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Auditor questions city’s vehicle fleet size New Orleans reviews take-home car policy

BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

As New Orleans looks to shave costs, the Louisiana legislative auditor is probing whether to curb the city’s roughly 2,800-vehicle fleet, including take-home vehicles.

Auditor Mike Waguespack — who is already monitoring the city’s finances, including overtime costs — said Tuesday that he’ll examine whether employees who have take-home cars actually need them and whether the city is selling vehicles it no longer uses.

The city’s fleet was 40% larger at the end of July than it was in 2023, according to data provided to The Times-Picayune last month. At least 935 municipal employees, or roughly 20% of the city’s workforce, drove cars home as of December,

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Peggy Scott Laborde, center, and other members of the Krewe of Phunny Phorty Phellows toast Leroy ‘Whistle Monsta’ Mitchell, left, and Jamie Bernstein of the Krewe of Oak, celebrating the arrival of Carnival season at the streetcar barn on Willow Street on Tuesday.

The New Orleans Carnival season kicked off with the Phunny Phorty Phellows streetcar ride and the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc parade on Jan. 6, marking the city’s Twelfth Night celebrations and the beginning of the pre-Lenten revelry. The Joan of Arc procession, a creative French Quarter walking parade honoring the Maid of Orleans, and the lively streetcar procession by the historic Phunny Phorty Phellows along St. Charles Avenue drew locals and visitors to the streets Tuesday evening.

New Orleans invited to bid on Super Bowl Benson and Landry meet with NFL, NBA commissioners

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Joan of Arc rides a horse during the annual Joan of Arc procession on Tuesday.

Pro sports in New Orleans received a major boost this week, including another potential Super Bowl.

Summit meetings between Saints-Pelicans owner Gayle Benson, Gov. Jeff Landry, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver greased the skids for a potential windfall for the city’s sports scene.

Among the results: n The NFL invited New Orleans to bid on Super Bowl 2031, an olive branch after the city missed

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Landry discusses plan to court Greenland Governor gets invite to dogsledding event

ed States in his role as President Donald Trump’s special envoy.

“I’m interested in talking to Greenlanders,” Landry told Brian Kilmeade during an interview

BY ALYSE PFEIL Tuesday morning on Fox News RaStaff writer dio. “I got invited to, I think it’s the Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said world’s largest dogsled event, that Tuesday he plans attend a major goes up in March in Greenland. dogsledding event in Greenland I’m going.”

Landry said he’s much more inthis March as he works to convince people there to side with the Unit- terested in talking to Greenland

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residents than government officials.

“I don’t want to talk to someone in Denmark,” he said. Greenland is a sovereign territory of that country.

“I’m more interested in talking to Greenlanders. I’m not interested in going to an embassy and talking to diplomats,” he later added.

Landry also threw his support behind the territory becoming in-

dependent from Denmark.

“That’s what I think the deal should be, with Greenland staking their claim on independence, with an assistance and a better agreement than they’ve got with Denmark with the United States,” Landry told Kilmeade.

“I think that Greenland is in the most unique position,” he said.

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U.S. nearly triples list of visa bond countries

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is nearly tripling the number of countries whose passport holders will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.

Less than a week after adding seven countries to the list of nations subject to visa bonds, bringing the total to 13, the State Department on Tuesday added 25 more. The bond requirement for the latest additions will take effect Jan. 21, according to a notice posted on the travel.state. gov website.

The move means that 38 countries, most of them in Africa but some in Latin America and Asia, are now on the list, which makes the process of obtaining a U.S. visa unaffordable for many.

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2K deployed to Minnesota

Trump administration launches ‘largest DHS operation ever’

BY REBECCA SANTANA and MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it launched what it described as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency — with 2,000 federal agents and officers expected in the Minneapolis area for a crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents.

“The largest DHS operation ever is happening right now in Minnesota,” the department said in a post on ‘X,’ dramatically ex-

panding the federal law enforcement footprint in the state amid heightened political and community tensions.

The government planned to send about 2,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers to Minnesota, according to a U.S. official and a person briefed on the matter. The agents are expected to be dispatched in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, the person said. The people were not authorized to publicly discuss operational details and spoke with The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

Immigrant rights groups and elected officials in the Twin Cit-

ies reported a sharp increase Tuesday in sightings of federal agents, notably around St. Paul.

Numerous agents’ vehicles were reported making traffic stops and outside area businesses and apartment buildings.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was also present and accompanied U.S. ICE officers during at least one arrest. A video posted on X showed Noem wearing a tactical vest and knit cap as agents arrested a man in St. Paul.

In the video, she tells the handcuffed man: “You will be held accountable for your crimes.”

DHS said in a news release that the man was from Ecuador and

DOJ says Brown shooter planned attack for years

Pamela Smart seeks to overturn conviction BOSTON — Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990, is seeking to overturn her conviction over what her lawyers claim were several constitutional violations.

The petition for habeas corpus relief was filed Monday in New York, where she is being held at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, and in New Hampshire, where the murder happened.

“Ms. Smart’s trial unfolded in an environment that no court had previously confronted — wall-to-wall media coverage that blurred the line between allegation and evidence,” Jason Ott, who is part of Smart’s legal team, said in a statement. “This petition challenges whether a fair adversarial process took place.”

Report: On-duty officer deaths decrease 25% Deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers in the U.S. decreased by nearly 25% in 2025, according to an annual report.

The report from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, shared with The Associated Press ahead of its release Tuesday, shows a drop in all categories of fatalities, from 148 total deaths in 2024 to 111 last year.

Officer firearm fatalities dropped to 44, a 15% decrease from 52 in 2024 and the lowest number in at least a decade, according to the fund’s previous annual officer fatality reports.

“I always like to see that firearms deaths are down. They are the tip of the spear for egregious acts,” said Bill Alexander, the chief executive officer of the fund, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that works to memorialize fallen officers, educate the public about the profession and improve officer safety.

Traffic-related deaths also decreased nearly 23% between 2024 and 2025, including both fatal traffic accidents and officers killed after being struck by a vehicle — usually during traffic stops.

BY LEAH WILLINGHAM and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press

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U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, front from left, Jared Kushner and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrive Tuesday for a meeting of the ‘coalition of the willing’ at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

Ukraine allies praise progress on guarantees

BY SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press

PARIS — Ukraine’s allies said they made major progress Tuesday toward agreeing how to defend the country if a peace deal is struck with Russia, saying they were ready to provide international guarantees to deter Moscow from attacking its neighbor again.

Plans discussed at a key meeting in Paris included having the U.S. lead an effort to monitor any ceasefire — which could give Washington a direct role in keeping any peace with Russia.

Leaders from 27 European countries and Canada, as well as U.S. representatives and top officials from the European Union and NATO, said they would provide Kyiv’s front-line forces with equipment and training and back them up with air, land and sea support to deter any future Russian attack.

This was the 15th and largest meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” — involving more heads of state and governments than ever and U.S. envoys in person for the first time.

The post-ceasefire architecture would also include beefing up Ukraine’s war-

battered army, including by replenishing its weapons stocks, so it could act as the country’s front-line deterrence against a resumption of fighting.

There was no immediate comment from officials in Russia on Tuesday, which was the eve of Orthodox Christmas.

The size of the supporting forces was not made public, and many of the details of the plan — which would only apply if a ceasefire enters into force — remain unclear.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the meeting made “excellent progress” but cautioned that “the hardest yards are still ahead,” noting that Russian attacks on Ukraine continue.

Moscow has revealed few details of its stance in the U.S.-led peace negotiations. Officials have reaffirmed Russia’s demands and have insisted there can be no ceasefire until a comprehensive settlement is agreed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out any deployment of troops from NATO countries on Ukrainian soil.

Starmer added that there can only be peace if Russia compromises, and added: “Putin is not showing that he is ready for peace.”

Israel clears final hurdle to Woman found alive in body bag to receive $3M start settlement construction A Detroit suburb has agreed to a $3.25 million settlement with the family of a young woman who had been declared dead at home but then gasped for air and opened her eyes when her body bag was unzipped at a funeral home.

Southfield paramedics were accused of gross negligence in how they responded to Timesha Beauchamp after a 911 call in 2020. The 20-year-old, who had cerebral palsy, was eventually rushed to a hospital and died two months later.

“We recognize that no resolution can undo the profound tragedy that occurred on August 23, 2020, or ease the pain experienced by Ms. Beauchamp’s family,” Southfield said in a statement. “This case involved extraordinarily difficult circumstances that arose in the complex world of a global pandemic.”

Beauchamp was struggling to breathe when her family called 911. A medical crew tried to resuscitate her and also consulted a doctor, who declared her dead over the phone without going to the home.

was wanted in his homeland and Connecticut on charges including murder and sexual assault. It said agents arrested 150 people Monday in enforcement actions in Minneapolis.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, criticized the federal enforcement surge as “a war that’s being waged against Minnesota.”

“You’re seeing that we have a ridiculous surge of apparently 2,000 people not coordinating with us, that are for a show of cameras,” Walz told reporters in Minneapolis on Tuesday, a day after announcing he was ending his campaign for a third term.

Development would cut West Bank in two

BY JULIA FRANKEL and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two, according to a government tender.

The tender, which seeks bids from developers, would clear the way to begin construction of the E1 project.

The anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now first reported the tender. Yoni Mizrahi, who runs the group’s settlement watch division, said initial work could begin within the month.

Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades, but was frozen due to U.S. pressure during previous administrations.

The international community overwhelmingly considers Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank to be illegal and an obstacle to peace.

The E1 project is especially contentious because it runs from the outskirts of Jeru-

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Palestinians walk Tuesday amid buildings destroyed by Israeli air and ground operations in Gaza City.

salem deep into the occupied West Bank.

Critics say it would prevent the establishment of a contiguous Palestinian state in the territory.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right politician who oversees settlement policy, has long pushed for the plan to become a reality.

“The Palestinian state is being erased from the table not with slogans but with actions,” he said in August, when Israel gave final approval to the plan. “Every settlement, every neighborhood, every housing unit is another nail in the coffin of this dangerous idea.”

BOSTON — The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor had been planning the attack for years and left behind videos in which he confessed to the murders but provided no motive, according to information released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility after he killed two students and wounded nine others in an engineering building on Dec. 13. Two days later, he killed MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro in his home in the Boston suburb of Brookline.

Justice Department officials said Tuesday that during the search of the storage facility where Neves Valente’s body was found on Dec. 18, the FBI recovered an electronic device containing a series

of short videos made by Neves Valente after the shootings.

In the recordings, the shooter admits in Portuguese that he had been working out details for at least six semesters. He did not provide a motive for targeting Brown or the MIT professor, with whom he attended school in Portugal decades ago.

In an English-translated transcript provided by the Justice Department, Neves Valente said he felt he had nothing to apologize for. He also complained in the videos about injuring his eye in the shootings.

“I’m not going to apologize because during my lifetime no one sincerely apologized to me,” he said.

He explicitly addressed baseless claims spread by conservative influencer Laura Loomer after the attack that the Brown shooter had spoken in Arabic, saying something like “Allahu akbar” upon entering the auditorium.

Neves Valente said he didn’t speak a word of Arabic or intend to make any kind of statement.

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White House: Military ‘always an option’ European leaders reject U.S. takeover of Greenland

BY CLAUDIA CIOBANU and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press

The White House said Tuesday that “U.S. military is always an option,” even as a series of European leaders rejected President Donald Trump’s comments about seeking an American takeover of the world’s largest island.

Trump has floated since his first term the idea of purchasing Greenland, which is part of the kingdom of Denmark. But, after this weekend’s U.S. military action in Venezuela, he’s renewed calls for the U.S. to take over Greenland, citing strategic reasons.

“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Green-

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Greenland Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen speaks at a Monday news conference in Nuuk, Greenland. land is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign poli-

cy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. military is always an option at the commander in chief’s disposal.”

That’s notable since Trump’s newly appointed special envoy to Greenland, as well as deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, had previously seemed to suggest

Canada’s Indigenous governor general to visit Greenland

BY ROB GILLIES Associated Press

TORONTO — Canada’s Indigenous governor general and its foreign minister will visit Greenland in early February, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday.

The visit comes as U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his call for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, the Inuit self-governing territory of the kingdom of Denmark.

Trump has also previously talked about making Canada the 51st state.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Governor General Mary Simon, who is of Inuk descent, are expected to open a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland.

“The future of Greenland and Denmark are decided

solely by the people of Denmark,” Carney said while meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at Canada’s embassy in Paris.

Anand posted a video of Carney meeting with Frederiksen on social media and said she will be in Nuuk in the coming weeks to officially open Canada’s consulate and “mark a concrete step in strengthening our engagement in support of Denmark’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, including Greenland.”

The island of Greenland, 80% of which lies above the Arctic Circle, is home to about 56,000 mostly Inuit people.

Simon became Canada’s first Indigenous governor general in 2021 and previously served as Canada’s ambassador to Denmark.

The governor general is the representative of Britain’s King Charles III, who is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the Commonwealth of former colonies.

Frederiksen and Carney are in Paris for the “coalition of the willing” talks on Ukraine, but Carney made a point of meeting with Frederiksen and NATO’s secretary-general ahead of those meetings.

“You have been very clear in your statement when it comes to the respect for national sovereignty,” Frederiksen said to Carney.

“We are both into securing the Arctic region and together with all our NATO allies we can secure the region, so hopefully everybody is willing to work together.”

that military action likely wouldn’t be necessary. And asked Tuesday if he felt comfortable taking military action in Greenland, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said, “No. I don’t think it’s appropriate.”

Leavitt’s comments also followed the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom joining Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in issuing a statement reaffirming that the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island “belongs to its people.”

Their statement defended the sovereignty of Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark and thus part of the NATO military alliance.

“Greenland belongs to its people,” it said. “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney also expressed his support, and announced a visit to Greenland early next month by Canada’s Governor General Mary

Simon, who is of Inuit descent, and Foreign Minister Anita Anand.

“The future of Greenland and Denmark are decided solely by the people of Denmark,” Carney said, standing next to Frederiksen at the Canadian Embassy in Paris.

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, said Monday that Greenland should be part of the United States in spite of a warning by Frederiksen that a U.S. takeover would amount to the end of NATO. “The president has been clear for months now that the United States should be the nation that has Greenland as part of our overall security apparatus,” Miller said during an interview with CNN on Monday.

The Danish leader, together with Greenland’s prime minister, has firmly rejected Trump’s renewed call for the island to come under U.S. control. Trump has argued the U.S. needs to control Greenland to ensure it security in the face of rising threats from China and Russia in the Arctic.

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Anniversary of riot brings fresh division

BY LISA MASCARO

AP congressional correspondent WASHINGTON — Five years ago outside the White House, outgoing President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters to head to the Capitol — “and I’ll be there with you” — in protest as Congress was affirming the 2020 election victory for Democrat Joe Biden.

A short time later, the world watched as the seat of U.S. power descended into chaos, and democracy hung in the balance.

On the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, there is no official event to memorialize what happened that day, when the mob made its way down Pennsylvania Avenue, battled police at the Capitol barricades and stormed inside, as lawmakers fled.

The political parties refuse to agree on a shared history of the events, which were broadcast around the globe. And the official plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol has never been hung.

Instead, the day displayed the divisions that still define Washington, and the country, and the White House itself issued a glossy new report with its own revised history

of what happened.

Trump, during a lengthy morning speech to House Republicans away from the Capitol at the rebranded Kennedy Center now carrying his own name, shifted blame for Jan. 6 onto the rioters themselves.

The president said he had intended only for his supporters to go “peacefully and patriotically” to confront Congress as it certified Biden’s win. He blamed the media for focusing on other parts of his speech that day.

At the same time, Democrats held their own morning meeting at the Capitol, reconvening members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack for a panel discussion. Recalling the history of the day is important, they said, in order to prevent what Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., warned was the GOP’s “Orwellian project of forgetting.”

And the former leader of the militant Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, summoned people for a midday march retracing the rioters’ steps from the White House to the Capitol, this time to honor Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt and those who died in the Jan. 6 siege and its after-

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From left, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., watch a video Tuesday as House Democrats hold an unofficial hearing on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by supporters of President Donald Trump. math. More than 100 people gathered, including Babbitt’s mother.

Tarrio and others are putting pressure on the Trump administration to punish officials who investigated and prosecuted the Jan. 6 ri-

oters. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy for orchestrating the Jan. 6 attack, and he is among more than 1,500 defendants who saw their charges dropped when Trump issued a

sweeping pardon on his return to the White House last year.

“They should be fired and prosecuted,” Tarrio told the crowd before they arrived at the Capitol, confronted along the way by counter-protesters, and sang the national anthem.

The White House, in its new report, highlighted the work the president has already done to free those charged and turned the blame on Democrats for certifying Biden’s election victory.

This milestone anniversary carried echoes of the deep differences that erupted that day.

But it unfolds while attention is focused elsewhere, particularly after the U.S. military’s stunning capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and Trump’s plans to take over the country and prop up its vast oil industry, a striking new era of American expansionism.

“These people in the administration, they want to lecture the world about democracy when they’re undermining the rule of law at home, as we all will be powerfully reminded,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, of New York, said on the eve of the anniversary.

California Rep. LaMalfa dies at 65 Vacancy narrows GOP’s House margin

BY TRÂN NGUYEN, MIKE CATALINI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

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Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican Doug LaMalfa, a died Monday after a California rice farmer who medical emergency.

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President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat in Washington.

Trump tries to rally House Republicans at retreat

BY SEUNG MIN KIM and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that Republicans have “so many good nuggets” to campaign on this year as they try to hold onto their razorthin margin in the House.

But the president’s nearly 90-minute speech before House Republicans had little in the way of a fresh policy agenda or a cohesive new message to guide the year.

Instead, he meandered from defending his actions during the Capitol riot five years ago to joking about being liberalminded to win the votes of transgender people to making head-scratching references to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s use of a wheelchair.

As he promised political “ammunition” to help Republicans, Trump emphasized the success of his 2024 presi-

dential campaign, reminding the audience that he carried every swing state as he pondered why voters tend to turn against the party in power during midterm elections.

“They say that when you win the presidency, you lose the midterms,” Trump said in remarks at the Kennedy Center, the performing arts venue that his allies recently renamed for him. “I wish you could explain to me what the hell is going on with the mind of the public.”

He warned that if Democrats regain control of Congress, “they’ll find a way to impeach me.”

Trump’s appearance at the GOP’s policy forum was meant to ensure House Republicans and the White House were aligned ahead of the November midterms that will determine control of Congress and the course of Trump’s final two years in office.

Rising health care costs,

Trump’s expansive foreign policy pursuits and other issues are dramatically splitting the GOP, as some Republicans become more comfortable crossing party lines to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson and join proposals from Democrats.

It all points to a difficult year ahead for the president and his party, especially as the House’s slim majority narrowed Tuesday with the sudden death of California Rep. Doug LaMalfa, which was announced to lawmakers as they traveled to the performing arts center, and the resignation of former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which took effect at midnight.

But Trump spent more time rehashing past grievances during the appearance than articulating a broad election-year strategy or offering specifics on how he’s addressing affordability concerns of voters.

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served seven terms in the U.S. House and was a reliable vote on President Donald Trump’s agenda, has died at age 65.

His death trims the Republicans’ narrow margin of control of the House to 218 seats to Democrats’ 213.

The congressman experienced a medical emergency

Monday night and was taken to a local hospital, where he died during a surgical procedure, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Officials haven’t disclosed the cause of his death.

Trump expressed “tremendous sorrow” over LaMalfa’s death as he addressed a

meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday, lamenting the loss of a lawmaker he championed as an ally for his agenda. He said the late congressman “wasn’t a 3 o’clock in the morning person” like other lawmakers he would call in the wee hours to lobby for their votes.

“He voted with me 100% of the time,” Trump said.

“With Doug, I never had to call.”

LaMalfa, a fourth-generation rice farmer, was elected to Congress in 2012 after serving in the state Legislature. He represented California’s 1st District, which covered a vast portion of the state’s rural North, spanning from the Oregon border down to just north of the capital, Sacramento.

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Continued from page 1A the official deadline to submit its proposal last fall. n The endorsement of a potential major renovation of the Smoothie King Center that would include the transformation of the arena and Superdome area into a reimagined sports and entertainment complex. n A long-term commitment from Silver to New Orleans as an NBA city.

“We had a very positive and productive meeting, and I am thrilled that we will have the opportunity to bid on the 2031 Super Bowl,” Benson said.

The invitation to bid on the 2031 Super Bowl came after a meeting Tuesday with Goodell at NFL offices in New York.

The Saints had planned to submit New Orleans’ bid for the 2031 game in September, when the league’s Engagement & Major Events Advisory Committee met to consider proposals for future Super Bowls. But the team was unable to do so because a lease extension with the state of Louisiana, which owns the Superdome, had not yet been finalized beyond 2030. As such, New Orleans wasn’t on the original shortlist of potential host cities.

The Saints and the state reached a deal on a longterm lease extension for the Dome in November, clearing the way to be reconsidered for the Super Bowl.

“We appreciated the opportunity to meet with Gov. Landry and Mrs. Benson,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said. “It was a very productive meeting, and while our immediate focus is on the upcoming Super Bowls, we can confirm that New Orleans will be part of the consideration process for the Super Bowl to be played in 2031.”

The next three Super Bowls — next month and the 2027 and 2028 games — are scheduled for San Francisco, Los Angeles and Atlanta, respectively. Las Vegas and Nashville, Tennessee, are considered the favorites to host the 2029 and 2030 games.

New Orleans officials have targeted the 2031 game because conflicts with Mardi Gras and convention schedules would likely prevent the city from hosting Super Bowls between 2032 and 2037, leaving 2038 as the next possible target year if 2031 stays off the table.

Denver; Cleveland; Jacksonville, Florida; and Washington, D.C., are expected to have new stadiums constructed in the next several years, which could potentially increase the competition for New Orleans to host Super Bowl LXV in 2031.

Owners are expected to have a full vote on the 2031 game sometime later this year.

“Louisiana has successfully hosted Super Bowls with our unparalleled hospitality,” Landry said. “The opportunity for Mrs. Benson and I to showcase all that Louisiana has going economically was an invaluable experience for our state. Given a chance, we look forward to rolling out the welcome mat once again.”

Super Bowl LIX, held in New Orleans last year, was the record-tying 11th Super Bowl hosted by the city and generated an estimated $1.25 billion in economic output in Louisiana, according to an LSU research study.

That was more than double the previous time the game was held here, in 2013.

During postgame reviews, NFL officials expressed concern about the city’s relative lack of high-end hotel room inventory and luxury event space, along with Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s capacity to handle the unprecedented influx of out-of-town visitors for the weekend.

To that end, Landry and Benson detailed plans for the expansion of Louis Armstrong and construction plans for new hotels that will eventually increase the city’s inventory to 45,000 rooms available in the metro area, with 27,000 rooms downtown.

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Trump trumpets windfall of oil for U.S.

President predicts 30 million to 50 million barrels from Venezuela

BY REGINA GARCIA CANO, AAMER MADHANI and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would be providing 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., and he pledged to use proceeds from the sale of this oil “to benefit the people” of both countries.

The White House is organizing a meeting Friday with U.S. oil company executives to discuss Venezuela, which the Trump administration has been pressuring to open its vast-but-struggling oil industry more widely to American investment and know-how. Representatives of Exxon, Chevron and ConocoPhillips are expected to attend the White House meeting, according to a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss the plans.

Earlier Tuesday, officials

in Caracas announced that at least 24 Venezuelan security officers were killed in the dead-of-night U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face drug charges. And the country’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, pushed back on Trump, who earlier this week warned she’d face an outcome worse than Maduro’s if she does not “do what’s right” and overhaul Venezuela into a country that aligns with U.S. interests, including by granting access to American energy companies.

Rodriguez, delivering an address Tuesday before government agricultural and industrial sector officials, said, “Personally, to those who threaten me: My destiny is not determined by them, but

by God.” Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said overall “dozens” of officers and civilians were killed in the weekend strike in

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Continued from page 1A costing the city at least $41 million.

Most are police officers.

“Is it necessary? Is it a fringe benefit or is it really justified?”

Waguespack said on Tuesday.

Waguespack’s moves come after Mayor-elect Helena Moreno in December questioned Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s use of take-home cars and the size of the city’s overall fleet, and as Moreno’s administration is implementing a host of furloughs and layoffs to avoid a $222 million deficit that would have otherwise plagued the new year.

A spokesperson for Moreno said Monday that “it is clear there are efficiencies to be gained and some unnecessary allocation of resources” in the city’s vehicle fleet.

“Reducing unnecessary expenditures is at the top of the Moreno administration’s priorities,” Todd Ragusa said.

A Cantrell spokesperson did not return a request for an interview.

The auditor’s report will be released as one part of a comprehensive review of the city’s fiscal practices requested by State Bond Commission after it agreed to allow the city to sell $125 million in

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Continued from page 1A “They’ve got an opportunity. They can claim their independence.

They can govern themselves. And they can get a great ally and partner.”

Trump announced Landry’s appointment as special envoy in a Truth Social post last month, saying “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our national security.”

Since then, Landry said the specifics of what exactly the role entails are still being worked out, though he has emphasized it won’t affect his job as governor.

“It’s still to be determined,” he

“Personally, to those who threaten me, my destiny is not determined by them, but by God.” DELCy RODRIGUEZ, acting president of Venezuela

Caracas and said prosecutors would investigate the deaths in what he described as a “war crime.” He didn’t specify if the estimate was specifically referring to Venezuelans.

In addition to the Venezuelan security officials, Cuba’s government had previously confirmed that 32 Cuban military and police officers working in Venezuela were killed in the raid. The Cuban government says the personnel killed belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, the country’s two main security agencies.

Seven U.S. service members were also injured in the raid, according to the Pentagon. Five have already

returned to duty, while two are still recovering from their injuries. The injuries included gunshot wounds and shrapnel injuries, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to comment on the matter publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

A video tribute to the slain Venezuelan security officials posted to the military’s Instagram account features faces of the fallen over black-and-white videos of soldiers, American aircraft flying over Caracas and armored vehicles destroyed by the blasts. Meanwhile, the streets of Caracas, deserted for days following Maduro’s capture, briefly filled with masses of people waving

Venezuelan flags and bouncing to patriotic music at a state-organized display of support for the government.

“Their spilled blood does not cry out for vengeance, but for justice and strength,” the military wrote in an Instagram post.

“It reaffirms our unwavering oath not to rest until we rescue our legitimate President, completely dismantle the terrorist groups operating from abroad, and ensure that events such as these never again sully our sovereign soil.”

With oil trading at roughly $56 a barrel, the transaction Trump announced late Tuesday could be worth as much as $2.8 billion. The U.S. goes through an average of roughly 20 million barrels a day of oil and related products, so Venezuela’s transfer would be the equivalent of as much as two and a half days of supply, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Despite Venezuela having the world’s largest proven crude oil reserves, it only produces on average about

one million barrels day, significantly below the U.S. average daily production of 13.9 million barrels a day during October.

The press office for Venezuela’s government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s announcement.

ExxonMobil is developing a mammoth offshore oil deposit in the waters off Guyana, Venezuela’s neighbor to the east. The company’s major oil discovery in 2015 prompted Venezuela to revive a century-old territorial dispute with Guyana and take steps to annex the remote region known as Essequibo, which comprises about two-thirds of Guyana’s land mass.

The development has also led to wide-ranging accusations from Venezuela’s government, including Rodríguez, against Guyana’s leaders and ExxonMobil.

Two years ago, Venezuelan lawmakers even considered banning any future operation in Venezuela of oil companies working in Guyana.

short-term revenue bonds in November. Waguespack will review New Orleans’ finances for fiscal years 2022 through 2025 and make recommendations.

His office will begin issuing reports on various budgetary issues in the next few months, and will issue the full slew of reports by midyear, he said.

New Orleans has had to contend with state intervention ever since the city discovered a $160 million deficit last year, caused by a failure to account for police overtime, ignored warnings about overspending and too-rosy revenue projections.

Waguespack weekly approves the city’s drawdowns from the $125 million pool the State Bond Commission authorized last year, so that the city could make payroll for 5,000 employees.

He is also looking into the city’s policies and practices governing overtime spending, another area Moreno has said her administration will take measures to control after she takes office on Jan. 12.

Now, his audit of city vehicles — his first deep dive into that issue — will examine the condition of municipal vehicles, their maintenance and insurance records. It will also examine the city’s vehicle policies, including who gets to take home a

car, Waguespack said.

Waguespack on Tuesday questioned the size of the city’s overall fleet, which includes “pool” vehicles that are not assigned to a particular driver. The city’s total fleet consisted of 2,800 vehicles as of July 30, according to city records provided to The TimesPicayune.

“At first glance it appears that there is an excessive amount of pool cars — some of which are dated in age,” said Waguespack.

“It could be an issue of not selling the surplus property.”

Of the fleet, 350 vehicles are pre-2010 models, according to the records. Waguespack said he worries that unnecessary vehicle expenditures — including costs to maintain and insure vehicles past their prime — could be straining the city’s finances.

The city did not provide takehome vehicle data for 2020-24 or total fleet data for 2020-22 in response to a public records request.

But data it did provide show the overall fleet has increased dramatically in recent years. By the end of 2023, there were 1,970 overall cars, compared with roughly 2,800 in July.

Also in 2023, the New Orleans Police Department rolled out more than 700 new police vehicles

as part of a push by then-interim New Orleans Police Superintendent Michelle Woodfork to give every officer a take-home car to boost recruitment numbers. Of the 935 employees who had take-home cars in December, 832 were NOPD employees.

The city dedicated $26 million of its $388 million in federal pandemic aid to public safety vehicles, according to the city’s American Rescue Plan spending dashboard.

The $41 million the city paid for the take-home vehicles in use as of December, per the records, includes only the purchase price of the cars, and not the insurance, maintenance or gas it must also pay.

The size and oversight of the city’s fleet has long been a point of contention.

In 2008, then-Inspector General Robert Cerasoli found that the city was paying $1 million a year for 273 vehicles for public workers, not including purchase costs, and that there had been frequent abuse.

In response, Mayor Mitch Landrieu slashed the number of administrative take-home vehicles to 59, and separately cut the number of cars assigned to public safety employees from 758 in June 2010 to 414.

In 2016, a report by then-Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux found that between 2009 and 2014, the city had no formal fleet management system in place to track how many vehicles the city owned, or how often they were used or repaired.

Moreno highlighted concerns about the city’s take-home car policies in an interview with The Times-Picayune last year.

“We have way too many people with take-home cars that are nonpublic safety employees,” Moreno said.

Of the 935 employees who have take-home cars in December, 95% had public safety responsibilities.

She also took shots at the mayor’s personal fleet of take-home cars, and said she’d get rid of them. “I don’t know why she needs four.”

Cantrell confirmed at the time that she has three city vehicles — “two large vehicles and one sedan” — which she said were necessary for “safety and protection.”

She also fired back that Moreno “doesn’t know what she doesn’t know.”

A list of take-home vehicles provided to The Times-Picayune lists only one vehicle assigned to Cantrell, a 2021 Chevrolet Suburban. It’s unclear why the other two vehicles are not listed.

said of the job while speaking to Louisiana radio talk show host Moon Griffon on Monday.

This week, President Donald Trump rattled European leaders with comments about Greenland he made a day after U.S. military forces bombed Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro.

“It’s so strategic right now.

Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,” Trump said in a huddle with reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it.”

During an appearance on the CNBC television program “Squawk Box” early Tuesday

morning, Landry rejected the idea that Trump is planning to take over Greenland through force.

“Is President Trump actually ready to seize Greenland?” host Joe Kernan asked Landry.

“No, I don’t think he is. I don’t think that’s what he’s talking about,” Landry replied.

He added: “I think that the president supports an independent Greenland with economic ties and trade opportunities for the United States.”

Host Becky Quick pressed Landry on the United States’s endgame.

“So this is just us going over there and doing deals with them, or is this us taking it over?” she asked. “Because President Trump has spoken very differently about it.”

Replied Landry: “I think that the president is one of those people that says everything is on the table.”

Landry said he is personally interested in having conversations with Greenlanders about what the U.S. can offer Greenland that Europe can’t.

The prime ministers of both Greenland and Denmark have blasted Trump for his approach.

Greenland’s prime minister, Jens Frederik Nielsen, on social media called the remarks “unacceptable” and “wrong.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday a U.S. takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of NATO. On Tuesday, leaders from several European countries issued a state-

ment saying that, “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of a debate over global trade and security.

The island, 80% of which lies above the Arctic Circle, is home to about 56,000 mostly Inuit people.

Its location off the northeastern coast of Canada has made it crucial to the defense of North America since World War II. The U.S. Department of Defense operates a remote space force base in northwestern Greenland that supports missile defense and space surveillance operations for the U.S. and NATO.

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Musk AI chatbot faces global backlash

LONDON — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the AI-powered tool.

On Tuesday, Britain’s top technology official demanded that Musk’s social media platform X take urgent action while a Polish lawmaker cited it as a reason to enact digital safety laws.

The European Union’s executive arm has denounced Grok while officials and regulators in France, India, Malaysia and Brazil have condemned the platform and called for investigations.

The problem emerged after the launch last year of Grok Imagine, an AI image generator that allows users to create videos and pictures by typing in text prompts. It includes a so-called “spicy mode” that can generate adult content.

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Alaska Airlines hero pilot sues Boeing over blame The Alaska Airlines pilot who has been universally praised as a hero for safely landing a jet after a door plug panel flew off shortly after takeoff is suing Boeing because he believes the plane maker wrongly tried to blame him and the rest of the crew.

Capt. Brandon Fisher was commended by the heads of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration and even Boeing executives for helping ensure none of the 177 people aboard Flight 1282 were killed when the blowout happened in January 2024.

But Fisher’s lawyers say Boeing’s attempts to deflect liability in past lawsuits, despite what the NTSB investigation found, led to the pilot being sued by some passengers and caused him great distress. Still, experts say it’s unusual for a pilot to sue like this.

“Boeing’s lie infuriated Captain Fisher as well, as he was being castigated for his actions as opposed to being lauded,” Fisher’s lawyers, William Walsh and Richard Mummolo, wrote in the lawsuit filed in an Oregon court. “Because he had flown Boeing aircraft for the entirety of his employment with Alaska Airlines, Boeing’s attempts to blame him felt like a deep, personal betrayal by a company that claimed to hold pilots in the highest regard.”

Four flight attendants previously sued Boeing over the incident last summer.

The NTSB investigation of the blowout found that four bolts securing what is known as the door plug panel were removed and never replaced during a repair as the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft was being assembled. Boeing and key supplier Spirit Aerosystems, which has since been acquired by Boeing, were both implicated.

China bans exports with military potential to Japan BEIJING — China on Tuesday banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve military purposes to Japan, a move that comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries over Taiwan, a selfruled island Beijing claims as its sovereign territory.

The Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement that exports of such items, which can serve both civilian and military purposes, to Japanese military users and all other end-users that could help enhance Japanese military power are prohibited.

Any individual or organization that violates the rule by transferring or providing these made-inChina products to Japanese groups and people would face legal consequences, regardless of where they are from, it said.

The notice did not identify or describe specific items, but some exports — particularly in the technology sector such as drones and navigation systems — could be adapted for military use. There was no immediate reaction from Japan.

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Big Tech drives Wall Street to more records

BY DAMIAN J. TROISE AP business writer

NEW YORK — Broad gains led by technology stocks pushed Wall Street to more records on Tuesday.

The gains mirror much of the action from the previous year, when big technology stocks often drove the market to a series of records.

Technology stocks led the gains, but several other sectors assisted in the broader market’s advance.

Health care companies, retailers and industrial firms broadly gained ground. Roughly three out of every four stocks in the benchmark S&P 500 index rose.

The S&P 500 rose 42.77 points, or 0.6%, to 6,944.82, setting a record on just the third trading day of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 484.90 points, or 1%, to 49,462.08, hitting a record for a second-straight day. The Nasdaq composite rose 151.35 points, or 0.6%, to 23,547.17.

Small company stocks outpaced their larger counterparts. The Russell 2000 jumped 1.4% and is now just below its record set in December.

The most notable action remained in the tech sector. Amazon, which has reach into both retail and technology, surged 3.4%. It is one of the most valuable companies in the world and its outsized stock valuation helped counter losses elsewhere in the market, including a 1.8% loss from Apple.

Micron Technology surged 10%, also helping to lift the market. Microsoft rose 1.2% Nvidia, which is often the biggest force behind the market’s direction, wavered throughout the day and finished 0.5% lower.

Sandisk surged 27.6% for the market’s biggest gain. The stock’s value has jumped more than 800% since spinning off from Western Digital last February. The gains have been driven by artificial in-

telligence and the resulting demand for data-storage hardware.

Western Digital rose 16.8%.

Technology companies, especially those focused on artificial intelligence, are being closely watched this week during the industry’s annual CES trade show in Las Vegas.

AI advances helped propel the broader market to a series of records in 2025. Investors will be watching companies for any updates that could shed more light on the big corporate investments in AI technology.

The price of benchmark U.S. crude oil fell 2% to $57.13 per barrel, pulling back from sharp gains a day prior when the market reacted to U.S. forces capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a weekend raid. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, fell 1.7% to $60.70 per barrel.

Treasury yields rose in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year

Treasury climbed to 4.16% from 4.15% late Monday. The yield on the two-year Treasury, which moves more closely with expectations for what the Federal Reserve will do, rose to 3.46% from 3.45% late Monday.

Gold prices rose 1% and silver prices rose 5.7%. Such assets are often considered safe havens in times of geopolitical turmoil. The metals have notched record prices over the last year amid lingering economic concerns brought on by conflicts and trade wars.

Markets in Europe gained ground.

Outside of company announcements, Wall Street is preparing for several updates on the U.S. labor market this week, along with reports on the services sector and consumer sentiment. They will help paint a clearer picture of how vital parts of the economy closed out 2025 and the direction they could take in 2026.

Third Little robots steal Coast hit the show at CES ’26 with $9.6M fine after Gulf spill

BY JOSH FUNK

AP transportation writer

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By ABBIE PARR

Lego introduced smart bricks, which are able to sense light and distance, and can provide an array of responses, essentially lights and sounds, when they are used in unison.

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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang kneels in front of a robot Monday during a Nvidia news conference ahead of the CES tech show in Las Vegas.

BY SHAWN CHEN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Nvidia, AMD and Intel all had important chip and artificial intellligence platform announcements on the first day of CES 2026, but all audiences wanted to see more of was Star Wars and Jensen Huang’s little robot buddies.

CES is a huge opportunity annually for companies both large and small to parade products they plan to put on shelves this year. As predicted, artificial intelligence was anchored in nearly everything as tech firms continue to look for AI products that will attract customers.

Here are the highlights from Day 1: Nvidia gets physical: The biggest buzzword in the air at CES is “physical AI,” Nvidia’s term for AI models that are trained in a virtual environment using computer generated, “synthetic” data, then deployed as physical machines once they’ve mastered their purpose.

CEO Jensen Huang showed off Cosmos, an AI foundation model trained on massive datasets, capable of simulating environments governed by actual physics. He also announced Alpamayo, an AI model specifically designed for autonomous driving. Huang revealed that Nvidia’s next generation AI superchip platform, dubbed Vera Rubin, is in full production, and that Nvidia has a new partnership with Siemens. All of this shows Nvidia is going to fight increased competition to retain its reputation as the backbone of the AI industry.

But once Huang called for two little, waddling, chirping robots to join him on stage, that’s all the audience wanted to see more of.

The chips are back in town: AMD CEO Lisa Su announced a new line of its famed Ryzen AI processors as

the company continues to expand its footprint in the world of AIpowered personal computers.

For gamers, AMD also showed off the latest version of its gaming-focused processor, the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Meanwhile, Intel announced its new AI chip for laptops, Panther Lake (also known as the Intel Core Ultra Series 3), and said the company has plans to launch a new platform to address a growing market for handheld video gaming machines.

Intel, a Silicon Valley pioneer that enjoyed decades of growth as its processors powered the personal computer boom, fell into a slump after missing the shift to the mobile computing era unleashed by the iPhone. It fell further behind after the AI boom propelled Nvidia into the spotlight.

President Donald Trump’s administration stepped in recently to secure a 10% stake in the company, making the government one of Intel’s biggest shareholders.

Federal officials said they invested in Intel to support U.S. technology and domestic manufacturing.

Uber dives back into the robotaxi game: Uber is giving the public a first look at their robotaxi at CES this week. Uber, along with luxury electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid Motors and vehicle tech company Nuro, introduced an autonomous vehicle with an Uberdesigned in-cabin experience.

Uber calls it the most luxurious robotaxi yet. It features cameras, sensors and radars that provide 360-degree perception and a lowprofile roof “halo” with integrated LEDs that will display riders’ initials to help them spot their car and track their ride status. Inside, riders can personalize everything from climate and seat heating to music, while real-time visuals show exactly what the vehicle is seeing on the road and the route

it plans to take.

Autonomous on-road testing began last month in San Francisco, led by Nuro, marking a major step toward what the companies said is a planned launch before the end of the year.

StarWars and Lego announce a new partnership: When Lucasfilm chief creative officer David Filoni brought out an array of X-Wing pilots, Chewbacca, R2D2 and C-3PO, he won the Star Wars fandom for Lego.

Lego announced its Lego Smart Play platform on Monday, which introduces new smart bricks, tags and special minifigs for your collection. The new bricks contain sensors that enable them to sense light and distance, and to provide an array of responses, essentially lights and sounds, when they are used in unison.

Combine this with a newly announced partnership with the Star Wars franchise and now you can create your own interactive space battles and lightsaber duels.

LG reveals a new robot to help around the home: File this one under intrigued, for now.

The Korean tech giant gave the media a glimpse Monday of its humanoid robot that is designed to handle household chores such as folding laundry and fetching food. Although many companies have robots on display at CES, LG certainly is one of the biggest tech companies to promise to put a service robot in homes.

What’s new with lollipops?: Music you can taste was on display Monday at CES: Lollipop Star unveiled a candy that plays music while you eat it. The company says it uses something called “bone induction technology,” which lets you hear songs — like tracks from Ice Spice and Akon — through the lollipop as you lick it or bite it in the back of your mouth, according to spokesperson Cassie Lawrence.

Pipeline safety regulators on Monday assessed their largest fine ever against the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana in 2023. But the $9.6 million fine isn’t likely to be a major burden for Third Coast to pay.

This single fine is close to the normal total of $8 million to $10 million in all fines that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration hands out each year. But Third Coast has a stake in some 1,900 miles of pipelines, and in September, the Houston-based company announced that it had secured a nearly $1 billion loan.

Pipeline Safety Trust Executive Director Bill Caram said this spill “resulted from a company-wide systemic failure, indicating the operator’s fundamental inability to implement pipeline safety regulations,” so the record fine is appropriate and welcome.

“However, even record fines often fail to be financially meaningful to pipeline operators. The proposed fine represents less than 3% of Third Coast Midstream’s estimated annual earnings,” Caram said.

“True deterrence requires penalties that make noncompliance more expensive than compliance.”

The agency said Third Coast didn’t establish proper emergency procedures, which is part of why the National Transportation Safety Board found that operators failed to shut down the pipeline for nearly 13 hours after their gauges first hinted at a problem. PHMSA also said the company didn’t adequately assess the risks or properly maintain the 18-inch Main Pass Oil Gathering pipeline.

The agency said the company “failed to perform new integrity analyses or evaluations following changes in circumstances that identified new and elevated risk factors” for the pipeline.

That echoed what the NTSB said in its final report in June, that “Third Coast missed several opportunities to evaluate how geohazards may threaten the integrity of their pipeline. Information widely available within the industry suggested that land movement related to hurricane activity was a threat to pipelines.”

The NTSB said the leak off the coast of Louisiana was the result of underwater landslides, caused by hazards such as hurricanes, that Third Coast, the pipeline owner, failed to address despite the threats being well known in the industry.

A Third Coast spokesperson said the company has been working to address regulators’ concerns about the leak, so it was taken aback by some of the details the agency included in its allegations and the size of the fine.

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BY PATRICK WALL Staff writer

A federal judge closed a longrunning school desegregation case in DeSoto Parish on Monday, less than a week after the U.S. Department of Justice, the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office and the DeSoto Parish School Board asked the court to dismiss the case and release the schools from federal oversight.

It is the second decadesold desegregation case in Louisiana brought to a swift end by the Trump administration and state Attorney General Liz Murrill, who last year had a case in Plaquemines Parish dating back to the 1960s dismissed. Murrill and Gov. Jeff Landry, both Republicans, have vowed to fight for other remaining desegregation orders to be lifted, with Landry assuring school systems last year that “there is an end in sight.”

About a dozen Louisiana school districts remain under longstanding desegregation orders, which often require them to submit regular compliance reports and seek court approval for changes, such as school closures or new attendance zones, that could affect schools’ racial balance. Historically, the Justice Department has monitored districts’ compliance with the orders and, in some cases, opposed efforts by Louisiana school boards to have the cases dismissed.

But the federal government has done an about-face since President Donald Trump returned to office last year, pressing courts to wind down several of the cases. State and federal officials say the desegregation orders are no longer necessary because the school districts long ago stopped discriminating against students by race, adding that the ongoing oversight drains school resources and undermines local control.

“The school boards are deprived

of their ability to actually govern when a federal judge is supervising an old consent decree,” Murrill said Tuesday. “I’m grateful to the Trump administration’s Department of Justice for being willing to really look at this and join us in ending cases that need to be ended.”

Civil rights groups have opposed efforts to lift the remaining orders, arguing that persistent racial disparities in some Louisiana schools — in areas such as student discipline, building quality and access to advanced courses — suggest the indirect effects of past segregation have not been fully addressed. They argue that courts should examine the present-day conditions in each school district before agreeing to dismiss the cases.

“Even when the parties jointly move to say there’s no more discrimination, the court has its own obligation to look at its orders and say, ‘Did they comply with everything they’re supposed to do?” said Deuel Ross, litigation director at the Legal Defense Fund, a New York-based nonprofit representing the plaintiffs in several of the Louisiana desegregation cases, but not DeSoto Parish.

Swift end to an old case Until this week, DeSoto Parish schools, a small district south of Shreveport, had operated under desegregation orders for nearly 60 years.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the school board in 1967 for maintaining racially segregated schools for more than a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the practice in its 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. The orders required the district to eliminate any “vestiges of segregation,” including in how students are assigned to schools and where new schools are constructed.

The Justice Department and the

Shreveport-based federal court overseeing the case have closely monitored the district’s actions over the years, including when it shut down a historically Black high school in 2013 and when some families were allegedly sending their children to schools outside of their attendance zones, according to court documents. As recently as 2024, Justice Department officials toured all nine of DeSoto Parish’s schools and interviewed administrators.

About 40% of the district’s students are Black and 50% are White, but most schools don’t reflect that diversity, according to state enrollment data. Three schools in Mansfield are around 90% Black, while schools in North DeSoto are majority White. District officials have said the school enrollments reflect where families live, not district policies.

Last June, the DeSoto Parish School Board brought on Murrill’s office as co-counsel in hopes the state would pursue a quick resolution to the case as it had in Plaquemines Parish. At the time, Superintendent Clay Corley said the federal monitoring created extra work for the district, which had to produce annual compliance reports.

“It’s a stack of stuff, a box full of data we send every year,” he told the news station KTBS, adding that “everything has to be blessed” by federal officials. Corley did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

On Dec. 30, the Justice Department, Murrill’s office and the school board’s private attorneys filed a joint motion asking U.S. District Court Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to dismiss the case. Hicks, who was nominated by former President George W. Bush, granted the motion Jan. 5.

In less than a week, without any public hearing or fanfare, the nearly six-decade-old case was closed.

McGlinchey Stafford founded by four partners in 1973

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL and ANDREA GALLO Staff writers

other firms, adding that “the firm wishes them well in their continued practice.”

A town hall for the firm’s attorneys and staff was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, with an additional meeting scheduled for Friday to share additional details.

McGlinchey was founded in 1973 in New Orleans by Carl Schumacher, Dermot McGlinchey, Graham Stafford and Donald Mintz, though it was McGlinchey and Stafford who aggressively grew the firm in the 1970s and 1980s into a regional powerhouse attracting some of the area’s brightest young talent.

Both McGlinchey and Stafford died young — Stafford at age 47 in 1987 and McGlinchey at age 60 in 1993. But the firm they established continued to expand its footprint across the country.

Today, it has 18 offices in 12 states and Washington, D.C., and its attorneys are licensed to practice in 36 states, according to its website.

While its offices are mainly clustered in the South, it also practices in various cities on the east and west coasts and boasts experience in 40 areas of the law. Its managing partner, Ferachi, is based in Baton Rouge, as was his predecessor, Rudy Aguilar, though its headquarters remains in New Orleans, where it has occupied two floors of the Pan American Life Center since 2008.

In November, the firm announced the creation of several new administrative leadership positions, including a chief strategy and operations officer, director of legal support, and employee engagement coordinator.

“Our business teams are the backbone of this firm, empowering our attorneys to do their best work through strong workflows, equipment, processes, and culture,” Ferachi said in a statement at the time.

After more than 50 years litigating some of Louisiana’s biggest cases, leaders of New Orleansbased McGlinchey Stafford PLLC voted to dissolve the firm, according to an email sent to the firm’s 160 attorneys and support staff.

In the email, sent Tuesday afternoon, managing member Michael Ferachi said McGlinchey’s “equity members” voted Monday evening to begin to wind down the firm.

“We do not know the date on which we will formally commence a dissolution,” Ferachi said. “When we do, we will let you know.”

He said the firm will be working with a consultant who specializes in winding down law firms in order to “carry this out in the most organized, efficient and graceful manner we can.”

It isn’t clear what was behind the decision to dissolve, which is highly unusual for a wellestablished, mid-sized firm like McGlinchey with decades of experience and offices around the country.

In a statement Tuesday night, the firm said there was “no single triggering event or definitive action” that prompted the decision.

“This is not because of any specific attorney’s departure, or any individual financial decision or leadership action that led us to this point,” Ferachi said. “This is the result of a combination of market factors, such as lagging collections, compounded with various internal factors over several years.”

The statement said a number Email Stephanie Riegel at of McGlinchey attorneys have stephanie.riegel@theadvocate. recently announced plans to join com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 2000 S. CLAIBORNE AV, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL LOAN TRUST 2023-1 VERSUS J. PAUL HOLDINGS LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-5743 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 2000 S CLAI‐ BORNE AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125 LOT A - SQUARE 397 4TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1423416 WRIT AMOUNT: $294,000.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 21 MCCABE LAW FIRM, LLC 504782-3436 RYAN M. MC‐ CABE The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 7322 MORRISON ROAD, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL LOAN TRUST 2023-1 VERSUS J. PAUL HOLDINGS LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-5740 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by

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the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 7322 MORRISON RD NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70126 LOT: 7, SQUARE: B THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1411915 LAKE FOREST SUBDIVISION NO. 1 WRIT AMOUNT: $148,973.19 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - 100% CASH AT THE MOMENT OF AD‐ JUDICATION. Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 20 MCCABE LAW FIRM, LLC 504782-3436 RYAN M. MC‐ CABE The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 2201 DELERY ST, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VERSUS THE LOFT (A/K/A THE LOFT INC.) AND SANDRA P. MARTIN CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2023-10235 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 2201 DELERY ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOT 9 - SQUARE 1 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1382643 WRIT AMOUNT: $1,710.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 5 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS 504658-4346 ANNA T. LEE The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NO. 6045 PINES BOULEVARD, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VERSUS THE SUCCESSION OF MARY SUE ALEXANDER MARINO AND JOHN MARINO, JR. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2022-1876 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 6045 PINES BOULEVARD LOT 16, SQUARE 4, THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT, PINES VILLAGE SUBDIVISION ACQUIRED MIN 1383896 WRIT AMOUNT: $17,915.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans BD 2 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (504) 658-4346 ANNA T. LEE The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NO. 6801 MAYO ROAD, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: CITY OF NEW OR‐ LEANS VERSUS SIDNEY PAYNE,

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JR. AND LOVE‐ TOUCH MINISTRIES, INC. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2019-7912 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of District Civil Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

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THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1269439 WRIT AMOUNT: $112,068.83 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

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DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 5713 COUNT LN, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: WILM‐ INGTON SAV‐ INGS FUND SO‐ CIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVID‐ UAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE ON BE‐ HALF FOR CSMC 2018 RPL12 TRUST VERSUS RAYMOND PITTMAN, DARIN ALPHONSE COLLINS, INDI‐ VIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS ADMINIS‐ TRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF KAY CHARLOT PITTMAN, ALLEN JOSEPH COLLINS,HOWAR CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, 4K'S PROPERTIES & CONSTRUCTION, LLC, AND NOIR INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-1159 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AN IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DIS‐ TRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN AS "RE‐ GENCY PARK TOWN HOMES," RE‐ GENCY PARK SUBDIVISION PHASE II, AS SHOWN ON A PLAN OF BEN‐ JAMIN L. CARTER DATED MARCH 29, 1967, AND RECORDED IN C.O.B. 684, FOLIO 114, AND ALSO AS SHOWN ON A PLAN OF GAN‐ GOLFO, KUHN AND ASSOCI‐ ATES, CERTIFIED CORRECT MAY 24, 1979, A COPY OF WHICH IS AT‐ TACHED TO ACT OF RESTATE‐ MENT AND REVISION OF SERVITUDES, RESTRICTIONS AND PRIVILEGES PASSED BEFORE LOUIS B. GRA‐ HAM, N.P., DATED MAY 29, 1979, AND REG‐ ISTERED IN C.O.B. 763C, FOLIOS 233 274, AND ACCORD‐ ING TO WHICH SAID LOT IS DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT, BLOCK 4 OF THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS RE‐ GENCY PARK

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TOWN HOMES, AND ALSO BEARS UNIT NO 5713 COUNT LANE. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON CURRENT SURVEY BY GANDOLFO, KUHN AND ASSOCIATES, AND S., C.E. DATED MAY 9, 1980.

WRIT AMOUNT: $59,628.68 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 26 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR., L.L.C. (225) 756 0373 COREY J. GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIO OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 2122-22 1/2 SECOND STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: MID‐ FIRST BANK VERSUS MONTY WADE ANDER‐ SON CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-5424 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 2122-22 1/2 SEC‐ OND ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113 SQUARE 302, LOT 17 FOURTH MUNIC‐ IPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN:1429968 WRIT AMOUNT: $166,516.95 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐

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leans GH 16 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 EMILY A. MUELLER The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 8234 BELFAST STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: WILM‐ INGTON SAV‐ INGS FUND SO‐ CIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF DIS‐ COVERY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST VERSUS BRENDA HAYES HAY‐ WOOD, IN HER CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRA‐ TRIX OF THE SUCCES‐ SION OF CATHERINE WOODSIDE HAYES A/K/A CATHERINE WOODSIDE HAYES A/K/A CATHERINE W. HAYES A/K/A CATHERINE HAYES CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-2729 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 8234 BELFAST ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118 LOT: B, SQUARE 379 SEVENTH MU‐ NICIPAL DIS‐ TRICT ACQ MIN: 927213 WRIT AMOUNT: $58,985.10 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 13 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 COREY J. GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1819

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DELSONDE STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FIRST HORIZON BANK VERSUS TINEKA SANDRELL WEST ( A/K/A TINEKA S. WEST, TINEKA WEST) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-2006 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 1819 DESLONDE ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70117 SQUARE 847, LOT 4 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN:1139022 WRIT AMOUNT: $181,843.74 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans BD 18 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 EMILY E. HOLLEY The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 12420 CARMEL PLACE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM‐ PANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STAN‐ LEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2005-HE3 MORT‐ GAGE PASSTHROUGH CER‐ TIFICATES, SE‐ RIES 2005-HE3 VERSUS DWAYNE SANDERS A/K/A DWAYNE ED‐ WARD SANDERS A/K/A DWAYNE E. SANDERS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2022-10183 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421

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g Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 12420 CARMEL PL NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70128 SQUARE 14, LOT 70 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN:1445322 WRIT AMOUNT: $235,462.28 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 22 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 COREY J. GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $95 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 38 PARK TIMBERS DRIVE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. VERSUS HENRY H. TREVI‐ GNE, JR. AND CANDY V. TREVIGNE-MA‐ HONEY, INDE‐ PENDENT AD‐ MINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCES‐ SION OF VICTO‐ RIA JOHNSON TREVIGNE A/K/A VICTORIA JOHN‐ SON BLANE TRE‐ VIGNE CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2023-2951 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 38 PARK TIM‐ BERS DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131 LOT: 222, SQUARE: E FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 909731 SECTION 2 OF PARK TIMBERS SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $174,856.07 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ b

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p ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 7 Law Firm: AL‐ BERTELLI LAW, P.A. 813-2214743 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $95 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1015 MELPOMENE STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: SE‐ LECT PORTFO‐ LIO SERVICING, INC VERSUS ERIC JARED IGLESIAS A/K/A ERIC J. IGLESIAS A/K/A ERIC IGLESIAS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-6179 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 1015 MELPOMENE ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 LOT: 15, SQUARE: 141 FIRST MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1114069 WRIT AMOUNT: $140,208.48 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 25 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., LLC 225-7560373 COREY J. GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $95 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 3710

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NAPOLEON AVE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: LOAN‐ DEPOT.COM, LLC VERSUS JAMES THOMAS REDUS, JR. A/K/A JAMES T. REDUS, JR. A/K/A JAMES REDUS, JR. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-8312 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 3710 NAPOLEON AV NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70125 LOT 9 - SQUARE 778 6TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1452460 WRIT AMOUNT: $335,775.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 24 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., LLC 225-7560373 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $93 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 5109 EASTERN STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: PNC BANK, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION VERSUS JOHN PAUL EUR‐ TON CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-8784 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 5109

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ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70122 LOT: 3 AND 4, SQUARE: 75 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 20214433 GENTILLY TER‐ RACE SUBDIVI‐ SION WRIT AMOUNT: $150,320.31 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 21 JACKSON & MCPHERSON, L.L.C. 504-5819444 KATE SOTO‐ LONGO The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $89 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4965 SANDALWOOD STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: FREE‐ DOM MORT‐ GAGE CORPORA‐ TION VERSUS BARBARA ANN JONES AND KIM MARIE JONES AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRA‐ TORS OF THE SUCCESSION OF WALTER LEE JONES AND REBECCA FAIR‐ FAX JONES CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2022-5492 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 4965 SANDAL‐ WOOD STREET LOT 23, SQUARE 18, THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT LAKELAND ACRES ADDI‐ TION SUBDIVI‐ SION ACQUIRED MIN 1253843 WRIT AMOUNT: $142,734.82 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

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ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 6 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $90 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 6950-52 MILNE BOULE‐ VARD, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELL‐ POINT MORT‐ GAGE SERVIC‐ ING VERSUS DENIS P VAMVORAS (A/K/A DENIS VAMVORAS, DENIS VAMVO‐ RAS SR.) AND THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF MILES P. VAMVORAS (A/K/A MILES VAMVORAS SR., MILES VAMVO‐ RAS) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-10836 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 6950-52 MILNE BD NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70124 LOTS: 31 & 32, SQUARE: 60 SECOND MUNIC‐ IPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 773291 WRIT AMOUNT: $174,099.62 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 26 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 EMILY A. MUELLER The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $95 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL

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NUMBER 2628 O'REILLY STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: CAR‐ RINGTON MORT‐ GAGE SERVICES LLC VERSUS ES‐ TATE OF MILDRED RUTH DOBY BOATNER CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-3730 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 2628 O'REILLY ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119 LOT: Y, SQUARE: 1513 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT WRIT AMOUNT: $236,278.10 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 18 JACKSON & MCPHERSON, L.L.C. 504-5819444 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $95 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4574 LAINE AVENUE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS JOANN DAVIS AKA JO ANN DAVIS CAMEL CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-619 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 4574 LAINE AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126

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LOTS: 1, 2, 1A AND 2A, SQUARE: 1-12 ACQ MIN: 1397339 BLUM ANTOINE SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $73,538.14 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 11 DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318-3881440 ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $91 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 11 FORTRESS ROAD, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR TREEHOUSE SE‐ RIES IV TRUST VERSUS KEN‐ NETH REYNOLDS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-7908 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DIS‐ TRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN OLD SPANISH FORT COLONY SUBDIVISION, BOUNDED BY ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD, ST BERNARD AV‐ ENUE, SPANISH FORT SHELL ROAD, SOLDIERS STREET AND BAYOU ST. JOHN, LOT 11 IS LO‐ CATED AS FOLLOWS: A POINT OF REF‐ ERENCE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF SPANISH FORT SHELL ROAD AND SOL‐ DIERS STREET IN A DIRECTION N 79 DEGREES 49 FEET 6 INCHES W A DISTANCE OF 108.16 FEET TO A POINT OF BE‐ GINNING OF LOT 11, THENCE CONTINUING IN A DIRECTION N 79 DEGREES 49 FEET 6 INCHES

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W A DISTANCE OF 105.01 FEET, THENCE N 16 DE‐ GREES 11 FEET 54 INCHES E A DIS‐ TANCE OF 70.99 FEET, THENCE S 73 DEGREES 48 FEET 6 INCHES E A DIS‐ TANCE OF 104.44 FEET, THENCE S 16 DEGREES 11 FEET 54 INCHES W A DISTANCE OF 60.01 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL AS SHOWN ON SHEET 2 OF 13 OF THE SURVEY OF HAR‐ RIS & VARISCO C. E., DATED DE‐ 19, CEMBER 1978, REGISTERED IN THE CON‐ VEYANCE OF‐ FICE OF OR‐ LEANS PARISH IN COB 759, FOLIO 338 ON JULY 10, 1979.

WRIT AMOUNT: $176,356.92 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans 19 JACKSON & MCPHERSON, L.L.C. 504 581 9444 CRIS R. JACK‐ SON The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $146 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 7020 CONVENTRY ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COM‐ PANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COM‐ PANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORT‐ GAGE PROD‐ UCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-RP1 VERSUS LU‐ MENA TRUFANT SANDERS, (A/K/A LUMENA TRUFANT, LU‐ MENA GREEN, LUMENA SCOTT, LUMENA T. SCOTT, LUMENA TRUFANT SCOTT, LUMENA SANDERS) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2022-3386 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 l

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ANTONIO CALANNI

Swiss Minister of Justice Beat Jans and State Councillor Mathias Reynard lay flowers Saturday at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, where a devastating fire left 40 dead and over 100 injured on New year’s Day.

Authorities: Swiss bar hadn’t had inspections since 2019

BY GEIR MOULSON Associated Press

Fire safety inspections hadn’t been carried out since 2019 at the Swiss bar where a fire at a New Year’s party left 40 people dead and over 100 injured, local authorities said Tuesday.

Investigators have said they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fire at Le Constellation in the resort town of Crans-Montana when they came too close to the ceiling. Authorities are looking into whether soundproofing material on the ceiling conformed with regulations and whether the candles were permitted for use in the bar.

Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the bar managers. The two are suspected of involuntary homicide, involuntary bodily harm and involuntarily causing a fire, according to the Valais region’s chief prosecutor.

The regulations in Valais call for

annual fire safety inspections of buildings that are “accessible to the public,” and regional authorities say they are the responsibility of the municipality.

On Tuesday, the Crans-Montana municipality said that inspections of Le Constellation that included fire safety checks had been carried out in 2016, 2018 and 2019, and that modifications had been requested — but no issues with soundproofing measures had been raised.

The local council discovered after consulting documents after the fire that “periodic checks were not carried out between 2020 and 2025,” the head of Crans-Montana’s municipal government, Nicolas Féraud, told a news conference.

“We regret this bitterly,” he said, adding that it will be up to judicial authorities to determine what influence that may have had on the events that led to the fire.

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Féraud said that, in September last year, an external expert had been asked to carry out a soundproofing analysis and had concluded that the bar complied with antinoise rules, without making further remarks.

The severity of burns made it difficult to identify some victims of the fire that broke out at about 1:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day, requiring families to supply authorities with DNA samples.

Investigators finished identifying the 40 dead on Sunday and said on Monday that they had identified all 116 people who were injured, from several countries.

On Monday, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced that it was opening a probe to assist the Swiss investigation and make it easier for families of French victims to communicate with Swiss investigators. Nine French citizens were killed, the youngest 14, and 23 were injured.

ALEPPO, Syria — The deadliest clashes so far broke out Tuesday between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, as efforts to merge the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces with the national army have shown little progress.

Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said a soldier was killed and three others were wounded in an attack by the SDF. State TV later reported that three civilians, including two women, were killed and others were wounded, including two children, in shelling of a residential area that it blamed on the SDF. SANA also said nine Aleppo Directorate of Agriculture employees were wounded by SDF shelling that hit its office.

The SDF in a statement denied being behind the shelling that killed the civilians and said a shell launched by “factions affiliated with the Damascus government” landed in the al-Midan neighborhood. The SDF claimed the target was the adjacent Kurdish Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.

“This indiscriminate shelling constitutes a direct attack on residential areas and exposes the lives of civilians to grave danger,” it said.

The SDF also said a drone strike launched by government forces killed one resident of Sheikh Maqsoud and wounded two children, and that shelling in the nearby Bani Zaid neighborhood killed a woman and wounded dozens. There was no mention of those incidents in state media.

At Aleppo’s Al-Razi Hospital, which received some of the wounded, Ahmad Abu Sheikh was waiting to see his 4-year-old daughter, Fatima, who was on the operating table for hours after being hit by shrapnel from a shell. He said she lost her eye.

“I just want to know what can I tell my daughter when I see her?

Where did her eye go?” he said.

Afrin Jawan, a civil society activist in Sheikh Maqsoud, said in a message that thousands of civilians were besieged in Kurdish neighborhoods “and subjected to indiscriminate shelling with all types of heavy and medium weapons ... by factions affiliated with the Ministry of Defense in Damascus.”

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Leah Chase supporters make final push School Board set to discuss facility’s future

BY MARIE FAZIO

Community groups have posted signs around the city and hosted registration events. Volunteers Supporters of the Leah Chase knocked on doors in the Gert Town School are pursuing a flurry of and Carrollton neighborhoods near last-ditch efforts to recruit stu- the school to recruit students to dents and raise money before the apply for next year. Meanwhile, Orleans Parish School Board de- the family of Leah Chase is seekcides the future of the district’s ing large donations for the school only traditional public school this — up to nearly $193,000 to “sponweek. sor” an entire grade — and hostStaff writer

ing a fundraiser Tuesday on Leah Chase’s birthday.

The scramble comes after the School Board decided last month to delay a final decision on whether to close the school, giving its supporters until Thursday to recruit students and raise money.

It’s unclear if those efforts will be enough. The stakes are high: Without enough students and with pro-

jections suggesting it will operate with a deficit for the foreseeable future, the board could close it after this academic year.

“We’re hopeful,” said Stella Chase Reese, the daughter of Leah Chase who has urged the School Board to keep the school open.

“We’re still trying to do whatever we can.”

Bearing the name of a New Orleans icon, the Leah Chase School has become a symbol in a long-running debate over the city’s schools.

When it opened in 2024, it became the only noncharter school in the system. The New Orleans Business Council, New Schools for New Orleans and other groups have argued closing the school would be financially responsible, while community advocates, parents and members of the Leah Chase family have said the school needs more time to find its footing.

Most recently, Gail Etienne, who

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Moreno commits to paying police bonuses City Council to discuss drawing from payroll fund

BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

Mayor-elect Helena Moreno on Tuesday said she would pay New Orleans Police Department bonuses promised by Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration, not long after officials revealed that grant funds appropriated for the bonuses are running dry.

Moreno said Moreno she will seek the City Council’s approval to tap the city’s emergency payroll fund at a Jan. 14 special meeting, two days after her inauguration. Louisiana Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack, who authorizes weekly draws from the fund, confirmed the bonuses are an eligible use of that money.

“Our officers deserve clarity and reliability, and we are committed to meeting our obligations while putting the city on sound financial footing,” Moreno said in a statement.

Moreno’s move comes after the Cantrell administration told her on Dec. 23 that the city needed between $8 million and $12 million to cover bonuses it promised in 2022 to officers who agreed to stick around for three years.

Though the mayor had set aside a pool of federal pandemic aid for that purpose, just $4 million was in that pool as of last month.

It’s unclear why the dedicated federal funds fell short. It’s possible the bonuses were more expensive than city leaders anticipated, that other funding didn’t materialize or that officials spent the money elsewhere. The Cantrell administration did not return a request for comment.

“It’s another goose egg that we’re being left by the Cantrell administration,” said City Council President JP Morrell, speaking Tuesday on Newell Normand’s radio show on WWL AM. “We’re going to figure out a way around it, because if we promise something to people, you have to follow through on that promise.”

The $801 million general fund budget for 2026, which Moreno’s transition team crafted with the council’s December approval, did not anticipate unfunded bonus pay and leaves no breathing room for added expenses. It relied in part on tapping $15 million in unspent American Rescue Plan Act funds.

The bonuses will instead come from a $125 million emergency payroll fund that was set up in November after the Cantrell

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STAFF PHOTOS By CHRIS GRANGER

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday at the site of the new 27,750-square-foot Jefferson Protection and Animal Welfare Services east bank animal shelter in Metairie, seen here in an artist’s rendering.

Paw-some start The new shelter will have several Jefferson Parish begins new features to provide animals with a more comfortable living experience, $16.4M construction like music in their rooms, automatic feeders and sound barriers to on new animal shelter water prevent overstimulation, said Mi-

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

Jefferson Parish broke ground Tuesday on a new east bank animal shelter, bringing the parish a step closer to filling a gap left four years ago when Hurricane Ida took down the area’s only shelter.

The new 27,750-square-foot, singlestory facility located at 1 Humane Way is scheduled for completion in February 2027 and will cost about $16.4 million. It will have the capacity to house roughly 150 dogs and cats each at a time.

chelle Brignac-Carr, director of Jefferson Protection and Animal Welfare Services.

In addition to dogs and cats, the shelter will be able to house wildlife, farm animals, small mammals and reptiles, and will have its own veterinarian and Michelle Brignac-Carr, director of foster clinics on site. Brignac-Carr Jefferson Protection and Animal Welfare said the facility will also offer com- Services, holds 15-year-old Lady while munity resources like grief counsel- she discusses the new shelter at the ing for those who lose their pets. groundbreaking.

“The best is yet to come,” BrignacCarr said.

Meyer Engineering designed the Jefferson Parish’s east bank hasn’t building with subcontractor Animal had an animal shelter since 2021, Arts, and Perrier Esquerré Contracä See SHELTER, page 2B tors will build it.

Jefferson Parish COO Flood agency loses another board member LaChute to retire Schnell steps down after only six months

BY ALEX LUBBEN Staff writer

Yet another board member of a key New Orleans area flood protection authority has resigned, the seventh person to depart the nine-member body in a year.

Michael Schnell, vice president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East’s board, served for just six Schnell months and cited personal reasons for his resignation. He also said that he felt “undersold” on the time commitment involved with

being on the board.

Though Gov. Jeff Landry appointed him to the position last year, Schnell was one of the few remaining board members willing to push back on changes to the authority being sought by the governor’s administration.

“A board is supposed to guide. It felt like we were constantly in the weeds,” Schnell said. “I needed to know more than I do and I didn’t have time to learn it, and I wanted to make room for someone more qualified.”

In the course of a year, the authority’s board has seen near-complete turnover. The stakes at the agency are high: It is tasked with operating and maintaining New Orleans’ regional system of levees and pumps that stave off catastrophic storm surge flooding during hurricanes. The U.S.

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BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

Jefferson Parish Chief Operating Officer Steve LaChute said Monday that he will retire later this month after 10 years with the parish government.

LaChute is second in command to Parish PresLaChute ident Cynthia Lee Sheng and manages day-to-day operations within the parish government, including oversight of more than 2,400 employees.

His last day will be Jan. 16.

“It’s been a true honor

and a source of great pride to serve the citizens of our Parish,” LaChute said in a statement. “My decision comes from a place of fulfillment and gratitude, choosing to leave on a high note, on my own terms, to spend more time with my family and enjoy a bit of traveling.”

The parish has not yet announced LaChute’s replacement, according to parish spokesperson Gretchen Hirt.

LaChute began working for Lee Sheng about a decade ago, after retiring from a 34-year career with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in 2015. Lee

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Literary advocate Brady dies at 82 Researcher, author remembered for contributions to culture

BY JOHN POPE

Contributing writer Patricia Maureen Brady, a researcher, author and editor who was passionate about New Orleans and its history, died Dec. 15 at her New Orleans home after suffering from Parkinson’s disease and congestive heart failure, her companion, Michael Ledet, said. She was 82.

“She was a consummate scholBrady ar,” said Priscilla Lawrence, the former president and CEO of The Historic New Orleans Collection, where Brady established the publications department. “She encouraged us all so much to write. … She was respected and admired.”

Brady “created an inviting at-

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integrated a New Orleans school in 1960 as one of the New Orleans Four, wrote a letter to the School Board on Monday asking that they keep the school open.

The School Board is expected to discuss the school’s future at a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

$750,000 needed in funds For several months, district officials have raised the alarm about the Leah Chase School’s financial sustainability, flagging a projected $500,000 budget deficit this year — a number that could triple in the next three years if programs remain the same or grow to $3.5 million with arts integration and after school clubs.

To keep the school afloat, com-

mosphere where creativity could flourish,” said Louise Hoffman, a former editor at the collection.

“Pat shared her knowledge of history, inspiring others to share their talents as well.”

Her enthusiasm for New Orleans went beyond academia.

Brady was a fierce and dedicated advocate for all parts of the city’s literary culture, most notably the Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival, which she served as president, vice president and board member, said Susan Larson, The Times-Picayune’s former books editor.

“In 2005, when literary events were facing unprecedented postKatrina challenges, she said, ‘Of course, the 2006 Tennessee Williams Festival will go on, even if we all have to stand there and shine flashlights at the stage,’ ” Larson said.

Brady broadened the festival’s format beyond academic discussions of Williams’ works because “she knew how important it was to make the festival accessible,” said Peggy Scott Laborde, senior producer at WYES-TV and a former president and board member.

Brady also was president of

the New Orleans/Gulf Booksellers Association. In that role, she established the booksellers tent at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, where festivalgoers could not only buy books but also stand in line for authors to sign them.

A native of Brownsville, Texas, Brady came to New Orleans to attend Newcomb College. She graduated with a Phi Beta Kappa key and went on to earn a doctorate in history at Tulane University. She taught at Dillard University before joining the collection’s staff.

At the collection, the books she edited included “Nelly Custis Lewis’s Housekeeping Book,” “The Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 1718-1918” and “Queen of the South: New Orleans, 1853-1862, The Journal of Thomas K. Wharton.”

Laborde said Wharton was the Custom House’s supervisor. His diary, which was found in a library safe, contained images of pre-Civil War New Orleans.

In addition to editing books, Brady wrote them, including two biographies of presidential spouses: “Martha Washington: An American Life” and “A Being So

Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson.”

Those books put her in demand as a speaker; one venue was Mount Vernon, George and Martha Washington’s home. Brady also profiled Martha Washington for the biographical encyclopedia “American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy.”

“Her scholarship, right down to a first lady’s glove size or a historical figure’s gingerbread recipe, was impeccable,” Larson said.

In 2000, she was made a fellow of the Louisiana Historical Association, which she had served as president. In 2012, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities named her its Humanist of the Year.

“The literary life was her pleasure and her vocation,” Larson said, “and everyone who knew her was richer for it.”

In addition to Ledet, survivors include a daughter, Elizabeth Schmit, of New Orleans; a sister, Melissa Cosenza, of New Orleans; and a grandchild.

A celebration of Brady’s life will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Jan. 21 at the Audubon Clubhouse, 6975 Magazine St.

munity groups have been working through the holiday season to rally money and students on a short timeline, said board member Gabriela Biro. While NOLA Public School offices were closed for winter break, local nonprofit Step Up Louisiana set up a fundraising page to collect donations.

The group set a goal of raising $200,000. As of Tuesday, it had raised just $157 through the portal, though others are raising funds through other avenues.

School Board member Leila Jacobs Eames, who said last month she and Biro were “hustling” donations, could not be reached.

Last week, Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, run by the family of the school’s namesake, posted a plea on social media: fund a Leah Chase student for $3,857.15, fund a class for $96,428.57, fund a grade for $192,857.14 or fund the school for $750,000.

Travis Chase, grandson of Leah Chase, sent an email to NOLA Public Schools Superintendent Fateama Fulmore pledging $10,000 to the school, but only if each of the 14 family members who signed a letter last month urging the School Board not to close Leah Chase donated the same amount.

Chase Reese said the group had not yet tallied how much they raised but that the full amount would be presented to the School Board on Thursday.

Meanwhile, efforts have been made to get students and families to rank the Leah Chase School in their applications for the main round of enrollment in NOLA Public Schools, which closes Jan. 23. (In New Orleans, families rank up to 12 schools on an online application and are assigned based on an algorithm.)

About 340 students are enrolled

in the school this year, district officials have said, which is short of its 400 student target. They targeted 450 students next year, but would require more than 700 students to “maintain financial sustainability and maximize programming and instructional support,” according to a document presented to the board in December.

At a Christmas parade in Gert Town organized by Impact504, a nonprofit organization based in the Carrollton neighborhood, members of the Chase family passed out fliers for the school.

And on Sunday, the same organization hosted an enrollment fair at Little Zion Baptist Church with hot meals provided by Dooky Chase restaurant.

Impact504 founder Percy Marchand said these efforts have resulted in at least “double-digit” student recruits to the school.

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administration announced the city had run out of cash to pay salaries, assuming the council approves.

Council member Lesli Harris, who will serve as budget chair in the next term, said she is in favor of drawing from the fund.

“The Council worked to establish the (payroll) fund so the City could continue to pay our employees during this budget crisis. We have confirmed this includes fulfilling our commitment to police retention payments,” Harris said in a statement.

State officials agreed to let the city sell shortterm revenue bonds to cover payroll as needed on condition that Waguespack authorize weekly draws, which have thus far gone smoothly. The Moreno administration must pay off the bonds by midyear, possibly necessitating another loan to do so.

Paying the NOPD bonuses will hasten the depletion of the fund, a majority of which has already been spent: $46 million remained as of Dec. 30, and the balance will dip further after a special meeting on Wednesday to vote on another draw. The draw amount won’t be disclosed until the start of the meeting.

Waguespack said Tuesday he determined the payroll fund can be used for the bonuses, but he’s still working to figure out how much will be needed.

The payouts come as violent crime in New Orleans has declined for three years in a row, a drop NOPD leaders on Monday attributed to improvements in policing techniques.

when Hurricane Ida rendered the previous one unusable. Since then, the parish has relied solely on the West Bank shelter in Harvey, which has had to take in twice the number of animals.

Brignac-Carr said before the hurricane, each shelter took an average of 3,500 animals per year. Now, the West Bank shelter receives up to 6,000 animals in a year on its own.

Complications from only one shelter were further compounded by staffing shortages and surges of animals.

The agency at one point opened a temporary intake site in Fat City to help, but it closed after its windows were smashed in an act of vandalism.

“We’ve been having to get very creative,” Brignac-Carr said. “It’s worked, and we’ve been lucky. It’s spinning plates.”

A number of initiatives sprouted in recent years to combat the capacity limitations, Brignac-Carr said, such as microchip scanning

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STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Martha Durant, center, an adoption coordinator, holds 15-year-old Lady Kylie, as public officials, adoption workers and volunteers turn dirt over with their shovels during a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new 27,750-square-foot Jefferson Protection and Animal Welfare Services east bank adoption center on Tuesday. stations at public libraries, social media campaigns and programs to foster animals while searching for their owners.

Altogether, those efforts have brought the shelter’s live release rate — the percentage of animals who are adopted, returned to their owner or transferred to a rescue — to 85%, BrignacCarr said.

She said the new facil-

ity will only further bolster those numbers, calling it an “animal utopia.”

“We’re going to be doing a lot of matchmaking,” Brignac-Carr said.

“It’ll be a good place to start to find the love of your life.”

T h e g r o u n d b r e a king ceremony Tuesday didn’t go off without a hitch, though. As elected officials and shelter employees lined up to shovel the plot of dirt, the

star dog, Kylie, adopted from the shelter two years ago and there to help dig, separated from the pack and sprinted away under a nearby fence.

Thankfully, she was quickly apprehended before she could make a Scrim-style escape from town.

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Lee Sheng administraLaChute largely stayed tion, LaChute and other out of the spotlight from parish officials had to his second-chair posiweather a number of tion, unless Lee Sheng unprecedented storms: was unavailable for a a global pandemic, hur- Parish Council meeting ricanes Zeta and Ida, and or event.

According to Lee a saltwater intrusion criSheng, LaChute has been sis, to name a few.

More recently, La- “the definition of a true

public servant.”

“As chief operating officer, his steady leadership and commitment helped guide Jefferson Parish through some of our most challenging times,” Lee Sheng said. “I am so incredibly grateful for my time serving alongside him, and wish him all the best in a well-earned retirement.”

LaChute grew up in Algiers and moved to Brazil as a teenager, where he learned to speak Portuguese fluently. He returned to New Orleans for his senior year of high school at O. Perry Walker High School.

LaChute studied at LSU

in Baton Rouge for one semester before pivoting to law enforcement. He started at the Mississippi River Bridge Authority and then joined the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

LaChute worked his way up the ranks at the Sheriff ’s Office until serving as deputy chief, where he oversaw the agency’s crime lab, DNA lab, 911 call center and records room.

LaChute and his wife, Adrianne, have two adult daughters. He was also Argus XXXVIII in 2023.

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Schnell’s resignation underscores the difficulty of staffing the board given the political controversy that has engulfed it in the last year.

Four board members resigned in protest last March. In June, Landry effectively ousted board member Richard Duplantier. That same month, another board member, Clay Cossé, termed out.

Still another board member, Kerwyn King, stepped down over the summer because he had been improperly appointed. He was subsequently properly renominated and is currently serving.

All told, only three current board members — Randall Noel, Deborah Settoon and Roy Carubba — were serving on the board a year ago.

And Settoon and Noel survived a bid to oust them in October.

‘Consequences are tremendous’ Now, the agency’s independent nominating committee, made up of appointees from universities, professional organizations and government watchdog groups, is tasked with finding Schnell’s replacement.

That’s a daunting task as board members serve on a volunteer basis. The nominating committee sends up recommendations to the governor, who ultimately taps new members.

“Nobody wants to be on a ship that might crash because it’s not being run correctly,” said Windell Curole, who served on the nominating committee for two decades.

“The consequences are tremendous if you’re not successful,” he added, referring to the stakes involved in maintaining the area’s flood control infrastructure.

The agency’s board now has two vacancies. The nominating committee submitted its recommendation to the governor on July 21 for the other vacancy. Landry has yet to make a selection. Kate Kelly, a spokesperson for the governor, did not respond to questions about why the governor had not filled that board seat.

At the agency’s November meeting, Schnell opposed two measures, one to approve a new organizational chart for the agency and another to hire an additional attorney, on the grounds that several board members were absent.

His votes stalled both measures.

Both passed the following month at a meeting at which Schnell was absent.

The tumult at the agency kicked off when Landry tapped previous board president, Roy Carubba, to lead the agency in 2024. Since then, board meetings became more contentious and the board has elevated the role of the agency’s police force.

Police Superintendent Joshua Rondeno has taken on a second role at the agency as its chief compliance officer, tasked with ensuring that the staff complies with state employment requirements, and the police have received a nearly 50%, or $3.7 million, annual budget increase.

‘You all are a mess’ Landry removed Carubba as board president in July after Carubba nearly came to blows with another board member at a public meeting. The governor then tapped Peter Vicari, who had been serving on the board for only a month, to serve as board president.

“I think you need more businesspeople on the board,” Vicari said.

“We don’t do engineering work.”

He said he hopes to play an active role in recruiting new board members.

“I know of some people that are really qualified,” he said. “But right now they say you all are a mess.”

Despite the difficulty the agency has had with retaining board members, the nominating committee’s chairman, Bruce Thompson, said he had received numerous applications for board vacancies.

“You would think that it would be extremely difficult to attract people to serve in this environment,” he said. “But we’ve seen a number of people willing to come forward to try to make things better.”

Schnell is still qualified to serve on the board if he is required for critical votes until his replacement is chosen, Thompson said.

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The man shot by a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy Friday at an Elmwood apartment complex was wanted on charges that he battered his girlfriend in the same parking lot before leading deputies on a brief chase two weeks earlier, according to authorities.

SheardonAllen, 26, was being treated Monday at a hospital for the gunshot wound he suffered Friday evening at The Creeks East Apartments in the 5200 block of Citrus Boulevard, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Allen was booked Friday with aggravated assault on a police officer, aggravated criminal damage to property and being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon, court records show.

Sheriff’s Office officials said a deputy looking for Allen in connection with several warrants found him Friday afternoon in a vehicle in the parking lot of The Creeks, where he lives.

When the deputy attempted to contact Allen, the Sheriff’s Office said Allen tried to flee in the car. Allen is accused of hitting the deputy, who was standing outside his patrol vehicle, with the car. The deputy opened fire, striking Allen.

Allen also struck the deputy’s vehicle and another car that was parked in the lot, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies investigate the scene of a shooting at the Citrus Creek apartment complex in Elmwood on Friday. tation, Allen was booked on counts of domestic abuse battery with serious bodily injury, domestic abuse of a pregnant victim, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, flight from an officer using a motor vehicle and aggravated obstruction of a highway or roadway, jail records said.

The warrants stem from a Dec. 13 encounter in The Creeks parking lot, according to authorities. Deputies went to the location about 3 a.m. after receiving a report of a man beating a woman in the parking lot.

They arrived to find a woman lying on the ground and Allen in a black Honda Accord. As the deputy got out of his patrol vehicle, Allen sped off in the car, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies pursued him, following Allen with lights and sirens on Citrus Boulevard to Clearview Parkway and onto the Earhart

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Expressway. But deputies ended the pursuit when he entered New Orleans, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The victim told deputies that Allen, who she said was her boyfriend, punched her in the face and stomach during an argument, according to authorities. The victim said she blacked out.

She remembered another woman who tried to get in between them during the scuffle, according to authorities.

Allen took the victim’s cellphone and car keys from their apartment, driving away as deputies arrived, authorities said.

The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment but told investigators she did not want to pursue criminal charges, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Investigators did obtain warrants for Allen’s arrest in the domestic case, according to court records.

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Louvenia Celestine Allen transitioned peacefully from this life on January 4, 2026, at the age of 91. She was born on October 8, in Schriever, 1934, Louisiana, to the late Henry Celestine and Lillie Ross Celestine. Louvenia was a devoted mother, grand‐ and matriarch mother, whose life was marked by unwavering love, strength, and dedication to her fam‐ ily. A proud and hardwork‐ ing woman, she retired from the New Orleans Pub‐ lic School System, where she faithfully served as a baker. As a widow, she courageously raised six children on her own, instill‐ ing strong values, re‐ silience, and faith that will live on through genera‐ tions. She leaves to cherish her precious memories five June Allen daughters: Lillian Allen, Stephens, Ruth Allen LeFort, Cather‐ ine Allen Perkins (Samuel), and Traci Allen; nine grand‐ children; and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other lov‐ ing relatives, and dear friends. Louvenia was pre‐ ceded in death by her

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators have added new counts for a Metairie man accused of stealing packages from the porches of Jefferson Parish homes this holiday season.

Matthew Lewis, 23, has now been booked with 23 counts of delivered package theft, which is a felony, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

He was arrested Dec. 29 by deputies investigating a rash of stolen packages reported across the east bank of Jefferson Parish starting in mid-December, according to Capt. Jason Rivarde, a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.

Many of the stolen packages contained items the victims intended to give as Christmas gifts, according to authorities.

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beloved husband, William Allen III; her only son, William Allen IV; her sister, Carrie Celestine Angeletti; her grandparents, and Charlie and Carrie Thomas Ross. Relatives and friends of the family, pastors, offi‐ cers, and members of New Hope Baptist Church and Asia Baptist Church, also employees of LSU Charity Hospital, the United States Postal Service, Lighthouse for the Blind, New Orleans Charter Science and Math‐ ematics High School, and Wal-Mart are invited to join the family in celebrating her life and legacy. A Chris‐ tian Celebration of Life Ser‐ vice will be held at D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana on Fri‐ day, January 9, 2026 at 10:00 am. Visitation will begin at 9:00 am. Inter‐ ment: Providence Memor‐ Park Cemetery. ial Arrangements entrusted to D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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piness. Her legacy of love and devotion will live on in all who knew her. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mar‐ tin de Porres Catholic Church, 5621 Elysian Fields Ave., New Orleans, LA on Friday, January 9, 2025 at 11:00am. Visitation will begin at 9:00am until 10:45am. Interment: Lake Lawn Park Cemetery, New Orleans, LA. Arrangements entrusted to D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Wash‐ ington Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125. Please visit www. rhodesfuneral.com to sign online guestbook, share and condo‐ memories lences with the family.

Angelain, Florence Roussell

Florence Roussell Ange‐ lain entered eternal rest on December 29, Monday, 2025 at the age of 82. She was born on December 30, 1942 in, Convent La, to the late Ferdinand Roussell and Marie Legeaux Rous‐ sell. Florence was the old‐ est of three children, sis‐ ter, Carol Roussell Roche, and brother, the late Richard Roussell. She was devoted mother of a Giselle Angelain White and Anthony J. Angelain, III. Florence leaves to cherish her memories two grand‐ children Anthony J. Ange‐ lain, IV (Jessica), and Dante R. Carter, and one great-granddaughter, Emerson Mae Angelain.

She also leaves to morn a host of relatives and friends who will deeply miss her. Florence was pre‐ ceded in death by her late grandson, Shadrach D. An‐ affectionately gelain known as “Shaddy Boo,” as well as her daughter-inlaw, Yvonne Angelain, and son-in-law, Craig White.

Everyone called her “Flo,” she was a woman of strong faith who prayed her rosary daily. She found joy and peace working in her garden and especially en‐ joyed trips to the casino with her dear friend, Ms. Willie. Flo also cherished her loyal companions, her dogs Imani and Sasha. Flo‐ rence dedicated 30 years of her life serving as a teacher’s aide, where she touched many lives with her patience, kindness, and commitment to educa‐ tion. She will be remem‐ bered for her faith, love for her family, and the simple joys that brought her hap‐

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Wilda Anderson was born on September 7, 1932 in New Orleans, Louisiana and passed away on December 15, 2025. She was a devoted wife, sister, and mother. Wilda was preceded in death by her husband, Eddie Anderson, daughter, Angela Anderson and subsequently Netheola (sister).

Wilda spent most of her life raising her family and later found great fulfillment as a Para Professional for Orleans Parish School Board.

She was a matriarchal figure, leaving a lasting legacy of love, strength, and guidance. She is survived by her children: NC1 (AW) Linda Anderson, USN (Retired), Eddie Anderson, Jr., and Danielle Theodore (Byron), along with her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. A visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 AM on January 9, 2026 at St. Raymond & St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial to be held from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. A burial will be held at Mt.Olivet Cemetery.

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Elma Doll Bridges was born on April 22, 1941, to the union of Ceaser B. Bridges and Donah Eliza‐ beth Smith Bridges in Walthall County, Missis‐ sippi. At an early age, she professed her faith in Christ and was baptized at Home Holiness New Church. She received her through the education County Public Walthall School System and gradu‐ ated from Hope Vocational High School. After graduat‐ ing, Elma relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she attended Southern Uni‐ versity at New Orleans (SUNO). God blessed Elma with two sons, Darryl Keith Bridges and Darnell Kent Bridges. She was employed by the City of New Orleans, working at the Milne Boys Home and The Youth Study Center as a juvenile coun‐ selor. After years of dedi‐ cated service, she retired in 2005. In 1967, Elma be‐ came a faithful member of Second Morning Star Mis‐ sionary Baptist Church, where she served dili‐ gently as church secretary for 37 years. Her commit‐ ment, faithfulness, and service were a blessing to the church and its mem‐ bers. Elma later became the property owner of The Other Place Lounge. Known affectionately as “Doll,” she was a strong, indepen‐ dent boss lady—deeply rooted in faith, guided by purpose, and unwavering in her values. A Christian woman at heart, Elma car‐ ried herself with grace and trusting God strength, through every season of her life. Her faith was not just spoken; it was lived daily through her actions, decisions, and the way she treated others. Doll was a devoted advocate in her and many community, gravitated toward her and lovingly referred to her as “Mom.” She was the neigh‐ mother and borhood providing grandmother, unwavering love and sup‐ port. She gave warm financial assis‐ meals, tance, emotional strength, encouragement, and physi‐ cal care throughout her life. In 2024, Elma was hon‐ ored and presented with an award at the 12th Ward Sneaker Ball for her out‐ standing contributions to the community. She was a pillar of the 12th Ward, served on the Neighbor‐ hood Watch Committee, and was treasurer of her social and pleasure club, The Triple SSS Club. Along with fellow members, Elma helped organize toy drives and school supply give‐ aways for children in the Elma Doll community.

Bridges leaves behind a legacy of faith, service, strength, and love that will continue to live on in the hearts of all who knew and her.

Elma Doll loved Bridges was preceded in death by her parents, Ceaser, Sr. and Donah Bridges; her life long loving companion Jasper Powell; her brothers, Otis Lee Bridges, Burlin Bridges, Ceaser Bridges, Jr., and Quinton D. Bridges; sister Allah Mae Lumpkin; her son Darnell K. loving Bridges; and her special life long friends Justine Elizabeth Lawrence; Square; Albertine Reed; and Mary Jones. She leaves to cherish her memory her sister, Irma Jean Lumpkin; her brother, Booker T. Bridges; her son, Darryl (Nina) Bridges; her 11 grandchildren Eric, Khristy, Darrieal, Darryl Jr., Bran‐ don, Darisha, Darnika, Ja‐ coby, Darnell Jr., Darrion and Narriel, her 18 greatgrandchildren , and her god-child Danielle Patter‐ son; and a host of nieces, cousins, ex‐ nephews, tended family, and friends.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend her Funeral Service at Sec‐

Maurice Pesnell Cambre, age 77, of Mandeville, LA, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2026. She was born on November 18, 1948, in Smackover, AR. She is survived by her daughter, Valerie Mercer Selman; grandchildren, Riley and Daxton Selman.

She is also survived by her siblings, Monica Helm, Diane Smith, Michael Sowvlen and John Walker.

She was preceded in death by her husband Perry Cambre; her son, John Scott Mercer; her parents, Robert Pesnell and Shirley Pesnell.

Her grandchildren were her greatest joy and filled her life with love and purpose. She was an avid reader who found joy in books and escaping into a good story. She loved to travel, especially trips to the beach where she could soak up the sun and maintain that glowing tan.

Together with her late husband, she loved to garden.

Her warmth and humor will be deeply missed.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mrs. Cambre may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

Relatives and friends are invited to gather with the family on Friday, January 9, 2026, at E. J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 West 21st Avenue, Covington, LA 70433, from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM. followed by a graveside service in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.

E. J. Fielding Funeral Home of Covington, Louisiana, is honored to be entrusted with Mrs. Cambre's funeral arrangements. Her family invites you to share thoughts, memories, and condolences by signing an online guestbook at www.ejfieldingfh.com.

Herbet, II, Harmony Acain, and Kaizer. Godson of Leo Radosta and Mary Jane Pertuit. Survived by numer‐ nieces, nephews, ous great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and friends, his closest especially friends Danielle Broussard, Greg Beaumont, Samantha & Wilson Borskey, and Nadja McWilliams. A grad‐ uate of Christ the King Grammar School and Arch‐ bishop Shaw High School.

As his mother would say: "Son, you're going to be a professional student", re‐ ceiving a Bachelor of Com‐ puter Science and a Bache‐ lor of Political Science from University of New Orleans (UNO), as well as receiving a Masters in Business Ad‐ ministration from Tulane University. Robert's work ethics were exceptional.

He was extremely devoted to his career, which in‐ cluded working for Gulf South Bank (Accounting), Flooring Porcelanosa (Bookkeeper), ADT Security for 26 years and in 2014 be‐ came VP of Area Opera‐ tions for the Southwest Re‐ gion of Louisiana. For the last 9 years he was selfemployed as Rebirth En‐ ergy Solution, LLC. His gen‐ erosity was so overwhelm‐ ing that it was literally be‐ yond words. He was very devoted to the City Park Conservancy for the last decade, where he and his good friend Greg Beau‐ mont would donate their time and catering to them as "Toots-n-Bunny" for their yearly fundraiser. He was the life of the party al‐ ways enjoying the celebra‐ tions. Robert was a resi‐ dent of the Westbank/ Ter‐ rytown for over 60 years.

He was truly loved and will be deeply missed. In lieu of flowers, donations are wel‐ come to the City Park Con‐ servancy. Donations can be Dedicated in Robert's name through the website https://neworleansc at: itypark.org. Relatives and Friends of the Family are invited to attend the Visi‐ tation at Christ the King Catholic Church, 535 Deer‐ field Road, Terrytown, LA on Saturday, January 10, 2026 from 9 AM until Fu‐ neral Mass time at 11 AM. St. Patrick Interment Cemetery #3, 143 City Park Ave., New Orleans, LA. After the gravesite, family and friends are invited to attend a gathering at Christ The King Parish Hall in the reception room.

Mothe Funeral Homes han‐ dled funeral arrangements.

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Herbet Jr., Robert Joseph

Robert Joseph Herbet, Jr. passed away on Decem‐ ber 31, 2025, at the age of 65. Son of the late Robert Joseph Herbet, Sr. and the late Marvel Hebert Herbet.

Brother of Karen Herbet Guell (Ronnie), JoAnn Her‐ bet Murphy (Rudy), Jean‐ nie Herbet Warino (Tony), Scott John Herbet (Tara), and Todd Herbet (Ava).

Brother of the late Frances Montz (Byron).

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Early in the morning of January 5, 2026, as he peacefully slept, Thomas Christopher Johnson was called home to be with his Savior. He was born on Oc‐ tober 21, 1976, to the union of Edward and Geraldine Johnson. He was their youngest child and only son. He attended Mc‐ Donogh #42 Elementary School and Beauregard Middle School before at‐ tending McDonogh #35, where he played on the football team. He gradu‐ ated in 1995 and briefly at‐ tended Delgado Commu‐ nity College. Over the years he worked at Banner Chevrolet, the New Orleans Public Library and The Su‐ perdome. He was baptized at St. Thomas Missionary Baptist Church, and in re‐ cent months faithfully at‐ tended Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church.

He will be sorely missed by his loved ones, his mother Geraldine Johnson, his sis‐ ters, Wendy Johnson and Michelle Johnson Delery (Alan), nephews Adam (Vy‐ vian), Seth (Farrah) and Shane, and his great niece Audrey whom he loved dearly, as well as a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and

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friends, especially Keith Whitehead, Anthony and Lisa McGowan, who all cared for him over the years like a little brother.

He was preceded in death by his father Edward Thomas Johnson, grand‐ parents Jim and Kittie Johnson, and Edna Ester and Tom Johnson. Special thanks also go to the staff and his friends at Essential Care. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Friday, Jan‐ uary 9, 2026 at St. Thomas Missionary Baptist Church, 2926 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70125 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Inter‐ ment Providence Memorial Park, 8200 Airline Drive, Metairie, La 70003. You may sign the guest book on www.gertrudegeddeswilli s.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home Inc., in charge (504) 522-2525.

Knowles Jr., Leonard L. 'Lenny'

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Leonard L. Knowles, Jr., who peacefully entered eternal rest on January 1, 2026 at the age of 87. Lenny was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and spent most of his life there before relocating to Pearl River, Louisiana in 1984. Lenny was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard L. Knowles, Sr. and Hazel Castrogivanni Knowles and his two sisters, Kathleen Lamarque (Emile) and Hazel Knowles.

He is survived by his wife, the love of his life and best friend, Carroll Jones Knowles; three children, Leonard L. Knowles, III (Lauri), Lauren Knowles, Michael Knowles, five grandchildren and his beloved four legged buddy, Baxter.

Lenny retired from U.S. Air Force reserves, Metropolitan Life Insurance and ExxonMobil. After retiring from the Air Force reserves, he obtained a small plane pilot's license and enjoyed many years flying for pleasure. Lenny and his wife, Carroll, loved adventure and traveled the world. He had a zest for life and a heart full of kindness.

There will be a graveside service for family at a later date.

In Lenny's memory, please do a random act of kindness for an unknown person. To view and sign the online guest book, please visit www.lak elawnmetairie.com

Lafleur, Dolores 'Dee'

Dolores “Dee” Lafleur, 92, was born and raised in Lewisburg, La. After her to the late marriage Charles Lafleur, Sr. she moved to Metairie, La. There she raised her family of five children. She passed away peacefully on Sun‐ day, January 4, 2026 at Her‐ itage Manor in Mandeville her previous spending years at Tranquil Living in Marrero. Survivors include daughters, Brenda her Lafleur, Phyllis Legendre (Tim), Cherie Lafleur Young (Jason Mayer) Charlene Winston (Doug) and one son, Charles Lafleur, Jr. (Jennifer), 13 grandchil‐ dren and 14 great grand‐ children. She is preceded in death by her husband Charles Lafleur Sr., her par‐ ents Sidney and Katherine (Gay) Boudreaux, sister Domingue and Loretta Geoffrey brother Boudreaux. Dolores was a and loving devoted grandmother, mother, great grandmother, and aunt. She was always kind and always giving. After raising her children she worked at Airline Park Ele‐ and Rudolph mentary Matas Elementary until she retired from the Jefferson Parish School Board. She was a parishioner of St Mary Magdalen Church.

Family and friends are in‐ vited to attend the Service on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Garden of Memo‐ ries Funeral Home and Cemetery, 4900 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. 70001. Visita‐ tion will begin at 10:00 AM with a catholic Mass at 12:00 PM. Interment will be immediately thereafter.

Langlois, Stacie Anne

Stacie Anne Langlois, a vibrant spirit who lived her life with as much gusto as a New Orleans jazz band, has taken her final bow on December 2, 2025. Born in the town of New Roads, La., on May 16, 1959, Stacie's zest for life was evident from her early days, and she carried that exuberance into every moment until she departed this world, at the age of 66.

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Matthew, Andrew Stipel‐ covich and Wendy and Hash Redmond. Funeral Services will be held on Fri‐ day, January 16, 2026, at Mothe Funeral Home in Marrero, La. Visitation for family will begin at 11:00 am and visitation for friends will begin at 12 noon. The funeral mass will begin thereafter at 1:30 pm. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Prompt Suc‐ cor Cemetery in Westwego, La.

LaRocca, Susan Openshaw

Susan Openshaw was born in Washington, DC in 1938 and lived most of her life in New Orleans, where she passed away on New Year's Day 2026. She was preceded in death by her son, Champ, and by her husband of 54 years, Tony LaRocca. She is survived by her siblings Johnnie and Ellen, her eldest son, Sean, and her granddaughter Emma.

A celebration of life will take place on Saturday, January 10 at 4:30pm at 2413 Saint Philip St.

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Lehmann, Cynthia Nolan

Cynthia Nolan Lehmann and her unborn child (who was to be named Jaxson Bruce Lehmann) passed away on Sunday, Decem‐ ber 28, 2025. Cynthia was 29 years old. She was born on July 19, 1996 in Jeffer‐ son, Louisiana. She was a graduate of Slidell High School and was furthering her education in pursuit of a BS degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology.

She had entered her senior year at Southern New Hampshire University, en‐ rolled in advanced place‐ ment classes, needing only 24 credits to graduate. She started her business ca‐ reer as an assistant store manager at Dollar General and then at Circle K in Slidell, La. For career ad‐ vancement, she joined the RaceTrac team as a shift manager and recently transferred to the Des Alle‐ mands, La. store. All of the store’s customers and her team members were the beneficiaries of her kind‐ ness, devotion and can-do attitude that was above and beyond the call of duty. She possessed a quick wit, a generous heart, and a strong spirit and will be deeply missed by all that knew her, espe‐ cially by her grandfather, they were very close. She spent many of her days off helping her grandfather with projects around his home. She had a passion for oil painting and singing.

Cynthia was preceded in death by her mother, Charise S. Nolan and grandmother Cynthia S. Stipelcovich. She is sur‐ vived by her husband, Christopher M. Lehmann; father David R. Nolan; mother-in-law Vivian Romero and her husband Irving P. Sachez, Jr.; grand‐ father, Bruce P. Stipel‐ covich; grandmothers, Cheryl B. Stipelcovich and Deborah O. Nolan; sisterin-law Elisabeth Naputi and her husband Kent Na‐ puti; uncles, Peter J. and his wife Stacie L. Stipel‐ covich, Micheal J. Stipel‐ covich and his wife Michelle D. Stipelcovich and Scott A. Goodwill; great uncles, Kenneth M. Thibodeaux and Louis A. Solari; cousins, Madeline Redmand, Ambyr Lynn, Jamie-Jo, Emily, Eric,

Mrs. Netheola Pappas quietly slipped away to Heaven on December 27, 2025. She was preceded in death by her husband Wardell Pappas, Sr., her children Wardell, Jr. and Bernadette P. Clark, her grandson Cory Anderson and her sister Wilda Anderson. She is survived by her children Marie Pappas and Constance Anderson (Clarence), grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, extended family and many friends.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Funeral Mass at 10:00 AM on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at St. Raymond & St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, 2916 Paris Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119.

Visitation will begin at 9:00 AM. Interment will follow the Funeral Mass in Resthaven Memorial Park in New Orleans, LA. Arrangements entrusted to Tharp Funeral Home.

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Sobel, Steven Carl

Steven Carl Sobel passed away peacefully at Ochsner Hospital on December 31st, 2025.

Faced with numerous health issues, Steven

fought the good fight for 20 years but remained optimistic through it all. With the help of his family, he lived a wonderful full life to the very end.

Steven will be remembered for his enormous talent for having made an indelible mark on the New Orleans professional hair industry. The Steven Sobel Salon was a fixture in the New Orleans area, having serviced thousands throughout its 40 years. He had so many loyal clients that we would often joke that he should run for mayor. Steven's clients were so indebted to him they would even travel long distances just to have their hair done by only the best.

He also made house calls to make sure no one went without the perfect coif.

Not only was Steven loved by the New Orleans community but recognized nationally as well. He received several national awards, most notably Top 100 Salons in America by Elle Magazine for four consecutive years.

Steven was born in New Orleans to Etta and Jules Sobel on February 25th, 1957. He was the youngest of five and was often referred to as "baby brother". When he was a young boy, he moved to Brooklyn, New York with his father where he spent most of his childhood and graduated from Brooklyn's New Utrecht High School.

Steven attended Brooklyn College then transferred to the University of New Orleans upon his move back to his hometown. His college days were brief though as he realized his true passion was making people beautiful, so he started on his journey by graduating from the John Jay Beauty School.

But Steven's greatest love was for his family. He married Vicki Gagliano in Florence, Italy on May 27th, 1993, after a whirlwind romance, and from then on referred to her as his "bride".

Together they raised two wonderful children, Alexander and Natalie. They were his pride and joy and were fortunate to have had the best of their dad's years.

Steven also loved his many pets. His fur babies were a fixture in his salon.

Upon entering, his clients were greeted by one of his precious golden doodles, Midnight, the most famous of the shop dogs, and more recently Bear or Bentlie.

It is with a heavy heart that his loving family says good-bye. Steven is survived by his wife Vicki, his children Alexander and Natalie, his siblings Phyllis Feran, David Sobel (Pamela), Annie Elsas (Byron), his brother-in-law Alan Smason, and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his parents, his sister Sally Smason, and his brother-in -law Russell Feran.

Visitation will begin

Friday, January 9th at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel at Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Avenue. Services officiated by Rabbi Daniel Sherman and Cantor Joel Colman will begin at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Hebrew Rest Cemetery # 3, 2100 Frenchmen Street at Pelopidas Street. His immediate family then invites you to join us for a Celebration of Life at 1:00 p.m. at our home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation by accessing their website at https://give.themmrf.org.

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Leo John Suer, Jr., 76, of Dearing, GA, entered eternal rest on January 4, 2026.

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father; Randolph Woods (preceded in death by Ger‐ sister; Raquel maine), Woods, and brother; Ronn Woods (Adrienne), one niece; Rainne Woods, and nephew Armand one Woods. Also survived by five aunts, three uncles and a host of other rela‐ tives and friends. Preceded in death by his grandpar‐ ents Randolph and Ruth Woods, Clement and Lillian Family and Williams. friends are invited to at‐ tend the Celebration of Life Service on January 9, 2026, for 11:00 a.m. at New Or‐ leans East Seventh Day Ad‐ Church, 4500 ventist Gawain Drive, New Or‐ leans, LA 70127. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m.

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It is with profound sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Michele Marie Prieur Villavaso. A beloved wife, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, who left us on December 29th, 2025, at the age of 62. A devout Catholic and resident of Metairie, LA, Michele was a graduate of Arch. Chapelle High School and received a BSN from LSU School of Nursing.

She is preceded in death by her parents, John F. and Doris A. Dittmann Prieur, and her infant brother, David C. Prieur. Survived by her husband, Mark J. Villavaso, along with her 6 siblings, Beth P. Galland (Gene), John F. Prieur , Jr. , (Cheryl), Christopher M. Prieur , Sr.(Gaye), James E. Prieur, Sr. (Laura), Lisa P. Lemaire (Jeff), and Mary Kay P. Robicheaux. She also leaves behind her cherished nieces and nephews, as well as her great nieces and nephews, who filled her life with joy.

Michele was a wonderful, giving person who deeply loved her family, her precious dogs, and life itself. Her smile, laughter,

Randon Reginald Woods passed away on December 28, 2025, at the age of 43.

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Farm payments are welcome, but serious solutions required Louisiana’s agriculture producers are living in unsettled times. Tariffs, volatile markets, conflicts and more are creating uncertainties unlike any in recent decades.

That’s why we are glad to see that help is on the way in the form of one-time payouts approved recently by the Trump administration.

The payments, part of the Farm Bridge Assistance Program, will see about $12 billion in federal dollars flow down to farmers across the country.

The lion’s share of the money, about $11 billion, will go to farmers of row crops, which include soybeans, corn, cotton and rice. The remaining $1 billion will be used for specialty crops, including sugar cane.

Louisiana’s farmers have been especially hard hit by recent economic turmoil. In protest of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, China stopped buying U.S.-grown soybeans.

Soybeans are Louisiana’s largest row crop by acreage, with about 1 million acres.

Other major Louisiana crops, including rice and corn, have also faced significant market pressures over the last several years.

Those troubles come on top of years of low commodity prices and rising prices for the things farmers need, like equipment, seed, fertilizer and pesticides.

“We’re struggling,” Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Mike Strain told reporter Mark Ballard after a trip abroad trying to drum up new business. Half of Louisiana’s farmers, he added, face “significant challenges.”

The compounding problems have fueled a steady decrease in the number of farms around the state, which stood about 25,000 in 2022, the last year for which Census data was available.

The money paid out in this latest program will begin going out in February, just in time for planting season. But little of it will stay in farmers’ hands. Most of them will likely use the disbursements to pay down debts already incurred.

Under the terms of the program, federal officials will use a formula to determine how much each farmer will get. That formula will be based on national data and paid out according to the amount of acreage and type of crop.

The need for these latest payments underscores the growing appetite for a more comprehensive and sustainable long-term farm policy.

Some stronger agricultural protections were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but more is needed.

We have noted the blinding speed with which the current administration and Congress have taken up a host of new issues. But some problems, including the nation’s agricultural woes, resist quick and easy fixes.

Rather, the situation facing farmers requires serious, thoughtful, nonpartisan legislation that respects both the needs of farmers and the duty to be responsible with taxpayer dollars.

Only in that way can a sustainable national agricultural policy take effect and preserve the industry for the next generation of farmers and ranchers in Louisiana and around the country.

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Work of family court unfairly maligned The recent interventions in the family court in Baton Rouge have served mostly to hurt the credibility of the institution and the lawyers practicing there without good cause.

Family court has a special responsibility, which is successfully carried out in most of the cases before the judges there. Every litigant in the family court is dealing with matters which are generally the most important to any of us — our children, our livelihoods, our property, all between parties who have predetermined to at least dislike one another. Many parties are disgruntled.

The matters polarizing all of society are litigated many times, first in family

court. Nearly every lawyer practices at one time or another in family court, and only a few endeavor to practice there on a regular basis because of the difficulty of the practice. Hard cases make bad law, and a few select difficult cases with recalcitrant litigants should not color the public view of the judges in family court or the lawyers who practice there. Some of the comments made are very certainly provably untrue.

There is no lawyer who practices in the family court of East Baton Rouge Parish who “wins every case” before “a certain judge.” There are always lawyers in any locality or area of prac-

Disingenuous arguments on immigration displayed On Dec. 12 your paper ran a guest column by Laura Cannizzaro Rodrigue. It is filled with faulty reasoning, misinformation and a barely concealed self-righteousness.

Her first paragraph associates New Orleans Mayor-elect Helena Moreno’s concern with constitutional policing by Border Patrol with a lack of concern over the apprehension of those committing murder, rape and serious crime in general. In so doing, she not only impugns the integrity of a public official who is establishing a community-supported administration, she implicates immigrants as grossly responsible for this type of lawlessness.

In fact, your paper reports that only 10% of those arrested in our area have criminal records. This is not an exception. In Chicago, only 2.6% of those arrested had a criminal record. Further, immigrants are statistically less likely to engage in crime than the population as a whole.

In contrast, the White House’s establishment of a daily arrest quota has resulted in the illegal arrest, detention and deportation of long-

term residents, green card holders, legal alien residents, U.S. citizens and other established contributing community members. Administration officials have been threatened with contempt of court for ignoring court orders, including those of the Supreme Court. For a lawyer, Rodrigue seems to have little interest in the law.

Additionally, Rodrigue alleges that immigrants are a drain on our community’s social services and that they contribute nothing to support such services. In fact, immigrants do pay taxes whether through their employment or their payment of sales tax and rent. Most immigrants are renters meaning commercial level property taxes are recouped through rental prices.

Additionally, many local businesses are dependent on immigrant labor to fulfill their labor demands and keep our economy running and support local services.

Strong borders are essential, and so is a society reflecting our heterogeneous democracy, not a dictatorship.

BILL KAPPEL New Orleans

Police should not be above the law in Louisiana Appearances are important.

When Louisiana allows state prosecutors to give all police officers who have committed felonies near absolute immunity from prosecution, it appears that the preference of the executive branch of government in the state of Louisiana is to have police officers who have committed felonies employed

as police officers.

Only 1% of police felonies are prosecuted. Less than 3% percent of internal affairs investigations produce prosecutions.

Several departments, thousands of officers. These stats are amazing.

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tice who are intimidating to younger or less experienced lawyers because of their level of experience, their judgment and their ability to choose those cases where they have a good chance of prevailing.

Judge Pam Baker has been an exemplary judge throughout her career and is certainly not corrupt. I could write a point-by-point rebuttal to nearly every observation made, but it would not fit the word limit of this publication. I will rephrase a popular saying to remark that politics rushes in where angels fear to tread.

JEFF WITTENBANK Baton Rouge

Rouses showed how to be a good corporate citizen After reading David Waldron Anderson’s guest column, “What if corporate America learned from Scrooge?” I reflected on my Christmas Eve shopping experience at Rouses on Carrollton.

There were no parking spaces in their lot. Customers were parking on Bienville Street. Once in the parking lot, you had to find a basket.

In the store, there were no more than two people in any of the lines. There were no long lines because every cash register in the store had a cashier checking you out.

Rouses made a commitment to all of the people who work in the store. They are primarily college and high school kids. Of course, they could save money by having self-service checkout lines. They choose to have people, including some who are disabled, instead of machines. Thank you, Rouses, for making a commitment to people.

Thank you to Anderson for bringing this thought to our collective attention.

JUDGE CALVIN JOHNSON New Orleans

Hegseth’s incompetence surpassed by lack of integrity The issue is not only Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s inexperience. He, like most of President Donald Trump’s appointees, are not even minimally qualified — intellectually, morally, psychologically — for the lofty positions they occupy. In this respect, they mirror Trump himself, who degrades our nation every day in the world’s eyes.

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Trump ignores N.O. crime dip

Tell me again why we need more National Guard troops, U.S. Immigration and Customs agents, U.S. Border Patrol agents and other federal agency officers in New Orleans.

Oh, yeah.

Our nation is a “laughing stock,” according to a Trump social media post after a man killed and injured people as he drove Will truck along Bourbon Sutton aStreet in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2025. Trump immediately claimed that the terrorist attack was proof that there was a grave need for the immigration crackdown that he promised during his 2024 campaign.

That rhetoric helped win him support, votes and an election.

I believe Trump decided then that New Orleans must be on his developing immigration hit list, regardless of the facts. The Bourbon Street perpetrator, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was identified as “an American citizen, born in Texas.”

Trump kept his eyes on New Orleans without good reason as the year went on. February. March. April. May. June.

By mid-July, the city had seen only 53 murders.

Surely the president has access to reliable crime data from the FBI and other government sources. Surely that would be enough to back off.

But nooooo.

After August, September came and the president mouthed off again about the Crescent City.

“We’re making a determination now: Do we go to Chicago, or do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who

wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that’s become quite tough, quite bad,” Trump told journalists during a September meeting at the White House.

Only weeks later, the president sent in ICE and Border Patrol officers to capture “the worst of the worst” of our criminal immigrants. You know, those like the dastardly Texas native who caused so much harm.

Why? Because New Orleans is such a bad, crime-ridden place with far too many citizens, residents and immigrants who commit illegal deeds far too regularly.

Yes, there are ongoing hot spots of criminal activity in parts of the city.

Interestingly, there was a violent crime drop in New Orleans East and Central City seems to be the biggest crime hot spot.

New Orleans Police Department crime data released Monday shows that citywide, there was a year-over-year crime reduction in 2025 compared to 2024. Plus, it marks a three-year crime reduction streak.

In sports, we call this a three-peat.

My regular readers know that I sometimes point out when the city and the state make national news, sometimes for not-so-good reasons. I’m happy to point out that this crime reduction got national attention. Though there has been a crime reduction nationally, ABC News, Axios, The Associated Press and The New York Times took note of what’s happened in New Orleans — and for good reason.

In 2024, the city had 125 murders. In 2025, there were 121 murders. That’s a 3% drop. As NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick reported earlier this week, without the 14 deaths in a

single New Year’s Day terror attack, we would’ve seen a 14% decrease in murders.

And there’s more good crime news: n Nonfatal shootings declined by 3% n Armed robberies fell by 28% n Carjackings dropped by 35% Looking back at 2022, when some designated New Orleans as the murder capital of the nation, we’ve had a 55% homicide rate decrease since.

When I asked NOPD Director of Communications Reese Harper about the news, he shared that he’s “encouraged, but I’m not celebrating — because one life lost is too many, and our work is to make this progress hold.”

Asked how we can help, Harper made three requests: n Share information early and often.

Crimestoppers takes tips at (504) 8221111. n Lock it up: cars, guns, routines.

Leave no valuables. n Strengthen your block. Know your neighbors, stay connected and support credible community groups.

As we look forward to the rest of 2026 and the coming years, let’s aim to grow our three-peat into an even longer string of wins. Let’s go for the equivalent of the six NBA championship wins by the Chicago Bulls during two threepeats, 1991-1993 and again 1996-1998.

That was special.

We can do this, Team New Orleans.

Each of us can do our part. Immediately, let’s focus on a fourth straight year of crime reduction. But let’s aim higher.

I can’t wait for another year of success, another three-peat and recordsetting years of crime reduction.

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Happily, there has been a change in the cocktail culture leading bars to offer alternatives to booze.

Mocktails are nonalcoholic drinks and often more inventive than mixed cocktails. I recall a good friend and recovering alcoholic who loved bar action. He’d sit at one almost every night and nurse a club soda.

Gwen, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Los Angeles, offers a water tasting menu. You can order an East Coast water, such as Saratoga, or go continental with a French Evian. The menu describes a Georgian sparkling water called Borjomi as salty and complex.

The restaurant offers recommendations for water pairings with food.

Speaking of California, much has been said about a concept called California Sober.

That involves not drinking or drinking very little alcohol and turning to legal cannabis for a mood lift. We’re still waiting, however, for the resort ad that pictures its elegant guests socializing over a joint.

To drink or not to drink. That clearly depends.

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You’ve probably heard commentators say that under President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is arresting and deporting a huge number of illegal immigrants who have no criminal record. The first response to that is: If they crossed illegally into the United States, they have a criminal record. Plus, they’re still in the country illegally.

Second, the numbers just don’t support the commentators’ claim.

A new report by The Washington Examiner’s Anna Giaritelli notes that, “The Trump administration arrested 595,000 illegal immigrants between Jan. 20 and Dec. 11, according to the Department of Homeland SeByron curity. ICE revealed that 70%, York or about 416,000, have ‘criminal convictions or pending criminal charges just in the U.S,’ an agency spokesman said in a statement.”

An ICE spokesman told Giaritelli that beyond those criminal convictions and pending criminal charges, there are some illegal immigrants who have committed few, if any, crimes in the United States but are wanted for serious crimes in their home countries. For example, Giaritelli writes that “ICE arrested Antonio Israel Lazo-Quintanilla, whose only offense in the United States was driving without a license. However, he is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide, extortion, possession of drugs, and other felonies.” Obviously, LazoQuintanilla, who sports a huge “666” tattoo on his forehead, should never have been allowed to enter the United States and should never be allowed to enter again, once he is deported.

In any event, according to the ICE numbers, the great majority of those arrested have been involved with the justice system. And those whose only crime is crossing into the United States illegally are still ... criminals.

That has long been a point of contention in media circles, where some commentators refuse to believe that crossing illegally into the U.S. is a crime. But it is. Recently, the argument was rekindled when Fox News’ Bill Melugin, who covered the massive incursion of illegal border crossers during the Biden era more extensively than anyone, noted an exchange earlier this year on CNN. The subject was the Trump administration’s drive to deport illegal immigrants. Anchor Abby Phillip said that the large number of deportations “means that they’re not just going after criminals.” To that, commentator Scott Jennings responded, “Well, they’re going after people who are in the country illegally, right?”

Phillip said that the number of deportations “is a much bigger universe.” Jennings asked, “Doesn’t that make you a criminal?” Phillip said, “No, it doesn’t.” Jennings asked, “To come across the border illegally?” Phillip said, “Coming into the country illegally is a civil offense.

It’s not a criminal offense.”

Wrong. “Crossing the border illegally is a federal criminal offense,” Melugin noted. “A first-time illegal crossing is a misdemeanor via 8 USC 1325. An illegal entry after deportation is a federal felony via 8 USC 1326. Overstaying a visa is a civil offense. All of the above makes one deportable.”

The exchange is important because, in the sometimes angry conversation over immigration law enforcement, there is often an unspoken assumption that illegal border crossing is not a terribly serious matter. It is not unusual to hear commentators decry the arrest of illegal border crossers who are said to have “committed no crime.” In fact, their presence in the United States began with the crime of crossing the border without authorization.

That applies to an estimated nine million people who crossed illegally into the United States during the presidency of Joe Biden. How to deal with those illegal crossers is one of the most intense debates of the second Trump administration. It seems obvious that authorities should focus on those who entered illegally and have then committed additional crimes. But it’s also obvious that crossing illegally into the U.S. should have serious consequences — like, if you do it, you don’t get to stay.

That is the message the Trump administration is sending. In the long run, it is the only way for a nation to operate. In 2005, when he was still in the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama said, “We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.” That was true 20 years ago, and it’s true today.

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SAINTS WRAPUP

BY WILSON ALEXANDER and REED DARCEY Staff writers

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Saints wide receiver Chris Olave celebrates a touchdown reception from quarterback Tyler Shough against the New york Jets on Dec. 21 at the Caesars Superdome. Shough took over the starting quarterback duties in Week 9.

NUMBERS GAME

Nine statistics helped to summarize New Orleans’ season

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

In terms of what was at stake for the 2025 season, the only number that really mattered for the Saints 6-11.

Analysis was With that record, New Orleans ensured its second consecutive last-place finish in the NFC South and its fifth consecutive season without a playoff berth.

But there were a lot of underlying metrics that led to that 6-11 number, some of which should inspire some optimism for the future, and some of which should inform the team’s direction this offseason

as it looks to right the ship.

Here are the nine statistics that helped to define the Saints 2025 season.

Tyler Shough category There’s no doubt about it: The Saints were a different team once Shough took over as the starting quarterback for the team’s Week 9 game against the Los Angeles Rams.

There may still be some out there who will point to the quality of the competition for Shough’s starts versus those games started by Spencer Rattler — and there is some merit to that argument.

Rattler faced four eventual playoff teams, including the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds

in the NFC and No. 2 seed in the AFC, while Shough only faced two (the Rams and the 8-9 Panthers, twice).

But that shouldn’t discount much of what Shough did, especially as the roster around him significantly deteriorated toward the end of the season because of injury. The rookie delivered a different quality of quarterback play, which should drive plenty of excitement for what should be in store for the franchise.

103.3: One of the most encouraging things about Shough’s play was the way he turned it on in big moments.

ä See SAINTS, page 6C

Former Boise State safety Ty Benefield decided to sign with LSU, a source confirmed to The Advocate on Tuesday, becoming the first defensive transfer to commit to the Tigers since the transfer portal opened.

Benefield was named first-team AllMountain West this past season after recording a team-high 107 tackles, 81/2 tackles for loss and two interceptions.

He has played in 41 games during his career and started 33 times, adding needed experience to the LSU secondary. Benefield has one more season of eligibility. He was ranked as the No. 2 defensive back in the transfer portal by 247Sports.

LSU wanted to find safeties even though it brought back sophomore starter Tamarcus Cooley and sophomore Dashawn Spears, a potential starter next season. Defensive coordinator Blake Baker and his staff have to replace senior AJ Haulcy, who exhausted his eligibility, and they need a new starter at Star, a hybrid position filled by linebacker Harold Perkins this past season that usually gets played by a defensive back.

Benefield, a native of Altadena, California, is listed at 6-foot-2 and 205 pounds. He was a three-star recruit coming out of high school who quickly turned into a starter at Boise State.

During his career, Benefield has recorded 235 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, three sacks, five interceptions, 16 passes defended and two forced fumbles, adding proven depth to the back end of Baker’s defense.

Entering coach Lane Kiffin’s first season, LSU is in the process of signing a large transfer class. Before they added four transfers on Tuesday, the Tigers had landed Hawaii wide receiver Jackson Harris, Old Dominion wide receiver Tre Brown, Utah running back Raycine Guillory and Pittsburgh tight end Malachi Thomas.

LSU still has needs at linebacker and defensive end — in addition to the holes it has to fill at quarterback, along the offensive line and in the

ä See TIGERS, page 4C

LSU can’t dig out of huge hole vs. USC

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James pulls down a rebound against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night at the Smoothie King Center. James finished with 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in the Lakers’ 111-103 win.

missing. The Tigers couldn’t find Tigers get down by the bottom of the net for the first minutes. Nwoko, who shoots 28, fall to 0-2 in SEC four an SEC-leading 71.1% from the

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Pelicans lose eighth straight James, Doncic lead Lakers; Murphy scores 42 for N.O.

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Contributing writer Luka Doncic had 30 points and 10 assists, LeBron James scored 30 points and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 111-103 on Tuesday night in the Smoothie King Center.

Deandre Ayton had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Marcus Smart scored 13 for the Lakers (23-11), who improved to 3-0 against New Orleans this season.

Trey Murphy scored a career-

high 42 points, Zion Williamson had 15 and Derik Queen added 10 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Pelicans (8-30), who lost their eighth consecutive game, their second-longest losing streak of the season. Herb Jones, the Pelicans’ top defender, returned after a seven-game absence because of a sprained right ankle, but scored just three points. Saddiq Bey missed his third consecutive game because of a right hip flexor strain.

New Orleans completes a backto-back and starts a three-game road trip at Atlanta on Wednesday night.

Murphy scored 14 of the Pelicans’ first 22 points in the third quarter as they extended their three-point halftime lead to

76-70. Doncic scored the next three points, but Murphy made a 3-pointer and converted a three-point play to push the lead to 86-79 at the end of the third quarter.

James sandwiched two 3-pointers around an assist on Jarred Vanderbilt’s basket during a 9-0 spurt to start the fourth-quarter scoring and give the Lakers a twopoint lead. Queen made a layup for New Orleans’ first points of the quarter to tie the score at 88.

Ayton made consecutive field goals to help L.A. take a 97-90 lead midway through the period. New Orleans got within four points, but didn’t get any closer.

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A bounce-back win.

That’s what LSU basketball sought after a three-point road loss in the Southeastern Conference opener.

The Tigers instead never led and trailed by as many as 28 points against a South Carolina team that entered the game analytically as the lowest-rated team in the SEC. LSU (12-3, 0-2 SEC) fought back but couldn’t overcome its issues as it lost 78-68 to South Carolina on Tuesday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

For the second straight game, the Tigers didn’t have star point guard Dedan Thomas because of a lower left leg injury.

Max Mackinnon had 15 points, 12 in the second half. Pablo Tamba and PJ Carter each had 10 for LSU. South Carolina (10-5, 1-1) made its first nine field goals, including six 3-pointers.

Forward Elijah Strong nailed four of South Carolina’s shots from beyond the arc to start. The junior entered the game shooting 26% on 3s this season. He finished with 30 points.

While South Carolina was scorching the nets, LSU was

field, was unable to score on his signature hook shot.

The team’s best shooter, Mackinnon, also had a tough time scoring on open perimeter shots. He and Nwoko, who finished with six points and 13 rebounds, were a combined 0 of 5 by the time coach Matt McMahon called a 30-second timeout with 16:56 left in the first half.

What triggered the early break was a 3-pointer that gave South Carolina a 10-0 advantage.

When the timeout ended, the fourth-year coach drew up a play for a pick-and-roll play between Reece as the ball handler and Nwoko as the screener. The 6-foot-10 center received an alley-oop and missed the dunk.

However, he recovered the rebound and passed it out to Mackinnon, who made a 3-pointer for the team’s first field goal.

The Gamecocks led 21-5 at the 14:41 mark, and they were unbothered by all of the Tigers’ defenders. Sophomore center Robert Miller gave South Carolina the most issues as he managed two blocks in the first half.

To open the second half, McMahon used an entirely different lineup than the starting group.

Replacing Nwoko, Mackinnon

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Liu returns with sights set on Olympics American skater rediscovers passion for sport after stepping away

BY DAVE SKRETTA

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By HIRO KOMAE

Alysa Liu, of the United States, competes in the women’s short program segment at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, central Japan on Dec. 5. her worldview had changed so dramatically in the intervening years that she was actually enjoying it, the idea of making a competitive comeback started to develop.

The rust shook free quickly. By the time nationals rolled around in January 2025, she was standing on the second step of the podium in Wichita, Kansas, after reigning champion Amber Glenn had defeated her by the secondsmallest margin in history.

Liu was overjoyed.

“She didn’t have really anything to, quote-unquote, prove anymore,” Olympic champion and close friend Nathan Chen said. “She had already accomplished all the things that she set out to do. And I think that allowed her the freedom to just go off and be Alysa.”

Oh, but she was only getting started.

Two months later, Liu captured the hearts of the Boston crowd at the world championships. Her joy in performing was evident in the smiles she wore while winning both the short program and free skate, and dethroning threetime defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan to become the first American woman to win the title since Kimmie Meissner

in 2006.

“I was one of the most excited people when I heard she was coming back,” said Kristi Yamaguchi, the 1992 Olympic champion who had watched Liu grow up in the skating rinks around their native San Francisco Bay area.

“Not just, ‘Oh, maybe she could represent the U.S. and do well,’ ” Yamaguchi said, “but I think she left a lot on the table. She was 16 when she stepped away. I was totally heartbroken. But I think she had to miss it in order to come back the way she did, and really have perspective and the empowerment that she had when she came back.”

Liu hasn’t stopped winning, either. She helped Team USA capture gold at the World Team Trophy last spring, then she won her first Grand Prix event at Skate America in November, before claiming the prestigious Grand Prix Final trophy in December.

“To take two years off and to come back, and come back all the way to win a world title, I think that in itself is what’s exceptional,” two-time U.S. champion and Olympic bronze medalist Gracie Gold said. “She didn’t win everything, it wasn’t an undefeated season, but I just thought she was really steady all season. She

had this comfort level. She was authentic to herself.”

Now, Liu is headed to St. Louis this weekend for another U.S. championships.

She won the event in 2019 and 2020, before her skating hiatus, back when she was still a teenage wunderkind. It would be a fullcircle moment to triumph again six years later, a continuation of a dream ride through the second act of her career.

“I really despised skating,” Liu said. “I thought that skating was the reason why all these bad things were happening to me.

I thought that for so long, you know? But I realized through time, like, that’s not the case.

It doesn’t have to be like that.

And yeah, so now I do not take the sport as seriously. Nothing is hurt. I just compete so that I can, like, skate. Show my programs.”

It’s a different outlook — a healthier one, she says — for a still-young figure skater who has grown in unimaginable ways.

“Now I hang out with my friends all the time. I make weekend trips to see them,” Liu said.

“I can do whatever I want. Free range, no rules, for however long I want. I live at home now. I drive myself to the rink. You know, I’m on my schedule now.”

NASCAR commissioner Phelps resigns

BY JENNA FRYER

AP auto racing writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The fallout from NASCAR’s federal antitrust trial continued into the new year as NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps on Tuesday announced his resignation after more than 20 years with the top racing series in the United States.

His resignation comes after last month’s trial in which inflammatory texts Phelps sent during contentious revenue-sharing negotiations were revealed. Phelps will leave the company at the end of the month, ahead of the start of the first exhibition race of the season on Feb. 1.

He was named NASCAR’s first commissioner last season after a courting process for the same role by the PGA golf tour. The opportunity with the PGA was revealed during December testimony of the antitrust trial brought by two race teams against NASCAR and Phelps testified he pulled out of consideration for that role upon the NASCAR promotion from president.

The top executive at NASCAR was deeply bruised during the trial — and the discovery process leading into it — when communications he exchanged with his leadership team was exposed.

In one exchange, Phelps called

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions fired offensive coordinator John Morton on Tuesday.

The move was expected after the Lions missed the playoffs and coach Dan Campbell took over Morton’s play-calling duties midway through the season.

Campbell is now looking for his third offensive coordinator in three seasons. Former OC Ben Johnson left the Lions a little more than a year ago to lead the Chicago Bears and helped them win the NFC North.

The Lions (9-8) failed to make the postseason after winning that division the previous two seasons and earning top seeding in the NFC last year.

Campbell said Monday he hadn’t decided whether he will continue to call plays next season.

Kingsbury and Whitt gone from Commanders staff

AP sportswriter

ST. LOUIS — It took Alysa Liu walking away from figure skating at its highest level to find out who she was.

Ultimately, she found her way back again.

Once the up-and-coming darling of American figure skating, Liu had surprised the entire community when she abruptly retired after the 2022 Beijing Olympics, where she finished sixth. She was only 16 years old, yet Liu had been driven to rinks for unending practices for as long as she could remember, and she was tired of it — the singular focus on skating, the inability to be a kid.

“I really had nothing going on with my life, you know? Just training,” Liu, now 20, told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview as she prepared for this week’s U.S. championships and, most likely, the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy.

“I would live at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado, in a dorm by myself. I would eat their food. I went to the rink, skated, ate lunch there, skated some more. Went back to the dorm. I didn’t go anywhere. I didn’t see anything. I was just there,” she said. “And so all that, I was like, ‘Skating is not worth it.’ Like, this is not worth it. I didn’t, you know, care about what I skated to, or what my dress was like. I let everyone else decide. So I was really like, ‘Who am I?’ I felt like a puppet other people were using.”

In the days, months and years after walking away, Liu began college at UCLA. Her network of friends quickly grew beyond the bounds of skating. She traveled.

She even trekked to the Mount Everest Base Camp, where she finally felt on top of the world.

It wasn’t until Liu went on a skiing trip, and the adrenaline rush hit for the first time in ages, that she started to think about getting back on the ice. Not competing, just skating. But once that happened, and Liu realized

Lions part with offensive coordinator Morton

Hall of Fame team owner Richard Childress “a stupid redneck” who “needs to be taken out back and flogged.”

That led Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris, an ardent supporter of both NASCAR and Richard Childress Racing, to write a damning letter demanding Phelps’ removal as commissioner.

After he concluded his testimony in the nine-day trial last month, Phelps left the stand with his jaw clenched, his face red, and he made no eye contact with NASCAR’s owners as he briskly headed directly out of the courtroom. His fiancée trailed after him as he even refused to look in her direction.

NASCAR settled the lawsuit with 23XI Racing, owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, and Front Row Motorsports, owned by Bob Jenkins, the day after Morris’ letter went public and two days after Phelps’ testimony.

“As a lifelong race fan, it gives me immense pride to have served as NASCAR’s first Commissioner and to lead our great sport through so many incredible challenges, opportunities and firsts over my 20 years,” Phelps said in a statement. “Our sport is built on the passion of our fans, the dedication of our teams and partners,

where as a child he became a fan of local racing. He graduated from both the University of Vermont, where he set the school record in the 800 meters, and Boston College, where he earned a masters in business administration.

NASCAR thanks Phelps for leadership NASCAR said that Phelps’ leadAP PHOTO By MATT KELLEy ership transformed a stale schedule with new events, “bucket list NASCAR president Steve Phelps fan experiences,” and reshaped announces the inductees to the its strategic vision. Phelps was 2025 NASCAR Hall of Fame class also lauded for expanding NASon May 21, 2024, in Charlotte, CAR’s international footprint, N.C. securing long-term media rights and charter agreements, and and the commitment of our won- building a leadership team that is focused on building the future of derful employees.

“It has been an honor to help stock car racing with fan experisynthesize the enthusiasm of ence at its core. long-standing NASCAR stake“Steve will forever be rememholders with that of new entrants bered as one of NASCAR’s most to our ecosystem, such as media impactful leaders,” said Jim partners, auto manufacturers, France, the NASCAR Chairman track operators, and incredible and CEO. “For decades he has worked tirelessly to thrill fans, racing talent.”

“Words cannot fully convey the support teams and execute a videep appreciation I have for this sion for the sport that has treated life-changing experience, for the us all to some of the greatest motrust of the France family, and ments in our nearly 80-year hisfor having a place in NASCAR’s tory.” amazing history,” Phelps conO’Donnell moved into Phelps’ role as president upon Phelps’ cluded.

Phelps is a native of Vermont, promotion to commissioner.

Coordinators Kliff Kingsbury and Joe Whitt Jr. are both gone from head coach Dan Quinn’s staff with the Washington Commanders after a 5-12 season, a team official with knowledge of the moves told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the staff changes had not yet been announced.

Kingsbury, the offensive coordinator, and Whitt, who had been in charge of the defense until being stripped of play-calling duties during the season, both arrived in Washington with Quinn before the 2024 season.

According to the person who described Tuesday’s decisions to the AP, Quinn and Kingsbury then mutually agreed to part ways.

Cowboys fire defensive coordinator Eberflus

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys fired first-year defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus on Tuesday after they allowed the most points and intercepted the fewest passes in franchise history.

It’s the second consecutive season in which Eberflus has been fired. He was let go midseason in 2024, his third year as head coach of the Chicago Bears.

Eberflus made it to the end of the season in his return to Dallas.

The departure of Eberflus means the Cowboys will have their fourth defensive coordinator in four seasons, following Dan Quinn in 2023, Mike Zimmer last year and Eberflus. Dallas’ past five defensive coordinators have been former NFL head coaches.

A’s relocation faces block with trademark denial

LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has for now denied the A’s request to trademark the names “Las Vegas Athletics” and “Vegas Athletics.”

The club, which intends to move to Nevada in 2028, has three months from when the refusals were issued Dec. 29 to ask for an extension to file a new application within a six-month period.

The A’s were told the nickname “Athletics” was too generic and could be confused with other activities even if associated with Las Vegas.

The A’s relocated to West Sacramento, California, last year to play the first of three planned seasons in the city’s Triple-A ballpark. The team is going solely by “Athletics” while playing in Northern California.

Cavaliers’ Strus out for another month after surgery

CLEVELAND — Cavaliers forward Max Strus will be sidelined for at least another month as he continues to recover from surgery on his broken left foot, the team announced Tuesday.

Strus suffered a Jones fracture — a break of the bone that connects the pinkie toe to the base of the foot — during offseason training and underwent surgery on Aug. 26.

The Cavaliers said a recent evaluation and imaging showed additional time was required for the fracture to fully heal. When Strus originally had the surgery, it was expected he would resume basketball activities in three to four months.

Strus will have a follow-up evaluation with Dr. David Porter, who performed the procedure.

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Whistling ducks season offered in 2026

BY JOE MACALUSO

Contributing writer

Louisiana took an important second step to a first special season on black-bellied whistling ducks when the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted for a nine-day opportunity for 2026 during its meeting Tuesday in Baton Rouge.

The season will run Oct. 3-11.

The first step was applying to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a season in this expanding species in Louisiana’s marshes.

The season dates needs to be approved by the USFWS, which

appears to be a formality at this point.

Duck hunters also paid attention to a second straight nine-day special teal season scheduled Sept.

19-27 this year, and learned the West Waterfowl season segments will run Nov. 14-Dec. 6 and Dec. 19-Jan. 24, which means the 20262027 season will close days ahead of the Jan. 31 federally mandated close. The youth- and veteransonly special weekend is set for Nov. 7-8.

East Waterfowl Zone hunters will have Nov. 21-Dec. 6 and Dec. 19-Jan. 31 segments with youth-

and veterans-only special hunts set for Nov. 14 and Feb. 6.

Otherwise, in the presentation of the proposed 2026-2027 season, there were only calendar adjustments in resident-game seasons from the current seasons (deer, squirrel, rabbit and quail) and other migratory species like geese, rails, gallinules, mourning doves and snipe, and the customary Dec. 18-Jan. 31 woodcock seasons.

State wildlife managers worked for the past four years for the special whistling ducks season. The species is growing in numbers in Louisiana and hunters were pro-

hibited from taking them during the teal season, but faced the bird moving south by the time the bulk of the main 60-day duck season.

The only amendments offered in the proposal package came when commission member Jonathan Walker sought moving the ban on using “internal combustion engines” from a 2 p.m. to a noon deadline on wildlife management areas except Pass a Loutre and Atchafalaya Delta WMAs. A second amendment came from commissioner Andy Brister, who sought a plan to improve the age structure of bucks in State

Deer Area 1.

Brister offered a one buck, one either-sex deer and four antlerless deer to the hunting package (to change from a three-buck, three antlerless allowance.)

Both amendments passed.

The commission also passed a notice to change the on-the-water regulations on speckled trout and redfish fillets.

Current rules ban water transportation of filleted fish in the coastal area, a rule that kept camp owners from processing their catches at camps accessed by water.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Tulane women blow big lead, fall to Tulsa

BY DARRELL WILLIAMS Contributing writer

STAFF PHOTOS By HILARy SCHEINUK

LSU forwards Mike Nwoko, left, and Pablo Tamba battle South Carolina guard Myles Stute for control of the ball in the first half of their SEC matchup on Tuesday night at the PMAC.

LSU

halftime lead after outscoring Tulsa 18-4 in the first seven minutes of the second quarter. The Wave held the Hurricane to 4-of16 shooting from the final three minutes of the first quarter to the 4:35 mark of the second in running to a 33-18 lead.

Tulane ran to a 37-20 lead with 1:16 in the half, only to see Tulsa end the second quarter on a 6-0 run. Nonetheless, along with its aggressive defense, the Wave pounded the boards to the tune of a 24-13 advantage, including 7-3 in offensive rebounds.

The Hurricane led 7-2 four minutes into the first quarter, when the Wave’s fast break and constant substituting, which is its staple, produced a 15-14 lead at the end of the first.

While Tulsa made just two of its final seven shots of the first, Tulane made four of its final six attempts of the quarter.

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Continued from page 1C and Marquel Sutton were freshman guard Mazi Mosley, fifth-year senior guard Carter and Miller. The starters remaining who stayed were graduate student Tamba and Reece.

The changes had an immediate impact as the players had a greater sense of aggression on both ends. LSU forced a South Carolina timeout with 17:32 remaining after the Tigers made three straight field goals to cut the deficit to 52-35.

This included a Mosley 3-pointer, who earned minutes from his few minutes in the first half.

Nwoko, Sutton and Mackinnon came back in the game at the 15:16 mark with the team down 57-37. The trio responded well to the benching as they combined for three field goals during a 6-0 run.

Sutton extended it to an 8-0 run after he turned down a right-wing 3 and instead drove for a posterizing twohand dunk over the 6-9 Mike Sharavjamts.

A Mackinnon 3-pointer gave the Tigers an 11-1 run to trail 58-48 with 12:05 left in the contest.

LSU trailed by single digits for the first time since

Tulane had its running shoes on Tuesday night against Tulsa and seemed on the way to leaving the Golden Hurricane in its dust.

However, Tulsa rallied from 17 points down with a strong second half to down the Green Wave 76-73 at Devlin Fieldhouse.

The loss is the third in four games for Tulane (69, 1-1 American Athletic Conference) and marks the fourth consecutive loss against the Hurricane (10-4, 2-0).

Tulane led 37-20 with 1:16 left in the first half when Tulsa began its comeback.

The Hurricane outscored Tulane 50-36 in the second half.

The Green Wave led 72-71 with 32.5 seconds left after guard Jayda Brown took an inbounds pass and drove the baseline. However, Tulsa forward Hannah Rid-

dick put-back Mady Cartwright’s missed 3-point try, was fouled and scored. The free three-point play gave Tulsa a 74-72 lead with 11.3 seconds left.

Tulane senior forward Amira Mabry made one of two free throws with 6.7 seconds left. Cartwright was fouled intentionally and sank two clinching free throws with 5.9 left. Tulane’s Jayda Brown missed a desperation 3 at the buzzer.

Guard Kanija Daniel led five Green Wave scorers with 16 points. Guard Mecailin Marshall and Brown each had 12. Mabry had 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds, and center Dyllan Hanna had 10 points and seven boards.

“We switched from a zone defense to man-to-man, and it allowed us to rebound better and play better defense,” Tulsa coach Angie Nelp said. “This is a big road conference win.”

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LSU guard Jalen Reece sets the offense Tuesday night. the 16:38 mark of the first half after another 3-pointer from the Australian guard to make it 64-55.

Nwoko had a gutsy second half. Although he wasn’t as efficient as he normally is, he was a factor as a screener and offensive rebounder.

One of his offensive boards resulted in a foul and gave him free throws that he made to make it 66-60 with 6:22 left in the game.

The determination that junior showed was shared by everyone on the court.

Not long after, there was a possession where offensive boards were collected

by Nwoko, Carter and then Tamba, who finished a putback to cut LSU’s deficit 7062 at the 2:45 mark.

Despite the improved effort, South Carolina made enough free throws and timely shots. It bumped its lead back up to 12 after a corner 3 from freshman Eli Ellis with 2:44 remaining.

LSU’s next game is at noon Saturday at No. 11 Vanderbilt.

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The score was tied twice Doncic had 11 points and and the lead changed hands three assists and the Lakers five times during the rest of had a 20-12 edge in points in the quarter.

The final lead change the paint as L.A. took a 2925 lead at the end of the first came on a dunk by the Pelicans’ Yves Missi and Jose quarter.

Dalton Knecht made a Alvarado added a floater

with three seconds left, giving New Orleans a 54-51 halftime lead.

The Lakers played without their top two bench scorers — Austin Reaves (26.6), who missed his fifth straight game because of a left calf strain and Rui Hachimura (12.7), who missed his fourth consecutive game because of a right calf strain.

PELICANS

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Former Michigan State and NBA player Paul Davis apologized for verbally abusing an official at the Breslin Center and being removed from his seat during the 12th-ranked Spartans’ 80-51 win over Southern California.

Davis addressed his actions with reporters and expressed remorse on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after an official pointed him out and asked him to be escorted away from his seat near the court.

“I’m up here to take accountability — to own it,” he told reporters before coach Tom Izzo’s news conference.

Davis said he apologized to official Jeffrey Anderson during a call on Tuesday.

“Short conversation, but an amazing conversation,” Davis said. “Amazing guy.”

Davis said he was sorry for being a distraction for Michigan State’s players during their strong start this season and for taking away from USC’s experience. Davis also apologized to Michigan State fans at the game, and watching on television, the university, along with parents and kids for not being a role model.

Davis called Izzo several hours after the game and wanted to publicly address his mistake.

“It kind of went global,” said Izzo, who coached Davis when he played for the Spartans 20 years ago.

With six-plus minutes left and the Spartans leading the Trojans 67-46, television

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Tulane lands FCS center Marks from Mercer

BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

Tulane, which found quality starting centers from the portal as graduate transfers in the past two years, is looking more long term at the same position under new coach Will Hall.

On a newsy Tuesday when the Wave lost both of its elite kickers to Florida and Jon Sumrall but learned leading tackler Jack Tchienchou would return for another year, former Mercer center Gavin Marks explained why he jumped at the chance to play for the Green Wave.

Marks, a 6-foot-3, 305-pound pound freshman All-America selection at the FCS level, said he canceled official visits to East Carolina and Toledo (which hired former Mercer coach Mike Jacobs in December) when he committed this past weekend.

“I felt plenty of love from the coaching staff,” he said. “They really made me feel special. I know (offensive line) coach (Cody) Kennedy really develops guys. He’s

had two centers drafted, and all of the coaches are great guys, too.

When I went to New Orleans, I loved that city.”

Marks is one of four confirmed players who have joined the fold from the transfer portal along with former Florida State running back Jaylin Lucas, who was a first-team All-State selection as a senior at Edna Karr; offensive lineman Riley Rushing from Division II Mars Hill (North Carolina); and cornerback Anthony Rogers from Nicholls State.

Instead of being a one-year rental, Marks made it clear he planned to stay for the rest of his career.

The added bonus for Tulane was New Orleans food. He raved about the oysters he ate the first time on his visit.

“It was a no-brainer,” he said. “I knew from the moment I stepped on campus this was the right decision. Tulane was the place where I felt like I could get the right development to play at the next level, and I know coach Kennedy is the guy that can do that for me. I was in the portal, and I don’t want to be

in the portal again. This is where I want to play football.”

Tulane signed Vincent Murphy from Western Kentucky in 2024 and Jack Hollifield from Appalachian State in 2025 at center with outstanding success. Marks could be next in the line.

“I have a strong I.Q. and am a vocal leader calling the pass protection and all that,” he said. “I’m a physical run blocker and real athletic, and I am going to use that to my advantage. People might say I’m a shorter O-lineman, but that gives me better leverage.”

Mercer, located in Macon, Georgia, won its first SoCon championship in 2024 and backed up that title run this season with Marks starting every game at center.

He also went 26-4 in his final two years at Rolesville High in North Carolina, including a Class 4A state championship game defeat as a senior.

“I’m a winner,” he said. “I won in high school, I won at Mercer and I’m coming (to Tulane) to win again. We won the conference this past year at Mercer, and I’m ready

to get my ring and start adding to that.”

Tchienchou can relate. He helped everyone at Tulane get a ring, earning most outstanding defensive players honors in the Wave’s 34-21 American Conference championship game victory against North Texas. Unlike fellow secondary starters Jahiem Johnson (Arkansas) and Javion White, he posted on X he would be back after making 83 tackles as a redshirt sophomore.

Another sophomore safety, Joshua Moore (27 tackles), also announced his return.

The Wave was not as fortunate with kicker Patrick Durkin, the American special teams player of the year, or punter Alec Clark, both of whom committed to Florida on Tuesday. Durkin, a former walkon, hit 25 of 28 field goals, including four from 50 or more yards.

Clark, who had the second-best punting average in school history, will rejoin teams coach Johnathan Galante at Florida after following him from Marshall to Southern Miss to Tulane.

Lucas (5-foot-9, 173 pounds)

rushed 27 times for 160 yards at Florida State this season and made a 64-yard reception in the opener against Alabama. He spent two years with the Seminoles after playing for Indiana his first two seasons.

Rogers (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) had 55 tackles with three interceptions as a redshirt freshman for Nicholls.

Lagniappe Shadre Hurst, a three-year starter at left guard for Tulane, committed to Houston this week along with running back Makhi Hughes, who had back-to-back 1,000-yard years for the Wave before transferring to Oregon this past season and being redshirted. … Wide receiver Jimmy Calloway (three catches, 52 yards) announced his entry to the portal on Tuesday. …

Reserve defensive tackle Derrick Shepard (six tackles) joined fellow lineman Geordan Guidry (15 tackles) as official returning players. … Portal entrants Santana Hopper (Colorado) and Omari Hayes (Iowa State) found their landing spots.

Peach Bowl coaches not exactly the same

BY MICHAEL MAROT AND ANNE M. PETERSON AP sportswriters

STAFF PHOTO By HILARy SCHEINUK

Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt, left, and LSU football coach Lane Kiffin chat as LSU hosts South Carolina on Tuesday at the PMAC. Leavitt is the top quarterback in the transfer portal.

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Benefield began a visit to LSU on Sunday, a source said.

The Tigers also hosted Penn State edge rusher Chaz Coleman over the weekend and Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt on a visit that kicked off Monday.

Kansas State WR commits Former Kansas State wide receiver Jayce Brown announced in an Instagram post on Tuesday that he’s transferring to LSU. Brown, a rising senior, has 115 career catches for 1,972 yards and and 13 touchdowns. In the 10 games he played this past season, he caught 41 passes for 712 yards and five touchdowns, becoming one of the 34 FBS wideouts who averaged at least 17 yards per reception.

The Tigers have now landed three of those receivers. Both Harris and Tre Brown finished the 2025 season ranked top 10 nationally in yards per catch.

Jayce Brown has one more season of eligibility left.

Clemson DT commits Former Clemson defensive lineman Stephiylan Green an-

nounced Tuesday that he had committed to LSU. Green, a 6-foot-4, 290-pound transfer defensive tackle, started 14 games across the three seasons he spent with the Tigers.

In 2025, he recorded 18 tackles and 21/ 2 sacks as a sophomore.

Six of those tackles came in Clemson’s Week 1 home loss to LSU. LSU is losing three of its top four interior defensive linemen.

Rising junior Ahmad Breaux hit the portal and committed to Kentucky, while both Bernard Gooden and Jacobian Guillory exhausted their eligibility.

Former five-star recruit Dominick McKinley can return for his junior season.

Each of the Tigers’ four most highly rated 2026 freshman signees are defensive linemen, and two of them line up on the interior.

Former Edna Karr standout Richard Anderson is a five-star recruit and the top defensive lineman in the country, per 247Sports composite rankings.

Georgia native Deuce Geralds is a fringe top-50 national prospect.

Green has two more seasons of eligibility left. He signed with Clemson in 2023 as a four-star recruit ranked among the 200 best prospects in his class, ac-

cording to 247Sports composite rankings.

Charlotte RB commits Charlotte running back Rod Gainey is transferring to LSU, his agency confirmed Tuesday.

Gainey is a 6-foot, 175-pound tailback who just wrapped up his redshirt freshman season.

In 2025, he took 74 carries for 260 yards and a touchdown for the 49ers, while also adding 16 catches for 44 yards and a touchdown through the air.

Kiffin and his LSU staff have now picked up two running backs through the transfer portal. The first tailback to commit was Utah running back Raycine Guillory — a former three-star recruit who redshirted the 2025 season.

The Tigers retained five-star freshman Harlem Berry this offseason, but they lost all four scholarship running backs behind him on the depth chart. Caden Durham, Ju’Juan Johnson, Kaleb Jackson and JT Lindsey each decided to enter their names into the transfer portal.

Ole Miss running backs coach Kevin Smith followed Kiffin to LSU, but star Rebels running back Kewan Lacy will not. He announced Tuesday that he had agreed to return to Ole Miss for his junior season.

Oregon coach Dan Lanning and Indiana coach Curt Cignetti look like opposites.

Lanning is the flashy budding star who wins by defying conventional wisdom. The blunt-spoken Cignetti takes a decidedly oldschool approach.

The two former Alabama assistants will soon find themselves back in SEC country, sharing mutual admiration for their very different styles, as they chase one goal — reaching the national championship game. “(He’s) one of the young superstars in the coaching profession,” Cignetti said of his Peach Bowl opponent in the College Football Playoff semifinals on Friday night.

When he was introduced as Oregon’s new coach in December 2021, Lanning was asked about his lack of head coaching experience.

The former defensive coordinator at Georgia responded with a wisecrack.

“Well, I hate to cut you off, but I’ve been a head coach before,” Lanning said. “When I was in high school, I coached the thirdgrade basketball team, and we were damn good. I mean, we were good.”

Lanning pledged the Ducks would be relentless in their pursuit of excellence. He hasn’t disappointed.

In four seasons with the Ducks, Lanning has lost only seven games.

Oregon won the 2024 Big Ten title during its first year in the conference and was unbeaten until losing to Ohio State in the CFP quarterfinals.

Like Lanning, Cignetti also has been relentless. In two years, he did what few thought possible by turning the Football Bowl Subdivision’s losingest program into the undefeated Big Ten champ, the CFP’s top seed and the nation’s No. 1 team.

The 64-year-old Cignetti leaned heavily into his head coaching experience at Indiana-Pennsylvania, Elon and James Madison to quickly establish a new mindset inside a program where mediocrity and near-misses had become the norm.

Known for soundbite-perfect quotes, Cignetti left no doubt he was the right hire.

“It’s pretty simple. I win. Google me,” he said.

Saban disciples

Houston QB Chriss reportedly heading to Tulane

BY TOYLOY BROWN

was entering the portal on Dec. 31 after playing two years at Houston. Chriss has one year of Houston quarterback Zeon eligibility remaining after spendChriss, who announced his inten- ing his first two seasons at UL. tions to transfer to Southern, is In six games last season, Chriss now reportedly going to Tulane, completed 10 of 21 passes for 108 according to CBS Sports. yards, one touchdown and one As early as Sunday night, re- interception. He also rushed 12 ports emerged that the 6-foot-3, times for 79 yards.

210-pound FBS signal caller was In 2024, he started seven times expected to transfer to Southern and played in 11 of 12 games. He to play for first-year coach Mar- completed 83 of 130 passes for shall Faulk.

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carries for 388 yards and four touchdowns. Houston finished 4-8 and 3-6 in the Big 12.

During his redshirt freshman year in 2023 at UL, Chriss played in eight games. He had 1,222 yards passing, 11 touchdowns and five interceptions, completing a career-high 66.7% of his passes.

He also rushed 73 times for 492 yards and six touchdowns.

Chriss has completed 204 of 319 passes for 2,263 yards and rushed for 10 touchdowns in 29 total college games.

Both coaches perfected their craft while working under coach Nick Saban, although not at the same time.

Cignetti joined Saban in his first year with the Crimson Tide, spent three more years there as the receivers coach and recruiting coordinator before leaving to coach IUP, the same school where his Hall of Famer father, Frank Sr., coached.

By then, Cignetti had already developed a reputation as a quarterback guru in stops at Pittsburgh, Rice and Temple before producing his prize pupil, Philip Rivers, at North Carolina State.

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years ago-plus, but really smart, had a mind for the game and a great way of teaching,” Rivers said. “You see that, you’ve seen that on full display, really, his whole career. But as he’s come up through the head coaching ranks, his last four stops, he’s won everywhere he’s been. So it’s been fun to see, and I’ve always rooted for him.”

Cignetti’s latest win was very Saban-esque, a 38-3 CFP quarterfinal victory over Alabama at the Rose Bowl that extended Indiana’s perfect record to 14-0.

Lanning, 39, served as a graduate assistant under Saban in 2015, when Alabama won a national championship. He had been working at Sam Houston but took a pay cut to work with Saban.

“When anybody asked me why, I said, I’m going to get my doctorate in football. That’s what it felt like working for coach Saban,” Lanning said. “Just like coach (Cignetti) said, you learn so much — things I thought I knew, I realized I didn’t know anything.”

Old school Cignetti has often said he’s a more traditional coach, following in the footsteps of his father. He emphasizes preparation and accountability, while also preaching unrelenting aggressiveness on the field.

He summed up his philosophy following the win over Alabama.

“It’s a great vehicle that helps people, used properly, become more successful in their life’s work later on and raising a family.

A lot of great lessons there about teamwork, leadership, overcoming adversity, meeting challenges, preparation, commitment, discipline, work ethic, toughness,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of the guys that have the right stuff.”

Lanning is more showy, much like the array of uniforms the Ducks wear. He showed his willingness to take chances with a successful fake punt on fourth-and-3 in the second quarter of the team’s 23-0 CFP quarterfinal victory over Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl.

The future Should this be the year the Ducks finally win a national championship — Oregon lost to Auburn in the 2011 BCS title game then fell to Ohio State in the 2015 CFP championship — there will no doubt be more chatter about Lanning’s future.

Lanning has repeatedly said he’s not going anywhere. He signed an extension in November that keeps him at Oregon through January 2032.

For now, however, it’s all about results.

“It all starts with him,” Hoosiers center Pat Coogan said after the Rose Bowl. “The complacency factor, the afraid to death of complacency, the never-ending journey of improving, taking it day by day, taking each day as the most important day in the history of the program.

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Montana State wins FCS title in OT thriller Bobcats beat Illinois State for first national championship since 1984

loss like that, there’s probably 10, 15, maybe 20 plays in the game if you make just one of them, you win. Wasn’t able to do that, and we came up short.”

Lamson finished with 280 yards passing and two TDs. He also ran for two more scores. Dowler had eight catches for 111 yards.

Rittenhouse finished with 311 yards passing and four TDs. Victor Dawson ran for 126 yards, and Lord had 13 catches for 161 yards receiving and two TDs.

BY TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Montana State finally found a way to answer when it mattered most for the program’s first national championship since 1984.

A year ago, Montana State missed winning its first title in 40 years when a slow start doomed it in a shootout loss to North Dakota State. Two years ago, the Bobcats’ season ended in Bozeman in the quarterfinals on a blocked extra point in overtime against the Bison.

They started this season losing the first two — at Oregon and a double- overtime loss at home to South Dakota State.

So when Myles Sansted’s extra point went through the uprights in overtime for a 35-34 victory over Illinois State on Monday night in the Football Championship Subdivision title game, the Bobcats chucked helmets in the air while sprinting around with a heavy contingent of Montana State fans celebrating with them.

“To be able to clear that hurdle and know that yes, this ’25 group accomplished what hadn’t been done in a long time ...,” said coach Brent Vigen, who’s already thinking ahead with a young, Montanaladen team featuring only nine seniors. “You know, we’re building for more.”

The Bobcats (14-2) capped a season that featured not one but two wins over in-state rival Montana over a four-week span. Beating Montana in the semifinals put Montana State back into the title game for the second straight sea-

The takeaway

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By GEORGE WALKER IV

Illinois State made big defensive plays to give the Redbirds a chance. They forced Montana State to three-and-out on consecutive drives in the fourth for a chance at the win and had three sacks.

Montana State won its 14th straight game despite too many self-inflicted mistakes. The Bobcats were flagged 14 times for 93 yards. “We offensively showed flashes, but it was one step forward, maybe sometimes two steps back,” Vigen said.

Blocked kicks

Montana State players celebrate after winning the FCS championship game against Illinois State on Monday in Spack said he thought ball-hanNashville, Tenn. dling issues might be why both the son, third in five years under Vigen and the fourth berth overall.

Montana State topped that accomplishment with its 14th straight win in a thrilling finish in the first overtime in the 48 years of this title game. The Bobcats led 21-7 at halftime and 28-14 in the third. They needed Jhase McMillan’s block of Michael Cosentino’s 38-yard field-goal attempt with 57 seconds left in regulation to keep it tied at 28.

In overtime, Justin Lamson tied it with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Taco Dowler on fourth and 10. Hunter Parsons blocked the extra-point attempt after Tommy Rittenhouse threw a 10-yard TD

pass to Dylan Lord to give Illinois State its only lead at 34-28 to open overtime.

Stansted’s kick started the celebration of the end of a long title drought. Along with the 1984 I-AA championship, Montana State also won the 1976 NCAA Division II title and 1956 NAIA championship.

“What a hard-fought game, and these things aren’t supposed to come easily, I guess,” Vigen said.

Lamson, who didn’t join the Bobcats until June, said the OT touchdown was a great play call.

“Taco was wide open,” Lamson said. “I got hit so I was just trying to give him a chance, and the rest is history, and Myles did his thing

and that was the game.”

Illinois State (12-5) already made history as the first FCS team to win four straight road games to advance through the playoffs to this championship game. That included a win over this postseason’s No. 1 seed and North Dakota State — winners of 10 of the past 14 FCS championships, including last year.

This was the Redbirds’ first time in this game since 2014, and they left empty-handed.

“Just couldn’t find one more play,” Illinois State coach Brock Spack said. “We needed to make one more play to win. When you look at a game that’s a one-point

field goal and extra-point attempts were blocked. Cosentino has the ability to get the ball up in the air, which is why Spack decided to go for the lead with the field-goal attempt.

“It’s very disappointing,” Spack said.

Up next Illinois State has to replace Rittenhouse. Leading tackler Tye Niekamp has another season to play for his father, Travis, the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach.

Montana State should get Lamson back. He joined the Bobcats after stints at Syracuse and Stanford.

SCOREBOARD Holes-in-one Derek Roddy Course: Pelican Point, Lakes Course Hole, yardage: No. 4, 128 yards Club selection: 9-iron Witnesses: Dave Lemoine, Carter Merrill, Don Hebert

Tom Waguespack

Course: University Club Hole, yardage: No. 8, 150 yards Club selection: 6-iron Witnesses: Chumpy Lanoix, Payne Lanoix

Reynold Welch

Course: Santa Maria Hole: No. 17 Club selection: 7-iron Witnesses: Chester Davis, Bruce Walker

NFL Wild-card playoffs Saturday

L.A Rams at Carolina, 3:30 p.m. (FOX) Green Bay at Chicago, 7 p.m. (PRIME)

Sunday

Buffalo at Jacksonville, noon (CBS) San Francisco at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m.

(FOX) L.A Chargers at New England, 7 p.m. (NBC/ Peacock)

Monday

Houston at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)

Divisional playoffs

Indiana 8½ at MARYLAND at KENTUCKY 11½ Missouri at MARQUETTE 4½ Xavier UConn 9½ at PROVIDENCE at MISSISSIPPI STATE 1½ Oklahoma at VIRGINIA TECH 5½ Stanford at NORTHERN IOWA 2½ Belmont at VCU 1½ Saint Louis Miami (FL) 1½ at WAKE FOREST at VILLANOVA 6½ Creighton at UAB 2½ Florida Atlantic Iowa State 5½ at BAYLOR South Florida 4½ at NORTH TEXAS at PURDUE 16½ Washington at VIRGINIA 12½ Cal at VANDERBILT 4½ Alabama Arkansas 3½ at OLE MISS at CLEMSON 4½ SMU at COLORADO 10½ Utah Davidson 1½ at LOYOLA CHICAGO at ARIZONA 20½ Kansas State at BRADLEY 6½ Drake at BYU 17½ Arizona State at BOISE STATE 8½ Grand Canyon

NHL

Wednesday

FAVORITE LINE at WASHINGTON -143 at MONTREAL -155 St. Louis -123 at UTAH -122 at LOS ANGELES -290

UNDERDOG LINE Dallas +119 Calgary +129 at CHICAGO +103 Ottawa +102 San Jose +232

Pro basketball NBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE

Jan. 17-18

Detroit Boston New York Toronto Philadelphia Orlando Miami Cleveland Chicago Atlanta Milwaukee Charlotte Brooklyn Washington Indiana

W 27 23 23 22 19 20 20 20 17 17 16 13 11 9 6

Pct GB .750 — .657 3½ .639 4 .595 5½ .559 7 .556 7 .556 7 .541 7½ .472 10 .447 11 .444 11 .361 14 .333 14½ .265 17 .167 21

Super Bowl LIX

WESTERN CONFERENCE

L 9 12 13 15 15 16 16 17 19 21 20 23 22 25 30

Feb. 8

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

W 30 25 22 24 22 23 21 19 17 15 13 13 12 8 8

L 7 10 11 12 11 13 15 18 20 20 22 23 23 28 29

Pct GB .811 — .714 4 .667 6 .667 5½ .667 6 .639 6½ .583 8½ .514 11 .459 13 .429 14 .371 16 .361 16½ .343 17 .222 21½ .216 22

AFC lowest remaining seed at Denver, TBD NFC lowest remaining seed at Seattle, TBD AFC two remaining seeds at higher seed, TBD NFC two remaining seeds at higher seed, TBD

Conference championships Jan. 25 AFC

AFC lowest remaining seed at AFC highest remaining seed

NFC

NFC lowest remaining seed at NFC highest remaining seed

At Santa Clara, Calif.

Conference championships winners, 5:30 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

Odds NFL Saturday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG LA Rams 10½ 10½(46½) at CAROLINA at CHICAGO 1½ 1(45½) Green Bay

Sunday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Buffalo 1½ 1½(52½) at JAX at PHIL 3½ OFF(44½) San Francisco at N. ENGLAND 3½ 3½ (46) LA Chargers

Monday

FAVORITE Houston

OPEN TODAY O/U 3 3(39½)

College Football

UNDERDOG at PITT

Thursday

Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz.

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U Miami (FL) 3 3½ (52)

UNDERDOG Ole Miss

Peach Bowl Atlanta FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U Indiana 4 3½(46½)

UNDERDOG Oregon

Friday

NBA

FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at DETROIT 10½(233½) Chicago at BOSTON 9½ (230) Denver at PHILADELPHIA OFF (OFF) Washington Toronto 2½(230½) at CHARLOTTE at NEW YORK 5½(224½) LA Clippers at ATLANTA OFF (OFF) New Orleans at BROOKLYN OFF (OFF) Orlando at MEMPHIS OFF (OFF) Phoenix at OKLAHOMA CITY 18(238½) Utah at SAN ANTONIO OFF (OFF) LA Lakers at GOLDEN STATE 5½(227½) Milwaukee Houston 5½(225½) at PORTLAND

College Basketball

FAVORITE Furman at WOFFORD

LINE 1½ 5½

Detroit 121, New York 90 Boston 115, Chicago 101 Toronto 118, Atlanta 100 Charlotte 124, Oklahoma City 97 Houston 100, Phoenix 97 Denver 125, Philadelphia 124, OT Portland 137, Utah 117 L.A. Clippers 103, Golden State 102

Tuesday’s Games

Wednesday

Wednesday

Monday’s Games

UNDERDOG at CHATTANOOGA UNC Greensboro

Cleveland at Indiana, n Orlando at Washington, n L.A. Lakers 111, New Orleans 103 Miami at Minnesota, n San Antonio at Memphis, n Dallas at Sacramento, n

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New York, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Utah at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 9 p.m.

Milwaukee at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Indiana at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Utah, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Games New Orleans at Washington, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Denver, 8 p.m.

New York at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Liberty at Louisiana Tech, 6 p.m.

UL-Monroe at UL, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

Pro hockey NHL Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay Carolina Detroit Montreal N.Y. Islanders Washington Philadelphia Pittsburgh Buffalo Florida Boston New Jersey N.Y. Rangers Toronto Ottawa Columbus

GP 42 43 44 42 42 43 40 41 41 41 42 42 44 41 41 41

W L OT Pts 26 13 3 55 26 14 3 55 25 15 4 54 23 13 6 52 23 15 4 50 22 15 6 50 21 12 7 49 20 12 9 49 22 15 4 48 22 16 3 47 22 18 2 46 22 18 2 46 20 18 6 46 19 15 7 45 20 16 5 45 18 16 7 43

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GF GA 146 112 147 131 136 141 141 141 120 120 142 125 124 116 135 131 130 129 129 130 133 136 114 124 116 120 137 138 136 134 127 137

GP W L OTPts GF GA Colorado 42 31 4 7 69 167 97 Dallas 43 25 10 8 58 149 123 Minnesota 44 25 11 8 58 140 119 Vegas 40 17 11 12 46 124 126 Edmonton 42 20 16 6 46 139 143 Seattle 40 19 14 7 45 108 116 Los Angeles 41 18 14 9 45 111 113 Anaheim 42 21 18 3 45 143 153 San Jose 41 20 18 3 43 127 146 Utah 43 20 20 3 43 130 124 Nashville 41 19 18 4 42 118 136 St. Louis 43 17 18 8 42 107 146 Chicago 42 17 18 7 41 118 134 Calgary 42 18 20 4 40 112 126 Vancouver 42 16 21 5 37 120 148 Winnipeg 40 15 21 4 34 115 126 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Monday’s Games

Utah 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Washington 7, Anaheim 4 Detroit 5, Ottawa 3 Seattle 5, Calgary 1 Los Angeles 4, Minnesota 2

Tuesday’s Games

Buffalo 5, Vancouver 3 Carolina 6, Dallas 3 Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 2 Anaheim at Philadelphia, n Florida at Toronto, n New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, n Vegas at Winnipeg, n Nashville at Edmonton, n Boston at Seattle, n Columbus at San Jose, n

Wednesday’s Games

Dallas at Washington, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Utah, 8:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

College football College Football Playoff Semifinals

Thursday Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz.

No. 6 Mississippi vs. No. 10 Miami, 6:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday Peach Bowl, Atlanta No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 5 Oregon, 6:30 p.m.

(ESPN)

National Championship

Miami Jan. 19 Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)

FCS glance

National Championship

Monday Frisco, Texas Montana State 35, Illinois State 34

College basketball Men’s state schedule, scores Monday

Southeastern 60, Lamar 52 Prairie View A&M 89, Southern 85 McNeese 66, Stephen F. Austin 64 Nicholls 74, NW State 72 Grambling 84, Texas Southern 67 UNO 83, East Texas A&M 73

Tuesday

South Carolina 78, LSU 68

Troy at UL, noon LSU at Vanderbilt, noon UL-Monroe at Southern Miss, 2 p.m.

Delaware at Louisiana Tech, 2 p.m.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 3:30 p.m.

Southeastern at McNeese, 4 p.m.

Tulane at Texas-San Antonio, 4 p.m.

Grambling at Bethune-Cookman, 4:30 p.m.

Southern at Florida A&M, 5 p.m.

Nicholls at UNO, 5 p.m.

Tuesday

South Carolina 78, LSU 68

SOUTH CAROLINA (10-5) Strong 10-15 6-6 30, Johnson 4-9 8-10 19, Knox 1-4 2-4 4, Sharavjamts 3-8 0-0 7, Stute 1-2 0-1 3, Ellis 4-10 0-0 10, Assemian 0-2 0-0 0, Polk 1-2 0-0 3, Butler 1-1 0-0 2, Kapic 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 25-53 16-21 78.

LSU (12-3) Nwoko 2-9 2-2 6, Sutton 1-5 4-4 6, Tamba 4-8 2-3 10, Mackinnon 6-14 0-0 15, Reece 1-6 0-0 2, Carter 4-10 0-0 10, Miller 3-4 3-3 9, King 1-3 1-2 4, Mosley 2-3 0-0 6. Totals 24-62 12-14 68.

Halftime—South Carolina 50-25. 3-Point Goals—South Carolina 12-21 (Strong 4-4, Johnson 3-6, Ellis 2-4, Polk 1-2, Sharavjamts 1-2, Stute 1-2, Knox 0-1), LSU 8-25 (Mackinnon 3-8, Mosley 2-2, Carter 2-8, King 1-3, Sutton 0-1, Tamba 0-1, Reece 0-2). Fouled Out—Strong. Rebounds—South Carolina 26 (Sharavjamts 7), LSU 40 (Nwoko 13). Assists—South Carolina 17 (Johnson 6), LSU 12 (Reece 6). Total Fouls—South Carolina 18, LSU 20. A—6,303 (13,215).

Men’s national scores

EAST Michigan 74, Penn State 72 West Virginia 62, Cincinnati 60 SOUTH Duke 84, Louisville 73 Florida 92, Georgia 77 Syracuse 82, Georgia Tech 72 MIDWEST Akron 82, Central Michigan 69 Eastern Michigan 74, Ball State 52 Kent State 96, Bowling Green 93 Miami (OH) 87, Western Michigan 76 Ohio 86, UMass 83 St. John’s 84, Butler 70

Women’s state schedule, scores

Brisbane, Australia Purse: $1,691,602 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Women’s Singles Round of 32 Madison Keys (5), United States, def. McCartney Kessler, United States, 6-4, 6-3.

Aryna Sabalenka (1), Belarus, def. Cristina Bucsa, Spain, 6-0, 6-1.

Diana Shnaider (12), Russia, def. Anastasia Potapova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3.

Ekaterina Alexandrova (7), Russia, def. Sofia Kenin, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Jelena Ostapenko (14), Latvia, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Karolina Muchova (11), Czechia, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5).

Elena Rybakina (3), Kazakhstan, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 7-5.

Paula Badosa (15), Spain, def. Marie Bouzkova, Czechia, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2.

Women’s Doubles Round of 16 Alexandra Panova and Irina Khromacheva (4), Russia, def. Clara Tauson, Denmark, and Linda Noskova, Czechia, 7-6 (6), 6-1.

Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, def. Miyu (1994) Kato, Japan, and Fanny Stollar, Hungary, 2-6, 6-2, 10-7.

ATP Hong Kong Open Results Tuesday

At Victoria Park Hong Kong, China Purse: $700,045 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Men’s Singles Round of 32 Alexandre Muller (7), France, def. Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, 7-5, 6-4.

Lorenzo Sonego (5), Italy, def. Rei Sakamoto, Japan, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Argentina, def.

Valentin Royer, France, 6-4, 7-5.

Coleman Wong, Hong Kong, China, def.

Mariano Navone, Argentina, 6-3, 7-5.

Gabriel Diallo (6), Canada, def. Jesper De Jong, Netherlands, 6-4, 7-6 (7).

Michael Mmoh, United States, def. Alejandro Tabilo, Chile, 7-5, 6-4.

Marcos Giron, United States, def. Laslo Djere, Serbia, 6-2, 6-0.

Botic Van de Zandschulp, Netherlands, def.

Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.

Juncheng Shang, China, def. Francisco Comesana, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4.

Tuesday

Transactions

Thursday

MLB

Tulsa 76, Tulane 73

UL-Monroe at UL, 5 p.m.

Louisiana Tech at Delaware, 5:30 p.m.

LSU at Georgia, 5:30 p.m.

UNO at Southeastern, 6 p.m.

Southern at Bethune-Cookman, 6 p.m.

Nicholls at McNeese, 6:30 p.m.

UTRGV at Northwestern, 6:30 p.m.

Grambling at Florida A&M, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Northwestern State, 1 p.m.

Southeastern at McNeese, 1 p.m.

North Texas at Tulane, 2 p.m.

Nicholls at UNO, 2 p.m.

UL-Monroe at South Alabama, 2 p.m.

Grambling at Bethune-Cookman, 3 p.m.

Texas State at UL, 3 p.m.

Southern at Florida A&M, 3 p.m.

Women’s national scores

SOUTH South Florida 70, UAB 65 MIDWEST Lindenwood 84, SIU Edwardsville 65 Temple 70, Wichita State 50 SOUTHWEST North Texas 87, East Carolina 63

Tennis WTA ASB Classic results Tuesday

At ASB Tennis Centre Auckland, New Zealand Purse: $283,347 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Women’s Singles Round of 32 Elina Svitolina (1), Ukraine, def. Varvara Gracheva, Russia, 6-3, 6-1.

Alexandra Eala (4), Philippines, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Women’s Singles Round of 16 Iva Jovic (3), United States, def. Sara Bejlek, Czechia, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

WTA Brisbane International results Tuesday

At Queensland Tennis Centre

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with LHP Eric Torres on a minor league contract.

BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with RHP Kutter Crawford on a one-year contract.

Agreed to terms with C Jason Delay, INF Vinny Capra, RHPs Osvaldo Berrios, Hobie Harris and Devin Sweet and LHPs Alec Gamboa and T.J. Sikkema on minor league contracts.

DETROIT TIGERS — Traded RF Justyn-Henry Malloy to Tampa Bay for cash considerations.

National League

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Acquired LHP Justin Bruihl from Cleveland in exchange for cash considerations.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Jason Sinnarajah president of business operations.

NFL

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Reinstated WR David Moore from injured reserve. Designated G Chandler Zavala to return from injured reserve. Waived WR Hunter Renfrow and S Demani Richardson.

CHICAGO BEARS — Designated CB Kyler Gordon and OT Braxton Jones to return from injured reserve.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Fired defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Promoted QB Desmond Ridder from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed WRs Julian Hicks and Kisean Johnson and TE Messiah Swinson to the practice squad. Released QB Clayton Tune.

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed WR Luke Grimm to the practice squad. Released TE Tanner McLachlan from the practice squad.

LOS ANGELES RAMS — Reinstated S Quentin Lake from injured reserve. Placed ILB Shaun Dolac on injured reserve. Signed LB Ben Niemann to the practice squad. Released S Nate Valcarcel from the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed WR AJ Henning, DT Alex Huntley, LBs Derrick McLendon and K.C. Ossai and OLs Josh Priebe and Kion Smith to reserve/futures contracts.

6C ✦ Wednesday, January 7, 2026 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune

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Debate continues on NFL MVP Harbaugh fired

after 18 seasons with Baltimore

BY ROB MAADDI

AP pro football writer The NFL regular season has ended and the MVP debate continues.

It could be another close race with no clear front-runner. Matthew Stafford and Drake Maye have the best odds, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.

Playoff results won’t matter because it’s a regular-season award.

Winners of the AP NFL awards will be revealed at “NFL Honors” on Feb. 5.

Stafford had an outstanding season for the Los Angeles Rams, leading them to a 12-5 record and the NFC’s No. 5 seed. Maye led the New England Patriots (14-3) to a 10-win turnaround and the AFC’s No. 2 seed in just his second season.

Stafford was first in the NFL with 4,707 yards and 46 touchdowns. His passer rating of 109.2 was second only to Maye, who finished at 113.5. Maye had 4,394 yards passing and 31 TDs. Both quarterbacks threw eight interceptions. Maye had the higher completion percentage, 72% to 65%.

Christian McCaffrey also belongs in the conversation after an outstanding do-it-all season in which he helped the injury-depleted San Francisco 49ers (12-5) overcome losing several key players and going long stretches without QB Brock Purdy. The Niners even reached Week 18 with a chance at the No. 1 seed before Seattle’s defense shut them down in a 13-3 win.

A running back hasn’t won the MVP award since Adrian Peterson in 2012.

Micah Parsons is worthy of consideration. Parsons tore his ACL during Green Bay’s loss to Denver in Week 15. The Packers were 9-3-1 in games he finished; 0-4 in the others, including last week when they rested starters.

Quarterbacks have won the MVP award 12 straight seasons.

Those QBs have played for a No. 1 seed nine times in that span and a No. 2 seed the other three.

Only three quarterbacks have ever won MVP on a team that didn’t win its division. Peyton Manning did it in 2008, Steve McNair as a co-MVP in 2003 and Johnny Unitas in 1967, when the Colts went 11-1-2 but missed the playoffs.

Last year, Josh Allen edged Lamar Jackson for MVP. However,

BY NOAH TRISTER

Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JESSIE ALCHEH

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford looks to pass during a game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in Inglewood, Calif.

Jackson was the first-team AllPro. It was the first time a firstteam All-Pro didn’t win the NFL MVP award since 1987, when John Elway was the MVP and Joe Montana received All-Pro honors.

The MVP award is given to a player who had the most valuable season while All-Pro is a statistical recognition. All-Pro rosters will be announced this week and the debate will still continue until next month.

Playoff seeding The Detroit Lions proposed last season that playoff seeding should be based on winning percentage instead of automatically placing division winners in the top four spots.

NFL owners voted against it in May because a majority value the importance of teams winning their own division.

“I’m a division purist,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said.

The league will likely revisit this idea after a second straight season in which three teams with better records will play on the road during wild-card weekend.

The 49ers (12-5) play at the Philadelphia Eagles (11-6). The Rams (12-5) play at the Carolina

Panthers (8-9). The Houston Texans (12-5) play at the Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7).

Last year, the teams with the better records went 1-2.

The Rams-Panthers matchup will be the ninth time a road team in the playoffs has at least four wins more than its opponent. The teams with the better records are just 2-6 in those games.

Defense needs help Two of the teams with the NFL’s top four defenses didn’t even make the playoffs.

The Vikings (9-8) were third, allowing 282.6 yards per game. The Browns (5-12) finished fourth, giving up 283.6.

Both teams had quarterback issues. Minnesota lost starter J.J. McCarthy for seven games and backup Carson Wentz started five games, playing the final 2 1/2 games with a shoulder that required season-ending surgery.

The Browns started veteran Joe Flacco for four games, rookie Dillon Gabriel for six and rookie Shedeur Sanders the last seven.

Houston and Denver finished 1-2. The Broncos earned the AFC’s No. 1 seed. The Texans got the No. 5 seed.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — John Harbaugh’s 18-year tenure in Baltimore included two distinct periods of success.

After taking over, Harbaugh capitalized on the last few years of Ray Lewis’ career, reaching the AFC title game three times in his first five seasons as coach and winning a Super Bowl.

When Lamar Jackson arrived in 2018, the Ravens became contenders again — but there’s been no conference championship yet for this particular era, and lately Baltimore has experienced more angst than glory.

So Harbaugh is out of a job.

Owner Steve Bisciotti fired Harbaugh on Tuesday after the Ravens were one of the league’s most disappointing teams this season. They went 8-9 and missed the playoffs after entering Week 1 as one of the Super Bowl favorites.

Baltimore’s season ended Sunday night when Tyler Loop missed a last-second field-goal attempt, allowing Pittsburgh to hold on for a 26-24 victory in the game that decided the AFC North title.

“This was an incredibly difficult decision, given the tremendous 18 years we have spent together and the profound respect I have for John as a coach and, most importantly, as a great man of integrity,” Bisciotti said in a statement.

“Throughout what I firmly believe is a Hall of Fame coaching career, John has delivered a Super Bowl championship to Baltimore and served as a steadfast pillar of humility and leadership.”

Harbaugh was hired after coaching special teams and defensive backs for the Philadelphia Eagles.

With the Ravens, he went 193-124 including the postseason. He led the 2012 Ravens to a Super Bowl title, and this season was only the sixth time Baltimore missed the postseason under Harbaugh.

That’s the same number of times the Ravens won the AFC North with him at the helm.

But most of Baltimore’s postseason success came in his first few

years. After beating his brother Jim, who was coaching the San Francisco 49ers, in the Super Bowl, John Harbaugh was 9-4 in the playoffs. For the rest of his tenure, he was just 4-7. After the Ravens went three straight seasons without a playoff berth, they drafted Jackson. The star quarterback won two MVPs in Harbaugh his first six years in the league, but Harbaugh’s lone run to an AFC championship game with Jackson was wasted two seasons ago when Baltimore lost at home to Kansas City.

“Well, I was hoping for a different kind of message on my last day here, someday, but that day has come today,” Harbaugh said in a statement. “It comes with disappointment certainly, but more with GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION. Gratitude to the owner and organization who was willing to bring in a head coach who made his mark with special teams success. A difficult thing to do … and Appreciation for all the moments, all these years, that are etched into eternity.”

The 2025 season was a mess for Baltimore from the start. The Ravens looked great for much of their opener at Buffalo before blowing a late lead.

Indeed, squandering significant advantages became a troubling trend in Harbaugh’s last few seasons. The Ravens have blown 10 double-digit leads in the second half in the past six seasons. No other team has done that more than seven times.

After a hamstring injury sidelined Jackson, Baltimore stumbled to a 1-5 start. Harbaugh and the Ravens worked their way back into contention and eventually reached Sunday’s winner-take-all matchup as a favorite to beat the Steelers.

But despite Derrick Henry’s early dominance on the ground and Jackson’s sensational fourth quarter, another season ended in excruciating fashion.

Season of the kicker unravels Missed field goal sends Ravens home, Steelers to playoffs

BY ARNIE STAPLETON Associated Press

Wouldn’t you know it? The season of the kicker came down to a missed kick.

Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell hadn’t missed an extra point all season until Ravens safety Kevon Johnson got a hand on the PAT after Aaron Rodgers threw a 26-yard touchdown pass with 55 seconds left Sunday night against the Baltimore Ravens in a win-orgo-home final regular-season game.

That blocked extra point, which the NFL this week officially changed from a missed PAT, left the Steelers clinging to a 26-24 lead and when Lamar Jackson connected with Isaiah Likely for a 26-yard

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Continued from page 1C He finished third among all NFL passers (minimum 30 attempts) with a 103.3 passer rating on third downs, trailing only Brock Purdy and Joe Burrow. Five of Shough’s passing touchdowns came on third down — as many or more than former NFL MVPs Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes this season.

For what it’s worth, Rattler’s 79.0 passer rating on third downs ranked 27th out of 46 qualifying passers. +0.65: The numbers were not inflated by easy throws: Shough was one of the most dangerous passers in the NFL on intermediate passes, defined by Next Gen Stats as throws that traveled 10-19 yards in the air. The rookie accumulated +0.65 Expected Points Added per dropback on such throws, ranking No. 5 in the

gain on fourth-and-7 from the 50yard line, it looked as if Rodgers would be missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

He sat on the Steelers bench looking forlorn as Jackson took the next snap and shuffled toward the right hashmark to set up rookie kicker Tyler Loop for the potential 44-yard game-winner.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh — who parted ways with the team on Tuesday after 18 seasons in Baltimore, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press — called timeout with 2 seconds left and Loop trotted out to send the Ravens into the playoffs and end the Steelers season.

He hadn’t missed inside of 50 yards all season.

The snap was good, the hold was good, but Loop didn’t kick the ball cleanly. He said he knew as soon as it came off his foot funny that he’d pushed it to the right.

Maybe Harbaugh should have tried to get Loop a little closer, but

44 yards is a gimme for kickers nowadays.

Field goals of 40- to 50-yards are now considered short kicks. Fiftyplus is medium. Sixty-plus tries used to be unheard of.

Kickers have enjoyed unprecedented success with long-distance field goals of 60 or more yards the past two seasons thanks to rule changes favoring the specialists, such as the new K-ball, and more trust from coaches, leading to game strategy shifts and historic accuracy.

Jacksonville kicker Cam Little kicked the two longest field goals in NFL history this season, nailing a 68-yarder at Las Vegas in Week 9 and splitting the uprights with a 67-yarder Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.

Sixty-yard field goals are no longer a big risk but a realistic expectation for today’s kickers. Dallas’ Brandon Aubrey made three field goals from beyond 60 yards this season, and overall kickers were

NFL. His 118.5 rating and 11.8 yards per attempt on such throws ranked second, behind Jared Goff in both categories.

5-4: Shough’s record as a starter is the most important and noteworthy statistic from his debut campaign.

Remember, this was a franchise that had won just six of its previous 25 games when he took over.

Three of those wins featured a fourth-quarter comeback, and Shough nearly authored a fourth against Miami.

Quarterback wins are a controversial statistic, but in this case, it’s hard to argue against Shough’s impact.

No. 25 overall mark by any NFL team in the past 10 seasons, according to Pro Football Reference.

New Orleans allowed 55 plays of 20 or more yards, which was about league average, but it represented a roughly 25% decrease from the 2024 season (74 plays). +27.3: In his eight games playing alongside Shough as the starting quarterback, wide receiver Chris Olave accumulated +27.3 Expected Points Added as a receiver compared to his -0.6 total in the first eight games of the season.

Olave also totaled 660 receiving yards on 275 routes with Shough under center (2.4 yards per route run) compared to 503 yards on 303 routes in the first eight weeks (1.7 yards per route run).

That is encouraging for the future.

The good 4.84: There are a lot of ways to quantify the successes of the defense in its first year under Brandon Staley, but this one is my favorite: New Orleans allowed opponents to gain 4.84 yards per play this year, which represented the best single-season mark by a Saints defense since 1997 and the

The bad 34: As a team, the Saints managed just 34 runs of 10 yards or more during the 2025 season.

Only the Las Vegas Raiders (31) managed fewer, and both the Bal-

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Ravens kicker Tyler Loop reacts after missing a field goal against the Steelers on Sunday in Pittsburgh.

12 for 22 on field goals of 60-plus yards in 2025.

Loop’s kick had plenty of length Sunday night; it’s just that he didn’t kick the ball as he had on all the other 29 field-goal attempts he’d made from inside 50 yards this season.

“The operation was great,” Loop

said in the sullen locker room afterward. “It was a great situation, exactly what we wanted. And unfortunately, I just mis-hit the ball.

We call it ‘hitting it thin;’ it spins fast and goes off to the right.

“I love this team and I love these guys. I wish it would have ended different.”

timore Ravens (71) and the Buffalo Bills (68) doubled the Saints’ total. In fact, five individual players accounted for more explosive runs than New Orleans did as a team. Quarterbacks Shough and Rattler accounted for a third of those runs.

The run game as a whole was disappointing throughout the year, but adding some explosiveness should be near the top of the wish list.

-30%: The Saints converted only 44.4% of their goal-to-go situations this year. That is a whopping 30% below the league average (74.4%). Expanding this further, New Orleans converted just 29 of its 49 attempts (59.2%) when needing a yard or less on third or fourth down.

15: Remarkably, opponents scored first in 15 of the Saints’ 17 games this season. That is tied with the 2024 Bears for the most such games in a single NFL season, according to Pro Football Reference. New Orleans did not have a single passing touchdown

in the first quarter of a game this season.

This year’s Saints were outscored 122-29 in the opening period. In the past 15 NFL seasons, only five teams scored fewer points in the first quarters of their games than the Saints did in 2025.

The ugly -55.89: That is the Expected Points Added contribution from the Saints’ special-teams units this year. Even if advanced numbers aren’t your thing, that should stand out as really bad.

The other advanced metric didn’t like it either, as FTN’s DVOA formula ranked New Orleans as its second-worst special teams unit in the NFL this season.

Every part of that group had major breakdowns this season, and it felt fitting that Atlanta’s only touchdown in Week 18 came right after a blocked punt deep in Saints territory.

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the restaurant owners to put together the new concept.

The two restaurants will house a large, diverse selection of king cakes for purchase.

Its bakery partners include The Ambrosia Bakery, Antoine’s Custom Cakes & Pastries, Saluto’s Italian Cookies, Nolita Bakery, Hi-Do Bakery, Caluda’s King Cake and seven other bakeries in the New Orleans area.

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hile the rest of the world considers their New Year’s resolutions, revelers in New Orleans are giddy because king cake season is upon us.

Carnival kicks off with plenty of parties and parades, and it’s only fitting to have at least one hefty slice of this Mardi Gras delicacy to celebrate.

Orders were open ahead of the season, and some shops like Dong Phuong and Ayu Bakehouse already had waitlists for their king CARNIVAL cakes.

This season is a short one, with only 43 days FOR MORE, before Ash Wednesday on Feb. 18.

NOLA.COM Here are a few things to know as we prepare for this season: where to get it, parties to enjoy and new flavors to try.

King cake parties King Cake Fe(a)st — Thursday, Jan. 15, 22, 29 and Feb. 5

The King Cake Fe(a)st is back and at a new location this year.

Every Thursday through Feb. 5, A paradegoer wears a king cake hat at the Rex parade on Mardi Gras in this king cake tasting event will be New Orleans. held at Port Orleans Brewing Company, 4124 Tchoupitoulas St., offercation. The reliable spot for king Orleans Center for Creative Arts, ing an opportunity to get king cake cakes found its new home at 3300 Caluda’s and 19 other bakeries in by the slice and other king cake Gravier St. the New Orleans area. treats all in one spot from 5 p.m.

The hub wasn’t able to host its to 9 p.m.

King Cake Countdown party, but A new vendor organizer Jennifer Samuels said A new king cake vendor has King Cake Kickoff — Friday King Cake Hub would have a DJ stepped into the scene.

The Historic New Orleans Coland treats to mark the start of CarKing Cake Headquarters opened lection, at 520 Royal St., is hosting nival and its reopening in a new lo- this year with two locations — Cen- a party with free king cake samA new location cation. tral City BBQ, 1201 S. Rampart St., ples from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Its bakery partners include and Las Cruces Tex Mex, 2935 Air- Friday. The event will feature king After Zony Mash closed, King Cake Hub, the pop-up market on Gambino’s Bakery, Hi-Do Bakery, line Drive, Metairie. Michael Rito, ä See KING CAKE, page 2D its property, was seeking a new lo- Cannata’s, Bywater Bakery, New of Smoke Line Brand, approached STAFF FILE PHOTOS By CHRIS GRANGER

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A new bar opens inside the former Milan Lounge The Soon Enough bar recently opened in the former location of the Milan Lounge.

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BY POET WOLFE Staff writer

Ten years ago, Michelle Robert sat in the familiar darkness of Milan Lounge on a Friday afternoon, tapping a pack of Camel Lights against her palm, a Pabst Blue Ribbon close by.

Robert and other regulars were taking their last indoor drags. In less than a week, smoking inside bars and casinos would be banned in New Orleans. A countdown, like a doomsday clock, was scrawled

on a whiteboard above the bar: the numbers eight, seven and six crossed out, leaving five days.

“In the land of the decadence,” Robert said, “how are you going to tell someone they can’t smoke cigarettes when they’re getting s***canned at the bar?”

To Robert and others, the change felt abrupt, disruptive to the soul of New Orleans — a city that has long resisted anything that threatens to make it resemble somewhere else.

That unease surfaced again

earlier this year when it was announced that Milan Lounge would close after nearly a century in Uptown and reopen as a cocktail bar.

John Michael Rowland, the new tenant, denied speculation that it would become a high-end cocktail lounge, assuring patrons that the bar would remain a neighborhood spot and separate from his upscale restaurants, Pigeon and Whale and The Husky on Freret Street.

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Continued from page 1D cakes from Bittersweet Confections, Dough Nguyener’s Vietnamese Bakery, Viola’s Heritage Breads, Breads on Oak, Bywater Bakery and Cannatas King Cakes.

There will also be live jazz music and an appearance from the Merry Antoinettes.

King Cake Soiree — Saturday The Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, will host a King Cake Soiree to kick off the Mardi Gras season from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.

In addition to the king cake slices, the center’s event will feature Creole cuisine, music and an informational panel throughout the evening.

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Continued from page 1D Some of those fears began to ease last week, when the rebranded bar, Soon Enough, quietly opened its doors.

On Wednesday afternoon, just before 6 p.m., Adrienne Breaux stood wedged among a crowd waiting to order at the bar.

“It feels much smaller and cozier,” said Breaux, who would go to Milan Lounge a few times a year when she was “in the mood for a good dive.”

Soon Enough is caught between the identities of a cocktail lounge and what Milan Lounge once was. A century’s worth of nicotine no longer clings to the walls, but in the back hangs a portrait of four nuns huddled together for a smoke break.

The aging checkered floors have been replaced with hexagonal tile.

Across from the mid-century modern bar, a Christmas tree was topped with a spinning miniature disco ball instead of a star. String lights dangling overhead cast a red glow across the room. Near the entrance, a sign asked, “Should we drink

be purchased on Eventbrite. duce more flavors this season.

King Cake Fest — Jan. 17

Banana cream pie

Bywater Bakery, 3624 Dauphine St., is hosting the 10th annual King Cake Festival benefitting WWNO — New Orleans Public Radio.

Festivalgoers will enjoy a stacked musical lineup, crawfish, yakamein, food from Origen Bistro and of course, king cakes galore from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 17.

Chef Emeril Lagasse is partnering with the students at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts to create a banana cream pie king cake. The cake is described as having bananas wrapped in vanilla cream, baked inside NOCCA’s brioche-style dough.

This king cake is only available through the NOCCA marketplace through Jan. 18.

New king cakes to try

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In 1999, President Bill Today in history: Clinton’s Senate impeachOn Jan. 7, 2015, masked ment trial began on gunmen stormed the Paris grounds of perjury to a offices of Charlie Hebdo, a grand jury and obstruction French newspaper that had of justice. The Republicancaricatured the Prophet controlled House voted in Muhammad, methodically October 1998 to start prokilling 12 people, including ceedings after months of the editor, before escaping. controversy over Clinton’s (Two suspects were killed relationship with White two days later.)

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King cake samples by Bywater Bakery are passed out at the sixth annual King Cake Festival in Champions Square.

a tip in the handbook was to turn on the hot water before starting the washer, which makes sense.

Turns out, I was not happy with the washing results of the new washer; there was a film on the glasses, coffee cups, plasticware, and inside of the dishwasher. After blaming the dishwasher, I started thinking about this problem and made a decision not to use rinse aid. I now use one soap pod in the bottom of the washer and one in the pod dispenser.

The fantastic result was sparkling dishes and glasses, as well as a clean interior. Happy days! — Dennis S., in Ocklawaha, Florida

themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man in 2020 after spotting him running in their neighborhood in Brunswick.

In 2023, Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in a historic post-midnight 15th ballot, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern.

Today’s birthdays: Musician Kenny Loggins is 78. Actor David Caruso is 70. TV journalist Katie Couric is 69. Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is 65. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is 63. Actor Nicolas Cage is 62. Actor Jeremy Renner is 55.

Country singer-musician John Rich is 52. Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton is 41. NFL quarterback Lamar Jackson is 29. Actor Marcus Scribner is 26. JayZ and Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter is 14.

Cookie butter peanut butter Strawberry tres leches The gourmet peanut butter purveyor, Buttery Spell, shared that it will start selling its first king cake on Thursday. The cake will feature its signature peanut butter and cookie butter as a twist on the Mardi Gras classic.

Buttery Spell also shared on Instagram that it may intro-

Chef Frank Brigtsen and the NOCCA students have put together a strawberry tres leches king cake. The cake is filled with fresh strawberries, a tres leches custard and fresh strawberry jam.

This king cake is only available through the NOCCA marketplace from Jan. 19-29.

tonight?” There’s only one answer.

The bar retains the sense of decadence that once made the Milan Lounge so beloved in New Orleans, a city of eccentrics, of preservationists and artists.

“You can tell there was intentionality with how it was designed. People are still walking in. It doesn’t feel pretentious,” said Kyla Carlsen, an Irish Channel resident who came across Soon Enough while bar-hopping in Uptown.

Remnants of Milan Lounge remain. The buzzer that once sat unused beside the entrance has been replaced with a doorbell, which patrons must ring and wait for it to light up before the door opens.

Holding a to-go cup filled with a chocolate-brown Christmas cocktail, Drew Tucker — Carlsen’s bar-hopping partner — likened the detail to “a speakeasy” and said the bar still felt local.

These were the reactions Rowland had hoped for after months of skepticism from locals and work that he and his partner, Winnie Rubin, put into designing a bar that honors the site’s history.

“I just really wanted to do something that I think

the neighborhood and community would be supportive of and proud of, and kind of excited about a fresh start,” Rowland said, “But still keeping it a neighborhoodfriendly spot.”

Rowland, alongside the lead bartender and manager Jon Martins, took a similar approach to the menu.

Asked about happy hour, Rowand said, “It’s whenever you’re there.”

Old-fashioneds, Negronis and the French 75 are $9, the same price as a beer paired with a shot. No drink costs more than $13, including house cocktails named after anything from Taylor Swift songs to biblical commandments.

Even the bar’s name, Soon Enough, is a playful nod to an inside joke between Rowland and Rubin. When she asks him when he’s going to propose, his answer is always the same: “Soon enough.”

As night fell on a cold Milan Street, patrons rang the doorbell and stepped inside, leaving behind the dark sky for the glowing red interior of a bar that feels different yet familiar.

Email Poet Wolfe at poet. wolfe@theadvocate.com.

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“Let the Band Play!” headlined the invitation for a debutante party that honored a quartet. They were Helen Claire Thompson, daughter of Ruth and David Thompson; Kate Bensel, daughter of Jane and Greg Bensel; Kelsey French, daughter of Will French (with fiancee Tricia Sarpy) and Kara Van der Carr (with spouse Daryl Byrd); and Tricia Aucoin, daughter of Markey and Len Aucoin, and niece of Tricia Sarpy. Elizabeth Keller (In Any Event) was the party planner. The Josephine on Napoleon was the site for Ethan French, Tricia Sarpy, Will French, Liam the night. The sights, too, and they were French numerous.

A trio of colors — pink, navy and yellow — formed the playful palette for the parade-party theme that had decorative input from the hosts, family and friends, alongside Kaki Foley. Carnivalophiles — and who in attendance wasn‘t? — cozied up to the decorations of light-up, cutout flambeaux men, illuminated ladders, big “beaded” trees and an old-fashioned float in front of the stage. Large painted paper flowers added a floral touch.

Adding their looks were honorees Tricia, in a custom frock by seamstress Sophie Tran; Kate wearing a Vinnie Summers-made mode; Kelsey, David, Ruth and Charles Thompson who made rounds in a dress from SOSUSU; and Helen Claire, whose choice was floral.

Dickie Brennan and Company nodded to the parade theme with passed-food favorites, such as tuna poke cones, Natchitoches meat pies, and mac and cheese bites.

Food stations lured legions, and for late-night nibbles, grilled cheese sandwiches and truffled fries hit the spot, as did the parked-outside Lucky Dogs stand. Dessert came in several forms, but the best was the Stephanie Shank Fluff gourmet floss cotton candy.

Music was pervasive, starting with Joe Simon’s Jazz, whose “Down by the Riverside” set a tone. To kick off “Let the Band Play!,” theme, the St. Augustine Drumline band arrived in full force, accompanied by the four debs, who sported marching boots with tassels. The Phunky Monkeys were up next.

Aucoin revelers included deb brother Henry and grandparents Leonard and Karla Aucoin and Bubby and Ann Lee Sarpy, as well as Sandy and Christopher Sarpy, Katherine Aucoin, Leslie McClanahan with mom Susan Johnson, Molly and Graham Wogan, Courtney and Spencer Murphy, Cynthia and Sean Sewell, Liz and Henry Hefler, Lauren and Bryan Fitzpatrick, Lynne and David Gibbons, Dorothy and Joe Mann, and Annie and Nat Phillips. With the Bensels was Gayle Benson.

Kelsey French was joined by grandparents Flora and Ron French and Kristin and Rene Van de Carr, along with the above Sarpys: Sandy and Christopher and Bubby and Ann Lee. Brandi and Matt French, Kristi and Jay French, Laura and Hardie French, Shane and Fenn French, Malise and Clay Kearney, Kristen and Andre Hooper, Jen and Kent Morrison, Mimi Denis, Shannon Gunther and Gaines Seaman, Leigh and Rob Moss, and Julie and Wiley Gahagan figured in the fun.

Helen Claire’s brother Charles Thompson was part of the “Band” brigade, as were Jean and David Bowling, Renee and Chuck Healy, Melissa and Emmet Healy, Michelle and Sean Thompson,Aidan Healy, and Juliana Thompson. Catching every eye was Mayor-elect Helena Moreno and spouse Chris Meeks.

Once they revved up the sounds, the Phunky Monkeys regaled the crowd for three nonstop hours. Out came the party favors of light-up parade throws, headbands, finger lights, tambourines, and, later, thematic T-shirts. The Monkeys’ “I Want to Dance with Somebody” produced results and, as the bash continued, boogying had its “Play” date.

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n ‘Oui’ had Fun! In the invitation’s artwork, the black bicorne belonging to the city’s most famous non-(and never-) resident lured every eye. It represented the Napoleon House, where Sarah Henry and Brooke Reiss were honored at “Bon! A party…,” a nod to Napoleon’s family name, Bonaparte. The debs’ parents, Miriam and Ned Henry, and in absentia Marshall and Faye Ballard, Carolyn and John Wogan Erica and James Reiss, were the hosts. Napoleon House owner Ralph Brennan catered the Gallic romp with such favorites as jambalaya and fried oysters, while the Soul Rebels provided the brass-inspired musical menu.

Family and friends from the host families counted Pixie and Jimmy Reiss, Lady Reiss Fuller, Helen and Scott Jenkins, Kate and John Werner, Molly and Kristin Baumer,Anne Lynne and Storey Charbonnet, Michele and Pam Reynoir, Rayne and John Carradine, Helen and Charles LeBourgeois, Carolyn (née Crusel) and John Wogan, Keao and Carolyn Crusel Caindec, Rob and Eugenie Crusel Atherton, Buck and Deb Henry, Libby and Ruffin Henry Sabine and Steven Ellis, “et beaucoup d’autres.”

To further the French ambiance, they and others received berets and fake mustaches. Had he been present, the venue’s namesake would no doubt have slipped his hand in his vest, allowed a wry smile, and pronounced, “Bon! A party….”

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The Apron Tent of the New Orleans Fairgrounds was the “place” to be for “win” and “show” when debs Julianne Good, daughter of Mr.William Allen Good II (Billy) and Mrs. Lyle Anthony Moreau (Kelley), and stepdaughter of Mrs. Good (Angelle) and Mr. Moreau (Lyle); and Lyden Bland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Vallon Bland (Shannon and Clay), were honored.

In keeping with the alliterative “H” theme, the exciting horse races; finery, such as the respective Elliatt and Jovani dresses of Julianne and Lyden; and the specialty Hugo Spritz drink all fused. Passed and station dishes nourished the hobnobbers, who reached for Joan Farrell-themed cookies as the sweet coda.

Julianne’s siblings (and step) included William and Nicoline Good, and Sarah and Lilly Moreau, as well as her grandmother, Lynn Wessel. They mingled with Tina and Rick Flick, Leanne Cvitanovich, Nina and Patrick English, Maria English, Collette English, Paula and Mark Jeansonne, and Lynn and Digges Morgan. Similarly, Lyden’s siblings making racetrack rounds were sister Laura Bland McLean, and brothers Sinnott Bland, Clay Bland (with wife Jessie) and Andrew Bland (with wife Jessika). An Erazo threesome in Elise, Isabelle and Eleanor, added their party presence, as did Michele and Geoff Morris, Julia and Will Bland,Andrea and David Band, Elizabeth King,Amelia King, and Renee and Paul Masinter.

All expressed a winning event. No neigh-sayers in this bunch!

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Accountability and compassion will help you make the right choice. sCoRPIo (oct. 24-nov. 22) Take advantage of a chance to make a difference. Be a leader, ask direct questions and pull together a plan that resonates with those around you. You'll gain experience and personal accomplishment. sAGIttARIus (nov. 23-Dec. 21) Proceed with caution. Choose your words wisely and promise only what you can deliver.

You'll fall under scrutiny if you let your emotions filter into your conversations or decisions. Do what's best for you.

The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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Sudoku InstructIons: sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers.

The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday.

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Bridge

By PHILLIP ALDER Judith Viorst, a novelist and poet, said, “Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands — and then to eat just one of the pieces.”

Strength at the bridge table is the capacity to stop an opponent with four good trumps from winning more than one trick with them. However, doing that may require imagination.

In today’s deal, South is in six hearts.

West leads the spade queen. South takes the trick with his ace and cashes the heart ace. East’s spade discard is a bad blow. How can South recover?

It is unusual to bid a slam after a single raise, but the South hand has few losers.

His three-club rebid was a help-suit game-try. And when North jumped to four hearts to say that he had club assistance, it was a fair gamble for South to bid the slam.

There seem to be two unavoidable trump losers. However, if South can get his trump length reduced, he might be able to endplay West. This requires finding the West hand with exactly 3-4-4-2 distribution.

Declarer plays a diamond to dummy’s ace, ruffs a diamond in his hand, cashes the spade king, ruffs his last spade on the board, trumps another diamond, cashes

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the club ace, leads a club to dummy’s king, and ruffs the last diamond.

Everyone is down to three cards. South retains the king-jack of hearts and a low club. West has three trumps. So, when declarer leads his last club, West is forced to ruff and play away from his heart queen. Six hearts bid and made! © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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word game InstRuCtIons: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. 4. proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

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today’s thought “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18 The Lord gives us the wisdom to know what really counts. — G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus.

“Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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For more information on tournaments and clubs, email naspa – north american sCraBBlE players association: info@scrabbleplayers.org. Visit our website: www.scrabbleplayers.org. For puzzle inquiries contact scrgrams@gmail.com.

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InstructIons: 1 - Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.

2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Paul A. Olano, IV, who previously resided at 2704 Bayou Vista Dr., Marrero, LA 70072, please contact attorney Ronald L. Faia, Jr., at 6565 Vicksburg St., New Orleans, LA 70124; Phone: 504-908-9328; Email: rfaiajr@gmail.com.

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Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of Teddy Johansen, Jr., who previously resided at 2752 Jared Lane, Marrero, LA 70072, please contact attorney Ronald L. Faia, Jr., at 6565 Vicksburg St., New Orleans, LA 70124; Phone: 504-9089328; Email: rfaiajr@gmail.com.

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived for the Orleans School Board Parish (OPSB) by the Procure‐ ment Department, Room 2401 Westbend 5055, Parkway, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114, until 2:00 PM (CST) on Tuesday February 3, 2026.

Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time, and a tabu‐ lation will be made for by the consideration Owner in awarding the Contract.

Bids received after the date above-designated and time will not be opened and will be re‐ jected.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING ACCOMMODA‐ SPECIAL TIONS SHALL NOTIFY THE PARISH ORLEANS SCHOOL BOARD OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT ( )

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals Q LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. FOR: Interior Renovations at Dorothy Height School 3501 Seine St New Orleans, LA 70114 PROJECT NUMBER: ITB No. 25-FAC-0067 Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments may be obtained from: Office of Jonathan Tate 1075 Race Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Attn: Maggie Lloyd 504 383 4203 ml@officejt.com Bid documents will be emailed by Architect or a downloadable link will be provided to obtain bid documents in PDF for‐ mat.

All Bids must be accom‐ panied by bid security equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of the Base Bid and all Alter‐ nates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or the Orleans Parish School Board Bid Bond Form written by a surety com‐ pany licensed to do busi‐ ness in Louisiana, signed by the surety's agency or attorney-in-fact. Surety must be listed on the

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current U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service list approved bonding of companies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it ob‐ ligates itself in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana insurance domiciled company with at least an A - rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide.

If surety qualifies by virtue of its Best's listing, the amount of the Bond may not exceed ten per‐ cent of policyholders' surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of Orleans Parish the School Board, and shall be accompanied by ap‐ propriate power of attor‐ ney. No Bid Bond indicat‐ ing an obligation of less than five percent (5%) by any method is accept‐ able.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond written by a company li‐ censed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal to 100% of the Con‐ amount.

Surety tract must be listed currently on the U. S. Department f i i l

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p of Treasury Financial Management Service List (Treasury List) as ap‐ proved for an amount equal to or greater than the contract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana. If the Surety is not listed on the Trea‐ sury List, and has less than an “A-“ rating (as shown in the latest edi‐ tion of A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide) the maxi‐ mum Contract amount for which that Surety may provide a Bond is $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars), or fif‐ teen percent of

p Insurance.

The Bond shall be signed by the surety's agent or attor‐ ney-in-fact, and shall be in favor of the Orleans Parish School Board.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 22, 2026 at Dorothy Height Charter School located at 3501 Seine St, New Orleans, LA 70114.

Attendance at this con‐ ference is NOT required but highly encouraged and Bidders are advised that they will be required to state on the Bid Form that they are familiar with the Project site lo‐ cated at 3501 Seine St, New Orleans, LA 70114.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the classification of Building Construction. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and require‐ ments of LA R.S.38:2212 (A)(1)(a). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after re‐ ceipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Owner reserves the

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right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (B)(1), the provi‐ sions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment bids, and those re‐ quired on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC FUNDING: Notice is hereby given that this Project is to be financed in whole or in part by federal or other funds which will not be readily available at the time the Bids are re‐ ceived. As a result, pur‐ suant to La. R.S. 38:2215, the Owner is exempt from the requirement of acting to award the Con‐ tract or reject all Bids within forty-five (45) cal‐ endar days of receipt of the Bids. Pursuant to this the Owner Statute, specifically reserves the right to hold all Bids for greater than forty-five (45) calendar days.

The Orleans Parish School Board shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract Between Owner and Con‐

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INCORPORATION OF IN‐ STRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS INTO ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, is soliciting bids for: Prepa‐ ration and installation of valves for wet well isola‐ tion at twelve (12) vari‐ ous sewer pumping sta‐ tions located in New Or‐ leans, LA.

The Instructions to Bid‐ ders contained in the Bid Documents (referenced above), and all require‐ ments contained therein, are incorporated into this Advertisement for Bids as if completely set forth herein.

Bid Documents and pro‐ posal forms are available for download on Decem‐ ber 30, 2025, at the fol‐ lowing websites:

Insertion dates: (1) Wednesday, January 7, 2026

SWBNO: https://www2.swbno. org/business_bidspecific ations.asp

By: Mr. Paul Lucius Executive Director of Procurement

A NON-MANDATORY prebid conference will be held on January 13, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time at the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans’ Procurement Conference Room 131, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70165 or if you are unable to attend this in-person meeting, you can also join via teleconference call:

171537 Jan. 7, 14, 21, 3t $320.26 PUBLIC NOTICE --SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS SOLICITATION NO. 2025-SWB-92 (30111) SUCTION ISOLATION AT 12 SEWER PUMPING

Microsoft Teams Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 230 862 841 506 6 Passcode: Uf9iq2Xj Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698,, 9618026# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 961 802 6# All inquiries shall be di‐ rected to Kimberly Barnes, Procurement Specialist, at kbarnes@ swbno.org. The deadline for inquiries is on Janu‐ ary 20, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

Central Time.

Bids are due on January 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Any Bids received after the specified time will be re‐ jected.

LAPAC: https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/dspBid.cfm?sea rch=department& term=181

(2) Wednesday, January 14, 2026 (3) Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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Bids will then be publicly opened and read on Jan‐ uary 28, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. at Sewerage and Water Board of New Or‐ leans, 625 St. Joseph Street, Purchasing Con‐ ference Room 131, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Microsoft Teams Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 225 823 723 533 38 Passcode: HV2Zz75M Dial in by phone

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If the Surety is not listed on the Treasury List, and has at least an “A”- rat‐ ing or better (as shown in the latest edition of A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide), the maximum amount for Contract which that Surety may provide a Bond is fifteen percent of the Surety’s surplus policyholders' (as shown by Surety's most recent financial statements filed with the Louisiana Department of h d

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RE: CANAL ST. Lots 53, 54, & 55 Sq 32 637 Oaklawn Dr. Metairie, LA 70005 Repair/replace Sidewalk 172888-jan 7-14-21-3t

LATE BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

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Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF OR‐ LEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA Succession of JOHN AND EARLINE TAYLOR, De‐ ceased Case No. 2020-04416 Notice to Creditors Notice is hereby given that the succession of John and Earline Taylor, deceased, domiciled in the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, has been opened in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans under Case No. 2020-04416.

Pursuant to Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 3304, all creditors of the decedent or the succession are hereby notified to present their claims, with proper doc‐ umentation, to the un‐ dersigned succession representative or their attorney at the address provided below within seven (7) days from the date of this publication.

Failure to timely present claims within the speci‐ fied period may result in the loss of rights to re‐ cover from the succes‐ sion.

Contact Information: Attorney Michelle D. Craig Transcendent Law Group 3726 Canal St. Suite A New Orleans, LA 70119 504-459-4557 Mcraig@tlg.law Dated this 30th day of December, 2025.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Forest Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation is an Equal Opportunity Em‐ ployer. We recruit, hire, train and employ without discrimination due to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, an‐ cestry, disability, marital status, obligation to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other char‐ acteristic protected by applicable Federal or State law.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --HERITAGE MANOR OF SLIDELL IS AN EQUAL OP‐ PORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WE RECRUIT, HIRE, TRAIN, AND EMPLOY WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION DUE TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, DISABILITY, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, OBLIGATION TO SERVE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES , OR ANY OTHER CHARACTER‐ ISTIC PROTECTED BY AP‐ PLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. 172756-jan 6-8-3t $194.74 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE Following is the name and address of a prop‐ erty owner whom the Jef‐ ferson Parish Depart‐ ment of Engineering has been unable to contact by certified letter, who is in violation of Code of Ordinances, Chapter 29, Roads and Bridges, Arti‐ cle V. Construction of Sidewalks, and must in‐ stall a new sidewalk and/or repair or replace an existing sidewalk, as the case may be.

Section 29-151, Para‐ graph (C) requires that this notice be published three (3) times within a thirty (30) day period in the official journal of Jef‐ ferson Parish after which the property owner shall have thirty (30) days from date of last publica‐ tion to file objection or request an extension, in affidavit form, with the Director of Engineering.

If no response is re‐ ceived, the Department of Engineering will have the work done and pro‐ ceed thereafter in accor‐ dance with the afore‐ mentioned Code of Ordi‐ nances.

Martin S. Dixon & Mary E. Cronin 637 Oaklawn Dr. Metairie, LA 70005

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Legal Notices

Pursuant to La. R.S. 22:691.4.E.(2) notice is hereby given that on Monday, January 26, 2026, the Louisiana De‐ partment of Insurance, located at 1702 North Third Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, will hold a public hearing con‐ cerning the acquisition of The Gray Casualty & Surety Company by Palo‐ mar Holdings, Inc. The Hearing will begin at 10:00 AM in the Poydras Hearing room located on the first floor.

Any written comments or questions must be sub‐ mitted to the above ad‐ dress marked attention "Company Licensing" and be received no later than two days before the Hearing date. Email com‐ ments or questions can be submitted to public‐ comments@ldi.la.gov.

Interested parties may also participate electron‐ ically by going to ldi.la. gov/public-hearings and clicking on the link pro‐ vided therein on the date and time stated above.

Timothy J. Temple Commissioner of Insurance Louisiana Department of Insurance 172005-jan 5-6-7-3t $66.31 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Housing Authority of Jefferson Parish (HAJP) is requesting proposals from respondents for Phase I Demolition and Abatement Services of its Acre Road Site. Pro‐ posals must be submit‐ ted by 2:00 p.m. on Janu‐ ary 26, 2026 (CST). A preproposal meeting is scheduled to take place January 7, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (CST). Respondents may obtain a copy of the RFP by visiting https:// www.cityblueprintplans. com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT A CONDO: THAT POR‐ CERTAIN OF TION GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 80 CY‐ GROVE PRESS COURT, UNIT 33, THIS CITY, IN THE ENTI‐ MATTER TLED: THE TIM‐ BERGROVE CON‐ DOMINIUM AS‐ SOCIATION, INC. AND TIMBERGROVE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, INC. VERSUS PERKINS, KEN‐ NETH CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2019-3031 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of District Civil Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil Court District 421 Building, Loyola Avenue,

y in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 noon, o'clock following the described prop‐ erty to wit: CONDO: 80 CY‐ GROVE PRESS UNIT 33, CT, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131 LOTS: 1,2,4,5, AND 6, SQUARE; 2 FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1437813 WRIT AMOUNT: $27,496.64 Seized in the suit, above TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and balance the thirty within days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 24 STEPHENSON, CHAVARRI, & DAWSON, L.L.C. 504-523-6496 MARIA I. STEPHENSON The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN OF PORTION GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL 4378 NUMBER GENOA RD, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: CROSS‐ COUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC ERIC VERSUS CORDELL MCGOVERN, (A/K/A ERIC C. MCGOVERN) AND JIRATHI‐ TIKARN, (A/K/A JIRATHITIKARN JIRATHITIKARN) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-1408 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure Sale di‐ and rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil i i

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g District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil Court District 421 Building, Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 noon, o'clock following the described prop‐ erty to wit: ALL THAT CER‐ TAIN LOT OF TO‐ GROUND, WITH GETHER ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐ MENTSTHEEON, AND ALL OF THE WAYS RIGHTS, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DIS‐ TRICT, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF ORLEANS, OF STATE IN LOUISIANA. PART THAT THEEOF KNOWN AS VENETIAN ISLES SUBDIVI‐ SION 4, SECTION 2. BEING A RE‐ SUBDIVISION OF PARCEL 16 OF PROPOSED SEC‐ TION 2. VENET‐ IAN ISLES SUB‐ PER DIVISION PLAN OF SUBDI‐ VISION OF UNIVERSAL EN‐ INC., GINEERS, DATED DECEM‐ BER 19, 1978, BY APPROVED THE CITY PLANNING COM‐ AU‐ MISSION, GUST 21, 1979, REGIS‐ DULY TERED IN THE CONVEYANCE OFFICE FOR OR‐ PARISH LEANS ON AUGUST 22 1979. IN COB 763, FOLIO 477 AND ACCORDING TO SAID PLAN. SAID LOT IS DESIG‐ NATED AS LOT NO IN SQUARE NO 27.

AND BEING FULLY MORRE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT NO 3. SQUARE NO 27 MEASURES 75 FEET FRONT ON GENOA STREET 62.44 FEEL IN WIDTH IN THE REAR ON RIALTO WATER‐ BY A WAY DEPTH OF 172.50 FEET ON THE SIDE LINE AD‐ JOINING LOT 4 NEARER TO GRAND BAYOU, AND A DEPTH 172.50FEET OF ON THE OPPO‐ SITE SIDE LINE ADJOIN‐ INGLOT 2 HAV‐ ING A MUNICI‐ ADDRESS PAL OF 4378 GENOA ROAD, NEW ORLEANS, LA

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70129.

WRIT AMOUNT: $298,350.98 Seized in the suit, above TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and balance the thirty within days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 25 ALBERTELLI LAW TAMPA OP‐ AC‐ ERATING COUNT PENNY DAIGRE‐ PONT The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN OF PORTION GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL 55 NUMBER FAIRWAY OAKS DRIVE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ HSBC TITLED: BANK USA, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ AS ATION, FOR TRUSTEE MERRILL LYNCH MORT‐ IN‐ GAGE VESTORS, INC., MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, MANA SERIES 2007 08R2 VERSUS DEL‐ YOUNG ISHA A/K/A BOYD Y. DELISHA A/K/A BOYD DELISHA BOYD CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-5678 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure Sale di‐ and rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court

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Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 noon, o'clock following the described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TO‐ WITH GETHER ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND OF THE ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF OLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE FAIRWAYS ENGLISH AT TIRN, SECTION 1, DESIGNATED AS 29 LOT BOUNDED BY FAIRWAY OAKS DRIVE, ENGLISH TURN PARKWAY, THE DRAINAGE SERVITUDE AND LOT GC 1 A ENG‐ LISH TURN GOLF ALL COURSE. ACCORDING TO A PLAN OF SUBDIVISION BY KREBS, LASALLE, LEMIEUX CON‐ SULTANTS, INC., DATED MARCH 18, 1996, REVISED 9, SEPTEMBER 1996, FURTHER SEP‐ REVISED TEMBER 23, 1996 AND REGISTERED IN CIN 128962. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SUR‐ VEY BY BFM CORPORATION DATED JULY 9, WHICH 1997, DESIGNATES SAID PROPERTY AS BEING BOUNDED BY FAIRWAY OAKS, DRIVE, ENGLISH TURN PARKWAY, 115' DRAINAGE‐ SERVITUDES AND CYPRESS LANE. POINT FURTHER, SAID LOT 29 MEASURES 73.34 FEET FRONT ON FAIRWAY OAKS RIVE, A WIDTH IN THE REAR OF 109.12 FEET, BY A DEPTH ALONG SIDELINE THE ENG‐ NEARER LISHTURN PARK‐ WAY OF 125.42 FEET AND A DEPTH ALONG THE OPPOSITE OF SIDELINE 150.79 FEET.

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Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans RB 12 LAW OFFICES OF C. HERSCHEL ADCOCK, JR. LLC (225) 756 0373 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN OF PORTION GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 3505 GRAIVER STREET AND 739 SOUTH CLARK STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: HAN‐ COCK WHITNEY BANK VERSUS PONTCHAR‐ TRAIN PART‐ NERS, LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-6857 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure Sale di‐ and rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by

Mayor Robert E. Billiot, Sr. City Clerk Lisa Tapia

Chief of Police Keith A. Conley

Council Members At-Large Kristi K. McKinney, Div. A At-Large Thomas “Tom” Willmott, Div. B District 1 Dee B. Dunn District 2 Ronald R. Scharwath District 3 Joseph F. LaHatte, III District 4 George L. Branigan District 5 Brian Brennan

City Hall 1801 Williams Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 Telephone (504) 468-7200 Kenner Police 500 Veterans Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 Telephone (504) 712-2200

ON JOINT MOTION BY ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT, THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS WERE INTRODUCED IN SUMMARY FOR PUBLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2026 AT 11:00 A.M. AT HERITAGE HALL, 303 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD KENNER, LOUISIANA. COPIES OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE/RESOLUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL PLEASE CALL (504)468-7254 FOR AN APPOINTMENT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:30 A.M. AND 4:30 P.M. MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS, HOLIDAYS EXCEPTED. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,009, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE CITY OF KENNER, STATE OF LOUISIANA, NORTH 1300 BLOCK VETERANS BOULEVARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND AIRPORT MOTEL, L.L.C. RELATING TO THE LEVY, COLLECTION, USE AND APPLICATION OF A TWO PERCENT (2%) SALES AND USE TAX AND A TWO PERCENT (2%) HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX LEVIED IN SAID DISTRICT, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,010, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH RAMELLI WASTE, L.L.C. FOR RECYCLING SERVICES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF KENNER, LOUISIANA FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS. PUBLISH ON DECEMBER 26 & 31, 2025 & JANUARY 7 & 14, 2026 ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE In accordance with provisions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, the City of Kenner shall not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to legal@kenner.la.us or by calling (504) 468-4080 at least forty-eight ( 48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A seventytwo (72) hour advanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NATALIE HALL TARTAGLIA CLERK OF THE COUNCIL

/S/

AND A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND sit‐ uated in the First District of the City of New Orleans, designated by the Lot Num‐ bers 31 and 32 of Square 702, which square is bounded by Tu‐ lane Avenue (late Common), Gravier, Clark Genois and Streets, on a of L. plan Riezenstein dated June 30, 1893, in the office of F.J. Dreyous, Notary Public, and to an act passed on May 28, 1876 before Michael Gerson, late Notary Pub‐ lic, which said lots are contigu‐ ous and mea‐ sure as follows: Lot 31 measures feet, thirty inches eleven (30’ 11”) front on South Clark

Chief of Police Dwayne J. Munch, Sr.

172823-602943-jan 7-1t $ 48.51

LAFITTE AREA INDEPENDENT LEVEE DISTRICT JOURNAL Lafitte Area Independent Levee District Commissioners Kerry Lauricella, President Steven Marque, Vice-President Chuck Shano, Secretary-Treasurer William Gibson, P.E., Commissioner Vacancy, Commissioner Mailing: 7001 River Road, Marrero, LA 70072 Phone: (504) 689-2470 Lafitteleveedistrict.com

THOMAS WILLMOTT PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

POSTED ON DECEMBER 19, 2025 3:00 P.M. PUBLISH ON DECEMBER 26 & 31, 2025 & JANUARY 7 & 14, 2026 ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE In accordance with provisions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, the City of Kenner shall not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to legal@kenner.la.us or by calling (504) 468-4080 at least forty-eight ( 48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A seventy- two (72) hour advanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters.

____________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE The Kenner Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, in the Council Chambers, Heritage Hall, 303 Williams Boulevard, Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, at six o’clock (6:00) p.m. The applicant premises affected, and the nature of the cases are as follows: Case Z-1-26 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11,062, ADOPTED

BY THE CITY OF KENNER, LOUISIANA, ON MARCH 17, 2016, ENTITLED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF KENNER, LOUISIANA, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING AND REZONING LOT X2, SQUARE 378, HIGHWAY PARK SUBDIVISION, KENNER, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS SHOWN ON SURVEY OF GILBERT, KELLY & COURTURIE, INC. DATED AUGUST 26, 2025, FROM C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO RR-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND DIRECTING, AUTHORIZING AND EMPOWERING THE PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF KENNER TO ALTER AND AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF KENNER, LOUISIANA. Case Z-2-26 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 11,062, ADOPTED MARCH 17, 2016, ENTITLED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF KENNER, LOUISIANA, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING SECTION 5.03 USE DEFINITIONS AND SECTION 6.10 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS TO PERMIT CERTAIN DRIVING SCHOOLS IN THE C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. Kenner Planning Commission

/s/ Christopher Sliwinski Planning Director

THE KENNER CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF KENNER WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2026 AT 11:00 A.M. AT HERITAGE HALL, 303 WILLIAMS BOULEVARD KENNER, LOUISIANA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING: SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,009, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE CITY OF KENNER, STATE OF LOUISIANA, NORTH 1300 BLOCK VETERANS BOULEVARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND AIRPORT MOTEL, L.L.C. RELATING TO THE LEVY,

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ Number pal Gravier 3505 Street, New Or‐ leans, Louisiana.

The Westwego Planning Advisory Board will hold a hearing to Resubdivide Lots 1 through 18 Sq. 36 Westwego Heights Subdivision into Lot 1A through 9A Sq. 36, Westwego Heights Subdivision, Westwego, LA 70094. The hearing will be held January 28, 2026, at 6:00 P.M. Located at City Hall, 1100 Fourth St. Westwego, LA 70094

SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 14,010, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH RAMELLI WASTE, L.L.C. FOR RECYCLING SERVICES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF KENNER, LOUISIANA FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS. /S/

All as per sur‐ vey of BFM Cor‐ poration dated July 31, 1998, an‐ nexed to and made part of a Cash Sale dated Sep‐ tember 1, 1998, recorded as In‐ strument num‐ ber 165224 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder for the Parish of Or‐ leans, State of ex‐ Louisiana, cept that Genois Street is now South Street Genois and Clark Street is now South Clark Street.

City Council District 1: John I. Shaddinger, Jr. District 2: Johnny S. Nobles Jr. District 3: Lisa H. Valence District 4: Robert “Bobby” Utley District 5: Robert “Bobby B” Bonvillian

, , , , COLLECTION, USE AND APPLICATION OF A TWO PERCENT (2%) SALES AND USE TAX AND A TWO PERCENT (2%) HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX LEVIED IN SAID DISTRICT, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

Mayor Michael J. Glaser, Sr.

A CERTAIN POR‐ OF TION situ‐ GROUND ated in the First District of the City of New Or‐ leans, in Square Number 702, bounded by Clark, Gravier, Genois and Streets and Tu‐ lane Avenue (formerly Com‐ which mon), said portion be‐ gins at a dis‐ tance of eighty seven feet, two inches, five lines (87' 2” 5’’’) from the of corner and Gravier Streets, Clark measures and thence fifty three feet, six inches, six lines (53' 6” 6’’’) front on Gravier same Street, width in the rear, by a depth be‐ equal tween parallel and of one lines hundred twenty feet (120'), said portion of ground is com‐ posed of all of Lot original Number 5 and twenty five feet, inches, four seven lines (25' 4” 7’’’) of original Lot Number 4 on a plan drawn by Rordam, R.P. C.E., dated September 25, 1951, and re‐ vised July 26, 1256, a certified copy of which is annexed to an act before Richard L. Voelker, Jr., Public, Notary dated July 27,

1956.

Westwego City Officials

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF KENNER CITY OF KENNER LEGALS Kenner City Officials

public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil Court District 421 Building, Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 noon, o'clock following the described prop‐ erty to wit:

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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF WESTWEGO CITY OF WESTWEGO LEGALS

WRIT AMOUNT: $499,301.41 Seized in the suit, above TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and balance the thirty within days thereafter.

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172821-602933-jan 7-1t $ 166.32

DECEMBER MEETING: December Minutes Lafitte Area Independent Levee District Agenda 7001 River Road Marrero, LA 70072 Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.

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Call to Order (Kerry Lauricella) Roll Call (Ginger Naquin) Pledge of Allegiance Agenda Amendments – Commissioners Affirmation of the Agenda – Commissioners Recognition of new board member - William “Hoot” Gibson. Mr. Gibson was duly appointed to the board and recognized at the meeting.

7. Motion by Marques seconded by Shano to accept and approve the minutes of Tuesday, November 25, 2025, meeting. approved by Shano, Marques, Gibson and Lauricella WAIVED READING 8. Public Comments (2-minute limit to comments).

9. President’s Report 10. Board Members Reports 11. Budget review and discussion 12. Motion by Marques seconded by Shano to approve list of bills for the LAILD approved by Shano, Marques, Gibson and Lauricella (see attached) 13, A Resolution was introduced to open checking accounts with Home Bank.

Motion by Marques, seconded by Shano approved by Shano, Marques, Gibson and Lauricella 14. Set Time and place for the next board meeting.

Set: January 27, 6 pm 7001 River Road, Marrero, LA 15. Motion to Adjourn by Shano, Seconded by Marques, approved by Shano, Marques, Gibson and Lauricella 172822-602942-jan 7-1t $ 90.09

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS Parish & City Officials Parish President Cynthia LeeSheng Parish Council Scott A. Walker Council Chairman Dist. 1: Timothy P. Kerner Jr. Dist. 2: Deano A. Bonano Dist. 3: Byron L. Lee Dist. 4: Arita M. L. Bohannan Dist. 5: Hans J. Liljeberg Council At Large Div. A: Jennifer Van Vrancken Div. B: Scott A. Walker Sheriff Joseph P. Lopinto, III District Attorney Paul Connick, Jr. Assessor Thomas J. Capella Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich, M.D. Registrar of Voters Dennis DiMarco Parish Clerk Lizabeth A. Johnston Clerk of Court Jon Gegenheimer School Board President- Dr. Gerard LeBlanc Vice-President- Chad Nugent District 1 – Dr. Gerard LeBlanc District 2 – Ricky Johnson District 3 – Kriss Fairbairn Fortunato District 4 – Clay Moise District 5 – Derrick Shepherd

District 6 – Michael Pedalino District 7 – Ralph Brandt District 8 – Chad Nugent District 9 – Steven Guitterrez Superintendent Dr. James Gray 24th Judicial District Div. A: Raymond S. Steib, Jr. Div. B: R. Christopher Cox, III Div. C: June Berry Darensburg Div. D: Jacqueline Maloney Div. E: Frank A. Brindisi.

Div. F: Michael P. Mentz Div. G: E. Adrian Adams Div. H: Donald “Chick” Foret Div. I: Nancy A. Miller Div. J: Stephen C. Grefer Div. K: Ellen Shirer Kovach Div. L: Donald A. Rowan, Jr. Div. M: Shayna Beevers Morvant Div. N: Stephen D. Enright, Jr. Div. O: Danyelle M. Taylor Div. P: Lee V. Faulker, Jr. Criminal Court Commissioners: David P. Wolff & Paul Schneider Domestic Court Commissioners: David P. Wolff and Ashley Schepens Domestic Hearing Officers: Lisa Matthews, Theresa Piglia, Chelsea Kiefer, Donald Rose First Parish Court Judge, Division A: Rebecca M. Olivier Judge, Division B: Johnny Lee Traffic Hearing Officer changes monthly Second Parish Court Div. A: Sharlayne Jackson

Prevost Div. B: Raylyn R. Beevers Constables 1st Justice Court Jonathan Liberto 2nd Justice Court Kendall C. Bussey 3rd Justice Court Brennan Rojas 4th Justice Court Leon F Bradberry, Sr. 5th Justice Court Allen Leone, Jr. 6th Justice Court Jason Ural 7th Justice Court Floyd Davis 8th Justice Court Charles L. Wilson Justice of the Peace Div. 1 Vernon J. Wilty, III Div. 2 Mark Spears Div. 3 Charles R. Kerner Div. 4 Leon Bradberry, Jr. Div. 5 Charles V. Cusimano, II Div. 6 Kevin Centanni Div. 7 Michele P. Holmes Div. 8 Roscoe W. Lewis Juvenile Court Section A: Judge Jennifer Guillot Womble Section B: Judge Amanda Chauvin Calogero Section C: Judge Barron C. Burmaster Grand Isle Independent Levee District David Camardelle President/Director Kelly Besson, Sr., VicePresident Michael Scioneaux, Secretary/Treasurer Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East Peter G. Vicari, President Michael D. Schnell, VicePresident K. Randall Noel, Treasurer

Gregory S. Marsiglia, Secretary Deborah M. Settoon, Commissioner Roy M. Carubba, Commissioner David A. Martin, Commissioner Kerwyn King, Commissioner Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West Commissioners Scott M. Burke, President Kyle J. Galloway, P.E., Vice-President Stephen P. Gauthé, Secretary-Treasurer Larry B. Ardoin, P.E., Commissioner William B. Fogle, Commissioner Ronnie L. Robinson, P.E., Commissioner Jesse D. Noel, P.E., Regional Director Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission Col. Evans Spiceland – Chair Ralph C. Cox Jr. -Vice Chair Timothy Coulon – Treasurer Justin R. Clinton – Secretary James W. Tucker - Member GRAND ISLE Mayor David Camardelle Council Members Seat A- Councilmember James Cheramie Seat B- Councilmember Harley Stelly Seat C – Councilmember Loren Gonzalez Seat D –Councilmember Brian Barthelemy Seat E – Councilmember Michael Scioneaux Chief of Police

Chief of Police Marcell Rodriguez

Christopher Hernandez Grand Isle Port Commission John Cheramie- Sec/ Treasurer Terrill Pizani- Commissioner Ernie BallardCommissioner Kerry BessonCommissioner Patrick LandryCommissioner Weldon Danos- Executive Director GRETNA Mayor Belinda Cambre Constant Council Members Dist. At Large: Wayne A. Rau Dist. 1: Rudy S. Smith Dist. 2: Michael A. Hinyub Dist. 3: Mark K. Miller District 4: Randy S. Carr Chief of Police Brett J. Lawson

KENNER Mayor Michael J. Glaser, Sr. Council Members Kristi K. McKinney, At-Large Div. A Thomas “Tom” Willmott, At-Large Div. B Dee B. Dunn, District 1 Ronald R. Scharwath, District 2 Joseph F. LaHatte, III, District 3 George L. Branigan, District 4 Brian Brennan, District 5 Chief of Police Keith Conley WESTWEGO Mayor Robert. E. Billiot, Sr. Council Members Dist. 1: John I. Shaddinger, Jr. Dist 2: Hon. Johnny S. Nobles, Jr. Dist. 3 Hon. Lisa Valence Dist. 4 Hon. Robert “Bobby” Utley Dist. 5 Hon. Robert “Bobby B” Bonvillian Chief of Police Hon. Dwaye J. Munch, Sr.

HARAHAN Mayor: Tim Baudier Council Members Jason D. Asbill Tommy Budde Eric Chatelain Paul Johnston Michael Ricks Chief of Police Edward “Ed” Lepre

JEDCO Commissioners Chairwoman – Josline G. Frank Vice Chairman – James R. Martin Jr. Treasurer – Stephen E. Robinson Jr. Secretary – Joseph Riccobono Mickal P. Adler James Kenneth Baum Jr. Darren F. Chifici

JEAN LAFITTE Mayor: Yvette Crain Council Members Barry Bartholomew Larry Kerner Jr. Chirsty N. Creppel Kyle Darda Verna Smith

William Douglass Joseph J. Ewell Jr. Michael Fahrenholt Jr. Brian Lloyd Heiden Maria Teresa C. Lawrence Melissa Barrett O’Neal Mayra Elizabeth Pineda Paula Scalco Polito Eugene Paul Sausse Jr. Melissa Bennett Simeon Lynda Nugent Smith Robert Stevens Teri Boudreaux Tucker Shondra Griffin Williams

(504) 340-0318 EAST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT 203 Plauche Court Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 733-0087

Directory of Parish & City Officials JEFFERSON PARISH COURTHOUSE West Bank Office 200 Derbigby St. Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 736-6000 East Bank Offices Joseph S. Yenni Bldg.

1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 736-6000 JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE 1233 Westbank Expressway Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 363-5500 JEFFERSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD 501 Manhattan Blvd.

Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 349-7600

WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT 7001 River Road Marrero, LA 70072

HARAHAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 6441 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-9763

GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXPRESSWAY COMMISSIONS P.O. Box 7656 Metairie, LA 70010 (504) 835-3188

TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE 4917 City Park Drive Lafitte, LA 70067 (504) 689-2208

TOWN OF GRAND ISLE 170 Ludwig Lane P.O. Box 200 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-3196

JEAN LAFITTE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2607 Jean Lafitte Blvd.

Lafitte, LA 70067 (504) 689-3132

GRAND ISLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 3101 LA Highway One P.O. Box 880 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-2104

CITY OF KENNER 1801 Williams Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 (504) 468-7200

GRAND ISLE INDEPENDENT LEVEE DISTRICT P.O. Box 757 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-3196 GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION P.O. Box 500 Grand Isle, La 70358 Office phone: 985-787-2229 CITY OF GRETNA 740 Huey P. Long Avenue , Gretna, LA, 70053 P.O. Box 404 Gretna, LA 70054-0404 (504) 363-1500

CLERK OF COURT P.O. Box 10 Gretna, LA 70054 (504) 364-2900 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

(504) 736-6390

Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-6383

KENNER POLICE DEPARTMENT 500 Veterans Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 (504) 712-2200 CITY OF WESTWEGO 1100 Fourth Street Westwego, LA 70094 (504) 341-3424 WESTWEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT 401 Fourth Street Westwego, LA 70094 (504) 341-5428 JEDCO 700 Churchill Parkway Avondale, LA 70094 Phone/ Fax: (504) 875-3916

GRETNA POLICE DEPARTMENT 200 5th Street Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 366-4374 CITY OF HARAHAN 6437 Jefferson Hwy.

In accordance wIth provIsIons of the amerIcan wIth dIsabIlItIes act amendments act of 2008, as amended, Jefferson parIsh shall not dIscrImInate agaInst IndIvIduals wIth dIsabIlItIes on the basIs of dIsabIlIty In Its servIces, programs or actIvItIes. If you requIre auxIlIary aIds or devIces, or other reasonable accommodatIon under the ada amendments act, please submIt your request to the ada coordInator at least forty-eIght (48) hours In advance or as soon as practIcal. a seventy-two (72) hour advanced notIce Is requIred to request certIfIed asl Interpreters. ada coordInator/offIce of cItIzens wIth dIsabIlItIes 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

SuitE 403 JEffErSon, la 70123 (504) 736-6086 ada@JEffPariSh.nEt UBLIC NOTICE SOQ 25-046 Supplemental Vendors to Provide School Uniforms to Preapproved Pre-K to 12th-Grade Students The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No.147218, is hereby soliciting the submittal of supplemental of Statement of Qualification (General Professional Services Questionnaire) from individuals or firms interested in participation with the Jefferson Community Actions Community Service Block Grant - School Uniform Assistance Program. The purpose of the Project is to identify multiple qualified, licensed school uniform vendors to provide school uniforms to preapproved Pre-K to 12th-grade students through a voucher system under the Department of Community Action Programs’ Community Services Block Grant, who are not one of the two firms selected under Resolution 144366.

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., January 8, 2026 General:

For fixed fee work, the fee shall be negotiated with the firm by the Jefferson Parish Department of Capital Projects and shall be mutually agreeable to both parties.

Compensation for supplemental services, if required, shall be in the form of a “lump sum” or hourly rate for each supplemental service, which shall be mutually agreeable to the Parish and the Consultant.

All costs associated with this project shall be subject to Jefferson Parish review and approval.

Minimum Requirements for Selection The persons or firms under consideration shall have at least one (1) principal who is a licensed, registered professional engineer in the State of Louisiana. A subcontractor may not be used to meet this requirement. (Section C. of TEC Professional Services Questionnaire); 1.

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Receive and update an emailed spreadsheet of the preapproved voucher list Receive and redeem preapproved vouchers Maintain purchase records by attaching copies of receipts to vouchers.

Individuals and /or firms approved by the Program to provide services are responsible for retaining records of purchases and redeemed and unredeemed program vouchers. At the program’s close, vendors will be responsible for compiling records for submission to the CSBG Program Manager and then retained by the Program.

All Statements of Qualification must include a copy of the Jefferson Parish General Professional Service Questionnaire. The contract period shall be June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027, with the option to extend the Term on an annual basis in accordance with the CSBG Grant term with approval of Council.

Evaluation Criteria The following evaluation criteria, listed in order of importance, are used to evaluate each firm submitting a Statement of Qualifications: (A) Scope of Services – (30) points (B) Demonstrated ability to provide the required services sought by the program – (30) points (C) Previous Years of Program Participation Experience – (30) points (D) Responsiveness to the SOQ – (10) points The person or firm submitting a Statement of Qualification (General Professional Services Questionnaire) must identify all subcontractors who will assist in providing professional services for the project, in the professional services questionnaire. Each subcontractor shall be required to submit a (General Professional Services Questionnaire) and all documents and information included in the questionnaire. (Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928) All persons or firms (including subcontractors) must submit a Statement of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline. The latest professional services questionnaire may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Department at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at https://www.jeffparish.gov/468/Statement-of-Qualifications-SOQ.

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ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: January 7, 2026

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Provide Professional Engineering Services for The Kenner Laketown Park and Harbor Improvements Project

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., January 29, 2026

The intention of the project is to revitalize the Kenner lakefront area by educating citizens about the benefits and risks of living near the water, as well as investing in structural and green infrastructure projects to manage future risk by implementing an amphitheater, walking trails, children’s play spaces, and green infrastructure meadows. The scope of services anticipated for the project currently needed is to finalize design plans and perform construction administration and resident inspection services.

Jefferson Parish anticipates the project will require the following supplemental services/disciplines: coastal engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, building architect, landscape architect, geotechnical services, land surveying, and resident inspection.

Compensation Compensation for the required design services will be made on an hourly rate basis or a fixed fee basis, or a combination of both, depending on scope and complexity of the work. The Parish reserves the right to determine the method of payment (hourly or fixed) for each individual assignment.

For hourly rate work, the firm shall be compensated by the appropriate Jefferson Parish Department on the basis of their certified and itemized burdened rate in accordance with guidelines established in Attachment “A” to the Standard Professional Services Agreement for Jefferson Parish. A copy of Attachment “A” may be obtained by calling the Jefferson Parish Department of Capital Projects at (504) 736-6833.

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: January 7, & 14, 2026.

December 31, 2025 and

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00149202 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., January 27, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Three (3) Year Contract to Provide a Fully Functional Digital Cloud-Based/Online Auctioneering Services of Various Jefferson Parish Owned Equipment for The Jefferson Parish Department of General Services Surplus Division

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The following criteria will be used to evaluate each firm submitting a Statement of Qualifications:

PUBLIC NOTICE SOQ #25-047

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Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.

Evaluation Criteria

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The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No.147477, is hereby soliciting Statements of Qualifications ((TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) for persons or firms interested and qualified to provide professional engineering services for the Kenner Laketown Park and Harbor Improvements project (Council District 4).

Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.

Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www. jeffparishbids.net.

No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.

Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.

The persons or firms under consideration shall have one (1) employee who is a licensed, registered professional engineer in the State of Louisiana in the applicable discipline involved. A subcontractor may meet this requirement only if the advertised Project involves more than one discipline. (Section D. of TEC Professional Services Questionnaire).

No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.

With regard to the questionnaire, Principal means the sole proprietor of the firm, or one who shares an ownership interest with other persons in the firm, including but not limited to, a partner in a partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, or a member of a limited liability corporation.

Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish’s e-Procurement site, Central Bidding at www. centralauctionhouse.com or www.jeffparishbids.net. Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors by accessing the following link: www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.

Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.

The persons or firms under consideration shall have a professional in charge of the Project who is a licensed, registered professional engineer in the State of Louisiana with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience.

A subcontractor may not be used to meet this requirement.

(Section K. “PROFESSIONAL IN CHARGE OF PROJECT:”; of TEC Professional Services Questionnaire);

following link: www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.

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Professional training and experience in relation to the type and magnitude of work required for the particular project – (Maximum points awarded shall be 35).

Size of firm, considering the number of professional and support personnel required to perform the type of engineering tasks, including project evaluation, project design, drafting of technical plans, development of technical specifications and construction administration – (Maximum points awarded shall be 10).

Capacity for timely completion of newly assigned work, considering the factors of type of engineering task, current unfinished workload, and person or firm’s available professional and support personnel – (Maximum points awarded shall be 20).

Past Performance on a project in which the person or firm assisted a governmental entity in dealings with Disaster Recovery and any other projects relating to CDBG – (Respondent should provide a list of completed Disaster Recovery projects and/or similar CDBG projects for which firm has provided verifiable references) (Maximum points awarded shall be 10).

Location of the principal office – Preference shall be given to persons or firms with a principal business office as follows: (A) Jefferson Parish, including municipalities located within Jefferson Parish (15 Points); (B) Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Region, which includes Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St. Tammany Parishes (12 Points); (C) Parishes other than the foregoing (10 Points); (D) Outside the State of Louisiana (6 Points).

Location of the principal office shall only factor into the evaluation criteria if adequate competition (two or more firms that are responsive and responsible) are located within Jefferson Parish - (Maximum points awarded shall be 15).

Adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm performing professional services, in which the Parish prevailed or any ongoing adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm performing professional services excluding those instances or cases where the person or firm was added as an indispensable party, or where the person or firm participated in or assisted the public entity in prosecution of its claim. (In the event that the person or firm fails to provide accurate and detailed information regarding legal proceedings with the Parish, including the absence of legal proceedings, the person or firm shall be deemed unresponsive with regard to this category, and zero (0) points shall be awarded) - (Maximum points awarded shall be 15).

Prior successful completion of projects of the type and nature of engineering services, as defined, for which firm has provided verifiable references - (Maximum points awarded shall be 5).

Project will include federal disaster and resiliency funds and therefore will include associated federal requirements, including Section 3, as applicable. Statements of Qualifications from minority, female-owned, and local firms / individuals are invited.

Each firm’s lowest and highest score shall be dropped and not count towards the firm’s score. Only those persons or firms receiving an overall cumulative score of at least seventy (70) percent or greater, of the total possible points for all categories to be assigned by the participating technical evaluation committee members, shall be deemed qualified to perform these professional services.

The person or firm submitting a Statement of Qualification ((TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) must identify all subcontractors who will assist in providing professional services for the project, in the professional services questionnaire. Each subcontractor shall be required to submit a ((TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) and all documents and information included in the questionnaire. (Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928) All persons or firms (including subcontractors) must submit a Statement of Qualifications ((TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline. The latest professional services questionnaire may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Department at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at https://www.jeffparish.gov/27/Government. This questionnaire can be accessed by clicking on the + next to “Doing Business in Jefferson Parish” on the website and clicking on “Professional Services Questionnaires”.

Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish’s e-Procurement site, Central Bidding at www. centralauctionhouse.com or www.jeffparishbids.net. Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors by accessing the

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: December 31, 2025, January 7, and January 14, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504364-2678.

PUBLIC NOTICE SOQ 25-044 To Provide Professional Traffic Engineering Services for the Department of Public Works on an as needed basis for a Two (2) Year period The Parish of Jefferson authorized by Resolution 147575 is hereby soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) from professional firms interested and qualified in providing professional traffic engineering services for the Department of Public Works on an as-needed basis for a period of two (2) years with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year.

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m. February 03, 2026 ____________________________________________________ General The firms submitting a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) Questionnaire) must identify all sub-consultant firms which they expect to use to provide professional services, and submit a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish TEC Questionnaire) for each sub-consultant firm.

(Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928).

With regard to the questionnaire, Principal means the sole proprietor of the firm, or one who shares an ownership interest with other persons in the firm, including but not limited to, a partner in a partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, or a member of a limited liability corporation.

Compensation The cost of these traffic engineering services will be negotiated by the Jefferson Parish Department of Engineering. As determined by the Engineering Department, services will be paid for on a lump sum fee basis or on the basis of the person or firm’s certified and itemized salary costs plus a fee to cover overhead cost and profit in accordance with guidelines established in Attachment “A” to the Standard Professional Services Agreement for Jefferson Parish.

Copy of Attachment “A” may be obtained by calling the Jefferson Parish Engineering Department at (504) 736-6505.

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one principal who is a professional civil engineer who shall be registered as such in Louisiana a professional in charge of the project who is a professional civil engineer who shall be registered as such in Louisiana with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the disciplines involved one employee who is a professional civil engineer registered as such in Louisiana in the field or fields of expertise required for the project (A sub-consultant may meet the requirement only if the advertised project involves more than one discipline.)

Evaluation Criteria The following criteria will be used to evaluate the statement of the firms submitting: 1) Professional training and experience in relation to the type

of work required for the traffic engineering services - 35 points.

2) Size of firm, considering the number of professional and support personnel required to perform traffic engineering tasks, including project evaluation, traffic counting, project design, drafting of technical plans, development of technical specifications, and construction administration – 10 points.

3) Capacity for timely completion of newly assigned work, considering the factors of type of engineering task, current unfinished workload, and person or firm’s available professional and support personnel - 20 points.

4) Past Performance by person or firm on projects of similar or comparable size, scope, and scale - 10 points (Assertions of fault by a person or firm, which shall include time delays, cost over-runs, and or design inadequacies in prior work completed for the Parish shall be evidenced by substantiating documentation provided by the Director of Public Works for the requesting department or the Director of Engineering and received by the Chairman of the Evaluation Committee a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled date of the Technical Evaluation Committee Meeting.).

5) Location of the principal office - 15 points (Preference shall be given to persons or firms as follows: (A) Jefferson Parish, including municipalities located within Jefferson Parish (15 Points); (B) Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Region, which includes Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St. Tammany Parishes (12 Points); (C) Parishes other than the foregoing (10 Points); (D) Outside the State of Louisiana (6 Points)).

6) Adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm performing professional services, in which the Parish prevailed or any ongoing adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm performing professional services, excluding those instances or cases where the person or firm was added as an indispensable party, or where the person or firm participated in or assisted the public entity in prosecution of its claim - 15 points (In the event that the person or firm fails to provide accurate and detailed information regarding legal proceedings with the Parish, including the absence of legal proceedings, the person or firm shall be deemed unresponsive with regard to this category, and zero (0) points shall be awarded.).

7) Prior successful completion of projects of the type and nature of the traffic engineering services, as defined, for which firm has provided verifiable references - 15 points.

The maximum cumulative fee that can be charged for all work on this contract shall not exceed $500,000 per year unless increased by contract amendment approved by the Jefferson Parish Council. There is no limit to the number of assignments that can be awarded to a person or firm.

Each firm’s lowest and highest score shall be dropped and not count towards the firm’s score. Only those persons or firms receiving an overall cumulative score of at least seventy (70) percent or greater, of the total possible points for all categories to be assigned by the participating technical evaluation committee members shall be deemed qualified to perform professional traffic engineering services tasks.

The person or firm submitting a Statement of Qualification ((TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) must identify all subcontractors who will assist in providing professional services for the project, in the professional services questionnaire. Each subcontractor shall be required to submit a ((TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) and all documents and information included in the questionnaire. (Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928) All persons or firms (including subcontractors) must submit a Statement of Qualifications ((TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline. The latest professional services questionnaire may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Department at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at https://www.jeffparish.gov/27/Government. This questionnaire can be accessed by clicking on the + next to “Doing Business in Jefferson Parish” on the website and clicking on “Professional Services Questionnaires”.

Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish’s e-Procurement site, Central Bidding at www. centralauctionhouse.com or www.jeffparishbids.net. Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors by accessing the following link: www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.

No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.

Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.

Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: January 7 and 14, 2026.

December 31, 2025 &

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00149204 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., January 29, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Three (3) Year Contract for All Labor, Materials, and Equipment Necessary to Provide Annual Maintenance on Existing Chillers at Various Locations for The Jefferson Parish Department of General Services Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www. jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: December 31, 2025, January 7, and January 14, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504364-2678.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00149254 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., January 27, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Provide Labor, Materials and Equipment Needed to Supply and Install New Canopies at The Jefferson Performing Arts Center for The Jefferson Parish Department of General Services Purchases for this project shall be exempt from state sales and use tax according to La. R.S. 47:301(8)(c)(i). The successful bidder shall be granted the tax-exempt status of Jefferson Parish via Form R-1020, Designation of Construction Contractor as Agent of a Governmental Entity Sales Tax Exemption Certificate. Form R-1020 is distributed by the Louisiana Department of Revenue.

Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www. jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: December 31, 2025 and January 7, and 14, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504364-2678.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00149266 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., January 15, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Two (2) Year Contract for Veterinary Pharmaceuticals and Supplies, on an as Needed Basis for The Department of Jefferson Protection & Animal Welfare Services (JPAWS) Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www. jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: December 31, 2025, January 7, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504364-2678.

PUBLIC NOTICE SOQ 25-045 Drug Testing for Jefferson Parish The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No. 147584 is hereby soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) from SAMHSA certified laboratories and CAP-FUDT certified laboratories interested in performing specimen collection and testing of forensic samples provided by employees and prospective employees of Jefferson Parish for analysis of drug and alcohol content, according to the Department of Health and Human Services Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs.

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., January 30, 2026 The vendors submitting a Statement of Qualifications must complete the (General Professional Services Questionnaire) and the Human Resource Management Questionnaire.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - in order to be considered the proposer must meet the following: 1. The laboratory must be certified by SAMHSA and/or CAPFUDT; 2. The laboratory must have demonstrated experience in handling large employee populations, preferably over 2,000 employees.

EVALUATION CRITERIA: The following criteria will be used to evaluate each firm submitting a statement of qualifications: 1. Demonstrated ability to provide required services; include professional experience in providing similar services to a population of 2,000 plus employees and include references from agencies for which similar scope of services are currently being provided with a contact person and telephone number for each reference; describe experience in providing expert testimony in Louisiana, Federal and State courts and administrative hearings; and describe other related experiences. (maximum of 25 points) 2. Demonstrated ability to respond to the Parish’s needs on a timely basis. Provide the educational background and work experience of the staff members who are responsible for testing and certifying test results to Jefferson Parish.

Attach copies of all university diplomas and degrees, professional licenses, certificates, and curriculum vitae of all employees assigned to provide services for this contract; and information regarding other relevant abilities to respond; and identify the location of the principal office where work will be performed, with preference being given to persons or firms with offices located in Jefferson Parish. (maximum of 25 points) 3. Provide information demonstrating the Proposer’s understanding of the nature and scope of this project. (maximum of 25 points) 4. Cost for services –Include fees to be charged for onpremises and off-premises alcohol and drug testing services. Also provide the fees for expert witness testimony by your laboratory director and toxicologist at judicial, administrative or other proceedings with respect to specimens tested by your lab. And, the fees for expert witness testimony by a technician or technologist. (maximum of 25 points) The person or firm submitting a Statement of Qualification (General Professional Services Questionnaire) must identify all subcontractors who will assist in providing professional services for the project, in the professional services questionnaire. Each subcontractor shall be required to submit a (General Professional Services Questionnaire) and all documents and information included in the questionnaire. (Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928) All persons or firms (including subcontractors) must submit a Statement of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline. The latest professional services questionnaire may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing

Department at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at https://www.jeffparish.gov/468/Statement-of-Qualifications-SOQ. Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish’s e-Procurement site, Central Bidding at www. centralauctionhouse.com or www.jeffparishbids.net. Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors by accessing the following link: www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.

No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.

Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.

Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: January 7, 14, and 21, 2026 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 0510 Jefferson Parish Department of Purchasing is soliciting Request for Proposals (RFPs) from qualified firms to provide Management, Support, Maintenance, Service, System Enhancements and Equipment Procurement for all Aspects and Components of the Parish’s Motorola P25 800 MHZ Radio System and Subscriber Units for the Jefferson Parish Department of Telecommunications (Parishwide).

The Telecommunications Division of the EIS Department seeks to obtain proposals from firms interested in providing management, support, maintenance, service, system enhancements and equipment procurement for all aspects and components of the Parish’s Motorola P25 800 MHZ radio systems and subscriber units All proposals will be evaluated on criteria such as vendor’s technical proposal, qualifications and experience, financial profile and proposal responsiveness and other criteria more specifically defined in the RFP document. The maximum total points for each proposal are set at 100 points RFP specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. RFPs may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www. jeffparishbids.net or www.centralbidding.com.

Submissions will only be accepted electronically via the Parish’s e-Procurement system, Central Bidding. Responses will be received until 3:30 P.M. on February 05, 2026. Jefferson Parish no longer accepts manual submissions. All vendors will be required to register with Central Bidding.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals, in whole or part, pursuant to the law.

Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: January 07, 14 and 21, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504364-2678.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00149273 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., February 3, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Two (2) Year Contract for The Supply of Machine Shop Services for The Jefferson Parish Department of Public Works, Drainage Pump Stations, and All Jefferson Parish Agencies Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www. jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: January 7, 14, and January 21, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504364-2678.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504364-2678.

This notice is to certify that the Jefferson Parish Assessor’s Office has complied with Louisiana Revised Statute 39:1307 relative to public participation in the budget process for the Year Ended 2026.

Notice of availability for public inspection and public hearing was held in compliance with applicable statute.

Thomas J. Capella, CLA Assessor, Jefferson Parish January 7th, 2026 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Jefferson Parish BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS will hold its regularly scheduled Public Hearing on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. in the East Bank Council Chambers on the 2nd floor of the Joseph S. Yenni Building, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Jefferson, Louisiana.

W-2674 916 Oak Ave., Bridge City, to permit enclosure of a carport for storage in the required side yard creating insufficient side yard setback (left). R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

W-2675 2045 Victoria Ave., Harvey, to permit a new singlefamily residence with living in the required side yard creating insufficient side yard setback (right). R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

E-6090 303 Phosphor Ave., Metairie, to permit a new singlefamily residence that will have living space in the required side yard creating insufficient side yard setback and detached garage will protrude in both the 10’ access way sight triangle and 15’ reverse corner lot sight triangle. R-1A/MRTPD Single-Family Residential District/Metairie Ridge Tree Preservation District.

E-6091 10105 Florence Ct., River Ridge, to permit enclosure of existing carport to attached garage in the required side yard creating insufficient side yard setback. R-1B Suburban Residential District.

E-6092 122 Mulberry Dr., Metairie, to appeal the decision of the Parish Arborist as to the removal of a Live Oak. R-1B/MRTPD Suburban Residential District/Metairie Ridge Tree Preservation District.

NOTE: Cases to be heard at the Next regularly scheduled Public Hearing on Monday, January 26, 2026, MUST BE FILED BEFORE Wednesday, December 31, 2026 at 10 a.m.

Grace Shockman, Administrative Assistant TIMOTHY VALENTI, CHAIRMAN ADV: The New Orleans Advocate December 31, 2025 and January 7, 2026.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Jefferson Parish Planning Advisory Board will conduct a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Jefferson Parish General Government Bldg., 200 Derbigny St., at 5:00 P.M., on Thursday, January 15, 2026 for the purpose of hearing arguments for and against land development requests.

SP-80-25 1201 Manhattan Blvd., Request for a variance to the attached sign regulations of the MUCD Mixed-Use Corridor District for Hot N Cajun Boil House on Lot K4C, Wesson Snowdrift Tract Subdivision; bounded by Westbank Expwy, Orange Blossom Ln., and Gretna Blvd.; zoned MUCD. (Council District 3) Bert Turner, PAB Chair The Parish of Jefferson hereby notifies the owners, agents, mortgagees and / or other interested parties of the following properties that it will conduct an administrative hearing pursuant to R.S. 13:2575 and Jefferson Parish Ordinance NO. 23373, thereby seeking to have the buildings at the following locations vacated, secured, repaired, or demolished, as their conditions may warrant.

THE HEARING FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS: 1:00 PM, Tuesday, January 27, 2026 General Government Bldg.

2nd Floor, Council Chambers 200 Derbigny Street Gretna, LA 70053 Property: Owner 1: Owner 2: Owner 3: Owner 4: Owner 5:

Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., February 3, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Owner 6:

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project:

Owner 8:

Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www. jeffparishbids.net.

Each bid must be accompanied by a surety bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount, or the amount specified, WHEN INDICATED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS. Vendors must submit an electronic bid bond through the respective online clearinghouse bond management system(s) as indicated in the electronic bid Solicitation on Central Auction House. No scanned paper copies of any bid bond will be accepted as part of the electronic bid submission.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to reject bids for just cause, pursuant to the law. Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of minority and/or woman-owned business enterprises (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

Owner 7:

Owner 9:

Owner 10:

Owner 11:

Owner 12: Owner 13: Owner 14: Owner 15: Owner 16: Owner 17: Owner 18:

Property:

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: January 7, 14, and January 21, 2026

Owner 1:

For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish.gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504364-2678.

Owner 2:

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00149276 Sealed Bids will be received electronically through our E-Procurement site at www.jeffparishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., February 3, 2026 and publicly opened thereafter. At no charge, bidders may submit via Jefferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishbids.net to register for this free site.

Bids will be accepted and received through Central Bidding until 2 p.m. The public bid opening will be held at the West Bank Purchasing Department at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on each bid opening date for the following project: Three (3) Year Contract to Provide Labor, Materials, and Equipment for Maintenance of Plumbing Systems and Equipment Throughout Jefferson Parish for the Department of General Services Bid specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing and selecting the LaPAC Tab. Bids may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www. jeffparishbids.net.

Owner 1: Owner 2: Owner 3: Owner 4: Owner 5: Owner 6:

Owner 7:

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: January 7, 14, and 21, 2026

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID NO. 50-00149274

Three (3) Year Contract for Labor, Materials, and Equipment to Perform Annual Fire Extinguisher Maintenance Inspections and Repairs for Various Jefferson Parish Departments

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

Property:

Owner 3: Owner 4:

Property:

Lot(s) 7, Sq S-29 BELT BRIDGE 313 LAFITTE ST in BRIDGE CITY JOSEPHINE WASHINGTON 313 LAFITTE ST BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 CHRISTOPHER LOUIS DANIELS 313 LAFITTE ST BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 CHRISTOPHER LOUIS DANIELS 313 1/2 LAFITTE ST BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 JOSEPHINE WASHINGTON 301 LAFITTE ST BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 DEBBIE VEAL 1329 PACIFIC AVE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 HORACE WASHINGTON 2320 S VILLAGE GREEN ST HARVEY, LA 70058 BETTY LANDIX 3144 BARBWOOD DR HARVEY, LA 70058 BETTY LANDIX 317 TRAVIS DR WESTWEGO, LA 70094 DWAYNE EDWARDS, DARVELLE EDWARDS, HORACE WASHINGTON, BETTY WASHINGTON 313 1/2 LAFITTE ST BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 YOLANDA JONES, LATOYA JONES, RANDY JONES, SELICIA WASHINGTON 313 1/2 LAFITTE ST BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 ERIC VEAL, DEBBIE LEWIS, MARK VEAL, SHROME GATLIN, DAVEON GATLIN 313 1/2 LAFITTE ST BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 YOLANDA JONES 613 ST LOUIS ST RACELAND, LA 70394 LATOYA JONES 504 WESTWEGO AVE WESTWEGO, LA 70094 RANDY JONES 516 WESTWEGO AVE WESTWEGO, LA 70094 SELICIA WASHINGTON 1500 LORENE DR., APT 153 HARVEY, LA 70058 SELICIA WASHINGTON 158 MILLER DR., APT 2 RICHMOND, KY 40475 MARK VEAL 400 FEDERAL DR WESTWEGO, LA 70094 MARK VEAL P.O. BOX 9292 WESTWEGO, LA 70096 Lot(s) 58, 60, Sq 6 RICHARD 5308 KAREN DR in MARRERO PAULETTE A MURPHY 5308 KAREN DR MARRERO, LA 70072 PAUL A MURPHY 5308 KAREN DR MARRERO, LA 70072 PAULETTE MURPHY 30 WILLOW DR GRETNA, LA 70053 EUSTIS MORTGAGE CORP 1100 POYDRAS ST., STE 2525 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70163

Lot(s) 9, Sq 3 KINGS MANOR 1132 MARTIN DR in MARRERO ALEXANDER SHEPARD 1132 MARTIN DR MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 2: ALICE J SHEPARD 1132 MARTIN DR MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 3: ESTATES OF ALICE SHEPARD & ALEXANDER SHEPARD 102 IRIS ST THIBODAUX, LA 70301 Owner 4: ESTATES OF ALICE SHEPARD & ALEXANDER SHEPARD 6129 VICTORIA DR HARVEY, LA 70058 Owner 5: ESTATES OF ALICE SHEPARD & ALEXANDER SHEPARD 1132 MARTIN DR MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 1:

Owner 8: Owner 9: Owner 10: Owner 11: Owner 12: Owner 13: Owner 14: Owner 15: Owner 16: Owner 17: Owner 18:

Owner 19: Owner 20:

Owner 21: Owner 22:

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Owner 24: Owner 25:

Lot(s) 5, Sq 2 TOWNSITE #3 913 AMES BLVD in MARRERO DORIS M WALKER 913 AMES BLVD MARRERO, LA 70072 GARY M JOSEPH, JR 5815 DOVE RIDGE LANE HOUSTON, TX 77041 DORIS M WALKER 7312 GENTRY RD. MARRERO, LA 70072 ESTATE OF DORIS WALKER 2580 COLLIN MCKINNEY PKWY MCKINNEY, TX 75070 ESTATE OF DORIS WALKER 2580 COLLIN MCKINNEY PKWY MCKINNEY, TX 75070 THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH WALKER III, SHARON LIMEUX, RUBY WALKER, DWIGHT WALKER SR 913 AMES BLVD MARRERO, LA 70072 BRIAN WALKER JR, TERRI EDWARDS, VARRON WALKER, REGINA SCOTT & THE ESTATE OF DORIS WALKER 913 AMES BLVD MARRERO, LA 70072 ESTATE OF DORIS WALKER 7312 GENTRY RD MARRERO, LA 70072 DWIGHT WALKER, SR 4033 N INDIGO DR HARVEY, LA 70058 TERRI WALKER EDWARDS 420 W DUNBAR ST., APT 1 OPELOUSAS, LA 70570 BRIAN WALKER, JR 637 AZALEA DR WESTWEGO, LA 70094 VARRON WALKER 19319 DIVERSION DR TOMBALL, TX 77375 TERRI WALKER EDWARDS 1304 LEE ST MARRERO, LA 70072 REGINA SCOTT 304 GOLDEN SANDS LN PRINCETON, TX 75407 BRIAN WALKER, JR 15727 CUTTEN RD., APT 432 HOUSTON, TX 77070 ESTATE OF JOSEPH WALKER III 2580 COLLIN MCKINNEY PKWY., APT 2707 MCKINNEY, TX 75070 DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC P.O. BOX 890009 HOUSTON, TX 77289 Through its agent for service of process KATHRYN SCHULTEA P.O. BOX 890009 HOUSTON, TX 77289 CROWN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 3867 PLAZA TOWER DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70816 Through its agent for service of process CT CORPORATION SYSTEM 3867 PLAZA TOWER DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70816 CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION 6072 WARRINGTON DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 Through its agent for service of process CHARLES GENDUSA 6072 WARRINGTON DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 Through its agent for service of process THOMAS TORANTO, JR 5019 PIETY DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 REPUBLIC FINANCE, LLC 8427 KELWOOD AVE BATON ROUGE, LA 70806 Through its agent for service of process GARY PHILLIPS 8427 KELWOOD AVE BATON ROUGE, LA 70806

In accordance with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), Jefferson Parish shall not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodations under the ADA, submit your request to the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours in advance or as soon as possible. A 72-hour notice is needed to request Certified ASL interpreters.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of the owners, agents, mortgagees and / or interested parties for any of the above listed properties, or if you have any interest in the compliance with the violation(s) at any of the above listed properties, please contact the office at (504) 364-3560, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM. CYNTHIA LEE SHENG PARISH PRESIDENT

LIZA M. CALUDA Director161 CODE COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT

To be run January 07, 2026, and January 14, 2026 BILL TO : DANGEROUS BUILDING ABATEMENT The Parish of Jefferson hereby notifies the owners, agents, mortgagees and / or other interested parties of the following properties that it will conduct an administrative hearing pursuant to R.S. 13:2575 and Jefferson Parish Ordinance NO. 23373, thereby seeking to have the buildings at the following locations vacated, secured, repaired, or demolished, as their conditions may warrant.

THE HEARING FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS: 1:30 PM, Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Yenni Building 6th Floor, Room 606 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

Jefferson, LA 70123 Property: Owner 2: Owner 3:

Owner 4:

Owner 5:

Property: Owner 1: Owner 2: Owner 3: Owner 4: Owner 5:

Owner 6:

Lot(s) 25, Sq 304 AIRLINE PARK NORTH 5701 RUTH ST in METAIRIE REBECCA MERRITT 5701 RUTH ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 HAWKEYE LIEN SERVICES WITH UNION BANK AS SECURED PARTY 405 N 115TH STREET, STE 100 OMAHA, NE 68154 Through its agent for service of process MELISSA CASTILLE 11414 LAKE SHERWOOD AVE. N SUITE A BATON ROUGE, LA 70816 HAWKEYE LIEN SERVICES WITH UNION BANK AS SECURED PARTY 5701 RUTH ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 Lot(s) 31 & 32, Sq 12 OWN YOUR OWN 830 SIBLEY ST in METAIRIE HERMAN TURNER 830 SIBLEY ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 GARY LEE TURNER 830 SIBLEY ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 THRIFT FUNDS RAMPART INC 2930 CANAL ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119 PROVIDENCE FARMS, INC RT 1 BOX 414 WELSH, LA 70591 Through its agent for service of process DANIEL G LEJEUNE RT 1 BOX 414 WELSH, LA 70591 HERMAN TURNER 2200 JEFFERSON HWY JEFFERSON, LA 70121

Property:

Lot(s) 8, Sq 1 JEFFERSON DRIVE EXT #1 1012 NEYREY DR in METAIRIE LEWIS ELDER WHITE 1012 NEYREY DR METAIRIE, LA 70001 Owner 2: NETTIE NERNEY WHITE 1012 NEYREY DR METAIRIE, LA 70001 Owner 3: LEWIS E WHITE 2501 METAIRIE LAWN DR., BLDG 1 APT 101 METAIRIE, LA 70002 Owner 4: SECRETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT 451 SEVENTH ST., SW WASHINGTON, DC 20410 Owner 5: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER 8950 CYPRESS WATERS BLVD COPPELL, TX 75019 Owner 6: Through its agent for service of process CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY 450 LAUREL ST., 8TH FLOOR BATON ROUGE, LA 70801 Owner 7: FIRST UNION MORTGAGE CORP 4300 SIX FORKS RD RALEIGH, NC 27619 Owner 8: FIRST UNION MORTGAGE CORP P.O. BOX 18109 RALEIGH, NC 27619 Owner 9: FIRST UNION HOME EQUITY CORP. 450 LAUREL ST, 8TH FLOOR BATON ROUGE, LA 70801 Owner 10: Through its agent for service of process THE PRENTICE-HALL CORP SYSTEM, INC 450 LAUREL ST., 8TH FLOOR BATON ROUGE, LA 70801 Owner 1:

Property: Owner 1: Owner 2:

Lot(s) 82, Sq 6 LYNN PARK 31 ALBERT CT in METAIRIE ROY W KNIGHT 31 ALBERT CT METAIRIE, LA 70003 JACQUELINE J KNIGHT 31 ALBERT CT METAIRIE, LA 70003

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS Owner 3: Owner 4: Owner 5: Owner 6: Owner 7: Owner 8:

NATHAN R KNIGHT 800 OLD METAIRIE DR METAIRIE, LA 70001 NATHAN KNIGHT 8001 JEFFERSON HWY., APT 159 BATON ROUGE, LA 70809 ALECIA KNIGHT 8001 JEFFERSON HWY., APT 159 BATON ROUGE, LA 70809 JOHN WESLEY KNIGHT 7809 MONET ST METAIRIE, LA 70003 JOHN WESLEY KNIGHT 15319 TCHEFUNCTE DR COVINGTON, LA 70433 ROY E KNIGHT 5753 HIGHWAY 85 N #4465 CRESTVIEW, FL 32536

hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM. CYNTHIA LEE SHENG PARISH PRESIDENT

No.112, Section C, Bridgedale Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, in the area bounded by Green Avenue, Shaw Street, Perkins Street, and Clearview Parkway. (Council District 5).

LIZA M. CALUDA Director161 CODE COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT

SP-69-25 1316 N Causeway Blvd., Request for a variance to the Neighborhood Commercial District (C-1) area regulations and variances to the Commercial Parkway Overlay Zone (CPZ) landscape requirements for a multi-tenant retail development on Lot 15A, Sq. No. 94, Harlem Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana in the area bounded by 47th St., Athania Pkwy., and 46th St. (Council District 5).

To be run January 07, 2026, and January 14, 2026 BILL TO : DANGEROUS BUILDING ABATEMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Jefferson Parish Planning Advisory Board will conduct a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Joseph S. Yenni Bldg., 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., at 5:00 P.M., on Thursday, January 29, 2026 for the purpose of hearing arguments for and against land development requests.

In accordance with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), Jefferson Parish shall not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodations under the ADA, submit your request to the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours in advance or as soon as possible. A 72-hour notice is needed to request Certified ASL interpreters.

SP-28-25 812 Elmwood Park Blvd., Request for variances for two attached signs, parking, and landscape regulations in the Industrial Mixed-Use District (I-MU) for Towneplace Suites by Marriott located at 812 Elmwood Park Blvd. on Lot 13-A, Sq. No. 3, Mounes Division Elmwood Industrial Park Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, in the area bounded by Pepsi St., Distributors Row, Mounes Street, and Elmwood Park Blvd. (Council District 2).

If you have any information on the whereabouts of the owners, agents, mortgagees and / or interested parties for any of the above listed properties, or if you have any interest in the compliance with the violation(s) at any of the above listed properties, please contact the office at (504) 364-3560, Monday through Friday between the

SP-62-25 1215 & 1301 Clearview Parkway, Request for variances for the building height and landscape buffer regulations in the General Offices District (GO-2) and Commercial Parkway Overlay Zone (CPZ) for KST Realty, LLC & UDG Real Estate, LLC located at 1215 & 1301 Clearview Parkway on Lots 10-A and 11-C, Sq.

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Street and Lot 32 measures thirty feet, eleven inches and one line (30’ 11” 1’’’) front on South Clark Street.

Each lot has a depth of one hundred forty feet, nine inches and two lines (140’ 9” 2’’’) between lines; parallel Lot 32 being nearest to and a distance of one hundred twenty feet (120’) from Gravier Street.

Said lots adjoin each other.

And in accor‐ dance with sur‐ vey made by Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, dated Novem‐ ber 5, 1959, said property is situated in the same Parish, District and Square thereof and is desig‐ nated by the same lot numbers. Lot 31 measures thirty feet, eleven inches and one line (30’ 11” 1’’’) front on South Clark Street, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of one hundred forty feet, nine inches, two lines (140’ 9” 2’’’). Lot 32 ad‐ joins Lot 31 and measures thirty feet, eleven inches, one line (30’ 11” 1’’’) front on South Clark Street, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of one hundred forty feet, nine inches, two lines (140’ 9” 2’’’). Lot 32 lies nearer to and commences at a distance of one hundred twenty feet (120’) from the corner of South Clark and Gravier Streets.

According to the sketch of survey made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Civil Engi‐ neers and Sur‐ veyors, dated Novem‐ ber 22, 1968, said property is designated by the same num‐ bers, has the same location and measurements as above set forth.

A CERTAIN POR‐ TION OF GROUND situ‐ ated in the First District of the City of New Or‐ leans, in Square Number 702 bounded by Gravier, South Clark, and South Genois Streets and Tulane Avenue (for‐ merly Common Street); said portion of ground forms the corner of Gravier and South Clark Streets, and measures eighty seven feet, two inches and five lines (87’ 2” 5’’’) front on Gravier Street, by a depth between equal and paral‐

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q p lel lines and front on South Clark Street of one hundred twenty feet (120’), and con‐ sists of all of original Lots 1, 2 and 3 and two feet, nine inches and zero lines (2’ 9” 0’’’) of Lot 4, all adjoining as shown on a plan drawn by L. Riezenstein, of date June 30, 1869, a sketch whereof is an‐ nexed for refer‐ ence to an act of sale before Michael Gernon, late No‐ tary Public, on May 26, 1873.

Together with all the build‐ ings, improve‐ ments, and other construc‐ tions situated on the above de‐ scribed immov‐ able property and all appurte‐ nances, rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, pre‐ scriptions and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, including, but without limita‐ tion, all compo‐ nent parts of the above de‐ scribed immov‐ able property, and all component parts of any building, im‐ provement, or other construc‐ tion located on the above described im‐ movable prop‐ erty.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal Number 739 S. Clark Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

WRIT AMOUNT: $995,816.51 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 4 CARVER, DAR‐ DEN, KORETZKY, TESSIER, FINN, BLOSSMAN & AREAUX L.L.C 504 585 3814 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $272 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐

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MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 1616 EAGLE STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FMM BUSHNELL, LLC VERSUS 1616 EAGLE, LLC AND MARK A. RUCKER, JR. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2023-13006 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of District Civil Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the SEVENTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in SQUARE NO 205, bounded by GREEN, BIRCH, GENERAL OGDEN and EAGLE STREETS, which portion of ground, as im‐ proved, mea‐ sures forty five feet (45') front on Eagle Street by a depth of one hundred twenty feet ( 120') be‐ tween equal and parallel lines.

Said portion of ground com‐ mences at a point ninety feet three Inches (90'3 ") from the comer of Eagle and Birch Streets, and is composed of all of Lot No. 7 and fourteen feet, eleven inches ( 14' 11 ") taken from Lot No. 6 as same adjoins Lot No. 7, with that portion of Lot No, 6 measuring four‐ teen feet, eleven Inches (14'1 l ") front on Eagle Street, by a depth of one hundred and twenty fee (120') between equal and paral‐ lel lines. Said Lot No. 7 mea‐ sures thirty feet, one inch (30'1 ") front on Eagle Street, by a depth be‐ tween equal d ll l

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q and parallel lines of one hundred and twenty feet (120'). Lot No. 7 begins ninety feet, three inches (90' 3 ") from the corner of Eagle and Birch Streets.

And according to a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., Surveying and Engineering, dated March 5, 1975, the property is designated, sit‐ uated and mea‐ sures as set forth above, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to an act dated March 25, 1975.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 1616 Eagle Street, New Or‐ leans, Louisiana.

WRIT AMOUNT: $173,506.49 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 31 NEWMAN, MATHIS, BRADY & SPEDALE, APLC 504 837 9040 WAYNE A. MAIO‐ RANA The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 1/7/2026 & 2/11/2026 JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $150 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1900 02 AND 1904 06 SAINT ANN STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VERSUS THE BAT 2, LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-7288 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled

OFFICIAL NOTICE A regular meeting of the Jefferson Parish Personnel Board will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 2:00 P.M., in Suite 204, Joseph S. Yenni Bldg., 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd, Jefferson, Louisiana.

Prior to the regular business agenda, the Personnel Board will conduct a Public Hearing to consider a proposal to:

attend the meeting.

In accordance with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Jefferson Parish will not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA, submit your request to the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours in advance of this meeting or as soon as possible. Advanced notice is required for ASL Certified Interpreters. Should you have any concerns, please contact ADA Coordinator, Office of Citizens Affairs, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 403, Jefferson, LA 70123 (504) 736-6094 or by email: ADA@jeffparish.net.

Any person, who believes he or she has been subject to unlawful discrimination by the Parish or any Parish officer or employee based on a past or current disability, or his or her association with a person with a disability, may submit the grievance, in writing, to the Parish’s designated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator, contact information above.

Bert Turner, PAB Chair

• Extend Transient Appointments in accordance with Personnel Rule VII, Section 5.3(2).

In addition to the Public Hearing, the Personnel Board will meet in executive session for consideration of matters deemed confidential pursuant to La. R.S. 42:17(1) and 42:17(4) to discuss personnel matters regarding physical or mental health of an employee in regards to a request to extend Leave without Pay and investigative proceedings regarding allegations of misconduct. Interested parties may obtain information from the Personnel Department, and may

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cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on February 12, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: IN GLOBO: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS, IN SQUARE NO. 238, BOUNDED BY ST. ANN, N. ROMAN AND N. PRIEUR STREETS AND ORLEANS AVENUE, DESIG‐ NATED BY THE LETTER “A” ON A PLAN OF SUR‐ VEY MADE BY GILBERT AND KELLY, SUR‐ VEYORS, DATED SEPTEMBER 26, 1951, AND AC‐ CORDING TO WHICH SAID LOT COM‐ MENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 34 FEET, 4 INCHES FROM THE COR‐ NER OF N. ROMAN STREET AND MEASURES THENCE 34 FEET 7 LINES FRONT ON ST. ANN STREET, 35 FEET, 6 INCES, 7 LINES IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH ON THE SIDE LINE NEAREST PRIEUR STREET OF 62 FEET, AND A FIRST DEPTH ON THE OPPO‐ SITE SIDE LINE OF 32 FEET ON LINE OF AN ALLEY IN COMMON WITH LOT “B”, THENCE 3 FEET ON AN OBLIQUE LINE, THENCE A SEC‐ OND DEPTH OF 27 FEET, 5 INCHES TO THE REAR LINE, TOEGTHER WITH THE USE IN COMMON WITH SAID LOT “B” OF AN ALLEY 3 FEET WIDE OPENING ON ST. ANN STREET. THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THERE ON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 1904 06 ST. ANN STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70116.

PARCEL 2 THAT PORTION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WIH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES, APPUR‐ TENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN

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THE SECOND OF DISTRICT THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, DESIGNATED BY THE LETTER “B” IN THE SQUARE BOUNDED BY ST. ANN, ROMAN, ORLEANS AND PRIEUR STREETS, ON A SKETCH DRAWN BY GEORGE DE ARMAS, DATED AUGUST 3, 1891, ANNEXED TO THE INVENTORY TAKEN BY J.F. MEUNIER, N.P., ON JULY 27, 1891, ACCORD‐ ING TO WHICH SKETCH, SAID LOT MEA‐ SURES IN AMER‐ ICAN MEASURE, 31 FEET, 4 INCHES FRONT ON ST. ANN STREET, 60 FEET, 8 INCHES DEPTH AND FRON ON ROMAN STREET (OF WHICH IS THE FORMS CORNER), 32 FEET ON A FIRST DEPTH ON THE LINES OF AN ALLEY, THENCE 3 FEET ON AN OBLIQUE LINE RUNNING TO‐ WARDS LOT “A”, THEN A SEC‐ OND DEPTH OF 26 FEET, 1 INCH TO THE REAR LINE, WHICH HAS A WIDTH OF 32 FEET, 10 INCHES; TOGETHER WITH THE USE IN COMMON WITH LOT “A” OF AN ALLEY 3 FEET WIDE OPENING ON ST. ANN STREET. ALL AS FMORE FULLY SHOWN ON PLAN OF SUR‐ VEY MADE BY JOHN E. WALKER, LAND SURVEYOR, DATED JULY 5, 1974, A COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO ACT BEFORE SIDNEY I. GOLD‐ MAN N.P., DATED FEB‐ RUARY 7, 1975, AND ACCORD‐ ING TO WHICH THE SAID LOT OF GROUND IS SIT‐ UATED IN SQUARE NO. 238.

THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 1900 02 ST. ANN STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 701216 WRIT AMOUNT: $7,260.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans

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JAN 7-FEB 11-2T $190 PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4942 MUSIC STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: CFIN 2022RTL1 ISSUER LLC VERSUS FULL CIRCLE HOME, LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-8975 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 4942 MUSIC ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 LOTS: 11 AND 12, SQUARE: 55 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1382448 GENTILLY TER‐ RACE WRIT AMOUNT: $166,600.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 23 ADAMS AND REESE LLP 504581-3234 SCOTT R. CHEATHAM The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date

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THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 6019 PAULINE DRIVE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: REGIONS BANK D/B/A RE‐ GIONS MORT‐ GAGE VERSUS JUANA PETERS PARKER (A/K/A JUANA A. PE‐ TERS, JUANA A. OLIVER) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-7699 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 6019 PAULINE DR NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70126 LOT: 18, SQUARE: 6 THIRD MINICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN:1357524 PONTCHAR‐ TRAIN PARK SUBDIVISION, SECTION ONE WRIT AMOUNT: $360,705.54 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans GH 17 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 EMILY A. MUELLER The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 7860 MEANS AVENUE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: U.S. BANK TRUST COM‐ PANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL LOAN TRUST 2023-1 VERSUS J. PAUL HOLDINGS LLC CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-5745 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on January 8, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 7860 MEANS AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127 SQUARE 2, LOT 21 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN:1411482 WRIT AMOUNT: $246,000.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

Note: The pay‐ ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐ sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐ leans BD 22 MCCABE LAW FIRM, LLC 504782-3436 RYAN M. MC‐ CABE GH 20The N.O. Advocate Date (s): 12/3/2025 & 1/7/2026 DEC 3-JAN 7-2T

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