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Letlow, Davis dominate Senate runoffs support, spending led to candidates’ victories

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Trees covered with resurrection ferns are seen along Bayou Grosse Tete. The bayou was once able to support both game fish and steamboats. Iberville Parish wants to revive it for recreation, while maintaining its critical drainage role.

‘A love for the bayou’

Iberville Parish wants to revive Bayou Grosse Tete to preserve its critical drainage role

Barges haul trees downed in Bayou Grosse Tete, some of the estimated 350 clogging the waterway.

BY AIDAN McCAHILL staff writer

For all but a handful of her 84 years, Jeannie David has lived beside the bayou, the one locals say Louisiana’s founder, Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville, named for a friendly man they say had an unusually large head — or, as the French put it, a “Grosse Tete.”

David’s screened porch overlooks Bayou Grosse Tete, where she and her husband watch the constant hum of life. They count turtles sunning on logs, sometimes dozens at once. Fish jump, water snakes glide over the surface and herons wade. Alligator eyes crest then disappear.

“I just have a love for the bayou. It’s so pretty when it’s muddy, when it’s flowing,” said David, a former alderwoman for the village of Grosse Tete.

But the real origin of the bayou’s name comes from its past as a “big shipping head,” she said. Steamboats once passed through, and merchants docked house to house, selling everything from produce to furniture. On Sundays, she was told, a church boat made its rounds. Later, she remembers people using the bayou to water ski.

Now, in some stretches during summer, the water dwindles to a trickle.

“It was a lot better and cleaner at one time,” David said.

On a broiling day shortly before Tropical Storm Arthur soaked parts of Louisiana, John Clark pushed his flatboat off a launch near David’s home. As Iberville Parish’s director of environment and economic development, he has spent two decades trying to restore

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State joins push to study psychedelic treatments to take the psychedelic drug ibogaine af- siana is joining a growing list of states Lawmakers support ter the younger Curtis heard about it on working to expand the use of the drugs to treat addiction, PTSD and other with Joe Rogan. clinical trials for the drugs a podcast conditions. State lawmakers this Both men said their symptoms

BY ALYSE PFEIL staff writer

For retired Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis, the former top official at the Louisiana National Guard, it was the headaches and cloudy thinking caused by a neck injury, traumatic brain injuries and PTSD. And for his son Nicholas Curtis, it was the vertigo, light sensitivity and memory problems stemming from two head injuries.

That suffering — and their hope for an elusive cure — spurred the father and son to travel to Mexico together in early 2025

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spring unanimously approved disappeared after the treatment a measure to cultivate research and haven’t returned since. into psychedelics and support Inspired by the transformaclinical trials. tion, the father-son duo launched A growing body of research a nonprofit to help military vetershows that psychedelics can ans access ibogaine, psilocybin help address problems like and ayahuasca to treat mental McMath trauma, addiction and depreshealth conditions. But the drugs are largely illegal, and opportunities sion, which can lead to suicide, and for clinical trials using them have been that’s especially relevant for struggling scarce. veterans, said Sen. Patrick McMath, Now, as a movement to increase ac- R-Covington, who sponsored Senate Bill cess to psychedelic-assisted therapy has ä see TREATMENTS, page 5A gained steam across the country, Loui-

BY TYLER BRIDGES staff writer

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow rode President Donald Trump’s forceful support and an avalanche of campaign spending in the final week to decisively win the Republican runoff Saturday to be Louisiana’s next senator, after late polls had suggested the race might be neck-and-neck.

Trump didn’t just endorse Letlow, R-Baton Rouge. He lavished praise on her in two campaign videos and held a rally by phone with Letlow on Thursday that attracted 98,000 listeners, an official Letlow with her campaign said on Sunday. That was more than half the 179,000 votes she collected on Saturday.

Trump’s super PAC, Securing American Greatness, also contributed $1 million to an outside group, the Accountability Project, that battered Davis state Treasurer John Fleming, Letlow’s Republican opponent, with a barrage of negative ads.

“I can’t wait to work with him (Trump) over on the Senate side,” Letlow, 45, told reporters at her Baton Rouge victory party after clinching the Republican victory.

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Most schools hold off on teacher pay increases some parishes have put raises in place despite uncertainty of stipend plan

BY CHARLES LUSSIER staff writer

In the past few weeks, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes have approved or proposed substantial increases in teacher pay for the upcoming school year.

A handful of other public school districts outside the Baton Rouge region — Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto and Lafourche parishes — have done the same.

Most school leaders, though, are holding off on major pay changes until it’s clear whether Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut nearly $170 million from school budgets to pay teacher stipends survives legal challenge.

Judge Richard “Chip” Moore in Baton Rouge on June 18 issued a temporary restraining order to stop the governor from enacting his executive order. A hearing in the case is scheduled for Monday.

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Officials: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 4

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl, local health officials said.

The first strike targeted a group of people in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing two and wounding another, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

Another Israeli strike in southern Gaza killed a man, according to health officials at Nasser hospital.

And the 13-year-old girl, Eileen al-Farra, was killed by shrapnel from Israeli tank shelling in southern Gaza, according to Nasser hospital.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strikes but said one of them targeted a “Hamas terrorist,” without elaborating.

Palestinians on Sunday reported heavy tank shelling across Gaza and quadcopters — a type of unmanned aerial vehicle — buzzing overhead.

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Iran strikes in Bahrain and Kuwait

Iranian Foreign Minister of their interim deal. The said air defenses inter- did not give details.

Tehran threatens Abbas Araghchi on Sunday Trump administration on cepted Iranian drones and the claim that Sunday said nothing has two missiles just after the Trump’s accusations to halt talks after reiterated Tehran must govern the been canceled and techni- U.S. strikes in Iran. There The U.S. military said U.s. attacks strait to the Persian Gulf cal talks are on track for were no reports of injuries it struck Iranian military

that once carried a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas.

“Any attempt to establish Associated Press new or separate arrangeDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — ments from those currently Iran again launched drone being carried out by the Isand missile attacks target- lamic Republic of Iran will ing Bahrain and Kuwait only lead to further complion Sunday followcations, delay the ONFLICT reopening of the ing new U.S. air- CO T Strait of Hormuz strikes against the IN THE and increase the Islamic Republic, MIIDDLE level of tension,” and threatened a EAST AST Araghchi said. “complete halt” in The strait has negotiations to end the war if Washington con- long been considered an international waterway tinues its attacks.

Efforts to reopen the despite its location in Iran Strait of Hormuz with- and Oman’s territorial waout Iran’s oversight has ters. In recent days, Iran sparked days of crossfire. has twice attacked vessels A multinational maritime going through a route near body overseen by the U.S. the Omani side.

Navy said Saturday it Pakistan, a key mediator, would expand a route near has said talks would reOman for inbound and out- sume Tuesday between the U.S. and Iran on the terms bound traffic.

BY JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN

Skydiving plane crashes in France, killing 11

TOMBLAINE, France — Families watched in shock as a skydiving plane carrying their loved ones on what was meant to be a thrilling introduction to parachuting crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said.

The dead included five parachuting instructors, five novice jumpers and the pilot, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.

Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said it was France’s biggest aviation accident involving skydiving in about 30 years.

“Some of the victims’ families witnessed the aircraft falling with their own eyes. So there is tremendous emotion and an even greater psychological trauma,” Nunez said.

He refused to speculate on what caused the crash but said the plane dropped out of the sky suddenly. He said it had just taken off from the Nancy-Essey airfield on the outskirts of the city of Nancy when it came down about 300 yards from the runway.

Yves Séguy, prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, said the plane suffered a malfunction and “fell almost vertically,” narrowly missing a built-up area.

“Had it occurred just a few dozen meters away, the accident could have caused collateral casualties,” he said.

NASA races to save Swift telescope

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.

The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

NASA hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions. A three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once it takes off from an atoll in the Pacific’s Marshall Islands aboard an airplane-launched Pegasus rocket.

Liftoff could occur as early as Tuesday.

Scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, Swift has been sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar activity.

It needs to get to a higher, more stable orbit as soon as possible to survive.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — also at risk — could be next.

Like Swift, Hubble is losing altitude as the sun erupts with one flare after another. Katalyst Space CEO Ghonhee Lee said his company’s next-generation robot, still in development, could save the day for the much bigger Hubble in a couple years.

CORRECTION A story about Saturday’s BESE primary that appeared in the Sunday paper incorrectly stated that candidate Mike Hollis was former board member Paul Hollis’ son. They are brothers.

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the coming days.

Talks include arrangements around the strait, the removal of a U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and sanctions on Iran, and the future of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

The two sides have 60 days from their signing of the memorandum of understanding earlier this month to work out details.

Continued conflict in Lebanon threatens the agreement, which says fighting must end on all fronts before certain issues can be discussed.

Strikes target Gulf states Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the attacks in Bahrain and Kuwait.

Kuwait, which hosts a major U.S. military base,

or damage.

Bahrain said the Iranian strikes damaged a residential building near the international airport and no one was killed. Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. The damaged building was not near its headquarters.

Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry denounced what it called “a dangerous escalation that reveals that what Tehran is doing is not a passing act, nor an isolated incident, but rather a deliberate approach and a systematic pattern of repeated aggression.”

Later on Sunday, Qatar said a civilian had been killed, and another person was hurt, by shrapnel related to “military operations in the area” after a vessel didn’t return at its scheduled time on Saturday. It

“surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities” following an attack on a ship on Saturday. The Panamanian-flagged tanker Kiku carried crude oil for the state-run energy company of Qatar, another key mediator.

President Donald Trump on social media accused Iran of violating the deal and warned of a point where the U.S. may “be forced to militarily complete the job.”

“If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” Trump wrote.

The exchanges of fire began when an Iranian drone struck a merchant vessel off Oman on Thursday and the U.S. military retaliated.

VENEZUELA

Teams scramble to locate quake survivors

BY REGINA GARCIA CANO, JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.

The government reported 1,450 dead from the quakes Sunday afternoon as it faced growing criticism from Venezuelans that its response was inadequate and overshadowed by civilian-led efforts to rescue people buried under collapsed buildings.

Thousands have been reported missing, according to multiple databases used by families searching for loved ones.

Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free some survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families a sliver of hope.

The first 48 to 72 hours after a natural disaster are

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Rescue workers carry a man rescued sunday from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela. crucial to rescue efforts, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water.

More than 2,600 rescue workers from around the world had arrived by Sunday, the government said, noting that crews were being supported in their efforts by nearly 140 specially trained dogs.

“It’s been incredibly hard work, but we’re going strong,” said Jason Mercano, a civilian who was able

to communicate with family buried under the rubble via social media.

“We’ve never given up hope,” he added.

Masses of people gathered to watch as rescue crews from the U.S. and France pulled a man and his son from the ruins Sunday morning and carried them carefully on a black tarp into an ambulance.

Still, many Venezuelans are struggling to hold

3 firefighters killed, 2 hurt battling wildfire on Colorado-Utah border

BY TY ONEIL, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press

BEAVER, Utah — Three firefighters were killed and two sustained burn injuries when they were overcome by flames from fast-moving wildfires in hot, windy conditions near the Colorado-Utah border.

The firefighters deployed emergency shelters for themselves during the socalled burnover — which occurs when a fire spreads and closes off all escape routes — on Saturday in Mesa County, Colorado, the U.S. Interior Department said.

They worked for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service and U.S. Forest Service and were part of an interagency response to the Knowles and Gore fires, which merged with other fires to form the Snyder Fire.

So far, about 44 square miles have burned.

The Wildland Fire Service, created earlier this year to streamline firefighting and fire reduction across public lands, said in a statement that it “stands united” with the Forest Service in grief and “in our unwavering support for the loved ones left behind.”

“Their bravery, dedication, and sacrifice will never be forgotten,” the statement said.

The names of the firefighters who perished were being withheld pending notifications to their loved ones, the Interior Department said.

Temperatures in Grand Junction — east of the fire — hit a high of 93 degrees, with winds gusting to 44 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office was

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smoke rises sunday from the snyder Fire burning near Thompson springs, Utah.

asking people to evacuate the potential path of the fire and to turn on irrigation water to saturate the land. The federal Bureau of Land Management closed public access to lands it manages nearby.

“Firefighter and public safety are the highest priority,” the agency said in a statement. “The temporary closing of the lands is to reduce exposure to hazardous situations due to the rapid rates of spread and fire behavior that the fire has exhibited. The public is to remain clear of these closed lands.”

Wildfire activity has intensified across the western United States, as consecutive days of hot, dry and windy weather have fueled flames in Utah, Arizona and elsewhere as new fires popped up across the region.

The largest blaze, the Cottonwood Fire, was burning in rugged terrain in southwest Utah. It ballooned Saturday to more than 144 square miles after marching through canyons and mountainsides, destroying part of a ski resort and other summer cabins along the way.

onto hope in an increasingly desperate situation. The one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit last Wednesday have left a trail of devastation.

A layer of dust coated coastal communities, and as the stench of decomposing bodies spread, more people began to wear masks.

Authorities said Sunday that more than 770 buildings had totally or partially collapsed from the earthquakes, twice as many as were reported destroyed or damaged on Friday. The risk of further damage remains as aftershocks continued to shake Venezuela; quakes measuring 4.2 and 4.5 hit Sunday morning.

Many living in disaster zones said they had seen little sign of their government since the quakes. But rescue efforts in La Guaira — the hardest-hit area — appeared significantly more organized on Sunday as international rescue missions arrived en masse. In previous days, residents there had expressed frustration and anger about the level of response.

The government reported on state television that more than 14,000 members of the military and police are now patrolling La Guaira state, where access is blocked and special permits are required to enter.

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U.S. lags in social media restrictions for children But reform push is growing

BY KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP technology writers

Amy Neville describes Kristin Bride as her “soulmate.” But the day that forged their bond — June 23, 2020 — was the worst of each of their lives.

Both Bride and Neville lost their teen sons that day.

Their kids lived a thousand miles apart and never met, but they both died from harms related to their social media use.

When the two mothers met, early in their advocacy work to protect other kids, Bride said she had felt “totally alone.” But they have since seen the online child safety movement blossom, with scores of other parents who lost kids pursuing stronger social media safeguards and legislation to protect children online.

With that momentum, advocates say the tide seems to be turning. A pair of landmark jury verdicts this year showed a way forward for holding tech companies accountable. And while the U.S. is nowhere near embracing social media bans for children like those seen from Australia to Indonesia, a push for regulation is simmering again in Congress.

“Moving forward for me, it’s this groundswell. We now have the court of public opinion on our side, and that is powerful. That has brought things to the next level,” Neville said in an interview.

Her son Alexander Neville

was “brilliant and intense,” Neville said, with an entrepreneurial spirit and “the best laugh in the world.”

When he was 14, a drug dealer connected with him on Snapchat and sold him the pill that killed him. Carson Bride was the “bright light” of his family, a funny and caring kid who loved connecting with people, his mother said.

He died by suicide at age 16 after severe cyberbullying.

The teenagers were honored in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday alongside 270 other children and young people who died because of online harms. It was the sixth anniversary of the boys’ deaths, a date their families have worked to establish as Social Media Victims Remembrance Day. Growing awareness of the dangers social media poses for young, developing brains has shown up in a wave of new restrictions globally.

Australia, the U.K., Turkey, Indonesia and others have passed bans on kids under 16 or 15 from using platforms like TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.

In the U.S., the movement turned a corner with two jury verdicts against Meta and one against Google that galvanized proponents for kids’ online safety. Evidence in the court cases revealed some of the tech companies’ inner workings, including communications of employees who likened their products to drugs and casinos.

That the Los Angeles trial accusing social media platforms of causing deliberate harm to children was allowed to move forward was itself a watershed movement, said

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Kristin Bride, right, mother of 16-year-old Carson Bride, who died by suicide after being cyberbullied on an anonymous app on snapchat, is joined by Amy Neville, mother of 14-year-old Alexander Neville, who died from fentanyl poisoning after being deceived by a drug dealer operating on snapchat, during a social Media Victims Remembrance Day memorial on Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Matthew Bergman, head of the Social Media Victims Law Center, which represents more than 1,000 plaintiffs in lawsuits against social media companies.

Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act shields tech companies from legal responsibility for posted content. It has been a barrier to accountability but lawsuits are side-stepping its protections by focusing on the companies’ deliberate design choices rather than content.

“It is still a hurdle, but it is no longer a barrier,” Bergman said.

In the U.S., federal legislation of social media has moved at a glacial pace. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which took effect in 2000, requires kidoriented apps and websites

to get parents’ consent before collecting personal information of children under 13.

This week, lawmakers in the House unveiled a bipartisan deal called the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act. It includes portions of the the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, which passed the Senate in 2024, but critics say it’s been stripped of its most important part — a provision called “duty of care,” a legal term that requires companies to take reasonable steps to prevent harm.

“Without a duty of care, Big Tech companies will maintain the status quo of putting profit before the safety of our children,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said in a statement.

Bride said advocates have to employ a three-prong ap-

proach, utilizing legislation, litigation and education. That way, “when one stalls, like legislation,” Bride said, “then we have the trials and we have litigation. So we keep pressing forward. We’re not going to give up.”

Representatives from Meta, YouTube and TikTok did not immediately respond to messages for comment.

Snap said in a written statement that it works continuously to strengthen safety protections across its platform.

Over the years, social media platforms have introduced some safety features including separating minors into teen accounts and providing even tighter restrictions for younger teenagers.

Instagram, for instance, now restricts teen accounts to viewing content that aligns

with “PG-13” ratings and accounts are set to private and can’t be messaged by strangers. YouTube has a separate kids app and parental controls on its regular platform that allow for “supervised kid accounts” for preteens who have aged out of YouTube kids.

But child advocates say there’s still a long way to go.

“Their fundamental incentive to design products that maximize engagement has not changed,” Bergman said.

“Yes, there have been some improvements. A 13-year-old child is not by default provided with an open account for adult predators to prey upon.

So, you know, there are baby steps, but there are steps in the right direction. We just need more of them.”

Since 2024, the Senate has passed a resolution annually to recognize June 23 as Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day, which honors the lives of those who died because of online harms including suicide, drug poisoning, cyberbullying and dangerous social media challenges.

Alongside several parents and advocates who spoke at the event Tuesday evening — including Bride and Neville — senators called for urgent action.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, DMinn., advocated for the repeal of Section 230. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, DConn., said advocates and lawmakers need to “fight like hell for the living.” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., assailed his fellow Congress members for not doing more, saying “we all know why” they haven’t acted.

France sees 1,000 more deaths amid extreme heat in Europe

BY KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and JOHN LEICESTER

lected, including for deaths at home.

The increase was sharpest in areas under red warn-

Associated Press

BERLIN — France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country’s public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastestwarming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.

Temperature records were toppled in several countries on the weekend, wildfires were sparked in Germany and Berlin police used water cannons to cool down the crowds.

Meanwhile, the heat wave slowly moved toward eastern parts of the continent.

Germany marked a record for the third day in a row with 107 degrees in Neißemünde, near the border with Poland, which baked under its new all-time high of 104.9.

The Czech Republic also experienced its hottest day ever with 107.4, up from the previous record of 105.6 on Saturday.

A new study from the World Weather Attribution, a Europe-based collaboration

ings of extreme heat, it said.

Those warnings blanketed about three-quarters of the country at the peak of the

heat wave. The agency said that 85% of the deaths involved people aged 65 and above.

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People refresh in a fountain on sunday after the Angelus noon prayer celebrated by Pope Leo XIV from the window of his studio overlooking st. Peter’s square at the Vatican. of scientists, reported Friday that the record-breaking heat and humidity in Europe this past week would not have been possible without climate change.

The rapid study found that the heat would have been virtually impossible just five decades ago, and is 200 times more likely today than it would have been 20 years ago.

France reported a surge in deaths last week, including a sharp increase at private homes, especially in the Paris region, the national public health agency said Sunday.

There were more than 1,200 deaths on Wednesday, when France was sweltering under its hottest temperatures, increasing to more than 1,400 deaths on each of the two following days, Public Health France said.

In April and May, before the heat wave, France’s rate of deaths was about 900 to 1,000 per day.

The agency concluded that France experienced a total of at least 1,000 additional deaths during those three days alone, an estimate it cautioned is likely to increase as more data is col-

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The overall turnout of registered voters in the run“Great News!!!” Trump off was 17%, according to posted Saturday night on Ed Chervenak, a politicalTruth Social. “Julia Letlow science professor at the WON in Louisiana, beating University of New Orleans. conclusively a very strong That was down from 28% in the May primary. and smart opponent.”

According to unofficial reHer triumph sets up a Nov. 3 general election against turns from the Secretary of Jamie Davis, a farmer from State’s Office, Davis defeatnortheast Louisiana, who ed Crockett, 79.9% to 20.1%. overwhelmingly won the That result was not a surDemocratic nomination prise since Davis had much over business owner more money and imGary Crockett. portant Democratic “We planted good endorsements. seeds in fertile soils, “We’re talking and we started to grassroots, pure harvest last night,” grassroots, differDavis said in an inent organizations coming together terview on Sunday. to say, ‘This man Davis, 55, faces Fleming has it; this man has an uphill battle in a state where no Democrat what we want to see in the has been elected to the Sen- person who represents us,’ ” ate since 2008, and Republi- said Bonnie Byland, an orgacans hold all of the statewide nizer with Indivisible Baton offices and two-thirds of the Rouge.

At Davis’ election night seats in the Legislature. In the runoff, 316,538 people party in Baton Rouge, she voted in the Republican run- added, “There was tremenoff, while 196,190 voted in dous energy.”

James Carville, the famed the Democratic one.

Davis said he is undaunted Democratic political strateby the naysayers and said he gist, said of Davis, “He has will broaden his focus to ap- some guts and moxie. He peal to Republican voters seems to be a successful who could not vote for him farmer, which is a pretty in the just-concluded closed good profile for a Demoprimary elections. cratic candidate. His chal“Dr. Fleming’s voters are lenge will be raising money. out there,” he said. “So are Democrats have no power Dr. Cassidy’s voters and Mr. in Louisiana. In politics, you Crockett’s voters.” can have the best bio in the Sen. Bill Cassidy was world, but if you don’t have eliminated in the May 16 pri- money, you can’t tell your mary when he finished third story.” in the Republican primary.

Cassidy had angered Trump Behind Letlow’s win and MAGA voters when he Letlow defeated Flemvoted to convict the presi- ing, 56.8% to 43.2%. That

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Continued from page 1A If Landry prevails, teachers across Louisiana would continue receiving $2,000 stipends as they have since 2023. Support workers would likewise continue to receive $1,000 stipends for a fourth straight year.

The $168 million price tag for Landry’s new set of stipends, however, is smaller than in years past. Consequently, some employees who previously received stipends, such as principals and counselors, would be ineligible for the new stipends.

If Landry’s plan is thrown out, then all public school employees in the state stand to lose money. Indeed, teachers in 11 of the 14 school districts in the Baton Rouge region would see cuts of $2,000 or more in their annual paychecks unless those districts take further action to offset them.

Landry issued his executive order after voters rejected a ballot measure in May to finance permanent raises for school employees.

School leaders across the state, however, have tried to block Landry’s plan, arguing that the roughly 5% reduction in state funding it would impose could force them to cut positions or programs.

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Julia Letlow addresses the crowd after winning the runoff in the Republican primary for U.s. senate at a watch party in Baton Rouge on saturday.

13.6-point margin was bigger than most political analysts predicted. The Letlow campaign, for example, expected she would win by six or seven points, the campaign official said.

New Orleans pollster Greg Rigamer, who had conducted weekly surveys throughout the race, won public attention when he found in the final days of the election that Fleming had closed most or all of the 17-point margin that Letlow had coming out of the May 16 primary, 45% to 28%.

Rigamer released a poll showing that Fleming held a 1-point advantage among those who voted early in the Republican runoff but that Letlow held a 6-point advantage among those expected to vote on Saturday.

Rigamer expected Letlow to win the runoff — but in “a squeaker.”

Fleming’s pollster, John Couvillon, reported that his poll several days before the election showed Fleming up,

45% to 40%.

The Letlow campaign saved its heaviest advertising buys for the final three weeks of the campaign, when more voters would be tuning into the race.

Outside groups also stepped up their advertising. Two of them — American Mission and Save American Freedom — spent over $1 million total to promote Letlow.

Another group, the Accountability Project — run by allies of Gov. Jeff Landry — spent over $4 million on attack ads against Fleming — TV ads, radio spots, mailers and texts.

At 12:52 p.m. on Wednesday, voters received a text message from the group: “President Trump has sealed our border and is keeping illegal aliens out. But RINO John Fleming has found a workaround to bring more Mexicans into our country his taxpayer-funded immigrant bus system.”

At 10:43 a.m. on Thursday:

“While you bust your butt paying taxes, John Fleming and his family were globetrotting the world on your dime, and lobbyist money.”

At 1:12 p.m. on Thursday: “Fleming is a fraud who can’t be trusted.”

At 3:06 p.m. on Friday: “John Fleming bragged about working side-byside with Dr. Fauci on the COVID Task Force, even sharing with the media that they ‘very frequently’ met together as they pushed forced vaccines and forced masks on our kids, and shut down businesses.” The text ended with photos of Fleming and Fauci.

Landry raised money for the Accountability Project and Hope in Action — which transferred big dollars to the Accountability Project.

“We ran a strong campaign,” said Jay Connaughton, a St. Tammany Parishbased media strategist who headed the Accountability Project. “It wasn’t just about the money. It was about the effective message. John Fleming was a flawed candidate. It made our job a lot easier.”

Fleming repeatedly said the ads were dishonest.

He declined to be interviewed on Sunday. Letlow did not respond to interview requests.

Letlow campaign volunteers made 100,000 calls to likely Letlow voters on the weekend before the election and 91,000 calls on election day, said the Letlow campaign official.

49 parishes, while Fleming won 14 — Orleans Parish and 13 more in a corridor that stretched from northwest Louisiana to Allen and Beauregard parishes, the area he represented in the U.S. House from 2009 to 2017.

“She just dominated,” Rigamer said on Sunday.

Fleming and Letlow tied in Bossier Parish, each with 4,351 votes, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Couvillon, who acknowledged on Sunday that he misfired on his final poll, said Fleming’s campaign aimed in the runoff to receive two-thirds of the Cassidy voters from the primary — but collected only 45%.

“The Cassidy vote concluded there wasn’t a dime’s difference between the two runoff contenders, so they split their vote,” he said.

Roy Fletcher, Fleming’s campaign strategist, knew that his candidate had to take an early lead when the first batch of returns were released on Saturday night just after the polls closed at 8 p.m. Those figures tallied the early voters who, Rigamer’s poll showed, had given a slight advantage to Fleming.

Instead, Letlow took an immediate lead.

Fletcher was sitting in Fleming’s suite at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge.

“I said to myself, ‘That ain’t what it’s supposed to be,’ ” Fletcher recalled on Sunday. “I knew then that it Where Letlow won wouldn’t go right. I walked According to a postelec- to get two oatmeal cookies. tion analysis by Rigamer, I thought it was time for Letlow ended up carrying sugar.”

Starting teacher pay in the Baton Rouge region

West Feliciana Parish is one locale where all school employees can rest assured they will be making more money during the 2026-27 school year than they made last year no matter what happens.

The small suburban Baton Rouge district on June 16 agreed to give its employees an extra $7,000, half in October, the other in April. It will pay employees another $7,000 the following school year.

West Feliciana is taking advantage of $5.3 million it is receiving Wednesday, an advance on an agreement reached with Hut 8, which is building a data center in St. Francisville. Anthropic, the AI firm that launched the Claude chatbot, will be Hut 8’s tenant.

Other recent local pay raises, however, won’t necessarily be enough to completely cover what the state has been paying.

Five days before West Feliciana acted, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board approved a sweeping overall of its employee pay.

Teachers in Baton Rouge will receive an average pay raise of $8,500, with $6,000 more for starting teachers and up to $13,831 more for teachers with 20 years of experience.

A small number of veteran teachers, however, are already topped out under the

of $1,500 for teachers; it was $750 for support workers.

CHANGE SINCE Consequently, teacher payDISTRICT ANNUAL PAY* LAST YEAR checks won’t increase. Nevertheless, a salary increase, -2,000 60,806 Iberville unlike a stipend, is permanent 3,000 59,932 West Feliciana and is something employees can bank on in the future.

-2,000 56,329 st. James If the state stipend ends, As2,000 East Baton Rouge 56,000 cension employee paychecks -2,000 West Baton Rouge 55,474 will decrease accordingly.

-2,000 53,533 Ascension** The Ascension Parish School Board was planning -2,000 52,022 Zachary to vote at its June 23 meeting -2,000 51,200 East Feliciana on the $1,500 pay raise, but it -2,000 50,750 Central opted to postpone that vote until July 14 to see what hap-3,000 50,707 st. Helena pens with the legal challenge -2,000 49,567 Pointe Coupee against Landry’s stipend plan.

200 48,900 Assumption ‘Double payout’ worries -2,000 48,510 Tangipahoa Since Landry issued his ex-3,500 47,400 Livingston ecutive order on June 2, one concern has been that the *Includes local stipends, excludes proposed $2,000 state stipend state will give local school **July 14 vote scheduled source: Advocate research staff graphic districts little to no credit for locally funded pay raises and new scales and won’t be get- year, so it’s unclear who all is cut their funding anyway to ting raises at all. Similarly, getting a pay raise and how pay for additional state stinot all support workers are much. pends.

As it happens, the paygetting big enough raises or Thirteen days later, Landry raises at all. For instance, checks for starting teachers took to social media to try to many cafeteria workers are in Assumption Parish won’t allay such concerns. earning the same salaries this jump that much. That’s be“There is no requirement year as last year. cause the district has paid in the (executive order) for In May, Assumption Parish generous one-time stipends a double payout,” Landry asapproved changes to its sal- over the past few years, sti- sured.

Rather, those districts inary schedules, increasing its pends that have come and salary for starting teachers gone. Last year, Assumption stead can use the state “stifrom $43,700 to $48,900. It paid a local stipend worth pend allocation to backfill also increases pay for other $3,000 to teachers and $1,500 their budgets,” the governor employees, including bus to support workers. said. State leaders, however, Similarly, Ascension Parish have yet to explain publicly drivers and custodians. The school district, however, has is proposing a $1,500 across- how this would work. not yet released its full set of the-board salary increase. It Some school leaders want schedules for the new school replaces a one-time stipend more detail before they’re

willing to bank on such promises.

“We want assurance. We don’t just want a social media post and we don’t want a phone call,” Caddo Parish Superintendent Keith Burton told his school board a day after Landry issued his statement.

That night, the Caddo board approved a 6% across-theboard pay raise for its school employees. Burton, however, persuaded board members to postpone until July plans to go further and give employees an additional $1,000 onetime check.

“Our argument has been that the stipend that we proposed in the budget meets the intent and exceeds what the governor was attempting to do in his order,” Burton said.

West Feliciana Parish Superintendent Hollis Milton, however, said he’s confident his district will get credit for its recent pay increase and not be forced to trim its budget.

“We intentionally structured the $7,000 stipend to include the governor’s executive order, regardless of how that ultimately plays out,” Milton said. “Because of that, we do not anticipate having to make any reductions or adjustments related to the executive order. We wanted to ensure that our employees had certainty now rather than waiting for the state’s process to play out.”

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Continued from page 1A both the bayou’s health and its recreational draw — often alongside David.

“What we have can be the backyard playground for the capital region,” he said. “We would like to see more recreation, more people getting out on the water, like they used to in the past.”

Clark is overseeing a nearly $1 million project to clear debris from the bayou.

According to Parish President Chris Daigle, the work is part of a never-ending effort to keep Clark the region’s primary drainage artery functioning, while also improving access for recreation.

“What we’re trying to do is maintain a long-term drainage plan,” he said. “In the past, they were very reactive.”

History and hydrology As Clark idled upstream, some of the largest oak trees in the state arched over the water. Cloaked in verdant resurrection ferns, their branches cast a dense, muchneeded shade. Though the 58-year-old Clark describes himself as more woodsman, the burly former Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality biologist is also a practiced naturalist. Along the banks, he pointed out bright pink hibiscus blooms standing beside buttonbush, whose white, pincushion-like flowers once drew abundant tiger swallowtails.

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“I believe it will save lives,” McMath said of the new law. “Shame on us as legislators in this state if we don’t do everything that we can to create the regulatory pathways to safely administer this type of therapy.”

Psychedelics in treatment Psychedelics like ibogaine, psilocybin and MDMA are illegal under federal law, and are Schedule I drugs, the Drug Enforcement Agency’s most restrictive classification.

While they can’t be prescribed in standard medical treatment, scientists with a special Schedule I license can study the drugs in research trials.

Some of those studies have produced “a really remarkable effect,” said Kevin Murnane, a professor of pharmacology, toxicology and neuroscience and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at LSU Health-Shreveport.

“Many times the outcomes are really, really profound,” he said.

For example, people with conditions like treatmentresistant depression, substance use disorder or PTSD experienced remission for months or in some cases years after taking psychedelics with the right preparation and in a monitored clinical setting, he said.

At the same time, the field of psychedelic medicine is still in its early stages, he said, and most experts view the findings thus far as “promising but not definitive” due to the limited scientific research and clinical trial data that’s available.

“More research needs to happen,” he said, “but the potential is immense.”

Murnane cautioned that each psychedelic carries its own risks and potential harms. For example, MDMA could affect the supply of blood to the heart, while ibogaine can make patients extremely physically ill and impact the heart’s rhythms, and some drugs carry psychiatric risks like manic states or suicidality if used improperly, he said.

Psychedelics can also put people in a vulnerable, compromised mental state, he said, and he does not recommend taking them independently outside of a clinical setting.

1927, Clark explained, Bayou Grosse Tete functioned as a distributary of the Mississippi River, fed by overflows that delivered fertile “commerce silt” to the region’s sugar cane fields. But as levees were built along the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers, the bayou came to rely largely on rainfall and overflow from the False River. As a result, its freshwater input dropped sharply.

“You hear stories about how they used to catch so many fish,” Clark said, though catfish, gar and crappie still remain. “They still have some that run nets, but this was a big game fish deal a long time ago.”

Many residents, including David, also point to Babin Cut as a culprit. The channel diverts water into the Port Allen Lock, an alternate route to the Intracoastal Waterway constructed in the 1950s and ’60s. By diverting water away from the bayou, it is accelerating sediment buildup south of the channel, David said.

“Once they dug the Intracoastal Canal and cut Babin Cut, they literally ruined Bayou Grosse Tete,” she said.

Even so, the bayou’s high banks remain critical. Today, it serves as a primary drainage route for Pointe Coupee, Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes, eventually carrying water to the Terrebonne coast. It is still possible to paddle from the False River to the Gulf if you can navigate some lock systems and all the debris, Clark said.

Much of that debris comes from Hurricane Francine and a series of tornadoes

Murnane is the principal investigator for two ongoing clinical trials with psychedelics, one studying psilocybin to reduce relapse in methamphetamine addiction and another studying a psilocybin-like compound to treat adjustment disorder triggered by a traumatic or major life change like a terminal diagnosis.

He said he hopes to expand the research to include ibogaine and MDMA at the clinical trials office at LSU Health-Shreveport, which built out a psychedelic dosing room with input from experts.

Murnane, who gave advice on some aspects of Act 956, said the law will position Louisiana to be a national leader in psychedelic research.

What does legislation do?

A new Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Initiative will be housed in the Office of Behavioral Health at the state Health Department and led

by Dr. Vanessa de la Cruz, the office’s chief medical officer.

The program is tasked with identifying academic health centers conducting clinical trials of psychedelic-assisted therapy, helping identify potential study participants, and securing funding for the studies, including from Louisiana’s $600 million pot of money from a 2021 settlement with pharmaceutical companies over the opioid epidemic.

Academic health centers in Louisiana can now partner with drug manufacturers to develop clinical trials for psychedelic medications like ibogaine, psilocybin and MDMA to treat addiction and mental health conditions.

The measure became law this month without a signature or veto from Gov. Jeff Landry.

A national movement Louisiana’s effort is part of a broader movement across the country to expand access to psychedelic drugs and to medicalize ibogaine for mental health treatment.

Blue states like Oregon, Colorado and California have passed laws expanding access to psychedelics for healthcare, but several red states including Texas, Tennessee and others are also following suit, according to data on state-level legislation compiled by the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.

And in April, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at speed-

Parish cleared its banks. He also has found cow and hog carcasses, as well as an old bottle containing what looked like voodoo writings.

“Because this drains mostly rural areas, you see crazy things,” he said.

Slow work

that tore through bayou communities in 2024, toppling trees into the water. In the aftermath, Daigle secured about $700,000 in federal Emergency Watershed Protection funding, with the parish agreeing to match 25%, to address the buildup. The project spans 23 miles, from the Pointe Coupee-Iberville parish line south to where the bayou meets the Intracoastal.

Though the parishes aren’t formally coordinating, Clark said, the timing worked out. Pointe Coupee recently wrapped up a multimilliondollar clearing project on its portion of the bayou.

“Now that they’ve done all of that, all that water that they got has to come to us. It’s coming on us quicker,” he said.

Contractors have cleared

roughly half the 354 targeted trees, Clark said, but new ones fall constantly, forcing parish crews to keep up.

“As soon as they get a mile down Grosse Tete Bayou moving south, there is a new tree that has already fallen,” Daigle said. “We’re going to do our best to remove it ourselves.”

The boat passed an abandoned flatboat, overgrown with shrubs; its deck looked more like a garden bed. Farther along, the channel narrowed into an impassable floating mat of limbs and trash: coolers, aluminum cans, old Jim Beam bottles.

Clark said most of it was decades-old trash that had accumulated in brush upriver, then washed down to Iberville when Pointe Coupee

The concern isn’t that Bayou Grosse Tete will overflow (it has never flooded to Clark’s knowledge) but that blockages could prevent floodwaters in the north from draining into it. Daigle said the project is meant to prevent the kind of flooding seen in Avoyelles Parish after Tropical Storm Arthur, when intense rainfall overwhelmed local waterways.

“That could have very well been Iberville Parish,” Daigle said. “When those types of unannounced tropical storms come in and sit over an area, you never know what you’re gonna get.”

Recent heavy rains have complicated the work.

Downstream, Clark ducked beneath low bridges where sparrows had built hanging mud nests. He then cut the engine at another impasse, where a floating barge and excavator sat idle. Beneath the surface lay trees slated for removal, he said. The project began in May and was expected to be completed by August, but high water has halted the progress twice, and Clark is now seeking a federal extension.

“They’re having to fish for the logs that would normally be across the channel,” he said. “It essentially shut down the work, so we’re in a holding position.”

The water was an opaque olive, clouded by nearby till-

ing up research and development for psychedelics.

“Psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine compounds, show potential in clinical studies to address serious mental illnesses for patients whose conditions persist after completing standard therapy,” the order says.

Murnane said both the Louisiana legislation and the president’s executive order provide a valuable counterweight to the “cultural baggage” psychedelics have.

“It’s helpful when you’re conducting research trials or trying to advance them as medicine to be able to say that very responsible, ethical and credible people believe this is worth researching and studying,” he said.

At a news conference last week celebrating the new law, McMath said he first heard about ibogaine a few years ago talking to military veterans about PTSD, and then he learned more about it from an interview on the Rogan podcast with W. Bryan Hubbard, an ibogaine treatment advocate who has been gaining a national profile in recent months.

“We should probably start a Joe Rogan caucus,” McMath said jokingly. “There’s been a decent amount of legislation that has come from that show.”

Hubbard, a lawyer and former executive director of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission, joined McMath at the news conference at a veterans wellness center in New Orleans.

“We are in an existential struggle for the survival of this country,” Hubbard said.

He pointed to things like the opioid epidemic, ongoing military conflicts since Sept.

11 and the high suicide rate among veterans.

Hubbard works with former Texas Gov. Rick Perry running Americans for Ibogaine, a national nonprofit group promoting medical and therapeutic use of the drug.

“Having recognized that the heart of trauma and addiction is profound spiritual affliction, mighty Texas has committed $100 million to achieve the moonshot of our time, the medicalization of ibogaine within the United States in order to serve and exalt the primacy of the human soul,” he said.

He said he is working to change state and national policy on ibogaine because “we have a profoundly broken mental, behavioral and addiction health treatment

system.”

Hubbard and Rogan were at the White House and stood together behind Trump the day he signed the recent executive order on psychedelic research.

Rogan said he sent Trump a text message about ibogaine’s potential to treat opioid addiction, and the

president responded that he would be supportive of FDA approval.

Trump said he got on board with the idea after asking U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs, about the psychedelic.

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A downed tree is seen in Bayou Grosse Tete.

age. Agricultural runoff, including fertilizers and pesticides from sugar cane fields and bacteria from pastureland, reduces oxygen levels and is one of the bayou’s most persistent problems, Clark said. He added that farmers have been cooperative, adopting practices like conservation tillage and vegetative ditches to catch runoff. But at the end of the day, the region’s intensive agriculture will always affect water quality.

“There is only so much you can do with that,” Clark said.

“It’s part of the heritage.”

Still, he believes a revival of the bayou is possible, if not due. The parish has added trails along the water and is investing in selfservice kayak launches. He envisions vendors setting up shop along routes stretching toward the Gulf for paddlers to stop and catch breaks.

A broader ecotourism and drainage master plan is in development for Iberville, Clark and Daigle said.

David believes it is as simple as providing a source of fresh water. Proposals once existed to divert water from the Mississippi and False rivers, but concerns about flooding have stalled them.

“All we need is a little fresh water flowing down it all the time,” she said. “And I think more people would use it for canoeing and stuff.”

Near the launch, a group of teenagers stood neck-deep in the water, waving and hollering as the boat passed.

Clark smiled at what seemed to be a rare sight.

“You seen any alligators?” he asked.

“I ain’t worried about that!” one shouted back.

The next week, the FDA for the first time authorized a clinical study of an ibogaine derivative to treat alcohol use disorder.

The FDA also said it was fast-tracking studies by three companies studying psilocybin and another MDMA-like drug to treat depression and PTSD.

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A juvenile tricolored heron catches a fish from Bayou Fountain near the canoe and kayak launch at the Highland Road Community Park on sunday in Baton Rouge.

St. Landry floodwaters continue to spread

BY STEPHEN MARCANTEL staff writer

St. Landry Parish residents have been playing a waiting game for the better part of a week. Recently, Tropical Storm Arthur dumped 20 to 30 inches of rain within 12 hours across southern parts of the parish, a likely 1,000-year rainfall event that caught most residents off guard. That water, which is not contained within rivers and canals, is now flooding parts of northern St. Landry Parish.

For most of the past week, a flood warning has been in effect for the parishes of Avoyelles, St. Landry, Evangeline and Rapides, according to the National Weather Service.

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard issued voluntary evacuation recommendations for most areas of the parish north of La. 190 early in the week, and on Tuesday, water flowed across La. 10 in Palmetto. On Wednesday, he warned residents of Lebeau along U.S. 71 from U.S. 190 north to La. 10 that it was time to leave if they planned to evacuate. Though a Red Cross shelter opened for several days in Opelousas, Bellard said most residents who evacuated were able to find family and friends to stay with, and the shelter was closed.

On Friday, Bellard said about 100 homes in the Palmetto area had already flooded and more may flood as the water from Avoyelles continues to make its way south.

“It already flooded up in Morrow and Palmetto, up in those areas,” he said Friday morning. “Now it’s coming down Highway 71 and down to Bayou Courtableau.”

Bellard said officials were hoping the flooding would peak

by Sunday and then begin drying out within a week or 10 days.

Parish officials have been going house to house by boat, checking on residents and trying to get an assessment of damages to report to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Down Veazie Road in Palmetto, Sara and Benny Camp drove a four-wheeler down their flooded road before they hopped on a boat to make it to their front door.

The couple left Saturday

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A boat is parked near the front door of a home on Veazie Road surrounded by several inches of water on Friday in the village of Palmetto. when floodwater began creeping into their yard, Benny Camp said. On Friday night, the water level jumped about a foot, reaching at least 4 feet.

Of the 15 or so houses on the street, about three homes flooded, Sara Camp said. The Camps’ home was one of the lucky ones.

The same can’t be said for Sara Camp’s 72-year-old mother, who also lives along the street. Her home took on nearly 2 feet of water.

“I didn’t tell her yet. I mean, she’s tough,” Sara Camp said.

The couple said they have never seen flooding like this in their lives.

“I was talking to the older folks, it was like early ’70s, they had a flood down this road,” Benny Camp said.

On Friday, KADN reported flood victims converged on a Louisiana Department of Insurance pop-up office in Leb-

eau seeking help.

Displaced residents spoke with representatives from the state Department of Insurance about federal, state and local resources available to them.

Many were left with uninhabitable homes, with some forced to wade through knee-high water to reach higher ground. And many were facing the harsh reality of not having flood insurance. The Department of Insurance reported that only about 2,300 of around 19,000 homeowners in the area carry flood insurance.

“In this area, unfortunately, there’s not a high takeup, so that means they are not going to have flood coverage because flood is not covered under your homeowners policy,” Louisiana State Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said.

Temple urged flood victims without insurance to register their losses online, noting that

the data collected could help Louisiana qualify for federal assistance.

“Go to damage.la.gov, let the government know how many people don’t have coverage.

All of that amount gets totaled up, and then, that helps Louisiana figure out if it can qualify for federal assistance. So, if you don’t have flood insurance, unfortunately, we are going to have to wait for local, state or federal assistance,” Temple said.

Bellard said water levels were expected to peak by Monday in St. Landry, but the storm’s effects were not expected to be limited to Avoyelles and St. Landry parishes.

Doug Kramer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said floodwaters from Avoyelles are expected to continue moving into St. Martin Parish and eventually into the Atchafalaya Basin.

EAST BATON ROUGE BUILDING PERMITS Commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish government for the week of June 22-25.

BUSINESS

8345 FLORIDA BLVD.: hookah lounge/cafe selling tobacco products, cold drinks and snacks, $80,000; applicant, Bilal Yousef; contractor, Dun-Lew Construction.

2310 SCENIC HIGHWAY: change from restaurant to a nightclub and make additions to patio, $2,500; applicant, Torrey Lewis.

4415 CHOCTAW DRIVE: auto sales and repairs in a 3,298-squarefoot building, $2,000; applicant and owner, Lawaun Riney.

930 O’NEAL LANE: grocery store/meat market selling hot food; applicant, Erick Rodriguez Ponce.

14445 OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY: convenience store with gas; applicant and owner, Garallah al Mashraki.

435 LOUISIANA AVE.: offices for Louisiana CASA; applicant, Kristine Offord.

437 LOUISIANA AVE.: offices for Louisiana CASA; applicant, Kristine Offord.

8145 PICARDY AVE.: new 15,144-squarefoot parking lot for Bascom Hunter, $227,160; applicant, Michael Wilson; owner, Andy McCandless; contractor, Wisham Industries.

2346 N. SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE: change in occupancy to church, $1,250; applicant, Tia Williams.

2798 O’NEAL LANE: office providing pediatric occupational, speech and physical therapy; applicant, Danielle Mixon.

8431 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: commercial pylon sign, $10,000; applicant, Kevin Bordelon.

3444 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD.: quick service restaurant; applicant, Budderfly Inc. 7570 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: wall sign, $3,400; applicant, Genia Buras; contractor, Buras Signs.

6401 BLUEBONNET BLVD.: wall sign, $4,140, applicant, Deedee Ockman; owner, Ayesha Adtiyanawalla; contractor, TTA Services.

8482 PERKINS ROAD, SUITE C: retail hobby shop; applicant, Luke Fontenot.

777 L’AUBERGE AVE.: temporary portable stage setup for outdoor concert on July 4; applicant, Paul Perry.

9564 FLORIDA BLVD.: men’s barbershop; applicant and owner, Michael Jones.

525 FLORIDA ST.: sign replacement, $2,205, applicant, Dee-dee Ockman; owner, Raj Subramaniam; contractor, TTA Services.

7570 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: commercial wall sign, $10,000; applicant, Cody Jenkins; owner, Mead Silsbee; contractor, Brightbox Signs & Service.

2621 O’NEAL LANE: sno-ball stand; applicant, Debbie Nelson.

11745 BRICKSOME AVE.: civil law legal services; applicant, Shashanneon Darensbourg.

275 S. RIVER ROAD: permit for outdoor festival for July 4; applicant, Chris Adams.

4415 AMERICAN WAY: office for engineering firm; applicant, Miriam Beasley.

5201 NICHOLSON DRIVE: bar; applicant, William Scott.

800 E. MCKINLEY ST.: renovation to automotive shop building at McKinley High School; $947,512; applicant, Michael Buturla; owner, Robert Theodore Ratcliff Jr.; contractor, Ratcliff Construction Company.

7984 COMMERCE AVE.: renovation of 45,716-square-foot building, $706,000; applicant, Shawn Fisher; owner, Regi Mullins; contractor, Natco Design Build.

3060 MONTERREY DRIVE: retail clothing store; applicant, Maria Bates.

7695 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: tire and automotive shop; applicant, Traci Fontenot.

12240 COURSEY BLVD.: office; applicant, Fares Alqdhi.

NEW HOMES

8968 BELLE DEMEUR DRIVE: $167,778, 2,151 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

606 TURNSTONE AVE.: $200,000, 2,260 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harelson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 15517 WORTHY WAY: $200,000, 2,072 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harelson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 8753 BELLE DEMEUR DRIVE: $187,044, 2,398 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

8923 ARBOR VIEW DRIVE: $175,890, 2,255 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

8932 ARBOR VIEW DRIVE: $185,796, 2,382 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

8953 ARBOR VIEW DRIVE: $187,044, 2,398 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

8952 ARBOR VIEW DRIVE: $167,778, 2,151 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

8942 ARBOR VIEW DRIVE: $157,872, 2,024 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

1323 MARSHALL JONES SR. AVE. ZACHARY: $274,170, 3,515 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

1303 MARSHALL JONES SR. AVE. ZACHARY: $217,152, 2,784 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

7651 JETER DRIVE: $261,144, applicant, Kristal Jarreau; owner, Level Construction; contractor, Level Construction and Development.

7663 JETER DRIVE: $214,500, 2,750 square feet, applicant, Kristal Jarreau; owner, Level Construction; contractor, Level Construction and Development.

7701 MANOR DRIVE: $203,580, 2,610 square feet, applicant, Amy Whitsell; owner, Level Construction; contractor, Level Construction and Development.

1002 RYAN AVE, BAKER: $172,500, 2,300 square feet; applicant, Starts Department; owner and contractor, D.R. Horton.

8933 ARBOR VIEW DRIVE: $194,454, 2,493 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

8962 ARBOR VIEW DRIVE: $162,396, 2,082 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes.

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A long and dangerous heat wave will blast a large swath of the central and eastern United States this week, the National Weather Service said, with temperatures rising ahead of the July Fourth holiday and feeling even hotter because of the high humidity that’s arriving with it.

Already, parts of the U.S., especially Phoenix and central Texas, and much of the Southwest were experiencing temperatures around 100 on Sunday, while the weather service warned of severe wildfire conditions developing across much of the West as new fires popped up across the region.

On Sunday, well over 130

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by “calibrated strikes” against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, officials said.

In a post on X, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the operation was launched in response to multiple militant attacks across the country. There was no immediate response from Afghanistan.

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks targeting police and security forces in recent years.

Authorities have blamed the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, and allied militant groups for most of the violence.

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A sapper examines a fragment of the Russian missile on sunday in a neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, after an air attack. briefly, the advance of our troops along the line of contact, and create conditions for launching a negotiation process on terms advantageous to our adversary.”

“We will not give them that chance,” Putin said, adding that “strikes on our infrastructure, wherever they are directed, have absolutely no effect on the situation at the front, on the line of contact.”

He said for the first time that Ukraine has proposed a halt on deep strikes, arguing that Kyiv made the offer because Russian strikes deep into Ukrainian territory are more powerful and devastating.

The Russian leader added that Kyiv also offered to limit the fighting to the four regions that Russia annexed but never fully captured — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. He rejected the proposal, arguing it would allow Ukraine to relocate its forces that are fighting Russian troops in other areas to let them focus on fending off the Russian attacks in the four southeastern regions.

Meanwhile, debris from downed Ukrainian drones

sparked a blaze at the refinery in Slavyansk-na-Kubani, a town in Russia’s Krasnodar region, east of occupied Crimea, according to regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev. The falling debris killed one person in Slavyansk and wounded another in a nearby village, local authorities said.

The facility is one of southern Russia’s major refineries, processing close to 4 million tons of crude per year, according to its operator’s website. It is also a key source of petroleum products intended for export through Russia’s Black Sea ports, including fuel oil, naphtha and marine fuel.

Zelenskyy also claimed that another Russian refinery, in the Yaroslavl region around 435 miles from the Ukrainian border, was hit during the nighttime strikes.

There were no immediate reports from Russian authorities about the strike on the Yaroslavl refinery. Local Gov. Mikhail Evraev reported on Sunday morning that some roads between Moscow and the region’s capital, Yaroslavl, were temporarily closed due to “an enemy attack by Ukrainian drones.”

million Americans across southern and Great Plains states were under moderate to severe heat risk conditions, according to weather service maps, with that area forecast to expand and temperatures to intensify as the week drags on.

Forecasters say several days of high temperatures — some above 100 degrees F — will settle in across the lower Great Lakes, the mid-Atlantic and the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. Some record highs could be set in areas from the lower Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic and New England later in the week, said weather service meteorologist Bryan Putnam.

A number of big cities could see their highest temperatures of the year so far as they host World

Cup matches and celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary.

Feeling the heat will be the East Coast cities of New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore, and Midwestern and Great Lakes cities including Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Detroit. Southern cities including Dallas, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee, will also see high temperatures.

High heat will last into next weekend across the Great Plains, the Southeast and the mid-Atlantic, the weather service said.

Temperatures will reach well into the 90s and low 100 degrees, the weather service said. High humidity will lead to heat indexes of 100 to 110 degrees, and as high as 115.

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By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south, as President Vladimir Putin acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that the country was facing a “certain deficit” of fuel and vowed to strengthen protection of oil facilities and boost fuel output.

Ukraine has markedly stepped up its long-range attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities in recent months, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for its invasion — now in its fifth year — and make Russians feel the consequences.

“Our ‘long-range sanctions’ reached two oil refineries in Russia,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday.

“Each (strike) means a reduction in the resources that fuel the Russian war machine, and another step toward peace.”

The campaign has choked Russian fuel supplies, causing widespread shortages and long lines at gas stations across the country and prompting authorities in many regions to introduce fuel rationing. According to Western analysts, it has also slowed Moscow’s efforts on the battlefield, heaping pressure on the Kremlin to come to the negotiating table.

Speaking to a Russian state TV reporter, Putin described the Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries as an attempt to “cause a split in Russian society and force Russia to halt, even if only

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It comes a day after militants armed with guns and explosives targeted the regional headquarters of the paramilitary Rangers in the southern port city of Karachi, killing three soldiers.

Security forces killed three attackers and arrested another assailant, whom the military identified as an Afghan national in wounded condition.

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the Karachi attack in a statement Saturday night.

Tarar said Pakistan’s latest operation along the Afghan border targeted hideouts and safe havens of the Pakistani Taliban. The Pakistani Taliban are a separate militant group from the Afghan Taliban, although the two are allies. The Afghan Taliban returned to power in neighboring Afghanistan in 2021.

The latest operations are likely to further strain already tense relations between Islamabad and Kabul.

Sunday’s cross-border strikes and ground operation came less than three weeks after Pakistan’s military launched airstrikes on what it said were militant hideouts in Afghanistan.

They ended about a month of relative calm following what Islamabad had described as an “open war” between the neighboring countries, despite international efforts to broker a lasting peace.

The escalation follows months of tit-for-tat military action between the two countries. Hundreds of people have been killed in cross-border fighting since February, when Afghanistan launched retaliatory strikes after Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghan territory.

She passed at home on June 17, 2026. Visitation will be held from 9-11 AM on June 30, 2026 at St. Jude Catholic Church, 9150 Highland Rd. Baton Rouge, LA. Mass will follow with burial at St. George Church Mausoleum. www.dignity memorial.com/obituaries/ baton-rouge-la/joan-clark12933842

Carolyn S. Knox was born on June 10, 1951. Entered into eternal rest on June 24, 2026. Survived by her loving husband, Joseph Knox; 1 sister; nieces and 1 nephew; 1 great niece. Preceded in death by her parents, Lois B. Sams and Wilbert Sams.

Visitation Tuesday, June 30, 2026, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1565 Curtis Street, Baton Rouge, LA., 10:00 am until religious service at 12:00 pm. Father Thomas Clark, SJ officiating. Interment Louisiana National Cemetery, Zachary, LA. Service Entrusted to Hall Davis and Son Funeral Service. www.halldavisandson.com

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Henson, Samuel G. 'Goose'

Samuel G. "Goose" Henson, 87 years old, was called to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on June 12, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. He entered this world on March 25, 1939, born to Vera and Joe Henson, in Yazoo City, MS. Goose faithfully served his country in the US National Guard.

Goose is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Barbara R. Henson; daughter, Pam Henson Mosley (Pat); step children, Cheryl Babin (Todd), Terri Vicari (Larry), Jeffery Contine (Traci) and William Tad Contine (Angel); grandchildren, Brandon Mixon, Dannie Mixon, and Thomas Henson; Joshua, Jonathan, and Logan Babin; Chelsen, Lunden, Laryen, and Micaiah Vicari; Paige, Chase, Mason Contine; Peyton and Alexa Contine; 17 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Glen "Doy" Henson (Mary Lynn) and Joseph "Tippy" Henson (Dorothy); sisters, Letha Brignac (Percy), Linda Akins (Tommy), Carolyn Henson; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Goose is preceded in death by his father, Joesph Henson; mother, Vera Chesteen Henson; son, Dane Henson; grandchild, Emily Ann Henson; and his brother, MC Henson (Betty Jo).

Relatives and friends are invited to join the family for the visitation at Baker Funeral Home, 6401 Groom Road, Baker, LA on July 3, 2026, from 1:00 PM until the Memorial Service at 2:00 PM, officiated by Pastor Lynn Rodrigue.

St. Luke Hospital-Sugarland, Texas on June 21, 2026. She was a native of Escatawpa, Mississippi; a resident of Baker, Louisiana and retired with 32 years of employment from Sears. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Miller & Daughter Mortuary on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 11:00 am conducted

by Rev. Mark Thomas; interment will be at Southern Memorial Gardens.

Survivors include her devoted husband, Donald R. Thomas; daughters, Tonya Morgan (Reginald) of Missouri City, Texas and Demetria Thomas of Katy, Texas; grandchildren, Harleigh and Hunter Morgan, Missouri City; brothers, Robert Moffett, Jr.(Eunice), Gautier, Mississippi and Donald Edward Moffett (Willie M.), Moss Point, Mississippi; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Myrtle Moffett and a brother, James Fredrick Moffett, Jr.(Gloria). She was honored to have been baptized in 1968 by the late great Reverends Clay Evans and Jesse Jackson. After moving to Louisiana, she attended Greater King David Baptist Church for many years. Her favorite pastime was listening to gospel music and various pastors' inspiring sermons.

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As we celebrate the 250th birthday of our country, we asked readers to weigh in on what are some of the quintessential texts of American history. In addition, we received several letters about what the commemoration means to you.

America’s greatness is reborn in the dreams of newcomers

From Declaration’s promise to MLK’s speech, fight for equality was long The Declaration of 1776 outlined the Founders’ moral vision of a free society; its most important statement: “that all Men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.”

Although the word “slavery” will not be found in the Declaration, it dominated much of the debate among our Founders, as slavery drove the economic engines of the Southern states and required several compromises in drafting the U.S. Constitution in 1788.

Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution as originally drafted stated that “Representatives and Direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the states according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by the number of free Persons.” The Southern states wanted to include slaves, whereas the Northern states wanted them excluded. The heated compromise was to count only 3/5ths of the slaves, but they had to be called “other persons” as the North didn’t want to validate slavery nationally.

In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson called for a law banning the importantion of slaves. Congress passed it, and it went into effect in 1808. However, slavery continued to grow in the South.

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Black people were not citizens, but were inferior.

In 1861, the Civil War erupted.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in states in rebellion would be free. By 1865, the war was over and all slaves were free (but not yet equal).

The battles to make the new freemen equal would take place over the following 100-plus years, highlighted by Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 address calling for a nation in which his children would not “be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

STEVE GARDES Lafayette

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In light of the president signing the bill that gives an additional $70 billion to support his immigration and deportation agenda, it bears remembering words from one of President Ronald Reagan’s last speeches in January 1989: “... A man wrote me and said: ‘You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman.

You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American’ ... This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America’s greatness. We lead the world because, unique among nations, we draw our people — our strength — from every country and every corner of the world. And by doing so, we continuously renew and enrich our nation.

“While other countries cling to the stale past, here in America we breathe life into dreams. We create the future, and the world follows us into tomorrow. Thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we’re a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next frontier.

“This quality is vital to our future as a nation. If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost ... ”

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U.s. flags are planted in a field near the Washington Monument on June 22 in Washington.

To honor U.S., work together to fulfill nation’s promise

We are one nation — although sometimes that may be in doubt.

We will soon celebrate 250 years of freedom and prosperity. It is imperative that we honor our past by renewing our commitment to our founding principles: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

My parents immigrated to this country to pursue the hope of a better life for themselves and their children. This is a dream that is shared by each of us today. It is the bond that holds us together.

Division never makes us stronger. The chain is only as strong as the weakest link.

Every opportunity that I have been blessed with has its roots in the kindness and support of others. It is a debt that I owe and an obligation that I carry to help those around me.

On the threshold of this auspicious occasion, let us find common ground and a commitment to work together to move each and every one of us forward to reach new heights and fulfill the promise that lies within each of us.

If not, our wish for a better future for your children and mine will never come true.

STEVE NELSON, M.D. Mandeville

Founders put our Constitution above anything else, so should we In 1964, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart coined the phrase “I know it when I see it” to describe his threshold test for obscenity. That phrase has populated my thoughts far too often lately as we jointly experience the effects of our current political environment.

I’m occupied by thoughts of corruption, incompetence, criminality and discrimination under the oversight of unprincipled, dishonorable “leaders.” The examples are too numerous to outline here, but in the words of Stewart, I know it when I see it.

George Washington, in his farewell presidential address, offered his thoughts on political parties, stating that “ ... they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government ...” Does

that feel familiar?

Washington recognized this 230 years ago!

He understood the precious and fragile nature of our new republic. He fought for it. He bled for it. He sacrificed for it in ways few can dare compare to. He, as well as the other Founding Fathers and “the people,” put their lives on the line “to form a more perfect Union,” not for any political party.

I, and all citizens, owe a never-ending debt to those who enabled our Union to exist. I am a registered Republican. That means nothing compared to my allegiance to the Constitution, to all of “the people” and to those who paid the debt before me. I owe no debt to any party.

Speak up against those damaging our democracy. Who are they? Stewart was correct — you will know it when you see it.

SUE SABRIO Metairie

U.s. is not really 250 years old yet, but who’s counting?

On July 4, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. But it will not be our nation’s 250th birthday.

There was no American nation in 1776. The Declaration was an act of the Second Continental Congress, speaking on behalf of 13 independent British colonies in North America.

If we want to give a date for the birth of the United States, 1788 would be a better choice. That was when the Constitution was ratified, and the Constitution made the United States.

It is important to commemorate milestones in our nation’s history, but we need to get our facts straight.

STEVE PEARCE Mandeville

This is why Washington warned us about political parties As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of our nation, a reading of George Washington’s farewell address would help. In it, he expresses concerns that national divisions caused by political parties could lead to despotism.

He writes: “The alternate domination of one faction [political party] over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and

permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty. … [T]he common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.”

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COMMENTARY Republicans aren’t dead yet By a number of conventional measures, the Republican Party should be headed for a huge loss in this November’s House midterm elections. But some experts think the results will be much closer than originally thought.

The problem for Republicans is that those experts still think the GOP will lose, just not in an old-fashioned blowout.

The traditional factors seem to point in slightly Byron different directions.

York Pointing toward a blowout is President Donald Trump’s job approval rating — long a predictor of a party’s performance in midterms. At the moment, Trump’s approval is 40.4% in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. In 2018, Trump’s first midterm, his approval rating was in the low 40s, and the Republican Party lost 40 House seats. More generally, defeat is usually in the cards when a president’s job approval dips below 50%.

But what kind of defeat? In the 2022 midterms, President Joe Biden’s job approval was in the low 40s, and Democrats lost just nine House seats. To Biden’s dismay, that was enough to lose the House. Now, with today’s super-thin GOP margin in the House, even if Republicans were to lose, say, five seats, that would be enough to lose control of the chamber.

Then there is the direction of the country. In the RealClearPolitics average, 59.3% of respondents say the country is going in the wrong direction, while 34.6% say it is going in the right direction. That sounds bad, but remember that most people, most of the time, say the country is going in the wrong direction. The current numbers are ugly, but they’re not the worst — in July 2022, during a particularly awful stretch of the Biden presidency, 75.5% said the country was going in the wrong direction. That was terrible. And yet Biden still lost just those nine seats.

Then there is the most potent issue: the economy. In a recent CBS News poll, just 31% rated the condition of the economy as very good or fairly good, while 63% said it was very bad or fairly bad. That number is quite close to the RealClearPolitics average for Trump’s approval rating on handling the economy: 35% approve, 61.3% disapprove. There’s no interpretation

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President Donald Trump speaks after touring the newly designated Air Force one presidential aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Md., last week. of those numbers that is good for Republicans.

Then there is history. The president’s party almost always loses House seats in midterm elections. Since the 1930s, that has been the case in every midterm except two — the first time in 1998, during Bill Clinton’s impeachment, and the second in 2002, in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

If the predictive value of that bit of history is fading, it hasn’t faded much.

There is one more traditional measure that seems to point toward a Republican loss but not a huge one. The generic ballot is the general question, “If the election for Congress were held today, would you vote for the Republican candidate or the Democratic candidate?” Today, Democrats lead Republicans by 4.8 points, 47.9% to 43.1%, according to the RealClearPolitics average. That’s a solid but not overwhelming lead. Back in 2018, heading into the defeat that cost Republicans 40 seats, Democrats led the generic ballot by 7.3 points. In 2010, a historic blowout in which Republicans won 63 seats, the GOP lead was 9.4 points. Today, things seem much closer.

Put everything together, and it seems to mean a non-massive Democratic victory is on the way. Why not a blowout? There are plenty of reasons that some of the more serious Republican

problems listed above might not be devastating to the party this year.

The biggest of those is the voting public’s low regard for Democrats.

In the RealClearPolitics average, the Democratic Party’s favorability rating is just 36.5%, while its unfavorability rating is 56.1%. For Republicans, the numbers are 38.6% favorable and 55.3% unfavorable — not much better than Democrats, but better. So even if Republicans are headed for a loss, the public’s greater dislike of Democrats could limit the margin.

Given all this, one can see 1) why the final result might be closer than some think, and 2) why Republicans fought for every possible seat available through redistricting. It probably still won’t be enough for the GOP to win, but it will make the election closer.

Right now, the indicators still seem to point toward a House controlled by Democrats, but by a small margin — say, 10 or fewer seats. Maybe the coming election will be a glimpse of the future, when the big wipeout midterm is something that happens less and less often.

But for Republicans and for President Trump, in particular, life will still be miserable with a Democratic House, even if the margin is small.

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Separation of powers might be working The journalistic adage “we don’t forms to violate their speech rights by report planes that land safely” means removing, obscuring or otherwise disthat what is deemed newsworthy often criminating against their posts. involves dysfunction and folly. Now, In 2024, the Supreme Court struck however, comes evidence that “good down (6-3) an appellate court’s ruling news” is not always an oxymoron. A that federal pressure caused the cenjudicial ruling has prompted two sena- sorship and therefore transformed it into government action. tors to prod the legislative branch to Writing with characteristic precision curtail certain executive branch misand caution, Justice Amy Coney Barchief.

Texas Republican Ted Cruz is, figura- rett held that the court need not rule on tively speaking, to the right of the soup the merits of the plaintiffs’ argument because the plaintiffs lacked standing spoon. Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden to sue. They failed to establish is to the left of the salad fork. a causal relation between what Their bipartisan anxiety conthe government demanded and cerns First Amendment speech what the platforms did. The rights. platforms, being private entiTheir proposed legislation would inhibit government “jawties, can enforce whatever ediboning,” defined (by Merriamtorial policies they choose, and George plaintiffs did not establish that Webster) as “the use of public Will appeals (as by a president) to government clearly coerced the influence the actions especially platforms’ choices. of business and labor leaders.” The adJustice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined in jective “public” is underinclusive. One dissent by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch, said, correctly, of the senators’ objectives is transparthat federal officials pursued a “covert ency about hitherto secret pressure. scheme of censorship.” They “continuDuring the pandemic, executive branch officials in the Biden White ously harried,” “implicitly threatened” House, FBI and elsewhere frequently and “persistently hectored” the plathectored social media platforms forms with “virtual demands” backed (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter) to adopt by credible threats of punishment. particular policies of “content moderaSpecifically, Alito wrote, internet platforms are “far more vulnerable to tion.” In plain language, censorship government pressure than other news was the officials’ goal and, often, their sources.” A president cannot put a achievement. (During the 2020 presihostile newspaper out of business. But dential election, the platforms also, absent government pressure, censored social media companies “are critically dependent on the protection” provided speech about Hunter Biden’s laptop.)

by Section 230 of a 1996 statute that The Biden administration thought shields them from civil liability for that content on the platforms was promoting “vaccine hesitancy” and doubts content they disseminate. Government pressure included implicit but clear about “social distancing” and shutthreats to repeal Section 230. downs generally. The officials wanted It is proper, indeed a duty, for the to suppress theories about COVID-19’s executive branch to explain to the puborigin (the lab-leak theory, now widely considered plausible). Two states and lic its preferences. And explanation five individual social media users sued cannot be disentangled from advocacy. dozens of executive branch officials But as Alito stressed, government ofand agencies, seeking an injunction ficials who pressured Facebook were against them for pressuring the platnot speaking to the public. They were

advancing a covert scheme using surreptitious demands revealed only later by plaintiffs’ discovery and a congressional committee’s subpoenas.

Some executives of these platforms were ideologically disposed to obey the Biden administration. Others, when exposed to government pressure, had spines as limp as cooked linguine. Alito tartly writes that Facebook representatives “whimpered” their promise to be more compliant.

The Cruz-Wyden bill is a response to executive misbehavior, and to judicial judiciousness, that requires Congress to legislate.

Their bill affirms the principle that the government may not do indirectly (e.g., censor speech) what it is forbidden to do directly. The bill: Would require government to make public certain kinds of communications with social media companies, artificial intelligence companies and broadcasters. And would establish that plaintiffs must prove only that government attempted censorship, not that its pressure by itself succeeded. And would provide for money damages, instead of mere injunctions, for plaintiffs when an offending official left office while a case wended its way through courts.

So, crude and sneaky overreaching by the executive was followed by the Supreme Court’s austere (and reasonable) refusal to overreach by ignoring principles of standing. This has prompted two lawmakers to respond.

If Congress makes that response a law, there will have been a minuet of actions and reactions driven by each branch’s prerogatives, responsibilities and incentives. The separation of powers will have functioned as intended.

The governmental plane will have landed safely. Given recent history, that is newsworthy.

What Big Oil is not telling students about CCS Here’s what Big Oil is not telling students about its CCS program. It isn’t pretty.

Like many here in Louisiana, I was not shocked to read that our state had invited the oil industry into our schools to “educate” young minds, teaching them that capturing carbon emissions at their refineries and storing them under our land is an example of their commitment to stop climate change.

But that had me wondering ...

Imagine we’re back in 1964 and the surgeon general just concluded that smoking cigarettes Bob causes cancer. But the cigarette Marshall industry offers this solution: There’s no need for the government to endorse reducing or banning smoking, we’ll just capture the secondhand smoke and bury it. Oh, and we’ll get the taxpayers to foot the bill — even those who don’t smoke.

That’s what the fossil fuel industry is trying to pull off with its version of CCS. It’s one of the greatest shell games and grifts in polluting history.

Because what they don’t tell students, or us, is this: While capturing emissions at their smokestacks, they will continue to make and promote the use of their products, resulting in many times the volume of emissions that they can ever capture, continuing to fuel the rapid increase in climate change impacts — including the drowning of the coastal homes of these students.

They are not really addressing their responsibilities for our climate crisis, simply extending the life of their industry at our expense.

Here’s what else they don’t mention.

They are not doing this for free. They are being paid billions of dollars in taxpayer grants and more billions in tax credits to capture some of their own emissions. And they are making healthy profits. Imagine getting paid by those you harm to stop harming them — something the Mafia used to do.

They still spend hundreds of millions to electt friendly members of Congress — $219 million in 2024 cycle alone — who’ll stop regulations that could slow climate change and make the air healthier for us. They do this to protect their profit margins.

They continue to support President Donald Trump and his congressional acolytes in a war on clean energy, scaling back or killing grants and tax breaks that were helping speed a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

They support Trump’s attempt to repeal the 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse gases are air pollutants, the legal unpinning for all climate regulations. If successful, it will end any hope of slowing climate change this century, and make our air more dangerous for all of us and deadly for people with breathing issues and heart disease.

If fossil fuel makers were seriously concerned about the future of the planet instead of making those they injure protect their bottom lines, they would be using their billions to support the transition to clean energy. All they are doing now is looking for ways to extend the future of fossil fuel consumption, which means the future of their high salaries, regardless of the crisis it will cause future generations.

It’s easy to equate today’s fossil fuel companies with the cigarette manufacturers of an earlier age. Our use of their products has caused this crisis, but their own research warned them of this decades ago, just as the tobacco industry knew about the deaths it was causing 40 years before admitting it.

But Big Oil is even worse.

In 1998, the tobacco industry settled with states for legal immunity by pledging billions to address the damage it had done.

Big Oil is getting its immunity for free.

Gov. Jeff Landry recently signed a bill that prevents Louisiana residents from seeking compensation from the industry for the damage it has done to their lives and futures.

Meanwhile, the state laid out the welcome mat for Big Oil to enter our schools and spread its misleading story to our children.

But is that really a surprise in the sad state of Louisiana?

Bob Marshall, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Louisiana environmental journalist, can be reached at bmarshallenviro@gmail.com, and followed on X, @BMarshallEnviro.

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BY TIM REYNOLDS AP sportswriter

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — If the World Cup was the NCAA basketball tournament, then teams like Morocco and the Netherlands would have some serious anger toward the selection and seeding committee right now.

England, Mexico, Portugal and Spain might not be all that happy, either.

Lionel Messi and Argentina, on the other hand, probably wouldn’t complain much about their potential path to the World Cup final four.

The bracket is set for the knockout stage of the World Cup. There was no selection committee; slots FIRST IN: were predetermined — Group A winner on this Co-host line, Group D runner-up on Canada stuns this line, etc. — so it wasn’t like how the NCAA south Africa exactly tournaments go. And FIFA to advance to doesn’t reseed like some Round of 16 sports, so a couple of lower seeds are certain to get into for first time, at least the Round of 16.

So, when taking the 32 Page 4B qualifiers for the knockout stage and ranking them like it’s an NCAA tournament — essentially seeding the field 1 to 32 based on the FIFA live rankings entering Sunday — it’s easy to see why some “regions” might be tougher to navigate than others.

A breakdown of the World Cup bracket:

Foxborough Region

And the winner is ...

The Rabbys chronicle the good, bad and expensive of LsU’s athletic year

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As matches heat up, some teams might feel like they’ve drawn short straw

he 2025-26 LSU athletic year is over.

I think everyone who is at LSU or follows LSU can be very glad about that.

Now that this year has slipped thankfully into the history books, The Rabbys are here to

make sense of it all.

Usually, this is a time and place to reward and remember the great achievements of the past 12

Quarterfinal: July 9 • Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Round of 32 matchups: No. 12 Germany vs. No. 27 Paraguay, No. 2 France vs. No. 26 Sweden, No. 29 South Africa vs. No. 25 Canada, No. 7 Netherlands vs. No. 6 Morocco.

Outlook: Netherlands vs. Morocco in the Round of 32 means that at least one of the seven highest-ranked teams left in the tournament won’t even get to the Round of 16. France and Germany — perennial European powers — could meet in the Round of 16. And Canada, who beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday, will have to change time zones twice on its way to the quarterfinals, while Germany, Paraguay, France and Sweden

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months.

This time, mostly what is needed and deserved are condolences and calls of “good riddance.”

How bad was it? By at least a couple of measuring sticks: historically bad.

This was the first time LSU ever fired its football coach, its athletic director and its men’s basketball coach all in the same athletic year. That figures, because it was also the first time in 50 years, since 1975-76, that LSU’s football, men’s basketball and baseball teams all had losing Southeastern Conference records in the same year.

About the only thing that saved the Tigers, other than some deep pockets that supplied the buyouts for Brian Kelly, Matt McMahon

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Scott Rabalais and Scott Woodward (totaling close to $70 million), were LSU’s women’s sports teams. OK, some of the men’s teams like golf, tennis, track and swimming and diving also had good to great seasons, but this was the women’s year to shine.

Not that it was much of a horse race.

There were no championships won, but teams like gymnastics, women’s basketball, softball and tennis more than held up their end as the most successful programs on campus in an otherwise dismal year. Collectively, those four programs deserve The Golden Rabby — if there were such a thing.

We do have some traditional awards to hand out, starting with:

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south Africa midfielder sphephelo sithole, left, and Canada forward Jonathan David go for a header during a World Cup round of 32 match on sunday in Inglewood, Calif.

Canada beat south Africa 1-0.

‘Who knows if I’ll ever make it here again’

third round to Ajla Tomljanovic at FlushTennis star serena Williams ference.

“I was like, ‘What’s wrong with me, Ser- ing Meadows. had to talk herself into playing ena? What are you thinking? Are you nuts? After earlier accepting a wild card in Like you really should do this,’” she added. doubles, Williams described the process at Wimbledon again “People live to be an athlete. I have this of making her decision for singles.

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AP sportsw writer

LONDON — Serena Williams had to talk herself into o accepting Wimbledon’s offer to play sing gles.

The All E England club was holding one last wild carrd entry and the 23-time Grand Slam single es champion — who had already announce ed she’d play doubles with her sister Venus — had a decision to mak ke.

“I thought I should really take tthis opportunity. Who knows iff I’ll ever make it here again.

Thiss could be it,” the 44-year-old W ams said Sunday at a news conWilliam

great opportunity to showcase what I do, what I do best, I suppose. Yeah, I think ultimately I was like that is pretty cool, so I should do it.”

Williams’ first match at the grass-court Grand Slam since 2022 will take place on Centre Court on Tuesday evening when she faces 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia as part of her evolving tennis comeback.

Williams had been away from the sport since her farewell at the 2022 U.S. Open.

Her most recent appearance at Wimbledon was in 2022, when she lost in the opening round to Harmony Tan, who was then-ranked 115th. The American great walked away from tennis — she described it as “evolving” away — after losing in the

“So I think it was on, I had until Monday to decide. I think it was like Sunday. I just wasn’t sure up until then,” she said. “Honestly, I’m still not even sure, but we’ll see.”

Williams is a seven-time Wimbledon singles champion but said Sunday that “in general my expectations are definitely different for the first time in my career.”

Reigning champion Iga Swiatek opens play on Centre Court on Tuesday, in keeping with tradition, against Taylor Townsend. That’s to be followed by Taylor Fritz vs. home favorite Jack Draper — in what is one of the most intriguing men’s first-round matchups.

And then Williams-Joint.

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Jannik sinner of Italy returns the ball during an exhibition match against Cameron Norrie of Great Britain on Wednesday at the Hurlingham Tennis Club in London. sinner changed his training regimen after he struggled in the heat at the French open.

Reigning champ Sinner ramps up training

BY KEN MAGUIRE

LONDON — Jannik Sinner said he changed his physical workload after his French Open meltdown, when he felt ill and dizzy in a second-round loss.

So, he’s taking it a bit easier?

Wrong.

“Much longer sessions — both in the gym and on the court,” he said. “We did everything together but without any breaks. … Now we’ll see how I react on the court.”

Sinner spoke Saturday — in English and Italian — at Wimbledon as he prepares to defend his singles title. He opens against Miomir Kecmanovic on Centre Court on Monday, when the temperature is expected to be 77 degrees.

With Carlos Alcaraz sidelined by

a wrist injury, Sinner is the leading favorite — just like he was in Paris — to win at the grass-court major.

Following his early exit at Roland Garros, Sinner did take a week off — and did some testing.

“General tests to see healthwise how I was, to be sure that all is OK with the body, which is. All tests were really good,” he said.

And then it was back to work.

Sinner, who has struggled with heat and cramps in the past, said, “We need to practice in hotter conditions. I feel like everywhere where we play is going to be very hot. Every year is getting warmer and warmer. It is a very important topic.”

At the French Open, Sinner came within one game of concluding his second-round match in straight sets when he led 5-1 in

the third. But amid a Paris heat wave, he struggled with dizziness and was beaten by Juan Manuel Cerundolo 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1.

There’s no quick fix, he added.

“We are happy at the moment with what we are doing. The result we’re not going to see here. It’s a long process. There’s no magic behind it.

“I’m very happy with the work we did in the last two and a half weeks,” Sinner added. “Very long days. I feel well prepared.”

He spoke in Italian about the longer training sessions but added: “I don’t like to talk too much about exactly what we changed, but we changed the physical workload a bit.”

No warmups needed This week, Sinner said it was always his plan to not do warmup

tournaments ahead of Wimbledon.

“If you play a tournament before here, maybe it’s not going the way you would like to, you come here with some doubts,” he said.

“If you don’t play any tournament, you don’t have these doubts. You just go and play.

“Last year I lost second round in Halle. I came here and I played very well,” said Sinner, who beat two-time champion Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final.

Benefits of being a champion A perk of being a Wimbledon champion is getting an All England Club membership.

“It’s a great honor for me. As I’ve always said, it’s the best tournament we have, the most prestigious, and so having this thing for my whole life is very, very nice,” Sinner said.

Ski star Vonn understanding of Serena’s comeback

BY ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press

LONDON — When Serena Williams played her first professional tennis match in nearly four years recently, another elite female athlete in her 40s was on hand for the occasion.

Skier Lindsey Vonn has a special understanding of what Williams is going through as she prepares to play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon at age 44.

After making her own comeback, Vonn was the top World Cup downhiller last season at age 41 until her horrific crash at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February left her with a severely fractured left leg.

“There is an increasing shift in what women can accomplish at later stages in their careers or life,” Vonn told The Associated Press. “I feel like we are in the same boat, where we don’t need to prove anything to anyone but we still have the ability to compete at an elite level. She (Williams) also told me that I played a role in inspiring her to come back, so that of course was meaningful to me.”

Vonn talked with Williams after the tennis standout’s doubles victory with partner Victoria Mboko at Queen’s Club in London, having watched the match from one of the VIP balconies.

“She was in great spirits. She’s having fun which I loved seeing, even more than her tennis,” Vonn said in a written response. “If it’s bringing her joy to play, I say play as long as you want!”

Vonn has undergone eight surgeries following her Olympic crash — which nearly led to a leg amputation — and needs at least one more to repair a torn ACL in that same knee. But she’s back in the gym and has resumed physical training, while still assessing whether she’ll compete again.

After nearly six years away from skiing, Vonn returned in December 2024 with a partial titanium replacement in her right knee. She had two victories and seven podium results last season.

On Centre Court at Wimbledon on Tuesday, Williams will play

CHASKA, Minn. — Haeran Ryu recovered from a rough start to secure her first career major title, winning the Women’s PGA Championship by two strokes over Ina Yoon on a windy Sunday at Hazeltine National Golf Club.

Ryu shot a 2-under 70 to finish at 13-under 275 and become the sixth South Korean to win the event over the past 12 editions, smiling as she holed her last putt and friends ran out to douse her in celebration.

The 2023 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year was also the first major champion in at least the past 60 years to rally from a 10-plus-shot deficit after the first round. Ryu opened Thursday with a 73 in a tie for 70th place, as Yoon shot a tournament-record 63.

Brooke Henderson and Dewi Weber tied for third at 10 under.

Hornets continue shakeup, send Bridges to Suns

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Ryu wins her first major title at Women’s PGA

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets are continuing their offseason overhaul.

The Hornets have agreed to trade forward Miles Bridges, a 2029 first-round draft pick and a 2027 second-round pick to the Phoenix Suns for guard Grayson Allen, forward Royce O’Neale and a 2033 first-round pick, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

The trade comes on the heels of the Hornets sending star point guard LaMelo Ball to Minnesota as part of a deal that brought them Naz Reid, draft picks and pick swaps.

The 6-foot-7 Bridges, 28, was the longest-tenured player on the Hornets roster, joining the team as a first-round draft pick in 2018 out of Michigan State.

Reeve ties coaching wins record as Lynx beat Wings

ARLINGTON, Texas — Cheryl Reeve tied the WNBA record for career coaching wins as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Dallas Wings 85-77 on Sunday.

Reeve, who already owns the WNBA’s record for playoff wins, tied Mike Thibault for the most regular-season wins in league history at 378. Reeve was inducted Saturday night into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Natasha Howard had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Olivia Miles added 21 points and eight assists for the Lynx.

Howard went 9 for 17 from the field and added three steals for Minnesota (15-4), which improved to 9-1 on the road and 3-0 against Dallas this season.

Rangers put Langford on IL with strained hamstring

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serena Williams arrives to practice on sunday, one day ahead of the start of the Wimbledon Championships in London.

her first singles match since 2022 against 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia. Then she’ll play doubles with older sister Venus Williams later in the week.

So what does Vonn expect from Williams at Wimbledon?

“It’s her first major singles tournament since retiring so I would expect for her to play well but not show all her cards yet,” Vonn said. “I’m sure she can still win, but I wouldn’t put any expectations on her. She’s the GOAT (greatest of all time) no matter what happens.”

Indeed, Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion in singles and has won 14 more Grand Slams in doubles — all with Venus as her partner. Vonn’s 45 World AssoCIATED PREss FILE PHoTo By MARCo TRoVATI Cup downhill wins are the most Lindsey Vonn concentrates ahead of an alpine ski downhill training on by a male or female skier.

“It was kind of like riding a Feb. 6 at the Winter olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. bike,” Williams said Sunday of her first practice sessions back at No matter the outcome, Wil“You have to believe in yourself the All England Club. “Obviously liams shares Vonn’s credo of set- and go for any dream,” Williams when I play, I might have a lot of ting the bar high to create new said, “no matter how wild it may things come up.” standards. be.”

TORONTO — The Texas Rangers put outfielder Wyatt Langford on the 10-day injured list Sunday because of a strained left hamstring and activated outfielder Evan Carter off the IL. Langford had homered seven times in 20 games since returning from the IL on June 5 after missing 39 games because of a strained right forearm.

Langford is batting .278 with eight homers and 20 RBIs. Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said Langford will likely be out until after the All-Star break.

Langford felt sore after beating out a double in Friday’s 5-4 win and was scratched from the lineup Saturday.

S. Korea coach quits after criticism from president

South Korea coach Hong Myungbo resigned Sunday after the team’s quick elimination from the World Cup drew a harsh condemnation from the country’s president, who called the coach “incapable” and ordered a complete review of the national team program.

South Korea won its opening match against Czech Republic, then lost its next two Group A matches to South Africa and Mexico.

The quick exit for a team that expected to advance left the national team program in turmoil and drew a sharp rebuke from President Lee Jae Myung. He leveled pointed criticism at the coach.

“As a former honorary professional football club chairman and, at heart, a member of the Red Devils, I feel not just surprise but deep bewilderment at this unexpected result,” the president said.

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Russell beats heat, Verstappen to win Austrian Grand Prix

By The Associated Press SPIELBERG, Austria — George Russell showed he can stand the heat in more ways than one as he won the Austrian Grand Prix to revive his Formula 1 title chances.

Racing in a heatwave with a broken drinks system, Russell held off Max Verstappen and his own teammate Kimi Antonelli to turn his controversial pole position into a dominant win.

It’s the first win for Russell, excluding sprint races, since the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Russell said it was “incredible” to win again after struggling to compete with Antonelli when his teammate racked up five straight victories earlier in the season.

“It’s been a tough couple of months with some really tricky races, with races that felt like everything was going against me, then some races with some tough performances,” he said.

Verstappen took the fight to Mercedes with his upgraded Red Bull car at the team’s home race but couldn’t get close enough for a shot at Russell and finished on the defensive against Antonelli. The top three were separated by just two seconds at the finish.

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari failed to build on his breakthrough win at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix last time out, fading badly in the race despite qualifying well, with the seven-time champion fifth and teammate Charles Leclerc eighth.

Russell takes back second in the standings from Hamilton with his seventh career win and cuts Antonelli’s lead to 40 points.

“I have a lot of confidence in myself, knowing I can do it. I have less confidence in being able to get everything aligned with the car, the setup and the tires, because it’s just been so up and down for me,” Russell said.

Antonelli was left to rue mistakes he said cost him valuable seconds early in the race.

“It was a shame that I joined the party a bit too late,” the 19-year-old driver said.

a lap time set as a yellow flag was displayed for a crash by Verstappen. Russell argued he’d lifted off enough to be safe, and the stewards agreed.

Sunday’s win showed off Russell’s smart approach to racing in a different way as he managed his pace and stayed out of trouble, even as those behind him lost time battling each other for position.

Leclerc had started second, with Hamilton third, but they gradually dropped back through the field on a track where they lacked power compared to Mercedes and also had difficulties with tire wear.

Hamilton didn’t give up without a fight, bringing back memories of his fierce battles with Verstappen in 2021. Hamilton and the Dutch driver fought side by side in the early part of the race and Verstappen complained Hamilton had forced him wide into a gravel trap.

Fourth place for Oscar Piastri was a positive sign for McLaren, with defending champion Lando Norris seventh, but it came with a warning from team principal Andrea Stella.

It was an example of “excellent strategy” but “we are not in a position to fight for victories and podiums on pure pace at the moment,” Stella said.

Cadillac feels the heat

The heatwave sweeping Europe made this the first race of the year to be run under F1’s “heat hazard” rules, with drivers required to use cooling vests or carry an equivalent weight in ballast. They lined up for the pre-race Austrian anthem in cooling gear and carrying umbrellas.

Overheating brakes were a hot topic, with Antonelli among those struggling to stop the car. Both Cadillac drivers retired early, with the team’s crew rushing to put out a small fire on Valtteri Bottas’ car before Sergio Perez reported smoke.

F1’s newest team is launching an investigation into the issues.

“We have made progress in terms of pace and the gap from the rear of the field is growing, but we need to ensure we have the reRussell’s smart win liability to demonstrate it,” team Russell took pole Saturday with principal Graeme Lowdon said.

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scottie scheffler hits off the fifth hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship on sunday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.

Scheffler’s clutch putt forces Monday playoff vs. Hovland Travelers Championship delayed by storms

tion than he showed all day, just for the right to return Monday at the rain-delayed Travelers Championship to face a suddendeath playoff against Viktor Hovland.

The final round was stopped

BY DOUG FERGUSON for 90 minutes as storms moved Associated Press over the TPC River Highland, CROMWELL, Conn. — Scottie Schef- and officials deemed there was fler made an 8-foot par putt not enough daylight for them to on the 18th hole Sunday and play another hole.

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Van Gisbergen fends off Briscoe to win at Sonoma He becomes NAsCAR’s leading active winner on road, street courses

By The Associated Press

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Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain refreshes himself after winning the Austrian F1 Grand Prix on sunday in spielberg, Austria.

WILLIAMS

Serena gets nervous?

BY CHARLES SALZER Contributing writer

AP PHoTo By JoHN WALToN

serena Williams reacts during a Even GOATs get butterflies, appractice session on Wednesday parently.

“I expect to be nervous. I was ahead of the Wimbledon also nervous every single match I Championships in London.

ever played in my life,” Williams said. “I think that showed the passion and the love and the care, that I cared about my job, whether it was the first round or the second round or the finals. I’ve always had some nerves. But then I just dust ’em off, then I move on.”

Williams has a Wimbledon singles first-round record of 19-2 — the losses coming in her past two appearances: 2021 and 2022.

The most recent of her seven singles titles at the All England Club was 2016. She reached the 2018 final — 10 months after giving birth — and lost to Angelique Kerber. A year later, she lost in the final to Simona Halep.

Williams officially returned to tennis earlier this month in a doubles match with 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko at the Queen’s

SONOMA, Calif. — Shane van Gisbergen continued his remarkable run on the twistiest tracks in NASCAR, but this was no easy Sunday drive.

The Trackhouse Racing driver became the winningest active Cup Series driver on road and street courses with his second consecutive victory at Sonoma Raceway. Though he led 74 of the final 83 laps after starting sixth on the 1.99-mile road course north of San Francisco, van Gisbergen had to fend off a charge by runner-up Chase Briscoe with a No. 97 Chevrolet that hadn’t been entirely to his liking since practice a day earlier.

“We were really bad yesterday, and these guys did an amazing job turning this car into a winner,” said van Gisbergen, who celebrated with a massive burnout for the grandstands. “(Briscoe) was coming. He was really, really good, and I ran out at the end. Yeah, a couple more laps, we would have had some problems.”

Finishing second to van Gisbergen at Sonoma for the second consecutive year, Briscoe came up 0.357 seconds short and was left lamenting a mistake in getting his No. 19 Toyota into Turn 1 with four laps remaining.

“Not very many people get that close to him at the end of one of these road course races,” Briscoe said. “Just frustrated with myself. I felt like I definitely had the better car. I didn’t do as good of a job as he did driving. I was having to push so hard, and that was where I would make up my ground. It was just such a razor’s edge, and I about crashed.

If I don’t make that mistake, I’m

probably ahead of him at the end.

“Just bummed that it was my fault we didn’t win with the best car. Against that guy, you’ve got to be absolutely perfect.”

Van Gisbergen notched the eighth victory of his career on the tracks that require left and right turns, breaking a tie with 2020 Cup champion Chase Elliott.

With his second win this season, van Gisbergen improved three spots to 14th in the points standings, moving back into a provisional spot in the Chase.

But there are no road or street courses remaining over the final 18 races of the season, so the New Zealand native will need to diversify his skillset after entering NASCAR three years ago with no experience on ovals.

“I need to really step it up on the ovals,” he said. “This is an oval championship, and I need to keep getting better at them.”

Pole-sitter Ty Gibbs finished third, and Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell rounded out the top five.

Gautreaux wins Baton Rouge Open

Continued from page 1B “Yeah, actually, I know her. I’ve watched some of her videos,” said Williams, who paused for a moment before adding, “I’m sure she knows my game.”

Michigan-born Joint slipped from No. 53 to No. 87 in the WTA rankings updated on Sunday.

had birdie chances at the end.

Scheffler rammed his 30-foot putt 8 feet by the hole. Hovland’s 25-foot attempt missed by inches and he tapped in for a 69.

Scheffler made his third big par putt for a 68 to match Hovland at 21-under 259.

That was one shot ahead of Collin Morikawa, who closed with a 61 and was briefly tied for the lead, though it never looked as though it would be enough.

Club grass-court tournament. She then played doubles in Berlin with Karolina Muchova — losing in the first round.

What to expect Newly crowned French Open champion Mirra Andreeva probably spoke for lots of top players when she mentioned on Saturday that she was relieved to see the draw didn’t match her up with Williams in the first round.

“Respectfully,” Williams said, “it’s not surprising simply because I think anyone that’s done — it’s like the big four coming back, I mean, Novak (Djokovic) is still here, but no one would want to play them in their first round. I can’t think of anyone that would want to do that.”

Jeremy Gautreaux was due Sunday afternoon at Beaver Creek golf course.

A local amateur golfer who has finished second to Greg Berthelot in a handful of BREC tournaments, Gautreaux put together a bogey-free round of 7-under 65 to pass up Berthelot and win his first Baton Rouge Open.

Gautreaux began the day tied for third place at 3-under, but his 65 was the best round of the twoday tournament. It was enough to propel him to a winning total of 10-under 134, two shots ahead of Berthelot.

“It feels great,” said Gautreaux, who tied for second behind Berthelot at last year’s tournament. “You have to keep putting yourself (in contention) and see what happens.”

Berthelot led for much of the day but bogeyed two of his final three holes to finish alone in second at 8-under. He was one of a handful of golfers who shot 67 on Sunday.

David Marsh, a sophomore on Southeastern’s golf team, was the first-round leader after a 67 on Saturday. A string of three birdies in four holes on the back

Baton Rouge Open Final At Beaver Creek Golf Course 1. Jeremy Gautreaux 2. Greg Berthelot 3. David Marsh T4. Carter Schmitt T4. Drew Silman 6. Austin Watts 7. Mark Bienvenu 8. Ryan Fabre T9. Chandler Davidson T9. Brayden Seguin T9. Triston Elston T12. Phil Schmitt T12. Mason Comeaux 14. Jonathan Maese

69-65 – 134 69-67 – 136 67-70 – 137 71-67 – 138 68-70 – 138 72-67 – 139 70-70 – 140 74-67 – 141 75-67 – 142 71-71 – 142 71-71 – 142 73-70 – 143 72-71 – 143 74 -70 – 144

side got him to 7-under, but that was as low as he would go. His two-day total of 137 was good for third place.

Also shooting 67 on Sunday was 2024 Baton Rouge Open winner Carter Schmitt, who tied with Drew Silman for fourth at 6-under. Silman, a senior on Covenant Christian’s golf team, worked his way to 7-under on the back side, but eventually shot 70 after bogeys at 12 and 18.

A total of 13 golfers finished the tournament under par, including Phil Schmitt, father of Carter, at 1-under.

Playing in the second-to-last group of the day, one hole ahead of Berthelot’s group, Gautreaux chipped in for eagle at the par-5 11th to move to 8-under. Berthe-

lot then matched the score with a chip-in eagle that also moved him to 8-under.

Berthelot kept going and added birdies at 12 and 13 to get to 10-under. He ran into trouble at 15, where he bogeyed the par-3 after a chunky tee shot left him short of the green. A birdie putt inside of 10 feet on 16 was no help when it slid by the hole, and Berthelot closed his round with a bogey on 18 after missing the green long.

“I had some missed opportunities, but I also stole a couple of shots with some chips,” Berthelot said. “Yesterday, I didn’t make anything (putting), but today I putted well. Some of them went in, and some of them didn’t.”

Gautreaux’s round got going with front-side birdies at 2, 6 and 7. After the eagle at 11, he made four pars before making birdies at 16 and 18. The closing flurry was needed, even though Gautreaux and Berthelot exchanged text messages to update scores during the round.

“There were a few text exchanges,” Gautreaux said. “I’ve learned my lesson about trying to coast in with pars. It doesn’t work with him. I knew I had to make a couple of birdies down the stretch.”

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Reigning World Cup champ Argentina beats Jordan to sweep group

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS AP sportswriter

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Canada defender stephen Eustaquio celebrates scoring a goal against south Africa on sunday during the World Cup Round of 32 match in Inglewood, Calif.

Canada beats South Africa 1-0 in first knockout match With win, co-host advances to its first WC Round of 16

BY GREG BEACHAM AP sportswriter

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Stephen Eustáquio scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, and Canada beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday for its first knockout match victory in a World Cup. A tense match at SoFi Stadium appeared to be headed for extra time until Eustáquio — who plays professionally for Los Angeles FC several miles away — put a stunning volley from outside the penalty area into the bottom corner of Ronwen Williams’ net.

Co-host Canada hung on with strong defensive play in the final minutes of the tournament’s first round of 32 match. Coach Jesse Marsch’s team advanced to face the Netherlands or Morocco in Houston on Saturday, July 4.

Marsch gathered his players in a huddle after the whistle and gave a spirited speech, declaring, “You guys are Canadian heroes! Canadian heroes for the future children of this country who play this sport.

This sport has a big future because of you guys. You should be so proud of who you are. You should be so proud of this game.”

Canada played its first three matches at home in Toronto and Vancouver while appearing in only its third World Cup, but was forced to become the first World Cup host to play on the road when it lost 2-1 to Switzerland last Wednesday.

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Canada coach Jesse Marsch reacts after winning a World Cup Round of 32 match against south Africa on sunday.

The Canadians were still the clear crowd favorite in the Los Angeles area between their traveling fans and thousands of supportive locals, including several in Eustáquio’s LAFC shirt who couldn’t have imagined the day they were about to enjoy.

“We never stopped believing,” Eustáquio said. “And I think the goal is really something that we deserved.”

Williams made five saves for South Africa, which played with remarkable heart while hanging in until the final moments in search of another historic win for the team known as Bafana Bafana. Canada had the best chances all day, but underdog South Africa stayed firm defensively and created a handful of excellent chances itself.

“We lost the game because there was a lack of power and speed in

our team when I compare that with our opponent,” South Africa coach Hugo Broos said. “We had a difficult game, certainly. But when we look back, we can be fairly satisfied with what we did. We are disappointed, and we wanted to win, but we don’t have to be too much disappointed. What we did was good, and I’m very happy and proud of my team.”

Canada finally broke through when Alistair Johnston’s long pass into the box was cleared directly into the path of Eustáquio, who chested it down, struck it purely and started to celebrate almost immediately.

After finishing second in their respective groups, both South Africa and Canada were playing for their nations’ first knockout victories at a World Cup when they opened knockout play with the only match of the day.

Canada got a boost in the 75th minute when star defender Alphonso Davies came on for his first World Cup action. The playmaking Bayern Munich defender missed group play after injuring his hamstring last month for the third time this year, but finally returned in the same stadium where he tore a knee ligament in March 2025 in CONCACAF Nations League play.

Davies immediately made the best pass of the day to set up Promise David for a golden chance, but the forward hit it wide.

South Africa reached the knockout rounds for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea last Wednesday, arguably the highest moment in Bafana Bafana’s checkered international history.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Giovani Lo Celso became the first Argentina player other than Lionel Messi to score in this World Cup as the defending champions finished the group stage with a three-game sweep after a 3-1 victory over Jordan on Saturday night.

Lo Celso, in his first World Cup start, put Argentina ahead to stay when he scored on a direct free kick in the 19th minute. Messi added one of his own after entering the game in the second half, and the top scorer in World Cup history extended his mark to 19 goals.

“I am very happy for him, for the moment he is having,” Lo Celso said in translated remarks about their captain.

Messi, the leader in this tournament with six goals, was among nine Argentina starters changed from the previous game since Group J was already clinched before the match. He entered in the 60th minute, three days after his 39th birthday and in the same stadium where he broke the scoring mark Monday, and scored in the 80th minute.

He scored all five of Argentina’s goals in wins over Algeria and Austria, including his first World Cup hat trick and then two goals in his record-setting game Monday. He has scored in seven consecutive World Cup games, breaking a tie with France’s Just Fontaine and Brazil great Jairzinho for the longest all-time streak.

Lautaro Martinez put Argentina up 2-0 when he scored on a penalty kick in the 31st minute, in the same sequence when his close-range shot ricocheted off the crossbar.

Martinez, who was subbed out for Messi, and goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez were the only players to start all three of Argentina’s group matches.

“I was able to include all the footballers for them to play. This was a goal that we have always set for ourselves,” coach Lionel Scaloni said through an interpreter. “I think they played quite well in a difficult match. They showed today that we can count on them.”

Argentina, which has seven wins and two draws in its last nine World Cup games, plays in the round of 32 on Friday against Cape Verde, the smallest country to earn a spot in the knockout round. That game is in Miami, the home of Messi’s Major League Soccer team.

This is the fifth time Argen-

tina has won all of its matches in group stage, and first since backto-back tournaments in 2010 and 2014. Argentina has 14 wins, two losses and three draws in its last 19 group games.

France and Mexico were the only other squads in this expanded 48-team World Cup to get the maximum nine points in the group stage.

Jordan, the world’s 72nd-ranked team, was outscored 8-3 in losing all games in its first appearance in the international tournament.

“As a first participant in the World Cup, I believe that the most important thing that we can come out of in terms of lessons is for the players to have experienced firsthand what they were trained on,” coach Jamal Sellami said through an interpreter. “Now they are more aware of the requirements of such competition.”

Mousa Altamari, who entered the game at the start of the second half, scored in the 55th minute for Jordan.

Lo Celso and Martinez both scored their first World Cup goals for Argentina.

“I didn’t have any doubts about them,” Scaloni said through an interpreter. “Lautaro is doing amazing work. We are just so happy with him since he’s been on our squad. If you score a goal, all the better for them and all the better for the squad. We’re very happy with them.”

Only a couple of minutes after Lo Celso was offside when he kicked the ball in the net but not counting for a goal, he got a free kick after being tripped up just outside the penalty box by Mohannad Abutaha, who drew a yellow card.

That was the first direct free kick for an Argentina goal in a World Cup since Messi against Nigeria in 2014.

“I waited a lot for this moment, I dreamed it a lot and I think that what I saw today was much more than what I had imagined or dreamed,” Lo Celso said.

After Martinez shot off the crossbar, Julian Alvarez followed with a header that was deflected by keeper Yazeed Abulaila over the net. But a VAR replay showed that Alvarez took a kick to the face on the play, setting up the penalty.

Nicolás Paz, who made his World Cup debut subbing in for Messi late in the 3-0 win over Algeria in the opener, made his first start in his spot this time. Paz and Lo Celso were joined by forwards Marcos Senesi and Giuliano Simeone making first World Cup starts.

Iran narrowly knocked out of World Cup on Austria’s last-second goal

BY JIM VERTUNO AP sportswriter

Iran has been eliminated from the World Cup, narrowly failing to advance past the group stage in a politically charged tournament where the team played its matches amid tight restrictions imposed by the United States.

Iran missed the round of 32 by one spot in heartbreaking fashion.

It finished third in Group G with three points earned with draws against Belgium, New Zealand and Egypt. Iran appeared to have advanced via tiebreakers when Algeria scored a stunning stoppage-time goal to go ahead of Austria 3-2 Saturday night, but Austria tied it back up seconds later on the game’s final play. Their draw ensured Iran’s elimination.

It was one last painful moment for Iran in a World Cup that’s been tumultuous, on and off the pitch.

The Iranians have been playing while Tehran negotiates with Washington on terms of a deal meant to permanently end the war

that began earlier this year. Tensions continued Saturday when Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, in a likely response to overnight airstrikes by the U.S. Hours later, the U.S. said it struck multiple Iranian military targets after it said Iran attacked a ship near the Straight of Hormuz.

During the World Cup, Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei and players complained about numerous complications, including travel restrictions, visa denials for support staff and quick departures from the U.S. after matches.

U.S. officials have said all restrictions were known before the tournament.

The U.S. and Israel began the war on Feb. 28 by attacking Iran, which retaliated with attacks in the region and by asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz.

In March, Iran sought to move its group-stage matches to Mexico, with which it has diplomatic ties. Its request to move its base camp from Tucson,

Arizona, to Tijuana was granted two weeks before the team’s arrival.

After Iran was eliminated Saturday night, the team sent a statement expressing “heartfelt appreciation to the wonderful people of Mexico, especially the beautiful city of Tijuana.”

“Leaving Tijuana is truly difficult for all of us,” the statement said.

At its first match, several hundred Iranian Americans protested outside the stadium, calling for change in Tehran and waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flag.

Thousands more poured into the stadium to watch them play, and the pre-game national anthem was met with a mix of cheers and boos.

For the first two matches, near Los Angeles, the team was not permitted to travel until the day before and had to return to Mexico immediately after each game. The U.S. then eased its restrictions, allowing the squad to travel to Seattle two days before Friday’s match against Egypt. If Iran had advanced, it would have played its next match in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Lautaro Martinez scores Argentina’s second goal against Jordan goalkeeper yazeed Abulaila during a World Cup match against Jordan on saturday in Arlington, Texas.

WORLD CUP GLANCE ROUND OF 32 Sunday, June 28

Canada 1, South Africa 0

Monday, June 29

Wednesday, July 1

England vs. Congo, 11 p.m.

Belgium vs. Senegal, 3 p.m.

United States vs. Bosnia, 8 p.m.

Brazil vs. Japan, noon Germany vs. Paraguay, 3:30 p.m.

Netherlands vs. Morocco, 8 p.m.

Thursday, July 2

Ivory Coast vs. Norway, noon France vs. Sweden, 4 p.m.

Mexico vs. Ecuador, 8 p.m.

Friday, July 3

Tuesday, June 30

Spain vs. Austria, 2 p.m.

Portugal vs. Croatia, 6 p.m.

Switzerland vs. Algeria, 10 p.m.

Australia vs. Egypt, 1 p.m.

Argentina vs. Cape Verde, 5 p.m.

Colombia vs. Ghana, 8:30 p.m.

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SCOREBOARD Odds

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will all be in either Massachusetts, New Jersey or Pennsylvania in the Rounds of 32 and 16.

If the seeds hold: France would play Morocco in the quarterfinal.

Inglewood Region Quarterfinal: July 10 • Inglewood, California.

Round of 32 matchups: No. 8 Portugal vs. No. 13 Croatia, No. 3 Spain vs. No. 18 Austria, No. 14 United States vs. No. 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina, No. 10 Belgium vs. No. 17 Senegal.

Outlook: The U.S. gets one of the lowest-ranked teams left in the tournament to open the Round of 32 and would remain in the Pacific time zone until the semifinals. Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal did not get an easy draw at all, with Croatia right off the bat and then potentially Spain in the Round of 16. (Can’t imagine Spain is too thrilled with this, either.) Belgium vs. Senegal is in Seattle, and the winner will stay there to play the U.S. match winner; that’s a big break for weary legs.

If the seeds hold: Spain would play Belgium in the quarterfinal.

At En-Joie GC Endicott, N.Y. Purse: $2.2 million Yardage: 6,994; Par: 72 Final Round

(x-won on first playoff hole) x-Padraig Harrington x-Dicky Pride Matt Gogel J.J. Henry Fredrik Jacobson Timothy O’Neal Bo Van Pelt Richard Green Michael Block Miguel Angel Jimenez Darren Clarke Mathew Goggin Thongchai Jaidee Greg Chalmers Tommy Gainey Paul Stankowski Boo Weekley Stephen Ames Retief Goosen Jason Caron Ricardo Gonzalez Bernhard Langer George McNeill Tim Petrovic Rory Sabbatini Charlie Wi John Daly Steve Stricker Tag Ridings Vaughn Taylor Michael Wright Steve Allan Ryan Armour Angel Cabrera Alex Cejka Heath Slocum Doug Barron Chad Campbell Ken Duke Chris DiMarco Brian Gay Mark Hensby Rod Pampling Brett Quigley David Duval Scott Hend Craig Hocknull Robert Karlsson Colin Montgomerie John Rollins David Toms Y.E. Yang Michael Allen Joe Durant Paul Goydos Jay Haas Scott McCarron Kenny Perry Notah Begay Shane Bertsch Kirk Triplett Jeff Maggert Ken Tanigawa Billy Andrade Olin Browne K.J. Choi Fred Funk Mark Wilson Rocco Mediate Tim Herron

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Auto racing NASCAR-O’Reilly Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 Results

Saturday At Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.

Lap length: 1.99 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 79 laps, 0 points.

2. (30) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 79, 0.

3. (2) Brent Crews, Toyota, 79, 50.

4. (4) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 79, 43.

5. (5) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 79, 39.

6. (16) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 79, 37.

7. (6) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 79, 36.

8. (9) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 79, 34.

9. (7) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 79, 28.

10. (11) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 79, 35.

11. (13) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 79, 35.

12. (37) Austin Green, Chevrolet, 79, 25.

13. (12) William Sawalich, Toyota, 79, 24.

14. (21) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 79, 27.

15. (25) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 79, 25.

16. (18) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 79, 23.

17. (20) Will Rodgers, Chevrolet, 79, 24.

18. (19) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 79, 19.

19. (24) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 79, 21.

20. (23) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 79, 17.

21. (22) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 79, 16.

22. (10) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 79, 20.

23. (29) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 79, 14.

24. (32) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 79, 13.

25. (34) Patrick Staropoli, Chevrolet, 79, 12.

26. (8) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 79, 11.

27. (26) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 79, 10.

28. (17) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 79, 9.

29. (3) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 78, 16.

30. (27) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 78, 7.

31. (28) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 78, 6.

32. (31) Lavar Scott, Chevrolet, 78, 5.

33. (36) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 78, 4.

34. (35) Kyle Kelley, Chevrolet, 77, 3.

35. (33) Leland Honeyman, Chevrolet, garage, 71, 0.

36. (14) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 68, 1.

37. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, garage, 29, 0.

38. (38) Brad Perez, Toyota, fuelpump, 0, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 76.308 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 3 minutes, 37 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.324 seconds.

Caution Flags: 4 for 11 laps.

Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: S.Van Gisbergen 0-17; A.Alfredo

Miami Gardens Region Quarterfinal: July 11 • Miami Gardens, Florida.

Round of 32 matchups: No. 5 Brazil vs. No. 16 Japan, No. 24 Ivory Coast vs. No. 19 Norway, No. 9 Mexico vs. No. 20 Ecuador, No. 4 England vs. No. 28 Congo.

Outlook: Mexico and England will be heavily favored in their Round of 32 matches, then would be in line to go head-to-head in the Round of 16 — in what would be a road game at Mexico City for England. And Mexico is one of only two teams not to surrender a goal in the group stage, with Spain being the other.

Brazil gets a bit of an easier path to the quarterfinals, opening with Japan and then — if it wins — drawing the Ivory Coast-Norway winner.

If the seeds hold: Brazil would play England in the quarterfinal.

Kansas City Region Quarterfinal: July 11 • Kansas City, Missouri.

Round of 32 matchups: No. 1 Argentina vs. No. 31 Cape Verde, No. 22 Australia vs. No. 21 Egypt, No. 15 Switzerland vs. No. 23 Algeria, No. 11 Colombia vs. No. 32 Ghana.

Outlook: Again, there is no “selection committee,” but if there was, it would have gotten this one right by putting the best goalscorer in Argentina’s Lionel Messi against

18-22; H.Burton 23-24; S.Van Gisbergen 25-32; J.Love 33; S.Van Gisbergen 34-42; C.Zilisch 43-46; B.Crews 47; S.Van Gisbergen 48-79 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): S.Van Gisbergen, 4 times for 66 laps; A.Alfredo, 1 time for 5 laps; C.Zilisch, 1 time for 4 laps; H.Burton, 1 time for 2 laps; B.Crews, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Love, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: J.Allgaier, 5; C.Day, 2; A.Hill, 2; S.Creed, 1; T.Gray, 1; W.Sawalich, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. J.Allgaier, 847; 2. J.Love, 623; 3. C.Day, 609; 4. S.Creed, 607; 5. A.Hill, 591; 6. B.Jones, 572; 7. C.Kvapil, 567; 8.

S.Smith, 543; 9. P.Retzlaff, 494; 10. T.Gray, 476; 11. S.Mayer, 476; 12. W.Sawalich, 448; 13. B.Crews, 443; 14. R.Caruth, 439; 15. R.Sieg, 421; 16. B.Poole, 341.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

NASCAR Cup Series Toyota / Save Mart 350 Results Sunday

At Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.

Lap length: 1.99 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (6) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 110 laps, 63 points.

2. (7) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 110, 37.

3. (1) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 110, 54.

4. (3) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 110, 35.

5. (14) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 110, 50.

6. (16) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 110, 32.

7. (17) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 110, 33.

8. (19) Ryan Preece, Ford, 110, 35.

9. (4) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 110, 36.

10. (22) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 110, 32.

11. (2) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 110, 33.

12. (13) William Byron, Chevrolet, 110, 25.

13. (23) Austin Cindric, Ford, 110, 31.

14. (5) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 110, 29.

15. (35) Brad Keselowski, Toyota, 110, 22.

16. (8) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 110, 29.

17. (18) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 110, 20.

18. (24) Zane Smith, Ford, 110, 24.

19. (15) Chris Buescher, Ford, 110, 18.

20. (27) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 110, 17.

21. (33) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 110, 16.

22. (26) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 110, 15.

23. (32) Erik Jones, Toyota, 110, 17.

24. (10) Joey Logano, Ford, 110, 13.

25. (20) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 110, 12.

26. (9) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 110, 11.

27. (30) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 110, 10.

28. (28) Josh Berry, Ford, 110, 9.

29. (29) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 110, 8.

30. (25) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 110, 8.

31. (21) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 110, 6.

32. (34) Noah Gragson, Ford, 110, 5.

33. (36) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 109, 4.

34. (12) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 109, 0.

35. (31) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 109, 2.

36. (11) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 106, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 83.192 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 37 minutes, 53 seconds.

Margin of Victory: .357 seconds.

Caution Flags: 3 for 8 laps.

Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: T.Gibbs 0-27; S.Van Gisbergen 28-52; T.Gibbs 53-56; S.Van Gisbergen 57-82; R.Blaney 83; K.Larson 84-85; W.Byron 86; R.Chastain 87; S.Van Gisbergen 88-110 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): S.Van Gisbergen, 3 times for 74 laps; T.Gibbs, 2 times for 31 laps; K.Larson, 1 time for 2 laps; R.Blaney, 1 time for 1 lap; W.Byron, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Chastain, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: T.Reddick, 5; D.Hamlin, 4; C.Elliott, 2; R.Blaney, 1; T.Gibbs, 1; D.Suárez, 1; C.Hocevar, 1; S.Van Gisbergen, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. T.Reddick, 716; 2. D.Hamlin, 708; 3. R.Blaney, 583; 4.

K.Larson, 536; 5. T.Gibbs, 535; 6. C.Elliott, 534; 7. C.Buescher, 500; 8. D.Suárez, 478; 9. C.Hocevar, 476; 10. C.Briscoe, 431; 11.

B.Wallace, 429; 12. C.Bell, 422; 13. W.Byron, 421; 14. E.Jones, 372; 15. A.Cindric, 370; 16.

R.Preece, 367.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

Tennis

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League

American League East Division

East Division

Tampa Bay New York Toronto Baltimore Boston

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L 33 34 45 46 46

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GB — ½ 10½ 11 13

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

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L 32 37 40 42 49

Pct .605 .560 .524 .506 .417

GB — 3½ 6½ 8 15½

Cleveland Chicago Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

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L 40 39 45 49 50

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GB — — 4½ 9 9½

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

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L 31 38 38 42 43

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Texas Seattle Houston Athletics Los Angeles

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GB — ½ 1 1½ 7

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Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Houston 8, Detroit 6 Texas 7, Toronto 4 Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City 1 Tampa Bay 4, Arizona 2 Cleveland 4, Seattle 3 Colorado 8, Minnesota 5 Washington 4, Baltimore 3, 10 innings L.A. Angels 5, Athletics 2

Sunday’s Games

L.A. Angels 4, Athletics 1 Tampa Bay 5, Arizona 1 Texas 3, Toronto 2 Washington 6, Baltimore 4 Minnesota 3, Colorado 2 Cleveland 6, Seattle 5 Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 7, Detroit 5, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees at Boston, n

Monday’s Games

Chicago White Sox (Burke 5-4) at Baltimore (Baz 4-8), 5:35 p.m.

Detroit (Mize 2-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Weathers 3-5), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (McLean 4-5) at Toronto (Yesavage 3-3), 6:07 p.m.

Texas (deGrom 6-5) at Cleveland (Messick 7-4), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Mikolas 2-6) at Boston (Suarez 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Matthews 3-5) at Houston (Lambert 6-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Johnson 1-2) at Seattle (Kirby 6-7), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 3-5) at Athletics (Jump 3-1), 8:40 p.m.

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 7 Tampa Bay 4, Arizona 2 Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 2 Miami 5, St. Louis 1 Colorado 8, Minnesota 5 Washington 4, Baltimore 3, 10 innings San Francisco 5, Atlanta 0 L.A. Dodgers 15, San Diego 3

Sunday’s Games

San Francisco 3, Atlanta 2 Tampa Bay 5, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2 Washington 6, Baltimore 4 St. Louis 2, Miami 1 Minnesota 3, Colorado 2 Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 3, 10 innings

Monday’s Games

Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 7-3) at Philadelphia (Nola 3-4), 5:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Manaea 1-2) at Toronto (Yesavage 3-3), 6:07 p.m.

Washington (Mikolas 2-6) at Boston (Suarez 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lodolo 2-2) at Milwaukee (Gasser 1-3), 6:40 p.m.

San Diego (TBD) at Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 5-6), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Alcantara 8-4) at Colorado (TBD), 7:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 3-5) at Athletics (Jump 3-1), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Mahle 1-7) at Arizona (Rodriguez 6-2), 8:40 p.m.

BOX SCORES L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2

Houston 7, Detroit 5

Los Angeles

Houston

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Detroit

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S_Robinson (3), Durán (1).

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HBP_King 2 (Pages,Pages), Sheehan (Tatis), Klein (Andujar), Scott (France).

ABS Challenge_Tucker (StrikeOverturned to Ball); Pages (StrikeConfirmed); Tucker (Strike-Confirmed); Peralta (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Umpires_Home, Ramon De Jesus; First, Paul Clemons; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Quinn Wolcott.

T_2:53. A_41,189 (40,222).

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2B_Meyers (6), Keith (9). HR_Delgado (1), Paredes (11), Walker (19), McKinstry (3), Torkelson (13). SB_Vierling (3), Lee (1).

S_Vierling (1).

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ABS Challenge_Flaherty (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Brown (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Abreu (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Matthews (Strike-Overturned

L.A. Angels 4, Athletics 1

Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 4

Athletics

Cincinnati

Eastbourne Open Results Sunday

At Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club Eastbourne, Great Britain Surface: Grass Results Sunday from Eastbourne Open at Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club (seedings in parentheses):

Women’s Doubles

Championship Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Luisa Stefani (1), Brazil, def. Jesika Maleckova and Miriam Skoch, Czechia, 6-1, 6-4.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated C Adley Rutschman from the 7-day IL. Reinstated RF Dylan Beavers from the 10-day IL. Claimed RHP Yosver Zulueta off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. Designated C Sam Huff for assignment. Optioned 2B Jeremiah Jackson and RHP Yosver Zulueta to Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated 1B Romy Gonzalez from the 60-day IL. Transferred LF Roman Anthony from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Optioned C Mickey Gasper to Worcester (IL).

the tournament’s best story in Cape Verde in the Round of 32. And Messi gets to be at home in Miami Gardens, a few miles from Inter Miami’s stadium for that matchup. Australia or Egypt awaits the Argentina match winner, Switzerland-Algeria has potential for a lot of goals, and Colombia faces a Ghana team with nothing to lose.

If the seeds hold: Argentina would play Colombia in the quarterfinal.

Inside the bracket Tidbits about the Round of 32 matchups: France, Mexico and Argentina were the only teams to escape group play with 3-0-0 records.

There are four Round of 32 matchups between unbeaten teams: Netherlands (2-0-1) vs. Morocco (2-0-1), Belgium (1-0-2) vs.

Senegal (1-0-2), Brazil (2-0-1) vs.

Japan (1-0-2) and Argentina (3-00) vs. Cape Verde (0-0-3).

Expect some goals in France vs.

Sweden (combined 17 goals in the group stage), Netherlands-Morocco (16), Belgium-Senegal (14), Brazil-Japan (14) and U.S.-Bosnia and Herzegovina (13).

On the flip side, the first goal of Mexico-Ecuador might be that match’s decider. Mexico wasn’t scored on in group play and Ecuador surrendered only two goals in those three matches.

Los Angeles

Pittsburgh

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Umpires_Home, Ben May; First, Tripp Gibson; Second, Dillon Wilson; Third, Nick Mahrley.

T_2:29. A_32,557 (45,517).

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WP_Garcia.

ABS Challenge_Singer (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Singer (Ball-Confirmed); Mlodzinski (Ball-Confirmed); Mangum (Strike-Confirmed).

Umpires_Home, Adam Beck; First, Louie Krupa; Second, Jeremie Rehak; Third, Dan Iassogna.

T_2:58. A_24,023 (38,753).

Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 3

Kansas City 5, White Sox 4

Chicago

Kansas City

Milwaukee

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Pitch timer violations_Kuhnel (pitcher).

T_3:09. A_42,056 (41,700).

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Team of the year

LSU likes to call itself DBU, NILSU or the capital of strange things at tailgate parties that taste like chicken. In recent years, it really has become Gymnastics U. In April, the gymnastics Tigers came within one of Mike VII’s whiskers of winning their second NCAA championship in the past three seasons, falling just shy of Oklahoma. Still, a No. 2 finish, matching LSU’s preseason ranking, is nothing to be despondent about. Not considering some of the performances we saw from Jay Clark’s team (more on that later) throughout the 2026 season.

One of the best things for LSU is that the Tigers can be expected to be right up there again as a national contender in 2027.

Coach of the year

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LsU president Wade Rousse, left, and athletic director Verge Ausberry flank new coach Lane Kiffin after an introductory news conference on Dec. 1 at Tiger stadium.

Clark would be an easy choice, but his trophy case is already full of Rabbys. This year, we’re going with a deserving new recipient: LSU women’s tennis coach Taylor Fogleman.

In four years coaching the Tigers, Fogleman Fogleman has led them to four NCAA tournament appearances, including consecutive appearances in the NCAA team championships. That’s the equivalent of making it to the College World Series or gymnastics nationals or the Elite Eight.

Cadence Brace earned AllAmerican honors, becoming the first Tiger to do so in consecutive seasons since 2008.

assistant coach Garrett Griffeth told Clark, “she’d have gotten a 40.”

Her 13 10.0 marks were one off the all-time single-season NCAA record, and by far led the nation. She won 44 individual titles in all, including the SEC all-around crown. And Chio was named SEC gymnast of the year, beating out OU’s Faith Torrez, who beat her out for the NCAA all-around title and, unjustly, the Honda Award.

LSU’s Kaliya Lincoln also had a perfect 10 on floor in the NCAA Baton Rouge regional. There were 45 perfect scores across NCAA gymnastics this year, meaning 31% of them were by Tigers. That’s a wow, for sure.

Athlete of the year

Headliner moment of the year

Is there any choice but Kailin Chio? The Tigers’ super sophomore gymnast got shafted by not winning the Honda Award as the nation’s best gymnast, but she most definitely deserves The Rabby here.

We start with her 13 perfect 10s, including three in one meet against Arkansas in the only three events she did that night, a perfect 30.0 score.

“If you’d put her in on bars,”

It could be Chio’s three 10s against Arkansas, but we’ll go off the field for LSU’s hiring of Lane Kiffin in late November.

It caused a huge kerfuffle nationally, and folks at Ole Miss have spent the entire offseason sticking pins in little Lane voodoo dolls. But what a coup by new LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry. Rarely do schools land their first choice for a big job like this — remember, Nick Saban

wasn’t Alabama’s first choice 20 years ago. But LSU got its man, shrugging off the slings and arrows of its critics and clearly doing all it can to return to national contention.

Kiffin recently declared LSU would win a national championship on his watch. For certain, everyone is watching.

Surprise of the year I’ll admit, I — like a lot of folks — figured even when things got rocky for Kelly midseason, there was no way LSU was going to have the means or the will to pony up $54 million to buy him out. He would be back as coach in 2026. We were all proven wrong on Oct. 26, when Kelly was ousted a day after LSU’s 49-25 blowout loss to Texas A&M in Week 8.

LSU ridiculously tried to wiggle out of paying Kelly for a time, claiming it had fired him for cause, but the Tigers are back on the hook for the full amount. That was followed by Kiffin’s $91 million, seven-year deal and the reported $40 million (reported by Kelly, of all people) LSU spent to build this year’s roster.

The real biggest surprise of

all: When LSU wants to find the money, it finds the money.

Surprise of the year: silver medal That would be bringing back Will Wade as men’s basketball coach. The same Will Wade LSU fired (for cause) four years earlier.

Wade That is the most LSU thing ever invented.

Newcomer of the year Bronze medalist for surprise of the year was MiLaysia Fulwiley transferring from hometown South Carolina to LSU in women’s basketball. She immediately paid dividends, starting only one game but coming off the bench to lead the Tigers with 14.6 points per contest.

Her game reminds one of the Tasmanian Devil in the Bugs Bunny cartoons, a whirling dervish of points, steals and turnovers. But you can’t look away.

Fulwiley put the capper on her first year as a Tiger by teaming with LSU’s Mikaylah Williams and two other players to win the 2026 FIBA 3x3 World Cup gold medal.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday surveyed several of his construction projects around the nation’s capital, suggesting afterward that his redevelopment of the East Potomac Golf Links would enable it to host a premier tournament.

“When completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship, and other top PGA Tour events,” Trump posted on social media.

Trump toured the course with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, various aides and the golf course architect Tom Fazio and his son, Gavin Fazio. The president’s redevelopment of the course is subject to a lawsuit in U.S. District Court.

It’s unclear when the course could host any major tournaments, as locations are chosen several years ahead of the events. Locations for the U.S. Open are scheduled through 2051, while the PGA Championship is set through 2035, according to the tournaments’ websites.

Trump complained in his post about the condition of the grass and the sprinkler system for the public golf course, but debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing has also been dumped on the grounds. The National Park Service said last month that the debris tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals.

Trump said in his post that work on the golf course would begin on Sept.

1. The president also toured updates to Lafayette Park on the north side of the White House and had his motorcade drive around where he plans to build a triumphal arch.

The president also said in a separate post that he would meet with Janeese Lewis George, who won the Democratic primary for Washington’s mayor. Trump in his post called Lewis George a “Communist.”

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A month-old pony moves to a 4th-floor apartment in Croatia. Neighbors don’t mind.

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United states’ Weston McKennie dribbles with the ball during a World Cup Group D soccer match between the U.s. and Australia in seattle on June 19.

Fit for the world stage

ROVINJ, Croatia — A month-old pony named Mile is the newest resident of an apartment building in the northern Croatian coastal town of Rovinj.

Mile has moved in temporarily to his owners’ fourth-floor flat because his mother rejected him at birth. He also needs round-the-clock care after undergoing an operation for a lifethreatening infection in neighboring Slovenia, where people donated to cover the costs of his treatment.

“Every two hours, we warm up his milk and feed him,” owner Andjelka Josipovic said. “If we forget to feed him, he wakes up, comes to us and rouses us up.”

Josipovic lives in a one-bedroom flat with her partner Kristijan Jelenic, her two sons, a dog and now Mile.

The unusual newcomer has drawn attention in the neighborhood, but no one has complained.

Josipovic is hopeful Mile will recover fully as he now eats well and has gained 2.2 pounds.

He seems cheerful with a “strong desire to suckle, eat, and fight,” she said.

“The first night, the vet thought there was no hope and wanted to put him down,” she recalled. “I said, let’s try until the morning.”

A look at the design of World Cup uniforms where national pride meets breathable mesh

BY CLAIRE RUSH

na, host nation Mexico and Colombia, also unveiled cooling gear for the tournament. Puma designed the kits for Portugal as well as Morocco and Senegal, the two finalists at the most recent African Cup of Nations.

While the three companies are behind most of this year’s kits, some teams are sporting uniforms designed by other apparel makers.

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BEAVERTON, Ore. — Heat. Moisture.

National pride.

These were top of mind as Nike designed its uniform kits for this year’s World Cup, including for football powerhouses France and Brazil as well as the U.S. and Canada in their role as host nations.

In a tournament that has seen storm delays and temperatures hovering around 90 degrees Fahrenheit in some locations, the first step was to ensure players’ performance and comfort.

Phil McCartney, chief innovation, design and product officer for Nike, said the company worked with athletes, coaches and football federations to understand how uniforms affect the game.

“We also talk to fans — so what does it mean to wear a Uruguay jersey, what does it mean to represent France, what does it mean to play for Canada?” McCartney told The

Thermal chambers and robots On a recent morning, McCartney spoke from the sports research lab at Nike’s headquarters just outside Phil McCartney, chief innovation, design and product officer for Nike, Portland, Oregon, where experimentation helped the kits come to holds up the away jersey for France life. that the company designed for the The indoor facility includes a World Cup. 219-yard track, a small football pitch and a basketball court, with Associated Press. “We take that and hundreds of motion-capture camwe merge that with all the science eras placed throughout. Thermal and the innovation to make sure chambers replicate the effects that we have beautiful designs.” of heat and humidity on apparel Adidas, which designed jerseys ä see UNIFORMS, page 2C for defending champion ArgentiAP PHoTo By CLAIRE RUsH

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owner Andjelka Josipovic poses with a pony named Mile at a ranch in Bale, Croatia.

The family runs a small ranch and a playroom for children in Bale, some 9 miles from Rovinj, with llamas, pigs, horses, and sheep.

Mile spends his days with the other animals at the ranch, but he returns to Rovinj — one of Croatia’s most popular tourist resorts — in the evening. The pony rides in the back seat of the family car. At the apartment, he sleeps on either a mattress or a sofa.

The family lives in a residential part of Rovinj, away from the main tourist zone in the old town, which is famous for its

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The Owens family curse strikes next generation in ‘Practical Magic 2’

BY TRACY BROWN

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LOS ANGELES — The Owens family curse strikes again — and this time it’s here for the next generation.

In the new trailer for “Practical Magic 2,” released June 24, Sally’s (Sandra Bullock) daughter Kylie (Joey King) learns about her family’s legacy and curse after her paramour is involved in an accident.

“It’s true, we’re witches and the curse is real,” Sally tells a tearful Kylie, who along with her sister (Maisie Williams) grew up being told stories where everyone who fell in love died. But the siblings didn’t believe they were actually cursed.

“I will never trust you again,” Kylie responds.

Directed by Susanne Bier, the sequel of 1998’s “Practical Magic” will follow Sally

and Gillian (Nicole Kidman) as they chase after Kylie who has set off to “fix the curse,” which will put her on a dark path. Along the way, the sisters encounter a mysterious “scholar of the craft” played

by Lee Pace.

The trailer also offers a glimpse into Sally and Gillian’s present lives — with the latter teasing the former’s

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Cast members sandra Bullock, left, and Nicole Kidman of the upcoming film ‘Practical Magic 2’ speak during the film’s Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon on April 14 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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Seasonal affective disorder can hit in the summer Dear Doctors: When I hear about seasonal depression, it has to do with winter. Supposedly it’s because of the shorter days and the lack of daylight. But I feel the start of depression whenever summer comes, which can’t be about the light. Why would that happen? What can I do?

Dear reader: It’s true that when people talk about a downward emotional shift tied to a change of seasons, winter is most often the culprit. As you point out, the shorter days and longer nights play a big role. The steady decrease of daylight hours is believed to affect levels of melatonin and serotonin. These are brain chemicals that affect mood and sleep. With colder weather, more time is spent indoors. This can lead to fewer natural social

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interactions and contribute to feelings of isolation. Repetitive winter tasks, like shoveling snow or dressing and undressing just to step outside, can each add a measure of stress. So can simply being cold.

While not as common as winterbased seasonal depression, the summertime blues you are experiencing are indeed a real thing.

It is part of a condition known as

seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. As with its wintry cousin, summertime SAD is marked by symptoms that can include anxiety, irritability, low energy, disrupted sleep and feelings of sadness or hopelessness. And because summer is supposed to represent a carefree and joyful stretch of time, people with summer SAD are sometimes also weighed down by guilt.

As with winter SAD, summertime depression is believed to involve both physiological and lifestyle triggers. Longer days mean later twilights. For some people, this can affect sleep cycles and contribute to the onset of depression. Longer days often also disrupt the routines that got us through the winter. These changes can be stressful. So can heat

TODAY IN HISTORY for tea.)

In 1776, the Virginia state Today is Monday, June 29, constitution was adopted, the 180th day of 2026. There and Patrick Henry was are 185 days left in the year. made the state’s governor.

In 1967, Jerusalem was Today’s highlight in history: On June 29, 2007, the first reunified as Israel removed barricades separating the version of the iPhone went Old City from the Israeli on sale to the public; over sector.

2.3 billion iPhones have In 2006, the Supreme been sold to date.

Court ruled, 5-3, that PresiAlso on this date: In 1613, London’s origident George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay denal Globe Theatre, where many of William Shaketainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and internaspeare’s plays were performed, was destroyed by tional law. a fire sparked by a cannon In 2009, disgraced finanshot during a performance cier Bernard Madoff reof “Henry VIII.” ceived a 150-year sentence In 1767, Britain approved for his multibillion-dollar the Townshend Revenue fraud. (Madoff died in prisAct, which imposed import on in April 2021.) duties on glass, paint, oil, In 2022, R. Kelly was lead, paper and tea shipped sentenced to 30 years in to the American colonies. prison for using his R&B (Colonists bitterly protestsuperstardom to subject young fans to sexual abuse. ed, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties on each The singer and songwriter was convicted of racketeerof the products — except

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ing and sex trafficking the previous year.

Today’s birthdays: Songwriter L. Russell Brown is 86.

Singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys is 83. Actor Gary Busey is 82. Former actor and politician Fred Grandy is 78. Rock musician Ian Paice (Deep Purple) is 78.

Singer Don Dokken is 73.

Rock singer Colin Hay (Men At Work) is 73. Actor Maria Conchita Alonso is 71. Actor Sharon Lawrence (“NYPD Blue”) is 65. Actor Amanda Donohoe is 64.

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is 63. Producer-writer Matthew Weiner is 61.

Actor Melora Hardin is 59.

Actor Brian D’Arcy James is 58. Rap DJ and record producer DJ Shadow is 54.

Actor Zuleikha Robinson is 49. Rock musician Sam Farrar (Maroon 5) is 48. Actor Luke Kirby is 48. Singer and TV personality Nicole Scherzinger is 48.

and humidity. For some people, being included in — or left out of — summertime group activities can trigger social anxiety. Genetics may also play a role. Studies of identical twins have found that siblings often shared similar patterns of seasonal changes in mood and behavior. Newer research, still in the earliest stages, has identified gene variants that may alter how serotonin affects the brain.

A useful first step in steadying your summertime mood is to safeguard your daily routine.

Try to stick to the same sleep, meal and exercise schedule you follow the rest of the year. With later sunsets and early sunrises, the sleep part of the equation can become a challenge. That makes blackout curtains for the bedroom

a worthwhile investment. And try to steer clear of heat stress.

Use air conditioning and fans as needed in the house. When you can, save exertion and outdoor activities for the cooler parts of the day. There is also evidence that cognitive behavioral therapy can be effective in managing seasonal mood swings. It’s a form of talk therapy that helps people flag and change harmful mental habits.

The good news is that even small lifestyle adjustments can help ease the summertime blues.

Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla. edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

So-called friends keep canceling plans who leaned heavily on Dear Miss Manners: What manners, social skills and is the correct way to deal with being stood up for so- all matters of social recial plans? sponsibility.

Over the years, After being treatpeople have said ed like this, my tenthings to me such dency is to view the as, “I’m going to situation as the ball break off our lunch now being in their plans for today, OK? court. The only perJudith I’m going to lunch son whose behavior Martin I can control is my with someone else.”

MIss Or, “I can’t meet own. I say and do MANNERs you for breakfast nothing further and on Saturday like remain polite, but we’d planned; I’m going to at arm’s length. I no longer go and play golf with Dolo- reach out to them with res.” Or, at the last minute, friendly gestures and ef“I can’t go to see the play forts until they can prove with you this evening. My that it is a genuine, mutual, boyfriend says we’re going courteous friendship. someplace else.”

Perhaps this is a good Sometimes people simway to screen for friendply fail to show up for ships. plans made in advance, What are your thoughts without a word of apology on the subject? Any sugor explanation, ever. Upon gestions concerning what I next seeing them, they could or should be doing? behave as though nothing Gentle reader: Socializing had ever happened. If I with people who respect gently inquire about what you? happened, they engage in They are increasingly defensive, manipulative hard to find, Miss Manners behavior, gaslighting and realizes. The idea has gotoffering non sequiturs. ten around that it is charmAt such moments, I have ing to be spontaneous in always said kind and polite one’s social life, unbound things to these people, by the rigid code that rebut I have difficulty in quired making or declining understanding them. I was commitments, and then brought up with parents following through by show-

ing up — or not showing up, if one has declined.

There is something you can say to those lastminute offenders: “I wish you had bailed out earlier; I would have made plans of my own.”

Dear Miss Manners: Please explain how to administer a Cut, a Dead Cut, and a Cut Absolute.

Gentle reader: A Cut is pretending not to see someone who is obviously within sight. A Dead Cut is staring right at the person without any acknowledgment. And a Cut Absolute is whipping around upon seeing the person and walking away.

Miss Manners hopes that she is not fueling feuds by providing these definitions. She attaches to each of them a label that says, “Caution! Highly dangerous socially, with difficult side effects. To be used only in extreme cases.”

Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners. com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail. com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

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World Cup uniform kits designed by Nike are displayed at its headquarters in Beaverton, ore., on June 22.

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seen in the shoulder seams on jerseys for teams includContinued from page 1C ing France and Uruguay, the Guardian reported.

When asked by AP, Nike donned by people or robot said it was able to identify the issue before the start of mannequins.

“We take motion-capture the World Cup, and worked to see how they’re moving with federations “to ensure in the kit, how the kits are kits show up as intended.” responding,” McCartney said. “We also use the ther- Symbols of national pride mal chambers that we have While a kit’s physical attrito test the kit’s breathability, butes are important for athto test wicking and moisture letes, its appearance is just management.” as significant for fans who For the World Cup kits, sport the jerseys and want to Nike engineered a new feel connected to their team. fabric that it says is more “We take inspiration from breathable and made from lots of different places, from fully recycled materials. the past, from art, from muThe way the jerseys are sic, from culture, so anyknit, with mesh stitching in thing that gets us connected certain areas allowing more to the country we really air flow, helps “get that ther- want to harness,” McCartmal regulation that all the ney said. players have been asking France’s away kit, for exfor,” McCartney said. ample, is a light green akin Despite all the testing, the to the Statue of Liberty, rollout of the kit was still a which France gifted to the bit bumpy.

U.S. in the late 19th century.

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Continued from page 1C apparent lack of love life.

It seems Sally is uninterested in tempting the fates since for generations those who have fallen in love with members of the Owens family have been cursed to die.

Even after things take a turn with the tragic accident, it’s clear that their sisterly bond

remains strong. While Sally seems worried about her daughters inheriting her powers, the clip also hints that there might be some happier times ahead.

Also returning for the sequel are Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing, who play Sally and Gilly’s aunts Jet and Franny Owens. In the original film, Jet and Fran are the witchy, eccentric aunts who took in their nieces after their parents

houette of the monument’s crown.

On the front of the jersey there’s a rooster — an emblem of the national team and the country itself — and two stars representing France’s two previous World Cup victories.

France’s home kit features a collar — as does Uruguay’s. The decision to use collars comes from the federations, Nike said, with France leaning into its history as a fashion capital and Uruguay looking to evoke a more classic football look. In previous decades, many uniforms included collars.

Key national symbols were also considered when designing kits for the U.S. and Canada. The home kit for the U.S. features horizontal red and white stripes reminiscent of a waving American flag, while Canada’s displays a prominent maple leaf.

“Especially in an event like the World Cup, we really play into national pride,” McCartney said.

died. The “Practical Magic 2” cast also includes Xolo Maridueña, who plays Kylie’s seemingly ill-fated love interest, and Solly McLeod.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett and Kelly Marcel, “Practical Magic 2” is based on the 2021 novel “The Book of Magic,” the fourth and final installment of author Alice Hoffman’s “Practical Magic” series.

“Practical Magic 2” will hit theaters Sept. 11.

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Jelenic said having Mile at home at the moment is no different from having a dog or any other pet because he is still relatively small, weighing just 35 pounds.

“In about 20 days, this probably will no longer be possible,” Jelenic said.

“I hope he will be strong enough by then to be able to stay at the ranch.”

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LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Pay attention to how you present yourself and your ideas.

Having confidence will encourage others to listen and contribute suggestions that are easy to implement. Show your leadership ability in order to highlight your profile.

VIRGo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Refuse to let anyone push you to change something that isn't in your best interest. Collect your thoughts, talk to experts and offer a heartfelt reason why you prefer to take the road that offers you something in return.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-oct. 23) If you are a good listener, you'll avoid interference.

Knowing what's expected of you and delivering what's necessary will help ward off criticism.

ScoRPIo (oct. 24-nov. 22) You're in a better position than you realize. Speak up.

Refuse to let what others do deter you from following your heart and doing what works for you.

SAGIttARIuS (nov. 23-Dec. 21) A change will do you good. Invest time and money in yourself. Refuse to spend what you don't have or be tempted by a fast-talking salesperson trying to scam you or separate you from your cash. cAPRIcoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Keep what you cherish and get rid of what no lon-

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Stop waiting for someone to do things for you.

PIScES (Feb. 20-March 20) Motivate yourself to get involved in a cause that concerns you, and someone you connect with will help you make a difference.

Having discipline will encourage you to change your lifestyle.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Be careful not to upstage someone who can influence your reputation or status. Getting along will be a necessity if you want to get ahead. Listen carefully. tAuRuS (April 20-May 20) Devise a plan and budget that add to your convenience and comfort. Stretch your imagination, but don't let anyone tempt you to spend more than you can afford.

GEMInI (May 21-June 20) Put pressure where necessary, and positive change will evolve. Don't hesitate to do the work yourself. You will make a difference to the outcome of whatever you are trying to achieve.

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By PHILLIP ALDER Francis Bacon, an Englishman who a few believe wrote Shakespeare’s plays, said, “Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion.”

After a bridge deal in which your partner made a mistake, you hope that he sees the reason for his error; you do not want him confused.

In today’s deal, South is in three notrump after West has overcalled in spades. West leads his fourth-highest spade. How should South plan the play after taking this trick with dummy’s queen, the honor from the shorter side first?

North’s double was negative, promising four hearts (and maybe five or six if too weak to respond two hearts). His three-spade cue-bid asked South to bid three no-trump with a spade stopper.

South has eight top tricks: one spade, one diamond and six clubs. He can get his ninth winner from hearts or diamonds, but there is a risk that the defenders will run the spade suit first. Since trick one indicates that West has the spade ace, South must work to keep East off the lead.

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today’s thought “I acknowledge my sin to you, and my iniquity have I not hid.

I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” Psalms 32:5 It is wonderful to be forgiven by the Lord. Repent of sin and give it to God. G.E. Dean

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Bids will be received by the Office of Purchasing, Room 213 Thomas Boyd Hall, Louisiana State Uni‐ versity and Agricultural and Mechanical College 70803 until 11:00 AM on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. ** Refer to www.centerl inebidconnect.com for bid submission instruc‐ tions. All bids must be submitted via email to lsubids@lsu.edu ** ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY LOUISIANA STATE UNI‐ VERSITY, OFFICE OF PUR‐ CHASING OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION RE‐ QUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. FOR: Furnish Labor and Materials for Law Center Escalator Project Number 01-107-24-05, F.01004704, Item 35 LSU SOLICITATION NUMBER: RFQ-0000002841 Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments for this project may be obtained from: www.centerlinebidco nnect.com.

Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most repro‐ graphic firms.

Contractors unable to access bidding docu‐ ments at www.centerl inebidconnect.com should contact Kern Architects, LLC Lee Ann Duck, Project Manager 11822 Justice Ave. Ste. B7 225-263-8887 LeeAnn.Duck@kernarc hitects.com All bids must be accom‐ panied by bid security equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of the base bid and all alter‐ nates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or Bid Bond Form written by a surety company licensed to do business in Louisiana, signed by the surety’s agency or attor‐ ney-in-fact. Surety must be listed on the current U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Man‐ agement Service list of approved bonding com‐ panies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it obligates it‐ self in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana domiciled insurance company with at least an A- rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide. If surety qualifies by virtue of its Best’s list‐ ing, the amount of the Bond may not exceed ten percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of the Louisiana State Uni‐ versity and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and shall be accompa‐ nied by appropriate power of attorney. No Bid Bond indicating an oblig‐ ation of less than five percent (5%) by any method is acceptable.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract amount. Surety must be listed currently on the U.S. Department of Trea‐ sury Financial manage‐ ment Service List (Trea‐ sury List) as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the con‐ tract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana or owned by Louisiana resi‐ dents. If surety is quali‐ fied other than by listing on the Treasury list, the contract amount may not exceed fifteen percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown by surety’s most recent financial state‐ ments filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance and may not exceed the amount of $500,000.

However, a Louisiana domiciled in‐ surance company with at least an A- rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide shall not be subject to the $500,000 limitation, provided that the con‐ tract amount does not exceed ten percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide nor fifteen percent of policyholder’s surplus as shown by surety’s most recent financial state‐ ments filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance.

The Bond shall be signed by the surety’s agent or attor‐ i f

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A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD

2:00 PM, Tuesday, June 30, 2026 LSU Law Center, 1 East Campus Drive, 1st Floor, Main Lobby, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the classification of BUILD‐ ING CONSTRUCTION. Bid‐ der is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(c). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, ex‐ cept under the provi‐ sions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(b), the pro‐ visions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment for bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

When this project is fi‐ nanced either partially or entirely with State Bonds or federal funds, the award of this Contract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, the sale of bonds by the Bond Commission or the commitment of federal funds. The Uni‐ versity shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract Between Owner and Con‐ tractor is fully executed.

190768 June 15, 22, 29, 2026 3t $202.50 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS CITY OF DEQUINCY ("Owner") hereby solicits sealed bids for the AIR‐ FIELD DRAINAGE IM‐ PROVEMENTS-PHASE II project: STATEMENT OF WORK: The Project comprises construction of drainage improvements including culvert installation, ditch restoration, earthwork, and erosion control mea‐ sures.

PROJECT DURATION: 90 Calendar Days BID SUBMITTAL: Sealed Bids shall be addressed to the CITY OF DEQUINCY, ATTENTION: CITY CLERK, and delivered to 300 North Holly Street, De‐ Quincy, Louisiana 70633, or submitted electroni‐ cally through www. civcastusa.com no later than 1:00 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at which time and place they will be pub‐ licly opened and read aloud. Bids received after that time will not be con‐ sidered.

PRE-BID MEETING: A NonMandatory Pre-Bid Meet‐ ing will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at the DeQuincy Industrial Airpark Termi‐ nal Building located at 100 Airpark Drive, De‐ Quincy, LA 70633.

BID DOCUMENTS: Com‐ plete Bidding Docu‐ ments, plans, specifica‐ tions, and addenda are www. available at civcastusa.com.

Ques‐ tions regarding the pro‐ ject may be directed to Ken Morales, Engineer, at ken.morales@ice-eng. com (225) 328-7419.

FUNDING NOTICE: Award of the Contract is contin‐ gent upon receipt of Fed‐ eral and State grant funding in accordance with LA R.S. 38:2215(D).

REQUIRED LICENSE: Con‐ tractors submitting bids shall be licensed under LA R.S. 37:2150-2164, Highway, Street and Bridge Construction, or Municipal and Public Works Construction, or Heavy Construction.

OWNER’S RIGHTS: The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause; such ac‐ tions will be in accor‐ dance with Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

BIDDING DOCUMENTS: In accordance with LA R.S. 38:2212(A)(1)(b), the pro‐ visions and requirements stated in the Bidding Documents shall not be waived by any entity.

FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS: This project is federally funded and subject to federal contract require‐ ments as detailed in the Contract Documents.

BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accompanied by bid security in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid amount, as specified in the Contract Docu‐ ments.

BID WITHDRAWAL: No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within fortyfive (45) days after the actual date of the open‐ ing thereof, except as provided under LA. R.S. 38:2214.

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OWNER: “CITY OF DEQUINCY” BY: /s/ RILEY SMITH, MAYOR 190924-jun 15-22-29-3t $912.30

PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES DeQuincy Industrial Airpark City of DeQuincy, Louisiana Notice is hereby given that the City of DeQuincy is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified engineer‐ ing firms interested in providing engineering, planning, design, con‐ struction management, grant administration, and related professional services for projects in‐ cluded in the Capital Im‐ provement Program for the DeQuincy Industrial Airpark.

All work shall be per‐ formed in accordance with Federal Aviation Ad‐ ministration (FAA) and Louisiana DOTD Aviation requirements, proce‐ dures, and policies. The consultant selection process will be con‐ ducted in accordance with FAA Advisory Circu‐ lar 150/5100-14E. Interested firms shall submit qualifications using Standard Form SF330.

The complete RFQ Infor‐ mation Package, includ‐ ing the detailed project list, scope of services, submission require‐ ments, and evaluation criteria is available on the DeQuincy Industrial Airpark webpage: https://dequincyairport. com/ SUBMITTAL DEADLINE: July 22nd , 2026 at 3:00 PM CST Submit Statements of Qualifications to: City of DeQuincy Attn: Kyle Rainwater, Airport Manager 300 N. Holly Street DeQuincy, Louisiana 70633 Questions regarding this RFQ may be directed to: Kyle Rainwater Airport Manager (337) 660-3488 kylerainwater@dequincy. org The City of DeQuincy re‐ serves the right to reject any and all submissions, waive informalities, and accept the submission determined to be in the best interest of the City of DeQuincy and De‐ Quincy Industrial Air‐ park.

191585 June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2026 4t $981.64 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 121 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. 3000026308, Enve‐ lope Printing & Storage for OTS/PSS, 7/15/26 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 192480-jun 29-1t $11.77 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by The City of Central, 11530 Sullivan Road, Central, LA 70818, on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, until 10:00 A.M.) and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud for construction of the project described as fol‐ lows:

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generally includes as‐ phaltic concrete, cold planing, pavement patch‐ ing, temporary traffic control, and other neces‐ sary items as shown on the plans & specifica‐ tions.

Electronic bids will be accepted. Please find bid related materials and place your electronic bids at www.centralauct ionhouse.com. Bids re‐ ceived after the above time will not be ac‐ cepted.

Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from www. centralauctionhouse. com. Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrange‐ ments can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms.

Plan holders are respon‐ sible for their own repro‐ duction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at: Novus Reb Engineering, LLC – Jason Ellis, 1651 Lobdell Ave., Ste 202, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 via email to jason@novusreb.com.

PERFORMANCE AND PAY‐ MENT BOND: A perfor‐ mance and payment bond for the work will be required upon execution of the contract, equal to one hundred percent (100%) of said contract written by a company li‐ censed to do business in Louisiana and who is cur‐ rently on the U.S. Depart‐ ment of the Treasury Fi‐ nancial Management Service List. The bond shall be countersigned by a person who is under contract and who is li‐ censed as an insurance agent in the State of Louisiana, and who is re‐ siding in this state.

ATTESTATION AFFIDAVIT: The bidding documents shall not require any bid‐ der, other than the apparent low bidder, to furnish any other information or doc‐ umentation, including the Attestation Affidavit, any sooner than ten days after the date bids are opened; however, the ap‐ parent low bidder may submit such information or documentation at any time prior to the expira‐ tion of the ten-day pe‐ riod.

All mailed or hand deliv‐ ered bids must be sub‐ mitted in a sealed enve‐ lope marked “SEALED BID FOR 2026 CITY OF CEN‐ TRAL ROAD REHAB PRO‐ JECT”, including Louisiana Contractor’s li‐ cense number and Con‐ struction Firm name. All bids must be submitted in one of three ways: Hand Delivered, Mailed, or Electronic. For bids hand delivered to Central City Hall, 11530 Sullivan Road, Central, LA 70818 by the bidder or his agent, a written receipt shall be handed to the deliverer. For bids sub‐ mitted by mail, bids shall be sent by registered or certified mail with a re‐ turn receipt requested, the sealed envelope con‐ taining the bid must dis‐ play the contractor’s li‐ cense number and name and be enclosed in an‐ other envelope ad‐ dressed to the City of Central, 11530 Sullivan Road, Central, LA 70818, and must be received no later than the bid open‐ ing. Bids will not be ac‐ cepted on days that are recognized as holidays by the United States Postal Service. Electronic bids will also be ac‐ cepted. Please find bid related materials and place your electronic bids at www.centralauct ionhouse.com. All bid‐ ders shall certify that he/she holds an active li‐ cense by displaying his/her license number on the bid envelope. In the case of an electronic bid proposal, a bidder may submit an authentic digital signature on the electronic bid proposal accompanied by the con‐ tractor's license number.

Bids received after the above time will not be accepted. All bidders are required to have an ac‐ tive license for “Highway, Street, And Bridge Con‐ struction” from the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors prior to bidding this pro‐ ject.

Bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the sum of the base bid and all alter‐ nates must accompany each Bid and shall be made payable to the Owner.

STATEMENT OF WORK:

The Owner reserves the right to waive any infor‐ malities or to reject any or all bids.

This project consists of road repair work throughout the City of Central as shown in the construction plans and as required by the City on various roadways throughout the City Lim‐ its. Construction work

A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 10:00 A.M. at Central City Hall, 11530 Sullivan Road, Central, LA 70818.

All prospective bidders are encouraged to attend it.

2026 CITY OF CENTRAL ROAD REHAB PROJECT

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All questions and/or re‐ quest for clarifications must be electronically submitted to the project engineer, Jason Ellis via email to jason@ novusreb.com by Friday, July 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

No questions will be an‐ swered after the dead‐ line for questions passes.

OWNER CITY OF CENTRAL BY: /s/ Mr. Wade Evans, Mayor

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United States Toll (Los Angeles) +1-213-306-3065 These numbers will pro‐ vide you with live audio access to this bid open‐ ing.

191598 June 22, 29, 2t $108.58

Legal Notices

TO APPEAR IN THE: ADVOCATE Monday, June 29, 2026 Monday, July 6, 2026 Monday, July 13, 2026 192344-jun 29-jul 6-13-3t $1,815.84 PUBLIC NOTICE --VOUCHER# 2M26-003372 BIDS TO BE OPENED: 07/06/2026 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic or sealed bids will be received by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Purchasing Divi‐ sion, City Hall Building, Room 826, 222 Saint Louis Street, 8th Floor, Baton Rouge, La. until 11:00 A.M. July 6, 2026 for the following: M3372 M4-EXO3 PATROL RIFLES AND SLINGS LESS TRADE INS Official bid documents are available at Central (https://www.

Bidding centralauctionhouse. com/rfpc10656-city-ofbaton-rouge.html) or by request from the City of Baton Rouge at dsstew‐ art@brla.gov.

Bids shall be submitted electronically via www. centralbidding.com or on the solicitation bid forms furnished by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the bidding deadline.

Electronic bids for the solicitation will be down‐ loaded by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Pur‐ chasing Division. Begin‐ ning as soon as feasible after the bid closing time all electronic bids will be downloaded and publicly read aloud along with all paper bids received, if any, in Room 806 immedi‐ ately after the 11:00 a.m. bid closing. Bidders or their authorized repre‐ sentatives are invited to be present.

NOTE: The only vendor information shared at the bid opening will be the reading of the names of those vendors who submitted bids.

Note: The City-Parish has elected to use LaPAC, the state's online electronic bid posting and notifica‐ tion system, in addition to its standard means of advertising this require‐ ment. This Invitation to Bid is available in elec‐ tronic form at the LaPAC https:// website wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/osp/lapac/dspBid. cfm?search=departm ent&term=102.

Bids, amendments to bids or request for with‐ drawal of bids received after time specified for bid openings shall not be considered for any cause whatsoever.

Inquiries will be received up until 5 pm on 06/30/2026.

Full information may be obtained upon request from the above address or by telephoning Dexter Stewart at (225) 389-3259, Ext. 3283, or via email er‐ miller@brla.gov.

Any vendor who would like to listen to the open‐ ing of this bid can access the following link, at the date and time of this bid opening: NOTE: The only vendor information shared at the bid opening will be the reading of the names of those vendors who submitted bids.

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190536-jun 15-22-29-3t $164.08 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS NOT EXCEEDING $200,000,000 CAPITAL AREA FINANCE AUTHORITY SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS (MORTGAGE-BACKED SE‐ CURITIES PROGRAM) IN ONE OR MORE SERIES PLACE AND TIME OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 2-A of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 9:2341 - 9:2347, inclusive) (the “Act”), that the Capi‐ tal Area Finance Author‐ ity (the “Authority”), pro‐ poses to sell to Raymond James & Associates, Inc. or such other purchaser as may be designated by the Authority (the “Pur‐ chaser”) not to exceed Two Hundred Million Dol‐ lars ($200,000,000) in one or more series (the “Bonds”) at a rate not ex‐ ceeding ten per centum (10%) per annum and at a purchase price of not less than the principal amount thereof, at the regular meeting of the Authority scheduled for July 16, 2026, at four (4:00) o'clock p.m., at the Authority’s office at 601 St. Ferdinand Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, or such other date, time and/or place as may be determined by the Chair‐ person. Other proposals are hereby invited and, upon receipt will be con‐ sidered, and the proposal most advantageous to the Authority will be ac‐ cepted at the time of the sale.

THE BONDS The Bonds will be issued pursuant to the terms of a resolution adopted by the Authority on May 21, 2026, under the provi‐ sions of the Act and a Master General Inden‐ ture of Trust (the “Master Indenture”) by and be‐ tween the Authority and Regions Bank (the “Trustee”).

The Bonds will be deliv‐ ered pursuant to the terms of one or more Se‐ ries Supplemental Trust Indentures (a “Series Inden‐ Supplemental ture”) to the Master In‐ denture by and between the Authority the Trustee.

SECURITY FOR THE BONDS The Bonds are limited and special revenue bonds of the Authority and do not constitute or create a debt or obliga‐ tion, either general or special, or liability or moral obligation of the State, the Parish or any political subdivision of either thereof, within the meaning of any constitu‐ tional or statutory provi‐ sions whatsoever, and neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State, the Parish of East Baton Rouge (the “Parish”) or of any political subdivi‐ sion of either thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of, pre‐ mium, if any, or the inter‐ est on the Bonds. Neither the State, the Parish nor any political subdivision thereof shall in any man‐ ner be liable for the pay‐ ment of the principal of, premium, if any, and in‐ terest on the Bonds or for the performance of any agreement or pledge of any kind which may be undertaken by the Au‐ thority and no breach by the Authority of any agreement shall create any obligation upon the State, the Parish or any political subdivision of either thereof. The Au‐ thority has no taxing power and receives no funds from the State, the Parish or any political of either subdivision

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thereof.

The Bonds are payable from a pledge of income, revenues and receipts derived or to be derived from the Trust Estate under the Master Inden‐ ture. The Bonds shall be dated, shall mature not to exceed forty-two (42) years from their date of issue and shall bear in‐ terest at the rate or rates not in excess of ten per‐ cent (10.0%) as set forth in a Series Supplemental Indenture. The Bonds will be issued in the fully reg‐ istered form only.

GENERAL INFORMATION This Notice of Sale of Bonds is being published in accordance with the requirements of the Act. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of this Notice of Sale of Bonds, any per‐ son or persons in inter‐ est shall have the right to contest the legality of this Notice of Sale of Bonds or any resolution or other proceedings au‐ thorizing the issuance of the Bonds and the legal‐ ity of the Bonds for any cause, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or other proceedings or of the Bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceedings are begun contesting the validity of the Bonds within such thirty days, the authority to issue the Bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, the legality thereof and of all of the provisions of the resolution or other pro‐ ceedings authorizing the issuance of the Bonds shall be conclusively pre‐ sumed, and no court shall have the authority to inquire into such mat‐ ters.

Further information con‐ cerning the Bonds and copies of the Master In‐ denture, Series Supple‐ mental Indenture, and other documents per‐ taining to the creation of the Authority and sup‐ porting the issuance of the Bonds can be ob‐ tained from Butler Snow LLP, 201 St. Charles Av‐ enue, Suite 2700, New Or‐ leans, Louisiana 70170; or Capital Area Finance Au‐ thority, 601 St. Ferdinand Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802.

The Authority reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularities in any proposal.

Capital Area Finance Authority By: /s/ Justin Gaudet Chairperson, Board of Trustees 192364-JUN 29-1T $118.93 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Louisiana Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy, Office of Per‐ mits and Compliance (OPC) is currently re‐ viewing the following project for Consistency with the State and Local Coastal Resources Man‐ agement Act of 1978, as amended (La. R.S. 49:214.21-214.41), and the regulations of the Louisiana Coastal Re‐ sources Program (LCRP).

Pursuant to Section 306 (d)(14) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended (CZMA), the public may submit comments on proposed projects to Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, Office of Permits and Compliance, P.O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487. Applications may be inspected during OPC business hours at 617 N. 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA. Comments must be received within 15 days of this notice to be considered. For more information, contact Mark Hogan at (225) 2199530 or (800) 267-4019.

Direct Federal Action: C20260117 NMFS Catch Limit Modifications for Gulf Lane Snapper, Off‐ shore Louisiana Federal License or Per‐ mit: C20260116 Ducks Unlim‐ ited, Inc. (10) Geotechni‐ cal Borings on Sabine Na‐ tional Wildlife RefugePermits TransferP20260381, Cameron Parish C20260118 LDWF Rocke‐ feller Wildlife Refuge- Ge‐ otechnical Investigation for Rockefeller Hurricane Laura Water Control Structures, Cameron Parish 192643-JUN 29-1T $19.20 PUBLIC NOTICE This is to certify that the East Baton Rouge Sher‐ iff's Office has complied with Louisiana Revised Statute 39:1301-1315 rela‐

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tive to public participa‐ tion in the budget process for the Fiscal Year Ended 2026 and Pro‐ posed 2027. Notice of availability for public in‐ spection and public hear‐ ing was held in compli‐ ance with applicable statue.

Sheriff Sid J. Gautreaux III East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office 8900 Jimmy Wedell Drive Baton Rouge, LA. (225) 389-5000 192592 June 29, 1t $34.15

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PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office (Law Enforcement Dis‐ trict of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana) has conducted a public hearing on June 24, 2026 at 2:00 pm in the main conference room of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office located at 8900 Jimmy Wedell Dr., Baton Rouge, LA. 70807.

PRESENT 1. Sid Gautreaux, Sheriff 2. Mary Erlingson, Erlingson Banks, P.L.L.C. 3. Casey Hicks, Chief Administrative Deputy 4. David Yellott, Chief Financial Officer 5. D’Ane Chambers, Director of Finance 6. Amanda Oliveaux, Finance & Budget Coordinator AGENDA 1. Call to order- Sheriff Sid Gautreaux 2. Public comments-None 3. Adopt a resolution establishing Fiscal Year 2026 amended and Fiscal Year 2027 proposed Gen‐ eral Fund and Inmate Canteen Fund budgetsApproved, Sheriff Sid Gautreaux 4. Adjourn

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SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 759097 U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF2 ACQUISITION TRUST vs HEATHER GUICHET RYAN Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 07, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: HEATHER GUICHET RYAN ONE (1) CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS PRIVILEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING ORIN ANYWISE APPER‐ TAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE , STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT SUB‐ DIVISION KNOWN AS SHENANDOAH ESTATES, FIRST FILING, AND DESIG‐ NATED ON THE OFFICIAL PLAN THEREOF, ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AS LOT NUM‐ BER TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220), SAID SUB‐ DIVISION, SAID LOT HAV‐ ING SUCH MEASURE‐ MENTS AND DIMENSIONS AND BEING SUBJECT TO SUCH SERVITUDES AS ARE MORE PARTICU‐ LARLY DESCRIBED ON SAID SUBDIVISION MAP; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

This meeting is in com‐ pliance with Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1942:23.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

192584 June 29, 1t $44.26

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

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ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $260.22 SHERIFF'S SALE

SHERIFF'S SALE

Suit No: (17) 760514

Suit No: (17) 722565

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. vs WILLIAM ANDERSON, JR., (A/K/A WILLIAM AN‐ DERSON) AND TAMI AN‐ DERSON, (A/K/A TAMI DAVIS, TAMI DAVIS AN‐ DERSON)

AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC vs CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL CLAYTON Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, September 29, 2022 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auc‐ tion site at www. bid4assets.com/EBR SOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL CLAYTON That certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as CLARK'S FERRY SUBDIVISION, and designated on the offi‐ cial plan thereof, on file and of record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT 4, said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes and re‐ strictions as are more particularly shown on said map; subject to re‐ strictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affecting the property.

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 14, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: WILLIAM AN‐ DERSON, JR., (A/K/A WILLIAM ANDERSON) AND TAMI ANDERSON, (A/K/A TAMI DAVIS, TAMI DAVIS ANDERSON) One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground. together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights. ways. privileges.

Servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing. or in anywise appertaining. situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge. State of Louisiana in that subdivision known as PARK FOREST. TENTH FILING. and desig‐ nated on the official plan thereof on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge.

State of Louisiana. as LOT NUM‐ BER NINE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN (997), said subdivision. said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are more particularly described on said subdivision map.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $237.23

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SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 761999 COMMUNITY LOAN SER‐ VICING LLC FKA BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC VS HARRIS MANOR REALTY LLC AND BERTHA HARRIS AKA BERTHA DENISE HARRIS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 15, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: HARRIS MANOR REALT Y LLC AND BERTHA HARRIS AKA BERTHA DENISE HARRIS One certain tract or par‐ cel of ground known as TRACT X-2-A-1-A of the SAMUEL P. LEVATINO PROPERTY located in SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 1 EAST and in SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 2 EAST, Greens‐ burg Land District of Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, as more fully reflected by that certain survey map made by Phillip J. Thompson, P .LS. Regis‐ tered Professional Land Surveyor dated Decem‐ ber 4, 2002 to show the resubdivision of Tracts X1-A-1-A and X-2-A-1 into Tract X-1-A-1-A-1, X-1-A-1A-2, X-1-A-1-A-3 and X-2A-1-A, a copy of which is on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as Original 73, Bundle 11418, having such other measure‐ ments and dimensions as shown on said plat, subject to all servitudes of record.

Less and Except: Parcel 4-3 being a certain tract of land more partic‐ ularly described on a map prepared by Steven V. Estopinal, Professional Land Surveyor, a copy of which is attached to the act recorded at Original 958, Bundle 12821; sub‐ ject to restrictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $290.85 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 762729 HSBC BANK USA, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED SECURI‐ TIES 2007-M09 TRUST, MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES vs MICHAEL HOWARD AND LAWANDA HOWARD Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 19, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: MICHAEL HOWARD AND LAWANDA HOWARD That certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges , servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereon belonging or anywise appertaining situated in the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as HOWELL PARK, being designated on the offi‐ cial plan of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT NUMBER THIRTEEN (13) said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as shown on said subdivi‐ sion map. (the "Property") TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $237.23 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 763227 BRAVO RESIDENTIAL FUNDING TRUST 2020TAC1 vs THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UN‐ KNOWN HEIRS OF SHIRLEY J. HARRIS AKA SHIRLEY J. HARRIS AKA SHIRLEY HARRIS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias issued out of the honorable court afore‐ said, in the above enti‐ tled and numbered cause, dated, March 20, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described property belonging to: THE UNOPENED SUCCES‐ SION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF SHIRLEY J. HAR‐ RIS AKA SHIRLEY J. HAR‐ RIS AKA SHIRLEY HARRIS One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings, and appurtenant thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurte‐ nances and privileges, thereunto belonging on in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that sub‐ division known as Lake Wood, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record on the office of the clerk and recorded of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as Lot 11 in the said subdivision, said lot has map such mea‐ surements and dimen‐ sions and being subject to such servitude and re‐ strictions as are more particularly less more or less map. Tax ID: 0021293-8.

TERMS OF SALE:

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Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION vs AMY‐ WOODS

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $242.34

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 764665 M&T BANK vs HANNAH ANN ALLEN AKA HANNAH A. ALLEN AKA HANNAH ALLEN Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, July 10, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: HANNAH ANN ALLEN AKA HANNAH A. ALLEN AKA HANNAH ALLEN One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in that subdivision thereof known as Pine Shadows Subdivision, and being designated on the offi‐ cial plat thereof on file and of record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorder for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, as Lot Number One (1 ), said subdivision, said lot having such bearing and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes and building line restrictions of record and as shown on the official subdivision plat.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, October 07, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: AMY WOODS One (1) certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that sub‐ division known as FAIR‐ WOOD ESTATES, FIRST FILING, PART I, and desig‐ nated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER SIXTY NINE (69), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are more particularly described on said subdivision map.

Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, July 21, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: SHARLETTA Y. JAMES One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as PARK FOREST, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT 878-A, said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes and re‐ strictions as are more particularly shown on said map; subject to re‐ strictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affecting the property.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $234.71

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 770143

Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, November 19, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auc‐ tion site at www. bid4assets.com/EBR SOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: MELISSA A. LIGHTFOOT A/K/A MELISSA ANNE LIGHT‐ FOOT A/K/A MELISSA LIGHTFOOT A certain condominium unit, with all the privi‐ leges and appurtenances thereunto, in the condo‐ minium regime known as South Hampton Condo‐ miniums, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, and desig‐ nated as building four (4), unit fourteen (14), South Hampton Condo‐ miniums, having such measurements and di‐ mensions as are more particularly described in the condominium decla‐ ration of South Hampton Condominium, filed for record as Original 15, Bundle 11927 of the offi‐ cial records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; said unit and the owner of same being subject to all the provisions of said declaration as it exists, or may from time to time be amended, together with all the rights and obligations as pertaining to the owner of same, particularly, but not ex‐ clusively, the undivided share of the common and/or limited common elements, the use of the limited common ele‐ ments reserved for said unit, if any, membership in South Hampton Con‐ dominium Association, Inc., and the obligation to pay a share of the com‐ mon expenses, all as set forth in the said declara‐ tion and as specified in the Louisiana Condo‐ minium Act. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

Suit No: (17) 766839

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $288.29

PENNYMAC LOAN SER‐ VICES LLC vs MARCUS ANDERSON

Suit No: (17) 770573

SHERIFF'S SALE

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, August 22, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: MARCUS AN‐ DERSON A certain condominium unit in The Cottages at Blue Heron Lakes, Phase One, described in and designated according to the Condominium Decla‐ ration creating the con‐ dominium regime of The Cottages at Blue Heron Lake, recorded as Origi‐ nal 649, Bundle 11745, and amended as Original 953, Bundle 11907 of the official records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and the sur‐ vey, site plans and typi‐ cal building section and individual floor plan at‐ tached to said Condo‐ minium Declaration as Condominium Unit One (1 ), Building One (1) of The Cottages at Blue Heron Lakes, Phase I, sit‐ uated in the City of Zachary, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, on the parcel of ground designated as Tract "B-1-A" and Tract "B-2-A", together with the undivided interest in the common elements, both general and limited, appertaining to said con‐ dominium unit under the terms and provisions of said Condominium Dec‐ laration.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $244.89

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $375.06 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 770807

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $219.38

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $227.04

NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING vs SHARLETTA Y. JAMES

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

SHERIFF'S SALE

j the servitudes shown on said map. Property bears municipal address 1111 Rodin, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. and Five (5) certain lots or parcels of ground, to‐ gether with all the rights, ways, privileges. servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in East Baton rouge Parish, Louisiana. in that subdivision of the City of Baton Rouge known as MELROSE EAST, SIXTH FILING, and being desig‐ nated on the official map on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and state as Lots 423, 424, 425, 426 and 427, said subdivision. Said Lot 423 fronting 98.65 feet on the south side of Cezanne Avenue by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 150 feet; said Lots 424-427 inclu‐ sive) each fronting 50 feet on the south side of Cezanne Avenue by a depth between parallel lines of 150 feet each.

Subject property bears municipal address 6760 Cezanne, Baton Rouge.

Louisiana.

US BANK TRUST NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISITION TRUST vs EDDIE MATEN AKA EDDIE LEE MATEN AND KENYETTA TEN ICE WALKER

PENNYMAC LOAN SER‐ VICES LLC vs MELISSA A. LIGHTFOOT A/K/A MELISSA ANNE LIGHT‐ FOOT A/K/A MELISSA LIGHTFOOT

Suit No: (17) 765411

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SHERIFF'S SALE

BROUSSEAU MANAGE‐ MENT CO. L.L.C. vs MEL‐ ROSE URBAN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I, A LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP IN COMMENDAM Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, January 22, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: MELROSE URBAN LIMITED PART‐ NERSHIP I, A LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP IN COM‐ MENDAM Six (6) certain Jots or parcels of ground, to‐ gether with all the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in East Baton Rouge Parish. Louisiana, in that subdivision of the City of Baton Rouge known as MELROSE EAST, SIXTH FILING, and being desig‐ nated on the official map on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and state as Lots 560-A, 562, 563. 564, 565, and 566, said subdivision.

The official map of Mel‐ rose East Subdivision is recorded as Original 99, Bundle 6953 and the map showing the resubdivi‐ sion of Lots 559, 560 and 561, Melrose East Subdi‐ vision. Sixth Filing, into Lots 559-A and 560-A. Melrose East Subdivi‐ sion, Sixth Filing is recorded as Original 80, Bundle 8757 of the Offi‐ cial records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

Lot 560-A fronts 90 feet front on Rodin Drive and lots 562 through 566 each fronts 50 feet front on Rodin Drive. All of the lots have a depth of I 50 feet, and are subject to h i d h

Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, December 15, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an on line auc‐ tion site at www. bid4assets.com/EBR SOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: EDDIE MATEN AKA EDDIE LEE MATEN AND KENYETTA TENICE WALKER A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the PARISH OF East Baton Rouge, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that subdivision known as Timberlane, and desig‐ nated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as Lot Number 281, said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as are more particularly described on said subdi‐ vision map; subject to re‐ strictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affecting the property.

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bid4assets.com/EBR SOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: CHRISTOPHER GUILLAUME AND ANNIE C. GUILLAUME A/K/A ANNIE C. GUILLAUME HAYNES A/K/A ANNIE GUILLAUME A/K/A ANNIE C. HAYNES A/K/AANNIE HAYNES A/K/A ANNIE GUILLAUME HAYNES A/K/A ANNIE G. HAYNES One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that subdivi‐ sion of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, known as Broadmoor Place Subdi‐ vision, Third Filing, and being designated on the official subdivision map, on file and of record in the office of the clerk and recorder for said parish and state, as lot number one hundred thirty-three (133), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions as are shown on said map.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $242.34 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 771399 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YOUR, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLD‐ ERS OF THE GE-WMC ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI‐ CATES, SERIES 2006-1 vs LEAH DUPLANTIS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 11, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: LEAH DU‐ PLANTIS ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as COLO‐ NIAL TERRACE, A CONDO‐ MINIUM, and being des‐ ignated on the official plan of said subdivision, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT 92, said subdivision, said lot having such size, shape and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said map.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $216.82 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 771951

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORA‐ TION AS TRUSTEE FOR FREDDIE MAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2023-1 vs ANDREW ALLEN PERRY (A/K/A ANDREW A PERRY, ANDREW PERRY)

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $257.67

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 770882 U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SASCO MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-WFC vs JUDITH ANN SMITH Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, December 15, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an on line auc‐ tion site at www. bid4assets.com/EBR SOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: JUDITH ANN SMITH A certain parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, advan‐ tages and appurte‐ nances thereunto be‐ longing or anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision thereof known as Pin Oak Subdivision, and designated on the offi‐ cial plan thereof, on file and of record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as Lot Num‐ ber(S) Eighteen (18), said subdivision; said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are more particularly described on said subdivision map.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $227.04 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 771171 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC vs CHRISTOPHER GUILLAUME AND ANNIE C. GUILLAUME A/K/A ANNIE C. GUILLAUME HAYNES A/K/A ANNIE GUILLAUME A/K/A ANNIE C. HAYNES A/K/A ANNIE HAYNES A/K/A ANNIE GUILLAUME HAYNES A/K/A ANNIE G. HAYNES Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of court the honorable aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, December 15, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auc‐ tion site at www.

Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, January 30, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ANDREW ALLEN PERRY (A/K/A AN‐ DREW A PERRY, ANDREW PERRY) One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision thereof known as CAMELOT VILLAGE CON‐ DOMINIUMS, and being designated on the final plat thereof, on file and of record at the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and State, as LOT NUMBER TWENTYSIX-G (26-G), said subdi‐ vision, said lot having such bearings and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes and building· line restric‐ tions of record and as shown on the official subdivision plat Which has the address of 2245 King Arthur Boule‐ vard, #26, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 26, 2026 June 29, 2026 $250 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 772553 STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION vs PENNY ALLEN DIVORCED WIFE OF ELIE ALLEN Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 18, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: PENNY ALLEN DIVORCED WIFE OF ELIE ALLEN That certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon. and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereon be‐ longing or anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in h i h f

Public Notices Sheriff Sales p g the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as GREEN RIDGE SUBDIVISION, and being designated on the official plan of said sub‐ division, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder f said Parish and State, as LOT NUMBER THREE (3), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and such servitudes as shown on said subdivi‐ sion map.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

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PALMER A/K/A MONTRAL PALMER AND MICHELLE L. PALMER A/K/A MICHELLE PALMER One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in that subdivi‐ sion of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, known as Cedar Lake Subdivision, First Filing, and being designated on the offi‐ cial subdivision map, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and state, as Lot Four‐ teen (14), said subdivi‐ sion, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions as shown on said map.

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $216.82

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

SHERIFF'S SALE

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

Suit No: (17) 772682 CITIMORTGAGE, INC. vs THE UNOPENED SUCCES‐ SION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RALPH D. MOORE, II A/K/A RALPLH D. MOORE, II A/K/A RALPH MOORE, II Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 02, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: THE UN‐ OPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RALPH D. MOORE, II A/KIA RALPLH D. MOORE, II A/K/A RALPH MOORE, II One (1) certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that sub‐ division known as Coun‐ try Manor, First Filing, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the clerk and recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as lot num‐ ber 91, said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as are more particularly described on said subdi‐ vision map.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $224.49 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 774659 DEUTSCHE BANK NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SE‐ CURITIES, INC., ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WS vs ESTATE OF ORA LEE WILLIAMS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 06, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ESTATE OF ORA LEE WILLIAMS One certain lot or parcel of ground together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining, being situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as MAYFAIR PARK EAST SUBDIVISION, 1st Filing, and desig‐ nated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER FIFTY-FOUR (54), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said subdivision map. (the "Property")

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $239.78

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

SHERIFF'S SALE

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

Suit No: (17) 774085 U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF BMCF-EG SE‐ RIES II TRUST vs PAULE. DANIELS

ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $237.23 SHERIFF'S SALE

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

Suit No: (17) 774929

Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 04, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: PAUL E. DANIELS

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

A CERTAIN TRACT OF PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDING AND IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, SITU‐ ATED IN THAT SUBDIVI‐ SION OF THE PARISH OF ROUGE, EAST BATON KNOWN AS MCHUGH SUBDIVISION AND DE‐ SCRIBED ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY OF SAID SUBDIVISION MADE

BY EDWIN A. WATTS, C.E. DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1959, AS REVISED THROUGH JUNE 30, 1960, A COPY OF WHICH IS RECORDED AS ORIGINAL 100, BUNDLE 4699, OFFI‐ CIAL RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER Or THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AS LOT NUM‐ BER SEVENTY SIX (76), SAID SUBDIVISION, SAID LOT MEASURING NINETY AND 47 /100 (90.47) FEET ON ASHLAND STREET BY A DEPTH OF ONE HUN‐ DRED THIRTY FIVE AND NO/100 (135.00) FEET ON THE WESTERIX SIDELINE (DEBRA DRIVE), BY A DEPTH OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (135) FEET ON THE EASTERLY SIDE‐ LINE, WITH A REAR MEA‐ SUREMENT OF EIGHTYFIVE AND 13/100, SAID LOT BEING SUBJECT TO A THIRTY-FIVE (35) FEET BUILDING LINE SETBACK ON ASHLAND STREET, A TWENTY (20) FOOT BUILDING LINE SETBACK ON DEBRA DRIVE AND A SEVEN AND 5/10 (7.5) SERVITUDE ACROSS THE REAR, AND A FIVE (5) FOOT SIDEWALK SERVI‐ TUDE ALONG ASHLAND STREET AND A FIVE (5) FOOT SIDEWALK SERVI‐ TUDE ALONG DEBRA DRIVE. (the "Property") TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $295.96 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 774125 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FORABFC 2004OPTS TRUST, ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFI‐ CATES, SERIES 2004-OPTS vs MONTRAL A. PALMER A/K/A MONTRAL PALMER AND MICHELLE L. PALMER A/K/A MICHELLE PALMER

DELTA BANK vs DPS BR HOLDING, LLC

Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 19, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐

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ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: DPS BR HOLD‐ ING, LLC 8639 GSRI Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810 with legal description set forth in the title opinion provided by Baton Rouge Title Company, which is made a part hereof as Exhibit C. That certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereon belonging or anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as BROUSSARD PLAZA, FOURTH FILING, and being designated on the official plan of said sub‐ division, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT NUMBER SEVENTYSIX (76), said subdivision, said lot having su6b measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such restrictions and servitudes as shown on said subdivision map and/or of record.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $239.78 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 775058 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER BATON ROUGE INC VS MICAH TERRELL THOMAS, ERICA NICOLE WHALEY THOMAS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 26, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: MICAH TER‐ RELL THOMAS, ERICA NICOLE WHALEY THOMAS One (1) certain lot of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all rights, ways, privi‐ leges, prescriptions, servitudes and appurte‐ nances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the subdivision of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, said lot being designated on the offi‐ cial plat of subdivision, on file in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of this Parish as Lot 11-A of the consolidation/subdi‐ vision of Lot 93 SUBURB NORTH BATON ROUGE all as shown on the official plan of said subdivision recorded as Original 138, Bundle 12377 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State.

The said lot having such size, shape and dimen‐ sions and being subject to such servitudes and building setback lines as are shown on said map. by a depth between equal parallel lines of One Hundred (100) feet Municipal Address: 9302 Chinn Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70807 TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction

WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $260.22

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 775922 DATA MORTGAGE INC, DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE VS SHERMAN GERALD RUTH Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 02, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ E8RSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: SHERMAN GERALD RUTH ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated In that subdivision of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, of Louisiana, State known as JEFFERSON RE‐ TREAT, and being desig‐ nated on the official sub‐ division map, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and state, as LOT NUMBER FIFTEEN (15), said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions as shown on said map ("Property").

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE May 29, 2026 June 29, 2026 $198.97

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PROBATE NO. 11887 DIV:C 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT SUCCESSION OF PARISH OF IBERVILLE EMMA JO DUPONT WILLIAMSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Executor of this succession has petitioned this Court for authority to sell immovable property of the deceased at a private sale in accordance with the provisions of Article 3281 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the Estate’s interest in said property described below and for the consideration for the following described property, to wit: 1) A certain parcel of property being Lot 21 and the southwest one-half of Lot 19 of Block “G” of Osage Annex as shown on map of Earl Porter, E.E. and Surveyor, dated June 3, 1950, and recorded in Conveyance Book 99, Entry 322; this parcel measures 75. feet front on St Clement Avenue (formerly Osage Avenue) by a depth between parallel lines of 164.5 feet and is bounded on the Northeast by the remaining one-half of Lot 19, on the Southeast by lots 20 and 22, on the Southwest by Lot 23 and on the Northwest by St. Clement Avenue (formerly Osage Avenue). This property was acquired by prior vendors by act recorded In Conveyance Book 168, Entry 124 from which this description was taken and in Conveyance Book 174, Entry 220.

Said property bears the mrmicipal address of 58515 St. Clement Avenue, Plaquemine, LA 70764.

Said selling price is not less than $300,000.00.

2) One certain tract of land identified as Tract “B” on a map of survey entitled ‘’Plat Showing Survey of lots A, B, & C, Located in Section 18, T-7-S, R-11-E & Sections 95, 96, 97, & 98, T-7-S, R-10- West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana for Joseph B. Dupont, Sr. Et, Al. 62400 Belleview Road, Plaquemine, La 70764”. Said Tract B measures commencing at the point that is common with the North easterly extension of the Northern Boundary ofTract B which point is common with the most westerly extension of the Northern Boundary of Tract “C” as the point of beginning and proceeding on a bearing of S 33°22’53’’ E a distance of 3,462.13’ to a point and corner; thence proceeding on a bearing of S 89°00’03’’ W a distance of 2,147.30’ to a point and corner, thence proceeding on a bearing of N 33°22’53” W distance of 2,334.56” to a point and corner, thence proceeding on a bearing of N 57°19’31” E a distance of 1,394.00’ to the point of beginning.

Said selling price is $380,622.092, estate’s portion is $41,617.19.

Any heir or creditor who opposes the proposed sale must file an opposition within Seven (7) days from the day on which the last publication of this notice appears.

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of court the honorable aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 03, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on July 01, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: MONTRAL A.

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