a settlement in order for the court to conﬁrm it.

While the abuse survivors and trade creditors overwhelmingly cleared that bar the bondholders voted against the plan by a vote of 59 to 14, court documents show Their opposition was not unexpected. Bondholder attorneys have argued for months that the pro-

posed settlement, which initially would have paid them $3 million of the $30 million owed, was unfair Court documents ﬁled Thursday show an updated version of the settlement is now offering to pay them $7.2 million over 12 years.

“The results are unequivocal: 99.63% of creditors who submitted ballots (excluding the Bondholder class) voted in favor of the Joint Plan, which carried every single class except (the bond claims),” according to court documents ﬁled by attorneys of the archdio-

Wind and waves

cese. “Bondholders stand alone in opposition to a plan that materially improves their treatment.”

The bondholder opposition is expected to complicate a conﬁrmation hearing in U.S Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Grabill’s court, scheduled for late November, setting up what is known as a “cramdown” process. The archdiocese did not respond to a request for comment on the vote.

Lakeshore

the Southern

Research monkeys still missing

Animals escaped after truck overturned in Miss. on Tuesday

BY KASEY BUBNASH Staff writer

A car wreck on Interstate 59 in Mississippi on Tuesday afternoon gave a handful of lab monkeys their first taste of freedom. But after a multiagency response and confusion over whether the animals were carrying several serious viral infections, only a few made it out of the ordeal alive. The crash was reported at around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday just north of Heidelberg, where a truck hauling 21 rhesus macaques from Tulane University’s National Biomedical Research Center on the northshore hit a median and ﬂipped, ejecting eight of the animals from their cages

Although initial alerts issued by the Jasper County Sheriff’s De-

and the New

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

Xavier University laid off nearly 50 employees this week, calling the staff reduction a “difficult but necessary” move to maintain the school’s financial health amid federal funding cuts. The country’s only historically Black Catholic university, which enrolls about 3,200 students, the New Orleans institution is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year The layoffs come as colleges and universities face financial

pressure due to changes under President Donald Trump’s administration, including canceled research grants and new student loan restrictions and an impending enrollment cliff caused by a lower birthrate.

“As with many universities, Xavier is navigating the signiﬁcant challenges in the changing higher education landscape,” the school said in a statement Thursday. It added that the layoffs were needed “to ensure the institution’s long-term ﬁnancial health, continued support of student success, and ongoing commitment to our mission.”

Leslie Rose, a spokesperson for the university, said 46 full-time

employees were laid off, or about 6% of the university’s workforce.

Rose declined to provide information about which departments were impacted, but cuts appear to have been made to multiple programs from campus ministry to athletics.

Ed Cassiere, who has worked at Xavier since 2006, said the university warned staffers in August that budget cuts would be coming. He said he was informed Wednesday that it was his last day, but he would be paid and retain health insurance through December

Over the years Xavier has built a reputation as a powerhouse for preparing students for medical professions. It regularly sends

more Black students to medical school than any other institution, has a top-rated pharmacy school — one of just two in the state — and is establishing a new medical school with Ochsner Health.

Enrollment in Xavier’s medical school and other graduate programs could be impacted by recent changes to federal student loans under the One Big Beautiful Bill, which Trump signed into law in July The law limits loan relief programs and caps borrowing amounts for some students. Students attending professional programs, such as medical or law school, are limited to borrowing

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

A Washington Parish grand jury indicted Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong on Thursday, charging him with malfeasance in ofﬁce, theft of between $5,000 and $25,000 and two counts of public intimidation, according

to the northshore District Attorney’s Ofﬁce. The bulk of the three-page indictment is a list of seven seemingly unrelated allegations all under a single count of malfeasance in office. The allegations range from

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

Spray from Lake Pontchartrain crashes onto

Drive on Wednesday as strong northwest winds push water over the steps near

Yacht Club

Canal Lighthouse in New Orleans.

DA refusesmurderchargeinMetairiewoman’s death

Investigators had allegedinjuries didn’t matchfall explanation

BY MICHELLEHUNTER

Staff writer

The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’sOffice has dropped asecond-degree murder charge against the Metairie man accused of fatally beating his girlfriend, according to court records.

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‘Overwhelmingsupport’

The latest developments come more than ﬁveyears after Archbishop Gregory Aymond placed the archdiocese under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid agrowing number of clergy sex abuse claims. At the time, nearly 40 lawsuits had been ﬁled against the local archdiocese.

In the years since, more than 650 abuse claims have been ﬁled with the bankruptcy court, and the case now ranks as one ofthe longestrunning and expensive of more than 40 church bankruptcies around the U.S. Attorneys’fees alone top $50 million.

In July,the archdiocese and the court-appointed committeethatrepresents abuse survivors ﬁledajoint settlement plan,sinceupdated several times, that would create atrust from whichsurvivors would be paid $180 million over several years.

The plan would be funded by the archdiocese, three of its settling insurers and its affiliated parishes and charities. An estimated $50 million would be added to the settlement following the anticipated sale of Christopher Homes, the church’s low-income senior apartment complexes.

The plan would also establish stricter protocols and reporting measures designed to protect children from future abuse.

In early September,a group of attorneyswho represent as manyasonethird of the abuse survivors dropped theiropposition to the settlement. Their sup-

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Gibbens wrote.

Truong is scheduled to be arraigned on Nov.10, according to the District Attorney’sOfﬁce, which said in anews release that the indictment is the result of an ongoing investigation involving federal, state and local agencies.

Truong was arrestedin Januarybythe Louisiana State Police as partofamultiagency drug investigation and accused of transactions involving proceeds from drug offenses, unauthorized use of amovable and soliciting for prostitutes.

At the time of the arrest, District Attorney Collin Sims alleged Truong “organized entertainment with aprostitute” at an Airbnb in Atlanta. He claimed the Airbnb was rented using

ChadOrtolano,35, had beenjailed since June 28 whenJefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives booked him in connection with thedeath of 53-year-old Kathleen Cook Investigators had alleged that Cook’sextensive injuries —brain bleeds and fractured ribs —didn’tmatch Ortolano’sexplanation of a fall. Butthe DistrictAttorney’s Ofﬁce said they refused the charge on Monday because of “insufﬁcientevidence.” Ortolanocouldnot be

port helpedensure the necessary supermajority of survivors votedtoaccept theplan.

Anotherkey group in the case, the “commercial committee” that representsvendors and smallbusinesses, also came out in support of the plan.

At astatus conference

Thursday afternoon in Grabill’scourt, attorneys for the archdiocese and the survivors committee both praised thestrongsupport for the plan reﬂectedinthe votecount.

“Yourhonor,there is overwhelming support forthis plan,” archdiocese attorney Mark Mintz said. Finalvotetallies will be filed into the court record next week.

“Thisisaremarkable place we are in,” said Bradley Knapp, an attorney with Troutman Pepper Locke, which represents the survivors committee.

‘Illusoryoffer’

At Thursday’shearing, attorneys for the bondholderscontinued to objectto the planand asked Grabill to delay the confirmation hearing, scheduled to begin Nov.29, so they could resolicit the bondholders andlet them vote again on the latest revisions.

Bondholders wholentthe church $40million in 2017 to helprefinance parish debt have since beenrepaid about 25% of theoutstandingbalance.

Earlier versions ofthe settlement wouldhavepaid them $3 million over 10 years. Thelatest versionof theplanwould pay them $7.2 million over 12 years plus give them title to $13 million worth of surplus church property.

An attorney for the bond-

public money.Sims didnot provide further details at thetime and did not immediately respondtoarequest for comment on Thursday Truong in previousinterviews has strongly deniedthe charges.Hehas claimedhis prosecution is racially and politically motivated, as he soughtto shake up the city of about 10,000 people.

Truong wasnot charged with soliciting aprostitute in Thursday’sindictment

However,one of the seven different allegationsunder the single countof malfeasance in ofﬁce includes using public funds to pay for an Airbnb in Atlanta to meet aprostitute.

In August,Bogalusa’sformer public worksdirector, James Patterson, pleaded guilty in state court in Washington Parish to acharge of malfeasance and claimed he helped“cover up” an improper plumbing repair

reached for comment Wednesday Investigators arrested OrtolanoonMarch 6and booked him withseconddegree battery. The District Attorney’sOffice refused the battery charge on May7, according to court records. Cook remained hospitalizedfor two monthsbefore she was transferredtoa medicalrehab and thena care facility.She diedon June 9due to atraumatic brain injury,the Jefferson Parish Coroner’sOfﬁcelater determined.

Detectivesobtaineda warranttobook Ortolano with murder based on the inconsistencies between Cook’s severeinjuries and his explanation of afall, coupled with their history of domestic violence, Sheriff’s Ofﬁce DetectivePhillip HedrickJr. testiﬁed during abond hearing earlier this year “This was not afall,” said Cook’smother, BettyMurray, 74, whosat vigil at her daughter’sbedside for four months until Cook’s death.“I just don’tunderstand.” Cook’srelatives and au-

NewOrleans Archbishop GregoryAymond,center,walks on May23with Suzie Zeringue, in-house counsel for the archdiocese, and the Rev. Patrick Carr, vicar of finance, toward the Hale Boggs Federal Building in NewOrleans.

holder trusteesaid the revised plan is worse for his clients because it doesn’t includeinterestrates to account for the fact that$7.2 million in 2025 dollarswill be worthless than that in 12 years and also because the surplus church real estateis potentially worthless.

“Weare not intending to take thedebtors’property it doesn’twant,” attorney ChristopherMarx said. “It is an illusory offer being made to paint us in acertainlight.”

Grabill deniedMarx’s request to resolicit thevote or delay theupcomingconﬁrmation hearing.

“Weare not in re-solicitation world,” Grabill said. “I am notwilling to reopen discovery.Iamdefinitely notwilling to resolicit. That would be afruitless endeavor.” Cramdown

Theoppositionfrom the bondholderclass hasset up what is known in bankruptcy law as a“cramdown” scenario, meaning plan pro-

by cityworkers on Truong’s mother’s home.

Bogalusa city workers allegedly installeda 4-inch sewer pipe under Truong’s mother’shome in April 2023. Patterson estimated the repairs were worth at least $5,000.

After photographs began circulating on Facebook of theallegedrepair, Pattersonclaimed he created a backdated work order that made it seem like Truong’s mother’s plumbing had been damaged by cityworkers, according to acopy of his plea agreement Patterson’splea agreementmadeclear he was a witness for the state against Truong, according to Patterson’slawyer,Roy Burns of Covington.

“It’s not trueand I’ll let the lawyers handle thatpart,” Truong told The TimesPicayune in an interview in September,when asked about the allegedly improp-

ponentswill ask the court at next month’s confirmation hearing to force the bondholders to accept it.

At the hearing, Grabill will have to determine whether theplanmeets severalcriteria that would justifyher approvingitoverthe bondholders’ objections, Penn Statelaw professor Marie T. Reilly,a church bankruptcy expert, said earlierthis month

Thosecriteria include whether the planhas been proposedingood faith, satisﬁes theﬁnancial interestsof thebondholders and is “fair and equitable.”

Among the speciﬁcissues bondholders are focused on is how the plan proponents andtheir financialadvisers arrived at thevalue of church real estate. They are also challenging theway ﬁnancial consultants determined thevalue of an abuse claim.

Email StephanieRiegel at stephanie.riegel@ theadvocate.com.

er plumbing repair

The indictment also claims as partofthe malfeasance in office charge that he solicited abribe from arepresentative of DiamondScaffold Services in Bogalusa. It claims Truong tried to work out aplan for thecompany to lease land owned by the city,with half of the money goingto thecityand half paid “as a bribe.”

Another allegation Truong faces under themalfeasance charge stems from apublic records dispute that took place with thecity soon after Truong took ofﬁce.

A22ndJudicialDistrict

Court judge entered judgment against Truong and the city of Bogalusa in June 2023 for failing to comply with apublic records request, according to the indictment. Truong initially paid the judgment with his own money.But the indictment allegesthatTruong

thorities have said sheand Ortolano had aturbulent relationship marred by verbal andphysical violence. He was arrested and booked with abusing her in 2023, but Cook declined to pursue the case, according to authorities. Despite pleas from her family,Cook refused to leaveOrtolano, relatives said.

On Monday,Murray wasn’tsure of the family’s next steps. “I just want justice or to keep it from happening to

someone else,” she said. It was also not lost on Murray thatthe turn in her daughter’scase comes during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. She still hopesCook’sstory willinspire others to get help.

Victimsofdomestic violence can call the Metro Centers forCommunity Advocacy 24-hour Crisis Hotline at (504) 837-5400 or tollfree at (888) 411-1333. Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@theadvocate. com.

Boyfriendshoots womanafter fight, JPSO says

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

A51-year-old woman remained hospitalized in critical condition Wednesdayafter authoritiessay herlongtime boyfriend shot her in the head in front of her ﬁve grandchildren during an argument on the West Bank.

The suspected gunman, Charles Spurlock, 63, was being held at theJefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on a$300,000 bail.

Theshootingwas reported just before 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at an apartment building in the 2100block of U.S. 90 near Avondale, said Sgt. Brandon Veal, spokesperson for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

The couple livedthere withthe victim’sgrandchildren, according to authorities. On the day of the shooting, the couple had been arguing, though it’s not clear whatled to the disagreement.

Thewoman called an unidentifiedpersonand askedthemtopickupher grandchildren because Spurlock was“becoming aggressive,” according to the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

Spurlock grabbed his girlfriend and pulled her back intothe apartment whenshe stepped out to speak with the person. She

then had the city’sinsurance company improperly reimburse him $4,650.14 for the payment.

Separate from the malfeasance charge, Truong is charged withone count of theft between $5,000 and $25,000 for taking belongings of thecity of Bogalusa No further details on that charge are included in the indictment.

The grand jury also charged Truong with two counts of public intimidation relatedtoalleged “threats” Truong madeagainst two Bogalusa city employees, Leslie Pittman and Samantha Williams, in the spring of this year.Noadditional details on the allegedthreats were listed in the indictment.

In January 2023, Truong becamethe youngest mayor in thestate when he was inaugurated at 23 years old, after easily beating incumbent Mayor Wendy O’Quin

thenpickedupa lamp and hit Spurlock,according to authorities.

Authorities allege Spurlock backed up from the woman, pulled outa handgunand shother in the head Spurlock wasstill on scene when deputies arrived at the apartment building. He’d toldinvestigators he shot his girlfriend because she was attacking him,authorities said. The victim’sgrandchildren were not injured, though they witnessed theshooting, according to deputies, who described them as being in a“rattled” state after the violence. Spurlock was taken to theSheriff’s Officeinvestigations bureau for questioning, after which he was booked with attempted second-degree murder andobstruction of justice for allegedly trying to tamper with evidence, Veal said.

Editor’snote: October is Domestic Violence AwarenessMonth.Victims of domestic violence can callthe Metro Centers forCommunity Advocacy 24-hourCrisisHotline at (504) 837-5400 or toll-free at (888) 411-1333

EmailMichelle Hunter at mhunter@ theadvocate.com.

Perrette in a2022 election. The indictment comesas Truong is scheduledtogo to state court in Washington Parish on Nov. 5, where he is seeking to remove the city’s controversial ﬁscal administrator,whom he has accused of negligence.

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

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WEDNESDAY,OCT.29,

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Stateprosecutors want judgeoff Brooks case

resented herson, it’sirrelevant,quite frankly.What is the saying —don’t blame the sins of the father on the son. Well, the opposite istrue as well.

BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

State prosecutors cited 19th JudicialDistrict Judge Gail Horne Ray’spastrulings and the defendant’s decisiontowaive ajuryin lobbying for her removal Wednesdayfromthe upcoming trial in the Madison Brooks rape case. Ray has presided over cases involving two of the three defendants for the past two years, and she is set to determine one defendant’sguilt or innocenceinanupcoming bench trial.

Brooks was a19-year-old LSU sophomore who died early the morning of Jan. 15, 2023, after anight of heavy drinking in Tigerland. She was allegedly raped in acar before being dropped off in asubdivision and fatally struck by avehicle.

Prosecutors said Ray has seen too much pretrial evidence about Brooks’ sexual history.But when prosecutorscited the fact that Ray, alongtime defense attorney, represented her son in a rape case in the late 1990s, District JudgeBrad Myers bristled at the inference.

“I’ll be quite honest with you, you’re offending me bringingthis up,”saidMyers, who will decide whether or not to recuse Ray from the upcoming trial. “The fact that in (1997), she rep-

“So, other thanattempting to trash her reputation, it’s irrelevant,”hesaidmoments later.

Prosecutors filedamotion last monthtohave Ray recused from Casen John Carver’s case after she granted hisrequestfor abench trial. Thatmeans the presiding judge, not a jury,will decide averdict in Carver’s case after listening to evidence and testimony Carver,a 21-year-old Denham Springs man, is slated to be tried Dec. 1oncharges of ﬁrst- and third-degreerape alongwith video voyeurism. If foundguiltyofthe aggravated rape charge, he faces a mandatory life sentence.

He is one ofthree menindictedfor allegedlysexually assaultingBrooks. Desmond Carter,20, and Kaivon Deodre Washington, 21, also face aggravated rape charges All three are being triedseparately.Ray is also presiding over Carter’s case Rayruled againstprosecutors earlier this year in those two cases when she admitted testimony from two confidential witnesses about asexual encounter Brooks had with aconsensual partner one day before thealleged rape. Defense attorneys argued the testimony wouldhelpprove her sexual injuries were caused by someone else, but prosecutors said it violated shield laws aimedatprotecting victims in rape cases.

The1st Circuit Courtof Appeal overturnedRay’s ruling in March, deeming the evidence aboutBrooks’ sexual activity leading up to the allegedrapeinadmissible “atthis juncture.”

During avolatile hearing Wednesday afternoon inside the 19th Judicial DistrictCourthouse, Assistant District AttorneyKathleen Barrios Heap argued Ray’s exposure to evidence that has now been ruled inadmissible entitled the state to her recusal.

“This is knowledge that goes far beyond someone reading anews article or having heard about the case before,” she said. “And because she’snow the soletrier of fact —ifshe were not,we wouldn’t have ﬁled this motion to recuse.But thatbell cannot be unrung.”

Authorities saidBrooks left Reggie’s barinTigerland with Carter,Carver, Washingtonand another manwho wasnot indicted. She got in acar with the fourmen,and sheriff’s deputies saidCarverpulled the vehicle intoaresidential drivewayinthe 900 block of JenniferJean Drive and parked there for 20 minutes. That is where prosecutors allege Carter and Washingtonsexuallyassaulted Brooksinthe back seat of the car,while Carver cheered them on fromthe front seat and recorded portions of the encounter with his cellphone.

Afterward, the men droppedoff Brooks in the Pelican Lakes development, deputies said. Minutes after she got outofthe car,she was

struck and killed on Burbank Drive by apassing driver

Attorneys for theindicted men have argued thesex wasconsensual, whileprosecutors maintain Brooks was too intoxicated to give consent. She registered ablood alcohol content of 0.282, over threetimes thelegal driving limit, according to awrongful-death lawsuit ﬁled by her parents.

Prosecutorssaid the judge has heard information about Brooks’ sexual history and madedeterminations about hercredibility by ruling to admit testimony on her past encounters. Theycontend that amounts to abias against the state, but indicatedRay’srecusal didn’t become necessary until Carverwaived ajury trial and placed his fate in the judge’s hands.

“Wedon’twant to delay the trial.Wejustwantour shot at afair trial,” Assistant DistrictAttorneyJessicaFogan said. “Thisjudgehas been exposedtoall of this highly inflammatoryinformation thatshe found admissible.”

Myers seemed unconvinced by theargument that Ray’spriorrulings in the caseweresigns of bias.

“Everyjudge’s ruling that goes adversetoa party— whether it’syou or thedefendant— doesn’tprove that the judge is biased against the partythatloses the motion,” he said.

Joe Long, Carver’sattorney,said there was no evidencethat Ray is unableto conduct afair and impartial bench trial.

“Biasisbias,”hetoldMyers. “This is agame they’re

playing. They’re trying to game the system because they want to get abetter chance at adifferent judge.

“If theprosecution can say that based on your rulings that they can recuse you becauseyou’renolongerfair, it’sashot across the bow to every judge in this district,” Long later added.

When Long argued that the defendant hadnotiestoRay, Myers confronted him with aquestionable text message Carver sent his father during the early stagesofthe case.

“The judge we are getting, Ithink you know about, but we are friends with her and she is really good for our case,” Carver wrote in the text,which Myers read aloud in court during Wednesday’shearing.

“How does that inspire conﬁdenceinthe integrity andimpartialityofthe judiciary whenyou have the defendant saying this?” Myers asked.

Long said it was ateenage defendant speculating, and insisted Carver doesn’tactually know Ray

ButMyersremained adamant that the texts can send the wrong message

“In avacuum, that’sall ﬁne and good. But does the public understand that? The public sees these and says thefix is in. Howcan that conclusion not be drawn?”

Nelson DanTaylor Jr., Ray’s46-year-old son, was convictedoftwo counts apiece of forcible rape and aggravated burglary in 1997. Ray was one of his trial attorneys, according to court records.

Fire damagespopular OldMandevillepizzeria

Restaurant closed ‘indefinitely’

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Apopular and beloved Old Mandeville pizzeria is now “indefinitely closed” after aﬁre damaged itskitchen early Monday

Afire broke out at McClain’sPizzeria, locatedon Girod Street just steps from Lake Pontchartrain, around 2a.m. Monday,leaving the large extended family that operates the business withoutasource of income. “It’sa truefamilybusiness,” saidDeanna Dearing, asocial media representative for McClain’s. The restaurant is operated by McClain and Maggie Balmer Their kids and parents work there, Dearingsaid “I can’timagine what I would do if all of my opportunity forincome was just taken away overnight,” Dearingsaid The Mandeville Fire De-

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partment claimed the “aggressive” monkeys were infected with herpes, COVID-19 and hepatitis C, Tulane University officials soon clariﬁed that they were not infectious.

Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson told WDAMTV Tuesday evening that ﬁve of theescapees were killed in the ensuing hunt and three remained on the loose.Thirteen monkeys that didnot break out of their cages were recaptured.

The crash and subsequent killing of some of the monkeys garnered plenty of public attention, making national headlines and quickly becoming the butt of jokes online.Italso sparked outrage among animal lovers and advocates near and far, thrusting Tulane’s controversial animal research center backinto the spotlight.

But in the days since the monkeys escaped, authorities have left questions about thecrash largely unanswered. It’sstill unclear where the monkeys were headed and why some of them had to be killed, and the agencies involved have largely shutout attempts to get more information.

After Tulane ofﬁcials publicly disputed Jasper Coun-

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ty’s account of events, the Sheriff’s Department said in astatement posted to social media Tuesday evening that it was the truck driverwho warned authoritiesthe monkeys weredangerousand required personalprotective equipment forhandling.

“Wetook theappropriate actions afterbeing giventhat informationfrom the person transportingthe monkeys,” the Sheriff’s Department said It hassince declined to comment further.

TulanespokespersonMichael Streckersaidthe universitywas notinvolvedin the transport of the monkeys, does not own them and did nothave custodyof them when the truck carrying them to another unidentiﬁed facility crashed.

Strecker didn’tsay who themonkeys belonged to or where they wereheaded, but he conﬁrmed they had just left Tulane’s researchcenter when the “tragic incident” occurred.Strecker said primates from theresearch center are often provided to other organizations to “advancescientiﬁc discovery.”

“Thisisacommon practiceamong research organizations,” he said.Strecker referred further questions to theJasper County Sheriff’s Department

Tulane’sanimalsare used formedical research,and federal law mandatesthat

The costtoattend most of Xavier’sgraduate programs exceeds thoseamounts,according to abudgetestimate compiled by the university in May

Thelaw also caps lifetime borrowingfor undergraduate degrees, limits loans that parentscan use to help their

partment responded to a fire alarm around1:50 a.m. on Monday, said Jason Kaufmann, the chief of fire prevention for thedepartment. Once on the scene, firefighterssaw smokeand fire from arear window and forced entry into the building. The fire was in therestaurant’skitchen near an electrical outlet, Kaufman said, and thefirefighters extinguished thefire once inside. He estimated that 40% of thekitchen wasdamaged

tests be conducted in animals before approvalcan be given for clinical trials involving people, according to Tulane.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is leading an investigation into the cause of the crash. Aspokespersondeclined to comment further on Wednesday, referring questions about the monkeys to Tulane and theMississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Ofﬁcials with thewildlife departmentsaid Wednesday they are coordinatingwithlocal authorities to hunt down the remaining monkeys and urged residentstoavoid contactand report sightingsby calling (800) BE-SMART.

Animal advocacy organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has called for moreanswers, demandingthe release of full necropsiesand veterinary records. PETA’s Senior Vice PresidentKathyGuillermo said in astatementthat Tuesday’sordeal exempliﬁes the risks of animal testing,particularly on monkeys, which she said often carry diseases that canbetransmitted to humans.

“Terrified monkeysrunning for their lives intounprotected, populated areas is exactly the spark thatcould ignite the next pandemic,” she said.

Tony Goldberg, aprofessor at theUniversity of Wisconsin School of Veterinary

children pay for college and excludes part-time students from loan programs.

Advocates fear the changes could pricelow-income students out of private institutions and further destabilizeuniversities, some of which are still reelingfrom the loss of federal grants.

No other buildingswere involved, he said.

Dearing created aGoFundMethathad gathered over $8,000 as of Thursday around 12:30 p.m. It listed a goal of $11,000. Fans took to social media to share theGoFundMe and lament the loss of arestaurant well known in theMandeville community MelManuel, afounder of Queer Northshore, encouraged members of the group to pitch in what theycan to the GoFundMe.“They’ve

Medicine and aresearcher specializing in cross-species diseasetransmission, said the macaques in question are notlikely to cause the next COVID-19.

Native to Asia, rhesus macaques are theprimates that have long been most commonly used in medical testing andresearch,Goldberg said.They’re aboutas big as amedium-sized dog and often live in proximity to densely populated cities, whereGoldbergsaidthey interact withpeople largely without issue.

“So threemonkeys on the run in Mississippi, I wouldn’tbealarmist about it,” he said.

been incredible alliesto the LGBTQ community on the Northshore for years,” Manuel wrote on Facebook. “MCCLAINS IS COMING BACKHOT &FRESH,” wrote the Mandeville Girls Society on Facebook.

Thehistory of McClain’s Pizzeriadates back to the 1970s in Washington state, where McClain Balmer’s family opened the Harris Avenue Deliand turned a bagel recipe into apizza recipe, accordingtothe restaurant’swebsite.

Many macaques carry aform of herpes, B-virus, that affects them in much the same way herpesimpacts humans.

Though rare,Goldberg said B-virus can be spread to humans through biting or scratching and can enter the nervous system, causing serious illness or death. But Goldberg said the risk is low. Studies of monkey handlers andresearch personnel —Goldberg himself studies wild primatesin Africa —show“very low” transmission rates.

“As thepoliceproved,” Goldberg said, “we’remuch more of adangertothem than they are to us.”

BushJr.,Bennie Butler, Darian Cummings,Mary Dorsey,Mack Douglas,Keith Frazier,Marie Fultz,Tonya Harmon, Myriam HarrisonJr.,Joseph Jamison Jr., Robert Jerome,Joya Jones, Nakia Lang, David Morgan,Darrell OlivierSr.,Clyde Paretti III,August Shackelford, Joyce VincentIII, Earl Williams,Olga Williams Jr., West NewOrleans Boyd Family Fultz,Tonya Jones, Nakia Morgan,Darrell VincentIII,Earl Gertrude Geddes Dorsey,Mack Jerome,Joya

Majestic Mortuary OlivierSr.,Clyde MurrayHenderson Jamison Jr., Robert River Parish Robottom Cummings,Mary TreasuresLife Douglas,Keith St Tammany

Honaker Paretti III,August West Bank DavisMortuary BushJr.,Bennie Butler, Darian Frazier,Marie HarrisonJr.,Joseph Williams,Olga Obituaries

grandfatherofKhayree

Bennie Bush,Jr.,entered eternal rest at hisresi‐dence on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at theage of 83 Hewas anativeofNew Or‐leans,LAand aresidentof Marrero,LA. Bennie wasa graduateofBooker T. WashingtonHighSchool

Heservedhis countryin the United States Navy.He was aretired facility oper‐ator. Belovedson of the lateBennieBush, Jr.and Juanita Bush.Brother of Celestine B. Thomas,Bar‐baraBushDiggs,Brenda Small,Stanley,Janice, MaryLee, Nell,Gwen, Anna Bell, andGailBush, andthe lateBetty B. Williams, MaryL.Armstead, Deanna BushWilliams, Darlene Walters,Elain Bush,Ed‐wardBush, andDarnell Bush, also survived by a hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at Davis MortuaryService,230 Mon‐roe St., Gretna,LAonSat‐urday,November1,2025, at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Norman Francis,ofﬁciating. Visita‐tionwillbegin at 9:00 am until servicetimeatthe above-named parlor.Inter‐mentwillbeheldatSouth‐eastLouisiana Veterans Cemetery, 34888 Grantham College Drive, Slidell, LA on Monday, November 3, 2025, at10:00 a.m. To view and signthe guestbook,please gotowww.davismortua ryservice.com.Facemasks are recommended

Darian “Coach Boog

Devon Butler,aneducator and coachatReNew Do‐

lores T. AaronAcademy, passedawayunexpectedly due to an automobile acci‐dent, on Thursday,October 23, 2025, at theage of 26 Hewas anativeofNew Or‐leans,LAand aresidentof Marrero,LA. Darian wasa graduateofEdnaKarrHigh School.Lovingson of Dar‐ren VonHulbert,Sr. and AwayneButler. Stepsonof LesterGonzalez. Devoted brother of DavidButler, DarrenVon JamesHulbert DarrenVon Hulbert, Jr., DwaynaButlerand D’Ar‐renique Hulbert. Beloved grandsonofBernadette ButlerDumas,Louis Fa‐vorite, Jr.and thelateDr. Georgia Ruth Hulbert. Great grandson of thelate Julia White, MarieOdette Dumas andMarie Jeffery Dumas.Darianisalsosur‐vived by ahostofaunts, uncles, nieces,nephews cousins,other relatives and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also pastors,ofﬁcers,and members of MorningStar MissionaryBaptist Church, Household of FaithChurch and allneighboring churches; faculty,staff and studentsofReNew Dolores T.Aaron Academyare in‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at House‐holdofFaith Church,9300 I-10 ServiceRoad, NewOr‐leans,LAonSaturday, No‐vember1,2025, at 10:00 a.m.PastorAntoine M. Bar‐riere,hostpastor; Rev. Michael Mosley,ofﬁciating. Visitationwillbegin at 9:00 a.m.until servicetimeat the church.Interment:Will beprivate.Arrangements byDavis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St., Gretna,LA. Toviewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face masksare recom‐mended.

MARY ANN CUMMINGS on Thursday, October16, 2025 at her home in Metairie, LA. Daughter of the late Estellaand Oscar Cummings, Sr. Longtime companion of Frank Whitted. Mother of Chianti Barbarin (Gerald) and Charmeca Wilright (Fernell).Sister of Shervone C. Bickham (Russell, Sr.), Oscar Cummings, Jr. (Karen), Cheryl C. Bolian, the late Brenda C. Walton and Calvin Cummings. GrandmotherofGregory Cummings, AnysiaButler, CoreyGibson, Cadence and Cara Barbarin. Also survived by ahost of nieces, nephews, other relativesand friends. Age 69 years. Anative of St. Rose, LA and aresidentMetairie, LA. Relativesand friends of the family, also pastors, officers and membersof Mount Zion Baptist Churchand allneighboring churches are invited to attend the Funeral Serviceat MountZion Baptist Church, 100 Second Street, St Rose, LA on Saturday, November 1, 2025at12:00Noon. Rev. Freddie Dixon,Sr., Pastor, Officiating. Interment JeffersonMemorial Garden Cemetery,St. Rose,LA. Visitation at the above named church from 10:00 AM until service time. SERVICED BY ROBOTTOM

Mack "Berry"Dorsey, age 72 wasbornonDecem‐ber 23,1953 in NewOr‐leans,LAdepartedthis earthly home on Wednes‐day,October 15, 2025. He was ahighschool gradu‐ate anda self employed truck driver.Mackwas the lovingfatherofSharon Marie "Ree"Brown-Jones. Beloved brotherofElaine Walker, BettyJeanDorsey, Barbeth Dorsey,Celestine Dillion,RosemaryDorsey, PatriciaDorseyand Crystal Dorsey. He wasalsosur‐vived by 3grandchildren,2 great-grandchildren,and a hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,familyand friends.Hewas preceded indeath by hisparents MackCushinberry and Ethel MaeDorsey; andhis brother LarryDorsey. Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the Memorial Celebration onSaturday, November 1, 2025 at Gertrude Geddes Willis FuneralHome, 2120 Jackson Avenue,New Or‐leans,LA70113 at 10:00 a.m.Familyhourfrom9:00 a.m.until 10:00a.m.Private Burial. Youmay sign the guest book on http://www gertrudegeddeswillis.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home Inc.,incharge (504) 522-2525.

Douglas, KeithWade

“And God shallwipe awayall tearsfromtheir eyes; andthere shallbeno moredeath,neither sor‐row,nor crying,neither shall therebeany more pain: forthe former things are passedaway.”- Revela‐tions 21:4.Keith Wade Dou‐glaswas born on June 14 1954, in NewOrleans,Lato the union of thelateClin‐ton andLoretta Douglas. At 3 months old, he wasnur‐tured andraisedwithlove bythe late Calvin Sr.and LuellaWoodfork Grows. He was baptized at an early ageatGreater NewSt.

PeterBaptist Church in Edgard, La by thelateRev‐erend J.J. Harper.He servedfaithfully as amale chorusmemberfor this church andSecondAfrican Baptist Church in Edgard La. He waseducatedinthe St. John theBaptist Parish PublicSchool System.He graduated in 1974 from SecondWardHighSchool Keith worked as acusto‐dianfor St.Johnthe Bap‐tistParishLibrary andClub Grocery formanyyears.He departedearthly life forhis eternal home on Sunday October 26, 2025, at Chateau St.James Rehab and Retirement Nursing HomeinGramercy, La.He issurvivedbyhis sister, Bernadette;and brothers Kenneth andRonaldDou‐glas; andbyhis foster sib‐lings,CalvinJr; andJessica Grows;Clarence(Emma); and Mercedes Hunter Beloved familymembers thatprecededhim in death werehis parents, Clinton and Loretta Douglas; foster parents,CalvinSr. and LuellaWoodfork Grows; brothers, Floyd, Lloyd, Ernest, Donald,and Allen; sister, Geraldine; andfos‐ter sister,Yvonne Grows Keyes.A CelebrationofLife willbeheldonSaturday, November1,2025, at New St, PeterBaptist Church, 200 W. 3rdSt.,Edgard, La 70049. Visitation at 10AM. Service will beginat11AM. Intermenttofollowat Young Cemetery.Final care and professional services entrusted to Treasuresof LifeFuneralServices, 315 E. Airline Hwy.,Gramercy, La 70052.

MarieSmith Frazieren‐tered eternalrestonSun‐day,October 19, 2025, at the ageof75. Shewas a nativeofNew Orleans, LA and aresidentofMarrero, LA. Mariewas aretired certified nursing assistant. She wasformerlyem‐ployedwithBig Bird Nurs‐ery as ateacher’s assis‐tant/ cook.Beloved wife of the late Arthur LeeFrazier Devoted mother of Nathan Charles,Simon DarnellFra‐zier, SholanaMichelle Johnson,and thelate Arthur Leon Frazier. Grand‐motherofthe late Ker‐rochelle Johnson. Daughter ofthe late SimonHawkins and MurthiaSlocum. Sister ofShirley Jones, Eunice Harris, Jeanie Willis,Linda Wise,Glenda, Rhonda,Wal‐ter,Kenneth,Anthony,and CalvinSlocum, Shawanda Webber, andthe late Pearlie MaeBrisco, and MelvinSlocum. Special niece of thelatePearline Griffin. Godmotherof Murthia Slocum and Michele Lewis. Mother-inlaw of HenryJohnson.She isalsosurvivedby25 grandchildren,18greatgrandchildren,and ahost ofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also pastors,officers,and members of St.RockBap‐tistChurch,and allneigh‐boringchurches arein‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at St.Rock Baptist Church,2300 Rochelle St., Harvey,LAon Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 10:00 am.Apostle Tristen C. SmithofFaith & FireWorldwide of Conroe TX, officiating. Visitation willbegin at 8:30 am until service time at theabovenamed church.Interment: Will be private. Arrange‐ments by DavisMortuary Service,230 Monroe St., Gretna, LA.Toviewand signthe guestbook,please gotowww.davismortua ryservice.com.Facemasks are recommended.

Fultz, TonyaMaria Joseph

TonyaMaria Joseph Fultz received herangel wings on Thursday,Octo‐ber 16, 2025 at theage of 61, in NewOrleans, Louisiana.She marriedthe loveofher life,KinnieFultz, andfromthatunion their

only child, Ayanna Chanel was born.Tonya graduated fromSeton Academyin 1981, andlater earned an Associate’sdegreefrom Delgado Community Col‐lege, aBachelor’sdegree inBusinessAdministration and aTeachingCertiﬁca‐tionfromSouthernUniver‐sityatNew Orleans. Tonya chose Educationasher ca‐reer andwas an esteemed Educatorinthe NewOr‐leans Public School System for over 26 years. She taughtatJosephA.Craig Elementary, Albert Wicker ElementarySchool,St. Peter Claver Catholic School,GeorgeWashington CarverMiddleSchool, MedardH.NelsonElemen‐tarySchool,RobertRussa Moton CharterSchool,and MaryMcLeodBethune Ele‐mentary CharterSchool until herillness in 2025 Tonya wasa devotedwife and mother.She cherished timewithher only daugh‐ter Ayanna Chanel Fultz and ahostofextended familyand friendswhom manyshe deemed sons and daughtersaswell. She was aMothertoall,espe‐cially herdearstudents whomshe loveddeeply and knew that each and every oneofthemhad the ability to learnand excelin whatevertheir heartde‐sired.She leaves to cherish her memory herhusband KinnieFultz,their daugh‐ter,Ayanna Fultz, herpar‐entsElsie R. Joseph and Anthony Joseph,and her brother DavidJoseph(Tak‐ila)ofZachary,LA, her nephews Justiceand Jami‐son Joseph of Lafayette, LA, herniecesBrooklyn and London Joseph of Zachary,LA, Aunt Margo Rondeno,Aunt CrystalRon‐deno, Aunt Joan Rondeno Perry,and herbestfriend Ms. Sandra Leblanc. Sheis alsosurvivedbya host of cousins,other relatives and friends. Tonyawas precededindeath by grandparentsLouisaButler Rondeno,JohnAnthony Rondeno Sr Mary Gould Joseph, LouisJosephand granddaughter Smooches TootlesFultz.Familyand friends areinvited to at‐tendher CelebrationofLife Service on Saturday,No‐vember1,2025 for10:00 am atGentillyBaptist Church, 5141 Franklin Avenue,New Orleans,Louisiana,70122 Visitationwillbegin at 9:00 am. Pastor Harold McCoy ofGreater NewBeginning Christian Ministries of Rayville, Louisiana, ofﬁci‐ating.Interment forclose familyand friendsonMon‐day,November3,2025, at Mt. Olivet Cemetery,4000 NormanMayer Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70122. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins com (504)282-0600. Linear BrooksBoydand Donavin D.BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

Myriam Ariza Harmon, age 88, passedaway peacefully surrounded by her loving family on October5,2025. She was born on October 3, 1937 in Barranquilla, Columbiato Ceceliaand EnriqueAriza. Myriam met thelove of her life,William"Eddie" HarmonM.D.throughher cousin Victor Ferrans M.D. Eddie andVictor were roommates in medical school. During aholiday break,Victor took Eddie home to Colombia where he introduced thetwo whileattending afamily function. Eddie and Myriam fellinlove and marriedin1959. Together they raised four children.

She was preceded in death by William "Eddie" Harmon M.D.(husband), Ceciliaand EnriqueAriza (parents), Alan Harmon (son), Genevive and Floyd Harmon(in-laws), and Lilia Alonso.

She is survivedby: her childrenMichaelHarmon (Lee), RoyHarmon (Elaine), and Janine HarmonGuichard (Sid), and daughter-in-law Keeley Clark Harmon; Grandchildren: Stephen Martin (Allison),Lori Gremillion, Ryan Harmon (Erica), Nicolas Harmon, Elise Harmon,and Kacey Guichard; Great-grandchildren:Gracie Guidroz, Sophia Martin, Addison Spain, Victor Martin, Vivian Martin, TravisLaroche,Ella Harmon, William Harmon, and Hunter Harmon.

Myriam's greatest joy was herfamily. She wasa loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.She calledher children, grandchildrenand great-grandchildrenher treasures and doted on them all.Asa devoutcatholic, she embodiedkindnessand compassion in all that shedid.We were blessed to have Mimi in ourlives.Forever amom to all.Everyone who crossedher pathwas greetedwith awarm smile andmade to feelspecial. Shehad such abig heart.

Myriam wasa very talentedartist. Herpassion waspainting which demonstrated hercreative spirit.She was involvedin several art groups includingthe Societyof Decorative Painters, Crescent CityArt Association,HerbSociety, Ikebana, andLongueView Houseand Gardenswhere she volunteeredannually to decorate the house for theChristmas holidays.

Ourfamilywillmiss her deeply, butweare grateful for thelove, laughter, and memories she leaves behind.Her legacywillliveon through all the many lives she touched.

Amass will be held in herhonor on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 11am at St.Benilde Parish Church.Familyvisitation is from9-9:30 andpublicvisitationfrom9:30-11am. A celebrationofMyriam's life will be held following theservice from 12- 4pm TheJeffersonOrleans South2536 Edenborn Ave Metairie, LA. 70002 Acelebration of life will be held from12:00 PM to 4:00 PM on 2025-11-01 at Jefferson OrleansSouth,2536 Edenborn Ave

Joseph CliftonHarrison, Jr.,affectionatelyknown as “BigJoe”, passedawayat his residenceonThursday, October 23, 2025, at theage of73. He wasa native of New Orleans, LA andresi‐dentofMarrero,LA. Joe was aretired truckdriver ofSea-Martand Cajun Cartage Trucking Compa‐nies. He wasa member of the SteamshipAssocia‐tion-FreightHandler Union, Local 854. He wasa tal‐ented boxerand drummer, who as ayoung man playedinthe band “Sonny & theRadells”. Joeloved old cars andwas knownas good cook andfashionable dresser. He wasa true New Orleans Saints fan,who proudly wore hiscustom designedFedorahat Saintsjacketand shoeson gamedays. Hislegacylives oninthose he lovedand who lovedhim,the liveshe touched,the lessons he taught, andthe love he left behind. Belovedhusband of51years to Dr.Jacque‐lineRobinsonHarrison. De‐voted father of Dana Harri‐son (Khayree) Leeand On‐gelle Harrison Bergeron (FiancéAdrian).Loving

Jamal Lee, Jr Khayren Jahai Lee, andJonathan Charles Bergeron,Jr. Sonof the late Joseph CliftonHar‐rison,Sr. andDelisie Neal Harrison. Brotherof HowardTomas Harrison and Cheryl AnnHarrison (Lennie) Breeze. Nephew of Leonard “Blue” William, MercedesW.Jones,Mary Hill, andthe late Charles Harrison, Albert Harrison, Rev.WilkerNeal, Edgar Neall,Mildren Mullen,Edna Reed,Pearl Cooper,Willie DeanHollisBell, Jessie Simmons,and Mary Flem‐ing.Brother-in-lawof DalvinJeromeWilliams, Sr and Shanna Porter (Stephen) Smith. Godfather and cousin of Carlos Lee (Gilda) Williams.Joe is also survivedbyhis lifelong cousins,LionelReed,Doris Brown, Ernest Flemings, Herbert Cooper,and Cyn‐thiaBell, hislifelong friends John Flettridge and Larry Kelly,and ahostof nieces, nephews, cousins, other relativesand friends. Relatives andfriends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁ‐cers, andmembers of St PaulMissionaryBaptist Church,HartzellUnited Methodist Church,St. Stephen MissionaryBap‐tistChurch andall neigh‐boringchurches arein‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at St Stephen MissionaryBap‐tistChurch,1738 L. B. LandryAvenue,New Or‐leans,LAonSaturday, No‐vember1,2025, at 10:00 a.m.PastorNormanFran‐cis,hostpastor; Pastor OrinGrant,ofﬁciating. Visi‐tationwillbegin at 8:30 a.m.until servicetimeat the church.Interment: Evening Star CemeteryHarvey, LA.Arrangements byDavis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St., Gretna,LA. Toviewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face masksare recom‐mended.

Robert Luedavid

Luedavid Jamison Jr.passed Oct, 18, 2025. Born to the late Clayona AltheaCalvin Jamison &RobertLuedavid Jamison Sr Leaves behind wife Fayetta Jamison; children Dana (Tremayne) Bailey Daria (Jeremy) Geary, Rashida(Benjamin) Poole, &RobertJamison III ;& brotherBruce Jamison. Funeral Nov. 1, 2025. Visitation 9AM; Service 11 AM.1st Free MBC,426 Lamarque, NOLA70114. IntermentNov. 3, 2025 @12PM. Westlawn,1225 Whitney, Gretna, LA 70056. FULLOBIT: https://www .murrayhendersonfuneralh ome.com/?fh_id=12624 Professional Arrangements Murray Henderson Funeral Home, 1209 Teche,NOLA70114.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF Jonell Rene Schmidt

HAPPY 43rdBIRTHDAY! October31, 1962 -May 22, 2021

It’s hard to believethatyou’regone 4years already. Your spirit is stillwithus! We miss yousomuchand we love yousomuch!

Mom, Dad, Eric andMichael

Cummings, Mary

Frazier, MarieSmith

HarrisonJr.,Joseph Clifton

Dorsey,Mack'Berry

JamisonJr.,

Robert

Butler,DarianDevon 'Coach Boog'

Harmon, Myriam

Jerome,JoyaTheresa

Joya Theresas Jerome age 41 wasbornonMarch 18, 1984 in NewOrleans LA, departed this life on Monday, October6,2025 Joyawas thelovingdaugh‐ter of Willie Jerome Jr.and Catherine Jerome.Beloved motherofJa'CorieCas‐born. Sister of Ju'Von Arana,Sepia Jerome,Kista Jerome, Willie Jerome III, and Alicia Jerome.Grand‐motherofJa’Corieand Dior. Shewas also survived byand ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,family and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend theMemor‐ial CelebrationService on Saturday, November 1, 2025 atGertrudeGeddesWillis Funeral Home,2120 Jack‐son Avenue,New Orleans, LA70113 at 12:30 p.m. Fam‐ily hour from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30p.m.Private Bur‐ial.You maysignthe guest book on www.gertrudeged deswillis.com.Gertrude GeddesWillisFuneral HomeInc in charge (504) 522-2525.

NakiaMonique Brisco Jones peacefully departed thisearthly life on Thurs‐day,October 16,2025, at the ageof fifty. Shewas the beloveddaughterof PatriciaBriscoRollins and the late Harvey Rollins. She was adevoted wife to Brandon E. Jonesand alov‐ing mother to AriusE Jones.Nakia wasthe cher‐ished daughter-in-lawof RonaldJones andDennis LaGarde (Emile). She leavestocherish hermem‐ory threebrothers: TheodoreBriscoSenior (Nicole), CoreyBrisco (Teri), andHarveyBrisco (Brandy); onebrother-inlaw,BrysonJones;aunt SandraByrd; anda host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.She wasknown for her kindness, compassion, and unwavering supportas a loving sister,aunt, cousin, confidant and friend. Pastor,officers,and members of FischerCom‐munityChurch,DesignDria BeautyBar,BrighterDays FamilyServices, andThe Krewe of Nandiare invited toattend thefuneral ser‐vices on Saturday,Novem‐ber 1, 2025, at teno’clock in the morningatFischer Community Church,1737L B.LandryAvenue, NewOr‐leans,Louisiana 70114. Ser‐vices will be officiated by BishopJames N. Brown. Visitationwillbegin at nine o’clock in themorning until the time of service. Inter‐mentwillfollowatMcDo‐noughvilleCemetery, 520 Hancock Street,Gretna, Louisiana 70053. Guest‐book Online:www.anewtra ditionbegins.com(504)2820600. Linear BrooksBoyd and DonavinD.BoydOwn‐ers/FuneralDirectors

PartneratKullman& Lang Law Firm, and President & ChiefExecutive Officerat Petroleum Helicopters Inc. He received both hisundergraduate degree in Business Administration (BBA) and Law Degree (LLB)fromTulane University. Prior, he attended The Loomis School(whereheplayed varsity football)and IsadoreNewman School He and his father,Sam, workedtogether, and were regardedbymany as expertsinthe field of labor law. Andy was aprolific reader, both for pleasure, and as alife-long student of the law. He had an amazing sense of humor, and lovedtolaugh. Andy lovedall kinds of music, art, opera, and theatre, spending summers in Maine,and travellingthe world, but most of all, treasured his family, and was very grateful whenfriends and family came to visit him. He wasloved by his grandchildrenand will be rememberedfondly. Andy loved treatinghis family to dinners at such places as Galatoires, orderingmore food than could be eaten, wanting to make sure that everyonewas happy,full, and had astory to tell. Andy's love of animals was always clear and he shared that love with everyone around him. Andy is survivedbyhis sons, Drew Lang(spouse Graciela Bergner) and Timothy DavidLang(spouse Jenn DavidLang) of NewYork, sister Cindy Lang of Maine, brothers Joe Lang(spouse Sally Lang) of St. Louis, and Bill Lang(spouse Maggie Lang) of Maine, grandchildrenZoe DavidLang,Alexa David-Lang, and Nico Lang,a niece, nephews, and their families. Andy was the childof Samueland Joel Langof blessed memory. Aprivate memorial in Andy's honor willbeplanned at alater date

DarrellMorganpassed awayonOctober 26,2025 atthe ageof71. Darrellis survivedbyhis wife,Con‐nie Johnson-Morgan; mother, Elease Morgan; daughter, Nicole(Van) Jones;grandchildren Vanessa &Sydni Jones; siblings, BeverlyWinfrey, GeorgeMorgan& Calvin Morgan. Also,survivedby a host of otherrelatives and friends. Preceded in death by father;Mr. Gover‐nor Morgan;siblingsBon‐nie Grifﬁnand Betty Wright. Family andfriends are invitedtoattend the Celebration of Life Service onSaturday, November 1, 2025, for9:00a.m.atLife CenterCathedral Family LifeCenter, 2100 Ames Blvd, Marrero, LA 70072 Visitationwillbegin at 7:00 a.m.BishopJ.Douglas Wileyofﬁciating. Interment willfollowat1:30p.m.at GardenMemorialParkon 8001 Hwy49, Jackson, MS 39209. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins. com (504)282-0600. Linear BrooksBoydand Donavin D.BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

Olivier, Jr., KevinMichael Olivier,Sr.,and Heidi Olivier Coney; theloving grandfather to Tamera Dia‐monique Coney, Kevin Michael Olivier, Jr., and Allen DuaneConey,Jr.;a cherished great-grandfa‐thertoChase DylanSibley, Tia Danielle Jones, and Kal'ElMichael Olivier; a proud step-grandfather to TanjalDabney, Reginald DabneyJr.,RahmanPoree; a caring step-great-grand‐fathertoIsaac Gooden, TahjuaLeal, Robert Leal Jr., Ty'TianaJones,and Ty'Nia Jones;a devotedfather-inlaw to AllenDuane Coney, Sr.;and grandfather-in-law toT'Yon Jones. He is also survivedbyhis daughtersin-law, DorothyOlivier and ElveraOlivier,who he con‐sidered familywithdeep affection. He leaves behind his belovedsisters,Lynette Gardner andBetty Ann Jones;his cherishedsis‐ters-in-law BlancheDo‐nato, Patricia Fowler,Helen Haines, andPauline Williams;and hisbrothersin-lawLouis Broussard, Sr JeromeGardner,Albert Range,SamuelFowler, JosephFrank,Michael Frank,Sr.,and Nathen Williams,all of whomwere deartohim andwhose loveand supportwillnever beforgotten. Clydewas alsoa proudgodparent to LeahBaptiste, Mark Jones, and Parris Nelson,eachof whomhelda specialplace inhis heart. He is preceded indeath by hisparents, Charles Warren Olivier, Sr and Gladys Haydel Olivier; his sisters, CynthiaRange and Suzette Broussard; his brothers, CharlesOlivier, Jr. andPhilbertOlivier,Sr. brothers-in-law Richard Jones,JaydelBeard,Sr. Leo Frank, Jr., Jimmie Woods, Sr andKenneth Haines; andsisters-in-law Lucille Frankand Lorraine Frank.Affectionately known as "Meatball," Clyde wasrenownedfor his larger-than-life person‐ality, senseofhumor,and his unwavering love for those closetohim.His family, both immediate and extended,was the heart of hislife, andhis lovefor them will neverbe forgotten. Thefamily would like to extend our heartfelt gratitudetoDr. Verilyn Juan,Dr. George Zacharia, Dr.Sarah Or‐doyne,Dr. LeonardGlade, Dr. Clifford Hendricks, every nurse we have en‐countered,and allstaff at Touro LCMC Hospital and PassagesHospice.Your compassionand comfort you provided will be cher‐ished.Relatives and friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend Clyde’sCel‐ebrationofLifeService on Monday, November 3, 2025 atSt. Raymondand St.Leo the GreatChurch,2916 Paris Avenue,New Orleans, LA. Pastor:FatherStanley K.IhuomaSSJ will ofﬁciate. Visitationbeginsat9:00 a.m anda Mass of Christ‐ian Burial will beginat 10:00 a.m. Intermentwill followatSt. Louis#3 Cemetery, 3421 Esplanade Avenue,New Orleans, LA 70119. Clyde’slifewas ﬁlled with devotion to fam‐ily,laughter, andcountless cherished memories.He willbedeeply missedby all who were fortunate to knowhim andwereableto experiencehis joy. Profes‐sionalarrangementsen‐trusted to Majestic Mortu‐ary Service, Inc. (504) 5235872.

August J. “Augie”Paretti III, 85, alongtimeresident ofMetairieand,since 2004 ofSlidell, Louisiana, en‐tered peacefully into eter‐nal rest on Sunday,Octo‐ber 26, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born in the NinthWardofNew Or‐leans,Louisiana,onJanu‐ary 27, 1940, to August Paretti Jr.and Vivian Paretti.Hewas agraduate ofFrancis T. Nicholls High School,where he formed manylifelongfriendships Heattended TheUniversity ofNew Orleans(LSUNO) in its inauguralyearwhere he began dating andmarried his childhood friend and the love of hislife, Sondra Lea Polo.Together they shared64years of mar‐riage,buildinga beautiful liferooted in faith,family, and service. August wasa 32-year veteranofthe 214thEIS LA AirNational Guard where he attained the rank of ChiefMaster Sergeant. He wasa proud and loving father,grandfa‐ther, andgreat-grandfa‐therwho found hisgreat‐est joyintimespent with his family. Hiswarmth, humor,and steady pres‐encewillbedeeply missed byall who lovedhim.He was preceded in deathby his threesisters,Veva Tomeny, BillieWard, and SandraConners.Augie is survivedbyhis beloved wifeSondraParetti;his three children,Scott Paretti (Kim), GreggParetti (Julie),and ShawnParetti (Kenta);seven grandchil‐dren, JourdonParetti Gabriel Paretti,Amelia Paretti,Sarah Guth,Shawn Paretti II,Megan Pichon, and JacobParetti;and three great-grandchildren, EvelynGuth, August Guth, and Robert Pichon.Heis alsosurvivedbyhis brother-in-law, Arty Polo (Linda) anda host of nieces, nephews, andex‐tendedfamilywho loved him dearly.A FuneralMass willbecelebratedatSt. Lukethe Evangelist Catholic Church,910 Cross Gates Blvd,Slidell, LA 70461, on Saturday,Novem‐ber 1, 2025. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m.,fol‐lowed by theFuneralMass at11:00 a.m. Intermentwill takeplace at alater date in the SoutheastLouisiana VeteransCemetery. "Inlieu of ﬂowers, thefamily kindlyrequeststhat Massesbeofferedfor the reposeofAugustParetti, III’ssoul. Your prayersfor August’seternal rest are deeply appreciated. Forde‐tails,pleasecontact Julie Paretti at 985-285-3254." Pleasevisit www.honaker forestlawn.comtosign guestbook.Arrangements byHonaker FuneralHome, Inc.,Slidell, LA

Shackelford, Joyce M.

Joyce M. Shackelford wasbornJune20th, 1945 in Bessemer, Alabama to the lateRobertand Addie Moss. Sheenteredeternal life on October 18th, 2025 in Gretna, Louisiana. Her zeal forlifewas unmatched. "A silent thought, asecret tear, Keepsher memory ever dear."

Earl SimonVincent III passedawaysurrounded byfamily, on October19, 2025, at theage of 44. Earl was adedicated self-em‐ployedbarberwho enjoyed helping others.Earlleaves tocherish hismemories: two daughters, Jada Vin‐centand JawandaBailey, ﬁve sons,EarlVincent IV, Earl, Shaun, E’rmahdVin‐cent, andBarrick Bailey; one grandson,Cai;his fa‐ther, Earl (Myrna)Vincent Jr.;stepfather, David Burke;three sisters, Tashua (Errol)Anders Williams,Candy (Corey) Rayford,and DestinyVin‐cent. Earl leaves behind a hostofother relatives, and manycherished friends. He was preceded in deathby his mother YolandaBurke grandparentsLeona Ford, Dorothy andEarlVincent Sr.,and RooseveltJoseph, uncles, KeithFord, Nile Calvin, andWilbert Vin‐cent. Family andfriends are invitedtoattend aCel‐ebrationofLifeService on Saturday, November 1, 2025, for11:00 a.m. at Reaping theHarvest F.G.B.C,5123 Dauphine St., New Orleans, LA 70117. Vis‐itation will beginat10:00 a.m.PastorTroyLawrence willofﬁciate. Intermentis private.Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins com (504)282-0600. Linear BrooksBoydand Donavin D.BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

Williams enteredintoeter‐nal rest at Sanctuaryat PassagesHospice on Sun‐day,October 19, 2025, at the ageof70. Shewas a nativeofNew Orleans, LA and aresidentofHarvey, LA. Olga wasownerand operatorofJohnson and Johnson Salon, andshe was aformeremployee withWestJefferson High School in thebuilding maintenance dept.Beloved motherofLaMonica Williams andDeJoshua Williams.Daughterofthe lateRev.JohnHenry and Daisy Johnson. Sister of Harry (Burdette)Johnson Walter(thelateSylvia) Johnson,Sr.,Faye(Ronald) Williams,Rev.Ricky (Terry Lynn) Johnson, Sr GeJoan (Warren)Garrett, Pamela (Wihelm)Allen,Rev George(Valerie) Green,Jr. and thelateOscar John‐son,Sr.,JohnHenry John‐son,Jr.,and AudryBurd. Godmother of Barbara George-Coleman, andthe lateShanita Allen. Olga is alsosurvivedby6 grand‐children, 2great-grandchil‐dren, anda host of nieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁ‐cers, andmembers of Mt Olive BaptistChurch,Isreal Baptist Church,and all neighboring churches; members of theOrder of Eastern Star areinvited to attend theCelebration of LifeatIsrealBaptist Church,1612 Esther St., Harvey, LA on Saturday, November1,2025, at 10:00 am. Pastor DarnellMcKin‐niesHostPastor- Pastor Ricky Johnsonofﬁciating. Visitationwillbegin at 8:30 amuntil servicetimeat the above-namedchurch Interment: WoodlawnPark MemorialCemetery-West‐wego, LA.Arrangementsby Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St Gretna,LA. Toviewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face masksare recom‐mended.

Mr.WestWilliams Jr known affectionately as West,passed away peacefully on September 25, 2025, in Dallas, Texas, at theage of 75. Born on December 21, 1949, in the city of NewOrleans, Louisiana, West's life was as rich and spirited as his hometown. Abeloved father,brother,and friend, he is survived by his brother StevenJohnson,his daughterAllaenna Williams, andhis sons Jason and JefferyWilliams. West wasa proudgraduate of Booker T. Washington High School, Class of 1967. West's journeyonearth hasended, buthis legacy will forever live.

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OPINION

Redistrictingmustbefairand have public input

for committeedebates.

Davante Lewis GUEST COLUMNIST

The Legislature convenedinextraordinary session to push back election dates for the 2026 closed congressional primary elections under mirror legislation, House Bill 1and Senate Bill 1, that was ﬁled by legislative committees on governmental affairs, with jurisdiction over elections, voting rights and redistricting.

Legislative leaders saidthese bills are intended to buytime for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide Louisiana v. Callais, which will determine the proper application of the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act to Louisiana’scongressional map.

Gov.Jeff Landry has said that the Supreme Court’sdecision could provide new guidancethat Louisiana must weighwhenenacting maps and, too, thatnew congressional district lines may be required if the court’sholding strikes down the current map. We pray that does not happen.

Any assumption about the timingand nature of the Supreme

Court’sdecision-making, or that another special session on redistricting may be required as aresult, remains pure speculation.

Ashley Shelton GUEST COLUMNIST

Few responsibilities could carry more consequences than redistricting andthe distribution of political power

This process determines which voices areheardloudestwhen choosing the electedofﬁcials who make decisions thatimpact every community member’sdaily life.

Indeed, the makeupofdistricts caninﬂuenceifand how elected ofﬁcials respondtocommunity needs.

From the delta to thebayou, congressionallines in Louisiana will determine what federaldollars are investedinLouisiana’s communitiesand the policy decisions thatwill shape opportunities forgenerations to comeontopics fromeducationtohousing, foreign policytoour domestic economy.

The Legislature holds incredible poweroverhow any potential midcycleredistrictingprocesswould

Tourism fuelsN.O.,

proceed in thestate. No matter how opinions may vary on the ultimateconﬁguration of districts and the values reﬂected in the state’s maps,weall should be able to agree on aset of values to guide the process.

We askall involved to commit to

but it canalsobedestructive

ensurethese values are honored should aredistricting session be held:

n Make committeehearing dates and times are made public with at least ﬁve days’ notice.

n Publish mapbills at least three days before they are scheduled

n Provide all legislators and members of the public with equal access to relevant, nonprivileged information committeemembers mayconsider about how maps comply with all relevant rules and other redistricting criteria as deﬁned by state and federal law

n Provide for public in-person community meetings outside of the State Capitol and/or virtual opportunities for community education and feedback on maps under consideration by the committees.

n Refrain from invoking time limitations on public testimony and legislative debate.

Every citizen deserves an equal voice in our political process. This includes the process of drawing lines for the districts where Louisianans live, work, worship and raise families. We must ensure our communities’ voices are not minimizedorsilenced in any redistricting process.

DavanteLewis represents District 3onthe Public Service Commission and AshleyShelton is the founder, president and CEO of thePower Coalition for Equity andJustice.

Federalsupport is a lifeline formanystudents

S. Frederick Starr

Voters in many of the world’smostattractive cities are in astate of rebellion. From Kyoto to Chiang Mai, VenicetoBarcelona, ParistoAmsterdam, Charleston to Lake Tahoe, residents say their way of life is being destroyed by tourists. Theycomplain that hordes of low-endtourists are driving out neighborhood businesses, only for themtobereplaced with T-shirt shops. Short-term rentals drive up property taxes and force long-termresidents to leave town. Vibrant downtowns give way to rows ofvast generic hotels. And becauseeconomies based on tourism need more bedmakers and bartenders than scientists or champions of new technologies, the most talented children raised in tourism-oriented citiesend up seeking their fortunes elsewhere Such avoter rebellion is overdue in New Orleans. Once lively streets are silent because property owners reside in New York or Los Angeles andrarely visit. Inthe FrenchQuarter, 40% of housing units todaylackpermanent residents, and both the Marigny and Bywaterare fast-moving in the same direction. Our schools, like those of Pakistan, send their most promising graduatestocolleges and careers elsewhere. The CBD, thriving only afew decades ago, is now agrim mass of hotels. It is no secret that New Orleans’ tourist-based policies and its failure to advance more balanced development unintentionally subsidized the booming growth of surrounding Jefferson, St. Bernardand St. Tammany parishes? As New Orleans becomesageneric and low-end “tourist destination,” locally born chefs and musicians are as rareashen’s teeth, having been replaced by imports from elsewhere. To be sure, evenlow-end tourists spend money on hotels, restaurants and entertainment, but far lessthan the businesses that have been driven out of townwould have brought the city And in the case of the French Quarterand other historicareas, the very buildings that attract more inquiringvisitors are rapidly being eroded by overuse, and their irreplaceable but unprotected woodworkand molded plaster gutted and replacedwith upscale California-like interiors.

What can be done to reverse this destructive trend? Other cities whose lifeisbeing eroded by over-tourism offerarich array of initiatives.Amsterdam, in an effort to move

beyond its reputation for boozing and brawling, has restricted bar licenses, raised liquor taxesand banned theconstruction of new hotels.

Beginning in 2028, Barcelona will ban all short-termrentals.Bar Harbor,Maine, has placed alimit on the number of cruise ships. Venice, Italy,has imposed afee on allvisitors andVenice Beach, California, now chargesa tourist tax. The menu of possible cures is long and growing fast.

Whatever remedies are selected, the key is to move away from the present narrow focus on low-end mass tourism and to concentrateinstead on the city’soverall economic and social advancement in acompetitive and unforgiving national and international environment

NewOrleans lacks asingle community-wide organization dedicated tocurbing mass tourism and advancing thekind of moderndestinationmanagement suggestedhere, something akin to thecitizen-based “Amsterdam Hasa Choice Movement” in theNetherlands

Despite notable exceptions,the city’sthinking on economic and social development lags far behind thedeveloped world and especially the main centers of tourism globally.Isn’t it theduty of the Greater New Orleans Foundation and other private philanthropies to foster newthinking and facilitatethe formation of entitiesthatsupport it?

Whoever comes to champion it,New Orleans badly needs adevelopment strategy in which tourismisatbestone element of amultisided road map for the city’seconomic and social development and not the main driver as it hasbeen sincethe 1980s. To this end, puttingthe brakes on low-end masstourismis the essential and urgently needed ﬁrst step.

S. Frederick Starr is aformer vice president at Tulane and aco-founder of the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

For my entirelife, getting to school felt like arace against the clock, accompanied by constant worry My journey from being akid in Detroit to astudentatLouisiana State University is one of hard work and acrucial support system that ensured Ihad asafeand reliable way to get to class. My experience serves as living proof that policy can change lives and that dedicated federal funding for students experiencing instability is essential for creating real futures.

As thenational conversation turns to education funding, my story is awarning against converting specific, lifesaving funds into broad block grants. Alack of consistent transportation wasone of the biggest challenges Ifaced as astudent experiencing homelessness. For mostofmylife, Ilived in atwostory flat in Detroitwith arelative. After thesummer following eighth grade, when Iwas forced to move back, my room had been turned into astorage space, and Inolonger had a bed. For months, Islept on the floor Despite this instability,I was determined to attendaspecific high school that offered the educational benefits I needed. Butstaying there was adaily struggle. Imoved four or five times during those years, sometimes living as far as 40 minutes from school with no available bus service. To cover the cost of getting there, Istarted working specifically to pay forride-shares. The panic was constant. Iremember tellingmycounselor Ihad no money for an Uber and would miss school and lacrosse practice. Afriend of hers drove me forawhile, but once that fell through, Iwas completely on my own.Iended up spending nearly $1,200 of my own money to get to school and myextracurriculars. This fear is asilent barrier no child should ever have to face. This is where policy becamepersonal.

SkipDrive, asupplemental transportation provider,toget me to school. Finally,I had adaily,reliable and free-to-me ride from asafe adult. Because those federal funds were speciﬁcally targeted forstudents experiencing homelessness, my school was able to direct that money toward my most urgent need. That solution —a simple, saferide —became my lifeline. It allowed me to stay at my high school, participate in lacrosse and an entrepreneurship program and ultimately build acompetitive college application. My experience illustrates the importance of the national conversation about education funding. People are debating whether to give states money in big “block grants” to use however they want. My story is aclear argument forkeeping funding like the McKinney-Vento grants targeted so kids like me don’tfall into the cracks. Icredit a“village” of support, including my guidance counselor and my entrepreneurship teacher,for helping me get to where Iamtoday As someone whodidn’thave astable guardian, Ioften felt like “no one’s kid.” This support wasablessing because it showed me that someone was responsible formywell-being. This funding can be effective in ensuring that dollars are available to support students experiencing housing instability

Instead of debating whether block grants are good or bad in theory,let’s use my journey to talk about how we can best use federal money to support students.

Transportation isn’taseparate issue —it’sakey part of the conversation about how we can use education funding effectively

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is afederal law that ensures children and youth experiencing homelessness, like me, have access to afree education, including aright to transportation assistance. Eventually,myschool district was able to use those dedicated McKinney-Ventofunds to partner with Hop-

All my hard workand all the support Ireceived paid off. Iama student at LSU, and my success wasthe direct result of effective, targeted funding. Iurge lawmakers to protect these programsand ensure that for every student facing instability,the ride to school is abridge to their future, not abarrier

Angel Dawson is ajunior studying mass communications and public relations at LSU

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Tourists sit in agondola during ashort crossing of acanal, in Venice, Italy,.

Angel Dawson GUEST COLUMNIST

STAFF PHOTO By HILARy SCHEINUK

Gov. Jeff Landryaddresses the Louisiana Legislature on opening dayof the legislativesession in April at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

COMMENTARY

ISSUE OF THE WEEK SPORTS BETTING SCANDAL

The revelation that an FBI investigationintoillegal sports gamblinghad led to thearrests of an NBAcoach and twoplayers sent shockwavesthrough the sports world. Sports betting has exploded in popularity in recentyears,but some warnitcouldbechanging the game for fans, athletes, teamsand leagues in undesirable ways.Will the unfolding NBAscandal prompt abroaderreckoning or is it simply too late to rein in legalized online betting platforms that rakein billions ayear? Here are twoperspectives:

Badbet by SupremeCourt opened door to scandal

In 2018, the Supreme Courtvoted 6-3to strike down afederal law banning sports gambling, thus allowing individual states to decide whether to allow it,or not. It didn’ttake agenius to predict what might happen, especially when politicians can find new sources of revenue beyond income, property and sales taxes. Last week, more than 30 people wereindictedaspart of anational sports betting scandal involving high-profile figures, including Portland Trail Blazerscoach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier.Billups was charged in ascheme involvingrigged poker games, and Rozier was chargedfor allegedly providing insider information to an illegal sports bettingring. Aformer player, Damon Jones, was also indicted for sharing insider information.The FBI said arrests were made in 11states with more arrests likely to come. What may have surprised manywere allegations that these schemes are linked to three different Mafia families. Isn’tthe Mafia the stuff of movies like “Goodfellas” and “The Godfather”? People may have thought crime families had been putout of business years ago by federal agents likeEliotNess, then leader of a Chicago team knownasthe “Untouchables” that took on Al Capone. ATVseries by that name ran from 1959 to 1963 and starredRobert StackasNess. The series captivatedAmerican audiences. Threeofthe five crime families allegedly involved in sports betting and rigged poker games are familiar topeople with long memories: the Gambinos, theBonnanosand theGenoveses families.

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thingtogo. It will be difﬁcult to get it restored.

Americacan no longer ignore itsgamblingproblem

Terry Rozierofthe Miami Heat has built arespectable NBAcareer,averaging about 20 pointsper game some years.

One wonders how people making millionsofdollars would be enticed by offers of afew hundred thousand dollars to do somethingthey had to know was against thelaw.Perhaps it was the thrill one can get from such behavior.Perhaps it was the instant cash delivered to their doorsteps.Whatever it was is crazy stupid.

Not all vices can be regulated. Prohibition is usually presented as theworst example. While not everyoneconforms to every law (if they didthe prisons would be empty), the law sets astandard which tells people what history andsocieties have shown is best forthem andthe nation.

In all likelihood, though, the point guard will now be remembered less forwhat he did on the courtthan as anotherdata point in how runaway sportsbetting is corrupting major athletics.

The NationalBasketball Association, which has Fan Duel and Draft Kings as its “ofﬁcial”sports betting partners, issued astatement followingthe indictments. It read in part: “Wetakethese allegations with the utmost seriousness, and the integrity of ourgameremains our top priority.” The “integrity of our game”was the

Gamblers, like thepoor,wehave alwayshad with us, but when gambling (now called “gaming” to supposedly make it more palatable) becomes the norm andespecially when it is advertised during breaksinNBA and NFL games, it sends amessage that this vice is acceptable, even recommended. Putting in small printonthe screen “Gambling problem?” andan1-800 number to dial is notaquick ﬁx for thosewho can’tafford to lose the rent or food money CincinnatiReds star player Pete Rose was banned from baseball in 1989 for betting on games when he managed theclub. After denying theallegation for years, Rose eventually admitted thecharge which ended his eligibility for Hall of Fame consideration. He will be reconsidered for admission when the special committeethatdecides who gets in meetsin December 2027. Given thescandal involving the NBA, with possibly more indictments to come, Rose should be granted admission to the Hall and Congress should consider more regulation of thegambling industry that could pass Supreme Court muster Email Cal Thomas at tcaeditorstribpub. com.

Rozier, at the timea memberof the CharlotteHornets, stands accused of tipping off gamblers that he would leave agame againstthe New Orleans Pelicans early in March 2023 based on asupposed injury This allowed his coconspirators to bet the “under” on his performanceand proﬁt handsomely,sharing the proceeds withRozier.A former NBAplayer and unofﬁcial coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, meanwhile, allegedly leaked to bettors the information that LeBronJames, the NBA’s biggest star,would be sitting out (for legitimatereasons)agame in February 2023.

This scandal is obviously ablow to the NBA’sreputation. The league can’thave fans thinking everytime aplayer sits a shady associate has placed apricey bet on DraftKings that he’ll score fewer than 10 points.

There have been sports-gambling scandals before (Shoeless Joe Jackson, I’mlooking at you).Yet we’ve created, out of nothing, an enormous industry that is inherently corrupting, encourages people to waste their money andruins lives.

The corruption cases are adding up. Former TorontoRaptorscenter Jontay Porter recently pled guilty in asimilar scheme to tank his performance, hoping to get relief from his own gambling debts. TwoCleveland Guardians pitchers are under investigation for unusual betting activity around speciﬁc pitches

Sports betting has always been with us, but it mushroomed into ajuggernaut when the Supreme Court struck down in 2018, on federalist grounds, aban on sports betting calledthe Professionaland Amateur Sports Protection Act

The sportsleagueshad opposed legalized sports betting on grounds, as they put it on

one brief, that “gambling on amateur and professional sports threatens the integrity of those sports.” They were right, but we were off to the races nonetheless. With nary apause for prudent experimentation, nearly 40 states legalized sports betting in a matter of several years. The market is apowerful thing, and one of its greatest strengths is creating ever-more alluring products. In this case, that product lavishly marketed and constantly innovative —iswhat has been traditionally considered avice, and rightly so.

Writing in The Atlantic, Charles Lehman of the Manhattan Institute notes, “The rise of sports gambling has caused awave of ﬁnancial and familial misery,one that falls disproportionately on the most economically precarious households.”

Since sports betting is addictive, Lehman continues, the industry’s“proﬁts largely comefrom the compulsions of people with aproblem. Asmall number of people place the large majority of bets —about 5% of bettors spent 70% of the money in NewJersey in late 2020 and early 2021.” What to do? It’d be best if states that haven’talready legalized sports betting stay away,and states that have taken the plunge reconsider.That’sunlikely,though.

America loves its sports betting, an obsession that transcends partisan politics. Polling sponsored by the American Gaming Association shows that two-thirds of Americans approve of legal sports betting, with an equal 71% of Democrats and of Republicans in favor At the very least, states should restrict so-called proposition bets on the individual performance of players, whichismuch more easily gamed than the outcomeofa contest depending on the efforts of an entire team. Once arelatively marginalphenomenon, sports betting is now part of the American mainstream, and we haven’tseen the last of the scandals.

Rich Lowry is on Twitter @RichLowry

Rich Lowry

Cal Thomas

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTOByJENNy KANE

Portland Trail Blazers head coach

ChaunceyBillupswalks to avehicle after his federal courtappearanceonOct. 23 in Portland,Ore.

LSU guard Flau’Jae Johnson goes up for alayup against Langston in an

Maravich Assembly Center.LSU won121-41.

RUNNINGSTART

LSUshowcases dangeroustransitionoffense in exhibition victory

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

Mikaylah Williams puther ﬁngerprintsall over the LSUwomen’sbasketballteam’sﬁrst exhibitiongame, a 102-point victoryoverDivisionII Mississippi College.

Then, on Thursday,the star juniortook amoment in the Tigers’ second preseason tune-up to offera glimpse into the ways in which coach Kim Mulkey’snew-look group could ﬁnd their way back intothe FinalFour. First, she stolethe ball from aLangston guard on the perimeter.Then she started afastbreak and dropped aniftybehind-the-backpass to MiLaysia Fulwiley,who converted an open layup to cap thetransitionchance.

Brutal firsthalf dooms Tulane

BY GUERRYSMITH Contributing writer

SANANTONIO Texas-San Antonio dubbed its Thursday night affair with Tulane aLights Out game, wearing black jerseys and black pants forthe ﬁrst timethis season.

The designationfit. AfterTulane scored on the first possession, it wenttosleep and did not wakeupuntil it wasfar too late. UTSA quarterback Owen McCown completed his first 16 passes with two scoring tosses, andwide receiverDavid Amador threw for athird touchdown on an end around as the Roadrunners answered the Green Wave touchdownwith 31 consecutive points before halftime, capitalizing on an avalanche of mistakes and breakdowns on its way to a48-26 victory at the Alamodomethat waseven morelopsided than the score indicated. Twodays earlier,Tulane coach Jon Sumralldismissed concernsabout anydistractions withhis name swirling in speculation about the open LSU job, but for whatever reason, his team played as if in adaze. The defense hardly could get astop, giving

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LSUlikes to run. Especially because itstop threeplayers all thrive in transition, as each of Williams, Fulwiley andFlau’jae Johnson showed on Thursday in a121-41 exhibition win over the NAIA Lions,

The No. 5Tigers forced Langstoninto 36 turnovers and capitalized with 41 points on the fastbreak.Six players scoredindouble ﬁgures for LSU, which shot 59% from theﬁeld and assisted 23 of the 44 bucketsitscored.

“Our defensewas really goodtoday,” associatehead coach Bob Starkey said, “and that’snot in conjunction with the team we played. There were somethings that we haven’tbeen doing. We haven’tbeen helpingand

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ANALYSIS

Saints have delicate balancebetween tradedeadline, Shough’s development

BY MATTHEW PARAS

Staff writer

Twocompeting ideas can be true for the New Orleans Saints regarding the NFL trade deadline.

One, movingonfromeitherwidereceiver ChrisOlave or Rashid Shaheedmight hurt Tyler Shough‘s development.

Two, sending at least one wideout away could be the best for the franchise in the long haul.

Shough’sﬁrst start, Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams, comes at afascinating time for the Saints. The black and gold must see what they have in theirsecond-round quarterbackover the ﬁnal nine games.But at 1-7, the Saints have the kind of record that puts them at the epicenterofthe league’s Tuesday trade deadline. And the Saints have two receivers —Olave andShaheed —who might fetch real value, assets that would accelerate the team’srebuild.

That’sadelicate position to be in. Could Shough’sﬁrst start be his lastthrowing to Olave and/or Shaheed?

“I don’tthink you’reworried about it one bit,”Saints coach Kellen Moore said when asked how Shough’sdevelopment couldbeimpacted by what the Saints do at the deadline. “Wehave an awesome group of guys. Yeah, we haven’t won enough games, but theway this group practices still, the energy that it brings …it’sa really awesomegroup.

TheSaints could just look at last year’s team to see how dire ayoung quarterback’splay can be without topwideouts to target. After season-ending injuries to Olaveand Shaheed lastfall, Spencer Rattler spent ä See SAINTS, page 5C

The ﬁring of Brian Kelly and the now active search forhis successor as LSU’s football coach are the stories that ate the local newscycle. Who will LSU hire? When will it hire someone? Who will be doing the hiring? How much will Gov. Jeff Landry inject himself into the process? Will Omar the Tiger be forced into making acomeback tour?

Anything right nowabout who will getthe job andwho will be offering thejob is pure speculation.But at this early stage, allowmetoweigh in withmytop 10 candidates and reasonswhy they would or wouldn’ttakethe job We’ll start with No. 1, the greatest college football coach of all time: 1. NICK SABAN, 73 YEARS OLD (RETIRED) Yes, he will be 74 on Friday.Yes, he got out of coaching at Alabamabecause

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Ohtani captivates the world

Japan has been glued to their TV sets to cheer on Dodgers in World Series

BY YURI KAGEYAMA

AP business writer

TOKYO “Ohtani. Home run. Awesome. Ohtani. Home run.” Cocochan Hayakawa, a chatty parrot with nearly 48,000 followers on Instagram, is one of millions of admirers of Shohei Ohtani, the baseball superstar starring again for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.

“He is the greatest,” said Hideyuki Kamimura, who heads a dental clinic in a town north of Tokyo and goes to Los Angeles every year to watch a Dodgers game. Although the Dodgers are trailing Toronto 3-2 in the World Series, Kamimura still believes Ohtani and the Dodgers will prevail.

He adores Ohtani so much that he has an Ohtani memorabilia collection including three of the player’s helmets.

“Ohtani has always delivered

A window display in Tokyo features Shohei Ohtani’s photo on Thursday in Iwate, Japan, which is where Ohtani is from.

watches to bottled water to noodles to omusubi (rice balls). He reportedly earns around $100 million annually from endorsements, part of the reason he asked the Dodgers to defer all but $2 million of his $70 million annual salary

In one ad for a home security company, Ohtani even faces a legend in Japanese baseball who died this year at 89. A computer-graphics dream faceoff has Ohtani pitching to a young Shigeo Nagashima. The ad ends before the ball reaches the plate.

His Dodgers teammates have made viral fun of Ohtani’s gesture in a sunscreen ad in which he draws the bottle across his face and replicates it while rounding the bases.

To Japanese fans, Ohtani is just about perfect: He hits home runs, pitches great, steals bases and has a reputation for being kind and humble.

NBA approves $10 billion Lakers sale to Walter Mark Walter is the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers after the NBA Board of Governors approved his purchase of a controlling stake from the Buss family, the league conﬁrmed Thursday Jeanie Buss will remain the Lakers’ governor under the deal for at least the next five years, and will oversee day-to-day operations “for the foreseeable future,” the team said. Her father, Jerry Buss, bought the Lakers in 1979.But the Lakers are now primarily owned by Walter, the billionaire who is the controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks among his numerous investments.Walter bought a 27% minority stake in the Lakers in 2021 before the current sale, which was completed with a franchise valuation of $10 billion — the highest ever for a pro sports team.

Nationals set to hire

Rays’ Butera as manager

While being able to watch Ohtani’s games live — after breakfast in Tokyo time he’s also popular in advertisements and his face is all over billboards and merchandise and TV He’s seemingly everywhere in Tokyo, pitching everything from

dramatic victorious endings from totally critical situations,” Kamimura said It is hard to escape Ohtani in Japan, even while the country was glued to its own World Series equivalent, the Japan Series. The SoftBank Hawks won their 12th championship Thursday night over the Hanshin Tigers, one of Japan’s oldest clubs dating to the 1930s.

Max Bedding, a chemist from Sydney, was visibly happy after he bought an Ohtani cap during a vacation in Japan. Baseball isn’t that big in Australia but Bedding is moving to the U.S and wanted proof he’s up with the times.

“Being in Japan, I’ve seen how much of a cultural phenomenon he is,” Bedding said of Ohtani.

Pels look to shake off embarrassing losses

BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

The New Orleans Pelicans have been embarrassed for two straight games this week

The ﬁrst one came Monday at home in a 122-90 loss to the Boston Celtics.

The second one came Wednesday night, a 122-88 point beatdown by the Denver Nuggets.

The Pelicans are 0-4 on this young season to start the Joe Dumars era and have lost nine games in a row dating back to last season.

“Pretty much we are a team right now that has to dig down and find our identity,” said Pelicans’ head coach Green “We have to believe in each other That’s first. The first order of business is you’ve got to compete harder play harder, play more together and the belief has to be there.”

The Pels have done none of that this week. As a result, Green’s seat is hotter than it’s ever been after his team got outscored 29-2 to start the third quarter and 39-11 by the time the quarter ended Wednesday night.

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Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, center, drives the lane as Pelicans forward Herb Jones, left, and center yves Missi defend in the first half on Wednesday in Denver. The Pelicans lost 122-90.

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night and just two points. He bounced back Wednesday “Just continuing to show them why they should trust me and doing everything I can to try to help my team win,” Fears said. Fears didn’t get much help from the rest of the starting lineup. His 21 points were almost as many as the rest of the starting lineup combined. Zion Williamson (11), Trey Murphy (7), Herb Jones (5) and DeAndre Jordan (2) combined to score just 25 points. Yves Missi (10 points) came off the bench and was the only player other than Fears and Williamson to reach double ﬁgures.

Williamson didn’t record a single rebound on a night the Pels were outrebounded 56-36. It was the second game in his career that he didn’t get a rebound. The ﬁrst time was as a rookie when he was on a minutes restriction in a game against the Utah Jazz played in the bubble.

The Washington Nationals are finalizing a deal to hire 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.The person spoke on Thursday on condition of anonymity because nothing had been announced. The Nationals fired Dave Martinez in July, and Miguel Cairo took over on an interim basis. Butera would be the youngest manager since Minnesota’s Frank Quilici in 1972, according to ESPN. Washington has had six straight losing seasons since Martinez managed them to the 2019 World Series title. The Nationals went 66-96 this year Washington also fired president and general manager Mike Rizzo in July Paul Toboni is the team’s new president of baseball operations.

Nebraska extends Rhule’s contract through 2032 LINCOLN, Neb Nebraska announced a two-year contract extension with coach Matt Rhule on Thursday, adding salary bonuses for College Football Playoff appearances but leaving his base salary unchanged. The deal runs through the 2032 season.Rhule is in his third season at Nebraska and there was speculation two weeks ago that he might be a candidate to fill the job at Penn State followingJames Franklin’s firing. “Coach Rhule has shown he is the right leader at the right time for Nebraska football,” athletic director Troy Dannen said.Last season, Rhule led Nebraska to its first winning season in eight years and first first bowl victory since 2015. Nebraska is off to a 6-2 start this season, its best eightgame record in nine seasons.

Thunder’s Topic diagnosed with testicular cancer

“They are an elite team,” Green said. “Once they punch you, you’ve got to punch back Tonight we didn’t. No response in the second half and that’s the difference in the game.” For four straight games to start the season, the Pelicans have had a lull at some point that has ended up costing them.

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recovering Our rotations have been poor “We spent a lot of time this week working on that, and I felt really good about how our kids responded and played today defensively.” Starkey spoke during LSU’s postgame news conference in place of Mulkey, who he said was “heartbroken” after the school announced during the exhibition that it was parting ways with athletic director Scott Woodward In the ﬁrst exhibition, Mulkey did not put LSU’s trio of stars in the starting lineup. Instead sophomore Jada Richard started at point guard, while Fulwiley came off the bench Her starting frontcourt was East Carolina transfer Amiya Joyner and Notre Dame transfer Kate Koval.

The Pelicans (0-4) are one of three winless teams in the NBA, joining the Indiana Pacers and the Brooklyn Nets. Getting win No. 1 won’t be easy on the remainder of this three-game road trip. The Pelicans play the Los Angeles Clippers (2-2) Friday night and conclude the trip Sunday afternoon against the

Mulkey switched up that group for the second exhibition.

Fulwiley and freshman ZaKiyah Johnson — the star of the first scrimmage joined Williams, Flau’jae Johnson and Koval in the starting lineup. Richard and Joyner checked in about halfway through the first quarter Williams scored 16 points and assisted 7 shots in the first exhibition.

In the second, she notched 8 points and 2 rebounds in eight minutes of action

Koval finished with a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double against Langston, while also shooting 4 of 6 from the field and 4 of 8 at the free-throw line. Joyner added a game-high 24 points and 11 rebounds after converting all nine of her field-goal tries.

“(Joyner) is incredibly physical,” Starkey said, “but she also has some ﬁnesse to her game. If you watch her ﬁnish around the

Rookie Jeremiah Fears got very little help in Wednesday’s debacle in Denver Fears made 10 of his 15 shots and ﬁnished with a teamhigh 21 points and 6 assists.

“He was the bright spot tonight,” Green said. “But he’s been playing like that with toughness and getting downhill and connecting with his teammates.”

Fears’ big night came just two days after he struggled against Boston with a 1-for-11 shooting

Murphy and Jones shot a combined 3-for-15 from the floor as the Pelicans lost in Denver for the ﬁfth straight time.

Now the Pelicans will try to get a win against the Clippers. The Pels have won seven of their last 10 games against the Clippers, including four of the past ﬁve in Los Angeles.

“Once we get that first win, we’re going to get rolling,” Fears said. “We just have to keep trusting in each other and believing.”

OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nikola Topic has been diagnosed with testicular cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy Sam Presti, the team’s general manager announced the diagnosis on Thursday Topic had a testicular procedureearlier in the month.The Thunder said at the time he’d be out for at least four weeks.Presti said doctors are “extremely positive” about his long-term outlook. He said Topic has been working out throughout the process and didn’t want the diagnosis revealed until after he started treatment.“He has all the tools that you could ask for somebody to take on and conquer the situation,” Presti said.Topic was expected to be an important addition to a team that otherwise changed very little after winning the NBA title last season.

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Guard Bella Hines led the LSU freshmen in scoring. She finished with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. The only scholarship player who did not see the floor on Thursday was forward Grace Knox, who fouled out in the eight minutes she played in the first exhibition. LSU cleared the 100-point threshold in both of its exhibition games for the second time under Mulkey It beat Mississippi College and Langston by an average margin of 100.5 points — the widest so far in any of the pairs of exhibition contests it’s played across the last five seasons. Next for LSU, the real games begin The Tigers will host Houston Christian in their season opener on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (SEC Network+). They’ll then play eight nonconference games before they travel to Durham, North Carolina, to take on No. 7 Duke in the ACC/ SEC challenge on Dec. 4.

Sinner reaches Paris Masters quarterfinals

PARIS Jannik Sinner beat Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-1 in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday to extend his indoor winning streak to 23 matches and maintain his chances of reclaiming the No. 1 ranking.

The four-time Grand Slam champion needs to win the tournament to take the top spot from Carlos Alcaraz Sinner’s quarterﬁnal opponent on Friday will be Ben Shelton. The ﬁfth-seeded American beat 12th-seeded Andrey Rublev 7-6 (6), 6-3 to secure

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THE VARSITY ZONE

Karr, Curtis clash for district crown and a shot at another state title

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

Edna Karr is right back where it was a year ago

— undefeated and with its sights set on winning a District 9-5A championship on the way to making another run at a state title

John Curtis was in a different spot a year ago

The Patriots were amid a season in which it lost six games — the most since the ﬁrst season with J.T Curtis as head coach in 1970 — but still reached the state semiﬁnals.

Now, here the two championship-caliber teams stand, each with an undefeated record and set to face each other 7 p.m. Friday at The Shrine on Airline with sole possession of ﬁrst place on the line and with one game remaining after this one

“Karr is a team that I think everybody felt like when the season began would be in this position,” J.T Curtis said.

As for Curtis, as a team:

“I don’t know if they thought we were going to be in this position,” the 27time state championshipwinning coach said. Karr (8-0, 5-0 District 9-5A) and Curtis (7-0, 5-0) have taken two decidedly different paths toward keeping their undefeated records intact at this point in the season. Karr has been dominant, topping 40 points in six consecutive games and posting three shutouts, including one in district play against Jesuit, plus another game against Holy Cross with only a ﬁeld goal allowed Quarterback John Johnson is a third-year starter who accounted for all ﬁve touchdowns when Karr beat Curtis 35-14 last season. All the scoring for Karr occurred before halftime, when the Cougars recovered three fumbles in Curtis territory and the

“Karr is a team that I think everybody felt like when the season began would be in this position I don’t know if they thought we’d be in this position.”

J.T. CURTIS John Curtis coach

short ﬁelds were too much for the Curtis defense to overcome. Nicholls State commitment Tre Garrison is the leading rusher. Left tackle Leon Noil is a Nebraska commitment. On defense, LSU commitments Richard Anderson (defensive tackle) and Aiden Hall (safety) are the headliners. As for Curtis, the Patriots won their district opener against Rummel with a 19-play drive that took up nearly 11 minutes to end the 21-19 victory, outlasted Warren Easton with four late lead changes and used a late interception return touchdown to seal its win against Holy Cross. A late touchdown against Brother Martin let Curtis win more comfortably before beating Jesuit by four touchdowns last week

Sophomore quarterback London Padgett has shown plenty of growth in his first season as a starter, and with senior Jacobi Boudreaux as the leading rusher Linebacker Jeffrey Curtis came into the season as returning all-district selection, and defensive back Jewellz Tapp has two interceptions in the past three games.

Karr is in its fourth season as a 5A school and holds a 23-1 record in district games, the only loss coming to Curtis in 2023. Karr beat Curtis for the ﬁrst time in 2020 and has won four of the past five games against Curtis.

Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

Jesuit posted a perfect score with senior Brady Monahan as the ﬁrst-place ﬁnisher in the boys race as Mount Carmel senior Stella Junius set a course record and became a two-time girls winner at the Catholic League cross country championships Thursday in City Park.

Monahan, a two-time individual state runner-up for the four-time reigning state champion Blue Jays, paced a team that had the six top ﬁnishers and a seventh runner who placed eighth, giving them 15 points to ﬁnish ahead of three-time reigning state runner-up Brother Martin with 49 points.

Monahan finished in 14 minutes, 51 seconds, and he ran much of the race with senior Connor Fanberg, a Johns Hopkins University commitment, close behind for a runner-up finish at 14:56.

“I’m mainly doing it for the team,” said Monahan, who does not plan to run in college but intends to pursue theater “I think this season we’re going to accomplish the most that a Jesuit cross country team has ever accomplished, which is hopefully qualifying for nationals as a team. That’s really what I’m trying to help get done here.”

The goal for Jesuit, aside from winning a ﬁfth consecutive state title in the Division I meet set for Nov 17 in Natchitoches, is to earn a high ﬁnish at the Nike Cross Regionals South in College

Station, Texas, on Nov 24

The top finishers there advance to the Nike Cross Nationals set for Dec. 6 in Oregon. Jesuit began the season with a first-place finish at a meet in Texas, and “that got us ranked really high in the country for like two weeks

— we were ranked fourth,” Jesuit coach Nick Accardo said.

Jesuit later got edged by six points against the thenNo. 10 team in the country at a meet in North Carolina, and “then we fell to 10 and they were nine,” Accardo said.

Brother Martin also figures to be a top contender at the state meet. The Crusaders did not have two of their top runners because of illness, coach Drew Haro said. Junior Caleb Carmouche was the top ﬁnisher for his team.

“If we’re at full strength, we’re a very different team than what we ran today,” Haro said. “That said, I think some of our best races are ahead of us.”

For Junius, her 17:30 finish put her well ahead of the course record set at 17:44 by former Mount Carmel runner Catalina Reichard in 2023. She finished 48 seconds ahead of runner-up finisher Grace Schneider of Dominican.

The outstanding soccer player selection at the LHSAA state championships in February, Junius has put more attention on training as a distance runner over the past several months, she said. “This is my first year where I sort of put soccer to the side and I was like, I want to run and do that,” said Junius, who won the district meet last year Mount Carmel, a state runner-up the past two seasons, had seven ﬁnishers among the top 10. Four of those ran personalbest times, coach Rob Farrell said.

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John Curtis coach J. T Curtis, right, shakes hands with Edna Karr coach Brice Brown after their game on Sept. 5, 2019, at Behrman Stadium

Jesuit posts perfect score; Mount Carmel runner sets course record

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Brady Monahan, of Jesuit, finishes first in the boys three-mile run during the Catholic League cross country championships on Thursday at City Park. Jesuit had the top six finishers in the meet to easily outdistance second-place Brother Martin.

Stella Junius, of Mount Carmel, crosses the finish line to win the Catholic League cross country meet. Junius’ time of 17 minutes, 30 seconds eclipsed the course record set by former Mount Carmel runner Catalina Reichard in 2023.

Ten players LSU must try to keep for next season

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

LSU football has ﬁred coach Bri-

an Kelly

The Tigers decided to move on from the former Notre Dame coach Sunday night after less than four years in Baton Rouge. The ﬁring came on the heels of LSU’s 49-25 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday, marking the team’s third loss in four games.

Kelly’s departure comes before an offseason where LSU was going to need to rebuild much of its roster Fifth-year senior quarterback Garrett Nussmeier senior cornerback Mansoor Delane and junior linebacker Harold Perkins are just a handful of names that are set to head to the NFL after this season. But with the transfer portal also set to open on Jan. 2, whoever LSU’s next coach is must also worry about the possibility of key returning players departing the program Here are 10 players LSU will need to keep for next season

TE Trey’Dez Green

Despite LSU’s recent struggles, Green has emerged as the top pass-catching target over the past three games He’s led the team in receptions in each contest, accumulating 19 catches for 274 yards and three touchdowns in that span. As a sophomore, the 6-foot-7 Green has one more season before becoming eligible to be selected in the NFL draft. He’d be the perfect big weapon for whoever LSU’s next quarterback is CB DJ Pickett

Pickett has emerged as a potential star at cornerback through eight games, playing 266 snaps despite only being a freshman, according to Pro Football Focus. The former ﬁve-star prospect has allowed just eight receptions for 82

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yards, per PFF, and hasn’t given up a touchdown Pickett has the potential to be a cornerstone on defense for whoever LSU’s next coach is. Retaining the 6-5 phenom is a must for the Tigers’ defense moving forward.

RB Harlem Berry

Berry has shown flashes of promise in recent weeks, rushing for 56 yards on eight attempts in the ﬁrst half against Texas A&M after averaging 5 yards per carry on 11 attempts against Vanderbilt.

The freshman provided the kind of speed and explosiveness the running back corps has missed in recent seasons. Berry has two

Manning is ‘making good progress’ but uncertain to play against Vanderbilt

BY JIM VERTUNO AP sportswriter

AUSTIN, Texas Texas quarterback Arch Manning was “making good progress” in practice, coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday, but his status to return from a concussion in time to play against No. 9 Vanderbilt was still uncertain.

Manning has been in concussion protocol since being injured at the beginning of overtime in No. 20 Texas’ 45-38 win over Mississippi State last week. Backup Matthew Caldwell came on to throw the winning touchdown as Texas rallied from 17 points down in the fourth quarter Manning has spent the week in Texas’ concussion protocol and he returned to practice Wednesday He was listed as questionable on the team’s Wednesday night injury report to the South-

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It would require a moonshottype ﬁnancial commitment

— who knows? — maybe $20 million a year guaranteed. But if I was hiring, I would make the call and make Nick tell me no. I know he told me when he went to Alabama he knew it was a mistake to leave LSU for the Miami Dolphins a couple of months into the job, but by then it was too late. I think he would consider it for his deep affection for LSU — and to not have to sit next to obnoxious Pat McAfee every week on the “College GameDay” set.

2. DAN LANNING • 39 • OREGON When Saban says his no is ﬁnal, my next question would be, “Nick, who should my next call

eastern Conference.

“I don’t have anything beyond for Arch just because we have to follow the protocol of the days and the reps, but he’s making good progress,” Sarkisian said.

If Manning can’t play, Caldwell will start. He is a graduate transfer from Troy

“We haven’t changed anything that we’ve done,” Sarkisian said.

“The game plan is the game plan.

All of his teammates have conﬁdence in Matt if it’s his time to go.”

Manning has passed for 1,795 yards and 15 touchdowns. A preseason favorite for the Heisman Trophy, Manning struggled for much of the early season but played his best game against Mississippi State with 346 yards passing and three touchdowns. He passed for 169 yards in the ﬁnal quarter

be to?” He might say Lanning, a former grad assistant for Saban at Bama and Kirby Smart’s former defensive coordinator at Georgia. Lanning is young, driven, a little maniacal and would be a fan darling if he won at LSU. He has a great job at Oregon and would be expensive to lure away ($10.4 million salary, $20 million buyout, juicy incentives) but he can’t love the cross-country Big Ten road trips the Ducks must now make)

3.MARCUS FREEMAN • 39 • NOTRE DAME It almost seems unthinkable that LSU could hire two straight coaches away from Notre Dame. Freeman has done the unthinkable since replacing Kelly in South Bend: taken the foundation and enhanced it. The Fighting Irish reached the CFP ﬁnal this past season and are rumbling toward another CFP berth after an 0-2 start. He’s making at least $7.4

more years left before becoming draft-eligible.

WR Aaron Anderson

There’s a strong chance Anderson forgoes his ﬁnal year of eligibility and enters the NFL draft

But if the junior wide receiver does return to college for a ﬁfth season, LSU needs to make sure that last year is spent in Baton Rouge.

Injuries have hampered Anderson in 2025, but last year he led the team in catches and yards receiving.

DT Dominick McKinley

A former five-star recruit,

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up 525 yards. The offense kept stopping itself, committing four turnovers among other miscues. So much for Tulane’s 13-game winning streak in regular-season American Conference road games that dated to the beginning of 2022. UTSA won its 24th conference home game in a row, a streak that coincides with sixthyear coach Jeff Traylor’s tenure.

The Green Wave (6-2, 3-1) fell into a logjam of American teams with one league loss eight days before a must-win game at Memphis for its championship hopes.

The Roadrunners (4-4, 2-2) provided another example of why no one wants to face them at the Alamodome.

Tulane’s issues started immediately following quarterback Jake Retzlaff’s 1-yard sneak that capped the seven-play, 75-yard opening drive that began when he ran untouched for 39 yards. A surprise 2-point try failed, and Texas-San Antonio needed only six plays to take the lead for good. McCown hit tight end Patrick Overmyer for 44 yards against safety Bailey Despanie, then found a wide-open Amador for a 2-yard score.

The tone was set.

A Javin Gordon fumble two plays after Maurice Turner’s fumble was recovered by teammate Shadre Hurst gave the ball to the Roadrunners at the Tulane 44, leading to a ﬁeld goal.

Retzlaff threw wide of tight end Justyn Reid on fourth down from the Texas-San Antonio 39, leading to a 6-yard touchdown pass by McCoun against a defense that was leaking holes everywhere.

million per year, is a Midwest guy and could well be at his dream job. But like Saban, I’d make him tell me no.

4. LANE KIFFIN 50 OLE MISS I believe Kiffin would have taken the job when LSU hired Kelly four years ago. Now I’m not so sure, but he’s won big in Oxford, though he hasn’t reached the CFP or the SEC championship game yet. The Rebels could well do both this year and convince Kiffin he should stay at Ole Miss, which is paying him $9 million per year and would likely go higher to keep him. Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt said he believes Kiffin will take the LSU job. If he won here, I think Tiger fans would take Kiffn’s offense and his tweaking opponents on social media and eat it up with a knife and fork.

5. JON SUMRALL • 43 • TULANE There once was a stigma to LSU

McKinley started at defensive tackle against Vanderbilt. His production hasn’t been immense this season, but he’s only a sophomore, and LSU would only beneﬁt from having an experienced super athlete on its defensive line.

S Dashawn Spears

Spears hasn’t played more than 23 snaps in any game this season, per PFF, but the sophomore is in line to start next year with starters AJ Haulcy and Tamarcus Cooley likely heading for the draft after the season. Despite his lack of starting experience, Spears had two interceptions against Florida in Week 3.

A false-start penalty on Hurst turned a first-and-goal at the UTSA 2 into a hurdle the Wave could not overcome when Anthony BrownStephens dropped a third-down pass at the 1. Patrick Durkin then hooked a 23-yard field goal wide of the left upright — his first miss in 15 attempts this season. Pressing with a 17-6 deficit, Retzlaff threw an interception deep into double coverage, and UTSA responded with a four-play 67-yard drive that ended with Amador’s easy toss for a 21-yard score when all of Tulane’s defensive backs ran up to defend the end around.

A breakdown on the offensive line forced Retzlaff to throw before he was ready on an ensuing third down, creating a three-andout.

Although McCown ﬁnally threw an incomplete pass, the Wave defense could not respond in kind, allowing an 11-yard gain on a draw on third-and-10 to backup running back Will Henderson before back-to-back completions covered 48 yards, making the score 31-6 with 45 seconds left in the half.

Tulane’s only other visit to the Alamodome was a 10-7 loss

hiring coaches from Tulane or UL (see Napier, Billy). No more. Not with a candidate like Sumrall. He has won at Troy and Tulane (granted, not Power Four jobs), knows how to recruit the region and is from the South (Texarkana, Texas). I agree with our Jeff Duncan: LSU will be hiring Sumrall or coaching against him in 2026 at another Power Four school.

6. ELI DRINKWITZ • 42 • MISSOURI Has probably done more with less at Mizzou than most coaches could. Kind of a poor man’s Lane Kifﬁn, if you will, but a sharp offensive mind. He could also be a poor man’s Brian Kelly: He’s 7-16 against the AP Top 25.

7. JEFF BROHM • 54 • LOUISVILLE

Conversely, Brohm has a reputation as a giant killer, having knocked off top-3 foes Miami, Ohio State, Iowa and Michigan State in recent years. He’s also from Louisville and played at

DL Lamar Brown

Brown is a ﬁve-star defensive lineman and the No. 1 player in the nation from the Class of 2026, according to the 247Sports Composite. The University High prospect is from Baton Rouge and is still committed to LSU as of Monday, but the Tigers will need to work to keep his pledge in place following Kelly’s ﬁring. He visited Texas A&M, Texas and Miami before committing to the Tigers in July

DE Trenton Henderson

LSU’s highest-rated commitment besides Brown, Henderson is an elite edge rusher from Florida ranked as the No. 43 recruit in the nation and the No. 3 player in the state.

With three seniors at edge rusher set to depart after this season, Henderson is the type of talent LSU needs at the position moving forward.

CB PJ Woodland

Woodland has become a key piece of LSU’s defense after earning playing time as a freshman The sophomore has started every game this season and has allowed just 14 receptions for 209 yards, according to PFF

Retaining Woodland and Pickett would be a great start when it comes to rebuilding LSU’s secondary for next season.

RB Caden Durham

Durham has lost some touches to Berry this year, but the sophomore is still LSU’s lead ball carrier and is averaging nearly 5 yards per carry

If LSU brings back Berry and Durham, its running back room would be a strength next season.

Email Koki Riley at Koki. Riley@theadvocate.com.

in 2013 when Sumrall was the Wave’s co-defensive coordinator His defense certainly could not be blamed for that one but it was a different story this time around. Henry, the nation’s second leading rusher entering the game, played a secondary role to his quarterback and receivers, finishing with 87 yards on 16 carries. McCown, a second-year starter whose season high was 243 yards passing against Incarnate Word, blew by that number on UTSA’s opening series of the second half and finished 31 of 33 for 370 yards and four touchdowns. On the drive, the Roadrunners overcame runs that lost 2 and 4 yards plus a falsestart penalty, getting a 10-yard touchdown run by Henderson that erased any question of a reversal of fortune after the break. Retzlaff had thrown for a 10yard touchdown to receiver Zycarl Lewis with seven seconds left in the first half, giving the Wave some semblance of hope with a 31-12 deficit.

A second interception on a pass that sailed right to safety Jermarius Lewis at the UTSA 4 snuffed out any hope and also ended Retzlaff’s night. Brendan Sullivan replaced Retzlaff, but the Wave’s best pass of the evening came on a 42-yard strike from wideout Jimmy Calloway to Omari Hayes in the back of the endzone on a trick play cutting the deﬁcit to 38-19 with 3:26 left in the third quarter

Tulane played its second consecutive game without senior linebacker Sam Howard, its leading returning tackler, who had 31 stops before suffering a leg injury in the fourth quarter against East Carolina. Sumrall said earlier this week he was not sure whether or not Howard would be available against Memphis.

Louisville, so the pull could be expensive.

8. BRENT KEY 47 • GEORGIA TECH

Also coaching at his alma mater, which he has led to its ﬁrst 8-0 start since 1966. A Saban disciple (Bama’s offensive line coach, 2016-18), he’s 8-1 against ranked ACC opponents.

9.CLARK LEA • 43 •VANDERBILT You have to be impressed with what Lea, Kelly’s former defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, has done to take the Commodores from SEC doormat to the top 10. My only question is how much is it Lea and how much is it quarterback Diego Pavia?

10.KENNY DILLINGHAM 35 ARIZONA ST Deep ties to home (Phoenix native, played at ASU) and took the Sun Devils to the CFP last year One wonders if he has bigger aspirations. He has been offensive coordinator at Auburn, Florida State and Memphis.

STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE Tulane coach Jon Sumrall gives instructions to his team in a game against East Carolina on Oct. 9.

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LSU tight end

Trey’Dez Green races past South Carolina linebacker Fred Johnson on Oct. 11 in Tiger Stadium.

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QB Shough to face tough test vs. Rams’ ferocious pass rush

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

As New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore said Wednesday, there are “no soft landings” in the NFL that said, rookie quarterback Tyler Shough may face an especially hard landing for his ﬁrst NFL start.

The Los Angeles Rams defense that the Saints are facing this week will bring one of the league’s most ferocious pass rushes against Shough and a Saints offensive line that is already without its best player in center Erik McCoy. The Rams have recorded 26 sacks, good for second in the NFL through eight weeks.

“We played these guys a couple times last year when we were in Philly and this is as good of a defensive line as you’re going to see in this league,” Moore said. “They’re really young and they’ve got tons of energy, tons of juice. They make impact plays. They can do it in a variety of different ways.”

Eleven different Rams defenders have recorded at least one sack in defensive coordinator Chris Shula’s attacking scheme.

Third-year edge rusher Byron Young has led the charge with nine sacks — already a new career high while 2024 Defensive Rookie of the Year Jared Verse has four sacks and is tied for second in the league with 17 quarterback hits.

“They’re very aggressive, and they turn those guys loose,” said offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier

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most of his rookie season throwing to the likes of Marquez ValdesScantling, Mason Tipton and Kevin Austin Rattler struggled from a completion percentage standpoint, but the circumstances made it difﬁcult to properly assess the signalcaller

Avoiding a repeat scenario with Shough would be ideal, especially if the Saints end up with a top pick in next year’s draft and have to determine whether to take a quarterback. As much as teams try to stay patient with prospects, the chance to draft a signal-caller near the top of the draft doesn’t tend to come around often.

To make that decision, the Saints need to understand as much as they can about Shough — and he has to show them what he’s capable of. Trading away his top target(s) could again complicate that evaluation, though the Saints’ depth at receiver appears to be better this year

That said, the prudent move still might be to trade one of Olave or Shaheed if not both.

That obviously depends on the compensation that the Saints would receive, but last year’s Marshon Lattimore deal was a great example of how New Orleans could spin a veteran for positive assets In sending the cornerback to the Washington Commanders, the Saints received several draft

New Orleans got a sense of how tough the Rams are this summer during a joint practice, when Los Angeles consistently made life miserable on the Saints quarterbacks and offensive line.

“They re probably the best in the league, just from a disruptive standpoint,” Shough said “... I’ve got to do my role and protect the ball, be ready to step up, ﬁnd different lanes and just be comfortable back there.”

New Orleans has struggled to keep its quarterbacks upright in recent weeks After giving up 11 sacks in their ﬁrst six games, Saints quarterbacks were dropped behind the line nine times in losses to the Bears and Buccaneers.

Old friends

Two 37-year-olds will play central roles in Sunday’s game between the Saints and the Rams.

One is Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who is enjoying one of the best 2025 seasons by an NFL quarterback. The other is the Saints’ Kellen Moore, who is still looking to turn his team into a winner eight games into his debut season as the NFL’s youngest head coach.

Stafford is actually ﬁve months older than Moore — one of 15 active NFL players who are older than the Saints head coach.

The two have a bit of a shared history: Moore began his NFL playing career with the Detroit Lions, serving as a backup to Stafford for three seasons Stafford

is still going, having thrown for 61,675 yards in his playing career with 394 touchdowns, while Moore immediately went into coaching upon the conclusion of his playing career in 2018.

Now in his 17th NFL season, Stafford has thrown 17 touchdowns against 2 interceptions, and his 109.4 passer rating is on track to be the best mark of his career

“It’s really remarkable the type of quarterback he’s been for such a long time, one of the premier quarterbacks in our league,” Moore said “You don’t want to give him the ball too many times in some opportunistic situations he’s going to deliver, he’s delivered year after year He’s still playing at as high a level as anybody in this league.”

Injury report

The Saints had nearly perfect practice attendance Thursday Defensive tackle Davon Godchaux was the only active player who was not present for practice, continuing a recent trend where he has been given veteran rest days on Thursday

Defensive back Alontae Taylor (shoulder), wide receiver Rashid Shaheed (hip) and running backs Alvin Kamara (ankle) and Devin Neal (ankle) were limited participants in practice for the second consecutive day

Tight end Juwan Johnson (neck) and receiver Chris Olave (ankle) were listed on the injury report as full participants

sation were fair and right.”

So, “what’s fair and right” for Shaheed? Schefter reported the Saints would like a third-round pick for the 27-year-old, which is more than what the team gave up for Vele (a fourth and a seventh).

A third-round pick would also be more than what Shaheed could fetch as a compensatory pick if he were to sign elsewhere in free agency

“What round his contract would be valued in (for a comp pick) depends on how much he’d sign for per year with his new team,” Over The Cap analyst Nick Korte said in a direct message, noting any such compensation also depends on how active the Saints are in free agency

“This is an extremely early estimate that is subject to change, but I would guess he’d need at least $16 (million) APY to make the 4th round, and at least $10 (million) APY for the 5th.”

Bengals defense holds players-only meeting to try to spark turnaround

BY CHARLIE GOLDSMITH Associated Press

CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Bengals defense — which ranks 30th in the NFL in points allowed per drive and was most responsible for last week’s 39-38 loss to the New York Jets — came together for a players-only meeting on Monday

“We have leadership,” rookie linebacker Demetrius Knight Jr. said “The guys are leading us Trey (Hendrickson). Logan (Wilson), (Oren Burks), Geno (Stone) and (Jordan Battle) and BJ (Hill), they’re leading us quite well. It can be easy to lose your head to put it shortly after a game like that. It’s all about coming together and having love for each other We’ll hold you accountable, but we’re going to grow and get better together as well.”

While players haven’t revealed the content of the meeting, the focus this week around the defensive side of the ball going into Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears has been centered around intangible qualities and around tackling.

Following Sunday’s loss, coach Zac Taylor said that he was looking for someone to step up and lead the defense He said Monday’s meeting was a step in the right direction.

“You want guys to take ownership and take accountability for it,” Taylor said. “Everybody’s got the right intent. Everyone’s got great energy. Everyone wants to play well on defense and help us win games. The offense has to do their job as well. Special teams have to step up and do their job as well. Sure, they (the defense) has gotten a

lot of the attention this week, but at the same time, there’s things in all three phases we have to improve on.”

The Bengals also lead the NFL in missed tackles. Before practices this week, the Bengals have done extra tackling drills that give the players a chance to work on technique. While they’re not actually tackling other players to the ground, they’re working on the fundamentals.

Coaches have also spent extra time talking with players about tackling during meetings.

“You just got to trust your technique and go at the end of the day,” defensive coordinator Al Golden said. “We want to have a defense that plays fast and tackles well in the alley and plays great fundamental football. As coordinator I deﬁnitely don’t want hesitancy at any level of the defense, so we work hard to eliminate that. We want the guys playing fast, playing with energy, playing with passion and if there is hesitancy, we have to get rid of it fast.”

Golden also viewed the playersonly meeting as a positive.

“There’s a higher standard there,” Golden said “We let our brothers down on special teams and offense and we can’t do that. It’s as simple as that. I don’t know what was talked about, nor should I. It does feel like the fact that that was called is a sense of urgency there, as there should be, because we cannot do that to the offense or special teams again.”

Defensive end Trey Hendrickson remains day to day with a hip injury, which has been bothering him for a few weeks and took him out of Sunday’s game against the Jets.

Colts are showing all the traits of being a contender

BY WILL GRAVES AP sportswriter

PITTSBURGH Shane Steichen believes championship-level teams share a common DNA.

What the Indianapolis Colts coach believes constitutes that specific type of DNA is hardly new Creating takeaways on defense, having a balanced offense that can score in a variety of ways and a coaching staff able to make the adjustments necessary in real time have been a part of the game practically from the moment it was invented.

What is new is that Steichen’s team has spent the first half of the season consistently showing it might have that DNA in abundance.

Only Chicago and Jacksonville have forced more turnovers than the dozen the white-hot Colts (71) have through the season’s ﬁrst eight weeks heading into Sunday’s game at suddenly reeling Pittsburgh (4-3).

And no offense has produced more yards or more points than the group guided by Steichen and coordinator Jim Bob Cooter, who credit a sense of collaboration among the staff for setting Indianapolis on a trajectory few outside the building saw coming.

It’s been a fun and frenetic two months. Yet the Colts, who haven’t made the playoffs in ﬁve years, are hardly getting ahead of themselves.

nal score would indicate.

Still, Mike Tomlin is hardly panicking. He’s weathered plenty of storms in his 18-plus seasons in Pittsburgh, all of which ended with his team .500 or better and in the postseason more often than not.

Are there things the Steelers need to correct, and quickly, considering a daunting November schedule includes four games against teams with winning records, three of which are in playoff position? Yes. The details of how that happens are immaterial to Tomlin.

“The ﬁx happens in stadium,” Tomlin said. “And the rest of it is just talk.”

Taylor’s trends

Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is the hottest player on the league’s hottest offense.

He scored three more touchdowns last week — the third time he’s done that in four games and the fourth time he’s done it this season — needing just 12 carries to produce 153 yards rushing. Taylor leads the NFL with 850 yards rushing, 12 TD runs and 14 total touchdowns, and he’s shown no indication of slowing down.

picks they used to take safety Jonas Sanker, cornerback Quincy Riley and running back Devin Neal two starters this season and one key reserve.

ESPN insider Adam Schefter fanned the ﬂames this week when he said that he thinks “at least one” Saints receiver would be traded by next week.

“If I had to bet, I would say that Rashid Shaheed is the guy who interests most teams for his speed and his talent,” Schefter said on his podcast. “And the guy whose contract is up after this year, who the Saints, I think, would be most willing to part with if the compen-

If the Saints do trade one of their wideouts, it’s easy to wonder if they’ve been bracing for the move.

Look at the last few months. New Orleans acquired Devaughn Vele from the Denver Broncos in late August and then Ja’Lynn Polk from the New England Patriots in September — even though the latter will miss the entire season with a shoulder injury. Both are still on their rookie-scale contracts, too.

Perhaps that’s simply overthinking it. But part of running an NFL team is always accounting for the future, even when it conﬂicts with the present.

Email Matthew Paras at matt paras@theadvocate.com

“Don’t get complacent with anything because we know, like I’ve said before, it’s a week-toweek league and we got to come ready,” Steichen said. “I mean we’re going to play a hell of a football team on the road in a hostile environment so we’ve got to be ready to roll.”

Technically Steichen is right, Acrisure Stadium can be a hostile place. Of late that hostility has been directed at the home team, which has dropped two straight and looked like the first-place group it is in name only The NFL’s highest-paid defense is dead last in the league against the pass and 30th overall. It hasn’t produced a takeaway in a month and last week let Green Bay’s Jordan Love complete 20 straight passes on his way to a near ﬂawless performance in a 35-25 loss that didn’t feel as close as the ﬁ-

“His vision has been off the charts,” Steichen said. “But the physicality, the way he’s running through these arm tackles and spinning 360 (degrees) off these guys and getting the extra yards and toe tapping on the sidelines. I mean, it’s hard to really explain because it’s so impressive to watch.”

E for effort?

Longtime Steelers defensive

captain Cam Heyward raised eyebrows inside and outside the locker room when he questioned his team’s ﬁght in the second half against Green Bay, when the Packers scored on ﬁve straight possessions to win going away

The 35-year-old didn’t back down in the aftermath, putting the onus on the group to stick together during a difﬁcult stretch.

“I challenge everybody, I challenge myself ﬁrst and foremost, that’s always the way I’ve been raised,” Heyward said. “You can’t look at anybody else, you’ve got to look at yourself And the way to get this bad taste out of our mouth is just play better football.”

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Saints wide receiver Chris Olave carries the ball during the second half of a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough runs up filed against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of the game on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome.

Freret Street Fest,All Saints’Day Celebrationand Bike Easy’s Bicycle Second-Line

n After the haunts and the candy,head over to FRERET STREET FESTIVAL from11a.m to 6p.m. Saturdayfor art, music and food along theUptown thoroughfare from Napoleon Avenue to Valmont Street. More than 200 local artists, chefs and businesses will be out with three stages of bands for aday festival fête on Freret freretstreetfestival.org.

Dayof theDead march dedicated to slain artist

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

The annual Day of theDead procession in the Bywater and St. Rochneighborhoods is oneofthe mostbeautiful, moving events of the fall season in New Orleans. Imagine joining ahuge crowd of marchers to trekamidantique architecture and shadowy oak trees in the night, wearing macabre costumes, with the beat of drums echoingeverywhere, scented smoke in the air,and the ﬂames of hundreds of hand-held candles illuminatingthe way. AMexican tradition, the Day of the Dead is an opportunity to bid farewell to those loved ones we’ve lost in the previous year The spectacular procession, produced by the Krewe de Mayahuel Carnivalmarching group, is both solemn and joyous. This year,the krewe is paying specialhomagetoamember whodied suddenly and tragically less than amonth ago. Eliot Brown,a47-year-old carpenter and artist, was shot to death in his Bayou St. John neighborhood on Sept. 27, in what was apparently arandomattack. The suspectin the crime has beenfound incompetent to stand trial.

Brown may be best remembered for amarvelous artistic prank he anonymously pulled off during the COVID pandemic. In 2020, Brown produced a series of tongue-in-cheek, unofﬁcial alligator warning signs which he surreptitiouslyposted alongthe banksofBayou St. John in Mid-City. Hisexpertlymademetal signs included images of everything fromPac-Man tothe Aztec Calendar,toapassage of Egyptian hieroglyphics, to asurrealist painting by Rene Magritte,as well as ominous reptiles It was only after Brown died thatthe public became aware that he was the mastermind behind the beloved signs. Most of Brown’ssigns have since disappeared, buta touch of his artistry will be seen in this year’sDay of the Dead procession.

During the last Jazz Festival, aKrewe de Mayahuel member

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n Pedalpower pushes through the weekend Sundaywhen daylight saving time endsfor the BIKEEASY’S BICYCLE SECOND-LINE with a10-mile ride in the morning and afestive fundraiser to follow, with resources for riders at The Broadside,600 N. Broad St. Registration starts at 10 a.m., rollingat11a.m. Live music, food, an auction and more are on tap bikeeasy.org

BYKEITHSPERA Staff writer

For its 10th anniversary,Lil Wayne’s LilWeezyAna Fest ﬁnds itself at acrossroads. Lastyear, WeezyAna Fest sold out the Smoothie King Center with areunion of the Hot Boys, the all-star Cash Money Records quartet But Saturday’s Lil’ WeezyAna Festhasn’tgenerated nearly as much excitement— or ticket sales.

At press time, no special guests other than BigXthaPlug had been announced. That’s onereason advance ticket sales aresluggish compared to last year Howsluggish? The Smoothie King Center will be in its reduced-capacity configuration on Saturday,with part of theupper level closed off.

Four days before the show, large swathsofseats on the floor andinthe lower bowl were stillavailable, even

though ticket prices startat what is, by today’sstandards, arelatively modest $76. In years past, the biggest guests at WeezyAna Fest Drake, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, DJ Khaled, etc. weresurprises. It’s entirely possible that unannounced stars will turn up at the Smoothie King Center on Saturday.Such surprises are always fun but don’thelp

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Mason Thames, left and Mckenna Grace star in ‘Regretting you.’

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The Krewe de Mayahuel’s revamped La Catrina glows during the Dayofthe Dead procession to St. Roch Cemetery in NewOrleans in 2024.

LilWayne performs for alarge crowd during the 2022 Lil WeezyAna Fest’sreturnto Champions Square. | FILE PHOTO By JEFF STROUT/COURTESy ASM Review

By The Associated Press

Today is Friday,Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2025. There are 61 days left in the year.This is Halloween.

Todayinhistory:

On Oct. 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi, India’sprime minister for more than 15 years,was assassinated by two of her own security guards.

Also on this date:

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed aproclamation making Nevada the 36th state, eight days before the presidential election.

In 1913, the Lincoln Highway, the ﬁrst automobile highway across the UnitedStates,was dedicated.

In 1941, work was completed on the Mount RushmoreNational Memorial in South Dakota, begun in 1927.

In 1950, Earl Lloyd of the Washington Capitols became the ﬁrst African American to play in an NBA game; Lloyd would go on to play for nine seasons, winning an NBA championship in 1955 with the Syracuse Nationals.

In 1961, the body of Josef Stalin was removed from Lenin’s

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was awarded agrant from the Louisiana Division of theArts FolklifeProgram to create three giantDay of the Dead skeleton puppets, which will appear in theprocession.

According to krewe spokeswoman Paty Corral, Brown decorated one of the cardboard and papier-mâché creations.

TheKrewe de Mayahuel’s2025 Día de los Muertos celebration takes place on Sunday,Nov.2

Tomb as part of theSoviet Union’s“de-Stalinization” drive.

In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990, bound from NewYork to Cairo, crashed off theMassachusetts coast, killingall 217 people aboard

In 2005, PresidentGeorge W. Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to theSupremeCourt.

In 2011, the United Nations estimated that world population hadreached 7billion people (world population is greater than 7billion today).

Today’sbirthdays: Former CBSanchorman Dan Rather is 94. ActorStephenRea is 79.Olympic gold medal marathoner Frank Shorter is 78. TV hostJane Pauleyis75. Football coach Nick Saban is 74. Film director Peter Jackson is 64. Rock drummer Larry Mullen Jr.(U2) is 64. Rock musician Johnny Marr is 62. BaseballHall of Famer Fred McGriff is 62. Actor Rob Schneider is 62. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 62. Countrysinger Darryl Worley is 61. Actorcomedian Mike O’Malley is 59. Rapper and guitaristAdam Horovitz (Beastie Boys) is 59. Rapper Vanilla Ice is 58. Actor Leticia Wright is 32. Singer WillowSmithis25.

Everyone is invited to joinin theDay of theDeadprocession, which lines up at 6:30 at the cornerofPiety and Royal streets and begins at7 p.m. Marchers will follow Royal Street, turning right on Franklin Avenue, left on St. Claude Avenue and right on St.Roch Avenue, ending in frontof St.RochCemetery,1725 St.Roch Ave.

It begins with afree mini festival at 3p.m. at Markey Park, 3301 Royal St. Thefiestafeatures Mexican food,drinks, traditional dancing, and music provided by the Covington-based Mexican band JM Norteno and others

SpokeswomanCorral notes that the krewe has notyet received its ofﬁcial event permit, so the route could change. Accompanying the processionwill be the Lucha Krewe Carnival marching group, theAfro-Caribbeanpercussion troupe Tamojunto,the Skinz NBonez drummers, and TheFORCE, amarching musical ensemble.

Email Doug MacCash at dmaccash@theadvocate.com.

Dear Heloise: We tried thehint for how to makecoffee less bitter by adding one-eighth of ateaspoon of table salt when making drip coffee. Ugh! It tasted terrible; I’ll takethe bitterness! My favoritecreamer balances any bitterness perfectly.Nooffense meanttothe person who wrote in about the salt. I just wanted toweigh in so others readers are warned that they might have to dumpa pot of coffee if they don’tlike the salt either —Jen, in New Jersey Jen, coffee has always been a bitter brew,but manypeople like it this way.Weget suggestions

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all the time on how to take the bitterness away with things such as salt, cinnamon, atiny pat of butter,one-fourth of ateaspoon of sugar,and more. However,I think that using creamer like you do is probablythe best method. Personally,I drink it strongand black. —Heloise Freezing bananas

Dear Heloise: Banana slices are not soggyifyou freeze the banana in the peeling. It’s not necessary tothrow away bananas that are browning in thepeel.Ifthey are still good on theinside,freezing them while they’re in thepeeling

‘REGRETTING YOU’

often colliding —stories of a mother,Morgan (Allison Williams), and her 16-year-old daughter,Clara (Mckenna Grace), as they try to makesenseoftheir lives following the loss of two family members.

The tale begins 17 years in the past,asMorgan has discovered she’spregnant,afact she hasn’t yet told her boyfriend, Chris (Scott Eastwood), who pressures her to drink as they hang out with her sister,Jenny (Willa Fitzgerald), and her beau, Jonah (Dave Franco). Morgan does, however, conﬁde in Jonah, who’sobviously in love with her

In thepresent day,Chris and Morgan are husband and wife and raising good student Clara, while Jonah —after years away —is back withJenny.The pair have ababy boy and are talking about marriage.

Andthen it happens: Co-workers Chris and Jenny die in acar accident on what was said to be her ﬁrst day back to workfollowing maternityleave. Only,itturns out she wasn’tyet scheduled to be back on the job. And why was Chris driving Jenny’scar at the time of the crash?

We know why,and so do Morgan and Jonah. Morgan insiststhis information be kept from Clara, who was close not just withher father but also

MPARATING: PG-13(forsexual content, teen drug and alcohol use andbrief strong language)

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her aunt,who wasaconﬁdante. Jonah, ahigh school teacher who counts Clara among his students, doesn’tseemtoagree but goes along with Morgan’swishes.

Soon, Morgan struggles to connect withher daughter as they continue to live in Chris’ childhood home, where Morgan ﬁnds herself surrounded by his things.

Meanwhile, Jonah, whocontinues to hold strong feelings for Morgan, realizes the full ramiﬁcationsofJenny’sinﬁdelity

On theother hand, things could be worse forClara, whoisgrowing close to her crush at school, Miller (Mason Thames), whosuddenly is breaking up and getting back together with his girlfriend on the regular.Once that relationship is put to bed, the twospend a lot of time together,adding to her mother’s list of concerns.

For much of its twohours, “RegrettingYou” trafﬁcs in motherdaughter shouting matches and cute teenage love.

The movie spends so much time with Clara and Miller,with Grace and Thames developing nice chemistry,that it devotes too little attention to Morgan and Jonah. That’sespecially disap-

keepsthemfor longer. Plus,the inside of thepeeling of thebanana is frozen andtastes like icecream Youcan slicethe banana while it’s frozen in thepeeling, then takeoff thepeeling. —Beatrice S.,via email Beatrice, if you freeze abanana, it’srecommended that you removethe peel before freezing. If the banana is fully brownorheavily spotted with brown, Iusually makebanana-nut bread and make enough loaves so that Ican freeze afew of them. It’s always so nice to slice and toast banana-nut bread at breakfast time. —Heloise Sendahinttoheloise@heloise com.

pointing considering that Franco (“21 Jump Street,” “The Studio”) —knownlargely forcomedic roles —gives the movie’sbest performance.

Also, morecould have been madeofthe efforts of Morgan astay-at-home-mom with agift fordesign —toremake ahome that never felt like hers.

Williams (“Get Out,” “M3GAN 2.0”) gives adecent performance, delivering laughs during arare comic scene where Morgan stares down Miller after he takes the emotional Clara away from her father’sfuneral and facilitates her desire to try smoking marijuana.

Thames (“How to Train Your Dragon,” “Black Phone 2”) is enjoyable, too, as Miller,who’snot the bad boy he ﬁrst seemsand whocares forhis ailing grandfather (Clancy Brown, “The Shawshank Redemption”).

Grace (“The Handmaid’sTale,” “CaptainMarvel”), meanwhile, is ﬁne but notnearlyasinteresting as sheisinthe recent“Ghostbusters” movies as Phoebe Spengler Perhaps the book is different, but the movie version of this story has nowhere interesting to go, and you can tell that by about the halfway point, when checking your watch starts to becomea regular occurrence. If you love schmaltzy,paperthin romances —and that’syour right —there likely will be no regrets after seeing “Regretting You.” The rest of us, though, will be leftwanting something more than all that sap.

sell advance tickets. And the fact is, Lil Wayne can’t ﬁll his hometown’slargest arena on his own —especially atthis stage in his career

Lots of competition

Seven years after its predecessor,Wayne finally released the sixth installment of hisalbum series “Tha Carter” in 2025. But “Tha Carter VI” made little impactand received mostly lukewarm reviews. “It would be adisaster if any of it mattered,” opined the music journal Pitchfork, scoring the album adismal 2.9 out of 10. This summer’stour for “Tha Carter VI”skipped NewOrleans. But Wayne headlined the 2025 New Orleans Jazz &Heritage Festival’smain stage this spring, using the Rootsashis backing band. Some fans may have opted to see Wayne with an acclaimed live band at Jazz Fest rather than with the “one man band” drummer and deejay he typically deploys at WeezyAna Fest.

At 42, Wayne has been in the hip-hop game for nearlythree decades. Anew generation of rappershavestepped up to seize the moment.

Case in point: 26-year-oldNBA Youngboy.The Baton Rouge rapper sold out the Smoothie King Center on Oct. 19-20, with total attendance across the two nights exceeding 26,000. Additionally,contemporaryR&B star Chris Brown ﬁlled the Caesars Superdome with acrowd of 45,000 on Oct. 16. So local fans of hip-hop and R&B have already spentalot on concert tickets lately.

From MorrisBarttoDrake Lil Wayne launched Lil WeezyAnaFestin2015atChampions Square as acommemoration of the 10th anniversaryofHurricane Katrina and acelebration of New Orleans’ recovery Personal injury attorney Morris Bart, who had befriended Lil Wayne courtside at NBA games, served as the presenting sponsor The likes of Drake, Master P, Mia X, Curren$y,Big Freedia and two of Wayne’sfellow Hot Boys, Juvenile and Turk, turned up onstage.

After selling out all 8,000 or so tickets, Lil WeezyAna Fest earned an encorethe following summer

The announced roster for2016 featured Wayne’sCollegrove collaboration with 2Chainz plus Yo Gotti, Migos and New Orleans rappers Mystikal and PartnersN-Crime.

Surpriseguests included the Showboys, the New York hip-hop duo whose 1986 song “Drag Rap” providedthe “triggerman” beat upon which New Orleans bounce is built, andChrisBrown,who danced andsangshirtless for several minutes.

Back at Champions Square in 2017, WeezyAna Fest featuredlocal rappersLadyRed, Ricky Band U.N.L.V.ahead of twobig surprises: Jadakiss andMonica Brown.

The sold-out 2018 WeezyAna Fest at Champions Square included briefturns by up-and-coming rappers and Atlanta’sYoung Jeezy before abombshell dropped: Wayne publicly reconciledwithCash MoneyRecords co-founder Bryan “Birdman”“Baby” Williamsafter abitter,yearslonglegal battle. That wasn’t the year’s only surprise: Nicki Minaj, elevated to stardom by Wayne’sYoung Money Entertainment, materialized fora seven-minute showcase. Looking toexpand WeezyAna

Fest, promoter Live Nation Urban moved the 2019 edition to the grounds of the UNO Lakefront Arena. Butorganizersseemed unprepared to handle thecrowd —reportedly in excess of 15,000 —that showed up on ablazing hot September afternoon.

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Travis Scott, two separate crowd stampedes —possibly triggered by false reportsofgunﬁre —sent panicked fans ﬂeeing toward the perimeter fencing. Tumbling over barricades, gettingpushed, falling down, being trampled —for those caught up in thechaos,itwas terrifying.

Twopeople were transported by ambulancetoahospital; others were treated on-site. In the chaos, concession booths were overrun; somepeople helped themselves to bottles of booze and the contents of tip jars. Despite the security breakdown,the showwenton. The stacked lineup included local favorites Choppa andCheekyBlakk DJ Khaled credited Wayne with helping launch his career.A ﬁveminutesurprise appearance by the rapper Future was pure charisma.And Wayne’sown setwas

relatively focused.

Back downtown

After the near-disasteronthe lakefront and twoyears of pandemic shutdown,WeezyAna Fest returnedtothe more controlled environmentofChampions Square in 2022. Originally scheduledfor August, the 2022 show was postponed to Oct. 29. The delay wasworth the wait. Drake, whose career,like Minaj’s, was boosted by Young Money Entertainment, made asurprise 18-minute appearance.

Other guests ranged from Rick Ross to Cam’ron to Rob 49 to the duo Unc &Phew,better known as Quavo and Takeoff, two-thirds of hitmaking Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos. (Two nights later,Takeoff was shot to death in Houston; WeezyAna Fest was his ﬁnalperformance.)

In 2024, WeezyAna Fest moved to theSmoothie King Center,which can hold several thousand more fans thanChampions Square. An indoor environment also allowed fora more elaborate production.

Whennewsbroke that all four HotBoys— Wayne, Juvenile,Turk and B.G. —would reunite for the ﬁrst time in morethan 15 years at

WeezyAna Fest, tickets sold out.

That night, theatmospherein the jam-packed arenawas electric TheBig Tymers—Bryan “Birdman”Williamsand Cash Money’s longtime producer,Mannie Fresh —ﬁredupthe crowd with“Still Fly” and “Get Your Roll On.” TabVirgil Jr., akaTurk, Christopher “B.G.” Dorsey and Terius “Juvenile” Gray all took crowdpleasing solo turns. They then came together with Wayne as the Hot Boys with “WeOnFire.” Their reunion lasted 22 minutes.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell then presented Wayne with akey to the city.Rapper/businessman Percy “Master P” Miller, founderofNo Limit Records, pronounced Wayne the “greatest rapper alive.” It all felt like acoronation forLil Wayne.

Ayear later,it’sway too soon to sayLil WeezyAna Fest hasrun its course.

But Wayne will have to work extra hard —and possiblypull off some surprises —onSaturday to make the 10th anniversary celebration feel like one.

Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

Thecrowd lights the night withcellphones in 2022 as Lil Wayne’sLil WeezyAna Fest returned to Champions Square.

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When the deal was originally played, the bidding went as shown. North-South wereusing two-over-one game-forcing. On the thirdround, South broke agolden rule of Blackwood by using the convention with two fast losers in both unbid suits, with no guaranteethat partner had afirst- or second-round controlinthose suits. South shouldhave bid fourspades. Then,Northprobablywouldhavepassed, although with controls in both hearts and clubs, therewould have been agoodcase for his using Blackwood.

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Bids will be publicly opened on November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM (Central Time)inthe Procurement Conference Room,Rm 131, locatedat625 St Joseph St NewOrleans Louisiana70165. MicrosoftTeams Join themeetingnow MeetingID: 213 078 929 664 6 Passcode:oY3zB7JK Dial in by phone +1 504-2248698,,461801603# United States,New Orleans PhoneconferenceID: 461 801 603# LATE BIDS WILL NOTBE ACCEPTED 164807-OCT31-NOV7-2T $89.12

Thearchitect/engineer hasclassiﬁed this pro‐ject as Building Con‐struction. 164830-oct31nov 7-14-3t $107.31

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Sewerage andWater BoardofNew Orleans Invitation to Bid 2025-SWB-72 Hosesand Accessories TheSewerageand Water BoardofNew Orleans (Board) is soliciting bids from companiestosup‐

seebid docu‐ments. Bids will be publicly opened on November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM (Central Time)inthe Procurement Conference Room,Rm 131, locatedat625 St Joseph St NewOrleans Louisiana70165. MicrosoftTeams Join themeetingnow MeetingID: 285 930 031 113 7 Passcode:Yv6PF9Y7 Dial in by phone +1 504-2248698,,108702640# United States NewOrleans PhoneconferenceID: 108 702 640# LATE BIDS WILL NOTBE ACCEPTED 164783

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PUBLIC NOTICE Sewerage andWater BoardofNew Orleans Requestfor Proposal Skilledand Unskilled Labor

TheSewerageand Water BoardofNew Orleans (hereinafter referred to as “SWBNO”) desiresto contract avendortofur‐nish andcoordinate the necessaryskilled andun‐skilledlabor as re‐questedtoperform es‐sentialmaintenance work of acriticalnature, when required,through‐outthe variouswater drainage,and sewerage systems. RFPwillbeavailable Oc‐tober24, 2025,for down‐load at thefollowing websites: SWBNO: https://www2.swbno org/business_bidspeciﬁc ations.asp LAPAC: https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/dspBid.cfm?sea rch=department& term=181 A mandatory pre-pro‐posalconferencefor this RFPwillbeheldon No‐vember 3, 2025, at 1:00 pm CST at theSWBNO Carrollton WaterPlant Auditorium,8800 South ClaiborneAve NewOr‐leans, LA 70118 or if you areunabletoattend this in-personmeeting, you canalsojoinvia telecon‐ferencecall: MicrosoftTeams Join themeetingnow MeetingID: 243 106 657 473 Passcode:wn6mK3Pb Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698, 298878684# United States NewOrleans PhoneconferenceID: 298 878 684# At this meeting, staff will discussthe scopeof work,proposalrequire‐mentsand respondto questionsfromthe at‐tendees Attendees arerequired to be on time andstay throughout themeeting. Only vendorswho attend this meetingwillbeal‐lowedtosubmita pro‐posal. Anysubmission from any ﬁrm notrepre‐sentedatthismeeting will be rejected Inquiriesand/orRe‐

NOTICE Public Notice is hereby giventhatthe Councilof theCityofNew Orleans will consider itsregular meetingofNovember20, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.,tobe held either viavideo con‐ferenceorinthe Council Chamber, City Hall,1300 PerdidoStreet,Room 1E07, theadoptionofOr‐dinanceCalendarNo. 35,279 introduced at the meetingofOctober 23, 2025. SAID ORDINANCEwould amendand reordain Arti‐cle7,Section 7.2, Table71ofthe Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance(Ordi‐nanceNo. 4264 M.C.S.,as amendedbyOrdinance No.26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amend‐ments) to permit both establishedsingle-family dwellingsand homebasedchildcare centers in theGPD General PlannedDevelopment Districtstosupport the operationalneedsofex‐isting residentsand en‐hanceaccesstoessen‐tial childcareservicesin thecommunity (ZONING DOCKET NO.48/25) Said ordinancemay be seen in full in theOfﬁce of theClerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 PerdidoStreet LORA W. JOHNSON, LMMC,MMC

CLERKOFCOUNCIL PUBLICATIONDATE: October31, 2025 NOCP 8746

comment on thepro‐posedservicesmay be sent within 15 days to theattention of Lephan Quach, Greyhound Lines, Inc. P.O. Box660362.,Dal‐las, TX 75266-0362 and Ms.TinaAthelone, Public

LOT 176 measures 40.00’ front on TriciaCourtwiththe same widthinthe rear and adepth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines bounded by Lot 177 on itsnortherlyside and bounded by Lot 175 on itssoutherly side.

LOT177 measures 41.80’ front on TriciaCourt witha widthinthe rear of 58.54’ and adepth of 100.00’ on the side of Lot 176 and adepth of 101.39’ on the side of Cindy Drive.

LOT178 forms the comer of the southerlyright of way line of Cindy Drive and the westerlyoflineofGoldieLane and measures 59.91 front on GoldieLane withthe rightway awidthinrearof45’, and adepth and front on Cindy Drive of 101.11’ and adepth of 100.00’ on the Lot179 side.

LOT 179 measures 45’ front on GoldieLane, same width in the rear by adepth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 178 on itsnortherlyside and 180 on itssoutherly side.

LOT180 measures 45’ front on GoldieLane same width in therearby a depth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 179 on itsnortherlyside and 181 on itssoutherly side.

LOT181 measures 45’ front on GoldieLane, same width in the rear by a depth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 180 on itsnortherlyside and 182 on itssoutherly side.

LOT182 measures 40’ front on GoldieLane, same width in the rear by a depth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 181 on itsnortherlyside and 183 on itssoutherly side.

LOT183 measures 56.60’ front on GoldieLane, a first widthinthe rear 25.99 feet second widthinthe rear of 15.52 feet,and adepth of 100.00’ on both sides, bounded by Lot 182 on itsnortherlyside and 184 on its southerlyside.

LOT184 measures 43.94’ front on GoldieLane, same width in the rear by adepth of 100.00’ between equal and parallel lines, bounded by Lot 183

on itsnortherlyside and185 on itssoutherly side.

LOT 185 measures55.98’ frontonGoldie Lane withwidthinthe rear 45’ anda depth of 100.00’onthe Lot184 side, anda depth of 100.60’on thePaula Lane side. AND

THATCERTAIN NON-EXCLUSIVESERVITUDE INTEREST CREATED BY AMENDEDAND RESTATED AGREEMENT REGARDINGACCESSUSE OF AMENITIES AND SERVITUDE FOR UTILITIESBETWEEN CLAIBORNE HOMES I, LLCAND BEECHGROVE HOMES, LLC, DATED SEPTEMBER 28,2007, RECORDED ON OCTOBER1,2007, IN COB 3202 FOLIO 460 OF THE CONVEYANCERECORDS OF JEFFERSON PARISH,LOUISIANA, ON THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: ONE HUNDREDEIGHTY FIVE (185)CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTSTHEREON ANDALL THE RIGHTSAPPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE STATEOFLOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, IN THATPART THEREOF KNOWN AS BEECHGROVE SUBDIVISION EXTENSION NO. 2, ALLINACCORDANCE WITH ARESUBDIVISION,BYJJKREBS &SONS, INC., DATED MAY6,1985, SHOWING THE RESUBDIVISION OF PARCEL E, BEECHGROVE SUBDIVISION, INTO BEECHGROVE SUBDIVISION NO. 2, ACCEPTED BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL IN ORDINANCE NO. 16574, DATED 10/11/85, RECORDED IN COB 1345,PAGE297,JEFFERSON PARISH RECORDS.

SAID LOTS AND SQUARES ARE DESIGNATEDASFOLLOWS: SQUARE1,LOTS1 THROUGH 49;SQUARE2,LOTS50THROUGH 68 SQUARE3,LOTS69THROUGH 127; SQUARE4,LOTS128 THROUGH 185

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FEDERALHOME

LOAN MORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS TRINIKACOM‐MODORE

ONECERTAIN CONDOMINIUM PARCEL,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS ANDIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREON, AND ALL THERIGHTS, WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVITUDES APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THECITYOF KENNER,PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA,IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWNAS IMPERIAL HEIGHTSSUBDI‐VISION,MORE PARTICULARLY

LOTS 10,11, 12, 13, 14 OF SQUARE 16-A, BOUNDEDBY NEWPORT PLACE, ALABAMA AV‐ENUE,42ND STREET AND CALIFORNIA AV‐ENUE;WHICH PLAN OF RESUBDIVISION WASAPPROVED BY THECITYOF KENNER UNDER ORDINANCENO. 1408ONJUNE 26, 1972, AP‐PROVINGTHE PLAN OF FRANK FOSTER &ASSO‐CIATES,INC., DATED APRIL22, 1972, WHICH PLAN AND RESUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WASREGIS‐TEREDINTHE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTFOR THE PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON IN COB 765, FOLIO 923, ANDACCORD‐INGTOTHE PLAN OF RESUB‐DIVISION BY FRANKFOSTER & ASSOCIATES, INC. DATED APRIL22, 1972. SAID CONDO‐MINIUM PARCEL BEINGLOCATED IN CALIFORNIA SQUARE CONDOMINIUM. SAID CONDO‐MINIUM REGIME BEINGESTAB‐LISHEDBY MERILYN MYERS,WIFEOF AND LEONARD JUDE BORDELON BY ACTDATED DECEMBER 12, 1979, BEFORE WILLIAMP STAHL, N.P REGISTERED IN COB 972, FOLIO 644, INCLUDING THE SURVEY,PLAT PLANS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS ANNEXED THERETO, AS AMENDEDBY ACTDATED MARCH14, 1980 BEFORE WILLIAMP STAHL, N.P., REGISTERED IN COB980 FOLIO 606. SAID PARCEL IN‐CLUDING THE UNIT OWNER‐SHIP ANDTHE OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN AND TO THE"COM‐MONELE‐MENTS" AND "LIMITED COM‐MON ELEMENTS"AS PROVIDED IN THE CONDO‐MINIUM DECLA‐RATION AS AMENDEDAND BEINGDESIG‐NATEDASUNIT 1645 B.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:868-538

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC VERSUS JACK LEE

THOMPSON A/K/AJACKL THOMPSON A/K/AJACK THOMPSON

copy o c s annexedtoan act before Edward Haspel,Notary Public,dated June 28, 1956, andwhich por‐tion of ground com‐mences 120 feet from Norwood Driveand mea‐suresthence 104.36 feet frontonWiste‐riaStreet,by a depth of 140 f t b t

dept o 0 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds

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NOTE: All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

Public Notice is hereby given that the Councilofthe City of New Orleans willconsider at itsregular meeting of November 6, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the CouncilChamber,CityHall 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No.35,294 introduced at the meeting of October 23, 2025.

SAIDORDINANCE wouldauthorize the Mayorofthe City of New Orleans to enter into Amendment No.1toapreviouslyexecuted Cooperative EndeavorAgreement (“CEA”)between the City of New Orleans (“City”), and PBP, LLC,represented by Rasha Drachkovitch, President,relative to add certain terms and conditions to the Agreement for continuity of services, and wrap up final production of the episodes that include cases captured prior to termination of the Agreement.This extension is not intended to renew the Agreement for the captureofany new cases, desiretomodify the provisions of the CEAand extend the termthereof foranadditional 1year from the Effective Datethrough November 6, 2025, as morefully set forthinthe Amendment No.1 form attached hereto as Exhibit“A” and made apart hereof.

Said ordinance may be seen in fullinthe Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street. LORAW.JOHNSON, LMMC,MMC CLERKOFCOUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2025 NOCP 8729

OFFICIALNOTICE CAL. NO.35,294 EXHIBIT A AMENDMENT NUMBER 1TOTHE

COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THECITYOFNEW ORLEANS ANDPBP,LLC REPRESENTEDBY RASHA DRACHKOVITCH,PRESIDENT

AMENDMENT NO.1 TO THECOOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THECITYOFNEW ORLEANS AND PBP,LLC “Homicide Squad: NewOrleans”

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the Amendment”) is entered into by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell Mayor(the“City”),and PBP, LLC,represented by Rasha Drachkovitch, President (the Contractor”). The City and the Contractor aresometimes each referred to as a“Party,” and collectively, as the “Parties.” The Amendment is effective as of November 7, 2024 (the Effective Date”). RECITALS

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LOANDEPOT. COM, LLC VERSUS BRIANC.JOHN‐SON

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof

a Writ of SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 18, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the ff i h

flooding); declarations of emergency,· shortages of labor or materials (not caused by theParties);riots; terrorism; acts of public enemy; war; sabotage,· cyber-attacks,threats,orincidents,·epidemics or pandemics; courtorgovernmentalorder,· or any other cause whatsoeverbeyond thereasonable control of theParties, provided such eventwas notcaused by thenegligence normisconduct of a Party,bythe failure of aParty to comply with applicable laws, or by thebreachofthisAgreement

B. Notice To seekthe benefitofthisArticle,aParty must provide notice to theOther Party in writing, stating (1)anevent triggeringthisArticle hasoccurred,·(2) theanticipatedeffect of theForceMajeure event on performance,· and (3)the expectedduration of thedelay,ifthe Agreement is being suspended.

C. Effect 1. Upon theoccurrence of aForceMajeure event, for whichaParty hasprovided therequired notice, theParties may: a. SuspendthisAgreement for aduration to be set by the Parties, nottoexceed ninety (90) days. During suchtime of suspension,the Parties will notbeliablenor responsible for performance of theirrespective obligationsunder this Agreement,and therewill be excludedfrom thecomputation of such periodoftimeany delays directly due to the occurrence of theForceMajeure event. During anysuch periodofsuspension,the Parties must take all commercially reasonable actionstomitigate against theeffectsofthe ForceMajeure eventand to ensure theprompt resumption of performance as agreedtobythe Parties,·or b. Terminate this Agreement,either immediately or after one or moreperiods of suspension,effective on noticetothe Other Party and withoutany furthercompensation due.

2. NotwithstandingSection (C)(I)above, theobligationsrelating to making paymentswhendue (for services or materials already provided) and those obligationsspecified to survive in th? Agreement will be unaffected by any suspension or termination.

4. ConvictedFelon Statement. PBP,LLC swears that it complies withCityCode Section 2-8(c). No principal, member,nor officerof PBP,LLC has, within thepreceding five (5)years, beenconvicted of, or pledguilty to, afelonyunder State or Federal statutes for embezzlement,theft of public funds, bribery,orfalsification or destruction of public records.

5. Non-Solicitation Statement. PBP,LLC swears that it hasnot employed norretainedany companyorperson, other than abona fide employee workingsolely for it,tosolicit or secure this Amendment.PBP,LLC hasnot paid noragreedtopay any person, other than abona fide employee workingfor it,any fee, commission, percentage,gift, or anyother consideration contingent uponorresulting from this Amendment

6. Prior TermsBinding. Except as otherwise provided by this Amendment,the terms andconditionsofthe Agreement remain in full force andeffect.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, d

Acertain por‐tion of ground, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights, ways, privileges servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, Nor‐wood Subdivi‐sion Square 2, bounded by Wisteria Street, Norwood Drive, Magnolia Street andLot 19 being composed of Lots "J"and "K" (subdivision Lot 18, BlockA, Hope Haven) ac‐cordingtoa sur‐veyofJ.J.Krebs & Sons,Surveyors datedJune 6, 1946, acertiﬁed copyofwhich is d

WHEREAS,onNovember 7, 2023, the City and PBP, LLC entered into acooperative endeavor agreement for filming and taping the activities of the NewOrleans Police Department’s Homicide Division for incorporation into television programming,advertising, and publicity,asa series,entitled, “Homicide Squad: New Orleans” (the “Agreement”); and WHEREAS,the City and PBP, LLC,each having the authorityto do so, desiretoenter thisAmendment to extend the Agreement for an additional one (1) year period and to add certain terms and conditions to the Agreement for continuity of services; and WHEREAS,the purpose of thisAmendment is to wrap up final production of the episodes that include cases captured prior to termination of the Agreement (e.g.,capturing one-on-one interviews with the detectives to provide the narrative in the episodes, receiving case updates, etc.). This extension is not intended to renew the Agreement for the captureofany new cases. NOWTHEREFORE,for goodand valuableconsideration, the City and PBP, LLC amend the Agreement as follows:

1. Extension.Inaccordance withArticle VIII,Section (B)ofthe Agreement,the termisextended for an additional one (1) year from the Effective Datethrough November 6, 2025

a. Termination Date as Final Close-Out.PBP,LLC agrees that all production reviews and wrap-up activities involving the City shall be considered final and complete as of the termination date, November 6, 2025. Any portions of the production not reviewed by the City by that date shallbedeemedunusablebyPBP LLC. After the termination date, the City shall have no further obligations or responsibilities related to the production b. Separate Termination Date for Episode 127.Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in consideration of the ongoingnatureofthe case withItem Nos. G2943424, G2927724, and H1838024, all production reviews and wrap-up activities involving the City shall be considered final and complete as of May 6, 2025.After this date, the City shall have no further obligations regarding the production for thisepisode.

2. Amendments to ArticleIVand V.For Article IV,the NOPD shall be the sole entity responsiblefor reviewing and commentingonthe Footage on behalf of the City.For ArticlesIVand V, City Employees include NOPD personnel, and the NOPD is authorized to act on behalf of the City.For Article V.C.,the following shallsubstitutefor the opening clause: “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,the NOPD reserves itsright to limitaccess under circumstances that may jeopardize:”.

3. AdditionalMiscellaneous Provisions.The following terms and conditions arebeing added to the Agreement as ArticleXVIII: ARTICLEXVIII -FORCE MAJEURE

A. Event An event of Force Majeurewillinclude

7. Counterparts. This Amendment maybeexecutedinone or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original copy of this Amendment,but allofwhich,whentakentogether, shall constituteone andthe same agreement

8. Electronic Signatureand Delivery.The Parties agreethatasigned copy of this Amendment andany other document(s)attached to this Amendment delivered by facsimile,email,orother meansof electronictransmission shallbedeemedtohave thesamelegal effect as delivery of an originally signed copy of this Amendment No legally bindingobligation shall be createdwithrespect to a Party until such Party hasdeliveredorcausedtobedelivereda signed copy of this Amendment

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the City andPBP,LLC,through theirduly authorized representatives, executethisAgreement CITYOFNEW ORLEANS BY:__________________ LATOYA CANTRELL, MAYOR

Executed on this_______day of___________________, 202___. FORM AND LEGALITYAPPROVED: Law Department

BY:__________________

PRINTED NAME: PBP,LLC BY:_ RASHADRACHKOVITCH, PRESIDENT FEDERALTAX I.D.

LORA W. JOHNSON, LMMC,MMC CLERKOFCOUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: October31, 2025 NOCP 8730

OFFICIAL NOTICE

Public

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), the Ernest N. Morial–New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (the “Authority”), River District Neighborhood Investors, LLC (“RDNI”), and RDNI Batture, LLC, for aterm greater than one year for the public purpose of funding roadway and right-of-way infrastructure improvements within the River District and reallocating an equivalent amount to support the development of affordable and workforce housing, including the Rivana Apartments or an alternate qualifying housing project, as morefully detailed in the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement form attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

LORAW.JOHNSON, LMMC, MMC

CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2025 NOCP 8727

OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,286 EXHIBIT A

SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE ERNEST N. MORIAL-NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY AND RIVER DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTORS, LLC AND RDNI BATTURE, LLC [COVER PAGE]

COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE ERNEST N. MORIAL-NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY AND

RIVER DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTORS, LLC AND RDNI BATTURE, LLC FOR RIGHT OF WAYROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE RIVER DISTRICT

THIS COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and among the City of New Orleans (the City”), represented by LaToya Cantrell, Mayor, the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (the Authority”), represented by Russell W. Allen, President, River District Neighborhood Investors,LLC (“RDNI”), represented by Louis Lauricella, Managing Member,and RDNI Batture, LLC,aLouisiana limited liability company,represented herein by Michael Merideth, Authorized Signatory (“RDNI Batture”together with RDNI, the RDNI Parties”). The City,the Authority,RDNI, and RDNI Batturemay sometimes be collectively referred to as the “Parties”and each as a“Party ”The Agreement is effective as of the date of execution by the City (the “Effective Date”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS,the City is apolitical subdivision of the State of Louisiana; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Authority’senabling legislation codified at La. R.S. 33:4710.11 through 4710.30, the Authority is apolitical subdivision of the State of Louisiana, and its governmental purpose is to promote the economic growth and development of the City and its neighboring parishes through its projects; and WHEREAS, RDNI is aLouisiana limited liability company,which has its principal business office at 1200 South Clearview Parkway Suite 1166, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123; and WHEREAS, RDNI BattureisaLouisiana limited liability company which has its principal business office at 400 Poydras Street,Suite 2620, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117, and an affiliate of RDNI; and WHEREAS, Article 7, Section 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 provides that “For apublic purpose, the state and its political subdivisions ...may engage in cooperative endeavorswith each other with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private association, corporation or individual”; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9-314 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, the City may also enter into cooperative endeavors with the State of Louisiana, its political subdivisions and corporations, the United States and its agencies, and any public or private corporation, association, or individual with regardtothe procurement and development of immovable property,joint planning and implementation of public works, jointuse of facilities, joint research and program implementation activities, joint funding initiatives, and other similar activities in support of public education, community development, housing rehabilitation, economic growth, and other public purposes; and WHEREAS, the Authority owns the real property shown on Exhibit A attached hereto (the Property”) located within an area of the City commonly referred to as the “River District” and has entered into that certain Master Development Agreement dated October 26, 2022, by and between the Authority and RDNI (as amended fromtime to time, the Master Development Agreement”), pursuant to which the Authority leases to RDNI certain parcels of property within the Property (as more particularly set forth in the Master Development Agreement), including Parcel 5B, for the establishment of alarge scale multi-faceted mixed use economic development project comprised of avariety of commercial uses; housing, including affordable housing, as defined in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans (as amended, the CZO”); public open spaces; and significant projects reflecting the City’srich culture, heritage, and history in the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District (the Development”); and WHEREAS, the City,RDNI, and certain economic development districts as parties, entered into aseparate cooperative endeavor agreement last executed by the City on March 28, 2025, memorializing the parties’ strategic coordination on certain matters pertaining to the Development, and specifically prioritizing RDNI’scommitment to develop 450 units of affordable and workforce housing (the 2025 RDNI Development CEA”), consistent with RDNI’sobligations in the Master Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, the development and constructionofaffordable and workforce housing within the Development constitutes avaluable public purpose of the City which will help fulfill amission of the City through its Office of Economic Development (“OED”) to encourage affordable housing, inclusive economic growth, and economic mobility by creating new jobs, revitalizing neighborhoods, investing in people and in priority industries, and creating systems to thrive; and

WHEREAS, the Master Development Agreement additionally requires RDNI to implement certain infrastructureimprovements, including roads, streets, trafficsignals, utility facilities and other infrastructure type improvements, to facilitate and support the Development and the surrounding properties within the River District, as morespecifically set forth in the Master Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Master Development Agreement includes an infrastructureaccount (the InfrastructureEscrow Account”) established by the Authority,into which the Authority has deposited $25,453,901.54 (the “InfrastructureFunds”)that must be used by RDNI to pay for certain Permitted InfrastructureCosts (as defined in the Master Development Agreement; which definition has been reproduced in Exhibit B attached hereto); and WHEREAS, RDNI, together with its affiliate, RDNI Batture, has actively been working on developing the first phase of multi-family and affordable and workforce housing within the Development, currently referred to as or named the Rivana Apartments (“Rivana Apartments”or The Rivana”), which will be an approximately $98.95 million mixed-use, mixed-income project containing 220 housing rental units, 165

Louisiana Office of Community Development; and WHEREAS, in addition to the funding that RDNIhas already obtained in support of the Rivana Apartments, the Authority wishes to contribute funds towardthe construction of the Rivana Apartments, and the City wishes to contribute funds towardthe construction of roads, streets, and other public infrastructurewithin the Development, which will support the Rivana Apartments and the Development as awhole, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 30,180, Calendar No. 34,933, adopted by the Council of the City of New Orleans on December 5, 2024, and approved by the Mayor on December 10, 2024, an amount of $6,253,652 from bond category “60094 -PublicFacilities” (funding NOPD HQ Parking Garage Assessment, VA Hospital rehabilitation, and Charity Hospital Tulane University Design projects, projects which will still proceed) was de-appropriated and the same amount of $6,253,652 was appropriated to bond category “60087 -Streets and Roads” (funding Convention Center/River District ROW Improvements) (the River District Street and Roadway Funds”) at the request of Councilmember Lesli Harris; and WHEREAS, during said Council meeting, Councilmember Harris explained that the River District Streetand Roadway Funds were to be dedicated to right of way roadway improvements and related infrastructureinthe River District, with the expectation that funds in the same amount would be made available by the Authority to RDNI, for the express purpose of helping to fund the creation of the 450 affordable and workforce housing units required under the 2025 RDNIDevelopment CEA and the Master Development Agreement; and WHEREAS,accordingly,the City will deliver the River District Street and Roadway Funds to the Authority for deposit into the Infrastructure Escrow Account to help fund aportion of the Permitted Infrastructure Costs in connection with the Development; and WHEREAS,the Authority will accept the River District Street and Roadway Funds from the City and depositthe same into the Infrastructure Escrow Account to help fund aportion of the Permitted Infrastructure Costs in connection with the Development; and WHEREAS,inconsideration of the City contributing the River District Street and Roadway Funds to the Authority for deposit into the InfrastructureEscrow Account, following the receipt and deposit of such funds and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Authority will (i) reappropriate

includes affordable and/or workforce housing development within the River District (the Alternate Project”) as designated by the City as moreparticularly set forth in this Agreement and (ii) deposit such Affordable Housing Funds in an escrow account (the Escrow Account”) held and administered by Liberty Bank and Trust Company,aLouisiana state-chartered bank (the Escrow Agent”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Affordable Housing Escrow Agreement by and among the Parties and Escrow Agent acopy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C (the Escrow Agreement”); and WHEREAS,the commitment of the River District Street and Roadway Funds by the City is for the public purpose of investing in public rights of way and related infrastructure; and WHEREAS,the commitment of the Affordable Housing Funds by the Authority in support of multi-family and affordable and workforce housing is for the public purpose of investing in affordable and workforce housing rental units in the City to, among other things, attract and retain askilled workforce, create new jobs, and generallypromote economic growth and development; and WHEREAS,both the City and the Authority have areasonable expectation of receiving abenefitorvalue described in detail that is at least equivalent to or greater than the consideration described in this Agreement; and WHEREAS,the transfer or expenditure of public funds is not a gratuitous donation; and NOW THEREFORE,inconsideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the City,the Authority, RDNI, and RDNI Batture,each having the authority to do so, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I- THE AUTHORITY’S OBLIGATIONS

The Authority will:

A. Accept the River District Street and Roadway Funds in the amount of $6,253,652 from the City and deposit the same into the InfrastructureEscrow Account to be used for Permitted InfrastructureCosts in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 6.1 of the Master Development Agreement.

B. Immediately following the Authority’sreceipt of the River District Streetand Roadway Funds and depositofsame in the InfrastructureEscrow Fund, redesignate the same amount of funds ($6,253,652) that arecurrently designated as Infrastructure Funds in the InfrastructureEscrow Account as Affordable Housing Funds.

C. Withinten (10) business days of receipt of the River District Street and Roadway Funds, deposit the Affordable Housing Funds into the Escrow Account to be used to help finance the construction of either the Rivana Apartments or an Alternate Project designated bythe City in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement. ARTICLE II –RDNI PARTIES OBLIGATIONS

The Authority will:

A. Provide the City and the Authority with acopy of the approval by the Louisiana Housing Corporation (“LHC”) of the low-income housing tax credits (“LIHTCs”) and Community Development Block Grant Funds (“CDBG Funds”) for the Rivana Apartments, including the proposed use of the Affordable Housing Funds and other funds in the LIHTC/CDBG Application, that will be required to develop and sustainthe feasibilityand viability of the Rivana Apartments over the minimum thirty-five (35) year Compliance Period. Such LHC approval of the LIHTCsand CDBG Funds will be provided to the City and the Authority no later than October 31, 2025. By this date, RDNI will also provide to the City and the Authority an updated development proforma, including a “Sources and Uses”statement. If RDNI will not be able to meet this deadline, it shall provide awritten update to the City and the Authority

B. Make best efforts to develop or cause to be developed the Rivana Apartments, including causing the closing of the construction financing for the Rivana Apartments (the Closing”and the date of Closing, if consummated, being the Closing Date”) to occur no later than March 31, 2026 (the Closing Deadline”).

C. If the Closing is to occur,provide the City and the Authority with at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of the proposed Closing Date.

D. If the Closing occurs, use the Affordable Housing Funds exclusively in furtherance of construction of the Rivana Apartments with no portion of such Affordable Housing Funds being used for preconstruction funding and only with the written approval of the City based on the Sources and Uses evidenced in the approval of LIHTCs and CDBG Funds evidenced in the LIHTC/ CDBG Application. At the Closing, the settlement statement may reflect disbursements of the Affordable Housing Funds to third parties in connection with construction of the Rivana Apartments if approved by City pursuant to this paragraph and/or may reflect disbursement of all or aportion of the Affordable Housing Funds into aseparate escrow account created to hold the Affordable Housing Funds (the Rivana Escrow Fund”) pending subsequent disbursements in accordance with this paragraph and as approved by the City. If all or any portion of the Affordable Housing Funds aredeposited into the Rivana Escrow Fund, RDNI may only obtain disbursements from such account with the written approval of the City based on the Sources and Uses evidenced in the approval of LIHTCsand CDBG Funds evidenced in the LIHTC/CDBG Application. For the avoidance of doubt, if all or any portion of the Affordable Housing Funds aredeposited into the Rivana Escrow Fund, no approval or consent of the Authority shall be required prior to RDNI withdrawing any portion of Affordable Housing Funds from the Rivana Escrow Fund. E. If the Closing occurs, construct or cause to be constructed the Rivana Apartments and thereafter maintain165 units as affordable and/or workforce housing for aminimum long-term commitment at least equal to the extended use period of thirty (30) years (“Extended Use Period”), beginning

auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements h d ll p thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the DISTRICT OF BARATARIA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,STATE OF LOUISIANA, having a frontage on a pieceorportion of ground for‐merlyownedby Leon M. Ruttley d d y andnow owned by Albert Crep‐pelofFortyeight(48') feet, extendinga dis‐tance between equal andparallel linesoffour hundred (400') feet in depth,by a width in the rear of Fortyeight(48') feet along other property of Mathilda Rogers,wifeof and Harold Alexan‐derRuttley bounded on one

bounded on one side by property noworformerly of Maximillion Adam andon theother side by property now or formerly of JennyMargo Adam;subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐

bear the Munici palNo. 2886 Pri‐vateer Blvd Barataria, Louisiana70036

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges. TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

y , Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, , 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or P l Ch k

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:803-098 U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A.,AS

TRUSTEEFOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST VS BRYANARENA, SR.A/K/A BRYANR.ARENA ANDKATHLEEN PIAZZA ARENA By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐

above num beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJanuary 23, 2020, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State ofLouisiana,in AirlinePark

Airline Park NorthSubdivi‐sion,being a portionof Elmwood and LaFreniere Plan‐tations, allas perPlanofsaid Subdivision made by H. E. Landry.C.E datedSeptem‐ber1,1954,and revisedOctober 20, 1954, and which said Plan of Subdivisionwas approved by the Police Jury for theParishof Jefferson under Ordi‐

OFFICIAL NOTICE

under Ordi nanceNo. 2535, recorded in COB 366, Folio627, andasper Plan of Subdivision made by H. E. Landry Sr.C.E., datedOctober 28, 1954, ap‐proved by the Police Jury for the Parish of Jeffersonunder OrdinanceNo. 2592, registered in 369, Folio450, and which said property is more particu‐larlydescribed f

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regular meeting of November6,2025 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber,City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance CalendarNo. 35,283 introduced at the meeting of October 23, 2025.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorizethe Mayorofthe City of New Orleans to enter into acooperative endeavor agreement with the State of Louisiana Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), forNOPD to work the program with drug enforcement.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the ClerkofCouncil, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street

LORA W. JOHNSON, LMMC,MMC CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2025 NOCP 8723

OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,283

FEDERAL GRANT NO. HID0725G0472-00

JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE CT.NO. City of NO MIT (50056)

MEMORANDUMOFAGREEMENT

BETWEENTHE

JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE New Orleans Police Department

larly described as Lot13of Square 219. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE: Allfunds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check

Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025,

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:772-838

VERSUS PATRICIA WILLIAMS COLE‐MAN

CLASSIFIEDS WORK

CAPTIALONE, N.A.

proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐t

and improve ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as AN‐DERSON PLACE. And, accordingto plan of resubdi‐vision by f

LORA W. JOHNSON, LMMC,MMC CLERKOFCOUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: October31, 2025 NOCP8724

vision by DufreneSurvey‐ing& Engineer‐ing, Inc.,dated February 25, 2005, and adoptedbythe JeffersonParish Councilunder Docket No WS-80-05, recorded in the ofﬁce of the Clerk of Court forthe Parish of Jeffersonat COB3150, folio 69, andaccord‐ingthereto said lotisdesig‐natedasLOT 11; subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affectingthe property

Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.5854 Ander‐sonPlace,Mar‐rero,LA 70072

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, b

2025 December 5, 2025

oct31-dec5-2t $84.42

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:868-675

SELECT PORTFO‐LIO SERVICING, INC. VERSUS KEOKAL HILLIARD A/K/A KEOKAL HILLIARD AN‐DERSON

OFFICIAL NOTICE

Parish of Jeffer son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as BENT TREE ESTATES, SEC‐TION 3, beinga resubdivisionof aportion of ParcelsG-321, G-322and G-323, LowerEstelle Plantation,in accordance with aPlanof Resubdivision made by Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieuxConsul‐tants, Inc., datedSeptem‐ber15, 1995,ap‐proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 19599 on February 7, 1996,registered in COB 2933,folio 358 EntryNo. 9609377.And fur‐ther aresubdivi‐sion of Lots 6& 7into Lots 6A &7Ain accordance with aresubdi‐vision plan made by Krebs, LaSalle & LemieuxCon‐sultants, Inc. datedMarch 12, 2003, approved by theJefferson Parish CouncilonApril 9, 2003,under OrdinanceNo. 21822and ﬁled as a Title Change in COB3097, folio 921, andbeing more particu‐larlydescribed as follows: LOT6A, SQUARE D. Said Lot6Ais bounded by JaredLane, Bark Avenue, Woodmere Sub‐division (side) and70' Drainage Servi‐tude (side) and measures as more fullyde‐scribedonsur‐veybyGilbert, Kelly &Cou‐t i I S

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regular meeting of November6,2025 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber,City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance CalendarNo. 35,282 introduced at the meeting of October 23, 2025.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorizethe Mayorofthe City of New Orleans to enter into Amendment No. 1to apreviouslyexecutedCooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (“City”), State of Louisiana Department ofPublic Safetyand Corrections, Public Safety Services, Office of State Police,CrimeLaboratory, relative to providing two (2) DNA analyst processing crimes in the New Orleans area., desiretomodify the provisions of the CEA One (1) year,asmorefully set forth in the Amendment No. 1formattached hereto as Exhibit “A”and made apart hereof.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of theClerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street

LORA W. JOHNSON, LMMC,MMC CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2025 NOCP 8721

OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,282 EXHIBIT A AMENDMENT NUMBER 1TOTHE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, State of Louisiana, Department of public Safetyand Corrections, Public Safety Services, Office of State Police,CrimeLaboratory.

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AMENDMENT NO. 1TOCOOPERATIVE ENDEAVORAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENTOFPUBLIC SAFETYAND CORRECTIONS, PUBLIC SAFETYSERVICES, OFFICE OF STATE POLICE, CRIME LABORATORY

Forensic Science Partnership Agreement

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the Amendment”) isenteredinto by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell, Mayor (the City”), and the State of Louisiana,Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Public SafetyServices, Office of State Police,Crime Laboratory,represented by Colonel Robert P. Hodges, Superintendent (the “LSPCL”).The City and the LSPCL aresometimes eachreferred to as a“Party,” and collectively,asthe Parties.” The Amendment is effective as of the date of execution by the City (the Effective Date”)

RECITALS

WHEREAS on May 25, 2023, the City and the LSPCL entered into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement (the Agreement”) toestablish a forensic science partnership by providingfunding forthe outsourcing of DNA cases submitted by the New Orleans Police Department (“NOPD”) to the LSPCL forthe purpose of analyzing DNA evidence from crimes that occur in the City of New Orleans; and WHEREAS,the City and the LSPCL, eachhaving the authority to do so, desiretoenter this Amendment to modify the termsand conditions by describing the roles and responsibilities of eachparty relative to the implementation of the LSPCLinitiative; and WHEREAS,the LSPCL initiative will allowbothParties to: (a) efficiently process and release outsourced casework;(b) ensurequality assurance is met as the selectedanalystshave been testedbythe LSPCL forcompetency and proficiency; (c) provide resourceoptimizationby leveraging external resources without affecting internal staffing;and (d) allow flexibility of the external resources to perform the requestedduties when their schedule allows; and WHEREAS,the LSPCL initiative will allow the City prosecutorsto close out open cases moreefficiently with two additional analysts; and NOWTHEREFORE, forgoodand valuable consideration, the City and the LSPCL amend the Agreement as follows:

1. Additional MiscellaneousProvisions.The following termsand conditions areaddedtothe Agreement: ARTICLE XIII –LSPCL INITIATIVE

A. In General.Allowingtwo (2) NOPD CrimeLaboratoryDNA Analysts to write case reports forthe NOPD

OFFICIALNOTICE

SAIDORDINANCE wouldauthorize the Mayorofthe City of New Orleans to enter into aSubrecipient Agreement between the City of New Orleans (the “City”) and the New Orleans Regional Business Park (the “NORBP”) witha termgreater than one year,for the publicpurpose of providing capital improvementsfor economic development to the Enterprise Center Site at 13801 OldGentilly Road, New Orleans, Louisiana 70129, as morefully detailed in the Subrecipient Agreement form attached hereto as Exhibit“A”

Saidordinance may be seen in fullinthe Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

LORAW.JOHNSON, LMMC, MMC

CLERKOFCOUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2025 NOCP 8719

OFFICIALNOTICE CAL. NO.35,281 EXHIBIT A

AMENDMENT NO.1TOTHE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THECITYOFNEW ORLEANS AND THENEW ORLEANS REGIONALBUSINESS PARK (NORBP) [COVER PAGE]

AMENDMENT NO.1TOSUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THECITYOFNEW ORLEANS AND NEWORLEANSREGIONALBUSINESS PARK

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the Amendment”) is entered into by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by Joe Threat, Interim ChiefAdministrative Officer (the City”),and the New Orleans Regional Business Park, represented by Otis Tucker,Jr.,Chairperson (the“NORBP”orthe Subrecipient”).The City and the NORBPare sometimes each referred to as a“Party,” and collectively,asthe Parties.” The Amendment is effective as of December 10, 2025 (the Effective Date”)

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WHEREAS,the City and the NORBPpreviouslyentered into a Subrecipient Agreement forNORBPtoutilize $1,500,000 in ARPA Grant

Funds to defray the costs of capital improvementstothe Enterprise Center Site (“the Site”) at 13801 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, Louisiana 70129, and the operating expenses of the NORBPrelated to the Site to enhance the attractiveness, functionality,and security of the Site and to repair the Site in order to retainexisting businesses and to attract new businesses to the Site,aswell as other programs(the Agreement”);and WHEREAS,the City and the NORBPeach having the authoritytodo so, desiretoenter thisAmendment to extend the termand to reaffirm essential provisions for the continuityofservices. NOWTHEREFORE,for goodand valuableconsideration, the City and the NORBPamend the Agreement as follows:

1. Extension.Inaccordance withArticle VSection B, the Agreement is extended foranadditional periodofone (1) year and twenty-two (22) days from December 10, 2025, through December 31, 2026.

2. Services.Article II,Section B. 2. is deleted in itsentirety and replaced with:

Engage acertified project manager credentialed as alicensed architect withaminimum of three (3) years of project or construction

1. Provide two NOPD DNAanalystswithLSPCL owned laptops to access required information, so that reports can be completed.

2. Provide the analysts withlimitedovertime for the analysts to perform the requested duties when theirdailyscheduledoes not allow them to dedicate time to writing and reviewing the outsourced case reports.

a. Invoicesshall note the cases completed withthe time worked.

3. Provide up to and not to exceed $20,000.00 of total overtime for the two dedicated analystsfor one year (nottoexceed $10,000.00 each analyst)

4. Review allcase work performed prior to the reports being released.

5. Ensurethe analystsare current in the below described proficiency testing

6. Provide technical support to the analysts for the case reports they complete.

7. Assist the NOPD CrimeLaboratory to develop an evaluationofthe information for the participants (analysts) following the conclusion of the project

8. Monitor the activities and provide feedback as needed in support of the NOPD analyst while they perform the above listed activities.

C. Analysts’ Obligations.The Parties both agree to the following:

1. The analysts will be required to stay proficient in the Promega Fusion 6C amplification kit,withdetection via the ABI3500xL and interpretation via LSPCL policies and procedures.

a. To include: Forensic and database interpretation and is required by the FBIQuality Assurance Standards for DNA Outsourcing.

b. Mayinclude: Probabilistic genotypingusing Cybergenetic’s TrueAllelesoftware

2. The analystswillberequired to perform the ownershipreview of cases outsourced to DNALabs International, ensuring all evidence outsourced was analyzed appropriately (or noted in the DLI case file when not analyzed).

3. The analystswillberequired to evaluate allinformation available to determine what if any samples areeligible for entryintoCODIS as related to the outsourced casework.

4. The analysts will also be required to analyze reference samples previously processedinternallyatLSPCL utilizing GeneMapper ID-X.

5. The analystswillprovide testimony in court to the reviewed and authored work as necessary

D. Reporting Obligations.NOPD CrimeLaboratory agrees to provide the following informationand reports to the LSPCL:

1. The analystsshouldcontinuouslyreport to LSPCL(viaemail, Microsoft Teams, etc.) to inform LSPCLanalysts when cases are ready fortechnical review

a. The analystsshouldprovided LSPCL witha list of statepolice cases completed weekly

b. For overtime:The analystsmust provide LSPCL withthe time and hours as wellsasthe cases evaluated during the overtime so that LSPCLmay accurately trackthe hours worked and cases.

2. The Final Activity and Financial Report willinclude adescription of each case report completed withthe following information:

a. LSPCL case number

b. Agency case number

c. Analyst performing the work.

d. Analyst hours associated withcase reports.

E. Financial Support&PaymentModalities.The LSPCL willmake

financial payments to the City according to the invoices supplied by the City.The LSPCL willreview the invoices to ensureaccuracy withthe cases worked.

Article XIV -Force Majeure

A. Event.Anevent of Force Majeurewillinclude any event or occurrence not reasonably foreseeablebythe City at the executionofthisAgreement, which willinclude, but not be limitedto, abnormally severeand unusual weather conditions or other acts of God(including tropical weather events, tornados, hurricanes, and flooding); declarations of emergency; shortages of laborormaterials(not caused by City);riots;terrorism; acts of public enemy; war; sabotage; cyber-attacks, threats, or incidents; epidemics or pandemics;court or governmental order; or any other cause whatsoever beyond the reasonable controlofCity, provided such event was not caused by the negligenceormisconduct of City,bythe failureof City to comply withapplicablelaws, or by the breach of thisAgreement

B. Notice.Toseek the benefitofthisArticle, the City must provide notice in writing to the LSPCL stating:(1) an event triggeringthisArticle has occurred; (2) the anticipated effect of the Force Majeure event on performance; and (3) the expected durationofthe delay,ifthe Agreement is being suspended C. Effect.Upon the occurrence of aForce Majeureevent, for which the City has provided required notice, the City may,atits sole discretion: 1. Suspend thisAgreement for aduration to be set by the City,not to exceed 90 days. During such time of suspension, the Parties willnot be liable or responsible for performance of theirrespective obligations under thisAgreement,and therewillbeexcluded from the computationofsuch period of time any delays directlydue to the occurrence of the Force Majeureevent. During any such period of suspension, the LSPCLmust take all commerciallyreasonable

management experience, aproject management professional (a “PMP”) or Certified Construction Manager(“CCM”) by theProject Management Institute (the PMI”), or similar industry accepted credential, to manage allcapital improvements paid, in whole or in part, with thefunds dispensed pursuanttothisAgreement in orderto ensure that allimprovements arecomplete, meet specificationsset forthinbids, proposals, or quotes, andadheretominimumindustry standards;

3. Convicted Felon Statement.The Subrecipientswearsthatit complieswithCityCode Section 2-8(c). No Subrecipientprincipal, member,orofficerhas, within thepreceding five years, been convictedof, or pledguilty to, afelonyunder state or federal statutes for embezzlement,theft of public funds, bribery,orfalsification or destruction of public records.

4. Non-Solicitation Statement.The Subrecipientswearsthatithas not employed or retainedany companyorperson, other than abona fide employee workingsolely for it,tosolicit or secure this Agreement.The Subrecipienthas notpaidoragreedtopay anyperson, other than a bona fide employee workingfor it,any fee, commission, percentage gift, or anyother consideration contingent uponorresulting from this Amendment 5. Prior Terms Binding.Exceptasotherwise provided by this Amendment,the terms andconditionsofthe Agreement remain in full force andeffect.

6. Electronic Signature and Delivery. ThePartiesagree that a manuallysigned copy of this Amendment andany other document(s) attached to this Amendment delivered by facsimile,email,orother meansofelectronic transmission shall be deemed to have thesame legal effect as delivery of an originalsigned copy of this Amendment No legally bindingobligation shall be createdwith respect to aParty until such Party hasdeliveredorcausedtobedeliveredamanually signed copy of this Amendment

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[The remainder of this pageisintentionally left blank.] IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the City andthe Subrecipient, through theirdulyauthorized representatives, executethisAmendment CITYOFNEW ORLEANS

BY:__________________ JOETHREAT, INTERIM CHIEFADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Executed on this_______ of____________ ,2025

FORM AND LEGALITYAPPROVED: Law Department By: Printed Name:

ORLEANS REGIONALBUSINESS

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actions to mitigate against theeffects of theForce Majeureevent andtoensure theprompt resumption of performance whenso instructed by theCity; or

2. Terminate this Agreement,either immediately or afterone or more periods of suspension, effective on noticetoLSPCL andwithout anyfurthercompensation due.

D. Notwithstanding Section C(1)above,the obligations relating to making paymentswhendue (for services or materials already provided) andthose obligations specified to survive in theAgreement will be unaffectedbyany suspension or termination.

ARTICLE XV –ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

This Amendment will add thefollowingprovisions to thepreexisting Article X: T. Audit and Other Oversight.Itisagreedthatthe LSPCL will abide by allprovisions of City Code Section 2-1120,includingbut notlimitedto City Code Section 2-1120(12),whichrequires theLSPCL to provide the Office of Inspector General withdocumentsand information as requested. Failure to comply with such requests shall constituteamaterialbreachof thecontract.Insigningthiscontract,the LSPCL agrees that it is subject to thejurisdiction of theOrleans Parish Civil District Court for purposes of challengingasubpoena. ***

2. Convicted Felon Statement. TheLSPCL swears that it complies with City Code Section 2-8(c). No LSPCL principal, member, or officerhas, within thepreceding five years, beenconvicted of, or pledguilty to, afelonyunder state or federal statutes for embezzlement,theft of public funds, bribery,orfalsification or destruction of public records.

3. Non-Solicitation Statement.The LSPCL swears that it has notemployedorretained anycompanyorperson, other than abona fide employee workingsolely for it,tosolicit or secure this Amendment.The LSPCL hasnot paid or agreed to pay anyperson, other than abona fide employee workingfor it,any fee, commission, percentage,gift, or anyother consideration contingent uponorresulting from this Amendment

4. Prior Terms Binding.Exceptasotherwise provided by this Amendment,the terms andconditionsofthe Agreement remain in full force andeffect.

5. Counterparts.ThisAmendment maybeexecutedinone or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original copy of this Amendment,but allofwhich, when takentogether shall constituteone andthe same agreement

6. Electronic Signature and Delivery.The Parties agreethat amanuallysigned copy of this Amendment andany other document(s)attached to this Amendment delivered by facsimile email,orother meansofelectronic transmission shall be deemed to have thesamelegal effect as delivery of an originalsigned copy of this Amendment.Nolegally bindingobligation shall be created withrespect to aPartyuntil such Party hasdeliveredorcausedto be delivered amanuallysigned copy of this Amendment

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the City andthe LSPCL,through theirduly authorized representatives, executethisAgreement CITYOFNEW ORLEANS

BY:__________________ LATOYA CANTRELL, MAYOR

Executed on this_______ of____________ ,2025.

FORM AND LEGALITYAPPROVED: Law Department

By:

Printed Name:

THELOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS,PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES,OFFICE OF STATE POLICE, CRIME LABORATORY

BY:_ COLONEL ROBERTP.HODGES, SUPERINTENDENT

LORA W. JOHNSON, LMMC,MMC

CLERKOFCOUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: October31, 2025 NOCP 8722

Kelly & Cou turie, Inc.,Sur‐veying & Engineering, datedApril 3, 2004, Found as ShownAugust 6, 2004,copyof which is attached to mortgagorsac‐quisitionof even date hereof;subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNo. 2809 JaredLane

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL

NO:862-464

KEESLERFED‐ERAL CREDIT UNION VS GREGORYR WHITEAND

MICHELLE WHITE(A/K/A

MICHELLE R. WHITE)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 14, 2025, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell to thehighest bidd t bli

to the highest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onNo‐vember 5, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND, to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as MagnoliaTrace Subdivisionand is designated as follows, to-wit: LotFifteen (15) Square One(1), which square is boundedbyFeli‐cianaCourt and MagnoliaTrace Drive(side); said lotcom‐mences at adis‐tanceofsixty and eighty-seven hundredthsfeet (60.87')fromthe corner of Mag‐noliaTrace Driveand FelicianaCourt andmeasures thence twelve andsix tenths feet (12.6')front on FelicianaCourt andsixty-two andfourtenths feet (62.40')on a second front, by a depthofone hundred forty feet (140') on thesidelinead‐joiningLot Six‐teen (16),and adepth of one hundred forty andthirty-four hundredthsfeet (140.34')onthe opposite sideline,with a widthinthe rear of seventyﬁve feet (75'). Allinaccor‐dancewitha survey by DufreneSurvey‐ing& Engineer‐ing, Inc..dated September 24, 1999

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

OFFICIAL NOTICE

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $97.65

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-145

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICINGLLC VS WILLIAMC DAVISA/K/A WILLIAMDAVIS A/K/AWILLIAM C. DAVIS, JR. A/K/A WILLIAMDAVIS JR

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regular meeting of November6,2025 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber,City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance CalendarNo. 35,280 introduced at the meeting of October 23, 2025.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorizethe Mayorofthe City of New Orleans to enter into Amendment No. 1to apreviouslyexecutedCooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (“City”) andGrounds Krewe NOLA (“Grounds Krewe”), forthe public purposeof providing recycling programming during the 2026 Carnival season in the CityofNew Orleans, to extend the term thereof foranadditional twelve months, as morefully detailed in the CEA and the Amendment No. 1tothe CEA attached hereto as Exhibit “A”. Said ordinance may be seeninfull in the Officeofthe Clerk of Council Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street

LORAW.JOHNSON,LMMC, MMC CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2025 NOCP 8717

OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,280 EXHIBIT A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND GROUNDS KREWE NOLA [COVER PAGE]

AMENDMENT NO. 1TOTHE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND GROUNDS KREWE FOR RECYCLE DAT! MARDI GRAS RECYCLING INITIATIVE THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the

Louisiana in that part thereofknown as Own Your OwnSubdivi‐sion,lying between drainage canal no.4 andthe Soniat Canal andbeing des‐ignatedon a plan by S. E. Ca‐longne,D.C.S., as follows: Lotnos.31and 32 of square no 177, Section2, of said subdivi‐sion,said square is bounded by Sib‐ley, Chaldron, Cherokee and Crawford Streets. Said lots adjoineach h d

lots adjoin each otherand mea‐sure each twenty-ﬁve feet (25’)front on Sibley Street same width in therear, by a depth onehun‐dred ﬁfteen feet (115’)between equaland paral‐lellines Lot32adjoins lotno. 31 and commences at a distance of two hundred feet (200’) from thecorner of Sibley and Crawford Streets. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veyby GuyJ.Seghers, Sr.& Associ‐ates,dated il

OFFICIALNOTICE

ates dated April20, 1974, andaccording theretoLot 31 commences at a distance of two hundred ﬁfty feet from the corner of Chal‐dron Street andalsoshows Sibley Street andisnow knownasN.Sib‐leyStreet.All as more fully shownonsur‐veybyBFM Cor‐poration,dated September4, 1984, acopyof which is attached to act registered in COB1104, folio 97, theproperty is describedas stated above, andis b d d b

Public Notice is hereby given that the Councilofthe City of New Orleans will consider at itsregular meeting of November 6, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the CouncilChamber,CityHall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No.35,284 introduced at the meeting of October 23, 2025.

SAID ORDINANCEwould authorizethe Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into Amendment No.1toapreviouslyexecuted Cooperative EndeavorAgreement (CEA)between the City of New Orleans (“City”) and University Medical Center Management Corporation (UMC), relative to the publicpurpose of reducing community violence by supporting a Hospital Violence Intervention Program (HVIP) that provides intervention services to patients at the traumacenter who have been shot as aresult of gun violence, desiretomodify the provisions of the CEAand extend the termthereof foranadditional 1year,asmorefully set forthinthe Amendment No.1 form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and made apart hereof.

Said ordinance may be seen in fullinthe Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

LORAW.JOHNSON, LMMC, MMC CLERKOFCOUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: October 31, 2025 NOCP 8725

OFFICIALNOTICE

CAL. NO.35,284 EXHIBIT A AMENDMENT NUMBER 1TOTHE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THECITYOFNEW ORLEANS ANDUMC [COVER PAGE]

AMENDMENT NO.1TOPROFESSIONALSERVICEAGREEMENT CITYOFNEW ORLEANS AND UNIVERSITY MEDICALCENTERMANAGEMENTCORPORATION FOR HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCEINTERRUPTION

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT is made and entered into by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell Mayor (the City”),and University Medical Center Management Corporation, represented by Thomas Patrias, Chief Executive Officer (the Contractor”).The City and the Contractor may sometimes be collectivelyreferred to as the Parties”. The Agreement is effective as of the date of executionbythe City (the Effective Date”). WHEREAS, effective January 1, 2023, the City and the Contractor entered into acooperative endeavor agreement to support the operation of ahospital-based violence interruptionprogram (the “Agreement”); and WHEREAS,the City and the Contractor,each having the authority to do so, desiretoenter thisAmendment to extend the term, increase compensation,modify obligations, and updateorreaffirm essential terms and provisions.

NOWTHEREFORE, for goodand valuableconsideration, the City and the Contractor amend the Agreement as follows:

I. Term.The termofthe Agreement is extended for an additional one (1) year through December 31, 2026. II. Compensation.The Agreement is amendedtoincrease the compensation in the amountof$718,048.53. The maximum aggregatecompensation payableunder the Agreement is increased to $2,607,984.75. III. Contractor’sObligations.The Contractor’sobligations aremodified as follows: Subsections (d) and (j), located in Article 1, Section A.9ofthe Agreement aredeleted in theirentirety and replaced withthe following: d. Number of individuals enrolled in HBVIP(as percentage of total eligible and approached); and

advancing recycling efforts during MardiGras(the“Agreement”); WHEREAS,the City and the Contractor,each having the authority to do so, desiretoenter thisAmendment to renew the Agreement for an additional year,toprovide additional funding to the Agreement,and to add terms and conditions to the Agreement in order to further advance recycling efforts during the 2026 MardiGrasSeason; and NOWTHEREFORE,for goodand valuableconsideration, the City and the Contractor amend the Agreement as follows:

1. Extension.Inaccordance withArticle IV,Section Bofthe Agreement,the termisextended foranadditional one (1) year through December 18, 2026.

2. Funding.The funding described in Article III, Section Aofthe Agreement is increased by $200,000.00,from$50,000.00 to atotal amountnot to exceed $250,000.00. The budget for the additional funding includes the following and can be modified as needed by mutual agreement of bothParties

RecycleDat! 2026 Operational Budget (with City funds)

Planning and Logistics

MardiGrasParade Clean up Recycling (10 parade days)

•Parade Recycling Workforce

•Parade Recycling Equipment

•Box Truck Rental (3 trucks *2 weeks)

Sorting, Hauling, and Deposit

above and is bounded by NorthSibley Street,Crawford Street,North Bengal Road (formerly Cherokee Street)and Chaldron Street

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check i h i bl

Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $113

$20,000

$125,000 •$115,000

3. TheContractor’sObligations.Inaccordance withArticle XIV, Section Aofthe Agreement,Article I, Section Aisamendedtoinclude the following: “9. CoordinatewithJob-1, the Office of Resilience and Sustainability,the

the Agreement,Article II,Section Aisamendedtoinclude the following: “9. Provide the Contractor witha branding guide for Recycle Dat.”

5. Convicted Felon Statement. The Contractor swears that it complies withCityCode Section 2-8(c).NoContractor principal,member or officer has, within the preceding five years, been convicted of, or pled guilty to,a felonyunder stateorfederal statutes for embezzlement, theft of public funds, bribery,orfalsification or destructionofpublicrecords.

6. Non-Solicitation Statement.The Contractor swears that it has not employed or retained any company or person, other than abona fide employee working solely for it,tosolicit or securethisAmendment. The Contractor has not paid or agreed to pay any person, other than a bona fide employee working for it,any fee, commission, percentage, gift,orany

j. Number of individualsreferredfromHBVIPtocommunity violence intervention team withawarmhandoff for continued service outside thehospital.

IV.Additional Miscellaneous Provisions.The following terms and conditionsare addedtothe Agreement:

A. Living Wage. In accordance withthe Living Wage Ordinance Living Wage shall be $16.01 per hour,plusany adjustments providedinsubsection (1)below 1. Adjusted Living Wage. In accordance with Section 70806(2) of theCityCode,the Living Wage shall be annually adjusted for inflation, as definedbythe Consumer Price Index calculatedbythe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as applied to theSouth Region, except that in no instance shall theLiving Wage be adjusted downward. 2. TheContractorshall be responsiblefor confirming theCurrent Living Wage by visitinghttps://nola.gov/next/workforcedevelopment/topics/living-wage/

B. Convicted Felon Statement. TheContractorswearsthatit complieswith City Code §2-8(c). No Contractorprincipal, member,orofficerhas, within thepreceding five years, been convictedof, or pledguilty to, afelonyunder state or federal statutes for embezzlement,theft of public funds, bribery,or falsification or destruction of public records.

C. Non-Solicitation Statement. TheContractorswearsthatithas notemployedorretainedany companyorperson, other than abona fide employee workingsolely for it,tosolicit or secure this Amendment.The Contractorhas notpaidoragreedtopay anyperson, other than abona fide employee workingfor it,any fee, commission, percentage,gift, or anyother consideration contingent uponorresulting from this Amendment

D. Prior TermsBinding Except as otherwise provided by this Amendment,the terms andconditionsofthe Agreement remain in full force andeffect.

E. ElectronicSignatureand Delivery ThePartiesagree that amanuallysigned copy of this Amendment andany other document(s)attached to this Amendment delivered by facsimile, email or other meansofelectronic transmission shall be deemed to have thesamelegal effect as delivery of an originalsigned copy of this Amendment.Nolegally bindingobligation shall be createdwith respect to aparty until such party hasdeliveredor causedtobedelivereda manuallysigned copy of this Amendmen

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BY:_ LATOYA CANTRELL, MAYOR Executed on this of ,2025 FORM AND LEGALITYAPPROVED:

Law Department BY:_ PRINTED NAME: UNIVERSITYMEDICAL CENTER MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

BY:_ THOMASPATRIAS, CEO

FEDERALTAX I.D.

LORA W. JOHNSON, LMMC, MMC CLERKOFCOUNCIL PUBLICATIONDATE: October 31,2025 NOCP 8726

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial

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other consideration contingent uponorresulting from this Amendment

7. Prior Terms Binding.Exceptasotherwise provided by this Amendment,the terms andconditionsofthe Agreement remain in full force andeffect.

Executed

Printed

LORA

PUBLICATION

24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 7, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember 5, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

TWO(2) CER‐TAIN LOTS OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the ParishofJeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Metairieville, in Square No.60, bounded by Carrollton and Vine Streets, Pa‐pworth andParis Av‐enues, which said lots of ground aredes‐ignatedbythe Nos. 4and 5and adjoin each otherand mea‐sure each twenty-ﬁve and no onehun‐dredths(25.00') feet frontonCarroll‐tonStreet,the same widthin therear, by the following depths, to-wit:

Lot4 has a depth of one hundred twelve andforty-four hundredths (112.44')feet on itssideline nearest to Paris Avenue,and a depth of one hundred twelve andnineteen hundredths (112.19')feet on theopposite sidelinenearest Vine Street;Lot 5has a depth of one hundred twelve andnineteen hundredths (112.19')feet on itssideline nearestParis Avenue,and a depth of one hundred eleven andninety-four hundredths (111.94')feet on itsopposite sidelinenearest Vine Street.Lot 4being nearer to and commencingat adistanceof seventy-four feet, ﬁve inches andnolines (74'5"0’‘’) from thecornerof Carrollton Street andParis Avenue,all in accordance with asketchof survey by Wil‐ford F. Ca‐longne,Civil En‐gineer,dated September8 1959,which is annexedtoan‐otheract passedbefore Allain C. Andry, Jr., Notary Public,dated December 7, 1959, forrefer‐ence

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

FOERSTNERG MEYER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025 October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $111.95

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:858-311

MARINERS AT‐LANTIC PORTFO‐LIO,A CALIFOR‐NIALIMITED LI‐ABILITY COMPANY VS SHERYL A. ROGERS A/K/A SHERYL ANN WALL

ALLTHATPAR‐CELOFLANDIN JEFFERSON PARISH,STATE OF LOUISIANA, AS MORE FULLY DE‐SCRIBEDIN DEED BOOK 2975, PAGE 510, ID#0031428, BEING KNOWNAND DESIGNATED AS: ACERTAIN TRACTORPAR‐CELOFGROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS ANDIM‐PROVEMENTS THEREONAND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES ANDADVAN‐TAGES THERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISE APPER‐TAINING, SITUATED IN THEPARISHOF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN THAT

THAT PART THEREOF KNOWNAS WOODMERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION5,IN TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGES 23 &24EAST, SOUTHEASTERN LAND DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, KNOWNASHAR‐VEY CANALPROP‐ERTY,AND NOW RESUBDIVIDED INTO WOOD‐MERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION5,ALL AS PERPLANOF RESUBDIVISION BY J. J. KREBS& SONS, INC , C.E. &S., DATEDOCTOBER 19, 1976 AND OCTOBER 21, 1976 APPROVED BY JEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐CIL BY ORDI‐NANCENO. 12617, RECORDED IN COB879, FOLIO 409, ANDASPER ACTOFDEDICA‐TION BEFORE ODOM B. HEEBE, N.P. DATEDDECEM‐BER21, 1976, REG. IN COB 880, FOLIO 822, NOWDESIG‐NATEDASFOL‐LOWS:LOT NO 1335 IN SQUARE KK, WHICH SQUARE IS BOUNDEDBY DEERRUNLANE, ALEX KORNMAN BOULEVARD, DEERCREEK LANE (SIDE) ANDWOOD‐MEREBOULE‐VARD,(SIDE) ANDSAIDLOT COMMENCES 545 FEET FROM THECORNEROF ALEX KORNMAN BOULEVARD ANDDEERRUN LANEMEA‐SURESTHENCE 60FEET FROM ON DEER‐RUNLANE, SAME WIDTHIN THEREAR, BY A DEPTHOF100 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES;ALL AS SHOWNON PRINT OF SURVEY BY J. J. KREBS& SONS, INC., C.E. &S., DATED JANUARY 16, 1978, RESURVEYED APRIL20, 1978 TO SHOW IM‐PROVEMENTS THEREON.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $125.18

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:854-286

PHHMORTGAGE CORPORATION VS CHARLESWAL‐TERBURDETT,III A/K/ACHARLES W. BURDETT, III A/K/A CHARLESBUR‐DETT,III AND LYNDABOW‐MANBLACK‐WELL A/K/A LYNDAB BLACKWELL A/K/ALYNDA BLACKWELL

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune4, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember5,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereonand all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Airline Park NorthSubdivi‐sion,insquare no.211, bounded by Abadie andRi‐vere Avenues and Carmen and Lafreniere Streets, which said lotof ground is desig‐natedbythe number 19, commences at adistanceof 99.04 feet from thecornerof Abadie Avenue and Carmen Street andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonAbadie Ave.,same width in the rear,bya depth of 102.75 feet between equal andparallel lines; allaccord‐ingto sketch of survey of Gilbert, Kelly andCouturieJamesA.Cou‐turie, C. E., datedJune 26, 1973, and resurveyed July 3, 1979.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025

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$90.77

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:835-892

U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A.,AS TRUSTEEFOR LSRMFMHMAS‐TER PARTICIPATION TRUSTII VS EDDIEA.MAR‐ROQUIN A/K/A EDDIEALEXAN‐DERMARRO‐QUIN ANDJU‐DITH A. MARROQUIN A/K/AJUDITH ANNYOUNG COOPER MAR‐ROQUIN

Lot 4 of Rosedale Plan‐tation.SaidLOT is designed as LOT15of SQUARE 6, bounded by Neyrey Drive, West Esplanade Avenue (formerly FreeportAv‐enue), 13th Street,and NorthTurnbull Driveand com‐mences 92.89 feet from thecornerof Neyrey Drive andWestEs‐planadeAvenue (formerly FreeportAv‐enue), andmea‐suresthence60 feet fronton Neyrey Drive, thesame width in the rear,bya depth of 117.25 feet alongLot 16 and adepth on the opposite sideline of 117.03 feet Allinaccor‐dancewith a survey by J.J. Krebsand Sons, Inc.,C.E.& S., certiﬁed correctonJanu‐ary13, 1970; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

Theimprove‐mentsbearthe municipalad‐dress4416 Neyrey Dr, Metairie Louisiana 70002.

proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember5,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: OneCertain Lot of Ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, rights,ways, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐tainingsituated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof know as Unit 1, MEADOWBROOK SUBDIVISION, andinaccor‐dance with aplanof subdivision made by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated April 22, 1965, revisedAugust 9, 1965, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish CouncilOrdi‐nanceNo. 7276, on August 9, 1965, regis‐teredinCOB 622, folio92and said portionof ground is locatedand measures as follows:

The New Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $98.71

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-948

MORTGAGE AS‐SETS MANAGE‐MENT,LLC VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSIONOF ELNORA BRUM‐FIELDWARREN (A/K/A ELNORA BRUM‐FIELD, ELNORA WARREN, ELL‐NORIABRUM‐FIELDWARREN)

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $88.65

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time ofthe sale

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $114.59

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-340 NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VERSUS JEREMY CHARLES

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber21, 2023, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember 5, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that part thereof knownas NEYREY PARK EXTENSION, NO 2, as perplanof subdivision made by J.J. Krebsand Sons,Inc dated July 2, 1963, and approved by Or‐dinanceNo. 6249 of theJefferson Parish Council on September5, 1963 andregis‐teredinCOB 579, folio 237, being part of Original Lot4 of

LOT1,Square7 bounded by Cherrywood Driveontwo sides, Brook‐wood Drive (side) theWest‐ernlineofthe subdivision, said lotmea‐suresa ﬁrst fronton Cherrywood Driveof36.42 feet,a second frontof47.50 feet,a widthin therearof 67.50 feet.All more fully shownonsur‐veyofGilbert Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,dated April 24, 1991, an‐nexedhereto andmadea part hereof;subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.200 Cherry‐wood Drive, Gretna LA 70056

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew l

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 10, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember5,2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as HARVEYCANAL SUBDIVISION, in SQUARE NO.60, bounded by Es‐talote Avenue 38thStreet, Pailet Avenue andLester Street,desig‐natedasLOTS NOS. 39 and40, allinaccor‐dancewiththe survey of J.J. Krebs& Sons, Surveyors, datedJanuary 20, 1965, which said lots adjoin each otherand mea‐sure each 25 feet frontonEs‐talote Avenue,the same in widthin thetear, by a depthof120 feet between equaland parallellines LotNo. 40 lies nearer to and commencesat a distance of 100 feet from thecornerofEs‐talote Avenue and38thStreet This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A VERSUS THEOPENED SUCCESSIONOF LINDILIA JOSEPH,(A/K/A DELIAJOSEPH) AND RENETTE JOSEPH AND ELIETTE JOSEPH

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 26, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on No‐vember 5, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: That portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in MEADOWBROOK SUBDIVISION, UNIT NO.2, all as shownon plan of resubdivision approved by the JeffersonParish Planning De‐partment on January5, 1967, andac‐cordingto which said por‐tion of ground is designated and measures as follows: LOT18, SQUARE 26, bounded by Hunterbrook Drive, Bannerwood Drive, Glenbrook Drive andTaylorbrook Drive, Lot18 f th

Drive Lot 18

formsthe cor‐nerofGlen‐brook Driveand Taylorbrook Drive, andmea‐sures69.44 feet front on Taylor‐brook Drive, 93.61 feet in width in the rear, by adepth alongGlenbrook Driveof74.19 feet anda depth on the opposite side‐line of 102.81 feet;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way and. outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty Theimprove‐mentsthere on bear themunici‐palnumber669 Taylorbrook Drive, Gretna, LA 70056.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: September26, 2025, October31, 2025 sep26-oct31-2t $97.65

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:862-727

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICES, LLC VS MICHELLE HEIN‐DELROUSSEAU A/K/AMICHELLE HEINDEL BROWNDI‐VORCED WIFE OF/AND CRAIGJOSEPH ROUSSEAU

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 19, 2025, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐

vison Section "B", First Ward,all in ac‐cordance with survey thereof by AdloeOrr, Jr andAssociates, dated October9,1959, revisedJuly15, 1960, approved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 4707, adoptedAugust 25, 1960, regis‐teredinCOB 514, folio 345, andinPlan Book 40,folio 37; andaccord‐ingthereto, said lotisdesig‐natedand measures as follows: LOTNO. 30, SQUARE NO.65. which said square is bounded by FIELDING AVENUE, COOPER ROAD, FAIRLAWN DRIVEand CON‐CORD ROAD; said LOT NO.30com‐mences at adis‐tanceof556.13 feet from the corner of FAIR‐LAWN DRIVEand CON‐CORD ROAD andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonFAIR‐LAWN DRIVE, same width across therearby a depthof110 feet between equaland paral‐lel lines. Allinac‐cordance with survey of Gilbert, Kelly andCouturie, Inc.,dated May 25, 1988

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

FOERSTNERG MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:859-867

will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat publicauction at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Onecertain lot of ground,to‐gether with all the buildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in Live OakManor Subdivision, beinga resubdi‐vision of Live Oaks Plantation composed of part of Section 6, 36,and 37, Township 13 South, Range22East, Southern Dis‐trict, West of theMississippi River, allinac‐cordance with thesurvey of Subdivision Planning Engi‐neers, Inc.,by Plan Book 36, folio 22, ofﬁce of the ClerkofCourt forthe Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, on June 26, 1959, which measures as follows, towit: LotNo. 7, Square 25, bounded by Helis Drive, DeloresStreet, East Line of Subdivisionand a20foot drainage servi‐tude andHarry Street,which said lotcom‐mences at adis‐tanceof335.63 feet from the corner of Helis Driveand DeloresStreet andmeasures thence 56 feet frontonHelis Drive, the same width in therear, by a depth of 95 feet between equal andparallel lines, allin accordance with the survey of J. L. Fontcu‐berta, Surveyor, datedJuly6 1960. Allin accordance with survey of Mandle Survey‐ing, Inc.,dated September24, 1984.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEEOF MFRA TRUST 2015-1 vs BRIAND SCHUYLER

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 30, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all buildingsand improvements thereonand all rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown asELMWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION, a subdivisionof portionofthe Elmwood-Lafre‐nierePlantation, per survey by J.L. Fontcuberta, Surveyor,Sep‐tember 15, 1958, copy filedinJef‐ferson Parish,Clerk's Office,and in accordance with thesurvey by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc certified correct May25, 1968, resurveyed De‐cember 7, 1968, andJanuary 17, 1969, said lotismore particularly des‐ignatedand de‐scribedasfol‐lows,to-wit:

LOT10IN

CANDACEA COURTEAU

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025

oct31-dec5-2t

$110

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ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:863-355

JPMORGAN CHASEBANK, NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION VS ERNEST JOHN‐SONAND MAR‐IONANDERSON JOHNSON

COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO,SAID LOT7 HASTHE SAME DESIGNA‐TION AS HEREINABOVE SETFORTH,AND IS SITUATED IN SQUARE E, WHICHSAID SQUAREIS BOUNDEDBY LOCH LOMAND DRIVE, EAST BOUNDARY OF SUBDIVISION (SIDE),MAPLE‐WOOD PARK AND 3RD STREET.SAID LOT7 MEASURES 60 FEET FRONTON LOCH LOMAND DRIVEWITHA WIDTHINTHE REAR OF 60.72 FEET BY A DEPTHOF119.94 FEET ON THE SIDELINE NEARER TO 3RDSTREET ANDBYA DEPTHOF129.25 FEET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDELINE. SAID LOT7 COM‐MENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 1331.93 FEET FROM THECORNEROF LOCH LOMAND DRIVEAND 3RD STREET

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t

the buildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longing, situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in HessmerFarms Subdivision, Section"C" thereof, in Square 63-A which said square is bounded by KimStreet Edenborn Av‐enue,43rd Street,and N. ArnoultRoad. Accordingto a survey by J. J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,Surveyors, datedMay 31, 1972, said lotisdesig‐natedaslot no 4ofsquareno. 63-A, which lot no.4 com‐mences at a distance of one hundred forty feet (140’)from thecornerof KimStreet and N. Arnoult Road andmea‐suresthence, seventyfeet (70’)fronton KimStreet, same in widthin therear, by a depthbetween equaland paral‐lellines of eighty (80’)feet Allasshown on asurvey made by Gilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,dated July 17, 1993.

to the highest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: That certain condominium unitno. 21G of TheChardonnay Village Condo‐miniums, together with theownership in thecommon andlimited commonele‐mentsas provided in the condominium declaration, which condo‐minium unit wascreated by a condominium declarationbe‐fore George Scariano,No‐tary Public, datedMay 25, 1981, registered in COB1010, folio 474, in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, all rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereofknown as TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION, SECTION3-A, beinga part of OakdaleSubdi‐vison, Section

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS IN‐DENTURE TRUSTEE, SUC‐CESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AEGISASSET BACKED SECURI‐TIES TRUST 2004-6, MORTGAGE BACKED NOTES VS TOMASBEN‐COMO SR (A/K/A TOMAS BENCOMO) AND JUANITABEN‐COMO FERNANDEZ (A/K/A JUANITA B. FERNANDEZ)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with Bank Letter ofCredit.

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025

oct31-dec5-2t $111.42

SQUARE 12, bounded by 37th(formerly 19th) Street, 39th(formerly 21ST) Street, Elmwood Park‐wayand Pike Drive, andsaid Lot10com‐mences at a distance of 535 feet from the corner of 39th Street andPike Driveand mea‐sures thence 55 feet frontonPike Drive, same in width therear, by adepth be‐tween equal andparallel linesof105 feet Allasmorefully shownonsur‐veybyJ.L Fontcuberta, Surveyor,May 10, 1974; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 4821 PIKE DRIVE, METAIRIE,LA 70003

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber6,2024, I have seized and will proceed to ll h hi h

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:857-297 WILMINGTON TRUST, NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueat the time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 14, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLOFTHE BUILDINGSAND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THEPARISHOF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWNAS SCOTSDALE SUBDIVISION, BEINGA RESUB‐DIVISION OF THE ODOM TRACT, DESCRIBED ON ASURVEY MADE BY J. J. KREBSAND SONS,INC., SUR‐VEYORS,DATED JANUARY6 1965, APPROVED BY THEJEFFER‐SONPARISH COUNCILON JUNE 23, 1966, IN OR‐DINANCENO. 7770, ACOPYOF WHICHISAT‐TACHED TO ACT OF DEDICATION OF STREETS PASSEDBEFORE NEVILLEM LANDRY,NO‐TARY PUBLIC,ON JUNE 28, 1966, REGISTERED IN COB639, FOLIO 287, PARISH OF JEFFERSON,AS FOLLOWS, TOWIT: LOTNO. 7OF SQUARE "E", BOUNDEDBY LOCH LOMAND DRIVE, THIRD STREET AND THEEASTERN ANDNORTHERN BOUNDARY LINES OF SCOTSDALE SUBDIVISION. ACCORDINGTO ASURVEYBYJ J. KREBSAND SONS,INC., DATEDMAY 30, 1977, RESUR‐VEYEDAUGUST 20, 1977, TO SHOW IMPROVEMENTS ANDRESUR‐VEYEDFEBRU‐ARY23, 1978, COPY OF WHICH

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-347 CSMC 2022-RPL2 TRUST VERSUS DENNISHENRY COOK,JR. A/K/A DENNIS H. COOK,JR. A/K/A DENNISCOOK, JR. ANDRAQUEL ELIZABETH FEDELE COOK A/K/ARAQUEL ELIZABETH FEDELE A/K/A RAQUEL E. FEDELE A/K/A RAQUEL FEDELE A/K/ARAQUEL ELIZABETH COOK A/K/A RAQUEL E. COOK A/K/ARAQUEL COOK A/K/A RAQUEL F. COOK By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 8, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Onecertain lot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings d i

Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-047 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS BRENDENCOLBY BAUDRYA/K/A BRENDENC BAUDRYA/K/A BRENDEN BAUDRYAND SAMANTHA LYNN LEAY‐CRAFTA/K/A SAMANTHA LYNN LEAYCRAFT BAUDRYA/K/A SAMANTHA L. LEAYCRAFT A/K/ASAMAN‐THA LEAYCRAFT A/K/ASAMAN‐THALYNN BAUDRYA/K/A SAMANTHA L. BAUDRY A/K/ASAMAN‐THABAUDRY A/K/ASAMAN‐THALEAYCRAFT BAUDRYA/K/A SAMANTHA L. BAUDRY By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 30, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidd bli

immovable by nature or desti‐nation,now or hereafter part of or attached to theproperty or used in con‐nectionthere‐with,situatedin theParishof Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in TerrytownSub‐division,being a part of Oakdale Subdivision, Section“B”, FirstWard, in thepartthereof knownasSubdi‐vision No.4-A, Square 47, bounded by Eu‐clid Street, EmersonStreet DeerﬁeldRoad andDiplomat Street,in accordance with asurvey made by Adloe Orr, Jr &Asso‐ciates,C.E., datedOctober 15, 1959, ap‐proved by Ordi‐nanceNo. 4687, JeffersonParish Council, which said ordinanceis registered in COB512 folio 599 andAct of Dedication reg‐isteredinCOB 512 folio 602, said plan being furtherregis‐teredinMap Book 39, folio 68, and accordingto said plan Lot34 measures as follows, to-wit: Lot34com‐mences 493.17 feetfromthe corner of Emer‐sonStreet and Deerﬁeld Road andmea‐suresthence60 feet fronton EmersonStreet thesamewidth in the rear by adepth of 110 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines, allas shownona sur‐vey by J.J. Krebs& Sons,dated Jan‐uary 5, 1965, a copy of which is annexedto mortgagorsac‐quisitionbefore Paul Murphy Jr., N.P.,registered in COB607 folio 278.

Having amunic‐ipaladdressof 2133 Emerson Street,Gretna, LA 70056. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE,LLC VS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSIONOF RONALD ELVIS WHITE, (A/K/A RONALD ELVISWHITE, SR., RONALD WHITE, RONALD WHITE, SR.) By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 11, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, includ‐ingbut without limitation,all immovableby d i

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t

aWritof

SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 12, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

Acertain lotof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, and allofthe rights, ways,servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Woodmere Subdivision, SectionNo. 1, and accordingtothe plan of resubdi‐vision by J. J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,dated Au‐gust 20, 1974, said por‐tion of ground is designated as Lot299A,Square K, whichsquare is bounded by OakmereDrive, aforty foot (40’) LouisianaGas Servitude(side) west boundaryofthe subdivisionof Deerpark Drive, said lotmea‐suressixtythreefeet (63’) frontonOak‐mere Drive, same width in therear, by a depth of 100 feet between equaland paral‐lellines,and commences at a distance of 1319.16 feet from the intersection of OakmereDrive andDeerpark Drive.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-271

U.S. BANK TRUSTCOM‐PANY,NATIONAL ASSOCATION, AS TRUSTEE, A SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSO‐CATION,AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERSOF BEAR STEARNS ASSETBACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSETBACKED CER‐TIFICATES, SE‐RIES 2007-AQ1 VERSUS ROSALINDCAS‐SANDRA WAL‐TERS AND BRANDONDER‐RICK WALTERS

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as WOODMERE SOUTHSUBDIVI‐SION,SECTION 3, designated as LOT632, SQUARE "O", bounded by Red CedarLane, De‐strehanAvenue,

Burntwood Drive andKeith-Way Drive, said lot commences at a distance of 123 feet from the intersection of Keith-WayDrive andRed Cedar Lane andmea‐suresthence60 feet frontonRed CedarLane, same in width in therear, by a depth of 100 feet,between equaland paral‐lel lines.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests,mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

KATE SOTO‐LONGO Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-176

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN HEIRSOF ANNABELL JOHNSON ROBINSON A/K/A ANNABELL JOHNSON ROBINSON A/K/A ANNABELL J. ROBINSON A/K/A ANNABELL ROBINSON

p vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Onecertain lot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Beechgrove Subdivision, designated as Lot41, Square "B", in accordance with plan of re‐subdivisionplat by Dading, Marques& As‐sociates,Inc., approved by the Parish of Jeffer‐sononAugust7, 2002, by ordinance no.21627, and recorded with said ordinance at COB3082, folio 479, andaccording to which said lothas such di‐mensions as shownonsaid survey

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:853-609

ADMINISTRA‐TOR, U.S. SMALL BUSINESS AD‐MINISTRATION, AN AGENCY OF THEUNITED STATES GOV‐ERNMENT VERSUS JO ANNL WILLIAMS A/K/A

JOANNL WILLIAMS A/K/A

JO ANN WILLIAMS A/K/A

WILLIAMS A/K/A

REXG

WILLIAMS A/K/A

REXWILLIAMS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust6 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Onecertain lot or parcel of ground,to‐gether with all buildingsand improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as WOODMERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION3,all as perplanof resubdivision made by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc C.E. & S.,dated May5, 1975, approved by theJefferson Parish Council on June 12, 1975 under Ordi‐nanceNo. 12054, andrecordedin COB839, folio 589, andper Actof Dedication be‐fore Bernhardt C. Heebe, No‐tary Public, datedJuly21, 1975, recorded in COB840, folio 303, said lotis describedas follows, to wit:

LOT915, SQUARE Z, which square is bounded by Pa‐tricia Lane (side),Timbers Drive(side), Post Driveand Litchwood Lane, andaccording to theabove, said lot commences at a distance of 185 feet from the corner of Litch‐wood Lane and Post Drive, andmea‐suresthence60 feet fronton Litchwood Lane, same width in therear, andbya depth of 100 feet be‐tween equal and parallel

p lines; allas noted on print of survey made by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., C.E. & S.,dated Febru‐ary3,1976, resurveyed March16, 1976, to show im‐provements

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit ALLISONN BEASLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t $108

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:868-825 DEEREAND COMPANY VS FRANKJOSEPH MACALUSO,JR. By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedSeptem‐ber25, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday,De‐cember 3, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

Description: (1)JOHNDEERE 5100E CABUTIL‐ITY TRACTOR, S/N 1P05100EEN50 72331

Stored: AVONDALE STORAGE 3110 HWY. 90 P. O. BOX9150 AVONDALE,LA

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:Allfunds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

JONANN GIBLIN Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025 164617-oct31-1t $55.30

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-827 U.S. BANK TRUSTNA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATIONNOT IN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACTIY BUTSOLELYAS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR RCF2ACQUISI‐TION TRUST VERSUS ROBINK COLLINS By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 15, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, De‐cember 10, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: ACERTAIN POR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereonand all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages andappurte‐nances there‐untobelonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereofknown

as TheColony, beinga re-sub‐division of Lake Timberlane Es‐tates, Section4, Parcel A-5and Lake Timberlane Es‐tates, Section5, Square E, Lots 1 through41; Square ,Lots1 through 34; Square G, Lots 18 through 34; Square K, Lots 14 through 26; Square L, Lots 1 through26into Square E-1,Lots 1through 27; Square F-1,Lots 1through 43; Square G-1,Lots 1 through27; Square K-1.Lots 1through 15; Square L-1,Lots 1through 43, Square M-1,Lots 1through 24 andthe dedica‐tion of Parcel JP-1 to Jefferson Parish forutilities and thededication of Harper Drive, SouthHarper Drive, North Harper Drive, Atticus Street,Dill Street,Radley Street,Scout Street,the con‐tinuationif Sutherland Place, Louise Street,West Friendship Drive andthe revoca‐tion of portions of West Friendship Drive, Bradford Place, Suther‐land Placeand Louise Street,The Colony.Lot 7,Square K-1, TheColony, is bounded by NorthHarper Drive, Louise Street(side) Brighton Place(side)and West Friendship Driveand measures55 feet fronton NorthHarper Drive, has a totalwidth in therearof55.06 feet,has a depthonthe Louise Street side of 111.42 feet anda depth on the opposite side of 109.19 feet.All in accordance with survey by OufreneSurvey‐ing& Engineering, Inc.,dated July 3,2007, revised to show im‐provements Au‐gust 24,2007, revisedtoshow concrete side‐walk anddrive‐wayFebruary 15,2008 acopy of which is annexedhereto; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNumber 2324 North Harper drive, Harvey,LA 70058 This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐j p rior security

terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: October31, 2025, December 5, 2025 oct31-dec5-2t

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