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High court to weigh in on Orleans clerk City Council’s interim choice barred from office

BY JOHN SIMERMAN

dorsed Chelsey Richard Napoleon, the civil clerk anointed by the Legislature under Act 15, to run a uniThe Louisiana Supreme Court fied clerk’s office, and barred the will weigh challenges over a new City Council’s interim choice, Callaw that merged New Orleans’ civ- vin Johnson, from power.

The court on Thursday asked il and criminal court clerks’ offices for briefings by next week under and set off a political firestorm.

In the meantime, the court en- a sped-up schedule for deciding Staff writer

the constitutionality of Act 15, and if it’s legal, whether it created a vacancy that required the New Orleans City Council on Monday to back an election and appoint an Johnson Napoleon interim court clerk.

Johnson is barred from “exer- City Council,” the order said. cising any duties pursuant to his “Furthermore, no official shall appointment by the New Orleans interfere with the legal authority

Fields steps aside for Carter in new map

of plaintiff, Chelsey Napoleon, to act pursuant to Act 15 pending the final disposition of this matter by this Court.”

The Supreme Court’s order came with one dissent a few hours after Napoleon and Johnson appeared together at a voting machine warehouse in New Orleans East to present a united front, claiming they

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Bill could relocate Confederate monuments Proposal would move statues to state parks

BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

Confederate monuments that were removed from pedestals and columns around New Orleans could be relocated to Louisiana state parks under a bill moving through the state Legislature that has miffed Mayor Helena Moreno.

The proposed law, authored by Rep. Mike Bayham, R-Chalmette, could reopen a lengthy saga that New Orleans residents seemingly closed in 2017, when four prominent statues were removed amid protests and counterprotests.

The law, which would apply statewide, would put “any historical statue or monument” removed from public

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U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, shakes hands on May 8 as he enters the room during a Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

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La. Legislature advances plan with single majority-minority district 2026 LEGISLATURE

BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer

Protect Troy or protect Cleo?

That was the messy and politically difficult choice that state legislators and Gov. Jeff Landry appeared to face in the immediate aftermath of federal court rulings and a decision by Landry that would lead lawmakers to redraw Louisiana’s six congressional districts.

Republicans were bent on eliminating either the Black-majority Democratic district held by U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, of Baton Rouge, or the one held

by U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, of New Orleans. Would lawmakers draw a new map that favored Fields or Carter?

In a Legislature where Democrats and Republicans form friendships and often work closely together, that prospect threatened to drive a wedge on both a personal and political level — until Fields resolved the problem last week by announcing he would not run

REDISTRICTING ä Louisiana Senate passes new congressional map. PAGE 14A turned to Washington following his 2024 election, after having served in the House three decades ago for four years.

Fields said his recent decision to U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, D-New Orleans, stand aside for Carter wasn’t a difficult speaks on May 8 during a Senate decision. and Governmental Affairs Committee “I fought against putting Baton meeting at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge and New Orleans in the same Rouge. district all my life because the state has a sizable majority-minority popuagainst Carter. lation,” he said. “I just wanted the LegIn an interview by phone from Wash- islature to know right out of the bat ington, D.C., on Thursday, Fields said that that wasn’t something I would be he has found the U.S. House to be ä See MAP, page 14A a much different place since he re-

U.S.-China differences put in spotlight

BY AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

BEIJING — As President Donald Trump wraps up his whirlwind visit to China on Friday, he’s insistent that relations between the world’s two biggest powers are good and getting better despite deep differences on Iran, Taiwan and more.

Trump started his last day in Beijing by insisting in a social media post that Chinese leader Xi Jinping had “congratulated me on so many tremendous

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Guyana presses Venezuela on gunfire

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana on Thursday demanded that Venezuela investigate what it said were two recent shootings targeting Guyanese troops along their shared border, including one that wounded a soldier.

A protest note from Guyana’s Foreign Ministry said the two attacks took place earlier this month on soldiers patrolling the Cuyuni River. It comes just days after the neighboring countries appeared before the International Court of Justice in The Hague for arguments in a dispute over a mineral- and oil-rich region that encompasses twothirds of Guyana’s territory and that Venezuela claims as its own.

One of the attacks left a soldier with two gunshot wounds in the leg, Guyana’s Defense Force said in a statement. Guyanese officials have reported similar shootings over the past two years, with one of them injuring eight soldiers, according to the statement.

The military said soldiers returned fire in all cases.

The protest note also urged Venezuela’s government to take steps to prevent future attacks against Guyanese civilians and military.

The Venezuelan government’s press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

On Monday, Venezuelan’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez defended her country’s claim to the Essequibo region at the United Nations’ highest court, telling judges in The Hague that political negotiations — not a judicial ruling — will resolve the century-old territorial dispute between the South American countries.

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EPA aims to relax more regulations

groundwater seeping Administration targeting limits on release of toxic wastewater taminated into waterways from mandatory

BY MARC LEVY Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to relax limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers, saying a three-year-old rule is unduly costly for the energy industry at a time when energy demand is spiking.

It is the latest step that President Donald Trump’s administration has taken to pull back regulations on coal mining and coal-fired power and empower fossil fuels as a primary energy source to feed the rapid growth of artificial intelligence data centers.

In its proposed rule, the EPA said a 2024 rule under President Joe Biden misjudged the effectiveness and cost of the regulation, and had the effect of shutting down coalfired power plants at a time when

energy demand is spiking.

Changing the rule is critical to making electricity more affordable and reliable, while advancing the economy, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement.

“The AI and data center revolution is creating an electricity and baseload power demand that cannot be met under the overly restrictive policies of past administrations,” Zeldin said. “The Trump EPA will continue doing its part to address these burdensome regulations on the coal-fired power plant sector that hold American communities back from the new opportunities presented by this new 21st century energy reality.”

The wastewater rule was designed to require power plant owners to clean coal ash and toxic heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic and selenium from plant wastewater before it is dumped into streams and rivers.

In 2024, the EPA strengthened

regulations over several types of plant wastewater, substantially reducing the amount of pollutants that power plant owners were allowed to dump into waterways. The EPA had given power plant owners until Dec. 31, 2029, to meet the new limits.

The EPA said the rule proposed Thursday, if finalized, would reduce power costs by as much as $1.1 billion a year. Coal and power industry trade associations cheered the EPA’s move. Environmental groups slammed it as a public health danger and giveaway to the coal-power industry.

Earthjustice, an environmental advocacy group, said the lakes, rivers and other waterways that will see more pollution as a result of the EPA’s proposal are often sources of drinking water. Coalfired power plants are by far one of the largest sources of toxic pollutants in America’s rivers, lakes and streams, Earthjustice said.

The proposal would exempt con-

Senators approve withholding own pay during shutdowns Resolution unanimously approved

BY JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MARY CLARE JALONICK

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Medical plane crashes, killing all 4 aboard

FBI director Kash Patel testifies Tuesday in Washington on the fiscal year 2027 budget request for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

A small medical plane crashed in a mountain range outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, before dawn Thursday, killing all four people aboard and sparking a wildfire in the surrounding forest, officials said.

The fire had grown to 35 acres by midday amid dry, windy conditions, according to Lincoln County Manager Jason Burns.

Burns said county officials were “very concerned” about the blaze and local agencies were working with the U.S. Forest Service to contain it.

The cause of the crash was unknown, Burns said. The plane was located between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday in steep, rocky terrain in the Capitan Mountains that was difficult to access, with crews hiking the last half-mile to reach the crash site, he said.

The victims were flight crew and medical personnel, Burns said. Their names have not yet been made public.

The plane operated by Trans Aero MedEvac had been on a medical transportation mission and was reported overdue after communications and radar contact were lost, the company said in a statement.

Emails show FBI director’s trip included ‘VIP snorkel’

Agents arrest tourist accused of hurling rock SEATTLE — A tourist from Washington state is facing federal charges after a witness recorded what prosecutors say was a video of him hurling a coconutsized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal just off a Maui beach last week.

Special agents with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrested Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, in the Seattle area, the U.S. attorney’s office in Honolulu said.

Lytvynchuk, who lives in Covington, Washington, was in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Thursday. A judge ordered him released pending another court appearance in Honolulu on May 27.

Lytvynchuk is charged with violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Hawaiian monk seals are a critically endangered species.

Only 1,600 remain in the wild.

If convicted, Lytvynchuk, faces up to one year in prison for each charge. He also faces a fine of up to $50,000 under the Endangered Species Act and a fine of up to $20,000 under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

treatment requirements, Earthjustice said. Power plant owners would only be required to treat the contaminated groundwater if they first decide to pump it to the surface as part of a groundwater cleanup, the group added.

“This is another example of the Trump administration endangering the health of Americans as a favor to corporate polluters,” Earthjustice attorney Thom Cmar said in a statement. “This plan would eliminate safeguards on hundreds of millions of pounds of wastewater with neurotoxins and cancer-causing contaminants. It would allow coal power plants to avoid cleaning up contamination that threatens our drinking water sources.”

The EPA said it remains committed to protecting water through “common-sense and workable limits” on wastewater discharges from power plants and said its new rule would “rescind certain one-sizefits-all limits” in favor of “case-bycase, data-driven discharge limits.”

who founded Justice Connection, a netKash Patel participated in work of former federal prosecutors and who advocate for the Department swim around USS Arizona ofagents Justice’s independence.

BY JIM MUSTIAN, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau’s Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement.

Left out of the FBI’s news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel took days later when he participated in what government officials described as a “VIP snorkel” around the USS Arizona in an outing coordinated by the military. The sunken battleship entombs more than 900 sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor.

The swim, revealed in government emails obtained by The Associated Press, comes to light amid criticism of Patel’s use of the FBI plane and his global travel, which have blurred professional responsibilities with leisure activities. The FBI did not disclose the snorkeling session or that Patel had returned to Hawaii for two days after his initial stopover on the island.

“It fits a pattern of Director Patel getting tangled up in unseemly distractions — this time at a site commemorating the second deadliest attack in U.S. history — instead of staying laser-focused on keeping Americans safe,” said Stacey Young,

With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona. The battleship, now a military cemetery reachable only by boat, has stood as one of the nation’s most hallowed sites since Japan bombed and sank it in 1941.

Marine archaeologists and crews from the National Park Service make occasional dives at the memorial to survey the condition of the wreck. Other dives have been conducted to inter the remains of Arizona survivors who wanted to rest eternally with their former shipmates.

Still, since at least the Obama administration, the Navy and the park service have quietly allowed a handful of dignitaries, including military and government officials responsible for management of the memorial, to swim at the site. The Navy and park service declined to provide details of those permitted to take such excursions.

Former FBI directors have visited Pearl Harbor on official business, but none going back to at least 1993 has gone snorkeling at the memorial, according to those familiar with their activities and a former government diver who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. The diver said it was unusual for a director or anyone not connected to the memorial to be granted such access because the swims come with physical risks and present security, safety and logistical challenges.

NASA’s spacecraft buzzing Mars

‘Psyche’ chasing a of Mars, equivalent to the will serve double duty, between the U.S. allowing operators to finerare metal asteroid distance east and west coasts. Then tune their instruments

BY MARCIA DUNN AP aerospace writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029.

Named Psyche like the asteroid it’s after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph on Friday.

It will be an especially close flyby, with Psyche passing within 2,800 miles

it will barrel toward the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that is home to its enticing target.

All of the spacecraft’s science instruments will be on for the Mars pass. NASA’s two Mars rovers along with a small fleet of U.S. and European orbiters will make surface and atmospheric observations at the same time for comparison.

Psyche’s cameras already are photographing Mars, appearing as a crescent on approach and a nearly full sphere once it’s in the rearview mirror. The different views

while providing “just plain beautiful photos,” Arizona State University’s Jim Bell, the imaging team leader, said in a statement.

While the asteroid belt is swarming with millions of objects, most are made of rock or ice. Only a small percentage are thought to be metal-rich like Psyche, a potato-shaped asteroid roughly 173 miles long and 144 miles wide.

Scientists suspect the asteroid may be the exposed nickel and iron core of a fledgling planet that was stripped down by cosmic collisions.

WASHINGTON — Senators unanimously approved a resolution Thursday to withhold their pay during government shutdowns, an attempt to make federal closures financially painful for lawmakers after a string of record-breaking impasses in the past year.

The bipartisan support for the measure comes at a time when federal closures have become longer and more frequent, frustrating lawmakers who say there should be punishment when Congress fails at its most basic legislative duty.

Under the resolution, senators’ pay would be withheld by the secretary of the Senate whenever a government shutdown af-

fects one or more agencies, then released once funding is restored. It will take effect the day after the Nov. 3 general election and does not apply to the House.

“Shutting down government should not be our default solution to our refusal to work out our issues and our differences,” said Sen. John Kennedy, the bill’s sponsor, in a floor speech Wednesday.

“This is about putting our money where our mouth is,” said Kennedy, R-Madisonville.

Two shutdowns in the past year created significant financial hardship for tens of thousands of federal workers, particularly at the Department of Homeland Security. The department reopened last month after a 76-day partial shutdown, the longest agency funding lapse in history.

The DHS shutdown came just a few months after a 43-day lapse of the entire federal government, which was the longest such closure on record.

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Hezbollah and Israel continue to trade fire

BY ABBY SEWELL, BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB

BY MARK SHERMAN, GEOFF MULVIHILL and MATTHEW PERRONE

Associated Press

BEIRUT — A third round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon kicked off in Washington Thursday, days before the expiration of a truce that reduced but did not stop the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Lebanese offiCO ONFLICT cials are hoping that the two-day IN THE T MIIDDLE negotiations will yield a new ceaseEAST AST fire deal and pave the way for tackling a series of thorny issues, including the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and the disarmament of Hezbollah.

A U.S. State Department official described the full day of discussions on Thursday as “productive and positive” and said the U.S. looks forward to day two on Friday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the closed-door session and did not offer additional details.

The Trump administration has been pushing for a breakthrough between the two neighbors that have been officially in a state of war since Israel was created in 1948.

Hezbollah, however, is not part of those talks and has been vocally opposed to Lebanon engaging in direct negotiations with Israel.

Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group have continued to trade near-constant fire across the border despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on April 17. Initially a 10-day truce, it was then extended for another three weeks.

Talks move to a higher level U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who attended the first Israel-Lebanon meetings in Washington in April, was with President Donald Trump on a visit to China and did not attend Thursday’s session.

The current round of talks repre-

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Men attempt to rescue a person Wednesday from a burning vehicle after an Israeli airstrike hit the car in the coastal town of Barja, south of Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese officials are hoping a two-day round of negotiations will yield a new ceasefire deal. sents a step toward more serious negotiations, with higher-level envoys from Lebanon and Israel taking part after the initial preparatory sessions were headed by the ambassadors of the two countries to Washington.

Lebanon’s envoy heading up Thursday’s talks, Simon Karam, is an attorney and well-connected former Lebanese ambassador to the U.S. who recently represented Lebanon in indirect talks with Israel over implementation of the ceasefire that preceded the latest outbreak of war between Israel and Hezbollah. On the Israeli side, Deputy National Security Adviser Yossi Draznin was set to attend.

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Lebanese officials have said they are seeking a security agreement or armistice that would stop short of normalization.

Trump has publicly called for a meeting between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while Aoun has declined to meet or speak directly with Netanyahu at this stage — a move that would likely generate blowback in Lebanon.

Lebanon hopes for ceasefire A senior Lebanese official familiar with the negotiations in Washington said Thursday Lebanon wants a complete ceasefire first and then would negotiate withdrawal of Israeli forces. The issue of Hezbollah’s weapons would be dealt with politically in Lebanon after that, he said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to speak frankly about the talks.

He said Lebanon is “relying heavily on the U.S. administration” to provide it with leverage in the negotiations with Israel and believes that Trump is “sincere” in his desire to help Lebanon.

The official said that when Trump and Aoun spoke recently, Trump did not pressure Aoun to meet or speak with Netanyahu and was understanding when Aoun explained his reasons for declining.

According to the official, Aoun told Trump that if he went to Washington and shook hands with Netanyahu and the talks later fell apart, it could have internal repercussions in Lebanon and discredit Trump.

Aoun told Trump that if the two countries are able to reach a security deal, he would come to the White House and “inaugurate” it and Trump responded by saying “I like that,” the official said.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.

The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Access is likely to remain uninterrupted at least until into next year as the case plays out, including a potential appeal to the high court.

The justices granted emergency requests from makers of mifepristone, who are appealing a federal appeals court ruling that would require women to see a doctor in person and halt delivery of mifepristone through the mail.

The federal Food and Drug Administration, which first approved mifepristone for use in abortion in 2000, stopped requiring in-person visits five years ago.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, with Thomas writing that the two companies, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, are not entitled to the court’s action to spare them “lost profits from their criminal enterprise.”

Anti-abortion groups, frustrated with President Donald Trump’s administration, are pushing the FDA to move faster with a review that they hope will result in restrictions on mifepristone, including blocking its prescribing via telehealth platforms.

The Republican administration says the work takes time.

Earlier this week, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned after months of criticism from Trump’s political allies, including abortion opponents.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and similarly aligned

years after its conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.

The case before the court stems from a lawsuit Louisiana filed to roll back the Food and Drug Administration’s rules on how mifepristone can be prescribed. The state claims that the policy undermines the ban there, and it questions the safety of the drug, which has repeatedly been deemed safe and effective by FDA scientists.

Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe, agreed that the state’s efforts have been thwarted by medical providers and private organizations that mail the pills to women in Louisiana, despite the abortion ban. Danco and GenBioPro “are obviously aware of what is going on yet nevertheless supply the drug and reap profits from its felonious use in Louisiana,” he wrote.

Thomas said those who mail the pills are in violation of the Comstock Act, a 19th-century law that has long gone unenforced and bans mailing any “article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine, or thing which is advertised or described in a manner calculated to lead another to use or apply it for producing abortion.”

Lower courts concluded that Louisiana is likely to prevail, and a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that mail access and telehealth visits should be suspended while the case plays out.

The drug is most often used for abortion in combination with another drug, misoprostol. Medication abortions accounted for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. in 2023, the last year for which statistics are available.

Telehealth prescribers were prepared to switch to sending abortion patients a regimen that uses only misoprostol.

While Thursday’s ruling keeps the status quo in place for now, abortion-rights advocates warn that the case isn’t settled forever.

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Amendment puts teacher pay raise on ballot If measure fails, they could lose stipend

BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer

As the state faces new budget constraints, teachers are likely to lose the $2,000 stipends they have received for the past several years if Louisiana voters reject a constitutional amendment on Saturday’s ballot.

The proposal, known as Amendment 3, would turn the teacher stipends into permanent pay raises by dissolving three state education trust funds and using the money to pay off teacher retirement debt. As a result, public schools would have lower annual retirement payments — and they would be required to put their savings toward the pay raises.

Should Amendment 3 fail, state legislators would have to find another way to fund the stipends, which would cost about $200 mil-

CLERK

Continued from page 1A were both in charge and that all was going smoothly with preparations for Saturday’s election.

New Orleans voters will decide a slew of races on Saturday, and per Act 15 the clerk of court serves as the elections officer in the parish, a task that had fallen to the criminal clerk, an office the act abolished.

Geri Broussard, an attorney for Napoleon, could not be reached after Thursday’s court order. Neither could Johnson be reached. Broussard said Wednesday that her client was the clerk, based on Act 15.

“She is defending her lawful judicial position as clerk of court for Orleans Parish,” Broussard said. “Clerk Napoleon didn’t ask for it, but she’s the quintessential professional, and she’s going to do the job.”

Napoleon was one of two people who sued in Baton Rouge state court. She sued New Orleans officials, claiming the council overstepped by appointing Johnson as interim clerk and calling for an election.

The other lawsuit was filed by Gary Crockett, a U.S. Senate candidate who claims that Act 15 is unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court took up both cases, citing “the urgent need to provide a definitive resolution to prevent further confusion” for its decision to jump into the controversy before full hearings and lower court rulings.

While setting a briefing schedule that wraps up next week, the court in an unusual move maintained a hearing date Monday in Baton Rouge over Napoleon’s claims but told the judge in that case not to rule on them.

Justice John Michael Guidry lodged the only dissent from Thursday’s order.

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ELECTION 2026 lion to renew. Senate President Cameron Henry says that’s not in the cards.

“If the public doesn’t vote to give them a pay raise, then that means they don’t want us to give them a pay raise,” he said. “The Legislature’s not going to turn around and do something that our constituents just voted not to do.”

Some political observers believe anger over Gov. Jeff Landry’s decision to halt this month’s U.S. House races so the state can redraw its congressional map to favor Republicans could make it difficult for the five constitutional amendments on the May 16 ballot to pass. Democratic voters turned out in proportionally large numbers during the early voting period.

“If someone’s angry with the governor and they want to take it out on their teachers, that’s their prerogative,” Henry said. “(It) doesn’t

make a whole lot of sense.”

In the four decades since the creation of the trust funds that would be liquidated under Amendment 3, they have contributed about $1.8 billion toward initiatives such as foreign language programs, preschool programs for at-risk children, vocational and technical programs, educator bonuses and updated curriculum materials.

Henry’s statements come days after state economists predicted Louisiana would bring in about $100 million less in tax revenue than previously expected during both the current and upcoming fiscal years. As a result, the Legislature will have to scale back its spending plans.

The revised revenue forecasts reduce how much money Louisiana is projected to have for the fiscal year that starts on July 1 by about $104 million. The estimate for the current fiscal year went down by about $113 million.

Top budget officials say they don’t expect to cut any existing

money to state prisons, raise judges’ salaries and increase how much money schools get per student for operational costs.

“Everything is in jeopardy with the reduction in revenue,” Henry said when asked whether the increases in judges’ salaries and school payment rates were at risk.

It is unclear exactly what will be affected, but one item is almost certain to be on the chopping block: $43.5 million for LA GATOR, which would have doubled the size of the school voucher program.

LA GATOR gives families tax dollars to pay for private schools. The House earmarked more money for it at Landry’s urging, but Henry has opposed expanding it.

The new tax revenue forecasts come the year after Louisiana flattened its corporate and personal income tax rates as part of an effort to woo investors. Lawmakers raised sales taxes to make up the lost revenue. Sales tax revenue is considered harder to predict than income tax revenue.

criminal court judge who The voting machines were has served a host of criminal to be sealed Thursday for justice roles in New Orleans, delivery Friday to 349 presaid the legal wrangling took cincts at 112 polling locaa backseat to ensuring a tions across New Orleans, smooth election. checked to ensure a “zero” “It’s a good thing that vote count and packed with (Napoleon) has been here lists of voter names. for two weeks doing this.

This year, they will also Because, keep in mind, I’ve contain special notices been here for two days,” he about a delay in congressiosaid. nal races on account of the Napoleon acknowledged U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Thursday being thrust into decision tossing Louisiana’s a role — adopting the re- redistricted maps and sendsponsibilities of the criminal ing its politics into turmoil. clerk’s office, including elecMeanwhile, Duncan on tions — by the Legislature in Thursday was back at work at his nonprofit prisoner Act 15.

She praised Edwin Lom- advocacy organization, the bard, the former longtime Light of Justice Program.

“There is a serious quescriminal court clerk who she named as a deputy to helm tion whether the Legislature the criminal side of the of- can override the will of the people, and not let them vote fice.

“He is continuing to pro- for the people they want to STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER Court Clerk Chelsey Richard Napoleon, right, and Calvin Johnson chat Thursday in a storage vide guidance as it relates to represent them,” said Dunthe duties, functions, and re- can, who won 68% of the facility where voting machines were getting prepped for election day in New Orleans. The sponsibilities of that office,” vote last fall, in a statement.

Louisiana Supreme Court endorsed Napoleon to run a unified clerk’s office and barred Napoleon said of Lombard. “To me, for this case and Johnson, the New Orleans City Council’s interim choice, from power.

“He has a wealth of knowl- future cases, these are the edge, having served as the most important questions clerk and as a judge, so he is for us to get to the bottom mature and extraordinarily the legal process. We stand machines. of.”

Johnson, 79, a former invaluable.” overreaching step on its own by democracy and are ALL motion in assuming jurisdic- IN for the people of New tion in this matter,” Guidry Orleans.”

At issue legally is whether wrote, “but it is the appearance of prejudging the mat- Act 15 created a new office. ter by ordering a temporary Mayor Helena Moreno, Disinjunction in the same mat- trict Attorney Jason Wilter.” liams and others argue that Chief Justice John Weimer it did, and that state law wrote that he’s normally re- requires the City Council luctant to invoke the court’s to call a special election to WO M E N ’ S authority to wrest a case fill it. The council appointed to decide. But the situation Johnson as interim clerk “now calls for such action,” Monday over objections from Napoleon and also AtWeimer wrote.

“There are suits in sepa- torney General Liz Murrill, rate judicial districts and who has threatened the jobs jurisdictions, an election on of New Orleans city leaders TO M O R ROW, M AY 16 the horizon, and no less than over the move.

W OMEN’S SWIM DEPARTMENT Murrill argues that the three individuals claiming the same office,” Weimer new law didn’t create a new clerk’s office but only wrote.

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“Everybody’ll get what they need, maybe not what they want,” Henry said.

The House already passed a package of budget bills, which is now in the hands of the Senate.

The legislation includes House Bill 312 — known as a supplemental appropriations bill — which in its current form would inject about $293 million more dollars into the current year’s budget, according to McFarland.

Legislators will have to cut that number by $113 million, said state Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Jonesboro, who authored HB312 and other key budget bills. As chair of the Appropriations Committee, McFarland plays a pivotal role each year in ushering the budget through the legislative process.

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Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks speaks to reporters during the visit to the U.S.-Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Sunland Park, N.M., in February.

BY GISELA SALOMON Associated Press

The head of U.S. Border Patrol, the agency tasked with securing the nation’s frontiers and increasingly tapped by the Trump administration for immigration operations in American cities, announced his resignation Thursday.

Michael Banks’ decision, announced in a Fox News interview and later confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security, is the latest leadership shake-up of officials implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and comes as the Republican administration appears to be recalibrating its approach to its centerpiece policy of mass deportations.

“It’s just time,” Banks was quoted as saying in a report on the Fox News website, which said the resignation was effective immediately. “I feel like I got the ship back on course,” he said, referring to what he described as previous chaos at the southern border. Banks said it was “time to enjoy the family and life.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO In a statement, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Rodney Scott, thanked Banks for his service “during one of the most challenging periods for border security.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It was not clear who will replace Banks. He led an agency at the forefront of Trump’s high-profile immigration enforcement efforts but kept a lower profile than some other officials such as Gregory Bovino, a now-retired commander who became a public face of the immigration crackdown.

CBP is one of the federal agencies

that participated since last year in a series of immigration enforcement operations, carried out primarily in cities governed by Democrats — an effort that triggered a spike in arrests and led to the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis this year at the hands of federal immigration officers.

Banks’ resignation takes place two months after Markwayne Mullin, a former Republican senator from Oklahoma, became homeland security secretary. DHS oversees CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE. Todd Lyons, the acting ICE director, is leaving later this month.

U.S. pledges $1.8B more for U.N. humanitarian aid

Funds earmarked for tal U.S. support for U.N. humani- sands of jobs. Other traditional programs to $3.8 billion U.N. donors like Britain, France, natural disasters, famine tarian across 21 countries, according to Germany and Japan also have re-

BY EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The Trump administration on Thursday announced $1.8 billion more toward U.N. humanitarian aid, saying it will be earmarked for lifesaving aid to victims of natural disasters, famine and “people who are truly in critical need” even as the U.S. has cut foreign assistance overall.

The money will be allocated over the coming year and adds to the $2 billion that the Trump administration pledged in December. Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said at a news conference that the new funding is just “the latest step.”

The new contribution brings to-

the State Department, which said the money would be prioritized for locally run projects that help the most vulnerable populations.

The department said the initial contribution delivered “life-saving assistance to 21.1 million people more quickly, more efficiently, and with greater focus on those facing the most acute humanitarian needs in less than four months.”

Still, the money is a fraction of what the U.S. has contributed in the past and reflects what President Donald Trump’s administration believes is still a generous amount that will maintain America’s status as the world’s largest humanitarian donor.

The Trump administration has cut billions in U.S. foreign aid, prompting U.N. agencies to slash spending, aid projects and thou-

duced aid allocations.

U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called his agency “overstretched, under-resourced and literally under attack” and reiterated its 2026 plan to reach 87 million of the world’s most needy at a cost of $23 billion — even though 300 million people need humanitarian help.

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Fletcher urged donors to reach the $23 billion goal this year, but also to provide more funding to help some of the 200 million-plus people worldwide not expected to get aid this year because of the financial crisis.

raise retirement age for Capitol Police

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Congress is working to increase the retirement age for U.S. Capitol Police officers as the number of threats to lawmakers continues to climb and the department struggles to recruit and retain enough officers.

Legislation passed unanimously by the Senate on Thursday would allow Capitol Police officers to apply to extend their service until age 62, while a bill passed by the House earlier this year would allow them to serve until age 65.

That would raise the current age from 60 for officers who apply for waivers to work beyond the legal forced retirement age of 57 or after 20 years of service, whichever comes later.

Raising the age could help the Capitol Police force stem personnel shortages, which Chief Michael Sullivan told Congress earlier this year “span all operational units.”

“We have 300 officers right now that could say I’m done, I’m ready to walk away,” Sullivan told House, appropriators in March, as officers hit their age limit or 20 years of service. “That would be catastrophic for us.”

California Sen. Alex Padilla, the top Democrat on the Senate Rules Committee, authored the bipartisan bill with Senate Rules Committee Chairman Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Padilla said the legislation is a modest step as increased security measures are put in place to address the rise in threats.

By keeping older officers on the force, Padilla said, “we’re talking about officers who have served for a long, long time and have a tremendous amount of institutional memory, experience and expertise.”

“After bicameral and bipartisan discussions, I hope to see this measure signed into law,” Padilla said.

Nearly 60 sworn officers are already working on a retirement waiver, according to the House

Administration Committee, more than double the size of a typical USCP recruitment class.

“No officer should be forced to retire when they can still do the job,” said Republican Rep. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin, the chairman of that panel.

The Capitol Police has made improvements across the board since widespread security failures on Jan. 6, 2021, when the force was overwhelmed by thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters who swarmed the grounds and broke into the building as they violently protested his defeat.

Many officers left the department afterward, and retention and budget struggles remain.

The department’s budget request this year topped $1 billion for the first time as department leaders look to hire more officers and better protect members. Sullivan told lawmakers that the department has around 1,250 uniformed officers and needs 150 more to staff every post without paying overtime.

“I’m concerned with the overtime that we put on our folks every single day,” Sullivan said in the March oversight hearing.

“There’s drafts on a consistent basis and it pushes the men and women that we have to the limit.”

Funding for the department’s protective intelligence, which protects members, is “very slim,” Sullivan said. He said a number of officers have left the force for other federal agencies that have better benefits.

“There’s nothing keeping folks here,” Sullivan said.

Part of the reason for the shortages is the increased need for member protection. Threats against lawmakers have more than doubled in the last five years.

According to the department, almost 15,000 threats were investigated against members of Congress in 2025, a 58 percent increase from 2024. Sullivan said that the number of threats in 2026 is on track to be even higher.

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But the U.S. has yet to begin fulfilling the arms sales, and Trump had said he expected to discuss the matter with Xi in Beijing. He’s also groused that Taiwan “stole” America’s semiconductor business and called on Taiwan to pay the U.S. for protection.

All the while, Trump has, with the threat of hefty tariffs and Biden-era incentives, prodded Taipei to agree to massive investments in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and to purchase billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. liquefied natural gas and crude oil.

The attitude toward Taiwan has raised questions about whether Trump might be open to dialing back support for the island democracy.

Ma Chun-wei, an expert in China-Taiwan relations at Taiwan’s Tamkang University, said the elevated defense relationship between Washington and Taipei has caused China to toughen its rhetoric over Taiwan.

“For Xi Jinping, he must show that the Taiwan issue is in China’s hands. He must demonstrate this image, or else he would be criticized,” Ma said.

Iran was on the agenda when Trump sat down with Xi on Thursday for their two-hour meeting in the Great Hall of the People.

The leaders agreed that the Strait of Hormuz — effectively closed since the start of the Iran conflict — needs to be reopened to support global energy demands, Trump told Fox News in an interview. About 20% of the world’s oil flowed through the strait before the war started on Feb. 28.

Trump said in the interview that Xi privately offered assistance on resolving the war, though it was unclear what that would mean, given China’s strategic partnership with Iran.

“He’d like to see the Hormuz Strait open,” Trump

said. “He said if I can be of any help whatsoever, I would like to help.”

The president also said Xi was also opposed to any implementation of tolls on vessels crossing the strait and expressed interest in China potentially purchasing more U.S. oil to reduce Chinese dependence on Gulf oil in the future.

Trump earlier this week had downplayed the importance of talks with Xi on the 11-week-old Iran war that has led to surging energy prices.

“We have a lot of things to discuss. I wouldn’t say Iran is one of them, to be honest with you, because we have Iran very much under control,” Trump told reporters Tuesday shortly before flying to Beijing.

But before Air Force One could land in Beijing, Rubio said administration officials would make the case to the Chinese officials about why they should be invested in prodding Iran to come to terms to end the war.

“Economies are melting down because of this crisis,” Rubio offered aboard the presidential plane as he flew with Trump to Beijing.

That dynamic, the secretary added in an interview Wednesday with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, will result in consumers “buying less Chinese product.”

“So it’s in their interest to resolve this,” Rubio said.

Indeed, the Chinese, who have been critical of the U.S. and Israeli bombardment of Iran, hold unique leverage as Iran’s biggest trading partner. The Chinese government has managed to weather the economic damage caused by the war with the help of its strategic oil

The New Orleans City Council backed the move, and three of four monuments were removed and placed into storage. A fourth, commemorating a violent revolt by the Democratic White League against the Republican Reconstruction-era government of Louisiana in 1874, was due to appear in a Los Angeles exhibit.

Nungesser said that if the bill passes his office would “try to satisfy everyone who may have a problem,” and said he would get public feedback on proposed new locations for the monuments. He would like to see them relocated to existing historical sites, like battlefields, he said.

“I think it’s wrong just to destroy them or keep them locked up forever — there are historical things all over that are a sad dark time in history, but it’s still history,” Nungesser said.

The monuments would be relocated to parks outside of the parish under the current version of the bill, which was amended after a request by Rep. Alonzo Knox, D-New Orleans.

“It would be antithetical to that whole point and purpose of removing statues only to have someone at some point years later come back and find a state entity or park within the same boundaries and place a statue,” said Knox.

The Moreno administration did not respond to a request for comment on where the monuments are being stored or what the administration intends to do with them.

The bill does not specify the funding mechanism for relocating the monuments.

In a meeting of the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs last month, Bayham said that the state would seek funding from foundations and nonprofits. He declined to name any specific organizations.

He acknowledged that if

Continued from page 1A successes” and had been referring only to his predecessor, former U.S. President Joe Biden, when he “very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation.”

But Trump’s rosy outlook on the U.S.-China relationship collides with some difficult truths about the thorniest issues between the two superpowers.

Beijing has shown little public interest in U.S. entreaties to get more involved in solving the conflict in Iran, even though Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that Xi had in their conversations offered to help. And the White House believes China can still do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made precursor chemicals into Mexico used to make illicit fentanyl that has wreaked havoc on many U.S. communities.

Xi, meanwhile, warned Trump during private talks that their differences on the self-ruled island of Taiwan, if handled poorly, could hurtle the world’s dominant powers toward “clashes and even conflicts,” according to Chinese government officials.

Trump and Xi are set to have more time together at Xi’s official residence in Beijing on Friday before the U.S. leader makes the long journey back to Washington.

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President Donald Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

the notion that the U.S. and China share a “special relationship.”

But Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC News that U.S. policy toward Taiwan was “unchanged” and cautioned that it would be “a terrible mistake” for China to try to take Taiwan by force. He also framed Xi’s comments as standard practice.

“They always raise it on their side. We always make clear our position, and we move on to the other topics,” said Rubio, who was among senior aides to join Trump for the talks.

China in recent weeks has sought to put more focus on its view that Taiwan sits at the “core” of its interests and is key to ensuring a stable relationship with the U.S. Trump has demanded Taiwan increase defense spendTaiwan ing, and in December, the Xi’s sharp language on White House announced an Taiwan loomed large over $11 billion weapons package Thursday’s talks, even as for Taiwan, the largest ever Trump sought to play up to the island democracy.

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display since 2006 under the control of the state Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, which is overseen by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser.

That office would then relocate the statues to “a location within the state park system … with due regard for preservation and public access,” according to the bill, which was approved 78-14 by the state House last week and is up for consideration by a state Senate committee.

Bayham said that the bill is “not targeting New Orleans. I wish the best for the city.” He was not aware of any municipalities with monuments that have been removed from public view other than New Orleans.

“I thought it’s something that New Orleans would welcome,” said Bayham.

“The city declared them a nuisance — why would they want to retain a nuisance?”

Moreno said that she opposed the bill and that her office was not consulted by its author.

“These statues are city property, and you can’t just by some kind of legislation just take them away and go put them in some park,” Moreno said this week.

“These statues are in storage away from public view here in New Orleans, where at this time they will remain.”

The bill comes during a tense legislative session that has left New Orleans residents and officials feeling besieged by interventions into the city’s affairs by legislators across the state. Bills that would shrink Black representation in the U.S. Congress and that have slashed New Orleans judgeships and unseated a Black lawyer elected as Orleans criminal district court clerk have stirred accusations that legislators are seeking to turn back the clocks on civil rights protections.

Sue Mobley, director of research at the Monument Lab, a nonprofit public art organization dedicated to reimagining monuments, said in text message that the bill is “adding insult to (much more significant) injury.”

“But of course, if the Lost Cause is determined to rise again, they’re going to want their participation trophies back,” Mobley said.

Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu led the charge for removing Confederate-era monuments in 2017, including a statue of former Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that stood at the center of a St. Charles Avenue traffic circle for over a century.

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no nonprofit funding materialized, public funds would be necessary. Nungesser, however, insisted that if the bill passed, the relocations would be financed through private funds.

Staff writer Blake Paterson contributed to this report.

Business deals The White House, ahead of the visit, insisted that Trump wouldn’t be making the trip without an eye toward securing results before he leaves, suggesting there could be announcements coming on trade.

Those could still come, with the U.S. side hoping to nail down Chinese commitments to buy U.S. soybeans and beef. Trump told Fox News that Xi had indicated a commitment for China to buy 200 Boeing jets from the U.S. The leaders on Thursday discussed increasing U.S. agricultural purchases by the Chinese and opportunities for both sides to expand investment into each other’s markets, according to the White House. Trump administration officials also want to work toward establishing a Board of Trade with China to address commercial differences between the countries.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang stressed the need for friendship and cooperation in U.S.China ties as he spoke with U.S. business titans, including Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who were part of Trump’s delegation in Beijing.

“China and the United States have been able to maintain frank and smooth dialogue and communication and actively safeguard a stable and healthy bilateral relationship” despite international turbulence, Li said.

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Globally, countries added enough offshore ing.

There are more than 40 federal offshore wind energy to power 10.2 million homes wind leases. The Trump administration is in 2025 alone. The total was nearly 9.3 gigabuying some leases back, giving payouts to watts, an increase of 16% over the previous energy companies to walk away from off- year, GWEC said. The amount of offshore shore wind. Trump has erected other road- wind currently installed globally can produce blocks for the industry, while going all-in on enough energy to power the equivalent of 102 million homes, according to GWEC’s calculafossil fuels.

His stance runs counter to many other tions. countries that are embracing using wind turbines at sea to help meet a growing demand China leading capacity for electricity cleanly. China, where Trump China is expected to account for about 56% is attending a summit this week, is the global of the offshore wind capacity forecast to be leader in offshore wind. Unlike burning oil, added worldwide from 2026 to 2030, accordcoal and natural gas, wind turbines produce ing to GWEC. About 29% is expected to come electricity without warming the planet. from the European Union over that period and 5% from the U.S., the group said.

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Powered by wind

There are 19 countries and markets powered with offshore wind energy: China is the global leader, followed by the U.K. and Germany, in terms of the number and the capacity of the wind farms installed. Other places

Wind pilot project, the first in federal waters; and South Fork Wind, the first large U.S. offshore wind farm sending power to New York.

The other three are: Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts; Revolution Wind in Rhode Island; and the full-scale Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, adjacent to the pilot turbines off Virginia Beach. Vineyard Wind, the furthest along of these three, is expected to reach full operations in the coming months.

Construction halt The Trump administration ordered that construction stop on all five East Coast offshore wind projects that were under construction in December, citing national security concerns. Along with impacting Vineyard Wind, Revolution Wind and Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the order paused work on two major offshore wind projects for New York, Empire Wind and Sunrise Wind.

Developers and states sued. Federal judges allowed all five to resume construction, essentially concluding that the government didn’t show that the national security risk was so imminent that construction must halt.

Powering the U.K.

Hornsea 2, the world’s largest operating offshore wind farm, has 165 turbines. Located in the North Sea 55 miles from England’s YorkOffshore U.S. shire coast and next to its sister project HornThe three open offshore wind farms in the sea 1, it generates enough energy to power U.S. are: the nation’s first, the Block Island over 1.4 million U.K. homes and covers an Wind Farm, in state waters off Rhode Island; area of 178 square miles. Another U.K. projDominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore ect under construction will surpass that.

U.S. filings for jobless benefits hits 211,000 as war drags on

BY MATT OTT

AP business writer WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing for jobless aid rose last week but remains historically low despite the economic uncertainty caused by the war in Iran.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits for the the week ending May 9 rose by 12,000 to 211,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s slightly more than the 207,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast.

Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered a proxy for

U.S. layoffs and are close to a realtime indicator of the health of the job market.

Despite relatively few layoffs, the labor market appears to be stuck in what economists call a “low-hire, low-fire” state. That has kept the unemployment rate low at 4.3%, but left many of those out of work struggling to find new employment.

Though U.S. employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs in April, the Iran war has injected a large degree of uncertainty about the broader U.S. economy and labor market.

The Strait of Hormuz, where

one-fifth of the world’s oil travels through, remains closed. Since the beginning of the war in late February, oil prices have spiked more than 50% and the average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. has climbed to $4.53 from less than $3.

Besides hitting consumers’ pocketbooks, those higher costs can discourage businesses from hiring.

Data from the U.S. government this week revealed that inflation at the consumer level rose 3.8% from April 2025, the biggest jump in three years. Food prices are also up, but may not yet fully reflect rising energy costs due to the Iran war, analysts say.

Another report this week showed that wholesale prices shot up 6% from a year ago, the highest point in more than three years. The Labor Department’s producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — shot up 1.4% from March to April, the biggest monthly gain in more than four years.

This comes at a time when U.S. inflation is already above the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal. Two weeks ago, the Fed opted to leave its benchmark rate alone, citing economic uncertainty caused by instability in the Middle East and still-elevated inflation.

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2026 LEGISLATURE

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

The Louisiana Senate on Thursday approved a new voting map that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black, Democratic-leaning congressional districts with only a few minor changes to a version approved by a legislative committee the day before.

The Senate voted 27-10, along party lines, to approve the new map, which is broadly similar to one lawmakers passed in 2022.

Senate Bill 121, sponsored

by Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, now heads to the House, which could further alter it.

The map approved by the full Senate removed Pointe Coupee Parish from District 5 and added it to District 6. It also split up St. Landry Parish between the 3rd, 5th and 6th Districts.

The amended map also changes Tangipahoa Parish: Instead of being split among three districts, the northern part of the parish would be in District 5 and the lower part would be in District 1.

District 2, the lone majority-Black district with a population center anchored in Orleans Parish, remains largely unchanged in the approved map. The seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, a New Orleans Democrat.

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Continued from page 1A interested in, no matter how favorable they would have made it toward me.”

Fields’ announcement cleared the way for the Republican-controlled Senate — over the vociferous objections of Democrats — to approve a map Thursday on a 27-10 vote that creates five safe Republican seats and one safe New Orleansanchored seat for Carter.

That map, contained in Senate Bill 121, turns Fields’ 6th Congressional District — which stretches like a seat belt from Baton Rouge to Shreveport, picking up Black precincts along the way — to a White-majority district centered around Baton Rouge.

SB121 now moves to the House, where passage in that Republican-controlled chamber seems assured.

The new House maps would be on the ballot in November.

A changing Congress People close to Fields said he hasn’t enjoyed his return to the House, beginning in 2025, nearly 30 years after he served there from 1993-97.

“I did draw it in a way that would help Rep. Carter maintain his incumbency,” Morris said Thursday. “It would help Republicans, in a way, by concentrating more Democratic-leaning voters in that district.”

Morris has said that, after the Supreme Court last month decided that redistricting plans can’t be made based on race, Louisiana is required to draw a new map.

“We cannot redistrict based upon race. We need to disregard race,” he said.

But Morris said lawmakers are instead permitted to use politics.

“As far as federal law is concerned, a state Legislature can use partisan advantage as a factor in redistricting,” he said. “It is perfectly fine for us to redraw maps based upon politics.”

As lawmakers debate the new map, Republicans are working to avoid any mention of race whatsoever so as not to run afoul of the Supreme Court ruling, which outlawed the use of race to draw voting maps.

“The goal is to stop being sued over redistricting,” said Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie. “Whatever version of a map that can get us there, that’s the one we want to use. And this version, we believe, gives us the greatest opportunity.”

Even the bill containing the proposed map doesn’t list any racial demographic data for voting districts, as is typical with redistricting bills.

Nonetheless, Democrats

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seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated i h

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g in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, part that thereof, known as LIVE OAK PLANTATION ES‐ ADDI‐ TATES, TION 3, and ac‐ cording to a re‐ of subdivision Tract "U2" and Tract "D2", all in ac‐ cordance with Plan of Subdivi‐ sion for Live Oak Plantation Es‐ tates, Addition made by 3, Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consul‐ tants, Inc., dated April 7, 2006, recorded in the records of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, at Instrument No. COB 10648933, 3172, folio 557, and being more fully described as follows, to-wit:

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291, LOT SQUARE 6, LIVE PLANTA‐ OAK ESTATES TION SUBDIVISION, ADDITION 3, Jef‐ Parish, ferson Louisiana.

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

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

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

FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff

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Beaullieu said he expects to hear SB121 sometime next week, though a date hasn’t been set. He said there will be ample time for public testimony.

Fast-moving maneuvering Under the proposal, Louisiana would essentially return to the 2022 version of its congressional map, which had five safe Republican seats and one New Orleansanchored Democratic seat.

Carter won the majorityBlack, New Orleans-based seat that year, and he did so again in 2024 under a different map configuration.

The Legislature approved

Fields, though, said he enjoys the work, especially visiting with constituents at town halls and cutting through the bureaucracy to get those owed veterans benefits or Social Security checks.

But the partisanship these days is a marked change, he said.

“It all starts with the president, the leader of the country,” Fields said. “He has been so divisive.”

During his 26 years in elected office, Fields has earned a reputation for being able to work with Republicans.

But now, he added, Cabinet “secretaries for the most STAFF PHOTO By JAVIER GALLEGOS part don’t respond to memU.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, speaks on May 8 bers of Congress unless during a Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee they’re of the same party.

It’s a different feel from meeting at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge. how it used to be 30 years ago.” rie, whose district includes decision by saying he would Uptown New Orleans, was not run in the same district Political maneuvering known to favor a New Or- as Carter.

“That would be a bad move When the Legislature leans-oriented map. That for this Legislature to put began to work on drawing would favor Carter. new maps two weeks ago, A legislative fight ap- both Baton Rouge and New state Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, peared to be brewing, with Orleans, two incumbents, in R-Port Allen, who chairs political insiders saying the same district,” he told the Senate committee that Fields’ close working rela- reporters. “I can’t be clearwould first take up redis- tionship with Landry could er. Do it for somebody else.”

Fields has emphasized tricting, said he favored a tip the balance in his favor.

“It was difficult to see who that he will keep fighting the Baton Rouge-oriented map. we would pick and choose,” map that Republicans have That would favor Fields. drawn, saying that DemoBut Senate President Kleinpeter said Thursday.

But Fields simplified the crats deserve two winnable Cameron Henry, R-Metai-

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have continued to protest the elimination of majorityBlack districts, arguing the Legislature is disenfranchising voters in a state that is roughly a third Black.

“You can’t bring a map like this, that’s going to reduce representation and think we’re just supposed to take it,” said Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans. “You think I’m supposed to be cool about it? You think I’m supposed to be calm about it? I don’t think so.”

Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews, D-Monroe, said, “For generations, many citizens of this state were excluded.

They were systematically deprived of their right to vote.”

Minority voting power has been “constantly diluted,” she added.

Pressure is now on the House to approve the map before the legislative session ends on June 1.

Speaker Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, said he expects the House to pass a map that looks similar to the version approved by the Senate, but he said some members of the chamber don’t want parishes in their districts split up.

“I’m just hopeful that we can have good decorum throughout the debate and the process,” DeVillier said.

State Rep. Beau Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, who chairs the House committee that handles redistricting legislation, said he supports the general concept of the map approved in the Senate committee, though he noted he has yet to look at “the minutiae of what each district looks like.”

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Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT FIRST PARISH COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 176-501 RIVERSIDE COURT CONDO‐ MINIUMS PHASE I INC. D/B/A VICTO‐ RIAN CONDO‐ MINIUMS VERSUS CHRISTOPHER HAYES A/K/A CHRISTOPHER ETHEN FORD HAYES

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By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the Parish First Court, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated Septem‐ ber 4, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM PARCEL in RIVERSIDE COURT CONDO‐ MINIUM,

Wednesday and Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday signed House Bill 842, rescheduling the U.S. House primary elections for Nov. 3, with a Dec. 12 runoff. Qualifying would take place from Aug. 5 to 7.

The elections will be held under Louisiana’s open “jungle” primary format, where voters can cast a ballot for candidates of any party.

Many voters have been outraged by Republican efforts to eliminate one of Louisiana’s Black-majority districts. They’ve packed town hall meetings in recent days held by Carter and U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, and have turned out in large

numbers during early voting ahead of Saturday’s primary elections.

They’ve also railed against the GOP redistricting plan during two marathon public hearings, each lasting more than eight hours, saying Republicans are undermining decades of civil rights progress by reducing Black representation in Congress.

Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are responding to pressure from President Donald Trump to deliver at least one more Republican seat to buttress the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the U.S. House after midterm elections this fall.

districts in the state.

Protecting Carter’s district has meant that legislators could draw a new map similar to what they approved in 2022, which was in place for two years. That map also protected five Republican seats, including those of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who represents northwest Louisiana, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who represents suburban New Orleans.

Under SB121, Carter’s new district would extend further up the Mississippi River, into East Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes.

rymander.

But voters in his north Baton Rouge-based district elected him to a second set of terms in the state Senate in 1997. He served 12 years, sat out eight years, and won a third set of terms to the Senate in 2019.

In 2024, thanks to a close working relationship with the Republican leadership, he chaired the Senate committee that oversaw the redrawing of a new congressional map that gave him the Baton Rouge-to-Shreveport district that he won that fall. That’s the district that the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated as an illegal racial gerrymander.

Speculation on Fields’ next career move inevitably involves Southern. He has undergraduate and law degrees from the university, and his close friend Tony Clayton, the district attorney of West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee and Iberville parishes, chairs Southern’s board.

“I don’t know,” Fields said Thursday when asked about what he’ll do after his term ends in January. “We’ll see what ultimately happens with the redistricting process in Louisiana. Then I’ll make my decision after that.”

A long career Fields’ decision to stand down after what will be a final two years in the House appears to end a political career that began nearly 40 years ago and has had numerous ups and downs.

Fields first won election to the state Senate in 1987 as a 24-year-old, third-year law student at Southern University.

He was elected to the U.S. House in 1992, ran for governor in 1995 but lost to Mike Foster in the runoff, and lost his congressional district after courts ruled in 1996 that his district was an unconstitutional racial ger-

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a condominium created by that certain Declara‐ Creating tion and Establish‐ ing a Condominium Regime for Riverside Court Condominium executed by Berkshire Development Corporation, dated Novem‐ ber 14, 1983, filed in the Of‐ fice of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son on Novem‐ ber 14, 1983, under Entry No. 8348065 designated as UNIT 413, to‐ gether with an undivided .557 per cent inter‐ est in the common ele‐ ments, PHASE I of said condo‐ minium and is situated on Lots 2-Y and 2-R, Bissonnet Plaza, Jefferson Parrish, as

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shown on the by survey Walker & Avery, Inc., dated Au‐ gust 22, 1983, a copy of which is filed with the Declaration of Condominium above referred.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear Municipal 6200 Number Ackel, Unit 413, Metairie, LA 70003.

Being the same ac‐ property quired by Guy W. Grieves from Federal National Mortgage Asso‐ ciation by act of care sale dated 16, February 1990, recorded at COB 2301, folio 0304, records of Jef‐ Parish, ferson Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐

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

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

ROCH P. POELMAN Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19

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Parkview Tavern nears final days

Respite coming to an end two years after building sold

BY POET WOLFE

reached a compromise that allowed the bar to remain open for two more years. The agreement Two years ago, Parkview Tavern came after the Carrollton Avenue was preparing to make its last call property was sold to the owners of after more than 70 years of Saints the barbecue joint, despite efforts football fans and longtime regulars by Parkview Tavern owners to buy packing into its neon-lit hub off the it from their longtime landlord.

The sale created tension within City Park streetcar line. Then the fate of the Mid-City dive changed. the community. Residents voiced The owners of Parkview Tavern their disapproval at a city planning and its neighbor, Blue Oak BBQ, meeting, protested with cardboard

Staff writer

Police: Men bragged about killing

signs on the neutral ground and dubbed the restaurant “Bad Neighbor BBQ” — but ultimately helped secure the bar’s extended stay.

Now, that stay is expected to come to an end when Parkview Tavern’s lease ends May 29. Owners Kathy Anderson and Mark Malhiot have no plans to relocate unless a buyer steps forward to move the bar elsewhere or negotiate a new lease with the current landlords.

Regardless, the space may continue as a neighborhood bar.

Blue Oak BBQ co-owner Philip Moseley said he and his business partner Ronnie Evans respect the city’s history and never “had plans of really changing much of (the property).” But, he added, they have yet to make concrete plans after busy Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest seasons.

“I’m keeping it within the same

realm of a neighborhood bar,” Moseley said. “They’ve been great so far the last two, three years.”

The ownership change points to a broader shift in the city’s dive bar scene, as patrons bid farewell to longtime local institutions. In 2020, Johnny White’s bars on Bourbon Street shut down. Last year, Milan Lounge — an Uptown fixture for nearly a century — shut down and was converted into a cocktail lounge.

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ABOVE: Signage is prepared Thursday for a polling place. LEFT: State election staff prepare for Saturday’s election.

Rolling out the ballot boxes

Tipster’s information leads to recovery of missing father

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

In August, an anonymous caller reached out to Crimestoppers with a grim tip — two men had admitted to murdering a father of four who had been missing since 2023.

Not only was Eddie Tillman Jr. dead, they allegedly told officials, but authorities could find his body buried in the dirt beTillman hind a Marrero house located on Gaudet Drive.

The tipster, the first of four people who spoke to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators, led deputies to uncover Tillman’s skeletal remains last month after days of digging.

His accused killers have been identified as John Lopez, 45, and Dustin Billot, 32, a former resident of the Marrero house.

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Sterling K. Brown to address Tulane grads

Elaine Dishman, center, joins other state election workers Thursday as they prepare and organize voting machines inside a New Orleans warehouse ahead of Saturday’s election. Voters across the state are casting ballots in a mix of federal, local, judicial and municipal races, as well as deciding the fate of several proposed constitutional amendments. Louisiana’s U.S. House congressional primaries were suspended after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the state’s congressional map, creating confusion because some congressional contests still appeared on early voting ballots.

BY LESLIE CARDÉ Contributing writer

When Sterling K. Brown imparts his words of wisdom in his keynote address Saturday as commencement speaker for Tulane University’s 2026 graduating class, it will be as much from the breadth and depth of experiences in the Brown acting world as from his own unique life.

The three-time Emmy winner, Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee has a thoroughbred education and a broad skill set. A graduate of Stanford University, he went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts from NYU and made Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.

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BUILDING HOPE

N.O. shelter for women expands into affordable housing

BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

When Hotel Hope opened its emergency shelter for women and children in Central City in 2018, it took the nonprofit around 35 days on average to secure permanent housing for its families.

With rising rents and New Orleans facing a shortage of affordable units, that’s since doubled to around 75 days.

In response, Hotel Hope decided to build its own affordable housing. On Wednesday, the nonprofit

held a ceremonial groundbreaking along with its developer, People’s Housing+, on its first two duplexes as part of its new Hope Family Housing initiative.

The goal is to eventually build a total of 40 affordable housing units across Central City and Hoffman Triangle.

“Over and over again, we have seen the same painful reality: Families can do everything right, secure employment, complete programs, save money, rebuild their lives and still struggle to find housing that they can actually afford,” said Nakisha Ervin-Knott, a judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal and board chair of Hotel Hope. “For single mothers raising children, the barriers can feel almost impossible to overcome.”

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The first Hope Family Housing project is planned at 3931 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The group’s goal is to eventually build a total of 40 affordable housing units.

Located on a sliver of property adjacent to Hotel Hope on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., the project includes four units and will be structured around an “intergenerational” approach to building

community, Ervin-Knott said, with half of the units set aside for seniors and the other half set aside for single mothers with families.

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Continued from page 1B More recently, Checkpoint Charlie on Frenchmen Street shuttered as part of a three-property acquisition slated for redevelopment into a hotel and boutique venue.

Like those dive bars, Parkview Tavern has long been part of the fabric of New Orleans nightlife since opening in the mid-1940s.

Billing itself as “where the track crowd meets,” the bar drew in race bettors and spectators from the nearby Fair Grounds. In its early days, Parkview Tavern advertised “the finest steaks in town,” and retired New Orleans boxing champion Joe Mandot tended the bar.

It was also considered one of the few Mid-City venues to offer live music.

Behind its laid-back atmosphere, however, came a series of tumultuous leadership changes. Owners repeatedly lost their business licenses over backroom gambling, Anderson said,

STAFF FILE PHOTO By IAN McNULTy

Parkview Tavern is expected to close when its lease ends May 29. until “somebody, somewhere along the way, finally got a grip” and turned it into the bar she and Malhiot took over in 1993.

Anderson described today’s Parkview Tavern as “a welcoming place for whoever,” noting that it doesn’t have “a defined demographic.”

“If you behave and you’re kind, then you’re welcome to come and you’re welcome to stay,” she said. “If you’re neither of those, then you need

to find someplace else to go.”

For Anderson, the final days at the bar have not been as difficult as they were two years ago, when the prospect of saying goodbye after three decades of owning it came suddenly. This time, she said, she’s had time to process the closure and prepare for May 29, when Parkview Tavern will celebrate its history with “a giant reunion” and live music.

“Everyone has had some time to adjust to the fact that

this is what is going to happen,” Anderson said, “and the grieving process this time I think is much less intense for me for sure.”

Bartender Raluca Giurgiutiu, who has worked at Parkview Tavern for five years, had planned to leave New Orleans when the bar was originally expected to close in 2023. But after the agreement was reached, Giurgiutiu decided to stay until the very end, along with the rest of the bartenders.

She said many people have already grieved Parkview Tavern’s closure after the sale. But, she added, “because we got the two extra years, I feel some people are hoping that something’s going to happen again.”

While regulars know the final day is approaching, Giurgiutiu said many continue to ask the same question: “Where are we going to watch the Saints games?”

“We always had a really, really nice crowd for Saints games. A big celebration if they win, or we suffer together if they lose,” she said.

“It’s going to be hard to replace that.”

KILLING

Continued from page 1B Witnesses told investigators that over the years, Lopez and Billot spoke openly, even bragging about Tillman’s demise, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Homicide Detective Christopher Bodet.

In a 2024 conversation about the killing that one tipster was present for, Lopez told Billot, “You need to get rid of the head. You’re going to get us in trouble,” Bodet recounted. Tillman’s severed head was recovered during the backyard search.

“You need to stop telling people what happened,” Billot reportedly shot back, advice Lopez doesn’t seem to have heeded based on testimony given by Bodet on Tuesday during a bond hearing for both suspects in Jefferson Parish Magistrate Court.

Lopez and Billot face several charges in Tillman’s killing, including seconddegree murder, unlawful disposal of a body and obstruction of justice.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a third suspect in the case on Wednesday. Kelly Barrios, 40, of Pontchatoula, was booked on counts of accessory after the fact to second-degree murder and failure to report a felony.

Tipsters lead to body

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Hotel Hope holds a ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday for its new Hope Family Housing pilot project. Taking part are, from left, Sister Carmen Hernandez, of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Jerome Johnson; Oji Alexander, CEO, People’s Housing+; Sister Julie Marsh, PBVM director of operations, Hotel Hope; Sister Mary Lou Specha, PBVM executive director, Hotel Hope; Nakisha Ervin-Knott, board chair, Hotel Hope; Lesli Harris, New Orleans City Council member, District B; and Jeffrey Schwartz, New Orleans director of housing, community development and special projects.

SHELTER

Continued from page 1B “We are building hope,” said Sister Mary Lou Specha, Hotel Hope’s executive director. “And we’re creating opportunities for our mothers, our families and our seniors.”

“When children live in safe places, they dream better,” she added.

The project was made possible due to a relatively recent change in the city’s zoning rules that gave developers a way to double the number of housing units they could build.

It began in 2021, when the

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Continued from page 1B But he knows what it’s like to start small in regional theater and work his way up to leading roles in coveted projects. Brown says that’s because he always had a north star of sorts.

“I always had a mantra going into any audition,” said Brown. “That means I knew what I wanted to do with my career. For me, I wanted to entertain, to educate and to edify — that is, to make the world a better place. If you’re sure of why you’re doing something, it’s much easier to deflect all the nos that come your way in endless auditions. I’ve always felt blessed and highly favored, as my mom Aralean used to say. It’s important to have a mission.”

Brown spent his early career in the theater, beginning in 2002, acting alongside Al Pacino, Paul Giamatti, Steve Buscemi and John Goodman and other big names.

He appeared in numerous television shows while performing Shakespeare and other serious roles on stage.

His breakthrough came in 2016 when he was asked to play prosecutor Christopher Darden in the FX miniseries “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” for which he won the Primetime

City Council approved an ordinance allowing developers to build a single structure with up to four housing units on property zoned for twofamily residential, as long as one unit was set aside for affordable housing.

In 2024, the City Council amended the law to allow developers to build the four units across one or more structures, like the two duplexes Hotel Hope plans to build.

“This is a fabulous model of what can happen when we change the zoning laws to allow density to create more and more affordable housing,” District B council member Lesli Harris, the

author of the most recent ordinance, said at Wednesday’s event.

Oji Alexander, chief executive of People’s Housing+, described the changes as “the most progressive zoning policy the city has ever passed.”

The project is expected to cost around $650,000 and the duplexes will be built to the FORTIFIED Gold construction standard, Specha said. The units will be set aside for renters earning no more than 80% of New Orleans’ area median income.

For a single mother with one child, that ceiling in 2025 was $57,500. Rent also won’t exceed 30% of a tenant’s in-

Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.

What put Brown on everyone’s radar was his starring role as Randall Pearson in the hit television series “This Is Us,” which ran from 2016-22, and garnered various awards throughout its run, including a Best Actor Emmy for Brown. He feels that his most successful projects have a thread running through them.

“Whether it’s stepping into roles in ‘Wakanda’, ‘Black Panther,’ searching for truth on ‘This Is Us,’ or navigating the high-pressure rooms of ‘Paradise,’ the most powerful stories are about people becoming what they are meant to be,” he said. “I feel Randall Pearson is a better version of myself.”

Brown is currently shooting season three of the popular Hulu thriller series “Paradise,” on which he also serves as executive producer. The series moves from the death of the U.S. president to a postapocalyptic turn where much of society lives in an underground bunker.

Brown mused that when they started filming season one, it seemed that the story was pure fiction. Now, he’s not so sure. Whatever the parallels to real life, he said it’s an important story to tell, and done beautifully by Dan Fogelman, the same creator,

writer and executive producer he worked with on “This Is Us.” Brown’s versatility shone through in 2023’s “American Fiction,” a satirical film about an American author who writes about the stereotypical nature in which Black people are portrayed, only for the book to be mistaken for serious literature.

Brown plays the gay, plastic surgeon brother of protagonist Jeffrey Wright.

Both actors were nominated for Oscars.

Apart from being an award-winning actor, Brown is also a humanitarian and philanthropist. Last month, he launched his most ambitious project yet, the Aralean Brown Older-Youth Readiness Fund, which supports young adults as they age out of the foster care system.

“Brown’s journey reflects the power each graduate possesses if, as they scale professional heights, they live

by Tulane’s motto of “Non sibi sed suis,” “Not for oneself, but for one’s own,” said Tulane University President Mike Fitts. “In Sterling’s own words, ‘As we ascend, as we climb together, make sure that you pull other people up with you.’ His message will surely resonate with the Class of 2026 as they prepare to take flight.”

For Brown, who says his life experiences fuel his research for any given role,

come, Specha said.

Hotel Hope raised private donations for the project, including $1 million from the Sisters of the Presentation from Dubuque, Iowa — of which Specha is a member — and $500,000 from the Hilton Foundation.

Once the duplexes are built, Specha said they plan to use them as a “prototype” to show other private donors what’s possible in New Orleans.

Email Blake Paterson at bpaterson@ theadvocate.com or send him an encrypted message on Signal at blakepaterson.504.

he believes he can play any character because he has so many people living inside of him.

Tulane University’s commencement takes place in the Caesars Superdome on Saturday at 5 p.m.

human skull and severed human hands,” he said.

Two additional witnesses came forward after authorities began searching the home, Bodet testified. One said that Billot admitted to killing Tillman and cutting off the victim’s head and another told investigators that Billot confessed to helping friends get rid of a body.

A forensic dentist identified the skull as Tillman’s through dental records. The skull had signs of trauma to the mandible or lower jawbone and had been shattered in multiple places, Bodet said.

Tillman’s ultimate cause of death has not yet been determined. His remains are still being studied by the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Lab.

Alligator disposal During interviews, Lopez and Billot blamed each other for Tillman’s death, according to Bodet.

Billot denied any involvement but told investigators that Lopez tried to recruit him to hunt down Tillman, kill him and get rid of the body.

Billot said Lopez killed Tillman and attempted to feed part of the victim’s body to alligators, Bodet told the court. Billot also claimed that Lopez showed him cellphone video of Tillman bound, his hands taped together, while being beaten and tortured, Bodet testified.

Lopez, in turn, denied any involvement in Tillman’s death, telling authorities he heard rumors that Billot murdered Tillman, cut off his head and buried the body, Bodet testified.

Lopez reportedly muttered, “Only me and Dustin know what happened,” while being taken back to jail, according to Bodet.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Lopez sat still, looking forward from the defense attorney’s table. Two seats over, Billot swiveled from side to side in his chair, occasionally shaking his head or staring to his right at Lopez.

Jefferson Parish Criminal Commissioner David Wolff ruled there was probable cause to continue holding both men as charged.

He denied motions to reduce their bail amounts.

Lopez was being held on a $770,000 bail while Billot’s bail was set at $570,000.

Tillman, 37, was last seen at his mother’s Bridge City home on the night of Aug. 16, 2023, and reported missing by relatives a week later. Tillman’s mother and sister told authorities they heard rumors he’d been beaten to death, but the case went nowhere, family said.

Bodet was assigned to follow up on Tillman’s case in April 2026, he testified. He then learned of the Crimestoppers’ tip that named Lopez and Billot as Tillman’s killers.

The tipster met with Bodet and said the suspects had discussed Tillman’s death during a 2024 conversation. The person had been too scared to come forward at the time, Bodet told the court.

Bodet later came across a second tipster who said Lopez admitted to killing Tillman with Billot’s help. Lopez told the individual that he’d hit Tillman in the head with a board and buried the body in Billot’s backyard, Bodet testified.

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Trooper accused of abuse coverup suspended

BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER

Staff writer

A Louisiana State Police lieutenant on Thursday was suspended without regular pay while he faces charges that he choked his wife and, on another occasion, tried to obstruct an investigation into whether he hit her with his car.

At a State Police commission meeting, commissioners voted to suspend Lt. James Jefferson III, 41, but also allowed him to collect his accrued leave pay as his criminal case continues in a Baton Rouge court.

On March 31, Louisiana Attorney General’s Office investigators issued a warrant for Jefferson on charges of domestic violence, falsifying public records and obstruction of justice. He was arrested the same day.

Jefferson’s attorney, Jill Craft, told commissioners Thursday that “he is a victim” of continued domestic abuse, calling the ordeal a “tragic situation.”

“He has been completely vilified,” Craft said. “And he is, in the eyes of the law, actually an innocent man.”

Craft argued he is the victim of an abusive wife, not the other way around, and tried to submit recordings to prove it. The commission did not allow it.

“In the recordings, she slams him over the head, and he’s bleeding,” she told commissioners. “She screams at him, and she says, ‘I will destroy you and take everything you have worked for.’”

Prosecutors say on March 23, Jefferson’s wife was trying to leave their home when he kept her from doing so. Video captured him putting his hand around her throat and forcing her back inside, investigators reported.

That was not the first time Jefferson assaulted his spouse, according to investigators.

Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agents say Jefferson obstructed justice by directing his wife to not give investigators the full picture of a Nov. 1 incident.

Baton Rouge police had responded to a crash where witnesses said two people were arguing in the road near two vehicles.

“During the confrontation, one of the vehicles accelerated and struck the other,” investigators said.

The incident “was documented by BRPD as a crash,” state officials wrote, and police ticketed Jefferson’s wife.

Three months later, LBI officials started investigating and obtained text messages from Jefferson’s phone.

While officers were at the scene, prosecutors say, Jefferson texted his wife: “Hurry tell them u mentally off … U had episode.”

Jefferson’s wife later told investigators that he used his car to pin her between his vehicle and another, causing her to lose consciousness.

Domestic violence charges were filed against Jefferson for the incident, but were later dropped.

On Thursday, Joseph Oubre, deputy general counsel for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana State Police, argued against Jefferson receiving compensation of any kind during his suspension.

As Jefferson is not allowed to carry a firearm, Oubre noted, he cannot carry out the duties of a state trooper and should not be paid as one.

“Additionally, the nature of the pending felony charges directly impacts public trust, credibility, supervisory authority and integrity of a commissioned law enforcement officer,” he said.

New Orleans Area Deaths

Obituaries Bethea, Dorothy

Bethea, Dorothy Blaise, Felthus Bush, Theresa

Chaney, Mairian Chouest, Betty Cole Jr., Darren

Collings, James

Larmann, Laurence

Dorothy Coleman Bethea born April 29, 1938, in Maringouin, Louisiana, to William and Thelma Coleman, passed away peacefully of natural causes on May 1st, 2026, at Tranquility Hospice in Cobb County, Georgia. She was 88.

She graduated from Joseph S. Clark Sr. High School and later earned a certificate in Special Education from Dillard University. She was a longtime member of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans.

She is survived by her four daughters, six grand children, eight great-grand children, and one sibling.

She was preceded in death by her spouse Thomas Bethea, her parents, and five siblings.

Dorothy will be lovingly remembered and deeply missed.

Marrero, Charmaine

Blaise, Felthus Elizabeth

Cuenca, Beulah Davis Sr., Brian Gaines, Florida Gasser, Raymond Gerard, Myrtle Glenn, Patricia Griffin, Joseph Hicks, Artis

Jackson Jr., Ulysses James, Marilyn Jenkins, Augustus Lafayette, Leroy

Morgan, Irvin Novel-Brooks, Cheryl Phelps Jr., Meade Ragas, Verna

Reed, Yvonne Sears, Marshall West, Debra Williams, Oscar

E Jefferson Garden of Memories

Collings, James Phelps Jr., Meade

New Orleans Boyd Family Cole Jr., Darren Lafayette, Leroy Novel-Brooks, Cheryl Charbonnet

Jackson Jr., Ulysses Marrero, Charmaine DW Rhodes Davis Sr., Brian Morgan, Irvin Estelle J Wilson

Chaney, Mairian Gertrude Geddes Gerard, Myrtle Griffin, Joseph Greenwood

Chouest, Betty Heritage Funeral Hicks, Artis Lake Lawn Metairie Cuenca, Beulah Larmann, Laurence Littlejohn FH Gaines, Florida

Felthus Elizabeth Blaise, age 81, a native New Or‐ leanian, entered into eter‐ nal rest peacefully at her home on Friday, May 8, while with her 2026 beloved husband, Ervin Blaise. She was born on January 8, 1945 to the late and Elizabeth Felthus Thornton Cavalier. In addi‐ tion to her parents, Felthus is also preceded in death by four siblings, Mary Har‐ ris, Dorothy Sanders, Geral‐ dine Shanks and Oliver Thornton. In addition to her beloved husband, she also leaves to cherish pre‐ cious memories, her chil‐ dren, Jacqueline Alexander (Ivan), Andrea Hawkins, Alvia Peter Harris (Karen), Capucinca Harris-Roberts, Jimmie Harris (April) and L. Harris (An‐ Trescott grandchildren, toinette); Keyoka, Jemeka, Caprice, Allison, Felthus, Clarance, Isaac, IV, Keianna, Katrina, Alyssia, Trescott, Abrielle, Peter; seventeen Alvia great grandchildren; sib‐ Lucille Johnsonlings, Sawyer, Nancy Cooper, An‐ nette Neal, Cheryl Tillis, Faye Coston, Toni Stephanie Combre, Rickey, Gerald, Lawrence, Alfred and Terry Cavalier, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other family and friends. Rela‐ tives and friends of the family; Pastor, officers and members of First Baptist Church of Verrett are in‐ vited to attend the funeral.

A Homegoing Celebration honoring the life and legacy of the late Felthus Elizabeth Blaise will be held at First Baptist Church of Verrett, 3737 Bayou Road, St. Bernard, LA 70085 on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 11 am, Pastor Jasper Shaw, Officiating. Inter‐ ment will follow in the church cemetery. Visita‐ tion 9 am in the church.

Special thanks and appre‐ ciation to Ochsner Health Center, Pete Medical Civic Center, Sanchez LCMC Health Care Center, Fresenius Kidney Dialysis Center and Eagan Ochsner Home Health Care. We could not have enjoyed our loved one for such a long time without you. Please sign online guestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com. Charbonnet Labat Directors Glapion, (504)581-4411

90 years old. Beloved wife of over 61 years to the late Joseph Lionel Bush. Born to this union were two sons: The late Joseph Jr, (Christine) and Reginald Sr. (Tammy).

Beloved sister of Inez Yates. Beloved Maw Maw to three grandsons: Reginald Jr, Gorium, and Tylen. She leaves to cherish her memories many nieces, nephews, cousin and friends. The celebration of life will be held at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. 1419 Fourth St. Westwego LA. Saturday May 16, 2026 at 10:00 am. Visitation will begin at 8:00 am until service time.

Interment: Restlawn Park Cemetery, Avondale LA. Arrangements by Murray Henderson Funeral Home 1209 Teche St. New Orleans, LA.

Chaney, Mairian Darlene Sansom Johnson

Mairian Darlene Sansom Johnson Chaney, "entered eternal rest" on April 28, 2026 at her residence. She was 74 years old. Mother Chaney was on the Mother's Board Ministry of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church. She is the daugh‐ ter of the late Willard B. Sansom and Theresa Y. Sansom. Wife of the late Joe Chaney, Jr, Beloved mother of Clarice Johnson of Buford Georgia, LaKenya McBeth of Angleton, Texas, Kandrice Johnson, Jevone Johnson, Sr. of Manassas, Virginia and the late Treazell Sansom, Angelene Johnson, and Devone John‐ son, Sr. Sister of Shena Clayborne and the late Pa‐ tricia Gregory, Willard San‐ som, Sr. and Al Sansom.

Also survived by her care‐ taker and close friend Doris Vaughn, 23 grandchil‐ dren, 20 great-grandchil‐ dren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Rela‐ tives and friends of the family also Pastor, officers and members of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, New Generation Fellowship Church, and Employees of Orleans Parish Sherrif's of‐ fice are invited to attend the Homegoing Celebration on Saturday May 16, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Greater Macedonia Baptist Church 2711 Danneel Street, New Orleans, LA 70113.Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. service time. Bishop E. Craig Wilson officiating. In‐ terment: Providence Memorial Park Cemetery, 8200 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA 70003. Arrangements En‐ trusted To Estelle J. Wilson Funeral Home, Inc. 2715 Danneel ST. NOLA 70113. In‐ formation: (504) 895-4903.

To sign online guest book please visit www.estelle jwilsonfh.com

The Times-Picayune ✦ nola.com ✦ Friday, May 15, 2026 ✦ 3B Chouest, Betty Amann

Betty Amann Chouest, a devoted wife and mother, cherished grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, and a talented musician, was called home by God to her eternal rest on April 27, 2026, in New Orleans, LA. She lived an incredible life defined by kindness, dedi‐ cation, and devotion, leav‐ ing a legacy that will shape generations to come. She was predeceased by her parents, George Howard Amann, Sr. and Helen Fos‐ ter Amann, her loving hus‐ band, Jefferson Felix Chouest, Sr. and her brother, George Howard Amann Jr. She is survived by her three children - Jef‐ ferson Felix Chouest, Jr. (Carol), Susan Chouest Hanemann (Michael) and Stephen Michael Chouest, Sr. (Lana) her 10 precious grandchildren– Christen, Ashley, Jeff III, Julien, Michael Jr., Stephen, Eliza‐ beth, Michelle, Stephen Jr. and Colin. She is also sur‐ vived by her great-grand‐ children - Madison, Joey, Cali, Lyla, Sophie, Rosie, Cecilia, Michael III, Max, Taylor, Kate, Jimmy, Claire, Anne Marie, Jonathan, Simon, and great-greatgranddaughter, Ellie. Betty, born on June 7, 1930, was a lifelong New Orleanian who spent her life raising her family and sharing her talents with others. She was an accomplished pi‐ anist who studied at New‐ comb College on the Tu‐ lane campus. Betty taught piano to hundreds of stu‐ dents of all ages and abili‐ ties for over 77 years. She was a faithful parishioner of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church since it moved to Lakeview in 1957. She taught Sunday School and music in both the church and the school for many years. In addition, she par‐ ticipated in numerous Out‐ reach programs at St. Paul’s Church, such as pro‐ viding music for fellow dancers at the Shepherd Center. In the community, she volunteered for decades at Sophie Gumble, Strive Center, the ARC, and St. Michael School, playing the piano, teaching music to students with special needs, and planning joyous Christmas parties for all to enjoy. In addition to her love for music, Betty had a passion for traveling with

her family and friends, dancing, including toe-tap‐ ping, from an early age, hosting many gatherings at her home and pool, and, of course, celebrating Mardi Gras.

She was known for camping in urban and rural parts of many states, cruising with her husband, and giving free guided tours of her beloved city of New Or‐ leans to her Bed and Breakfast guests. Above all else, Betty treasured and was treasured by her im‐ mediate and extended family. She was known to everyone as “Grandmom” and had a welcoming spirit, extending hospital‐ ity and generosity to her entire community. Visita‐ tion will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 6249 Canal Blvd., New Or‐ leans, LA 70124, in Lake‐ view on May 16, 2026, at 11:30 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 12:30 p.m. Please consider con‐ tributions to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. We also invite you to share your thoughts, fond memories, and condolences online at www.greenwoodfh.com.

Your shared memories will help us celebrate Betty’s life and keep her memory alive.

Cole Jr., Darren Anthony

Darren Anthony Cole Jr. was Wulida on December 18, 1984, to Carol ThomasHockaday & Darren An‐ thony Cole Sr. At an early age he was an Altar Boy at St. Raymond Church. He at‐ and graduated tended from John F. Kennedy Se‐ nior High School on May 20, 2004. Darren was a very loving person and always tried to help anyone. He was a person that tried anything, self-taught me‐ chanic, learned welding, jack of all trades, all around my “Lil Handy‐ man.” I know he was defi‐ nitely my best friend. I would call him to do Spark delivery, and delivery Ama‐ zon packages, he would say “Mom I’m coming”, and every time we would stop to get a delivery, I would look for him, and he would be getting food and snacks for the both of us.

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Darren leaves his cher‐ ished memories his mother and father Carol ThomasHockaday (Robert), Darren Anthony Cole Sr., two sons: Darren Hickerson, Tharren Cole, his granddaughter; Naomi Hickerson, brothers; Darren, Dajuan Aldridge, grandparents; Phern Bailey Ware (Nelson), aunts & un‐ Marie Adams cles: (Claence), Barbara Simp‐ son, Chrisunda Thomas, Ware-Lee Shawnell (Lawrence), Lucille Dowin, Marlon Decoud (Tracy), Gary Thomas (Charity), and a host of nieces, cousins and nephews, friends. Darren mourned the loss of his grand‐ mother Marie, Uncle Ralph, Uncle John, Aunt Winifred, cousin Bryan, and most re‐ cent his cousin Kendrick.

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Cuenca, and her 10 siblings. She is survived by her sons Bennie Cuenca (Adreane) and Mack Cuenca (Suzanne). Her grandchildren: Robynn, Bruce, Derrick, Melissa, Christina, Brian, Kimberly, Brittany, and Brent. She leaves behind 12 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Lake Lawn Metairie, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans on Tuesday, May 19, 8:30am. Mass will follow at 10:00am. Graveside will follow in Lake Lawn Park.

Davis Sr., Brian M.

Collings, James 'Jimmy'

James "Jimmy" Collings passed away on April 23 from a terminal illness. He was born on August 27, 1952 to Robert and Fran‐ coise Collings. He is sur‐ vived by his younger brother Kenny Collings and preceded in death his older brother Peter Collings. He was born in Norwich, Con‐ necticut and raised in Je‐ witt City, Connecticut.

Jimmy had a adventitious life, danced to his own beat, and wasn’t scared to take a risk. First bartender at Clancy’s, he then moved on to opening up the River Shack in 1990, renovating Racketeers which is now South Port Music Club.

Also, in 1990 he married his wife Samantha Collings and they had two boys, Ian and McCormick Collings.

His last venture was the Shimmy Shack in Harahan which has been open for 23 years, and his personality and wit are on the walls throughout the building.

He was the funniest guy, entertainer, & a pain in the a$$, but most of all he was the best father and hus‐ band, and my best friend.

Please join us to celebrate this one of a kind guy's life on May 16, 2026 at Gardens of Memories Funeral Home, 4900 Airline Dr., Metairie, LA 70001 for 12 noon. Visi‐ tation begins at 10 a.m. An after party in his honor will follow at the Shimmy Shack, 1855 Dock St., New Orleans, LA 70123.

Cuenca, Beulah Williams

Beulah passed away peacefully at her home in Violet, LA on May 11 surrounded by her sons. She grew up in Golden Meadow, LA. She was a member of the United Houma Nation tribe. After she met her first husband, Benito, they moved to New Orleans and then finally settled in Violet. They were happily married for 37 years until his death. She later remarried Zee and they were happily married for 10 years until his death.

She will be remembered for her strong Catholic faith, never missing a Sunday mass. She was a senior care giver for over 40 years and had a strong work ethic she passed along to her children. She was a lover of Mardi Gras and in her later years her family would ensure that she would never miss a parade. In her spare time, she enjoyed visiting the fairgrounds and watching horse racing. To her grandchildren she was known as Grandma and she was always quick to speak her mind. Her fiery spirit will live on forever in the generations that follow. She is preceded in death by her parents Ophelia and Wilfred Williams, her first husband Benito Cuenca, her second husband Zee Ching, her son George

Brian M. Davis, Sr. passed away on May 9, 2026 at the age of 69.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue at 9:00 am.

Visitation will begin at 8:00 am. Interment: Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Arrangements

by D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, New Orleans, LA. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the guestbook.

ried on September 9, 1961.

Their 65-year marriage was a beautiful example of enduring love, partnership, adventure, and companionship. Together, they traveled the world and built a lifetime of memories side by side.

To his sons, Ray was a devoted and loving father.

Ray Jr. remembers nightly bedtime conversations with his father about life, science, and the world.

Chris remembers him as a mentor, provider, and protector who taught him how things work — how to use tools, work with wood, repair cars, and approach life with patience and curiosity.

After earning his B.S. from Spring Hill College, Ray received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Alabama in 1962 and 1965. He joined the faculty of Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1965, where he rose to the rank of Full Professor.

Admired deeply by his students, Ray received more than 20 teaching awards during his career.

In 1991, he was appointed to the International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee, where he helped shape the internationally recommended terminology for human embryology. In recognition of his contributions to anatomy education and science, he was named an Honored Member of the American Association of Clinical Anatomy in 2010.

Ray will be remembered not only for his intellect, scholarship, and devotion to students, but also for his warmth, humor, generosity, love of family, and enduring commitment to the preservation of life and knowledge.

He will be profoundly missed by all who knew and loved him.

Gerard, Myrtle Luella

Gaines, Florida Eigans

Florida Eigans Gaines, a lifelong resident of New Orleans, peacefully de‐ parted this life on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the age of 87. She was born on April 20, 1939, to the late Joseph Eigans and Augusta Bailey Eigans. Florida was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Nathaniel J. Rev. Gaines; devoted mother of the late Darlene GainesJones and the late Nathan Gaines; and sister of the late Naomi Eigans-Cox and Georgia Bailey. She is also survived by her children Barbara Gaines, Natalie Gaines-Gros, and Raymond Gaines, a host of grandchil‐ dren, great-grandchildren, other relatives, and dear friends. A Celebration of service honoring Life Florida’s life will be held at Grove Baptist Cypress Church, 901 31st Street, Kenner, LA, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.

Visitation will begin at 8:00 a.m. at the church. Host Pastor Rev. John E. Dillon, Jr. and Rev. Dr. Lee Wilson, Pastor of The Open Bible FCC, will officiate. Entomb‐ ment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery 70122. Pro‐ services en‐ fessional trusted to: Littlejohn Fu‐ neral Home, Cal K. John‐ son, Manager/ Funeral Di‐ rector. Info: 504-940-0045.

Myrtle Luella Gerard, age 101 was born on November 29, 1924 in Lucy, LA, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. She enjoyed her life as a seamstress and with her friends at the St. John Council on Aging Senior Center. She is survived by a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends. Myrtle was the beloved daughter of the late Arnold Gerard and Polymnia (Polemie) LeBoeuf. She was preceded in death by her five sisters; Louise Legaux, Hilda Julian, Bernice Louper, Annabelle Weber, Gladys Gerard and three brothers Preston, Claude, and Warren.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 2349 LA Hwy. 18, Edgard, LA 70049 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Fr Sidney Speaks, Celebrant. Interment St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery. You may sign the guest book on www.gertrudegeddeswilli s.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, Inc. in charge (504) 522-2525.

Glenn, Patricia Palmer 'Patti'

Gasser, Raymond

Raymond F. Gasser, Ph.D., whose brilliant mind, generous spirit, and deep devotion to family shaped generations of students and loved ones, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, May 8, 2026, at the age of 90.

Born in Cullman, Alabama, in September 1935, the second of seven children to Alvin and Margaret Gasser, Ray lived a life defined by curiosity, scholarship, laughter, and love. He is survived by his beloved wife, Eileen Brinkman; his sons, Raymond Gasser Jr. and Christopher Gasser; and his grandchildren, Ethan, Annelise, and Gabrielle.

At the heart of Ray's life was Eileen, whom he mar-

Patricia "Patti" Palmer Glenn, age 67, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 11, 2026, after a brief and aggressive battle with ALS. Born on October 7, 1958, Patti was the beloved daughter of the late Idabel Ingolia Palmer and Raymond Francis Palmer.

She is survived by her devoted husband of 47 years, Walter J. Glenn; her loving daughters, Shannon Smith (Jeffrey) and Jennifer Rahn (Adam); and her cherished grandchildren, Matthew and Kathryn Smith. She is also survived by her siblings, Sharon Piazza and Michael Palmer (Vicki), along with many nieces, nephews, extended family members, and dear friends.

Patti was deeply dedicated to her work and truly

loved the people she worked alongside at Alarm Protection Services. She will be remembered for her strength, kindness, loyalty, and the love she gave so freely to her family and friends.

A visitation will be held from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM on Sat. 5/16/26 at: St. Ann National Church and Shrine, St. Ann National Church 3601 Transcontinental Dr, Metairie, LA 70006

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and Larry, 12 Grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and friends.

Marilyn's funeral will be held Saturday May 16th, 2026 at Oakland Baptist Church, Kenner, La. Rev. Charles Hurst officiating.

Jackson Jr., Ulysses D.

Jenkins, Augustus 'Gus'

Griffin, Joseph Wallace

Joseph Wallace Griffin Sr., age 55 was born on October 4, 1970, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, May 7, 2026, surrounded by his family.

Joseph is survived by his mother, Stella Tolivar Griffin, and his father, Joseph Wallace Dottery. He leaves behind five children: Joseph Jr. (Dazley), Breisha Watson, Brandon Watson, Jamya Jones, and Javon Jones. He is also survived by six grandchildren - Amelia Griffin, Kayden Johnson, Davina' Griffin, Reign Griffin, Nova Griffin, and Angel Watson. He is further survived by his devoted sister Dedrena Griffin Pinckney (Ron); his uncles, David Richard (Jackie), Ronald Richard (Janice), Terrance Richard, Kevin Richard, Tommie Tolivar (Karen) and Ronald Dottery; and his aunts, Meritha Toston (Auther), Detra Richard, Claudia Tillison (Oliver), Schrleen Richard-Thomas, Darlene Richard Smith (Kevin), Antoinette McNealy (Gerald Cooper). Joseph leaves to cherish his memory his nephew, Daniel Pinckney; his niece Danielle Pinckney, special friends he considered brothers, Lance Johnson (Tanisha) and Christopher Van Buren; a special friend he considered a sister, Shalonda Simpson Cannon (Edmond); and a host of loving cousins and friends.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, 2120 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113 at 10:00 a.m.

Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Private Burial. You may sign the guest book on www.gertru degeddeswillis.com.

Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, Inc. in charge (504) 522-2525.

Ulysses D. Jackson, Jr., on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, departed this plane of existence to begin his new life journey with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He lived 84 amazing years and brought joy to everyone he met. Ulysses was born on January 26, 1942, to Ulysses D. Jackson, Sr. and Irene Chalk Jackson Dodd Albany Hebrard in New Orleans, LA. Lovingly known as “Jack,” “Junior,” and “Paw Paw Jack,” he proudly served his country first in the United States Marine Corps and later in the Army. Jack was prede‐ ceased by his parents and his brother, Benjamin. He was twice married, first to Barbara (deceased) and second to Elsee. To these unions, no children were born. He leaves to cherish his memories, his daughter in love, Joy Washington Morgan (Anthony); grand‐ daughter, Azrien-Shai (“Old Folks”); Michael Mor‐ ris; special lifelong friend, Mrs. Bernadine Washing‐ ton Keyser; his travel club, “Classic Soul Cruise and Travel”; and a multitude of other family members and friends who loved him dearly. He will be truly missed. All who are con‐ nected to his long and wonderful life are invited to celebrate the life and legacy of Mr. Ulysses D. Jackson, Jr., on Saturday, May 16, 2026, in the Chapel of Roses at CharbonnetLabat Glapion Funeral Home, 1615 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, LA at 1:00 p.m. Visitation at 12:00 p.m. A reception will fol‐ low. Private burial will take place at a later date.

Please sign online guest‐ book at charbonnetfuner‐ alhome.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion, Directors (504)581-4411

James, Marilyn Savage 'Sister'

Augustus "Gus" Jenkins, Sr. entered eternal rest on April 30, 2026 at Ochsner Medical Center. He was born on November 23, 1942 to the late George Wallace and Isabella Washington Jenkins in the Seymourville community in Plaquemine, LA. Augustus was reared in Seymourville and educated in the Iberville Parish schools in Plaquemine and eventually moved to New Orleans, LA in the 1960s. In New Orleans, he worked for the F.W. Woolworth Company for thirty-two years, and at Home Depot in the hardware department and tool center for eighteen years.

He was a man of faith going back to his youth in Seymourville at Second Baptist Church, to his later years as a member of New Saint Matthew Baptist church in New Orleans. He was noted for his love of family, history, sense of humor, cooking, and storytelling while seating on his porch.

He leaves to cherish his memory his children Marvell, Augustus Jr., and Alden; step children Demetrius White, Dania Brown, and Ernest "Sam" Martin Jr.; grandchildren Roosevelt Sterling III, Jasmine Houston, Emani White, and Jenae Vicks; and his sister Virginia Belle Lacy. Augustus will also be greatly missed by a host of godchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents George Wallace and Isabella Washington Jenkins; wives Karen Jenkins and Stella Jenkins; daughter Manette Jenkins; siblings Freddie Goodman, Ephraim Jenkins Sr., Wallace Jenkins, Thomas C. Jenkins, Yvonne Jenkins, and Walter Hammond Jr. Relatives and friends are all invited to attend a Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, May 16, 2026, 12:00PM, at Professional Funeral Services, 1449 N. Claiborne Ave NOLA with Elder Damian M. Every Sr. officiating.

Lafayette, Leroy

Hicks, Artis

Mr. Artis Hicks was born on June 10, 1943, in Natchitoches, Louisiana and transitioned to be with the Lord on May 5, 2026.

Artis was a devoted Christian father, loving grandfather, loyal brother, caring uncle and friend to many. Artis always loved talking about his time in the military and his time traveling the world. He was the beloved son of the late Artis Gay and the late Florestine Hicks. Artis was a devoted husband of Dr. Doris Roche' Hicks. Artis was the father of Dr. Monique Cook (Darrin), Mrs. Candice Coleman (Corey) and Ms. Idrianne Lewis. Artis was proceeded in death by 3 siblings.

He is survived by 4 living siblings. Artis was affectionately known by "Sarge" retired from the United States Army and Dillard University.

He leaves to honor in his memories his grandchildren: Darrin Cook, Jr. Daraun Cook, Carcyn Coleman and Cydni Coleman.

Family and friends are invited to the Celebration of Life, May 16, 2026, at Cornerstone Methodist Church at 5276 Bullard Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana at 10:00 a.m.

Visitation will be with family only at 9:00 a.m. until the hour of service.

Minister Clifton Conrad officiating. Interment is private. Arrangements are entrusted to Heritage

Marilyn Savage James was born on Sunday, December 7, 1952, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the late Ruby Mae Charles Jones and Earl Savage, Sr. On Saturday, May 9, 2026, Marilyn gained her heavenly wings in the comfort of her home following a long illness.

Marilyn is survived by her husband Carlton T. James 111, her father Earl Savage, ten sisters and brothers, three children , Eddie ( Yvonne) Tawana,

Leroy Lafayette passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at the age of 92.

Leroy was affectionately known to many as “Lee or PawPaw”. He was born on October 29, 1933, to the late James Sr. and Mary Lafayette in Lettsworth, LA. He is survived by his wife Carol Rose-Lafayette, three

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stepdaughters Kechia Shandrica and Rose, Tequila Pugh, seven grand‐ children KeAnquinice and Ronald Rose, Sherman, III. and Sylena Badie, Geordan Rogers, Torrey, Jr. and Teyla Johnson and six great-grandchildren. Two loving sisters Edna New‐ some and Lillie Moore, brothers Eddie, three and Larry Samuel Lafayette, godson Fred Russell and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Family and friends are invited to at‐ tend Leroy’s Homegoing Service on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Gaza Baptist Church, 7258 Ransom St, New Orleans, LA 70126. Vis‐ itation will begin at 10:00 a.m. followed by the 11:00 a.m. service officiated by Pastor Alfred Jordan, Sr. Funeral arrangements en‐ trusted to The Boyd Family Funeral Home. Guestbook www.anewtraditi Online: (504)282onbegins.com 0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Own‐ ers/Funeral Directors.

-2 Timothy 4:7 The family gratefully acknowledges the compassionate care of Dr. Siddharth Bhansali, Dr. Margaret Pelitere, Dr. Julie Guider, and Passages Hospice and the spiritual guidance of Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J , Dcn. Will Sigl, Rev. Clayton J. (Beau) Charbonnet, III and Rev. Timothy Hedrick, J.C.L. Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J. will preside over mass at St. Catherine of Siena Church,105 Bonnabel Boulevard on Saturday, May 16th at 11:00 a.m.

Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be private at a later date in the St. Catherine of Siena columbarium.

In lieu of flowers please consider donations in his name to Jesuit High School, 4133 Banks Street or the Academy of the Sacred Heart, 4521 St. Charles Avenue.

Marrero, Charmaine LaBeau

Larmann, Laurence Emig 'Larry'

Laurence Emig Larmann ("Larry"), a lifelong resident of Metairie, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by the family he cherished throughout his life.

Born in New Orleans to Anthony Leo Larmann and Beryl Emig Larmann, Larry was a devoted Catholic, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, attorney, and friend. He lived by the values of faith, family, and service, teaching those around him that God comes first and family matters most.

Larry shared nearly 60 years of marriage with his beloved wife and college sweetheart, Sheila O'Haire.

Together they built a family centered on faith, love, and devotion. He was the proud father of Kevin Larmann (Margaret), Laurie Friedrichs (Shelby, III), and Erin Larmann Reynaud; and devoted "Papa" to Mimi, Larry II, and Kate Larmann, Shelby Friedrichs, IV and Bailey, Brooks, and Stafford Reynaud. He was a constant presence in the lives of his children and grandchildren, never missing milestones, birthdays, games, or opportunities to say "I love you" and "I'm proud of you."

A proud graduate of St. Francis Xavier grammar school, Class of 1954 and Jesuit High School New Orleans, Class of 1959, Larry earned his undergraduate and law degree from Loyola University New Orleans and became a respected attorney and managing partner at Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale. He was known for his integrity, mentorship, and the joy of practicing law alongside his son, Kevin.

His Catholic faith guided every part of his life. He served for more than fifty years as a Eucharistic minister and lector and was deeply involved with St. Catherine of Siena Parish as parish council member, school board president, and volunteer.

Larry also served in the United States Army Reserve and was an avid runner, completing 12 marathons including the Marine Corps Marathon.

He remained active throughout his life, and was a member of Metairie Country Club, Past President of the Mercy Family Center Board, member of Sandestin and DeLimon Owners Associations, the Society of the Founders of the City of New Orleans and the Beggars fraternity at Loyola.

He loved New Orleans traditions, family gatherings, Saints games, and time on the dock in Sandestin. He was known for his thoughtful letters, meticulous notes and lists, and deep loyalty.

He was preceded in death by many beloved family members including his big sister Barbara Larmann Spencer "Bobbie" and many friends and is remembered for a life defined by steadfast faith, humility, discipline, and love.

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

Charmaine LaBeau Mar‐ rero, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at the age of 90. A devoted wife, extraordinary mother, loving and nurtur‐ ing grandmother, Mrs. Marrero lived a life rooted in faith, family and love.

Charmaine was born on October 16, 1935, one of eight children, to John and Norma Olivier LaBeau. A lifelong Catholic, she was educated at Corpus Christi Elementary, Xavier Preparatory High School and Xavier University of Louisiana where she re‐ ceived her Bachelor's De‐ gree in Education. She later obtained her Master s De‐ gree in Early Childhood Ed‐ ucation from the University of New Orleans and spent 25 years as an educator in the Orleans Parish Public School System. Charmaine had an adventurous spirit and embraced life fully.

She traveled extensively with her husband, children and friends, creating mem‐ ories across the globe.

Even at the age of 88, she embarked on a cruise to Bermuda, a testament to her curiosity and love of exploration. She had an outgoing personality which drew her to join many meaningful organizations throughout her life, includ‐ ing, The Legion of Mary, The Amulets, The Links, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America. In quieter mo‐ ments, she also loved to read, garden and play Bridge. A lover of music and the arts, Charmaine often attended Broadway shows, the opera and the ballet. Survivors include her children, Roy (Kathryn), Keith, Denise St. Cyr (Steven), Christopher (Shannon), Jennifer Lewis (Christopher) and Patrick (Angele); fifteen grandchil‐ dren; seven great-grand‐ children; sisters, Susan LaBeau Galbreth, Janice LaBeau and Ann Marie LaBeau Williams, all of whom miss her dearly. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Roy Marrero, Sr; siblings, Joan LaBeau Mathieu, Norman, Darryl and Alvin LaBeau.. A Mass of Christian burial honor‐ ing the life and legacy of the late Charmaine LaBeau Marrero will be held at Resurrection of Our Lord Church, 9701 Hammond Street, New Orleans, LA 70127 on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 11 am. Internment St. Louis #3 Cemetery. Visi‐ tation 9 am in the church.

In lieu of flowers, the fam‐ ily requests donations to Xavier University of Louisiana's Gap Fund.

Please sign the online guestbook at www.cha rbonnetfuneralhome.com.

Charbonnet Labat Glapion, Directors (504)581-4411.

Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He also earned a Ph.D. in Finance from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological School.

Irvin's distinguished career included positions with Bell South, Chrysler, Sara Lee, John Deere, Rockwell International, and United Technologies/ Carrier. He later founded I. Morgan and Associates, Inc. He also served as a professor of finance and business at Dillard University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bentley University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

A devoted man of faith, Irvin faithfully served in numerous churches throughout his life and was ordained as an American Baptist minister in 2008. He also served on the Board of Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana.

He was preceded in death by his son, Jamal Morgan; his parents; his sisters, Cynthia Morgan Bason and Sylvia Morgan; his brother, Orin Morgan; his former wife, June Elloie Morgan; and his wife, Annette Tardy Morgan.

He leaves to cherish his memory his daughter, Dominique Elloie Morgan Solomon of Detroit, Michigan; his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; his sister, Phyliss Morgan Spragin (Ore) of Trussville, Alabama; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family members, friends, and loved ones.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral services at Nazareth Baptist Church, 9108 Pritchard Place New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 on Friday, May 15, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m.

Arrangements by D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home 3933 Washington Ave. New Orleans, La 70125. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.

Novel-Brooks, Cheryl

Cheryl Novel-Brooks, a loving mother and devoted grandmother, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2026, surrounded by family. Born July 19, 1951, in New Or‐ leans, Louisiana, Cheryl graduated from John Mc‐ Donogh High School and was a retired employee of Regional Transit Authority.

She relocated to Grand Prairie, Texas, where she continued building a life grounded in love, strength, and resilience. She leaves to cherish her memory her children: Zina Novel-Jor‐ dan, Carl Novel, Joycelyn Brooks, and Joseph Brooks; Rocqel, grandchildren: Kaila, Kasey, Tyran, Khara, Jayla, Landon, Jamal, Langston, and Maverik; great-grandchildren: and Denim, Jawuan, Logan, Saint, and Kyrin. She is also survived by devoted sib‐ relatives, and lings, friends. Cheryl will be re‐ membered for her kind spirit and deep love for Relatives and family. friends are invited to at‐ tend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, May 16, 2026, for 10:00 AM at Pilgrims Baptist First Church, 1228 Arts St. New Orleans, LA 70117. Visita‐ tion will begin at 9:00 AM. Dr. Eugene Mitchell, offici‐ ating. Interment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. are en‐ Arrangements trusted to The Boyd Family Funeral Home. Guestbook www.anewtraditi Online: (504)282onbegins.com 0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Own‐ ers/Funeral Directors.

Phelps Jr., Meade H.

Ragas, Verna Mae Turner

Meade H. Phelps Jr., father, and husband, Poppy, passed away on May 9 after a long battle with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Meade was born on November 28, 1946, in Alexandria, LA, and grew up in Natchitoches. He graduated from Menard High School in 1964, North‐ western State University in 1967, and LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1971. After completing a residency at Charity Hospi‐ tal, he spent his career in the Emergency Room at Jefferson General East Hospital in Metairie. He also dabbled in real estate for 26 years. Meade mar‐ ried Peg Short in 1972, and was the very proud father of Jenny Phelps Zimmer and Susan Phelps McLin, and the father-in-law of Charlie Zimmer and Steve McLin. He was also the en‐ thusiastic Poppy of Abby Zimmer Chaney (husband Jacob Zimmer, Josh), Braden McLin, and Alyssa McLin. He was an avid ten‐ nis and pickleball player, and a prolific gardener, and was a member of nu‐ merous garden clubs. He also loved to fish. Most of all, he was a family man greatly enjoyed who spending time with his wife, children, grandchil‐ dren, and sisters. Meade is preceded in death by his father Meade H. Phelps Sr., his mother Frances Mc‐ Clung Phelps, his sister and brother-in-law Alice and Roger Williams, and his brothers-in-law Dick Graham and Ed O’Boyle. He is survived by his sisters Lucile Graham and Meade O’Boyle, and his sister and brother-in-law Cecile and Rock Versace. The family would like to thank Dr. Jayne Gurtler and Dr. An‐ thony Russo, as well as the staff of multiple units at Jefferson General East Hospital, for their care of Meade during his illness.

Visitation will be on Satur‐ day, May 16, from 10 am to noon at St. Clement of Rome Church, 4317 Rich‐ land Avenue, Metairie, fol‐ lowed by a funeral mass at noon. Please wear the color of your favorite flower. There will be a cele‐ bration of his life at 1:00 pm at Drago’s Restaurant, 3232 N. Arnoult Road in Metairie. His ashes will be placed in the family vault at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to St. Jude Children’s Re‐ search Hospital, https:// www.stjude.org/donate/ donate-to-st-jude.html or 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678.

To offer online condo‐ lences, send flowers to the family, or plant a tree in memory of Meade H. Phelps Jr., please visit www.gardenofmemorie smetairie.com

Verna Mae Turner Ragas peacefully departed this life on Saturday May 9th, at Ochsner Health Center in Louisiana, sur‐ Gretna, rounded by her five chil‐ dren and other family and friends. She leaves behind a life marked by devotion and committed love for her family. She was 78 years old. Verna was born to the Leon and Elvina late Williams Turner on January 1948, in Potash, 5, Louisiana. She was a na‐ of Port Sulphur, tive Louisiana and after Hurri‐ cane Katrina she relocated to College Station, Texas for 19 years before making her way back home to Plaquemines Parish. She was a devoted mother to Iven and Alvin Edgerson, Dwanna Riley, Gilbert C. Ragas, Cynthia Bazile (Tor‐ rance) and the late Ian P. Ragas. A loving mother-inlaw to Trinette Edgerson, Avery Riley Sr. and Kim‐ berly B. Ragas. She was the proudest of her 22 grand‐ children: Ivy (Christopher), Ivielle, Demarcus, Iva, Christopher, Alvin Jr., Ash‐ ley, Avery Jr. (Angelle), Au‐ tumn, Ashton, Shai, Tasia, Ian, Aiden, Jaeda, Jayvion, Isaiah, Keyvondrick, Lamarcus, Zaquavion, Jay‐ dorian, and Angel along with her 7 great- grandchil‐ dren. She was the sister of Mary Parker (late Lionel), Althea Pepper (Michael), Sheila Camese (late Eddie), Vincent Turner (Devora), Myra Manuel (Alton), and Lorraine Lafrance. Verna was preceded in death by her sisters Connie and June Turner, her brother Victor Turner. Also, her Cordell and nephews Parker, nieces Cantrell Kendra Parker and Atasha Turner and her three clos‐ est friends: Mary Jane Gib‐ son, Barbara Prout and Ce‐ celia Reed, all of whom she missed dearly and often shared fond memories of.

Verna was loved by so many and will be deeply missed by all her family, friends, co-workers as well as her three Godchildren: Lorraine Williams, Dwayne Parker Sr. and Delishia Relatives and Davis. friends of the family are in‐ vited to attend the funeral service on Saturday, May 16th at the Greater Mace‐ donia Baptist Church lo‐ cated at 27796 Hwy 23, Port Sulphur, Louisiana 70083.

The visitation will begin at 9am followed by an 11am funeral service. Rev. Man‐ drel Pansy, Sr. will offici‐ Interment Fisher ate.

Cemetery Highway 23, Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Funeral planning entrusted to

Robinson Family Funeral Home 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse LA. 70037 (504) 2082119. For online condo‐ lences please visit www. robinsonfamilyfuneralho me.com.

Reed, Yvonne Davis

Yvonne Davis Reed, Jan‐ uary 18, 1950 – May 10, 2026. The family of Mrs. Yvonne Davis Reed sadly announces her peaceful transition on Sunday, May 10, 2026, at the age of 76. A lifelong resident of Algiers, Louisiana, Yvonne was a devoted mother, grand‐ mother, educator, sister, auntie, and friend whose kindness and dedication touched countless lives throughout the New Or‐ leans community. Born on January 18, 1950, to the late Jonas Davis Sr. and Louise Thomas Davis, Yvonne was raised with strong family values, faith, and a passion for education. She gradu‐ ated from L.B. Landry High School in 1967 before con‐ tinuing her academic jour‐ ney at Our Lady of Holy Cross College, where she earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

Yvonne dedicated many years of service as a school teacher within the New Orleans Public School system. She was admired by students, colleagues, and parents alike for her patience, compassion, and unwavering commitment to helping children suc‐ ceed. Her legacy in educa‐ tion continues through the many lives she inspired throughout her career. She leaves to cherish her loving memory her children: Damon Reed (Marcella Reed), Demetria Reed Parker (Darnell Parker Sr.), Laward Reed, Keenon Reed (Tashonda Reed), and Larry Rainey (Stacey P. Rainey). She was the proud and loving grandmother of Darniesha Yvonne Parker, Darnell Parker Jr., Lacey C. Rainey, Larriane D. Rainey, Damon Reed Jr., Tyrus Reed, Keenon Reed Jr., Keion Reed Sr., Kendrall Reed, Kendae Reed, Isis Evans, Kevonte Peyton, Ke’San Payton, Keemon Payton, SaNaiya Cocker‐ ham, Ja’Quan Brown, Ke‐ iron Wilson, Destiny Ja‐ cobs, Laward Smith, Nigel Knoten and Lavard Smith.

She was preceded in death by her beloved grandson, Kendrick Ussin. Yvonne is

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Congress can stop this gerrymandering madness In our democracy, voters choose politicians, not the other way around. But in the wake of the U.S. Charles Supreme Court’s Boustany undermining of GUEST the Voting Rights COLUMNIST Act in Louisiana v. Callais, a new round of gerrymandering wars has been reignited and created a mad scramble in Baton Rouge to carve up and eliminate at least one — if not both — of our state’s two Black-majority congressional districts. Louisiana is now moving forward with new voting maps in the middle of a primary election, creating chaos and confusion.

One-third of Louisianians are Black, and the two seats targeted by this gerrymandering push represent one-third of our congressional delegation. This latest round of aggressive gerrymandering could result in six Republican House seats and no seats for Democrats, while also eliminating the state’s only two Black-majority districts.

On April 30, Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the state’s U.S. House primary election while the state draws up new voting maps, but Louisiana’s other primary races will continue on schedule. Before his decision to delay the House

primaries, 42,000 absentee ballots had already been cast.

As former members of Congress from different poMary parties, we Landrieu litical urge Gov. Landry GUEST and the state LegCOLUMNIST islature to halt this gerrymandering push. This attempt to draw new voting maps would turn back the clock to a cruel chapter of our state’s history. And, it’s causing mass confusion about this year’s primary elections.

In the longer term, the Callais decision removes the last major federal protection against racially motivated redistricting. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was never a partisan instrument; it was a mechanism to ensure race did not become a barrier to equal political participation. By effectively gutting that protection, the Court has cleared the way for aggressive gerrymanders that strip minority voters of influence with far fewer legal consequences.

Letting political parties draw their own districts is like letting teams serve as their own referees and gives political parties an unfair ability to tilt the field to their advantage. The stakes extend well beyond Louisiana. States nationwide now have a path to

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Protester Amanda Martello, facing the camera, chants ‘Shut it down’ along with dozens of other protesters who oppose redistricting outside of the Senate & Governmental Affairs Committee room during a meeting at the State Capitol on May 8. redraw districts that suppress minority representation and entrench power without any legal repercussions. The immediate ripple effect will be felt in 2026 and beyond: fewer competitive districts, fewer representatives who reflect diverse constituencies, and a Congress less responsive to its constituents.

Louisiana lawmakers should change course. The state Legislature should pause any rushed

Graduates, Louisiana has a place just for you

Graduation season is one of the most starting your own business, there is a meaningful times of the year. place for you in Louisiana’s economy.

It’s a moment filled with pride Our industries are expanding — from — families celebrating long nights energy and logistics to technology, of studying, teachers cheering on health care and professional services their students and gradu— creating demand for talent at every level. ates standing on the verge This moment also matters for of something new. It’s also families. a moment filled with one of To parents and grandparents: the scariest questions: What Your support has made this comes next?

Susan B. achievement possible. You have For too long, many of those Bourgeois invested in your children’s fuconversations have included GUEST a familiar assumption — that tures with the hope they would COLUMNIST have every opportunity to sucprofessional success requires leaving Louisiana. ceed. Today, that opportunity It’s an idea that has shaped can be found right here at home. decisions for generations. Parents For too long we have believed that have believed it. Students have choosing to stay in Louisiana meant planned for it. And too often, our state your child was settling. The fact is, it’s has watched talented young people the opposite. build their futures somewhere else.

It means building a career while But graduates, let me tell you some- staying close to the people and comthing: That narrative is changing, and munities that shaped them. It means it’s changing quickly. contributing to a state that is creating Today, Louisiana is experiencing new possibilities. It means being part real, measurable momentum. In of the generation helping write Louiless than two and a half years, we siana’s next chapter, which can be its have seen nearly $100 billion in new best chapter. investment across our state. These I know the decision is not always investments are from newly arriving simple. I’ve seen it with my own kids. global companies like Meta, Hyundai Leaving can feel like the only viable and Woodside Energy as well as longchoice, but Louisiana’s reality today is standing employers like MMR Group, different from it was even a few years Turner Industries and Textron Sysago.

This is Louisiana’s moment, and it is tems that have been creating opportuthe result of strong leadership, comnities in Louisiana for generations.

New direct jobs tied to these invest- mitted partners and a shared focus on ments have an average salary of near- delivering results. Businesses, educaly $87,000 — more than 40% higher tors, workforce leaders and communithan the statewide average. ties are working together to ensure These are not just headlines. They opportunity is not just created but acare long-term careers and pathways cessible to everyone. to prosperity.

Graduates, that brings us back to Under Gov. Jeff Landry’s leaderyou.

As you decide what comes next, take ship, Louisiana has made a clear decia fresh look at Louisiana. Look at the sion to compete and to win. We have improved, modernized and crafted an companies investing here. Look at the careers being unlocked. Look at the environment where companies want momentum building across our state. to be for the long haul. That progress The opportunity you are looking for is opening doors and delivering opportunities for you, the next generation of is not necessarily somewhere else.

It is already here in Louisiana. our workforce. And those opportunities are not limited to one path.

Whether you are earning a fourSusan B. Bourgeois is the year degree, completing technical secretary of Louisiana Economic training, entering the workforce or Development.

redraw until after the 2026 midterms and let current elections proceed under stable rules. This would give voters, election officials and candidates certainty.

The burden of defending democracy cannot fall solely on state capitols.

The Callais ruling makes clear that courts alone will not safeguard equal representation.

With Section 2 weakened and a nationwide gerrymandering war

continuing, the onus shifts to Congress. Lawmakers must act swiftly to restore and strengthen federal protections against racial dilution in redistricting. Congress should pass a bill with three simple reforms: n Ban mid-decade redistricting unless there is court order stating otherwise n Mandate independent or bipartisan redistricting commissions in all 50 states n Require commonsense national criteria for redistricting Congress has a clear choice: remain on the sidelines while voters are silenced or put voters back in charge through national reforms that end gerrymandering.

Now is the time for renewed energy — at the ballot box, in state legislatures and in Congress — to put the country first and to ensure that voters, not partisan operatives, pick the people who represent them. We owe that to every American and to the millions whose voices are in danger of being silenced.

Charles Boustany represented Louisiana as a Republican in the U.S. House from 2005 to 2017.

Mary Landrieu represented Louisiana as a Democrat in the United States Senate from 1997 to 2015. Both are members of Issue One’s ReFormers Caucus.

New Orleans’ future relies on adaptation, not abandonment We are not climate deniers in New Orleans. happens when you tell people to abandon their We are fully aware that when Bienville chose generational home (for a hint, search “Katrina this site over 300 years ago, it was the leastGreen Dot Plan”). bad option for an environmentally challenged Further, forced or even planned relocation but economically and strategically essential has a terrible history. From the Trail of Tears city. And since that time, we have defended in the 1800s to the recent relocation of the resiour unique position, most recently with the dents of Isle de Jean Charles (at a cost of al$15 billion Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk most $2 million per family), experience shows Reduction System (HSDRRS), which kept us that displacement always hurts the most vulbone-dry through Category 4 Hurricane Ida. nerable, who lose everything from their liveliThat is why it was frustrating to read about hood to their sense of identity. The authors’ a new Nature Sustainability paper by Torbsuggestion that New Orleans can achieve a “first mover advantage” by accelerating jörn Törnqvist et al., “Climate-driven depopulation makes about as much sense depopulation and adaptation realities as trying to get first to the firing line. in America’s coastal ground zero.”

Here is the question the study’s auDespite clear limitations, the study is presented as scientific proof that New thors never answer: Why New Orleans?

Orleans is lost, and that we should Miami sits on porous limestone that Michael cannot be walled off from rising seas. abandon the city.

Hecht Most vexing is that the paper’s preNew York’s financial district faces catamature prophecy of doom can be selfstrophic flood exposure. Do they suggest GUEST fulfilling. The authors warn against COLUMNIST these cities should be deserted? “market-driven disorderly movement Much better than abandonment is the of people,” but publicly declare New approach currently underway, adaptaOrleans “terminal.” When investors, insurers tion — where New Orleans does indeed have and young families read this, they will act aca first mover advantage, and is in fact a global leader. We have many successful examples of cordingly. The study is now part of the very adaptive infrastructure in Louisiana, including feedback loop it laments.

HSDRRS, the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Christopher Ard of The Lens summarizes Hurricane Protection Project and the Lake it well: “A modern-day redlining of an entire Borgne Marsh Creation Project. city.”

We are also working on adaptive policy. GNO, The study’s methodology has major gaps. Its Inc. is leading a national coalition to champion central scenario — 10 to 23 feet of sea-level rise pushing the shoreline 60 miles inland — is a new form of “all-perils” insurance that would incentivize risk reduction and provide affordextrapolated from conditions 125,000 years ago. And the paper provides no timeline for able protection from flood, tornado, fire and future flooding – it “cannot yet be provided.” more, for homeowners across the nation.

Most glaringly, there is zero consideration of Finally, there is robust research underway, the people of this great city and nation adaptincluding the $25 million Lower Mississippi ing: Apparently, we will just sit here like a cow River Comprehensive Management Study and the $22 million Mississippi River Delta Transiin a rising puddle.

The authors’ case studies are unconvincing. tion Initiative. These represent empirical sciSaying that the population of New Orleans ence that will help inform practical decisions. should migrate, as Native Americans did To be clear: None of this adaptation will haparound 1000 AD, seems to gloss over some pen easily. It is expensive and requires politiimportant differences. So does their more cal will. But what is also clear is that the Delta contemporary example of a mere 6,000 people has built land for 7,000 years, and restoration being moved out of a village in Sweden. in tandem with acclimatization is achievable.

Academic ideas notwithstanding, abandonThe authors of this study call place-attachment is simply not realistic. New Orleans ment a “trap.” We call it love, and that is why handles over 90% of America’s grain exports. we are going to continue to advocate for the Over 60% of America’s natural gas – now supambition and investment that New Orleans deserves. porting Europe — is exported from southern Louisiana. On an economic basis alone, New Orleans is essential. And that is before one gets Michael Hecht is president and CEO of to the social and political questions of what Greater New Orleans, Inc.

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COMMENTARY 2026 LEGISLATIVE RUNDOWN

As bills move in the Louisiana Legislature, we are featuring the issues that matter most to you

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Injustice for domestic abuse victims is a problem in La., but fixes available

HB211

Louisiana has long been one of the most dangerous places in America to be a woman. Domestic violence here is not just common — but far too often lethal; and the systems meant to protect victims routinely fail them.

Here is the part we don’t talk about: Some of these women survive.

Becki They survive by fighting Truscott back, by refusing to die, Kondkar by doing what is necesGUEST sary to live. And for that, COLUMNIST many end up in prison.

We have represented survivors of domestic violence for 26 years and 16 years, respectively. We have stood beside women labeled as “victims” and those Carlotta labeled “defendants” in Lepingwell courtrooms and before pardon boards. One of GUEST COLUMNIST those women was Laura.

Laura spent 30 years in prison for killing a man who tortured her for 16 years. She was convicted by a nonunanimous jury and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Laura was not perfect and was perhaps no one’s vision of who a victim is or how one should behave. She was a flawed parent, had a sharp wit and loved motorcycles.

But here is the rest. For 16 years, Laura’s husband routinely punched, pummeled, kicked, raped and threatened to kill her.

Mostly for no reason, but often for reasons like being slow to bring him dinner. He once beat her unconscious with a bat. Friends saw him beat Laura and drag her by her hair. His sexual torture of Laura was so extreme that it required surgery to repair the damage. Laura sought help from police, courts, lawyers and doctors. She even tried to end her own life. One morning, after he backhanded her across the face, Laura shot her husband eight times.

There is good reason to believe Laura acted in self-defense. But what if she did not? Should Louisiana’s mandatory sentencing laws make none of the above matter? On Oct. 22, 2024, Laura died in prison, confined to a wheelchair and tethered to an oxygen tank.

The system worked as we designed it.

Laura was supposed to die in prison and so she did.

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Capt. Stephanie Minta Gibson takes part in the Shine the Light on Domestic Violence vigil on the steps of City Hall in New Orleans in 2025.

Studies confirm what practitioners like us see every day: Women’s pathways to prison are different from those of men. There is a direct, documented connection between intimate partner violence and women’s incarceration.

The Louisiana Legislature’s 2022 Survivor Informed Task Force found that about three-quarters of women incarcerated in our prisons have experienced abuse. A 2024 Stanford University study of 649 incarcerated California women found that among those who killed an intimate partner, 82% had been victims.

Louisiana’s legislature should act.

Senate Bill 523 is intended to help by allowing survivors to request clemency earlier than they can now. Earlier clemency is positive but not a solution. Clemency generally turns upon whether someone has changed enough — is remorseful enough — to deserve a second chance.

These are the wrong questions in cases like Laura’s.

SB523 does not fix this problem or change the clemency process that failed to bring Laura home. And it does nothing to prevent victims like Laura from being sentenced to die in prison in the first place.

Real solutions exist and they are not radical.

States like Georgia and Oklahoma have adopted them. Fix our mandatory sentencing laws so judges can properly weigh abuse — and extend that relief to victims already in prison.

Update self-defense and duress laws to account for the full context in which victims make split-second decisions and the coercive nature of abuse. Review nonunanimous jury convictions; they happen in cases like Laura’s.

Eliminate laws that put an expiration date on remedying injustice. And design a clemency process appropriate for survivors.

Laura’s story is not an anomaly.

Women like Laura are languishing in Louisiana’s prisons and will continue to die, one by one until we muster the courage and humility to admit our mistakes.

If we listen to survivors, we will know what to do — and will be ashamed that we didn’t do it sooner.

Becki Truscott Kondkar directs Tulane Law School’s Domestic Violence Clinic + Women’s Prison Project. Carlotta Lepingwell directs Tulane Law School’s Criminal Justice Clinic.

Cannabis near schools bill won’t make students safer discretion and pack jails at taxpayers’ Louisiana wants to protect its chilexpense. Because these zones blanket dren. So does every parent, teacher dense urban areas, the burden would and lawmaker in this state. But good fall disproportionately on Black intentions don’t always make and Brown residents. Louisiana good policy. House Bill 568 is already incarcerates more peoa case study in how to squander political will and taxpayer ple per capita than almost any money on a “solution” that jurisdiction on Earth. HB568 wouldn’t solve anything, but would deepen that crisis without Kevin would cause tremendous harm. making a single school safer.

Caldwell The misguided bill would imFurther, the data on youth cannabis use suggests we are pose a mandatory jail sentence GUEST COLUMNIST already on the right track. Since for the smoking or consuming Louisiana stopped arresting of cannabis within 2,000 feet of people for small amounts of a school. Not distribution. Not cannabis, youth use rates have fallen. sales to minors. This is about simple According to the Louisiana Caring consumption in a radius so wide it Communities Youth Survey, cannabis swallows entire neighborhoods. use among sixth through 12th graders In New Orleans, Baton Rouge and dropped from 8.4% in 2020 to 6.9% in Shreveport, these zones cover nearly 2024. Shifting from jail time to fines is every street corner, every apartment complex and every front porch. Under working. Returning to mass incarceraHB568, a grandmother using cannabis tion would be a step backward in her home for relief could face manThe American Academy of Pediatdatory incarceration because a school rics has been clear on this point: Insits two blocks away. That’s not a drug carceration harms children by tearing policy — it’s geography weaponized as parents from families and removing a trap. providers from the home. When we Decades of research from the U.S. lock up a parent for cannabis, we don’t Sentencing Commission, the Departprotect their child — we punish them both. ment of Justice and criminologists Moreover, placing individuals in across the political spectrum confirm that mandatory minimum sentences do prison for minor offenses exposes them to violent offenders, creating a not reduce drug use or trafficking. cycle of trauma rather than a path to What they do accomplish is welljustice. True justice actually keeps the documented. They strip judges of any

punishment aligned with the nature of the crime. HB568 does not reflect that.

The fiscal cost is equally stark. Incarceration costs Louisiana taxpayers more than $26,000 per person, per year. Mandatory incarceration means every qualifying case triggers a significant cost, regardless of individual circumstances. Those millions would be better spent on funding school counselors and evidence-based prevention efforts that actually work.

If the goal is truly protecting children from cannabis, the evidence points toward regulation and education, not incarceration. Even at the federal level, the tide is turning. Vice President JD Vance has stated he does not want people in jail for “smoking a joint,” and President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is considering rescheduling recreational cannabis in addition to medical cannabis.

Louisiana should not be rushing to pass drastic, regressive policies while the national landscape is increasingly shifting toward common sense. Louisiana can do better than HB568. We should focus on what actually keeps our children safe: strong families, well-funded schools and police who are free to pursue violent criminals.

Bill doesn’t offer real solutions to address homelessness The Louisiana Advocacy Coalition on Homelessness is a collective of homeless service providers, coordinating agencies and persons with lived expertise deeply concerned by House Bill 211.

HB211 imposes penalties for sleeping in public spaces — effectively criminalizing people for having nowhere to stay. Across urban, suburban and rural communities alike, we know this does not work. Similar approaches in Florida and Texas have failed to reduce homelessness.

Every day, outreach teams meet people who are trying to stabilize — find employment, flee violence, reconnect with family or secure housing. Instead of helping, HB211 would place additional barriers in their path through fines, citations or incarceration.

Criminal records make housing harder to access. Fines create financial burdens that people cannot pay. Jail time disrupts employment and disconnects individuals from services. These outcomes do not reduce homelessness; they prolong it.

At the same time, this approach diverts public resources away from proven solutions: housing, outreach and supportive services that help people exit homelessness and reduce returns to the streets.

Louisiana has the nation’s second-lowest per capita rate of homelessness. Providers have made meaningful progress by investing in what works. Since 2014, homelessness in Louisiana has decreased by 25% based on annual counts.

Veteran homelessness has reached functional zero across much of the state. All this despite rising housing costs over the same period.

HB211 risks undermining that progress by replacing solutions with penalties.

Persistently high poverty and rising rents mean that people become unhoused daily. Without a strategy to address this inflow, Louisiana can expect to see rising homelessness regardless of how much it diverts to courts, jails and treatment. While other states invest in deeply affordable housing, we have relied on federal support and private charity to address a problem rooted in economic imbalance. If we want safer, stronger communities, we must invest in housing — not criminalization.

JOSEPH HEEREN-MUELLER coordinator, Louisiana Advocacy Coalition on Homelessness

SB217

Legislature needs to slow down and get the facts before changing courts We are advocates of a fair and competent judicial system accessible to all. We join requests to slow down the Louisiana Legislature’s rushed effort to consolidate New Orleans courts and reduce the number of judges, an effort driven by unsupported statements and inadequate data rather than sound policy, to obtain and consider a fair study of the real circumstances in our courts before voting on the proposal.

Our position aligns with a report released on April 19 by the Bureau of Governmental Research. That report advised that “insufficient analysis of the current bills raises serious concerns about the potential impacts on the Orleans Parish justice system and public safety” and urged the Legislature to slow the process to avoid underinformed decisions causing more harm than good. Eliminating judges only in New Orleans based on incomplete data risks delaying justice by cutting too many judges in some courts, slowing access to justice. In addition, the bills risk costing more by not researching the true costs of combining the courts. No fiscal note estimating potential savings has been provided. And the BGR reports that “many of the potential financial benefits of consolidation” may be achieved by simply sharing revenues, a more efficient solution.

The Legislature asks Louisiana to make consequential changes to the justice system based on incomplete analysis, unsupported projections and political urgency, not facts. That is not how sound policy is made. Justice demands fairness and a full accounting of the facts. In short, we urge the Legislature to wait to analyze all relevant facts. As the BGR report recommends, “Wait for the full study. The Supreme Court must complete a comprehensive analysis, including court visits and supplemental research, before any judgeships are eliminated.”

Kevin Caldwell is the southeast legislative manager for the Marijuana Policy Project.

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DEATHS continued from also survived by her loving sister, Drucilla Davis Fas‐ sitt. She was preceded in death by her siblings Edna M. Arbuthnot, Jonas Davis Jr., Betty Davis Clark, and Gerald Davis Sr. Mrs. Reed will be remembered for her warm spirit, strength, wis‐ dom, and deep love for family. Her home was al‐ ways filled with laughter, guidance, and uncondi‐ tional love. She leaves be‐ hind a legacy of faith, edu‐ cation, and devotion that will continue to live on in the hearts of all who knew and loved her. The family extends sincere gratitude for all prayers, calls, visits, and expressions of love shown during this difficult time. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Faith is the Victory Christ‐ ian Center, 3145 Alex Korn‐ man Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Interment will be in Restlawn Park Ceme‐ tery. Professional arrange‐ ments entrusted to Majes‐ tic Mortuary Service, Inc. (504) 523-5872.

Johnson, Renita Pitts, Vic‐ toria C. Sears, Kevin Wash‐ ington, and the late Mar‐ sha Lenox, Robert Sears, Jr., Raymos Sears, Lalita Cole, Roberta Sears, Phillip Sears, George Sears, and Lisette Sears. Marshall is also survived by 6 grand‐ children, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and other Relatives and friends. friends of the family, also and officers, pastors, members of Regular Bap‐ tist Church and all neigh‐ boring churches are in‐ vited to attend the Home‐ going Celebration at Regu‐ lar Baptist Church, 901 5th Street, Gretna, LA on Fri‐ day, May 15, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Pastor T. A. Hodge, of‐ ficiating. Visitation will begin at 8:30 a.m. until ser‐ vice time at the abovenamed church. Interment: Restlawn Park Cemetery, Avondale, LA. Arrange‐ ments by Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St., Gretna, LA. To view and sign the guestbook, please go to www.davismortua ryservice.com.

West, Debra Louise Sears, Marshall

Marshall Sears entered eternal rest at Passage Hospice on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at the age of 71. He was a native of New Orleans, LA, and a resident of Marrero, LA. Marshall was a self-employed land‐ scaper and had various jobs throughout his life. He loved gardening and had a deep love for antique cars, especially classic Chevro‐ lets. Beloved husband of Lenovia B. Sears for over 50 years. Loving father of Marshall Dwayne (Chas‐ sity) Sears, Sr. and Anya Clarisse Sears (Lawrence) Morris. Son of the late Robert Sears, Sr., and Eliza‐ Marshall Sears. beth Grandson of the late Cleo Turner and Victoria Mar‐ shall. Brother of Amanda

Debra Louise West peacefully departed this earth on May 7th 2026. She was a beloved mother, daughter, sister and friend.

She is survived by her 4 children; Toya Delmast, Nikia West, Shonna West and Ronnie West Jr., her 8 grandchildren; Ce'Erra, Haley, Dejah, Talia, Ronnie, Jaylin Valentino and Vondell and 2 great grandchildren; Jacari and Sy'Rae. She is also survived by her mother Barbra Brown, 2 sisters; Donna and Wanda and 2 brothers; Eddie and Drake.

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Brother to Joseph Sr., Josephine, David Sr., Carl Sr., Calvin Sr., Jeneta, Eliza‐ beth, the late Penny Viola, Avis, Dwight Sr., Carolyn, Winona, and Steven, Roshon. Also survived by nine granddaughters, fif‐ grandsons, seven teen great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild as well as a host of nieces and nephews. Relatives, friends, members of St. Thomas Catholic Church, Mission Assumption Church, as well as all neighboring churches of employees Plaquemines; of Plaquemines Parish Gov‐ ernment, former Brown and Root, and Phoenix High School are invited to attend. A celebration ser‐ vice honoring the life and legacy of the late Oscar “Dr. Nunu” Williams will be held at St. Thomas Catholic Church 17605 Hwy 15, Point-ala-Hache, LA on Sat‐ urday May 16, 2026. The visitation will begin at 9am followed by an 11am ser‐ vice. Father Sampson Ab‐ duli officiating and en‐ tombment will follow in St. Thomas Church Cemetery.

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New Orleans’ schedule features a return to prime time and an important late stretch

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

You can book your flights: The New Orleans Saints’ 2026 schedule has been finalized.

The NFL released the full 2026 slate Thursday, giving teams the where and when of their 2026 slate.

The Saints’ lineup this year features a travel-heavy back half of the season, with four of their final five games against division foes.

The 2026 Saints season will begin with a road swing — against two of the toughest oppo-

Ausberry: ‘There was no connection’ LSU athletic director gives candid assessment of Kelly’s tenure

nents on its schedule — after getting a home opener on the schedule in seven of the past eight seasons (the Saints played a “home” game against the Green Bay Packers in Jacksonville, Florida, to start the 2021 season on account of Hurricane Ida).

New Orleans opens its campaign against the Lions in Detroit, then follows it with a trip to Baltimore to take on the Ravens.

Both the Lions and Ravens are coming off disappointing seasons, but both are poised to rebound in 2026.

The last time the Saints opened the season against Detroit was in 2009, when they went on to win the Super Bowl.

The home opener will wait until Week 3,

when New Orleans will take on the Las Vegas Raiders and No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza Sept. 27.

After being shut out of prime time entirely in 2025, the Saints will return to the NFL’s bright lights with a Monday Night Football matchup against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 4 — an obvious homage to the 20th anniversary of the “Rebirth” game when the Superdome reopened its doors for the first time after Hurricane Katrina in a Monday Night Football game against Atlanta.

That game was played Sept. 25, 2006, against the Falcons, meaning the Saints will play Atlanta on Monday Night Football

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In an interview with USA Today, LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry offered a candid assessment of why coach Brian Kelly’s tenure failed and said that Lane Kiffin will shield the program from the “apathy” that took root last season.

Ausberry did not mention Kelly by name.

But he did say that “who we had” in charge of the football program had “no connection” with employees, boosters, former players and other key figures. Kiffin, he said, There was no will bring LSU back to feel, there was the “Saban model,” one no connection in which the school’s head football coach between the has a stronger rapport LSU football with fans, donors and program, the alumni.

“That’s what Lane coach and will do,” Ausberry said. “He’ll go out the fans.” there and have that VERGE AUSBERRy, conversation with the LSU athletic director, donors and the people who support the proon Brian Kelly gram and (say), ‘We need your help,’ and give them his cell number.

“He’s not one who’ll say, ‘OK, I don’t want people to contact me. I don’t want people to touch me. I don’t want people to be around me.’ That’s who we had. That’s why we got what we got. There was no feel, there was no connection between the LSU football program, the coach and the fans.”

Ausberry’s remarks were published three days after Kiffin said in an interview with Vanity Fair that when he was coaching at Ole Miss, family members of top recruits

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LSU softball coach Beth Torina visits the mound on April 10 at Tiger Park. The Tigers are hosting an NCAA regional this weekend. FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL BACIGALUPI

LSU softball team looking for ‘best game’ in regional play

BY JIM KLEINPETER Contributing writer

The LSU softball team knows it drew perhaps the toughest No. 2 seed of any of the 16 first-round NCAA Tournament hosts in Virginia Tech.

It is also painfully aware that the Hokies aren’t the issue yet.

The Tigers open the Baton Rouge Regional against No. 4 seed Akron, a team bubbling with excitement for its first NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Tiger Park. Virginia Tech and No. 3 seed South Alabama open regional play at 3 p.m. (ESPN+).

Last year, LSU couldn’t get past the No. 4 seed Southeastern Louisiana, losing twice to the spunky underdog Lions. The Zips, who won the Mid-American Conference regular-season and tournament titles, would like to play this year’s spoiler.

“Everybody playing this time of year is playing for something; everybody has beaten somebody and done something great to get here,” LSU coach Beth Torina said.

While Torina has spoken carefully about last year’s result, she has emphasized to her players to focus on the team in front of them and to trust their own training. The

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Pressure to advance nothing new for Tigers, Torina

STAFF FILE PHOTO By HILARy SCHEINUK

LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry looks on from the sideline before kickoff against Alabama on Nov. 8 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

There was drama in Sunday’s NCAA softball tournament selection show for LSU. The Tigers knew they were in the field, of that there was no doubt.

The big question was would they get to host a regional once again?

Finally, when the last regional was revealed on ESPN, LSU had indeed snagged the final regional host spot, and the No. 4 seed in the top left quadrant of the NCAA bracket.

For normal people, that means the Tigers are the No. 16 national seed.

Why does the NCAA have to complicate things that don’t need to be complicated?

LSU coach Beth Torina was calm

Scott Rabalais watching the teams being revealed, but was bemused by her players’ reaction.

“I felt confident in our résumé,” Torina said, “that we’d done our job.

I knew we’d fall somewhere in that 14-16 range, so it didn’t surprise me a ton to see it.

“I know the (players were) on the edge of their seats. It was a cool

response. Just maybe made them a little more grateful to be included in the field and to be playing in Tiger Park this week.”

Ah, yes. The friendly confines.

The road to Oklahoma City starts for the Tigers in their own back yard, just as it has 10 of the past 11 NCAA tournaments now. Steeped in that history, LSU gets its start at 5:30 p.m. Friday against Akron, the delightfully nicknamed Zips, making their first NCAA Tournament appearance.

That was news to Torina. She’s been focused on how Akron plays,

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The Saints will also have some chances at cold-weather games, but temperatures should be manageable for most of the schedule.

Only two of their road opponents play in domes, and several of them play in cold-weather climates.

But of their potential coldweather games — in Cincinnati, Baltimore and Chicago — none are happening in December. The games in Chicago and Cincinnati will occur in back-to-back weeks in late November.

According to weather.gov, the average late-November temperature in Chicago is somewhere in the low 40s — definitely cooler than what the Saints are accustomed to, but not exceptionally cold. Last year, the high temperature on that day was 44 degrees.

Finally, the Saints’ season might be defined by how the team finishes. Four of the final five games come against NFC South oppo-

The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined

by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS. FIFA has announced that, for the first time, the final at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19 will include a Super Bowl-style concert.

Soccer’s governing body said the show would support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is raising $100 million to help children access education and soccer.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said it would bring together “music and football on the biggest stage in sport for a very special cause.”

“Every child should have the opportunity to dream, and together we can help make that possible,” he posted on Instagram.

Sparks to honor HOF legend Leslie with statue

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Sparks announced Thursday they will honor Hall of Fame player Lisa Leslie with a statue outside of Crypto.com Arena.

Leslie became the second player in league history, joining Sue Bird, to be honored with a statue by her franchise. The eight-time AllStar remains the team’s leader in points, rebounds, blocks and a host of other categories.

“To be cemented in Los Angeles, the city that raised me, I couldn’t be more proud to be a role model forever!” Leslie said in a statement.

She helped the franchise win back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002 and spent her entire 12-year career with the Sparks. Leslie also won four gold medals with USA Basketball.

BY DOUG FERGUSON NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Scottie Scheffler missed a 4-foot putt and laughed. Jon Rahm angrily swung his club after an errant shot and the grass divot hit a volunteer in the face. Garrick Higgo was 10 seconds late to the first tee and penalized two shots before he even swung a club.

Aronimink waited 64 years to host another PGA Championship and made up for lost time in a big way Thursday, including the biggest logjam in a major championship since 1969.

When the long day was over, most predictable was seeing Scheffler’s name atop the leaderboard at 3-under 67, along with six other players. Another surprise: It’s the first time the world’s No. 1 player has at least a share of the lead after 18 holes of a major.

Scheffler wasn’t buying it.

“Is it a really a lead when you’re tied with like six guys?” he told ESPN with a laugh.

Scheffler took advantage of two long birdie putts and one big break on the 17th hole for his lowest start to a tournament since January. He was tied with six others — former PGA champion Martin Kaymer perhaps the most surprising — on a tough day in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Joining them at 67 were Aldrich Potgieter, Stephan Jaeger, Min Woo Lee, Ryo Hisatsune and Alex Smalley. The seven-way tie was the largest since nine players shared the lead in the 1969 PGA Championship at NCR Country Club in Dayton, Ohio.

“At this moment, it’s anybody’s tournament,” Scheffler said. Indeed, 48 players were within three shots of the lead. The difference between missing the cut and being part of the lead was six shots.

And to think it could have been eight players. Higgo had a 69, which included a two-shot penalty before he even hit a shot for being 10 seconds late to the tee for his group’s starting time.

Masters champion Rory McIlroy bogeyed his last four holes for a 74 that sent him to the practice range for most of the afternoon.

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Fans watch Scottie Scheffler hits on the eighth green during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Aronimink Golf Club on Thursday in Newtown Square, PA. imink with its severely sloped greens, fast fairways and plenty of wind that shooed away morning clouds was every bit a major challenge.

Scheffler has struggled with opening rounds for most of the year since opening with a 63 in his season debut at The American Express, his only victory. But this was quality work. He missed only one fairway, which cost him one of his two bogeys on the day.

“Definitely the best start I’ve gotten off to this year, maybe besides American Express,” Scheffler said. “Your scores are definitely going to be lower if you hit the ball on the fairway, but it’s still really, really difficult to make birdies.”

He made one from just inside 40 feet on the par-4 seventh, and another birdie from just inside 30 feet on the par-4 10th. And even the No. 1 player in the world needed a little help.

Scheffler was in the thick collar of rough to the right of the par-3 17th, facing a chip over a ridge and down toward the hole. But his golf ball was close enough to a sprinkler cap that he was given free relief, dropped on the fringe and putted it to close range for a par.

Kaymer won the PGA Championship in 2010 at Whistling

Straits, giving him a lifetime exemption. Kaymer joined LIV Golf in 2022 and has yet to finish in the top 10 in the few European tour events he has played since then. He is No. 1,160 in the world ranking. He hasn’t been in the top 10 after one round of any major since the 2020 PGA Championship.

During the champions dinner on Tuesday, he said one PGA of America officer asked the German if he planned to play this week.

“I said, ‘Yeah, that’s why I’m here. I’m not flying from Europe to here to have a New York strip with you guys, you know?’ Of course, I’m playing. And that really motivated me.”

Patrick Reed was the only player who made it around Aronimink without a bogey, his two birdies giving him a 68 and in the large group with Xander Schauffele and Shane Lowry, who played the two par 5s in 3 under.

Jordan Spieth, lacking only the PGA Championship for the career Grand Slam, bogeyed two of his last three holes — and did not birdie the par-5 ninth, the easiest hole at Aronimink — to join the group at 69 that included Brooks Koepka, Rahm and Justin Thomas.

“Just didn’t quite finish the way

I wanted to the last three holes, but under par was a good score,” Spieth said. “It was blowing really hard, and it was cold this morning.

The course played very, very difficult. It was a good start. I’m going to need to improve on it, I think, each day.”

Rahm was headed for another rough start in a major until he holed out for eagle from the 11th fairway, chipped in for birdie on the tough par-3 eighth and shot 69. He was told some people thought scoring would be better in the morning. This surprised him.

“People thought it would be lower?” he replied. “Have you been out there? Have you seen this course?”

McIlroy had the toughest finish. He struggled out of the damp, dense rough. He struggled on the greens. He closed with four straight bogeys and described his round in one word that translates loosely to doo-doo.

No one struggled quite like Bryson DeChambeau, who didn’t make a birdie until he ended on the par-5 ninth. That kept him from matching his highest score in the PGA Championship. He shot 76 and now has to work toward avoiding a second straight missed cut in a major.

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year with high expectations. This is about as tough a start as the Saints could ask for.

WEEK 7 *VS. PITTSBURGH — INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE: Êtes-vous prêt pour du football américain? Oui! The most interesting non-France subplot in this game is Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy matching wits with his former pupil, Saints head coach Kellen Moore. But let’s be real, this one is exciting because of the locale.

WEEK 13 VS. GREEN BAY — THE TOUGHEST HOME GAME: Of the teams that are coming to visit New Orleans this year, Green Bay may be the toughest test. The Packers are coming off a somewhat disappointing season in 2025, but they may be poised for a bounce-back season, and their fan base always travels well.

WEEK 6 AT NEW YORK — THE NARRATIVE DEFINER: The Tyler Shough vs.

Jaxon Dart conversation about which was having the better rookie season grew pretty tiresome toward the end of last season. If they both stay healthy, this will be their first head-to-head matchup. That alone will make this one fun in the lead-up.

Preseason: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 3 p.m.

Aug. 15 Preseason: at Los Angeles Rams 3 p.m. Aug. 22 Preseason: at Dallas Cowboys time, day TBD

Regular season Week 1: at Detroit Lions, noon Sept. 13 Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens, noon Sept. 20 Week 3: vs Las Vegas Raiders, 3:25 p.m. Sept. 27 Week 4: vs Atlanta Falcons, 7:15 p.m. Oct. 5 Week 5: vs Minnesota Vikings, noon Oct. 11 Week 6: at New York Giants, noon Oct. 18 Week 7: vs Pittsburgh Steelers (Paris), 8:30 a.m. Oct. 25 Week 8: BYE Week 9: vs Cleveland Browns, noon Nov. 8 Week 10: vs Carolina Panthers, noon Nov. 15 Week 11: at Chicago Bears, noon Nov. 22 Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals, noon Nov. 29 Week 13: vs Green Bay Packers, noon Dec. 6 Week 14: at Carolina Panthers, noon Dec. 13 Week 15: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, noon Dec. 20 Week 16: vs Arizona Cardinals, noon Dec. 27 Week 17: at Atlanta Falcons, noon Jan. 3 Week 18: vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers, time, day TBD (Jan 9/10)

nents, three of which will be on the road. That stretch begins with a Week 14 road game against the Carolina Panthers. The Saints will follow that up with a trip to Tampa Bay, then they play on the road in Atlanta for Week 17 before finishing at home against the Buc-

Five most interesting games WEEK 4 VS ATLANTA — THE EMOTIONAL CALLBACK: Back on Sept. 25, 2006, Steve Gleason became an icon in New Orleans after he laid out to block Atlanta Falcons punter Michael Koenen’s punt. That was the play that lasted on an emotionally charged night, with Gleason keying the Saints’ victory in their first game back at the Superdome in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The NFL did the right thing by bringing Atlanta back for Monday Night Football in the relative vicinity of the 20th anniversary.

WEEKS 1 & 2 AT DETROIT AND BALTIMORE — BATTLE TESTING: This is cheating a bit with two games, but: The Saints start the season with back-to-back road games against two of the top-10 current betting favorites to win the Super Bowl in the Detroit Lions and Baltimore Ravens. Both of these squads are looking to erase the taste of disappointing 2025 seasons that saw each miss the playoffs after coming into the

Gauff heads to Italian final for second straight year

ROME — Coco Gauff beat 36-yearold Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3 to reach the final for a second straight year.

Gauff saved a match point in a three-set victory over Iva Jovic in the fourth round and then came back from a set down to defeat Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals.

Against Cirstea, Gauff got 78% of her first serves in and had only one double fault.

Gauff was beaten by Paolini in the 2025 Rome final, then went on to win the French Open.

In Saturday’s final, Gauff will face three-time Rome champion Iga Swiatek or two-time winner Elina Svitolina, who were playing later.

Gauff is one win away from her first title this season, and her first since the 2025 Wuhan Open.

Georgia S Riddle arrested on drug, speeding charges

Georgia safety Ja’Marley Riddle was arrested last week on two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor speeding charge, according to a police report obtained by WGIG 98.7 FM. Riddle, who transferred to Georgia from East Carolina ahead of the upcoming season, was observed weaving through traffic at roughly 95 miles per hour on Friday night in an SUV, according to the report. Glynn County police officers stopped Riddle and noted nervous behavior and an odor of marijuana.

Police discovered a bag inside a backpack containing “a large amount of multicolored packaging, some with a leafy substance stating marijuana, and some containing vapes stating THC.”

Sinner breaks record to reach Italian Open semi

ROME — Jannik Sinner is two victories away from becoming the first home man to win the Italian Open in half a century. And it doesn’t seem like anybody can stop him — either in Rome or at the French Open that starts in 10 days.

The top-ranked Sinner landed shots on the lines repeatedly in a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over No. 14 Andrey Rublev to reach the semifinals Thursday and move past Novak Djokovic with a record 32nd consecutive victory in Masters 1000 events — the biggest tournaments outside the Grand Slams.

“I don’t play for records.

I play just for my own story.

And obviously at the same time it means a lot to me,” Sinner said.

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Harden-led Cavs win away from East finals

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP basketball writer

This may as well have been called The James Harden Experience.

In the span of 22 seconds during overtime of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night, Harden did all this for the Cleveland Cavaliers — made a free throw, missed a free throw, blocked a shot, got a rebound and threw the ball away.

None of it seemed to faze him, which is quintessential Harden.

“He never wavered,” Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said. “He has a bad game, good game, you can’t even tell.

So, I think his mentality — he’s seen so much, been through so many of these series — he’s a heck of a leader.”

This is why Cleveland made the decision to go get Harden in a trade three months ago. He was going to make them better, tougher, more playoff-ready. The numbers, to this point, say they’re on to something.

Thanks largely to the bearded man who has been to the playoffs in each of his 17 NBA seasons, they’re one win away from the East finals. They could get there with a win over the Pistons in Game 6 of their series on Friday night, in Cleveland. It bears noting that Harden’s three best games of the series have been the last three games — all of them wins by the Cavaliers.

“He’s a pro’s pro,” Cavaliers guard Max Strus said after

the Game 5 win, one where Harden led the Cavaliers with 30 points despite missing seven of his final eight shots from the field during the fourth quarter and overtime.

“He shows up every single day,” Strus said. “He puts (an) amount of work in. You don’t become one of the best players the game has ever seen without showing up every single day. I think that’s one thing that I’ve noticed from him is the consistency, whether that’s in the weight room, whether that’s in taking care of your body, whether it’s in getting shots up.

He’s a Hall of Famer in that regard and that’s why he is who he is — because he consistently puts in the work.”

The numbers show how Harden has so much value to the Cavaliers. In these playoffs, they are: — 5-1 when he scores at least 22 points (2-4 otherwise).

— 4-0 when he shoots at least 44% (3-5 otherwise).

— 5-0 when he has at least seven field goals (2-5 otherwise).

— 6-1 when he has at least three 3-pointers (1-4 otherwise).

Has it always been smooth? It has not. Harden still turns the ball over often, although that’s sometimes a misunderstood stat because the guys with the ball in their hands more than others are simply going to turn it over more than most people. He’s three points away from tying Stephen Curry for 10th on the all-time playoff scor-

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“I was looking at their swings,” she said.

There is an obvious advantage to home field, but for the Tigers there is also pressure. Akron, Virginia Tech and South Alabama are quality teams who all distinguished themselves to get here. But LSU is supposed to win, something the Tigers have been unable to do in home-park regionals two of the past three seasons.

Both times LSU was ignominiously eliminated by in-state rivals: UL in 2023 and Southeastern Louisiana last year.

Torina has done little dwelling on those disappointing results, especially last year’s regional. But given that recent past there is definitely more pressure on LSU to at least advance from Baton Rouge to the super regional round, though she insisted Thursday that is hardly anything new around these parts.

“Just being a coach and a player at LSU, there’s pressure,” Torina said. “It doesn’t matter if we’re playing at home, on the road, first game of the year, last game of the year. We’re playing in the SEC and you’re playing at a school that expects excellence and deserves excellence the way LSU does. There’s always going to be pressure.”

Torina’s tenure was pressurized even more coming into this season because of the regional flameout against Southeastern in 2025 and the fact that her Tigers haven’t been to the Women’s College World Series since 2017. Under Torina,

ing list (which is good), and one turnover away from tying Shaquille O’Neal for the second-most giveaways in the playoffs in this format that goes back to 1984 (which is not so good).

In fairness, Harden is judged differently than many players. It comes with the territory — 17 years in the league, 17 playoff appearances, extremely well-paid, extremely welldecorated when it comes to awards, and zero NBA titles. But also, in the interest of fairness, he’s finding ways to make things work with Cleveland despite being put in a role very different than the one he’s been playing for some time.

“This is new for me. I’ve only been here two and a half months,” Harden said.

“So, the things that we are going through is all new.”

He’s had to be a second option in Cleveland, the Robin to Donovan Mitchell’s Batman. Such adjustments are not easy to make.

Harden has been trying to do so seamlessly ever since the trade happened — and Cleveland is one win away from the NBA’s final four for the first time since 2018 (and in the non-LeBron James era, the first time since 1992).

“I think we’re building in the right direction,” Harden said. “And throughout that process, there’s going to be some times where we don’t look as great, but I think overall we’ve all got the right mindset of wanting to help each other be better. And I think we’re finding that.”

LSU hasn’t been a top-shelf national power like Southeastern Conference rivals Oklahoma, Texas and Alabama, this year’s No. 1 overall national seed and the team the Tigers would likely face if they advance.

Still, LSU softball under Torina has been a model of consistency since she arrived in 2012, They’ve made the NCAA Tournament every year there was one (save 2020, of course) and has hosted 11 regionals overall. Message board chatter going into this season about Torina’s job being in jeopardy was proven to be madness.

She’ll certainly be back in 2027, though a regional championship this weekend would certainly help the cause.

Torina candidly said assistant coach Bryce Neal and director of player performance and analytics Zach Jermain, in their third and second years on the staff have helped her tailor LSU’s roster better to play in Tiger Park, especially this time of year.

“We’re still trying to make that happen,” Torina said. “Still in a little bit of a transition with this roster, to the things we’ve reset and found important. But we’re definitely moving in that direction.”

That direction is getting to the super regional round for the 10th time in program history, whatever it takes for the Tigers to get there.

“It doesn’t have to be pretty,” second baseman Sierra Daniel said, “as long as we have a ‘W’ next to our name.

“Every team is going to give you their best. It’s that time of the season. So it’s about being the most competitive team on the field that day.”

Drama or no drama. Pressure or no pressure.

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LSU third baseman Seth Dardar throws to first base before a game against Northeastern on Feb. 29 at Alex Box Stadium. Dardar, John Pearson and Tanner Reaves have all manned the position this season.

For LSU, third base still a question mark

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

LSU’s infield has improved over the past two weeks.

Freshman Jack Ruckert at second base had two hits and an RBI on May 3 against South Carolina. At first base, freshman Mason Braun has become the leadoff hitter and leads the team in on-base percentage. Both freshmen have also upgraded the defense.

Shortstop Steven Milam has been the Tigers’ most valuable defensive player all year while being one of their top hitters.

But even with Milam and the ascension of Ruckert and Braun, there’s a hole remaining on the infield: third base. The Tigers started Tanner Reaves and Seth Dardar and John Pearson at the position over the past two weeks, but no member of the trio has played well enough to warrant an everyday role.

Reaves started at third in Game 1 of the Tigers’ doubleheader on May 2 against South Carolina and went 0 for 3. Dardar had two hits in Game 2 of the doubleheader, but he struggled defensively and was hitless in the series finale.

Pearson returned to the lineup from a hamstring injury last week and hit home runs against Tulane and Georgia. But he was benched Sunday and replaced by Brayden Simpson in the sixth inning of the Tigers’ blowout loss to the Bulldogs. “(Just) try to get some guys a look to see if maybe there’s been some improve-

ä For full story on Florida at a mistake that allowed Georgia to score four runs in the LSU visit nola.com second inning. ment,” coach Jay Johnson said. “It’s just that there have been some guys that weren’t playing … and we got them back in there and they did well. So most of the guys on the team are good guys and put in a lot of effort, and I wanted to give them a look.”

With three regular-season games remaining, Johnson will be hard-pressed to find a perfect solution at third. His best option at the plate to fill the role is likely Dardar. The Kansas State transfer was hitting .308 with a .970 OPS heading into this weekend’s series at Georgia.

“I thought he lengthened our lineup a little bit,” Johnson said. “I thought he took some really good competitive swings, had a couple of hits.”

The issue with Dardar has been his defense. He struggled filling in at third base against South Carolina, dropping a pop-up and misfielding a ground ball in Game 2 of the doubleheader. He also couldn’t corral a bouncing ball that was originally ruled an error before being changed to being a hit.

Granted, the defense at third base wasn’t much better with Reaves or Pearson there. Reaves failed to secure a pop-out in Game 1 against South Carolina and committed an error against Mississippi State. Pearson had an error Friday and misplayed a ground ball Sunday,

But like Dardar, Reaves and Pearson can help LSU at the plate. “(Reaves) deserves to be in (the lineup) right now,” Johnson said last Sunday. “I believe he’s a player. If he plays well, that really lifts our team.”

There aren’t many alternatives to Dardar, Pearson or Reaves at third base.

Trent Caraway started at the position to begin the season, but he only holds a .713 on-base plus slugging percentage and hasn’t had an at-bat since the Mississippi State series. Simpson was a third baseman before transferring to LSU, but he has struck out 19 times in 37 at-bats.

Simpson and Caraway have also struggled at times defensively. LSU’s best defensive alternative is probably freshman Ethan Clauss, who has only gotten two atbats in SEC play.

“I would never say never to anything,” Johnson said about the possibility of Clauss cracking the starting lineup.

For now, as LSU tries to sneak into the NCAA Tournament with one week left in SEC play, it’ll rely on Dardar, Pearson and Reaves to fill out the rest of its lineup and play third base.

Especially on defense, it’s not an ideal situation. But if they can contribute on offense, the Tigers will have a deeper lineup that could challenge Florida and whoever they face in the SEC Tournament.

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“I’d rather be on the opposite side.”

Ausberry also said that Kiffin is doing a better job of welcoming former players back to the program than Kelly did.

“There was no connection and no building” during Kelly’s tenure, Ausberry said.

“Not many employees connected. The former players didn’t connect. Yeah, I’m saying it.

“Now, former players live over there (at the facility), go over there, we welcome them over there, (they) work out over there. That’s what we want. That’s who LSU used to be. Former players came in the weight room, and they worked out.

There wasn’t signing no form to be able to work out, or, ‘Who are you? You can’t work out at this time.’ ” Ausberry is a former LSU linebacker and longtime administrator who was promoted to athletic director after Scott Woodward was ousted from the role on Oct. 30 — four days after Kelly was fired. He formally hired Kiffin exactly a month into his tenure as athletic director, then re-hired Will Wade as LSU’s men’s basketball coach by the end of March.

The LSU board of supervisors officially approved Ausberry’s four-year, $6.3 million contract on April 23.

would sometimes express reservations about sending their son to Oxford, Mississippi, given the state and city’s checkered racial history. Those comments ignited a firestorm, widening a rift between Kiffin and his former school.

Kiffin offered an apology on Tuesday, telling On3 that he “really apologizes if anybody at Ole Miss or in Mississippi was offended by that.”

When USA Today asked Ausberry about those remarks, he cited LSU’s Oct. 25 loss to Texas A&M — a game he’s frequently highlighted as the impetus for Kelly’s firing. The Tigers fell 49-25 in a mostly empty Tiger Stadium, losing what was left of their already faint College Football Playoff hopes and leading the school to make a coaching change.

“Every day you talk about us, guess what, that’s good for LSU,” Ausberry said. “If they’re not talking about you, guess what? That’s when you’ve got problems. That’s when you got apathy.

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BATON ROUGE REGIONAL

The LSU softball team will host the Baton Rouge regional for the 17th time in program history. The Tigers have hosted the regional round in 10 of the past 11 seasons, dating to 2015. The fi rst game of the double-elimination tournament will be between Virginia Tech (46-10) and Sun Belt Conference Tournament champion South Alabama (32-25) at 3 p.m. Friday at Tiger Park. LSU (37-17) will face Akron (34-23) following the fi rst game at 5:30 p.m. Here’s a look at the teams playing in the regional.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

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LSU pitcher Jayden Heavener delivers a pitch against Oklahoma in the first inning on March 28 at Tiger Park. Heavener is one of LSU’s top pitchers.

Virginia Tech’s Jordan Lynch reacts after hitting a two-run homer during a game against Boston College on March 27 in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

No. 1 LSU

No. 2 Virginia Tech

NICKNAME: Tigers RECORD: 37-17, finished eighth in SEC COACH: Beth Torina (615-270, 15th season at LSU) TOP HITTERS: CF Jalia Lassiter (.353, 8 HR, 37 RBIs); 1B Tori Edwards (.287, 12 HR, 43 RBIs) TOP PITCHERS: LH Jayden Heavener (12-8, 2.33 ERA, 109 K, 1261/ 3 IP); RH Cece Cellura (8-5, 3.32, 45 K 922/ 3 IP) NOTABLE: LSU is playing Akron for the first time, is 2-0 vs.Virginia Tech and 16-2 vs. South Alabama.

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NICKNAME: Hokies RECORD: 46-10, tied for second in ACC COACH: Pete D’Amour (320-96-1, eighth season at Tech) TOP HITTERS: 3B Jordan Lynch (.432, 18 HR, 53 RBIs), 1B Michelle Chatfield (.383, 14 HR, 49 RBIs) TOP PITCHERS: RH Bree Carrico (14-1, 1.63 ERA, 121 K, 1071/ 3 IP), LH Emma Mazzarone (165, 2.91, 168 K, 1272/ 3 IP) NOTABLE: Tech is fifth in the nation with 105 home runs.

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South Alabama pitcher Ryley Harrison throws a pitch during a game on March 20 in Monroe. Harrison is one of South Alabama’s top pitchers with a 2.42 ERA and 194 Ks.

Akron outfi elder Haley Glass bats during a game on March 28 in Kalamazoo, Mich. Glass is one of the Zips’ top players with nine home runs this season.

No. 3 South Alabama

No. 4 Akron

NICKNAME: Jaguars RECORD: 32-25, won Sun Belt Conference Tournament COACH: Becky Clark, 618-420-2, 21st season at USA TOP HITTERS: DP Kara Wine (.323, 4 HR, 26 RBIs), 1B Virginia Mambelli (.319, 7 HR, 27 RBIs) TOP PITCHERS: RH Ryley Harrison (18-12, 2.42 ERA, 194 K, 197 IP), RH Sydney Scapin (8-9, 2.65, 82 K, 95 IP) NOTABLE: South Alabama is making its seventh NCAA Tournament appearance, but the first in Baton Rouge.

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“We talked about being competitive,” second baseman Sierra Daniel said. “It doesn’t have to be pretty as long as we have the W next to your name.

“We’ve learned every team is going to give you their best and being the most competitive team on the field that day is what’s important. We have to trust our process.

We do all the thinking and worrying on the practice field. We just need to play free.”

Torina describes Akron as balanced with similar home run power to LSU’s (54 homers to 56 for the Tigers) and with speed. Perhaps the best asset is coach Craig Nicholson, a 25-year coaching veteran with over 1,000 victories. He guided Central Arizona College to four junior college national titles while winning 723 games and has stops at Arizona State, Ball

NICKNAME: Zips RECORD: 34-23, won Mid-America Conference Tournament and regular-season title.

COACH: Craig Nicholson, 115-100, fourth season at Akron TOP HITTERS: 1B Sophia Wygast, (.339, 11 HR, 60 RBIs), OF Haley Glass (.320, 9 HR, 30 RBIs) TOP PITCHERS: RH Madie Jamrog (18-6, 3.43 ERA, 99 K, 1771/ 3 IP), RH Macy Walters (13-10, 4.91, 58 K, 1351/ 3) NOTABLE: The Zips are making the program’s first appearance in the NCAA DI Tournament.

— Jim Kleinpeter

State and Texas A&M-Kingsville before have a lot of options and it’s probably our trump card of all the teams here. We have taking over at Akron four years ago.

“They’ll be solid on all fronts,” Torina the deepest pitching staff. We will be able to match up well with some of these different said.

So are the Tigers, who finished strong types of hitters.”

Torina has said all season that it has takdown the stretch, leading into the postseason. The Tigers improved their power en some time for the team — with 11 new faces among 23 players — numbers from last season, to come together and that but also got more competiit is playing its best ball tive at-bats. The pitching “Everybody (pitchers) while still looking for that staff has had some ups elusive “best game.” and downs, but Torina has had a strong week.

“We talked a lot about trythinks her team has an We have a lot of ing to find our best game,” edge there. options and it’s probably she said. “We’ve played “Our offense is doing a some really good games. lot of things well, not just our trump card of all the increased power but the teams here. We have We played a complete game against Oklahoma the way they control the the deepest pitching and some complete games strike zone, so they’ve staff. We will be able against Auburn, but we’ve been able to get on base in searched all year to try to a lot of situations,” Torina to match up well with find our best game. It would said. “That’s going to be a some of these different be a great time to have it strength of ours throughtypes of hitters.” right here in the regional. out this regional.

We’re working towards that “Everybody (pitchers) BETH TORINA, LSU coach every day in practice.” has had a strong week. We

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LSU pitcher Cece Cellura delivers a pitch against Oklahoma in the first inning on March 27 at Tiger Park.

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THE VARSITY ZONE Pregeant’s HR in seventh sparks Comets’ win Held scoreless for first six innings, St. Charles tops Vandebilt in eight

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

SULPHUR — Dax Pregeant stood near first base and waited until he saw the ball clear the fence to the left of the foul pole, and only then could the St. Charles Catholic senior celebrate his tying home run in the opening game of a state championship series.

One inning later, a two-out fielding error let the go-ahead run score before Brooks Monica’s double to the wall added three more runs.

All this occurred after six scoreless innings against top-seeded Vandebilt Catholic, leading to St. Charles’ 6-2 victory over eight innings that put the Comets one win away from winning the Division II select state championship.

“It just shows how gritty we are,” Pregeant said. “A lot of people STAFF FILE PHOTO By BRETT DUKE would have counted us out after going six scoreless innings. We could St. Charles Catholic’s Dax Pregeant rounds the bases after hitting a just roll over. That’s not what home run against Destrehan on March 19, 2025, in LaPlace. Pregeant’s easily we do. We get out there and comhome run in the seventh inning Thursday sparked the Comets to a 6-2 pete.” win over Vandebilt Catholic.

Bryce Waguespack pitched two

“It just shows how gritty we are. A lot of people would have counted us out after going six scoreless innings. We could easily just roll over. That’s not what we do. We get out there and compete.”

DAX PREGEANT, St. Charles Catholic scoreless innings of relief for the win, following starting pitcher Landree LeBlanc, who lasted five innings. Brayden Cortez pitched a scoreless sixth.

In the seventh, Pregeant’s tying home run came after Briggs Anderson got hit by a pitch.

“It’s just great,” Pregeant said about the home run. “You hit it off the bat, you just take off to try and get two or three (bases), and you see it going farther and farther and it’s gone.”

Vandebilt’s Spencer Guilbeau, a Nunez Community College commitment, kept St. Charles (31-9) scoreless into the seventh. He threw 106 pitches, the last one to Pregeant in the seventh.

“Our plan was to take a lot of pitches and get his upper-80s fastball down to maybe the lower 80s late it he game,” St. Charles coach

Wayne Stein said. “I thought we did that.”

Guilbeau’s RBI single drove in the first run in the fifth, and Thomas LeCompte’s suicide squeeze bunt with one out made the score 2-0.

St. Charles’ early scoring chances included leaving a runner at third in the first and loading the bases in the fourth.

All four runs in the eighth came with two outs. Pregeant’s single put runners on the corners. Drew Aucoin’s grounder to second base hit off his glove and bounced into right field as Jaden Gros scored. LeBlanc walked to load the bases, and Monica’s double hit off the fence in left.

“It was these kids,” said Stein, who has his team in the state final for the sixth time in seven seasons.

“They have an attitude of they are going to fight until the last pitch, and sometimes it ends in victory and sometimes it doesn’t. But man, it’s fun to watch them compete.”

Waguespack, the team’s ace, would have been the expected Game 2 starter if St. Charles lost.

Instead, Stein said he may hold Waguespack for another relief appearance against Vandebilt (31-12).

“Our kids believe in everything we are doing,” Stein said. “They believe in each other, so it doesn’t matter who I put out there.”

Newman drops Game 1 of title series to U-High

Newman’s next scoring chance Greenies face must-win came in the fourth inning. Two hit batters and a walk loaded the game Friday to bases when University High (30keep season alive 9) brought in sophomore reliever

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

Greyson Rodrigue, who retired the first nine batters he faced and allowed only one hit with six strikeouts over 32/3 innings.

“This guy came in and threw strike after strike after strike,” Newman coach Pat Adams said.

“That’s good winning baseball for them right there.”

In the field, two Newman fielders let a pop-up drop between them as Shepherd Gannon reached second for a lead-off double. Later, with the bases loaded and two outs, a Newman fielder dropped a pop-up as two runs scored.

The misplayed balls in the field “were plays that we made all year,” Adams said. “We work on that, communication and calling guys off. It’s basic baseball.”

In the playoffs two weeks ago, Christian Sauska struck out eight with no walks allowed over six innings in a 2-1 victory against Notre Dame. Newman won the next game 8-3.

The Penn signee has been masterful in the playoffs with a 0.00 ERA and 25 strikeouts over 20 innings. He issued one walk over his past two games, including a complete-game victory against Dunham in the semifinals.

“It’s not too bad to have him go Game 2 when you’re down 0-1,” Adams said.

Newman ideally would have him on the mound for a possible titleclinching game. Instead, it will be up to him to keep the season alive.

SULPHUR — Newman lost the first game of a best-of-three playoff series two weeks ago and rallied to win the next two contests, ultimately advancing to the state championship for the first time since 2003.

Now, after dropping the first game Thursday against top-seeded University High, the Greenies will try for a repeat showing over the next two days.

Just like that Division III select quarterfinal series two weeks ago against Notre Dame, Newman will put pitching ace Christian Sauska on the mound the first of two must-win contests at McMurry Park.

“He really is the baseball player you want to go out there in Game 2, especially in a game that’s winor-go-home,” Newman’s Jack Falgoust said.

Falgoust was the hard-luck loser in a 4-2 defeat that included two misplayed pop-ups in shallow right field that led directly to three runs scoring in the third inning.

The senior right-hander otherwise battled into the fifth inning before Augie Sauska — Christian’s brother — came in for the final five outs.

Newman (28-8) led 2-0 after the first inning. Falgoust started the inning with a single, and after two walks loaded the bases, Collier Villere (walk) and Malcolm Schairer (sacrifice fly) each drove Contact Christopher Dabe at in a run. cdabe@theadvocate.com

LHSAA BASEBALL REPORT LHSAA baseball championships, at McMurry Park, Sulphur

Nonselect DIVISION I

No. 8 Dutchtown vs. No. 2 Sam Houston Game 1: Dutchtown 5, Sam Houston 1 Game 2: 5:30 p.m. Friday Game 3: TBA, if necessary

DIVISION II

No. 1 Brusly vs. No. 3 Lutcher Game 1: Lutcher 6, Brusly 4 Game 2: 2 p.m. Friday Game 3: TBA, if necessary

DIVISION III

No. 1 Sterlington vs. No. 2 Westlake Game 1: Westlake 5, Sterlington 3 Game 2: 11 a.m. Friday Game 3: TBA, if necessary

DIVISION IV

No. 1 Welsh vs. No. 3 Mangham Westlake 5, Sterlington 3 (title game)

Select

DIVISION I

No. 1 Brother Martin vs. No. 2 Catholic-Baton Rouge Game 1: Catholic 6, Brother Martin 2 Game 2: 5:30 p.m. Friday Game 3: TBA, if necessary

DIVISION II

No. 1 Vandebilt Catholic vs. No. 2 St. Charles Game 1: St. Charles 6, Vandebilt 2, 8 innings Game 2: 2 p.m. Friday Game 3: TBA, if necessary

DIVISION III

No. 1 University vs. No. 2 Newman Game 1: University 4, Newman 2 Game 2: 11 a.m. Friday Game 3: TBA, if necessary

DIVISION IV

No. 5 Ouachita Christian vs. No. 2 Covenant Christian Ouachita Christian 4, Coventant Christian 2

(title game)

Class B

No. 1 Pitkin vs. No. 2 Glenmora Glenmora 3, Pitkin 2 (title game)

Class C

No. 1 Maurepas vs. No. 3 Claiborne Christian Claiborne Christian 8, Maurepas 0 (title game)

Lutcher 6, Brusly 4 Lutcher 100 201 02 — 6 11 3 Brusly 200 200 00 — 4 5 1 W — Dylan Delaneuville, L — Isaiah Daley.

Leading hitters: LUTCHER: Dylan Delaneuville 1-3, 2 RBIs, 1 BB; Eric St. Pierre 2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB. BRUSLY: Isaiah Daley 2-4; Brayden Ray 1-3, 1 RBI.

U-High 4, Newman 2 Newman 200 000 0 — 2 3 1 University 003 010 x — 4 6 0 W — Greyson Rodrigue. L — John Falgoust; Leading hitters: UNIVERSITY: Shepherd Gammon 2-3, 2 2Bs, 1 RBI; Trey Sotile 1-2, 1 BB. NEWMAN: John Falgoust 2-4; Collier Villere 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB.

Dutchtown 5, Sam Houston 1 Dutchtown 000 000 5 — 5 6 1 Sam Houston 001 000 0 — 1 3 0 W — Kason Johnson. L — Owen Galley. Leading hitters: Dutchtown: Seth Davis: 1-1, 2 RBIs Cade Delaune 2-3, 1 2B Eli Freeman 1-4, 2 RBIs. Sam Houston: Ty Smith 1-3, 1 2B.

Catholic 6, Brother Martin 2 Catholic 004 000 2 — 6 6 0 Brother Martin 000 020 0 — 2 7 0 W — Lucas Lawrence, L — Blaise Tingstrom.

Leading hitters: Catholic: Mills Richardson 2-4, 2 RBIs; Hayes Segar 1-2, 1 2B, 2 RBIS; Kooper Childs 1-4, 1 RBI. Brother Martin: Brody Shannon 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBIs.

FILE PHOTO By KIRK MECHE

Catholic pitcher Lucas Lawrence throws against Brother Martin during last season’s state championship series in Sulphur. On Thursday, Lawrence pitched a complete game while striking out seven in the Bears’ 6-2 win over Brother Martin in the first game of the Division I select championship series at McMurry Park in Sulphur.

Catholic’s Lawrence dominates in victory over Brother Martin Ole Miss signee leads Bears to Game 1 win of title series

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

SULPHUR — Lucas Lawrence couldn’t find the strike zone quite like he could in the first two innings.

The Ole Miss signee from Catholic-Baton Rouge walked the first batter in the third. A single and a bunt put runners on second and third when Lawrence fell behind 2-0 to Brother Martin’s Bronson Leaumont and coach Brad Bass called for an intentional walk that loaded the bases.

This could have been a gamechanging moment in the opening game of the Division I select championship series.

It wasn’t. The next batter grounded into a fielder’s choice, and the 6-foot-5 left-hander didn’t face many other nervous moments during Catholic’s 6-2 victory Thursday at McMurry Park.

“Not to be arrogant or cocky, I feel like I’m one of the most dominant pitchers in the coun-

“I put myself against anyone. I have a lot of belief in all my pitches, so that’s kind of what I think.”

LUCAS LAWRENCE, Catholic-Baton Rouge pitcher

try,” Lawrence said when asked about working though his brief control issue. “I put myself against anyone. I have a lot of belief in all my pitches, so that’s kind of what I think.”

Making his fifth appearance since he returned from an ACL tear in November, Lawrence struck out seven and allowed three walks with one hit batter over the span of 107 pitches.

“With the ball in his hands, with the defense that we have behind him, and the guys that we have in this dugout that could score runs for us, we love our chances,” Catholic coach Brad Bass said. “So, just for his last performance at a Bear, what a gritty, gutsy performance.”

Lawrence pitched with a lead over the final five innings, starting after Hayes Segar’s two-RBI double sparked a four-run third.

The Bears added two runs in the seventh with Dekota Jones’ sacrifice fly and Mills Richardson’s RBI single, padding the lead for a team seeking its third consecutive state title.

For Brother Martin, Brody

Shannon hit a two-RBI double over the outfielders in right-center to cut the Catholic lead to 5-2 in the fifth. Lawrence struck out the next batter looking.

Starting pitcher Blaise Tingstrom’s final outing for the Crusaders lasted into the seventh inning. He drew an ovation from the Brother Martin faithful when he came out with runners on first and second.

“He’s had an outstanding career for us,” Brother Martin coach Jeff Lupo said. “Love him to death.”

Brother Martin is back in the state final for the second year in a row seeking its first title since 1996. Catholic swept Brother Martin in the final last season. Game 2 is 5:30 p.m. Friday.

“The two crooked numbers both start with a leadoff walk to the nine-hole hitter, and good teams make you pay for the mistakes that you make,” Lupo said.

“They made us pay for that mistake.”

Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

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Seager stuck in 0-for-27 slump

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS

AP baseball writer

ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager is going through a slump like none he has ever had to endure in the big leagues.

The two-time World Series MVP shortstop is hitless in his last seven games for the Texas Rangers. That is part of a longer 0-for-27 span, also a career long, that includes 11 strikeouts.

“You’re obviously still working on things and you’d like to see some better results, but you’re not getting them,” Seager said after going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a wild 6-5 comeback win over Arizona on Wednesday night.

While he has started 42 of the Rangers’ 43 games, the 32-yearold Seager said physically he feels “completely fine.” He has played 24 in a row since his only game off April 16.

“It’s one of those things that you’re going to figure it out out there,” Seager said. “It’s always been like my focus, right, you’re going to figure it out swinging. So right now, I want to keep going out there and trying to figure it out.”

The Rangers had a day off Thursday, when his .179 batting average

Friday

FAVORITE LINE at CLEVELAND 3½ San Antonio 4½

Cleveland Chicago Minnesota Kansas City Detroit

MLB

UNDERDOG Detroit at MINNESOTA

Athletics Seattle Texas Houston Los Angeles

American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Toronto -126 at DETROIT Texas OFF at HOUSTON National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at PITTSBURGH OFF Philadelphia Arizona -125 at COLORADO Interleague FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Baltimore -142 at WASHINGTON at CLEVELAND -134 Cincinnati at MINNESOTA OFF Milwaukee Miami -118 at TAMPA BAY at ATLANTA -152 Boston N.Y Yankees -147 at N.Y METS Chicago Cubs -148 at CHI. WHITE SOX Kansas City -113 at ST. LOUIS LA Dodgers -242 at LA ANGELS at SEATTLE -142 San Diego at ATHLETICS -134 San Francisco

LINE +107 OFF LINE OFF +105 LINE +120 +114 OFF -101 +127 +123 +124 -106 +198 +119 +114

College softball NCAA Tournament glance (Double elimination; x-if necessary)

Baton Rouge (La.) Regional Friday’s games

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’s games

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’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

Bryan-College Station (Texas) Regional Friday’s games

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’s games

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’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Regional Friday’s games

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By TONy GUTIERREZ

Texas Rangers’ Corey Seager reacts to being hit by a pitch in the ninth inning of a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday in Arlington, Texas. ranked 167th out of 174 qualified MLB hitters. Seager, in the fifth season of a $325 million, 10-year deal, has 28 hits and 22 walks but 50 strikeouts account for 27.5% of his 182 plate appearances. He has seven home runs and 20 RBIs. His last hit was an RBI single in the fourth inning at Yankee Stadium on May 6. Seager’s solo homer in the first inning put Texas ahead to stay in that 6-1 win over New York, but strikeouts in his final two

Thursday’s games

Coastal Carolina at UL, n Alabama A&M at Southern, n Florida at LSU, n Tulane at Rice, n 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.

Saturday’s games

Tulane at Rice, 1:05 p.m.

Florida at LSU, 2 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at UL, 2 p.m.

Alabama A&M at Southern, 3 p.m.

Pro basketball NBA playoff glance SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Eastern Conference Cleveland 3, Detroit 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: Clev. 117, Det. 113, OT Friday, May 15: Detroit at Cleveland, TBA x-Sunday, May 17: Cleveland at Detroit, TBA

New York 4, Philadelphia 0

Monday, May 4: New York 137, Phila. 98 Wednesday, May 6: New York 108, Phila. 102 Friday, May 8: New York 108, Philadelphia 94 Sunday, May 10: New York 144, Phila. 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

Monday, May 4: Minn. 104, San Antonio 102 Wednesday, May 6: San Antonio 133, Minn. 95 Friday, May 8: San Antonio 115, Minn. 108 Sunday, May 10: Minn. 114, San Antonio 109 Tuesday, May 12: San Antonio 126, Minn. 97 Friday, May 15: San Antonio at Minn., 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 17: Minn. at San Antonio, TBA

WNBA glance

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Chicago 2 0 Atlanta 2 0 New York 2 1 Washington 1 1 Indiana 1 1 Toronto 1 1 Connecticut 0 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Las Vegas 2 1 Golden State 2 1 Minnesota 1 1 Dallas 1 1 Portland 1 1 Phoenix 1 2 Seattle 1 2 Los Angeles 0 2

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.

Wednesday’s games

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

Thursday’s games

Saturday’s games

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBD x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, TBD

College baseball Southland Conference tournament

(Double elimination; x-if necessary)

Hammond bracket Thursday’s games

G1: No. 5 McNeese 11. No. 4 Nicholls 3 G2: No. 1 Southeastern 3, No. 8 Houston Christian 2

Friday’s games

G3. Loser of Game 2 vs. No. 4 Nicholls, 1 p.m.

G4: No. 5 McNeese vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s games

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’s games

x-G7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, 1 p.m.

Beaumont Bracket Thursday’s games

G1: No. 6 Northwestern State 6, No. 3 UTRGV 5 G2: No. 2 Lamar vs. No. 7 SFA, n

Friday’s games

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’s games

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’s games

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

W 24 21 20 19 19

W 22 22 21 17 16

National League glance

at-bats started his hitless span. He is 6 for 61 (.098) with 23 K’s over his last 16 games.

This is the latest in any of his 12 seasons that Seager, a .285 career hitter in 4,500 at-bats over 1,173 games, has been below .200. He never finished a game under that mark in eight of those seasons, including three times he went 1 for 5 (.200) in openers (2016, 2020 and 2024) before having at least three hits in the second game.

Pct 1.000 1.000 .667 .500 .500 .500 .000

GB — — ½ 1 1 1 2½

Pct .667 .667 .500 .500 .500 .333 .333 .000

GB — — ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1½

Toronto 86, Seattle 73 Las Vegas 98, Connecticut 69 Chicago 69, Golden State 63 Indiana 87, Los Angeles 78 Minnesota at Dallas, n New York at Portland, n

Friday’s games

Las Vegas at Connecticut, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Toronto at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

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, n x-Saturday, May 16: Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m. 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 Vegas 3, 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: Vegas 3, Anaheim 2, OT Thursday, May 14: Vegas at Anaheim, n x-Saturday, May 16: Anaheim at Vegas, TBA

Colorado 4, 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: Colorado 4, Minn. 3

Pro golf PGA Championship par scores Thursday

At Aronimink Golf Club Newtown Square, Pa. Yardage: 7,394; Par: 70

First Round

Ryo Hisatsune, Japan Stephan Jaeger, Germany Martin Kaymer, Germany Min Woo Lee, Australia Aldrich Potgieter, South Africa Scottie Scheffler, USA Alex Smalley, United States

34-33—67 31-36—67 34-33—67 33-34—67 33-34—67 34-33—67 33-34—67

-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3

Daniel Brown, England 34-34—68 -2 Corey Conners, Canada 34-34—68 -2 Max Greyserman, USA 34-34—68 -2 Shane Lowry, Ireland 34-34—68 -2 Patrick Reed, United States 34-34—68 -2 Xander Schauffele, USA 35-33—68 -2 Sahith Theegala, United States 34-34—68 -2 Chandler Blanchet, USA 35-34—69 -1 Bud Cauley, United States 32-37—69 -1 Jason Day, Australia 33-36—69 -1 Ryan Gerard, United States 36-33—69 -1 Garrick Higgo, South Africa 35-34—69 -1 Nicolai Hojgaard, Denmark 34-35—69 -1 Brooks Koepka, United States 35-34—69 -1 Maverick McNealy, USA 35-34—69 -1 Collin Morikawa, United States 34-35—69 -1 Joaquin Niemann, Chile 34-35—69 -1 Andrew Novak, United States 33-36—69 -1 Andrew Putnam, United States 36-33—69 -1 Jon Rahm, Spain 33-36—69 -1 Matti Schmid, Germany 36-33—69 -1 Cameron Smith, Australia 35-34—69 -1 Jordan Spieth, United States 35-34—69 -1 Sam Stevens, United States 36-33—69 -1 Nick Taylor, Canada 33-36—69 -1 Justin Thomas, United States 32-37—69 -1 Michael Block, United States 36-34—70 E Sam Burns, United States 35-35—70 E Patrick Cantlay, United States 36-34—70 E Matt Fitzpatrick, England 35-35—70 E Rickie Fowler, United States 34-36—70 E Ryan Fox, New Zealand 33-37—70 E Brian Harman, United States 34-36—70 E Rico Hoey, Philippines 37-33—70 E Casey Jarvis, South Africa 33-37—70 E Kurt Kitayama, United States 35-35—70 E Robert MacIntyre, Scotland 34-36—70 E Hideki Matsuyama, Japan 35-35—70 E Aaron Rai, England 36-34—70 E Justin Rose, England 37-33—70 E J.J. Spaun, United States 37-33—70 E Akshay Bhatia, United States 32-39—71 +1 Pierceson Coody, United States 35-36—71 +1 Luke Donald, England 34-37—71 +1 Harris English, United States 36-35—71 +1 Ben Griffin, United States 38-33—71 +1 Kazuki Higa, Japan 37-34—71 +1 Daniel Hillier, New Zealand 34-37—71 +1 Si Woo Kim, South Korea 35-36—71 +1 Hao-Tong Li, China 36-35—71 +1 Mikael Lindberg, Sweden 35-36—71 +1 Denny McCarthy, United States 35-36—71 +1 Alex Noren, Sweden 36-35—71 +1 J.T. Poston, United States 34-37—71 +1 David Puig, Spain 35-36—71 +1 Kristoffer Reitan, Norway 37-34—71 +1 Jimmy Walker, United States 36-35—71 +1 Matt Wallace, England 36-35—71 +1 Cameron Young, United States 35-36—71 +1 Ludvig Aberg, Sweden 37-35—72 +2 Angel Ayora Fanegas, Spain 37-35—72 +2 Christiaan Bezuidenhout, SA 36-36—72 +2 Michael Brennan, United States 33-39—72 +2 Brian Campbell, United States 36-36—72 +2 Thomas Detry, Belgium 33-39—72 +2 Alex Fitzpatrick, England 34-38—72 +2 Tommy Fleetwood, England 36-36—72 +2 Chris Gotterup, United States 36-36—72 +2 Harry Hall, England 34-38—72 +2 Tyrrell Hatton, England 34-38—72 +2 Russell Henley, United States 36-36—72 +2 Tom Hoge, United States 35-37—72 +2 Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark 37-35—72 +2 Dustin Johnson, United States 36-36—72 +2 John Keefer, United States 36-36—72 +2 R. Neergaard-Petersen, Den. 37-35—72 +2 Taylor Pendrith, Canada 36-36—72 +2 Adam Scott, Australia 35-37—72 +2 Austin Smotherman, USA 36-36—72 +2 Elvis Smylie, Australia 36-36—72 +2 Brandt Snedeker, United States 35-37—72 +2 Andy Sullivan, England 35-37—72 +2 Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 34-38—72 +2 Gary Woodland, United States 36-36—72 +2 Y.E. Yang, South Korea 37-35—72 +2 Jordan Gumberg, United States 35-38—73 +3 Joe Highsmith, United States 34-39—73 +3 Sungjae Im, South Korea 36-37—73 +3 Kota Kaneko, Japan 36-37—73 +3 Michael Kim, United States 36-37—73 +3 Chris Kirk, United States 34-39—73 +3 Keith Mitchell, United States 36-37—73 +3 John Parry, England 34-39—73 +3 Ben Polland, United States 37-36—73 +3 Sepp Straka, Austria 37-36—73 +3 Sami Valimaki, Finland 36-37—73 +3 Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela 36-37—73 +3 Daniel Berger, United States 37-37—74 +4 Keegan Bradley, United States 36-38—74 +4 Jacob Bridgeman, United States 40-34—74 +4 Ricky Castillo, United States 39-35—74 +4 Stewart Cink, United States 37-37—74 +4 Padraig Harrington, Ireland 38-36—74 +4 Ian Holt, United States 36-38—74 +4 Billy Horschel, United States 36-38—74 +4 Viktor Hovland, Norway 38-36—74 +4 Ben Kern, United States 39-35—74 +4 David Lipsky, United States 38-36—74 +4 Rory McIlroy, N. Ireland 39-35—74 +4 Tom McKibbin, N. Ireland 37-37—74 +4 William Mouw, United States 34-40—74 +4 Travis Smyth, Australia 38-36—74 +4 Wyndham Clark, United States 39-36—75 +5 Tyler Collet, United States 35-40—75 +5 Jason Dufner, United States 38-37—75 +5 Nicolas Echavarria, Colombia 37-38—75 +5 Max Homa, United States 37-38—75 +5 Ryan Lenahan, United States 38-37—75 +5 Paul McClure, United States 34-41—75 +5 Marco Penge, England 37-38—75 +5 Adrien Saddier, France 37-38—75 +5 Garrett Sapp, United States 38-37—75 +5 Jayden Trey Schaper, S. Africa 39-36—75 +5 Adam Schenk, United States 35-40—75 +5 Jordan L. Smith, England 37-38—75 +5 Timothy Wiseman, USA 38-37—75 +5 Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Can. 38-37—75 +5 Francisco Bide, Argentina 36-40—76 +6 Bryson DeChambeau, USA 37-39—76 +6 Steven Fisk, United States 36-40—76 +6 Lucas Glover, United States 37-39—76 +6 Emiliano Grillo, Argentina 38-38—76 +6 Zach Haynes, United States 39-37—76 +6 37-39—76 +6 Max McGreevy, United States Jesse Droemer, United States 37-40—77 +7 39-38—77 +7 Chris Gabriele, United States Matthew McCarty, United States 39-38—77 +7 Shaun Micheel, United States 37-40—77 +7 Patrick Rodgers, United States 39-38—77 +7 Michael Thorbjornsen, USA 39-38—77 +7 Ryan Vermeer, United States 34-43—77 +7 Derek Berg, United States 34-44—78 +8 Davis Riley, United States 38-40—78 +8 Bryce Fisher, United States 39-40—79 +9 Austin Hurt, United States 39-40—79 +9

East Division

L 14 17 24 24 24

Pct .667 .614 .455 .442 .429

GB — 2 9 9½ 10

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia Miami New York

W 30 21 20 20 18

L 13 23 23 24 25

Pct .698 .477 .465 .455 .419

GB — 9½ 10 10½ 12

L 21 21 24 24 25

Pct .533 .500 .455 .442 .432

GB — 1½ 3½ 4 4½

Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 27 24 24 24 23

L 16 17 18 20 21

Pct .628 .585 .571 .545 .523

GB — 2 2½ 3½ 4½

L 21 23 22 28 28

Pct .512 .489 .488 .378 .364

GB — 1 1 6 6½

Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

W 25 25 20 18 17

L 18 18 22 25 27

Pct .581 .581 .476 .419 .386

GB — — 4½ 7 8½

Wednesday’s games

Friday’s games

Friday

W 28 27 20 19 18

West Division

State schedule O/U (209½) (218½)

East Division

Central Division

x-G3: Winner of No. 1 Seed Bracket vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed Bracket

NBA

American League glance Tampa Bay New York Baltimore Toronto Boston

SCOREBOARD Odds

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Cleveland 4, L.A. Angels 2 Baltimore 7, N.Y. Yankees 0 Boston 3, Philadelphia 1 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 3, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 5 N.Y. Mets 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings Miami 9, Minnesota 5 Texas 6, Arizona 5 Houston 4, Seattle 3, 10 innings Athletics 6, St. Louis 2

Thursday’s games

N.Y. Mets 9, Detroit 4 Minnesota 9, Miami 1 Seattle 8, Houston 3 St. Louis 5, Athletics 4 Philadelphia at Boston, n Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, n

Friday’s games

Baltimore (Baz 1-4) at Washington (Littell 1-4), 5:45 p.m.

Toronto (Yesavage 1-1) at Detroit (Madden 0-0), 5:45 p.m.

Cincinnati (Abbott 2-2) at Cleveland (Bibee 0-5), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Junk 2-3) at Tampa Bay (Scholtens 3-2), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (TBD) at Minnesota (Ryan 2-3), 6:10 p.m.

Boston (Early 3-2) at Atlanta (Strider 1-0), 6:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 5-1) at N.Y. Mets (Holmes 4-3), 6:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Cabrera 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Burke 2-3), 6:40 p.m.

Texas (Leiter 1-3) at Houston (Arrighetti 4-1), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Wacha 4-2) at St. Louis (May 3-4), 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Wrobleski 5-1) at L.A. Angels (Kochanowicz 2-2), 8:38 p.m.

San Diego (Vásquez 4-1) at Seattle (Hancock 3-1), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Mahle 1-4) at Athletics (Civale 4-1), 8:40 p.m.

Central Division

West Division

Wednesday’s games

Boston 3, Philadelphia 1 Colorado 10, Pittsburgh 4 Atlanta 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Washington 8, Cincinnati 7, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings San Diego 3, Milwaukee 1 Miami 9, Minnesota 5 Texas 6, Arizona 5 Athletics 6, St. Louis 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Francisco 0

Thursday’s games

St. Louis at Athletics, n Cincinnati 15, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 2 N.Y. Mets 9, Detroit 4 Minnesota 9, Miami 1 Milwaukee 7, San Diego 1 Philadelphia at Boston, n Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, n San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, n

Friday’s games

Philadelphia (Nola 2-3) at Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 2-2), 5:40 p.m.

Baltimore (Baz 1-4) at Washington (Littell 1-4), 5:45 p.m.

Cincinnati (Abbott 2-2) at Cleveland (Bibee 0-5), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Junk 2-3) at Tampa Bay (Scholtens 3-2), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (TBD) at Minnesota (Ryan 2-3), 6:10 p.m.

Boston (Early 3-2) at Atlanta (Strider 1-0), 6:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 5-1) at N.Y. Mets (Holmes 4-3), 6:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Cabrera 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Burke 2-3), 6:40 p.m.

Kansas City (Wacha 4-2) at St. Louis (May 3-4), 7:15 p.m.

Arizona (Kelly 2-3) at Colorado (Freeland 1-4), 7:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Wrobleski 5-1) at L.A. Angels (Kochanowicz 2-2), 8:38 p.m.

San Diego (Vásquez 4-1) at Seattle (Hancock 3-1), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Mahle 1-4) at Athletics (Civale 4-1), 8:40 p.m.

BOX SCORES Baltimore 7, N.Y. Yankees 0

Milwaukee 7, San Diego 1

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IP H R ER BB SO New York Fried L,4-3 3 5 3 3 1 2 Blackburn 2 2 3 3 2 1 Yarbrough 3 3 1 1 0 4 Baltimore Bradish W,2-5 6 1 0 0 3 7 Akin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Enns 1 0 0 0 1 0 Cano 1 0 0 0 1 0 Blackburn pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

WP—Bradish.

ABS Challenge—Ward (Strike-Overturned to Ball); O’Neill (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Yarbrough (Ball-Confirmed); Taveras (Strike-Confirmed).

Umpires—Home, Edwin Moscoso; First, Chris Guccione; Second, Nic Lentz; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt.

T—2:40. A—14,521 (45,971).

Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h bi Bogaerts ss 3 0 0 0 Chourio lf 5 0 0 0 Song ph-ss 1 0 0 1 Turang 2b 2 2 1 1 Tatis 2b 5 0 0 0 Ortiz ss 1 0 0 0 Machado 3b 3 0 1 0 Contrer. dh 3 1 0 0 France 3b 1 0 0 0 Sánchez c 4 2 1 1 Andujar dh 4 0 1 0 Vaughn 1b 3 1 2 2 Sheets 1b 3 0 1 0 Rengifo 3b 4 0 2 3 Laureano lf 4 0 1 0 Mitchell cf 4 0 2 0 Castellan. rf 4 1 2 0 Frelick rf 4 0 1 0 Fermin c 4 0 1 0 Hamil. ss-2b 3 1 1 0 Johnson cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 35 1 7 1 Totals 33 7 10 7 San Diego 000 000 001 — 1 Milwaukee 330 100 00x — 7 E—Canning (1), Fermin (4), Vaughn (1).

LOB—San Diego 10, Milwaukee 9. 2B— Andujar (9), Castellanos (5), Turang (10), Sánchez (3), Mitchell 2 (8), Vaughn (2).

SB—Hamilton (8).

IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Canning L,0-2 12⁄3 5 6 6 4 2 1 2 2 Marinaccio 21⁄3 4 1 Matsui 2 0 0 0 1 3 Waldron 2 1 0 0 0 4 Milwaukee Harrison W,4-1 5 5 0 0 0 7 Hall 1 0 0 0 1 1 Anderson 1 1 0 0 1 0 Fitzpatrick 2 1 1 0 1 2 ABS Challenge—Frelick (Strike-Confirmed); Marinaccio (Ball-Confirmed); Tatis (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Machado (Strike-Confirmed); Hall (Ball-Confirmed).

Umpires—Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Will Little; Second, Ryan Additon; Third, Ryan Wills.

T—3:00. A—34,862 (41,700).

St. Louis 5, Athletics 4

N.Y. Mets 9, Detroit 4

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2B—Winn (6), Walker (8), Rooker (1). HR— Scott (1), Walker (11), Kurtz (6), Gelof (4).

SB—Bolte (0). S—Scott (7).

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis McGreevy 6 5 1 1 1 3 1 Stanek H,7 ⁄3 1 2 2 1 1 2 Romero BS,0-0 ⁄3 3 1 1 1 0 Svanson W,0-1 1 1 0 0 0 2 O’Brien S,12-15 1 0 0 0 0 2 Athletics Lopez 5 4 3 2 3 2 Sterner 1 1 0 0 0 0 Leiter 1 0 0 0 0 2 Barlow H,7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Perkins L,2-1 BS,3-4 ⁄3 3 2 2 0 0 1 Kuhnel ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Lopez pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

HBP—Perkins (Wetherholt), Kuhnel (Winn), O’Brien (Kurtz).

ABS Challenge—Fermín (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Fermín (Strike-Confirmed); Pozo (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Cortes (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Scott (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Leiter (BallOverturned to Strike); Leiter (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Rooker (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Romero (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Barlow (Ball-Confirmed); McNeil (Strike-Confirmed); Langeliers (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Pitch timer violations—Lopez (pitcher).

Umpires—Home, Felix Neon; First, Bill Miller; Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Chad Whitson.

T—2:55. A—8,975 (14,014).

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IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Montero L,2-3 42⁄3 4 4 4 2 2 1 Holton ⁄3 2 2 2 0 0 2 De Jesús ⁄3 1 1 1 1 0 Hanifee 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Vanasco 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 New York McLean W,2-2 7 6 3 3 3 7 Myers 1 1 1 1 0 1 Kimbrel 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hanifee pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

HBP—McLean (Torkelson).

ABS Challenge—Bichette (StrikeConfirmed); Montero (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Greene (Strike-Confirmed); Torkelson (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Ejected—Hinch.

Umpires—Home, Jordan Baker; First, Rob Drake; Second, Stu Scheuwater; Third, Junior Valentine.

T—2:32. A—34,642 (42,136).

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL May 15 1918 — Washington’s Walter Johnson pitched a 1-0, 18-inning victory over Lefty Williams of the Chicago White Sox, who also went the distance.

1919 — After 12 scoreless innings, Cincinnati scored 10 runs off Al Mamaux in the 13th to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-0.

1941 — Joe DiMaggio began his 56-game hitting streak against Chicago’s Eddie Smith, going 1-for-4 with one RBI.

1996 — Chicago outfielder Tony Phillips went into the stands to confront a heckling fan during the White Sox’s 20-8 victory at Milwaukee. Phillips, who already had changed into street clothes after being taken out of the game in the sixth inning, went after a 23-year-old fan in the left-field bleachers.

2005 — Morgan Ensberg hit three home runs and finished 4-for-4 with five RBIs in Houston’s 9-0 victory over San Francisco.

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TikToker Keith Lee’s first FamiLee Day fest ready to celebrate music, culture

BY KEITH SPERA and CHELSEA SHANNON Staff writers

The 2026 Bayou Boogaloo’s main music venue is the Broadside at 600 North Broad St.

A smaller 2026 Bayou Boogaloo festival goes ashore at the Broadside, with a slight detour to the Pitot House The Bayou Boogaloo celebrates its 20th anniversary this weekend by downsizing.

What started in 2006 as a modest free event along the banks of Bayou St. John in Mid-City eventually grew into a sprawling, blockslong, ticketed affair with multiple stages, thousands of attendees and a veritable flotilla of fans on the bayou aboard personal watercraft of varying degrees of creativity and seaworthiness.

With growth came logistical, financial, political and permitting challenges, as well as complaints from some residents of the nearby neighborhood. In the face of all that, founder Jarad Zeller decided to remake the Boogaloo as a smaller event in two different locations for 2026.

The 2026 Bayou Boogaloo’s main

Hand-picked food vendors FamiLee Day will also include a food village curated by Lee. Over 2,000 vendors applied, he said, and many are Blackowned businesses. He said the vendors aren’t charged a fee so they can maximize the money they make.

“I obviously couldn’t pick every one of those 2,000. The list that we chose is hand-picked.”

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TikTok famous Lee launched his career as an influencer by posting restaurant reviews on TikTok from Las Vegas, often focused on independent, family-owned establishments. His matter-of-fact style resonated, and his popularity on the platform exploded.

He won TikTok’s Creator of the Year award and, in 2025, was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential creators.

He first created a stir in Louisiana when he named New Orleans his favorite food city in 2023, then reviewed restaurants in New Orleans and Baton Rouge in 2024, and came back for Mardi Gras this year.

“New Orleans showed my family and me so much love and that stayed with me,” Lee said in a news release. “FamiLee Day is my way of giving that love back, bringing people together, supporting local businesses, and celebrating the culture and food that makes New Orleans so special.”

Morrow Hospitality is the New Orleans-based restaurant group that launched in 2018 with Morrow’s restaurant on St. Claude Avenue. It now includes several restaurants, among them Morrow Steak, Hide Seek, Sun Chong and Monday.

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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival isn’t the only springtime event built around the confluence of food and music.

The inaugural FamiLee Day takes over the grounds of the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena on Saturday.

The “Lee” in FamiLee is foodsavvy social media content creator Keith Lee, who has more than 17 million TikTok followers.

Seeking to celebrate music and food with his own branded festival, he partnered with Live Nation Urban and Morrow Hospitality to create the first-ever FamiLee Day. Gates open at noon Saturday, and the music goes until 10 p.m. Scheduled performers Lee include contemporary gospel star Kirk Franklin, rapper, singer and actor Tobe Nwigwe — who, like Lee, first built a following on social media — singer Andra Day and a New Orleans contingent that includes “Queen of Bounce” Big Freedia, Cash Money Records producer DJ Mannie Fresh, rapper Ha Sizzle and Black Masking Indian Flagboy Giz. La Reezy, Subtweet Shawn, Gracie’s Corner, DJ RBD, Rude Jude, DJ Keith Scott, Neace Robinson, DJ Arie Spins, Shamar and emcee and comedian Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks round out the entertainment roster.

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music venue is the Broadside at 600 North Broad St. But the event will still maintain some connection to Bayou St. John.

The Historic Pitot House Museum alongside the water at 1440 Moss St. will host a patron/VIP Boogaloo event called “The Canopy Club Experience” from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Saturday music lineup at the Pitot House features Robert Eustis with Andre Bohren at 11:30 a.m., followed by Kristin Diable and then the Johnny Vidacovich Trio.

Sunday’s Pitot House lineup opens with Shawn Williams at 11:30 a.m., followed by Dusky Waters and the Desert Nudes.

Guests will enjoy complimentary food and open bar at the Pitot House. Single-day tickets for “The Canopy Club Experience” are $100.

A two-day pass that is also good for the Boogaloo’s other performances at the Broadside is $200.

The Boogaloo kicks off at 6 p.m.

Friday at the Broadside with TwoTone Merigold at 6:30 p.m., followed by HollyRock at 9:15 p.m. and Where Y’acht at 9:45.

The Saturday schedule at the Broadside opens with the River Eckert Band on the “Piano Truck”

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Adults relive the musical camaraderie of band camps Conductor Debbi Gibson leads a band rehearsal at the New England Adult Music Camp in Sidney, Maine, in August 2025.

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BY KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. — As a high school student in the 1970s, Lori Guess looked forward to packing up her oboe for a summer music camp in Sidney, Maine. The lakeside location and loon calls appealed to her, and it was a chance to connect with kindred spirits.

Decades later, she’s still going to camp there. A separate band

program was created for adults in 2013, where she felt encouraged to take up another instrument: trumpet.

“I was thrilled because I love this place,” said Guess, 71, of Baltimore, a retired lawyer for the U.S. Department of Defense who plans to return to the New England Adult Music Camp in August. “It is serene, beautiful,

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Reality check on a changing friendship

Dear Annie: I’ve been friends with uncomfortable, but he either doubles down or says I’ve been “Mark” since high school, which “brainwashed.” was over 15 years ago. He actuI’m not really sure how to save ally feels more like a brother than this friendship. I think I a friend. But over the past might just have to keep year, there’s been a shift my distance and hope this in him. He’s gotten deep, is a phase. Unless there is deep into conspiracy theosomething else I can say to ries. Every conversation really get through to him somehow turns into a rant … ? — Miss My Friend about the government’s Annie Dear Miss My Friend: Probahidden agenda or the evils Lane of the pharmaceutical inbly not. He sounds like he’s DEAR ANNIE gone deep down the rabbit dustry. hole, and any attempt to I brushed it off for a reason with him will only widen while, but it’s constant. It makes the distance between you. me not want to be around him.

Make your boundary very clear: I’ve tried joking it away and even “When it turns into this, I’m out.” telling him directly it makes me

You’re protecting the part of the friendship that still exists. Whether that part survives depends on what he’s willing to meet you halfway on.

Dear Annie: I know this is the ageold problem of being single for many years, but do you think statistically there’s a chance to meet a decent guy at 66? I have many doubts.

Dating sites are a horrible option for women unless you want casual hookups, which isn’t what I’m looking for. I also know there are differences in attraction between men and women. Men look at a picture of an attractive woman and that’s what they want.

I look at a picture and that’s all it is to me — a picture.

I have many emotional scars from men who badly mistreated me, starting with an abusive, alcoholic father. I can’t afford therapy at $100 a pop. Any advice? — Tired of the Freaks Who Find Me Attractive Dear Tired: Yes, there’s absolutely still a chance for you to find love.

It just may not look the way you expect.

At 66, many people meet new partners not through apps but through mutual interests and routine: volunteering, classes, community groups, shared faith.

These are places where connections grow naturally, beyond a

photo and a short bio.

If therapy isn’t affordable, look into local support groups, such as Al-Anon, which can help you work through some of your history. Your hesitation makes sense, given your past. But those experiences give you the wisdom to know what you will and won’t accept now.

Your doubts come from what you’ve been through, but don’t let them get the final say. The right man won’t make you feel the way the wrong ones did.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators. com.

Folding laundry a little differently

Festivalgoers float on homemade rafts during the 2024 Bayou Boogaloo.

Dear Heloise: Regarding favorite/ clean surfaces during home visleast-favorite chores, I used to dis- its. I, too, get ink on my hands, like folding laundry until I started but I see it as another good reseeing posts about different foldminder to wash my hands. — Kat B., in Baton Rouge ing techniques on social media.

Kat, I don’t think that Now I enjoy the numerous I’d call a newspaper surdifferent ways of folding laundry items to minimize face “almost sterile,” but the space that they reyou are correct when you say that it’s been used for quire. — Jerry A., in St. Louis a number of home visits Jerry, I know what you and other things. I saw a mean. I saw one video on Hints from woman use a newspaper folding blue jeans, and it Heloise to wrap a baby when the changed the way I fold mother was stuck in a mine. Below are a few traffic jam many years ago. more letters from readers who For many years, newspapers wrote in about their favorite/leastwere a part of every home, and favorite chores. — Heloise we relied on them heavily. We Sterile newspaper? read them, wrapped all sorts of things in them, covered up winDear Heloise: Newspapers are the opposite of dirty. They’re al- dows with them, and even made kites from them! — Heloise most sterile because of the way they’re processed. Public health nurses used newspapers for Email heloise@heloise.com.

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TODAY IN HISTORY due process afforded adults.

In 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot and left Today is Friday, May 15, the 135th day of 2026. There are 230 paralyzed while campaigning for president in Laurel, Maryland, days left in the year.

by Arthur H. Bremer, who would Today in history: On May 15, 1970, less than two serve 35 years in prison for the attempted murder. weeks after the National Guard In 1972, the U.S. returned adshooting at Kent State University, two Black students at Jackson ministrative control to Japan of State College in Mississippi were the island of Okinawa, which had killed and 12 were injured when been seized by American forces police opened fire during student near the end of World War II demonstrations. in 1945. (The U.S. maintained a Also on this date: significant military presence on In 1800, President John Adams Okinawa.) ordered government offices to In 2015, a jury sentenced relocate from Philadelphia to the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for newly-constructed city of Wash- the 2013 Boston Marathon bombington, in the federal District of ing that killed three and left Columbia. more than 260 wounded.

In 1862, President Abraham In 2020, President Donald Lincoln signed an act establishTrump formally unveiled a coroing the Department of Agriculnavirus vaccine program called “Operation Warp Speed,” to ture. speed development of COVID-19 In 1928, the Walt Disney carvaccines and quickly distribute toon character Mickey Mouse them around the country. appeared for the first time in Today’s birthdays: Artist Jasper front of a public audience in Johns is 96. Counterculture icon a test screening of the short Wavy Gravy is 90. Actor-singer “Plane Crazy.” (Mickey made his formal screen debut with the Lainie Kazan is 86. Basketball release of “Steamboat Willie” six Hall of Fame coach Don Nelson is 86. Musician Brian Eno is 78. months later.)

Actor Chazz Palminteri is 74.

In 1940, brothers Richard Baseball Hall of Famer George and Maurice McDonald opened Brett is 73. Rapper Melle Mel is the first McDonald’s fast-food 65. Baseball Hall of Famer John restaurant, in San Bernardino, Smoltz is 59. Football Hall of California.

Famer Emmitt Smith is 57. FootIn 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its In re Gault decision, ball Hall of Famer Ray Lewis is ruled that juveniles accused of 51. Actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler is 45. crimes were entitled to the same Tennis player Andy Murray is 39.

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FAMILEE

Continued from page 1D Featured food providers include Neyow’s Creole Café, Addis, Cleo’s, Jamaican Jerk House, Kok Wings & Things, Brooklyn Dumplings Shop, Deesxquisite, Fritai, Kajunlicious Food Therapy, Matcha Magic, Spicy Mango, I-tal Gardens and more.

“If you’ve seen a video ever and thought, ‘Ooo that looks good,’ nine times out of 10, they’re going to be there,” Lee said.

The vendor list also includes some restaurants from other cities he has visited on food tours, like JL Patisserie in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, which has locations across Canada and the U.S.

Tickets and info Tickets for FamiLee Day start at $69.50 for general admission.

Lee said on social media that it was the lowest price he could

set, and it also includes familyfriendly activities, games, carnival rides and an obstacle course.

VIP tickets are $199 and include such perks as expedited entry and lounge access. A “Chef’s Table” VIP option is sold out. Children age 6 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult, with a limit of two children per adult ticket.

The rain-or-shine event will have free parking at 6801 Franklin Ave., with rideshare use encouraged at drop-off point at 6871 Franklin Ave. Clear bags that are 12 inches by 12 inches or smaller are allowed along with clutches and bags 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches or smaller.

The festival prohibits blankets, outside food and beverages, large umbrellas, weapons and more, with a full list on its frequently asked questions page.

The festival has not said whether chairs are permitted or if the festival is cashless.

Go to www.famileeday.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

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Continued from page 1D at 3:30 p.m., followed by Davis Rogan and Tom Worrell.

The music moves on the Broadside’s outside stage with Big Chief Brian & the Nouveau Bounce featuring James Andrews at 7:15 p.m. Alternating between the outdoor and indoor stages, the music continues with the Sinead Angele Band, “Last Dance: A Tribute to Donna Summer” featuring Anais St. John and Neonautica.

On Sunday at the Broadside, Jay Dufour kicks off the show at 3:30 p.m., followed by Jared Daws. Collin Davis & Night People take over at 7:30 p.m., followed by Al “Little Fats” Jackson at 6 p.m. and an encore performance by the River Eckert Band at 8 p.m.

Go to thebayouboogaloo.com for more details and to purchase tickets.

Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

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a perfect setting. And it’s not all that different from what it was 50some years ago.”

Whether they are looking to make friends, improve their skills or just take some time out for themselves after sending their own kids to camp and college, adults can find a variety of summer music programs across the United States, ranging from electronic, folk, rock ‘n’ roll and jazz to chamber and opera.

For many campers, it offers a way to relive the nostalgic musical experiences of their youth and make new social connections.

“Emotionally, making music is good for the soul,” said Carole Lieberman, a California-based forensic psychiatrist who has played multiple instruments herself. “It makes you feel creative, allows you to provide the music you like for yourself and can boost your spirits.”

“Cognitively, research demonstrates that learning to play a musical instrument and playing it helps your brain make better neurological connections,” she added.

“It can help to ward off dementia.”

For Guess, playing music is about being “in that zone” with other musicians.

“When you’re playing music together, you rise above all the pettiness of life,” she said. “And it’s just the most spiritual thing I can think of.”

A camp for every playing level The camps cover a range of playing abilities. Some listings specifying beginner, intermediate and advanced levels can be found in camp guides put out by organizations such Musical America Worldwide and The Instrumentalist.

The Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, where Guess attended band camp in middle school, branched out to offer a variety of summer musical programs for adults, including a weeklong Symphonic Band Camp for experienced players in August.

In Walla Walla, Washington, the

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Piano playing phenom River Eckert will bring his high-profile New Orleans style music to open the 2026 Bayou Boogalou on Saturday at the Broadside Theater.

Midsummer Musical Retreat has grown to include multiple performance groups, large and small, for varying levels since it began in 1983.

Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, hosts the Band Camp for Adult Musicians, where players at an intermediate level and beyond are coached by retired military members and college professors.

The camp’s founder was inspired by his kids’ experience at band camp, director Leigh Hurtz said.

Now in its 37th season, many players are retired and have attended the camp together for years. Some have come with their children and grandchildren.

“They were lawyers or doctors, or working full-time, mothers,” Hurtz said. “There are also people who sold their tuba for a couch in college so they could have a couch, and 20 years later, it’s like, ‘I need a tuba again!’”

In addition to putting on concerts, the camps have their own traditions. At the one in Pennsylvania, everyone gets together on the first night for a family dinner. Walla Walla has a camper-created sketch comedy night. New England has campfire gatherings and a lobster dinner. Campers often have access to other activities such as kayaking, yoga or cocktail hours, or in openmics solo or with a small ensemble of fellow campers.

Camps also can offer special sessions covering certain genres or instruments such as jazz, drum circles, klezmer, German band and ukulele, and host talks about topics like performance anxiety and music theory.

Support and encouragement Linda Haller, 70, of Laconia, New Hampshire, had retired as an obstetrician-gynecologist a few years ago when she learned about a community band for adults promoting “music for life” nearby.

She felt motivated to try the clarinet again after last playing it in high school. So she joined.

“It hasn’t all come back, but I’m getting to the point where I think I’m playing almost as good as I did back then,” she said. Haller, who also plays piano, said the rhythms

and counting came right back to her.

She attended the camp in Sidney, Maine, for two years, where she progressed from a beginner’s band to intermediate. She said she enjoyed the camaraderie.

“Returning to an instrument learned in childhood is powerful because it combines memory, discipline and renewed growth,” said Jonathan Alpert, a psychotherapist based in New York.

“It strengthens attention, fine motor coordination, and memory pathways while reducing stress and improving mood,” Alpert said.

“But equally important is the emotional experience of reengaging with something that once required patience and repetition.”

The community band Haller plays with is affiliated with the New Horizons International Music Association, a nonprofit that provides entry points for adults to create music, including those who have no musical experience.

The organization counts over 200 bands, orchestras and choruses worldwide for 10,000 adult musicians since 1991.

Its philosophy, also adopted by other programs for adult musicians, is “Your best is good enough.”

New Horizons also sponsors its own camps, including an “American Music Abroad” trip to the Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary in June, and one near Cincinnati, Ohio, in July.

The programs are popular, said Russ Grazier of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who has taught at New Horizons camps and is the artistic director of the New England Adult Music Camp.

He notes that the ensemble participation rate for adults over age 60 has doubled from about 150 to 300 people at a local music and arts center he leads. He said he thinks the social connection is key.

“And that’s something missing from a lot of people’s lives these days,” Grazier said. “So any time we have an opportunity to have a space outside of the home where we’re connecting with new people and sharing a common interest, it has remarkable benefits for our health and our aging.”

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zodIAC TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Charm, understanding and optimism will guide you to the winner's circle. How you respond to those closest to you will unveil what you get in return. Put your energy toward getting along, and erase any anger brewing in the background.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Push for change.

Do the groundwork, and don't overestimate or underestimate what others will do to get in your way. Pay attention to how you look and feel, and say no to temptation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Take a moment to study your options, and dedicate more time to what's important to you. Trying to cram too much into your day will contribute to falling short of your expectations.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Dig in, learn all you can, build momentum and initiate plans.

Seeing something through from beginning to end will satisfy your soul and put you in a position to further your plans.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Sign up for something that offers insight into new possibilities. Finding unique ways to apply your skills will open a window of opportunity to engage in a project that's new and exciting.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Connect and collaborate with people who share your interests, skills and plans. You must be innovative, selective and constantly searching to find ways to use and market your experience to accelerate what's trending.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Pay attention to detail. Look for opportunities involving people you already know and trust. Put your energy into development, offering hands-on help and letting your creativity shine through.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Indulge in something you enjoy doing with people who bring out the best in you. How you use your space at home, or the social places you frequent, will set the stage for a unique experience.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Don't put yourself on display. Lie low, engage in self-improvement projects or sign up for activities or events that give you a chance to meet people who share the same likes and dislikes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Self-improvement will be uplifting. Participate in activities that help you look and feel your best. Explore friendships.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Be honest with yourself and those close to you regarding how you feel and the changes you want to pursue. Be aware of how your decisions will affect others, and offer compensation or a way to include them.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Walk away from emotionally explosive situations before they have a chance to erupt. Direct your energy into something that makes a difference.

The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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Sudoku InstructIons: sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers.

The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday.

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BY PHILLIP ALDER Mark Twain said, “Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

At the bridge table, if you play right, you will gratify your partner, astonish those who do not rate your game highly, and irk the opponents.

Sometimes, of course, you rely on partner’s giving you accurate information, without which you will not do right. In this deal, how should the defenders card to defeat two spades after West leads the diamond ace?

North was tempted to pass out one no-trump. but knew that the percentage action was to retreat into spades; here, via a transfer bid. (One no-trump can be defeated by two tricks.) West was tempted to double two spades for takeout, but that would have been dangerous because North could have had a strong hand, and here would have turned a potential plus into a definite minus.

At first glance, South has only five losers: one spade, two hearts and two diamonds. He can get to dummy with a diamond ruff and the club king to take two spade finesses. But ...

Under West’s diamond ace, East should drop his queen, showing the jack as well.

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Declarer wins with his ace, ruffs his last diamond in the dummy and takes a spade finesse. But West wins the trick, cashes the heart queen, and leads another heart. East overruffs the dummy to defeat the contract. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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today’s thought “And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” Genesis 3:12

We can’t blame someone else or God for our sin. We are guilty period. — G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus.

“Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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InstructIons: 1 - Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.

2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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HErE is a plEasanT liTTlE gamE that will give you a message every day. it’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. if the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. if the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. start at the upper left-hand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the checked figures give you.

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classifieds.nola.com Search & Place Ads Ads Onlines at classifieds.nola.com • Call Monday Us Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PMatat(504) (504)636-7435 636-7435 Search & Place Onlines at classifieds.nola.com - Friday 8AM - 5PM JEWELRY/WATCHES Ladies beautiful 10k gold diamond wishbone ring. $300. 504-994-7385

Announcements Anyone knowing the whereabouts of: Hieu Construction LLC and/or Trinh Hieu please contact Attorney David J. Motter 3500 N. Hullen Street, Metairie, LA 70002; 504-388-7005.

187458-May 14-16, 3t $97 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of any heirs, legatees or relatives of John Morgan Lee, Jr., contact Atty.

Danielle Mariche, 504-343-5735.

187419-May 13-15, 3t $85 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Doran Velez Nieto, contact Atty.

Danielle Mariche, 504-343-5735.

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187413-May 13-15, 3t $85 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Russan Brown, contact Atty.

Danielle Mariche, 504-343-5735.

187415-May 13-15, 3t $73 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ryanisha N. Randall, please contact Atty. Rachael Buckley at 504-258-7237 or rbuckley504@gmail.com.

187346-May 13-15, 3t $97

Angel Angello call Tommy please

MISC FOR SALE Antique (Foreign) Tea Pots 10-12 Must See $300 Take All 504-994-7385 WANT TO BUY I Buy Books!!

Will drive to Your books today!! $1 504-226-1398

CEMETERY PLOTS Westlawn Cemetery Mausoleum, in the Chapel. Corr IV, Tier A, holds 6 interments $17,500. 504-259-0505 JEWELRY/WATCHES Ladies beaut. 10k-14k gold diamond cross & chn $350 504-994-7385 JEWELRY/WATCHES Ladies Beaut. 10k yg Diam.

Clustered Heart Ring Must See $350 504-994-7385 JEWELRY/WATCHES Ladies Beautiful 10k Gold Diamond Cluster Ring Must See! $350 (504) 994-7385

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by 2:00 P.M. (CST) on Thursday, May 28, 2026 by the Algiers Char‐ ter (AC), 2619 General De Gaulle Drive, Suite 103, New Orleans, LA 70114, [Attention: Curtis London phone no. (504) 302-7001] for the following project: HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 2026-01 Bid documents may be obtained from: Algiers Charter 2619 General De Gaulle Drive, Suite 103 New Orleans, LA 70114 Telephone (504) 302-7001 | FAX (504) 309-2879 Log onto http://algiers charterschools.org The scope of services is to furnish all necessary resources (including, but not limited to, personnel, training programs, sup‐ port, equipment, materi‐ als, services, and sup‐ plies) to provide hometo-school transportation for the students of the Algiers Charter School Association.

All questions regarding the solicitation shall be directed to the attention of Curtis London, phone no. (504) 302-7001, email address ACbidinquires@ theacsa.org.

Responses to Request for Proposal relative to the above will be delivered to Algiers Charter School Association at 2619 Gen‐ eral De Gaulle Drive, Suite 103, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 until 2:00 P.M. (CST) on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

Specifications and quali‐ fications documents may be obtained by visiting the District’s website, www.algierscharters chools.org, or contacting the Director of Facilities @acbidinquiries@ theacsa.org.

ACSA will host a Pre-Pro‐ posal meeting to be held on Monday, May 18, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. (CST) at 1801 L.B. Landry Avenue, N.O., LA. 70114.

187660-may 15-1t $28 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TITLE: A & E SERVICES FOR DPW832 PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENTS SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4697 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: MAY 15, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: JUNE 16, 2026 @ 4:00 P.M. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: June 8, 2026 @ 11:00 A.M. TEAMS: Meeting ID: 284 021 240 444 694 Passcode: U7oJ9TB3 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent i l

Garage Sales METAIRIE 408 Zinnia Ave. Sat/Sun 16-17. Jwlry, tools, plants, antiques, 78 records.

GRETNA 76 1st St., Dale's Towing Going out of Business Sale! Fri/Sat/Sun 9a-2p, power tools, tool boxes & Misc tools for every trade! Too much to list!

WEST ST TAMMANY

Cherry Creek HOA Annual Garage Sale

Saturday, May 16th, 8am – noon.

Location is Cherry Creek Drive Mandeville, LA 70448

New Orleans Rental GENTILLY 2544 ALLEN TOUSSAINT BLVD. NEWLY RENOVATED!!!

1-2 Bdrm Apts * From $800/mo Parking * Sec Gate 504-250-1446 * 504-454-1333 KENNER

2850 IDAHO AVENUE 1 Block to Vets & Williams All Amenities * Pool * Parking Studio/1 Bed Apt * Starting $650/Mo 504-236-1971 * 504-454-1333

KENNER 510 FARRAR AVENUE - 1/2 Duplex, 3 Bd, 2 Ba, All Electric, Central A/H, Off St Prkg, No Smoking or Pets!

Call: 504-458-9700

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SAINTS JACKET Mens gorgeous black & gold Saints jacket, size XXL, must see! $300 (504) 994-7385

METAIRIE

10,000 Apt Homes and 75 Locations with Studio, 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms Pools, Access Gates, Garages (504) 360-9347 METAIRIE 3201 RICHLAND AVENUE 1/2 Block off Vets * by Paretti Jaguar 1 Bed * Prkg * Pool * Rent $675/mo 504-320-6958 * 504-454-1333

METAIRIE 3513 EDENBORN AVENUE Lrg 2 Bed, 1 Bath * $925 * Off St Prkg Blocks from Lakeside 504-982-4040 * 504-885-8060 504-454-1333

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177 W. 5TH STREET LAPLACE * $2,150/MO Renovated 3BR/3BA home w/ private baths, laminate wd flrg, TV's, appls, dishes, W&D, lawn care, & ample parking.

Furnished or Unfurnished.

Sandy Ward * 504-259-2616.

Re/Max Living * 504-475-1011. Ea ofc indpntly owned & operated.

WEST BANK 332 Layman St., Avondale 3Br/2Ba. Sec 8 wlc 502-644-1070

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in observance of

Memorial Day

And will be observing the following Early Deadline: Deadline: Thursday May 21 @ 3pm

Run Date Tuesday May 26 Wednesday May 27

Call (225) 383-0111 - Option 3 then Press Option 1 or email: Classifieds at ClassifiedAds@theadvocate.com or Public Notices at legal.ads@theadvocate.com

p p y interest of the protestant in the application and state the grounds for protest. Protests, in writ‐ ing, should be addressed to the Commissioner, De‐ partment of Banking and Consumer Finance, State of Mississippi, Post Of‐ fice Box 12129, Jackson, Mississippi 39236-2129.

Processing will be com‐ plete no earlier than the 15th day following this publication or the date of receipt of the application by the Commissioner, whichever is later.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at George Cox Elementary School, 2630 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, LA 70056, to allow prospective bid‐ ders to review the job.

Social distancing as per requirements of the state will be followed. Sealed proposals shall be marked on the envelope cover, plainly and promi‐ nently with the following: a) bidder’s name, ad‐ dress and telephone number b) State License Number of Contractor if the bid is in excess of $50,000.00 and c) the statement “Proposal for (project name and num‐ ber)”.

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of June 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video confer‐ ence or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,428 introduced at the meeting of May 7, 2026.

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: May 15, 22 and 29, 2026 NOCP 9061 187679-may 15-22-29-3t $115.38 PUBLIC NOTICE --NEW ORLEANS REDEVEL‐ OPMENT AUTHORITY (NORA) REQUEST FOR PROPOS‐ ALS (RFP) FOOD BUSINESS MICRO‐ GRANT PROGRAM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES ISSUED: FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026 DUE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2026 The New Orleans Rede‐ velopment Authority (NORA) is requesting proposals from experi‐ enced technical assis‐ tance experts to provide business development technical assistance ser‐ vices to eligible appli‐ cants in the Food Busi‐ ness Microgrant Pro‐ gram. Respondents must demonstrate relevant ex‐ perience supporting small food-based enter‐ prises, food entrepre‐ neurs, commissary kitchens, or other seg‐ ments of the food prepa‐ ration industry.

The Food Business Micro‐ grant Program, funded through CDBG-Disaster Recovery, is a partner‐ ship between the City of New Orleans and the New Orleans Redevelop‐ ment Authority (NORA).

The program is designed to restore and expand shared-use commercial kitchen infrastructure in New Orleans following the impacts of Hurricane Ida. The purpose of the Pro‐ gram is to address gaps in support for food entre‐ preneurs by providing grants of up to $400,000, to eligible non-profit and for-profit commissary kitchen operators that are seeking to improve, modernize, or expand their kitchen facilities and business operations.

It is anticipated that NORA may award one or more contracts pursuant to this solicitation to re‐ sponsible offerors with demonstrated relevant experience and whose proposals are herein. The contract(s) resulting from this RFP will be structured as Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quan‐ i ( )

All proposals must be uploaded to an assigned shared folder no later than WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.

(CST).

All responses must be received by NORA on or before the submission deadline. Re‐ sponses delivered after the deadline will not be considered.

Brenda M. Breaux Executive Director 187656-MAY 15-20-26-3T $122.76

PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 1988 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. 3000026250, Box Truck – LDH, 6/4/26 Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and specifica‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour specified.

The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities.

Amy Vincent Director of State Procurement FAX (225) 342-8688 187624-may 15-1t $11.48

Bidders have the option to submit bids electroni‐ cally in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statute 38:2212 E (1).

Please find bid related materials and place elec‐ tronic bids at www.cen tralbidding.com.

Participation by minority and female-owned busi‐ nesses, as well as busi‐ nesses located in this Parish, is encouraged.

The architect/engineer has classified this pro‐ ject as General Building Construction.

187617-may 15-22-29-3t $125.49 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 186438-may 4-22-19t $87.78

PUBLIC NOTICE --Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Facilities Department for the Jef‐ ferson Parish School Board, 4600 River Road, Administration Annex, 1st Floor, Marrero, LA 70072, until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 9, 2026 for Temporary Modular Buildings at George Cox Elementary School, Pro‐ ject No. 2025-38 A. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. No bids may be withdrawn after scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for at least thirty (30) days. The Owner has the right to reject any or all bids and to waive all informalities.

Plans and specifications and other information may be secured from the architect / engineer, Mathes Brierre Archi‐ tects, APC, 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 4100, New Orleans, LA 70170 Phone: 504-5869303 for a deposit of $ f h d

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p $70.00 per set for a hard copy and/or a non-re‐ fundable fee of $25.00 for an electronic set on com‐ pact disk. The full de‐ posit of one set of docu‐ ments will be refunded to each General Contrac‐ tor. For additional sets of documents and for docu‐ ments issued to subcon‐ tractors or material sup‐ pliers the cost for repro‐ duction of each set will be deducted from the de‐ posit and the balance re‐ funded. Refunds will only be made for documents returned to the architect /engineer within ten (10) days after the opening of bids. Refunds will only be made on documents re‐ tuned complete, in good condition and unmarked.

Bidding documents are also available for down‐ load at the Architects FTP site at no fee. Con‐ tact Tommy Grey at Tgrey@mathesbrierre. com for instructions to access the documents on the FTP site. Bidders re‐ questing documents must submit with their request their license number and also e-mail address for receiving ad‐ denda.

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

DOGS Beautiful AKC Wheaten Mini Schnauzer Puppies, Parents onsite s/w $Call (504) 390-2918

DOGS Teacup YORKIES Maltipoos POMS Mini Goldendoodles POODLES Chihuahua 504-259-2222 for available now S/WUTD Teacups $995+. Puppy Pack $595+ (504) 259-2222

DOGS CKC YORKIES - with papers vet checked shot and worming standard and parti available meet in Gulfport $750 (334) 467-3416

MONDAY ONDAY,, MAY 25TH 25T

y Q tity (IDIQ) contracts, whereby NORA will re‐ quest services as the needs arise.

The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

CATS Young Male Cat, Gray Colors, Have too many cats, Looking for another home for him. Please call 504-861-9617 ($50)

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p must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

During the period be‐ tween the issuance of this Request for Propos‐ als (RFP) and the due date, no oral interpreta‐ tion of the RFP require‐ ments will be provided to any prospective Offeror.

All questions and re‐ quests for interpretation must be submitted in writing to Audrey Plessy, Procurement Manager, via email at Audrey.

Plessy@nola.gov.

The deadline for receipt of questions is Friday, May 29, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.

(CST). NORA will reason‐ ably attempt to answer questions submitted in advance. All questions and answers will be pro‐ vided via an addendum.

CATS RAGAMUFFIN & RAGDOLL KITTENS www.CatsByFrancy.com/kittens $1500up! Reg. Shots & Guaranty 337-230-3150

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COMMODITY CODE(s): 968-52, 845-49

DOGS Maltipoo’s, Dorkie’s, Yorkie’s - Maltipoo puppies, $350 & $400. Dorkie puppies $350 & $400 Reg. Yorkie puppies $700 & $800. $350+ 601-543-4232

DOGS Blue eyes, 4lb, Blue Merle Pomeranian at Stud. Pics upon request 504-913-8536

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The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event:

LA.

PRINT ADVERTISING

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

Successful respondents agree that this solicita‐ tion, along with any work assignment arising from it, constitutes confiden‐ tial information. Respon‐ dents further agree not to disclose such informa‐ tion except to NORA, to parties authorized by NORA, to governmental entities as required for permitting or compli‐ ance, or as otherwise re‐ quired by a court of law.

DOGS German Shorthaired Pointer - Beau‐ tiful Registered German Shorthaired Pointer Puppies, Now taking de‐ posits of $100, born April 25th. $700 337-692-2179

Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF PROPOSED BRANCH Notice is hereby given that Planters Bank & Trust Company, Indi‐ anola, Sunflower County, Mississippi has made ap‐ plication to the Commis‐ sioner, Department of Banking and Consumer Finance, State of Missis‐ sippi, for written consent to establish a branch of‐ fice at 110 Veterans Boulevard, Suite 125, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana 70005.

Any interested person may file a written protest and\or comments to said application with the Commissioner.

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This notice is published pursuant to Section 81-71, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.

May 15, 2026 Planters Bank & Trust Company Alan H. Hargett, President Indianola, Mississippi 187379-may 15-1t $181 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a hotel in a CBD-3 Cultural Arts Dis‐ trict and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, on Square 137, Lot C, in the First Munici‐ pal District, bounded by Constance Street, Poey‐ farre Street, John Churchill Chase Street, and Magazine Street (Municipal Address: 1039 Constance Street). ZON‐ ING DOCKET NO. 27/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2026 NOCP 9055 187662-may 15-1t $17.24 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of June 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video confer‐ ence or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,429 introduced at the meeting of May 7, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a hotel in CBD-6 Urban Core Neigh‐ borhood Mixed-Use Dis‐ trict and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, on Square 161, Lot 6, in the First Munici‐ pal District, bounded by Saint Joseph Street, Camp Street, Julia Street, and Magazine Street (Municipal Address: 521 Saint Joseph Street).

ZONING DOCKET NO. 28/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of June 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video confer‐ ence or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,430 introduced at the meeting of May 7, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a hotel in a CBD-5 Urban Core Neigh‐ borhood Lower Intensity Mixed-Use District and the Transient Lodging In‐ terim Zoning District, on Square 161, Lots 1 and 2, in the First Municipal Dis‐ trict, bounded by St. Joseph Street, Camp Street, Magazine Street, and Julia Street (Munici‐ pal Address: 527 St. Joseph Street). ZONING DOCKET NO. 29/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER

MO MONDAY O ONDAY, NDAY, M MAY AY 2 25TH 25T 5TH

Memorial Day

And will be observing the following Early Deadline: Deadline: Thursday May 21 @ 3pm

Run Date Tuesday May 26 Wednesday May 27

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g politan Street, and Saint Ferdinand Street (Munici‐ pal Addresses: 4290 Al‐ monaster Avenue and 3059 Carver Rams Way [formerly Higgins Boule‐ vard]). ZONING DOCKET NO. 32/26

CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2026 NOCP 9057 187667-may 15-1t $17.57 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of June 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video confer‐ ence or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,431 introduced at the meeting of May 7, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would effect a zoning change from an MU-1 Medium In‐ tensity Mixed-Use Dis‐ trict and an S-RD Subur‐ ban Two-Family Residen‐ tial District to an OS-R Regional Open Space Dis‐ trict and to establish a conditional use to permit a stadium, on Lot Y, on an undesignated square, in the Third Municipal District, bounded by Al‐ monaster Avenue, Carver Rams Way (formerly Hig‐ gins Boulevard), Metro‐ li d i

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

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approve and authorize the New Orleans Aviation Board (“NOAB”) to enter into an amendment to the Amended and Re‐ stated Lease Agreement at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Air‐ port with New Orleans Fuel Facilities, LLC (“NOFF”).

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2026 NOCP 9059

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PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of June 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,433 introduced at the meeting of May 7, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would

PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of June 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video confer‐ ence or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,446 introduced at the

NOTICE Entergy New Orleans, LLC (“ENO” or “Company”) made its Filing pursuant to the Electric Formula Rate Plan (“EFRP”) Rider Schedule approved and adopted by the Council of the City of New Orleans in Council Resolution R-19-457, Resolution R-20-344, Resolution R-23-423, and Council Resolution R-23-491. The 2026 EFRP Filing includes an Evaluation Report based on the calendar year Evaluation Period calendar year 2025, adjusted for known and measurable changes through December 31, 2026. The 2026 EFRP Filing also includes a revised Resiliency and Storm Hardening Cost Recovery Rider Revenue Requirement. ENO also filed the Electric Proposed Rate Allocation - Attachment A. The cover sheet summarizes the Filing and attached to the cover sheet summary is a copy of the Filing so that anyone who wishes to may review the filing and may make a copy at their expense. A copy of this notice, the summary, and the Filing are located at the main branch and every operational satellite branch of the New Orleans Public Library, the office of the Clerk of Council of the City of New Orleans, and the ENO Customer Care Centers located in Orleans Parish.

SUMMARY OF ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, LLC ELECTRIC FORMULA RATE PLAN FILING PURSUANT TO THE ELECTRIC FORMULA RATE PLAN RIDER SCHEDULE Entergy New Orleans, LLC (“ENO” or “Company”) made its Filings pursuant to the Electric Formula Rate Plan (“EFRP”) Rider Schedule approved and adopted by the Council of the City of New Orleans in Council Resolution R-19-457, the Agreement in Principle Council approved Resolution R-20-344, the Agreement in Principle Council approved Resolution R-23-423, and Council Resolution R-23-491. The 2026 EFRP Filing includes an Evaluation Report based on the Evaluation Period calendar year 2025, adjusted for known and measurable changes through December 31, 2026. The 2026 EFRP Filing also includes a revised Resiliency and Storm Hardening Cost Recovery (“RSHCR”) Rider Revenue Requirement. ENO also filed the Electric Proposed Rate Allocation - Attachment A. The 2026 EFRP Filing shows a $16.6 million increase in EFRP Revenue pursuant to the Councilapproved formula, which includes the realignment of a portion of the RSHCR Rider Revenue Requirement currently being recovered from customers. The 2026 EFRP Filing also shows a $1.8 million decrease in the RSHCR Rider Revenue Requirement. The estimated net effects of the revenue changes on typical monthly electric bills with the Proposed Rate Allocation are as follows: Estimated Typical Monthly Electric Bills Customer Type

Energy (kWh)

Demand (kW)

Present Rates

Proposed Rates

Variance

Residential Legacy

1,000

-

148.63

153.62

4.99

Residential Algiers

1,000

-

144.08

148.92

4.84

Small Electric Legacy

9,125

50

1,481.76

1,514.39

32.63

Small Electric Algiers

9,125

50

1,436.40

1,468.03

31.63

Large Electric Legacy

91,250

250

10,802.25

11,027.56

225.31

Large Electric Algiers

91,250

250

10,471.57

10,689.98

218.41

Written comments should be filed with the City Council Utilities Regulatory Office-City Hall, Room 6E07, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112. Phone (504) 658-1110 for more information.

ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, LLC

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2026 NOCP 9056

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35,433.

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a singlefamily residence in a GPD General Planned Devel‐ opment District, on Square 128, Lots 20 through 23 and 32 through 35 (proposed Lot 21A), Orleans Tract, in the Fifth Municipal Dis‐ trict, bounded by Van Buren Street, Jackson Street, Woodland High‐ way, and Maumas Av‐ enue (Municipal Ad‐ dresses: 3803-3909 Van Buren Street). ZONING DOCKET NO. 33/26

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on June 4, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: May 15, 22 and 29, 2026 NOCP 9054 187659-may 15-22-29-3t $39.57

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Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

REVISED BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Monday, May 18, 2026 10:00 a.m.

City Council Chambers City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, 1st Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2026 NOCP 9060 187677-may 15-1t $18.25 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to ap‐ prove and authorize the New Orleans Aviation Board (“NOAB”) to enter into an amendment to the Amended and Re‐ stated Lease Agreement at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Air‐ port with New Orleans Fuel Facilities, LLC (“NOFF”); pursuant to Or‐ dinance Calendar No.

The Board of Zoning Ad‐ justments, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance of the City of New Orleans, will hold a pub‐ lic hearing on the follow‐ ing items: Variances – Unfinished Business 1. BZA023-26 5312-14 La Salle Street / Gelinsia G. Jones 2. BZA024-26 1309 Har‐ mony Street / John P. Klingman 3. BZA029-26 1614 Poland Avenue / Poland Ave LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Fresia Galvez 4. BZA031-26 7032 Boston Drive / Marva Cannon, Joni Stone, Dynamic G LLC

Joni Stone, Dynamic Group, LLC 5.

BZA032-26 2022-24 Philip Street / Team Robot, LLC, Greg John‐ son, DeShawn Davenport 6.

BZA038-26 3316 Dauphine Street / Pedro F. Molina Variances – New Business 7. BZA039-26 1455 N. Roman Street / Roy Cohen and Eileen Spira, Ezra Spira-Cohen 8. BZA040-26 1041 Du‐ maine Street / 900 N Rampart LLC, Sherman Strategies LLC, Mary Grace Verges 9. BZA041-26 945 Kenil‐ worth Street, 5801-03 Gen. Haig Street / Susan Silbernagel, Johnston Burkhardt 10.

BZA042-26 14 Thrasher Street / Austin Evans, Lulia Basaraha, Mike Stanton, Oasis Pools and Spas 11. BZA043-26 2518 Bur‐ gundy Street / Brandon Laramie Macloud, Mar‐ garet Ann Macloud 12. BZA044-26 932 Ara‐ bella Street / Crescent City Developers LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Fresia Galvez 13.

BZA045-26 730-32 Saint Peter Street / St Peter FQ Holdings, LLC, Williams Architects, John C. Williams 14. BZA046-26 518 Walnut Street, Unit C / Mark and Charlotte Dawson, Schneider Construction & Restoration, Inc., Kristin Guilott Director of Safety and Permits Decision Appeals – Unfinished Business 15. BZA062-24 2501-2537 Tulane Avenue / Miles Trapolin and Maureen Greer

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Director of Safety and Permits Decision Appeals – Reconsideration 16. BZA110-25 103739 Broadway Street / C NAPCO INC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Laura Barth

Cafeteria Kitchens dur‐ ing the 2026-2027 school year.

Notice under the Ameri‐ cans with Disabilities Act: This meeting is ac‐ cessible to people with disabilities. Should you need further assistance, please contact the Front Desk in the Main Lobby or the ADA Administra‐ tor: (504) 658-4020 (voice), 711 LA Relay Ser‐ vice, or e-mail emhurst@ nola.gov. Please be ad‐ vised there is a courtesy telephone available for 711 calls for people with hearing or speech im‐ pairments at the wel‐ come desk of City Hall, First Floor, Main Lobby.

This communiqué is available in alternative formats upon request.

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Sealed Proposals will be received by School Food & Nutrition Services Pur‐ chasing Office, Attention: Sandy Logrande, 65 Foun‐ tainebleau Dr., Suite 207, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70125, until 10:00 am Fri‐ day, June 12, 2026, when they will be opened and publicly read. The public is invited to attend. Late bids, for any reason, will not be accepted. Bids shall be addressed “Bid for Fire Suppression”.

Bid specifications may be obtained from the Purchasing Office of School Food & Nutrition Services, 65 Fontainebleau Dr., Suite 207, New Orleans, LA 70125, Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00am and 2:00pm.

504-596-3443.

In accordance with Fed‐ eral law and U.S. Depart‐ ment of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regu‐ lations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (in‐ cluding gender identity and sexual orientation), age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for pro‐ gram information (e.g.

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School Food & Nutrition Services is funded 46% with Federal funds for a total of approximately $7,994,975.91.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING Not Exceeding $225,000,000 New Orleans Aviation Board Bond Anticipation Note in one or more series The New Orleans Avia‐ tion Board (“Board”) hereby gives notice that bli h i h ll b

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The purpose of the pub‐ lic hearing is to afford all interested individuals a reasonable opportunity to express their views, both orally and in writ‐ ing, concerning the in‐ tention of the Board to fi‐ nance capital improve‐ ment projects at the Air‐ port qualified for financ‐ ing by exempt facility bonds for an airport pur‐ suant to Section 142(a) (1) of the Internal Rev‐ enue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

The Board, by resolution adopted May 21, 2026, preliminarily approved not to exceed Two Hun‐ dred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($225,000,000) of New Orleans Aviation Board Bond Anticipation Notes (the “Notes”) to fi‐ nance the costs of the additional capital im‐ provements at the Air‐ port, including planning, architectural, engineer‐ ing, and similar costs, for constructing and equip‐ ping capital improve‐ ment projects. The pro‐ jects are described in the resolution adopted by the Board on October 16, 2025 in connection with the issuance of not to ex‐ ceed Three Hundred Mil‐ lion Dollars ($300,000,000) of New Orleans Aviation Board General Airport Revenue Bonds to pay and discharge a Series 2024 Note and to pay for the additional capital im‐ provements.

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The Airport is owned by the City of New Orleans, Louisiana (the “City”) and is operated by the Board pursuant to Article 5, Chapter 6 of the Home Rule Charter of the City.

The street address of the Airport is 900 Airline Highway, Kenner, Louisiana, and it is lo‐ cated in the central western-most portion of that portion of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, lo‐ cated on the East Bank of the Mississippi River, in the City of Kenner, a small portion of which extends into St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.

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187536, MAY 15-16 $250.00

187531, MAY 15-16 $250.00

I, DAMION JACKSON, have been convicted of 948.02(2) - Second Degree Sexual Assault of a Child**.

WISCONSIN. Date Convicted: 04/05/2006.

State Equivalent: 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

My Address is: 7100 HAYNE BLVD NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/12/1977 Height: 5'8" Weight: 172 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

I, JOSEPH MARCEL AKA JOEY MARCEL, have been convicted of 14:43.1 - Sexual Battery. .

My Address is: 5728 4TH ST LOT 26A MARRERO, LA 70072 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 7/26/1959 Height: 5'9" Weight: 205 Hair Color: GRAY Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana 187404, MAY 15-16 $250.00

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described prop erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in that part thereof known as TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION, SECTION NO. 8, and which por‐ tion of ground according to the plan thereof by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, C.E.&S., dated April 22, 1964, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ord. No. 6610, adopted on May 7, 1964, recorded as Entry No. 289611 of Jeffer‐ son Parish, is designated as follows:

Louisiana 187532, MAY 15-16 $250.00

I, Martin Marvin Journee, have been convicted of 14:42.1 Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 06/29/2010.

My Address is: 1342 ANDRY ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/27/1986 Height: 5'7" Weight: 140 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

187537, MAY 15-16 $250.00

187528, MAY 15-16 $250.00

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I, STEVIE BERNARD UNDERWOOD AKA THADDEUS QUARLES AKA STEPHEN UNDERWOOD AKA STEVE UNDERWOOD AKA STEVEN B UNDERWOOD AKA STEVIE B UNDERWOOD, have been convicted of 14:43.4 - Aggravated Oral Sexual Battery.

Date Convicted: 08/09/1993. 14:81.2 Molestation of Juvenile. Date Convicted: 08/09/1993.

14:81 - Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 02/25/2008.

My Address is: 4121 LAC BIENVILLE DR. APT D. HARVEY, LA 70058 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 3/25/1967 Height: 5'6" Weight: 150 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana 187386, MAY 15-16 $250.00

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I, DARRYL DOWELL, have been convicted of 14:42.1 - Forcible Rape.

Date Convicted: 10/24/1995.

My Address is: 1923 WASHINGTON AVE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 3/1/1966 Height: 5'5" Weight: 150 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana 187539, MAY 15-16 $250.00

I, DAVID A SHEPHERD, have been convicted of 14-27.33 - Sexual Battery. Date Convicted: 04/24/2019.

State Equivalent: 14:43.1 - Sexual Battery.

My Address is: 2910 LAURIE LN MARRERO, LA 70072 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 5/1/1979 Height: 5'11" Weight: 350 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: HAZEL Scars/Tattoos: NORTH CAROLINA 187406, MAY 15-16 $250.00

I, JOVAN DORRELL MARTIN AKA MARTIN J DORRELL AKA JOVAN MARTIN AKA JOVAN D MARTIN AKA JOVAN A MARTN, have been convicted of 14:46.2(B) (3) - Human Trafficking Sexual Motivation.

Date Convicted: 03/10/2022.

My Address is: 3112 ST ROCH AVE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/28/1993 Height: 6'2" Weight: 260 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana

I, Justin Michael Frierson, have been convicted of 14:80 Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 02/17/2009.

15:542 - Failure to Register/Notify as a Sex Offender. Date Convicted: 09/24/2025.

My Address is: 4114 OLD GENTILLY RD NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 6/12/1988 Height: 5'10" Weight: 170 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: HAZEL Scars/Tattoos:

187529, MAY 15-16 $250.00

My Address is: 3018 N ROCHEBLAVE ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 2/10/1987 Height: 5'7" Weight: 180 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: TEXAS 187538, MAY 15-16 $250.00

My Address is: 645 OAK AVE BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 2/7/1958 Height: 5'10" Weight: 170 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana 187402, MAY 15-16 $250.00

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I, Eddie Lee Jones JR AKA EDDIE JAMES AKA EDDIE LEE JONES AKA EDDY JONES, have been convicted of 11990004 - 22.021(a)(2) (b) PC - Agg Sexual Assault Child (attempted). TEXAS. Date Convicted: 04/27/2011. State Equivalent: 14:43.1 Sexual Battery.

11990004 - 22.021(a)(2) (b) PC - Agg Sexual Assault Child (attempted). TEXAS. Date Convicted: 04/27/2011. .

I, MATTHEW RICHESON SCOGGINS AKA MATTHEW SCOGGIN, have been convicted of 14:81 - Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 11/19/2009.

I, KENDALL DARAL SPRIGGS AKA KENDALL SPIGGS AKA KENDALL SPRIGG AKA KENDALL D SPRIGGS, have been convicted of 14:43.1 Sexual Battery. Date Convicted: 11/05/2004.

15:542 - Failure to Register/Notify as a Sex Offender. Date Convicted: 02/22/2010.

15:542 - Failure to Register/Notify as a Sex Offender. Date Convicted: 01/14/2019.

My Address is: 2976 SKIDMORE DR MARRERO, LA 70072

I, Robert Holden AKA ROBERT E HOLDEN, have been convicted of 14:42 - Aggravated Rape (attempted).

Date Convicted: 04/14/1992. 14:44.1 Second Degree Kidnapping. Date Convicted: 04/14/1992.

My Address is: 1923 WASHINGTON AVE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 5/29/1966 Height: 5'4" Weight: 220 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana 187533, MAY 15-16 $250.00

I, ROBERT TAYLOR, have been convicted of 14:42.1 - Forcible Rape.

Date Convicted: 07/02/1998.

My Address is: 1919 LAHARPE ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 6/15/1973 Height: 5'7" Weight: 218 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana 187535, MAY 15-16 $250.00

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LOT 12A, SQUARE 141, which said square is bounded by Mystic Avenue, Guardian and Avenue Morningside Drive, and said lot commences at a distance of 429 feet from the corner of Mystic Av‐ enue and Morn‐ ingside Drive and measures thence 60 feet front on Mystic Avenue, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 115 feet between equal and parallel lines.

All as more fully shown on sur‐ vey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated February 20, 1997.

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 685-644 NICHOLAS HATZGIONIDIS VERSUS MELIDA HATZ‐ GIONIDIS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated February 18, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ t t it

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 844 Mys‐ tic Avenue, Gretna, LA 70056.

Being the same property ac‐ quired by Ni h l R

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quired by Nicholas R. Hatzgionidis and Melida Es‐ pinoza Hatzgionidis by Act dated Feb‐ ruary 28, 1997, before Joseph J. Rouse, Notary Public, and recorded in MOB 3787, folio 237, in the records of Jef‐ ferson Parish, LA on March 6, 1997.

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

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

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

G PATRICK HAND, III Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 835-042 MIDFIRST BANK VS LILLIE IRENE TORRES (A/K/A LILLIE TORRES) AND CARMEN ELIZABEETH TORRES By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Novem‐ ber 21, 2025, I h i d d

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AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND UBUNTU VILLAGE NOLA [COVER PAGE] AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN

My Address is: 5740 FRANKLIN AVE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 I, JAMES BALONEY AKA PAPPY, have been convicted of 14:80 Carnal knowledge of a juvenile Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 04/09/2012.

My Address is: 16503 CHEF MENTEUR HWY NEW ORLEANS, LA 70129 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 12/26/1978 Height: 5'11" Weight: 225 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN /

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I, KORY MAGEE AKA KOR MAGEE AKA KORY WASHINGTON AKA KORY WILLIAMS, have been convicted of 14:42.1 - Forcible Rape.

Date Convicted: 04/24/1996. 14:89.1 Aggravated Crime Against Nature. Date Convicted: 04/24/1996.

My Address is: 2414 PAULINE ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 8/1/1964 Height: 5'9" Weight: 230 i l

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 08/12/1961 Height: 5'5" Weight: 161 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana 187534, MAY 16-17 $250.00

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

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

EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 852-900 PROPERTY RECOVERY GROUP, INC VERSUS NOLAN DYER By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Novem‐ ber 24, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ bidd

THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in KENNEDY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, SECTION NO. 2, said lot being designated as Lot No. 14 in Square I. According to plan by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., dated December 18, 1967, Square I ls bounded by But‐ ler Drive, Gam‐ bino Road, The East Boundary of the Subdivision and Southern Court.

Lot 14 com‐ mences 175.15 feet from the corner of Butler Drive and Gambino Road and measures thence 55 feet front on Butler Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 105 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines.

All in accor‐ dance with sur‐ vey by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., dated November 29, 1968, copy at‐ tached.

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 452 Butler Drive, Westwego, Louisiana.

Being part of the same prop‐ erty acquired by vendor [Trip-Tex C ]

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Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO THE

I, SHELBY TAPP, have been convicted of 14:42.1 - Forcible Rape.

Date Convicted: 02/07/1997.

Lot No. 5 mea‐ sures 60 feet front on Green Acres Road, idth i

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

sell to the high est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

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SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into Amendment No. 1 to a previously executed Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (CEA) between the City of New Orleans (“City”), and Ubuntu Village NOLA, relative to reducing crime and incarceration through the INSTEAD Program which focuses on youth and adults who have been arrested but not adjudicated for nonviolent offenses and have underlying behavioral health challenges, desire to modify the provisions of the CEA and extend the term thereof for an additional one year, as more fully set forth in the Amendment No. 1 form attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

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187411, MAY 15-16 $250.00

ALL THAT CER‐ TAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, all rights, ways, means, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, prescriptions and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining thereto, situ‐ ated in Section 43, T12S, R10E, Southeastern District of Louisiana, East of the Missis‐ sippi River, being a portion of the ElmwoodLafreniere Tract, said property being situated in the 8th Ward of the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, and in accor‐ dance with Sur‐ vey made by W.L. Case Sur‐ veyor, 7/1/1953, copy of which is at‐ tached to Act of Dedication of Streets exe‐ cuted before Claude W. Duke, N.P., dated 8/12/53, regis‐ tered in COB 344, folio 131 for the Parish of Jefferson, is situated in GREEN ACRES SUBDIVISION UNIT NO. 3, in SQUARE NO. 5, thereof, which square is bounded by Green Acres Road, Wabash Street, Haring Road and York Street, said lot being desig‐ nated by the NO. 5 and mea‐ suring as fol‐ lows:

Acres Road, same width in rear, by a depth between equal and paral‐ lel lines of 114 feet, all in ac‐ cordance with Survey of Williams L. Case, Surveyor, dated 6/6/55.

Lot 5 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 240' feet from corner of Green Acres Road and York Street.

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PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2026 NOCP 9051 ________________________________________________________________

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regular meeting of May 21, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,434 introduced at the meeting of May 7, 2026.

EXHIBIT A

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ber 21, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

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through February 11, 2027.

2. Compensation: The Agreement is amended to increase the compensation for in the amount of $350,000.00. The maximum aggregate compensation payable under the Agreement is increased to $870,000.00.

3. Convicted Felon Statement. The Contractor swears that it complies with City Code Section 2-8(c). No Contractor principal, member, or officer has, within the preceding five years, been convicted of, or pled guilty to, a felony under state or federal statutes for embezzlement, theft of public funds, bribery, or falsification or destruction of public records.

4. Non-Solicitation Statement. The Contractor swears that it has not employed or retained any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for it, to solicit or secure this Amendment.

The Contractor has not paid or agreed to pay any person, other than a bona fide employee working for it, any fee, commission, percentage, gift, or any other consideration contingent upon or resulting from this Amendment.

5. Prior Terms Binding. Except as otherwise provided by this Amendment, the terms and conditions of the Agreement, as amended, remain in full force and effect.

6. Electronic Signature and Delivery. The Parties agree that a manually signed copy of this Amendment and any other document(s) attached to this Amendment delivered by facsimile, email, or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Amendment. No legally binding obligation shall be created with respect to a Party until such Party has delivered or caused to be delivered a manually signed copy of this Amendment.

CAL. NO. 35,434

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 6/17/1983 Height: 5'9" Weight: 160 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

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THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND UBUNTU VILLAGE NOLA FOR THE INSTEAD PROGRAM THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”) is entered into by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by Helena N. Moreno, Mayor (the “City”), and Ubuntu Village NOLA, represented by Ernest Johnson, Director (the “Contractor”). The City and the Subrecipient may sometimes each be referred to as a “Party,” and collectively, as the “Parties.” The Agreement is effective as of February 12, 2026 (the “Effective Date”).

RECITALS WHEREAS, effective February 12, 2025, the City and the Contractor entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement for the INSTEAD program (the “Agreement”); and WHEREAS, the City and the Contractor, each having the authority to do so, desire to enter into this Amendment to extend the term, increase the funding, and reaffirm certain essential provisions of the Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the City and the Subrecipient amend the Agreement as follows: 1. Extension. The term of the Agreement is extended for one (1) year

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City and the Contractor, through their duly authorized representatives, execute this Amendment.

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS BY:_______________________________________________ HELENA N. MORENO, MAYOR Executed on this________ of______________________ , 2026 FORM AND LEGALITY APPROVED: Law Department By: _______________________________________________ Printed Name: ____________________________________ UBUNTU VILLAGE NOLA BY: _______________________________________________ ERNEST JOHNSON, DIRECTOR __________________________________________________ FEDERAL TAX I.D. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: May 15, 2026 NOCP 9052

187440-647592-may 15-1t $ 228.69

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vendor [Trip Tex Company] herein as per act before Charles H. Ryan, N.P., on Septem‐ ber 12, 1968, reg.

COB 685 fo. 84.

This act is made and accepted subject to the restrictions con‐ tained in act be‐ fore Jacqueline McPherson, NP, dated June 9, 1967, reg. COB 658 folio 507 and servitudes as shown on recorded plan of Kennedy Heights Sub., Sec. No. 2.

Being the same property ac‐ quired by Shirley Brooks, wife of/and Nolan Dyer from Trip-Tex Com‐ pany by an act before Charles H. Ryan, Notary Public, dated on January 21, 1969 recorded at In‐ strument No. 449014, CB 619 Page 672 in the conveyance records of the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana.

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

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

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

COREY E DUNBAR Attorney for Plaintiff

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Square 5 of Har bor Estates Subdivision, which said square is bounded by Heather Street, Wayne Avenue, Emile Avenue and Dolly Street, designated as Lot No. 116 on a plan of survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, Sur‐ veyors, dated July 17, 1972, a copy of which is annexed to an act of sale be‐ fore James J. Donelon, Notary Public, dated September 5, 1972 and ac‐ cording to which survey, said Lot 116 measures fiftyone (51’) feet front on Heather Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of one hundred (100’) feet between equal and parallel lines. Said Lot 116 commences at a distance of 204.49’ from the corner of Heather Street and Wayne Avenue.

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

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

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

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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NO: 856-296

NO: 856-553

BRAVO RESIDEN‐ TIAL FUNDING TRUST 2022RPL1 VS SHICOLA D. MARTIN A/K/A SHICOLA MAR‐ TIN

U.S. BANK TRUST COM‐ PANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURI‐ TIES CORPORA‐ TION, HOME EQUITY MORT‐ GAGE ASSETBACKED PASSTHROUGH CER‐ TIFICATES, SE‐ RIES 2005-EMX2 VS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF FRANCIS JONES BUTTON, III

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated August 16, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in Square 5 of Har‐ b

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated August 7, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings d i

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all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Square No. 24 of Valley Realty Company Subdi‐ vision, bounded by Farrington Drive, Thir‐ teenth Street, Manson Drive and Twelfth Street, desig‐ nated by the Number Two Hundred and Eighty on a sur‐ vey made by Alvin H. Hotard, Civil Engineer, dated January 11, 1957, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to ven‐ dor's set of purchase, and, according to which, said lot commences at a distance of one hundred feet from the corner of Thir‐ teenth Street and Farrington Drive, and mea‐ sures thence fifty feet front on Farrington Drive, by a depth between equal and paral‐ lel lines of one hundred and ten feet. The im‐ provements thereon bear the Municipal No. 1236 Farrington Drive.

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

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

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

EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 862-033 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2006HE2 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE2 VERSUS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF FRENCHIE CARTER A/K/A FRENCHIE CARTER AND AL‐ FRIEDA JONES MILLER A/K/A ALFRIEDA J. MILLER A/K/A ALFRIEDA MILLER By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Decem‐ ber 1, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at bli i

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est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: Three certain lots of ground, together with all of the build‐ ings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Square No. 12, Own Your Own Subdivision, bounded by Sib‐ ley, Milan and Sheldon Streets and an alley called Hustedt Road, designated as Lots 24, 25 and 26 on the survey made by Errol E. Kelly, Surveyor, dated January 23, 1963, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to an act registered in COB 567, folio 231, dated February 27, 1963, and ac‐ cording to said survey, said Lots 24, 25 and 26 adjoin each other and measure each 20 feet front on Sibley Street, the same width in the rear and front on Hustedt Road, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and parallel lines; said Lot No. 24 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 473.92 feet from the corner of Sibley and Milan Streets.

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

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

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

DENNIS WIG‐ GINS, JR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 862-959 BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING VERSUS KM HOMES REAL ESTATE, LLC AND FIORELA L. VASQUEZ AKA FIORELA VASQUEZ TRIGUEROS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 31, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell t th hi h t

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proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, and is more fully described as follows, to- wit: LOT 14, SQUARE F, WESTSIDE TERRACE SUBDIVISION; subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-ofway and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the prop‐ erty.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 1152 Tallow Tree Lane, Har‐ vey, Louisiana 70058.

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Parish of Jeffer son, State of Louisiana, and is described as follows: A certain parcel or portion of land, together with all the im‐ provements thereon, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, des‐ ignated as Lot 4-A of the re-subdivision of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of Square No. 23, Bridgedale Sub‐ division, Section A, all as shown on the plat of survey title “Resubdivi‐ sion of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 into Lot 4A & Dedication of a 15’ Drainage Servitude” by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated July 19, 2009, a copy of which is of record in the of‐ ficial records of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, recorded on September 15, 2009 at COB 3252, Folio 918, Instrument Number 10939582.

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

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

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

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

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

JOSEPH P. BRIGGETT Attorney for Plaintiff

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

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 864-315 B1 BANK VS CARONNA DE‐ VELOPMENT LLC, SEQUOIA BUILDING SUP‐ PLY LLC, PAUL G. CARONNA AND NATHALIE YVONNE STEGE‐ MAN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated January 16, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: The land re‐ ferred to herein below is situ‐ ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ f

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in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as BAYWOOD SUBDIVISION all as per plan thereof made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, dated 10/22/1974, and approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐ nance No. 12178 on 10/23/1974, recorded in COB 849, folio 365, and according to aforesaid plan, said property is more particu‐ larly described as follows: LOT 34 in SQUARE C; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No., 2778 Ridgefield Road, Gretna, Louisiana 70056.

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

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

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

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 868-354 NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VERSUS WILLIAM W. PORTER AND EVELYN CHAM‐ BERS PORTER AKA EVELYN CHAMBERS ZENO PORTER By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Septem‐ ber 11, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the

NO: 869-793 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. VS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DANIEL LEO DUNHAM A/K/A DANIEL LEO DUNHAM A/K/A DANIEL L. DUN‐ HAM A/K/A DANIEL DUNHAM By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Novem‐ ber 3, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ t t it

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described prop erty to wit: That portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and ad‐ vantages there‐ unto belonging or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Eighth Ward of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Airline Park, according to a plan by H. E. Landry, C.E., dated October 26, 1950, revised September 13, 1951, and revised plan by H. E. Landry, C.E., dated January 9, 1951, revised September 13, 1951, both on file and of record in plan book 16, Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, according to which, said por‐ tion of ground is described as follows: Lot 17, Square "G", bounded by Montgomery and Mitchell Av‐ enue, Airline Park Boulevard and Hodgson Av‐ enue, measures 50 feet front on Montgomery Avenue, same width in the rear by a depth of 109 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines; all as more fully shown on sketch by H.E. Landry, C.E., dated October 26, 1951, revised May 15, 1952, annexed to an act recorded at COB 320 folio 666 in Jefferson Parish.

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

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

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

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 870-486 NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELL‐ POINT MORT‐ GAGE SERVIC‐ ING VERSUS TOMMIE SHACK‐ ELFORD AND JIMMIE B. SHACKELFORD A/K/A JIMMIE B. DUNSEITH SHACKELFORD

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By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Novem‐ ber 18, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as SOUTH AVON‐ DALE SUBDIVI‐ SION, SECTION II, according to a plan of William Maier, C.E., dated March 10, 1964, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 6565, and filed for record as Entry No. 287491, registered in COB 589, folio 77, and in Plan Book 49, Plan 42, of the records of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, ac‐ cording to which said lot is designated by the No. 11, in Square No. 12 thereof, bounded by Mil‐ lie, Ursula and Ruth Drives and Jamie Boulevard, and said Lot 11 mea‐ sures 52 feet front on Millie Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal Address: 141 Millie Drive, Westwego, Louisiana 70094 AKA 141 Millie Drive, Avondale, Louisiana 70094 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

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Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 871-852 M&T BANK VERSUS ALEX D. WILLIAMS A/K/A ALEX WILLIAMS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated January 13, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Woodmere South Subdivi‐ sion, Section No. 3, in Square "T", bounded by Touchwood Drive, Cimwood Drive, Sweet Gum Drive and Destrehan Av‐ enue. Said por‐ tion of ground is desig‐ nated as Lot No. 913, measures a first front of 56.62 feet on Touchwood Drive, a second front of 12.11 feet on the point of curva‐ ture of Touchwood Drive into De‐ strehan Avenue, a width of 133.37 feet across the rear, by a depth and front of 115.67 feet on Destrehan Av‐ enue and a depth of 100 feet on the opposite side‐ line. All as more fully shown on survey of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E. & S., last dated April 21, 1987.

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

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

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

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

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Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: April 10, 2026, May 15, 2026 Apr 10-may 152t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 760-853 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM‐ PANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-4, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-4 VERSUS WILLIAM I. WELLS, JR. AND MAUREEN WELLS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Septem‐ ber 6, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing, or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof know as CHATEAU ES‐ TATES SOUTH, SECTION 2, being a resubdi‐ vision of Parcel 16-B, Chateau Estates South, all in ac‐ cord with a sur‐ vey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated March 27, 1973, approved by the City of Kenner under Ordi‐ nance No. 1509, adopted April 9, 1973, registered in COB 787, folio 886, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and according to said survey, said lot is desig‐ nated as LOT 18, in SQUARE 7.

Square 7 is bounded by Chateau Magde‐ laine Drive, Chateau Ausone Court, Chateau Petrus Court, Chateau Margeaux Court, Chateau Haut Brion Drive and Chateau Pontet-Canet Drive.

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

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

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

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CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 861-822 TOWNE SQUARE ASSOICATES LIMITED PART‐ NERSHIP VERSUS SOFT & CLEAN LAUNDROMAT LLC, AND NIL‐ SON FELIX RIVERA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 31, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the parish of Jefferson , State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as SOUTH AVONDALE HOMES SUBDI‐ VISION, SEC‐ TION II accord‐ ing to a plan of William Maier, C.E., dated March 10, 1964 approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐ nance No. 6565, and filed for record as Entry No. 287-491, regis‐ tered in COB 589, FOLIO 77, and in Plan Book 49, Plan 42, of the records of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, according to which said LOT is designated by the NO. 28, in SQUARE 5, bounded by Di‐ alita, Jacqueline and Ruth Drives and Jamie Boule‐ vard, and mea‐ sures 54 feet front on Jacque‐ line Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines.

Said property has the munici‐ pal address of: 128 JACQUELINE DRIVE, AVON‐ DALE, LOUISIANA. Being the same property ac‐ quired by Edna Larousse, wife of/and Curtis S. Wainwright from William F. Kelly by act dated August 18, 1964, regis‐ tered in COB 597 / 546, INST NO. 300285; fur‐ ther by Edna Larousse Wain‐

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wright and Byron Curt Wainwright ren‐ dered in Judg‐ ment of Posses‐ sion in the Suc‐ cession of Cur‐ tis Sidney Wainwright filed in 24th JDC case no.

187,157 dated 9/25/1978; fur‐ ther by Byron Curt Wainwright rendered in Judgment of Possession in Succession of Edna Cecelia Larousse Wain‐ wright filed in 24th JDC case no.

517-736 dated 12/2/1997; fur‐ ther by Christopher Lee Wainwright by Affidavit of Small Succes‐ sion of Byron Curt Wainwright dated 10/19/2011, filed in COB 3287, FOLIO 527, INST NO. 11147966 on 10/21/2011; fur‐ ther by Sharon W. Carragan from Christo‐ pher L. Wain‐ wright by act of Dation En Paiement dated July 20, 2012, registered in COB 3300, FOLIO 349, INST NO. 11234658 on July 23, 2012 in the Jefferson Parish records; further by Nil‐ son Felix Rivera and Asleen Ivonne Rivera Al‐ baladejo from Sharon Carra‐ gan by Cash Sale dated June 5, 2015, filed in COB 3351, folio 119, Instrument No. 11524143 on June 8, 2015 in the Jefferson Parish records.

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

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

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

COREY E DUNBAR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 863-150 BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING VERSUS KM HOMES REAL ESTATE, LLC AND FIORELA L. VASQUEZ AKA FIORELA VASQUEZ TRIGUEROS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 28, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ i

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erty to wit:

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A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in TERRY‐ TOWN SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2, being part of Oakdale Subdi‐ vision, Section 8, First Ward, all in ac‐ cordance with the survey of Adloe Orr, Jr., & Associates, C.E., dated June 3, 1959, re‐ vised Septem‐ ber 16, 1959, and September 18, 1959, approved by the Parish of Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance #4544 adopted April 21, 1960, registered in COB 510, folio 522, Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, on July 20, 1960, and in Plan Book 39/65 Office of the Clerk of Court, Jefferson Parish, which said property is more fully de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows, to-wit: LOT 19 in SQUARE 6, bounded by Ap‐ pletree Lane, Athena Avenue, Holmes Boulevard and Browning Lane, which said lot commences at a distance of 80 feet from the corner of Appletree Lane and Athena Avenue and measures thence 60 feet front on Apple‐ tree Lane, by a depth along the side line nearer Athena Avenue of 95 feet, by a depth along the oppo‐ site sideline of 95 feet, by a first width in the rear of 36.06 feet to a point, thence an additional width in the rear of 36.06 feet in accordance with survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., March 15, 1963, all more fully shown on sur‐ vey by Gerald B. Dunn, Surveyor, dated July 21, 1976, said lot has the same location, dimensions, and boundaries as set forth above; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 341 Ap‐ pletree Lane, Gretna, Louisiana 70056.

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

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

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

BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 787-855 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM‐ PANY, AS CER‐ TIFICATE TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF BOSCO CREDIT II TRUST SERIES 2010-1 VS ZINA SHABAZZ LEWIS AKA ZINA SEMONE SHABAZZ LEWIS AKA ZINA LEWIS AKA ZINA S. LEWIS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated October 8, 2018, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as BAYOU DES FAMILLES SUB‐ DIVISION, being a resubdivision of a portion of Ames Farms, Lower Estelle Planta‐ tion, Lots L, M, N, O, P, Q, and R in accordance with plan of resubdivision by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated April 25, 1984, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 16259, approved on November 29, 1984, registered in Entry No. 8459835, COB 1180, folio 100, Jefferson Parish, LA, said Lot is more fully described as follows, towit: LOT 9, SQUARE 6; subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-ofway and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the prop‐ erty.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 4621 Bayou Des Familles Drive, Marrero, LA 70072.

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

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

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or

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y Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 860-752 NOLA FUNDING, LLC VS INVESTOR EQUI‐ TIES, LLC, ET AL By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated October 1, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all of the improve‐ ments thereon, together with all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes and ap‐ purtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining to said property situ‐ ated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part known as the M.M. Gilchrist’s West Carrollton Sub‐ division, which lots are desig‐ nated as LOTS 13 and 14, of BLOCK 6, which block is bounded by Spruce Street, Brooklyn Av‐ enue, Claiborne and Lake Streets and which lots ad‐ join each other and measure each fifteen feet front on Brooklyn Av‐ enue, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines.

A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all of the improvements thereon to‐ gether with all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining to said property, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part known as the M.M. Gilchrist’s West Carrollton Sub‐ division in BLOCK 6, which block is bounded by Spruce Street, Brooklyn Av‐ enue, Claiborne and Lake and Streets which lots is designated as LOT 16 on a plan of subdivision

by Edgar Pilie, Surveyor, dated October 28, 1902, attached to an Act before

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Joseph Walton, NP, dated Octo‐ ber 29, 1902, according to which Lot 16 measures 30 feet front on Brooklyn Av‐ enue, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines.

Improvements bear Municipal No. 439 Brooklyn Avenue, Jeffer‐ son, LA 70121 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

IRL R. SILVERSTEIN Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 871-856 HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK VERSUS DOWNTOWN DE‐ VELOPMENT GROUP, LLC By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated January 9, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: "TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY" A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, prescrip‐ tions, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in Jef‐ ferson Parish, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as HER‐ ITAGE PLACE SUBDIVISION, and designated as LOT 1, PAR‐ CEL D-1, in accor‐ dance with a plan made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated April 14, 1981, and re‐ vised Septem‐ ber 18, 1981, under Ordi‐ nance No. 14750, Entry No. 971405, COB 1005, folio 265, records of Jef‐ ferson Parish, Louisiana.

Said LOT 1, PAR‐ CEL D-1 mea‐ sures 35 feet

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front on Whit‐ ney Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth of 131.13 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. PARCEL D-1 is bounded by Whitney Av‐ enue, Hamilton Road, Cooper Road, and Square "C".

According to a survey by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated Sep‐ tember 17, 1981, resurveyed Au‐ gust 30, 1982, and resurveyed November 9, 1981, to show improvements, said Lot has the same dimen‐ sions as set forth above and commences 581.13 feet from the intersection of Whitney Av‐ enue and Cooper Road.

IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NUMBER: 1003 WHITNEY AVENUE, GRETNA, LA 70058.

AND ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Heritage Place Subdivision, in Parcel D-1 thereof, in the square bounded

by Whitney Av‐ enue, Cooper Road, Square C of Her‐ itage Place Sub‐ division, Landry Subdivision and Hamilton Road, designated as Lot 14, on a sur‐ vey made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated May 13, 1982, redated July 27, 1982, August 30, 1982 and December 18, 1982, according to which said lot commences at a distance of 327.13 feet from the corner of Whit‐ ney Avenue and Cooper Road, and measures thence 18 feet front on Whitney Av‐ enue, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 131.13 feet between equal and parallel lines.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear Municipal No. 1029 WHIT‐ NEY AVENUE, GRETNA, LA 70058.

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

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

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

PETER J. SEGRIST Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF

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JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 871-906 U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR LEGACY MORT‐ GAGE ASSET TRUST 2021-GS2 VERSUS KATRINA MUNDY DICKER‐ SON (A/K/A KA‐ TRINA C. MUNDY, KAT‐ RINA MUNDY, KATRINA C. DICKERSON, KA‐ TRINA DICKER‐ SON) AND ERIC DICKERSON (A/K/A ERIC CHARLES DICKERSON, ERIC C. DICKER‐ SON) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated January 13, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: That certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in Parish of Jef‐ ferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as Acadi‐ ana Subdivision, all in accor‐ dance with a plan of resubdivision by Dufrene Survey‐ ing & Engineer‐ ing, Inc., dated March 17, 2004, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 22234, adopted on June 23, 2004, said ordinance filed at COB 3128, folio 108.

According to said plan, said lot is desig‐ nated as Lot 21, Square E. Square E is bounded by Ca‐ juns Cove, Oak Haven Drive (side), and Aca‐ diana Trace. Lot 21 measures a total of 68.04 feet front on Ca‐ juns Cove, 80.33 feet in the rear, by a first depth on the southwesterly‐ most side of 140.00 feet, and second depth on the southwesterly‐ most side of 39.54 feet, and a depth along the northeasterly‐ most side of 114.54 feet.

All as more fully shown on sur‐ vey by Dufrene Surveying & Engineering, Inc., dated May 3, 2006, revised to show im‐ provements May 22, 2006.

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

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

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check,

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Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

WILLIAM S. TEBBE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 870-907 CASCADE FUND‐ ING MORTGAGE TRUST HB15 VERSUS TRACY MARILYN CARR FEDERICI AND THE UN‐ OPENED SUC‐ CESSION OF RONALD R. FED‐ ERICI By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Decem‐ ber 8, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF METAIRIE, COUNTY OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 3, SQUARE 5, CHATEAU PARK SUBDIVI‐ SION, MORE FULLY DE‐ SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT SUBDI‐ VISION KNOWN AS CHATEAU PARK, BEING A RESUBDIVSION OF PLOTS 340, 341, 330, 331, 328, 329, 316, 317, 318, 319, 304, 305, 306, 307, 294, 295, AND PART OF 292 AND 293, HESSMER FARMS SUBDIVI‐ SION, AS PER SUBDIVISION PLAN OF WILLIAM MAIER, DATED 415-70, RECORDED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 10331 IN COB 745, FOLIO 390.

ACCORDING TO SAID PLAN LOT 3 OF SQUARE 5 IS SITUATED IN THAT SQUARE BOUNDED BY CHATEAU DRIVE AND WEST ES‐ PLANADE AV‐ ENUE, HESSMER AV‐ ENUE AND 7TH STREET. LOT 3 COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 116.07 FEET FROM THE COR‐ NER OF CHATEAU DRIVE

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AND WEST ES‐ PLANADE AVENUE, MEA‐ SURES THENCE 60 FEET FRONT ON CHATEAU DRIVE, THE SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 96.27 FEET ON THE SIDE LINE NEAREST TO WEST ES‐ PLANADE AV‐ ENUE, AND A DEPTH OF 96.92 FEET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LINE. LOT 3 OF SQUARE 5 LIES WHOLLY WITHIN WHAT WAS ORIGINAL PLOT 295 OF HESSMER FARMS SUBDIVI‐ SION. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON THE SURVEY OF JAMES F. LUMSDEN, C.E., DATED 3-20-72 AND 7-23-72 (FINAL).

ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SURVEY OF DADING, MAR‐ QUES & ASSOCIATES, INC. DATED 9-161998.

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

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

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

WILLIAM S. TEBBE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-212 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS JOSEPH M. DUFRENE AND CHRISTINE KIM‐ BALL DUFRENE By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 8, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, situated in the CITY OF KEN‐ NER, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that part thereof known as MORNING‐ SIDE PARK SUBDIVI‐ SION, per plan

by Adloe Orr, dated May 15, 1941, on file in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana. And

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according to said plan, said lots are desig‐ nated as LOTS 23 and 24 of Square 25 adjoin each other and measure 25 feet front on Gardner Street, same width in the rear by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines. Said Lot 24 lies nearer to and forms the corner of Gardner Street and Dearborn Avenue, having a depth and front on Dear‐ born Avenue of 120 feet. And according to a plat of survey

by Errol E. Kelly dated June 30, 1976, recertified March 8, 1986, by James H. Couturie, said Lots 23 and 24 have the same locations and dimensions as set forth above, except that Gardner Street is shown to be now desig‐ nated as Taylor Street, and Dearborn Av‐ enue is shown to be now designated as 15th Street This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

ELIZABETH C. PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-252 STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS LUISA MENDOSA ISABA WIFE OF/AND RENE A. ISABA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 6, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH of JEF‐

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FERSON, STATE of LOUISIANA, in SQUARE 58 of EASTBANK SUB‐ DIVISION, bounded by Wil‐ son and Jeffer‐ son Avenues, Versailles and Market Streets, and ac‐ cording to a sur‐ vey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, C.E., dated July 28, 1954, the said portion of ground com‐ mences 1020 feet from the corner of Wilson Avenue and Ver‐ sailles Street, measures 60 feet front on Wilson Av‐ enue, 48.29 feet in width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet on the side line nearest to parallel and with Versailles Street, and by a first depth on the opposite sideline of 104 feet and thence on an obtuse angle a second depth of 19.83 feet to the rear prop‐ erty line; which said portion of ground is com‐ posed of the whole of original Lots 52 and 53 and the greater portion of Original Lot 54.

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

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

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

L. GRAHAM ARCENEAUX Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-961 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM‐ PANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STAN‐ LEY ABS CAPI‐ TAL I INC. TRUST 2007NC2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES, 2007-NC2 VERSUS LAKEYSHA KINDELL LON‐ DON AND CUR‐ TIS LONDON, III By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 25, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐

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gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in the VILLAGE OF MECHANICK‐ HAM, now part of the City of Gretna, desig‐ nated as the REAR PART OF LOT NUMBER FOUR (4) OF BLOCK NUMBER TWENTY-SIX (26), bounded by Seventh, Eighth and Weyer (for‐ merly Cuvier) Streets and the dividing line of the Village of New Mechanickham, measuring fiftyone (51') feet in width by a depth of Ninety-three feet, ten inches, and three lines (93' 10" 3") on the side nearest Seventh Street and by a depth of Ninetynine feet, seven inches, and four lines (99' 7' 4") on the side nearest Eighth Street (all measure‐ ments being more or less).

All as per sur‐ vey of Mandle Surveying, Inc., dated May 9, 1986, said ½ of Lot 2, commences at a distance of 75 feet from the corner of Weyer Street and Eighth Street, and measures thence 25 feet front on Eighth Street, thence in a northerly di‐ rection towards Seventh Street 126.50 Ac‐ tual, 125 feet (title) to a point, thence in a westerly direc‐ tion towards Derbigny Street 74.7.4 Actual & Title to a point, thence in a northwesterly direction 49.0.2 Actual, (49.10.12 Title) to a point, thence in an easterly direc‐ tion towards Weyer Street 94.1.2 Actual (93.10.3 Title) to a point, thence in a southerly direction 48.8.1 Actual (51.0 Title) to a point, thence continuing in a southerly direc‐ tion to a point on the westerly right of way of Eighth Street 126.5.0 Actual (125.0 feet title) to the point of be‐ ginning.

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

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

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

RADER JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

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NO: 874-356

NEY

TRUIST BANK VERSUS LEIBO DAVID RAIBSTEIN-PER‐ ALTA, SR.

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 7, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 8, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that subdivi‐ sion thereof known as BELLEVUE SUBDIVISION, according to a survey of Ho‐ tard & Webb, C.E., dated September 20, 1954, said por‐ tion of ground is designated as LOT 101, SQUARE D, bounded by Mason Avenue, Tentou Street, Creagan Avenue and Bruno Street, which said Lot 101 commences at a distance of three hundred (300`) feet from the corner of Mason Av‐ enue and Bruno Street and mea‐ sures thence fifty (50`) feet front on Mason Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth of one hundred twenty-five (125`) feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

ELIZABETH C. PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: May 15, 2026, June 19, 2026 May 15-jun 19 JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-262 PNC BANK, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION VERSUS AMANDA HERG‐ ERT LACHNEY AND JULES JOSEPH LACH‐

A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that part thereof known as GREATER HOLLY HEIGHTS SUBDI‐ VISION, SEC‐ TION 3, all in accordance with the survey of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc. dated June 29, 1971, filed in Plan Book 74, folio 20, and also according to a survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons dated December 17, 1971, said Prop‐ erty is more fully described as follows, towit: LOT NO. 12 of SQUARE M, and said Square M is bounded by Rancher Road, Cascade Boule‐ vard, Sessions Lane and the North boundary of the subdivi‐ sion, Section 3; and Lot 12 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 797.06 feet from the corner of Rancher Road and Sessions Lane and mea‐ sures thence 50 feet front on Rancher Road, same width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines.

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

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

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

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VERSUS THE OPENED SUCCESSION OF TONY JEROME MITCHELL, (A/K/A TONY J. MITCHELL) AND JAZMINE NICHELLE MITH‐ CELL, (A/K/A JAZMINE N. MITCHELL), INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NAT‐ URAL TUTRIX FOR ALAYNA E. MITCHELL, MINOR AND ADRIAN T. MITCHELL, MINOR By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 6, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all buildings and improvements thereon and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as BARKLEY ES‐ TATES SUBDIVISION and designated on the official map thereof, a copy of which is on file and of record of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of Jeffer‐ son , State of Louisiana, as LOT NUMBER THREE (3) said subdivision; said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as shown on said map.

Municipal Ad‐ dress: 3331 Hardwick Place, Harvey, Louisiana 70058.

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

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

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

RADER JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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