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N.O. wakes to peaceful New Year’s morning

Health anxiety on the rise

More accessible data can mean more worry BY EMILY WOODRUFF Staff writer

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Family members of Hubert Gauthreaux gather under the ‘Second Line in the Sky’ memorial on Thursday, a year after the New year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street that took his life. ä Tiger Family of attack victim revisits Bourbon Street one year later Bech’s BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

The first few hours of 2026 were more peaceful in New Orleans than one year ago, with local authorities reporting no incidents of fatal violence overnight as French Quarter revelers rang in the new year under the watch of nearly 800 local, state and federal law enforcement personnel — including hundreds of Louisi-

ana National Guard troops. The mostly calm night was a thankful contrast to the start of last year, when a pickup driver intentionally sped down Bourbon Street in the early morning hours, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more. Family members of victims gathered underneath the hanging “Second Line in the Sky” memorial on Bourbon Street to mark the anniversary. Local officials said they would

take no chances this year, with an “enhanced security zone” in downtown and French Quarter areas that included trafﬁc redirection and bag searches. “We have gone the extra mile to ensure the safety again of our residents as well as our visitors,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a news briefing this week.

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Abi Caswell got an Oura ring to make her life easier. The 30-year-old owner of Batter a bakery wanted a way to track her menstrual “It’s a catch-22. cycle without waking up evIt’s good information. ery morning take her But sometimes to temperature. I just want a It was easy. cocktail without No alarms refeeling like I’m minding her to take her temburning the no world down.” perature, thermometer. But then came ABI CASWELL, owner of Batter a the scores. A sleep score, an bakery activity score, a body stress score, even a “readiness” score to measure how prepared her body was for the day. If she had a single cocktail, the ring knew. If she ate dinner later than normal, her sleep score wobbled. If she worked out harder than usual, she wasn’t as “ready” the next day. It got to the point she couldn’t sip on a cocktail without wondering how it would affect her. “It’s a catch-22,” she said. “It’s good information. But sometimes I just want a cocktail without feeling like I’m burning the world down.” Caswell is young, ambitious and busy. She runs two bakery locations in Hammond and downtown New Orleans, just launched an at-home product line and works long hours. She didn’t consider herself anxious about her health before wearing the ring. But seeing her scores ﬂuctuate every day changed how

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Hurricane forecasters adopt new AI models BY KASEY BUBNASH Staff writer

After a merciful lack of hurricanes in the U.S. in 2025 and an unusually quiet Gulf, the Atlantic hurricane season wasn’t too memorable in Louisiana. But the season will be remembered for something else: advances in artiﬁcial intelligence. For the ﬁrst time in its 70 years of existence, the National Hurricane Center incorporated AI weather model guidance in its

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hurricane forecasts last season, technology researchers believe could help improve forecast accuracy while using fewer resources. The hurricane center isn’t alone. Its move toward AI coincides with a broader push at its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to incorporate the new technology into all kinds of weather forecasts. NOAA, which also oversees the National Weather Service, announced last

week that it had launched three new AI-driven weather forecasting models that NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs called “a signiﬁcant leap forward” for American weather forecasting. Wallace Hogsett, a science and operations officer at the NHC, said hurricane researchers have been tracking the progress of several up-and-coming AI-driven weather models for some time. But it was only in 2025 that some of them, including one from Google DeepMind, became con-

sistently operational. The AI models that were folded into forecasts showed promise, but Hogsett said AI is just one of many tools scientists use to attempt to solve the riddles of the atmosphere. “There are a lot of tools that we use,” he said, “and no matter how good a model is, there is always going to be a critical role for our forecasters in terms of distilling all that information

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a New Year’s Eve proclamation delaying increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, citing ongoing trade talks. Trump’s order signed Wednesday keeps in place a 25% tariff he imposed in September on those goods, but delays for another year a 30% tariff on upholstered furniture and 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and vanities. The increases, which were set to take effect Thursday, come as the Republican president instituted a broad swath of taxes on imported goods to address trade imbalances and other issues. The president has said the tariffs on furniture are needed to “bolster American industry and protect national security.” The delay is the latest in the roller coaster of Trump’s tariff wars since he returned to ofﬁce last year, with the president announcing levies at times without warning and then delaying or pulling back from them just as abruptly. The Trump administration on Wednesday also signaled it may back away from a steep tariff proposed on Italian pasta that would have put the rate at 107%. The U.S. had threatened to add a heavy tariff on Italian pasta makers after the U.S. Commerce Department launched what it said was a routine antidumping review based on allegations that the pasta makers sold product into the U.S. at below-market prices and undercut local competitors.

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Russia: Drone strike kills 24 Tensions between two nations continue to spike BY ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, Russian ofﬁcials said Thursday, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks. Three drones struck a cafe and hotel in the resort town of Khorly on the Black Sea coast, the region’s Moscow-installed leader Vladimir Saldo said in a statement on Telegram. He said that one of the drones carried an incendiary mixture, sparking a blaze. Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on the claim of a strike. The attack could not be independently veriﬁed by The Associated Press.

The attack was condemned by a number of Russian ofﬁcials. Valentina Matviyenko, the chair of Russia’s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, said that the strike “strengthened” Russia’s resolve to quickly achieve its goals in its almost four-year invasion of Ukraine. The strike “once again demonstrates the validity of our initial demands,” Matviyenko said. The statement follows claims from Moscow that Ukraine launched a long-range drone attack against one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ofﬁcial residences in northwestern Russia on Tuesday. Kyiv has denounced the claims as a “lie.” Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Thursday that its specialists had accessed the navigation system in one of the drones it claimed was used in the attack and used its data to confirm that Putin’s

residence was the drone’s final destination. The claim could not be verified as the ministry did not share evidence on the findings, but officials said that it would transfer the data to U.S. officials “through established channels.” On Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry also released a video on Wednesday of a downed drone it said was involved in the attack. The nighttime clip showed a man in camouflage, a helmet and a Kevlar vest standing near a damaged drone lying in snow. The man, his face covered, talks about the drone. Neither the man nor the Defense Ministry provided any location or date and neither the video nor its claims could be independently verified. Kyiv has called the allegations of an attack on Putin’s residence a ruse to derail ongoing peace negotiations, which have ramped up in recent weeks on both sides of the

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Filing challenges ban on gender-affirming care WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees who are affected by a new policy going into effect Thursday that eliminates coverage for genderaffirming care in federal health insurance programs. The complaint, filed Thursday on the employees’ behalf by the Human Rights Campaign, is in response to an August announcement from the Office of Personnel Management that it would no longer cover “chemical and surgical modification of an individual’s sex traits through medical interventions” in health insurance programs for federal employees and U.S. Postal Service workers. The complaint argues that denying coverage of gender-affirming care is sex-based discrimination and asks the personnel office to rescind the policy. “This policy is not about cost or care — it is about driving transgender people and people with transgender spouses, children, and dependents out of the federal workforce,” Human Rights Campaign Foundation President Kelley Robinson said in a statement announcing the move. The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, includes testimonies from four current federal workers at the State Department, Health and Human Services and the Postal Service who would be directly affected by the elimination of coverage.

At least 6 reported killed in Iran protests DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces, with at least six people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said. The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran’s theocracy over the demonstrations, which have slowed in the capital, Tehran, but expanded elsewhere. The fatalities, one on Wednesday and ﬁve on Thursday, occurred in three cities predominantly home to Iran’s Lur ethnic group. The protests have become the biggest in Iran since 2022, when the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody triggered nationwide demonstrations. However, the demonstrations have yet to be countrywide and have not been as intense as those surrounding the death of Amini, who was detained over not wearing her hijab, or headscarf, to the liking of authorities.

Atlantic. In his New Year’s address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a peace deal was “90% ready” but warned that the remaining 10%, believed to include key sticking points such as territory, would “determine the fate of peace, the fate of Ukraine and Europe, how people will live.” Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday that he, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner had a “productive call” with the national security advisers of Britain, France, Germany and Ukraine “to discuss advancing the next steps in the European peace process.” “We focused on how to move the discussions forward in a practical way on behalf of (Trump’s) peace process, including strengthening security guarantees and developing effective deconﬂiction mechanisms to help end the war and ensure it does not restart,” Witkoff said in a post on X.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani reacts Thursday after speaking during his inauguration ceremony in New york.

Mamdani promises to govern ‘audaciously’ Upon inauguration, mayor revels in ‘new era’ for New york City BY ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press

NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of the city’s striving, struggling working class. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall just after midnight, placing his hand on a Quran as he took his oath as the city’s ﬁrst Muslim mayor. After working part of the night in his new ofﬁce, Mamdani then returned to City Hall in a taxi cab around midday Thursday for a grander public inauguration where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the mayor’s political heroes, administered the oath for a second time. “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try,” Mamdani told a cheering crowd. “To those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this: No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers’ lives,” he said. Throngs turned out in the frigid cold for an inauguration viewing party just south of City Hall on a stretch of Broadway known as the “Canyon of Heroes,” famous for its ticker-tape parades. Throughout the ceremony, Mamdani and other speakers hit on the theme that carried him to victory in the election: Devotion to using government power to lift up the millions of people who struggle with the city’s high cost of living. Mamdani peppered his remarks with references to those New Yorkers, citing workers in steel-toed boots, halal cart vendors “whose knees ache from working all day” and cooks “wielding a thousand spices.”

“I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist,” Mamdani said. “I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed ‘radical.’ ” Before administering the oath, Sanders told the crowd that most of the things Mamdani wants to do — including raising taxes on the rich — aren’t radical at all. “In the richest country in the history of the world, making sure that people can live in affordable housing is not radical,” he told the crowd. “It is the right and decent thing to do.” Mamdani was accompanied on the stage by his wife, Rama Duwaji. The previous mayor, Eric Adams, was in attendance, sitting near another former mayor, Bill de Blasio. Actor Mandy Patinkin, who recently hosted Mamdani to celebrate Hannukah, sang “Over the Rainbow” with children from an elementary school chorus. The invocation was given by Imam Khalid Latif, the director of the Islamic Center of New York City. Poet Cornelius Eady read an original poem called “Proof.” In addition to being the city’s first Muslim mayor, Mamdani is also its first of South Asian descent and the first to be born in Africa. At 34, Mamdani is also the city’s youngest mayor in generations. At the watch party on Broadway, onlookers stood shoulder to shoulder gazing up at several jumbotrons and singing and dancing to stave off the cold, with some passing out hot cocoa and hand warmers. Many described feeling as though they were witnessing history. Among them was Ariel Segura, a 16-year-old Bronx resident, who had arrived five hours earlier to secure a place near the front of the crowd. “I’m out here fan-girling a politician, it’s kind of crazy,” he said, wiping away tears as Mamdani concluded his speech. “Now it’s time to hold him accountable.” In a campaign that helped make “affordability” a buzzword across the political spectrum, Mamdani ran on a focused platform that included promises of free child care, free buses, a rent freeze for about 1 million households and a pilot of city-run grocery stores.

JERUSALEM — The U.N. said Thursday that a Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip drowned in floods that engulfed his tent camp, with videos showing rescuers trying to pry his body out of muddy waters by pulling him by the ankle. It was the latest sign of the miseries that winter is inflicting on the territory’s population, with many left homeless by the devastation from two years of war. Health officials also reported the death of another 9-year-old boy in Gaza Thursday, but the circumstances were not clear. Meanwhile, in the West Bank, Israeli forces carried out a sweep of arrests, seizing around 50 Palestinians, many from their homes, a Palestinian group representing prisoners said. As 2026 begins, the shaky 12-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has largely ended

large-scale Israeli bombardment of Gaza. But Palestinians are still being killed almost daily by Israeli fire, and the humanitarian crisis shows no signs of abating. At least three Israeli soldiers have died in Gaza since the ceaseﬁre came down, killed by militant attacks or explosive detonations. UNICEF said Thursday that 7-year-old Ata Mai had drowned Saturday in severe flooding that engulfed his tent camp in Gaza City. Mai’s was the latest child death reported in Gaza as storms, cold weather and ﬂooding worsen already brutal living conditions. Almost the entire population of more than 2 million people have lost their homes, and most are living in squalid tent camps with little protection from the weather. UNICEF said Mai had been living with his younger siblings and family in a camp of around 40 tents. They lost their mother earlier in the war.

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NEW YORK — Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year. Democrats forced a 43day government shutdown over the issue. Moderate Republicans called for a solution to save their 2026 political aspirations. President Donald Trump ﬂoated a way out, only to back off after conservative backlash. In the end, no one’s efforts were enough to save the subsidies before their expiration date. A House vote expected in January could offer another chance, but success is far from guaranteed. The change affects a diverse cross-section of Americans who don’t get their health insurance from an employer and don’t qualify for Medicaid or Medicare — a group that includes many self-employed work-

ers, small-business owners, farmers and ranchers. It comes at the start of a high-stakes midterm election year, with affordability — including the cost of health care — topping the list of voters’ concerns. “It really bothers me that the middle class has moved from a squeeze to a full suffocation, and they continue to just pile on and leave it up to us,” said 37-year-old single mom Katelin Provost, whose health care costs are set to jump. “I’m incredibly disappointed that there hasn’t been more action.” The expired subsidies were ﬁrst given to Affordable Care Act enrollees in 2021 as a temporary measure to help Americans get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Democrats in power at the time extended them, moving the expiration date to the start of 2026. With the expanded subsidies, some lower-income enrollees received health care with no premiums, and high earners paid no more than 8.5% of their income. Eligibility for middle-class earners was also expanded.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, during an October examination about which he and the White House delayed offering details. Trump, in the interview, said he regretted undergoing the advanced imaging on his heart and abdomen during an October visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center because it raised public questions about his health. His physician said in a memo the White House released in December that he had “advanced imaging” as a preventative screening for men his age. Trump had initially described it as an MRI but said he didn’t know what part of his body he had scanned. A CT scan is a quicker form of diagnostic imaging than an MRI but offers less detail about differences in tissue. The president’s doctor, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, said in a statement released Thursday by the White House that Trump underwent the exam in October because he planned to be at Walter Reed to meet people

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Monday news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. working there. Trump had already undergone an annual physical in April. “President Trump agreed to meet with the staff and soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Hospital in October. In order to make the most of the President’s time at the hospital, we recommended he undergo another routine physical evaluation to ensure continued optimal health,” Barbabella said. Barbabella said that he asked the president to undergo either a CT scan or MRI “to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues” and the results were “perfectly normal and revealed absolutely no abnormalities.”

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S. Southern Command, which oversees South America, did not reveal where the attacks on Tuesday

and Wednesday occurred. Previous attacks have been in the Caribbean Sea and in the eastern Paciﬁc Ocean. A video of Tuesday’s attack posted by Southern Command on social media shows three boats traveling in a close formation, which is unusual, and the military said they were in a convoy along known narco-trafﬁcking routes and “had transferred narcotics between the three vessels prior to the strikes.” The military

did not provide evidence to back up the claim. The military said three people were killed when the ﬁrst boat was struck, while people in the other two boats jumped overboard and distanced themselves from the vessels before they were attacked. Southern Command said it immediately notiﬁed the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue efforts.

Southern Command’s statement did not say whether those who jumped off the boats were rescued. Calling in the Coast Guard is notable because the U.S. military drew heavy scrutiny after U.S. forces killed the survivors of an attack in early September with a follow-up strike to their disabled boat. Some Democratic lawmakers and legal experts said the military committed a crime, while the Trump ad-

ministration and some Republican lawmakers say the follow-up strike was legal. U.S. forces attacked two more boats on Wednesday, killing five people who were allegedly smuggling drugs along known trafﬁcking routes, Southern Command said in a separate statement. It did not provide evidence of the alleged trafﬁcking or reveal the body of water in which the attacks occurred.

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BY JAMEY KEATEN, STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar’s New Year’s celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, police said. Authorities did not immediately have an exact count of the deceased. The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue, and overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies. The country will hold five days of mourning. Valais Canton Police Cmdr. Frédéric Gisler said during a news conference that work is underway to identify the victims and inform their families, adding that the community is “devastated.” Thirteen of the wounded were Italian citizens, and another six Italians are unaccounted for, Italy’s ambassador to Switzerland, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, told staterun RAI television. Beatrice Pilloud, Valais Canton attorney general, said it was too early to determine the cause of the fire. Experts have not yet been able to go inside the wreckage. “At no moment is there a question of any kind of attack,” Pilloud said. She later said the number of people who were in the bar is “currently totally unknown,” adding that its maximum capacity will be part of the investigation. “For the time being, we don’t have any suspect,” she added, when asked if anyone had been arrested over the fire. “An investigation has been opened, not against anyone, but to illuminate the circumstances of this dramatic fire.” Gisler said the priority until further notice would be identifying the victims, and added that “this work will have to take several days.”

Celebration turns tragic Axel Clavier, a 16-year-old from Paris who survived the blaze, described “total chaos” inside the bar. One of his friends died and “two or three” were missing, he told The Associated Press. He said he hadn’t seen the ﬁre start, but did see waitresses arrive with Champagne bottles with sparklers, he said. Clavier said he felt like he was suffocating and initially hid behind a table, then ran upstairs and tried to use a table to break a Plexiglas window. It fell out of its casing, allowing him to escape. He lost his jacket, shoes, phone and bank card while ﬂeeing, but “I am still alive and it’s just stuff.” “I’m still in shock,” he added. Two women told French broadcaster BFMTV they were inside when they saw a male bartender lift-

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A floral tribute Thursday sits near the area where a fire broke out earlier that morning at Le Constellation bar and lounge during a New year’s celebration in CransMontana.

ing a female bartender on his shoulders as she held a lit candle in a bottle. The flames spread, collapsing the wooden ceiling, they told the broadcaster. One of the women described a crowd surge as people frantically tried to escape from a basement nightclub up a narrow ﬂight of stairs and through a narrow door. Another witness speaking to BFMTV described people smashing windows to escape the blaze, some gravely injured, and panicked parents rushing to the scene in cars to see whether their children were trapped inside. The young man said he saw about 20 people scrambling to get out of the smoke and ﬂames and likened what he saw to a horror movie as he watched from across the street. One of the people unaccounted for was an Italian, Giovanni Tamburi, whose mother Carla Masielli issued an appeal for any news about her son and asked the media to show his photo in hopes of identifying him, according to RAI. “We have called all the hospitals but they don’t give me any news. We don’t know if he’s among the dead. We don’t know if he’s among the missing,” she wailed. “They don’t tell us anything!” The injured were so numerous that the intensive care unit and operating theater at the regional hospital quickly hit full capacity, said Mathias Reynard, head of the regional government of the Valais Canton. “This evening should have been a moment of celebration and coming together, but it turned into a nightmare,” said Reynard. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was planning to go to the site on Friday

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given the signiﬁcant number not because it is sheltered with courage and a spirit of of Italians involved. from drama, but because mutual help.” Three of the wounded it knows how to face them Geir Moulson in Berlin were being transported from the Sion hospital in Switzerland to Milan’s Niguarda, the Italian civil protection agency said.

In the heart of the Alps In a region busy with tourists skiing on the slopes, the authorities have called on the local population to show caution in the coming days to avoid any accidents that could require medical resources that are already overwhelmed. With high-altitude ski runs rising nearly 9,850 feet in the heart of the Valais region’s snowy peaks and pine forests, Crans-Montana is one of the top venues on the World Cup circuit. The resort will host the best men’s and women’s downhill racers, including Lindsey Vonn, for their final events before the Milan-Cortina Olympics in February. The town’s Crans-sur-Sierre golf club stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course. The Swiss blaze on Thursday came 25 years after an inferno in the Dutch fishing town of Volendam on New Year’s Eve, which killed 14 people and injured more than 200 as they celebrated in a cafe. Swiss President Guy Parmelin, speaking on his first day in office, said many emergency staff had been “confronted by scenes of indescribable violence and distress.” “This Thursday must be the time of prayer, unity and dignity,” he said. “Switzerland is a strong country

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The spectrum Her experience is increasingly common. Even people who feel healthy and do most things “right” are living with more health information than ever before. Wearables, tests, ChatGPT, Google and scans can offer reassurance, but they can also raise questions that don’t have clear answers. Clinicians say they’re seeing more patients who are physically healthy but increasingly unsettled by the signals their bodies, their devices and their internet scrolls send back. What was once called hypochondria is now more commonly referred to as health anxiety and ofﬁcially known as illness anxiety disorder. It exists on a spectrum. On one end are people who notice a symptom and brieﬂy wonder whether it’s worth checking out. On the other are those whose fear of illness becomes persistent, intrusive and disruptive

enough to require treatment or medication. Most people fall somewhere in between. “What matters isn’t whether someone worries about their health,” said Shannon Seymour, a licensed professional counselor in New Orleans. “It’s what they do with that worry.” A headache or stomach pain can trigger uncertainty, which leads to monitoring, Googling and reassuranceseeking. That can come in the form of asking a spouse, “Do you think I have cancer?” (It’s nearly always a fear of cancer, Seymour said), frequently making doctor’s appointments or taking a lot of health tests. That behavior makes people feel better in the short term, but afﬁrms the anxiety underneath over the long term. “Reassurance feels helpful in the moment,” Seymour said. “But it keeps the cycle going.” In Louisiana, that cycle is shaped by context. Cancer rates are high. Environmental exposure is talked about in scientiﬁc reports and the news. Everyone knows someone who has that one-in-amillion story of tragic illness.

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their health entirely when they have health anxiety. Beyond wearables and They don’t trust doctors tech, culture is increasingly or won’t go to get anything focused on health, with well- checked out, Brown said. ness influencers building massive followings on social Anxiety as uncertainty media and Health Secretary Dr. Josh Spitalnick runs a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. popu- national group therapy gathlarizing the phrase “Make ering for people with health America Healthy Again.” anxiety. The common thread, Websites that offer informa- he said, is an intolerance of tion on symptoms and pos- uncertainty. Fear leads to sible causes are a click away. rituals like ruminating, reKelsey Brown, a licensed playing conversations with professional counselor in doctors or repeated testing. New Orleans, sees health Spitalnick has seen paanxiety most often in chil- tients who take COVID tests dren, who came of age dur- nearly every day. He has ing the pandemic and its treated women who take constant messaging about ﬁve or six pregnancy tests sickness, risk and respon- per day, sometimes without sibility. Kids may interpret even having had intercourse. health as a moral obligation, He has observed people usBrown said. Some kids start ing wearables to prove or to worry they could hurt peo- disprove that something is ple or kill their grandparents wrong. The fear itself isn’t just by hugging a friend and silly, but the response to it, unchecked, can take over passing along an illness. Kids are also turning to someone’s life. “Now that Christmas gift search engines and social media for health advice that that you wear around your isn’t always backed by evi- ﬁnger or wrist is your new dence, she said. They start doctor,” Spitalnick said. “I taking supplements or diagnosing themselves based on a TikTok video. On the other end, some people avoid talking about

came after a number of deaths in her family in a short amount of time, which she thinks kicked it off. Medication and therapy helped quiet the spiral. She learned to stop feeding it by staying off Google, resisting constant checking and sitting with uncertainty instead of trying to eliminate it. Too much information is not useful for people with anxiety, said Seymour. If you feel something is wrong, see a doctor — but if everything checks out, make that the endpoint, not the beginning of an investigation into your health, she said. Caswell still wears her ring a year and a half later. She notices the scores. But she’s able to digest it as useful information rather than a diagnosis. “It is a nice tool, and it should be marketed like that,” she said. “It’s not the end-all, be-all.” Email Emily Woodruff at ewoodruff@theadvocate. com.

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n Artificial Intelligence Global Forecast System: This AI-based weather forecast model uses a variety of data sources to deliver improved weather forecasts more quickly and efficiently than its traditional counterpart, in some cases using 99.7% fewer computing resources, according to NOAA. It also demonstrates “a significant reduction” in tropical storm and hurricane track errors at longer lead times. n Artificial Intelligence Global Ensemble Forecast System: This AI-based, 31-member ensemble

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system provides a range of probable forecasts to meteorologists and decision makers rather than a single forecast while using just 9% of the computing resources of the traditional GEFS. Early results also show improved performance over the traditional GEFS, according to NOAA. n Hybrid-GEFS: A 61-member, hybrid “grand ensemble” that combines the new AI-based AIGEFS with NOAA’s traditional ensemble model. NOAA officials said initial testing shows this first-of-its-kind approach consistently outperforms both the AI-only and physics-only ensemble systems.

cess. At the hurricane center, Hogsett said forecasters start by collecting satellite data, ground-based observations from weather stations, buoy readings and Hurricane Hunter aircraft data. That allows scientists to assess a hurricane’s size, intensity and position, information that then feeds into the weather prediction models. There are dozens of such models operated by agencies around the globe. Hogsett said the NHC’s official forecast guidance is generally based on scientists’ analysis of some conglomeration of those model predictions. “I think (AI models) will be a tool in our toolbox,” HogA tool in the toolbox sett said. “Not the tool, but Regardless of how suc- they will be a tool that we cessful AI models become, use.” Hogsett said prediction models in general are just Email Kasey Bubnash one piece of an intensive at kasey.bubnash@ weather forecasting pro- theadvocate.com.

to forecasters. The Google DeepMind model performed particularly well, according to the report, producing some of the most accurate track and intensity forecasts for catastrophic Hurricane Melissa. The NHC teamed up with Google early in the 2025 season via a cooperative research and development agreement that allows federal hurricane forecasters to use the DeepMind model while supplying Google developers with the historical weather data necessary to the model’s operations. “I feel like we’re just scratching the surface of how we’re going to use these long term,” Hogsett said.

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Family reﬂects on Tiger Bech’s legacy a year after Bourbon attack BY MIKE COPPAGE Contributing writer

Michelle Bech cries daily. Her whole family does. The emotions attached to the tears of Bech, whose son Tiger was killed along with 14 others in a terror attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day 2025, vary from gratitude to anger. Gratitude that hours before his death, Tiger professed his faith in God — out of the blue — while in the car with his parents and pal Ryan Quigley, who was injured in the attack. “Tiger always struggled intellectually with believing in God,” Michelle Bech said. “He and Lance Strother (St. Thomas More receivers coach and director of campus ministry) would have these debates. “On New Year’s Eve, we were pulling into New Orleans with Tiger and Ryan — who were leaving the next day to go back to New York — sitting in the back seat.” When Tiger announced, “Hey Mom and Dad, I do believe in God,” Michelle Bech said she and husband Marty were thrilled. “We looked at each other but didn’t say anything because he might retract it,” Michelle Bech said. “What are the chances that on the one night where he verbally acknowledged that he believed in God, that Tiger would die?” There have been other signs that God was ready to call Tiger home, according to Michelle Bech.

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Continued from page 1A Bourbon Street and the French Quarter were lively overnight Thursday as revelers rang in the New Year, dancing, having cocktails and hoping to run into Don Lemon. But emotions were also high. The family of attack victim Hubert Gauthreaux visited Bourbon around 3:15 a.m., exactly a year after he was killed in the terror attack. The 21-year-old from Gretna was an oilﬁeld worker who loved the Chicago White Sox and his sister, Brooke. He was struck last year after walking a friend back to her hotel.

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Weeks after Tiger Bech’s death, younger brother Jack was named MVP of the Senior Bowl after catching the winning pass with seven seconds left while wearing Tiger’s jersey No. 7. When Michelle Bech’s daughter Sophie looked into the Alabama sky, she noticed ﬁve clouds stretching across the horizon that collectively formed the word, “Tiger.” “It’s incredible,” Michelle Bech said. “It’s like Tiger wrote his name in the sky.” Tiger Bech lived his life with a zeal like few others. During his brokerage firm’s Christmas bonus meeting, Tiger Bech leaped out of his chair and hugged his employers upon hearing the announcement. “They had never had anyone hug them for a bonus,” Michelle Bech

The four-day, statewide mourning period also began at 3:15 a.m., and Gov. Jeff Landry asked that flags be flown at half-staff, and everyone across the state wear green and yellow in remembrance. New Year’s Eve was not completely free of critical emergencies. The New Orleans Fire Department responded to two fires within an hour of one another, including a blaze at an Algiers apartment complex that displaced 18 people. The Fire Department responded to that fire on West Park Court shortly after 1 a.m., and about 45 minutes later responded to another call at a home on State Street Drive in Uptown. No injuries were reported from either fire. The New Orleans Police Department also reported at least one

said. “It was that south Louisiana warmth and joy all combined into one really beautiful thing.” A bonds trader at Seaport Global on Madison Avenue in New York City, Tiger Bech was the first to arrive at the office, turning on the lights promptly at 6:30 a.m. each morning. “The company’s love for Tiger in the very short time he was with them, has helped us to understand he was the happiest he had ever been in life,” Michelle Bech said. “They have shared with us many times that Tiger’s engaging and warm personality, coupled with his intelligence and work ethic, had sealed his upward trajectory.” Tiger Bech, who was born in 1997, demonstrated his enthusiasm for life by living every day to the fullest as a daredevil, Michelle Bech says of the All-Ivy League kick returner, who would tempt fate (and torment his mom) by floating down a rapidly-flowing Vermilion River in a rainstorm. “Watching Tiger play football on that field was like watching a ballerina,” she said. “The way he twisted and turned, the way his body moved. It was frightening because he was so small, but it was so beautiful.” Michelle Bech maintains composure until asked how she would like Tiger, who played receiver at STM (like Jack) and at Princeton University — to be remembered. “I hope his life has inspired people,” she said. “He had so much love

inside of him. I’ve never met anyone who loved their brother like he loved Jack.” The Bech family has made Las Vegas a second home after the Raiders drafted Jack Bech in the second round. Michelle brought a taste of Lafayette to the desert by cooking a Cajun turkey on Thanksgiving. “The blessing of Jack being drafted by the Raiders is that it put us in a sunny, beautiful place,” she said. “It’s an incredible dichotomy of experiencing the worst but also being blessed by so much love.” Strother made a recent trip to watch Jack Bech and the Raiders take on the New York Giants and former STM player Dalen Cambre. Michelle Bech said Jack plays every down of football and makes every block and reception with the feeling that his brother is alongside him. The Raiders will travel to New Orleans next season. Michelle Bech said she will attend the game, but she won’t step foot in the French Quarter. Although the Bech family has forgiven the terrorist, who they feel was mentally ill, there remains frustration with New Orleans. “I’m disappointed in New Orleans, the mayor and the Police Department,” she said. “They had so much knowledge of how to protect that street where it’s supposed to be restricted to pedestrians. We’ve been told that some of the barriers can still be moved.” Michelle Bech has visited New

shooting shortly after midnight, in the 5100 block of Westlake Drive in New Orleans East. The female victim suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle. Heightened security continued through the Sugar Bowl. City officials, including Mayorelect Helena Moreno — who takes ofﬁce Jan. 12 — will then turn their attention security preparations for Carnival, which lasts through Fat Tuesday on Feb. 17. The deployment of 350 National Guard troops is scheduled to end on Feb. 28. Gov. Jeff Landry requested the deployment, which Moreno and other local ofﬁcials have welcomed. Email Ben Myers at bmyers@ theadvocate.com.

Orleans. Gov. Jeff Landry appointed her to a commission to honor the victims with a memorial. The Bech family has been overwhelmed by an outpouring of support. Donations to the Tiger Bech Foundation have provided funds for the Northside High basketball program and the STM Campus Ministry. There is a bench in Tiger Bech’s favorite spot on the Princeton campus at Prospect Garden, where friends can go to remember him. “The extraordinary efforts people have made, and the gratitude we have just help us understand that God has a plan in life, and that Tiger had reached the pinnacle of happiness, success and love, and it was just his time,” Michelle Bech said. During the summer, Michelle and Marty Bech traveled to Minnesota for the wedding of Kevin Davidson, Tiger’s quarterback at Princeton. On the anniversary of Tiger Bech’s death, the family will be hiking at Zion National Park in Utah. “We will be in nature looking out over the mountains and desert at the stars,” Michelle Bech said. “Breathing in fresh air, spending time together and enjoying some of the most beautiful views that God has created.” Michelle Bech had a final message regarding faith. “Do you believe in love? If you have love in your heart for others, you believe in God, because God is love,” she said.

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Pope Leo ushers in 2026 with plea for peace BY NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

ROME — Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries “bloodied by conflict” and families wounded by violence. Leo celebrated a New Year’s Day Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and then delivered a special noontime prayer from his studio overlooking the piazza, which was full of pilgrims and tourists on the bright, chilly day. Leo noted that Jan. 1 marks the church’s World Day of Peace and used the occasion to issue a prayer. “Let us all pray together for peace: first, among nations bloodied by conflict and suffering, but also within our homes, in families wounded by violence or pain,” he said. After a busy Christmas season, Leo has a few days of rest before he celebrates the church’s Epiphany holiday on Jan. 6. On that day too, he officially closes out the 2025 Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century celebration that brought millions of pilgrims to Rome. Immediately thereafter, he is to preside over a two-day meeting of the entire College of Cardinals, the princes of the church who elected him pope, as well as those who are over age 80 and didn’t participate in the conclave but still remain part of the college. Leo is resurrecting a tradition largely eschewed by Pope Francis to convene cardinals every so often to seek their counsel on how to govern the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.

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And in Gaza, Palestinians said following a recent Mamdani was sworn in as mayor Thunderous fireworks, celebrations fire at an apartment complex that during a private event just after they hope the new year brings an end to the conflict between Israel killed 161 people. Australia salut- midnight Thursday. fanfare, tight security ed and Hamas. the new year with defiance less “The war humiliated us,” said a month after its worst mass More security in Sydney mark celebrations than shooting in almost 30 years. A heavy police presence moni- Mirvat Abed Al-Aal, displaced

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NEW YORK — From Sydney to Paris to New York City, crowds rang in the new year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or light shows, while others took a more subdued approach. As the clock struck midnight in Japan, temple bells rang and some climbed mountains to see the year’s first sunrise, while a light show with somersaulting jet skis twinkled in Dubai. The countdown to 2026 was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, while in Moscow people celebrated in the snow. In New York City’s Times Square, revelers braved frigid temperatures to celebrate with the famed New Year’s Eve ball drop. In Rio de Janeiro, crowds packed more than 2 miles of the city’s Copacabana Beach for concerts and a 12-minute fireworks show, despite high tides and large waves that rocked barges carrying fireworks. Other events were more subdued. Hong Kong held limited

There was disaster in the Swiss resort town of Crans-Montana, where a ﬁre at a bar in the early hours of the new year was presumed to have killed dozens of people.

Ball drop in New York City Crowds bundled up against the chilly temperatures cheered and embraced as the New Year’s Eve ball covered in more than 5,000 crystals descended down a pole and confetti fell in Times Square. Revelers wearing tall celebratory hats and light-up necklaces had waited for hours to see the 12,350-pound ball drop. The festivities also included Tones and I performing John Lennon’s “Imagine” just before midnight. Police in the city had planned additional anti-terrorism measures at the ball drop, with “mobile screening teams.” It was not in response to a speciﬁc threat, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Moments after the ball dropped it rose again, sparkling in red, white and blue, to mark the country’s upcoming 250th birthday. A few miles away in a decommissioned subway station, Zohran

tored crowds watching fireworks in Sydney. Many officers openly carried rapid-fire rifles, a first for the event, after two gunmen targeted a Hannukah celebration at Bondi Beach on Dec. 14, killing 15. An hour before midnight, victims were commemorated with a minute of silence, and the crowd was invited to show solidarity with Australia’s Jewish community. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns had urged residents not to stay away from festivities, saying extremists would interpret smaller crowds as a victory: “We have to show defiance in the face of this terrible crime.”

Shadows of war, disasters Indonesia scaled back festivities in solidarity with communities devastated by floods and landslides in parts of Sumatra a month ago that killed over 1,100. Fireworks on the tourist island of Bali were replaced with traditional dances. Hong Kong rang in 2026 without fireworks over Victoria Harbor after the massive ﬁre in November. Façades of landmarks were turned into countdown clocks and a light show at midnight.

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Around Europe Pope Leo XIV closed out the year with a plea for the city of Rome to welcome foreigners and the fragile. Fireworks erupted over European landmarks, from the Colosseum in Rome to the London Eye. In Paris, revelers converged around the glittering ChampsÉlysées avenue. Taissiya Girda, a 27-year-old tourist from Kazakhstan, expressed hope for a calmer 2026. “I would like to see happy people around me, no war anywhere,” she said. “Russia, Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, I want everybody to be happy and in peace.” In Scotland, where New Year’s is known as Hogmanay, First Minister John Swinney urged Scots to follow the message of “Auld Lang Syne” by national poet Robert Burns and show small acts of kindness. Greece and Cyprus turned down the volume, replacing traditional fireworks with low-noise pyrotechnics in capitals. Ofﬁcials said the change was intended to make celebrations more welcoming for children and pets.

Rain soaks Rose Parade; snow squalls hit Midwest and Northeast By The Associated Press Rain poured down on the iconic Rose Parade on Thursday for the first time in 20 years, as flood warnings and evacuation orders in Southern California joined snow squalls and frigid temperatures in the country’s midsection to mark the first day of 2026. Marching bands, floats and throngs of spectators were soaked by one to two inches of New Year’s Day rain at the 137th Rose Parade

in Pasadena. The mercury stood at a chilly 58 degrees Fahrenheit at the 8 a.m. start of the parade. Across the country, in New York City, hats and gloves were as necessary as noisemakers at the city’s New Year’s Eve ball drop, where temperatures near freezing appeared to be the coldest in 10 years. Hundreds of thousands of people gather along the nearly 6-mile route in Pasadena, where the two-hour parade kicked off. Millions more watch on national television. Orga-

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counties and a coastal flood advisory through Sunday afternoon along much of the Pacific Coast near San Francisco. Meanwhile, residents in the areas hit hardest by last year’s devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires were under evacuation warnings. In New York City, the sun came out ahead of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural celebration, but other areas of the Northeast and Midwest were hit by an Alberta

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COB 3142, folio 920, in the con‐ veyance records Jefferson of Parish, Louisiana, and according to which, said LOT V-2 commences at a distance of 25.8.0 feet from the corner of W. Es‐ planade Avenue Dublin) (late Orpheum and Avenue (late Or‐ leans), and measures 20.8.0 thence feet front on Or‐ pheum Avenue, the same width in the

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rear, by a depth of 120 feet be‐ tween qual and lines. parallel Said Lot V-2 is composed of a portion of origi‐ nal Lot V; sub‐ ject to restric‐ servi‐ tions, tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding rights mineral of record affect‐ ing the property . Improvements thereon bear Municipal the No. 1502 Or‐ pheum Avenue, Metairie,

clipper storm and trailing Arctic front that brought snow squalls and high winds. Conditions varied widely — from snow showers to heavier squalls — from Wisconsin through northern Illinois and Michigan and into northern New Jersey, southeastern New York and New England. About a quarter of ﬂights were delayed out of both San Diego International Airport and Boston Logan, according to the ﬂight tracking website FlightAware.

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Louisiana 70005. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY

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RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t

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N.O. roadwork deadline extended FEMA grants six-month extension

BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday approved a six-month extension to a spending deadline for $1.7 billion in grants that fund New Orleans road construction, ensuring that

work on dozens of city blocks can continue at least through midyear. The extension came on the last day of the current spending period, which had already been extended at least three times. It’s a huge relief for Mayor-elect Helena Moreno and residents living on torn-up streets, where

continued roadwork relies on the city’s access to roughly $500 million in grant funds that haven’t been spent. Without the extension, the cash-strapped city would have needed to pay for the work out-ofpocket or let projects idle. Still, six months is well short of the three years city officials sought in their August request. Ofﬁcials say some recent projects just getting underway won’t be ﬁn-

ished until 2028. “We live to ﬁght another day. It was going to be a really hard pill for us to swallow if all of sudden there was that hard end today,” Moreno told reporters on Wednesday. In the approval letter, acting Regional Administrator Arsany Thomas also hinted that future extensions are possible, on condition the city provide written updates

on the status and timetable for projects underway. Status reports to FEMA are due on March 1 and May 1, according to Thomas’ letter. “We have to do a series of reporting around these projects as we move them forward to be considered for further extensions. So I read that as there is an opportunity

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NEW YEAR AT NOON

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An explosion of confetti and bubbles marks the countdown at the annual Noon Year’s Eve event in City Park on Wednesday. The Louisiana Children’s Museum offers families an opportunity to celebrate the new year before children’s bedtime. Families could enjoy crafts, live music and games during the event.

Closed bridges face additional delays U.S. 90 project still without funding, officials say BY MARTHA SANCHEZ Sun Herald

The plan to ﬁx ﬁve deteriorating bridges on U.S. 90 at the Mississippi-Louisiana state line is stalled again because a federal program that could fund the project has not reopened since the government shutdown in the fall, a lawmaker said. Louisiana state leaders intended to apply for the money in late 2025. The state’s transportation department has estimated

it will cost between $150 million and $350 million to reopen the bridges, which have been closed for more than three years. Now lawmakers say they hope the grant program will open in January. “We share your frustration,” state Rep. Stephanie Berault, R-Slidell, said earlier in December. “We are hopeful this will get done soon.” The 3-mile stretch from Pearlington, Mississippi, into Louisiana closed in May 2022 after inspectors realized the 1930s-era bridges were not safe. Louisiana lacks the money to replace them and does not know when they will reopen. The dilemma is keeping communities

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The plan to fix five deteriorating bridges on U.S. 90 at the Mississippi-Louisiana state line is stalled again because a program that could fund the project has not reopened since the government ä See BRIDGES, page 2B shutdown.

Rules tweaked for 3rd-party candidates Would affect Supreme Court, BESE elections BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT Staff writer

Louisiana is lowering the number of petitions third-party candidates need to obtain in order to run in special elections for a seat on the state Supreme Court and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The state is moving next year to a closed party primary system. Under the new rules, candidates for the two major political parties, Republicans and Democrats, sign up to run by paying a ﬁling fee during a qualifying period, as all candidates

previously did. But third-party candidates will now need to obtain petitions signed by qualified voters in their districts in order to be placed on the ballot. For seats on the high court and the education board, 1,000 signatures would be required under the new system. But, because the two seats were vacated and the state is moving to fill them on a shortened timeline, Gov. Jeff Landry signed executive orders reducing the number of signatures necessary to 150, the Secretary of State’s Office said in a news release Tuesday. The open Supreme Court seat is District 1, which covers Livingston, Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes. Justice Will Crain left the seat after President Donald Trump selected him as federal judge for the New

Orleans area. The BESE open seat is for District 1, which covers Jefferson, Orleans, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes. It was vacated by Paul Hollis, who Trump picked to run the U.S. Mint. The deadline for candidates to submit nominating petition signatures is Jan. 30. Republican and Democratic candidates will sign up to run from Feb. 11-13. The party primary is May 16, with a runoff scheduled for June 27 if no candidate gets a majority. The general election is Nov. 3. Under the new closed party primary system, Republicans vote for Republican candidates and Democrats vote for Democrats. Voters with no party afﬁliation can choose to vote in either primary.

Officials: Fireworks cause blaze at Algiers townhomes 18 displaced in early New year’s Day fire BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

A fire ripped through a row of Algiers townhomes early Thursday morning, displacing at least 18 people and requiring a major response from the New Orleans Fire Department on New Year’s Day. The department determined fireworks were the cause, according to Capt. Quentin Brown. No injuries were reported. The department responded shortly after 1 a.m. to the 100 block of West Park Court and took more than 90 minutes to bring the blaze under control. A fire hydrant across the street malfunctioned and wasn’t available for support, forcing firefighters to find other hydrants farther away, Brown said. He said it’s not clear if or how that affected firefighters’ ability to control the blaze.

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Three men charged in Cam Jordan burglary Fourth suspect remains at large BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office has formally ﬁled charges against three Georgia men accused of breaking into the home of New Orleans Saints player Cam Jordan. Donald Robinson, 28, Jahaun Suber, 20, and Devell Ortiz, 19, were charged Dec. 19 with residence burglary, according to court records. Robinson and Suber have pleaded not guilty. Both were being held Wednesday at the Jefferson Parish Cor-

rectional Center in Gretna on $50,000 bail. Ortiz was released from the jail Dec. 17 on a $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 19, according to court records. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce investigators say the trio, along with a fourth suspect, Jordan Jadon Brown, 20, rented a vehicle in Atlanta and drove to the New Orleans area with the intention of burglarizing Jordan’s Old Metairie home. They targeted the residence on Sept. 14 while the Saints hosted the San Francisco 49ers in a noon game at the Caesars Superdome,

according to authorities. Jordan’s wife discovered the burglary when she arrived home later that evening. Investigators canvassed the neighborhood and identiﬁed a suspect vehicle using video from a mix of home surveillance systems, automated license-plate readers and other cameras, according to the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. They tracked the vehicle back to Conyers, Georgia, where Robinson and Brown were arrested the day after the burglary, authorities said. Robinson was extradited back to Jefferson Parish.

Suber and Ortiz were also taken to Jefferson Parish and booked on their charges in mid-December, according to court records. The Rockdale County jail in Conyers released Brown on Sept. 16 to an unnamed law enforcement agency, according to Rockdale County jail records. But it does not appear that he was extradited and booked in Jefferson Parish. Brown remains wanted on an active warrant for residence burglary, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce Capt. Jason Rivarde said Wednesday. Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@theadvocate. com.

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The New Orleans Fire Department responded to an early morning fire on New year’s Day in Algiers.

Continued from page 1B The fire, which started in the rear of a townhome, affected at least three attached buildings. The home where the fire started was completely charred on the inside, where a family of six lived, according to family members. Seven people lived in an adjoining home, where a ceiling had fallen through and debris floated in anklehigh standing water. “We need help. We’ve got nowhere to go,” said Derek Woods, who lived in the home with the fallen ceiling. Jacqueen Harrington said her mother, brother and sister lived next door in the charred housed, along with her sister’s three kids. She said her brother is on dialysis and his medicine was destroyed. He’s now trying to replace it. “It’s New Year’s, so he’s going to have to see who can get in contact with,” Harrington said. Harrington and Woods said responding firefighters told them they had difficulty accessing water apart from what was already available on the trucks. Harrington, who lives nearby and said she rushed over soon after

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the fire started, posted a video showing the fire burning in which residents are heard complaining about the lack of water. “We watched it burn. First it was just the back of the house, and they had three fire trucks out here. Nothing was being done water-wise. And then we just stood out here and just watched everything go up into flames,” Harrington said. Brown said trucks typically carry 500 gallons of water, which usually lasts for 2 to 3 minutes. He said four trucks initially responded to the fire. Brown said he did not have enough details to know if the fire on Thursday could have been contained more quickly if the nearest hydrant had been working. Typically, he said, water

from trucks is deployed at the same time additional support from hydrants is secured, and the availability of other hydrants nearby should have ensured a seamless response. “There could have been any number of things that may have slowed the initial attack in the ﬁre, but it shouldn’t have been the hydrant,” Brown said. New Orleans ﬁre hydrants are maintained by the Sewerage & Water Board and inspected by the Fire Department. Brown said the malfunctioning hydrant was last inspected nearly a year ago and was found to be in working order. An S&WB spokesperson said the agency works to identify broken hydrants and make repairs as quickly as possible. The spokesper-

son said she did not have details on the hydrant in question. A Times-Picayune analysis in 2024 found about 3% of the city’s fire hydrants — at least 500 of roughly 14,000 — were either missing or not working. Repairs took 75 days on average, the analysis found. District C City Council member Freddie King, who was on the scene Thursday morning, said he is asking local businesses to pitch in to help displaced residents with necessities. “This is quite a way to ring in the new year,” King said. “Everything has been lost. Brand-new gifts for kids, clothes, food.” Email Ben Myers at bmyers@theadvocate. com.

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Continued from page 1B on the state line frustrated. Local businesses in Pearlington are losing customers who can no longer reach the small town. Residents are worrying over the loss of a hurricane evacuation route. Mississippi drivers who commute to Slidell and New Orleans have lost a detour that many once used when crashes closed two-lane

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for further extensions,” Moreno said. In a written statement, FEMA officials said the agency provided “a limited extension” to allow for “the orderly completion of clearly deﬁned remaining work.” “This action reflects FEMA’s commitment to accountability, clear timelines, and appropriate oversight, while avoiding open-ended extensions for a disaster that occurred more than two decades ago,” the statement said. FEMA noted it has awarded about $13.5 billion to Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina recovery projects, some of which are still open more than 20 years later. “While progress has been made over time, several projects have not yet initiated construction, others lack defined completion timelines, and some completed projects have not been submitted for closeout in accordance with regulatory requirements,” FEMA said. FEMA did not immediately respond to a request for a

Interstate 10. Progress seemed possible last summer. State Rep. Brian Glorioso, R-Slidell, announced on social media in August that the state would submit a federal grant application to replace four of the ﬁve bridges. “Louisiana should be guaranteed to get this grant based upon the information we have been provided,” he said in August. Now, Berault said, “unfortunately we’re just waiting to see what the federal

government does with that program.” The effort to get money through the funding source, called the Bridge Investment Program, could be helped by two influential Louisiana leaders in Congress: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Speaker Mike Johnson. Mississippi and Louisiana are also working together to repair the East Pearl River Bridge, which must allow rocket equipment to pass to the Stennis Space Center.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is creating several designs for rebuilding the other bridges so it can “move immediately” once it gets funding, said Daniel Gitlin, a spokesperson. “The amount of money that becomes available, and when it becomes available, will dictate the project,” he said. “The positive news is that once funding does become available, we have positioned ourselves to be ready to move forward.”

list of those projects.

hope to turn the auditorium into a multiuse cultural center as part of a master plan for the surrounding Armstrong Park. “Hopefully, we’ll get some more indication as to whether or not we’ll be able to continue to spend that money and get an extension on that project. If not, I’ll have to ﬁgure out another path to continue with the repairs,” Moreno said. Uncertainty over the latest FEMA deadline also stoked concern and confusion at City Hall this month. Cantrell’s deputies initially told Moreno’s transition representatives that stopwork orders could be issued on roads projects, but Cantrell reversed course and said work would continue through Moreno’s inauguration no matter what. That risked depleting the city’s fragile general fund, prompting Louisiana Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack to warn that he might block future withdrawals from an emergency payroll fund. The payroll fund, which Waguespack oversees, was set up in November with a $125 million in state-approved revenue bonds after the city ran out of cash.

Waguespack told City Council members on Dec. 23 that FEMA had indicated it would approve a sixmonth extension, but only for certain projects that had a clear path to completion. He said city, state and federal officials had been in talks over which projects would continue and which would be canceled. The approval letter doesn’t include a list of approved projects, and it wasn’t clear if those had been ﬁnalized. Staff writer Blake Paterson contributed to this report.

Municipal Auditorium’s fate FEMA allocated the road money to City Hall and the Sewerage & Water Board in a 2016 settlement over Katrina damage to city roads. A handful of other outstanding Katrina projects — most notably the Municipal Auditorium — were not included in the extension, though the fate of more than $30 million approved for the auditorium wasn’t immediately clear on Wednesday. The Municipal Auditorium settlement was ﬁnalized in 2017, but work didn’t begin until August 2025, after years of arguing between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and community activists on long-term plans for the buildings, a cultural landmark that has deteriorated in the two decades since Katrina. The auditorium is now undergoing a $43 million roof repair and remediation project. Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s outgoing administration sketched out plans to ﬁnish off the roof portion with city capital funds, and halt or cancel interior and exterior work if the FEMA money was cut off. Eventually, community leaders

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Robert “Bob” Broussard, Sr., businessman, insur‐ ance executive, entrepre‐ neur, mentor, friend to everyone he met, but most of all, a loving and doting husband, father, grandfa‐ ther, and sibling even to his in-laws, lost his valiant battle with pancreatic can‐ cer on December 17, 2025. As he departed his earthly home, he was blessed with visits from dozens of friends and family who traveled from near and far wanting to hold his hand, tell him how much they loved him, thank him for being a sounding board, a moral compass, a man with integrity whom they admired, and mainly to

thank him for being their best friend. Robert, or “Bob,” as he was referred to professionally, was born July 24, 1948, to Thelma Mire Broussard and Wal‐ lace Broussard in Maurice, Louisiana. He grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, where attended St. Paul he Elementary Catholic School and graduated from Paul Breaux High School. In his early years, Robert was sure he would become a bricklayer, following in the construction footsteps of his father and uncle, but God had a different plan. A childhood friend suggested he apply to Southern Uni‐ versity A&M in Baton Rouge, which he did on a whim. God ordered his steps as he majored in Administration, Business graduating in December 1970. That choice not only earned him a degree, but also led him to be the wingman on a double date in October of 1969. Even though both Robert and Jinx had to be persuaded by their friends to go on that blind date, magic hap‐ pened between them that evening. How coincidental: both had sisters named Eva and brothers named Warren Joseph! After only three in-person dates and many love letters that fol‐ lowed, a proposal letter, a diamond engagement ring and a kimono sent all the way from Japan, arrived in Jinx’s tiny LSU mailbox. The fourth time they laid eyes on each other was when Robert and Jinx wed on April 17, 1971. In total, they experienced 56 years of adventure, travel, rais‐ ing not only their children and helping many others, but most of all a deep, un‐ ending loyalty, respect, connection, and love. Why? Because God ordered his steps. With the Vietnam War raging and a draft lot‐ tery number of 22, Robert knew he would be headed to the jungles of that Southeast Asian country. He decided to follow in the of his two footsteps cousins, Allen P. Catalon and Paul “Shorty” Brous‐ sard, and join the Navy. His skills as the fastest typist around and his ability to Creole French speak landed him the job of clerk typist and assistant to the Commandant. Robert often told stories of his travels across the entire globe, Madagascar to from Ethiopia to Singapore, and beyond. “This little country boy from Truman has been all over the world”, he would say. Why? Because God ordered his steps. Robert often joked that he and their daughter, Erica, were the only two people he knew who served in wars and did not fire a gun. After his Navy service, Robert moved to New Or‐ leans to join his wife, Jinx. He worked his first job for literally about five minutes when he realized the job was not as advertised. Concerned about how Jinx would react, he walked for an hour downtown, not re‐ alizing God was ordering his steps. While taking those steps, he looked through the window at Casey/Canal Ford and saw a friend from Lafayette in‐ side. That friend hired him on the spot. Armed with his business degree, a drive to make his mark, his Navy experience, affable personality, and let’s not forget, good looks and charm, he quickly rose to the peak of his sales field, garnering innumerable top awards. Seeking the next challenge, Bob joined IBM, where every year he re‐ ceived national recognition as a top producer. After five years, he joined All‐ state Insurance Company and remained there for al‐ most 38 years, eventually becoming an independent Allstate Agency owner. There, his sales prowess and personality enabled him to excel, winning bonuses, and awards, recognition that included to Hawaii, the trips Caribbean, Lake Tahoe, New York, Las Vegas, and many more. He reached the top echelons of every endeavor he pursued, pro‐

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fessionally and personally. Robert’s love of travel whisked him and his little wife all across the Ameri‐ cas, Western Europe, the Baltics, Asia, and beyond. “Bob is the only person I know who has best friends from every stage of his life,” one friend recently said. At any given time, he may be on the phone remi‐ niscing with his cousins about jumping off the barn onto a horse and riding through the pastures in Maurice, La, or with his “potnas” from Paul Breaux or Southern University, to all the friends he gathered from Casey Ford, IBM, All‐ state, the gym, cutting grass outside waving to neighbors, and through decades of attending the Catholic Men’s Retreat at Manresa in Convent, La. He lived his life by providing a smile, a laugh, a good time, a hug, an ear, a source of support and guidance to so many. He was the first on the dance floor who could swing out and Zy‐ deco and the last to leave. A great dancer who com‐ mitted to being in the pre‐ sent moment and having a great time; he was good at it all. He was a husband, friend, father, and mentor to many. He may have told them what they didn’t want to hear, but what they needed to know. Robert believed in taking care of his body, eating right, and exercising. He worked out religiously and played golf multiple times a week. That dedication to the gift of his body gave him the strength to fight this battle and win for far longer than expected. As he faced his mortality, he was strong and coura‐ geous; a realist and hope‐ ful. He would not give up. Although he may have felt scared at times, he let everyone know his expec‐ tation was that as long as he was alive, you were to treat him as such. He did not want pity, but prayers of love and hope. He wanted good stories and memories shared with him, smiles and the fun times he gave to all of us. That is how he wanted to be hon‐ ored. Because God ordered his steps, he was able to freely live his life with the motto of doing the right thing even when no one was looking. Whether it was wheeling and dealing in his sales profession or on a night out with the fel‐ las, he led by example and embodied integrity, for he knew that a fair deal was still a great deal. He also deeply believed that there was no one better or more suited for him than his pretty little wife, Jinx. His greatest legacy is not just what is mentioned above. It is being a strong, loving, and secure man. At a time in history where it was not socially acceptable for a wife to flourish profession‐ ally, he supported his wife, Jinx’s career. Cheerleading accomplishments, her watching over their kids while she traveled or worked late; all while his friends teased him, calling him “Mr. Jinx”. Robert didn’t care because he and Jinx did this for each other. A true powerful, impactful partnership. They only had one team and that was Team Robert, Jinx, Erica, Dana and Rob. He was right there putting hair‐ dressers out of business, combing and styling hair, putting soul food restau‐ rants to the test as he whipped up those meals, and no one could make a bed as tight as he did. He was walking those miles as a St. Augustine High School Marching 100 band dad. He was flying to Nashville or Washington, D.C. to help tend to his girls if they were sick with pneumonia or sick because someone who couldn’t measure up to him broke one of his girl’s hearts. He taught his children how to respect themselves, be confident, manage independent, money and how to succeed in and at this thing called life. He taught his children grandchildren IN‐ and TEGRITY and accountabil‐ ity. To any and everyone he encountered, he professed deep love of his wife and his children. He was the fun uncle, the surrogate fa‐ ther, the brother from an‐ other mother. His home was open to old and young who needed it. He visited the elderly and the sick. He made it to the mountain‐ top, but always had his arm extended to help someone rise to the top with him. And for that, all love him. “God doesn’t live for us. We live for God.” Robert Broussard, Sr. This was his philosophy. Robert was rewarded on this earth for walking in God’s steps. He had the fortune of enjoying the fruits of his labor and of the life he cre‐ ated with his pretty little wife. They watched their children succeed over and over again. His big girl, Erica, became the first medical doctor in his fam‐ ily. His baby girl, Dana, earned her doctorate in psychology and touches lives in the same way he did, and his namesake, Robert Jr., followed in his

footsteps and began his own immensely successful insurance agency. Robert had an opportunity to cre‐ ate memories with all of his grandchildren, taking them to school, cheering at games, and playing peeka-boo. And now, Robert’s work is done. God has or‐ dered his steps to eternal peace. Although it pains us survivors to see him go, we know he is up above, im‐ ploring us to honor his spirit, to make a great time out of a good time, to be a friend and family member someone can count on. If we can live by his example, may we be blessed to have the amazing family, life and career of the one and only, Robert “Bob” Brous‐ sard, Sr. Robert is survived by his wife, Dr. Jinx Cole‐ man Broussard, and their children, Dr. Erica Brous‐ sard Bart, Dr. Dana Brous‐ sard Labat, and Robert Broussard, Jr.; Son- and daughter-in- law Kevin Bart and Sasha Steib Broussard; Ryan grandchildren, Labat, Gabriel Joseph Robert Labat, Nadia Elise Bart, Fallon Victoria Bart, Savannah Marie Broussard, and Robert “Saint” Brous‐ sard III. Robert’s siblings include James Broussard (Theresa) of Maurice, La.; Eva Broussard Whetstone (Michael) of New Orleans, La; Rose Broussard of La; Warren Lafayette, Broussard of Houston, Tx; and Charlotte Williams of sistersand Lafayette; brothers-in law, Betty Cole‐ man Clement of LaPlace, Eva Colemen of La; La; Warren Vacherie, Joseph Coleman (Brenda) of Wallace, La.; Larry Cole‐ man (Patricia) of New Or‐ leans, La; and Amy Cole‐ man Moore (Marcus) of DeSoto, Tx. Robert is sur‐ vived by a host of nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, in‐ cluding Keisha NelsonBoutee (Martin); Kaisha Nelson, Chastity Rubin, Broussard Hall Krystal (Tommy), Kelly Broussard, Anthony Broussard, and Loni Broussard, all of Hous‐ ton, Tx; Chelsea Fields (Eric) of Lafayette, La.; Melanie Clement of DeS‐ oto, Tx; Maya Clement; Warren Coleman III (Sha‐ juandra) of Wallace, La.; Marcus Cole Moore of Houston, Tx; Colin Moore of Austin, Tx; Jeramie Cole‐ man (Maya) and Javon Ly‐ muel (April) of New Or‐ leans, La; godchildren, and a host of other family and friends. For many mar‐ riages, the spouse learns that their life partner is part of a package deal. Robert found out early on that Jinx Coleman came with Eva Coleman. After decades of Eva being a constant in their lives, the three of them nicknamed themselves the Three Ami‐ gos and the Three Muske‐ teers. Eva was right there by their sides until the end. Although Robert loved all his nieces and nephews, he considered it one of his greatest honors to be the Parrain of James Charles. They loved each other be‐ yond measure and their was undeniable. bond Robert was preceded in death by his father, Wal‐ lace Broussard; mother, Thelma Mire Broussard; and brother, Harold. The services will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2025, beginning with visitation at 9:00 a.m. at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 7300 Crowder Blvd, in New Orleans, Louisiana. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11:00 a.m. Before mass begins, tributes will provided by The be Pontchartrain Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, and sister chapters, as well as by Robert Brous‐ sard, Jr. The recitation of the rosary will precede the funeral. Internment: South‐ east Louisiana Veterans Slidell, LA. Cemetery, Arrangements entrusted to D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral. com to sign the online guestbook, share memo‐ ries and condolences with the family. In Lieu of ﬂow‐ ers, please donate to the St. Augustine High School Marching 100 by visiting the link below. Please write In Honor of Robert Brous‐ sard, Sr. in the Special In‐ structions. https://secure. lglforms.com/form_ engine/s/l2G4uvfmBmb s34XlAEg0gQ

lessis Brumfield, better known as "Catherine or Cathy", departed this life on Thursday December 18, 2025 at Ochsner Hospital Main Campus. She was 78 years old and a resident of Marrero LA. She was born in Davant LA. on November 24, 1947 to the late Alix and Marguerite C. Duplessis. Devoted wife of the late Brumfield. Maurice Beloved mother of Wendy P. Sterling (Byron Sr.). Lov‐ ing grandmother of Byron Jr. and Izayah Nyjil Ster‐ ling. Sister of Patricia Mor‐ ris (Elias Deceased), Veron‐ ica Shafer (Myron), Gabriel Duplessis (Letia), Monica Couvertier (Robert), Marcia (Leonard), and Lightell Alex Duplessis (Lisa). She is also survived by a de‐ voted niece Alexis Dup‐ lessis, as well as other sev‐ nieces, nephews, eral cousins, other relatives and devoted friends. Rela‐ tives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral service on Tuesday January 6, 2026 at St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church located at 455 Ames Blvd., Marrero LA. 70072. The visitation will begin at 9AM followed by a 10AM mass. Father Sidney Speaks will officiate and entombment will fol‐ low in Westlawn Cemetery located at 1225 Whitney Ave., Terrytown LA. 70056. Funeral planning entrusted to Robinson Family Funeral (504) 208-2119 Home (Derek Lightell Sr. Funeral Director). For online condo‐ lences please visit www. robinsonfamilyfuneralho me.com.

Dorsey, Jomonique

With sadness we share the passing of Jomonique Dorsey, on December 13, 2025. Please visit www.rho desfuneral.com to view service information, sign online guestbook, send ﬂowers and share condo‐ lences.

Edwards Jr., Charles

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at New Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, 1442 31st Street, Kenner, LA. Viewing: 10:00 a.m. Service: 11:00 a.m. Rev. Fredrick Matthews, Pastor and Officiant. Interment will follow at Restlawn Park Cemetery, Avondale, LA. Richardson Funeral Home of Jefferson, River Ridge, LA is entrusted with the arrangements. www.ri chardsonfuneralhomeofjef ferson.com

Jones, Donald 'Duck Boy'

Donald "Duck Boy" Jones departed this life on Friday, December 19, 2025, at the age of 67. He was a native of New Orleans, LA and a resident of Baton Rouge, LA. Beloved ﬁancée of Deatra Joseph. Loving father of Donald Jones, Jr. and Donisha Jones. Bonus father of Kent and Sharond Joseph. Donald is survived by his grandchildren, great siblings, grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Rela‐ tives and friends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁ‐ cers, and members of Holy Anointed House of Prayer, all neighboring and churches are invited to at‐ tend the Celebration of Life at Holy Anointed House of Prayer 1447 Senate St. New Orleans, LA on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00a.m. Visitation will begin at 8:30a.m. until service time the above named at church. Interment: Provi‐ Park Cemeterydence Metairie, LA. Arrangements by Davis Mortuary Service 230 Monroe St. Gretna, LA. To view and sign the guest‐ book, please go to www. davismortuaryservice.com. Face Masks Are Recom‐ mended.

Jones, Jennie Louise Gourrier 'Grandma' Charles Edwards, Jr., transitioned on December 18, 2025, at the age of 72. Charles is survived by his loving and devoted wife Elder Cynthia Lewis Ed‐ wards, daughters; Ceme‐ Shelby (Herman), tria Crushana Monroe (Barry), Christian Edwards. Grand‐ children; Darren Darens‐ burg and Sean Shelby, great grandchild; Devyn Darensburg, one sister; Joyce Dalcour, one brother; Kenneth Edwards (Toni). Preceded in death by par‐ ents Gladys Perkins Ed‐ wards and Charles Ed‐ wards, Sr. Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Family, friends and coworkers of South‐ east Louisiana State Hospi‐ tal of Mandeville, Victori‐ ous Life, Bibleway MBC and St. Anthony Divine SCC are invited to attend the Cele‐ bration of Charles’ life on Saturday, January 3, 2026, for 11:00 a.m. at Victorious Life Family Worship Center, Richmond Dr., 8896 Laplace, LA 70068. Visita‐ tion will begin at 9:00 a.m. Apostle Renita Graber, ofﬁ‐ ciating. Interment will fol‐ low at Saint John Memorial Gardens, 2205 West Airline Hwy, Laplace, LA 70068. Guestbook Online: www. anewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Di‐ rectors.

throughout her remarkable life. Her devotion to nurtur‐ ing young minds extended well into her nineties, as she worked at St. Mary’s Academy High School in New Orleans until the age of 90. Earlier, Jennie was the proud owner of Gour‐ rier’s Day Care Center, one of the largest nurseries in uptown New Orleans’ 13th ward during the late 1970s, located at 4716 Camp Street. Continuing her pas‐ sion for education, “Grandma” began teaching religion to pre-K through 5th grade students at Cor‐ pus Christi Elementary Di‐ vision in the early 1980s. Her gentle guidance, steadfast faith, and gen‐ uine love for children made her a beloved ﬁgure in the community. Jennie was known for her soft-spoken nature, kind heart, gen‐ erosity, and unwavering belief in the power of prayer. She embodied the qualities of an earth angel, a strong pillar, a solid sol‐ dier, and a devoted servant of God. Jennie Louise Gour‐ rier Jones was preceded in death by her beloved hus‐ band Leonard E. Jones Jr., her parents Albert and Marion Gourrier, her sis‐ ters Helena Pecot and Eliz‐ abeth Hudson, her broth‐ ers Albert J. Gourrier Jr., Fallery Gourrier, Alvin Gourrier Sr., and Gregory Gourrier Sr., her daughter Sister Jennie Louise Jones S.S.F., her son Benjamin Jones, and her great-great grandson Sevyn M. Tate. She leaves to cherish her memory two sons: Carl A. Jones and Leonard E. Jones III (the late Gwendolyn Jones); one granddaugh‐ Caesar ter, Mikeall (Rickey); two grandsons, Jeffery Lewis and Jude Lewis (Toshibba); two great-granddaughters, Jen‐ nie Louise Elise Hawkins and Penelope Lewis; four great-grandsons, Stanley M. Tate (Stephanie), Carter Lewis, Oliver Lewis, and Sawyer Lewis; her god‐ child, Tiffany Kirk; her beloved dog, Benny Jones; two brothers, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Jennie “Grandma” will be truly missed and live forever in our hearts. The family ex‐ tends heartfelt thanks to all who have supported and loved Jennie through‐ out her life. Her legacy of love, kindness, and faith will continue to inspire all who had the privilege to know her. “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Matthew 25:23 Relatives and friends also priest and parishioners of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, are invited to at‐ tend the Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 411 N. Rampart Street beginning 10 am. Fa‐ ther Tony Rigoli, OMI, cele‐ brant. Church visitation 9 am until time of Mass. In‐ terment St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery No. 2, 1950 So‐ niat Street. Professional service entrusted to Little‐ john Funeral Home, 2163 Aubry Street, Cal K. John‐ son, Manager/Funeral Di‐ rector. Info: 504-940-0045.

Joseph Jr., Oscar Jennie Louise “Grandma” Gourrier Jones entered eternal life on Sat‐ urday, December 13, 2025, at 8:25 a.m., passing away peacefully in New Orleans, Louisiana. Born on March 12, 1933, to the union of Al‐ bert and Marion Gourrier, Jennie was raised in a lov‐ ing and faith-ﬁlled home. She graduated from Xavier University Preparatory High School in 1950, where she met her lifetime love, Leonard E. Jones Jr., whom she later married. Jennie, affectionately known as “Grandma” or “Grandma Jones,” touched the lives of countless children

Oscar Joseph Jr. was born on October 3, 1935, to the late Oscar Joseph Sr. and Samelia Poche in St. James Parish, Louisiana. He was a dedicated and hardworking man who re‐

tired from both Highland and Avondale Refinery Shipyard, where he worked as a shipfitter and a fore‐ man. Oscar was a faithful and devoted member of New St. Matthews Baptist Church. Under the pastoral leadership of Reverend Lovelace, he was baptized later served the and church faithfully as a Dea‐ con. Oscar married the love of his life, Odessa (affectionately Joseph as his “Black known Queen”) on September 3, 1987, and together they shared 38 wonderful years of marriage filled with love devotion. Lovingly and known as Papa and Dadee, Oscar found his greatest joy in spending quality time with his family, espe‐ cially his grandchildren, whom he adored and cher‐ ished deeply. He was an avid sports fan, with a spe‐ cial love for baseball and the Dallas Cowboys, and he especially enjoyed gather‐ ing every Sunday to feast at his beloved granddaugh‐ ter Quan’s home. On Tues‐ day, December 23, 2025, Oscar transitioned peace‐ fully to his eternal home. He was preceded in death by his parents Oscar and Joseph: four Samelia brothers George Joseph, Clarence Joseph, Frederick Joseph and Wilbert Joseph, Sr.; four sisters, Emily Joseph, Beatrice Suther‐ land, Yvonne Smith and Samelia Ross; and one son Kevin Bo Joseph. He leaves behind to cherish him: his wife Odessa devoted Joseph, 9 children: Kathy Joseph, Oscar Joseph Jr., Lester Joseph of Donald‐ sonville, La, Sandra Missy (Kevin), An‐ Brumfield Net WIlliams toinette Dwayne Joseph (Rick), (Nekole), Marvin Joseph of Bridge City, La, Brian Joseph (Sharon) of Harvey La. 5 step-children: Wanda Robinson (James), Cardella Mayho, Thomas Mayho (Keshawn), Norva Nwosu (Ben) and Karen Sumner 42 Grandchildren, 57 Great grandchildren, 12 great great grandchildren, sev‐ eral nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters in law, and several dear friends and neighbors. Relatives and friends of the family , pastor officers and mem‐ bers of New St. Matthew B.C., New Zion B.C., and all neighboring churches are invited to attend the fu‐ neral service on Friday Jan‐ uary 2, 2026 at New Zion B.C. church located at 1131 Garden Road, Marrero LA. 70072. The visitation will begin at 8AM followed by a 10AM service. Rev. Jordan L. Robinson Sr., host pastor Rev. Clarence and Lovelace, pastor of New St. Matthew B.C. will officiate. Interment will be held on Saturday January 3, 2026 in Woodland Park Memorial Cemetery 9820 Nine Mile Point Road , Westwego LA. 70094 at 10AM. The repast will be held on Friday im‐ mediately following the service at the Marrero Community Center 1425 Walkertown Way, Marrero LA. Funeral planning en‐ trusted to Robinson Family Funeral Home (504) 2082119. For online condo‐ lences please visit www. robinsonfamilyfuneralho me.com

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Energy workers can drive America forward Last year reminded America of it honors the workers on the a timeless truth our grandparents ground. Energy workers are understood: When you empower America’s competitive edge, not a the people who fuel your footnote. When policies renation, prosperity follows. spect their grit and reduce In 2025, energy policy regulatory burdens, prishifted from a defensive vate investment surges, position to bold offense creating high-wage jobs under new leadership. and revitalizing communiThe results reverberated ties. Scott across America at the gas Third, domestic energy Angelle funds true conservation. pump. GUEST We are thankful for the This isn’t a talking point, COLUMNIST it’s fiscal reality. The contributions of the Gulf of America builders, fabGreat American Outdoors ricators, boat captains, engineers Act channels up to $1.9 billion and offshore crews that helped to annually from federal energy revenues to restore national make these results possible, all parks, wildlife refuges and public in an energy basin that is one of lands, with much of it sourced our planet’s most productive and environmentally responsible pro- from responsible oil and gas producing provinces. duction in places like the Gulf of When policymakers treat doAmerica. Fourth, emissions reductions mestic oil and gas as a strategic stem from innovation, not manasset rather than a liability, communities thrive, jobs multiply and dates. The United States has families breathe easier. slashed greenhouse gas emissions I drew six lessons from 2025: by approximately 17% below First, reliability is a core value, 2005 levels, even as oil and gas not mere rhetoric. Americans output grew, thanks to American judge policy by outcomes: lights ingenuity in cleaner technologies that stay on and bills that don’t and efficient practices. break the bank. Efforts to bolster Fifth, the Gulf of America is grid resilience and invest in criti- a leader in low-carbon intensity production, displacing dirtier forcal infrastructure underscored that dependable, affordable doeign alternatives while lowering worldwide emissions. mestic energy, rooted in oil and Sixth, permitting reform is esgas, is the bedrock of family stability and economic growth. sential policy. Overregulation, reSecond, an “all-of-the-above” dundant reviews and protracted strategy succeeds only when timelines stifle wells, pipelines

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An offshore supply vessel works alongside the Hess Gulfstar oil platform at the Tubular Bells field. and grid expansions. Moving forward, we need to continue playing offense. Momentum demands focus and action. To secure 2025’s gains, we must aggressively tackle challenges, especially in the Gulf of America. Predictable lease sales, stable timelines and globally competitive ﬁscal terms to attract investment maintain environmentally advantaged production and sustain the ports, shipyards and service ﬁrms that underpin Loui-

siana’s middle class. We must secure the entire energy chain, from molecules to electrons, by integrating pipelines, reﬁneries, power plants and transmission as uniﬁed assets for resilience. Our workforce is a strategic priority: Vocational training, veteran transitions, maritime skills and apprenticeships are vital. Progress is fragile. Every contractor bidding projects, shipyard hiring crews and offshore worker

eyeing schedules knows clarity will quickly evaporate if we return to energy defense. We are reminded that there are no wealthy low energy consuming nations on the planet. In many ways, energy consumption has become a proxy for human prosperity. Given that America has experienced six recessions from 1973 to 2019, all preceded by spikes in energy prices, it should not be debatable that American energy, including that from the Gulf of America, represents the best opportunity to achieve national energy dominance while curbing global emissions, supercharging the economy with family-sustaining wages and vibrant Main Streets and fortifying security by powering homes, hospitals and defenses without foreign reliance. We call it Balancing the 3Es: environment, energy and economy. When unleashed, American energy workers have demonstrated the ability to play offense by delivering secure, clean, affordable energy. In 2025, equilibrium returned and rekindled our spirit. In 2026, let’s lock it in. Scott Angelle is former lieutenant governor of Louisiana and former director of the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. He is the founder of USA Energy Workers.

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Optimism about U.S. comes from persistence, not our perfection

Diabetes isn’t just a growing national con- staggering. Diagnosed diabetes costs Louisiana an escern — it’s a crisis in Louisiana. More than 14% of Louisiana adults have timated $6.9 billion annually. diagnosed diabetes, significantly higher Americans with diabetes have medical than the national average of 8.5%. Each expenses more than 2.5 times higher than year, nearly 40,000 Louisianans are diagthose without. But when patients receive nosed with diabetes, which was the seventh preventive oral care — especially treatleading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023. ment for gum disease — overall health care Too often, discussions about this costs drop. alarming trend focus solely on mediOne study showed that periodontal treatment reduced overall health cal treatments, lifestyle changes or care spending by 12% to 14%, dethe rising use of GLP-1 medications. But there’s a critical part of the pending on insurance type. diabetes story we’re overlooking: Another indicated that providing oral health. Damien nonsurgical oral health care for gum That’s why I want to shift the condisease could reduce the chance of Cuffie tooth loss by 34% and save individuversation on this expensive health GUEST burden; we need to tackle this with a COLUMNIST als roughly $6,000 annually on health new lens. As a general dentist workcare costs. And even a 1% drop in high blood sugar levels can reduce ing specifically with medically comtotal diabetes-related health care costs by promised patients, I’ve seen firsthand how 13%, according to another study. poor oral health both amplifies the risks of All of this underscores the need to broaddiabetes and worsens health outcomes. And yet, the connection between these two isen how we diagnose, treat and educate. If Louisiana hopes to reverse its troubling sues is not widely understood. diabetes trend, we must embrace a more While periodontal disease doesn’t cause diabetes or vice versa, the two can influence comprehensive approach — one that breaks down the silos between dental and medical each other. care. Diabetes weakens the body’s ability to Dentists are uniquely positioned to detect fight infection, making people more suscepsigns of diabetes — even before a physician tible to gum disease, which itself can fuel does. inflammation and make blood sugar harder A 2011 study at the Columbia University to control. College of Dental Medicine dental clinic High blood sugar also increases the showed dentists correctly identified 73% of amount of sugar and acid in the mouth, acpatients who had diabetes or prediabetes. celerating tooth decay and leading to dry That’s an immense opportunity to intervene mouth, which in turn traps bacteria and early, especially when over a third of people food debris. with diabetes are unaware they have it. The result? More serious infections, The rise in diabetes among both children impaired chewing and nutrition and a draand adults over the past two decades is a matic increase in tooth loss. wake-up call. And the data is striking: Having diabetes Tackling this epidemic requires not just increases the risk of gum disease by 86%, medication or lifestyle changes, but a shift while adults over age 50 with diabetes are 46% more likely to have fewer than 20 teeth in how we view the whole person — includand 56% more likely to suffer from severe ing their mouth. tooth loss. And the impact goes far beyond Let’s start in the dental chair. And condental function. Missing teeth can affect sider this the next time you visit the dentist: mental health, job prospects and overall It may do more than save your smile. It may well-being. Worse still, this decline can be save your life. entirely preventable with routine dental care. Damien Cuffie is the dental director for DenThe financial implications are equally taQuest in Louisiana.

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anomalies. They were defining tests. And at each turning point, progress was pushed forward by ordinary people — people who As this year came to a close, I refused to surrender the promise wanted to end on a note of confiof freedom and justice for all. Progress did not arrive quickly, dence — confidence in our counquietly or without sacrifice. But try, confidence in our people and confidence in the democratic ide- it arrived because the majority als that have guided us for nearly of Americans ultimately chose principle over fear and inclusion two and a half centuries. There are voices today predict- over division. That is the enduring ing the collapse of democstrength of this nation. racy, warning that authoriNot blind optimism, but tarianism is inevitable and hard-earned resilience. suggesting that the AmeriNot perfection, but a can experiment is nearing shared belief that we its end. I am not among them. I have listened careNorman can — and must — do fully to the mood of this Robinson better. Democracy has always been noisy, concountry — in conversaGUEST tions, in communities and COLUMNIST tentious and fragile. Yet across generations — and it has proven remarkI find that the majority of ably durable because it is Americans remain deeply comsustained by citizens who undermitted to the ideals established stand that its survival depends by our forefathers in the Constion their participation, vigilance and courage. tution and the Bill of Rights. So as we look to the future, I Those who fear that the greatremain hopeful. est social experiment in the hisNot because the challenges tory of mankind is on the brink of before us are small, but because dissolution may not be students of our history. This nation has en- our capacity to confront them has been proven time and again. dured some of humanity’s darkWe are held together by the quiet est chapters and survived them decency of millions who still — not because we were perfect, believe in the rule of law, the but because we were persistent. dignity of every human being We began with the near destruction of Native American na- and the promise of equal justice tions. We endured the moral stain under that law. And as we continue this unfinof slavery, followed by a brutal civil war that tested whether this ished journey, we would do well union could survive at all. We to remember the words written lived through the cruelty of Jim by theologian Theodore Parker Crow, the exclusion and demoniand made popular by Martin Luther King Jr.: “The arc of the zation of immigrants, the sysmoral universe is long, but it tematic suppression of women’s bends towards justice.” voices and the ongoing struggle for equal access to the ballot for communities of color. Norman Robinson is a former These injustices were not TV anchor and speaker.

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‘I see so much opportunity’ As a new mayor is set to take over, what does New Orleans need most? The newspaper recently invited four New Orleans leaders to talk about their plans and expectations for next year and beyond. Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, City Council President JP Morrell, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and GNO, Inc. President and CEO Michael Hecht joined columnist Stephanie Grace last month for the panel, which can be viewed in full at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=j8M4CcgMHvk. The following is an excerpt of their conversation, edited for length and clarity. Grace: Political campaigns usually focus on the big things candidates want to do, and then eventually reality sets in. Helena, reality set in for you immediately. Given that, what can we expect in your first year? Moreno: I actually get this all the time. People ask me, “Helena, with the budget crisis that you’re dealing with now, can you really get these things done?” And the answer is yes. Remember that many of the things I talked about during the campaign, as far as providing better services for the people of the city, really didn’t have a lot to do with money. They had to do with better coordination, better collaboration, better management, better oversight. That piece doesn’t need any money. The other piece was that there needed to be better partnerships and better collaboration with the state and with our City Council, and those are also things that I can bring to the table. In fact, if anything, because of better collaboration with the state, we could probably get more money coming in. And one of the big things that I talked about was creating a street maintenance program and bringing a lot of the work in-house. How do we reduce our contracting costs, and by getting those reductions, find efficiencies? All those things are still possible. I see so much opportunity. Grace: JP, New Orleans traditionally has a strong mayor, but the council has certain specific responsibilities, including overseeing the budget. What can the council do to keep this from happening again? Morrell: I do think the council has tremendous authority, but the challenge we’ve had is that when we came in, we tried to expand our oversight via ordinance. But one thing I realized is that I had a fundamental misunderstanding of how the council’s relationship with the budget worked coming from the Legislature. The Legislature is in a similar role as the council, but in the state Constitution, the Legislature has teeth; when a budget is passed, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget has to approve any effort by the governor to move money around or spend money that is not budgeted. What we began to identify very early on is that there are no guardrails on the mayor of New Orleans. Once a budget is passed, there is nothing that prevents any mayor from moving money around without council approval, because the charter essentially says the mayor and the CAO can reconcile the budget at any given point to address obligations. So something we’ve already worked on, and that is going to go to voters in May, is a charter amendment to say that if a mayor wants to spend money that is not in the budget, they have to come back to the council. Grace: Jason, a DA’s office traditionally gets involved in cases after someone’s been arrested, but you’ve got several initiatives aimed at getting at the root of

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New Orleans Mayor-elect Helena Moreno, far left, speaks as City Council President JP Morrell, columnist Stephanie Grace, District Attorney Jason Williams and Greater New Orleans Inc. President and CEO Michael Hecht listen during a forum on the future of New Orleans hosted by The TimesPicayune and NOLA.com on Nov. 9. crime, which is another existential issue for the city’s future. Why are you taking them on? Williams: Rahm Emanuel famously said you should never let a crisis go to waste. And we’ve had a crisis long before this budget crisis. We put screeners in each police district so that we got better police reports and better evidence, and you started seeing us win more cases in court. At the same time, what Desmond Tutu told us was that we can’t just keep pulling people out of the river; sometimes we have to go upstream and figure out why they’re falling in. So our NO DICE program is working with folks inside of City Hall, whether it’s getting street lights up, whether it’s cleaning up a park so that the drug dealers don’t come back after they’re arrested. We got to a point where we realized that police and prosecutors are not what makes us safe. It’s a group lift. Grace: Michael, let’s shift to the private sector. What is ready to bear fruit? Hecht: There are so many projects that I’m excited about. The Charity Hospital redevelopment by Tulane is a total game-changer. It’s almost an urban blind spot right now. It’s not even blight; you don’t even see it. If you look at what happens when other schools go into their downtowns, the revitalization, the research that it generates, the amenities… The River District. I know there are some questions now about how it’s going to play out, but we are going to get it done. Going downriver to the old Naval Support Activity base, finally getting that redeveloped into hundreds of units of affordable housing and a new lab which is, in my opinion, the best incubator for construction and tech firms in the country. Then further downriver, the Louisiana International Terminal. It keeps Louisiana in the shipping game because the new, bigger vessels are too tall to get under the Crescent City Connection, but the one neighborhood that stands to benefit the most is New Orleans East, because all the trucks are going to come out the new road. That whole area is going to be distribution, manufacturing and logistics.

that got done. Helena, you talked about this in your campaign. What’s next? Moreno: I talked about having Super Bowl-level services, not just when there’s a big event coming to town. And what I meant was that, as we were getting ready for Super Bowl, Michael led a team of city agencies and outside groups and made sure that we were troubleshooting all of the different issues, whether it was a whole set of street lights that wasn’t working or ensuring that Poydras Street got done in record amount of time. I’ve talked about a coordinating council to create Super Bowl-level all the time. What I haven’t told Michael yet is that I would like him to be part of it. Grace: One question for you, Michael, and the DA as well, is what do you need from the mayor and the council to be successful? Williams: Well, I would say money, but we know that’s off the table for a little while. What I need from these guys is something that they were just talking about. When there is foot traffic, when there are families walking up and down Canal Street, when there are families playing in parks, when there’s visibility, that makes the criminal element uncomfortable. That is a city reclaiming the commons for themselves and choosing a side. I need us as a city, as city leaders, as business leaders and community leaders, to develop a public wellness strategy so that we will never be the murder capital again. And then the whole country is going to look at New Orleans as a blueprint for what public safety is. Grace: Michael, I assume crime is something you get asked about. Hecht: It’s absolutely one of them, but let me frame this in terms of four things that will drive prosperity and ultimately population growth for us. One is economic opportunity. So having a mayor and a council that want to fix licensing and permitting is critical, as is having leadership that we can bring a business prospect to that will inspire confidence. The second thing is quality of life, not only safety from violence, but also from the weather. The third thing is affordability, so working on affordable housing, doing things like the fortified roof Super Bowl services for all? program to bring down insurance Grace: Let’s talk Super Bowl. Mi- cost, matter. The fourth thing that ties it all chael, you were appointed by Gov. together is what I’m particularly Jeff Landry to coordinate work

excited about. That is the ability to tell a story and create a vision of what the future of the city looks like. We have not told that story well, and I think we can now start telling it better.

Looking to the future Grace: What does New Orleans look like in two years? Is the budget stabilized? What projects are coming online? Morrell: My goal in two years, first off, is to not be going to the state begging for revenue bonds, to get the budget in a place where it is self-sufficient and where we have efficient services for the amount of money people are paying in tax dollars. When you look at the growth of the budget, even before COVID when it exploded in size, it is kind of difficult to explain how it could have grown to the size it had and services not improved at all. And I think the challenge is, if and when we grow the budget, there are benchmarks to say that if we’re going to raise your sanitation fee, here’s what you’re going to get in exchange, or if we are going to advocate for a drainage fee, here is why we’re doing it. Here’s how this will potentially lower your taxes. Moreno: In two years, I want the perception of the city to be changed to the positive, where we are now looking like a very transparent and accountable government, one that is very fair and transparent around contracting, a government that works toward operational excellence, one that is budgeting to ensure that every single taxpayer dollar is being spent correctly, where we are making proper investments to what Jason was talking about in prevention to ensure that we have a safer city. We’ve been doing that, and to continue down that path is critically important. And so that, to me, will be success in two years, if people are feeling this different vibe and are seeing a new type of City Hall. Williams: So brick and mortar, two years from now, there’s a DNA lab so that we’re not only testing murders and rapes but also car burglaries, so we can connect the dots between people that are going from different areas. It’s in process. Also, I just renovated a bathroom. It took way too long to get that permit. We’ve got to make sure that it’s not this hard for people to do small things with their homes. That’s going to have

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a ripple effect. Hecht: I think in two years we will have Super Bowl-level infrastructure across a majority of the city with a commitment to get the rest done. Grace: How about in 20 years? Williams: We have art, we have culture, we have architecture. We have Armstrong Park, which is this beautiful asset at the edge of the French Quarter that leads into Treme. We’ve got Canal Street, which is our Champs Elysees, which we’re not using upper floors of, and we haven’t had a strategic plan for a long time. Imagine if those areas were bustling with locals, with visitors. Now people are talking about New Orleans in a way they haven’t in a very long time. Hecht: A lot of the things we’re talking about doing now are fixing what’s broke, literally and figuratively, filling the potholes. If we’re going to achieve the vision that we’re articulating in 20 years, it means that over the next eight years we’re going to have to change the systems so that regardless of who is in office, we are going to organically do the right thing because the incentives are right, the laws are right. Morrell: I think to that end, when you look over the next 20 years, the goal is the groundwork that will be laid during this administration with this council to create a New Orleans that operates differently than it’s operated for the last 50-60 years. In a functional city, you should not have ups and downs. The fact that we’ve had multiple new administrations that have had to come in and furlough employees for multiple months, that tells you the city is functionally dysfunctional. If you can’t convince people that the city will be functional regardless of who is the mayor, that is a huge barrier to long-term investment. Moreno: To look at where we’re going to be in 20 years and where we want to be, you need to take a look at successful cities across the country and where they were 20 years prior. There’s a couple things that come into play. One is that the city services are good and that it’s easy to live in these cities. Number two, people feel safe. And then number three is that there’s opportunity overall. People have to move there to get a job, because it’s where the opportunities are. That’s how you transform the city in 20 years.

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With sadness we share the passing of Julia Lacey, on December 22, 2025. Please visit www.rhodesf uneral.com to view service information, sign online guestbook, send ﬂowers and share condolences.

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Preceded in death: L.H, Matthew, Dudley, Obezene, and Rachelle. He will be re‐ membered and forever cherished for the countless lives he touched. Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, January 3, 2025, for 10:00 a.m. at Mt. Calvary Interna‐ tional Worship Center, 1600 Westwood Drive, Marrero, LA 70072. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Apostle Terry Gullage Sr., ofﬁciat‐ ing. Interment will follow Westlawn Memorial at Park. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins. com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Di‐ rectors.

able Sitting Company for over 20 years until retire‐ ment. Relatives, friends and members of New Zion Baptist Church, Abundant Life Tabernacle Full Gospel Church and Greater Bethany Church of Maringouin, LA are invited to attend the funeral. A Celebration Service honor‐ ing the life and legacy of the late Ora Minor Prater will be held at New Zion Baptist Church , 2319 Third Street, New Orleans, LA 70113 on Friday, January 2, 2026 at 10 am. Interment Minor Town Cemetery, Spillman, LA. Visitation 9 am in the church. Please sign online guestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion, Directors (504)581 4411.

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Harold Magee Sr., passed away from this life and entered into eternity on December 26, 2025. Harold was a generous man with a heat wide open to the world, someone who never met a stranger and welcomed everyone with kindness, warmth, and connection. genuine Harold was the 9th child born to Dudley and Fleeta Magee, both of whom pre‐ ceded him in death. He was married to Mary Pow‐ ell Magee for fifty-five years who also preceded him in death. Harold was a landscaper hardworking hands shaped whose beauty from the earth. With dedication and unwa‐ vering pride in his craft, he poured his heart into every yard he touched. His work was more than a job which was a reflection of his strength, his care, and the love he carried for the peo‐ ple he served. Left to cher‐ ish his memory are his beloved children, Terry Green (Welton), Harold Jr. (Shontella), Jeffifer Magee Rowland (Gregory), Keith (Jaliska), Gerald, Analicia grandchil‐ Schexnyder, dren: Maria, Candace, Je‐ S., Jeremy M., remy Gabrielle, Shamon, Jailynn, Jr., G’Nyia, Kai, Keith Renard, ReAnn, Danae, Renae, Raeniece, great Layla, grandchildren: Leonard, London, Kimiyah, Amaria, Phoenix, Isabella, Sanna, Kaylix, Keylix. Also survived by two sisters: Jerline Bridges and Elnora one brother: Magee, Clarence Magee (Gloria).

With sadness we share the passing of Willie Mae Robinson, on December 28, 2025. Please visit www.rho desfuneral.com to view service information, sign online guestbook, send ﬂowers and share condo‐ lences.

Ora Minor Prater, age 88, was born on October 21, 1937 in Cornor, LA to the late Eshand, Sr. and Clara Minor. She peacefully entered eternal rest on Fri‐ day, December 26, 2025. Loving mother of Carlos (Michele) Prater. Beloved sister of Shirley M. Dotson and bonus brother/ nephew, Woodrow Minor. Grandmother of Roque Caston, Jr. Loving great grandmother of Christione, Christopher Jr., Chris‐ shawn and D’Anna Mon‐ tegue. Godmother of Ur‐ sula Borland and Eric D. Minor . Ora is fondly re‐ membered by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family members and friends. Also survived by three friends whom she loved dearly, Geraldine (Jerry) Robertson, Doris Puller and Larry Jones. In addition to her parents, Ora is also preceded in death by her husband, John E. Prater; son, Darryl Prater; grandson, Christo‐ pher Montegue, Sr., and nephew, Harry Dotson. Ora graduated in 1957 from John Daruson High School and worked for Depend‐

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ness. A true lover of life, Linda enjoyed celebrating birthdays and holidays with those she held dear, often surrounded by her beloved grand pets. She treasured spending time with her grandchildren, who affectionately called her "Grammy," and was al‐ ways ready for a friendly card game or a challenge with a puzzle. Her competi‐ tive nature was matched only by her love of learn‐ ing, whether she was en‐ gaging in a lively game of cards or solving complex puzzles. Her occasional spunky demeanor and zest for life left a lasting im‐ pression on everyone she met. Linda's ability to ﬁnd joy in simple things and her caring, nurturing pres‐ ence will be missed by all who know her. Linda is sur‐ vived by her devoted hus‐ band of 58 years, Ernest J. Smith III; her children Dar‐ ren Smith (Melissa), Court‐ ney Mine (Derrick), and Ernest Smith (Amy); and her cherished grandchil‐ dren Austin Lachney, Blaze Smith, Braeden Mine, Katie Smith, and Drew Smith. She also leaves behind a host of family members and friends who will con‐ tinue to carry her memory in their hearts. The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff at Heritage Manor of Slidell and Notre Dame Hospice for their compas‐ sionate care and support during Linda’s ﬁnal days. A celebration of Linda’s life will be held at a later date. Funeral planning entrusted to Robinson Family Funeral Home (504) 208-2119. For online condolence please visit www.Robinsonfamilyf unerahome.com.

Thomas, Patricia M. Linda Milner Smith. Au‐ gust 6, 1947 – December 24, 2025. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Linda Milner Smith, who peacefully en‐ tered eternal rest on De‐ cember 24, 2025, sur‐ rounded by her loving fam‐ ily. Linda was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Au‐ gust 6, 1947, and spent most of her life in the city before relocating to Slidell in 2006. Linda's life was marked by her unwavering love for family and friends. She was known for her warm smile, playful spirit, and a heart full of kind‐

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Patricia M. Thomas passed away on December 15, 2025. Patricia is sur‐ vived by her husband

Johnelll Thomas, children: Johnathan and Wynton, bonus daughter Shontell grandchildren: Thomas, Aria, Nettie and Zaya, sib‐ lings; Jerome, Nina, and Michelle. Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Preceded in death by her parents George and Elsie Mondy. Family and friends are in‐ vited to attend the Cele‐ bration of Life Service on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 8282 I-10 Service Road, New Orleans, LA for 10:00 a.m. Visitation will begin at 8:00 a.m. Pastor Fred Luter, Jr. ofﬁciating. Interment will follow at Providence Memorial Park 8200 Airline Cemetery, Drive, Metairie, LA on Tues‐ day, January 6, 2026. Live Face‐ streaming: book.com/FABCNOLA, Youtube.com/FABCNOLA, www.Franklinabc.com. Guestbook Online: www. anewtraditionbegins.com (504) 282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Di‐ rectors.

2026, for 2:00 p.m. at Press‐ ing Onward Baptist Church, 2413 Danneel Street, New Orleans, LA 70013. Visita‐ tion will begin at 1:00 p.m. Pastor Malcolm Collins, of‐ ﬁciating. Interment is pri‐ vate. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins. com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Di‐ rectors.

Williams, Lakesia Danielle

Lakesia Danielle Williams passed away on De‐ cember 27, 2025, at the age of 40. Lakesia is survived by her father Gregory Scott, one son; Gustavo Williams, sisters: Jaquella Tricishell Humphries, Williams, Jovan Williams, brothers; Kareem Richards, Jarvis Smith, and Gregory Johnson. Also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, friends and family. Pre‐ ceded in death by her mother Sonya Williams, daughter: Bri’Ana one Williams, Florence Porche, Sylvia Turner Raymond Porche, Alfred Scott, Wal‐ ter Wilson and De’Ari Roberts. Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, January 3,

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Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, left, and running back Kewan Lacy hold up the Sugar Bowl trophy following the team’s win over the Georgia Bulldogs in the Allstate Sugar Bowl game on Thursday at the Caesars Superdome.

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game Thursday night at the No Lane, no problem. Sugar Bowl. The Ole Miss Rebels are the As college football enters SEC’s last team standing. its final two weeks of play, the Who would have thought SEC, the sport’s most popular, that six months ago? hyped and dominant conferHeck, who would have Jeff thought that a month ago, ence, has been reduced to when their head coach, Lane Duncan a single representative. It’s Kiffin, abandoned them for Hotty Toddy or bust for the LSU? league. Now, the Rebels are the undisIt’ll be up to the Rebels to carry the torch for the league when they battle puted kings of the SEC. They are the Miami next weekend in the CFP league’s only remaining team after dispatching Georgia 39-34 in the Colä See DUNCAN, page 6C lege Football Playoff quarterfinal

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Trinidad Chambliss passed for 362 yards and two touchdowns, and Harrison Wallace caught nine of those passes for 156 yards and a touchdown. Kewan Lacy rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns, and Luke Carneiro kicked two record-setting ﬁeld goals and the game-winner. And the Ole Miss defense made it a complete performance by holding Georgia to one second-half touchdown, and the No. 6 Rebels defeated

the No. 3 Bulldogs 39-34 in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the 92nd Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday night in the Caesars Superdome. Georgia tied the score with 56 seconds remaining, but Chambliss connected with De’Zhaun Stribling, who finished with 122 receiving yards, for a 40-yard completion on third-and-5 to set up Carneiro’s 47-yard field goal with six seconds left. The Rebels added a safety on the ensuing kickoff when a Georgia lateral

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Last week’s game against the Tennessee Titans offered a special experience for New Orleans Saints rookie quarterback Tyler Shough. He and fellow rookie quarterback Cam Ward went through the game wearing a microphone for NFL films. It was a “dream come true” for Shough, who said he used to watch the NFL Films Mic’d Up segments on YouTube in class. But the experience was more than a signal of his arrival in the NFL — it was also instructive. NFL Films sent some of the rough film to Shough, and he started breaking it down the way he might with the all-22 game film. “How (am I) interacting with my teammates on the sideline?” Shough said. “How does that look and sound?” Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Atlanta Falcons will be Shough’s ninth NFL start. He has quickly established himself as the future hope of the franchise, having played a large role in driving the

four-game win streak the team is riding into Week 18. Though his play between the whistles has been the engine for that excitement, the Saints are enamored with the leadership qualities Shough has displayed in this debut season. “Until you’re up in front and leading the group, you’re not going to see that part of it,” coach Kellen Moore said. “He’s taken on a leadership role each and every week.” Moore likes the way Shough processes things quickly and moves on, good or bad. The level-headedness and next-play mentality breeds positivity and optimism on the sidelines, the coach said. And it also comes in handy on the ﬁeld. There was a play last week where Shough pulled the ball on a read-option and was stuffed on the ensuing run. It was the wrong decision. “That play happened and it’s over — you

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Showtime is back in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Well, at least the dress rehearsal. The LSU gymnastics team has its first chance to sparkle in the PMAC on Friday night with the program’s annual Gymnastics 101/Open Mike ä Gymnastics Night exhibition meet. 101/Open Mike The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and will be Night 6:30 P.M. streamed live on SECFRIDAy, SECN + Network+. There is no admission charge. Typically, this meet has been held in December. But with LSU still three weeks away from its regular-season home opener Jan. 23 against Kentucky, and in an effort to grow excitement and attendance for the exhibition, coach Jay Clark decided to push

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LSU guard Flau’Jae Johnson makes a move to the hoop against Kentucky forward Teonni Key in the second period of the SEC opener on Thursday, at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Kentucky stuns LSU women in SEC opener BY REED DARCEY

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The start of the LSU women’s basketball team’s SEC opener looked much like the nonconference contests it played this season. A hot start led to a quick doubledigit lead. But a game against Kentucky is no tune-up. The No. 11 Wildcats taught the No. 5 Tigers (14-1) that lesson quickly on Thursday, when they visited the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, gave LSU its first close battle of the season and prevailed 80-78 on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. Senior guard Tonie Morgan hit the game-winner. In the contest’s waning seconds, Mikaylah Williams gave LSU a 78-77 lead when she drew a foul on a 3-point try and buried all her free throws. But then Kentucky called a timeout and set up a shot for Morgan, who stepped back into a 3-pointer on the left wing and drained it in front of LSU forward Amiya Joyner. She finished with 24 points and 12 assists on 7-of-10 shooting. “Came off the screen,” Morgan said, “didn’t like what I saw. I saw the time running down. I was like, ‘I gotta make a play,’ and did a little step back, it went in, and that was it.” In nonconference play, LSU faced unranked Duke and a string of mid-major opponents, while Kentucky gave itself a more difficult schedule. The Wildcats (141) split the pair of contests they played against ranked teams in November, beating No. 13 Louisville and losing to No. 7 Maryland. Kentucky showed that mettle on Thursday. LSU, at times, struggled to defend and rebound against the Wildcats, who shot 43% from the field and fought for a 16-board edge on the glass. The Tigers pulled down only four offensive rebounds. Kentucky grabbed 17, which turned into 18 secondchance points. LSU’s four post players — Koval, Joyner, and freshmen Grace Knox and ZaKiyah Johnson — combined to grab 13 rebounds. Kentucky forward Teonni Key, a 6-foot-5 senior, pulled down 16 boards by herself. “I’m just stunned that we got outrebounded like we did,” coach Kim Mulkey said. “That literally was the difference in the game.” Williams tallied 26 points, eight rebounds and five assists, while Flau’jae Johnson notched 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting. Sophomore point guard Jada Richard and Joyner, a senior transfer forward from East Carolina, each chipped in 14 points. Richard connected

on two of the four 3-pointers she tried. Notre Dame transfer center Kate Koval fouled out in the fourth after tallying only two points and two rebounds in the 17 minutes she played. South Carolina transfer guard MiLaysia Fulwiley scored just two points on 1-of-6 shooting in the 17 minutes she played off the bench. In the first half, LSU rode a hot shooting start to an early 14-2 lead. Kentucky, though, quickly found a way to create open looks in the halfcourt. In one eight-minute stretch of the first half, the Wildcats hit 11 of the 14 field goals they took, preventing the Tigers from igniting their transition offense. LSU then strung together some stops. Johnson banked in a difficult runner through contact. Williams buried a free-throw line jumper. At halftime, the game was tied at 41. Then Williams, Johnson and Richard started making difficult shots — enough to give LSU a 6560 lead by the start of the fourth quarter. The two teams then battled through more lead changes and more ties before Morgan settled things on her last-second shot. The Tigers missed all six field goals they took across the last five minutes of the game. “I think we got some of the looks we wanted,” Williams said. “I think our biggest thing is the four offensive rebounds. I don’t know if you’ve watched coach Mulkey for a long time, but that’s something that’s unrealistic, so that’s something we just have to go to the drawing boards and grit our teeth and put our big girl clothes on and go rebound.” Before Thursday, LSU was 29-3 at home against SEC opponents under Mulkey, but it had dropped all six games it’s played — either at home, on the road or on a neutral site — against league teams ranked in the top 12 of the AP Top 25 Poll. Mulkey was also 5-0 in games she’s coached against Kentucky second-year coach Kenny Brooks before Thursday’s contest. The two crossed paths in the semifinal round of the 2023 Final Four, when Brooks was coaching Virginia Tech. Before Thursday’s game tipped off, new LSU football head coach Lane Kiffin accompanied Mulkey down the tunnel and onto the floor. The crowd greeted him with a standing ovation. The Tigers will play on the road in four of their next five games. The first of those matchups is a clash with No. 12 Vanderbilt that will tip off at 4 p.m. Sunday.

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs say an MRI showed center Victor Wembanyama sustained no ligament damage in his injured left knee, and their All-Star center will not play Friday in Indiana. The Spurs said Thursday that Wembanyama’s status is dayto-day. He did not travel with the team to face the NBA-worst Pacers (6-28), and instead will rehabilitate the injury in San Antonio. Wembanyama hyperextended his left knee with just under 11 minutes remaining in San Antonio’s 134-132 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday. Wembanyama said he felt ﬁne after the game and expected to play Friday against the Pacers, but said San Antonio’s medical staff could decide otherwise depending on tests. “It’s a good thing it was just a hyperextension,” Wembanyama said. “It should be minimal, whatever this thing is.” Wembanyama was injured while leaping to gather an offensive rebound over Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns with 10:32 left in the rematch of the NBA Cup ﬁnal. Wembanyama lost possession when he landed. Replays showed there was no contact with a defender, but Wembanyama’s left foot slid forward. Wembanyama remained on the court while New York went on offense. Spurs forward Kelly Olynyk intentionally committed a foul so the Spurs could check on Wembanyama. Spurs guards Stephon Castle and De’Aaron

Dolphins hire Aikman as consultant in GM search

MIAMI — The Dolphins have hired ESPN NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys star quarterback Troy Aikman as a consultant to assist in their general manager search, a league source said Thursday. Aikman, who recently began working in the role, will remain ESPN’s lead NFL commentator while assisting owner Stephen Ross in the Dolphins’ search for a new GM. Aikman will discuss candidates with Ross, participate in interviews and serve as something of a sounding board. He already has made calls around the league and shared initial thoughts with Ross. He is not a candidate for the GM job and will not be joining the Dolphins on a full-time basis, the source said.

Baltimore QB Jackson says he’s playing vs. Pittsburgh

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San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama celebrates a basket against the New york Knicks on Wednesday in San Antonio.

Fox helped Wembanyama get up before he hobbled straight to the locker room unassisted. Wembanyama was heard yelling “I’ll be back!” several times to the fans as he ran through the tunnel toward the locker room while emphatically throwing his hands down. Wembanyama returned to San Antonio’s bench with 1:22 remaining in the game without a limp and watched as the Spurs rallied to beat the Knicks. Wembanyama is averaging 24.3 points and 11.7 rebounds for the Southwest Divisionleading Spurs (24-9).

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson says he’s expecting to play when the Baltimore Ravens take on the Steelers in Pittsburgh for the AFC North title Sunday night. “A hundred percent,” the star quarterback said. “I’m going to be out there.” Jackson returned to practice Wednesday and was a full participant, but he didn’t talk with reporters at the podium until Thursday. He said he’s feeling good after missing last weekend’s game at Green Bay because of a back injury. That was the fourth game this season Jackson has missed, the ﬁrst three because of hamstring problems. The Ravens need a win this weekend to make the playoffs after they entered the season as a popular Super Bowl pick.

Lynx’s Collier to undergo surgery on both ankles

MIAMI — Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier will have surgery on both ankles and is expected to be sidelined four to six months, including the upcoming Unrivaled season, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league announced Thursday. The 2024 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year suffered a sprained right ankle during an August game against the Las Vegas Aces and missed several weeks. She then hurt her left ankle in Game 3 of the WNBA semiﬁnals against the Phoenix Mercury. Unrivaled, which Collier cofounded with fellow WNBA star Breanna Stewart, said a “joint team of medical staff” determined that surgery on both ankles would be needed for Collier.

Green Bay to start QB Tune in regular-season finale

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LSU gymnast Kailin Chio ﬂips over the beam during a meet against Oklahoma on Feb. 14 at the PMAC.

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Continued from page 1C it to January. “We started the season last year on Jan. 3,” Clark said. “This gave us an opportunity to put this on Friday night, which we never do. Hopefully, more fans can come out and enjoy the fanfest with their kids and get a sneak peek and see more of the (LSU gymnasts) than when we start competing. They will definitely see more routines.” In a regular dual meet a team has 24 routines: six each on vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor. Since this is an exhibition, Clark anticipates more than 40 routines spread across the four disciplines. The Tigers have been doing routines in their palatial practice gym through the fall and the holidays. But this is the first opportunity they will have to perform in their home arena. “You just want to get them out of this environment (in the gym) and get them under the lights in that space,” Clark said. “See who competes. It’s hard to mimic that in your gym.” The Tigers won a share of the SEC regular-season championship and the SEC champion-

ship meet in 2025, then earned their first-ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA championships. LSU reached the national semifinals but came up short of returning to the NCAA final, which it won for the first time in 2024. The Tigers begin 2026 ranked No. 2 in the preseason coaches’ poll, behind reigning NCAA champ Oklahoma and just ahead of SEC rival Florida. LSU has 21 gymnasts on this year’s roster and most of them will be cleared to compete, with a couple of potential exceptions. Clark said fifth-year senior Chase Brock will likely be held out as she continues to recover from an Achilles injury. Sophomore Kailin Chio, the 2025 NCAA vault champion and SEC freshman of the year, tweaked an ankle in a recent practice and may also be held out, Clark said. “I know what she can do,” he said. In addition to Chio, LSU’s other leaders this year will include junior Konnor McClain, the 2021 U.S. nationals all-around champion; 2024 U.S. Olympic alternate Kaliya Lincoln, a sophomore; and junior Madison Ulrich, a threetime All-American at Denver. A children’s fanfest begins at 5 p.m. in front of the PMAC with face painting, pictures with LSU gymnastics trophies, giveaways and gymnastics lessons.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Clayton Tune will start at quarterback for Green Bay in its regular-season ﬁnale Sunday at Minnesota with the Packers intending to rest Jordan Love as he prepares for the playoffs. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Thursday that Love has cleared concussion protocol, but isn’t expected to play against the Vikings (8-8). Green Bay (9-6-1) already is locked into the NFC’s No. 7 playoff seed, so Sunday’s game has no postseason implications. Love hasn’t played since taking a helmet-to-helmet hit in the second quarter of a 22-16 overtime loss at Chicago on Dec. 20. Love said he’s doing enough in practice that he shouldn’t feel rusty when he starts the Packers’ playoff opener.

Michigan set to hire Beck as offensive coordinator

New Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham’s staff is starting to take shape, and he has his coordinators in place. Jason Beck, 45, who was Whittingham’s offensive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach at Utah, is joining him at Michigan as offensive coordinator. Whittingham confirmed the hire Thursday during an interview on ESPN’s GameDay. Whittingham, who spent the last 21 seasons as Utah’s head coach, was officially introduced as Michigan’s head coach Sunday. And Jay Hill, most recently BYU’s defensive coordinator, will be Michigan’s defensive coordinator, multiple national outlets reported Thursday. Beck’s offense ranked No. 4 nationally averaging 482.9 yards a game, was second in rushing, (266.3) and fifth in scoring, averaging 41.2 points.

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Blood clot to sideline Olave for ﬁnale

Saints wide receiver expected to be fully recovered in about a month BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Saints wide receiver Chris Olave was diagnosed with a blood clot in his lung and will miss Sunday’s season finale against the Atlanta Falcons, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed. Olave was reportedly expected to be discharged from the hospital Thursday after the issue was detected early. But the blood clot will prevent Olave from playing this weekend, meaning he’ll miss his first game of the season. On Instagram, Olave posted a picture of himself in a hospital bed while flexing. He wrote that his “bounce back” was on the way. Saints coach Kellen Moore said Olave is in “great hands” with the Saints’ medical staff. “Obviously, (it’s) fortunate for Chris, they’re able to get ahead of this and identify something and

make the necessary steps to build a plan moving forward,” Moore said. New Orleans.Football was the ﬁrst to report the news on Olave. ESPN reported Olave would recover in about a month. Olave missed practice Wednesday with what the team said was an illness. The 25-year-old had been dealing with a back injury for the past month, though he responded with some of his best games of the season. In his past two games, Olave recorded 148 and 119 yards receiving for a combined three touchdowns. The former ﬁrst-rounder was in the midst of a career year. After contemplating retirement because of last season’s concussion issues, Olave bounced back with 100 catches for 1,163 yards and nine touchdowns in 2025. After last weekend’s win over the Tennessee Titans, Olave said it was one his “main goals” to play in all

17 games for the ﬁrst time in his career, adding it would mean a lot. Instead, Olave will ﬁnish with 16 — tying his previous best. But his health, in this case, takes priority. “The game of life is a lot more important,” offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier said, later adding, “Love Chris. Love the season he’s had and everything he’s done for us. We’re all with him.” Olave is now one of the latest athletes to deal with a blood clot. Patriots defensive tackle Christian Barmore was diagnosed with several blood clots before the 2024 season, causing him to miss the first 10 games, and then he was again shut down for the last three. Barmore has played in 16 games this season. Los Angeles Rams tackle Alaric Jackson and Kansas City Chiefs guard Trey Smith also dealt with the issue, but have had sustained notable careers. In the NBA, Victor Wembanya-

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Saints wide receiver Chris Olave celebrates after scoring ahead of Carolina Panthers safety Lathan Ransom on Nov. 9 in Charlotte, N.C. ma, Ausar Thompson, Damian Lillard and Chris Bosh also dealt with blood clots, shutting them down for extended periods. Bosh was forced to medically retire because of the issue.

But Olave’s case, according to the reports, isn’t expected to be as severe. ESPN reported that the wide receiver should be ready to participate in the team’s offseason program.

Burrow hoping to bring change for Bengals in ’26

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BY CHARLIE GOLDSMITH Associated Press

CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow is in unfamiliar territory. For the ﬁrst time in his NFL career, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback is preparing for a Week 18 start knowing that no matter what, the season ends Sunday. Burrow was injured in 2020 and ‘23. The Bengals made it to the Super Bowl in 2021 and the AFC championship game in ‘22 along with being in contention for a playoff spot up until the last game in 2024. “Obviously, you want to win a Super Bowl, you want to win MVPs, you want to be in the playoffs every year,” the former LSU star said. “My goals at this point are just going out and playing as good as I can and continuing to improve, finding ways to continue to be great and continue to find self improvement.” The Bengals (6-10) close out

the season at home against the Cleveland Browns (4-12). While the Bengals defense has struggled this season, Burrow also missed more than half of the season because of a toe injury that required surgery. During the offseason, as Burrow works to get stronger, the front office will also need to strengthen the roster. Burrow said that he has a great line of communication with the front office and ownership. “I think my job is to No. 1, play as well as I can. No. 2, continue to improve, and No. 3, be the conduit between coaching staff, front office and the locker room,” Burrow said. “Relay feelings that players have, relay sentiments in the locker room because coaches and front office, they aren’t down there every day and they don’t understand a lot of the things that go on in the locker room. I think (as a) quarterback, your job is to relay some of those things.”

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Tennessee Titans interim coach Mike McCoy greets Saints linebacker Demario Davis after Sunday’s game in Nashville, Tenn. Davis, 36, said Thursday he will continue his career next season.

Saints LB Davis to return for his 15th NFL season BY MATTHEW PARAS and LUKE JOHNSON Staff writers

Every year before the season begins, Demario Davis maps out a few goals to help inform his decision of whether he can keep playing. So when the Saints linebacker hit 137 tackles this season, one better than his previous high with one game remaining, it was the latest indicator that returning for a 15th season would be an easy choice. “I’m excited that this would probably be the earliest that I know I want to continue to play,” Davis said. Davis said Thursday that he’s “looking forward to returning” for another year, even as his contract is up with the Saints after the season concludes. New Orleans closes the year at Atlanta on Sunday. Davis, 36, said he’s treated the past six seasons as a one-year decision of whether to continue his career. Sometimes, he said, the choice was “very challenging” as he’d be worn down at the end of the season. This year was different. “I feel like I’m accelerating through the finish line,” he said. “It’s like, that’s a good feeling to have and to know you’re planning on doing it again.” The feeling is partly why Davis didn’t treat New Orleans’ Dec. 21 win over the New York Jets as his potential final home game with the franchise, or feel sentimental toward the moment. He’s been that way since college, he said, when he didn’t go into his last year at Arkansas State as a “final season tour.” There’s also the matter of his contract. Davis, who has a base salary of $6.5 million this season, will be a free agent if he and the

Saints don’t work out a new deal before March. His contract is set to void and leave nearly $14.3 million in dead money next season if a new deal isn’t reached. But Davis didn’t sound worried. “We’re in a game where contracts do matter, but that’s such a small part of your career,” he said. “That happens in a little small window in the offseason, once every other year or every couple years. And when that time gets here — man, in 14 years, that’s always worked itself out. It has always worked itself out. “I’ve never had to really negotiate a contract. They’ve always negotiated themselves. So when that time gets here, that’s very low on my concern meter right now. I’m focused on finishing the season strong.”

Banged-up Saints The first day of the new year started with unfortunate Saints injury news, and it didn’t get much better as the day progressed. Star wide receiver Chris Olave was diagnosed with a blood clot in his lung Thursday, and will not play in the season ﬁnale against the Falcons. When practice began later that afternoon, he was one of nine players not present during the open media viewing period. That list also included running back Alvin Kamara, who has not practiced since he injured his knee in the ﬁrst matchup against the Falcons on Nov. 23. Other players not practicing Thursday were receiver Mason Tipton (knee), cornerback Michael Davis (shoulder), tight ends Zaire MitchellPaden (knee) and Jack Stoll (knee), and defensive linemen Bryan Bresee

(knee), Nathan Shepherd (knee/ankle) and Davon Godchaux (NIR-rest). Starting guards Cesar Ruiz (ankle) and Dillon Radunz (knee) were upgraded with Ruiz being listed as a full participant after missing the past two games with his injury. Davis (calf) was a limited participant, and quarterback Tyler Shough (hip) was a full participant for the second straight day.

One and done? After turning around the Saints defensive fortunes in his first season as defensive coordinator, Brandon Staley could be a name to watch in this year’s head coach hiring cycle. The New York Giants and Tennessee Titans have already fired their head coaches, and other jobs will come open Monday after the end of the regular season. “It’s definitely a dream of mine (to be a head coach), it always has been,” Staley said. “With that said, I think I’m living the dream right now. Being the Saints’ defensive coordinator is one of the top jobs in the NFL. I’m very lucky to be here and I love this franchise.” Staley had some success in his first stint as a head coach, leading the Los Angeles Chargers to a 1915 record in his first two seasons with a playoff berth. Los Angeles fired him after he got off to a 5-9 record in his third season. The Saints offered him his first coordinator job since his firing, and Staley has orchestrated a resurgent season. Heading into Week 18, New Orleans ranks ninth in total defense and 16th in scoring defense — an improvement over a 2024 team that ranked 30th and 19th in those categories.

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never get it back, you never get to change it,” Moore said. “I know the (play) he’s talking about. He tried to pull the ball on first down. It happened. The next play, he threw a touchdown. So I would say he handled it pretty well.” Leadership is one of those topics that came up early in Shough’s starting tenure. While he’s older than usual rookies, he was still a first-year player stepping into an important role on a team that already had a number of veteran leadership voices in the locker room. His comments then were the same they are now: The most important thing Shough can be, in his opinion, is himself. “You can’t be fake; everyone is going to see through that, especially grown men.” Shough said. “ ... You’ve got to be real with everybody. That takes time. I’ve been able to slowly, step by step, earn the respect of the guys I’ve been working with. “... Kellen does a really good job of allowing this team to be playerled. He’ll say his two cents after a game or practice and allow somebody else to break it down or have something to say. That’s really cool, because we’re the guys on the field, we’re driving it.” It helps that Shough has been nails on the field. Since he took over as the starter in Week 9, Shough ranks among the NFL’s top eight passers in rating (97.2, 8th) yards per game (249.2, 7th), completion percentage (69.2%, 3rd), and interception rate (1.5%, 8th). He’s been exceptional during the Saints’ four-game win streak — especially late in games. Shough has compiled a 115.2 passer rating in the fourth quarters of the last four games, and his 413 fourth-quarter passing yards rank second in the NFL during that span. Three of those four wins came with Shough leading a go-ahead drive in the final quarter.

Following the latest fourth-quarter comeback against the Titans last week, during which Shough completed five of his seven passes for 164 yards and a touchdown (rating: 153.3) in a 14-point fourth quarter, offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga said, “We have belief.” “Tyler right now is playing with so much confidence,” Fuaga said. “I don’t see him being fazed at all in any moment of that game. He’s just like, ‘We’ve just got to pick it up. We’re fine. We’re good.’ A confident quarterback like that — he’s giving us confidence out there. Everybody’s buying in right now.” And the NFL Films segment showed that. In the clip disseminated after the game, Shough is shown speaking with receiver Chris Olave about the amount of man coverage Tennessee was playing, and that he wants Olave to “run by him” the next time they saw it. The next clip features Shough firing a touchdown to Olave against man coverage. That is an example of what Shough describes as his “thermostat leader” style. “I want to control the temperature and the feel of the offense,” Shough said. “I don’t want to just go with the flow of it; I want to make sure we’re operating at a level or we’re kind of chunking along. A lot of times, a lull or silences are not a great thing. We’ve got to make sure we’re constantly communicating, good and bad.” Then, after Shough’s go-ahead touchdown to Kevin Austin in the fourth quarter, the NFL Films cameras caught fellow rookie Torricelli Simpkins saying “keep lighting they a** up” to Shough. Being himself may be the key to Shough’s leadership abilities, but he knows it’s built on more than that. He’s been around the block. He backed up Justin Herbert at Oregon, the first of three college stops. He arrived in New Orleans and had to wait for his turn behind the scenes. He can pull from all of that to help inform his leadership style. But the biggest thing he’s learned, he said, is this: “Whenever you have success on the field, there’s a natural element of earned respect.”

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Imai signs 3-year contract with Astros BY RONALD BLUM AP baseball writer

Right-hander Tatsuya Imai and the Houston Astros have agreed to a $54 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced. Imai gets a $2 million signing bonus and salaries of $16 million this year and $18 million in each of the ﬁnal two seasons. He can earn an additional $3 million in performance bonuses this year: $1 million each for 80, 90 and 100 FILE PHOTO By KyODO NEWS innings. Tatsuya Imai, a right-handed pitcher from Japan, went 10-5 with a 1.92 His 2027 and 2028 salaries would ERA last season with the Pacific League’s Seibu Lions. escalate by the amount of perfor-

mance bonuses earned in 2026, which could raise the deal’s value to $63 million over three years. Imai can opt out after the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Under the posting agreement between Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball, a deal must be ﬁnalized by 4 p.m. Friday. Imai receives the third-highest average annual value for a Japanese pitcher entering Major League Baseball behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s $27.08 million with the Los Angeles Dodgers in a deal that started in 2024 and Masahiro Tanaka’s $22.14 million with the New York Yankees in a contract that ran from 2014-20. A 27-year-old righty, Imai went 10-5 with a 1.92 ERA last year with the Paciﬁc League’s Seibu

Lions. He struck out 178 batters in 1632⁄3 innings. Imai is 58-45 with a 3.15 ERA in eight seasons with Seibu, with 907 strikeouts in 963 2/3 innings. He is a three-time All-Star. Imai pitched eight innings of a combined no-hitter against Fukuoka on April 18. He struck out 17 against Yokohama on June 17, breaking Daisuke Matsuzaka’s previous team record of 16 from 2004. Under MLB’s posting agreement with NPB, Seibu will get a posting fee of $9,975,000 from the Astros and a supplemental fee of 15% of any earned bonuses, salary escalators and exercised options. Imai joins a rotation projected to include Hunter Brown, Cristian Javier and Lance McCullers Jr.

SCOREBOARD Odds

Georgia Southern 29, Appalachian State 10

Saturday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at TAMPA BAY 3 3 (43½) Carolina Seattle 4½ 1½ (47½) at SAN FRAN

Sunday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at MINNESOTA 1½ 7½ (35½) Green Bay at CINCINNATI 8½ 7½ (44½) Cleveland at HOUSTON 4½ 10½ (39) Indianap. at JACKSONVILLE 4½ 13½ (47½) Tennessee at ATLANTA 5½ 3½ (44½) N. Orleans Dallas 1½ 3½ (51)at NY GIANT. at LA RAMS 4½ 7½ (46½) Arizona at NEW ENGLAND 2½ 10½ (45½) Miami at BUFFALO 9½ 6½ (38½) NY Jets Kansas City 6 5½ (36½) at L. VEGAS at DENVER 2½ 12½ (37½) LA Char. at PHILADELPHIA 4½ 4 (39) Wash. at CHICAGO 1½ 3 (50½) Detroit Baltimore 3 3½ (40½) at PITT

College Football Friday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Armed Forces Bowl Texas State 6½ 15½ (57½) Rice Liberty Bowl Navy 6½ 7½ (54½) Cincinnati Duke’s Mayo Bowl Mississippi St. 2½ 3 (53½) Wake Forest Holiday Bowl Arizona 1½ 2½ (52½) SMU Duke’s Mayo Bowl Miss. St. 2½ 3 (53½) Wake Forest

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Friday

FAVORITE LINE at WASHINGTON OFF San Antonio 5½ at NEW YORK 6½ at CLEVELAND 13 Orlando 4½ Portland 1 at MILWAUKEE OFF at PHOENIX 11 at GOLDEN STATE OFF at LA LAKERS OFF

O/U UNDERDOG (OFF) Brooklyn (241½) at INDIANA (245½) Atlanta (235½) Denver (237) at CHICAGO (242½) at NO (OFF) Charlotte (228½) Sacramento (OFF) Oklahoma City (OFF) Memphis

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Friday

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG New Mexico State 1½ at FLORIDA INT. at MERRIMACK 4½ Mount St. Mary’s Fairﬁeld 4½ at CANISIUS Sacred Heart 4½ at NIAGARA at WESTERN KENTUCKY 4½ Sam Houston at IONA 1½ Siena at MICHIGAN 22½ USC Robert Morris 2½ at DET. MERCY Quinnipiac 6½ at MANHATTAN at MCNEESE 15½ Lamar Jacksonville State 1½ at DELAWARE at LIBERTY 8½ Kennesaw State Marist 3½ at SAINT PETER’S at MIDDLE TENNESSEE 5½ Louisiana Tech Oregon 2½ at MARYLAND Louisville 8½ at STANFORD Ohio State 9½ at RUTGERS at MISSOURI STATE 2½ UTEP at NEBRASKA 1½ Michigan State at IOWA STATE 16½ West Virginia at GONZAGA 23½ Seattle U at WASH. STATE 1½ Loyola Mary. at SAN FRANCISCO 11½ San Diego at SANTA CLARA 19½ Pepperdine at SAINT MARY’S (CA) 22½ Portland at PACIFIC 4½ Oregon State at CAL 3½ Notre Dame

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FAVORITE Vegas at FLORIDA Minnesota at VANCOUVER

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College football

Independence Bowl Louisiana Tech 23, Coastal Carolina 14 Music City Bowl Illinois 30, Tennessee 28 Alamo Bowl TCU 30, No. 16 Southern Cal 27, OT

Wednesday

ReliaQuest Bowl No. 23 Iowa 34, No. 13 Vanderbilt 27 Sun Bowl Duke 42, Arizona St. 39 Citrus Bowl No. 14 Texas 41, No. 18 Michigan 27 Las Vegas Bowl No. 15 Utah 44, Nebraska 22

College Football Playoff

Dec. 29

Birmingham Bowl

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UL-Monroe 61, South Alabama 44 Southern 70, Prairie View 55 Troy 80, UL 54 Texas Southern 61, Grambling 58 Kentucky 80, LSU 78 Sam Houston at Louisiana Tech, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Arkansas State at UL-Monroe, noon Lamar at McNeese, 1 p.m. Northwestern State at Nicholls, 1 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Southeastern, 1 p.m. Nicholls at Northwestern State, 1 p.m. Prairie View at Grambling, 2 p.m. Tulane at Wichita State, 2 p.m. Texas Southern at Southern, 2 p.m. East Texas A&M at UNO, 2 p.m. South Alabama at UL, 3 p.m.

Southern Miss at UL, noon Texas State at UL-Monroe, 2:30 p.m. LSU at Texas A&M, 3 p.m. East Texas A&M at Nicholls, 3 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Southeastern, 3:30 p.m. UNO at Northwestern State, 3:30 p.m. Prairie View A&M at Grambling, 4 p.m. Texas Southern at Southern, 5 p.m. Southern at Lamar, 6 p.m.

National scores

Thursday’s games EAST

Dartmouth 107, Elms 43

SOUTH

Georgia Southern 82, Coastal Carolina 81, OT Lipscomb 76, Jacksonville 57 Northern Kentucky 81, IU Indianapolis 72 Samford 78, VMI 58 Southern Miss 87, UL-Monroe 73 Stetson 70, North Alabama 67 Tennessee-Martin 67, Western Illinois 60 UNC Greensboro 77, Chattanooga 72

MIDWEST

Green Bay 72, Purdue Fort Wayne 54 Illinois State 73, Evansville 47 Lindenwood 77, Morehead State 64 North Dakota 72, Oral Roberts 61 Oakland 85, Youngstown State 83 SIU-Edwardsville 59, Southern Indiana 55 South Dakota State 84, Omaha 69 Southern Illinois 75, Valparaiso 70 Wright State 76, Milwaukee 70

Central Arkansas 65, Stetson 43 Duke 100, Boston College 49 Florida Gulf Coast 51, North Alabama 44 Georgia Tech 95, Notre Dame 90, OT James Madison 84, Georgia State 64 Lipscomb 67, North Florida 65 Louisiana-Monroe 61, South Alabama 44 Louisville 91, SMU 58 Marshall 87, Coastal Carolina 85, OT Mississippi Valley State 74, Alabama A&M 72, OT North Carolina 71, California 55 North Carolina State 74, Stanford 46 Old Dominion 87, Georgia Southern 84, 2OT Ole Miss 79, Georgia 62 South Carolina 83, Alabama 57 Southern University 70, Prairie View A&M 55 Tennessee 76, Florida 65 Tennessee-Martin 86, Western Illinois 78, 2OT Troy 80, Louisiana 54 UNC Greensboro 114, Carolina 35 Wofford 89, Southern Wesleyan 43

MIDWEST

SOUTHWEST

Little Rock 51, Tennessee Tech 44 Vanderbilt 88, Arkansas 71

FAR WEST

Abilene Christian 81, Utah Tech 51 Cal State Fullerton 62, UC Santa Barbara 61 California Baptist 85, UT Arlington 64 Denver 64, North Dakota 57 Oregon 87, Northwestern 54 UC Irvine 82, Cal State Bakersﬁeld 63 UC San Diego 75, Cal Poly 54 Utah Valley 74, Tarleton State 49

FAR WEST

Portland State 95, Weber State 90, OT UC Davis 89, Cal State Northridge 80 UC Irvine 81, Cal State Bakersﬁeld 77

Women’s state scores, schedule Wednesday’s games

Stephen F. Austin 76, Northwestern State 71

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Oklahoma City San Antonio Denver Houston L.A. Lakers Minnesota Phoenix Golden State Memphis Portland Utah L.A. Clippers Dallas Sacramento New Orleans

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Houston 120, Brooklyn 96 Miami 118, Detroit 112 Philadelphia 123, Dallas 108 Boston at Sacramento, n Utah at L.A. Clippers, n

Friday’s games

Brooklyn at Washington, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Indiana, 6 p.m. Atlanta at New York, 6:30 p.m. Denver at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Orlando at Chicago, 7 p.m. Portland at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9 p.m. Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Late Wednesday

Chicago 134, New Orleans 118 NEW ORLEANS (118)

Bey 6-16 2-2 16, Williamson 12-19 7-9 31, Queen 4-7 1-2 9, Fears 2-8 0-0 5, Murphy III 6-15 0-0 15, Looney 1-5 0-0 2, Peavy 2-4 1-1 6, Missi 1-3 1-3 3, Hawkins 2-7 0-0 5, Poole 6-14 10-10 26. Totals 42-98 22-27 118.

CHICAGO (134)

Illinois 73, Maryland 70 Indiana State 88, Valparaiso 78 Iowa 86, Nebraska 76 Marquette 67, Xavier 54 Michigan State 80, Indiana 60 Morehead State 51, Lindenwood 50 South Dakota State 67, St. Thomas 49 Southern Indiana 70, SIU Edwardsville 55 West Virginia 79, Kansas 72

Okoro 8-10 6-8 24, Smith 5-11 3-3 14, Vucevic 7-13 1-2 17, Buzelis 8-17 1-4 19, T.Jones 7-7 5-6 20, Terry 0-3 0-0 0, Williams 4-8 2-2 12, Huerter 4-9 3-5 13, Carter 1-3 0-0 3, Dosunmu 3-11 4-4 12. Totals 47-92 25-34 134. New Orleans 32 30 28 28 — 118 Chicago 36 31 30 37 — 134 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 12-38 (Poole 4-10, Murphy III 3-11, Bey 2-7, Fears 1-2, Peavy 1-2, Hawkins 1-4, Looney 0-1, Queen 0-1), Chicago 15-43 (Okoro 2-4, Williams 2-4, Huerter 2-5, Vucevic 2-5, Dosunmu 2-6, Buzelis 2-9, T.Jones 1-1, Carter 1-2, Smith 1-5, Terry 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 46 (Looney 10), Chicago 49 (Smith 14). Assists—New Orleans 25 (Murphy III 5), Chicago 33 (T.Jones 12). Total Fouls—New Orleans 24, Chicago 18. A—20,527 (20,917)

Transactions FOOTBALL

National Football League MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed QB Cam Miller to the active roster.

NBA conference glance

Central Arkansas 85, Florida Gulf Coast 83 Texas-Arlington 63, California Baptist 51

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Thursday’s games

Pro basketball

SOUTHWEST

19 20 22 21 24 28

Golden State 132, Charlotte 125 Atlanta 126, Minnesota 102 Orlando 112, Indiana 110 Cleveland 129, Phoenix 113 Chicago 134, New Orleans 118 San Antonio 134, New York 132 Denver 106, Toronto 103 Oklahoma City 124, Portland 95 Washington 114, Milwaukee 113

SOUTH

Saturday’s games

16 14 11 10 8 6

Wednesday’s games

Bryant 45, New Hampshire 31 Fairﬁeld 72, Canisius 43 Maine 73, UMass Lowell 65 Manhattan 60, Saint Peter’s 45 Merrimack 72, Rider 54 Quinnipiac 80, Iona 54 Sacred Heart 84, Niagara 53 Siena 69, Mount St Marys 59 St. John’s 75, DePaul 58 Vermont 72, Albany 56 Villanova 74, Creighton 64 Wake Forest 74, Pittsburgh 55 Wisconsin 70, Rutgers 63

Lamar at McNeese, 6 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Middle Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.

Atlanta Milwaukee Charlotte Brooklyn Washington Indiana

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Friday’s game

National scores

Friday’s games

AFC

Nicholls State 66, UTRGV 56

Thursday’s games

EAST

Southern Miss 87, UL-Monroe 73

NFL glance

Carolina Tampa Bay e-Atlanta e-New Orleans

Bowl glance

Cleveland at Cincinnati, noon Dallas at N.Y. Giants, noon Green Bay at Minnesota, noon Indianapolis at Houston, noon New Orleans at Atlanta, noon Tennessee at Jacksonville, noon Arizona at L.A. Rams, 3:25 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 3:25 p.m. Kansas City at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Denver, 3:25 p.m. Miami at New England, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 3:25 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 7:20 p.m.

Thursday’s game

Pro football

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Tulane 79, East Carolina 70 South Alabama 63, UL 58 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 83, UNO 69 Stephen F. Austin 74, Northwestern State 64 Nicholls 71, Texas-Rio Grande Valley 69

Monday Frisco, Texas Illinois State (12-4) vs. Montana State (13-2), 6:30 p.m., ABC

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Wednesday’s games

Final

NFC

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Men’s state scores, schedule

Montana State 48, Montana 23 Illinois State 30, Villanova 14

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College basketball

FCS glance Semiﬁnals

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Sunday’s games

Quarterﬁnals Wednesday At Cotton Bowl, Arlington, Texas No. 10 Miami 24, No. 3 Ohio St. 14 Thursday At Orange Bowl, Miami Gardens, Fla. No. 5 Oregon 23, No. 4 Texas Tech 0 At Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. No. 1 Indiana 38, No. 11 Alabama 3 At Sugar Bowl, New Orleans No. 6 Ole Miss 39, No. 2 Georgia 34

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Carolina at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

Armed Forces Bowl Texas State vs. Rice, noon (ESPN) Liberty Bowl No. 22 Navy vs. Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Duke’s Mayo Bowl Mississippi St. vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl No. 21 Arizona vs. SMU, 7 p.m. (FOX)

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Saturday’s games

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Dec. 30

NFL

Friday

North

HOCKEY

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National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed F Miles Wood on injured reserve. EDMONTON OILERS — Assigned F Max Jones to Bakersﬁeld (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled Fs Brett Berard, Justin Dowling and Anton Blidh from Hartford (AHL). Placed F Conor Sheary on long-term injured reserve. Assigned F Brennan Othmann to Hartford.

Also Ran: Starmetal, Ogilvy (IRE), Moral Man, Strong, Chasing Gray, Leonardo, Mountain Grandeur. Race Time: 1:36.40 Daily Double (3-1) $73.10; Exacta (1-3) $18.50; Superfecta (1-3-5-10) $128.81; Trifecta (1-3-5) $45.15; Pic 3 (7-3-1) $85.95

Time, Sight, Pharoah’s Dynasty, I’m Wide Awake. Late Scratches: One True Gentleman, Silver Halo Race Time: 1:02.87 Daily Double (5-11) $37.40; Exacta (11-4) $27.30; Superfecta (11-4-1-5) $187.95; Trifecta (11-4-1) $141.30; Pic 3 (1-5-11) $60.90

Detroit New York Boston Toronto Philadelphia Orlando Miami Cleveland Chicago

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THURSDAY’S FAIR GROUNDS RESULTS POST TIME: 12:45 p.m.

5-7) $9.70; Trifecta (3-6-5) $13.35

Track Condition: fast

First Race — Purse $14,000, Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile Seventy Yards

3-Dixie Doctor (Rea H.) $10.00 $4.60 $3.40 1-No Rematch (Loveberry J.) $3.60 $2.40 2-Oliverio (Lopez P.) $3.00 Also Ran: Peyton’s Day, Dan d’Oro, Tsuperman. Race Time: 1:44.91 Exacta (3-1) $17.30; Superfecta (3-1-2-6) $16.68; Trifecta (3-1-2) $21.85

Second Race — Purse $19,000, Maiden Claiming $20,000-$15,000, 3 yo, Six Furlongs

3-Pr. Celine (Pedroza, Jr. M.) $3.60 $2.60 $2.10 6-Honor and Obay (Loveberry J.) $5.60 $3.40 5-Veronicaforthewin (Lopez P.) $3.00 Also Ran: Lyla’s Golden Gal, Geaux Geaux Tiger. Late Scratches: Mya Papaya, Pam’s Friend Race Time: 1:13.16 Daily Double (3-1) $5.20; Daily Double (3-3) $13.10; Exacta (3-6) $11.40; Superfecta (3-6-

Third Race — Purse $15,000, Claiming $5,000, 4 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs

7-Gold Plus (Lopez P.) $3.80 $3.00 $2.80 6-Zoom Erin (Riquelme J.) $6.00 $4.00 2-In Your Life (Hernandez H.) $5.40 Also Ran: Ruby the Destroyer, Simona’s Choice, Emilyhasherturn, Dixie Morning, Huntleigh, Shorty Mac. Race Time: 1:12.22 Daily Double (3-7) $4.10; Exacta (7-6) $10.20; Superfecta (7-6-2-5) $155.26; Trifecta (7-6-2) $37.45; Pic 3 (3-3-7) $17.50; (3-1-7) $8.20 Claimed: Zoom Erin ($5,000.00, Owner: M and M Racing (Mike Sisk), Trainer: Jonathan Wong)

Fourth Race — Purse $19,000, SOC $10,000-$5,000, 4 yo’s & up, One And One Sixteenth Miles

7-Boitano (Concepcion A.) $4.00 $2.60 $2.40 1-Red Road (Curtis B.) $7.80 $4.80 2-Brit’s Wit (Ortiz J.) $3.20 Also Ran: All in Sync, Prowling Tiger, Z Z’s Prince, Ben Dreaming, Parrot Head, Fortuity, Big Scully.

Late Scratches: Skip the Line, Notion, Publius, Sendero Race Time: 1:43.12 Daily Double (7-7) $4.70; Exacta (7-1) $15.60; Superfecta (7-1-2-12) $64.61; Trifecta (7-1-2) $29.40; Pic 3 (3-7-7) $3.60

Fifth Race — Purse $54,000, Maiden special weight, 4 yo’s & up, One Mile

3-Cajun Movie. (Chavez O.) $27.80 $6.60 $5.00 6-Vineaux (Ortiz J.) $2.60 $2.40 2-Ayden’s Edge (Hernandez C.) $11.40 Also Ran: Top Notch Protocol, Such a Pickle, Who Is Chief, Rescue Squad, Lightning Twirl. Race Time: 1:40.70 Daily Double (7-3) $30.80; Exacta (3-6) $35.70; Superfecta (3-6-2-1) $80.27; Trifecta (3-6-2) $146.85; Pic 3 (7-7-3) $39.45; Pic 4 (1/3/47-7/9/11/13/14-3) $66.45; Pic 5 (3-1/3/4-77/9/11/13/14-3) $426.30

Sixth Race — Purse $30,000, Maiden optional claiming $50,000, 3 yo, One Mile

1-High Go (Curtis B.) $7.60 $4.60 $3.60 3-Fast Connection (Castillo I.) $5.20 $3.80 5-Shakin My Head (Concepcion A.) $4.40

Seventh Race — Purse $55,000, Allowance, 4 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs

5-Hay Evabody (Curtis B.) $5.60 $3.20 $2.20 4-Trust Fund Philly (Ortiz J.) $3.20 $2.20 2-Sweet Darlin (Castillo I.) $2.10 Also Ran: Terra Bella, Arijana’s Pearl, Miss Maximus, Shan’s Quest. Race Time: 1:10.37 Daily Double (1-5) $13.70; Exacta (5-4) $8.10; Superfecta (5-4-2-6) $3.92; Trifecta (5-4-2) $6.15; Pic 3 (3-1-5) $116.55

Eighth Race — Purse $55,000, Allowance, 4 yo’s & up, Five And A Half Furlongs

11-Unbeatable (Ped., Jr. M.) $17.20 $7.80 $5.40 4-Vesture (Concepcion A.) $3.40 $2.60 1-Mega Magic (Graham J.) $6.60 Also Ran: Sassi D, Hit That Review (IRE), This

Ninth Race — Purse $14,000, Claiming $5,000, 4 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs

4-G. Hermoso (Loveb. J.) $17.00 $9.20 $6.60 1-Shawn’s Solving (Murray E.) $12.80 $7.00 2-Crigler (Pedroza, Jr. M.) $5.80 Also Ran: Tap the Tequila, Stone Alliance, Colt’s Brim, Baby’s Last Dance, Saberman, Josan. Race Time: 1:13.18 Daily Double (11-4) $87.20; Exacta (4-1) $99.60; Superfecta (4-1-2-7) $338.16; Trifecta (4-1-2) $320.70; Pic 3 (5-11-4) $167.85; Pic 4 (1-5-11-4) $571.35; Pic 5 (3-1-5-11-4) $10,089.30; Pic 6 (7/9/11/13/14-3-1-5-11-4) $16,232.96 Attendance: Handle: $0

FRIDAY’S FAIR GROUNDS ENTRIES POST TIME: 12:45 p.m. First Race, $19,000, Maiden Claiming $20,000, 4 yo’s & up Six Furlongs 01 Custom Ride (M Pedroza, Jr.) 02 One Grand Slam (C Hernandez) 03 Bandido Deal (C McMahon) (D Magnon) 04 Romeo Spikes 05 Closing Agent (P Lopez) 06 Blesseduponastar (B Curtis)

5-1 9-2 9-5 5-2 8-1 9-2

Second Race, $15,000, Claiming $5,000, 4 yo’s & up Six Furlongs 01 Bourbon Boss 02 Oncoming Train 03 Twirling Roses 04 Boss’ Dialin In 05 Flipping Fish 06 Whiskey and Easy

(P Lopez) 3-1 (H Rea) 8-1 (M Murrill) 6-1 (E Nieves) 5-2 (C McMahon) 7-2 (J Riquelme) 10-1

07 Honor That Dude

(J Mudd)

8-1

(B Curtis) (M Pedroza, Jr.) (B Hernandez, Jr.) (J Rodriguez) (A Concepcion) (C McMahon) (J Ortiz121 (J Loveberry121

3-1 12-1 7-2 6-1 8-1 10-1 4-1 6-1

Third Race, $28,000, Claiming $30,000, 4 yo’s & up One And One Sixteenth Miles

01 Calibrate 02 Tahoe Run 03 S. in Adriane 04 Mr McGregor 05 Manfredi 06 Masteroffoxh. 07 Curahee 08 Write Off Jerry

Fourth Race, $22,000, Claiming $15,000, 4 yo’s & up Six Furlongs 01 Swift as I Am 02 Peso in My Pocket 03 American City

(C McMahon) (M Murrill) (J Mudd)

12-1 12-1 4-1

04 Bigfoot Sighting 05 Gavel 06 Upturned Brim 07 Guanare

(J Ortiz) (J Loveberry) (M Pedroza, Jr.) (I Castillo)

5-1 7-2 7-2 5-2

Fifth Race, $22,000, Claiming $15,000, 4 yo’s & up One Mile

01 Golden Bandit (A Concepcion) 02 Even the Wind (M Pedroza, Jr.) 03 Publius (J Rodriguez) 04 Sendero (C McMahon) 05 Deccan Prince (IRE) (I Castillo) 06 Lamplighter Jack (H Hernandez) 07 Duke of Carthania (M Murrill) 08 Gorilla Trek (B Curtis) 09 Half Brother (F Geroux) 10 Bizzee Channel (J Loveberry) 11 I’m Your Man (B Hernandez, Jr.)

12-1 15-1 12-1 15-1 4-1 6-1 20-1 9-2 5-1 3-1 8-1

12 Great Escape

(H Hernandez)

6-1

01 Meroney (M Pedroza, Jr.) (M Murrill) 02 Munnings Catsle 03 Free Scrim (J Loveberry) 04 Yorktown Panther (B Curtis) 05 Hesper (J Ortiz) 06 The Wicked Cat (P Lopez) 07 Clearly Majestic (I Castillo) (D Magnon) 08 Achromedoutcat

8-1 6-1 9-5 4-1 9-2 6-1 12-1 12-1

01 Snare 02 Hitchcock 03 Joe’s Candy

5-1 7-2 3-1

Sixth Race, $55,000, Allowance, 4 yo’s & up Five And A Half Furlongs

Seventh Race, $54,000, Maiden special weight, 4 yo’s & up Five And A Half Furlongs (B Hernandez, Jr.) (J Ortiz) (M Pedroza, Jr.)

04 Ice Wolf 05 Sky Simon 06 Razorcat 07 First Samaritan 08 Urban Ruler 09 Prince Ben

(M Murrill) (J Edison) (P Lopez) (C Hernandez) (J Loveberry) (C McMahon)

9-2 20-1 8-1 20-1 6-1 15-1

Eighth Race, $15,000, Claiming $5,000, 4 yo’s & up, F & M (ﬁllies and mares) One Mile Seventy Yards

01 Midnight Blaze (P Lopez) 02 Bette Davis (H Hernandez) 03 Strawberry Sundae (I Castillo) 04 Lily’s Creed (H Rea) 05 No Cost (E Murray) 06 Foreign Tourist (M Pedroza, Jr.) 07 Roll Gypsy Roll (S Vives)

4-1 4-5 6-1 12-1 15-1 15-1 6-1

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Indiana routs Alabama for LSU LB Whit Weeks set its ﬁrst Rose Bowl victory to return for senior season BY REED DARCEY

BY GREG BEACHAM

Staff writer

AP sportswriter

PASADENA, Calif. — Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, Indiana’s defense thoroughly throttled Alabama, and the top-seeded Hoosiers roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 38-3 victory in the 112th Rose Bowl on Thursday. Mendoza passed for 192 yards in his first game since winning his school’s first Heisman Trophy, but the hardnosed Hoosiers (14-0, No. 1 CFP seed) won the Rose Bowl for the first time in school history by dominating the Crimson Tide (11-4, No. 9 CFP seed) at the line of scrimmage. Indiana scored the game’s first 24 points before pouring it on with fourth-quarter rushing TDs from Kaelon Black and Roman Hemby, wrapping up a jubilant win in the 112th edition of the Granddaddy of Them All. Charlie Becker, Omar Cooper Jr. and Elijah Sarratt caught TD passes, while Black rushed for 99 yards. Indiana outgained Alabama 407-193, steadily delighting a decidedly proIndiana crowd that celebrated its long-struggling team’s first Rose Bowl game appearance since 1968 with chants of “Hoosier Daddy?” in the final minutes. Indiana had not won any bowl game since the Copper Bowl in 1991, but history has been no match for Curt Cignetti and his dominant Hoosiers during the coach’s two transcendent seasons. The Hoosiers are headed to the Peach Bowl on Jan. 9 for a CFP semifinal rematch with fifth-seeded Oregon, which routed Texas Tech 23-0 earlier Thursday in the Orange Bowl.Indiana beat the then-No. 3 Ducks 30-20 in Eugene last October in one of Cignetti’s most im-

ASSPCOAyED PRESS PHOTO By KyUSUNG GONG

Indiana wide receiver Elijah Sarratt makes a touchdown catch past Alabama defensive back Dijon Lee during the second half of the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal game on Thursday in Pasadena, Calif. The Hoosiers won 38-3. pressive Big Ten victories. Indiana is two wins away from the first national championship in school history after becoming the first team to advance following a firstround bye in the current 12team playoff format. The first six bye teams — including the first two this season — couldn’t come back strong from an extra-long layoff, but the Hoosiers took care of business while improving to 25-2 under Cignetti. The Crimson Tide’s second season under Kalen DeBoer ended in the same venue as their final season under Nick Saban two years ago. Alabama was outclassed one week after an impressive road win over Oklahoma, managing just 151 yards before the meaningless final minutes of this blowout. Ty Simpson passed for 67 yards before backup Austin Mack replaced him in the third quarter. Mack immediately got the Tide rolling on a 65-yard drive leading to a short field

goal, but the Hoosiers responded with two unstoppable TD drives. Indiana dominated the famous Rose Bowl turf, which stayed pristine despite nearly 24 hours of steady rain before kickoff. The storms dissipated while the Hoosiers took their first-half lead, and blue skies appeared in the second half. After the first scoreless first quarter in a Rose Bowl in 26 years, Indiana’s second drive stretched 84 yards and 16 plays over nearly nine minutes before Nicolas Radicic’s 31-yard field goal on the first snap of the second quarter. Indiana’s defense then stopped Alabama on fourth and 1 at the Tide 34, and Mendoza fired a long, high pass to the leaping Becker four plays later for a 21-yard touchdown. Simpson fumbled in Indiana territory after a courageous first-down scramble late in the first half, and the Hoosiers methodically drove for Mendoza’s 1-yard TD pass with 17 seconds left to Cooper, the hero of Indiana’s dramatic victory over Penn State.

More LSU players set to enter the transfer portal BY WILSON ALEXANDER Staff writer

LSU redshirt sophomore wide receiver Kyle Parker plans to enter the transfer portal, he said Thursday night, meaning the Tigers will almost completely rebuild the position heading into their first season under coach Lane Kiffin. Parker emerged as part of the rotation this season with 31 catches for 330 yards and four touchdowns. He finished fifth on the team in catches and yards receiving, and he would have been LSU’s top returning wide receiver with three upperclassmen going to the NFL. Parker caught a career-high seven passes for 68 yards and a touchdown in the Texas Bowl. A four-star recruit in the 2023 class from Texas, Parker began to get more playing time as a redshirt freshman last year until he suffered a

season-ending torn tricep tendon. He could have up to three years of eligibility if he pursued a medical redshirt as a result of the injury. LSU is expected to pursue multiple wide receivers in the transfer portal, which opens from Jan. 2-16. With Parker intending to transfer, it can bring back four scholarship receivers. Only one of them, redshirt junior Nic Anderson, had more than 10 catches this season. Parker is the third LSU receiver planning to enter the transfer portal, joining redshirt freshmen Kylan Billiot and Jelani Watkins. LSU will also lose redshirt junior Aaron Anderson and seniors Zavion Thomas, Barion Brown and Chris Hilton. LSU now has 20 players set to enter the transfer portal before it opens Friday.

safety Joel Rogers plans to enter the transfer portal, a source told The Advocate on Thursday. Rogers, who’s from St. Francisville, played in 14 games over the past two seasons, primarily on special teams and as a backup safety. Rogers has made four career tackles. He has three more years of eligibility. Rogers is the third LSU safety set to enter the transfer portal when it opens Jan. 2-16, joining redshirt junior Austin Ausberry and junior Javien Toviano. Dashawn Spears, a sophomore who might start next season, said he would enter the transfer portal Wednesday before changing his mind. Coming out of West Feliciana High, Rogers was a four-star recruit ranked No. 260 overall in the 2024 class, according to the Safety Rogers heads to portal 247Sports composite rankLSU redshirt freshman ings.

Oregon defense carries the day BY TIM REYNOLDS AP sportswriter

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The ﬁrst thing that Oregon quarterback Dante Moore did after winning the Orange Bowl was salute the thousands of fans who made the crosscountry trip to South Florida. If the Ducks’ defense keeps playing like this, those fans might be back in Miami before long. Matayo Uiagalelei caused a fumble to set up an Oregon touchdown, freshman Brandon Finney Jr. had three takeaways — two interceptions and a fumble recovery — and the ﬁfth-seeded Ducks silenced No. 4 Texas Tech’s offense for a 23-0

win in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Orange Bowl on Thursday. “They’ve earned this opportunity,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said. “I told them go get their pound of ﬂesh today. They did that today.” Jordon Davison rushed for two scores, Moore threw for 234 yards and Atticus Sappington kicked three field goals for Oregon (13-1), which will play No. 1 Indiana (14-0) in the Peach Bowl — a CFP semiﬁnal — on Jan. 9. It’s a rematch of a game from Oct. 11, when the Hoosiers beat Oregon 30-20. The Oregon-Indiana winner will be in Miami Gardens for the national title game on Jan. 19. “I believe we have the best defense in the country,” Finney

said. Texas Tech probably wouldn’t argue with that. Texas Tech — which finished at 12-2 — came into the day second nationally in points per game (42.5) and ﬁfth nationally in yards per game (480.3) but got absolutely nothing going. The Red Raiders turned the ball over four times, were stopped on fourth downs three other times and had four three-and-outs. “Texas Tech fans, I’m sorry that we let you down,” coach Joey McGuire said. “I hope you’ve enjoyed every second of this year. Man, this was such a special team and I’m so proud of them. Hats off to Dan Lanning.

LSU star Whit Weeks announced Thursday that he will return to the Tigers for his senior season. Weeks, an All-SEC linebacker, could have declared for the NFL draft, but now he’ll serve as one of the foundational pieces of coach Lane Kifﬁn’s ﬁrst LSU defense. He recorded 125 tackles as a sophomore, becoming one of the nation’s top linebackers, but he then suffered a broken ankle in the Tigers’ 2024 Texas Bowl win over Baylor, and injuries limited his effectiveness during his junior season. “College is too much fun to leave,” Weeks wrote on social media, “and there is no better place in the country to be right now than Baton Rouge, Louisiana. All I want to do is ball in the purple and gold. See you in September.” In 2025, Weeks, a native of Watkinsville, Georgia, registered only 31 total tackles in eight games. LSU lost three of the four

contests he missed after he re-fractured his ankle in a loss to Ole Miss on Sept. 27. Kiffin told LSU’s radio broadcast of the Texas Bowl on Saturday that bringing back Weeks was a “big priority.” He had already retained defensive coordinator Blake Baker and the bulk of his defensive staff, which gave the Tigers confidence they could keep key players on defense. Weeks is one of those pieces. So far, 17 LSU players have decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal when it opens Friday. Only one of them — defensive tackle Ahmad Breaux — played signiﬁcant snaps on defense in 2025. Sophomore safety Dashawn Spears entered his name into the portal on Thursday evening but changed his mind a few hours later. Now he’ll return to the Tigers in 2026 and compete for a starting job in the secondary. Cornerbacks DJ Pickett and PJ Woodland can also return next season, as well

as safety Tamarcus Cooley. On Thursday, five-star freshman running back Harlem Berry agreed to return to LSU for his sophomore season. Kiffin is expected to target quarterbacks, offensive linemen, wide receivers and defensive linemen in the transfer portal, which will be open through Jan. 16. As things stand, Michael Van Buren is the Tigers’ only scholarship quarterback. He said after the Texas Bowl that he still wants to return to LSU. After the regular season ended on Nov. 29, Weeks started training away from the team. He attended Kiffin’s introductory news conference on Dec. 2, then watched LSU’s bowl loss to Houston from the sideline in sweats. Weeks’ older brother, West, is out of eligibility, but his younger brother, Zach, can return to the Tigers for his sophomore season. Kifﬁn’s brother, Chris, is LSU’s new linebackers coach and co-defensive coordinator.

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LSU linebacker Whit Weeks, left, stands next to his brother Zach Weeks before the Texas Bowl on Saturday in Houston.

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OLE MISS 39, GEORGIA 34 THREE AND OUT: ROD WALKER’S TOP TAKEAWAyS FROM OLE MISS’ THRILLING WIN OVER GEORGIA

KING TRINIDAD I’ve had a chance to watch some stellar college quarterback play in the Dome over the years. Joe Burrow.Trevor Lawrence. Justin Fields. Michael Penix.Add Ole Miss electrifying QB Trinidad Chambliss (30-44-320-2 TDs) to the list.And a tip of the hat to Georgia’s tough-as-nails Gunner Stockton, too. Chambliss surely has LSU fans salivating at the possibility of him following Lane Kiffin to Baton Rouge. Chambliss will have to await the outcome of his request for a waiver for a sixth season of eligibility. But first things first, Chambliss has at least one more game to play when the Rebels face Miami in the semifinals at the Fiesta Bowl. Assuming Chambliss gets another year, he’ll be a Heisman frontrunner wherever he decides to play.

SO SWEET The announced attendance at the Sugar Bowl was 68,371. It would have been one more if former Ole Miss/current LSU coach Lane Kiffin attended. He instead attended the LSU women’s basketball game in Baton Rouge. Kiffin missed a classic. The 92nd edition of the Allstate Sugar Bowl delivered big time and will go down as one of the better games in the storied history. It was no doubt the best game in the quarterfinal round of this year’s College Football Playoff. The other three quarterfinal matchups had nothing on this one. The Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl were decided by an average of 22.6 points.This one came down to the final minute.

THE RUST FACTOR Maybe it’s best to stay away from one of those top-4 seeds in the College Football Playoffs. We’re two years into the 12-team playoff format and the teams that have had the long layoffs have usually lost. Georgia, which hadn’t played since the SEC championship game on Dec. 6, was the latest victim. Teams with the bye are now 1-7 over the past two seasons. Arizona State, Oregon, Boise State and Georgia all lost after a bye last season. This season, Ohio State, Texas Tech and Georgia (again) all lost. The only exception has been Indiana. The No. 1 Hoosiers thumped Alabama 38-3 earlier Thursday in the Rose Bowl.

Ole Miss’ Carneiro enters record books Rebels kicker breaks field goal mark twice

to Lawson Luckie after a reverse. The Philly Special-type play converted a fourth and 5 and led to a Bulldogs ﬁeld goal.

Hall of Famers The Sugar Bowl recognized its 2026 Hall of Fame class during a pre-game ceremony. The four members of this year’s class were: Notre Dame quarterback Tom Clements (1973), Ole Miss quarterback Bobby Franklin (1960), Alabama linebacker Barry Krauss (1978 and 1979), and Missouri halfback Johnny Roland (1966). It was a return to the Dome for Clements, who served as quarterbacks coach for the Saints from 1997-1999.

BY ZACH EWING and ROD WALKER Staff writers

The Sugar Bowl has been around for 92 years, so theoretically records should be hard to come by. That wasn’t the case until Thursday night at the Caesars Superdome, where Ole Miss and Georgia each set a significant Sugar Bowl record in the first half — in one case two separate times. Ole Miss kicker Lucas Carneiro set a game record that had lasted 54 years when he kicked a 55-yard fi eld goal in the first quarter. He later hit the game-winner from 47 yards out with nine seconds left in the Rebels’ 39-34 win. Carneiro then broke his own Sugar Bowl record that lasted all of 15 minutes when he drilled a 56-yarder later on the Rebels’ next drive for a 6-0 Ole Miss lead. The previous record belonged to Oklahoma’s John Carroll, who kicked a 53-yard field goal in the 1972 Sugar Bowl at Tulane Stadium. Later in the first half, Georgia’s Daylen Everette scooped up a fumble by Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy and raced 47 yards for a Bulldogs touchdown. It was the eighth fumble return for a touchdown in Sugar Bowl history and by far the longest, more than doubling the previous record of Jim Bacon’s 20yard scoop-and-score for Virginia Tech in the Dec. 31, 1995, game. Carneiro’s chance at a third 50plus yard field goal was sabotaged

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Ole Miss’ Lucas Carneiro kicks a field goal against Georgia during the first half of the Sugar Bowl on Thursday at the Caesars Superdome.

NOTEBOOK by poor clock management at the end of the ﬁrst half. Ole Miss tight end Dae’Quan Wright was tackled inbounds at the Georgia 35 with less than 10 seconds left, and the Rebels seemed unsure of whether to spike the ball (it was fourth down) or rush the ﬁeld goal unit on. Time expired before Carneiro had a chance.

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Continued from page 1C hit the pylon. “These guys are resilient, they’re tough and they’re competitive,” Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding said. Chambliss, who led Ferris State to the Division II national championship last season before transferring to Ole Miss, was named offensive MVP after completing 29 of 42 passes to help the Rebels (13-1) win their seventh consecutive game and avenge a 43-35 loss to the SEC champion Bulldogs (122) on Oct. 18 in Athens, Georgia. “I just trusted my guys,” Chambliss said. “We’ve put in a lot of work throughout the year.” Ole Miss will face No. 10 Miami, which defeated No. 2 Ohio State 24-14 in a quarterfinal in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Wednesday night, in a semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl next Thursday in Glendale, Arizona. The Rebels, who defeated No. 11 Tulane in the first round in Oxford, Mississippi, improved to 2-0 under Hammond native and former Southeastern Louisiana assistant Golding, who was promoted to head coach from defensive coordinator on Nov. 30 after Lane Kiffin left to become head coach at LSU. “Their quarterback is just incredible,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “They made more plays than we did, out-executed us, out-coached us, outplayed us.” Georgia maintained its 21-12 halftime lead before the Rebels went for fourth-and-3 from the Bulldogs 44 and Chambliss connected with Wallace for a 36yard gain. Two plays later Lacy ran 7 yards for a touchdown that trimmed Georgia’s lead to 21-19 with 4:51 left in the third quarter. Ole Miss was poised to get the ball right back as the Bulldogs faced a fourth-and-5 at their 30,

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Ole Miss Rebels head coach Pete Golding lifts the Sugar Bowl trophy after the Rebels beat the Georgia Bulldogs on Thursday.

“We didn’t play our ﬁnest football in the ﬁrst half. We challenged them at halftime, and they responded.” PETE GOLDING, Ole Miss coach but on a fake punt Landon Roldan threw a 16-yard completion to Luckie Lawson. The drive continued until former Ascension Episcopal kicker Peyton Woodring kicked a 37-yard field goal that pushed the lead to 24-19 at the end of the third quarter. Chambliss threw a 44-yard completion to Wallace, leading to a 5-yard touchdown run by Lacy and a two-point conversion pass to Wallace to give Ole Miss a 27-24 lead with 11:29 left in the game. The Rebels got the ball back when Suntarine Perkins sacked Gunner Stockton for a 10-yard loss on fourth-and-2 from the Bulldogs’ 33. Two plays later Chambliss threw a 13-yard touchdown pass for a 34-24

met in the regular season Oct. 18 in Athens, Georgia, they combined for 78 points, 55 first downs, 861 yards … and only two punts, both by Ole Miss in the fourth quarter. The Sugar Bowl was quite a contrast. The teams combined for three punts by the end of the first quarter and five in the first half, including three forced by Ole Miss. Rebels coach Pete Golding, who was the team’s defensive coordinator before replacing Lane Kiffin as head coach last month, had repeatedly referenced the fact his unit didn’t force a single

lead with 9:02 remaining. Stockton, who passed for 204 yards, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Zachariah Branch to pull Georgia within 34-31 with 7:03 left. Georgia forced a punt and drove to the Rebels’ 3 before stalling and Woodring tied the score with a 24-yard field goal with 56 seconds left. “We didn’t play our finest football in the first half,” Golding said. “We challenged them at halftime, and they responded.” On Ole Miss’ second possession of the game, Carneiro kicked a 55yard field goal, the longest in Sugar Bowl history, to give Ole Miss a 3-0 lead. His record didn’t last long because the Rebels’ next possession ended with him kicking a 56-yard field goal for a 6-0 lead that held up through the end of the first quarter. Georgia committed to running right at Ole Miss on its next possession, and Nate Frazier had gains of 13, 6, 9 and 16 yards before Stockton ran 12 yards for a touchdown on the third play of the second quarter to give the Bulldogs a 7-6 lead. Chambliss answered on the ensuing possession with a 39-yard completion to Stribling, leading to Chambliss’ 3-yard touchdown pass to Luke Hasz. A failed two-point conversion attempt left the Rebels with a 12-7 lead. On the next possession, Stockton converted a third-and-5, a third-and-13 and a third-and-12, the last coming on a 26-yard completion to Cash Jones. Stockton sneaked 1 yard for a touchdown on the next play, giving Georgia a 14-12 lead. On the fourth play of the ensuing possession, Lacy fumbled when he was hit by Elijah Griffin and Georgia cornerback Daylen Everette picked up the ball and sprinted 47 yards for the longest fumble return for a touchdown in Sugar Bowl history, producing the 21-12 halftime lead.

punt in the ﬁrst meeting. He didn’t have to wait long for that to change in the rematch. Georgia’s ﬁrst drive did gain 29 yards and two first downs, but when Suntarine Perkins batted down a pass at the line of scrimmage on third and 10, the Ole Miss defense finally had its stop. Alas, Georgia’s Brett Thorson hit a beautiful punt that was downed at the 2-yard line. Georgia also successfully faked a punt in the third quarter, with little-used wide receiver Landon Roldan completing a 16-yard pass

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Continued from page 1C semifinal game at the Fiesta Bowl. If, indeed, it just means more in the SEC, the league’s members have certainly not acted like it this bowl season. Other than Ole Miss, the league has proven to be a fraternity of frauds. Bama? The conference’s longtime standard-bearer was blasted from CFP by Indiana, 38-3, in the CFP quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl. It was Alabama’s worst loss in more than a quarter century, since a 42-6 beatdown at Arkansas in 1998. Texas A&M? They were punked by Miami in the first round, mustering just a field goal in a demoralizing 10-3 loss. Oklahoma? The Sooners failed to boom for most of the game in their 34-24 first-round CFP loss to Alabama in Norman, Oklahoma. Meanwhile, league stalwarts LSU and Tennessee went down in their bowl matchups against Houston and Illinois. And the league’s nouveau riche – Vanderbilt and Missouri — took it on the chin, falling to Iowa and Virginia, respectively. Of course, that’s more than Auburn, Florida and Arkansas can say. They were so bad, they missed the bowl season entirely. The SEC is a woeful 4-8 this postseason, its record in the CFP an underwhelming 3-4. The league’s only wins have come over Group of Five (Ole Miss over Tulane) and intra-conference competition (‘Bama over Oklahoma, Ole Miss over Georgia). When SEC teams have

The announced attendance was 68,371, a sellout. … This was the first College Football Playoff quarterfinal game out of eight tries in which both teams led during regulation. … Thursday’s game was the first time since the 1963 season that two SEC teams played each other in the Sugar Bowl. In that one, No. 8 Alabama beat No. 7 Ole Miss 12-7. Despite being in the same conference, it was the first game between Alabama and Ole Miss since 1944. … During a second-quarter timeout, there was a tribute to two SEC executives who died in 2025. Roy Kramer, who served as SEC commissioner from 1990-2002, died in December. Mark Womack, a longtime executive associate commissioner, died in October. … The referees for the Sugar Bowl were from the Big Ten Conference. The first penalty flag of the night wasn’t thrown until the 11:39 mark of the second quarter, a face-mask infraction against Georgia’s Rasean Dinkins.

stepped out of their own ranks, they have fared poorly, going 2-6. (Mississippi State can still save a little face for the conference by beating Wake Forest in the Duke Mayo’s Bowl on Friday.) It’s been a while since we’ve seen the SEC look this bad and perform this poorly on a national stage. If the Rebels can’t run the table, it will be the third year in a row the SEC has gone without a national title. Big Ten teams have won the last two, and the league has a great chance to make it three for three with Indiana and Oregon still alive. The last time the SEC went this long without a national champion was 2002, when Florida State, Oklahoma, Miami and Ohio State completed a four-year run of non-SEC champs. Since then, an SEC team has played for the national title at least once every two or three years. In that span, the SEC has won 14 of 22 championships. As you can imagine, the rest of college football is showing no mercy on the SEC, especially after the league’s commissioner, Greg Sankey, had the audacity to claim that seven conference teams deserved to make the 12-team CFP this year. After years of having sand kicked in their proverbial faces by the biggest bullies on college football’s beach, the other conferences and their fans are having a ﬁeld day with the SEC’s struggles. It will only get worse if/when Ole Miss is eliminated. No, it’s up to the Rebels now. If the SEC is going to salvage its reputation as college football’s best league, it will be up to them to make it happen. They are the SEC’s great powder blue hope.

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n Classical music is on the program Sunday at 2 p.m. at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, for the PIATIGORSKY FOUNDATION CONCERT featuring tenor Kelly W. Burns and pianist Nicholas Shaneyfelt. The free concert is presented by the national non-profit organization that promotes classical music. jplibrary.net

New york via the Saenger Theatre this weekend for “HELL’S KITCHEN,” the Alicia Keys-based musical at the Canal Street performing arts center. Based loosely on the award-winning singer’s life and music, the show starts the year off at the Saenger with high energy and tunes like “Fallin’,” “Girl on Fire” and new songs for the show. The musical runs 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, plus 2 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. saengernola.com.

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This is the final weekend for the WINTER LANTERN FESTIVAL at Bayou Segnette State Park in Westwego. It runs 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. through Sunday. Hundreds of Chinese lanterns with LED lights create a wonderland of illumination at the park, 7777 Westbank Expressway. There also will be entertainment by the Zigong Acrobatic Troupe, plus games, keepsakes and more. Tickets start at $18. winterlanternfestival.com n

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ON REPEAT Associated Press picks its top 10 albums of the year

BY MARIA SHERMAN AP music writer

NEW YORK — The Associated Press has selected its 10 best albums of the year, presented in no particular order and with a legend describing who might particularly enjoy them, in the vein of our revamped music reviews. Like our picks and want more? Enjoy bonus recommendations accompanying each entry.

“Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,” Hayley Williams Call her Miss Paramore if you must, but this year, it’s all about Hayley Williams. The ﬁerce frontwoman has detoured on her own before — the explorative interiority of 2020’s “Petals for Armor” and 2021’s “Flowers for Vases / Descansos” — but nothing has come close to “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,” her greatest solo work to date. It is a triumph in candor told across varied mediums: ’90s alternative (“Brotherly Hate”), college radio indie rock (“Mirtazapine”) and trip-hop-pop (“Ice In My OJ”). It sounds like freedom for a performer long subject to public expectations. FOR FANS OF: Autonomy, psychic recalibration, Bloodhound Gang’s “The Bad Touch” LIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: Alex G’s “Headlights,” No Joy’s “Bugland,” any of the new Copenhagen school like Smerz’s “Big City Life” and Snuggle’s “Goodbyehouse”

“Addison,” Addison Rae Not so long ago, Addison Rae’s pop ascension would’ve been hard to comprehend. She came from the stiff world of TikTok dance moves and then reinvented herself with the fame it provided, launching an inventive pop career in its wake. Her debut album, “Addison,” is stuffed with sequined pop songs from the pitch-shifted trip-hop “Headphones On” to the Madonna’s “Ray of Light”-channeling “Aquamarine.” At its core is “Fame Is a Gun,” an addictive, early Grimes-ian winner about desire and desperation. FOR FANS OF: Victoria’s Secret, pouring cherry coke into red wine, the long-tail legacy of Britney Spears LIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: PinkPantheress’ “Fancy That,” Perfume Genius’ “Glory,” JADE’s “That’s Showbiz Baby!,” CMAT’s “EuroCountry,” the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack

“Lux,” Rosalía In the eleventh hour of 2025, Rosalía emerged a savior, offering an album to music’s mainstream that was neither milquetoast nor expected. At the risk of ﬂattening its extravagance: Her fourth studio album, “Lux,” is an offbeat, avantgarde embrace of her classical training. But it is also so much more than that. Across myriad operatic movements — as well as 13 different languages, a phonetic miracle performed by the Catalan singer — “Lux” is an ambitious collection of songs about divinity meant to challenge its audience into active listening. It is refreshing and arduous, a timeless reminder that rules are made to be broken. FOR FANS OF: Feminine intuition,

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Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder jumps on the Festival Stage on May 3, the seventh day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.

SHOWS THAT

ROCKED Technically, it’s impossible to determine 2025’s best big concerts in New Orleans without attending every single one. Nobody did that, not even me. And “best” is highly subjective. What rocks my world may not rock yours. That said, memorable musical moments abounded. For instance, Samantha Keith Fish absolutely owned Spera “American Girl” during a Tom Petty tribute at Tipitina’s. Hawaiian ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro picked a pitch-perfect instrumental “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s Cultural Exchange Pavilion as the audience provided the vocals. The Revivalists plugged in and had fun in the back courtyard of Uptown dive bar Snake and Jake’s. And memorably for the wrong reasons, I exited the Disney Channel’s Descendants/Zombies show at the Smoothie King Center with broken glasses and a cut forehead. Overall, the following 10 concerts, listed in chronological order, made the biggest impression on me in 2025:

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What were the ‘best’ big concerts of 2025 in New Orleans? Jon Batiste, Burna Boy, Lyle Lovett, Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, Leslie Odom Jr. all made the list

JON BATISTE

Feb. 8, Love Riot Festival The Super Bowl brought a slew of stars to town for private events, i.e. country heavyweight Chris Stapleton’s sturdy set at the Fillmore for SiriusXM. Barely 24 hours before singing the national STAFF FILE PHOTO By anthem at the game, SCOTT THRELKELD Jon Batiste presided over a sweaty, twohour, all-star revue at “He Gets Us presents Jon Batiste’s Love Riot Festival,” a free mini-fest on the Ninth Ward campus of George Washington Carver High School. Special guests included Ledisi, Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav, the Gospel Soul Children, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and Cyril, Ivan and Omari Neville, who led a “Big Chief” with Batiste on vocals. In between the guest appearances, Batiste, as joyous as ever, showcased songs from his landmark “We Are” album. “Freedom” and, especially, “I Need You” were both over-the-top. Melodica in hand, he led a procession across the festival grounds. It concluded with a plaintive “When the Saints Go Marching In” only audible to those within earshot, a small, intimate moment to end a big, boisterous show.

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April 4, Saenger Theatre Following rehearsals in New Orleans, Paul Simon launched his A Quiet Celebration Tour with two nights at the Saenger Theatre. In the unconventionally structured show, he and his ensemble first performed his 25-minute “Seven Psalms” mini-album in its entirety, uninterrupted. Listening to an artist of Simon’s stature, at such a late stage of his career, premiere a whole new body of work was a treat, especially with his wife, Edie Brickell, adding vocals. Simon, though battling the effects of aging, is still creative after all these years. After an intermission, he returned for an hour of more familiar material. He and the band presented fresh, mostly acoustic arrangements of a dozen songs from his catalog: “Graceland,” STAFF FILE PHOTO By SCOTT THRELKELD “Slip Slidin’ Away,” “Homeward Burna Boy performs April 27 on the Congo Square Stage during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Bound,” “Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard,” etc. The graceful, understated takes And he and his bandmates I Had a Boat” to “Church” to “12th table Lauryn Hill show. suited his station in life. Within know that at a festival, hits rule. of June” — his poignant ode to his VAMPIRE WEEKEND this richly textured and quietly The 20-song Jazz Fest set inyoung twins — gave the musicians powerful performance, his songs, cluded six cuts from “Ten” plus suitably sophisticated material Sept. 24, Saenger Theatre both new and old, sparkled. with which to work. other favorites: “Elderly Woman Vampire Weekend singer/guiFor those of us fortunate enough Behind the Counter In a Small tarist Ezra Koenig first ambled BURNA BOY to be sitting and listening in such Town.” “Daughter.” “Even Flow.” onstage strumming the gentle an acoustically sound venue, there “Black.” “Jeremy.” “State of Love “Hold You Now.” Bassist Chris April 27, Fair Grounds was much to savor. and Trust.” “Better Man.” “Alive.” Baio and drummer Chris Tomson During Burna Boy’s Jazz Fest The gentlemanly Lovett’s quick “Yellow Ledbetter.” soon joined him in front of the debut at the Congo Square Stage, wit and deadpan delivery of stoTypically Pearl Jam concluded stage curtain. Then, in an exclamore than 20 performers — dancshows on the “Dark Matter” tour ries between songs added a whole mation point moment, the curtain ers, horn players, “talking” drumwith either The Who’s “Baba other level of enjoyment. His dropped to reveal the other five mers, keyboardists, a guitarist, a O’Reilly” or Neil Young’s “Rockin’ members of the touring version comedic timing was as precise as bassist, etc. — moved on and off in the Free World.” Jazz Fest got the musicianship. Inviting powerof Vampire Weekend and the full stage. stage. But Burna Boy’s charisma, along both anthems back-to-back, as a house local vocalist Tonya Boydgreat American rock band delivThey spent two hours enthusiasti- Cannon to take a guest turn took with uptempo songs that weren’t sung in English but translated into the set up another notch. ered at a great American festival. cally conjuring smart East Coast a dance party anyway, carried the Combining fleet-on-its-feet Westindie rock. It spanned the burbling LAURYN HILL show. beat and curlicue guitar figure of ern swing, crisp jazz, high-caliber Five drummers circled him for the Paul Simon-esque “White Sky” country, intimate singer-songwritJuly 4, Caesars Superdome “Tshwala Bam.” Six jumbo sparIt wasn’t Lauryn Hill’s fault that to the Sublime-adjacent “A-Punk” er confessionals and percolating klers erupted during the exuberant her Essence Festival show started to the tempo shifts, starts and stops gospel, all steeped in his distinctly of “Sunflower.” Texan sensibility, Lovett represingalong of “It’s Plenty.” A sample — started! — at 2:37 a.m. The In a nifty bit of stagecraft, the entire, overstuffed program ran of Soul II Soul’s 1989 hit “Back To sented Americana — and Amerimusicians kept playing as, onebehind schedule; the tardiness Life” ushered in Burna Boy’s 2025 can — music at its finest. by-one, they peeled off and disapsnowballed with each act. single “Update.” Through it all, he PAUL McCARTNEY The Superdome was nearly was in constant motion. peared toward a light at the rear empty when Hill got underway. He saved the best for last, or center of the stage. They returned Oct. 29, Smoothie King Center But if she was perturbed, she more precisely, “Last Last.” The to spend 30 more minutes bangThe local stop of Paul McCartdidn’t show it. To the contrary, opening notes of that 2022 Afroing out bits of the Cure’s “Just ney’s Got Back Tour was a seamLike Heaven,” Steely Dan’s “Dirty beats smash sent a surge of energy she was especially personable. less, celebratory fusion of now Work,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Atthrough the audience. Fans danced Responding to a request for “I and then. For a nonstop two hours Gotta Find Peace of Mind,” from and sang along to the “shy-o” reand 40 minutes, the 83-year-old lantic City,” the Violent Femmes’ her 2002 live acoustic album, she legend and his band treated his “Blister in the Sun,” Taylor Swift’s frain, which Burna Boy morphed, replied, “I can do a little snippet. myth like music that deserved to “Blank Space,” David Bowie’s conveniently, into “I have to say … We didn’t rehearse that.” She be played, not just preserved. “Changes” and other covers. bye-bye-o.” then sang pretty much the entire The collective cohesion he and They concluded by “covering” PEARL JAM song, accompanied only by her their own “Walcott.” They could be his bandmates developed over guitarist. 24 years was evident from the many bands, but were best while May 3, Fair Grounds She restarted the band twice night’s crackerjack opening of being themselves. Pearl Jam’s third appearance at “Help!” Three horns punched up Jazz Fest was the best. In front of before the musicians locked into LYLE LOVETT the subsequent “Coming Up,” the a huge crowd, the entire band was an opening of “Doo Wop (That first of several Wings favorites in locked in, especially lead guitarist Thing)” that suited her. She Oct. 8, Jefferson Performing Arts Center requested everyone “get low” the set. Mike McCready. At 60, Eddie VeLong and lean in a trim, throwThe many highlights included dder understands the assignment before navigating a tight “Fuback suit, Lyle Lovett looked as of being a rock frontman. He was Gee-La.” impeccably tailored as he and his “Getting Better,” “I’ve Just Seen She exited at 3:37 a.m. By then, a Face,” “Lady Madonna,” “Somefully engaged, name-checking loAcoustic Group sounded. Everyonly a few hundred holdouts clus- one onstage was a master musical thing,” “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and cal landmarks and making sure audience members were OK. His tered near the Superdome stage, craftsman. 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“Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” Bad Bunny Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” is not just an album, but a cultural reset. At his residency in San Juan, it was evident, as Benito alternated between two stages. One, a rural scene with plantain trees and a large ﬂamboyan tree for the folk movements. The other, a traditional casita for the reggaeton and perreo block — where the pari de marquesina, or house party, happens. It is the perfect representation of his album’s celebration of Puerto Rico and its expert melding of its musical styles past and present. For many, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” is a revolution committed to wax, a global superstar looking inward to his homeland to see the future. He wields his reggaetón and urbana skillsets — and weaves in salsa, bomba, plena, música jíbara — to ﬁnd intergenerational pleasures. FOR FANS OF: Cuatros, drinking Medalla beer on the beach, Nelson Antonio Denis’ “War Against All Puerto Ricans” LIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: Karol G’s “Tropicoqueta,” Rauw Alejandro ‘s “Cosa Nuestra: Capítulo 0,” Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso’s “Papota,” Fuerza Regida’s “111xpantia”

“Baby,” Dijon For many listeners, Dijon is closely aligned with his big-name producing credits: on Bon Iver’s “SABLE, fABLE,” and Justin Bieber’s “Swag” series, or in his work with Mk.gee. But there’s a reason he is your favorite artist’s favorite artist. His take on R&B-pop and soul is surrealistic and dreamy; compositions are layered and borderline absurd. “Baby” is like peering into the brain of a great dadaist, if he just really loved Prince and springy electronics. FOR FANS OF: Grooves, the musician Panda Bear, taking a break from social media LIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: Nourished by Time’s “The Passionate Ones,” Leon Thomas’

“Mutt Deluxe: Heel,” Justin Bieber’s produced by the glossy Pharrell Williams and features Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, “Swag” and “Swag II” the Creator. But ultimately, “Let God Sort “Bleeds,” Wednesday Em Out” excels because the pair’s dexterLet the headline read: Great band gets ous flows, sinister and motivational, are better. It hasn’t been so long since the AP weighted and worldly. Where Malice’s named Wednesday’s last album, “Rat Saw voice is throatier now, Pusha T offers God,” one of the best of 2023, dubbing the some smoothing. The combination of new North Carolina alt-country group the most and old makes for one of the year’s best rap exciting band in contemporary indie rock. records. FOR FANS OF: Louis Vuitton, the wisdom of Two years later, it appears there are no threats to their title. “Bleeds” is a sharpen- distance and experience, family reunions LIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: Earl Sweatshirt’s ing of their already present skillsets: folksy and jagged vocals, guitar fuzz, bright and “Live Laugh Love,” Open Mike Eagle’s mournful slide guitar. And in singer and “Neighborhood Gods Unlimited,” Billy songwriter Karly Hartzman, you’ll be Woods’ “Golliwog” hard-pressed to find a keener lyricist. FOR FANS OF: Urban legends, dive bar regu- “Snipe Hunter,” Tyler Childers lars, stick and poke tattoos Tyler Childers is an outsider in the conLIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: Geese’s “Getting temporary country music industry; his Killed,” Daffo’s “Where the Earth Bends,” idiosyncrasies are a kind of superpower. Sharp Pins’ “Radio DDR,” Algernon Cad- Lest anyone forget the album preceding wallader’s “Trying Not to Have a Thought” this one, 2023’s rowdy “Rustin’ in the Rain,” was conceived of as Childers penning song “Never Enough,” Turnstile pitches for Elvis Presley. “Snipe Hunter” Lo and behold, an eight-time Grammy- continues to keep fans on their toes. It’s a nominated hardcore punk band! Balti- wild ride of rollicking songs, sometimes more’s Turnstile were underground stal- earnest and sometimes ironic, that at least warts until 2021’s “Glow On” launched one time ends with some serious considerthem into mainstream consciousness; ation of the Bhagavad Gita. File that next to they cemented their place there with beer, trucks and church as regular country “Never Enough.” They remain true to guy topics. their punk spirit, but now with certain FOR FANS OF: Wailing, rule breakers, having sonic deviations, like the ’80s radio rock a sense of humor at the end of the world “I Care” and the fleshy reverb of its title LIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: Charley Crockett’s track. There are ferocious moments, “Lonesome Drifter,” Julien Baker and too: Hit play on “Sunshower,” “Birds” Torres’ “Send a Prayer My Way” and “Look Out For Me.” But ultimately there’s no need to don a spiky leather “The BPM,” Sudan Archives jacket to get into these rhythms; it’s hardThere is no more appropriately titled album than Sudan Archives’ “The BPM.” core for every listener. FOR FANS OF: Fugazi, John Waters, Car- The latest release from the violinist and songwriter born Brittney Denise Parks hartt jackets LIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: They Are Gutting pulls straight from the beat worlds of a Body of Water’s “Lotto,” Lame’s “Lo 1980s Chicago house and ’90s Detroit Que Extrañas Ya No Existe,” The Tubs’ techno and evolves from there, develop“Cotton Crown,” Artificial Go’s “Musical ing something truly kinetic and unique Chairs” that spans more genres than possible to list here. But at its core, this is club-pop“Let God Sort Em Out,” Clipse soul music, meant to live in the body of They didn’t need to do this. And it didn’t its listener. FOR FANS OF: Karma, being the hottest need to work so well. It’s been 16 years since brothers Malice and Pusha T teamed person at the party, Jersey club music LIKE THIS? CHECK OUT: Rochelle Jordan’s up for a Clipse album — 2009’s “Til the Casket Drops” — and a lot has changed. “Through the Wall,” Amaarae’s “Black Their approach, too: Clipse’s return is fully Star,” Blood Orange’s “Essex Honey”

Lennon and told amusing Beatles anecdotes. After a mashup of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Helter Skelter,” the band plunged into “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End” from the “Abbey Road” album. McCartney traded garage band guitar licks with his bandmates, still treating his canon like living songs.

BILLIE EILISH Nov. 7, Smoothie King Center Billie Eilish’s third studio album, 2024’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” found fresh ways to showcase her striking soprano and sometimes stark point of view. Making clever recordings is one thing. Translating them into a compelling concert is something else entirely. But across the hour and 40 minutes Eilish spent on her high-tech, in-the-round stage for the ﬁrst of two sold-out nights at the Smoothie King Center, the necessary charisma, camaraderie, command and high concept abounded. Late in the show, she sat on the edge of the stage, her legs dangling, for “What Was I Made For?,” her hit single from the 2023 “Barbie” movie soundtrack. Voicing Barbie’s, and her own, self-doubts, she sang, “Takin’ a drive, I was an ideal/Looked so alive, turned out I’m not real/Just something you paid for/What was I made for?” She was made for headlining arenas.

LESLIE ODOM JR. Dec. 17, Orpheum Theater Leslie Odom Jr. first made his mark as Aaron Burr in the smash Broadway musical “Hamilton.” He’s since parlayed that stardom into a multifaceted career that includes a pair of popular Christmas albums. At the Orpheum Theater, Odom and his first-rate jazz quartet delivered a stellar showcase of traditional and not-so-traditional seasonal songs. The former often featured fresh arrangements, as when “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)” was retrofitted with a different rhythmic structure. “The First Noel” got rocked up with electric guitar and bass. “Please Come Home For Christmas,” by contrast, contained only understated church organ. Odom’s singing was sumptuous. He was also a funny, gregarious host who gave his musicians plenty of time to shine. They clustered around him to harmonize on Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers’ a cappella “Jesus Gave Me Water.” Not surprisingly, his jazzy take on the “Hamilton” hit “Wait For It” in the encore was rapturously received. But so was much of what preceded it. Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2026. There are 363 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 2, 2016, a heavily armed group led by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, beginning a 41-day standoff to protest the imprisonment of two ranchers convicted of setting fires on public land and to demand the federal government turn over public lands to local control. Also on this date: In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Alice Sanger as the first female White House staffer at a time of a growing movement for women’s rights. In 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II. In 1959, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 1 launched, becoming the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity. In 1971, 66 people were killed in a crush of spectators leaving a soccer match at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1974, President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph as a way of conserving gasoline during an OPEC oil embargo. (The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in 1987; federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.) In 1981, British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, aka the “Yorkshire Ripper,” was captured after a series of killings bred fear across northwest England between 1975 and 1980. Subsequently convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the killings of 13 women, he died in 2020 at the age of 74. In 2023, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after making a tackle during the first quarter of an NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals, requiring life-saving treatment on the field. Today’s birthdays: Filmmaker Todd Haynes is 65. Baseball Hall of Famer Edgar Martínez is 63. Actor-singer Tia Carrere is 59. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 58. Model Christy Turlington is 57. Actor Taye Diggs is 55. Actor Renée Elise Goldsberry is 55. Actor-comedian Dax Shepard is 51. Actor Kate Bosworth is 43. Musician Trombone Shorty is 40. Singer-rapper Bryson Tiller is 33.

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criticism. Show compassion, concern and, if possible, hands-on help. Nurture a meaningful relationship. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Put your head down and get whatever job you have lined up for today out of the way. Keeping busy will help you shed any emotional baggage that's weighing you down. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Seize the moment, share your thoughts, network, gather information and consider all your options. Show enthusiasm and make a commitment that will bring you closer to someone special. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) You'll be walking a tightrope when dealing with conflict. Don't start something you cannot finish. Keep situations in perspective and your emotions under control. Busy yourself with self- or home improvements. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) You have more options than you realize, and putting yourself in unique scenarios will spark your imagination and empower you to chase your dreams. Set a budget and begin your adventure. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Review your finances and budget with regard to something you want to pursue. Be careful not to exaggerate or give someone a false impression regarding how you feel or what your intentions are. The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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Bridge BY PHILLIP ALDER First in print in 2002, “A Treasury of Bidding Tips” by Eddie Kantar (Master Point Press) has been modernized by the author. He has also added a few more tips, bringing the number up to 554. Look at the South hand. Your partner opens one diamond and East overcalls two clubs. What would be your auction plan? Tip 303 is: Negative doubles at the oneand two-levels with five- and six-card suits are limited. They show a maximum of 10 high-card points. With more, bid the long suit directly. Think of a negative double followed by a new suit as trying to put brakes on the bidding sequence. Here, South should double, planning to bid a minimum number of hearts on the next round. North will presumably rebid two spades (not three spades with a probably useless club queen and no guarantee of a 4-4 fit), and South continues with three hearts, which should end the auction. What happens to the contract after West leads the club two? East, who can see only three defensive winners, takes two club tricks, then has two feasible defenses. If he shifts to the ace and another spade, declarer gets home by continuing with the ace and queen of hearts; but if South tries the heart finesse, he suffers a spade ruff

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Andercof GP, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an out-of-court vol‐ untary dissolution pro‐ ceeding has taken effect for Andercof GP, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company. Any person or entity hav‐ ing claims against An‐ dercof GP, LLC, are noti‐ fied to present their claims in writing and in detail to the appointed Liquidator, Kim Farmer, at 255 N. Joachim Street, Mobile, Alabama 36603, within six (6) months of the date of this notice. KIM FARMER, Liquidator Date: 11/6/25 172433-JAN 2-9-2T $199.42 PUBLIC NOTICE --ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 25CV160211 Su‐ perior Court of California, County of Alameda Peti‐ tion of: Gilbert Fred Dempsey TO ALL INTER‐ ESTED PERSONS: Peti‐ Gilbert Fred tioner Dempsey filed a petition with this court for a de‐ cree changing names as follows: GILBERT FRED DEMPSEY to VANGELIS DEMPSEY. The Court or‐ ders that all persons in‐ terested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any per‐ son objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob‐ jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard

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and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no objection is written timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice Hearing: Date: of 02/20/2026 Time: 09:00 AM., Dept.:514,The ad‐ dress of the court is 24405 Amador Street, Hayward CA 94544 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court's website. To find your court's website, go www.courts.ca.gov/ to find-my- court.htm.) A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four suc‐ cessive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspa‐ per of general circula‐ tion, printed in the county in which peti‐ tioner resides or, if no county, in the local sub‐ or territory division where petitioners reside. THE TIMES- PICAYUNE 12/17/2025 Date: THOMAS NIXON Judge of the Superior Court 1/2, 1/9, 1/116, 1,23 172460-jan 2-9-16-23-4t $802.52 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE OPPORTUNITY FOR REQUESTING A PUBLIC HEARING All interested persons are hereby advised that the Abundant Life Adult Day Healthcare Center applied to the has Louisiana Department of Transportation and De‐ velopment for project funding under Federal i d i i i

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ADJUDICATED PROPERTY SALE ADVERTISEMENT BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, I WILL SELL, AT CIVICSOURCE.COM, WITHIN THE LEGAL HOURS FOR JUDICIAL SALES BEGINNING AT 8:00 O’CLOCK A.M ON THE 7th DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 AND CONTINUING UNTIL SAID SALES ARE COMPLETED, TITLE TO IMMOVABLE PROPERTY ON WHICH TAXES WERE ADJUDICATED TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, TO ENFORCE COLLECTION OF TAXES. THE NAMES OF SAID DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS AND THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR EACH OF THE PROPERTIES TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE ARE AS FOLLOWS: ALVEREZ RON M 23 CURRAN BLVD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 TAXES OWED ARE WITH THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THAT PART KNOWN AS NEW ORLEANS LAKESHORE LAND COMPANY TRACT, EDGELAKE COURT SUBDIVISION, DESIGNATED AS LOT 11E-E ON A PLAN OF RESUBDIVISION OF UNIVERSAL LAND SURVEYORS, INC. DATED JANUARY 9, 1981, APPROVED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION UNDER S.D. 81 ON JULY 14, 1981. WHICH SAID RESUBDIVISION IS REGISTERED IN COB 772, FOLIO 665, PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN WHICH SAID LOT 11E-E IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO-WIT: LOT 11E-E COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 223.47 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF CROWDER ROAD AND CURRAN BOULEVARD, FRONTS OF CURRAN BOULEVARD, A DISTANCE OF 60’ FEET IN EASTERLY DIRECTION SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR BY DEPTH BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES OF 130’ FEET. BEING A PORTION OF THE SAME PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY ELVA POYNOT WIFE OF/AND LIONEL S. BOULMAY, JR., VENDORS HEREIN BY ACT OF SALE BEFORE LAWRENCE J. SPRINGER, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATED APRIL 24, 1981, AND REGISTERED IN COB 769, FOLIO 504, PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA. THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: A. DECLARATION OF TITLE CHANGE RECORDED 7/20/1981, AT COB 772/665 B. RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN ACT OF SALE PASSED BEFORE LAWRENCE J. SPRINGER, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATED APRIL 24, 1981, AND REGISTERED IN COB 769, FOLIO 504, PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, (NOTATION OF THE ABOVE IS MADE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS RECREATION OF RENEWAL OF SAME IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER.) C. ENCROACHMENTS, BOUNDARY DISPUTES, OVERLAPS, RIGHTS OF PARTIES IN POSSESSION, PARTY WALLS, SERVITUDES AND OTHER ADVERSE MATTERS, IF ANY, AS WOULD BE DISCLOSED ON A CURRENT ACCURATE SURVEY AND INSPECTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. 23-CURRANBL BERRYHILL JACQUELINE 2618 REYNES ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 TAXES OWED ARE WITH A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN SQUARE NO. 1416-1459, BOUNDED BY REYNES, TENNESSEE AND N. DORGENOIS STREETS AND FLORIDA AVENUE, DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 29 ON THE SURVEY MADE BY GILBERT & KELLY, SURVEYORS, DATED SEPTEMBER 3, 1960, A COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO AN ACT OF PURCHASE BY HOMESTEAD SAVINGS ASSOCIATION PASSED BEFORE JOHN H. HAMMEL, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC, DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 1960; AND ACCORDING TO SAID SURVEY, SAID LOT NO. 29 COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 215 FEET, 6 INCHES FROM THE CORNER OF REYNES STREET AND FLORIDA AVENUE, AND MEASURES THENCE 43 FEET FRONT ON REYES STREET, THE SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 120 FEET, BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: A. DECLARATION OF COVENANTS RUNNING WITH THE LAND RECORDED 1/28/2008, AT CIN 396552 RECORDS OF ORLEANS PARISH 2618-REYNESST BLANCHARD VELMA G 1 ROSA PARK, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 TAXES OWED ARE WITH ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THIS CITY; IN GENTILLY HEIGHTS #2 SUBDIVISION IN SQUARE 7, BOUNDED BY ROSA AVENUE, JASMINE AND VIOLET STREETS AND THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SAID SUBDIVISION, DESIGNATED AS LOT 7, MEASURING 25 FEET FRONT ON ROSA AVENUE BY 100 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLOT PLAN OF J. J. KREBS & SONS, INC. DATED JANUARY 7, 1971. 1-ROSEAV BROOKS DOROTHY C 5727 N GALVEZ ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA TAXES OWED ARE WITH A CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THIS CITY, IN SQUARE NO. 1104, BOUNDED BY N. GALVEZ, LAMANCHE, N. MIRO AND CHARBONNET STREETS, DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 7 WHICH SAID PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND FORMS THE CORNER OF N. GALVEZ AND CHARBONNET STREETS AND MEASURES 30.93 FEET FRONT ON N. GALVEZ STREET, SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 120 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES, ALL AS SHOWN BY A PLAN OR SKETCH OF SURVEY MADE BY J. J. KREBS & SONS, SURVEYORS, DATED JULY 28, 1954. 5727-NGALVEZST CITYWIDE DEV SERVICES, LLC 2615 SAINT ROCH AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 TAXES OWED ARE WITH A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, SAID TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 22, SQUARE 1493, WHICH SQUARE IS BOUNDED BY ST. ROCH AND FLORIDA AVENUE, LAW AND MUSIC STREETS, AND DESIGNATED AS PARCEL NO. 6-13 ON A PLAT OF SURVEY MADE BY GANDOLFO, KUHN & ASSOCIATES, C.E. & S., DATED MAY 1, 1964, REVISED TO 9/8/64, ANNEXED TO SUIT NO. 432-189 CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, SAID TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND BEING OUTLINES IN RED AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT OF SURVEY AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ST. 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g Transit Administration 5310 and/or (Section 5311) for the following: PROJECT: Abundant Life Adult Day Healthcare Center is preparing to ex‐ pand or obtain equip‐ ment to start new trans‐ portation services in the Parish. Further details relative to the project are available from Abundant Life ADHC, 2401 Prentiss Ave, New Orleans, La. 70122

g p y Section 29(C), Article X of Constitution of the Louisiana, that there will be introduced at the forthcoming session of Legislature of the Louisiana, to be con‐ vened on March 9, 2026, a bill relative to the Munic‐ ipal Police Employees’ Retirement System; to provide relative to disso‐ lution and partial disso‐ lution and the circum‐ stances under which an employer is deemed dis‐ solved or partially dis‐ solved; to provide rela‐ tive to the assessment, payment, calculation, collection, and enforce‐ ment of any related un‐ funded accrued liability charges and/or ﬁnancial penalties; to provide for deﬁnitions; to provide for venue and prescription; and to provide for re‐ lated matters.

g agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment, pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,325.

Interested persons are advised that they may request that a public hearing be conducted to provide a means for the public to express their views relative to the pro‐ posed project on the social, eco‐ probable nomic, and environmen‐ tal effects involved. In lieu of requesting a pub‐ lic hearing, interested may submit persons their comments in writ‐ ing. Written requests for a public hearing and/or submittal of comments must be postmarked on or before December 20, 2025, and should be ad‐ dressed to: Abundant Life ADHC 2401 Prentiss Ave New Orleans, La. 70122 Should a public hearing be required, a public no‐ tice will be published stating the date, time, and location of the hear‐ ing. 170580-dec 17-jan 2-2t $378.06 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given, as provided by i ( ) i l f

Publication Dates: January 1, 2026 and January 2, 2026 NOCP 8841 172308-jan 1-2-2t $53.40

PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 1544 Gentilly Boulevard; to ﬁx the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude ill i

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on January 27, 2025, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: December 26, 2025, January 2 and 9, 2026 NOCP 8829 171790-dec 26-jan 2-9-3t $53.73 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Orleans Parish Board of Election Supervisors will hold a public meeting to draw election commissioners to serve for the February 7, 2026 Special Election to fill the seats of State Senate District 3 State Representative District 97 State Representative District 100 Commissioners must meet all statutory requirements to serve. Drawing is to be held Friday, January 9, 2026 Criminal District Courthouse Clerk’s Election & Education Room 2751 Gravier Street beginning at 10:00 A.M.

BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE IN THE SAME DIRECTION ALONG THE SAME LINE, A DISTANCE OF 6 FEET 5 INCHES 1 LINE AND A POINT AND CORNER, THENCE RUN NORTH 85 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 51 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 3 FEET 6 INCHES 4 LINES TO A POINT AND CORNER; THENCE RUN SOUTH 24 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE WITH A RADIUS OF 2001 FEET 11 INCHES 6 LINES A DISTANCE OF 7 FEET 4 INCHES 1 LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 11.4 SQUARE FEET. 2615-STROCHAV DESSELLE MAY W 52615 PKWY DR, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 TAXES OWED ARE WITH TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, ADVANTAGES AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN AS GENTILLY PARK PLACE IN SQUARE NO. 19, BOUNDED BY PARKWAY DRIVE, WISTERIA, DORIOCOURT AND GLADIOLAS STREETS: WHICH SAID LOTS ARE DESIGNATED AS LOTS 16 AND 17, AND WHICH ADJOIN EACH OTHER AND MEASURE EACH 30 FEET FRONT ON PARKWAY DRIVE, BY A DEPTH OF 110 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. 52615-PARKWAYDR FAMULARO AUGUST EAMES AVE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127 TAXES OWED ARE WITH TWO LOTS OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THIS CITY, DESIGNATED AS LOTS NO. 11 & 12 IN SQUARE NO. 150 BOUNDED BY EAMES AVENUE, GENTILLY ROAD, TERRACE AVENUE AND MAXENT STREETS AND MEASURING EACH 25’ FRONT ON EAMES AVENUE BY 120’ DEPTH BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES. 53537-EAMESAV FINCH WILLARD M 3208 LOUISA ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 TAXES OWED ARE WITH ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SQUARE NO. 2083, BOUNDED BY METROPOLITAN, BENEFIT, HUMANITY AND LOUISA STREETS, DESIGNATED AS LOT NUMBER FIFTEEN ON A PLAT OF DEDICATION OF STREETS, MADE BY ADLOE ORR, CIVIL ENGINEER, DATED APRIL 24, 1944, ANNEXED TO AN ACT OF DEPOSIT PASSED BEFORE GEORGE D. SMART, NOTARY PUBLIC, ON MARCH 28, 1945, AND ACCORDING TO WHICH, SAID LOT COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF THIRTY-NINE FEET, SEVEN INCHES AND TWO LINES FROM THE CORNER OF LOUISA AND BENEFIT STREETS, MEASURES THENCE FORTY-THREE FEET AND EIGHT INCHES FRONT ON LOUISA STREET, THE SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT FEET, FOUR INCHES AND ONE LINE, BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NUMBER 3208 LOUISA STREET. THE PROPERTY ABOVE DESCRIBED IS SOLD SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN AN ACT PASSED BEFORE GEORGE D. SMART, NOTARY PUBLIC, ON MAY 31, 1945, REGISTERED C.O.B. 537 FOLIO 619. 3208-LOUISAST HARRIS AUDREY H 5435 N VILLERE ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 TAXES OWED ARE WITH ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES AND SERVITUDES, THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS, IN SQUARE NO. 578, BOUNDED BY FLOOD, ROBERTSON, VILLERE AND ANDRY STREETS, AND WHICH SAID LOT IS DESIGNATED BY THE LETTER “R” AND MEASURES THIRTY-TWO FEET, ONE INCH ON VILLERE STREET, BY ONE HUNDRED, SEVENTY FEET, NINE INCHES AND SIX LINES IN DEPTH MORE OR LESS. THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: A. DECLARATION OF COVENANTS RUNNING WITH THE LAND RECORDED 7/30/2007, AT CIN 363021 RECORDS OF ORLEANS PARISH 5435-NVILLEREST JACKSON FANNIE 3201 HENRY ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131 TAXES OWED ARE WITH A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN RIVERSIDE SUB., NUMBERED 4 AND 5 IN SQ. 151, B.B. WILLIAM, HENRY, PAYSEE AND RANKIN STS., AND EAST CANAL ST., LOT 4 MEAS. 25’ FRONT ON HENRY ST. BY A DEPTH OF 100’ B.P.L. LOT 5 MEAS. 26.7’ FRONT ON HENRY ST. BY DEPTH OF 100’ B.P.L. ASS AS PER MAP OF A.G.MUNDINGER, FEBRUARY 28, 1914, ANNEXED TO ACT OF DEPOSIT BEFORE J. K. BAILEY, LATE N.P. THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: A. OIL LEASE TO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, ALL OIL AND MINERAL RIGHTS GOING TO PURCHASER WITH TITLE. SPOIL DEPOSITS BY U.S ENGINEERS THROUGH MAY 1952 UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE CANAL. NO LESS AND EXCEPT, OR REMOVAL INSCRIPTIONS RECORDED. 3201-HENRYST JONES DEBORAH D 2308 DESIRE ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 TAXES OWED ARE WITH A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN SQUARE NO. 1228, BOUNDED BY DESIRE, NORTH ROCHEBLAVE, PIETY AND NORTH TONTI STREETS, DESIGNATED AS LOT Z ON THE PLAN OF SURVEY BY GILBERT & KELLY SURVEYORS, DATED FEBRUARY 27, 1933, AND ACCORDING THERETO BEGINS AT A POINT 56 FEET, 10 INCHES AND 7 LINES FROM THE CORNER OF DESIRE AND NORTH TONTI STREETS, AND MEASURING 42 FEET, 7 INCHES AND 6 LINES FRONT ON DESIRE STREET, BY A DEPTH BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES OF 120 FEET, BEING COMPOSED OF FORMER LOTS C-3 AND 14 FEET, 2 INCHES AND 5 LINES OF FORMER LOTS C-4. 2308-DESIREST LAFRANCE EVELYN GEORGE 5439 N DERBIGNY ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 TAXES OWED ARE WITH A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN SQUARE 814, BOUNDED BY NORTH DERBIGNY STREET, NORTH ROMAN, FLOOD AND ANDRY STREETS AND DESIGNATED AS LOT “V” ON PLAN OF C. A. LEWIS, D. C. S. DATED 5/18/10; ANNEXED TO ACT OF J. C. HENRIQUES, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATED 11/14/10 AND ACCORDING TO WHICH SAID LOT V COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 178 FEET FROM CORNER OF FLOOD AND NORTH DERBIGNY STREET AND MEASURES 30 FEET FRONT ON NORTH DERBIGNY STREET AND HAVING THE SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 120 FEET BETWEEN

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Darren P. Lombard President, Orleans Parish Board of Election Supervisors 171778-jan 2-1t $12.18 PUBLIC NOTICE --“NOTICE TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH” In the matter of the es‐ tablishment of a branch of M C Bank and Trust Company. Notice is hereby given that the M C Bank and Trust Company, whose Main Office and Office and domicile is lo‐ cated in Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, has made application to the Federal Deposit Insur‐ ance Corporation and the Louisiana Commissioner of Financial Institutions to establish a branch to be located at 5400 Magazine Street, Suite 100, New Or‐ leans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Any person wishing to comment on this applica‐ tion may file his or com‐ ments, in writing, with the Regional Direc‐ tor (DOS) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpo‐ ration at its Dallas Re‐ gional Office at 600 North Pearl Street, Suite 700 Dallas, Texas 75201, not later than January 26, 2026. The nonconfidential portion of the application is on file in the regional office and is available for inspection during regular business hours. Photo‐ copies of the nonconfi‐ dential portion of the ap‐ plication file will be made avail‐ able upon request. i hi

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p q Any person wishing to comment on this applica‐ tion with the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions may file his or her comments, in writ‐ ing, with the Commis‐ sioner of Financial Institutions, Post Office Box 94095, Baton Rouge, 70804-9095. Louisiana, The Office of Financial Institutions is not re‐ quired to consider any comments received more than 30 days after the date of publication of this No‐ tice. The Public Section of the application will be available at the Office of Financial Institutions for public inspection during regular business the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. This notice is published pursuant to Part 303.7 of the Rules and Regula‐ tions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpo‐ ration and LAC 10: I. 5 of the Chapter "Louisiana Register". __M C Bank & Trust Com‐ pany _____ (Name of Institution) __1201 Brashear Ave., Morgan City, LA 70380 (Address) By: _Christopher LeBa‐ to___________________ (President, CEO) 172425-JAN 2-1T $280.63

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FERSON, ORLEANS, ST. PLAQUEMINES, BERNARD, ST. CHARLES, ST. JOHN, ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA and PARISHES and the POLICY COMMITTEE of the RE‐ GIONAL PLANNING COM‐ MISSION FOR JEFFERSON, ORLEANS, PLAQUEMINES, BERNARD, ST. ST. CHARLES, ST. JOHN, ST. TAMMANY, and TANGIPA‐ HOA PARISHES. The regular meetings of the Regional Planning Commission and the Pol‐ icy Committee of the Re‐ gional Planning Commis‐ sion for the month of January 2026 will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. All meetings commence at 12:30 P.M. All meetings will be held at: Regional Transportation Management Center 10 Veterans Boulevard 1st Floor Conference Room New Orleans, LA 70124 For further information call (504) 483-8500. ADA NOTICE: The RTMC is ADA accessible. For special accommoda‐ tions for this meeting or for anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or ser‐ vice for effective com‐ munication, or modiﬁca‐ tions to policies or pro‐ cedures to participate in this meeting, should con‐ tact RPC’s public out‐ reach coordinator, at or 504-483-8513 as mgivhan@norpc.org soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event. 172430-JAN 2-1T $48.30

EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: A. THE COVENANTS AS TO FLOOD INSURANCE AS DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS RUNNING WITH THE LAND AS RECORDED 10/13/2007, AT CIN 374005; PARTIALLY RELEASED RECORDED 8/26/2015, AT CIN 583727 RECORDS OF ORLEANS PARISH 5439-NDERBIGNYST NELSON MARIA 4943 CORONADO DR, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127 TAXES OWED ARE WITH THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS, IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN AS CORONADO HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, IN SQUARE NO. 10, BOUNDED BY CORONADO DRIVE, PRESSBURG STREET, SCHINDLER DRIVE, THE EASTERN LINE OF CORONADO HEIGHTS AND DWYER ROAD, DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 71, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SURVEY OF ADLOE ORR, JR., & ASSOCIATES, C.E., DATED JANUARY 14, 1964, WHICH SAID LOT COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 314.10 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF CORONADO DRIVE AND PRESSBURG STREET, AND MEASURES THENCE 61 FEET FRONT ON CORONADO DRIVE, THE SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY DEPTH OF 90.43 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: A. RESTRICTIONS AS CONTAINED IN ACT BEFORE ROBERT L. HICKERSON, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATED SEPTEMBER 25, 1958, REGISTERED IN COB 626, FOLIO 233, PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA B. SERVITUDE OF FIVE (5’) IN DEPTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE REAR OF SAID LOT FOR UTILITIES C. DECLARATION OF COVENANTS RUNNING WITH THE LAND AS RECORDED 12/8/2007, AT CIN 382068 RECORDS OF ORLEANS PARISH 4943-CORONADODR POLITE-WILSON GWENDOLYN 2427 ARTS ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 TAXES OWED ARE WITH A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN SQUARE NO. 1321 BOUNDED BY ARTS, PAINTERS, NORTH DORGENOIS AND NORTH ROCHEBLAVE STREETS, DESIGNATED BY THE NO. 15 ON A SURVEY MADE BY JOHN H. WALKER, C.E., DATED DECEMBER 1, 1906 AND ACCORDING TO WHICH, THE SAID LOT NO. 15 COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 59 FEET 10 INCHES 7 LINES FROM THE CORNER OF ARTS STREET, IN THE DIRECTION OF NORTH ROCHEBLAVE STREET, THE SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 110 FEET ON BOTH SIDE LINES. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SURVEY MADE BY GILBERT, KELLY & COUTURIE, S. & E. DATED OCTOBER 13, 1963. 2427-ARTSST REAUX ALEXANDER J SR 3716 GENERAL OGDEN ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 TAXES OWED ARE WITH ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SQUARE NUMBER 597, BOUNDED BY GENERAL OGDEN, STROELITZ, PALMETTO AND HOLLY GROVE STREETS, AND ACCORDING TO A SURVEY MADE BY GILBERT AND KELLY, SURVEYORS, DATED FEBRUARY 5, 1960, WHICH IS ANNEXED TO ANOTHER ACT PASSED BEFORE ALLAIN C. ANDRY, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC, DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1960, FOR REFERENCE, SAID LOT OF GROUND IS DESIGNATED BY THE NUMBER 10-H AND FORMS THE CORNER OF GENERAL OGDEN AND PALMETTO STREETS, AND MEASURES SIXTY-SEVEN FEET, NO INCHES AND NO LINES (67’ 0” 0’”) FRONT ON GENERAL OGDEN STREET, THIRTY-NINE FEET, SEVEN INCHES AND FOUR LINES (39’ 7” 4’”) IN DEPTH AND FRONT ON PALMETTO STREET, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR FEET, NO INCHES AND TWO LINES (124’ 0” 2’”) ACTUAL (121’ PLAN) IN DEPTH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LINE, WITH A WIDTH IN THE REAR AND FRONT ON AIRLINE HIGHWAY OF ONE HUNDRED SEVEN FEET, TEN INCHES AND SIX LINES (107’ 10” 6’”), AND IS COMPOSED OF ORIGINAL LOT 10 AND A PORTION OF ORIGINAL LOT 11. THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: A. DECLARATION OF COVENANTS RUNNING WITH THE LAND AS RECORDED 1/8/2008, AT CIN 388894 B. PERMANENT EASEMENT/SERVITUDE IN FAVOR OF AT&T CORP. AND AT&T COMMUNICATIONS – EAST, INC. AS DESCRIBED IN THAT JUDGMENT RECORDED 10/8/2009, AT CIN 442860 3716-GENOGDENST TIBEAUX LUCILLE W 2724 THALIA ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113 TAXES OWED ARE WITH A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF THIS CITY, IN SQUARE 417, BOUNDED BY THALIA, CLARA, MELPOMENE AND MAGNOLIA STREETS, WHICH SAID LOT IS DESIGNATED BY THE NO. 2 ON A SKETCH ANNEXED TO AN ACT BEFORE WILLIAM L. POOLE, LATE NOTARY, ON JUNE 19, 1867, ACCORDING TO WHICH, SAID LOT MEASURES THIRTY FEET (30’) FRONT ON THALIA STREET, BY A DEPTH OF SIXTY-FOUR (64’) BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES; ACCORDING TO A SKETCH OF SURVEY BY ADLOE ORR, JR. & ASSOCIATES, C.E. AND S., PRINT OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO AN ACT OF SALE BEFORE A. MELVILLE WOLFSON, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATE JULY 1ST, 1953, SAID SURVEY BEING DATED JUNE 29, 1953, SAID LOT IS DESIGNATED BY THE NO. 16 AND COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF THIRTY-SIX FEET, SEVEN INCHES AND TWO LINES (36’7”2’”) FROM THE CORNER OF THALIA AND CLARA STREETS, AND MEASURES THIRTY FEET (30’) FRONT ON THALIA STREET, BY A DEPTH OF SIXTY-FOUR FEET (64’) BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES; ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY MADE BY GILBERT, KELLY & COUTURIE, INC., SURVEYING & ENGINEERING, DATED AUGUST 25, 1977, A CERTIFIED COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED HERETO, EXCEPT THAT MELPOMENE ST. IS NOW MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., BLVD. 2724-THALIAST ON THE DAY OF SALE I WILL SELL THE PROPERTY TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. THE SALE WILL BE WITHOUT APPRAISEMENT, FOR CASH OR OTHER PAYMENT METHODS ACCEPTABLE TO THE TAX COLLECTOR, IN LEGAL TENDER MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND A NON-WARRANTY CASH SALE CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ISSUED TO THE PURCHASER FOR THE PROPERTY.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Capital Projects Administration TITLE: A/E Services for OPS330 Repairs for Allison at Mandeville Wharf SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4609 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: December 12, 2025 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM PRE-BID CONFERENCE: December 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. Pre-Submittal Conference : RFQ 4609 - A/E Services for OPS330 Repairs for Allison at Mandeville Wharf / Meeting-Join / Microsoft Teams If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 906; 912; 925; 925-13; 92517; 925-33; 925-35, 925-36; 925-70 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: December 12, 19, 2025 and January 2, 2026 NOCP 8819 170036-dec 12-19-jan 2-3t $120.42

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 868-283 RENASANT BANK VERSUS CAR CONNEC‐ TION AUTO SALES LLC AND HOUSE CON‐ NECT, LLC By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated Septem‐ ber 12, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: "TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY" ATTACHMENT "A" THREE CERTAIN OF LOTS to‐ GROUND, gether will all buildings the and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privileges and servitudes, appurtenances and advantages be‐ hereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA,

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in that part thereof known as OWN YOUR OWN SUB‐ and DIVISION, designated and as described LOTS NOS. 72, 73 AND 74 in SQUARE 5, said NO. being square bounded by Al‐ tana, Newton, and Cumberland Streets, and Jef‐ ferson Highway, Lot 72, 73, and 74 adjoin each other and each measure 20 feet front on Cumberland Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 115 feet be‐ equal tween parallel and lines. Lot No. 74 commences 200.65 feet from the comer of Cumberland Street and Jef‐ ferson Highway, all as shown on a plat of survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, Consulting Engi‐ neers dated September 23, 1971, a certiﬁed copy of which is annexed to an act passed be‐ fore Robert E. Jeffer‐ son, Jr., Notary dated Public, 24, November 1971. Improvements thereon bear Municipal the No. 216 Cumber‐ Street land a/k/a 216 S. Cumberland Street, River Ridge, LA 70123 ATTACHMENT "B" A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ OF TION to‐ GROUND, gether will all buildings the and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, tudes, appurtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the of State Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ AIRLINE son, VISTA SUBDIVISION, in "B", Plot by bounded David Drive, Air‐ Highway, line the East Line of Subdivision, and Metairie West Avenue (Canal No. 5), desig‐ nated as Lot No. 6, more particularly de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows, to-wit: Lots 6 measures 100 feet frong on David Drive, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 150.02 feet between equal parallel and lines. Lot No. 6 lies nearer to and commences 582.64 feet from the corner of David Drive and Airline Highway; all according to a survey by Harris & Varisco, Con‐ Engi‐ sulting dated neers, May 8, 1974, a copy of which is annexed to Act No. 643097. Improvements thereon bear Municipal the No. 301 David Drive, Metairie, LA 70003. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - 10% down balance in 30 days. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. WAYNE A. MAIORANA, JR Attorney for Plaintiff

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JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 848-531 U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF2 ACQUISI‐ TION TRUST VS CURT BERNARD FARRIS AND SALLY HOPPER FARRIS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated June 25, I have 2024, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: A Certain Piece Or Portion Of to‐ Ground, gether with all buildings, the constructions, component parts, ﬁxtures improve‐ and ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State Louisiana, of City of Kenner, in that formerly part known as High‐ way Park Subdi‐ now vision, known as Jones Park Sub‐ in division, 238-A, Square bounded by Illi‐ Avenue, nois 32nd Street (formerly 14th 31st Street), Street (formerly 13th Street) and Idaho Avenue, designated as Lot "G", all in accordance with a survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, Consulting Engi‐ dated neers, April 12, 1957, approved by the City of Kenner, under Ordinance Num‐ 453, ber adopted July 15, 1957, registered in COB 433, folio 280, which said lot as measures follows: Lot "G", Square com‐ 238-A, mences at a dis‐ tance of 100 feet from the corner of Illinois Avenue and 32nd Street measures and thence 50 feet front on Illinois Avenue, same width in rear, by a depth of 127.5 feet be‐ equal tween parallel and lines. Lot "G" forming a part of the original Lots 43 and 44, 238, Square Park Highway Subdivision. All in accor‐ dance with a survey by

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y y Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie', Inc., Surveying & Engineering, dated June 12, 1971. Further in accordance with a survey by Curry Dixon & Sons, Inc., Land Sur‐ veyors and En‐ gineers, dated 29, November 1977, revised May 19, 1978 to show improvements, a copy of which is annexed to an act passed before Allen Curtis Hennesy, Notary dated Public, 28, December 1978, registered in COB 948, folio Jefferson 19, Parish, Louisiana; sub‐ ject to restric‐ tions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding rights mineral of record affect‐ ing the property. The improve‐ ments thereon bear the munici‐ address pal 3113 Illinois Av‐ enue, Kenner, Louisiana. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 853-661 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐ VICES, LLC VS THE OPENED SUCCESSION OF COTRIA V. OVER‐ STREET (A/K/A COTRIA OVERSTREET) AND TRAE BARDELL AND TISHARA BAR‐ DON By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated June 16, I have 2025, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: ALL THAT CER‐ TAIN LOT OR OF PARCEL to‐ GROUND, gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all rights, means, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐

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longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, part that thereof known as RANCH ACRES EXTENSION, and to according plan of subdivi‐ sion by J. J. Krebs and Associates, Inc., Civil Engi‐ neer, and Sur‐ dated veyor, September 17, 1971, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council on May 25, 1972, under Ordinance no. 10688, regis‐ tered in COB 764, folio 803, said portion of ground is desig‐ nated as LOT 21, SQUARE 4. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY MUELLER Attorney Plaintiff

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JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 867-532 SELENE FINANCE LP VS ADHAM AZEM LABAN By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated Septem‐ ber 3, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, situated in the Parish of JEF‐ State FERSON, of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as WEST‐ WOOD CROSS‐ ING, and being designated on the official plat of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said and Parish State, as LOT 33, NUMBER SQUARE E, said subdivi‐ sion, said lot such having size, shape and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes as are shown on said map; subject to i i

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p j restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding rights mineral of record affect‐ ing the property . This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 868-263 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS PIERRE PAUL JOSEPH A/K/A PIERRE P. JOSEPH A/K/A PIERRE JOSEPH By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated October 1, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: THE LAND RE‐ TO FERRED HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF Louisiana, AND DESCRIBED IS AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE INTERSEC‐ TION OF THE BOUND‐ WEST ARY LINE OF LIVE OAK PLACE SUB‐ DIVISION, PLOT AND THE 2, RIGHTSOUTH OF-WAY LINE OF THE NEW OR‐ PUBLIC LEANS BELT RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH POINT IS THE NORTH‐ WEST CORNER OF LOT 41-A, PLOT 2, LIVE OAK PLACE SUBDIVISION; THENCE, PRO‐ CEED SOUTH 19 DEGREES 23` 11" ALONG WEST, THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF LIVE OAK PLACE SUBDIVI‐ SION, A DIS‐ TANCE OF 642.84 FEET TO A POINT OF INTER‐ SECTION WITH NORTH THE BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT OF 28-A, PLOT 2, LIVE OAK PLACE SUB‐ THE DIVISION, POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE, PRO‐ CEED SOUTH 70 DEGREES 36` 49" ALONG EAST, THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 28-A, A DISTANCE OF

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144.14 FEET TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST CURVED BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 28-A, WHICH BOUND‐ ARY LINE IS THE REVISED RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF DECKBAR AVENUE, AS IN‐ DICATED ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PLANS OF STATE PROJECT #714-17-58; THENCE, PRO‐ CEED IN THE SOUTHERLY DI‐ RECTION ALONG THE REVISED WESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF DECK‐ AVENUE, BAR ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A OF RADIUS 647.62 FEET, A OF DISTANCE 11.88 FEET" CHORD LENGTH OF 11.88 (CHORD FEET BEARING SOUTH 6 DEGREES 41` 42" WEST) TO A POINT OF REVERSE CUR‐ VATURE; THENCE, CON‐ TINUING IN A SOUTHERLY DI‐ RECTION ALONG THE REVISED WESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF DECK‐ AVENUE, BAR ALONG THE ARC OF CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 625.92 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 39.23 FEET, (CHORD LENGTH OF 39.22 FEET, CHORD BEARING SOUTH 7 DEGREES 43" 04" TO A WEST) POINT OF INTER‐ SECTION WITH THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 28-A; THENCE, PRO‐ CEED N 70 DE‐ GREES 36` 49" ALONG WEST, THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 28-A, A OF DISTANCE 154.68 FEET TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF LIVE OAK PLACE SUBDIVISION, PLOT 2; THENCE, PRO‐ CEED N 19 DE‐ GREES 23` 11" ALONG EAST, THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF LIVE OAK PLACE SUBDIVI‐ SION, PLOT 2, DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET TO A POINT OF INTER‐ SECTION WITH NORTH THE BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 28A, THE POINT OF BEGINNING. LOT 28-A CON‐ 7482.50 TAINS FEET SQUARE IS DE‐ AND AS SCRIBED SHOWN ON A SURVEY BY PREPARED THE JEFFERSON PARISH DEPART‐ MENT OF ENGINEERING, WARREN M. LAVELLE, P.L.S. DATED #2308, MAY 24, 2001. LOT 28-A IS THE RESIDUAL AREA OF LOT 28 AFTER ACQUISITION OF 617.50 SQUARE FEET OF LAND BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO DECKBAR AVENUE. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ELIZABETH CROWELL PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of

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Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 862-355 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐ VICES, LLC VS CHRISTIE DU‐ DENHEFER BOZZELLE, DI‐ VORCED WIFE BY FIRST MAR‐ RIAGE OF GARY WAD‐ DLE, SEPARATED WIFE BY SEC‐ OND MARRIAGE TO JOHN C. BOZZELLE By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated March 5, I have 2025, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, with together all the buildings improve‐ and ments thereon, and all of the rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, in part that thereof shown on a Resubdivi‐ sion of Parcel R8 of the Robert J. Tract Perkins into Parcel R-8A of the Robert J. Tract Perkins and Sections 5A, Oak Forest Sub‐ division by John F. Marshall, L.S., August dated 29, 1984., approved Ordinance by dated #16693, 4, December 1985, registered in COB 1390, folio 230 and Map Book 125 #345 under Instrument, Jef‐ Parish ferson records, and according said thereto, property is des‐ ignated as fol‐ lows: Lot 1, Square 28, said which is property being bounded by Oak Haven Drive, Liberty Oak Drive, Mid‐ den Drive (side) and Bayou Des Familles (side). Further , said Lot 1 forms the cor‐ of Oak ner Haven Drive and Oak Liberty Drive, measures thence 67 feet front on Haven Oak same Drive, width in the rear, by a depth of 95 feet be‐ tween equal and paral‐ lel lines. All as fully more shown on sur‐ vey by Dufrene Surveying & Engineering, Inc., updated to show improve‐ ments April 30, 1999. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ i i i

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j p rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 862-611 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VS KESSLER SMITH By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated March 18, I have 2025, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as ACRE CROSS‐ ROAD ING, and being designated on the official plat of subdivi‐ said sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said and Parish State, as LOT 12, SQUARE 2, said subdivision, said lot having such size, shape and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said map; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding rights mineral of record affect‐ ing the prop‐ erty. Municipal Ad‐ dress: 1516 Gar‐ den Road, Mar‐ rero, LA 70072 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

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JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 862-954 DATA MORT‐ GAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORT‐ GAGE VERSUS FATEMAH BICK‐ SLER A/K/A FATEMAH AB‐ DALLAH MO‐ HAMMAD BICK‐ SLER AND RONALD E. BICK‐ SLER By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated March 26, I have 2025, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN OF PORTION to‐ GROUND, gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA in MAPLEWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION, SECTION "D", being part of original the Gargere Planta‐ tion, in Township 14 South, Range 24 East, West of the Mississippi in River, SQUARE NO. 8, bounded by Dogwood Drive, Street, Third Maplewood Drive, and Fourth Street, designated as LOT NO. 30, all in according with the survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E, dated 4/1/1963; approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ord. No. 6076, adopted 5/23/1963, which said lot commences at a distance of 453' from the corner Dogwood of Drive and Third Street, the same measures thence 52' front on Dog‐ Drive, wood same in width in the rear, by a depth along the side line nearer Thad Street of 9935, a depth by along the oppo‐ site side line of 98.791. All in accordance with the survey of Adlee Orr, Jr. Associates, & dated C.E. 4/29/1964. For information purposes only: improve‐ The ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 1437 Dogwood Harvey, Drive, Louisiana 70058.

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This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 864-529 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS CHARLES W. RIDER, IV A/K/A CHARLES RIDER, IV AND JAMIE LYNN RIDER A/K/A JAMIE L. RIDER A/K/A JAMIE RIDER By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated May 20, I have 2025, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of to‐ ground, gether with all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, means, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances, advantages and component parts thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining thereto, lying and being situ‐ in the ated Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in part that thereof known as Trudeau Sub‐ division, and ac‐ cording to a plat of survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated June 13, 1957, said por‐ tion of ground is lo‐ cated in square 15 number bounded by Jef‐ ferson Highway, Tullulah Avenue, Russell and Street Arnold Avenue, and which por‐ tion of ground commences at a distance of feet 1,413.64 from the inter‐ section of Jef‐ ferson Highway and Tullulah Avenue and measures thence 50 feet front on Tullulah same Avenue, width in the rear, by a depth of 144 feet be‐ equal tween parallel and lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ i i i

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of Credit. DENNIS WIG‐ GINS, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 867-392

ATHENE ANNU‐ ITY AND LIFE COMPANY VERSUS CLIFFORD GREEN, JR.

U.S. BANK TRUST COM‐ PANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR -ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION,AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE4 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE4 VERSUS ESTATE OF DEAN J. MARSHALL

One certain lot of ground to‐ gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all of the ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, and identiﬁed as fol‐ lows:

A PORTION OF to‐ GROUND, gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all of the ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, of State in Louisiana, part that thereof known as UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION, and which por‐ tions of ground, according to the plan thereof by J. L. Fontcuberta, Surveyor, dated 4, November 1960, recorded in Plat Book 41, folio 23, as revised by the plan of Rene A. Harris, Inc., Consulting Engi‐ dated neers, March 15, 1963, recorded in Plat Book 48, folio 14 of the records of the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, des‐ ignated as fol‐ lows:

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Lot 2-A-1, Square E, Esprit at Stonebridge Exension, as per that plan of resubdivision by Charles M. John‐ Johnson son, Professional Land Surveyors, L.S., dated July 14, showing 2004, resubdivi‐ the sion of Square E, Lots 1-A, 2-A, 3 and 24, Esprit at Stone‐ Exten‐ bridge into sion, Square E, Lots 1A-1, 2-A-1, and 3A, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under ordinance 22330, no. No‐ adopted vember 17, 2004, ﬁled under instrument no. 10471318 in COB 3136, folio 304 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter

LOT 32-A, in 46, SQUARE which square is bounded by Ole Miss Drive, 35th Street, East Louisiana State Drive and East Oglethorpe Place and mea‐ sures thence 65 feet front on Ole Miss Drive, the same width in the rear, by a depth and front on East Oglethorpe Place of 110 feet and a depth of 110 feet on the

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opposite line.

side‐

This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. RADER JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: January 2, 2026, February 6, 2026 Jan 2-feb 6-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 869-695 U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION AS TRUSTEE FOR LB-SHED SERIES IV TRUST VERSUS DONALD F. HO‐ RAIST, JR., AND ROBIN DAIGLE HORAIST By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated October 22, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: One certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all of the ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances, prescriptions and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in part that thereof known as AIRLINE PARK NORTH SUBDIVISION, in SQUARE NO. 113, by bounded Cristine Street, Eisenhower Avenue, W. Av‐ Napoleon Airline enue, Blvd., Park LaFreniere Street and Fran‐ cis Avenue, which lot of said ground is desig‐ nated as LOT NO. 23, com‐ mences at a distance of 185 feet from the of corner Cristine Street and Eisenhower Avenue and measures thence 60 feet front on Cristine Street, same in width in the rear and front on W. Napoleon Avenue, by a depth of 110 between feet equal and paral‐ lel lines; all according to sketch of survey by Gilbert, Kelly Couturie, & Everett V. Trian‐

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gle, Jr., Surveyor, dated October 1, 1996, a copy of which is annexed to and made a part of another Act passed before Notary, me, dated this day, for reference.

corner of Perry and Lilevy Streets; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the prop‐ erty.

This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges.

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale.

NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

KATE SOTO‐ LONGO Attorney for Plaintiff

ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VS LONG THANH NGUYEN

By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated October 30, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in Subur‐ ban Park Subdi‐ vision, City of Gretna, in Square No. 9, by bounded Street, Perry Lilevy Street, Is‐ abelle (formerly Gaiiatin) Street and the right of way of Paciﬁc South R.R. designated as Lots Nos. 8 and 9, all in accordance with the survey of Alvin E. Ho‐ tard, C. E. dated 26, January 1960, which said lots each adjoin other and mea‐ sure together 50 feet front on Perry Street, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 125 feet be‐ equal tween parallel and lines. Lot No. 8 lies nearer to and commences at a distance of 150 feet from the

By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled Novem‐ dated ber 3, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, February 11, at 10 2026 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: A CERTAIN POR‐ OF TION to‐ GROUND, gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in SQUARE 3, ROBERT J. PERKINS TRACT, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, in an area bounded by BARATARIA BOULEVARD, PRITCHARD ROAD and DAVIS DRIVE, designated as LOT 1-C and de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows: Commence from the inter‐ section of the westerly right of line of way Barataria Boulevard and southerly the right of way line Pritchard of Road and go North 89 degrees 02 min‐ utes 47 seconds West along the southerly right of way line of Pritchard Road, a distance of feet; 54.69 thence go North 87 degrees 24 minutes 41 seconds West along the h l i h

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g southerly right of way line of Pritchard Road a distance of 59.97 feet; thence go North 87 degrees 56 minutes 51 sec‐ West onds along the southerly right of way line of Pritchard Road a distance of feet; 63.16 thence go North 88 degrees 49 minutes 56 sec‐ West onds the along southerly right of way line of Pritchard Road a distance of feet; 51.42 thence go North 89 degrees 35 minutes 25 seconds West the along southerly right of way line of Pritchard Road distance of 22.19 feet to the Point of Begin‐ ning. Thence go South 18 de‐ grees 57 min‐ utes 19 seconds West a of distance feet; 141.78 thence go North 71 degrees 02 minutes 41 seconds West a 60.13 distance feet; thence go North 18 de‐ grees 57 min‐ utes 19 seconds East a of distance 121.72 feet to southerly the right of way line of Pritchard Road; thence go South 89 de‐ grees 24 min‐ utes 24 seconds East along the southerly right of way line Pritchard of Road a distance of 34.74 feet; thence go South 89 degrees 35 min‐ utes 25 seconds East along the southerly right of way line of Pritchard Road a distance of 28.65 feet to the POINT OF BE‐ GINNING. All as shown on survey by a Dufrene Survey‐ ing, Inc., dated March 6, 2002, and containing 7,921 feet; square subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-ofway and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the prop‐ erty. The improve‐ ments bear the ad‐ municipal 5090 dress Rd., Pritchard Marrero, Louisiana 70072. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

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By virtue of and in obedience to JUDGMENT a from the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause tled dated, NOVEM‐ BER 10, 2025, I will offer for sale to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, FEBRUARY 11, at 10 2026, o'clock a.m., the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: TWO CERTAIN OF LOTS to‐ GROUND, gether with all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, tudes, appurtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, that part thereof known MORNING‐ as SIDE PARK SUB‐ in DIVISION, NUM‐ SQUARE BER 39, bounded by and Webster Fairway Streets, 15th (late Dear‐ Avenue) born and 17th Street (late Van Buren Avenue), lots of said ground are des‐ ignated as LOTS NUMBER 7 AND 8 which lots ad‐ join each other measure and each 25 feet front on Webster Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 between feet equal and parallel lines. 7 com‐ Lot mences 150 feet from the corner Webster of Street and 15th Street (late Van Buren Avenue). All in accor‐ dance with a plan of Adloe Orr, C. E., dated May 15, 1941, on file in the office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State Louisiana, of and a plan of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc. dated May 10, 1965 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

NATHANIEL M. PHILLIPS Attorney for Plaintiff

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