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EBR raise proposal stirs concerns

Stability of pension system for city-parish workers questioned

BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER Staff writer

With a vote looming Wednesday on raises for city-parish workers, some East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council members are questioning what the impact would be on the government’s retirement system.

The plan, proposed by MayorPresident Sid Edwards, would cost $8 million a year and give city-

parish employees a 3.5% raise. It would also transition 540 positions to new pay scales with significantly increased salaries for some of those jobs.

Some council members say that while the long-term salary increases themselves stir some sticker shock, the hidden costs and additional strain to the city-parish pension system are just as worrisome.

“If the salaries increase, then the

creases. liability increases,” “Over the past said Republican two years, we’ve council member made large reducJen Racca.

The pension tions in workforce,” fund is made up of Racca said. “That money paid by the means that there city-parish and by Edwards are a large number Racca active employees. of people that are If the workforce decreases, the no longer contributing to the penamount the city-parish must pay to sion plan.” maintain payments to retirees inThe raises would be funded partly

with money set aside from currently vacant positions, along with savings from a hiring freeze instituted by the Mayor’s Office, according to a recent memo attached to the council’s agenda.

The Mayor’s Office did not respond to requests for comment on the raises and the effects on the pension system.

Some of Racca’s Democratic colleagues on the council don’t see things the same way she does.

ä See PENSION, page 4A

State Police to pay $4.8M in motorist’s 2019 death Ronald Greene fatally beaten after traffic stop

BY JOHN SIMERMAN, ANDREA GALLO and JAMES FINN Staff writers

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Chris Meyer, president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, speaks Tuesday before the unveiling of Plan Baton Rouge III during a Downtown Development District special meeting.

‘A place we can all call home’

Advocates back latest master plan for downtown BR

BY IANNE SALVOSA Staff writer

Downtown advocates say connecting Baton Rouge with the Mississippi Riverfront — a goal that Plan Baton Rouge III centers on — is a long-overdue task that the city can now accomplish.

Boo Thomas, the former head of the Center for Planning Excellence, who helped spearhead the first two downtown master plans, viewed a presentation of the plan at a special Downtown Development District meeting Tuesday morning. She said she loves Plan Baton Rouge III’s emphasis on connecting the city with the river. That was something only touched on in prior plans.

The first Plan Baton Rouge suggested a redesign of the Riverfront Plaza, and the second recommended the development of two riverfront parks, one around City Hall and one around the State Capitol.

ä See DOWNTOWN, page 6A

Downtown business owners and members of the public watch a presentation Tuesday for the unveiling of Plan Baton Rouge III.

Almost seven years to the day after the death of Ronald Greene during an arrest

by Louisiana State Police, the agency agreed Tuesday to pay $4.8 million to settle a wrongful death case, said a source familiar with the negotiations.

Police body camera videos of Greene’s death prompted federal investigations, state legislative inquiries and charges against some of the troopers involved.

The videos showed a group of White troopers beating and dragging Greene, who was Black, as he cried out: “‘I’m scared!”

Tuesday’s settlement stemmed from a federal civil complaint Greene’s family initially filed in 2020, the year after his death. The petition was paused for several years as the U.S. Department of Justice weighed bringing federal criminal charges against troopers and while a bevy of other investigations into his death unfolded.

But other state and federal probes sputtered, and the family reopened the lawsuit in February of last year.

Five troopers and a Union Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy were named as defendants in the family’s civil complaint.

Louisiana State Police agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle the case, the source said, specifically claims involving troopers John Clary, Dakota DeMoss, Kory York and Chris Hollingsworth, who has since died.

The settlement is subject to agreement from the joint legislative budget committee.

The settlement also named Christopher Harpin, a former Union Parish deputy, making him responsible for $50,000 in the deal.

State Police spokesperson Lt. Kate Stegall said Tuesday evening that

ä See POLICE, page 4A

Carbon capture becomes key issue in race for U.S. Senate Trump has thus far dominated election

questration has emerged as a key fault line in Saturday’s Senate primary.

State Treasurer John Fleming has made his forceful opposition

BY TYLER BRIDGES to the new process a key driver Staff writer of his campaign, saying it threatIn a campaign that has focused ens to poison waterways and strip more on President Donald Trump landowners of property rights. than the issues, government regThat has made him the target of ulation of carbon capture and se- attack ads broadcast by two out-

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ELECTION 2026 side groups associated with Gov. Jeff Landry and financed at least in part by oil and gas companies that want to inject the carbon dioxide deep in underground wells.

Fleming has counterattacked by saying that U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow,

who has Landry’s support, actually supports the industry because her fiancé, Kevin Ainsworth, is a major lobbyist for carbon capture and sequestration companies in Baton Rouge.

Letlow has called that accusation “a low blow.”

Letlow has said she favors letting local communities decide whether to allow the process.

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“If a project is not safe, if it’s not transparent and if it does not have community buy-in, it should not move forward,” she said in a radio debate May 5.

But in a separate interview, Letlow refused to be pinned down on how a community would decide to give a green light.

ä See CARBON, page 5A

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Man with assault rifle shoots at drivers, is shot

BOSTON — A man previously convicted of shooting at police strode down a busy road outside Boston, firing an assault-style rifle at passing cars, shooting two drivers and sending others scrambling until he was wounded when a state trooper and a former Marine opened fire, authorities said.

As bullets tore through at least a dozen cars, including a state police cruiser, panicked motorists abandoned their vehicles or hid under them for cover, according to prosecutors and state police. Authorities said the gunman fired more than 60 rounds during the Monday afternoon attack in which two victims suffered life-threatening injuries.

The shooting happened on a heavily traveled road along the Charles River in Cambridge, home to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sidewalks and riverside paths in the area are often crowded with pedestrians, joggers and cyclists.

“The suspect, identified by prosecutors as 46-year-old Tyler Brown of Boston, was shot multiple times in the extremities and is expected to face charges including two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and other gun offenses.

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FDA commissioner resigns

Makary faced pushback from pharma CEOs, activists

BY MATTHEW PERRONE and SEUNG MIN KIM AP health writer

WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump.

News of Makary’s departure Tuesday came just 13 months after he was confirmed to lead the powerful regulatory agency.

A surgeon and health researcher, Makary came to prominence among Republicans as an outspoken critic of COVID-19 health measures during the pandemic, when he frequently appeared on Fox News Channel. But he struggled to manage the FDA’s bureaucracy and failed to win the confidence of its staff after mass layoffs, leader-

ship upheavals and a series of controversies in which the agency’s scientific principles appeared to be overridden by political interests, including those of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “He’s a great doctor, and he was having some difficulty,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “But he’s going to go on and he’s going to do well.”

Trump later confirmed in a social media post that Kyle Diamantas, the agency’s chief for foods, is expected to take over as acting commissioner.

Diamantas is an attorney with personal ties to Donald Trump Jr. In that post, the president included what appeared to be a text message from Makary submitting his resignation. In it, he noted that “I announced 50 major FDA reforms.

Joe Biden’s FDA had none,” and thanked Trump for the chance to serve.

The FDA commissioner, as the

leader of an agency that regulates billions of dollars in consumer goods and medicines, is often required to juggle competing priorities that straddle science and politics.

Makary faced a unique challenge in balancing calls by Trump and other Republicans to cut red tape at the FDA, while also tending to Kennedy’s interest in scrutinizing the safety of vaccines, drugs and food additives. The decision to get rid of Makary was made by Kennedy, and then the White House signed off on it, according to an administration official who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to describe internal dynamics.

Virtually all of the FDA’s senior career officials resigned, retired or were forced out in the first year of the second-term Trump administration, leading to a steady stream of leaks and negative stories in the media cataloging low morale, dysfunction and frustration among staff.

Appeals court spares Trump from $83M payment temporarily

Three arrested, accused of plotting murder TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran authorities on Tuesday arrested three people, including a powerful politician, accused of masterminding the 2024 assassination of an environmental leader, which became a symbol of government corruption and the ongoing perils of protecting the environment in the region.

Adán Fúnez, former mayor of the city of Tocoa, was captured at his home on Tuesday on suspicion of masterminding the killing, following years of accusations by religious and environmental leaders.

Juan López was an anti-corruption crusader who led a fierce community effort against an iron oxide mining project in Colon, a rural region of northwestern Honduras, which activists said endangered the zone’s dense jungles and crystalline waters, including protected reserve areas. López was one of the fiercest critics of then-mayor, Adán Fúnez, a supporter of the mine and close ally of Honduras’ former President Xiomara Castro.

In September 2024, López called on Fúnez to step down because of a corruption scandal.

Days later, the environmental and human rights defender was shot six times in the chest and once in the head by a masked gunman, fueling demands for justice by the Biden administration, Pope Francis and the United Nations — and accusations against Fúnez, a power-broker in the region’s decades-long bloody agrarian conflict. The death brought back stark memories of the global outcry over the 2016 murder of Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres.

Rights group: Nigerian airstrike kills 100 civilians ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s military Tuesday denied a rights group’s claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend, as attention turned again to a long-running fight against armed groups in the country’s volatile north.

Amnesty International in a statement Monday said a military airstrike on Sunday hit a market in Tumfa in Zamfara state. A Red Cross official in the state, Ibrahim Bello Garba, confirmed the strike to The Associated Press and said “multiple civilians” were killed.

“In one village alone, 80 people were buried and there is no evidence that any of those people killed is a bandit. They are all civilians. The majority of them are young girls and small boys,” Amnesty International Nigeria director Isa Sanusi told the AP. Nigeria’s military confirmed an airstrike to the AP but said “no verifiable evidence of civilian casualties as being suggested in the media has been established.”

The Amnesty allegation is the latest related to an accidental military airstrike hitting civilians in the West African nation that faces threats from militant groups including Boko Haram.

Makary’s handpicked deputy, Dr. Vinay Prasad, was pushed out of the agency twice in less than a year for running afoul of specialty drugmakers and groups for patients with rare diseases. Makary appeared poised to weather the controversy, despite an ongoing pressure campaign calling on Trump to fire him.

Recent weeks brought fresh criticisms from other interest groups that the White House considers key to Republican chances in November elections.

Anti-abortion groups have accused Makary of slow-walking an internal review of the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been on the market for 25 years but remains a target for conservative activists.

They are seeking to roll back FDA rules that currently allow the pill to be sent through the mail.

Vaping executives told Trump that Makary was blocking approval of their products, including new flavored e-cigarettes seen as crucial to the industry’s survival.

Defamation award delayed until Supreme Court review

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ALEX BRANDON

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine arrive to testify at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing for the Department of Defense on Tuesday in Washington.

Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on costs of war Defense secretary faces pushback on endgame, diminishing stockpiles

subcommittee on defense.

Trump has assailed NATO allies and others for not helping reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping corridor, or otherwise offering more support, saying he plans to pull thousands of troops out of Germany in the coming months.

BY BEN FINLEY, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole, the RepubBILL BARROW and STEPHEN GROVES lican chairman of the House AppropriaAssociated Press tions Committee, voiced his concerns in WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete a separate hearing, saying that “America Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday First has never meant American alone.”

“American power is most effective from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s when it’s exercised in concert with likeend game for the Iran war, the conflict’s minded nations who share our interests rising $29 billion cost and its impact on and our values,” Cole said. diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles.

While the Pentagon chief softened his Bipartisan pushback on munitions tone from hearings before Congress The hearings before the powerful House nearly two weeks ago, notably avoiding and Senate Appropriations defense subthe same pointed criticism of lawmak- committees spanned four hours as they ers, he got far more pushback from reviewed the Trump administration’s 2027 members of his own Republican Party military budget proposal, which calls for a about the levels of U.S. munitions used historic allocation of $1.5 trillion.

The discussions quickly veered into in the Iran war and President Donald Trump’s intense criticism of traditional the handling of a war that appears locked in a stalemate as higher fuel prices pose allies for not taking part in the conflict.

“I take issue with the characterization political problems for Republicans in the that munitions are depleted in a public midterm congressional elections.

California Republican Rep. Ken Calforum,” Hegseth said. “That’s not true.”

Even as he insisted that the U.S. military vert, the House subcommittee’s chair, has plenty of missile defense systems and asked about the impact of the Iran war other munitions for the Iran war or future on military funding as well as weapons conflicts, Hegseth told House and Senate stockpiles drawn down from the conflict. lawmakers overseeing defense spending “Questions persist about whether we are that the Trump administration is working building the depth and reliance required to ramp up production of weapons. for a high-end conflict,” Calvert said.

Pentagon officials also told lawmakers Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum, the that the cost of the Iran war has risen to defense subcommittee’s ranking Demoabout $29 billion, the vast bulk of which crat, pressed Hegseth on whether the — roughly $24 billion — is related to re- military has a plan to draw down troops in placing munitions and repairing equip- the Middle East if Congress passes so-farment but also includes operational costs unsuccessful efforts to end the Iran war.

“We have a plan to escalate if necesto keep forces deployed. That is up from the overall total of $25 billion that Pen- sary,” Hegseth said. “We have a plan to tagon comptroller Jay Hurst revealed retrograde if necessary. We have a plan nearly two weeks ago. He said the up- to shift assets.”

He said he would not reveal any next dated estimate does not include the cost to repair or rebuild U.S. military sites steps publicly. Noting repeated questions from lawmakers over weapons stockdamaged in the region. piles, Hegseth said the concerns have Importance of American allies been “unhelpfully overstated” and that Hegseth faced notable pushback from “we have plenty of what we need.”

He said the defense industry has been Republicans on the Trump administration’s straining of relations with long- told to “build more and build faster,” time allies, with Kentucky Sen. Mitch blaming the military industrial base’s McConnell telling Hegseth that “NATO inadequate capacity on previous adminis the most important military alliance in istrations and U.S. aid to Ukraine in its world history.” war with Russia.

“It seems to me that a lot of the EuroThe Center for Strategic and Internapean countries think that we’re reduc- tional Studies has painted an alarming picing our influence there, they’re sort of ture of U.S. stockpiles of munitions, includon their own,” said McConnell, the GOP ing interceptors that can defend against chairman of the Senate Appropriations incoming enemy missiles on land and sea.

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump won’t have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal, according to a court entry Tuesday.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request by one of Trump’s lawyers that it let the president delay the payment to E. Jean Carroll, though it required that Trump post a $7.4 million bond to cover any additional interest costs, a request Carroll’s attorney had made.

The appeals court late last month refused Trump’s request for a rare meeting

of the full 2nd Circuit to hear an appeal of a threejudge panel’s affirmance of the January 2024 verdict.

Afterward, Trump attorney Justin D. Smith asked the 2nd Circuit to stay the effect of its decision upholding the award so that Trump would not be forced to pay the judgment before the high court has a chance to consider an appeal.

Smith said last week there was a “fair prospect” that the Supreme Court will find in favor of Trump, who has called Carroll’s claims first made publicly in 2019 that she was sexually attacked

by Trump in a Manhattan luxury department store dressing room in spring 1996 a “made up scam.”

The $83 million award to Carroll, 82, came from a jury that briefly heard Trump testify and observed his animated behavior for several days.

Trump is challenging the award on several grounds, asserting “absolute immunity” for comments he made while president.

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Continued from page 1A Council member Darryl Hurst said the raises will “not have a negative impact on the general fund.” He noted some of the budgeted money that would fund currently vacant positions is already slated to go into the pension system.

“The statement that additional liability from increased wages would have a negative impact on city-parish is just a tool that people will use to try to vote against this,” Hurst said.

He says low pay has put some city-parish workers at risk of having their utilities turned off and makes it hard for them to keep up with rising costs of groceries and gas.

“In the same way that we supported the police officers to have their increase, I want to ask my colleagues and implore my colleagues to talk about quality of life in our city-parish,” Hurst said.

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ting the largest pay raise in Baton Rouge police history through the council last month.

Racca notes that some see a double standard in the fact that she and her conservative colleagues voiced no concern about police raises, but said those people “don’t know what they are talking about.”

Racca said the largest raises included in the police package were aimed at the lower ranks as a way to attract new recruits to address the department’s shortage of 100 officers.

“Those pay raises were designed to create an influx of employees applying to the Police Department,” she said. “New recruits means more people paying into their pension plan.”

Figures published in recent annual budgets show the amount of money flowing from the cityparish’s general fund into the employee retirement systems has increased by 36% since 2017. Over the same period, salary costs have decreased by 4%.

In 2024, a compensation study, which Hurst says he played a major role in initiating, examined salaries and benefits across all

“Collecting data in an attempt to be fully informed on this particular topic has been challenging because we’ve had so many other big issues come up very recently.

But the consequences of not being fully informed could be immeasurable.”

JEN RACCA, Metro Council member city-parish positions.

It found that employee benefits at the time, including pensions, made up 75% of the city-parish’s total employee compensation costs.

For every $100 Baton Rouge spends on employee salaries, the city-parish spends about $75 more on benefits.

The study called that 75% rate unsustainable. The national average for comparable cities is around 30-38%, the study said.

“As the driver of both the pay study and the driver of pension reform, I am the first to say that I believe that city-parish needs to do itself a service and look at re-

structuring how we do pensions,” Hurst said.

Hurst says a more portable retirement plan resembling a 401(k) would make sense moving forward, adding that colleagues in both parties have expressed support for the idea. But he also notes that any transition away from the pension system would likely take a decade or two to produce meaningful financial savings for the city-parish, since current and former employees legally could not be removed from the existing plan.

Raises and pay scale

study recommended for city-parish salaries. The mayor says the new plan has been in the works for months.

A significant portion of the police raises was funded by savings from switching retiree health benefits plans, which will also help fund the city-parish raises if they are approved this week.

On the campaign trail in mid2024 as he ran for office, Edwards said police raises were a primary goal — a priority long shared among many Baton Rouge leaders.

Racca said the sweeping payscale changes for 540 positions require reviewing a massive amount of financial information in a short time, and the stakes are high.

“Collecting data in an attempt to be fully informed on this particular topic has been challenging because we’ve had so many other big issues come up very recently,” Racca said. “But the consequences of not being fully informed could be immeasurable.”

When the mayor proposed the police raises about two months ago, some city-parish employees in other agencies and departments questioned why they were not included.

Two weeks before the vote on police pay, the council’s five Democrats — there are seven Republican members — called a news conference calling for raises for everyone else.

Shortly afterward, Edwards introduced the plan that is sched- Email Patrick Sloan-Turner at patrick.sloan-turner@ uled for a vote this Wednesday.

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Continued from page 1A the agency “is unable to discuss the terms of the settlement at this time, as the process has not yet been finalized.”

All of the troopers named in the settlement negotiations had previously been criminally charged in the case, though some had their charges dropped.

York, a former master trooper who faced the most serious charges, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery in Greene’s death and agreed to testify in a plea deal. He was originally charged with negligent homicide and malfeasance.

York was shown on body camera video dragging Greene’s body by the ankles and holding him prone on the roadside shortly before he died.

DeMoss was initially charged with obstruction in the case for turning off his body camera audio on the night of Greene’s death, but the indictment was later quashed. Clary was also originally charged with malfeasance of office and obstruction of justice, but the charges were later dropped.

Hollingsworth died in a car crash the same day he was told he would be fired over his role in Greene’s death.

Harpin pleaded no contest in 2025 to a misdemeanor simple battery charge related to Greene’s death.

In January 2025, federal prosecutors told Greene’s family they would not file criminal charges against the troopers.

A separate bid by the local district attorney to bring state criminal charges also flailed, with none of the troopers receiving time behind bars.

Findings of a three-year “pattern or practice” probe by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, which included a determination that State Police “engage in

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A family member wears a pin in memory of Ronald Greene at a 2022 news conference following the indictments of five officers in Greene’s death. Louisiana State Police agreed Tuesday to pay $4.8 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit in the case, said a source familiar with the negotiations.

a statewide pattern of using tigations nationwide. excessive force,” were also Staff writer Missy scrapped after President Wilkinson contributed to Donald Trump took office this report. and abandoned such inves-

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Continued from page 1A U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy on Tuesday said he agrees with Fleming that oil and gas companies should not be able to exercise eminent domain to build pipelines and storage facilities without landowners’ approval.

Cassidy also said he supports the moratorium that Landry has imposed on new carbon capture and sequestration projects. Letlow also backs that moratorium.

Cassidy said allowing parish governments to block carbon capture and sequestration projects “is an acceptable option.”

Where the race stands Fleming and Letlow are trying to unseat Cassidy this year in the Republican election campaign. Saturday is the primary, where the top two Republican finishers, if no one wins above 50%, advance to a runoff on June 27.

All three candidates are predicting they will win one of the two spots in the June 27 runoff. Polls indicate that Letlow has the best chance.

But political analysts note that the new semi-closed primary election system and recent seismic events — including a U.S. Supreme Court decision that nullified Louisiana’s congressional map and Landry then canceling the House elections — make prognosticating Saturday’s results a challenge.

Three Democrats are vying in their own primary to face the Republican Senate nominee in November. They are Nick Albares, a policy analyst in New Orleans; Gary Crockett, a business owner in New Orleans; and Jamie Davis, a soybean, cotton and corn farmer in northeast Louisiana.

Albares said Tuesday that he sides with Fleming and Cassidy in not allowing companies to use eminent domain to build carbon capture and sequestration projects on private land.

Davis called for “binding

Cassidy

Fleming

consent from the people who live there, not a public comment period that gets ignored” before any injection wells are permitted.

Crockett said, “I’m totally against it.”

Trump dominates election Trump has been a dominant topic in the campaign because each of the three Republicans is claiming to be the candidate best aligned with the president.

Letlow has his endorsement.

The three Democrats have been scathing in their criticism of Trump.

In a weekly call with reporters Tuesday, Cassidy announced $150 million in additional federal money to build a replacement bridge on Interstate 10 over the Calcasieu River in Lake Charles.

In making the announcement, Cassidy slipped in a story about how he was riding on the ancient bridge with Trump in the presidential limousine nicknamed “the Beast” to an event in Hackberry in Cameron Parish in 2019. As they reached the top, Cassidy said, Trump wondered aloud, “Is this bridge going to hold us”?

Cassidy said the new bridge would be able to hold the Beast and is an example of how he delivers for Louisiana. He said the money came from the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, a President Joe Biden initiative that he supported, unlike the rest of Louisiana’s Republican delegation.

Fleming, meanwhile, speaking to a Republican luncheon Tuesday in Baton Rouge, highlighted a nine-page referral to the Department of Justice by a nonprofit group that accuses Letlow of filing false campaign finance reports to the Federal Elections Commission.

T h e Coolidge Reagan Foundation alleged that the Letl o w Vi c Letlow tory Fund raised money for two months without reporting it and then tried to conceal this later.

The foundation said it has filed previous complaints against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee.

“With the FEC, you have to be very careful with your paperwork,” Fleming told the crowd at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon.

Letlow’s campaign dismissed the allegation.

“Bill Cassidy voted to convict President Trump (on impeachment charges in 2021) and has spent over $10 million attacking Julia Letlow,” Letlow’s campaign said in a statement. “Now, in an attempt to distract from President Trump’s endorsement of Letlow, Cassidy’s allies are desperately trying to dress up routine FEC paperwork questions because they can’t defend Cassidy’s record. The Letlow campaign takes compliance seriously and has filed all required reports with the FEC.” In recent days, Letlow has said that the defeat last week of five state senators opposed by Trump in Indiana bodes well for her campaign, since Trump wants to end Cassidy’s Senate career.

Outspent by Cassidy and Letlow, Fleming has said he is running a grassroots

campaign. One example of that, he said in an interview, is that a majority of the members of the Republican State Central Committee have requested that the committee endorse him.

Derek Babcock, the party chair, didn’t respond to a text Tuesday asking how the party’s executive committee, which actually issues the endorsement, will respond.

Attack ads target Fleming Landry has inserted himself into the campaign by raising money for two groups associated with him, the Accountability Project and MAGA Energy, to attack Fleming. Both groups are organized in a way that doesn’t require them to disclose their donors and are headed by two of his key campaign associates, Jay Connaughton and Jason Hebert.

Landry held an event at the Governor’s Mansion on April 20 with about 15 carbon capture and sequestration executives, said some-

one who attended the meeting but spoke on condition of anonymity. Landry warned the group that a Fleming victory would harm their industry. The executives then heard a pitch to raise $1.5 million to defeat Fleming, according to the source.

In a brief interview, Landry acknowledged holding the meeting but wouldn’t discuss it.

Fleming repeats his opposition to carbon capture and sequestration at every opportunity, telling the Reagan luncheon, “It’s just not good for Louisiana.”

In other appearances, Fleming has said the technology is unproven and dangerous, saying in a radio interview last month, “It’s stuffing toxic carbon dioxide in the ground and using your taxpayer money and stealing your land through private domain for profiteering.”

For a month, the Accountability Project and MAGA Energy have been attacking Fleming.

The Accountability Project has broadcast ads accusing Fleming of being a supporter of allowing illegal aliens across the Mexican border. Fleming called that a lie while speaking at the Reagan luncheon, saying he supports tough border restrictions.

MAGA Energy accuses Fleming of having voted for pro-carbon capture and sequestration bills while he served in the House. That, too, is a lie, Fleming told the Reagan crowd.

In a new line of attack, the Accountability Project is attempting to undermine a key part of Fleming’s proTrump biography by saying that Fleming never served as Trump’s deputy chief of staff during his final 10 months as president in his first term.

In campaign appearances, Fleming has said his office was 10 steps from the Oval Office in the West Wing, and he told the Reagan luncheon that the accusation was “an absolute lie.”

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Senate committee debates new congressional voting map

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

A Louisiana Senate committee worked into the night Tuesday to advance the deeply contentious process of redrawing Louisiana’s congressional voting map.

The Senate Governmental Affairs committee gaveled into a meeting at 7 p.m., and was expecting to unveil a new voting map that Senate leaders hope to advance to the House. By 7:30 p.m., they had yet to do so.

Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, said committee members were prepared to meet throughout the night to ensure the public could comment on the plans.

Echoing a marathon hearing on Friday, a crowd of activists and residents had flocked to the Capitol to push back on attempts to reduce the number of majority-Black election districts. At points, in the hallways, they broke out into chants of “We ain’t goin’ back” and “Whose vote?

Our vote,” among other refrains.

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It’s time to develop the riverfront because the success of the first two plans shows that the ambitious goals can be accomplished, she said.

While there’s activity happening around the parish that is drawing the attention of developers, particularly in the city of St. George, Thomas said she believes widespread community investment is needed to bring Plan Baton Rouge III to life because downtown benefits all residents.

“Downtown is a place we can all call home,” Thomas said.

In the Baton Rouge Area Foundation office on the lower level of I Rivermark Center, downtown business leaders and residents gathered to hear the vision of Plan Baton Rouge III, which sets a map for the next decade of downtown development.

DDD Executive Director Whitney Hoffman Sayal said the plan builds off the residential growth and mixed-use developments that were part of the first two master

The Legislature is racing to redraw the state’s congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the current one is unconstitutional.

That has provoked a ferocious debate over voting rights, with many Black lawmakers and citizens arguing Republicans are undermining decades of civil rights progress.

The burning question in the Capitol has been whether Republicans will draw a “5-1” map, keeping one of the two majority-Black seats, or a “6-0” map, which would have none.

Sen. Sam Jenkins, D-Shreveport, said Tuesday that the committee would not be advancing a 6-0 map.

Republican state leaders, including Gov. Jeff Landry, Senate President Cameron Henry and House Speaker Phillip DeVillier, have all expressed reservations about a 6-0 map, saying it could leave Republican candidates vulnerable to Democratic challengers. But President Donald Trump has been pushing GOP-led states across the country to maximize the number of

plans.

“It’s about taking the things we do have and pushing it forward,” she said.

About 3,800 people currently live downtown, with residential spaces in the central business district 94% occupied, and Plan Baton Rouge III aims to bring the population up to 10,000. From 2012 to 2021, the downtown population grew by 16.4%, according to the 2025 Downtown Development Toolkit.

With a high residential goal, the plan details recommendations to increase “middle housing,” residential units like duplexes and townhomes that are in between the size of single-family homes and large apartment complexes, a category that many cities struggle to fill. T he focus on middle housing aims to increase the diversity in downtown’s residential offerings and support walkability, according to the plan.

Downtown is already home to some middle housing, particularly concentrated in Spanish Town.

The plan also outlines developing riverfront housing geared toward college students, using current

2026 LEGISLATURE Republican-leaning congressional voting districts in hopes of preventing Democrats from taking control of the U.S. House in November’s midterms.

On Tuesday, state leaders seemed to be bracing for disruptions during the committee meeting.

Landry released a video on social media just before noon, addressing the congressional map vote and calling for respect and civility.

“I know there is a lot of passion on both sides of this issue. And nobody appreciates a healthy debate more than me,” Landry said. “All I’m asking from fellow Louisianans is that we have a civil and intellectual debate.”

Hours before the committee convened, a crowd began to gather outside. When a security guard started explaining that seating in the committee rooms and hallway

would be limited, a verbal confrontation ensued between the guard and some members of the public.

“I feel restricted for my freedom and my rights,” said Laketa Smith, of Baton Rouge. “We’re not being treated with dignity and respect.”

“It feels like the new Jim Crow is taking a very, very dark turn on the state of Louisiana,” Smith said.

Tensions have been high in the Capitol ever since the Supreme Court’s ruling last month.

In a hearing Friday, residents and community leaders spoke for more than eight hours urging legislators not to eliminate Black districts.

At one point during Friday’s hearing, Sen. Gary Carter, D-New Orleans, accused Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, who is sponsoring legislation to draw a new map, of targeting Black elected officials.

“You’re suggesting that I called you racist,” Carter, who is Black,

said heatedly to Morris, who is White. “What I’m suggesting is that we look at the body of your work this session. You are the only member of this body that has legislation that reduces significant African American political power throughout the state of Louisiana.”

On Monday, Carter apologized to Morris on the Senate floor. And Tuesday, he said in a statement that he was stepping away from his role on the committee.

“For the betterment of the Committee, and in order to help restore the decorum and focus that this moment demands, I’ve taken a voluntary leave of absence from the Senate Government & Affairs Committee,” Carter said.

Sen. Royce Duplessis, a New Orleans Democrat, took Carter’s place on the committee.

Morris has said he faced a barrage of abusive phone messages after Friday’s hearing, one of which he said called for a mass shooting at his office.

surface parking lots and public land.

Sayal said the plan’s outlined investments in residential growth will help drive the growth of businesses downtown. Developments like 440 on Third, which has Matherne’s Market on the ground floor, commercial space that will soon become the headquarters of Nexus Louisiana and apartment units is what the plan aims to emulate.

Sayal said many downtown areas are trying to transition to mixed-use districts because people enjoy living in walkable areas where they can shop and enjoy recreational activities without having to drive. People no longer only visit downtown Baton Rouge between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and there are visitors and residents who can support businesses in the evening, she said.

“This is what’s happening all over the country with downtowns,” Sayal said.

Housing developers will take advantage of mixed-income housing grants, historic building tax credits and restoration abatements to build residences that cater to a mix of incomes, she said.

The DDD will help write grants and find opportunities where developers can leverage dollars to make the plan a reality.

The 100-year anniversary of the 1927 Mississippi River flood is coming up next year, which will put eyes on the riverfront, said Beaux Jones, president and CEO of The Water Institute, and Plan Baton Rouge III will be a part of what the next century of living along the Mississippi River Basin will look like.

The city currently doesn’t do a good job of using the riverfront, he said.

“It’s the thing we drive over, we may bike along the levee trail, but it’s not an asset,” he said.

The Water Institute is part of the development team for the Water Campus, a 35-acre development adjacent to downtown with labs and office space for water management professionals and scientists, commercial space and housing.

Through developing the Water Campus, Jones and the organizations on the development team have experienced the additional layer of cost and regulation that comes with building along the

riverfront.

But, he said, people have lived off the Mississippi River Basin for thousands of years, so effective development is feasible.

Jones said one of the river’s greatest assets is its aesthetics, and he would like to see activities like festivals take place along the riverfront or nature trails.

“Baton Rouge is a national leader for how we live and plan for water,” he said.

Rex Cabaniss, partner and planning and design director for WHLC Architecture, said Plan Baton Rouge III’s vision for a developed riverfront is “decades overdue.” He was part of the development of Plan Baton Rouge II, and said the past two plans will draw developers who want to partake in implementation.

“The better setting you provide, that’s what attracts those developers,” he said.

Plan Baton Rouge III will head to the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission for approval next week and after that will go to the Metropolitan Council Zoning in June, before formal adoption into the parish comprehensive plan, FuturEBR.

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Rex Reed, entertainment writer, dies at 87 Federal judge rules Critic graduated from LSU

Film critic Rex Reed smiles at the New york Film Critics Circle Awards gala in New york on March 16, 2022. He died on Tuesday at age 87.

BY ROBIN MILLER Staff writer

Rex Reed, who spent six decades reviewing movies and writing about their stars, died Tuesday in his Manhattan home at age 87.

Reed was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct. 2, 1938, and spent part of his childhood in Baton Rouge.

In a 2012 feature story for The Advocate, he recounted spending Saturdays hopping a bus from his home in the Villa Del Rey subdivision to downtown Baton Rouge, taking in a movie at the Paramount, then eating lunch at the Piccadilly Cafeteria on Third Street.

He was only 10 years old at the time.

“I felt so grown up, going downtown by myself,” he told The Advocate.

He graduated from LSU

AP FILE PHOTO with a degree in journalism in 1960. While in college, he wrote film reviews for LSU’s Daily Reveille and The Morning Advocate. He was inducted into the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication Hall of Fame in 1999.

Reed moved to New York in the early 1960s, where he not only wrote about pop culture, art and celebrities for publications such as GQ, Vogue and The New York Times, but also became a public figure who made reg-

in films such as Gore Vidal’s 1970 “Myra Breckinridge,” “Superman” in 1978, “Inchon” in 1981 and “Irreconcilable Differences” in 1984.

He also was a writer, and in 2012 brought his stage concert production, “The Man That Got Away: Ira Without George,” tracing the life and lyrics of Ira Gershwin, to the LSU Union Theater. Reed not only was the writer but also the narrator for this show, which featured Broadway star Sally Mayes, jazz singer Kurt Reichenbach and actors and singers Gregory Harrison and Linda Purl.

Reed had been suffering from declining health in recent months. In its obituary, The Hollywood Reporter noted that Reed’s reviews established him as the “bad boy of entertainment journalism.”

ular appearances on television talk shows and in films.

Reed also wrote the longtime column, “Talk of the Town,” for The New York Observer. The New York Times, in its own tribute to Reed, described his writing style as “prose that was graceful and evocative but often also the literary equivalent of a poison-tipped dagger plunged between the shoulder blades.”

The movie critic also oc- Email Robin Miller at casionally stepped in front romiller@theadvocate. of the camera, taking roles com.

French hantavirus patient critically ill Cases grow to 9 confirmed, 11 reported

BY THOMAS ADAMSON and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press

PARIS — A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed.

Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple that health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America.

The French passenger hospitalized in Paris has a severe form of the disease that has caused life-threatening lung and heart problems, said Dr. Xavier Lescure, an infectious disease specialist at Bichat Hospital.

He said the woman is on a life-support device that pumps blood through an artificial lung, providing it with oxygen and returning it to the body. The hope is that the device relieves enough pressure on the lungs and heart to give them some time to recover. Lescure called it “the final stage of supportive care.”

With the evacuation of all passengers and many crew members completed, the MV Hondius is now sailing back to the Netherlands, where it will be cleaned and disinfected.

The director of the World Health Organization said confirmed and suspected cases have only been reported among the cruise ship’s passengers or crew.

“At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,” said Tedros Adha-

spread between people in rare cases. Symptoms — which can include fever, chills and muscle aches — usually show between one and eight weeks after exposure.

WHO chief Tedros has advised that returning passengers should stay in quarantine, either in their homes or in other facilities, for 42 days. He added that WHO cannot enforce its guidance, and that different countries ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MICHEL EULER may handle the monitoring of passengers without sympAn ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman toms in different ways.

who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care in Paris on Tuesday. nom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general. He added: “But of course the situation could change, and given the long incubation period of the virus, it’s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks.”

The latest person confirmed to be infected is a Spanish passenger who tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from the ship, Spain’s health ministry said Tuesday. The passenger was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid.

Health authorities say it is the first hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. While there is no cure or vaccine for hantavirus, the WHO says early detection and treatment improves survival rates.

Argentina investigating Argentina’s health ministry said Tuesday a team of scientific experts will be dispatched in the coming days to investigate the origin of outbreak.

A Dutch couple, identified by the WHO as the first cruise passengers infected with hantavirus, spent several months in Argentina and neighboring South American countries before boarding the cruise ship. The husband and wife later died.

Argentine officials have said the couple took a birdwatching tour that included

a stop at a garbage dump where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the infection. The health ministry said its team will investigate the landfill and other locations the couple visited where rats known to carry the virus are found, although local officials in the province where the cruise departed have challenged the theory it began there.

Evacuation complete A total of 87 passengers and 35 crew were escorted from the ship to shore in Tenerife by personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks in a carefully choreographed effort that ended Monday night.

Two aircraft arrived in the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven overnight carrying Dutch nationals as well as passengers from Australia and New Zealand and crew members from the Philippines. All were placed into quarantine, according to the Dutch government.

Some crew stayed aboard the ship and set course for the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, said ship operator Oceanwide Expeditions.

Hantavirus usually spreads from rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people. But the Andes virus detected in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to

Dutch staff quarantined Twelve employees at a Dutch hospital where a passenger from the Hondius is being treated have to quarantine for six weeks after improperly handling bodily fluids, Radboud University Medical Center said in a statement Monday night.

ICE violated order Officers flouted rule limiting warrantless arrests

BY JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that immigration officers in Colorado have violated his order limiting when they can arrest people without a warrant.

U.S. District Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have violated his November order that barred them from arresting anyone without a warrant unless they had probable cause to believe a person is in the country illegally and likely to escape before officers can get a warrant. Since then, Jackson said ICE agents have violated the order by continuing to make warrantless arrests “without individualized, prearrest probable cause determinations of flight risk.”

The judge also ordered immigration agents who are authorized to make warrantless arrests to undergo training on the court’s orders and for the government to turn over records of such warrantless arrests. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado over so-called collateral arrests of people accidentally caught up in immigration enforcement actions.

The ACLU accuses U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of indiscriminately arresting Latinos to meet enforcement goals amid President

Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and ignoring legal restrictions on who should be detained.

In his latest ruling, Jackson concluded ICE had failed to adequately train its deportation officers on the requirements of his November court order and is now requiring such instruction within 45 days.

He also found ICE had “uniformly failed” to follow documentation requirements for warrantless arrests under his court order.

ICE, which has appealed Jackson’s November decision, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday’s ruling.

“This is a profoundly important decision for the rule of law and the people of Colorado,” Tim Macdonald, legal director for the ACLU of Colorado, said in a statement. “The court made clear that ICE is not above the law and cannot continue to violate the law.”

In the last year, federal judges in Oregon, California and Washington, D.C., also have ordered immigration officers in their districts not to conduct arrests without a warrant unless there is a likelihood of escape.

Immigration officers generally get administrative warrants, which are documents issued by immigration authorities that authorize an arrest, before looking for someone targeted for arrest and deportation.

At issue in the court cases is the arrest of other people without legal status that officers find. including while looking for the targeted people.

Such collateral arrests were banned during former President Joe Biden’s administration.

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Redistricting push has mixed results Denver airport President’s efforts to reshape districts fizzle in S. Carolina, win in Missouri

who contend that the new districts can be suspended only after Hoskins determines the petition meets constitutional requirements and has enough valid signatures. Hoskins has until Aug. 4, the day of Missouri’s primary elections, to make that determination.

BY DAVID A. LIEB, JEFFREY COLLINS, JACK BROOK and KIM CHANDLER

Risk in redistricting

Associated Press

President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the nation’s U.S. House districts received mixed results Tuesday as South Carolina senators defied his desires but Missouri’s top court upheld a new map that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the November midterm elections.

Rather than waning, a national redistricting battle that began 10 months ago has intensified — inflamed by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act and provided grounds for states to try to eliminate voting districts with large minority populations.

Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are wrestling with how politically aggressive to be when redrawing House districts after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a majority-Black district as an illegal racial gerrymander.

The ripples of the Louisiana ruling already have led to new U.S. House districts in Tennessee and have extended to Alabama, where Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced an Aug. 11 special primary for four of the state’s seven congressional districts. That came after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned an order mandating use of a map with two largely Black districts. The state plans to switch to a map passed in 2023 that has only one majority-Black district, giving Republicans a chance to win an additional seat.

Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats from new House maps enacted so far in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio,

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By DAVID A. LIEB

Protesters against a Missouri congressional redistricting plan gather outside the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday in Jefferson City, Mo. Florida and Tennessee. Democrats, meanwhile, think they could gain six seats from new maps in California and Utah.

The Virginia Supreme Court last week struck down a redistricting effort that could have yielded four more winnable seats for Democrats.

Split of Kansas City Missouri was the second Republican state, after Texas, to redraw its congressional districts at Trump’s urging last year.

Tuesday’s two unanimous state Supreme Court decisions, delivered just hours after arguments, “are a complete victory for Missouri and for the people’s elected representatives,” Republican Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said in a statement.

Attorneys for voters challenging Missouri’s new map had focused on changes to a Kansas City-based district long represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who previously was the city’s first Black mayor.

The new map takes a compact urban district that covered 20 miles and two counties and stretches it 200 miles over 15 counties, distorting it “into a sprawling behemoth that cuts clear across the state to unite territories that share nothing in common,”

said Abha Khanna, a partner in the Elias Law Group, a Democratic firm.

But the Supreme Court upheld a March decision by a lower court, which found the map as a whole satisfied the compactness requirement even though the Kansas City district may look less compact. No Missouri court has ever struck down a congressional map for not being compact, said attorney John Gore, who defended the districts on behalf of the Republican Party.

A second case heard by the high court centered on whether the new map took effect in December, as asserted by Hanaway and Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, or whether it should have been suspended when referendum signatures were submitted.

To suspend the map before validating the signatures would let activists temporarily undercut laws by submitting boxes of fraudulent signatures, Missouri Solicitor General Lou Capozzi argued.

But to not immediately suspend the map “would dilute the referendum right, if not destroy it altogether,” said attorney Jonathan Hawley, arguing for voters who sued.

The Supreme Court agreed with Republican officials,

Putin hails test launch of a new intercontinental missile

Russia’s president mat’s individually targeted land-based intercontinental is more than four ballistic missiles, commiscalls it ‘world’s most warheads times higher than that of any sioning new nuclear subWestern counterpart. marines and modernizing powerful’ The Russian leader has nuclear-capable bombers.

By The Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russia on Tuesday test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize the country’s nuclear forces, a launch hailed by President Vladimir Putin just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an end.

Putin said that the nucleararmed Sarmat missile would enter combat service at the end of the year. It was built to replace the aging Sovietbuilt Voyevoda.

“This is the most powerful missile in the world,” Putin declared, adding that the combined power of the Sar-

repeatedly brandished the nuclear sword after sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022 to try to deter the West from ramping up support for Ukraine.

After overseeing a military parade on Red Square on Saturday commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, which for the first time in nearly two decades didn’t include heavy weapons, Putin declared the conflict in Ukraine is coming to an end.

Since coming to power in 2000, Putin has overseen efforts to upgrade the Soviet-built components of the Russian nuclear triad — deploying hundreds of new,

Russia’s effort to revamp its nuclear forces pushed the United States to launch a costly modernization of its arsenal.

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the U.S. expired in February, leaving no caps on the world’s two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century and fueling fears of an unconstrained nuclear arms race.

The Sarmat — designated “Satan II” in the West — is meant to replace about 40 Soviet-built Voyevoda missiles. Its development began in 2011 and before Tuesday, the missile had only one known successful test.

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Trump urged South Carolina to redraw its congressional districts ahead of the November elections in an attempt to help Republicans win another seat. The state House voted in favor of letting lawmakers return after the regular session ends to consider redistricting, and proposed a new map that could eliminate the state’s only Democratic-held seat.

But the Senate had to give permission to take up redistricting, too. The 29-17 vote failed, coming just two votes short of the two-thirds needed, as five Republicans joined all Democrats in opposition. The Senate could try again before its regular work session ends Thursday Trump had said on social media that he was closely watching the redistricting vote, urging South Carolina senators to “be bold and courageous” and to delay the June 9 House primaries so new districts can be drawn.

Although Republicans have a supermajority in the chamber, some GOP senators weren’t sure the proposed map would guarantee the party could unseat longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn. They also said it could push enough Democrats into other districts to backfire, resulting in a 5-2 or even a 4-3 Republican split.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey acknowledged the pressure from Trump, but said he doesn’t like being asked to bend to someone’s will instead of doing what’s best for his state.

“I got too much Southern in my blood,” Massey said.

“I’ve got too much resistance in my heritage.”

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via slides. Twelve Trespasser scaled evacuate people sustained minor inperimeter fence juries and five were taken to

BY MEAD GRUVER and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Workers at Denver airport missed a security breach by a man who scaled a perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed in a fiery collision by a plane with 231 people on board, authorities said Tuesday.

The runway fatality underscores the longstanding challenge of keeping intruders out of major airports. Denver International Airport sprawls across 53 square miles — twice the size of Manhattan — on open prairie northeast of the city center.

The 41-year-old trespasser triggered an alarm as he crossed into the airport in a remote area about 2 miles from the terminal late Friday night. But security personnel mistakenly attributed that alarm to a herd of deer that was nearby and the airport did not find out about the intruder until after the fact, when the pilot notified the control tower that the plane had hit somebody.

Authorities said the man died by suicide. However, no note from the victim was immediately recovered.

The manner of death was determined based on the investigation at the scene, a records review and a postmortem examination, said Sterling McLaren, chief medical examiner for the city and county of Denver.

The collision involving the Frontier Airlines plane as it was taking off for Los Angeles sparked an engine fire that forced passengers to

hospitals. Four have since been released, said airport Chief Executive Officer Phillip Washington.

A black-and-white video released by the airport shows, from a distance, a figure walking toward the runway with arms swaying. The person crosses onto the runway at a slight angle and seconds later the plane is seen speeding past. It strikes the person with its right engine, which bursts into flame.

A few minutes before the man scaled the 8-foot fence, a ground-based radar system activated in the area, triggering an alarm. A worker at the city-owned airport checked a surveillance camera and saw a herd of deer in the same area but did not initially see the trespasser, Washington said.

“The camera view was alternating between the wildlife and the individual.

There are some ditches in the area, so the person was out of view for a bit as well,” Washington said.

The man crossed about 650 feet from the fence to the runway and was inside the perimeter for only two minutes before being struck by the plane that was traveling at 150 mph, he said.

The airport declined to provide details on their procedures for dealing with trespassers or how often they enter its grounds.

The plane’s engine caused the man’s death, McLaren said. She described it as “a purposeful act with a foreseeable fatal outcome.”

Denver police Chief Ron Thomas said investigators were contacting the man’s family and those who knew him to seek more information about his motivations.

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CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST Hezbollah leader urges Lebanon to withdraw from talks with Israel

Vehicles drive Sunday past banners showing portraits of children who were killed during a February strike on a school in the southern town of Minab at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran.

BY BASSEM MROUE and FADI TAWIL Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By VAHID SALEMI

Trump claims ‘control’ over Iran

Kuwait, which came under attack streets. Iranian state TV said there Shaky ceasefire tenuous by Iran in the war and during the were no reports of casualties. as Kuwait accuses Iran shaky ceasefire that is still holding. Kuwait said a paramilitary But the allegation and ongoing at- Revolutionary Guard team tried of failed attack tacks in the region have threat- to infiltrate Bubiyan Island in the

BY JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait said on Tuesday that Iran launched a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab country. The accusation came just hours before U.S. President Donald Trump was to depart for Beijing on a high-stakes visit over the Iran war and other issues.

Trump said he would have a “long talk” about Iran with Chinese President Xi Jinping but said trade would be a bigger focus. As he left for the summit, Trump again threatened Iran if its leaders don’t reach an agreement on its nuclear program.

“We have Iran very much under control,” Trump said. “We’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated. One way or the other, we win.”

Iranian state media quoted the country’s foreign ministry as calling “baseless” the allegation by

ened to reignite open warfare.

The narrow Strait of Hormuz remains in Iran’s chokehold, the U.S. is maintaining a blockade against Iran and negotiations between the two countries appear at a standstill.

“True peace cannot be built with a literature of humiliation, threats, and coercive score-settling,” Kazem Gharibabadi, an Iranian diplomat, said Tuesday on X. With the risk of the conflict breaking out again, Israel has sent Iron Dome air-defense weapons and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said.

It was the first publicly acknowledged deployment of Israel’s military to the Emirates — home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai — and underlined the growing relationship between Israel and the UAE. Also very late on Tuesday night, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook parts of Iran, followed by several aftershocks, according to Iranian state media. Witnesses felt the temblor in the capital of Tehran, where some people sought refuge in the

northwest corner of the Persian Gulf near Iraq and Iran on May 1.

Four men were detained and two escaped when Kuwait’s forces disrupted the attack, it said.

A statement that Iranian media attributed to the foreign ministry in Tehran said four officers on a “conventional maritime patrol mission” had entered Kuwait’s waters because of “a disruption in the navigation system.” It denied any hostile intent and called for the men’s release.

Bubiyan Island is home to Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, which is under construction as part of a Chinese plan to build infrastructure across the world. It also came under Iranian attack during the war.

Kuwait provided no reason for why it delayed linking the attack to Iran after initially announcing it on May 3 without any details.

Trump is traveling this week to China for a summit where Iran will likely be a main topic. Beijing long has been a buyer of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and has been hurt by the strait’s closure.

BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group called on the government on Tuesday to withdraw from direct talks with Israel this week in Washington, calling them a concession and instead urged for indirect negotiations.

Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold two days of talks in Washington, starting Thursday, in an attempt to end the latest IsraelHezbollah conflict that broke out two months ago, following the Iran war, and discuss the future of relations between the two countries, which have officially been at war since Israel was created in 1948.

Naim Kassem said in a letter directed to the group’s officials that direct negotiations benefit Israel and that they are “concessions by Lebanese authorities.”

He said Lebanon’s government should instead resort to indirect negotiations, as it has done in the past, such as when a ceasefire was reached in November 2024.

Indirect talks are usually done through a third party.

Kassem also said the dispute over Hezbollah’s weapons was an internal affair and should not be part of the talks with Israel. The Lebanese government has sought the disarmament of the militant group after the latest round of fighting broke out in early March, calling all military activities by the group illegal.

Lebanese authorities have also demanded the cessation of hostilities, Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, deployment of Lebanese troops south of the Litani River, the release of Lebanese prisoners held in Israel and the return of displaced people to their homes.

Kassem said Hezbollah is ready

to cooperate to help achieve the five points demanded by the Lebanese government.

Despite the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which went into effect on April 17, Israel and Hezbollah have continued carrying out daily attacks. The latest war started on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the United States and Israel attacked Iran.

On Tuesday, Hezbollah fired several drones at northern Israel, according to Israel’s military. The military said it intercepted several drones before they crossed the border, but some explosive ones detonated in Israel, near the border, though no injuries were reported.

Lebanese Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine told reporters that since the ceasefire went into effect, 380 people have been killed and 1,122 have been wounded. That brings the toll since the war began to 2,882 killed and 8,786 wounded.

From the early hours of Tuesday, Israel’s air force carried out strikes in different parts of southern Lebanon, as well as the village of Sohmor in the eastern Bekaa Valley, state-run National News Agency reported. The agency said airstrikes on the village of Jibchit killed three people and wounded four.

The Israeli military had earlier issued an evacuation warning to the residents of Sohmor and four villages in southern Lebanon.

The National News Agency said Israeli forces entered parts of the southern village of Deir Mimas on the Litani River and blew up a water pumping station that uses solar energy and supplies the village with fresh water. The agency said that the predawn blast at the station caused widespread damage.

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Trump set to meet with Xi as Ship operator, employee charged war, inflation weigh on world in fatal Baltimore bridge crash President to land in Beijing today

to assist in resolving the conflict, even though Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Beijing last week.

“We have a lot of things to

BY AAMER MADHANI, WILL discuss. I wouldn’t say Iran WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK is one of them, to be honest Associated Press with you, because we have BEIJING — President Don- Iran very much under conald Trump is set to arrive in trol,” Trump told reporters Beijing on Wednesday for a Tuesday. state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless Taiwan, trade on agenda moment for a world worried The status of Taiwan also about war, trade and artifi- appears to be a major topic as China is displeased with U.S. cial intelligence.

“We’re the two superpow- plans to sell weapons to the ers,” Trump told reporters self-governing island that the as he departed the White Chinese government claims House on Tuesday. “We’re as part of its own territory.

Trump told reporters the strongest nation on Earth in terms of military. Monday that he would be China’s considered second.” discussing with Xi an $11 While Trump likes to proj- billion weapons package ect a sense of strength, the for Taiwan that the U.S. adstate visit occurs at a delicate ministration authorized in moment for his presidency December but has not yet as his popularity at home has begun fulfilling. been weighed down by the The U.S. leader has demonU.S. and Israel’s war with strated greater ambivalence Iran and rising inflation as a toward Taiwan, an approach consequence of that conflict. that’s raising questions about The president is seeking a whether Trump could be win by signing deals with open to dialing back support China to buy more American for the island democracy. food and aircraft, saying he’ll At the same time, Taiwan be talking with Xi about trade — as the world’s leading “more than anything else.” chipmaker — has become The Trump administration essential for the develophopes to begin the process ment of AI, with the U.S. imof establishing a “Board porting more goods so far of Trade” with China to ad- this year from Taiwan than dress differences between China. Trump has sought to the countries. The board use Biden-era programs and could help prevent the his own deals to bring more trade war ignited last year chipmaking to America. after Trump’s tariff hikes, an action China countered Relationship is solid through its control of rare But Trump was already earth minerals. That led to a portraying the trip as a sucone-year truce last October. cess before he left White But Trump comes to Bei- House grounds. He openly jing at a time when Iran con- mused about Xi’s planned tinues to dominate his domes- reciprocal visit to the U.S., tic agenda. The war has led to lamenting that the ballroom the effective closure of the under construction would Strait of Hormuz, stranding not be completed in time.

“We’re going to have a great oil and natural gas tankers and causing energy prices relationship for many, many to spike to levels that could decades to come,” Trump said sabotage global economic of the U.S. and China. “As you growth. The U.S. president know, President Xi will be declared that Xi didn’t need coming here toward the end

of the year. So that would be exciting. I only wish we had the ballroom finished.”

Trump said he had spoken with the Chinese leader and the meeting would be “positive” as he embarked with a coterie of aides, CEOs and family members. He will arrive in China on Wednesday evening and, after a ceremonial greeting, go to his hotel.

He will attend a state banquet Thursday and have a working lunch with Xi on Friday before returning to the U.S. Despite Trump’s outward confidence, China appears to be entering the meeting from “a much stronger place,” said Scott Kennedy, a senior adviser on Chinese business and economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.

China would like to reduce tech restrictions on accessing computer chips and find ways to reduce tariffs, among other goals.

“But even if they don’t get much on any of those things, as long as there’s not a blow-up in the meeting and President Trump doesn’t go away and look to re-escalate, China basically comes out stronger,” Kennedy said.

BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ED WHITE Associated Press

BALTIMORE — Prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the deadly 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship operator of intentionally relying on an improper fuel pump that contributed to the ruinous crash and then lying about it to investigators.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called it a “preventable tragedy of enormous consequence.”

The indictment names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd., based in Chennai, India.

Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, an Indian national who was technical superin-

tendent for the Dali container ship, was also charged.

Synergy Marine expressed disappointment and accused the U.S. Justice Department of turning an accident into a crime.

“This was a maritime casualty that should be assessed through the full factual, technical and regulatory record, rather than through selective mischaracterizations in a criminal indictment. ... Synergy will vigorously defend itself against these inaccurate allegations,” the company said.

Nair’s lawyer, David Gerger, had a similar response, saying his client “thinks about this accident every day, but he certainly did not cause it.”

The Dali, bound for Sri Lanka, lost power twice in a four-minute span as it

moved to sea from the Port of Baltimore, causing it to crash into the Key Bridge in the early hours of March 26, 2024. Investigators say a loose wire in a switchboard likely caused the first power loss that led to its steering failure.

After regaining power, the ship found itself in trouble again. The Dali turned to a certain pump to supply fuel to two generators but the pump was not designed to automatically restart after the first blackout, so a second blackout occurred, the indictment says.

If the Dali had used the proper fuel pumps, according to the indictment, the vessel would have regained power in time to safely get under the bridge. Instead, it crashed into a supporting column of the bridge.

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Three-way arms deal Trump also intends to raise the idea of the U.S., China and Russia signing a pact that would set limits on the nuclear weapons each nation keeps in its arsenal, according to a senior Trump administration official who briefed reporters ahead of the trip. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.

China has previously been cool to entering such a pact.

Beijing’s arsenal, according to Pentagon estimates, exceeds more than 600 operational nuclear warheads and is far from parity with the U.S. and Russia, which each are estimated to have more than 5,000 nuclear warheads.

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Nelda’s Story Nelda came to our office about six years ago. We asked her what her main concerns were. She was diagnosed with arthritis, and she was concerned that as her condition worsened, she would be required to reside in a nursing home. She had seen three of her family members lose their life savings to unexpected nursing home stays. Nelda wanted to protect her home and her life savings of $450,000. She knew she had to spend down all of her assets until she had less than $2000 in her checking account, and she knew that nursing home costs were about $80,000 a year. She wanted to leave what she had saved to her three children equally. So we talked to Nelda about setting up a very specific, very custom Medicaid Trust. Nelda would retain control of her assets, and if she had to enter a nursing home 5 years in the future, she would not have to deplete her life savings on nursing home costs.

The Five-Year Look Back Period We told Nelda there was a sense of urgency to set up her legal affairs in order to start the five-year look back period. Nelda asked us what would happen if she entered the nursing home four years (instead of five years) after setting up the Trust. We assured her that if she entered the nursing home in four years, she would be a private pay patient until she reached the five-year mark which is a much better result than losing it all!

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Chick-fil-A location proposed for Walker

It would be second spot in Livingston Parish

BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD Staff writer

Calling all chicken lovers: Livingston Parish could soon be getting its second Chick-fil-A restaurant, as Planning Commission

the Planning Commission to subdivide the property where it will be built, said Nancy Kimble, with signs can be seen in one growing Road, city officials confirmed.

Walker’s Building Department.

A public hearing for the developarea of the parish.

Currently, the only Chick-fil-A The popular fast-food chain sub- ment request is at 6 p.m. May 18 at in Livingston Parish is in Denham mitted a request to develop in the Walker City Hall, according to city Springs. The closest ones outside the parish are scattered across Bacity of Walker, next to the new officials.

The location will not have a pro- ton Rouge or in Hammond.

Pickleball Kingdom, which is off Pendarvis Lane and Walker South posed address until it goes through The area of the proposed Chick-

Ex-CEO sues shuttered health clinic

fil-A is no stranger to development within the past year. Pickleball Kingdom, a national indoor pickleball court franchise, opened its first Louisiana location there at the end of February. Also, Sombreros Mexican Restaurant recently announced it is already in the process of building a new location in the same area.

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Man claims mishandled false accusation derailed career

BY AIDAN McCAHILL Staff writer

The former CEO of a shuttered Iberville Parish health clinic is suing the nonprofit for defamation and wrongful termination, claiming its handling of a false child sexual assault accusation derailed his career and personal life.

In early May 2023, Charles E Williams, the CEO of St. Gabriel Health Clinic, was waiting in the lobby of a local K-12 school when the assistant principal approached him to tell him he was a pedophile.

“You’re an offender, you have to leave now,” Williams testified during a Monday bench trial in Iberville Parish Court, recalling the assistant principal’s words.

Williams had just presented his driver’s license to the school’s secretary, where it was screened against a national sex offender database. Charles Williams, it turned out, is a pedophile — though not the one who had been sitting for over an hour in the lobby of the Mathematics, Science, and Arts Academy, a magnet school in St. Gabriel.

The software pulled up two Charles Williamses, both born in 1966. One was a Baton Rouge native and former military medic who had spent nearly a decade in the healthcare sector. He was two months into his job as CEO of the clinic and had come to assess how it was serving the school.

The other was a Milwaukee man with a Wisconsin conviction for first-degree sexual assault of a minor.

The mix-up should have been easy to spot — the men looked completely different and were born in different months. The Baton Rouge Williams had already passed a criminal background screening when he signed his $100,000-a-year contract.

But Williams never returned to his job, and word of his mistaken criminal history “spread like a wildfire,” he testified.

“This whole incident made it back to Baton Rouge before I did,” he said.

Friends testifying in court described the once “outgoing” and “bubbly” Williams as depressed and reclusive in the years that have followed.

“This changed my life. I was devastated,” he said.

On May 3, 2023, the same day he was removed from the school, Williams called the clinic’s board president, Jackie Darville, to tell her what happened. She told him to hand over his keys while they investigated. After the school also sent its findings to the clinic, Williams was placed on paid administrative leave.

That same day, he also contacted

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Iberville board seeks 15-year-old fatally shot, to pick superintendent Baton Rouge police say Some say move a power grab ahead of elections

BY AIDAN McCAHILL Staff writer

The Iberville Parish School Board voted Monday to move forward with finding its next superintendent, despite the current one planning to serve for another year.

Some residents say the move is an attempt by outgoing board members to hold onto power ahead of the fall elections.

The 6-3 vote comes after the current superintendent, Louis Voiron, announced in March he would be

retiring in June 2027. In addition to proceeding with hiring a new superintendent, Monday’s vote created a new position, “superintendent/board transition adviser,” to which Voiron would be reassigned once he is replaced.

School board members in Louisiana are legally limited to three consecutive four-year terms, and 5 of the 9 Iberville Parish board members will be forced to step down next year. The rationale behind Monday’s move is that an experienced board will be better able to evaluate an incoming superintendent, with Voiron easing that transition.

The new superintendent would

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A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot Thursday night as he walked along South Flannery Road, Baton Rouge police said.

Christopher Reyes was walking with another male in the 500 block of the road at about 11 p.m.

CRIME Thursday. They BLOTTER were approached staff by a vehicle, and someone inside reports started firing shots at them, police said in a news release.

Reyes died at the scene.

No suspects have been identified yet, police said.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.

Police arrest man in connection with death A man was arrested for manslaughter after he allegedly stabbed a man to death Saturday afternoon, Baton Rouge police said.

Robin Brown, 46, was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Homicide detectives arrived at a residence on Beech Street about 4:37 p.m. Saturday and found Kendrick Eubanks, 44, suffering from multiple stab wounds.

Eubanks was transported to the hospital, where he died.

Brown has no prior arrests in the parish.

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Feds charge Missouri man in bomb-making video case Info used

by Bourbon Street attacker, officials say

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Federal prosecutors in Kansas City charged a man with distributing videos they said were studied by Shamsud Din-Jabbar, who killed 14 people with a pickup truck on Bourbon Street on

New Year’s Day in 2025, to build explosive devices he planted in the French Quarter before the attack.

Jordan Derrick, of Sweet Springs, Missouri, repeatedly shared videos of himself building improvised explosive devices on public social media pages beginning around September of 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri said in a news release Tuesday.

Derrick faces one count each of manufacturing explosive materials without a

license, unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and distributing information related to making explosives.

Jabbar downloaded videos from Derrick’s public accounts, according to an FBI complaint, and the improvised explosive devices he placed in several locations around downtown New Orleans on the morning of the attack were “consistent with Derrick’s instructional videos,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Law enforcement agents

disarmed the devices before they could detonate.

Jabbar, who officials said later was inspired by the Islamic State terror group, was shot dead by police after barreling down a crowded Bourbon Street in his Ford F-150 Lightning shortly after 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day last year.

The charges against Derrick mark the first instance of another person being charged in connection with the terror attack, which scrambled New Orleans’ security planning for Mardi

Gras and the Sugar Bowl and spawned a frenzied law enforcement search for possible additional suspects.

Law enforcement initially said they believed Jabbar acted alongside accomplices they believed had helped him plant the explosive devices in several locations, but later backtracked and said they believe he had acted alone.

Officials in Iraq last year arrested a person they said was responsible for “inciting” the attack, according to news agencies there. But

the FBI responded by saying U.S. officials still believe Jabbar acted alone.

The FBI investigation into the attack is ongoing, officials said.

Prosecutors secured the charges against Derrick following a May 4 explosion at a home in Odessa, Missouri.

An occupant of the home told federal agents that he had made explosive devices after watching videos on social media, which the feds allege were made by Derrick, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

New monitors reveal smaller earthquakes in North Louisiana Federal seismometers were installed in March

BY ADAM DUVERNAY Staff writer

New earthquake monitors in northwest Louisiana are revealing more details and data on regional shaking than was previously possible.

Federal earthquake trackers installed and upgraded seismometers in northwest Louisiana after a magnitude 4.9 quake rattled the Coushatta area in March.

Ever since, small quakes that were previously easy to miss are being recorded, and data about them is becoming more reliable.

The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a public, realtime map of the world onto which geophysicists post incoming data on earthquakes, but its accuracy is constrained by available data.

Data in northwest Louisiana, until recently, largely came from monitors far away from the epicenters.

The March 5 magnitude 4.9 quake caught the attention of USGS researchers,

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Continued from page 1B Louisiana and Wisconsin State Police to confirm he was not a sex offender, and presented that information — along with his driver’s license and Social Security number — to Darville two days later. Other board members also had access to his birth date, which made clear he was not the Milwaukee Williams, his attorney Brett Conrad argued. A clinic employee separately confirmed as much in an email to the board.

“I proved who I was, I proved what I didn’t do,” Williams said.

But he wasn’t allowed to return to work. Over the following months, he spoke almost exclusively with Darville, regularly asking for updates and being told the matter remained under investigation, he said. In June 2023, Williams says Darville asked him to reapply for the position — despite his contract running through February 2024 — and he was subsequently reinterviewed.

As of 2026, the St. Gabriel Health Clinic is perma-

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Continued from page 1B oversee a total of 13 schools and programs — a mix of K-12, middle and high school campuses.

“Quite frankly, I think it would be irresponsible on our part if this current board did not select the next superintendent,” board President Mario Migliacio said Monday. “To have an individual with the experience, with the knowledge, with the professionalism as Dr. Voiron to move into an advisory role, to assist with this transition, adds value to this brand-new process.”

But residents who attended the meeting and a few board members said it

who deployed a team of technicians to set up new monitors and to upgrade existing seismic stations to transmit data wirelessly.

Now, much smaller earthquakes are being identified and added to the map.

“By putting in the additional stations, we’re able to see more small earthquakes,” said USGS research geophysicist Justin Rubinstein. “We are putting in an effort to look for these smaller earthquakes … We have an interest from both the media as well as state and local government.”

From Dec. 4, 2018, to March 4, the USGS recorded 31 earthquakes on its map with epicenters in Louisiana, north of Natchitoches and between the Texas state line and Ruston. The majority were at or above magnitude 2.5, below which threshold quakes usually aren’t added to the map.

Between March 5 and May 8, USGS has mapped 41 earthquakes in northwest Louisiana, many of which were below magnitude 2.5.

The most recent small quake in northwest Louisiana uploaded to the USGS map was on May 3, a magnitude 1.3. It was one of 27 earthquakes smaller than magnitude 2.5 added to the

map since March 9, the Monday following the weekend during which the new monitors were installed.

Between 2000 and May 4, USGS added eight earthquakes in northwest Louisiana below magnitude 2.5, the smallest being magnitude 2.1.

Rubinstein said northwest Louisiana is now an area of interest for USGS, so its more recent earthquakes of any size are of interest enough to undergo the manual analysis required to have them mapped. Older earthquakes below the magnitude 2.5 threshold in northwest Louisiana appearing on the USGS map, he said, were more likely initially registered by their automatic equipment as larger before that review process.

“The only earthquakes that we publish are earthquakes that have been manually reviewed. Normally, we just process earthquakes that are 2.5, 3 or bigger,” Rubinstein said. “Sometimes our automatic solutions make an earthquake look big, so the human will go process it. If it turns out to be a 2.1 or a 1.5, we’ve already done the work on the earthquake, so there’s no reason not to publish it.”

The new monitors are also capturing better data on the earthquakes’ epicenters, revealing clusters of small quakes in new places.

Before the new monitors were installed, the USGS map over the last two years showed earthquakes were happening largely in two areas of northwest Louisiana: Mooringsport and Coushatta. The Mooringsport area hasn’t seen a quake since early 2025, but Coushatta remains active.

Between March 5 and May 8, USGS recorded on its map 12 earthquakes north of Coushatta, including the magnitude 4.9 quake and its related shocks, and two more nearby west of Red River. But between those dates, the map now shows earthquakes in nearby areas it hasn’t before.

The map now shows since March 5 another 12 earthquakes have occurred southwest of the Coushatta area around Interstate 49.

The largest was a magnitude 2.6 on April 9 about 7 miles west of Coushatta; the smallest was a magnitude 1.3 on May 3.

The map also shows a cluster of 11 earthquakes since March 5 further south on the I-49 corridor, about 3 miles west of Powhatan,

which is north of Natchitoches. The biggest of them was a magnitude 2.6 about 8 miles west of Powhatan and the smallest was a magnitude 1.8.

Additionally, the USGS map shows there were four quakes smaller than a magnitude 2.5 since March 5 in areas west of Ringgold.

Northwest Louisiana’s modern geological history is not prone to earthquakes.

Their emergence in recent years may be linked to oil and gas activity, specifically the disposal of briny wastewater by injecting it deep in the ground, through a phenomenon known as “induced seismicity.”

“The recent increase in earthquakes in the central United States is primarily caused by disposal of waste fluids that are a byproduct of oil production,” the USGS website states.

“Wastewater disposal wells typically operate for longer durations and inject much more fluid than is injected during the hydraulic fracturing process, making them more likely to induce earthquakes. In Oklahoma, which has the most induced earthquakes in the United States, 2% of earthquakes can be linked to hydraulic

nently closed. Darville and two other board members, Charlotte Wilson and Denise Johnson, represented the St. Gabriel Health Clinic during the trial Monday, after their lawyer withdrew as counsel, citing the clinic’s failure to pay the firm.

At the time of the school incident, Darville testified that Williams was still awaiting approval from the Health Resources and Services Administration, a federal grant-making agency the clinic relied on for funding. Williams and his attorney claim that a former employee disclosed to the HRSA that he was a convicted sex offender.

Around the same time, Darville said, several clinic employees had filed HR complaints against Williams.

All were investigated, Darville said, and the board determined Williams had not committed any wrongdoing.

But between the disclosure to the HRSA and the harassment complaints, Darville said, his federal onboarding continued to be delayed.

“We knew he was not guilty,” she said.

Williams’ attorney pointed out he had been allowed to work before the school in-

cident without the federal approval.

By early December 2023, both the clinic and the HRSA had officially cleared him, but Williams was told the matter was still under investigation. He sued on Dec. 14, 2023, and in January 2024, after more than eight months on paid administrative leave, the board notified him that it would not renew his contract.

On Monday, Darville could not recall any reasons for not renewing Williams’ contract, whether he had been asked to reinterview, or why he had not been allowed to return after being cleared.

She maintained the board followed proper protocol throughout, and that she had advocated to the HRSA on his behalf.

A friend of his testified that Williams had once confided he was targeted by the board for trying to clean up the clinic’s finances, though that claim was not pursued at trial. A year before Williams’ hire, Victor Clark Kirk, a former CEO of the clinic, was convicted of a $1.8 million Medicaid fraud scheme for directing employees to falsely diagnose children with mental health

disorders.

Williams also testified that Nancy Broussard, a clinic board member and former Iberville Parish School Board member, told a prominent local business figure that he was a child molester — a claim no evidence at trial corroborated beyond his own testimony. Darville testified she had sent an email to all employees warning them not to discuss workplace investigations with the public.

Word spread anyway, Williams said. He said he soon began to be excluded from social events, including regular golf outings with former fraternity brothers, and he believes clinic employees poisoned his reputation among other healthcare professionals. He said he has not been able to get a job in the field since, and now works as a deckhand, making less than half his former salary.

Three longtime friends

testified that he showed signs of depression and has become much more withdrawn. A man who once enjoyed Saints games and offshore fishing multiple times a month, they said, now barely leaves the house.

Williams added his girlfriend eventually broke up with him due to his change in behavior.

Despite having been paid his full wages throughout his leave, Williams is seeking roughly $150,000 in damages for wrongful termination and defamation.

“You can’t attach an amount of money to the damage you allowed to happen,” Williams told board members.

Judge Elizabeth Engolio, of the 18th Judicial District, ordered both parties to file written memos summarizing their arguments within 30 days, after which she will issue a verdict.

would undermine the democratic process and stifle fresh perspectives.

“Some of you can’t come back because your term is limited,” Iberville Parish resident Linda Johnson said. “What you’re doing is running it from your house.”

Others questioned its legality and expressed concerns that a superintendent elected by the current board would have difficulty working with what could be an entirely different set of people after school board elections in the fall.

“The key question is, is the hiring process transparent and focused on students?” said District F board member Yolanda Laws, who voted against the measure.

It’s unclear how long Voiron would serve in the

advisory role or what the pay structure would be like.

Voiron will have served for four years as superintendent of Iberville Parish schools and 321/ 2 years as an educator by the time he retires. He has previously served as superintendent of Lafourche Parish Public Schools.

fracturing operations.”

The EPA now is asking Louisiana to more closely monitor wastewater injection.

Rubinstein, who leads the USGS research group on induced earthquakes, said the study into the nature of northwest Louisiana quakes is ongoing.

“This is a work in progress. There is definitely evidence that these earthquakes could be induced.

There’s obviously lots of oil and gas activity in the area, which of course is not the only criteria that we need to determine whether these earthquakes are induced,” Rubinstein said.

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Netflix touts $325B economic impact

On the eve of its upfront presentation to the advertising industry, streaming giant Netflix is touting the economic results of its film and television show productions.

The Los Gatos, California, company’s programming has created more than 425,000 total jobs and contributed more than $325 billion to the global economy, Netflix said in a new report Tuesday. The company cited its filming work in more than 4,500 cities and towns around the world. Netflix said it has also invested more than $135 billion overall in its movies and shows.

“While other entertainment companies pull back, we’re leaning in,” co-chief executive Ted Sarandos wrote in a post Tuesday about the report. “As we look ahead to the next decade, we’ll keep investing in the relationships we’ve built with the creators we work with, the communities we depend on and the fans who love to watch.”

Netflix highlighted its work in California, noting that its legal drama “The Lincoln Lawyer” contributed more than $425 million to the Golden State’s economy and employed more than 4,300 cast and crew members over its four seasons. The show filmed at more than 50 locations throughout Los Angeles, including Dodger Stadium and Grand Central Market.

Filming in L.A. has emerged as a hot topic this week at the television industry’s annual upfront presentations in New York, particularly as California has battled other states and countries to retain productions locally.

eBay rejects GameStop’s $56B takeover offer Online seller eBay is rejecting an unsolicited $56 billion takeover offer from GameStop, calling the proposal “neither credible or attractive.”

Ryan Cohen’s GameStop disclosed earlier this month that it was pursuing a takeover of eBay, seeing it as a vehicle to compete with online retail giant Amazon.

The national gaming retailer said at the time that its approximately 1,600 U.S. stores could become drop-off and shipping locations. One proposal included live sales broadcasts from GameStop locations featuring eBay products.

GameStop’s bid is worth $125 per share in cash and stock. The equity value of the proposed deal is $55 billion on paper. The company previously said that it started accumulating shares in eBay beginning in February and currently has a 5% stake.

In a letter from eBay Chairman Paul Pressler sent to Cohen, eBay’s board said it had completed its review of GameStop’s offer and believes eBay is a “strong, resilient business.”

Under Armour reports additional sales decline Baltimore-based Under Armour reported another year of declining sales Tuesday as the athletic apparel company continued a sweeping restructuring effort under founder and CEO Kevin Plank aimed at stabilizing the business and repositioning the brand around premium products and performance innovation.

The company reported fourthquarter revenue of $1.2 billion, down 1% from the same period a year earlier, while full-year revenue fell 4% to $5 billion. North America, Under Armour’s largest market, remained a challenge, with quarterly sales down 7% and annual sales declining 8% to $2.9 billion.

Still, the company pointed to signs of improvement internationally, where fourth-quarter revenue rose 10% to $539 million. Sales grew 13% in Asia-Pacific and 22% in Latin America during the quarter.

“Intentionality will define this chapter for the brand,” Plank said. “We’ve executed a deliberate reset of the business, making more intentional choices about where and how we com-

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Market’s record-setting run halts AI stocks slump, oil prices rise

BY STAN CHOE

AP business writer A sudden halt for technology stocks put the brakes on Wall Street’s record-setting run Tuesday.

Some of the sharpest drops hit chip companies and stocks that had been on electric runs because of the artificial-intelligence boom.

Intel slumped 6.8% after its stock had more than tripled so far this year. Micron Technology dropped 3.6% after coming into the day with a gain of nearly 180% for the year to date, and CoreWeave sank 6.1% to cut into its gain of 60% for 2026.

The pullback for AI stocks began

earlier in the day in Asia, where South Korea’s Kospi index sank 2.3% from its all-time high on worries that the government may redistribute windfall AI profits from companies to its citizens.

Also weighing on Wall Street was another rise in oil prices as the war with Iran threatens to drag on. The price for a barrel of Brent crude climbed 3.4% to settle at $107.77 as a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire looks more tenuous. The war has essentially shut the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers, keeping them stuck in the Persian Gulf instead of delivering crude to customers worldwide.

The resulting leap for crude oil prices, with Brent up from roughly $70 per barrel before the war, caused inflation in the United States to worsen last month by more than economists expected,

according to a report released Tuesday. In another discouraging signal, price increases accelerated by more in April than economists expected even after excluding gasoline and food costs.

That could be a result of tariffs and bad weather also pushing prices higher, according to Brian Jacobsen, chief economic strategist at Annex Wealth Management.

Treasury yields rose in the bond market following an initial zigzag, suggesting traders suspect the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates high to combat inflation.

The Fed has been keeping its cuts to interest rates on hold recently, as it waits to see how high inflation will go because of the war with Iran and the tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump.

That’s because lower rates can worsen inflation at the same time

that they give the economy a boost.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.45% from 4.42% late Monday and remains well above its 3.97% level from before the war.

Traders still largely expect the Fed to keep its main interest rate steady this year, but they’re now betting on a better than 1-in-3 chance that it could hike rates by December, according to data from CME Group.

Zebra Technologies became the latest company in the S&P 500 to top analysts’ expectations for earnings, and its stock leaped 11.4%. The company, which helps customers digitize and automate their workflows with bar code scanners and other products, also gave a forecast for profit over the full year that topped analysts’ expectations.

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REDEFINING A NEED FOR SPEED

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NEW YORK — More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers’ most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee.

The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with two-day deliveries for Prime members, is rapidly opening small order-processing hubs in dozens of U.S. and foreign cities to cater to shoppers who can’t or don’t want to wait for cough medicine to relieve flu symptoms or tomatoes for tonight’s dinner salad.

The ultrafast service, called Amazon Now, first launched in India last June. Amazon says 30-minute deliveries now are also available in urban areas of Brazil, Mexico, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The mini-warehouses devoted to Amazon Now are about the size of a CVS drugstore.

They stock about 3,500 products for expedited delivery, including beer, diapers, pet food, meat, nonprescription medications, playing cards and cellphone charging cables.

“We know that customers love speed and always have,” Beryl Tomay, Amazon’s head of transportation, said Monday. “What we see customers doing, when we offer faster speeds, are they purchase more from Amazon. And Amazon becomes more top of mind for that or other types of items as well.”

In the U.S., the company first tested Amazon Now in Seattle, the home of its headquarters, and in Philadelphia. Most residents of Atlanta and the Dallas-Fort Worth area now have access as well. The service is also live in Houston; Denver; Minneapolis; Phoenix; Oklahoma City; Orlando, Florida; and dozens of other cities, Amazon said, with New York City and others expected by year-end.

The service charges for Amazon Now start at $3.99 for Prime members, who pay an annual fee of $139, and $13.99 for nonmembers. A $1.99 small basket fee applies to orders under $15, Amazon said.

The company’s bet on a need for speed also comes as some consumers are rebelling against rushed deliveries as they weigh the potential impact on the environment and the workers tasked with preparing orders at a rapid rate.

Amazon’s approach A relentless focus on speed helped Amazon build a logistics and e-commerce empire.

After it made two days the new delivery time normal, Amazon moved into one-day and same-day deliveries for its Prime members. This spring, the company began making 90,000 products available in one hour or three hours at an extra cost.

The scaled down and sped up microhubs that are designed to handle 30-minute orders represent another step in Amazon’s pursuit.

Only a handful of people prepare orders from aisles of shelves in the 5,000- to 10,000-square-foot facilities, unlike the

sprawling fulfillment centers storing millions of items where Amazon employs a mix of human workers and robotics to pick and pack orders.

Amazon tailors the product inventory to each location and uses artificial intelligence and other technology to analyze what customers buy, as well as when and how often.

The most popular U.S. purchases so far include soap, toothpaste, mouthwash, toilet plungers, bananas, limes and wireless earbuds, Amazon said.

The competition Amazon’s attempt to up the instant gratification ante provides direct competition to on-demand food delivery platforms like Instacart, Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub, which don’t have the scale of the e-commerce titan, according to independent retail analyst Bruce Winder.

“What Amazon brings is their prowess in supply chain,” Winder said.

These smaller companies said they don’t see Amazon as a threat, though, citing the hundreds of thousands of items they are able to deliver to users’ doorsteps by partnering with various merchants and restaurants.

“DoorDash has a mission to empower grocers and retailers and augment their existing footprint, not to replace them,” DoorDash spokesperson Ali Musa said in an emailed statement. “We win only when they win, which is how we can offer over half a million grocery and retail items in under an hour across the country.”

“We know that customers love speed and always have.” | Beryl Tomay, Amazon’s head of transportation

Iran war hitting home as gasoline prices fuel inflation surge

BY PAUL WISEMAN AP economics writer

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran delivered higher gasoline prices and more pain for Americans.

The Labor Department’s consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, the biggest jump in three years, and up from a 3.3% year-over-year gain in March. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4%, according to the data released Tuesday. The monthover-month gain was down from a 0.9% increase in overall prices

from February to March, when the initial financial shock from the war hit the U.S. economy.

Labor Department figures showed that gasoline prices are up more than 28% compared with a year ago.

However, the AAA motor club listed the average regular gallon of gasoline above $4.50 on Tuesday, about 44% more than it cost last year at this time.

Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called consumer core prices rose 0.4% last month from March and 2.8% from April 2025, relatively modest readings that suggest the energy price burst has yet to spill over more broadly into prices for other goods.

Grocery prices rose 0.7% from March to April as meat prices rose after they had declined slightly in the month before.

Prices are rising at a time when Americans are already frustrated by the high cost of living. Affordability is likely to be a key issue when voters go to the polls Nov. 3 to determine whether President Donald Trump’s Republican Party maintains control of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

“Inflation is the key drag on the U.S. economy now,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, wrote. “There is a real financial squeeze underway.

For the first time in three years, inflation is eating up all wage gains.

This is a setback for middle-class and lower-income households and they know it. They are having to cut back on spending and stretch every dollar.”

In April, average hourly wages fell 0.3% from a year earlier after accounting for inflation — the first year-over-year drop in three years.

Inflation had been dropping more or less steadily since peaking with a 9.1% year-over-year spike in June 2022, a surge caused by supply chain bottlenecks at the end of COVID-19 lockdowns and a jolt for energy prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

But inflation has remained above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.

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Lionel Joseph Babin, Sr. passed away peacefully on May 3, 2026, at The Parc Senior Living, surrounded by his loving family. He was married to the irreplaceable love of his life, Doris, for 25 years, up until her death. They truly modeled what a loving marriage should look like. He had a true zest for life, and his passion was dancing.

He loved playing practical jokes on the unsuspecting.

He also was a jack of all trades; he could fix just about anything—earning him the nickname "Mac Gyver" . His interests included CB radios, camping, fishing, deer hunting, and road trips. Lionel proudly served as Fire Chief of the St. Amant Fire Department and was also a member of the Woodmen of the World. He is survived by his daughters, Rhonda Dean (Roy), Donna Gautreau (Layne); his son, Mann Babin (Yolanda); grandchildren, Christian, Jake, Alex, Luke, and Carly, Traci and Lacy; great grandchildren, Adelyn, Liam, Trey, Jonah, Reese,Ganon,Corinne, Brody, Brock, Briggs and Bryar; his sister-in-law, Pam Fontenot; brother-inlaw, Mark De Laune and many nieces and nephews.

He was proceeded in death by his loving wife, Doris Templet Babin; son, Mark Joseph Babin; granddaughter, Christian Noelle Dean; his parents, Bertrand and Laura Tucker Babin; and brothers,Walter, Louis and Ashton Babin. He will be deeply missed by his Parc family and his many dancing partners and friends.

The family would like to express deep gratitude to the staff of The Parc Senior Living and Hospice of Baton Rouge for their compassionate care and companionship during his final days. Visitation will be held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 44450 LA429, Saint Amant, LA 70774, on May 16, 2026, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, followed by the Funeral Service at 11:00 am at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Pallbearers will be Alex Gautreau, Traci Babin, Jake Dean, Luke Gautreau, Eric Labatut, Ricky Duplessis, and Honorary Pallbearer Rocky Gant. Final resting place will be at Holy Rosary Catholic Church Mausoleum. A meal will be provided by the Jambalaya Festival Association & Holy Rosary Church at the Home of Layne and Donna Gautreau. All friends & family are welcome to join us in celebrating his life and sharing their memories.

Bruce Robert Bellingham, 67, a resident of Jackson, LA, died on Sunday, May 3, 2026. He worked for Exxon Mobil for over 38 years. In his retirement his passion was being a Gideon. There will be a visitation at the First Baptist Church of Zachary on Thursday, May 14, 2026 from 2:00 pm until memorial services at 5:00 pm. He is survived by his loving wife of 19 years, Deborah Jo Wilson Bellingham; four daughters: Allison Bellingham of Nicaragua; Raina Barthelme of Steuben, ME; Erin Chase of East Falmouth, MA; Margaret Schwamb of Washington, DC; three sons, Cameron Bellingham of Charlotte; Logan Bellingham of Galveston, TX; Samuel Barthelme of Brooklyn, NY; one brother, Mark Bellingham and wife Earlene of Dallas and their children Robin and Adam, TX; and seven grandchildren: Jack, Ella, Dani, Iris, J.R., Margot, and Zander. He was also survived by his faithful Walker Coonhound, Abby Marie. He was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Betty Bellingham.

Bhatia, Ram Nath

Ram Nath Bhatia passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2026, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the age of 83.

He was born on September 18, 1942, in Bannu, India, to Remal Das and Lachmi Devi Bhatia. Ram graduated from The University of Florida with a master's in chemical engineering and went on to work for ExxonMobil as a chemical engineer. Outside of work, Ram enjoyed stamp and coin collecting and was the President of the Baton Rouge Stamp Club. Ram is preceded in death by his first wife of 25 years, Judith Helen Zabel Bhatia; his parents, Remal Das Bhatia and Lachmi Devi Bhatia; and brothers, Amar Bhatia, Suraj Bhatia, and Prem Bhatia. He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Charleen Ann White Bhatia; children, Jennifer Bhatia Ledbetter (Jason), Jonathan Bhatia, and Randy Bhatia (Lindsay); siblings, Shakun Jolly (Jatinder), and Om Bhatia (Shaila); grandchildren, Taylor Ledbetter, Madison Ledbetter, Alex Bhatia, Emily Bhatia, Maryam Bhatia, Ruby Grace Bhatia, and Julia Bhatia; and stepsons, Justus White and Riley White. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. The family would like to give special thanks to Jonathan Bhatia for his

With heavy hearts we announce the passing of John Courtney Holleman on May 7, 2026. John was a resident of Natchez, MS and a native of New Iberia, LA. Following his graduation from Catholic High School in New Iberia in 1965, John attended The University of Southwestern Louisiana, now University of Louisiana Lafayette, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He then enrolled at Louisiana State University where he earned his Juris Doctor from Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Following law school, he worked for the Louisiana Legislative Council in Baton Rouge and later clerked for the judges serving Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes. He then established his own law practice in New Iberia.

There will be a visitation on May 16, 2026 from 1:303:30 pm at Laird Funeral Home with a graveside service to follow at Natchez City Cemetery with Reverend Aaron Williams officiating.

The pallbearers are his nephews Beau Beaullieu, Charlie Beaullieu, Paul Beaullieu, Lindley Holleman, Andrew Holleman, Thomas Holleman, and Brandon Dale. Honoray pallbearers are his sons-inlaw, and his grandsons.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to the Parkinson's Foundation, MD Anderson Cancer Center, or the charity of your choice.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at lairdfh.com.

the fountain of knowledge, ever fascinated by life's mysteries and the world around him. He was a mason and a proud member of St. James Lodge #47. As a seasoned member of the Baton Rouge Rugby Club, he loved both playing and watching the sport, as well as supporting his team. He is remembered for his generous and loving heart, unwavering loyalty, and adventurous spirit.

Keith is preceded in death by his parents Dr. Roy Alan and Delaine "June" Regan. He is survived by his children Ainsley and Laird Regan; grandchildren Joy Regan, Stellan Rinoldo and Matteo Rinoldo; and sister Kay (Greg) Landry.

Smith, Marguerite Nash

Apostle Marguerite Nash Smith was called home to God's embrace on May 7, 2026. For seventyfour winters and summers, she walked a path paved with devotion—a faithful servant to God and a hallowed anchor for family.

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As a native of South Louisiana, he loved passing on the rich cooking traditions to family and friends; he used instinct, experience and feel instead of written recipes.

He enjoyed spending time outdoors ranging from gardening, floating in the gulf at the beach, and hunting.

John's magnetic personality was underpinned by his vivid memory which helped him to remember names. He used his wit and humor to tell captivating stories that his children loved.

They especially loved stories about flying paper airplanes across the Mississippi River from the Louisiana State Capitol, summer trips to Oklahoma, cleaning bricks with his brother and delivering his famous "Pollyanna" speech. He was devoted to Christ and spent time every day reading his Bible.

John never missed an opportunity to celebrate his children and grandchildren. He was a proud member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Louisiana State Bar Association, and past president of Jaycees in New Iberia.

Above all else he loved spending time with his family who affectionately referred to him as Papa.

He is survived by his wife Betsy and their three children: Elizabeth Robertson (Wes) of Huntsville, AL, John Courtney Holleman (Emily) of Baton Rouge, LA, and Lindsay Penley (Jake) of Huntsville, AL; ten grandchildren: James Robertson, Thomas Robertson, Eleanor Holleman, John Courtney "Jack" Holleman III, Wilton Holleman, Mary Louise Holle-

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She was the third of five children born to the union of Herman and Ellen Nash of Sorrento, Louisiana. She was married to and walked hand in hand with Jimmy Louis Smith until the day God beckoned him home.

Growing up in a home that cherished the Word, Apostle Marguerite accepted Jesus into her heart and was baptized as a young child by Reverend T. Butler at the Community Baptist Church —a decision that became the compass for the next seventyfour years. Long before she held a title, she held a servant's heart. However, the quiet call became a public 'yes' as Apostle Marguerite was affirmed to the Apostleship at the Leadershift Summit in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2015. It was under the wise and loving mentorship of Chief Apostle Lloyd Benson of Life Cathedral Worship that she was affirmed, officially stepping into the Apostolic mantle she would carry so faithfully for the rest of her days." Chief Apostle Benson was her dear friend and mentor who saw the spark of leadership in her and encouraged her lifelong devotion for the Kingdom.

Apostle Marguerite was preceded in death by her husband: Jimmy Louis Smith; her son, Robert Leggett; her parents: Herman and Ellen Nash; her

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siblings: Mary Ann Nash, Shirley Mae Williams, and Herman Nash. She leaves behind a garden of faith, where every act of love she sowed continues to bloom in the lives of her children: Tanyia Doherty (Eric), Royal Nash, Shilonda Shamlin (Gwynn), Felicia Gautreaux, Sheanell Spurlock (Emanuel), Mary Washington (Darrel), D'wayne Leggett, and Alexis Leggett; her grandchildren: Brittany, Erica, Gwynn III, Connor, Zaryland, Prinston, Quinston, Gabriel, Emanuel III (Christiauna), Michael, Joshua, Abigail, Devin, Angel, Darien, Paris, Javin, Railey, Taylor, Keyone, De'Breona, Kennedy, Khalil, Johnny, Kirk, Brent and Timiree; her great grandchildren: Tamora, Alaiya, TaLeiyah, and Ava; her brother, Joseph Nash; and her dearly loved nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.

Stuckey, Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee Stuckey, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on the morning of May 9, 2026. Born in Rayville, Louisiana, to Carrie Jewell Traylor and Henry Que Stuckey, he was the youngest of six siblings. At the age of 20, Jerry joined the United States Army, where he served faithfully for four years.

Jerry was a devoted husband for forty years to his beloved wife, Erma. Together they enjoyed gardening, singing, and spending time side by side.

He loved fishing, playing pool, cheering on his LSU Tigers, and singing along to his favorite musician, Willie Nelson.

A man of deep and abiding faith, Jerry shared the love of Christ with his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren through the example of a life rooted in kindness, humility, and Christian values. He was happiest surrounded by family and was often the bright center of every gathering. His grandbabies especially brought him endless joy, and they cherished him deeply.

He is survived by his sons, Steve (Sharon), Jason (Julie), and Alan Simmons (Kris); his daughter, Michele Rupple; grandchil-

dren Jeremy, Chase, Raegan (Jacob), Drake (Anya), and Kayla (Jacob); and great-grandchildren Jace, Jadon, River, Rowan, Cyrus, Kade, and Cohen.

Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate Jerry's life on May 24, 2026, at Zoar Baptist Church.

Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m., followed by funeral services at 3:00 p.m.

Thames, Beverly Ray

Beverly Ray Thames, Sr., 92, died peacefully in his home on Sunday, May 10th.

Beverly fiercely loved his wife, his God and his family. He had a passion for fishing, which went handin-hand with his fondness for telling stories and laughing. With his quick wit and mischievous nature, all those he loved fell victim to his good-natured teasing. This was clearly his "love language." He was a life-long and extremely active member of Live Oak United Methodist Church and recent member of Denham Springs United Methodist Church; and over the years dedicated much of his time and energy to participating in or spearheading volunteer activities such as (and to name just a few): fundraising efforts for a local battered women's shelter; assisting with the Watson community "Trash Bash"; original member of the Watson area drainage board, and teaching Sunday School.

He was a member and one time

president of the Baton Rouge Lions' Club, his neighborhood's homeowner's association, and member and one time president of the Livingston Parish Cattleman's Association.

Many will also surely remember how he would shamelessly brag on his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren for hours on end.

Beverly was born on April 2nd, 1934 in Watson, Louisiana where he lived his entire life. After graduating from Live Oak High School, he held a variety of interesting jobs, but most of his career was spent in sales and the livestock industry.

Beverly was predeceased by his parents, Isra Thames, Sr. and Celia Impson Thames; his six siblings, William Thames, Ida Lee Thames Arbour, Mary Dell Thames Sanders/ Graves, Juanita Thames Cowart, Isra Berlin Thames, Jr., and Julia "Elouise" Thames Williamson, and his daughter, Laney Thames Dean.

He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 66 years, Henrietta Stockwell Thames; his four children, Deborah Thames Willis, Charles Ray Thames (Lisa), Beverly Ray Thames, Jr. (Kristen), and Dean Stockwell Thames (Ashley); his ten grandchildren, Bridget Mitchell (Alan), Charles Ray "Charlie" Thames, Jr., Melissa Thames Dore, Keri Thames, Kyle Thames, Sarah Thames Sanders (Justin), Michael Thames (Zoe), Joseph "Luke" Thames, Logan Thames, and Landon Thames (Claire); ten greatgrandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at Seale Funeral Home in Denham Springs, LA on Friday, May 15, 2026 with a visitation starting at 9:00 AM until the funeral service at 11:00

AM. Graveside will follow at Live Oak Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or to a local charity of your choice.

Woosley, Marcelle Brou

In Loving Memory of Marcelle Woosley. With heavy hearts, we share the news of the passing of our cherished grandmother and aunt, Marcelle Brou Woosley, of Gonzales, Louisiana. She was born on January 18, 1928, in Donaldsonville, Louisiana to Marcel and Aline Brou. For 98 years, Marcelle graced her family and friends with love and prayers, and on Saturday, May 2, 2026, passed away into Jesus' loving arms. Marcelle was humble, kind and her generosity touched countless lives. Through her charitable works and compassionate spirit, she left a lasting impact on all who were fortunate to know her. She was a strong and

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Godly woman who inspired and taught her family and friends so much about her Catholic faith. She is survived by her grandchildren, Christopher Woosley and Nikol Markert and husband Mike, her greatgrandchildren Madeline and Grayson Markert; her daughter-in-law, Cathy Woosley; her nephews, Scott McClelland (Betty), Robert McClelland (Patti), Neal McClelland (Leah), her niece, Beth Murrell (Harold), as well as numerous great-nieces and nephews. Marcelle is preceded in death by her parents, Marcel and Aline Robert Brou, her beloved son, Michael Woosley, her sisters Audrey Waggenspack and husband Finny and Rowena McClelland and husband Robert. Marcelle will be remembered for her generosity, compassion and strength, qualities that made her beloved by all.

None more than her son, Mike, who appreciated her gift of Catholic education from first grade through Catholic High School. She also assured his college education with a degree in medical technology. Marcelle retired from the Louisiana State Department of Agriculture after 30 years and then began a new chapter as caregiver to her beloved mother. We honor her remarkable life as mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and finally as grandmother and great-

grandmother. The family would like to recognize and thank the following for the great care she received from Azalea Estates Assisted Living, Clarity Hospice and At Home Care of Louisiana, especially Lydia Payne. Though she will be deeply missed, Marcelle's spirit will continue to inspire and guide us each day. May she rest in peace.

Funeral services celebrating Marcelle's life will be held at St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Church in Gonzales, LA, on Saturday, May 16th from 10am until Noon.

A Rosary will begin at 11am followed a Mass of Christian Burial at Noon. Final resting place will be at Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church Mausoleum in Donaldsonville.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Baton Rouge.

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Shifting support in anti-DEI era puts HBCUs in peril

There can be no question that historically Black colleges and universities have for decades stood firm in supporting educational opportunity for a large swath of Louisiana’s population.

Would that we as a state stood as firm in our support for them.

The latest blow comes as the Board of Regents announced a change in the formula it uses to dole out money to the state’s colleges and universities. For the fiscal year starting July 1, it will no longer use a metric that gave schools credit for graduating students from races that generally have lower graduation rates than the rest of the population. The so-called “underrepresented minority completer” metric was scrapped to comply with the Trump administration’s executive order to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs among all federal contractors.

To us, it isn’t clear at all that this metric violates such orders, as it purportedly applies to any race whose graduation rates are low and any school that improves them, but that is an argument for another day. The preemptive dismantling of programs that benefit minority institutions by labeling them DEI deserves more scrutiny.

The immediate effects of this move are clear.

The Southern University System, which comprises five campuses and is the only historically Black university system in the country, stands to lose around $1.5 million based on estimates from fiscal year 2025, when its annual budget was $191.8 million. Grambling State University, part of the University of Louisiana System, will take the second largest hit, standing to lose $899,000.

We understand that higher education is under pressure. Several universities, facing harassment and investigations by the U.S. Department of Education, have abandoned their DEI-related policies altogether. The Board of Regents itself is facing an inquiry from the department, announced in February, over efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minorities receiving postsecondary credentials.

President Donald Trump and his administration used to tout their support for additional HBCU funding, but the frenzy to root out DEI undercuts that support.

Still, we do not have to turn our backs on these schools. There are things the state and its citizens can do.

We urge the Legislature to immediately approve the $19 million the Southern University System has requested for campus safety and infrastructure. We urge the Board of Regents to check its assumptions so it doesn’t fall into the trap of overcomplying with anti-DEI orders when no reason exists to do so. And we hope all who have the means will open their wallets and emulate noted philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who has donated to our Louisiana HBCUs to an extraordinary degree.

Let’s not forget that these institutions have always welcomed all races without legislation forcing them to do so. Now that the Department of Education says it’s interested in treating everyone fairly without regard to race, it is a shame HBCUs could lose out.

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Humanitarian aid to Iran’s displaced needed

Why preserving our wetlands is important

In a recent article, Pope Leo spoke about not fearing President Donald Trump and his insistence on following the gospel’s call to protect the vulnerable. That same moral call should shape how we respond to the growing humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Iran.

The UN Refugee Agency estimates that about 3.2 million Iranians have been forced from their homes since the conflict escalated.

Families are sheltering in damaged buildings and overcrowded camps, often without reliable access to clean water, food or medical care. Many left behind jobs, schools and loved ones with only what they could carry. Children are facing interrupted education and trauma that will follow them long after the fighting ends.

Here in Louisiana, we know what it feels like to be displaced and to rely on others’ compassion. After hurricanes,

In Louisiana, one of the many things that protects residents from hurricanes is the coastal wetlands. However, with the rise of wetland loss, people in Louisiana have an increased susceptibility to negative effects on the economy and the environment.

Coastal wetlands are not just a defining geographical feature of Louisiana, but they are the barrier that helps protect communities and wildlife that must be preserved.

Some of the many benefits of coastal wetlands include reducing flooding, improving water quality and providing habitats for endangered species. Despite these many benefits, the rate of wetland loss in Louisiana has increased over the years. Approximately 450,000 acres of wetlands are projected to be lost by 2050. Wetland loss does not only mean loss of land, but also loss of communities, wildlife and the economy.

Coastal wetlands play an important role in flood prevention in Louisiana. This works through wetlands acting as a “giant sponge,” as the soil soaks up any excess water that is accumulated during a flood. Additionally, during hurricanes, wetlands act as a buffer between water and land; the wetland absorbs all the force of the water, preventing it from accumulating speed and height before it reaches developed areas like towns and cities.

It is important to preserve wetlands due to their contribution to improving the water quality in Louisiana. Wetlands retain and absorb pollutants and undergo disinfection due to UV radiation from the sun.

Louisiana policymakers must take immediate action to help protect and avoid any more wetland loss. To do this, increased funding for the restoration and conservation of coastal wetlands must be implemented. Finally, local and federal governments must collaborate with communities and public health agencies to help develop practical restoration plans.

our communities depended on outside help for shelter, food and the chance to rebuild. For people in Iran today, international humanitarian aid plays that same life-saving role.

That is why I urge U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, a member of the Appropriations Committee’s foreign aid subcommittee, to support the highest possible level of funding for humanitarian aid. This support translates directly into shelter, medical supplies, food assistance and protection for civilians who have lost almost everything.

At a time when global crises are multiplying, the United States should not look away. New Orleans understands that in moments of disaster, the true measure of a society is whether it chooses to help. I hope our elected officials will choose to help now.

NICOLE KORCHEV New Orleans

Post office needs more sustainable income It has come to my attention that the U.S. Postal Service is seeking to raise the price of a first-class stamp to 82 cents to address a severe financial crisis.

Without this increase, the USPS states it could run out of cash by February 2027.

The number of dollars this increase would generate is unknown, but, as we all know, it is only a temporary fix. Why go for a temporary fix when a more permanent fix could be initiated and possibly result in lowering the prices for some of the services they offer?

Currently, the USPS delivers mail to approximately 170 million individual delivery points for free.

Think of how much money could be

generated if a $1 a month fee were charged to each address receiving mail.

For those opting out of paying a fee, an assigned general delivery address at the closest post office in their area would become their new mailbox.

After traveling to their new assigned location and standing in line to receive their mail, the $1 fee would suddenly become reasonable.

Of course, it isn’t something that could happen overnight, but if the postmaster general had heeded my proposal years ago when I first, second and third presented it, the USPS wouldn’t be in the predicament it is now facing.

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I am fine with removing illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes to their country of origin as

the current law permits, but I find it offensive to differentiate in such an obvious manner when reporting the crime and the alleged perpetrator’s citizenship status.

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COMMENTARY No, Gov. Landry, equal rights are not extra rights Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was quite proud of himself, landing a featured role in a CBS’ “60 Minutes” story about his efforts to lead Louisiana to a less diverse congressional delegation as swiftly as possible.

Landry got more than 15 minutes of fame. It came because he and our Republican-dominated state Legislature are moving quickly to take away the economic, political and social progress we’ve made. The guv had lots to say, but the one line that caught my attention and made me sit up was this: “In the United States, we get equal rights,” Landry Will said. “No one gets extra Sutton rights.”

That’s a problem. Equal in whose eyes? Extra in whose eyes?

Frankly, governor, when it comes to political representation, White people in Louisiana have “extra rights.” If White people make up about 55% of the state and Black people are about 33%, how does 55% of the population translate to a delegation that is two-thirds White?

This column isn’t long enough to provide a history lesson about equality and rights, but let’s start with the idea of opportunity.

U.S. Rep. Troy Carter has pointed out in recent days that there have been four Black members of Congress since Reconstruction, but there should have been five.

John Willis Menard should’ve been U.S. Rep. John Willis Menard.

He won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives with 68% of the vote in 1868.

That’s overwhelming by any political standard. But Congress refused to seat him, primarily because his opponent — the man who lost — said Congress wasn’t ready to include a Negro.

Congress chose to leave the seat vacant rather than have a duly elected Black man join them.

Louisiana first had two Black congres-

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From left, U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson and U.S. Rep. Troy Carter testify on Louisiana’s redistricting efforts during a Senate & Governmental Affairs Committee meeting at the State Capitol on May 8. sional representatives when Cleo Fields and Bill Jefferson went to Washington from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, respectively, in the 1990s. Fields was elected to Congress in 1992, then lost the seat after a court order in 1996. Thirty years later, Fields returned to Congress. Now, he faces being sent home again, once more because of redistricting.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a 6-3 ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, specifically Section 2, which provides guidelines and tests to better ensure that voting patterns aren’t discriminatory. The high court said that Louisiana’s congressional map — with two majority-Black districts — was unconstitutional. Landry immediately moved to get the Legislature to make a quick change.

Four draft congressional maps were being considered in the Legislature on Tuesday. One would include six Republican districts. Another would include five majority-White districts and one majorityBlack district, based in Baton Rouge. A third would include five majority-White districts and one majority-Black district, based in New Orleans. The fourth would include four majority-White districts and two majority-Black districts, one based in Baton Rouge and another based in New Orleans.

For months, some have whispered that a possible “compromise” might be a 5-1 Republican-Democratic map, one that might bring about a Fields-Carter challenge for one majority Black district, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

Fields and Carter are clear: Don’t choose.

“That’s what everybody wants to do.

They’re trying to pit us against each other,” Carter told me during a WBOK 1230 AM Good Morning Show program last month. “Here’s what we’re going to do: We’re going to fight for two seats. ….

We’re lock-step together. We’re going to go down this road. We’re going to fight for two seats.”

Fields agreed, ruling out the FieldsCarter battle. “I don’t know what the Legislature is going to do,” he added during the joint radio interview. “But I do know one thing: I have no desire to run for Congress against another African American congressman. I just don’t feel good about that.”

Fields and Carter said a 4-2 map is not only possible and reasonable, it can also meet all the constitutional principles outlined by the high court.

The high court took away the results test courts used to see the impact of racial discrimination, saying intent must be proven.

It’s hard to prove that someone intentionally hurt my feelings when I know I’m hurt. If this state and this nation want “equal rights,” even the playing field, stop giving White people a head start and let Black people compete with no guarantee.

The Supremes don’t want racial gerrymandering, only political gerrymandering.

Fields and Carter aren’t fighting for their political lives. They’re fighting for fair and just Black representation.

Black and White Democrats, Republicans and No Party voters should agree on fair representation and “equal rights” with a 4-2 congressional map.

That’s no guarantee. That’s an opportunity.

It ain’t extra.

Email Will Sutton at wsutton@ theadvocate.com.

ON THE BALLOT | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

La. would be more effective with Amendment 1 passage The goal of good government must Or perhaps those states recognize be the effective and efficient delivery that efficiency and effectiveness are of services for the benefit of citizens. not possible when, as in Louisiana, Without a doubt, voter approval of managers must operate under a burAmendment 1 on May 16 would be an densome bureaucracy. incremental step toward the Though opponents to achievement of that goal.

Amendment 1 suggest dire I have been in government consequences, nothing like service for many years, and that has materialized in other time and again I have heard states, nor in Louisiana’s own from agency heads that Louiunclassified agencies, which siana’s civil service system is Conrad include the Legislature, the attorney general’s office and so obstructive because it draAppel the Louisiana Military Departmatically restricts efforts to GUEST properly manage their staff. ment.

These agencies employ COLUMNIST In fact, as the votes on legislahundreds of non-civil service workers with good results. tive passage of Amendment 1 Public servants are the backbone demonstrate, legislators too believe of our government. Louisiana is forthat most agencies would rather move poorly performing employees tunate to have so many dedicated to proverbial “rubber rooms” rather long-term employees, classified and than ever trying to dismiss them. unclassified alike, whose expertise What does that say about the govern- and institutional knowledge are inment’s duty to its constituents to devaluable.

But that dedication makes our failliver effective and efficient services?

Amendment 1 simply allows the ure to reform all the more troubling.

Louisiana Legislature to define which State agencies continue to struggle state positions fall inside or outside with recruiting and retaining skilled of the state civil service system. workers, and one reason is that we Positions can be added or removed maintain a system in which producthrough the legislative process, tive employees must absorb the meaning with public debate, recordextra burden of protected but noted votes and accountability to voters. so-productive co-workers. Giving the Legislature authority to revisit The proposed changes sought in which positions should be classified Amendment 1 are the norm across creates exactly the kind of adaptive the nation. Forty-three of the 48 mechanism that good management states that maintain civil service practices require in order to function systems already give this authority as expected. to their legislatures. Of the remainOpposition to civil service reform ing two states with civil service, only Louisiana and Michigan place author- draws the same criticisms every time it is proposed, but policies similar ity exclusively in appointed boards.

One argument against Amendment to ours have been abandoned by so many other states, and their and our 1 is that it dismantles our civil service system. It does not. It just brings own history disproves the naysayers.

Louisiana in line with how most of the To guide our future, it is long past time that we turn away from what rest of the country already operates. we have always done, because I supImportantly, the 43 other states that place authority in their legislapose that is just what we have always done, and look to well-proven best tures have not, as opponents have practices. suggested, experienced a collapse The goal of government must be of employee protection or the mass effectiveness and efficiency, not the politicization of their workforce. If fear of challenging the status quo. anything, placing this power within a directly elected legislature rather than a board of nonelected appoinConrad Appel is a member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and tees seems more democratic.

Secondary Education and a former Perhaps this is why almost every state senator. other state already does it this way.

Amendment 3 is good for teachers and for Louisiana The University of Louisiana at Lafayette educator can change the trajectory of is consistently among the state’s largest thousands of lives. Their examples shaped producers of teachers and school adminismy own commitment to higher education trators. Our graduates serve in early child- and continue to guide the way I think about Louisiana’s teachers and schools today. hood programs, elementary schools and That is why fiscal stability within Louihigh schools across nearly every parish and school district in Louisiana. They form siana’s education system matters and why the foundation of our state’s classAmendment 3 on the May 16 ballot has generated significant discussion rooms and help develop the skilled within the education community and workforce our economy requires. beyond.

Today’s teaching profession reAmendment 3 addresses longflects both extraordinary commitstanding retirement obligations. If ment and significant challenges.

Ramesh approved, the amendment would reMany talented students enter eduKolluru direct balances from three existing cation because they want to make a difference in children’s lives and constitutional education trust funds GUEST COLUMNIST to pay down a portion of the Teachstrengthen their communities.

Yet too many hesitate or leave the ers’ Retirement System of Louisiclassroom prematurely because of ana’s unfunded liability. By reducing concerns about compensation and career that debt, school systems would see lower sustainability. High turnover disrupts stuemployer retirement contribution costs.

I applaud Gov. Jeff Landry and memdent learning, strains school systems and ultimately affects student success. bers of the Louisiana Legislature for their The strength of Louisiana’s education sys- ongoing efforts to address teacher pay. If Amendment 3 is approved by voters, those tem is directly connected to the strength savings could create the opportunity for of Louisiana’s economy. Schools prepare the nurses, engineers, business owners and permanent salary increases — $2,250 for skilled professionals who sustain communi- teachers and certified personnel and $1,125 for eligible support staff — which could ties and drive economic growth across the provide a more stable source of compensastate. Behind many of those careers is a teacher who helped shape a student’s confi- tion over time.

The amendment could also affect how dence, direction and future. prospective educators view the long-term I have seen the impact of educators firststability of the profession. hand in my own life.

For universities like UL Lafayette that My mother had only an eighth grade train the next generation of teachers, education before putting herself through policies related to compensation and fiscal college while raising my brother and me, becoming first a teacher, then a school prin- stability may influence enrollment, retencipal. Throughout her career, she and my tion and student success. When students father quietly helped support many young see a clearer and more stable financial path people financially so they could continue within the profession, more may complete their education. education degrees and remain in classWhen she passed away, thousands of rooms across Louisiana. her former students came to pay their The influence of a great teacher extends respects. Many spoke about how she had far beyond a single classroom or school changed the course of their lives — not year. It can shape families, communities only through teaching, but through encour- and generations. Louisiana’s students deagement, support and belief in what they serve skilled, dedicated educators who can could become. focus on teaching rather than their own Until that moment, I did not fully underfinancial uncertainty. Future teachers destand the scale of her impact. serve a profession that values their contriAs a graduate student at UL, I saw that butions with reliable, long-term support. same quiet investment in others reflected And communities across Louisiana deby then-President Ray P. Authement, who serve schools that are stable, strong and took time to personally encourage people prepared to serve the next generation. like me and so many others.

My mother and Dr. Authement reinforced Ramesh Kolluru is the president of the something I have believed ever since: One University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

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LSU football coach Lane Kiffin speaks during a news conference on Feb. 4 at the LSU football operations facility.

Stoking the fire

Kiffin turned up the heat in already-hot LSU, Ole Miss rivalry with comments in Vanity Fair Back in December when LSU hired Lane Kiffin, I wrote that the “Lane Kiffin Experience may be like nothing ever before.”

Change that word “may” to “will.”

The Tigers’ new football coach has once again found himself broiling in a hot yoga studio of his own making, this time over quotes from a cover story profile of him in Vanity Fair.

In that article, Kiffin referred to experience with recruits at that Scott place” he coached (his frequent Rabalais “last reference to Ole Miss) who would sometimes (not every time) say their families had misgivings about them playing/living in Mississippi because of the state’s fraught history with civil rights. Kiffin went on to say recruits’ families didn’t express the same misgivings about Baton Rouge and LSU because of the diversity in the city and on the campus. “ ‘We want that for our kid because that’s the real world,’ ” Kiffin said in the Vanity Fair piece, requoting the recruits’ families talking about LSU. Kiffin did a follow-up interview with our former

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LSU coach addresses comments on recruiting Black players to Ole Miss

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

LSU coach Lane Kiffin offered an apology on Tuesday for what he said to Vanity Fair recently about the challenges of recruiting Black players while he was the coach at Ole Miss.

In his initial comments to Vanity Fair, Kiffin said that family members of top recruits would sometimes express reservations about letting their sons live in Mississippi, given the state’s checkered racial past and its reluctance to distance itself from certain symbols. Players’ parents, Kiffin said, have not been expressing that sentiment about Baton Rouge since he’s been in charge of the Tigers’ football program.

“I really apologize if anybody at Ole Miss or in Mississippi was offended by that,” Kiffin told On3.

“In a four-hour interview, I was asked a lot of questions on a lot of things, and Ole Miss has been

“I really apologize if anybody at Ole Miss or in Mississippi was offended by that.”

LANE KIFFIN, LSU coach wonderful to me and to my family. I was asked questions about the differences in recruiting, and I said a narrative that we battled there from some out-of-state Black parents and grandparents was not wanting their kid to move to Mississippi. That’s a narrative that coaches have been fighting forever. It wasn’t calculated by bringing it up.”

Kiffin’s remarks quickly went viral on Monday, straining the already tense relationship he has with Ole Miss. He spent six seasons with the Rebels, then left them in November before their

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Todd Lyght missed a phone call from his friend Marshall Faulk at 5 a.m. on a Sunday.

Lyght then received a text. Then another call that he picked up from the Pro Football Hall of Fame running back.

“I thought, ‘Oh, my God, maybe he’s in trouble,’ ” Lyght recalled.

Any ounce of worry quickly subsided when Faulk told him he was considering becoming the new leader of Southern football and had a request for his former NFL teammate with the then-St. Louis Rams Lyght (1999-2000).

“He was like, ‘Listen, I’m thinking about taking over this project,’ ” Lyght said. “ ‘I want you to be with me,’ and without hesitation, without even conferring with my wife, I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m in. Let’s go.’ Just because we’re so close.”

This was the genesis of Lyght becoming Southern’s defensive coordinator, bringing to Baton Rouge a 12-year NFL playing career (1991-2002) at defensive back, a Super Bowl XXXIV championship with the Rams (1999) and coaching experience at the high school, college and NFL levels.

Lyght, 57, is laser-focused on doing his part to restore the program’s greatness since the 2-10 debacle of last season. His dedication to excellence was felt as early as the conclusion of the team’s first workout. As every player took a knee, he delivered an unfiltered message on their abilities and then explained the standard the staff expects them to reach in the coming months.

“He didn’t sugarcoat anything,” running backs coach Joshua Covington said. “That, right there, spoke volumes for me because you got some coaches who don’t want to hurt the players’ feelings. But he doesn’t care about that, man. He cares about always telling the truth, giving it to them straight up, and letting them know exactly where they are, so there’s no confusion.”

That balance was acquired through his years in football, which speaks for itself. After totaling 37 interceptions in 175 games and earning a Pro Bowl appearance (1999) in the NFL, he accepted various coaching roles.

He was the assistant defensive backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles (201314), the cornerbacks coach at Vanderbilt (2015) and the defensive backs coach at Notre Dame (2017-19), his alma mater.

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Scheffler looking to ditch ‘bridesmaid’ label

After three runner-up finishes, star player set for PGA Championship

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

NEWTOWN SQAURE, Pa. — Scottie Scheffler is the reigning champion at the PGA Championship and feeling like a bridesmaid over the past month.

Runner-up to Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Playoff loss to Matt Fitzpatrick at the RBC Heritage.

Runner-up (by six shots) to Cameron Young at Doral.

“Last week my wife was like, ‘Hey, Scottie. You’re like the first guy in PGA Tour history to have three solo runner-ups in a row.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, it’s probably because the guy that was playing that good figured out a way to win one of those,’ ” Scheffler said Tuesday.

It hasn’t put much of a dent in his confidence going into the second major of the year. Scheffler is fierce when it comes to competiASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By CAROLyN KASTER tion, hates losing even in friendly matches with his caddie and still Scottie Scheffler hits from the bunker on the third green during a PGA has come to appreciate that winChampionship practice round at Aronimink Golf Club on Tuesday in ning isn’t always easy.

Newtown Square, Pa. Scheffler is hoping to repeat as champion.

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world ranking — he is approaching three straight years at the top of golf — despite not winning since his season debut in the California desert.

“You know you’re playing good golf, and you’d love to get some wins,” he said. “Finishing second hurts, but I think when you reflect and you’re looking at things to work on, there’s a lot less to clean up when you’re finishing second than there is when you’re finishing 30th.”

Not that he has a lot of experience with the latter — Scheffler hasn’t finished 30th or worse since August 2024.

To end that run of silver medal this week at Aronimink would allow him to join Brooks Koepka (2018-19) and Tiger Woods (199900 and 2006-07) as the only players to win back-to-back in the PGA Championship in stroke play.

In his way is a course has plenty

of room off the tee and little room for error when it comes to hitting the correct spot on the large, severely contoured greens.

He also faces the strongest field of the four majors, with 98 of the top 100 in the world, which includes the last three players to beat him — McIlroy (No. 2), Young (No. 3) and Fitzpatrick (No. 4).

McIlroy came up to Aronimink two weeks ago for a peek at the course he had not played since the BMW Championship in 2018, when it was so soft and mushy from rain that the event couldn’t finish until Monday. The hope this week is for minimal rain and firm, dry conditions.

“For the most part, it should be a bit drier, which really brings out the character of the greens,” McIlroy said. “The greens seem to be the big defense and the big talking point of the golf course.”

McIlroy had his practice round cut short on Tuesday with a blister on his right toe that was causing

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Thunder has a perfect record so far OKC now 8-0 in playoffs after another sweep

BY GREG BEACHAM AP sportswriter

LOS ANGELES — The Oklahoma City Thunder insists it hasn’t been perfect during their NBA title defense.

Its record at the playoffs’ halfway point disagrees.

The Thunder completed its second straight series sweep of the spring Monday night when it held off the resilient Lakers 115-110 in Game 4 of the second round. Oklahoma City went 8-0 against LeBron James and the Lakers this season — and the defending champs are also 8-0 in these playoffs after back-to-back routs of Phoenix and Los Angeles.

Sure, coach Mark Daigneault can see areas for improvement and problems to be solved. MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander warns that the job is far from finished.

Yet the Thunder are unquestionably the class of the sport with this playoff streak following their dominant regular season as they seek the NBA’s first back-to-back championships since Golden State did it 2017 and 2018.

General manager Sam Presti’s merciless machine is looking fairly unbeatable as it heads to the Western Conference finals for the second straight year and the sixth time in the past 16 seasons.

“We’ve done our job so far, that’s all it really means,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We’ve gone out there, we’ve executed, we played at a high level and we’ve been able to win eight tough games against really

good opponents. That’s all it really means. And nothing is guaranteed.

In the playoffs, no two games are the same, especially when you change opponents. So the challenges are all coming up, I guess you can say.”

The next challenge is a date with either the San Antonio Spurs or the Minnesota Timberwolves in the conference finals — after several more days of rest than those teams, which were tied heading to Game 5 on Tuesday night.

But whoever emerges from that rock fight of a series will face the NBA’s biggest challenge in the smooth, relentless Thunder, who appear to be operating on an even higher level than it reached last season while winning the title.

“We’ve been very, very good,” Daigneault said. “I thought we had more lapses tonight than we had had in previous games, so we have to learn from that. Obviously we have to play better in more of the 48 minutes, but I also think the wind is going to be in your face in a playoff game for different reasons at different times, and you’ve got to be able to recenter. I thought we did that exceptionally well.”

The Thunder had never swept back-to-back playoff series, and neither did the Seattle SuperSonics before it.

The Lakers got blown out by Oklahoma City three times before managing one close game. The Thunder trailed in a fourth quarter for the first time in these playoffs, and its five-point win was the smallest of the spring.

But the Thunder rallied, as it almost always does.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored nine of his 35 points in the fourth quarter. Ajay Mitchell, the backup guard

BY TIM REYNOLDS

LeBron James has options.

He could stay with the Los Angeles Lakers. He could decide to join another team. He could even retire and end the longest career in NBA history. He knows all this.

He just doesn’t know the answer.

“I don’t know what the future holds for me, obviously,” James said.

His 23rd season ended Monday night when the Lakers were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder. At 41, James likely doesn’t have many years left to play — if any. And now he’ll start the process of figuring out what he wants to do, what his family wants him to do and what’s best for all parties involved.

Dwyane Wade, James’ longtime friend and former teammate, was on the Amazon Prime broadcast of Game 4 of the Thunder-Lakers series as an analyst. And when the conversation turned to what James is going to do, he had some thoughts.

“That’s the question,” Wade said.

“And I think if we all know LeBron James, he’s going to take some time off and go drink some wine, go yacht a little bit around the world.

He’s going to spend some time with his family. He’s going to sit down and try to make the best decision for the James family at the end of the day.

“And then from there, you’ve got to look at the picture of the Lakers,” Wade continued. “LeBron, Year 24

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, left, drives by Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves during Game 4 of a playoff series on Monday in Los Angeles. who has become a star in Jalen Williams’ injury absence, poured in 10 of his career playoff-high 28 in the same period. Chet Holmgren had arguably the biggest baskets of all, including a go-ahead dunk with 32.8 seconds left.

The Thunder celebrated a closeout quarter that seemed to feature a big play from everybody who touched the court. A few minutes later, it was back to business.

“Everything that we’ve done so far is behind us,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We still have a huge target on.

We have two more series to win to reach our ultimate goal, and that’s what we’re focused on.”

Los Angeles coach JJ Redick and his staff appeared to have a surprising, effective game plan to harass the Thunder’s scorers — and yet it didn’t make much of an impact on the scoreboard at all.

I don’t think no one knows,” Wade said. “I think one of the things that him and his entire team have been great at is they hold their cards close to their chest. Decisions are made by LeBron, and they all respect it. And they wait on him to decide what he wants to do.”

A look at some of what James’ next moves could be (and for purposes of this exercise, the realities of the salary cap, the aprons, tax ramifications and whatever James will command in salary if he decides to keep playing do not apply).

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James stands on the court during Game 4 of a playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday in Los Angeles.

coming back next year if he does, he wants to play for something. So, are they in a position that he can play for something and compete for something?”

Salary will be another issue.

He made nearly $53 million this season. He could command somewhere around $60 million next season if he wanted. If he gives a team a discount to preserve flexibility, he could certainly afford to do so.

Wade doesn’t seem to think that’s likely.

“History shows that Mr. James ain’t taking a lot of discounts, right?

Daigneault found teachable moments during his team’s demolition of the Lakers, who sent doubleteams at Gilgeous-Alexander and other ball-handlers at a rate they hadn’t seen since the Thunder’s playoff series with Denver a year ago.

In perhaps the most dismaying aspect of this series for the Thunder’s future opponents, it’s learned and improved from the Lakers’ meager successes.

“It really had us having to sharpen our attacks, but I thought we did a great job of that,” Daigneault said.

“Down the stretch, we had some big-time plays (with) high-lows, traps, and we had a dunk for Chet.

That was a great attack, and I just thought we showed great execution of that. So I think we’re a lot better in that area than we were coming into the series.”

Retirement This one doesn’t seem likely even though James posted the lowest scoring average of his career — 20.933 points per game, down a teeny-tiny sliver from his 20.937 average as a rookie. Another made free throw this season would have been enough to keep this season’s average from being his worst.

The pessimists, or the anti-LeBron crowd, can say — accurately — that his numbers are declining.

They are. He averaged 30.3 points in 2021-22, and his per-game scoring average has fallen in every season since, going to 28.9 in 202223, 25.7 in 2023-24, 24.4 last season and 20.9 this season.

Of course, his role has changed as well and that has some effect on the numbers. James spent much of this season as the Lakers’ third option behind Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves and did so happily.

Stay with the Lakers To be fair, this wasn’t a bad season. Getting ousted in Round 2 by the overwhelming favorite to win the NBA title — the defending champion, too — isn’t exactly a collapse, and Doncic not being able to play because of injury almost made the outcome expected.

The Lakers have the seventhbest record in the NBA during James’ eight seasons there. Not great, not bad. But the playoffs, even with the run to the bubble championship in 2020, have not been to James’ expectations.

The Lakers went 32-31 in playoff games during these last eight seasons, and remember, 16 of those wins came in the bubble. Since then, the Lakers are just 16-26 in playoff games.

Good enough? It wouldn’t seem so. The Lakers will have to give James reasons to stay. It’s simple as that.

Return to Cleveland Northeast Ohio is home and will forever be close to James’ heart.

He’s still (and forever will be) beloved there, and whatever anger existed over him leaving in 2010 was washed away forever when he delivered Cleveland’s NBA title in 2016.

Time healed all wounds. If James wants to go the sentimental route, he might go home again. It would likely be contingent on the Cavaliers finding a way to keep a roster that’s capable of contention.

Wembanyama-led Spurs rout Timberwolves

BY RAUL DOMINGUEZ

Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama atoned for his first career ejection with another huge performance, finishing with 27 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 126-97 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their second-round series.

Keldon Johnson had 21 points, De’Aaron Fox added 18 and Stephon Castle had 17 as San Antonio moved a game away from the

Western Conference finals. The Spurs can advance to face Oklahoma City with a victory in Game 6 on Friday in Minneapolis.

Anthony Edwards, who was limited to eight points in the first half, finished with 20 points for Minnesota. Julius Randle and Jaden McDaniels added 17 points apiece.

Wembanyama returned after his ejection early in the second quarter of Minnesota’s 114-109 victory Sunday during Game 4 in Minneapolis. Wembanyama received a Flagrant 2 foul after elbowing Naz Reid in the throat.

The Saints have given Brock Rechsteiner a reason to put his wrestling career on hold.

Rechsteiner, the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner (Big Poppa Pump), signed with the Saints after the undrafted wide receiver impressed at the team’s rookie minicamp. The 6-foot-2, 225-pounder spent four seasons at Jacksonville State, catching 52 passes for 630 yards and seven touchdowns.

Rechsteiner has said that he plans to pursue wrestling after football, but wanted to fulfill his dream of playing in the NFL first.

As a corresponding move, the Saints placed guard Nick Saldiveri on reserve/physically unable to perform, meaning he’ll be required to miss the 2026 season.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke dies at 29

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Both teams continued to hammer each other, with Reid receiving a technical foul for pushing Wembanyama in the back on a Minnesota free throw with 2:24 left in the first half.

The foul fired up Wembanyama, not that he needed any additional motivation.

Wembanyama was 6 for 8 from the field and 2 for 3 on 3-pointers in scoring 18 points in the opening quarter.

After being approached by Minnesota’s Ayo Dosunmu after getting tangled up with McDaniels

in the first quarter, Wembanyama would run untouched to the rim for an emphatic windmill dunk.

The Timberwolves opened the third quarter on a 14-2 run to tie the game after trailing by 18 points in the first half. Minnesota tipped away three attempted alley-oop passes to Wembanyama before they reached the 7-foot-4 post.

The Spurs recaptured a doubledigit lead in the third spurred by Keldon Johnson’s block on Rudy Gobert’s attempted dunk followed by his short jumper after bodying Edwards under the rim.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died, the team, his agency and the NBA said Tuesday. He was 29.

Neither the Grizzlies nor Clarke’s agency, Priority Sports, provided any details about when, where or how Clarke died.

“We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke. Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even better person whose impact on the organization and the greater Memphis community will not be forgotten,” the Grizzlies said in a statement. “We express our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones during this difficult time.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed sympathies to Clarke’s family and friends and the Grizzlies organization.

Broncos to play Chiefs in Monday Night Football opener

NEW YORK — The Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs will play Sept. 14 in the first game of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” schedule.

Where that game will be played was not part of Tuesday morning’s announcement. The location has not been determined yet with the NFL still finalizing things ahead of Thursday night’s 2026 season schedule release.

Another unknown is whether two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes will be available for the Chiefs’ season opener. His goal is to be ready for Week 1. The Chiefs quarterback tore the ACL and LCL in his left knee on Dec. 14 in the final minutes of a loss to the Chargers, which effectively eliminated the Chiefs from playoff contention.

NBA’s first openly gay player, Collins dies at age 47

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.

Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises. He revealed in 2013 that he was gay, an announcement that came toward the end of his playing career.

Collins had been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, which has an extremely low survival rate. He was 47.

Jason Collins averaged 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in his career. He helped the New Jersey Nets reach two NBA Finals and in his best season averaged 6.4 points.

Missouri RB Hardy released from hospital after shooting

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Star Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy has been released from the hospital and will soon be back on the University of Missouri campus following the gunshot wound he suffered over the weekend, a team official told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From a health standpoint, that’s positive news for the 20-year-old who underwent emergency surgery Sunday after he was shot in the leg early that morning.

There’s still no clarity over whether Hardy will be able to play for the Tigers in 2026. Team officials have emphasized that it’s far too early to know Hardy’s status for the season.

Details are still sparse regarding the circumstances of the shooting outside of a Laurel, Mississippi, club that left Hardy and one other person injured.

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6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 in Tiger Swinney’s Tigers finished first in Oxford, Mississippi, Kickoff times, TV atStadium (ABC). That match- their 2024 season with 10 wins since he left the Rebels ahead is the second half and a CFP berth, but they of their CFP run in November, set for Clemson, ofup,thewhich two programs’ home- tumbled to 7-6 in 2025. They and it will kick off at 6:30 p.m.

Ole Miss games and-home series, will double wrapped the year with a loss on ABC, ESPN revealed Tues-

BY REED DARCEY

Staff writer

LSU football has another high-profile season opener this coming season, and ESPN wants its signature college football show to be there for it.

The network announced Tuesday that “College GameDay” is headed to Baton Rouge for the Tigers’ Week 1 showdown against Clemson, which is set to kick off

as coach Lane Kiffin’s LSU debut.

In 2025, LSU opened its season with a 17-10 win at Clemson. It was coach Brian Kelly’s first season-opening win of his tenure in Baton Rouge, but it didn’t propel the Tigers into the College Football Playoff like he hoped it would. The school fired him only eight games — and three losses — later, then named Kiffin his successor in late November.

Clemson also had a disappointing year. Coach Dabo

to Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl.

LSU has opened each of the past six seasons against power-conference opponents.

Its 2026 campaign will be the first in which it plays nine SEC games. The Tigers’ other two nonconference foes are Louisiana Tech (Sept. 12) and McNeese State (Oct. 3).

The most anticipated matchup of LSU’s 2026 slate is its SEC opener: a Sept. 19 road clash with Ole Miss.

That game will be Kiffin’s

day.

“College GameDay” last visited Baton Rouge in November 2024 before LSU’s 42-13 loss to Alabama. Its next trip to LSU’s campus will be its 500th road broadcast in show history.

On3 was first to report the news on Tuesday on that the show was coming to LSUClemson.

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done the Vanity Fair interview, or at least not said anything derogatory about Ole Miss. Half of seeming clever, the author Patrick Rothfuss wrote, is keeping your mouth shut at the right times. That’s not Kiffin’s modus operandi.

In the end, there is little, if anything, Kiffin could say about Ole Miss or Mississippi that wouldn’t enrage Ole Miss and Mississippi people. He could say Oxford is the quaintest college town in the world and Ole Miss fans would take up pitchforks and torches.

Take the vitriol LSU fans had for Nick Saban returning to college football at Alabama and crank it up to 11.

That anger LSU fans had for Saban started with a deep-seated fear, which was proven right, that he would beat LSU in football most of the time. I think Ole Miss fans have a similar worry deep down about Kiffin and LSU. My main concern with all this is not some article or one quote within it. It is that anything involving Kiffin and Ole Miss contin-

ues to stoke the anger its fans have toward him and LSU, anger that has a very real possibility of boiling over Sept. 19 when the Tigers go to Oxford for their Southeastern Conference opener.

It’s a game that, no surprise, will be the backdrop for that Saturday’s “College GameDay” show and will be a 6:30 p.m. primetime kickoff on ABC (“College GameDay” is also coming to Baton Rouge on Sept. 5 for the 6:30 p.m. opener with Clemson on ABC).

I am serious when I say that I hope LSU and Ole Miss officials have a very good security plan in place for LSU’s arrival/departure from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and for Kiffin and the LSU team on the field. That viral video of an LSU baseball fan punching an Ole Miss fan earlier this season in Oxford he thought threw a drink on him is just the undercard for what Sept. 19 may bring.

Vanity Fair or not, it’s only going to get hotter in this border war over the next four months.

while also outlining a conversation he’d sometimes have with players he was recruiting to Ole Miss. “ ‘Hey, coach, we really like you,’ ” Kiffin told the magazine. “ ‘But my grandparents aren’t letting me move to Oxford, Mississippi.’ That doesn’t come up when you say Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Parents were sitting here this weekend saying the campus’ diver-

sity feels so great: ‘It feels like there’s no segregation.

And we want that for our kid because that’s the real world.’ ” Kiffin later clarified the comment to Vanity Fair, saying that he hopes it “comes across respectful to Ole Miss.”

“There are some things that I’m saying that are factual,” Kiffin said. “They’re not shots.”

Kiffin’s first LSU roster, which wrapped up spring practices on April 25, features 60 newcomers. The new-look group will open its season at home against Clemson on Sept. 5, then host Louisiana Tech a week later before beginning SEC play at Ole Miss on Sept.

19.

coach he knows and the first guy he would call if he were a head coach.

“A lot of people might say ‘he was just your assistant,’ ” Neal said. “No, Todd was not my assistant. Todd was every bit my equal, and I learned a ton of football from him. … He was a big part of our success without getting any credit. Behind the scenes, he was really influential on the secondary.”

Oregon went 12-2 and won the Rose Bowl (2011) and went 12-1 and won the Fiesta Bowl (2012) under coach Chip Kelly.

Neal discovered Lyght’s sharp eye for talent once in practice. The two-time consensus All-American at Notre Dame (1989 and ‘90) told him that one of his Oregon cornerbacks would be an All-American someday.

“I go, ‘Why do you say that?’ because I didn’t know,” Neal said. “I knew he was a good player, but (Lyght) just knew players, and he knew that kid was going to be special.”

That player was Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, who would later be a consensus AllAmerican in 2014 and a seventh-round NFL draft pick in 2015.

Despite how accomplished Lyght was on the field, he’s trying to share tales of his after being the fifth overall in the 1991 NFL Draft.

Lyght was the “most hum-

ble superstar guy” Neal has ever coached alongside, he said. Covington said he’s “the most down-to-earth dude you’ll ever meet.”

When he’s not talking the X’s and O’s of the game, he’s just pouring into his players on and off the field.

“Even if it’s the smallest thing, coach Lyght is going to hold you accountable, because he knows what you’re capable of,” Covington said. “He doesn’t want you to fail. So I wish I had a coach like him when I came in playing.”

Lyght’s coaching pursuit is linked to a desire to be a teacher of the game, sharing all that he’s learned from several football minds. He soaked up many lessons from NFL Hall of Fame coach Dick Vermeil.

The same is true with Bud Carson, the architect of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ legendary “Steel Curtain” defense from 1972-77, as his Rams defensive coordinator.

Current Saints senior defensive assistant Peter Giunta is another coaching influence. The former Rams defensive coordinator departed wisdom for Lyght to bring back to Southern after visiting him in New Orleans recently.

All that Lyght has accumulated over his life in football, he plans on using to help Southern return to the top of the Southwestern

is a direct reference to the Confederacy, after all.

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Continued from page 1C He most recently was the defensive coordinator at Orange Lutheran High School (2024-25) in California.

Lyght said he left Notre Dame before the 2020 season to prioritize spending time with his family. When asked about the ESPNreported recruiting violation that involved his impermissible contact with a recruit in 2019, Lyght said the NCAA deemed that he violated the “bump rule.” “(The NCAA has) a rule where if you come in contact with a particular student-athlete on campus, you can say hi, but you can’t say anything more than that,” he said. “I had a conversation with them.

They deemed it illegal, so I violated the rule.”

Lyght’s coaching opportunities came from his football savvy, command of players and work ethic.

These traits emerged at his first college gig as a defensive secondary intern at Oregon (2011-12). They were noticed by John Neal, a former Oregon defensive secondary coach (200316 and 2019-20), who has since retired after 41 years in college football.

Neal said Lyght is the best NFL player-turned-

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OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is ready to “disappear” for a while.

Having spent the previous eight months under college football’s media microscope, the sixth-year senior smiled when reporters asked about his summer plans once spring practice wrapped up.

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said.

For Chambliss, the spring session finished with a weekend meet-and-greet fan function before a weeklong session of spring drills that were closed to reporters.

Chambliss planned to return with family to his childhood hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was expected to make personal appearances and speeches at school functions.

Chambliss regularly touts his hometown roots, his experience at Division II Ferris State and an opportunity to “give back and tell (schoolchildren) if I can make it, you can make it.”

Coach Pete Golding said he encouraged all Ole Miss players to give themselves a break from football following spring football and exams.

“I told them I didn’t want to see them for a few weeks,” said Golding, who is heading into his first regular season as a head coach after going 2-1 in the College Football Playoff last season as current LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s successor.

“I do think it’s really important for them to get away from it,” Golding said. “They need a reset.”

Perhaps no player could appreciate a break more than Chambliss, who’d won a Division II national title in 2024 but remained relatively unknown before Ole Miss QB Austin Simmons was sidelined by an ankle injury.

Elevated into a starting role, Chambliss debuted by leading the Rebels to a 41-35 home win over Arkansas.

By the time the season ended in a last-second, CFP semifinal loss to Miami, the dualthreat Chambliss had totaled more than 3,900 yards and accounted for 30 touchdowns.

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“Everything that I’ve done in my life has been geared toward winning, and so that’s what I know,” Lyght said. “I win championships everywhere I’ve gone. I’m the type of person I hate losing, more than I like winning.”

The Rebels finished 13-2 and ranked No. 4 in the final Associated Press Top 25. Along the way were a handful of victories over ranked teams, including Tulane and Georgia in the CFP. Chambliss routinely produced explosive, clutch plays, overcoming his lessthan-ideal size (6-foot-1, 200 pounds) and emerging from a relative obscurity in ways that captured fans’ imagination.

NIL endorsements, estimated at $1.5 million by On3, followed. AT&T, for example, traded off Chambliss’ transfer story, stylish demeanor and puckish smile.

Another big win for Chambliss came off the field after a three-month legal challenge that resulted in an additional year of eligibility. The ruling became a big win for Ole Miss when Chambliss opted to stay in Oxford.

“It was very stressful,” Chambliss said shortly after the Mississippi Supreme Court denied the final appeal by the NCAA in March.

“I knew I was going to play football somewhere, either the NFL or here (Ole Miss), but not knowing was tough. I knew whatever happened was in God’s hands, but it was still tough.”

The decision to remain at Ole Miss was less difficult.

“You know, when I visited Oxford from Ferris State, I really liked it here and wasn’t promised anything about being the quarterback,” Chambliss said. “The thing that helped was my parents really liked it here, too, on the visit.

We’ve been treated great and once Ole Miss decided to go with PG (Pete Golding), we wanted to stay.”

While Chambliss takes his hiatus from Oxford, the Ole Miss media department intends to organize a Heisman Trophy campaign. Chambliss finished eighth in last year’s voting and has been listed with preseason front-runners Arch Manning of Texas and C.J. Carr of Notre Dame.

Ole Miss has a solid track record with quarterbacks in the Heisman Trophy race, with five – Charlie Conerly, Jake Gibbs, Archie Manning (twice) and Eli Manning — finishing in the top five.

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GOLF PGA CHAMPIONSHIP NOTEBOOK

McIlroy treated for blister on toe

BY BOB LENTZ and DOUG FERGUSON AP sportswriters

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By PEDRO SALADO

Jon Rahm hits a shot from the first tee during the first round of the LIV Golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club on Thursday in Sterling, Va.

Rahm says he’s better than his No. 20 ranking indicates NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Scottie Scheffler made a Sunday charge that came too late at the PGA Championship, a 65 that wasn’t enough to catch Brooks Koepka at Oak Hill. The runner-up finish came with a small consolation prize for Scheffler: He replaced Jon Rahm at No. 1 in the world.

Scheffler has been there ever since.

As for Rahm? He Doug Ferguson can only wonder which direction his career would have gone had he not bolted from the PGA Tour at the end of 2023 to take the Saudi riches of LIV Golf.

He firmly dismissed the notion Tuesday that his departure — six months after the PGA Tour tried to strike a deal with the Saudis — was an attempt to force the two circuits to unite.

“I was never thinking that I was going to be any sort of weight that would tip the scales to make things come together,” Rahm said.

“That was never an argument in my mind.”

The Spaniard prefers not to look back — not at any shot or any round that cost him a chance to win any tournament. And certainly not a decision that is starting to look worse by the day as LIV’s future no longer includes financial backing from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.

“I’ve made a lot of decisions in my life, and I’ve never gone back thinking, ‘Oh, had I know this again, I would do ’x’ and ‘y’ different. I could do that about 15 different golf shots on the golf course every single day,” Rahm said. “If I lived my life like that as a golfer, I would be a very pessimistic person.

“So we don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, and all we can do is learn from things that happen in the past, good and bad,” he said. “Just to speculate on what

could have done, what could have been different, doesn’t really make much sense.”

Three years ago can seem even longer, considering where he was.

Scheffler won the Phoenix Open — Rahm finished third — to return to No. 1 in the world, which lasted all of one week until Rahm won at Riviera. Three weeks later, Scheffler went back to No. 1 by winning The Players Championship and stayed there for a month until Rahm won the Masters.

Back and forth they went — Rory McIlroy joined the fray in the summer — until December when Rahm famously wore that black letterman’s jacket during the announcement that he had joined LIV. Where are they now?

Scheffler has been No. 1 since that 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, the longest streak of anyone other than Tiger Woods since the ranking began in 1986.

Rahm is at No. 20, a ranking that comes with an asterisk because LIV Golf started getting ranking points only last year, and then at a reduced rate because of the size and strength of its field. Only the top 10 on LIV receive points, but Rahm has never finished out of the top 10. Moot point.

Rahm, though, is keenly aware of the perception.

He referred to himself as being under the radar at the Masters this year, and then lived up to that by nearly missing the cut.

But he has a point because he hasn’t been part of the conversation about the best golf. Despite two wins and four runner-up finishes in the seven LIV events this year, the talk of golf is Scheffler and McIlroy, with Cameron Young and Matt Fitzpatrick on the fringes.

“As good as I played this year, nobody expects anything from me this week,” Rahm said. “It’s just funny, in that sense. ... I think as players, we usually have a fairly

good assessment of where we stand. I don’t really necessarily need a ranking to tell me where I’m at or where I feel like I’m at.”

And where is that?

Rahm wasn’t about to attach a number to where he thinks he should be. That’s asking for a debate he doesn’t want.

“I will just say I feel like the way I’ve played, including the last three years, I feel like I’m playing better than the ranking I have now,” he said.

That makes weeks like this so important for Rahm.

It’s only four weeks a year that he gets a crack at a full field of golf’s best players, and it hasn’t gone very well for him since he left a full schedule of top competition.

In the eight majors Rahm has played since leaving for LIV, he has finished out of the top 30 in half of them, including a missed cut.

He has had three top 10s but only one serious chance of winning. That was last year in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow when he rallied from five shots back of Scheffler, only for his Sunday charge to stall. He played the last three holes in 5 over when the tournament already was decided and wound up in a tie for eight, seven shots behind.

He also tied for seventh in the U.S. Open, though he started the final round 11 shots behind. He tied for seventh in the 2024, eight shots behind.

Rahm described his form as “very, very comfortable.”

“I’ve been playing — obviously besides the Masters — pretty good golf up until now,” he said.

The Masters is where he gets the true measure. The PGA Championship is no different. Winning won’t return him to No. 1 in the world or get him close to Scheffler or even McIlroy. But it might at least get him back in the conversation.

Woods’ records to be handed over to prosecutors in Florida DUI case

BY DAVID FISCHER Associated Press

STUART, Fla. — Tiger Woods’ prescription drug records will be handed over to prosecutors following his March arrest in Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence, a judge ruled Tuesday morning.

Judge Darren Steele approved an agreement between Woods’ defense attorney and prosecutors following a four-minute hearing in Martin County circuit court, just north of Palm Beach County.

Prosecutors had issued a subpoena seeking copies of all prescription medication records for the legendary golfer at a Palm Beach pharmacy from the start of the year through the end of March. Defense attorney Doug Duncan had previously argued that Woods has a constitutional right to privacy

when it comes to his prescription medications, but he acknowledged during the hearing that the right is not absolute and that prosecutors could make a compelling argument for why they were needed.

Meanwhile, prosecutors agreed to Duncan’s request for a protective order limiting the release of records only to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, state experts and Woods’ defense team.

Bob Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University who is not connected to the case, said the agreement and the judge’s approval seems normal for a DUI case, particularly one that involves drugs instead of alcohol. Florida law considers a driver with a bloodalcohol content of 0.08% or higher to be impaired, but there’s no clear, measurable standard to determine impairment for other drugs. That means prosecutors will have to use

field sobriety tests, officer testimony and other evidence to convince jurors beyond a reasonable doubt that Woods was impaired.

Jarvis said there’s no indication so far that Woods is receiving special treatment, either more harsh or more lenient, because of his celebrity status.

“We don’t know if the prosecutor offered a plea, and a typical defendant would have taken the plea, and Tiger Woods decided not to take the plea,” Jarvis said. “But other than that, I think that this is what would happen no matter who the defendant was.”

Woods has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence. A sheriff’s office report said deputies found two pain pills in his pocket, and he showed signs of impairment after his SUV clipped a truck’s trailer and rolled onto its side.

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Good thing Masters champion Rory McIlroy came to Aronimink a few weeks ago for a PGA Championship preview. His first practice round Tuesday didn’t last very long. He stopped after three holes because of ongoing blister issues under his right pinky toe.

McIlroy removed his shoe on the fourth tee, got into a cart and headed in. He looked a little better leaving the clubhouse, stopping to sign autographs and pose for a few pictures.

McIlroy had a limp Sunday at the Truist Championship that he said was the result of a blister.

That was his only tournament since winning the Masters in April.

“Yeah, I’ve got a blister on my pinky toe on my right foot, but it’s underneath my nail,” McIlroy said Sunday. “I can’t really get to it, so it’s a little sore. But I’ll be all right.”

McIlroy told Irish media earlier Tuesday he had the nail removed and would be trying to find shoes to limit the discomfort. He has another day of practice — or maybe rest — before the opening round of the PGA Championship.

From England to Philly Justin Rose feels at home in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Rose has a history of success on the Main Line as winner of the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion and a great track record with a win and playoff loss at Aronimink.

The 45-year-old Englishman’s second PGA Tour title came in the 2010 AT&T National. He lost to Keegan Bradley in a playoff at Aronimink in the 2018 BMW Championship. Sandwiched between those performances was his lone major victory.

Rose sounded a bit nostalgic explaining his repeated success in the region.

“I think the whole area feels

very familiar to the part of England I live in,” he said. “Very leafy, very green. Even this time of year I feel like the spring here is very much like the spring in England right now. So it feels very familiar from that point of view.”

It’s not just the change of seasons that seemingly puts Rose at ease. The old-fashioned course designs of Merion and Aronimink are part of it, too.

“I like the old-school golf,” the 25-time worldwide winner said.

“I like old-school tests of golf. I like the design and the architecture of these classic old courses, to be honest with you.”

Spanish Grand Slam Jon Rahm arrives at Aronimink seeking his third major title and with an equally important task for his fellow Spaniards.

Spanish players have won every major but the PGA Championship, the one tournament keeping the proud country from the Spanish Grand Slam.

Rahm won U.S. Open (2021) and Masters (2023). Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal each won the Masters twice, while Ballesteros was a three-time British Open champion. Sergio Garcia also won the Masters.

Scheffler takes the bait Scottie Scheffler is casting a wide net, on and off the golf course.

Scheffler, who is defending his PGA title this week, also has interests off the course, such as owning a professional fishing team.

The world’s top-ranked player bought the Texas Lone Stars Angling Club in 2024. The team is part of the Sport Fishing Championship and competes in saltwater tournaments.

“I’m definitely interested in other things ... The fishing team is really fun,” Scheffler said. “That’s something really interesting for me. I love being able to see that. I would like to be able to go to one of them one day. Something like that for me is really fun.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MATT SLOCUM

Rory McIlroy attends to his foot during a PGA Championship practice round on Tuesday at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa.

SCHEFFLER

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Not since Jordan Spieth in 2015 has anyone captured the first two majors of the season, and McIlroy has a chance to do that. The majors have become his focus of late, especially now that he finally has the career Grand Slam from winning the Masters a year ago.

McIlroy and Spieth are in the same group when the PGA Championship begins Thursday, along with Jon Rahm of LIV Golf.

Spieth lacks only the PGA Championship to complete the career slam.

For all the talk about bunker complexes that seem to line every landing area — there are 20 bunkers on the 11th hole alone — players have been talking about the greens all week, particularly if the rain holds off and the course gets firm.

“Greens are diabolical. Should be a really good test,” Xander Schauffele said. “You can make it as easy or difficult on yourself as you’d like. If you get aggressive to certain pins and shortside yourself, you’re going to hit it to 20 or 30 feet at best, just based on how fast and firm it is

and how much it runs away from you. But at the same time, there’s certain pockets where ... you can hit a really good shot and get rewarded for it.

“The greens are definitely the thing to prepare for this tournament. I think it will be fun to watch.”

Scheffler and McIlroy have combined to win four of the last five majors — McIlroy at Augusta National the last two times, Scheffler at the PGA Championship and British Open last year.

Scheffler is more about precision, though he certainly has enough length. McIlroy feasts on wider fairways as one of the best drivers of the ball. Aronimink could test a little of each, though McIlroy was more concerned about the second shot.

“I think in this day and age I’m not sure if it’s going to test all aspects of your bag,” McIlroy said. “Strategy off the tee is pretty nonexistent. It’s basically bash driver down there and then figure it out from there. ... When these traditional golf courses take a lot of trees out, it makes strategy not as much of a concern off the tee.

“But the greens are the main focus this week, and I think getting yourself in the right sections of the greens, making sure you leave yourself below the hole for the most part. That’s the key.”

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Steelers expected to be Saints’ opponent in Paris

BY JEFF DUNCAN Staff writer

The Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to be the New Orleans Saints’ opponent for their game in Paris this season, according to multiple reports Tuesday.

The opponent for the game, which will be played Sunday, Oct. 25 at Stade de France, according to sources, will be formally announced by the NFL on Wednesday, when the league reveals its full slate of international games.

Media reports in February indicated the Cleveland Browns would serve as the Saints’ opponent for the game, which will be the first NFL contest in France as part of the NFL’s nine-game International Series for the 2026 season. Saints owner Gayle Benson denied those reports at the time, saying the opponent had not been determined

by NFL officials.

Instead, it is expected to be Pittsburgh, which went 10-7 and won the AFC North Division last season. The Saints own a 9-8 advantage in the all-time series between the teams, but the Steelers have won four of the past six meetings.

The reports ended a wild day of speculation, as some outlets

indicated the Green Bay Packers might be the Saints’ foe for the Week 7 contest.

Packers president Ed Policy said at the NFL owners meeting in March that the Packers were being considered as the opponent for both the Saints game in Paris and the Detroit Lions game in Munich.

On Tuesday, he told a Wisconsinbased podcast that he has learned Green Bay is no longer an option for the Lions game. A league source independently confirmed Tuesday to The Times-Picayune that the Packers will not play in the Munich game.

“My understanding is (the Lions game) is not going to happen,” Policy said to Cheesehead TV. “I can confirm that. The only other possibility is the Saints. They are hosting a game in Paris, and I have not heard one way or the other about that.”

The game is technically one of nine home games on the Saints’ 2026 schedule.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced the Saints’ participation in the game at his state-of-the-league news conference before Super Bowl LX in San Francisco.

The NFL has targeted Paris as a priority international market in recent years as league officials

expand the international series to new cities across the globe.

The 80,698-seat Stade de France is the national stadium of France and the largest sporting facility in the country. It served as the host site for various events at the 2024 Summer Games, including the opening and closing ceremonies.

Saints and New Orleans tourism officials are collaborating to turn the game into a Washington Mardi Gras-style event, with multiple parties and marketing programs leading up to the game.

“We are excited to be selected to play in the first regular season game to be held in France,” Saints owner Gayle Benson said in February. “This moment is special not only because of the strong cultural connection between Louisiana and France, but also because we will compete before a growing Saints fan base in Paris.”

Team officials said season-ticket holders will be given a 10% price reduction on tickets and parking to reflect the cost of the lost game on the home schedule.

Fully paid season ticket holders will receive a credit and refund.

Season ticket holders also will be allowed priority presale access to a lottery for tickets for the Paris game.

SCOREBOARD Prep baseball LHSAA state tournament pairings Finals (Best-of-3 series) Thursday-Saturday At McMurry Park, Sulphur

Division I select

No. 1 Brother Martin vs. No. 2 Catholic-BR

Division II select

No. 1 Vandebilt Catholic vs. No. 2 St. Charles

Division III select

No. 1 University High vs. No. 2 Newman

Odds NBA Wednesday

FAVORITE at DETROIT

MLB

College baseball

Monday, May 4: Minn. 104, San Antonio 102 Wednesday, May 6: San Antonio 133, Minnesota 95 Friday, May 8: San Antonio 115, Minnesota 108 Sunday, May 10: Minnesota 114, San Antonio 109 Tuesday, May 12: San Antonio 126, Minnesota 97 Friday, May 15: San Antonio at Minn., TBA x-Sunday, May 17: Minn. at San Antonio, TBA

(Double elimination; x-if necessary) LINE O/U OFF (OFF)

UNDERDOG Cleveland

NHL

Wednesday

FAVORITE at COLORADO

Hammond Bracket Thursday, May 14

G1: No. 4 Nicholls vs. No. 5 McNeese, 1 p.m.

G2: No. 1 Southeastern vs. No. 8 HCU, 6 p.m.

American League FAVORITE LINE at CLEVELAND -141 at BALTIMORE OFF at TORONTO -162 Kansas City -119 Seattle -123 National League FAVORITE LINE at CINCINNATI -157 at PITTSBURGH -186 Chicago Cubs -138 at MILWAUKEE -137 at LA DODGERS -249 Interleague FAVORITE LINE at BOSTON -139 Detroit -112 Miami -124 at TEXAS -129 at ATHLETICS -141

UNDERDOG LA Angels N.Y Yankees Tampa Bay at WHITE SOX at HOUSTON

LINE +119 OFF +137 +101 +103

UNDERDOG Washington Colorado at ATLANTA San Diego San Francisco

LINE +132 +155 +117 +116 +204

UNDERDOG Philadelphia at N.Y METS at MINNESOTA Arizona St. Louis

LINE +117 -104 +105 +108 +119

LINE UNDERDOG -203 Minnesota

LINE +167

College softball NCAA Tournament glance (Double elimination; x-if necessary)

Baton Rouge (La.) Regional Friday, May 15

Game 1 — No. 5 Virginia St. (46-10) vs. South Alabama (32-25), 3 p.m.

Game 2 — Akron (34-23) vs. No. 4 LSU (3717), 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 16

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBD Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBD. Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, TBD

Sunday, May 17

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

Bryan-College Station (Texas) Regional Friday, May 15

Game 1 — No. 4 Texas A&M (45-9) vs. UConn (31-26), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — McNeese (40-20) vs. No. 5 Arizona St. (41-16), 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 16

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBD Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBD Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, TBD

Sunday, May 17

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Regional Friday, May 15

Game 1 — No. 1 Alabama (49-7) vs. USC Upstate (36-21), noon Game 2 — Belmont (40-22) vs. No. 8 Southeastern (46-14), 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 16

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBD Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBD Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, TBD

Sunday, May 17

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

NFCA Top 25 poll 1. Nebraska (26) 2. Oklahoma (2) 3. Alabama 4. Texas Tech 5. UCLA 6. Texas 7. Florida State 8. Tennessee 9. Florida 10. Arkansas 11. Virginia Tech

Friday, May 15: Detroit at Cleveland, TBA x-Sunday, May 17: Cleveland at Detroit, TBA

Southland Conference tournament

Wednesday

Through Sunday

12. Oregon 40-12 424 11 13. Duke 39-14 404 12 14. Stanford 37-13 357 14 15. Oklahoma State 38-15 306 16 16. Georgia 38-18 298 17 17. Texas A&M 36-17 284 15 18. LSU 37-17 219 18 19. Arizona State 41-16 191 24 20. Mississippi State 38-18 187 19 21. Grand Canyon 52-8 175 21 22. Arizona 35-16 162 20 23. UCF 38-16-1 81 22 24. Virginia 38-13 74 23 25. Louisville 44-12 66 25 Others receiving votes: Belmont (52), USF (15), Ole Miss (2), South Carolina (2), Southeastern (2), Omaha (1).

Friday, May 15

G3. Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 1 p.m.

G4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 16

G5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 1 p.m.

G6: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 17

x-G7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, 1 p.m.

Beaumont Bracket

Thursday

G1: No. 3 UTRGV vs. No. 6 Northwestern State, 1 p.m.

G2: No. 2 Lamar vs. No. 7 SFA, 6 p.m.

Friday

G3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 1 p.m.

G4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m.

Saturday

G5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 1 p.m.

G6: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, 6 p.m.

Sunday

x-G7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, 1 p.m.

Championship Series May 21

G1: Winner of No. 1 Seed Bracket vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed Bracket

May 22

G2: Winner of No. 1 Seed Bracket vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed Bracket

May 23

x-G3: Winner of No. 1 Seed Bracket vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed Bracket

State scores, schedule Thursday’s games

Coastal Carolina at UL, 6 p.m.

Alabama A&M at Southern, 6 p.m.

Florida at LSU, 6:30 p.m.

Tulane at Rice, 6:35 p.m.

Friday’s games

Coastal Carolina at UL, 6 p.m.

Alabama A&M at Southern, 6 p.m.

Florida at LSU, 6:30 p.m.

Tulane at Rice, 6:35 p.m.

D1 Baseball Top 25 poll

Through Sunday

Rec. Prev.

1. UCLA 46-5 1 2. North Carolina 40-9 2 3. Georgia Tech 42-8 3 4. Georgia 41-11 5 5. Auburn 35-15 6 6. Texas 37-12 4 7. Oregon State 40-11 10 8. Southern Miss 37-14 12 9. West Virginia 35-12 15 10. Texas A&M 37-12 9 11. Florida State 36-15 14 12. Arkansas 34-18 17 13. Mississippi State 38-14 11 14. Kansas 37-15 7 15. Ole Miss 34-18 20 16. Oregon 36-14 13 17. Southern Cal 41-12 18 18. Alabama 35-17 19 19. Florida 34-18 21 20. Coastal Carolina 34-17 8 21. Oklahoma State 33-18 NR 22. Arizona State 34-17 16 23. Boston College 36-17 22 24. Nebraska 37-14 25 25. Cincinnati 35-18 NR Dropped out: Virginia, Oklahoma

Pro basketball Rec. 46-6 48-8 49-7 52-6 47-8 42-10 49-8 42-10 48-10 42-11 46-10

Pts. Prev.

768 2 720 1 707 4 671 3 629 6 603 10 600 8 583 5 561 7 494 9 437 13

NBA playoff glance SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Eastern Conference Detroit 2, Cleveland 2

Tuesday, May 5: Detroit 111, Cleveland 101 Thursday, May 7: Detroit 107, Cleveland 97 Saturday, May 9: Cleveland 116, Detroit 109 Monday, May 11: Cleveland 112, Detroit 103 Wednesday, May 13: Cleve. at Detroit, 7 p.m.

New York 4, Philadelphia 0

Monday, May 4: New York 137, Philadelphia 98 Wednesday, May 6: New York 108, Philadelphia 102 Friday, May 8: New York 108, Philadelphia 94 Sunday, May 10: New York 144, Philadelphia 114

Western Conference

Oklahoma City 4, L.A. Lakers 0

Tuesday, May 5: OKC 108, L.A. Lakers 90 Thursday, May 7: OKC 125, L.A. Lakers 107 Saturday, May 9: OKC 131, L.A. Lakers 108 Monday, May 11: OKC 115, L.A. Lakers 110

San Antonio 3, Minnesota 2

WNBA glance

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W New York 2 Chicago 1 Atlanta 1 Washington 1 Connecticut 0 Indiana 0 Toronto 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE W Golden State 2 Dallas 1 Phoenix 1 Seattle 1 Las Vegas 1 Los Angeles 0 Minnesota 0 Portland 0

Monday’s games

L 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 L 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .000 .000 .000 Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000

GB — ½ ½ 1 2 1½ 1½ GB — ½ 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 1½

No games scheduled.

Tuesday’s games

Atlanta at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

New York at Portland, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s games

Hockey NHL playoff glance SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 2, Buffalo 2

Wednesday, May 6: Buffalo 4, Montreal 2 Friday, May 8: Montreal 5, Buffalo 1 Sunday, May 10: Montreal 6, Buffalo 2 Tuesday, May 12: Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 Thursday, May 14: Montreal at Buffalo, TBA x-Saturday, May 16: Buffalo at Montreal, TBA x-Monday, May 18: Montreal at Buffalo, TBA

Carolina 4, Philadelphia 0

Saturday, May 2: Carolina 3, Philadelphia 0 Monday, May 4: Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Thursday, May 7: Carolina 4, Philadelphia 1 Saturday, May 9: Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2, OT

WESTERN CONFERENCE

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League

American League East Division Tampa Bay New York Baltimore Toronto Boston

W 27 26 19 18 17

L 13 16 23 23 23

Pct .675 .619 .452 .439 .425

GB — 2 9 9½ 10

Cleveland Chicago Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

W 22 19 19 19 18

L 21 21 22 22 23

Pct .512 .475 .463 .463 .439

GB — 1½ 2 2 3

Athletics Seattle Texas Houston Los Angeles

W 21 20 19 16 16

L 19 22 22 26 26

Pct .525 .476 .463 .381 .381

GB — 2 2½ 6 6

Central Division

West Division

Monday’s Games

East Division Atlanta Miami Philadelphia Washington New York

W 28 19 19 19 15

L 13 22 22 22 25

Pct GB .683 — .463 9 .463 9 .463 9 .375 12½

Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh

W 27 22 23 22 22

L 14 16 17 19 19

Pct .659 .579 .575 .537 .537

GB — 3½ 3½ 5 5

San Diego Los Angeles Arizona San Francisco Colorado

W 24 24 20 17 16

L 16 17 20 24 25

Pct .600 .585 .500 .415 .390

GB — ½ 4 7½ 8½

Central Division

West Division

Monday’s Games

Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Cleveland 7, L.A. Angels 2 Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 5 Arizona 1, Texas 0 Seattle 3, Houston 1

Arizona 1, Texas 0 San Francisco 9, L.A. Dodgers 3

Tuesday’s Games

Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland 3, L.A. Angels 2 Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay at Toronto, n N.Y. Mets 10, Detroit 2 Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, n Minnesota 3, Miami 0 Arizona at Texas, n Seattle at Houston, n St. Louis at Athletics, n

Wednesday’s Games

L.A. Angels (Detmers 1-3) at Cleveland (Messick 4-1), 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-2) at Baltimore (Bradish 1-5), 5:35 p.m.

Philadelphia (Painter 1-4) at Boston (Gray 3-1), 5:45 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Jax 1-2) at Toronto (Cease 3-1), 6:07 p.m.

Detroit (Valdez 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Lugo 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Schultz 2-2), 6:40 p.m.

Miami (Meyer 2-0) at Minnesota (Woods Richardson 0-5), 6:40 p.m.

Arizona (Nelson 1-3) at Texas (Rocker 1-4), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Miller 0-0) at Houston (McCullers 2-3), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Liberatore 2-1) at Athletics (Ginn 1-1), 8:40 p.m.

Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 Pittsburgh 3, Colorado 1 Washington 10, Cincinnati 4 N.Y. Mets 10, Detroit 2 Chicago Atlanta 5, Cubs 2 Minnesota 3, Miami 0 Milwaukee 6, San Diego 4 Arizona at Texas, n St. Louis at Athletics, n San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, n

Wednesday’s Games

Colorado (Quintana 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Keller 4-1), 5:40 p.m.

Washington (Irvin 1-4) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 0-1), 5:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Painter 1-4) at Boston (Gray 3-1), 5:45 p.m.

Detroit (Valdez 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 4-2) at Atlanta (Ritchie 1-0), 6:15 p.m.

Miami (Meyer 2-0) at Minnesota (Woods Richardson 0-5), 6:40 p.m.

San Diego (King 3-2) at Milwaukee (Misiorowski 3-2), 6:40 p.m.

Arizona (Nelson 1-3) at Texas (Rocker 1-4), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Liberatore 2-1) at Athletics (Ginn 1-1), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Ray 3-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Ohtani 2-2), 9:10 p.m.

BOX SCORES Pittsburgh 3, Colorado 1

Philadelphia 2, Boston 1

Colorado

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Boston

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IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Lorenzen L,2-5 5 5 2 2 2 5 Halvorsen 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 ⁄3 3 1 1 1 0 Vodnik 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Hill Herget 1 1 0 0 1 1 Pittsburgh Skenes W,6-2 8 2 0 0 0 10 Soto S,4-5 1 2 1 1 0 0 HBP_Skenes (Johnston).

ABS Challenge_Lowe (Strike-Confirmed); Reynolds (Strike-Confirmed); Davis (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Brock Ballou; First, Ramon De Jesus; Second, Paul Clemons; Third, Quinn Wolcott.

T_2:34. A_13,516 (38,753).

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2B_Stott (6). HR_Schwarber (17). SB_ Crawford (4), Stott (8), Kiner-Falefa (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Wheeler W,2-0 7 1⁄3 6 1 1 0 4 2 Alvarado H,6 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Jh.Duran S,6-6 1 1 0 0 1 2 Boston Morán L,0-1 1 1 1 1 0 2 Bello 6 1⁄3 4 1 1 1 5 2 Samaniego ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Kelly 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP_Wheeler (Yoshida).

ABS Challenge_Bello (Ball-Overturned to Strike); García (Strike-Confirmed); Story (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Dan Merzel; First, Dan Bellino; Second, Mark Ripperger; Third, Shane Livensparger.

T_2:29. A_36,795 (37,755).

N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 2

Atlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 2

New York

Chicago

Baltimore

Atlanta

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IP H R ER BB SO New York Warren W,5-1 5 2⁄3 4 2 2 1 6 Cruz 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Bird ⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Hill H,7 Bednar 1 0 0 0 0 1 Baltimore Rogers L,2-4 4 6 6 6 3 3 Walker 2 1 0 0 1 3 Cano 1 1 0 0 0 0 Kittredge 1 0 0 0 0 0 T.Wells 1 1 0 0 2 1 WP_Warren.

ABS Challenge_Cowser (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Walker (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Alonso (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Wells (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Umpires_Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Edwin Moscoso; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Nic Lentz.

T_2:43. A_20,344 (45,971).

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HR_Bregman (4), Riley (6), Yastrzemski (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago 5 1 1 Rea L,4-2 4 1⁄3 7 5 0 1 2 Rolison 1 2⁄3 2 0 Webb 1 0 0 0 0 1 Thornton 1 2 0 0 0 1 Atlanta Holmes 4 1 2 2 4 5 Fuentes W,2-0 3 0 0 0 1 3 Lee H,6 1 0 0 0 0 0 Iglesias S,7-7 1 0 0 0 0 1 ABS Challenge_Rea (Ball-Confirmed); Bregman (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Bregman (Strike-Confirmed); Happ (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Olson (StrikeConfirmed).

Umpires_Home, James Hoye; First, Tyler Jones; Second, Sean Barber; Third, John Libka.

T_2:23. A_38,342 (41,149).

N.Y. Mets 10, Detroit 2

Milwaukee 6, San Diego 4

Detroit

San Diego

Vegas 2, Anaheim 2

Monday, May 4: Vegas 3, Anaheim 1 Wednesday, May 6: Anaheim 3, Vegas 1 Friday, May 8: Vegas 6, Anaheim 2 Sunday, May 10: Anaheim 4, Vegas 3 Tuesday, May 12: Anaheim at Vegas, n Thursday, May 14: Vegas at Anaheim, TBA x-Saturday, May 16: Anaheim at Vegas, TBA

Colorado 3, Minnesota 1

Sunday, May 3: Colorado 9, Minnesota 6 Tuesday, May 5: Colorado 5, Minnesota 2 Saturday, May 9: Minnesota 5, Colorado 1 Monday, May 11: Colorado 5, Minnesota 2 Wednesday, May 13: Minn. at Colorado, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 15: Colorado at Minn., TBA x-Sunday, May 17: Minn. at Colorado, TBA

Transactions MLB American League ATHLETICS — Released C Austin Wynns.

Designated RHP Eduarniel Núñez for assignment. Selected the contracts of 2B Michael Stefanic and RF Henry Bolte from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned 3B Brett Harris to Las Vegas.

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated LHP Trevor Rogers from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Jose Espada to Norfolk (IL).

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Sent RHP Shawn Armstrong to Akron (EL) on a rehab assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent LHP Josh Hader, CF Jake Meyers and SS Jeremy Pena to Corpus Christi (TL) on rehab assignments.

Reinstated RHP Tatsuya Imai from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Logan VanWey to Sugar Land (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with 2B Quinn McDaniel and LHP Jack Walker on minor league contracts.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed SS José Caballero on the 10-day IL. Recalled SS Anthony Volpe from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

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IP H R ER BB SO Detroit 3 3 2 Flaherty L,0-3 3 2⁄3 6 3 Holton 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 1 ⁄3 1 3 1 2 1 Smith De Jesús 1 1⁄3 2 2 2 0 1 Vanasco 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Rogers ⁄3 0 0 New York Peralta W,2-3 6 7 2 2 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 Raley Warren 2 1 0 0 2 3 Vanasco pitched to 7 batters in the 8th.

WP_Flaherty.

ABS Challenge_Keith (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Flaherty (Ball-Confirmed); Melendez (Strike-Confirmed); Keith (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Alvarez (Strike-Confirmed); Warren (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Umpires_Home, Jordan Baker; First, Rob Drake; Second, Stu Scheuwater; Third, Junior Valentine.

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HR_Andujar (3), Ortiz (1). SF_Ortiz (1).

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ABS Challenge_Andujar (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Sheets (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Waldron (Ball-Confirmed); Castellanos (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Ryan Additon; First, Ryan Wills; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Will Little.

T_2:37. A_25,372 (41,700).

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Top-ranked Sinner ties Djokovic’s record Italian matches mark in Rome with 31st consecutive Masters Series victory

7-6 (10), 6-0 victory over twotime Rome champion Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud eased past Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-1 with Musetti getting treatment for a left thigh issue.

Ruud will face Karen Khachanov, who beat Dino Prizmic 6-1, 7-6 (2). Prizmic eliminated Novak Djokovic on Friday.

BY ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press

ROME — The records keep coming for Jannik Sinner.

The top-ranked Sinner beat qualifier Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3 to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday and match Novak Djokovic’s record with a 31st consecutive Masters Series victory.

Sinner hasn’t been beaten in a Masters Series event — the biggest tournaments outside the Grand Slams — since he retired with cramps in extreme heat against Tallon Griekspoor in Shanghai in October.

Djokovic won 31 straight Masters matches in 2011.

“If you want to be a great player, you’ve got to play on all the surfaces and all the tournaments at your maximum,” Sinner said. “It’s the mind that makes the difference.”

Like in his previous match, Sinner took control quickly with a break in the opening game before a packed Campo Centrale — where many fans were decked out in orange, which is Sinner’s theme color. He improved to 19-0 against fellow Italians.

If Sinner raises the trophy in Rome, he’ll become the second man after Djokovic to triumph

Gauff in semifinals again

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ALESSANDRA TARANTINO

Italy’s Jannik Sinner celebrates beating fellow Italian Andrea Pellegrino during their match at the Italian Open in Rome on Tuesday. at all nine Masters 1000 events.

Djokovic has won each event at least twice.

Sinner has already won a record five straight Masters events, and with Carlos Alcaraz sidelined due to a right wrist injury, it doesn’t seem like anyone can prevent him from winning in Rome and at the upcoming French Open.

“It’s time to take the title away from Adriano,” read a sign that one fan held aloft at the Foro

Italico, referring to the last Italian man to win the singles title in Rome: Adriano Panatta 50 years ago.

Panatta will present the winner’s trophy after Sunday’s title match.

Overall, Sinner extended his winning streak to 26 matches. He hasn’t lost since getting beat by Jakub Mensik in the Qatar Open quarterfinals on Feb. 19.

Sinner’s quarterfinal oppo-

nent will be 12th-seeded Andrey Rublev, who beat Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Also, 19-year-old Rafael Jodar swept aside Learner Tien 6-1, 6-4 to become only the second teenager after Rafael Nadal (in 2005) to reach the Madrid and Rome quarterfinals in the same season.

Jodar will next face Luciano Darderi, who saved four match points in the second set of a 1-6,

In the women’s tournament, Coco Gauff reached the Rome semifinals for the third consecutive year with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Mirra Andreeva.

Gauff was the runner-up in Rome last year and is preparing to defend her French Open title.

Gauff will next play 36-year-old Sorana Cirstea, who eliminated 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-1, 7-6 (0).

Cirstea upset top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the third round and is now the second-oldest semifinalist in a WTA 1000 clay-court event. Only Martina Navratilova did it at an older age, at 37 in Rome in 1994.

“I always said there’s no expiration date for ambition and dreams,” said Cirstea, who plans to retire at the end of the year. “I think everyone can see that I absolutely love this sport. I have so much passion for it.”

Reigning champion Jasmine Paolini, who lost in the third round of singles, withdrew from the doubles competition due to a “minor foot issue.” She and partner Sara Errani are the defending champions in doubles, too.

Betts returns to Dodgers’ lineup

BY BETH HARRIS Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ROSS D. FRANKLIN

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Merrill Kelly throws against the New york Mets during the first inning of a game Saturday in Phoenix.

Diamondbacks’ rotation gets out of brutal slump

BY JOHN MARSHALL

Associated Press

PHOENIX — The walks were piling up, homers flying out of the ballpark, runs racing across the plate.

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo had seen enough.

A manager who prefers oneon-one meetings with his players called Arizona’s entire starting rotation into his office for a oneway conversation.

Hearing what their manager said — throw strikes, essentially — was something the starters already knew, but the reinforced message kicked off the best run by the Diamondbacks’ rotation in nine years.

“That was his message, just to remind us that we’re really good and what we’re going through right now is not who we are,” Arizona right-hander Merrill Kelly said.

It was ugly.

The Diamondbacks had a few decent starts here and there the first month of the season, but the blowups started coming with more regularity.

Instead of throwing strikes and letting hitters put the ball in play, the Diamondbacks were being too fine with their pitches or trying to get strikeouts. The walks started racking up and with those came big innings — lots of big innings.

Through the first 33 games of the season, Arizona’s starters had the worst ERA in baseball at 5.42 as the Diamondbacks dropped 41/2 games out of first in the NL West barely a month into the season.

Lovullo made the rare decision to meet with all his starters during a May 1-3 series at the Cubs and the results — whether he had anything to do with it or not — have been impressive.

With Michael Soroka’s gem against Texas on Monday night, Arizona’s starters have had seven

straight starts of at least six innings, longest active streak in the majors and the Diamondbacks’ best since 2017. They currently have four straight starts of at least six innings with one or fewer runs and four or less hits for the fifth time in franchise history, first since 2019.

“I probably had 1% to do with that,” Lovullo said. “I just created awareness, just told them this is what I’m seeing, go out there and reverse it. Figure out how to pitch deep into games, execute and put balls into play. I said what I said and I’m proud of the way they’ve been getting after it.”

It’s been an impressive run.

Eduardo Rodriguez, Arizona’s steadiest pitcher, kicked it off by allowing two hits in seven scoreless innings in a win over the Pirates on May 5. The left-hander backed it up by limiting the Mets to one run on four hits in a careerbest 81/3 innings on Sunday.

Soroka lost a 1-0 pitcher’s duel with Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes despite allowing a run in 61/3 innings, but beat the Rangers 1-0 Monday night by allowing three singles over 61/3 scoreless innings.

Following six-inning starts by Zac Gallen and Ryne Nelson, Kelly had his best start of the season against the Mets on Saturday.

Relying on a few tweaks in his mechanics, the right-hander allowed a run on three hits in seven innings after 19 earned runs over 132/3 innings his previous three starts. Kelly’s impressive start kicked off Arizona’s current three-game winning streak and earned him hugs and high-fives in the dugout after his day was done.

“It’s bittersweet; you feel like the kid who finally passed the test,” Kelly said. “You feel like the kid who’s been getting F’s all the time and finally got an A. It feels a lot better coming off the mound knowing you gave your team a chance to win.”

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup Monday night, five weeks after being sidelined with an oblique injury.

The eight-time All-Star went 1 for 5 with a single and a strikeout hitting second behind Shohei Ohtani and ahead of Freddie Freeman in a 9-3 loss in the series opener against the San Francisco Giants.

“We just have to make sure we swing at good pitches,” Betts said before the game. “Those guys are good, too. They drive nice cars, too. We just have to control the zone, swing at good pitches.”

The Dodgers have dropped eight of their past 12 games and were looking for Betts to help jumpstart a stagnant offense.

They have scored three runs or fewer in nine of those 12 games.

“I know I’m not the hero,” said Betts, the 2018 AL MVP. “It’s important for everyone to know it’s going to take all of us and not just one guy getting through their struggles or whatever it is.”

Betts was batting .179 (5 for 28) with two home runs in eight games before he went on the injured list April 5 with a right oblique strain.

“I just didn’t really realize how long it takes for it to really heal,” he said. “I felt pretty good pretty

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By NICK WASS

Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts rounds the bases during a game against the Washington Nationals on April 4 in Washington. fast, actually. But just some of the movements I couldn’t do kind of lingered for a long time. I was trying to hurry, but obviously the doctors were saying it just takes a month for it to heal.”

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Betts would start at shortstop Monday and Tuesday before taking Wednesday off.

“After seven days, six days, I think he’s going to want to be in there regularly, but we’ll kind of see,” Roberts said.

Betts was on a tear in spring training, hitting .357 with a .786 OPS in five games before briefly leaving the team for the birth of his third child. He cooled off the

first two weeks of the regular season before getting hurt.

Roberts is taking a wait-andsee approach toward Betts’ offense. The 33-year-old shortstop was 2 for 5 in two minor league rehab games.

“Certainly two games of rehab, taking batting practice, a day of live at-bats, is not ideal,” the manager said, “but I think with Mookie you just don’t know. The hope is that he can kind of hit the ground running.”

With Betts’ return, infielder Alex Freeland was sent down to Triple-A Oklahoma City. He was hitting .235 with two homers and eight RBIs in 33 games.

Hotel bookings soft ahead of World Cup

BY PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

NEW YORK — The promised economic boon from the World Cup hasn’t matched expectations, at least not yet, for U.S. hotels.

Room bookings have been lighter than expected in most of the 11 U.S. cities hosting the world’s most watched sporting event, according to an April survey by the American Hotel & Lodging Association.

In several cities, including Kansas City, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle, a majority of hotel operators said bookings were actually running behind typical seasonal demand. In others, including New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston, demand was flat so far compared with a regular spring and summer, according to the association.

The hotel association blamed travel concerns from international fans, worries about wait times for a U.S. visa and the cost of attending the tournament — including high ticket prices and transit costs in some cities — as major factors in the softer-thanexpected demand.

“I think everyone had hoped the

games would lead to an influx of bookings, but with all going on in the world and the USA’s involvement, events are playing out differently for everyone,” said Michael Black, general manager at the Cloud One hotel in Manhattan.

Concerns about softer-thanexpected bookings extend to Mexico, which is co-hosting the games with the U.S. and Canada.

Hotels in Mexico City, which hosts the tournament’s opening match on June 11, are about 30% to 36% booked, according to the Asociación de Hoteles de Ciudad de México.

Many hotels jacked up their prices after the tournament’s schedule was announced, anticipating that soccer fans would pay exorbitant rates if they were able to score tickets to a match.

Near MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, for example, one hotel that normally charges around $200 a night was advertising a rate of $800 on nights around June World Cup matches. The costs soar to more than $1,300 a night ahead of the July 19 final.

Many seasoned fans are probably still waiting for those prices to drop, said Ronan Evain, executive director of Football Support-

ers Europe, a Germany-based fan advocacy group.

“Fans that are used to traveling for tournaments know that this price will always go down,” Evain said. “There are many examples of hotel owners regretting that they priced too high and then panicking at the last minute and reducing prices.”

Others have already likely secured cheaper lodging farther from the stadiums or through Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms, he added.

Indeed, the metropolitan regions around Kansas City, Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale are all enjoying an uptick in short-term rental bookings compared with the same period last year, according to a recent report from AirDNA, a rental data firm that tracks bookings on Airbnb and Vrbo.

Airbnb said last week that the number of guests expected to stay at its rental listings during the tournament is expected to exceed earlier estimates and even end up surpassing the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris as the biggest hosting event in the company’s history.

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Seasonal menu updates make for refreshing meals, drinks Bon vi·vant /noun/ a sociable person who has cultivated and refined tastes, especially with respect to food and drink.

New food on the block Eliza Restaurant and Bar, 7970 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, dropped its new spring menu that includes local feta and squash tapenade, crawfish-jalapeno hushpuppies, soft-shell crab, Basque cake and hackleback caviar with creme fraiche and housemade chips.

The spicy hen solo with crispy fried chicken and pickle chips on a buttermilk biscuit is available at Vicious Biscuit, 333 St. Christopher Ave., Gonzales, through May 31.

The May po-boy of the month at Jed’s Local, 672 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, is here.

The pressed crawfish bread is made with Louisiana crawfish tails, trinity, Creole seasoning and a rich three-cheese blend.

For every order of the po-boy, Jed’s will donate money to the Red Stick Farmers Market.

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A staff member of Reeves Market scoops some lasagna into a foam to-go box. The store, located at 10770 N. Harrell’s Ferry Road in Baton Rouge, serves plate lunches every weekday.

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Fajita bowl from O’Neal Latino Market with great hot food, email madison. produce. By the deli counter is a scott@theadvocate.com. small dining area with a few tables.

I sat down, and after skimming the O’Neal Latino Market menu, ordered the fajita bowl. n 930 O’Neal Lane, Baton Rouge To my surprise, the waitress This market bakes bread fresh brought complimentary chips every day and sells an assortment ä See GROCERY, page 2D of Mexican snacks, seasonings and

THE BEST THINGS WE ATE THIS WEEK

Only settle for the best with our recent favorites Melanzane Fritti from Josephine’s in Baton Rouge

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n Josephine’s, 5350 Government St.,

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Mark your calendar Backyard BBQ: noon to 3 p.m., May 23 in the Kenilworth neighborhood

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he beauty in a plate lunch lies in its comforting simplicity and affordability.

It’s a humble, no-frills way to get a convenient meal.

Welcome to my hunt to find the best grocery store hot food in Baton Rouge. To meet the requirements of “grocery store hot food,” each meal had to come hot from a grocery store. No “heat and eat” tins; no cold-prepared sandwiches or sushi trays. I’m looking for the meat and potatoes.

To start the journey, I found a spread of grocery stores across the city, prioritizing locally owned businesses. While planning, I looked at online weekly menus to avoid repeat meals from different establishments, as I didn’t want baked chicken two days in a row.

And if there were tables and chairs inside, I sat down and ate there. If not, I took it home or to the office. Here are the findings.

My quest is not done. If you know of a grocery store in Baton Rouge

The pressed crawfish bread at Jed’s Local is made with Louisiana crawfish tails, trinity, Creole seasoning and a rich three-cheese blend.

Rocca Pizzeria, 3897 Government St., Baton Rouge, has added new items to its menu. Try the spicy vodka cutlet with a breaded chicken cutlet, spicy vodka sauce, hazelnut-basil pesto, burrata and piquillo pepper salad on a sesame pistolet; ‘nduja za with fresh mozzarella, spiced pork ‘nduja, house Italian sausage, red onion and gremolata; and the caprese with house focaccia, basil oil, goat cheese fondue, heirloom tomatoes and white balsamic glaze.

Through June 9, try the peaches and cream beignets, Cajun crawfish breakfast scramble, bacon praline pancakes and peach paloma-rita at Ruby Slipper, 3535 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge.

Are you looking for a happy hour? Josephine’s, 5350 Government St., Baton Rouge, kicked off a new happy hour: half off all pizzas and spritzes from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The pizza menu includes options like the “Bianca” — with ricotta, mozzarella, roasted garlic, onions, capers and pesto — and the piccante with pepperoni, housemade Italian sausage, crushed tomatoes, mozzarella and Calabrian chili. The spritz options include an Aperol spritz, Hugo spritz, Italicus spritz and limoncello spritz.

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I stopped by Josephine’s for lunch because I hadn’t been there yet. First impressions were cozy and charming. I ordered the Melanzane Fritti, or fried eggplant, for my appetizer. The starter was served as a tower of fried

eggplant discs and tomato set atop whipped herb ricotta and balsamic vinegar, topped with a healthy dollop of burrata.

The eggplant was nicely fried and crispy. The creamy cheeses offset the sweet tang of the balsamic vinegar. One perfect bite had all the components at once.

For my entree, I wanted something fresh and bright, so I chose

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Choosing the phone call over the companion Gentle reader: People selling things Dear Miss Manners: When I am with and those in their grips — which, someone in person, I think it is these days, seems to be everyone rude to answer the phone (the — promote the idea that message being that the Technology Changes Evcaller is more important than our conversation). A erything. friend claims that she only Miss Manners has nointends to pick up and say ticed that this is seldom the she will call them back. case as regards etiquette.

But sometimes there is When someone shows up Judith an exchange, and I am sitat your door unannounced Martin (or calls your phone) when ting there waiting till she MISS you are not in a position finishes. I always let my MANNERS to offer a welcome, it is calls go to voicemail when proper to expect that the I am with a real person. would-be visitor will leave a card That is what voicemail is for. (or leave a message on your voiceShe says my way is rude, and I say her way is rude. I would mail). In certain circumstances, appreciate your phone etiquette you might choose to answer the pronouncement. door (or pick up).

Yes, it is possible to say politely that you will have to call the person back because you are engaged, but it is difficult to do so gracefully — and generally unnecessary. Barring the discovery of the oft-cited genuine emergency, leaving your original companion waiting indefinitely does not qualify as polite — even if the caller is no less “real” for being at a distance.

Dear Miss Manners: My niece is getting married in April. She has chosen not to invite her third cousins.

I was planning to ask my 20-yearold grandson to be my plus-one.

He will drive and pay for our hotel costs. The location is very exclusive and superexpensive.

The problem is that my grandson is actually a third cousin.

Can he still be my plus-one? My brother and sons now say they’re not going if the grandson is not able to go. They are a tight group and we all do things together.

Gentle reader: Anyone who believes that explaining the logic behind the guest list will silence objections by demonstrating its fairness has never hosted a wedding.

Invitations are properly issued to people, not titles or relationships, which is why Miss Manners has never approved of the casual stranger who attends as a plusone. Issuing positive invitations to individuals — rather than posting rules — also avoids drawing at-

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cheese was good. Usually, the first thing I notice about mac and cheese Continued from page 1D is how dry or liquid it is. The moisture level was right in the middle, and I was satisfied. The beans were and salsa (a great start) and soon your run-of-the-mill baked beans: emerged with the main dish. The stable, reliable, enjoyable.

For $9.99, this is a convenient, fillfajita bowl came with steak, rice, onions, bell peppers, queso and a ing lunch that’s worth the money. few tortillas. The queso poured on top of everything was heavy but Calvin’s Bocage Market n 7675 Jefferson Highway, Baton satisfying.

A nearby TV played cartoons as Rouge I stuffed each tortilla with the fixThis family-owned market had ings — an alliance of quality ambi- an impressive volume of “heat and eat” options: red beans and ance and sustenance.

The meal was about $15 and re- rice, green bean casserole, shrimp ceived my stamp of approval. I’ll étouffée, lasagna, mac and cheese be back for seconds, O’Neal Latino and way more. But that didn’t meet my requirements of “hot.” Onward!

Market.

I asked one of the employees if Calandro’s Supermarket they had plate lunches. Only on n 4142 Government St., Baton Rouge Fridays, she said. It was WednesHaving first opened in 1941, Ca- day, but the show must go on.

I took to the hot shelves, which landro’s is a longtime grocery staple in Baton Rouge, and it serves offered teriyaki or orange chicken plate lunches every weekday. bowls with fried rice. I opted for Tuesday had barbecue ribs, mac the latter. The bed of fried rice had peas and carrots, and the orange and cheese and baked beans.

I took the cellophane-wrapped chicken was lightly fried with sesbox to go and tore it open in the of- ame seeds sprinkled on top. The fice lunch room. There was a bonus bowl fed me and got the job done.

For $9.99, this meal is helpful in slice of pound cake and two rolls.

Unexpected. That scores some a pinch. Perhaps I’ll return on a Friday. brownie points.

The ribs came in a rack of three.

They were tender. The barbecue Bet-R sauce was sweet and a little smoky, n 2812 Kalurah St., Baton Rouge and mixing it in the mac and cheese This Mid City grocery serves created a delightful crossover plate lunches every weekday, but of flavors. By itself, the mac and when I arrived too late on a Friday,

tention to who is being excluded.

If, as seems likely, the ban on third cousins was an organizing principle you heard stated — rather than one printed on your invitation — then your grandson qualifies as a plus-one and may go. But if your niece was rude enough to exclude third cousins in print, then your male relatives have the right idea — though perhaps, in the interest of family harmony, you should regret that you are unable to attend without being as explicit about your thinking as your niece was about hers.

Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www. missmanners.com.

I cracked open the tray once I returned to the office lunch room.

Reeves Market is not playing around. It was at this point I realized I’ve been underestimating the power of the plate lunch.

I wasted no time and dove in.

The lasagna with ground beef was cheesy and still hot after the 15-minute drive. I would’ve liked a little more red sauce, but I was far from disappointed. The broccoli rice and carrots hit the spot.

For $9.99, plates like this make life worth living.

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Barbecue ribs, baked beans and mac and cheese from Calandro’s Supermarket the hot bar was closed. However, there were some packaged lunches on the hot shelves for latecomers like me.

I sifted through my options: hot wings, fried chicken, shrimp alfredo and some others. The baked chicken plate with mixed vegetables and mac and cheese caught my eye. Baked chicken used to be one of my favorite cafeteria lunches growing up.

The whopping slabs of chicken tasted as expected: good and hearty. The mac and cheese was far from dry and scored as some of the best I’ve had in a while (my palate prefers a very simple mac and cheese). The mixed veggies, concocted of carrots, potatoes and

lima beans, were a well-seasoned and salted side dish.

At $6.99, this hot meal was the least expensive one in my hunt.

This felt like a great deal, especially considering the volume of chicken on the plate.

Reeves Market

n 10770 N. Harrell’s Ferry Road,

Baton Rouge

It wasn’t even 11 a.m. yet, and there I was in line for lunch at Reeves Market on Thursday with a hankering for home-style cooking. There were options: spaghetti, fried chicken, squash, pinto beans and corn. I opted for lasagna with broccoli rice, carrots and garlic bread.

Valdez Market

n 15356 Old Hammond Highway,

Baton Rouge

Just a two-minute drive from O’Neal Latino Market is another taqueria-grocery store combo, Valdez Market. Inside and to the right is a dining room of tables and chairs that gives the feel of a proper restaurant. A waitress brought a menu and complimentary chips and salsa (yay!). I ordered three tacos: barbacoa, al pastor and asada.

A nearby self-serve bar has all of the taco fixings like cilantro, lime wedges, salsa verde, radishes and a couple of other toppings. I loaded my tacos up and got to eating. The asada lacked the flavor I was looking for, and the consistency was too wet. The best was the al pastor, which delivered on spice and flavor. The barbacoa did the same.

It was $3 per taco, coming in at $8.97.

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Gains, losses in progress with an exact copy, which the Dear Heloise: I subscribe to the print and digital versions Express-News offers, there’s no way short of reading it of the newspaper. While I on my big-screen TV that sincerely like being able to provides the full-page access the digital context at a glance. edition when I travel, The digital edition I see two main drawcan also be clumsy to backs to it: navigate. I don’t think First, I do almost there’s a fix for this all of the daily problem. But with puzzles, and printing Hints from progress, we always them out is a hassle Heloise lose a few things as — and frankly quite we gain others! — Mardifficult to do when I’m on the road. I do recogtha R., in Seguin,Texas nize that I can’t access my Home protection home print edition from the road at all, but buying Dear Heloise: The main reaa local paper at a corner son that I switched from store is nearly imposa hard-copy newspaper to a digital copy hasn’t been sible anymore. I’d be very happy if the paper made its mentioned in your column: puzzles interactive so that I We frequently travel and wouldn’t have to print them. don’t want newspapers to be left on the driveway and The second drawback for me is the loss of context and alert thieves that we are away. There’s no need to serendipity while browscall the newspaper coming. This seems small, but it’s important to me. The pany to stop delivering the spatial and tactile aspects of paper or get a neighbor to reading a full-sized sheet of pick up the paper. This has newsprint are missing from been a huge help. We enjoy the digital experience. Even your column. — Lyndy C., in

Huntington Beach, California

Be gone, aphids!

Dear Heloise: I hate aphids.

I really detest these pesky little buggers. With warm weather comes the miserable aphids. How do I get rid of them? — Shelly H., in Orange, California Shelly, aphids and whiteflies seem to be attracted to their favorite color, which is a very bright yellow, so try this method: Either paint a board a shocking yellow, or use a bright yellow lid from a jar and coat one side with petroleum jelly, motor oil or even honey. The insect lands on the yellow board or lid, and it can then be trapped there. When it seems to be drying out, scrape off the sticky goo and recoat it to continue trapping bugs.

You can also plant garlic cloves about 4 to 6 inches apart. Aphids don’t like this scent, so they’ll usually stay away from the plant. — Heloise Email heloise@heloise.com.

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Continued from page 1D the Insalata di Pollo. The chicken was grilled and laid evenly across the bed of greens and cherry tomatoes. Fried capers and Gorgonzola finished off the salad with a delicious pancetta vinaigrette. Next time, I’ll get more dressing on the side because it was that good.

To go along with my salad, I ordered the focaccia bread, made in-house.

It was the best I’ve had in ages — crispy and salty on the edges but soft otherwise. The flavors were beyond tasty, and the Parmesan olive oil for dipping made it even better.

— Joy Holden, features reporter

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n Overpass Merchant, 2904

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I’ve been on a run of unintentionally ordering sub-par salads from various eateries, and it got to the point where I entered a salad strike of sorts. That is, until I went to Overpass Merchant, and I took a chance on the Cowboy Cobb 2.0. I’m glad I did.

I think every salad should be more like this Cobb.

At $15, it has some great things going on: Mixed greens tossed in cowboy ranch, topped with bacon, radish, red onions, crumbled queso fresco, toasted corn and grilled chicken.

The ratio of dressing to

BON VIVANT

Continued from page 1D Join Jay Ducote and the Bourbon Society of Baton Rouge for an afternoon of Texas-style barbecue

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2026. There are 232 days left in the year.

Today in history: On May 13, 1846, the United States Congress formally declared war against Mexico, following battles along the disputed U.S.-Mexico border in the preceding weeks; the Mexican-American War would continue for nearly two years until the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848.

Also on this date: In 1940, in his first speech to the House of Commons as British prime minister, Winston Churchill said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

In 1973, in tennis’ first socalled “Battle of the Sexes,” Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Court 6-2, 6-1 in Ramona, California. (Billie

Jean King soundly defeated Riggs at the Houston Astrodome later that year.)

In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.

(Agca was sentenced to life in prison in Italy in July 1981, but was pardoned in 2000 at the Pope’s request.)

In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as a police helicopter dropped two bombs onto the group’s row house, igniting a fire that killed 11 people (including five children) and destroyed 61 homes.

In 1995, British climber Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, without bottled oxygen or the help of sherpas. (The following August, she was one

of several climbers to die in a sudden, fierce storm while descending from the pinnacle of K2, the world’s second-highest peak.)

In 2016, the Obama administration issued a directive requiring public schools to permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Harvey Keitel is 87. Musician Stevie Wonder is 76.

Screenwriter-producer David Simon (“The Wire”) is 67. Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 65. TV host/comedian Stephen Colbert is 62. Musician Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 60.

Actor Samantha Morton is 49. Actor-writer-director Lena Dunham is 40. Actor Robert Pattinson is 40.

Actor Debby Ryan is 33.

Country musician Morgan Wallen is 33.

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Cowboy Cobb 2.0 from Overpass Merchant lettuce was just right, and I loved the crunchiness from the corn. The radishes were refreshing, and the red onions tasted vinegary, a nice contrast to the rest of the flavors. I enjoyed the dual proteins of chicken and bacon. It’s everything I could possibly want in a salad.

— Maddie Scott, features reporter

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According to my feeds, boiled crawfish is the way to go for south Louisiana families on Mother’s Day — and I love that for our moms.

Out of a plethora of boiled crawfish drive-thrus in the Lafayette area, I discovered Crawfish Pot this season, and I’ve been obsessed ever since. It’s some of the best seasoned crawfish I’ve tasted, the spice levels are on point, and each

crustacean is large, juicy and easy to peel. The fast, friendly service, and accessible location near central Lafayette and Scott, is yet another bonus.

I got a 5-pound sack of medium-spiced crawfish, which had a very noticeable heat, and worked through those surrounded by my family. Make sure to stop by The Crawfish Pot before the season ends. It’ll be worth it.

— Joanna Brown, reporter

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How you spend your time will map out how you feel about yourself. cANcER (June 21-July 22) Be bold, aggressive and thoughtful when dealing with others, and you will have a positive impact on how situations unfold. Channeling your energy into being the best version of yourself will make you feel good.

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available to you and how you can incorporate your dreams into an opportunity that may seem far-fetched to others but resonates with you. sAGIttARIus (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Stick close to home. Give yourself a chance to digest what's happening around you and find a place where you fit in and can apply what you do best to bring about positive change. cAPRIcoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Hold tight.

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Exercise, conversations and being part of where the action is will elevate your creative imagination, giving way to something that excites you. Refuse to let what others say influence you.

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By PHILLIP ALDER Jean Nidetch, a co-founder of Weight Watchers, said, “It’s choice — not chance — that determines your destiny.” At the bridge table, sometimes chance does determine your destiny. For example, when you are in a contract that depends solely on a finesse. But much more often, your choices are the determining factor.

In today’s deal, West had two choices on the first round of the auction: to make a takeout double or to overcall one notrump. Here, the double would have worked much better, because it would not have placed all of the missing honors in his hand. But West preferred one no-trump because it defined his hand strength much more accurately than double.

Against four hearts, West led the diamond queen. How did South plan the play?

North’s decision to jump to three hearts worked well. Anything less and his side probably would not have reached game.

Declarer was faced with four potential losers: one heart and three clubs. And since only 16 points were missing, West was marked with the heart king and club ace. South saw that his only chance was an endplay.

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Matthew 6:24 It’s all or nothing as far as God is concerned. Who are you serving? — G.E. Dean

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If anyone has knowledge of the whereabouts of Sybil Alexander Jordan (possible last known address: 7857 First Street, Addis, LA 70710) who is affiliated with a Mr. Clifton Jordan, then please contact Attorney Raven Jamerson via email at cavalierlawoffice@gmail.com or via telephone at (225) 757-5483.

187423-May 13-15, 3t $145 LOST PROMISSORY NOTE: Anyone knowing the whereabouts or having possession of one (1) certain Promissory Note originally in favor of Fifth Third Mortgage Company executed by Latoya Jackson, dated March 31, 2008, in the original loan amount of $101,000.00, please contact Elizabeth Crowell Price by mail at 1602 W. Pinhook Rd., Suite 300B, Lafayette, LA 70508 or by phone at 801-355-2886.

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EDUCATION NOTICE OF VACANCY Applications are being accepted for the following position(s): Head Baseball Coach/Teacher LOCATION: North Iberville High School STARTING SALARY: $66,557 - $78,272 Range based on teacher salary plus coaching supplement. Actual pay level will depend on verified years of experi‐ ence.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BID PROPOSAL NO. 50-00150028 Sealed Bids will be re‐ ceived electronically through our E-Procure‐ ment site at www.jeffpar ishbids.net until 2:00 p.m., June 11, 2026 and shall, at the below listed time and place, be pub‐ licly opened and read aloud. At no charge, bid‐ ders may submit via Jef‐ ferson Parish’s electronic procurement page by visiting www.jeffparishb ids.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: Harbor Improvements to The Bucktown Harbor In‐ cluding a Precast Con‐ crete Transient Dock Bucktown Transient Dock Project LOCD Project Number 26LDRC7719 This Bid is being funded with Federal financial as‐ sistance in the form of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Re‐ covery (CDBG-DR) funds from the Louisiana Office of Community Develop‐ ment – Disaster Recovery under the Resilient Com‐ munities Infrastructure Program (“RCIP” or “Pro‐ gram”) and therefore will include the associated federal requirements in the Community Develop‐ ment Block Grant Pro‐ gram - Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Rider (“CDBG-DR Rider”) as ap‐ plicable in this solicita‐ tion and any resulting contract. Bidder shall comply with all federal requirements applicable to this bid. a. Funding by CDBG-DR (SAM.gov Assistance Listing 14.228) b. Resilient Communities Infrastructure Program (RCIP) c. RCIP Project No. 26LDR‐ C7721 All prospective bidders are invited to attend the non-mandatory pre-bid conference which will be

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held at 10:00 a.m. on May 21, 2026 at The General Government Building lo‐ cated at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053. However, fail‐ ure to attend the pre-bid conference shall not re‐ lieve the bidder of re‐ sponsibility for informa‐ tion discussed at the conference. Furthermore, failure to attend the prebid conference and in‐ spection does not relieve the successful bidder from the necessity of fur‐ nishing materials or per‐ forming any work that may be required to com‐ plete the work in accor‐ dance with the specifica‐ tion with no additional cost to the owner.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of BREIGH MYERS., please contact Attorney KRISTIN LEXY BOOTY, 225500-6447 or lexy@lexylawfirm.com.

187422-May 13-15, 3t $85

The attention of bidders is called particularly to the requirements for conditions of employ‐ ment to be observed and mini‐ mum wage rates (federal prevailing wage rates) to be paid under the Con‐ tract, Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968, Section 109 (Non Dis‐ crimination) of the Hous‐ ing and Community De‐ velopment Act of 1974, Section 503 (Non-Dis‐ crimination Against Em‐ ployees with Disabilities) and Section 504 (nondiscrimination against individuals with disabili‐ ties) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Segregated Facilities, Executive Order 11246, equal op‐ portunity requirements, and all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal Government and State of Louisiana and bonding and insurance requirements. For more information see the CDBG-DR Rider in the project manual.

All contractors and sub‐ contractors will be re‐ quired to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Davis Bacon Act, the Anti-Kickback Act, and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipi‐ ents 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 di‐ versity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encour‐ ages the involvement of minority and/or woman owned business enter‐ prises, small businesses (DBE’s, including MBE’s, WBE’s and SBE’s) along with veteran-owned businesses and labor surplus area firms (See f

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Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department ADV: The Baton Rouge Advocate: May 6, 13, and 20, 2026 For additional informa‐ tion, please visit the Pur‐ chasing Webpage at https://www.jeffparish. gov/464/Purchasing or you may call 504-3642678 186110-may 6-13-20-3t $285.91 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Bids will be received by the Office of Purchasing, Room 213 Thomas Boyd Hall, Louisiana State Uni‐ versity and Agricultural and Mechanical College il

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g Bond may not exceed ten percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of the Louisiana State Uni‐ versity and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and shall be accompa‐ nied by appropriate power of attorney. No Bid Bond indicating an oblig‐ ation of less than five percent (5%) by any method is acceptable.

Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involve‐ ment of small busi‐ nesses, minority busi‐ nesses, women's busi‐ ness enterprises, and veteran-owned busi‐ nesses to stimulate par‐ ticipation in procurement and assistance pro‐ grams. work in accor‐ dance with the specifica‐ tion with no additional cost to the owner.

Applications delivered in any other fashion will not be considered.

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g 70803 until 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Late bids will not be ac‐ cepted

All applications must be mailed to: Ver‐ non Parish School Board Attn: Joseph Bartz, Personnel Director 201 Belview Road Leesville, LA 71446

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p U.S. Department of Labor’s List), and Section 3 Business Concerns to stimulate participation in procurement and assis‐ tance programs.

Any person with disabili‐ ties requiring special ac‐ commodations must contact Jefferson Parish no later than seven (7) days prior to bid open‐ ing: ADA Coordinator/Of‐ fice of Citizens with Dis‐ abilities, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 403 Jef‐ ferson, LA 70123, (504) 736-6086, ADA@ jeffparish.net

All completed applications for this po‐ sition must bepostmarked on or before May 13, 2026. Applications postmarked after that date will not be considered.

All applications must be received be‐ fore May 18th, 2026.

Merchandise

AREA 5 1 & 2 BR Apts, W/D, C A/H, Starting at $850/mo Deps vary 225-315-0930

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Successful bidder must have an active Unique Entity ID (UEI), as verified on www.sam.gov, prior to award of contract.

Applications for the position of Super‐ intendent of Schools may be found and printed off the VPBS website, https:// www.vpsb.us from the home page or under "Employment". Applications must be completed, signed, and sub‐ mitted as outlined below to be consid‐ ered.

The Iberville Parish School System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Sureties used for obtain‐ ing bonds for this project must appear as accept‐ able on the U.S. Department of the Treasury Circular 570.

This is required by the funding agency.

Qualifications: The applicant for Superintendent must hold a valid Type A or Level 3 Louisiana teaching certificate, with endorsement as city or parish School Superintendent and/or appropriate Educational Lead‐ ership endorsement at the time of his/her appointment to the position of School Superintendent as stated in SOE Bulletin 746 or be eligible for immediate certification to serve as Superinten‐ dent of Schools.

Applicants shall submit the following: 1) Application 2) Resume 3) Teaching Certificate 4) Transcript/s

All IPSB employees must pass a criminal records check.

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Jefferson Parish is an equal opportunity em‐ ployer.

The Vernon Parish School Board is seeking an exceptional leader to serve as its Superintendent of Schools. Lo‐ cated in Southwest Louisiana, near the Texas border, the VPSB serves nearly 7,500 students in 16 schools and 2 Early Childhood sites with approximately 1,100 employees and has an annual op‐ erating budget of approximately $120,000,000.

DEADLINE FOR APPLYING Until filled or May 13, 2026

And will be observing the following Early Deadline: Deadline: Thursday May 21 @ 3pm

EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS VERNON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

** Refer to www.centerlinebidco nnect.com for bid sub‐ mission instructions. All bids must be submitted via email to lsubids@lsu. edu ** ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY LOUISIANA STATE UNI‐ VERSITY, OFFICE OF PUR‐ CHASING OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION RE‐ QUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. FOR: Furnish Labor and Materials for Campus Wide Direct Digital HVAC Control System, Item 54 Louisiana State Univer‐ sity Alexandria, Louisiana Project No. 01107-24-05, F.01004604 LSU SOLICITATION NUMBER: RFQ-0000002785 Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments for this project may be obtained from: www.centerlinebidco nnect.com.

Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most repro‐ graphic firms.

Contractors unable to access bidding docu‐ ments at www.centerl inebidconnect.com should contact M & E Consulting, LLC Skye Miller 1304 Bertrand Drive, Ste F7 Lafayette, LA 70506 337.362.3979 skye@meconsulting. com 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 Bid Bond Form written by a surety company licensed to do business in Louisiana, signed by the surety’s agency or attor‐ ney-in-fact. Surety must be listed on the current U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Man‐ agement Service list of approved bonding com‐ panies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it obligates it‐ self in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana domiciled insurance 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 list‐ ing, the amount of the d d

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract amount. Surety must be listed currently on the U.S. Department of Trea‐ sury Financial manage‐ ment Service List (Trea‐ sury List) as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the con‐ tract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana or owned by Louisiana resi‐ dents. If surety is quali‐ fied other than by listing on the Treasury list, the contract amount may not exceed fifteen percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown by surety’s most recent financial state‐ ments filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance and may not exceed the amount of $500,000.

However, a Louisiana domiciled in‐ surance company with at least an A- rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide shall not be subject to the $500,000 limitation, provided that the con‐ tract amount does not exceed ten percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide nor fifteen percent of policyholder’s surplus as shown by surety’s most recent financial state‐ ments filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance.

The Bond shall be signed by the surety’s agent or attor‐ ney-in-fact.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD

10:30 AM, Thursday, May 14, 2026 LSU - Alexandria, Facility Services Building, Conference Room, 8209 Acorn Drive, Alexandria, LA 71302 Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the ME‐ classification of CHANICAL. Bidder is re‐

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quired to comply with provisions and require‐ ments of LA R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(c). 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.

ct.com. Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most repro‐ graphic firms.

contract amount may not exceed fifteen percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown by surety’s most recent financial state‐ ments filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance and may not exceed the amount of $500,000.

However, a Louisiana domiciled in‐ surance company with at least an A- rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide shall not be subject to the $500,000 limitation, provided that the con‐ tract amount does not exceed ten percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown in the latest A.M.

tractor is fully executed.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(b), the pro‐ visions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment for bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

When this project is fi‐ nanced either partially or entirely with State Bonds or federal funds, the award of this Contract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, the sale of bonds by the Bond Commission or the commitment of federal funds. The Uni‐ versity shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract Between Owner and Con‐ tractor is fully executed.

185525 April 29, May 6, 13, 3t $207.66 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Bids will be received by the Office of Purchasing, Room 213 Thomas Boyd Hall, Louisiana State Uni‐ versity and Agricultural and Mechanical College 70803 until 11:00 AM on Thursday, June 4, 2026. ** Refer to www.centerl inebidconnect.com for bid submission instruc‐ tions. All bids must be submitted via email to lsubids@lsu.edu ** ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY LOUISIANA STATE UNI‐ VERSITY, OFFICE OF PUR‐ CHASING OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION RE‐ QUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. FOR: Furnish Labor and Materials for Thomas Boyd Hall West: Office of Bursar Operations Reno‐ vation LSU SOLICITATION NUMBER: RFQ-0000002802 Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments for this project may be obtained from: www.centerlinebidconne

Contractors unable to access bidding docu‐ ments at www.centerl inebidconnect.com should contact Louisiana State University Office of Procurement 213 Thomas Boyd Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: 225-578-2176 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 Bid Bond Form written by a surety company licensed to do business in Louisiana, signed by the surety’s agency or attor‐ ney-in-fact. Surety must be listed on the current U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Man‐ agement Service list of approved bonding com‐ panies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it obligates it‐ self in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana domiciled insurance 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 list‐ ing, the amount of the Bond may not exceed ten percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of the Louisiana State Uni‐ versity and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and shall be accompa‐ nied by appropriate power of attorney. No Bid Bond indicating an oblig‐ ation of less than five percent (5%) by any method is acceptable.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract amount. Surety must be listed currently on the U.S. Department of Trea‐ sury Financial manage‐ ment Service List (Trea‐ sury List) as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the con‐ tract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana or owned by Louisiana resi‐ dents. If surety is quali‐ fied other than by listing on the Treasury list, the

Best’s Key Rating Guide nor fifteen percent of policyholder’s surplus as shown by surety’s most recent financial state‐ ments filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance.

The Bond shall be signed by the surety’s agent or attor‐ ney-in-fact.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD

10:00 AM, Thursday, May 21, 2026 LSU, Thomas Boyd Hall, Building A, 1st Floor (main lobby), Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the classification of BUILD‐ ING CONSTRUCTION. Bid‐ der is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(c). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, ex‐ cept under the provi‐ sions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(b), the pro‐ visions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment for bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

When this project is fi‐ nanced either partially or entirely with State Bonds or federal funds, the award of this Contract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, the sale of bonds by the Bond Commission or the commitment of federal funds. The Uni‐ versity shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract Between Owner and Con‐

AD RUN DATES: May 6, May 13, May 20, 2026 186441-may 6-13-20-3t $204.24 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived for the State of Louisiana by the Coastal Protection and Restora‐ tion Authority, 150 Ter‐ race Avenue, 4th Floor Conference Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 16, 2026 ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY THE COASTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION AU‐ THORITY OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION RE‐ QUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. FOR: Northwest Little Lake Marsh Creation, In‐ crement 2 Project Lafourche Parish, Louisiana PROJECT NUMBER: BA-0260 Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from http:// coastal.la.gov/resources/ rfps-rsiqs-contracts/ bids/. Printed copies can also be obtained from: COASTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION AU‐ THORITY (CPRA) 150 Terrace Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Attn: Kayla Causey E-mail: cpra.bidding@la. gov Phone: (225) 342-9421 Fax: (225) 800-5599 All bids shall be accom‐ panied by bid security in an amount of five per‐ cent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all al‐ ternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instruc‐ tions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

A NON-MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 10:00 AM on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 150 Terrace Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70802 and via i f bi

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g Microsoft Teams Webi‐ nar. You may register for the hybrid pre-bid meet‐ ing via Microsoft Teams at https://events.gcc. teams.microsoft.com/ event/61cb0996-c22443f5-8673-5a4129628549@ 89b0b16b-677c-4e6f-a25461311d5b4a86. The infor‐ mation to access meet‐ ing audio through com‐ puter, phone, or other device will be provided after registering through the link above.

bonds by the Bond Com mission or the availabil‐ ity of federal or other funds. The State shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Con‐ tract between Owner and Contractor is fully exe‐ cuted.

per person, unit based, or lump sum as applica‐ ble) Mobilization timelines and response capabili‐ ties Staffing plan and surge capacity Experience with storm response, utilities, or dis‐ aster recovery Insurance documenta‐ tion Completed W-9

g y DEMCO is soliciting pro‐ posals from qualified contractors to provide emergency storm restoration and related services in support of electric utility operations during storm and emer‐ gency events.

proposals may be sub mitted via email to: pur‐ chasing@demco.org Deadline: [May 28, 2026 – on or before Noon]

LOUISIANA WEBSITE VEN DOR CENTER, LaPAC, AT https://doa.louisiana. gov/doa/osp/vendorresources, LaPAC Bids Opportunities from State of Louisiana and local agencies.

FOR ADDI‐ TIONAL ASSISTANCE AND TO OBTAIN PLANS, SPECI‐ FICATIONS, DRAWINGS, etc., EMAIL REQUEST TO facilities@mcneese.edu.

Contact Renee Bennett, at Renee.S.Bennett@la. gov or (225) 342-4592 if assistance is needed prior to the Non-Manda‐ tory Pre-Bid Conference.

A pre-bid project site visit is highly-encour‐ aged for those submit‐ ting a bid. Potential bid‐ ders shall refer to Lan‐ drights Map located in Appendix D of the Speci‐ fications. The Project Site is located on private land and requires at least 24 hours of notice prior to any Site Visit. Access to the Project Site will only be permitted by the landowner on any of the following dates, May 19, May 20, and May 21, 2026 and only during daylight hours. Landowner con‐ tact information can be obtained from CPRA Pro‐ ject Manager, Renee Ben‐ nett, at Renee.S. Bennett@la.gov or (225) 342-4592.

Contractors shall provide their own boat transportation within the Project area for the Site Visit.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification Heavy Con‐ struction or Dredging. In accordance with LA. R.S. 37:2165(C), anyone ob‐ jecting to the classifica‐ tion must send a certi‐ fied letter to both the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors and the CPRA at the ad‐ dress listed above. The letter must be received no later than ten (10) working days prior to the day on which bids are to be opened.

Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S.38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days after re‐ ceipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Owner reserves the 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; and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity.

When this project is fi‐ nanced either partially or entirely with State Bonds or financed in whole or in part by federal or other funds which are not readily available at the time bids are received, the award of this Con‐ tract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, or the sale of bonds by the Bond Com‐ i i th il bil

Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is a participant in the Small Entrepreneurship (SE) Program (the Hudson Ini‐ tiative) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned (LaVet) Small En‐ trepreneurships Pro‐ gram. Bidders are en‐ couraged to consider participation.

Informa‐ tion is available from Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority or on its website at http:// www.coastal.la.gov/.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, COASTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION AUTHORITY MICHAEL HARE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 185837-apr 29-may 6-133t $221 PUBLIC NOTICE --Category: Events and No‐ tices – Bids and Propos‐ als

Invitation to Bid (RFP): Storm Restoration and Emergency Services DEMCO is soliciting pro‐ posals from qualified vendors to provide storm restoration and emer‐ gency support services for utility operations.

Services may include storm logistics, base camp operations, lodg‐ ing, turnkey catering, transportation, material supply (including ice), and disaster manage‐ ment support.

Services may include but are not limited to: Full service (turnkey) or par‐ tial services.

Base Camp & Facility Setup Lodging & Accommoda‐ tions Food Services / Turnkey Catering Transportation & Fleet Support Materials & Supply Logis‐ tics Disaster Management & Coordination Contract Structure This solicitation will es‐ tablish a pool of prequalified vendors to be utilized on an as-needed, non-exclusive basis dur‐ ing storm and emer‐ gency events. The antici‐ pated contract term will be multi-year (e.g., 2026– 2029) with the option for renewal at DEMCO’s dis‐ cretion. This solicitation will result in multiple awards for logistics and support services.

Proposers shall submit the following: Detailed service offer‐ ings (Turnkey vs. individ‐ ual services) Pricing structure (daily, per person, unit-based, l li

This solicitation and any resulting contracts are intended to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local require‐ ments, including but not limited to 2 CFR 200, FEMA Public Assistance Program requirements and all applicable Louisiana laws and li‐ censing requirements. All contracts will include re‐ quired federal provisions under 2 CFR 200 Appen‐ dix II. Award of a con‐ tract does not guarantee work. Work will be as‐ signed based on opera‐ tional needs, availability, and performance.

Submission Instructions: Proposals shall be sub‐ mitted electronically through DEMCO’s pro‐ curement portal: Vendor Registration: https://demco.org/ vendor-contractor-reg istration.

Submission Platform: Bonfire (Euna Solutions) If technical issues arise, proposals may be sub‐ mitted via email to: pur‐ chasing@demco.org Deadline: [May 28, 2026 – on or before Noon] All questions shall be submitted through the Bonfire system.

If needed, questions may also be emailed to pur‐ chasing@demco.org All solicitation docu‐ ments, addenda, and of‐ ficial communications will be posted through the Bonfire (Euna Solu‐ tions) portal. It is the re‐ sponsibility of the vendor to monitor the site for updates.

Additional Requirements Vendors must comply with all applicable safety, labor, and em‐ ployment laws.

DEMCO reserves the right to accept, reject, or negotiate any requested rate adjustments and to make multiple awards.

DEMCO is an equal op‐ portunity employer com‐ mitted to promoting emerging small busi‐ nesses, minority-owned businesses, and womenowned businesses, and to utilizing labor surplus firms.

186425-MAY 13-20-2T $857.84 PUBLIC NOTICE --Category: Events and Notices – Bids and Proposals Invitation to Bid (RFP): Storm Restoration and Emergency Services DEMCO i li iti

Services may include, but are not limited to: Overhead (OH) transmis‐ sion and distribution line construction and restoration Underground (UG) utility construction and restoration Substation construction, maintenance, and emer‐ gency services Relay wiring, testing, and commissioning services Right-of-way (ROW) clearing, vegetation management, and debris removal Electrical engineering and technical support services Communications and fiber-related restoration services This solicitation will es‐ tablish a pool of prequalified contractors to be utilized on an asneeded, non-exclusive basis during storm and emergency events. The anticipated contract term will be multi-year (e.g., 2026–2029) with the option for renewal at DEMCO’s discretion.

Proposers shall submit the following: a) Hourly Labor and Equipment Rate Sched‐ ule b) Overtime, holiday, and emergency pay policies c) Crew composition, classifications, and equipment availability d) Mobilization response time and geographic cov‐ erage e) Insurance certificates meeting DEMCO require‐ ments f) Completed W-9 g) Relevant experience with utility storm restoration and emer‐ gency response This solicitation and any resulting contracts are intended to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local require‐ ments, including but not limited to: 2 CFR 200, FEMA Public Assistance Program requirements and all applicable Louisiana laws and li‐ censing requirements. All contracts will include re‐ quired federal provisions under 2 CFR 200 Appen‐ dix II. Award of a con‐ tract does not guarantee work. Work will be as‐ signed based on opera‐ tional needs, availability, and performance.

Submission Instructions: Proposals shall be sub‐ mitted electronically through DEMCO’s pro‐ curement portal: Vendor Registration: https://demco.org/ vendor-contractor-reg istration.

Submission Platform: Bonfire (Euna Solutions) If technical issues arise, proposals may be sub‐ itt d i il t

All questions shall be submitted through the Bonfire system.

If needed, questions may also be emailed to pur‐ chasing@demco.org All solicitation docu‐ ments, addenda, and of‐ ficial communications will be posted through the Bonfire portal. It is the responsibility of the vendor to monitor the site for updates.

Additional Requirements Contractors must pos‐ sess all required licenses to perform work in the State of Louisiana Contractors must comply with all applicable safety, labor, and em‐ ployment laws Contractors may be re‐ quired to provide evi‐ dence of workforce ca‐ pacity during major storm events DEMCO reserves the right to accept, reject, or negotiate any requested rate adjustments and to make multiple awards.

DEMCO is an equal op‐ portunity employer com‐ mitted to promoting emerging small busi‐ nesses, minority-owned businesses and womenowned businesses, and to utilizing labor surplus firms.

186429-mar 13-20-2t $898.64 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS RECEIPT OF SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE OWNER, McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY, PUR‐ CHASING DEPARTMENT, SMITH HALL, ROOM 120, 150 LAWTON DR., LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605, or MSU BOX 92415, LAKE CHARLES, LA 70609, UNTIL THE DATE AND TIME INDICATED FOR THE FOLLOWING BID: BID NO. S2600049 DATE DUE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2026 TIME: 10:00 A.M. PARKING LOT REPAIR AND SITE LIGHTING, McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70607 PROJECT NO. 19-671-22-01, WBS F.19002565 MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 20, 2026 AT 10:30 A.M. A NON-MANDATORY SITE VISIT CAN BE ARRANGED

BY CONTACTING FACILITIES AT 337-4755887 or email facilities@ mcneese.edu.

FRONT-END BIDDING DOCUMENTS MAY BE OB‐ TAINED AT THE STATE OF LOUISIANA WEBSITE VEN‐ DOR CENTER L PAC AT

The Water We Drink EASTERN LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS Public Water Supply ID: LA1037005 We are pleased to present to you the Annual Water Quality Report for the year 2025. This report is designed to inform you about the quality of your water and services we deliver to you every day (Este informe contiene información muy importante sobre su agua potable. Tradúzcalo o hable con alguien que lo entienda bien). Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. We want you to understand the efforts we make to continually improve the water treatment process and protect our water resources. We are committed to ensuring the quality of your water.

Our water source(s) are listed below: Source Name

Source Water Type

E FEL STATE HOSPITAL WELL 001

Ground water

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include:

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

BID NO. S2600047 DATE DUE: THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2026 TIME: 10:00 A.M.

FEES FOR SET OF DOCUMENTS: NONE A CASHIER’S CHECK, CER‐ TIFIED CHECK, OR AC‐ CEPTABLE BIDDER’S BOND PAYABLE TO Mc‐ NEESE STATE UNI‐ VERISITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN FIVE PER‐ CENT (5%) OF THE BID SUBMITTED MUST AC‐ COMPANY EACH BID AS A GUARANTEE THAT, IF AWARDED THE CON‐ TRACT, THE BIDDER WILL PROMPTLY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT AND EXECUTE SUCH BONDS AS MAY BE REQUIRED.

NON-MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6, 2026 AT 2:00P.M.

Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived at the Louisiana Tech University Office of Purchasing, P.O. Box 3157, 208 Keeny Circle, RM 408, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272 until 2:00 P.M., June 5, 2026 at which time and place they will be publicly opened for the following: Bid Number 50012-651-26: Purchase of Audiology Diagnostic Equipment Specifications and bid documents for the above may be obtained from the Director of Purchas‐ ing, Louisiana Tech Uni‐ versity, Ruston, Louisiana, phone 318257-4205 or purchasing@ latech.edu.

Evidence of authority to submit the bid shall be required in accordance with R.S. 38:2212 (B)(5) and/or R.S. 39:1594 (C)(4).

THE OWNER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE ANY INFOR‐ MALITIES INCIDENTAL THERETO. EVIDENCE OF AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT THE BID SHALL BE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH R.S.38:2212 (A)(1)(C) AND/OR R.S. 39:1594 (C) (2)(D).

THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WILL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH A PERFOR‐ MANCE BOND IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 100% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT AND IN ACCOR‐ DANCE WITH R.S.38:2219.

McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS WHO ARE LICENSED UNDER LA. R.S.37:21502163 FOR THE CLASSIFI‐ CATION OF NEW PARKING LOT.

Any person requiring special accommodations shall notify Louisiana Tech University of the type(s) of accommoda‐ tions required not less than seven (7) days be‐ fore the bid opening.

187187 May 13, 1t $14.05

PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 1010 Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd.

Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing: RFx No. 3000026227, Cof‐ fee for Canteen Resale – DOC-PE, 5/27/26 RFx No. 3000026140, *Mand Site Visit * Janito‐ rial Svcs - LDWF, 6/2/26 RFx No. 3000026226, Canned Drinks for Can‐ teen Resale – DOC-RLCC, 6/2/26

NO BID MAY BE WITH‐ DRAWN FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF BIDS, EXCEPT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LA. R.S.38:2214.

186791-may 13-20-27-3t $117.63 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

THE OWNER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE ANY INFOR‐ MALITIES INCIDENTAL THERETO.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS RECEIPT OF SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE OWNER, McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY, PUR‐ CHASING DEPARTMENT, SMITH HALL, ROOM 120, 150 LAWTON DR., LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605, or MSU BOX 92415, LAKE CHARLES, LA 70609, UNTIL THE DATE AND TIME INDICATED FOR THE FOLLOWING BID:

EVIDENCE OF AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT THE BID SHALL BE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH R.S.38:2212 (A)(1)(C) AND/OR R.S. 39:1594 (C) (2)(D).

Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and specifica‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa.

Louisiana.gov/osp or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour specified. The right is re‐ served to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities.

McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY

Pesticides and Herbicides - which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses.

Organic Chemical Contaminants – including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems.

Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/L) – one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.

Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter (ug/L) – one part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.

Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) – picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.

Treatment Technique (TT) – an enforceable procedure or level of technological performance which public water systems must follow to ensure control of a contaminant.

Action level (AL) – the concentration of a contaminant that, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements that a water system must follow.

Maximum contaminant level (MCL) – the “Maximum Allowed” MCL is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCL’s are set as close to the MCLG’s as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

Maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) – the “Goal” is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to human health. MCLG’s allow for a margin of safety.

Maximum residual disinfectant level (MRDL) – The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

Maximum residual disinfectant level goal (MRDLG) – The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

Level 1 assessment – A study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system.

Level 2 Assessment – A very detailed study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if

PROPOSALS TO BE OPENED: June 8, 2026 at 2PM NOTICE TO PROPOSERS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge until June 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM local time in Room 826 of City Hall, 222 Saint Louis Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 for: RFP SOLICITATION NO. 2025-10-5140 – Janitorial Services for Public Safety Complex Copies of the Request for Proposal may be ob‐ tained from LaPAC (https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/ dspBid.cfm?search=dep artment&term=102), Central Bidding (http:// www.centralauctionh ouse.com) or by email re‐ quest to: 5140JanitorialPubSafe@ brla.gov. *Note: The City-Parish has elected to use LaPAC, the state’s online electronic bid posting and Central Bidding noti‐ fication system, in addi‐ tion to its standard means of advertising this requirement. LaPAC is resident on State Pur‐ chasing’s website at https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/ pubmain.cfm and is available for vendor selfenrollment. NOTE: This RFP is not available to submit online via Central Bidding; submissions MUST be mailed or hand delivered to the address mentioned in the RFP. In that LaPAC and Central Bidding provides an im‐ mediate e-mail notifica‐ tion to subscribing bid‐ ders that a solicitation and any subsequent ad‐ denda have been let and posted, notice and re‐ ceipt thereof is consid‐ ered formally given as of their respective dates of posting. Though not re‐ quired if receiving solici‐ tation and addenda no‐ tices from LaPAC and Central Bidding the CityParish will email ad‐ denda to all vendors con‐ tacting our office and re‐ questing to be put on our office Vendor Listing for this solicitation.

The deadline for receiv‐ ing written inquiries is May 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST. Proposals received after the above specified time will not be considered.

The right to reject any and all proposals and to waive irregularities and informalities is reserved.

Our water system tested a minimum of 2 sample(s) per month in accordance with the Total Coliform Rule for microbiological contaminants. With the microbiological samples collected, the water system collects disinfectant residuals to ensure control of microbial growth.

Disinfectant Date

HighestRAA

Unit

Range

MRDL

MRDLG Typical Source

CHLORINE

1.3

ppm

0.67 - 1.69

4

4

2025

Water additive used to control microbes

In the tables below, we have shown the regulated contaminants that were detected. Chemical Sampling of our drinking water may not be required on an annual basis; therefore, information provided in this table refers back to the latest year of chemical sampling results.

Source Water Regulated Contaminants

Collection Date

Highest Range Unit Value

MCL MCLG

Typical Source

FLUORIDE

4/23/2025

0.4

4

Erosion of natural deposits; Water additive which promotes strong teeth; Discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories

0.4

ppm

Range Unit

AL

4

Lead and Copper

Date

90TH Percentile

Sites Typical Source Over AL

COPPER, FREE 2022 - 2024 0.1

0 - 0.2 ppm 1.3 0

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits; Leaching from wood preservatives

LEAD

0-2

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits

2022 - 2024 2

ppb

15

0

Radioactive Contaminants – which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

A Source Water Assessment Plan (SWAP) is now available from our office. This plan is an assessment of a delineated area around our listed sources through which contaminants, if present, could migrate and reach our source water. It also includes an inventory of potential sources of contamination within the delineated area, and a determination of the water supply’s susceptibility to contamination by the identified potential sources. According to the Source Water Assessment Plan, our water system had a susceptibility rating of ‘MEDIUM’. If you would like to review the Source Water Assessment Plan, please feel free to contact our office.

To ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you have any questions about this report, want to attend any scheduled meetings, or simply want to learn more about your drinking water, please contact BRAD STEVENS at 225-634-0319.

There is no safe level of lead in drinking water. Exposure to lead in drinking water can cause serious health effects in all age groups, especially pregnant people, infants (both formula-fed and breastfed), and young children. Some of the health effects to infants and children include decreases in IQ and attention span. Lead exposure can also result in new or worsened learning and behavior problems. The children of people who are exposed to lead before or during pregnancy may be at increased risk of these harmful health effects. Adults have increased risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney or nervous system problems. Contact your health care provider for more information about your risks.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals - Office of Public Health routinely monitors constituents in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The tables that follow show the results of our monitoring during the period of January 1st to December 31st, 2025. Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least some small amounts of contaminants. The pre8ence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk.

In the tables below, you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms, we’ve provided the following definitions:

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possible) why an E. coli MCL violation has occurred and/or why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system on multiple occasions.

Microbial Contaminants - such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

Inorganic Contaminants - such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial, or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

187222-MAY 13-1T $

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

A CASHIER’S CHECK, CER‐ TIFIED CHECK, OR AC‐ CEPTABLE BIDDER’S BOND PAYABLE TO Mc‐ NEESE STATE UNI‐ VERISITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN FIVE PER‐ CENT (5%) OF THE BID SUBMITTED MUST AC‐ COMPANY EACH BID AS A GUARANTEE THAT, IF AWARDED THE CON‐ TRACT, THE BIDDER WILL PROMPTLY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT AND EXECUTE SUCH BONDS AS MAY BE REQUIRED.

DANITA SLATE ASSISTANT PURCHASING DIRECTOR dslate1@mcneese.edu Phone: (337) 475-5090

Amy Vincent Director of State Procure‐ ment FAX (225) 342-8688

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

FEES FOR SET OF DOCUMENTS: NONE

NO BID MAY BE WITH‐ DRAWN FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF BIDS, EXCEPT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LA. R.S.38:2214.

DANITA SLATE ASSISTANT PURCHASING DIRECTOR dslate1@mcneese.edu Phone: (337)475-5090 185399 April 29, May 6, 13, 3t $115.89

FRONT-END BIDDING DOCUMENTS MAY BE OB‐ TAINED AT THE STATE OF LOUISIANA WEBSITE VEN‐ DOR CENTER, LaPAC, AT https://doa.louisiana. gov/doa/osp/vendorresources, LaPAC Bids Opportunities from State of Louisiana and local agencies.

FOR ADDI‐ TIONAL ASSISTANCE AND TO OBTAIN PLANS, SPECI‐ FICATIONS, DRAWINGS, etc., EMAIL REQUEST TO facilities@mcneese.edu.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS WHO ARE LICENSED UNDER LA. R.S.37:21502163 FOR THE CLASSIFI‐ CATION OF PARKING LOT REPAIR AND SITE LIGHT‐ ING.

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LEGACY CENTER NEW PARKING LOT, McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70607 PROJECT NO. 19-671-22-01 01-107-05b13; WBS F.19002580/F.01004542

A MANDATORY SITE VISIT CAN BE ARRANGED BY CONTACTING FACILITIES AT 337-4755887 or email facilities@ mcneese.edu.

THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WILL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH A PERFOR‐ MANCE BOND IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 100% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT AND IN ACCOR‐ DANCE WITH R.S.38:2219.

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Disinfection Byproducts

Sample Point

Period

Highest Range Unit LRAA

MCL MCLG Typical Source

TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5)

FRONT GATE

2025

6

5.9

ppb

60

0

By-product of drinking water disinfection

TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5)

SEWER PLANT

2025

7

6.9

ppb

60

0

By-product of drinking water disinfection

TTHM

FRONT GATE

2025

12

12.2

ppb

80

0

By-product of drinking water chlorination

TTHM

SEWER PLANT

2025

14

13.8

ppb

80

0

By-product of drinking water chlorination

Source Secondary Contaminants

Collection Date

Highest Value

Range

Unit

HARDNESS, TOTAL (AS CACO3)

4/23/2025

2.6

2.6

MG/L 0

SMCL

PH

4/23/2025

8.06

8.06

PH

POTASSIUM

4/23/2025

0.7

0.7

MG/L 0

SODIUM

4/23/2025

76.3

76.3

MG/L 0

SULFATE

4/23/2025

7

7

MG/L 250

8.5

++++++++++++++Environmental Protection Agency Required Health Effects Language++++++++++++++ Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800–426–4791).

Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. EASTERN LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS is responsible for providing high quality drinking water and removing lead pipes but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components in your home. You share the responsibility for protecting yourself and your family from the lead in your home plumbing. You can take responsibility by identifying and removing lead materials within your home plumbing and taking steps to reduce your family’s risk. Before drinking tap water, flush your pipes for several minutes by running your tap, taking a shower, doing laundry or a load of dishes. You can also use a filter certified by an American National Standards Institute accredited certifier to reduce lead in drinking water. If you are concerned about lead in your water and wish to have your water tested, contact EASTERN LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS and BRAD STEVENS BUS Phone: 225-634-0319. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

There are no additional required health effects notices.

There are no additional required health effects violation notices. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thank you for allowing us to continue providing your family with clean, quality water this year. To maintain a safe and dependable water supply we sometimes need to make improvements that will benefit all our customers.

We at the EASTERN LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS work around the clock to provide top quality drinking water to every tap. We ask that all our customers help us protect and conserve our water sources, which are the heart of our community, our way of life, and our children’s future.

Additional information on the water system can be found at www.ldh.la.gov/watergrade. Please call our office if you have questions.

This notice will not be mailed directly to the consumer. Should you desire a paper copy of this report, please contact the EASTERN LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS 225-456-1465.

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10D ■ Wednesday, May 13, 2026 ■ theadvocate.com ■ The Advocate Legal Notices STATE TAX LIEN SALES OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY DELINQUENT TAX AND STATUTORY IMPOSITION LIST TO: Following named delinquent tax debtors of West Baton Rouge: Unknown owners of the following described properties: Owners of the following described properties whose address is unknown: Mortgage holders of the following described properties West Baton Rouge Parish Taxing Bodies vs. Delinquent Tax Debtors By virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution and the laws of the state of Louisiana, I will sell by public auction, at the courthouse in which the civil district court of West Baton Rouge Parish is held, 850 8th Street, Port Allen, LA 70767, beginning at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 27th day of May, 2026, and continuing on each succeeding legal day, until the auction is completed, the tax lien. I will issue in favor of the winning bidder and record in the mortgage records a tax lien certificate to all immovable property on which taxes are now due to the State of Louisiana and the Parish of West Baton Rouge, to enforce collection of taxes assessed in the year 2025, together with interest thereon from January 1, 2026, at a rate not to exceed one percent (1%) per month on a non-compounding basis until paid and all costs. The names of the delinquent tax debtors, the amount of statutory impositions due, including any due for prior years, and the immovable property assessed to each for which a tax lien certificate will be issued are as follows: 204770002900 ALEXANDER CAROLYN Physical Address 3212 RANDALL BLUE GAY ST 10% INTEREST IN LOT MEAS 96’X 96’ 47G-29 Original Taxes due $137.89 Interest and Cost to be added.

030320001205 ALLEN JOHNNY B ETALS Physical Address 1119 OREGON AVE LOT 5 SQ D CAROLINA PL SD PA2-12E CB319 E48 (MB2 E7) Original Taxes due $116.64 Interest and Cost to be added.

204780008700 ALLEN MITCHEL RAY & WILLIE Y Physical Address 6546 S RIVER RD S 1/2 LOT SEC 20 T8S R12E MEAS 93’X 319’ 47H-87 CB328 E41 Original Taxes due $614.78 Interest and Cost to be added.

033130002500 ANDERSON ROSE B ETALS Physical Address 641 HARRY BROWN ST LOT 298A WESTSIDE VILLAGE SD PA3-25 CB126 E52 (PLAT MAP 71D) Original Taxes due $93.90 Interest and Cost to be added.

070620006400 ANTOINE BRENDA DUPLESSIS Physical Address 11222 TONAWANDA ST LOT 15 TONAWANDA ESTATES SUBD 6B64 (PALT MAP 86A) Original Taxes due $924.15 Interest and Cost to be added.

030370004300 BAKIN BOYS INC Physical Address 120 S ALEXANDER AVE LOTS 22 23 24 & W/2 OF HARDING AVE IN SQ 31 OAKS SD PA743 CB181 E67 Original Taxes due $2,236.75 Interest and Cost to be added.

305210002200 BENITEZ MIGUEL Physical Address 1023 SOLOMON ST LOT MEAS 100’X 50’ TAKEN FROM LOT 1 MURPHY TR IN SQ 5 BURBRIDGE TR 52A22 CB111 E255 Original Taxes due $607.87 Interest and Cost to be added.

Legal Notices 052500001101 BENOIT NATASHIA C Physical Address BUECHE RD TRACT K-21-2-B CONT 6.123 AC M/L IN SECS 81 & 82 T6S R12E BEING P/O ASHLAND PLTN 25-11A (PLAT MAP 282A 304A 312A) Original Taxes due $722.52 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330008300 BERNARD LEO F ETALS Physical Address 1313 AVENUE A LOTS 18 & 19 SQ 58 OAKS SD PA3-83 CB70 E13A CB427 E110 CB428 E40 Original Taxes due $779.85 Interest and Cost to be added.

204730008900 BKRE INVESTMENTS LLC Physical Address 4671 RAYMOND LABAUVE DR LOT E-1-A-1 RAYMOND LABAUVE EST CONT 0.619 AC 47C-89 (MAP BOOK 4 E406) (PLAT MAPS 295A) Original Taxes due $2,412.70 Interest and Cost to be added.

010110006200 BOURGEOIS MARLON J & STEVI TATE Physical Address 5043 MYRLE DR LOT 133 WESTRIVER SD AD1-62 CB111 E63 Original Taxes due $818.40 Interest and Cost to be added.

303500008600 BROGDON GEORGE W & WENDY W Physical Address 968 WEST LAKE DR TRACT X-1 CONT 19.03 AC INS SECS 18 & 19 T7S R12E 3586 (MB4 E565, MB5 E154,MB6 E292)(MB7 P38) Original Taxes due $2,511.52 Interest and Cost to be added.

030310004900 BROWN CASTER D Physical Address 943 N ALEXANDER AVE LOT IN SQ 2 BURBRIDGE TR MEAS 32’X 77.52’ PA1-49 CB152 E98 CB210 E101 (PLAT MAP 76) Original Taxes due $121.56 Interest and Cost to be added.

030310004800 BROWN CASTER D Physical Address N ALEXANDER AVE LOT MEAS 39.5’ X 77.52’ IN LOT 2 OF THE BURBRIDGE TR PA1-48 CB94 E229 CB210 E101 (PLAT MAP 76) Original Taxes due $150.24 Interest and Cost to be added.

204740001200 BURKS LAWRENCE K & SHARON J Physical Address 4144 CHOCTAW RD LOT IN SEC 18 T8S R12E MEAS 72’ X 198’ M/L BEING THE W/2 OF JAMES WOODS SR PROP 47D-12 CB304 E49 Original Taxes due $585.13 Interest and Cost to be added.

070620016501 CHRISTOPHER CLARICE ETALS Physical Address 5935 FLYNN RD LOT 10-C-2 CONT 4.442 AC TONAWANDA PLTN SUBD 6B-165A (MB4 E435) Original Taxes due $639.49 Interest and Cost to be added.

030350013601 CLARK MARKETHIA L Physical Address 952 N ALEXANDER AVE LOT 4-B SQ 15 SUNNYSIDE SD PA5136A Original Taxes due $338.02 Interest and Cost to be added.

010120002300 CLAYTON MILTON J ETALS Physical Address 4446 MAIN ST LOT IN SEC 28 T8S R12E MEAS 110’ X 170’ LESS 16’ RESERVED FOR R/W AD2-23 CB396 E19 Original Taxes due $798.63 Interest and Cost to be added.

305410012000 CRAIN JOHN III & ALMA M Physical Address 1906 LANSDOWN DR LOT 111-A LYNNDALE ESTATES 54A-120 (MB4 E539) (MB10 P35) Original Taxes due $3,547.36 Interest and Cost to be added.

044400000800 CROCKETT ELLEN

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GREEN Physical Address 3725 KAHNS RD 4 AC SEC 86 T7S R12E 44-8 CB22 E306 Original Taxes due $578.22 Interest and Cost to be added.

$326.18 Interest and Cost to be added.

020250006600 CROCKETT HILLEY LOIS Physical Address 244 FIRST ST N/79’ LOT 3 SQ 20 BRUSLY BR5-66 CB77 E100 Original Taxes due $187.80 Interest and Cost to be added.

020250002200 CROCKETT JOSIE JONES ETALS Physical Address 205 E MAIN ST LOT IN BRUSLY MEAS 105’X 90’ LESS PORTION SOLD BR522 CB93 E286 & E288 CB162 E36 CB244 E16 Original Taxes due $184.83 Interest and Cost to be added.

305200001600 DAVIS JANET M Physical Address 1640 LOUISIANA AVE LOT FROM S P/O E/2 OF LOT F IN LOT 6 BURBRIDGE TR MEAS 119.87’ X 100’ LOT FROM S P/O E/2 OF LOT F IN LOT 6 BURBRIDGE TR MEAS 50’ X 149.87’ LOT IN SW/CORNER OF LOT 1 OF E/2 OF LOT F IN LOT 6 BURBRIDGE TR MEAS 30’ X 150’ 52-16 CB96 E227 CB102 E66 CB106 E17 Original Taxes due $151.23 Interest and Cost to be added.

014700080100 DEROZAN PATRICK D & KRYSTAL D Physical Address 4659 STONEWALL DR LOT 570 SUGAR MILL PLANTATION 10TH FILING IN SEC 65 T8S R12E 47-801 (MAP ATTACHED CB472-188) (MB7 P117) (MB7 P84) (MB7 P275) (MB8 P31) Original Taxes due $1,777.14 Interest and Cost to be added.

044300008300 DIAMOND 7 PROPERTIES LLC Physical Address 1375 CAJUN DR LOT 17 CONT 1.435 ACRES PARR INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN SEC 85 T7S R12E 43-83 (MB6 E59) Original Taxes due $6,417.68 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330013000 DOYLE ETHEL MAE CARTER Physical Address 1010 AVENUE B LOTS 31 32 & 33 SQ 47 OAKS SUBD PA3-130 CB52 E184 CB53 E162 CB129 E47 CB185 E58 CB221 E44 CB224 E50 Original Taxes due $409.18 Interest and Cost to be added.

030360031800 DUGAS CRYSTAL DAVIS Physical Address 211 ATCHAFALAYA ST EASTERN P/O LOTS 13 & 14 SQ 10 TOWN OF WBR SD PA6-318 Original Taxes due $751.18 Interest and Cost to be added.

020210001601 DUPONT WILLIS JR & DANETTE BERTHELOT Physical Address 325 LOUIS J BERTHELOT LN LOT 28A-1-A CONT 0.56 AC & LOT 29A-1-A CONT 0.56 AC BEZET PROP BR1-16A (MB4 E409, MB9 P291) Original Taxes due $313.82 Interest and Cost to be added.

020210002500 DUPUY JOSEY B ETALS Physical Address 2730 LIVE OAK DR LOT 9-A LIVE OAK SD LOT 30 RODRIGUEZ SD & LOT 37 HILL SUBD (MB4 E63) BR1-25 CB145 E207 CB157 E104 (MB2 P109 & 112) Original Taxes due $1,064.52 Interest and Cost to be added.

305220002300 ELLIS GARY Physical Address 2427 LARGUIER LN LOT 11 LARGUIER SD IN SEC 93 T7S R12E MEAS 29’ X 145’ 52B23 (PLAT MAP 107A) Original Taxes due $473.43 Interest and Cost to be added.

204780008600 ESTRADA WILLIE VICTORIA Physical Address 6542 S RIVER RD N 1/2 LOT SEC 20 T8S R12E MEAS 93’ X 317.53’ M/L 47H-86 Original Taxes due

305460004100 FORWAYS HOLDINGS LLC Physical Address 2083 WILLOW GLEN AVE LOT 41 ANTONIA PLANTATION ESTATES 1ST FILING 54F-41 (MB4 E272) Original Taxes due $5,369.98 Interest and Cost to be added.

010150005200 FRANKS BETTY J Physical Address 4073 MAIN ST PARCEL R-1 CONT 0.33 AC IN SEC 28 T8S R12E AD5-52 (MB6 E89) Original Taxes due $489.26 Interest and Cost to be added.

020250012300 FREDERICK DUPRE Physical Address 304 ANITA ST TRACT C ARCHIE LEJEUNE PROP BR5-123 (MAP ATTACHED TO CB138 E88) Original Taxes due $2,488.81 Interest and Cost to be added.

045000002000 GAUTHREAUX CHRIS Physical Address 4183 MULATTO BEND RD S/35’ LOT 22 & N/35’ OF LOT 23 TOURNOIR SD 50-20 CB43 E9 CB100 E292 Original Taxes due $87.97 Interest and Cost to be added.

010150004300 GAUTHREAUX CHRIS Physical Address 4181 MAIN ST LOT SEC 28 T8S R12E MEAS 31.4’ X 200’ AD5-43 CB66 E28 CB270 E1 Original Taxes due $1,251.31 Interest and Cost to be added.

014800016100 GAUTHREAUX CHRIS Physical Address 4757 AVERY GRACE BLVD LOT 71 SUNSET PLACE ESTATES IN SEC 68 T8S R12E 48-161 (MB6 E36) Original Taxes due $2,553.03 Interest and Cost to be added.

077200006600 GIBSON DONNA Physical Address 12351 MAPLE ST LOT 59 FLYNNLAND SD ER2-66 Original Taxes due $190.76 Interest and Cost to be added.

030360019400 GIBSON DONNA Physical Address 310 KENTUCKY AVE LOT 15 SQ 12 TOWN OF WBR SD PA6-194 CB31 E37 Original Taxes due $262.92 Interest and Cost to be added.

204750004200 GIBSON JOSEPH & SARAH Physical Address 5967 LUKEVILLE EXT TRACT MEAS 83’X 300’ IN SEC 20 T8S R12E 47E-42 CB59 E217 Original Taxes due $291.58 Interest and Cost to be added.

204750000200 GIVENS JOHNNY JR ETALS Physical Address 3836 CHOCTAW RD LOT IN SEC 60 T8S R12E BEING L-SHAPED MEAS 95’X 207’ LESS PORTION SOLD 47E-2 CB152 E93 CB327 E79 Original Taxes due $622.70 Interest and Cost to be added.

070910003200 GORDON DALE W & RAYMONIKK Physical Address 11744 BAYOU TOMMY LN LOT W-3 BAYOU TOMMY ESTATES CONT 1.30 AC SEC 7 T7S R11E 9A-32 (MB6 E22) Original Taxes due $805.54 Interest and Cost to be added.

020240000801 GRAY AMBROSE Physical Address MAIN ST LOT B SEC 15 T8S R12E TOWN OF BRUSLY MEAS 137.42’ X 222.28’ BR4-8A CB195 E75 CB245 E4 Original Taxes due $518.91 Interest and Cost to be added.

030360035300 GRAY AMBROSE Physical Address 330 MAGNOLIA ST E/80’ LOTS 1 & 2 SQ 8 TOWN OF WBR SUBD PA6-353 CB97 E54 Original Taxes due $971.59 Interest and Cost to be added.

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020240001000 GRAY AMBROSE Physical Address 1029 W MAIN ST LOT SEC 15 T8S R12E BEING P/O TRACT B BR4-10 CB249 E16 Original Taxes due $1,011.13 Interest and Cost to be added.

020240000900 GRAY AMBROSE Physical Address 1053 W MAIN ST LOT MEAS 100’ X 226.50’ IN SEC 20 T8S R12E BR4-9 CB84 E220 CB85 E79 CB245 E3 Original Taxes due $1,495.45 Interest and Cost to be added.

052610001700 GRAY JOSROUST A ETALS Physical Address 2545 N WINTERVILLE LN TRACT 1 CONT 3.72 AC IN SEC 35 T6S R11E (SHOWN ON A SURVEY OF 5 AC BEING IRREGULAR IN SHAPE) 26A17 CB144 E18 (MAP ATTACHED ORIGINAL CB144 E18) Original Taxes due $942.92 Interest and Cost to be added.

010130009500 GREEN TAMMY JEFFREY Physical Address 8134 ED LEJEUNE ST LOT MEAS 50’ X 115’ IN SEC 28 T8S R12E AD3-95 CB265 E22 Original Taxes due $120.59 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330014100 GREEN WYKETA Physical Address 1130 AVENUE B LOTS 13 & 14 SQ 47 OAKS SUBD PA3-141 Original Taxes due $566.34 Interest and Cost to be added.

077100004409 GREMILLION DEBORAH ETALS Physical Address 4277 WILLOW ST LOT 18-A-1 BALIS ADD SUBD ER1-44I CB268 E10 CB350 E1 CB386 E22 CB582 P160 (MB4 E211) (MB9 P127) Original Taxes due $75.12 Interest and Cost to be added.

010130004900 GRISSOM NICKIE L SHERRY J Physical Address 4612 MYRLE DR LOT 1 WESTRIVER SD AD3-49 CB144 E90 Original Taxes due $2,166.58 Interest and Cost to be added.

305200001600 HEBERT LOUISA LEE BROWN Physical Address 1640 LOUISIANA AVE LOT FROM S P/O E/2 OF LOT F IN LOT 6 BURBRIDGE TR MEAS 119.87’ X 100’ LOT FROM S P/O E/2 OF LOT F IN LOT 6 BURBRIDGE TR MEAS 50’ X 149.87’ LOT IN SW/CORNER OF LOT 1 OF E/2 OF LOT F IN LOT 6 BURBRIDGE TR MEAS 30’ X 150’ 52-16 CB96 E227 CB102 E66 CB106 E17 Original Taxes due $151.23 Interest and Cost to be added.

020250006500 HILLS KIRBY E JR AND Physical Address 234 FIRST ST S/113’ LOT 3 SQ 20 BRUSLY BR5-65 CB271 E6 Original Taxes due $1,014.10 Interest and Cost to be added.

077100005600 HOMEOWNERS MORTGAGE LLC Physical Address 4227 WALNUT ST LOT I-1-C BALIS SUBD MEAS 144.88’ X 168.88’ X 153.97’ X 167.19’ ER1-56 (MB4 E418) Original Taxes due $496.18 Interest and Cost to be added.

030350015601 IVEY ANNIE LAURIE NICHOLS Physical Address 367 CHARROPIN ST LOT 26-A LA CENTRAL SD PA5-156A CB404 E21 Original Taxes due $125.03 Interest and Cost to be added.

020220015700 JACKSON LASHANTA C Physical Address 2100 ORY DR LOT 49 OAK SHADOW SD BR2-157 (MB2 E258) Original Taxes due $964.68 Interest and Cost to be added.

305440003200 JACKSON MARVIN D Physical Address

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2535 RIVERSIDE DR LOT 60-A RIVERSIDE ESTATES SUBD 54D32 (MB3 E19) Original Taxes due $2,105.30 Interest and Cost to be added.

DR LOT 16 MORRISONVILLE ACRES SUBD 47128 (MB3 E217) Original Taxes due $469.49 Interest and Cost to be added.

Original Taxes due $1,736.63 Interest and Cost to be added.

044300004400 JAMES EARNEST JR & NATASHA A Physical Address 1225 PLUMWOOD ST LOT E2 CONT 1.70 AC CALUMET ESTATES SEC 85 T7S R12E 4344 (MB6 E20) Original Taxes due $825.31 Interest and Cost to be added.

020250003703 JORDAN SHIRLEY GUILLORY Physical Address 239 ANITA ST LOT CONT 1.54 AC IN SEC 14 T8S R12E BR5-37C CB129 E256 CB403 E66 Original Taxes due $1,209.80 Interest and Cost to be added.

204780004700 JAVIUS LOUIS ETALS Physical Address 2674 LUKEVILLE LN LOT MEAS 109.44’ FRONT ON HWY 989-1

BY A DEPTH OF 96.69’ IN SEC 19 T8S R12E 47H-47 CB85 E196 CB179 E127 Original Taxes due $133.43 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330014900 JOSEPH GARY Physical Address 320 S 14TH ST LOTS 30 & 31 SQ 57 OAKS SD PA3-149 Original Taxes due $148.26 Interest and Cost to be added.

303500004400 JOHNSON CHARLES & DIONNE M Physical Address 841 WEST LAKE DR LOT 18A-1 WEST LAKE ESTATES SUBD CONT 2.02 AC 35-44 (MB4 E565, MB5 E154) (MB8 P15) Original Taxes due $1,136.66 Interest and Cost to be added.

077200006100 JOHNSON IRMA Physical Address 12241 MAPLE ST LOT 54 FLYNNLAND SD ER2-61 CB85 E68 Original Taxes due $102.79 Interest and Cost to be added.

305210004000 JOHNSON KANEITRA Physical Address 1444 MOODY ST LOT 10 SQ 2 BURCHAM SD 52A-40 (MAP ENV 19A, MB1 E37) Original Taxes due $817.41 Interest and Cost to be added.

010130001100 JOHNSON RONALD Physical Address 4533 MAIN ST AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN: A LOT IN SEC 28 T8S R12E MEAS 325’ X 45’ AD311 CB405 E49 Original Taxes due $79.81 Interest and Cost to be added.

020250012000 JORDAN EDMOND Physical Address 425 ARCHIE LEJEUNE RD TRACT B-2 ARCHIE LEJEUNE SUBD BR5120 CB403 E65 (MAP ATTACHED TO CB138 E89) Original Taxes due $2,405.76 Interest and Cost to be added.

030310004500 JORDAN EDMOND D Physical Address 1041 N ALEXANDER AVE LOT IN SQ 2 BURBRIDGE TRACT MEAS 50’X 70’ M/L PA1-45 Original Taxes due $190.77 Interest and Cost to be added.

030310004401 JORDAN EDMOND D & STACIE GREEN Physical Address N ALEXANDER AVE LOT IN SQ 2 BURBRIDGE TRACT MEAS 100’X 70’ M/L PA1-44A Original Taxes due $381.54 Interest and Cost to be added.

030310004400 JORDAN EDMOND D & STACIE GREEN Physical Address 887 ROSEDALE RD LOT IN SQ 2 BURBRIDGE TRACT MEAS 150’X 77’ M/L PA1-44 CB312 E35 & E37 CB320 E33 Original Taxes due $572.28 Interest and Cost to be added.

020250011900 JORDAN MICHAEL Physical Address ARCHIE LEJEUNE RD TRACT B-1 ARCHIE LEJEUNE SUBD BR5119 CB423 E30 (MAP ATTACHED TO CB138 E89) Original Taxes due $112.66 Interest and Cost to be added.

020220013900 JORDAN MICHAEL W Physical Address ORY DR LOT 24 OAK SHADOW SUBD BR2-139 (MB2 E258) Original Taxes due $543.63 Interest and Cost to be added.

204700012800 JORDAN MICHAEL W & MELANIE Physical Address 3030 LOUISE

030330025500 JOSEPH GARY Physical Address 951 AVENUE C LOTS 25 & 26 SQ 34 OAKS SUBD PA3-255 Original Taxes due $585.12 Interest and Cost to be added.

033130007000 JOSEPH GERIC Physical Address 1416 AVENUE B LOT 270A WESTSIDE VILLAGE SUBD PA3-70 CB136 E22 (PLAT MAP 71C) Original Taxes due $364.72 Interest and Cost to be added.

071400002401 KENT KAREN SUE Physical Address 4128 ROUGON RD LOT JK-2 CONT 2.461 AC IN SW/4 SEC 21 T6S R11E 14-24A (MB5 E105) Original Taxes due $779.84 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330004300 LABODE EZKIEL EST Physical Address 1023 COURT ST LOT 74 SQ 19 COHN SD PA3-43 CB33 E194 (MB1 E39) Original Taxes due $469.49 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330009600 LABODE HAZEL CLEMENT Physical Address 1306 AVENUE B LOTS 43 44 & 45 SQ 58 OAKS SD PA3-96 CB66 E131 CB93 E218 CB339 E26 Original Taxes due $266.86 Interest and Cost to be added.

053410004901 LANA SARVER TUTRIX OF RAEGAN BRYANT Physical Address 1932 S WINTERVILLE RD LOT D-1 CONT 0.57 AC CYPRESS HALL PLANTATION P/O GREMILLION PROP 34A-49A (MAP ATTACHED ORIGINALS CB237 E41) Original Taxes due $1,073.40 Interest and Cost to be added.

030360016100 LANDRY DAWN & DANIEL Physical Address 635 MARYLAND AVE LOTS 14 15 & 16 SQ 31 COHN SD PA6-161 Original Taxes due $1,511.25 Interest and Cost to be added.

030350018000 LESAGE TAMMY N Physical Address 434 MICHIGAN AVE LOT 8 & W/90’ OF LOT 6 SQ 1 COHN SD PA5180 CB82 E85 (MB1 E39) Original Taxes due $666.19 Interest and Cost to be added.

030339007601 LEWIS CELESTINE Physical Address 132 S 12TH ST N/34’ OF LOTS 2 & 3 SQ 48 OAKS SD PA376A CB181 E19 Original Taxes due $372.62 Interest and Cost to be added.

304500003000 LINDA WEST BATON ROUGE LLC Physical Address UNKNOWN 480 AC SW/4 SEC 20 & N/2 OF SEC 29 T7S R12E 45-30 Original Taxes due $86.22 Interest and Cost to be added.

030370000600 LOUISIANA CHIROPRACTIC LLC Physical Address 751 COURT ST LOTS 34 35 & 36 SQ 19 COHN SD PA7-6 (MB1 E39) Original Taxes due $2,777.42 Interest and Cost to be added.

033130001300 MCCLAIN CLARENCE JAMES Physical Address 391 HARRY BROWN ST LOT 310A WESTSIDE VILLAGE SD PA3-13 CB150 E184 CB322 E42 CB355 E85 (PLAT MAP 71C) Original Taxes due $339.01 Interest and Cost to be added.

033130006600 MCCLINTON ELAINE WHITE Physical Address 355 GLADIOLUS ST LOT 274A WESTSIDE VILLAGE SD PA3-66 CB129 E261 (PLAT MAP 71C) Original Taxes due $954.80 Interest and Cost to be added.

303500009300 MELLION OSCAR S III & VALENCIA M Physical Address 425 WESTWOOD BLVD LOT 7 WESTOVER PLANTATION OF SEC 17 T7S R12E 35-93 (MB6 E47) (MB7 E54) (MB7 P229) Original Taxes due $988.40 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330002100 MIDWEST MANAGEMENT Physical Address 1360 AVENUE A LOTS 7 8 & 9 SQ 59 OAKS SD PA3-21 CB150 E57 Original Taxes due $222.39 Interest and Cost to be added.

071400014300 MINGO FITZGERALD D Physical Address 10295 ST CLARA AVE LOT 31 CLARA CROSSING SUBD IN SEC 20 T6S R11E 14-143 (MB10 P19) Original Taxes due $691.88 Interest and Cost to be added.

304430002700 LAWRENCE KEVIN L & BRONWYN J Physical Address 1009 BOHNE RD LOT 43-A BLANCHARD EST 44C-27 (MB4 E30) Original Taxes due $501.11 Interest and Cost to be added.

304500003200 MOORE SHELLY SR & BARBARA D S Physical Address 3333 I-10 FRONTAGE RD 2.43 AC SEC 21 T7S R12E DESIG AS TR A 45-32 CB418 E39 Original Taxes due $1,681.29 Interest and Cost to be added.

030320000303 LAWRENCE RAY HELEN Physical Address 1334 OREGON AVE LOT 3 SQ A CAROLINA PL SD PA2-3C CB109 E35 CB431 E19 (MB2 E7) Original Taxes due $400.31 Interest and Cost to be added.

033130000300 MORGAN EDNA MAE Physical Address 225 HARRY BROWN ST LOT 320A WESTSIDE VILLAGE SD PA3-3 CB182 E129 (PLAT MAP 71C) Original Taxes due $629.11 Interest and Cost to be added.

070610000101 LEBLANC KAILYNN C Physical Address 5965 ANDRE LN TRACT T-2-B CONT 2.204 AC 6A-1A CB182 E15 (PLAT MAP 200A) (MB6 E110) (MB7 E76) (MB10 P293) Original Taxes due $528.79 Interest and Cost to be added.

030320001802 MYERS CLEVELAND J SR Physical Address 1159 GEORGIA AVE LOT 2 SQ F CAROLINA PLACE SUBD PA218B CB114 E133 (MB2 E7) Original Taxes due $55.36 Interest and Cost to be added.

020250001900 LEJEUNE STEPHEN LYNN Physical Address 401 E MAIN ST LOT 5-A CONT 3.132 AC IN SEC 14 T8S R12E MARIA WOODS PROP BR5-19 (MAP FILED IN 13B C.O.C) (MB7 P56)

014700051300 OBEAR SKYLAR Physical Address 3964 OLIVIA DR LOT 264 SUGAR MILL PLANTATION 5TH FILING 47-513 (MB6 E158) Original Taxes due $1,155.44 Interest and Cost to be added.

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014800002001 OLANO BLAYZE M & SANDI GUNNELLS ETALS Physical Address GEORGETTE AVE LOT MH-2 CONT 11.2 AC IN SEC 70 T8S R12E 48-20A CB107 E18 CB125 E41 CB138 E74 CB144 E241 CB209 E177 (MB5 P140) (MB10 P47) Original Taxes due $1,443.06 Interest and Cost to be added.

014700121400 OMUEMU RAVEN A Physical Address 6465 SUGAR HARVEST CT LOT 13 SUGAR MILL PLANTATION 19TH FILING IN SEC 22 &23 T8S R12E 47-1214 (MB8 P298) (MB9 P85) (MB9 P139) Original Taxes due $543.63 Interest and Cost to be added.

030320000103 OSORIO EDGAR C Physical Address 1345 MICHIGAN AVE LOT 3 SQ A COHN SUBD PA2-1C (PLAT MAP 80A) Original Taxes due $608.86 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330008200 PARKER MELANIE TRUSCLAIR Physical Address 1331 AVENUE A LOTS 20 & 21 SQ 58 OAKS SD PA3-82 Original Taxes due $148.26 Interest and Cost to be added.

070620015200 PATIN GARY & MARGARET V Physical Address 11846 SECTION RD LOT 7 SUBD OF SW/4 SEC 18 T6S R11E 6B152 CB101 E173 (MB2 E39) Original Taxes due $1,209.80 Interest and Cost to be added.

071310005400 PATT TIMONTHY ALLEN & ROBERTA J Physical Address 5427 ELM GROVE RD LOT 7 ELM GROVE SUBD 13A-54 CB125 E8 (MB2 E24) Original Taxes due $1,855.22 Interest and Cost to be added.

204780000100 PATTERSON WILSON JR ETALS Physical Address UNKNOWN LOT IN SEC 18 T8S R12E MEAS 288’ X 192’ CONT 1.27 AC 47H-1 CB164 E96 Original Taxes due $63.25 Interest and Cost to be added.

062200002100 PAYNE JOHNNY II Physical Address 10120 BUECHE RD TRACT E-B-2C1-A CONT 44.89 AC YATTAN PLTN SECS 40 & 41 T5S R11E 2221 CB311 E13 (PLAT MAP 152A) (MB9 P101) (MB10 P225) Original Taxes due $149.24 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330016600 PHILLIPS DOROTHY RILEY Physical Address 1336 AVENUE C LOT 39 & E/2 OF 38 SQ 57 OAKS SD PA3-166 CB243 E37 Original Taxes due $370.64 Interest and Cost to be added.

045000008900 RECASNER ELLA ETALS Physical Address 4346 N RIVERVIEW RD LOTS 40 41 & S/2 OF 39 RIVERVIEW SUBD 50-89 CB293 E51 (MB1 E15A) Original Taxes due $1,673.37 Interest and Cost to be added.

204780000600 RICHARDSON SHAWONA & EDWARD JR Physical Address 2754 BABYTOWN LN LOT IN SEC 18 T8S R12E MEAS 124’X 86’ 47H-6 Original Taxes due $461.58 Interest and Cost to be added.

030330022200 RILEY DOROTHY QUEEN ETALS Physical Address 410 S 14TH ST LOTS 29 30 & 31 SQ 56 OAKS SD PA3-222 CB66 E118 Original Taxes due $448.73 Interest and Cost to be added.

014700009600 RIVER CURRENT LLC Physical Address 7180 S RIVER RD 4.40 AC SEC 25 T8S R12E, 47-96, CB418 E10 RIVER BEND MOBILE HOME PARK Original Taxes due

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030360014600 ROBERT JANEYRIAN Physical Address 128 PALM ST THE S/54’ OF LOT 15 & THE N/10’ OF LOT 16 SQ 9 COHN SD PA6-146 CB310 E98 & E99 (MB1 E39) (MAP ATTACHED ORIGINAL MORTGAGE BOOK 81 FOLIO 347) Original Taxes due $1,020.02 Interest and Cost to be added.

030320008002 ROBERTSON COMPANIES INC Physical Address 221 N 15TH ST LOT A-2B IN SEC 67 T7S R12E MEAS 110’X 187.95’ PA2-80B CB238 E13 (MAP ATTACHED ORIGINAL CB238 E13) Original Taxes due $1,395.63 Interest and Cost to be added.

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020230001800 STEWART LORRAINE Physical Address 1108 W MAIN ST LOT SEC 14 T8S R12E MEAS 130’ X 186’ BR3-18 CB183 E9 Original Taxes due $536.70 Interest and Cost to be added.

070620005900 TALLEY AUDREY MAE Physical Address 11325 TONAWANDA ST LOT 7 TONAWANDA ESTATES SUBD 6B59 CB295 E57 (PLAT MAP 86A) Original Taxes due $173.96 Interest and Cost to be added.

030310000900 SNEARL JUSTIN J Physical Address 990 ELEANOR ST LOT MEAS 50’X 145’ IN SUNNYSIDE SD PA1-9 CB354 E34 Original Taxes due $94.89 Interest and Cost to be added.

070620006600 TALLEY EUNICE Physical Address 5724 IROQUOIS ST LOT 13 TONAWANDA ESTATES SUBD 6B66 CB156 E197 (PLAT MAP 86A) Original Taxes due $471.48 Interest and Cost to be added.

030320004802 STALLAR HOME IMPROVEMENTS LLC Physical Address

014700023000 TETZEL RONALD ALAN Physical Address

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The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge has established a Socially and Economi‐ cally Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SEDBE) program in ac‐ cordance with Revised Statute RS 33:2233.4. It is the policy of the Parish to ensure that Eligible Business Enterprises EBE’s, certified in accor‐ dance with the Parish program, have an equal opportunity to receive and participate in parish contracts.

For this project the EBR Parish Purchasing office has directed a review of the scope of work and participation is strongly encouraged but not re‐ quired.

The City-Parish is an equal opportunity em‐ ployer and encourages the participation of Dis‐ advantaged Business En‐ terprises (DBE) in all of its projects.

Pro‐ posers/Prospective Con‐ tractors are strongly en‐ couraged to make posi‐ tive efforts to utilize mi‐ nority subcontractors for a portion of this project.

Proposers are requested to include in their pro‐ posal a description of plans for minority partic‐ ipation under this Con‐ tract as suppliers or sub‐ contractors.

All questions concerning the Solicitation and Con‐ tract Documents MUST be received in accor‐ dance with the Schedule of Events cited in section 1.3 of the Solicitation documents and as further defined in section 1.7.2 Proposer In‐ quiry Period of the same document.

Though not required if receiving solicitation and addenda notices from LaPAC, the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge will e-mail or mail addenda to all vendors contacting our office and requesting to be put on our office Ven‐ dor Listing for this solici‐ tation.

186528-MAY 6-13-20-3T $174 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES DISTRICT (CAHSD) SOLICTATION OF OFFERS (SOO) 305PUR-SOO30227-001 PROJECTS FOR ASSIS‐ TANCE IN TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS (PATH) CAHSD, a political subdi‐ vision of the State of Louisiana, is conducting a fair and impartial com‐ petitive procurement process to solicit propos‐ als from qualified con‐ tractors who are inter‐ ested in developing and implementing the Pro‐ jects for Assistance in Transition from Home‐ lessness (PATH). PATH was created as part of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 (P.L. 101.645) and these federal funds are distrib‐ uted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra‐ tion’s (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Ser‐ vices (CMHS) to all 50 states, the District of Co‐ lumbia, and U.S. Territo‐ ries, so that they may award funds to local public and non-profit or‐ ganizations to provide street outreach, case management, and link‐ age to housing programs as well as behavioral health services for adults with serious mental ill‐ nesses, who may have co-occurring substance use disorders, and are ei‐ ther homeless or at im‐ minent risk of becoming homeless. Although the local program is head‐ quartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ser‐ vices are extended to participants throughout all of Capital Area Human Services Dis‐ trict’s (CAHSD) desig‐ nated parishes of Ascen‐ sion, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. The selected proposer/contractor must be or become an active member of the Louisiana Balance of State Continuum of Care (LA BOSCOC) which is Louisiana’s largest coali‐ tion to end homeless‐ ness and is responsible for the Coordinated Entry process required for indi‐ viduals to access HUDfunded homeless hous‐ ing (https://laboscoc. org/home).Proposers are required to be or become a member of the Contin‐ uum of Care (CoC). If al‐ ready a member of CoC, then submit a Letter of Certification from the CoC and a Letter of Com‐ pliance from HIMS Lead.

If proposer is not a mem‐ ber and get selected for the contract, letters should be obtained be‐ fore executing: (CoC – letter indicating that id h d

Legal Notices 6631 ALMA DR LOT 6 SUGAR MILL PLANTATION 1ST FILING IN SEC 23 T8S R12E 47-230 (MB4 E556) Original Taxes due $1,281.95 Interest and Cost to be added.

020260002600 THE OAKS S C LLC Physical Address UNKNOWN TRACT X-3-A CONT 2.85 AC IN SECS 15 & 16 8S R12E BR6-26 (MB5 E29) Original Taxes due $4,596.07 Interest and Cost to be added.

204750005500 THOMAS MARY LEE C ETALS Physical Address 5948 LUKEVILLE EXT LOT C MEAS 101.02 ‘X 100.0’ SD OF ALEX THOMAS SR PROP & LOT MEAS 1/2 ARPT M/L ON LUKEVILLE BY A DEPTH OF 4 ARPT M/L 47E-55 CB79 E24 CB84 E7 CB148 E122 CB177 E14 Original Taxes due $648.38 Interest and Cost to be added.

030370015600 TREUIL BRENT T Physical Address 327 AVENUE B LOT 24 SQ 7 OAKS SD PA7-156 Original Taxes due $1,875.00 Interest and Cost to be added.

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010110003400 TULLIER TIMMY W Physical Address 5362 MYRLE DR LOT 270 WESTRIVER SD AD1-34 CB317 E96 Original Taxes due $52.64 Interest and Cost to be added.

071310001000 VEAL ANDREA C Physical Address 10412 SECTION RD LOT A CONT 4.36 AC G DECUIR PROP 13A-10 CB169 E195 Original Taxes due $981.47 Interest and Cost to be added.

030320000404 VISION QUINTANA LLC Physical Address 1132 OREGON AVE LOT 4 SQ B CAROLINA PL SD PA2-4D (MB2 E7) Original Taxes due $790.72 Interest and Cost to be added.

303500014700 WALKER D’MIKKEL J Physical Address 391 HARVEST LN LOT 34 ROSEDALE ACRES IN SEC 13 T7S R11E 35-147 (MB8 P276) (MB9 P11) Original Taxes due $795.67 Interest and Cost to be added.

014700002400 WATTS ALVIN III & CHARLOTTE L

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Physical Address 3261 RIVER LANDING DR LOT 24 RIVER LANDING SUBD SEC 23 T8S R12E 47-24 (MB4 E527) Original Taxes due $1,700.05 Interest and Cost to be added.

045000012109 WILKINSON ANNA B ETALS Physical Address 3835 N RIVER RD LOT H-2 CONT 1.30 AC IN SEC 50 T6S R12E P/O MONTE VISTA FARMS 50-121”I” CB236 E105 Original Taxes due $1,089.22 Interest and Cost to be added.

6B-116A CB231 E52 CB613 P40 (MB583) Original Taxes due $899.44 Interest and Cost to be added.

MEAS 96’X 200’ M/L 47F-73 CB27 E221 CB78 E100 Original Taxes due $625.66 Interest and Cost to be added.

052500011300 WILLIAMS MICHAEL ANTHONY Physical Address 8745 SECTION RD LOT SP-2 CONT 18.12 AC SEC 22 T6S R11E 25-113 CB133 E215 CB142 E225 CB278 E139 (MB6 P170) Original Taxes due $987.40 Interest and Cost to be added.

044400004200 WORKBOX LLC Physical Address 2160 LOBDELL HWY 2.125 AC SEC 64 T7S R12E DESIG AS P/O TRACT B-2-A BONANNO PROP 44-42 CB571 P420 (MAP ATTACHED SUIT#21859) Original Taxes due $3,776.68 Interest and Cost to be added.

be extinguished by paying the price paid at auction together with interest at the rate established at the tax lien auction which shall not exceed one percent (1%) per month on a non-compounding basis computed on the amount paid at auction by the tax lien certificate purchaser until terminated, a penalty at the rate of five percent (5%), and costs reimbursable pursuant to R.S. 47:2156. The termination payment shall also include the amount of any subsequent parish and municipal statutory impositions paid by the tax lien certificate holder, together with the applicable five percent (5%) penalty and any applicable interest computed on the statutory impositions at a rate of one percent (1%) per month on a non-compounding basis, and a recording fee of $155.00

035240001400 WEST BANK ASSOCIATES LLC Physical Address 670 ALLENDALE DR TRACT A-1-A CONT 3.568 AC IN SEC 68 T7S R12E 52D-14 (MB5 E44) (MB7 P123) Original Taxes due $10,518.55 Interest and Cost to be added.

020260000600 WHITAKER JUDITH C ETALS Physical Address 133 E ST FRANCIS ST LOT SEC 16 T8S R12E MEAS 130’X 120’ BR66 CB411 E88 Original Taxes due $1,903.66 Interest and Cost to be added.

030310001000 WHITE SAMUEL Physical Address ELEANOR ST LOT IN W/2 OF LOT 4 BURBRIDGE TR MEAS 250’X 145’ PA110 CB171 E159 (MB8 P280) Original Taxes due $603.91 Interest and Cost to be added.

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letter indicating that provider has made ac‐ ceptable arrangements to become a full partici‐ pant in the CoC. HMIS – that letter indicating provider has made ac‐ ceptable arrangements with HMIS Lead to be‐ come fully compliant.)

The period of any con‐ tract resulting from this SOO is tentatively sched‐ uled to begin on or about July 1, 2026, and to con‐ tinue through June 30, 2026. At the option of CAHSD and with the con‐ currence of the contrac‐ tor, this contract may be extended for two addi‐ tional twelve (12)-month periods at the same price, terms, and condi‐ tions. The SOO will be posted on April 28, 2026, the deadline for receipt of written inquiries is May 5,2026, 4:00 p.m. CT, and the deadline for re‐ ceipt of proposals May 28, 2026, 4:00 p.m. CT. Proposers are responsi‐ ble for obtaining the RFP, checking for addenda if any, viewing official re‐ sponses to questions, and submitting elec‐ at tronic proposals https://www.centralauct ionhouse.com/main.php and https://wwwcfprd. doa.louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/pubMain.cfm. Pro‐ posers may submit paper proposals according to the guidelines in the SOO. Electronic and paper proposals must be submitted by the dead‐ line with the content and format specified in the SOO in order to receive consideration.

Highway 18, Reserve, Louisiana 70084 or at www.centralauctionh ouse.com.

p services, procure ser‐ vices from alternate sources when necessary, or utilize internal staff or other contracted service providers. This contract does not guarantee a minimum volume of work to any contractor.

attend the mandatory Pre-Bid conference scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

CT on Friday, May 22, 2026, at the listed above location in order to sub‐ mit an electronic bid.

186490-may 6-13-2t $114.28 PUBLIC NOTICE --Request for Proposal ADA Paratransit – Micro‐ transit Services Solicitation #2026-ParaMicroTransit-001 The Capital Area Transit System (CATS), a politi‐ cal subdivision of the State of Louisiana, oper‐ ating the public transit system in EBR Parish is accepting Proposals for ADA Paratransit-Micro‐ transit Services. Sealed proposals are due to CATS Procurement De‐ partment by June 9, 2026 at 10:00 am (local time) at 2250 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802, or electronically (see info below). A copy of this RFP can be found on CATS website at: http:// www.brcats.com/page/ procurement and https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/ deptbids.cfm. Proposers may submit written questions to: catspro‐ curement@brcats.com until May 22, 2026. Pro‐ posers are reminded to check CATS website often for addendums is‐ sued to this RFP. CATS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

186804-may 8-13-2t $250.44

PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL POST HURRICANE DISASTER RELATED SERVICES 1.0 Introduction.

This Request for Pro‐ posal (RFP) is issued by the Port of South Louisiana (hereinafter re‐ ferred to as the "Port”).

The Port’s district spans 54 miles of the Missis‐ sippi River in the parishes of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James. The Port of South Louisiana Adminis‐ tration Building is lo‐ cated at 1720 Highway 44, Reserve, Louisiana. Its Globalplex site is adja‐ cent to the building . The Globalplex facility is a 335-acre maritime indus‐ trial park. Globalplex consists of office build‐ ings, multiple ware‐ houses and an antebel‐ lum house. The Port also owns other warehouses and office building along West 10th Street in Re‐ serve, Louisiana.

The Port is the operator of the Port of South La Executive Regional Air‐ port (KAPS) located at 355 Airport Road, Re‐ serve, Louisiana 70084. A Terminal building and several port-owned hangars are onsite.

2.0 Scope of Works The purpose of this RFP is to establish a con‐ tract(s) with a qualified contractor(s) for various disaster related recovery services. The intent is to establish Master Service Agreements so that Task Orders can be subse‐ quently issued for spe‐ cific scopes in a prompt manner for disaster re‐ lated services post hurri‐ cane.

Proposals shall be re‐ ceived until Monday, June 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the Port of South Louisiana Administration Building located at 1720 Highway 18, Reserve, L i i 70084 t

Proposal and sample agreement can be viewed at www.central auctionhouse, www. portsl.com or at the Port of South Louisiana Ad‐ ministration Building.

A walk through of the Port-owned facilities (Globalplex and Airport) is scheduled on Thurs‐ day, June 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Port of South Louisiana Administration Building located at 1720 Highway 18, Reserve, Louisiana 70084.

The Port will accept pro‐ posals from qualified contractors with experi‐ ence in providing these disaster recovery ser‐ vices: 1) Tree Cutter and Re‐ moval of Debris- re‐ moval, transporting, and disposal of the debris lo‐ cated at the Globalplex site and/or Airport to an approved landfill. Com‐ pleting all necessary re‐ ports and/or documents.

2) Temporary Roofing Services- temporary re‐ pairs and/or tarp.

3) Restoration Services storm or flood damage cleanup, mold removal, specialty cleaning ser‐ vices, carpet removal, odor removal.

4) Electrician Services ALL WORK WILL BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE GUIDELINES PROVIDED BY FEMA. 3.0 General Conditions License Contractor. Con‐ tractor must be licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana at the time of submittal of the RFP. Mobilization. Contractor shall be prepared to mo‐ bilize as soon as a Task Order and Notice to Pro‐ ceed are issued.

Labor And Equipment.

Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, sup‐ plies, equipment, tools, and supervision and management necessary to complete the Work.

Safety And Quality As‐ surance. Contractor shall provide safety and qual‐ ity controls to assure the safety quality and com‐ pleteness, and timely progress of the work.

Contractor must adhere to all required local, state and federal guide‐ lines, law, rules, regula‐ tions including regula‐ tions that relate historic preservation, environ‐ mental protection and restoration.

TWIC Card. Contractor shall possess a TWIC card.

E-VERIFY. All employees must have U.S. Citizen‐ ship or legal authoriza‐ tion to Work in the United States.

Payment Bond and Per‐ formance Bond. If re‐ quired by law, a Task Order may require the Contractor to provide a Payment Bond and Per‐ formance Bond for the full value of the contract (the costs of which will be paid by the Port). The Contractor will not be re‐ quired to accept a Task Order if bonding is re‐ quired and cannot be ob‐ tained by Contractor.

Insurance and Indemnity.

Contractor shall provide the following insurances as required by the Mas‐ ter Service Agreement: general liability insur‐ ance, worker’s compen‐ sation, and automobile insurance. The Port shall be named as an addi‐ tional insured on the general liability and au‐ tomobile insurance poli‐ cies.

4.0 EVALUATION CRITERIA • Firm Team Qualifications/Experi‐ ence 0-30pts • Key Personnel Service Qualifications/Experi‐ ence 0-20pts (Resumes and Certifications) • Relevant Past Project Experience 0-15pts (Experience with FEMA disaster related projects- provide references for 3 projects in the past 10 years) • Price and Bonding Ca‐ pacity 0-15pts (Contrac‐ tor to submit proposed hourly rates for job clas‐ sifications and other as‐ sociated costs for scope of service as well as evi‐ dence of bonding capac‐ ity, if any) • Location 0-10 pts • Proposal Understanding 0-10pts The Evaluation Commit‐ tee will perform the eval‐ uation and present the result and recommenda‐ tion to the Executive Di‐ rector.

This agreement is nonexclusive. The Port re‐ serves the right to enter into contracts with multi‐ ple vendors for similar i

The Port reserves the right to cancel this Re‐ quest for Proposal and not award an agreement in its sole discretion for any reason.

Julia Fisher -Cormier Executive Director May 13, 2026 May 20, 2026 May 27, 2026 187050 May 13, 20, 27, 3t $266.11 PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the 199th BSB BAS, 5500 Coliseum Blvd, Alexandria, LA 71303 will be received at the Alexandria Readiness Center Classroom, 5500 Coliseum Blvd, Alexan‐ dria, LA 71303, until 1:00 p.m. CT on Friday, June 5, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from CFMO Energy LAANG. Printed copies are not available from the Project Man‐ ager, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most re‐ prographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduc‐ tion costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Project Manager at CFMO Energy LAANG, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117. Phone (504) 278-8047. Attention: Karr A. Benoit. E-Mail Ad‐ dress: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

CT on Friday, May 22, 2026, Alexandria Readi‐ ness Center Classroom, 5500 Coliseum Blvd, Alexandria, LA 71303. At‐ tendance at this Confer‐ ence is mandatory.

Prospective bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference in order to sub‐ mit a bid. The Construc‐ tion and Facilities Man‐ agement Office point of contact is Karr A. Benoit, Email: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil CFMO Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117, 504278-8047.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of ELECTRI‐ CAL and/or MECHANICAL. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Construction & Facilities Management Office by submitting their bid along with their bid secu‐ rity to https://www.cen tralauctionhouse.com/.

Electronic bids must be submitted so as to be posted prior to 1:00 p.m.

CT on Friday, June 5, 2026.

Hard copies of the con‐ tractor’s electronically submitted packet must be sent to ATTN: Karr A. Benoit, Construction and Facility Maintenance Of‐ fice Building #3022, Of‐ fice #220, 6400 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, telephone 504-2788047. Contractors MUST

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid shall not be form waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

183911 April 29, May 6, 13, 3t $200.92 PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the Bo‐ galusa BAS, 59406 Hwy 10 (LA-10), Bogalusa, LA 70427 will be received at the Bogalusa Readiness Center Classroom, 59406 Hwy 10 (LA-10), Bo‐ galusa, LA 70427, until 11:00 a.m. CT on Wednes‐ day, June 3, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from CFMO Energy LAANG. Printed copies are not available from the Project Man‐ ager, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most re‐ prographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduc‐ tion costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Project Manager at CFMO Energy LAANG, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117. Phone (504) 278-8047. Attention: Karr A. Benoit. E-Mail Ad‐ dress: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Bogalusa Readiness Center Class‐ room, 59406 Hwy 10 (LA10), Bogalusa, LA 70427.

Attendance at this Con‐ ference is mandatory.

Prospective bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference in order to sub‐ mit a bid. The Construc‐ tion and Facilities Man‐ agement Office point of contact is Karr A. Benoit, Email: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil CFMO Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117, 504278-8047.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of ELECTRI‐ CAL and/or MECHANICAL. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of ft f t fi (45) d

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drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

(5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of ELECTRI‐ CAL and/or MECHANICAL. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Construction & Facilities Management Office by submitting their bid along with their bid secu‐ rity to https://www.cen tralauctionhouse.com/.

Electronic bids must be submitted so as to be posted prior to 11:00 a.m.

CT on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s electroni‐ cally submitted packet must be sent to ATTN: Karr A. Benoit, Construc‐ tion and Facility Mainte‐ nance Office Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Ave, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117, tele‐ phone 504-278-8047. Con‐ tractors MUST attend the mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Wednes‐ day, May 20, 2026, at the listed above location in order to submit an elec‐ tronic bid.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid not be form shall waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

183929 April 29, May 6, 13, 3t $202.63 PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the Cov‐ ington BAS, 1320 N Co‐ lumbia St, Covington, LA 70433 will be received at the Covington Readiness Center Classroom, 1320 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433, until 11:00 a.m.

CT on Thursday, June 4, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from CFMO Energy LAANG. Printed copies are not available from the Project Man‐ ager, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most re‐ prographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduc‐ tion costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Project Manager at CFMO Energy LAANG, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117. Phone (504) 278-8047. Attention: Karr A. Benoit. E-Mail Ad‐ dress: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Thursday, May 21, 2026, Covington Readiness Center Class‐ room, 1320 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433.

Attendance at this Con‐ ference is mandatory.

Prospective bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference in order to sub‐ mit a bid. The Construc‐ tion and Facilities Man‐ agement Office point of contact is Karr A. Benoit, Email: karr.a.benoit.nfg@ army.mil CFMO Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117, 504278-8047.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additi l Bid It

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Construction & Facilities Management Office by submitting their bid along with their bid secu‐ rity to https://www.cen tralauctionhouse.com/.

Electronic bids must be submitted so as to be posted prior to 11:00 a.m.

CT on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s electroni‐ cally submitted packet must be sent to ATTN: Karr A. Benoit, Construc‐ tion and Facility Mainte‐ nance Office Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Ave, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117, tele‐ phone 504-278-8047. Con‐ tractors MUST attend the mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Thurs‐ day, May 21, 2026, at the listed above location in order to submit an elec‐ tronic bid.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid not be form shall waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

304510000100 WSM PROPERTIES LLC Physical Address 463 LOBDELL HWY TRACT X CONT 4.78 AC IN SEC 21 & 92 T7S R12E 45A-1 CB556 P93 (PLAT MAP 95) Original Taxes due $4,851.13 Interest and Cost to be added.

At the auction, I will sell the tax lien to the winning bidder. The sale will be for cash or other payment method acceptable to the tax collector, in legal tender money of the United States.

At any time prior to the institution of an action to enforce the tax lien, the tax lien may

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The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE.

183920 April 29, May 6, 13, 3t, $201.79 PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the FMS 12 Sustainment will be received at the FMS 12 facility, 24550 Railroad Avenue, Plaquemine, Louisiana 70764, until 10:00 a.m. CT on Thurs‐ day, June 18th, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY PAUL RICCARDI OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from Ritter Maher Architects, LLC. Printed copies are not available from the De‐ signer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most re‐ prographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduc‐ tion costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at 2987 Govern‐ ment Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801.

Attention: Stephen Maher, E-Mail Address: sma‐ her@rittermaher.com or via phone (225) 383-4321.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. CT on, Thursday, June 4th, 2026, 24550 Rail‐ road Avenue, Plaquem‐ ine, Louisiana 70764. At‐ tendance at this Confer‐ ence is mandatory.

Prospective bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference in order to sub‐ mit a bid. The Pre-bid conference shall be con‐ ducted within current ap‐ propriate guidelines con‐ cerning COVID19. The Louisiana Military Department and Camp Beauregard point of con‐ tact is Paul Riccardi, Email: richard.p.riccardi. nfg@army.mil, Bldg. 420 F St., Room 233, Pineville, LA 71360.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY PAUL RICCARDI OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of BUILD‐ ING CONSTRUCTION. Bid‐ der is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B) (5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Construction & Facilities Management Office by submitting their bid along with their bid secu‐ rity to https://www.cen tralauctionhouse.com/.

Electronic bids must be submitted to be posted prior to 10:00 a.m. CT on Thursday, June 18th, 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s electroni‐ cally submitted packet must be sent to Con‐ struction Facility Man‐ agement Office, ATTN: Paul Riccardi, 420 F Street, Training Center Pineville, Pineville, LA. 71360, telephone 318-2905859. Contractors MUST attend the mandatory Pre-Bid conference scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

CT on Thursday, June 4th, 2026, at the above listed location in order to sub‐ mit an electronic bid.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions d i f

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12D ■ Wednesday, May 13, 2026 ■ theadvocate.com ■ The Advocate Public Notices Bids/Proposals p and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid shall not be form waivered. The Louisiana Department Military Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

187171 May 13, 20, 27, 3t $203.50 PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the Water, Fire, and Sewage Line Upgrades, Gillis W. Long Center, 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, Louisiana 70721 will be received at the Gillis W. Long Center (Conference Room – Building 10), 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, LA until 10:00 a.m. CT on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING ACCOMMODA‐ SPECIAL SHALL NOTIFY TIONS CURTIS “RANDY” CRAW‐ FORD OF THE TYPE(S) OF RE‐ ACCOMMODATION QUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from Forte and Tablada.

Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them most repro‐ through graphic firms. Plan hold‐ ers are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at Forte and Tablada Inc., 9107 Interline Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809. Phone (225) 9279321. Attention: Cody Sharpe, Construction Project Manager. E-Mail Address: csharpe@For teandTablada.com.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. CT on, Thursday, May 28, 2026, at Gillis W. Long Center (Conference Room – Building 10), 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, Louisiana 70721. Atten‐ dance at this Conference is mandatory. Prospec‐ tive bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid conference in order to submit a bid.

The Gillis W. Long Center point of contact is Curtis “Randy” Crawford, Email: curtis.r.crawford.nfg@ army.mil Facility Engi‐ neers Building 10, 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, LA 70721, Phone: (225) 319-4689.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRACTORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE.

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QUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Bid Items Additional (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of MUNICI‐ PAL AND PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Louisiana Military De‐ partment by submitting their bid along with their bid security to https:// www.centralauctionh ouse.com. Electronic bids must be submitted so as to be posted prior to 10:00 a.m. CT on June 11, 2026. Hard copies of the electroni‐ contractor’s cally submitted packet must be sent to Facility Engineers Office, Gillis W. Long Center, ATTN: Cur‐ tis “Randy” Crawford, Building 10, 5445 Point Clair Road, Carville, LA 70721, telephone 225-3194689. Contractors MUST attend the mandatory conference Pre-Bid scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

CT on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at the listed above location in order to sub‐ mit an electronic bid.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions requirements of and those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid shall not be form waivered. The Louisiana Department Military Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --The Louisiana Office of State Parks is requesting proposals for a Public, Private Partnership pro‐ ject to operate certain components of Poverty Point State Park and Black Bear Golf Course.

For more information go to OpportunitiesinLouisia na .com 186440-may 4-22-19t $87.78 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

Join by phone +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll Access code: 263 373 080 (followed by the # but‐ ton) Alternate numbers to call if number above is not available, which may occur due to network traffic (use the same Ac‐ cess Code, followed by the # button): United States Toll (Boston) +1-617-315-0704 States Toll United +1-312-535(Chicago) 8110 United States Toll (Dal‐ las) +1-469-210-7159 United States Toll (Den‐ ver) +1-720-650-7664 United States Toll (Jack‐ sonville) +1-904-900-2303 United States Toll (Los Angeles) +1-213-306-3065

VOUCHER# A26-1125 TO BE PUBLISHED – LEGAL 05/13/2026 & 05/20/2026 BIDS TO BE OPENED: 05/27/2026 THE ADVOCATE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic or sealed bids will be received by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Purchasing Divi‐ sion, City Hall Building, Room 826, 222 Saint Louis Street, 8th Floor, Baton Rouge, La. until 11:00 A.M. CST May 27, 2026 for the following: A26-1125 MOSQUITO CONTROL INSECTIDES

These phone numbers will provide you with live audio access to this bid opening. The phone line will be live at the noted bid opening time for the date of bid opening. All other terms & conditions remain unchanged.

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Official bid documents are available at Central (https://www.

Bidding centralauctionhouse. com/rfpc10656-city-ofbaton-rouge.html) or by request from the City of Baton Rouge at ermiller@ brla.gov.

Bids may be submitted electronically via www. centralauctionhouse. com or on the solicita‐ tion bid forms furnished by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the bidding deadline Electronic bids for the solicitation will be down‐ loaded by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Pur‐ chasing Division. Begin‐ ning as soon as feasible after the bid closing time all electronic bids will be downloaded and publicly read aloud along with all paper bids received, if any, in Room 806 immedi‐ ately after the 11:00 a.m.

CST bid closing. Bidders or their authorized repre‐ sentatives are invited to be present.

Note: The City-Parish has elected to use LaPAC, the state's online electronic bid posting and notifica‐ tion system, in addition to its standard means of advertising this require‐ ment. This Invitation to Bid is available in elec‐ tronic form at the LaPAC https:// website wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/osp/lapac/dspBid. cfm?search=departm ent&term=102.

Bids, amendments to bids or request for with‐ drawal of bids received after time specified for bid openings shall not be considered for any cause whatsoever.

Inquiries will be received up until 5:00 P.M. CST on MAY 21, 2026 Full information may be obtained upon request from the above address or by telephoning Eliza‐ beth Miller at (225) 3893259, Ext. 3283, or via email ermiller@brla.gov Any vendor who would like to listen to the open‐ ing of this bid can access h f ll i h li

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Bayou Fountain Economic Development District PURSUANT TO LA. R.S. 33:9038.39 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO LEVY SALES & USE TAXES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Com‐ missioners of the Bayou Fountain Economic De‐ velopment District, State of Louisiana (the “Dis‐ trict”) will meet at its meeting place, 5414 Bur‐ bank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70820, on May 21, 2026, at 10:30 a.m., at which time the District intends to take action re‐ garding the levy and col‐ lection of a two percent (2%) sales and use tax upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the District commencing on July 1, 2026, all in the manner and subject to the provisions and terms of those portions of Title 47 of the Louisiana Re‐ vised Statutes of 1950, as amended, applicable to sales and use taxes levied by the District for the purposes of funding construction of, acquisi‐ tion of, upgrades to, and support for economic de‐ velopment projects as authorized under the ap‐ plicable provisions of Pait II, Chapter 27, Title 33 of the Louisiana Re‐ vised Statutes of 1950, as (La. R.S. amended 33:9038.31, et seq.).

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tails for the proposed ex‐ pansion are illustrated on Sheets 5 – 5c of the plats.

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NOTICE Interested par‐ ties are hereby notified that in accordance with LAC Title 43, Chapter 7, §723.C.6.e the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy, Office of Per‐ mitting and Compliance received a request for a Public Hearing concern‐ ing the following applica‐ tion for a Coastal Use Permit. Interested par‐ ties are hereby notified that a Public Hearing is not warranted for this application. permit Therefore, in accordance with LAC Title 43, Chap‐ ter 7, §723.C.6.e, this is to announce that a Public Hearing will not be held.

CUP ************OCM P20241009; NUMBER: NAME: VENTURE GLOBAL CALCASIEU PASS, LLC, ℅ PROVIDENCE ENGINEER‐ ING AND ENVIRONMEN‐ TAL GROUP LLC, 1201 MAIN STREET, BATON ROUGE, LA 70820; ATTN: CHAD TURNER; Location: Cameron Parish, LA; Pro‐ ject Center @ Lat. 29-4840.72N / Long. 93-176.10W; Calcasieu Pass, LLC LNG Terminal (CP1 LNG) to Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR) East Cove Unit; Cameron, LA. Description: Proposed long-term maintenance dredging for the CP1 LNG marine berthing area authorized (previously under P20150857). A hy‐ draulic dredge will be used to remove accumu‐ lated sediment within existing marine the berthing area. A tempo‐ rary 9.7-milelong, largediameter slurry pipeline will be installed from the marine berthing area to transport dredged mate‐ and beneficially rial place it within 518.6 acres of open water and highly fragmented marsh within the CPNWR over a dredging three-phased cycle. It is anticipated that the same landbased portion of the slurry pipeline to be in‐ for Calcasieu stalled Pass Loop maintenance (P20230391) dredging and CP2 LNG (P20211131) marine facilities con‐ struction will be used for the proposed CP1 main‐ tenance dredging. Ap‐ 2,596,854 proximately cubic yards of waterbot‐ tom material will be hy‐ draulically dredged and used beneficially to cre‐ ate marsh.

Notice is hereby given that Entergy Louisiana, LLC has applied for a 401 Water Quality Certifica‐ tion to clear, grade, exca‐ vate, and place fill to construct a 27-mile long transmission line con‐ sisting of two parallel 500-kilovolt lines and eight 500-kilovolt cut-in lines. The lines will begin at the Perryville Power Station off Highway 165 N near Cargas and east of Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, continue through Morehouse Parish, and terminate at the pro‐ posed Smalling Substa‐ tion off Jaggers Lane north of Holly Ridge in Richland Parish. In addi‐ a 500-kilovolt tion, switchyard station will be constructed east of the Perryville Substation and south of Highway 554, near Cargas, and east of Sterlington in Ouachita Parish. The pro‐ ject is being proposed in response to the con‐ struction of a new 2,460hyperscale megawatt data center being built in order to meet increasing storage demands. En‐ tergy Louisiana, LLC is applying to the Louisiana Department of Environ‐ mental Quality, Office of Environmental Services for Water Quality Certifi‐ cation in accordance with statutory authority contained in the LAC 33:IX.1507.A-E and provi‐ sions of section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

REVISION 1: Proposed ex‐ pansion of the beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM) placement area on the CPNWR East Cove Unit. The additional vol‐ ume capacity for BUDM is needed for CP2 LNG berthing (P20211131) area construction, while sufficient retaining short-term capacity for BUDM associated with maintenance dredging at the CP1 LNG marine area berthing (P20150857). The pro‐ posed expansion will allow for an additional approximately 2,987,487 cubic yards of hydrauli‐ cally dredged waterbot‐ tom material from both CP1 maintenance dredg‐ ing and/or CP2 construc‐ tion dredging to be beneficially placed within an additional 603.2 acres of open water and highly fragmented marsh within the CPNWR. De‐

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p overland flow to mitigate any flow impediments due to the constructed basin. Material exca‐ vated during construc‐ tion will become prop‐ erty of the contractor and placed in a non-wet‐ land location of the con‐ tractor’s choosing. All work will occur off Wright Road in Sulphur and near Carlyss in Cal‐ casieu Parish. The Cal‐ casieu Parish Police Jury applying to the is Louisiana Department of Quality, Environmental Office of Environmental Services for a Water Quality Certification in accordance with statu‐ tory authority contained in the LAC 33:IX.1507.A-E and provisions of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Comments concerning this application can be filed with the Water Per‐ mits Division within ten days of this notice by ref‐ erencing WQC 260211-01, AI 305908 to the following address: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Water Permits Division P.O. Box 4313 Baton Rouge, LA 708214313 Attn: Water Quality Certi‐ fications Comments may be sub‐ mitted by email to DEQWaterQualityCertifica‐ tions@la.gov.

Notice is hereby given that Equilon Enterprises, LLC intends to submit to the Louisiana Depart‐ ment of Environmental Quality, Office of Environ‐ mental Services, Waste Permits Division, an ap‐ plication for a permit re‐ newal for the existing Type I Industrial Land‐ farm in St. James Parish, Range 3 East, Township 11 South, Section 7 and 10, which is located at Highway 44 and 70, Con‐ vent, St. James Parish.

Comments concerning the facility may be filed with the Louisiana De‐ partment of Environmen‐ tal Quality at the follow‐ ing address: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Services Waste Permits Division Post Office Box 4313 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70821-4313 184296-MAY 13-1T $150.46

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A copy of the application is available for inspec‐ tion and review at the Public Records LDEQ Center at 602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The available information can also be accessed electronically on the Electronic Docu‐ ment Management Sys‐ tem (EDMS) on the LDEQ public website at www. deq.louisiana.gov.

Notice is hereby given that Equilon Enterprises, LLC does intend to sub‐ mit to the Louisiana De‐ partment of Environmen‐ tal Quality, Office of Envi‐ Services, ronmental Waste Permits Division, an application for a per‐ mit renewal for the exist‐ ing Type I Industrial Sur‐ face Impoundments in St. James Parish, Range 3 East, Township 11 South, Section 7 and 10, which is located at Highway 44 and 70, Convent, St. James Parish.

Notice is hereby given that the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury has applied for a 401 Water Quality Certification to clear, excavate, and grade, place fill to construct an in-line detention basin on Little Bayou D’Inde and two tributaries to pro‐ vide flood mitigation and reduce structural dam‐ associated with age large storm events. Em‐ bankment and backslope ditch construction, cul‐ vert replacement, and additional inlet struc‐ tures will be constructed along the perimeter of the basin to intercept l dfl i i

EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC CONVENT, ST. JAMES PARISH, LOUISIANA

187336 May 13, 1t $260.22

Comments may be sub‐ mitted by email to DEQWaterQualityCertifica‐ tions@la.gov.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUBMIT PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATION

The Louisiana Office of State Parks is requesting proposal for a Public, Pri‐ vate Partnership project to renovate the Beach at Bathhouse Fontainebleau State Park into an events facility.

For more information go Opportunitiesin‐ to Louisiana.com

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PUBLIC NOTICE ---

A copy of the application is available for inspec‐ tion and review at the Public Records LDEQ Center at 602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, from 8:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The available information can also be accessed electronically on the Electronic Docu‐ ment Management Sys‐ tem (EDMS) on the LDEQ public website at www. deq.louisiana.gov.

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Water Permits Division P.O. Box 4313 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313 Attn: Water Quality Certifications

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

Comments concerning the facility may be filed with the Louisiana De‐ partment of Environmen‐ tal Quality at the follow‐ ing address: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Services Waste Permits Division Post Office Box 4313 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70821-4313 184294-may 13-1t $153.02

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24-38.74 N, Long -90-1452.69 W; Section 23 T7 R9; Section 24 T7 R9; off Pine Island Rd, ~ 0.75 miles south of La Hwy 22, LA. De‐ Madisonville, scription: Re-establish‐ ment and enhancement of 259.7 ac of Bottomland & (BLH) Hardwood 1,620.2 ac of cypress swamp, and inclusion of 45.4 acres of cypress swamp and 8.3 acres of within 2,039.9 marsh acres for purposes of es‐ tablishing the Cypress Coastal Mitigation Bank.

Site activities include creation of tidal creeks, gapping of interior lev‐ ees, installation, and re‐ placement of culverts, cleaning existing surface drains, planting of native BLH and cypress swamp species. A total of 48,778 cy of material will be ex‐ cavated and placed on‐ site. ******************* CUP NUMBER: P20260344 Name: Crescent Mid‐ stream, LLC c/o Morris P Hebert, Inc 8724 JEFFERSON HWY BATON ROUGE, LA 70809 Attn: Timothy Robertson Loca‐ tion: Plaquemines Parish, Lat. 29-22-09.85N, LA; Long 89-28-57.76W (see plats for additional coor‐ Description: dinates); Eight emergency anom‐ aly repairs on existing 16-Inch DN-5 Pipeline.

Approx. 323 cy of mater‐ ial was excavated, stock‐ piled and used as backfill upon successful comple‐ tion of the project. EUA 25-048 was issued for this activity.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE the Louisiana De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy, Office of Permitting and Compli‐ ance (OPC) has received the following applica‐ tion(s) for a Coastal Use Permit (CUP) in accor‐ dance with La. R.S. 49:214.21 et seq., and the rules of the Coastal Man‐ agement Program. Appli‐ cations for coastal use permits may be in‐ spected at 617 North 3rd Street, Room 1078, Baton Rouge, LA or on the OPC https:// at: webpage denr.louisiana.gov/page/ public-notices.

Copies available, costs are apply. Written comments are solicited from the public and must be re‐ ceived within 25 days of the date of this notice.

Comments must be up‐ loaded directly to our record electronic through the OPC web‐ page or mailed to: OPC Kyle Administrator, Balkum, P.O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 708044487. All comments must contain the appropriate CUP number and the commenter's full name and contact information.

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