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AG, special prosecutor gear up for fight

sexual harassment lawsuit. White Attorneys defend themselves against allegations of conflicts said Monday that she has dropped

BY JOHN SIMERMAN

felony indictment, both the special prosecutor on the case and attorStaff writer neys for Murrill have defended After the Louisiana Supreme themselves over claims of conflicts.

Laurie White, the former OrCourt stepped in last week to stay Attorney General Liz Murrill’s leans criminal court judge ap-

the private law firm that the Attorpointed as special prosecutor in ney General’s Office hired on her the probe of Murrill’s alleged behalf. threats against city officials, faced Though a judge dismissed the complaints from Murrill’s team claims against White last year, that the Attorney General’s Ofä See CONFLICT, page 6A fice represents her in an ongoing

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U.S. launches new strikes against Iran Renewed attacks threaten negotiations

BY JON GAMBRELL, FATIMA HUSSEIN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military launched new strikes against Iran early Wednesday, hours after three merchant ships were struck in the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest exchange of fire to threaten the interim deal to end the fighting between the two countries.

The strikes were expected to hit a variety of military sites and port facilities, U.S. officials said.

The renewed attacks were sure to add to the difficulty CO ONFLICT of the negotiations aimed at fully reIN THE T opening the strait, MIIDDLE rolling back TehEAST AST ran’s disputed nuclear program and reaching a permanent end to the war launched Feb. 28.

In a statement posted to social media, U.S. Central Command said American forces launched the strikes “to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway.”

One U.S. official said the military is targeting Iranian air defense systems, coastal surveillance systems, groundto-air missiles as well as launch sites for anti-ship cruise missiles and drones. Iranian port facilities are also being targeted, the official added.

The second official said the strikes would likely last for hours.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing military operation.

Iranian state media reported the sound of explosions in Qeshm and Bandar Abbas.

A similar spate of Iranian attacks

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STAFF PHOTOS By ENAN CHEDIAK

Vacationers relax on Biloxi Beach in Biloxi, Miss., on June 26. According to the U.S. Travel Association, transportation costs have risen by about 35% over the past year while hotel prices are up by 5%, leading some families to take shorter trips.

Summer beach escapes not immune to rising prices

‘It’s not as affordable as it was 10 years ago’

BY MARTHA SANCHEZ Staff writer

Amy Roddie plays with her grandchildren, Bentley Richardson and Madelyn Wilkinson, while camping at their summer vacation spot at Sun City RV Park in Elberta, Ala., on June 26. Roddie has taken an RV to the beach each summer for two decades, but rising costs led her to choose a campground farther from the beach this year.

On the Gulf Coast beaches where they have long vacationed, many visitors from Louisiana and around the South are encountering a challenge this summer.

Almost everything, it seems — fuel, food, lodging — is getting more expensive. And that’s forcing vacationers to get creative as they seek affordable escapes.

Travel agents say some visitors are vacationing in bigger groups to split the cost of accommodations, or trading Florida’s beaches for cheaper stays at casinos and

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Lindy Boggs Medical Center demolition plans on track

most seasoned developers. The retention tank intended to take in underneath the site.

Council committee advances lease agreement tank The lease agreement formalizes plan aims to relieve some of the water from Bienville Street and

BY MARCO CARTOLANO

Medical Center took another step Staff writer forward Tuesday after a City Council committee advanced The decadeslong effort to de- a lease agreement to build and molish the former Lindy Boggs maintain a stormwater retention

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the city’s portion of the planned redevelopment of the long-blighted Mid-City property, a towering 13-acre site that has vexed neighborhood residents and business owners, as well as the region’s

neighborhood’s persistent street flow into the Sewerage & Water flooding.

Board’s stormwater drainage sysUnder the agreement, the city tem at Conti Street. and Mercy Partners, the forAt-large council member mal name of the development ä See PLANS, page 6A group, will build a 4 million-gallon

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Police: ICE officer fatally shoots man in Houston

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Houston after he attempted to evade arrest in his vehicle during an operation Tuesday, the agency said.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the man ignored commands to stop and attempted to ram an agent who fired his weapon in self-defense. The man’s car struck an ICE vehicle, according to the department, which oversees ICE. The statement identified the man as a Mexican national, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and said he was living in the country without legal permission. It said federal agents were conducting a targeted enforcement operation against Araujo and that he died at a hospital.

The FBI’s Houston field office is investigating a potential assault on a federal law enforcement officer, said spokesperson Connor Hagan. In addition, representatives of the office’s evidence response team responded to the shooting at the request of DHS to process the scene, he said.

SPLC pleads not guilty in federal fraud case MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for monitoring hate groups, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it defrauded donors by not disclosing that some of the money would be used to pay informants in extremist organizations.

Attorney Abbe Lowell entered the not guilty plea on behalf of the organization to a superseding indictment that adds details about the charges first announced in April.

The Justice Department has accused the SPLC of funding extremist groups while publicly claiming it was working to dismantle them.

The SPLC has denied wrongdoing and said the informant program provided critical intelligence about the work of the groups — information it regularly provided to law enforcement agencies.

The SPLC has accused the Justice Department of carrying out a vindictive prosecution as part of a retribution campaign against President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies.

The superseding indictment alleges that $4.1 million in donations were used to pay informants inside extremist groups.

Prosecutors said some of the money was used for recruiting new members and purchasing Ku Klux Klan robes and materials for cross-burning ceremonies.

Tornadoes, storms in China kill at least 11 BEIJING — Tornadoes and storms hit central China, killing at least 11 people and injuring hundreds, state media reported on Tuesday, while areas in the south suffered record-breaking rain.

Thunderstorms battered parts of Hubei province’s eastern region on Monday night, affecting 14,600 people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

More than 330 people were injured, and one person remained missing, the agency said, adding that over 20 houses collapsed and 4,800 others were damaged.

A rare EF2 tornado swept through the city of Huanggang, where a logistics company and a warehouse were hit hard and multiple trucks were lifted and displaced by winds as much as 98 feet, Xinhua reported.

A video posted by Shanghai Daily on X appeared to show people on the ground floor of a building screaming as high winds blew open the glass doors, shattering one.

Tornadoes are usually recorded in southern and coastal provinces such as Guangdong and Jiangsu, according to China Weather News, which is run by the China Meteorological Administration.

They are rare in Hubei and multiple factors, including the remnants of Tropical Storm Maysak, contributed to those that swept the region on Monday night, meteorological expert Wang Xiaoling told the Hubei Daily newspaper.

Phoenix boy pulled from backyard pool, police say

BY JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ANGELINA KATSANIS

A Manhattan high-rise, located at 235 E. 42nd St. in New york, remained unstable Tuesday after officials found that columns buckled and floors sagged while it was being converted to luxury apartments.

Columns buckle at Manhattan high-rise, forcing evacuations Building was being converted to apartments

BY PHILIP MARCELO and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press

NEW YORK — A Manhattan highrise remained unstable Tuesday after officials found that columns buckled and floors sagged while it was being converted to luxury apartments, forcing evacuations in and around the Midtown construction site.

The former headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is in a busy corridor just down the street from New York City icons like the Chrysler Building and Mamdani Grand Central train station. Drones and city officials were busy checking out the building.

“This is a minute-by-minute assessment,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani told reporters near the scene.

Fire Chief John Esposito said the way the steel-framed build-

ing is constructed, “it would not be a total collapse, it would be more of a localized collapse.”

Firefighters had rushed to the area at around 8 a.m. after reports of falling bricks.

However, the city’s building commissioner, Ahmed Tigani, said officials hadn’t found evidence that anything came off the building.

Later Tuesday, Leila Bozorg, one of Mamdani’s deputy mayors, told reporters that emergency workers were assessing the building “floor by floor” in order to “finalize a plan for how they’re going to reinforce the structure,” adding “it is encouraging.”

Still, nearby buildings and streets remained evacuated, including a school and the Israeli consulate just across the street.

With more than 1,600 units, the developers say the project is the largest office-to-residential conversion in the city’s history. Gensler, the architectural firm leading the project, says on its website that it is transforming a pair of 1970s-era office buildings by adding more than a dozen stories and redesigning an adjoining tower.

Buildings department records show the project has been fined by the city for several safety violations, including glass and metal falling off the

building, along with an incident where a worker fell off a ladder.

Spokespersons for Gensler and MetroLoft, the project developer, didn’t return messages seeking comment. But in a statement to The New York Times, MetroLoft stressed that the building itself is not at risk of collapse and that no debris fell from the building.

Fire officials said two columns appear to have buckled and there were multiple cracks and sagging floors between the 21st and 26th floors. From the street below, a badly bent column could be seen through a large glass window. The fire department also posted images of the column.

First responders and city officials were working closely with the project engineer to develop plans to shore up the impacted flooring, Mamdani said. If it’s deemed to be secure, engineers will enter and begin making repairs.

The building commissioner said workers will need to add emergency beams and columns to stabilize the compromised ones.

“Our top priority right now,” the mayor said Tuesday morning, “is the safety of those who live in this area and the safety of those who work in this area.”

Far right Le Pen says she’ll run for French presidency She’s currently under court-ordered monitor

BY SYLVIE CORBET, JOHN LEICESTER and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press

PARIS — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she’ll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement.

The decision by the 57-year-old veteran of three presidential races sets up a fourth campaign like no other: potentially seeking votes while subject to monitoring and with a judge possibly deciding how, and for how long, the punishment is applied.

Le Pen said she will appeal the ruling to France’s highest court Le Pen and that the process will suspend the sentence that she be electronically monitored for a year.

“I will therefore campaign without an electronic bracelet,” she said in a television interview Tuesday night. “Tonight, I am a candidate for the presidential election.”

The appeals court ruling earlier Tuesday cleared the way for Le Pen by shortening a ban handed down by a court last year that kept her from seeking public office for five years.

But it also said she must wear an electronic monitor, a constraint Le Pen previously said would make campaigning impossible.

But after huddling for hours with other leading figures of her National Rally party, Le Pen made clear Tuesday night that she believes she won’t be subjected to monitoring at all, and that her appeal to

the Court of Cassation will vindicate her.

“My hands are clean,” she said.

The highest court previously said it would be able to rule before the presidential election, with the first round in April and a knockout round in May. “I want to pursue all the legal avenues available to me so that I can defend my innocence,” she said.

A similar situation arose in former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption case. An appeals court sentenced him in 2023 to serve part of his sentence under electronic monitoring. Sarkozy appealed to the Court of Cassation, which suspended Sarkozy’s sentence pending its review before ultimately upholding the conviction. He wore an electronic ankle monitor last year.

The appeals court ruled that Le Pen oversaw years of misuse by her National Rally party of European Parliament funds by paying staff with money intended for European Union parliamentary assistants. She denied criminal wrongdoing but said during the trial that the party had made a “mistake.”

The ruling upheld guilty verdicts for all 11 accused, including Le Pen and other party members. The party itself also was declared guilty. The court ruled that it embezzled $3.2 million over more than 11 years.

“The facts are serious,” said the chief judge, Michèle Agi. But the court scaled back punishments handed down by a lower court last year.

From five years handed down in March 2025, Le Pen’s ban on seeking office was cut to 45 months, with two-thirds of it suspended. Le Pen has already served 15 months of the ban, meaning that the potential obstacle is now removed.

PHOENIX — A toddler discovered in a backyard pool in a Phoenix suburb in February was declared dead before being found breathing hours later in a room that serves as the hospital morgue, according to recently released police records.

Two Gilbert police officers saw possible signs of life multiple times, but the child was still taken to the hospital’s “cold room” after being treated by staff, according to the documents.

“Please do your thing and let me do my thing,” Dr. Aryan Toosi told an officer at one point, according to the report. “I went to medical school for a reason.”

First responders were dispatched to the home at about 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 8 in response to a reported drowning. They performed life-saving measures on the child before taking him to a hospital where the boy was pronounced dead about an hour later.

About five hours later, police were notified that the child was indeed breathing, and he was flown to another hospital. The boy ultimately survived and has been released.

Gilbert police are recommending negligence charges against the parents. Investigators said there was a strong odor of marijuana at the home and open doors that could have allowed unsupervised access to the pool. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said it was reviewing the case and declined further comment Monday.

In 911 calls, two relatives frantically reported that the child had been pulled from the pool as people at the scene could be heard shrieking. One caller reported the toddler was unconscious.

No one answered at the home where the near-drowning occurred.

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, where the 18-month-old was taken, said in a statement that the hospital conducted “a thorough review of all aspects of the care provided to learn what happened and to make meaningful changes to strengthen our care.”

The hospital called it “a heartbreaking situation” and declined to release further details.

Scott Holden, an attorney for Toosi, said that he wouldn’t make a full statement on behalf of the doctor “other than to assure you that there is much more to this case, both factually and medically, than has been reported thus far.”

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Landry gives Trump his Greenland recommendations List focuses on economic, military and cultural ties

focused on building relationships with Greenland citizens rather than government leaders.

Last week, during an interview on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Landry said Trump recently told him, ‘‘We need to get Greenland.’”

Landry said Greenland is “unbelievably important” for the U.S. from the standpoint of natural resources like oil and gas and rareearth minerals.

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday laid out five recommendations on how the United States should approach its relationship with Greenland.

Landry’s list focused on deeper economic, military and cultural ties — and it didn’t mention the U.S. taking over the island territory in the Arctic, as President Donald Trump has previously said.

“A stronger American presence would make both Greenland and the United States stronger,” Landry wrote in a social media post announcing his ideas.

But on the same day, Trump reiterated his desire for control of the autonomous territory of Denmark during a NATO summit meeting the same day, again stirring international controversy.

“That should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark,” the president said.

Landry’s recommendations Landry, whom Trump named as his special envoy to Greenland in December, listed five priorities he said he was recommending to the president.

The priorities are: n Set up direct shipping routes between the U.S. and Greenland. n Expand the “diplomatic presence” of the United States in Greenland. n Strengthen the U.S. military presence in Greenland, and approve Denmark’s application to participate in the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, which connects the National Guard in various states with military forces in partner countries. n Create a joint investment fund between the U.S. and Greenland. n Expand “diplomacy exchanges” between the U.S. and Greenland.

Spokespeople for Landry directed questions about his recommendations — and whether the governor supported a takeover of Greenland — to the U.S. Department of State, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Louisiana governor’s plan comes as Trump is in Turkey for a summit with leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, and Denmark is a NATO ally. The NATO alliance was founded on the principle that its 32 members will defend each others’ territory and not threaten to seize it.

Continuing controversy Landry also said that, after traveling to Greenland in May to meet with ordinary citizens, he believes that they “feel abandoned

by Denmark.”

While Landry has spoken positively of his trip, many international news outlets painted a less optimistic picture.

DR, a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company, showed video of Greenlanders rejecting MAGA hats Landry proffered.

The New York Times reported that Landry’s Greenlandic guide heard “Traitor!” shouted at him by some residents.

On Tuesday, Greenland’s foreign minister, Múte B. Egede, wrote in a Facebook post that Trump’s comments show a continued “desire to control our country.”

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“We must stand together at home and continue the close cooperation with our allies and partners,” Egede wrote. “At the same time, we must insist on finding solutions through dialogue and respect. Our future is decided by us in Greenland.”

According to the news outlet Reuters, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at the NATO summit she expects allies to respect that Greenland is not for sale.

“It is a well-known position of the United States that it wants to own and take over Greenland. I hope that it is equally well-known everywhere that this is not going to happen,” Frederiksen said, according to Reuters.

Trump’s continued calls for U.S. control of Greenland have been an ongoing source of tension between

the American president and European leaders. They escalated sharply in January after the U.S. military forces entered Venezuela and captured its then-sitting Nicolás Maduro.

A day after Maduro’s ouster, Trump said U.S. control of Greenland was necessary “from the standpoint of national security.”

“We’re gonna get it,” Landry said.

That could be accomplished, he said, by increasing U.S. military presence in Greenland and “repopulating our bases” there and opening up shipping and airline routes between the two locations.

On June 21, when Greenlanders celebrated National Day, the Arctic island’s biggest summer festival and a celebration of Greenlandic

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Shell Norco Welcomes Alex Markos, VP This article is brought to you by Shell.

There’s a new leader - and a new foodie - in St. Charles Parish. You might have noticed Alex Markos turning off River Road into Shell Norco’s main gate, enjoying lunch at a local restaurant, or touring the Norco neighborhood as he gets a feel for life and work in Louisiana. Along the way, he’s been asking an important question: where to find the best gumbo in the parish. So far, his most trusted guides have been Shell Norco employees and nearby neighbors.

That focus on listening and building connections reflects Markos’ approach to leadership, both professionally and personally. “You don’t succeed alone,” he says. “The people closest to the work understand it best, and they are essential to getting it right.”

It’s a mindset he brings to his new role as Vice President of Shell Norco, a key site in Shell’s U.S. operations. The only Shell refinery in the country integrated with chemicals manufacturing, Norco plays a central role in the company’s operations and the Gulf Coast economy.

“I was honored and excited to take on this role,” Markos says. “Shell Norco has a long history and a reputation for great people and a strong culture.

I was excited for the opportunity to become part of that story, while recognizing the responsibility that comes with it. My first priority is getting to know the people, understanding the site, and learning what makes Norco successful.”

Markos joined Shell in 2006 as a mechanical engineer at the Scotford manufacturing site in

Alberta, Canada, a role that shaped the foundation of his career. Early on, he learned the importance of preparation, attention to detail, and an unwavering commitment to safety - and that expertise can be found in every corner of a site. “Some of the most valuable things I learned came from operators, technicians, and frontline workers,” he says. “People who know the plant inside and out.”

Over the past two decades, Markos has worked in several countries in roles spanning operations, commercial work, and strategy. “Those experiences taught me there is rarely only one way to look at a challenge. They also helped me understand how decisions at a manufacturing site connect to customers, markets, employees, and communities,” he says, emphasizing the value of listening.

His leadership roles at Shell Polymers Monaca in Pennsylvania and the Sarnia Manufacturing Centre in Canada prepared him for balancing large-scale operations with culture, trust, and visible leadership. At Norco, he steps into a workplace widely recognized within Shell for its strong culture, something he quickly noticed.

“There’s a real sense of pride here,” he says.

“People care about the site, about each other, and about doing things the right way.” That culture, built over generations, is one of the site’s greatest strengths. Many employees have spent their entire careers at Norco, and for some families, connections to the site span generations. Preserving and strengthening that sense of ownership is a key priority.

At the core of his leadership philosophy is this

principle: safety comes first. “Nothing is more important than making sure every person who comes to work goes home safely,” he says.

His focus also includes environmental performance, reliability, and developing the people who keep the site running. He sees operational excellence and long-term strategy as inseparable.

“You have to deliver today while preparing for tomorrow,”hesays.Thatfutureincludesnavigating an evolving energy landscape while maintaining competitiveness and relevance. Markos believes Norco is well positioned to do both.

Markos is also focused on strengthening connections with the surrounding community.

“Norco’s impact on St. Charles Parish extends across generations, supporting local jobs, businesses, schools, and a broad network of partners,” he says. “It’s important that we continue to earn that trust every day. “I look forward to meeting people and becoming part of the community. Every community has its own history and priorities, and it’s important to listen first and learn what makes St. Charles Parish special.”

Having recently relocated to Louisiana with his wife, Lauren, their two children, ages 14 and 12, a rescue dog, and a horse, the move represents both a professional milestone and a personal adventure. “We’re excited to make Louisiana our home,” he says. “We’re looking forward to experiencing the culture, the Gulf Coast, local festivals, and everything else the region has to offer. And yes, I’m definitely a foodie - so being somewhere known for great food is a nice bonus.

If I had to pick one favorite today, it would probably be gumbo.”

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McConnell speaks Platner should drop out, Sanders says candidate with GOP leaders Senate accused of Speculation swirls about his health

said Barrasso spokeswoman Kate Noyes.

Another McConnell ally, Republican strategist Scott Jennings, posted on X that he had also talked to McConnell for 20 minutes on

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK Tuesday, and that “he’s still Associated Press recovering in the hospital.”

WASHINGTON — The Sen- Jennings said they spoke ate’s top two Republicans about politics, foreign policy have spoken individually to “and even a little bit of SenKentucky Sen. Mitch McCo- ate history.”

McConnell was admitnnell, according to aides, as the former GOP leader re- ted to the hospital on June 14, according to a mains in the hospistatement from his tal more than three office that only said weeks after being he was “receiving admitted for undisexcellent care.” closed health issues.

A statement a Aides to McConweek later said that nell have declined he would not be votto release any information about his ing that week. And condition, fueling McConnell on Thursday, a new speculation about statement said that his prognosis and whether he ”appreciates the outpourhe will be healthy enough to ing of support he’s receiving be at the Capitol when the while he continues his reSenate returns to Washing- covery in the hospital.”

“The Senator continues ton next week after a twoweek recess. McConnell, 84, to improve, and is workis retiring at the end of his ing closely with his staff on term in January.

Kentucky and Senate matA spokesperson for Sen- ters while the Senate is out ate Majority Leader John of session,” the statement Thune, R-S.D., said he had said.

A spokesman for McConspoken with McConnell by phone on Monday and that nell released the same statethe two had a “lengthy and ment again on Tuesday, with substantive conversation no new updates. that covered a variety of The senator’s unspecified topics, including national health issues come after security.” As leader, Thune several hospitalizations in is generally kept up to date recent years. on illnesses and absences in While he was still Repubhis conference as he has to lican leader, McConnell was navigate vote counts and his hospitalized with a concusnarrow 53-47 majority. sion in March 2023 and Wyoming Sen. John Bar- missed several weeks of rasso, the No. 2 Senate Re- work after falling in a Washpublican, had a 20-minute ington hotel. conversation with McConHe twice froze up during nell on Tuesday, according news conferences after he to a spokeswoman. The returned, staring vacantly two discussed Senate races ahead before colleagues and ahead of the midterm elec- staff — including Barrasso, tions, the Supreme Court who is a doctor — came to and other topics, the state- his assistance.

A year later, he fell and ment said.

“Senator McConnell was sprained his wrist while fully engaged and is eager walking out of a GOP lunto get back to the Senate,” cheon.

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BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI, PATRICK WHITTLE and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday became the latest and most notable lawmaker to pull support for Maine Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner following an allegation of sexual assault, adding to a chorus of calls for him to step aside as party leaders scramble to determine the next steps.

Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, has long backed Platner in the high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, but he said in a statement that he spoke with the candidate and “in light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he step aside.”

Platner, who denies the allegation, has not heeded the calls to resign. Instead, he posted a video on Monday saying he was considering the next steps for his cam-

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Platner posted the video after reports that a woman who previously dated the first-time candidate said he drunkenly forced her to have sex after she told him to stop.

The allegation is the latest in a string of controversies Platner has faced and so far weathered since the oyster farmer and Marine veteran entered the race. But the seriousness of the assault claim has put the Maine contest — and Democrats’ ability to win control of the

Senate — at risk, with even some of his strongest supporters questioning whether Platner should continue his campaign.

If Platner steps down, a possible succession battle would inflame a Democratic divide as the party seeks unity ahead of the November midterms.

Platner became a populist hero among the party’s left flank, pulling far ahead of an establishment-backed candidate, Gov. Janet Mills, in the primary. Now, if he quits the contest, progressive groups are demanding that the

state’s Democratic Party choose a similarly shakeup-the-system candidate to replace him.

“To the Democratic establishment: This is not your opening,” said Joseph Geevarghese, who leads an organization founded by Sanders, Our Revolution. After withdrawing its endorsement of Platner, the group said Tuesday that it was “rallying behind” another progressive contender.

Joanie Monteith, a passionate supporter from the southern Maine town of York who organized a trivia night about Platner in March, said through tears Tuesday that she was devastated by the news. She was waiting for another public statement from Platner before making a decision about whether she could keep supporting him.

“I’m numb, and I’m waiting for what Graham has to say,” she said. “I’m trying not to be a part of this public trial. And I’m heartbroken.

And I’m heartbroken for him and his wife.”

She added that she believes the allegations are serious.

“I’m not going to blame a victim. Because if this is true I feel very bad for the woman,” she said.

Judge rejects DOJ subpoena in ’20 election It sought names of Ga. workers

BY KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press

ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Justice cannot have the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The Justice Department in April served a grand jury subpoena seeking the names and personal contact

information of county employees and volunteer poll workers. President Donald Trump has long claimed without evidence that widespread voter fraud in Georgia’s most populous county, a Democratic stronghold, cost him victory in the state in 2020.

Fulton County asked a judge to quash the subpoena, arguing it was meant to “target, harass and punish the President’s perceived political opponents” and that it was “grossly over broad and untethered to any reasonable need.”

“Given the low need for the subpoenaed information and the highly burdensome nature of the disclosure of the same, the Subpoena is unreasonable and must be quashed,” U.S. District Judge William Ray wrote in his ruling, calling the scope of the request “staggering.”

Emails seeking comment were sent to both the Justice Department and Fulton County.

While grand juries often work with federal prosecutors to investigate alleged crimes, “that does not give the DOJ the right to use the

Grand Jury to do whatever the DOJ wants,” wrote Ray, who was nominated to the bench by Trump.

Even if the records sought by the Justice Department could help find people who worked for the county during the 2020 election who support the theory that the election was unfair, the information couldn’t be used to charge anyone, Ray wrote.

“That is because the statute of limitations for any possible crime arising from the 2020 Election has long expired,” he wrote.

U.S. shared confidential info on asylum seekers with Iran, suit says

BY SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that the Trump administration’s immigration agencies have been sharing confidential information about Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian government, violating national immigration regulations and endangering countless Iranians, court filings argue.

The lawsuit depicts a coordinated campaign between the U.S. and Iranian governments to identify Iranians in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and pressure them to return to Iran — a marked departure from decades of diplomatic hostility between the two governments and an ongoing war. The Department of Homeland Security denied

that it is sharing asylum application records with the Iranian government.

Roughly 600 Iranians were put in immigration detention last year, according to public records obtained by the National Iranian American Council. In June, an Iranian woman was among the two dozen migrants the U.S. deported to the Central African Republic — in a marked departure from a decades-long practice by the U.S. of welcoming Iranian dissidents, exiles and others since the 1979 Islamic Revolution forced a large number of Iranians to flee.

The U.S. government is allowed to work with government officials of foreign countries to coordinate deportation logistics. However, federal regulations passed in the late 1990s prohibit the government from sharing

information that could reveal that the individual getting deported applied for asylum.

“Congress made these confidentiality protections mandatory precisely because lives depend on them, and no agency and no administration, of either party, may set them aside,” said Ali Rahnama, the interim executive director of Iranian American Legal Defense Fund.

Starting in March 2025, the U.S. State Department arranged monthly meetings with Iranian officials, using the Pakistani embassy as an intermediary, in which U.S. officials shared detailed, sensitive information about detained Iranian immigrants who the U.S. government hoped to deport, lawyers for the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund and the Public Citizen Litigation Group wrote in a complaint.

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Continued from page 1A those state-hired lawyers represented her as recently as last month, asking a judge to toss the case for lack of an appeal, according to court records.

The Supreme Court said Friday that the Attorney General’s Office representation of White posed an ethical conflict in Murrill’s case that “should have been obvious.” Judge Leon Roche appointed White to the case.

Meanwhile, Laura Cannizzaro Rodrigue, a former Orleans Parish prosecutor who is helping defend Murrill, said in a statement that the attorney general has asked to remove her firm, Rodrigue & Arcuri, from civil cases it handles for the office.

White has claimed it’s Rodrigue who has the conflict, as state law bars prosecutors from criminal defense work.

Rodrigue did not concede any ethical lapses, however.

The statement noted that last year, the Louisiana Supreme Court declared an exception for law firms hired by the attorney general to handle civil work — namely, petitions from prisoners.

Rodrigue & Arcuri’s civil caseload with the attorney general is being reassigned “to avoid any confusion,” the statement said.

Those moves came in anticipation of a bitter legal faceoff over the 16-count indictment that an Orleans Parish grand jury handed up last week against Murrill, under White’s guidance.

The charges exploded political tensions that have roiled for months between state Republican leaders and local elected Democrats over control of the New Orleans court system.

The indictment alleges that Murrill committed felonies when she penned warning letters in May to Mayor Helena Moreno, District Attorney Jason Williams and five City Council members, threatening their jobs for backing an election and appointing an interim leader for a newly unified Court Clerk’s Office in the city.

Murrill claimed the local officials were helping “usurp” the authority of Chelsea Richard Napoleon, the elected civil clerk chosen by the Legislature to lead the combined office.

The new law denied former life prisoner Calvin Duncan the criminal clerk’s seat he’d won handily at the polls.

Murrill argues she was just doing her job as the state’s top lawyer by cautioning the city leaders. The indictment charges her with eight counts each of intimidation and malfeasance in office.

The Supreme Court upheld the law, rejecting the council’s call for a vote.

“This indictment appears to turn the law on its head and flows from what appear to be extraordinary procedural defects and improprieties,” the Supreme Court majority found.

The court set no timetable as it stayed the indictment and invited Murrill to file

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a motion to quash it. Kyle Schonekas, another attorney for Murrill, declined to comment Monday.

Host of ethical pitfalls The court majority suggested that the case against Murrell could fall on a procedural failure.

It found that “by all public accounts” the criminal court had “violated express provisions of state law requiring that grand jury returns occur in the public eye, ‘in open court.’”

Roche, who ordered reporters out of his courtroom for the indictment, quickly responded with an unsolicited opinion that challenged the court’s view of Article 383, the law governing grand jury returns.

Roche claims that open court “does not mean open to the public. Rather, it means while the judge is present on the bench.”

How the Supreme Court decides that issue could dictate the fate of the case against Murrill, as the grand jury that charged her has since disbanded.

In the meantime, legal analysts and court watchers have been left to parse a ruling with little precedent.

Legal scholars couldn’t recall the Louisiana Supreme Court stepping in so early to cast shade on a charging document or question how it came to be.

The court focused a share of its criticism on White, the special prosecutor, who left the criminal court bench in 2023.

White said that Roche called to offer her an appointment as a special prosecutor without indicating the subject matter. She later agreed to take the case, returning to the court where she served for more than 15 years.

Before becoming a judge, White worked as a civil rights attorney on highstakes prisoner cases. For years, she represented Duncan as he sat in prison for murder.

“The likely conflicts of interest precluding her involvement in this matter, if accurately stated, should have been obvious,” the Supreme Court wrote.

The majority also found that Murrill “is likely to succeed on the merits of a motion to quash this indictment on either a legal basis or due to apparent procedural irregularities.”

White once managed professional boxers. As a judge, she often sparred with Rodrigue’s father, Leon Cannizzaro, the former twoterm district attorney who recently retired as Murrill’s criminal division chief.

The courthouse she left has changed. Alongside local prosecutors, Murrill’s staff now handles hundreds of felony cases at the courthouse, from arrests made by Troop Nola, the dedicated Louisiana State Police unit set up by Gov. Jeff Landry.

“I’m not the story,” White said. “The attorney general is the headline.”

hasn’t represented Duncan since 1998, and if there’s a conflict over the lawyers who handled her civil case, she said it was Murrill’s concern.

White said she called Murrill’s office last week, after The Times-Picayune | The Advocate first reported about the secret grand jury investigation, to alert them of a possible conflict on the horizon. Murrill’s attorneys argued that the call itself was illegal, with White revealing secret grand jury information.

White argues that it was Murrill who violated grand jury secrecy.

One prominent legal ethics specialist questioned the court’s jaundiced view of White’s involvement.

“I don’t believe the conflict is as obvious as some members of the Supreme Court might think it is,” said Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino.

He said he isn’t so sure that Murrill’s office having furnished lawyers to defend White in her civil case was enough to exclude her from the prosecution. White’s earlier work as a lawyer for Duncan also may not disqualify her.

“Calvin Duncan’s ghost still hangs over this,” Ciolino said, “but I don’t know if that specter is enough to be a conflict of interest.”

The question is whether White has a “personal interest that impairs the fair and impartial administration of justice,” Ciolino said, citing the state law that governs recusals by district attorneys. “That’s a bit of an indeterminate standard.”

Views of the justices differed even among those who agreed to stay of the indictment against Murrill.

Supreme Court Justice Jay McCallum viewed the episode as tawdry and punishable. He wrote that Murrill’s allegations, “if they prove to be even partially accurate,” would require “additional proceedings” before the state bodies that investigate judges and lawyers for misconduct.

Justice Piper Griffin of New Orleans also agreed on the stay, but only because it “allows this Court to ultimately resolve this rapidly escalating quagmire.”

In dissent, Chief Justice John Weimer and Justice John Michael Guidry argued against preferential treatment for Murrill.

Whether Roche or any of the 12 criminal court judges will play a role in the case is doubtful.

The criminal case against Murrill was allotted to Judge Angel Harris, and an arraignment is set for Wednesday.

But sources said a majority of the court’s judges met behind closed doors Tuesday morning and agreed to recuse. Should all of the judges step aside, the Louisiana Supreme Court would appoint an outside judge.

PLANS

Continued from page 1A Matthew Willard, the chair of the Community Development Committee that approved the measure Tuesday, said he hoped that rejuvenating Lindy Boggs would also help attract more people and businesses to New Orleans.

“Blight is unfortunately an eyesore that we have struggled with really since Hurricane Katrina,” Willard said. “The city is utilizing its resources to the best of our ability to really eliminate as much blight as we can.”

The full council is expected to finalize the proposal at a later date.

The long-awaited development looks to breathe new life into the property on Norman Francis Parkway that is often still referred to as “Mercy,” the original name of the hospital that opened on that site in the 1950s, after it expanded from an Annun-

ciation Street location.

It was renamed for former U.S. Rep. Lindy Boggs in 2004 with her blessing.

The facility flooded during Katrina and never reopened.

The developers are also looking to reinvigorate the aboveground portion of the property, an infamous eyesore. They envision a mixture of apartments, offices and retail space.

Jeffrey Schwartz, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development and community development, said the city is in the process of executing a cooperative endeavor agreement between Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration and the developers that was signed in April. The agreement laid out how $11.5 million in city bond funds that voters approved last fall will be spent on land acquisition, the city’s portion of demolition and construction of the stormwater facility.

Demolition is still on track to begin later in July, Schwartz said.

The stormwater reten-

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Schwartz said the retention tank’s underground location would make it six times more impactful than if the facility was built on the neutral ground portion of Norman Francis Parkway.

Addressing blight and other quality-of-life issues has been a major goal of Moreno’s administration, which has pushed forward the redevelopment of other long-abandoned properties, including the Bywater Naval Station.

“When you take a property that’s been frankly a weight around the community and you’re able to not just get rid of it but also have a plan for redevelopment, it has all of the benefits that you could possibly enumerate,” Schwartz said.

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on shipping and U.S. retaliation occurred late last month, while the new strikes were notable for happening while President Donald Trump was in Turkey for a summit of the NATO military alliance.

Hours after the three tankers were struck by projectiles, the United States revoked a license that had authorized the sale of Iranian oil as part of the interim deal to end the fighting between the U.S. and Iran.

The new assaults in the fuel-shipping waterway were the most in a single day since late April, according to the U.N. International Maritime Organization. The fresh attacks threatened to choke off the flow of traffic in the strait just as countries hoped to restore normal shipping and ease the global economic strain of the war.

A U.S. official said the license was revoked because Iran’s actions in the strait were unacceptable and needed to be met with consequences. The official spoke with The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to share insight into the reasoning behind the move.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S. move to revoke the license, saying in a statement that it violates the interim deal and that “the U.S. government bears responsibility for the consequences of this breach of commitment.”

Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, also said in a post on X that the new attacks by the U.S. are a violation of that agreement.

Tehran, which has repeatedly declared that only its approved route through the strait is safe, is suspected of attacking other ships that have used another route close to the Omani shore.

hotels on the Mississippi Coast. Visitors are looking at places farther from the beach to cut costs. And even some affluent travelers who normally retreat to higherend destinations along Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A say they are choosing less expensive destinations this summer, including nearby Miramar Beach, Florida, or Alabama’s Gulf Shores.

A similar story is unfolding around the country as rising prices force travelers to scale back vacation plans to fit tighter budgets. Transportation costs have risen by about 35% over the past year, and hotel prices are up by 5%, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Some families are taking shorter trips or skipping summer getaways altogether as costs for travel, dining and event tickets soar.

On the Gulf Coast, the changing travel habits are also a sign of how rising populations and strong demand from tourists have transformed once-quiet beach towns.

“It’s not as affordable as it was 10 years ago — nothing is,” said Beth Gendler, president and CEO of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism.

Still, the tourism agency’s data shows more than 7 million visitors arrived in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan last year and spent a record amount of more than $920 million on lodging.

“There’s great value in it,” Gendler said. “Everyone needs a vacation.”

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Vacationers relax on Biloxi Beach in Biloxi, Miss., on June 26.

According to the U.S. Travel Association, transportation costs have risen by about 35% over the past year while hotel prices are up by 5%, leading some families to take shorter trips.

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STAFF PHOTO By ENAN CHEDIAK tions along the Gulf Coast, where many businesses reopened quickly and visitors could enjoy open-air spaces.

The average daily rate for short-term rentals in coastal Alabama has increased by 9% compared with two years ago, according to Gendler, even though the region’s hotel rates have remained relatively flat over that period.

The population across the southeast United States — where Gulf Coast tourism agencies have historically marketed their destinations — is also growing, which means advertisements for Mississippi, Alabama and Florida beaches are reaching more prospective visitors than ever.

And average gas prices amid the Iran war soared almost $1 higher than last year in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, according to AAA, even as the country’s average price per gallon recently dropped below $4 for the first time in months.

To cope with higher costs, some Louisiana families are now renting older properties away from the beach-

front or booking properties with kitchenettes to avoid dining out, according to Allyson Breaux, a travel agent based in St. Landry Parish.

“They decide either less is more, or more is worth paying for,” she said.

Amy Roddie, from Meridian, Mississippi, has taken an RV to the beach with her family each summer for two decades. She used to stay at campgrounds closer to Gulf Shores, just a mile or two from the waterfront.

But after several campgrounds were redone and prices rose to about $1,600 a month, she began looking farther north.

This year, she is staying with her grandchildren at Sun City RV Park, where the monthly rate is still about $1,000.

“I don’t know how people afford it,” said Roddie from the RV park several miles north of Orange Beach.

“It’s still cheaper to literally do three months here than a week in some condos,” Roddie added. “It’s crazy.”

cost of hotels and vacation rental properties along the Gulf Coast is difficult. Many accommodations operate like airlines, with dynamic pricing that can change several times a day.

But travel agents say some beachfront condos can cost more than $3,000 a week, compared with less than $2,000 a week about a decade ago.

In some cases, cruises or all-inclusive resorts overseas can be similarly priced to some weeklong condo rentals in the Alabama cities of Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, said Stacy Rodriguez, a travel agent who works with clients in the New Orleans area.

“It’s hard to find a hundred and something dollar hotel anywhere along the coast now,” Rodriguez said. “Just a few years ago, it was definitely doable.”

The rising costs are also adding challenges for travel agents, according to LaKesha Cage, an agent who works with families across Louisiana. One client’s famAffordable vacations? ily wanted to visit Florida Tracking the average earlier this summer but be-

gan considering a cheaper vacation in Dallas to visit the nearby Six Flags amusement park.

“I really haven’t been able to find them anything” in Florida, Cage said. “Everything is super high.”

Vacation rental property owners are also facing rising expenses, including insurance premiums. And younger owners buying into the market are paying far more for properties than the owners who bought in decades before them, which often means they must charge higher rents to cover their costs.

In Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, tourism leaders say they are trying to promote the benefits of traveling in the offseason to spread demand and are also advertising free attractions to visitors who often return each year.

Around the region, tourism officials say visitors can save money by booking directly with rental companies to avoid added fees and by visiting during August or the fall when rates drop.

“People can still find affordable Destin vacations,” said Tracy Louthain, director of marketing at Newman-Dailey Resort Properties, which manages more than 300 rentals between Destin and Scenic Highway 30A. “You just have to be a savvy traveler.”

Still — even at cheaper campgrounds and RV parks — surging demand has raised some prices near the beach. Sabe Nicholson, who runs Sun City RV Park, said many families who stay with him are retreating from costs at the shoreline.

“This,” he said, “is an alternative.”

Demand and prices For decades, the Alabama and Florida coastlines have attracted middle- and working-class Southerners with promises of mostly affordable vacations in spots like Gulf Shores, Destin and Panama City Beach.

Then the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic led to record-breaking tourism surges in beach destina-

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 2049 HALSEY AV‐ ENUE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: ONPATH FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VERSUS ANGELA DIAZ CRUZ AND THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF CARLOS ES‐ PINAL CASTEL‐ LANOS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-11245 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure di‐ and Sale rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: TWO LOTS OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IN BEHRMAN HEIGHTS SUBDI‐ VISION, WHICH LOTS ARE DESIGNATED AS LOT 15 AND 16, SQUARE 5, BOUNDED BY HALSEY AV‐ ENUE, WALL STREET, COPER‐ NICUS STREET AND THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID SUBDIVISION ON A PLAN OR ADLOE ORR, C.E. DATED JUNE 1, 1948, A PRINT OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO AN ACT BEFORE J.L. WARREN WOODVILLE, NOTARY, JOHN‐ STON TO FOX. DATED NO‐ VEMBER 17, 1952, AND AC‐ CORDING TO WHICH SAID LOTS 15 AND 16, SQUARE 5, AD‐ JOIN EACH OTHER AND MEASURE EACH 25 FEET FRONT ON HALSEY AVENUE, AND EQUAL WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH BE‐ TWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES OF 150 FEET. ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUR VEY

BY JOSEPH KREITER JR. C.E. DATED OCTOBER 6, 1984.

AC‐ CORDING TO SAID SURVEY, LOT 16 LIES NEARER TO AND COM‐ MENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 200 FEET FROM THE COMER OF HALSEY AV‐ ENUE AND COPERNICUS STREET. TAX PARCEL NO. 513707020 THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 2049 HALSEY AV‐ ENUE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114

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WRIT AMOUNT: $225,134.54 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

GH 22 NEWMAN, MATHIS, BRADY & SPEDALE, APLC 225 343 3456 JOSHUA P. MATTHEWS The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4819 CONSTANCE ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FREE‐ DOM MORT‐ GAGE CORPORA‐ TION VERSUS JUSTIN A. ZITLER CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-8685 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 4819 CON‐ STANCE ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115 LOT 15 - SQUARE 198 6TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1325494 WRIT AMOUNT: $214,323.51 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4547 MARQUE DR, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: MID‐ FIRST BANK VERSUS MICHELLE M. HUBBARD (A/K/A) MICHELLE HUBBARD CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-10411 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 4547 MARQUE DR NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70127 LOT 18 - SQUARE 7 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1227878 WRIT AMOUNT: $138,741.90 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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RB 15 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 66 YOSEMITE DRIVE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: U.S. BANK, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE SPECIALTY UNDERWRITING AND RESIDEN‐ TIAL FINANCE TRUST, MORT‐ GAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED CER‐ TIFICATES, SE‐ RIES 2006-BC4 VERSUS KYSHUN A. WEBSTER, SR., A/K/A KYSHUN WEBSTER, SR. AND TARRALYN JOHNSON WEB‐

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STER, A/K/A TARRALYN J. WEBSTER A/K/A TARRALYN WEBSTER, A/K/A TARRALY JOHN‐ SON CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2012-10363 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 66 YOSEMITE DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131 LOT: 300-B, SQUARE: G FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 855291 WRIT AMOUNT: $335,780.86 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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GH 12 LAW OFFICE OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK JR (225) 756-0373 COREY J GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NO. 5512 GRAND BAYOU DRIVE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: STET‐ SON CAPITAL ADVISORS I, LP VERSUS SHIRLYNN CLEMENTS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2020-6561 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 5512 GRAND BAYOU DRIVE LOT 11, SQUARE 3,

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THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT WILLOWBROOK, PHASE II ACQUIRED MIN 1410465 WRIT AMOUNT: $117,911.36 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

BD 25 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR., LLC (225) 756-0373 COREY J. GIROIR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 3040 BRUXELLES STREET, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: HOME FINANCE, LLC VERSUS MANIFESTED MIRACLES PROPERTIES, LLC AND RIVA J. LAVOY, GUAR‐ ANTOR CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-6277 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BULD‐ INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES AND APPURTE‐ NANCES THERE‐ UNTO OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DISTRCT OF THIS CITY, IN THE SQUARE N0.

1937, BOUNDED

BY BRUXELLES TREASURE, ABUNDANCE STREETS AND PARIS AVENUE, DESIGNATED BY THE LETTERS Y AND Z. ACCORDING TO A PLAN OF GILBERT & KELLY, SURVEY‐ ORS, DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1932, A BLUE PRINT OF WHICH IS AN‐ NEXED TO AN ACT OF SALE BEFORE OLIVER H. DEBEZIES, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATED MARCH 7, 1932, LOT Y FORMS THE CORNER OF BRUXELLES AND

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TREASURE STREETS, AND MEASURES TWENTY FEET FRONT ON BRUXELLES STREET, BY A DEPTH AND FRONT ON TREASURE STREET OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120') FEET, HAVING EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. ACCORD‐ ING TO A PLAN OF GILBERT & KELLY, SURVEY‐ ORS, DATED NO‐ VEMBER 12, 1937, A BLUE PRINT OF WHICH IS AN‐ NEXED TO AN ACT BEFORE OLIVER H. DEBEZIES, NO‐ TARY PUBLIC, DATED NOVEM‐ BER 19, 1937, LOT Z MEA‐ SURES THIRTY (30') FEET FRONT ON BRUXELLES STREET, BEGIN‐ NING AT A POINT TWENTY (20') FEET FROM THE COR‐ NER OF BRUX‐ ELLES AND TREASURES STREETS, AND HAVING A DEPTH BE‐ TWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120') FEET. ALL AC‐ CORDANCE WITH SURVEY

BY B.F.M. COR‐ PORATION, DATED JANUARY 23, 1987, A COPY OF WHICH IS AT‐ TACHD THERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 3040 BRUX‐ ELLES STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. THE SALE MADE AND ACCEPTED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: 1) FENCE EN‐ CROACHMENT OF 0.5 FEET AND 0.35 FEET ON SIDELINE NEAR‐ EST ABUNDANCE STREET. 2) FENCE EN‐ CROACHMENT OF 0.55 FEET ALONG ENTIRE REAR OF SAID PROPERTY NEAREST PARIS AVENUE; 3) BUILDING EN‐ CROACHMENT OF 0.2 FEET FRONT ON BRUXELLES STREET; CANOPY 4) OVERHANG 7.5 FEET INTO CITY PROPERTY FRONT ON BRUXELLES STREET, AND 7.5 FEET INTO CITY PROPERTY ON TREASURE STREET. A CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE MORTGAGE RECORDED ON MAY 12, 2022 AT INSTRUMENT NO. 2022 19247, MORTGAGE IN‐ STRUMENT NUMBER 1390599, CIN NUMBER 710797 IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "2" WRIT AMOUNT: $321,079.32 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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GH 21 STERNBERG NACCARI & WHITE LLC 504 324 2141

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JOHNSTON BURKHARDT The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 120002 MILTON ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A VERSUS DONALD E. WILLIAM, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRA‐ TOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF DONALD E. WILLIAMS, SR. A/K/A DONALD E. WILLIAMS, SR. A/K/A DONALD WILLIAMS, SR. A/K/A DONALD E. WILLIAMS A/K/A DONALD WILLIAMS CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-1398 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 noon, o'clock the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 1200-02 MILTON ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70122 LOTS 24A, 26A AND 27A 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1022245 WRIT AMOUNT: $105,502.41 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

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RB 24 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR., L.L.C. (225) 756-0373 DENNIS F. WIG‐ GINS, JR. The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1900 02 AND 1904 06 SAINT ANN STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VERSUS THE BAT 2, LLC

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CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-7288 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: IN GLOBO: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS, IN SQUARE NO. 238, BOUNDED BY ST. ANN, N. ROMAN AND N. PRIEUR STREETS AND ORLEANS AVENUE, DESIG‐ NATED BY THE LETTER “A” ON A PLAN OF SUR‐ VEY MADE BY GILBERT AND KELLY, SUR‐ VEYORS, DATED SEPTEMBER 26, 1951, AND AC‐ CORDING TO WHICH SAID LOT COM‐ MENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 34 FEET, 4 INCHES FROM THE COR‐ NER OF N. ROMAN STREET AND MEASURES THENCE 34 FEET 7 LINES FRONT ON ST. ANN STREET, 35 FEET, 6 INCES, 7 LINES IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH ON THE SIDE LINE NEAREST PRIEUR STREET OF 62 FEET, AND A FIRST DEPTH ON THE OPPO‐ SITE SIDE LINE OF 32 FEET ON LINE OF AN ALLEY IN COMMON WITH LOT “B”, THENCE 3 FEET ON AN OBLIQUE LINE, THENCE A SEC‐ OND DEPTH OF 27 FEET, 5 INCHES TO THE REAR LINE, TOEGTHER WITH THE USE IN COMMON WITH SAID LOT “B” OF AN ALLEY 3 FEET WIDE OPENING ON ST. ANN STREET. THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THERE ON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 1904 06 ST. ANN STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70116.

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AUGUST 3, 1891, ANNEXED TO THE INVENTORY TAKEN BY J.F. MEUNIER, N.P., ON JULY 27, 1891, ACCORD‐ ING TO WHICH SKETCH, SAID LOT MEA‐ SURES IN AMER‐ ICAN MEASURE, 31 FEET, 4 INCHES FRONT ON ST. ANN STREET, 60 FEET, 8 INCHES DEPTH AND FRON ON ROMAN STREET (OF WHICH IS THE FORMS CORNER), 32 FEET ON A FIRST DEPTH ON THE LINES OF AN ALLEY, THENCE 3 FEET ON AN OBLIQUE LINE RUNNING TO‐ WARDS LOT “A”, THEN A SEC‐ OND DEPTH OF 26 FEET, 1 INCH TO THE REAR LINE, WHICH HAS A WIDTH OF 32 FEET, 10 INCHES; TOGETHER WITH THE USE IN COMMON WITH LOT “A” OF AN ALLEY 3 FEET WIDE OPENING ON ST. ANN STREET. ALL AS FMORE FULLY SHOWN ON PLAN OF SUR‐ VEY MADE BY JOHN E. WALKER, LAND SURVEYOR, DATED JULY 5, 1974, A COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO ACT BEFORE SIDNEY I. GOLD‐ MAN N.P., DATED FEB‐ RUARY 7, 1975, AND ACCORD‐ ING TO WHICH THE SAID LOT OF GROUND IS SIT‐ UATED IN SQUARE NO. 238.

THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 1900 02 ST. ANN STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 701216 WRIT AMOUNT: $7,260.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and balance the within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans GH 2 CITY OF ORLEANS 658 4346 DEISHA GARDE

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PARCEL 2 THAT PORTION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WIH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES, APPUR‐ TENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, DESIGNATED BY THE LETTER “B” IN THE SQUARE BOUNDED BY ST. ANN, ROMAN, ORLEANS AND PRIEUR STREETS, ON A SKETCH DRAWN BY GEORGE DE ARMAS, DATED

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT PORTION OF GROUND, BEARING MU‐ NICIPAL NO. 3728-3730 FRANKLIN AVE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED; U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURI‐ TIES CORPORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-KS6 VER‐ SUS THE SUC‐

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Founder of pioneering Black hair care business dies at 99

Video shows defendant on roof to kill Kirk, official testifies

BY COREY WILLIAMS and AISHA I. JEFFERSON Associated Press

Handling of crime scene questioned

BY HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MATTHEW BROWN

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By SPENSER HEAPS

Associated Press

Tyler Robinson’s parents, Matt Robinson and Amber PROVO, Utah — The man Robinson, second from right, arrive at the Fourth District charged with killing Char- Courthouse on Tuesday in Provo, Utah, ahead of a hearing in lie Kirk strolled Utah Val- the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.

ley University in shorts and a T-shirt, bought a meal at Chick-fil-A and made contact with people from Kirk’s organization, before returning in different clothes to shoot the conservative activist from a rooftop, an investigator testified Tuesday.

Former State Bureau of Investigation Agent David Hull described Tyler Robinson’s alleged movements before and after Kirk was killed as prosecutors played previously unseen campus surveillance videos in state court.

The defendant first arrived on campus about four hours before the shooting and returned several times, including when he allegedly went onto the roof T. Robinson to shoot Kirk and again the night after Kirk was killed, Hull said.

Prosecutors say they intend to seek the death penalty in the case. They are trying to convince Judge Tony Graf that they have enough evidence to bring Robinson to trial on an aggravated murder charge.

Robinson has not yet entered a plea. His attorneys have not commented on his guilt or innocence. They have, however, sought to get the death penalty taken off the table, so far unsuccessfully.

In a video shown Tuesday, Robinson climbs over a railing onto a rooftop, crouches down and runs to a site overlooking where Kirk was speaking, Hull testified.

After the shooting, Robinson runs back across the roof, drops to the ground and flees on foot, Hull said.

Murder weapon Investigators found the suspected murder weapon — a bolt-action rifle with one spent round — wrapped in a towel in some nearby woods.

DNA on the towel matched to two people.

One was Robinson’s roommate and the other was very likely Robinson, Jennifer Faumuina with the State Bureau of Investigation testified.

This week’s preliminary hearing marks the most significant presentation of evidence to date in the case.

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CESSION OF SHER‐ AGNES MAN, DWAYNE TIMOTHY SHER‐ AKA MAN DWAYNE T. SHERMAN AKA DWAYNE SHER‐ MAN AND AKE‐ LAH SHERMAN CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2016-9988 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure Sale di‐ and rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil Court District 421 Building, Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐

Sheen. burned the scalp.

His company was a naJohnson worked with F u l l e r ’s c h e m tional sponsor of the hit 1970s music ist to revamp the and dance televibarber’s formula and started his sion show “Soul business after ultiTrain.”

“Johnson Prodmately convincing a bank he needed a ucts became a fix$250 loan to take his ture in homes and wife on a vacation, salons around the Johnson Beard said. That world and a source of pride throughout Black business would become America,” his family said Johnson Products.

Johnson’s company ofin a statement.

As an adult, Johnson fered above-market salaworked for the Black- ries, profit-sharing for its owned Fuller Products workers, healthcare and Co. in Chicago. Beard said other benefits at a time Johnson met a barber who when many companies was distraught because he didn’t provide such perks, couldn’t convince Fuller Beard added. Johnson to back a product he was Products was sold in 1993 working on that straight- to a pharmaceutical firm in ened men’s hair. The a deal worth more than $60 drawback was the product million.

and ally of President Donald Trump was speaking to a crowd of thousands.

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester questioned Hull’s handling of the crime scene on the day of the shooting.

She also asked about a bullet that was found on campus at a different location than the alleged shooting site.

Hull said that bullet was traced back to a law enforcement officer who had “cleared” his weapon, ejecting an unused bullet. He also said a handgun in a backpack was found at the scene.

Robinson’s attorneys also raised questions about the DNA evidence, using testimony from an FBI analyst to demonstrate that finding a person’s DNA on an item doesn’t necessarily mean that person touched the item.

Prosecutors contend the shooting endangered others at Kirk’s campus event — an aggravating circumstance that could make the crime punishable by death under Utah law. Robinson also faces possible sentence enhancements based on the prosecution’s claim that he targeted Kirk because of his political views.

During one of several appearances on campus by Robinson on Sept. 10, Hull said the defendant went to the amphitheater where Kirk was later shot and contacted representatives of Turning Point USA, a group co-founded by Kirk.

The investigator did not detail what occurred during that interaction or if members of Kirk’s security team were present.

Prosecutors allege Robinson confessed in a note left for his roommate, who was also his romantic partner, that read: “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.” Robinson also sent a text saying he targeted Kirk because he “had enough of his hatred,” prosecutors have said.

Robinson’s defense team pushed back Tuesday on the idea that he was hostile to Kirk’s politics. Defense attorney Richard Novak sought to block prosecutors from introducing a statement describing the traditional Christian values of Turning Point USA. “This doesn’t say anything about Mr. Robinson’s state of mind,” Novak said about

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the statement from Turning Point USA board member David Englehardt. “I don’t think that this court should be deciding — based on the record before it — where, if at all, politics and religion intersect.”

Judge Graf ruled that the statement was relevant and said it would be “provisionally admitted” with a final decision at a later date.

A low bar This week marks the first time since the case began that Kirk’s parents, Kathryn and Robert, and widow, Erika, were in the courtroom.

Also present were the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., who said Tuesday that Kirk was one his closest friends, and Robinson’s parents, Matt and Amber Robinson.

The proceeding resembles a minitrial, but with a lower standard of proof than for a jury trial where prosecutors must prove guilt “beyond a reasonable doubt.” At the preliminary hearing, prosecutors need only demonstrate to the judge that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk and should stand trial.

Legal experts say that means prosecutors should have little trouble advancing their case.

CHICAGO — George E. Johnson Sr., a pioneer in Black hair care whose multimillion dollar business was the first Black-owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange, has died at age 99, according to his family.

Johnson died Monday at his home in downtown Chicago. A cause of death was not released.

Johnson and his late wife, Joan, started Johnson Products in 1954 on Chicago’s South Side after securing a $250 loan. It grew into a hair care empire catering almost exclusively to Black people, with brands like Afro Sheen and Ultra

Charges dropped against dad who drove family off cliff in California

BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO — All charges against a radiologist accused of trying to kill his family in 2023 by driving his car off a cliff along the Northern California coast have been dismissed by a judge following his completion of a mental health program.

Prosecutors charged Dharmesh Patel, 45, with attempted murder after he drove his Tesla off a 250foot cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway known as “Devil’s Slide,” injuring his wife and two young children.

All four survived the Jan. 2, 2023, crash in what one official called an “absolute

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tal health diversion under California law that went into effect in 2023.

“If the person who’s given mental health diversion follows the treatment plan, there’s nothing that can be done and at the end of the two years he gets it wiped out of his record.” Wagstaffe said.

San Mateo prosecutors unsuccessfully opposed diversion for Patel.

Wagstaffe and other California district attorneys have argued that attempted murder should be excluded from eligibility for mental health diversion, and they are working with lawmakers to amend the law.

“We’ll try again in the future,” he said about the law.

“We’re not giving up.”

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Spectators camped out Utah County residents Denae Branch and Jean Rivera lined up outside the courthouse in Provo around midnight Tuesday and snagged one of the few seats available to the public for this week’s hearing.

The women said they were in the crowd when Kirk was shot and now think about it every day.

“It feels like a lot of the world just kept spinning and we’re still dealing with the trauma of it,” Branch said.

“Our hearts and minds are still trying to process it and, yeah, it kind of helps being here.”

Branch said she “lost it” in court when Erika Kirk, who herself was crying, handed her a tissue.

Rivera on Tuesday morning wore a shirt that read “FREEDOM” — just as Kirk did on the day he was shot — but was told she could not wear it inside. She said she hoped to hear testimony about Robinson’s alleged confession note.

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A San Mateo County judge dismissed the charges on Monday after Patel completed a two-year mental health diversion program with a Stanford University psychiatrist and a family therapist this week, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

“The judge was required by the law to dismiss the charges,” Wagstaffe said.

In 2024, a different judge ruled Patel would receive mental health treatment instead of standing trial after his defense attorneys argued he was going through episodic major depression with hallucinations when he drove his family off the cliff and qualified for men-

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Time running out to cash in on Amazon settlement

BY ZOE KOLENOVSKY

The Dallas Morning News (TNS) Customers have less than a month to file a claim for a share of Amazon’s historic $2.5 billion settlement.

The Seattle-based online retailer settled last year with the Federal Trade Commission over claims that it tricked customers into signing up for its Prime membership and made it difficult to unenroll from the plan. The result was $1 billion that Amazon must pay in civil penalties — the largest such fine in the agency’s history — on

top of another $1.5 billion to be doled out to eligible customers.

Most eligible customers should have received an automatic refund from Amazon in November or December 2025. But affected customers who haven’t received theirs can still file a claim. Here’s what you need to know.

Customers must meet three requirements to be eligible for a payment from the settlement fund.

The first is simple: You must be an Amazon Prime customer in the United States. But you must have also either signed up for the Prime subscription through a “chal-

lenged enrollment flow” or tried and failed to cancel your membership between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025.

The “challenged enrollment flow” refers to sign-up pathways that the government determined deceptive or confusing — places like the shipping selection page or single-page checkout.

You also must have used at most 10 Amazon Prime Benefits in any 12-month period during which you were enrolled. Those include the free shipping and faster delivery rates the program is famous for, as well as other Amazon products

offered to Prime subscribers for free such as Prime Video, Prime Music and Kindle Books.

You are not eligible to file a claim if you already received an automatic refund from Amazon.

Customers can submit claims until July 27 by visiting the settlement website to file a claim online.

You will be asked to either submit your claim ID and PIN number that you received with a settlement notice via email or mail, or to instead enter the personal information associated with your Amazon account, including an email address or phone number.

Amazon expects to send payments for approved claims by September 2026. Amazon has 30 days to review each claim.

Refunds will be sent via check, PayPal or Venmo.

Customers can receive up to $51 for membership fees paid during the settlement timeline. The refund represents membership fees up to that amount, minus any refunds or credits already issued, according to the settlement website.

Customers can contact Amazon at admin@subscriptionmembershipsettlement.com with questions about the settlement.

Want to find a job Wall Street banks that’s AI-proof? sky-high about SpaceX

New research says employees may be safer at companies embracing tech

But investors remain cautious

BY NILESH CHRISTOPHER Los Angeles Times (TNS)

BY DAMIAN J. TROISE AP business writer

NEW YORK — Wall Street banks have high hopes for SpaceX but at the moment shares of Elon Musk’s rocket market appear to be earthbound.

Many of the investment firms that underwrote SpaceX’s initial public offering issued their first research notes about the company Tuesday, and almost all recommended that investors buy the stock and forecast it to trade above $200 in the next 12 to 18 months.

But after topping $200 in its first week of trading, the stock is trading around $150 per share, where it opened on June 12, its IPO day. Investors may be looking cautiously at the same factors that have Wall Street so enthusiastic about the stock.

Analysts are focused on SpaceX’s potential to lead the market for space transportation and infrastructure. The company’s reusable rockets allow it to transport people and cargo into Earth’s orbit and it is aiming for deeper exploration of the solar system.

Most of the company’s revenue currently comes from its Starlink satellites, and AI innovations are expected to advance that technology.

“SpaceX’s ambitions, and potential impact on humanity, are bigger than any company’s we’ve ever seen,” said an analyst from J.P. Morgan in a research report.

The bank expects the stock price to reach $225 by the end of 2027. It cited the company’s competi-

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, displayed on a screen remotely from SpaceX headquarters in Starbase, Texas, speaks before the launch of SpaceX’s initial public offering June 12 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New york City. Many of the investment firms that underwrote SpaceX’s IPO issued their first research notes about the company Tuesday, and almost all recommended that investors buy the stock and forecast it to trade above $200 in the next 12 to 18 months. tive advantage in space transportation, with about 670 orbital launches and a nearly 99% success rate with its Falcon rockets.

Most payloads launched into orbit since 2023 were through SpaceX. The company has dominated the reusable space rocket market with its Falcon 9, but its gigantic Starship rocket is the key to launching bigger pieces of cargo, including data centers.

Investment bank Raymond James is by far the most optimistic. Its analysts expect the stock to eventually reach $800 per share and consider SpaceX a key industrial company for the 21st century.

“Just as railroads, electric grids, and the Internet reshaped prior economic eras, we believe SpaceX is

building the foundational platform for the next generation of industrial capacity,” the analysts wrote in a research report.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk decided to take the company public because it needs money to fund its ambitions, including putting more satellites and eventually data centers into space. It’s more ambitious goals include establishing a colony on Mars.

For now, Starship is still in the test phase and no technology exists to put data centers in space or send people to Mars. Wall Street analysts acknowledge that a delay or failure to establish a steady schedule of launches for Starship is a risk that could torpedo their forecasts.

SpaceX ended its first day on Wall Street in June with a

market value of more than $2 trillion and is still sitting around that level. That made Musk the world’s first trillionaire, though his net worth has since fallen back below $1 trillion, according to Forbes.

A few banks on Wall Street are more cautious about the company’s prospects. Equity research firm MoffettNathanson said it sees the potential, but has given the company a more “neutral” rating and sees the stock eventually sitting at $131 per share. The concerns are over many of the unknowns related to regulatory issues, technology and demand.

“It is, in short, a bet on any and all things made possible by a virtual lock on rocket manufacturing and launch,” MoffettNathanson said in a report.

While AI is often cited as one of the reasons for mass layoffs, particularly in the tech sector, for fast-growing companies it also seems to be creating new jobs in many companies, according to a study published Tuesday from financial services company Ramp and employment database Revelio Labs.

“Our early result is that it looks like firms are starting to look for more entry-level hires, likely people who are more AI native,” said Ara Kharazian, the lead economist at Ramp, a financial services company that found a rise in early-career hiring by companies in the period they started spending heavily on AI. The study tracked AI spending and the workforce records of nearly 22,000 U.S. companies between January 2021 and February 2026.

It found that firms that spent more on AI ended up increasing their workforce headcount by an average of 10% over the two years after rolling out the technology. Companies that made the largest AI investment expanded entry-level job hiring by 12%.

“If you are a job seeker, or you are graduating from college, and you’re choosing between two different firms that are otherwise similar, I would choose the one that’s using AI,” Kharazian said. “Our paper shows that that firm is going to grow faster.”

The early and intense AI adopters spent more than $100 per month per employee on AI and had their employees using advanced AI, such as coding subscriptions, as opposed to simple ChatGPT subscriptions.

The low-intensity, casual AI adopters didn’t see any hiring gains and reduced headcount.

The Ramp study showed a positive effect on employment from AI because it focused on firms adopting AI, many of them fast-growing,

venture-backed companies hiring AI-native junior employees.

It reached a different conclusion than a November 2025 Stanford University study, which examined payroll data across the entire labor market and found that employment among young software developers had declined by nearly 20% from its late-2022 peak.

The two findings can both be true, Kharazian said, because the Stanford study was broader and didn’t focus just on the firms that use AI. “While there may be overall weak hiring for young people, what we found is that hiring is actually strong at the firms that use AI, and the firms that use AI intensely,” he said.

In another recent study on the impact of AI on jobs, the California AI-unemployment tracker examined the state across industries, education levels and region and highlighted some worrying trends.

It seemed to disprove the understanding that AI has been hurting mostly younger employees and those in entrylevel jobs.

It found that unemployment insurance claims among college-educated workers in high-AI-exposed jobs, such as customer service and software development, increased after ChatGPT’s release in 2022 and remained elevated through May 2026.

Many companies have said AI was one of the main reasons for layoffs. Meta, Oracle, Microsoft and other big tech companies have laid off tens of thousands of employees, while simultaneously investing billions in AI data centers.

Ramp’s findings that heavy AI adoption can lead to increased hiring suggests that some of the companies announcing large layoffs may be guilty of blaming regular cost cutting on AI, a practice dubbed “AI washing.”

“When you hear CEOs talk about layoffs and they attribute it to AI, I would be skeptical,” Kharazian said.

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AI stocks drag markets lower worldwide

NEW YORK — The roller-coaster ride for AI stocks snapped back down on Tuesday and dragged Wall Street lower.

The S&P 500 fell 0.4% even though the majority of stocks within the index rose. The drops for stocks in the artificial intelligence industry dragged the Nasdaq composite down 1.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 130 points, or 0.2%, from its record.

The weakness began in Asia, where Samsung Electronics tumbled 6.9% in Seoul. The tech giant gave a preliminary look at its performance for the second quarter, and the numbers were strong. Samsung Electronics said it expects to report its operating profit surged roughly 1,800% from a year earlier.

Analysts called the numbers sur-

prisingly good, but they still weren’t enough for investors after Samsung Electronics’ stock had come into the day having more than doubled in the year so far.

On Wall Street, AI stocks have been under similar pressure in recent weeks on worries that their prices shot too high and that AI may not produce enough productivity and profits to make all the investments in chips and data centers worth it.

Drops of 6.5% for Advanced Micro Devices, 9.7% for Intel and 4.7% for Micron Technology were the heaviest weights on the market.

Outside of tech, Vertex Pharmaceuticals slipped 1.4% after saying it agreed to buy Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $85 per share in cash.

Crinetics, which develops therapeutics for endocrine diseases, soared 98.7%.

Brent crude, the international

standard, rose 3% to settle at $74.16 per barrel.

Higher oil prices put upward pressure on inflation, and Treasury yields climbed in the bond market.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.54% from 4.48% late Monday and from just 3.97% before the war with Iran began.

High yields worldwide have been rattling investors since the war sent oil prices bursting above $100 per barrel in March. The worry is that high inflation may force the Federal Reserve and other central banks to hike interest rates. Higher rates can keep a lid on inflation, but they also slow the economy and hurt prices for all kinds of investments.

bols has cropped up after a court ordered a local tea chain to pay French luxury brand Louis Vuitton $1.5 million over trademark infringement claims.

Chinese state media and online commentators are questioning if the four-petal flower design in the fashion house’s 130-year-old signature monogram is derived from patterns dating back to ancient China.

Some are accusing the company of “monopolizing” traditional Chinese patterns.

A court in the eastern city of Suzhou recently ruled that the logo of Molly Tea, whose signature drinks are based on jasmine and other floral-based teas, infringed on Louis Vuitton’s trademark monogram. It ordered the tea company to pay $1.5 million to the French company, according to local media reports that HONG KONG — A debate over own- carried copies or details of what ership of traditional Chinese sym- they said was the ruling.

Louis Vuitton win stirs debate over copyrights

Microsoft replaces OpenAI, Anthropic in some apps

Microsoft Corp., looking to reduce AI costs, is starting to replace OpenAI and Anthropic with its own models in software products like Excel and Outlook.

Tens of thousands of AI prompts in the widely used spreadsheet and email applications are now being completed each week with Microsoft’s internally built MAI models, according to a person familiar with the work. Previously, Excel and Outlook relied more heavily on models from OpenAI and Anthropic, said the person, who was granted anonymity to discuss an internal matter.

The scale of MAI model usage in Microsoft’s workplace products hasn’t been previously reported. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment.

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Authorities: Monaco Reform UK’s leader to quit Farage says he’ll bombing suspect seek reelection amid found dead in Ukraine donation allegations Woman accused of trying to kill business tycoon

BY SAMYA KULLAB and VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — The woman suspected of trying to kill a Ukrainian business tycoon in a bombing attack in Monaco last week was found dead in Ukraine with gunshot wounds to the head, Ukraine’s Security Service said on Tuesday.

A Ukrainian military intelligence officer confessed to killing the bombing suspect, Anastasiia Berezovska, with the help of a for- Berezovska mer law enforcement officer, said the security service, known as the SBU. The military intelligence officer said he acted on his own and without the knowledge of his superiors, the SBU said.

Both men were detained on suspicion of murdering Berezovska, a Ukrainian national whose last known residence was in Germany, according to authorities. They also “may have been involved in planning” last week’s bombing, Monaco prosecutor Stéphane Thibault said late Tuesday.

The bombing attack at an apartment building entrance in Monaco reportedly injured Vadym Yermolaiev, a tycoon with links to Russia.

A woman and a child who were with him were also injured, and the Monaco prosecutor said last week that one of the victims was in a lifethreatening condition.

The attack shocked Monaco, a coastal playground for the rich and famous known for its tax-friendly incentives, royal family and Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Authorities have not disclosed possible motives for the bombing attack, or the killing of Berezovska. Based on the sophistication of

the remote-controlled explosive device that was used, investigators in Monaco said last week that they believed multiple people were involved in the attack.

In Kyiv, the mysterious events have raised concerns among some lawmakers about how Ukraine’s Western allies are reacting to a possible assassination attempt in Monaco that is now linked to at least one member of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.

“I hope it will not have a serious impact. But our allies deserve an explanation,” said Oleksandr Merezhko, a lawmaker from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party.

Ukraine is believed to have carried out attacks and targeted killings of Russian figures in the course of the war, although those attacks have largely been confined to Ukrainian or Russian territory.

One possibility is that the bombing in Monaco and Berezovska’s killing are connected to the Yermolaiev family’s business dealings, said political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko, who believes it’s too soon to implicate the Ukrainian state.

Fesenko noted that at the end of April, Yermolaiev’s son, Artur, had settled charges brought against him in Estonia related to an alleged phone scam that took in more than $114 million from citizens in multiple European countries between 2019 and 2022, according to local media reports. As part of the deal, the younger Yermolaiev paid an 8.5 million euro fine.

Monaco’s head of state, Prince Albert II, described last week’s bombing as “an odious act.” The 39-yearold Berezovska was identified as the main suspect by Interpol, which issued a so-called Red Notice seeking her arrest on charges of attempted murder and criminal conspiracy. The notice said Berezovska has a tattoo, possibly of a snake, on her right arm.

Yermolaiev built his fortune through the Alef Group, a diversified business that includes commercial real estate, manufacturing and agriculture.

BY JILL LAWLESS Associated Press

LONDON — Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announced Tuesday that he will quit his seat in Parliament and seek reelection in an effort to clear his name over financial allegations linked to millions of dollars’ worth of donations.

The unexpected resignation is an effort by the anti-immigration politician to preempt a standards investigation that could have seen him ejected as a lawmaker, and to present himself as the victim of a witch hunt by the media and his political foes.

“I have done nothing wrong. I have not broken the law in any way at all. I have not misused public money,” Farage, a promi-

nent ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said in a statement broadcast by his party.

Media outlets were not allowed to attend the broadcast and he did not take questions.

Farage faces a parliamentary standards investigation about undeclared and potentially rule-breaking dona- Farage tions, including a $6.7 million gift he received from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire. A finding of wrongdoing could lead to Farage being suspended or expelled from Parliament. But he has made the first move by triggering an election for his seaside seat of Clacton in eastern England.

“The people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions,” Farage said. “This will be a people versus the establishment byelection.”

And, he said: “I will fight to

win.”

Farage won Clacton comfortably in the 2024 election, taking 46.2% of the vote, and stands a strong chance of winning reelection — not least because he may run largely unopposed. The governing Labour Party and opposition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats all said they would not put forward candidates.

Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Farage’s announcement “a desperate stunt” from a man “up to his neck in sleaze.” Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said her party “will not be standing a candidate in the fake by-election that Farage is causing to distract people from what is happening.”

Reform UK said it was willing to pay for the special election, which may deflect claims it is wasting taxpayers’ money.

Colombia’s president-elect suspends transition Says outgoing leader planned coup

BY ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella on Tuesday suspended the transition process with President Gustavo Petro and accused him of planning a coup to stay in power, after the incumbent leader refused to Petro recognize results of the country’s election.

Petro said Monday that he refused to recognize de la Espriella’s victory in the June 21 presidential runoff election over the Petro coalition’s candidate Sen. Iván Cepeda, alleging fraud without providing evidence.

The conservative, Trump-endorsed de la Espriella said in a video posted Tuesday on social media that Petro and Cepeda had

launched a plan to “cling to power at all costs” through “a coup d’état” by refusing to recognize his victory.

He did not provide evidence to support the allegation, and Petro did not immediately respond to it.

“As president-elect, I call on Colombia’s armed forces to honor their oath to protect the Constitution and democracy and to disobey any orders from Petro to the contrary,” de la Espriella said.

He also called on the international community to monitor the transfer of power and urged his supporters to “resist” until his inauguration on Aug. 7.

The presidential transition, known in Colombia as “empalme,” in which the outgoing administration provides the president-elect with the information to prepare for governing, has been marked by mutual accusations between political rivals Petro and de la Espriella.

Germán Ávila, Colombia’s finance minister and the Petro administration’s transition coordinator, ordered his team to suspend the handover process in response to de la Espriella’s suspension. In

a televised address, he criticized statements by members of de la Espriella’s transition team, and said that the president’s team had “nothing to hide.”

De la Espriella, a lawyer and businessman whose ventures include a clothing line, alcoholic drinks and a restaurant, earned U.S. President Donald Trump’s endorsement despite never having run for office. He was declared the winner of Colombia’s June 21 runoff election, in which he defeated progressive lawmaker Cepeda by 1 percentage point, or more than 251,000 votes.

The result was effectively an indictment of Petro’s government, whose policies Cepeda had promised to continue, including a largely failed effort to establish dialogue with multiple armed groups.

After the runoff election, a European Union observer mission praised the transparency and efficiency of the vote-counting process.

The Carter Center said the results management system was “reliable, transparent and fully traceable.”

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N.O. students make big LEAP gains System among top improvers for 3rd year

BY PATRICK WALL Staff writer

New Orleans students vaulted past their peers on this year’s LEAP tests, making the city school system one of the most improved in Louisiana and the state’s top-growing large district.

Across all tested subjects and grades, New Orleans public school students grew 3 percentage points, according to results from the spring tests released Monday. The year-over-year gains landed New Orleans on the state’s list of mostimproved school systems and

pushed it past comparable districts, including East Baton Rouge Parish, which grew 2 points, and Jefferson Parish, whose scores were flat.

New Orleans is the only school system to make the top-improving list three years in a row. With more than 43,000 students who attend mostly independently run charter schools, NOLA Public Schools was also the largest school system on the list.

The latest test scores continue a five-year streak for New Orleans, where students have made dramatic gains since the COVID-19 pandemic upended learning and

caused test scores to crater nationwide. Since 2021, NOLA Public Schools’ combined LEAP scores have shot up by 12 percentage points — the second-largest increase of any school district over that five-year period and twice the statewide growth rate.

New Orleans’ gains have helped fuel Louisiana’s dramatic academic rise in recent years, earning national recognition as the only state where students have surpassed pre-pandemic achievement levels in math and reading.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Students jump off the bus for the first day of school for NOLA Public Schools in 2023. Since 2021, the district’s combined LEAP scores have ä See LEAP, page 2B shot up by 12 percentage points.

SWEET TREATS

STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE

Palmer Lott, 6, right, laughs after dropping her ice cream on her shirt Tuesday while sharing an afternoon treat with her sister, Perry, 3, at Sal’s Sno-Balls in Metairie.

Woman crashes, opens fire Audit: N.O. budget Police: Landry blasts case, says bail too low deficit decreases City dinged for firefighter pension system funding

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

As the Moreno administration works to reshape New Orleans’ financial outlook, a new state audit offers deeper insight into the city’s multimillion-dollar budget hole, while calling out longstanding concerns around the city’s firefighter pension system.

New Orleans ended 2025 with $67 million in its general fund budget — $130 million less than it started with earlier last year, according to the annual audit released June 30.

When New Orleans’ budget crisis began to take shape last fall, city officials called in state Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack to review the city’s books. Then, he

pinned the city’s deficit at $160 million, saying that it had $768 million in general fund revenues but was expecting to spend $928 million.

Auditors with the Metairie-based Carr, Riggs and Ingram LLC instead found that the city had a $130 million deficit, meaning Waguespack expenditures exceeded spending by that amount last year.

“That’s a good surprise,” Waguespack said Tuesday. “Those things are really difficult to project because you don’t know what accruals are out there in a city that size.”

City leaders are required to submit an annual independent audit of the city’s finances to Waguespack’s office, per state law.

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was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated criminal damage to property, simple damage to propBY OLIVIA TEES erty and illegal use of a weapon.

Staff writer Baton Rouge police said the A woman was arrested after shooting happened Sunday afterpolice said she crashed her car on noon on 647 North Interstate 110, Interstate 110, exited the vehicle, near Harding Boulevard, when began shooting at cars and hit one Habib crashed a black Nissan Alperson. tima on the shoulder and blocked Leila Habib, 63, of New Orleans, one lane of traffic. The car was

reportedly carjacked in New Orleans prior to the crash, police said.

According to Habib’s arrest warrant, she exited the car and ran in between lanes of traffic using a Smith & Wesson handgun to prevent cars from driving past.

Habib blocked a gray Silverado pickup from passing and shot her gun in the air once, police said.

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Ousted attorney slated to accept plea deal Lawyer accused of swindling family out of $250,000

BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

New Orleans criminal defense attorney Tanzanika Ruffin is slated to plead guilty next month in her federal wire fraud case, ac-

cording to a notice filed Thursday in federal court.

Ruffin, 48, is scheduled to change her plea on Aug. 27 over a felony fraud charge. She is accused of lying to the parents of a former client, Kai Hansen, allegedly convincing them to send her more than $250,000 in Venmo and wire transfers.

Ruffin declined to comment.

Her attorney, Kerry Cuccia, declined to provide details of a

plea agreement when reached by email Tuesday, saying “it would be inappropriate for me to answer your question at this time.”

According to the March 13 indictment, Ruffin claimed she needed the money to resolve Hansen’s case. Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans called it a scheme to milk the family for money.

ä See PLEA, page 3B

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Fla. teen sentenced in ‘swatting’ calls Bomb threats called in for 2 Jefferson schools

Staff report An 18-year-old from Florida was sentenced after he admitted to calling in false bomb threats to two Jefferson Parish schools and targeting a Metairie teen’s residence with multiple prank “swatting” calls, according to court records.

Jayden Bullard, of Leesburg, Florida, pleaded guilty July 1 to one count of terrorizing, two counts of communicating bomb

threats and four counts of falsely communicating threats to cause an emergency response, according to Jefferson Parish court records.

Bullard entered the plea via Zoom from the Palm Beach County jail in Palm Beach, Florida, where he is being held on similar charges.

Judge Lee Faulkner, of the 24th Judicial District Court, sentenced Bullard to five years in prison, but suspended four years.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives identified Bullard as a suspect in a series of “swatting” calls between October and December 2024 that sent law enforcement to the apartment of then-17-year-old Angel Bonilla.

Swatting is calling 911 to make false reports about violence that would prompt a large law enforcement response, such as a SWAT team deployment, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Detectives determined that

Bonilla had been calling in fake threats to schools in other states, including New York and Colorado.

In addition to targeting Bonilla’s apartment, investigators discovered that Bullard had also called in fake bomb threats to Lutheran High School and Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies, both in Metairie, on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3, 2024, respectively.

Bullard and Bonilla had never met in person but knew one another through an online gaming chat room, according to authorities.

The two and others in the chat

group are believed to have discussed how to call in fake threats and other swatting activities.

Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Bonilla, who pleaded guilty Sept. 11, 2025, to three counts of terrorizing and obstruction of justice, according to court records.

He was sentenced to five years in prison with three years suspended and five years of active probation after his release.

In Florida, Bullard is accused of calling in threats to at least four schools in Boca Raton and Miami, according to a report by WPTV, a West Palm Beach station.

CRASH

Continued from page 1B As the driver of the truck attempted to get away, he hit Habib, who fell on the front of the car. Habib then shot the windshield of the truck, grazing the driver’s head, according to the arrest warrant.

The driver crashed into the rear of Habib’s car and stopped in the center lane, police said.

Habib then attacked another victim’s Silverado pickup truck after he told her he would call the police. Police said Habib started banging on the passenger door of the truck before jumping into the bed of the truck and shooting her gun in the air.

Police said the driver headed to a nearby church to get to a safe place while Habib continued shooting her gun and damaged his rearview mirror.

Police arrested Habib at the church at 11:10 p.m. and confiscated the gun.

Landry weighs in

STAFF FILE PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER

St. Tammany Parish schools Superintendent Frank Jabbia introduces himself to fourth grade students in August during the first day of the 2026 school year at Gayle Sloan Middle School in Mandeville.

LEAP

Continued from page 1B New Orleans schools “have continued to churn out growth,” state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told school system leaders Monday, according to a NOLA Public Schools news release. “And you are helping us push this entire state forward. So, thank you, Orleans.”

New Orleans pulled past the state’s other two largest school systems on the 2026 LEAP tests.

Combining all tested subjects, 31% of New Orleans students in grades 3-12 hit the state’s score target of “mastery” or above, indicating they are ready for the next grade level. In Jefferson Parish and East Baton Rouge, 30% of students met that mark.

New Orleans ranked 36 out of all 70 school systems based on its grades 3-12 LEAP scores this year — 19 spots higher than its 2021

ranking.

Out of the 44 school districts where the percentage of economically disadvantaged students is higher than the statewide rate of 70%, New Orleans came in 12th place this year — above the Jefferson, East Baton Rouge and Caddo Parish systems.

“The city is improving faster than the state overall, gaining ground compared to peer districts, and seeing growth across every major student group,” said officials with New Schools for New Orleans, a nonprofit that researches and supports the city’s charter schools, in an analysis of school scores.

In grades three through eight, New Orleans improved 2 percentage points in English and 2 points in math, compared with the share of students achieving “mastery” or above in 2025. By contrast, Louisiana students statewide grew just 1 percentage point in math and English scores were flat.

Still, the city trails the statewide achievement rate in both subjects.

In English, 39% of New Orleans students in grades three through eight scored at the mastery level or above, 4 points below the statewide rate. In math, 26% of students hit the target, 8 points below the statewide rate.

“We are encouraged by this momentum,” NOLA Public Schools Superintendent Fateama Fulmore said in a statement, “yet remain focused on the important work ahead to accelerate student learning, especially in math, so that every child receives the high-quality education they deserve.”

Suburban parishes St. Tammany Parish students grew 2 percentage points, with 46% of students in grades three through 12 achieving mastery or higher across all subjects. The school system, which enrolls nearly 36,000 students, was one of the top performing in the state.

“We have a lot of kids,” Superintendent Frank Jabbia said. “That’s a lot of improvement.”

Students in grades three through eight improved in math, science and social studies but dropped 1 percentage point in English. High schoolers grew 3 percentage points across all subjects, which Jabbia attributed to greater focus on core classes.

Students learning English also improved slightly.

Despite the modest growth, Jabbia said he would like to see more English improvement in grades four through six.

Nearby Jefferson Parish was one of only seven districts statewide where combined LEAP scores did not grow or fall. Its mastery or above rate for grades three through 12 held steady at 30%.

For students in grades three through eight, math and social studies each went up 1 percentage point, but science and English were flat.

“While we recognize there is more work ahead, we are proud of the foundation being built and committed to helping every school continue moving forward,” Superintendent James Gray said in a statement.

In a statement on social media, Gov. Jeff Landry blasted the bail set for Habib as too low.

Commissioner Kina Kimble gave her a bail of $180,000, according to prison officials, $100,000 for attempted second-degree murder and $80,000 for other counts.

Landry contrasted that with the $400,000 bail set last week for Attorney General Liz Murrill over an indictment in New Orleans charging her with intimidating public officials. The state Supreme Court halted that indictment.

“If anyone wants to know why Louisianans have lost faith in the justice system, start there,” Landry wrote on X. “And these are the same people who accuse us of being the problem.”

Landry identified the woman as an “organizer” of an effort to gather petitions for a recall campaign against him and other public officials.

Leaders of the recall campaign, “Louisiana Deserves Better,” could not immediately be reached for comment on whether or how Habib was involved in their organization.

But in a July 2 Facebook post, Marion Gbaiwon, the campaign’s founder, described Habib as a “volunteer” with the group who had left the organization.

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Cajun World War II veteran dies at 100 Rayne man served as ammo carrier, French-speaking liaison

BY JA’KORI MADISON

Staff writer

Prigeon Joseph Fontenot Sr., a Rayne native and World War II veteran, has died at age 100.

Fontenot died Friday at Ochsner Acadia General Hospital in Crowley, according to his family.

Just weeks before his death, Fontenot traveled to Normandy, France, where he joined fellow World War II veterans to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of D-Day and honor the men and women who fought during the historic June 6, 1944, invasion.

The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office shared a tribute following his death, remembering Fontenot as a veteran whose life represented courage and sacrifice.

AUDIT

Continued from page 1B The Metairie firm’s audit found that while the city generated $20 million more last year in sales tax revenue, the deficit was largely related to increased spending on overtime pay and sanitation contracts.

It also found that the city saw an $8.5 million reduction in traffic and red light camera enforcement fines, and that interest from the general fund came in at $12.6 million lower than the previous year.

City officials have since rolled out a number of fixes to balance the 2026 budget and reduce unnecessary spending, including $150 million in cuts and furloughs for 14% of the city’s workforce and clawbacks on travel and overtime spending.

To better address rising sanitation costs, the Moreno administration is considering raising the $24 monthly sanitation fee for households. The current fee only covers a fraction of what it costs the city to provide

PLEA

Continued from page 1B Ruffin pleaded not guilty at her April 10 arraignment. Her change of plea is scheduled before U.S. District Judge Anna St. John, a nominee of President Donald Trump who was confirmed to the federal bench in March.

A spokesperson for U.S. Attorney David Courcelle’s office said Ruffin’s plea agreement will become public at next month’s hearing. Ruffin’s trial was scheduled to start Oct. 5.

Ruffin is a former Orleans Parish prosecutor who has practiced law in Louisiana since 2004. The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended

“Mr. Prigeon Fontenot, a remarkable 100-year-old veteran,” the Sheriff’s Office said. “Just weeks ago, we had the profound honor of escorting him to Lafayette Regional Airport as he prepared to return to Normandy, France, for the 82nd anniversary of D-Day — a powerful reminder of his courage and sacrifice.”

Fontenot was drafted into the U.S. Army at age 18 and served from July 1944 until April 28, 1946, during the final years of World War II. He was assigned to the 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion of the 9th Armored Division, known as the “Phantom Division,” according to his obituary. Fontenot landed in France in January 1945 and served as an ammunition carrier, moving with a nine-man crew aboard a half-track as Allied forces advanced through Belgium and into Germany.

But Fontenot’s service was also significant because of the language he brought with him from Louisiana.

A native Cajun French speaker, Fontenot became one of the Louisi-

ana soldiers known as “Frenchies,” who are men with the ability to speak French, making them valuable interpreters and liaisons during the Allied campaign through Europe.

In a previous interview with The Advocate, Fontenot said his wartime experience brought a renewed sense of pride in his Cajun heritage and identity.

Fontenot remained active in the veteran community as a member of American Legion Post 77, VFW Post 9822 and St. Joseph Elderberry’s.

The Lafayette-area VFW Post 9822 remembered Fontenot as a beloved member and a source of inspiration.

“Mr. Prigeon was still an active member of our post and always a positive light wherever he went,” the post shared on Facebook. “It was always a pleasure to sit and talk with him and share in his stories. A true treasure who will be missed.”

Funeral services for Fontenot were held Tuesday with a Mass of Christian Burial at Gossen Funeral Home Chapel in Rayne.

once-per-week, curbside trash and recycling collection, and the city budgeted an additional $24 million from its general fund this year to make up the difference.

Between January and October last year, the city only collected $31.7 million in sanitation fees, while the service cost was $44.7 million, according to a December report Waguespack’s office compiled.

The audit also dinged the city for its pay-as-you-go practice of funding its firefighters pension system.

The city is liable for more than $700 million in benefit payments under its current structure, which could negatively impact future cash flows, according to the audit.

“Additional employer contributions may be required to fund benefit payments and other plan deductions in upcoming years,” the report states.

In response to the underfunded pension system, city officials said they are working to rectify the issue.

“The city of New Orleans will work with the plan’s governing body and current stakeholders to make deci-

sions and take the necessary steps to place the Firefighter’s Pension and Relief Fund on the path to a more sustainable course going forward,” said city Chief Financial Officer Alyssa Rambeau.

Auditors also dinged the city for failing to record revenue and expenses into its general fund ledgers, namely revenue tied to Gulf of Mexico Security Act bonds and spending on workers’ compensation.

City leaders said in response that they have already started directly uploading expenses and revenue into their financial reporting system, among other steps.

Waguespack said the report and the administration’s on-time filing is a step in the right direction after years of failing to submit by the six-month deadline. The last time an annual audit was submitted timely was 2019.

“It also sends a message to the bondholders and other potential vendors or investors that the city is taking care of business,” he said.

her license in March pending the outcome of her criminal case.

Hansen, a 23-year-old Colorado man, hired Ruffin after his arrest last year for assaulting a New Orleans detective outside a Bourbon Street cigar bar. State prosecutors charged him with disturbing the peace, resisting an officer with force, battery upon a police officer, criminal trespass and simple assault.

The indictment against Ruffin claims she strung along Hansen’s parents over months, telling them she needed “restitution” money for the NOPD officer and “settlement” payments to “shield” Hansen from future lawsuits. Ruffin also allegedly told them she’d negotiated a nondisclosure

agreement with the detective and District Attorney’s Office.

Hansen later withdrew a slew of guilty pleas, and Judge Nandi Campbell last month convicted him of a lesser count of battery on a police officer and acquitted him of disturbing the peace and resisting arrest in a bench trial. Campbell issued him a suspended oneyear sentence.

At Ruffin’s arraignment in April, federal prosectors said they received evidence that she’d continued to practice law after her March suspension. Ruffin faced a maximum 20-year prison sentence if convicted of wire fraud.

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Prigeon Fontenot, a Rayne native and soldier during the Great Depression and World War II, died Friday at 100.

Family of teen found dead off Miss. island retains noted lawyer

BY JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press

The family of an 18-yearold who was found dead after a July 4 boat trip to an island off the Gulf Coast has retained civil rights attorney Ben Crump amid an ongoing investigation into the circumstances of his disappearance.

Nolan Xavier Wells’ body was discovered Monday off the coast of Horn Island, Mississippi, where he was last seen with a group of friends Saturday afternoon, officials said.

In a statement released Tuesday, Crump said the family is searching for answers about the events leading up to his death.

“We will not rest until every fact about what hap-

pened to Nolan on Horn Island is brought into the light, and we call on investigators to pursue this case with the urgency and transparency this family deserves,” said Crump, who also was recently retained by the family of a Mississippi 1-year-old who was killed when police fired into a moving car.

Wells traveled by boat with friends to the island Saturday but did not return with them that afternoon, according to Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter.

Wells was reported missing that night by his mother.

A rescue team found his body the following morning, the family said. An autopsy was set to be completed Tuesday.

Ledbetter said Wells’ friends were cooperating with the investigation.

“From the people we’ve talked to, it sounds like he chose to stay on the island with the assumption that he was going to ride back to the mainland with someone else,” Ledbetter told The Associated Press.

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Obituaries Beil, Steven Richard

Steven 'Steve' R. Beil passed away on June 18, 2026, at his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, age 80.

Steve had put up strong battle against Alzheimer's then recently discovered cancer.

He was born on December 7, 1945, to Elizabeth "Jo" Beil and Lawrence "Larry" A. Beil Jr. He graduated from Salina High School in 1964 and was the class president his senior year. He was active in Saline Valley 4-H Club and Cub Scouts. As a youth he enjoyed playing piano and taking dance classes.

He graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in Psychology, and then stayed another two years to receive his master's degree in Social Work, attaining B.C.S.W status while working. He was in the Army Reserves as a medic; therefore, was an army veteran. Steve worked in Kansas City, moved to Omaha, then moved to New Orleans in 1979. He made lifelong friends in each city where he lived.

He worked for Catholic Charities, Touro Hospital and Peoples Health in New Orleans. As one colleague recently said: "Steve was such an angel and touched so many lives in his history of providing psychotherapy.".

Steve was preceded in death by his parents, his grandparents Lawrence F. Beil (Nancy) and James Dunn (Flora), his aunt Marguerite (Dunn) Pipes, his Uncle James Dunn, Jr., his aunt Helen Graves, his aunt Virginia Brookhouser, and his aunt Irene Woolsey, who helped raise him as a child.

Survivors include his life -companion, David J. Peltier of 46 years, his brother Lawrence "Larry" F. Beil, II (Hedy), Overland Park, KS, three nieces: Lindsey S. Wannamaker (J. J.), their children Chloe and James; Lisa A. Erisman (Gary) their children William "Will" and Reece; and Lacy L. Mahlandt (Andy), and their child Olivia, all of Overland Park, KS; his aunt Fayetta Hart; and his cousins JoAnn Weber, Donna Reinbold, Ginny Sue Brookhouser, Judy DunnMichaels, Marvin Pipes, Jeff

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Brookhouser, and Tiffany Reich. Plus, so many friends from across the country who he diligently kept in touch with all his life.

Steve was considered the quiet one who was reliable, had an open ear to all, was gentle, considerate, loved his family, had long time friendships and kept all in touch with each other through letters and emails, but mostly phone calls.

Steve loved his cats, doted on any feline he saw, raised countless pets, and cared for the feral cats around his home in New Orleans. Music and old movies were his other passion. He would work for hours on creating musical playlists for himself and others. When technology advanced, he took hold and used it until one day everything crashed, and he lost all the recordings he had worked so diligently to create. He had a huge collection of vinyl records that he started collecting at the age of six, and he also collected Disney and other cartoon characters, especially a Snow-White Collection.

Steve, along with his partner David, enjoyed collecting older items, especially their vintage Fiesta Ware dishes that always impressed anyone who visited their home. He also had a love of Roseville "Silhouette" pottery, and Van Briggle pottery, all displayed in their home. He was an avid gardener and mower and enjoyed the flowers and extensive gardens maintained at their historic home in Bywater, New Orleans, where they resided from 1984 until his death. He had a special attraction to orchids and African Violets.

There will be a Celebration of Life for family and friends at his home on Saturday, June 11, 2026, from 5:00-7:00. Cool, comfortable attire suggested.

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Birdsall; Chelsey B. Casteix (Hugh Casteix, III "Trip"); Abigail B. Moroux (Dr. Damon M. Moroux, Jr.) and 2 Great Grandchildren Rhodes H. Moroux and Hugh Casteix, IV. Yvonne is also survived by her sister, Beverly Monteleone (Edwin Monteleone, Sr. and Edwin Montelone, Jr., predeceased) and her children, Darlene McKnight, Stephen Montelone (Kristian) and Michael Montelone (Victoria) and many other family and friends too numerous to name.

Yvonne was a life long resident of the New Orleans area graduating from Redemptorist High School in 1954. She was married to the late Benjamin J. Birdsall, Jr. from 1958 through 1976, dedicating her life to raising her 4 sons. While raising her sons, Yvonne always made her home and home cooked meals available and welcome to many of her sons friends, earning her the affectionate nickname of "Momma B".

After Hurricane Katrina destroyed her family home on Pratt Dr. in New Orleans, she moved to Metairie where she resided for the remainder of her life. Yvonne will be fondly remembered in the hearts of many.

Visitation and Celebration of Yvonne's life will be held at Saint Angela Merici Catholic Church, located at 835 Melody Dr., Metairie, La. on Friday, July 10, 2026 with visitation from 11:00 to 12:30 p.m., Eulogy / Words of Remembrance from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., Church service at 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. with repass to follow.

Champagne, Lawrence John

Birdsall, Yvonne Meloncon

It is with deepest regrets and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Yvonne Meloncon Birdsall. She has left this earth to spend eternal life with our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ and the family and friends who have passed before her.

Yvonne was born in New Orleans, La. on October 5, 1935 and passed away at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, La. on June 5, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

She is survived by her four sons and their spouses and families: Benjamin J. Birdsall, III (Terry); Brian G. Birdsall (Karen); Barry A. Birdsall (LaDonna Albert) and Brett E. Birdsall (Fiance', Leann Giardina and family).

Yvonne was blessed with 4 grandchildren: Benjamin J. Birdsall, IV (Kayla); Arianna M.A.

Lawrence John Champagne of Covington, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on June 26, 2026, at the age of 78. Larry was born December 1, 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Joseph "Mickey" Champagne Jr. and Audrey Carey Champagne.

He is preceded in death by his parents as well as three siblings, Michael Joseph Champagne, Jon Shepherd Champagne, and Audrey Michon Champagne.

Larry married Vivian Johnette Garnett Champagne in 1969 and settled in Covington, where he remained a resident throughout his life. In addition to his loving wife, Larry is survived by his children Lise Champagne Morrow (Will) and Jeremy Champagne (Dawn), and grandchildren John and Vivian Morrow and Jacob Champagne, and brother, Joel Champagne (Jill), as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

He attended St. Paul's School in Covington (Class of 1965) and earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University in 1970. Larry went on to a broad career that included time in the

family business selling Budweiser, banking at American Bank and Trust, and a Real Estate Executive and Investor at Keller Williams Realty.

Larry was both a serious accounting/finance mind and a true people person known for friendly and close relationships across any organization where he worked.

Larry loved to enjoy life with family and friends. He was a true gentleman who lifted others with kindness.

He had a great joy for life, and he was passionate about football and baseball (particularly LSU), fishing, entertaining, wine, and enjoying all of these things with family and friends.

His favorite pastime was hosting and serving as the bartender for all who came by, and he was known for having a warm smile that could light up a room. But Larry's biggest passion was his family, whom he loved and cherished deeply.

Larry's health declined significantly in recent years, and his family echoes his gratitude to all of his friends and relations who visited and brought joy and comfort to Larry.

The caregivers at Avanti Senior Living in Covington showed incredible compassion, brought so much dignity during his final days, and will be remembered and appreciated by his loved ones for their efforts.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 West 21st Avenue, Covington, Louisiana, on July 11, 2026, at 2:00 PM, with visitation from 12:00pm-2:00pm. Interment to follow in the adjacent Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.

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

Crowden, Ursula H.

Ursula Hebrard Crowden, affectionately referred to as "Weezie", was born in New Orleans, La. on the 21st day of March 1937, to Stella and Lester Hebrard, Sr. She was baptized and confirmed at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in New Orleans, La. Ursula attended Holy Redeemer Catholic School where she learned about Christ at an early age and became a faithful Christian. She was a recipient of the prestigious St. Louis IX medallion for contributing her time, work and faith to the church and was subsequently honored by the Archdiocese of New Orleans at St. Louis Cathedral Catholic Church.

She married her childhood sweetheart, Walter Arthur Crowden, Jr. on April 27, 1954. Ursula was a wonderful and devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, great aunt, mother in law and friend.

She leaves to cherish her memory her seven children, Carliss Dumas (William), Elaine Ellis, Patricia Simmons (Richard), David Crowden (Donna) Gilbert Crowden (Donna), Lisa Hickman (Robert), Bernard Crowden, Sr., (Nicole) her fifteen (15) grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

Her brothers, Warren Juluke, Jr. (Sheila), Leonard Juluke, Raymond Hebrard, Sr. (Jessie) sisters, Lois Sanders, JoAnn Juluke, Cynthia Keith and her God child, Dianne Williams. She had many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents Stella Pierre Juluke, her father, Lester Hebrard, Sr., husband, Walter Arthur Crowden, Jr., brother, Lester Hebrard, Jr., stepfather, Warren Juluke, Sr., sisters, Cleo McKennie and Thelma Hebrard, Mother in law, Octavia Crowden, father in law Walter A. Crowden, Sr., sisters Elva Spencer, Gertrude Caliste, Theodora Jeanjacques and Emelda Evans.

Family and friends are invited to celebrate Ursula's life and Homegoing on Friday, July 10, 2026. Visitation will begin at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 2022 St. Bernard Avenue, New Orleans, La. 70116 at 8:00 a. m. Rosary will begin at 9:15 a.m. followed by tributes and a Christian Burial Mass at 10:00 a.m. Fr. Paschal Onyemelusi officiating. Interment: St. Roch Cemetery, Arrangements entrusted to D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70125. Please visit www.rhodesfunera.com to sign the online guestbook.

Kinabrew III, John Monroe

John Monroe Kinabrew III, known to most as John and to fish everywhere as a persistent adversary, passed away on June 24, 2026 at the age of 79.

John was a New Orleans original - a graduate of Isidore Newman School (Class of '64) and Williams College (Class of '68) - who spent his career in the industrial supply business and his retirement doing what he arguably did best: showing up for other people.

Through volunteer work at City Park, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR), and Hotel Hope, he gave his time generously and without fanfare. He was a devoted member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in New Orleans and St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Decatur, Georgia, both of which had the good sense to keep him busy.

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John was the son of the late June Coney Kinabrew and J.M. (Jack) Kinabrew, Jr. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 28 years, Carolyn Wood Kinabrew - a woman of deep and abiding faith who set a standard he spent the rest of his life trying to honor.

He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Catherine Dyer Kinabrew; his sons John Kinabrew IV (Amy) and Christopher Kinabrew (Jackie); his daughter Suzi Kukucka (Wayne); his step -daughters Helen Bouzon (Shaun) and Catherine Bouzon Martinez (Eric); and his grandchildren Maggie, Jonas, Kira, Lulu, Elle, Justin, and Miles - seven very good reasons he kept showing up.

A celebration of John's life will take place on Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 2:00 pm at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home.

Visitation will precede the service from 12-2pm. In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes donations to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Hotel Hope, or Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church - three organizations that meant a great deal to John and will carry his spirit forward.

Kuhlmann, Paula Lindsley 'Scottie'

Paula "Scottie" Lindsley Kuhlmann, 78, of Slidell, Louisiana, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Slidell. Born May 13, 1948, in Alexandria, Louisiana, Scottie lived a life marked by love for her family, a deep dedication to education, and a personality that was as memorable as it was beloved. Fun, direct, outgoing, and unmistakably Southern, Scottie was a take-charge woman whose strength, warmth, and presence left a lasting impression on everyone who knew her.

Scottie dedicated her life to education and to the students, teachers, and families of St. Tammany Parish. Over the course of a distinguished career spanning more than four decades with the St. Tammany Parish public schools, she served in numerous roles, including teacher at Bonne E'cole Elementary School., Assistant Principal, Principal, Curriculum Specialist and Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction.

She was deeply committed to student success and to supporting educators, and her work left a lasting mark on the schools and communities she served. Her dedication, leadership, and service earned her countless awards and the respect and admiration of colleagues, students, and families alike.

Her educational journey began at Northwestern State University before transferring to Louisiana State University, where she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Education in 1971 and Master of Education with a focus on curriculum and instruction, as well as supervision and administration, in 1973. That foundation led to a remarkable career marked by leadership, service, and an unwavering belief in the power of education.

Outside of her professional life, Scottie found joy in the simple things that made a house a home and a life well-lived. She loved crafting, making bows, spending time in her yard, tending to her plants, reading, and, above all, being with her family and grandchildren.

Whether she was working in her yard, creating something beautiful with her hands, or offering her unmistakable honest advice, Scottie did everything with heart, determination, and love.

Scottie was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence Lindsley, Dr. LeRoi Eversull, who raised her from a young age and was the Daddy she dearly loved, and Audrey Pauline "Polly" Scott Lindsley Eversull.

She is survived by her beloved husband of 58 years, Kenneth Kuhlmann; her daughter, Kelli Kuhlmann-Spaulding

daughter, Kuhlmann-Spaulding (Michael); her cherished grandchildren, Madeline Cardwell, Noah Spaulding, Kira Spaulding-Corley (Matthew), Aidan Spaulding, and Braxton Spaulding; her dear nieces, Angela Champion (Chris) and Cammie Thompson (Bob) and her siblings, Dana Champion, Trenton Eversull, and Van Eversull, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She will be remembered for her strength, her spirited nature, her generous heart, and the fierce love she had for her family. Her legacy lives not only in the family who adored her, but also in the generations of students and educators whose lives were made better because of her dedication and leadership.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 9, 2026, from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd West, Slidell, Louisiana 70460, with funeral services beginning at 2:00pm.

Pall bearers will be Michael Spaulding, Stewart Jones, Scott Stucky, Aidan Spaulding, Gavin Trueblood, and Braxton Spaulding. Honorary pall bearers will be Matthew Corley, Cade Fletcher, Zak Kuhlmann, Jim Kuhlmann, and Paul Sibley.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Shriners Children's Hospital in honor of Scottie Kuhlmann. https://donate.shrinerschil drens.org/fundraiser/7380 355 Please sign the guestbook at www.honakerfores tlawn.com. A visitation will be held from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM on 2026-07-09 at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd West.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on 2026-0709 at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd West.

LeNoir, Elizabeth Ann

Born on October 26, 1954, in Baumholder, Germany, Elizabeth Ann LeNoir was the cherished daughter of Dr. James Lawrence LeNoir III and Charlotte Perkins LeNoir.

She grew up in Metairie, Louisiana, where she attended St. Martin's Episcopal School.

Following graduation, she pursued her education at the University of Florida, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Medicine.

She went on to forge a long and highly successful career in Human Resources with Martin Marietta.

Beyond her professional life, she was known for her beautiful singing voice.

She considered her time singing with the Bass Hits at the First Baptist Church of New Orleans to be both a profound honor and a distinct privilege.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her loving parents and her favorite brother, James Lawrence LeNoir IV (Jimmy).

Her memory will be kept alive by her surviving family, including her favorite sister, Jamie LeNoir Bridger (John Henry); her niece, Lauren Ashley LeNoir; her nephew, Wesley Philip LeNoir; her uncle, Ray B. Perkins; and her cousins, Matt, Barbara, Mindy, Tracy, Beverly, Taylor (Travis), Jack (Ali), and Carey Perkins.

A graveside service will be held at Amite Memorial Gardens on Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 11:00AM.

Maderson, Barbara Jo Fisk 'Barbie'

Barbara "Barbie" Jo Fisk Maderson went home to Jesus peacefully on July 6, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Newton M. Fisk, Sr., and Vivian Knaps Fisk.

Born on August 26, 1936, in Jackson, Mississippi, she lived in the greater New Orleans area since toddlerhood. She is survived by her devoted husband of nearly 70 years, Terence

nearly years, Maderson, her daughters, Julie Hinchliffe (Gerry), Terri Ann Collins (Mel), her grandsons Kyle Mickles (Angela), Andrew Mickles (Sidney), Joshua Mickles (Tracy), Jack Collins, and Ross Collins (Emily). They are survived by 8 grandchildren, Rhett, Cecily, and Reid Mickles, Kaylee and Molly Mickles, and Eleanor, Luke and William Collins.

She is also survived by her sisters, Jill Peyton, Jacqueline Webre, and Vivian Johnson, as well as 16 nieces and nephews, numerous cousins and godchildren, and countless dear friends. She was predeceased by her brother Newton M. Fisk, Jr., his wife, Drucy Fisk, her nephew Thomas Peyton, Jr., and her brothers-in-law Thomas Peyton, Sr., and Ronald Johnson.

Barbie was a graduate of Sacred Heart of Jesus High School and met the love of her life, Terry, when she was just 15 years old.

Four years later, they were married on September 3, 1956, beginning a lifetime filled with love and laughter that endured for 7 decades.

Barbie dedicated her life to her husband, family and her faith. She led her large, close and extended family with kindness and generosity grounded in her strong Catholic values. She was an ardent prayer warrior for any and all prayer intentions given to her and joyfully praised her Lord and Savior when those prayers were answered.

Barbie and Terry were active members of Our Lady of Divine Providence Church in Metairie, helping to raise funds and build the church complex in the 1960s. In 1975, they moved to Kenner, where they later joined St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, which eventually became Divine Mercy Catholic Church. Barbie was a committed member of the Divine Mercy parish community, founded the Rosary group, edited the church bulletin, enjoyed her weekly adoration and was very close to clergy serving and enjoying delicious meals with them. She was also involved in the Chateau Estates Garden Club for many years and enjoyed painting at the Jefferson Parish Recreational Department.

The family extends their profound gratitude to her many caregivers, especially Dr. Robert Greer, the CCU staff at EJ, Visiting Angels and Notre Dame Hospice, for their kind, loving, and dedicated care.

Services will be held at Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 4337 Sal Lentini Pkwy., Kenner, LA 70065, July 10, 2026.

Visitation will begin at 10:00 am until the Funeral Mass which will be celebrated by Father Austin Barr beginning at noon. A private burial will take place at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, Masses are preferred at Divine Mercy Catholic Church.

Fond memories and words of condolences may be shared at www.leitzeag anfuneralhome.com.

Ourso, Pauline G.

Pauline Guglielmino Ourso passed away peacefully at her home on June 30, 2026, surrounded by the love of her family. She was born February 22,1935.

Pauline was the beloved wife of the late Alton J. Ourso, with whom she shared 60 wonderful years of marriage.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Angelle (Anne) and Giovanni (Johnny) Guglielmino; sister, Gloria Guglielmino Byrnes; and brothers, Camile and Carmele Guglielmino.

Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Pauline was a longtime resident of Harahan, Louisiana, where she built a life centered on faith, family, and creativity.

Pauline loved to dance and was a gifted and prolific portrait artist whose work captured the beauty and spirit of those around her. She was also an accomplished dress designer with a remarkable eye for elegance and detail.

Above all, Pauline was devoted to her family. She leaves behind her loving

family. leaves behind her loving sons, Don A. Ourso (Kathy) and Danny J. Ourso; her cherished grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family members, and dear friends who will miss her deeply.

Family and friends are invited to gather at the Garden of Memories Funeral Home & Cemetery, 4900 Airline Drive Metairie, LA 70001 on Thursday, July 9, 2026. Visitation will begin at 1:00 pm with a Mass starting at 2:00 pm followed by inurnment. To order flowers or offer condolences, please visit www.gardenofmemoriesm etairie.com .

Owens, Curtis Ovey

Curtis Ovey Owens, III entered eternal rest on Monday, July 6, 2026, at the age of 73. Beloved and loving husband of Kim Blanchard Owens for 43 years.

Son of the late Curtis Ovey Owens, Jr. and Vita Menner Owens.

Father of Gregory Davis Owens and the late Curtis Ovey Owens, IV. Grandfather of Lauren Ashley Owens and Luke Alan Owens.

Brother of Ronnie Owens (Phyllis), Diana Owens Bundy (Bruce) and the late Robert Owens. Brother-in-law of Louie J. Blanchard (Jill), Becky Blanchard (Kettie) and Eugene E. Blanchard, III (Kati). Curtis is also survived by many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and resided in Madisonville, Louisiana.

Family and friends are invited to attend the Visitation at St. Anselm Catholic Church, 306 St. Mary Street, Madisonville, Louisiana on Friday, July 10, 2026, beginning at 9AM until 10AM. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Anselm Catholic Church on Friday at 10AM followed by interment in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 1225 Whitney Avenue, Gretna, Louisiana. Mothe Funeral Home, is assisting the family during this difficult time.

Family and friends are invited to share thoughts, fond memories and condolences online at mothefunerals.com

Sisung, Lawrence J.

On July 6, 2026, Lawrence, affectionately known as Larry and "Punt", Sisung Jr. left his earthly body for his heavenly soul to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Larry was born on January 5, 1937, in Gretna, Louisiana, and is survived by his wonderful wife, Fran

✦ nola.com ✦ Wednesday, July 8, 2026 ✦ 5B The Times-Picayuneife, by Varnell Sisung, of 63 years; are invited to attend funerhis sons Lawrence J al services at Lake Lawn Sisung, III and Robert Lane Metairie Funeral Home and Sisung; and his four grand- Cemeteries, 5100 daughters, Kennedy, Riley, Pontchartrain Blvd. New Kasey, and Hailey. Larry is Orleans, LA on Friday, July also survived by his two 10, 2026. Visitation will bedaughters-in law Darlene gin at 10:00 a.m., followed and Renee, as well as nu- by funeral services at 1:00 merous nieces and p.m. Interment will immenephews. He was preced- diately follow. ed in death by his parents, Lawrence J Sisung, Sr. and Hazel Elizabeth Troescher Sisung.

Larry received his bachelor's and master's degree in education, business and finance from Northwestern State University and Smith, Beverly John worked for the Jefferson Parish Public School System and the Louisiana Department of Education.

Larry served more than eight years as Superintendent of Public Schools for the Jefferson Parish Public School System, which served approximately 78,000 students. During his tenure, some of his major accomplishments included: eliminating deficit spending; leading successful public Beverly John Smith efforts to approve tax passed away peacefully on measures that funded the July 3, 2026 at the age of 86. construction of new school She was born on August 6, facilities to eliminate the 1939, in New Orleans, LA to platooning of over 25,000 the late Joseph Edward students; establishing the John and Sybil Ortego first full time kindergarten John. program in Louisiana; deBeverly was the beloved segregating the entire wife of the late Joseph school system, both stu- Donald Smith for 69 years. dent enrollment and per- She was the devoted mothsonnel, without any major er of Cindy Hilbert (the late incident; implementing the John Hilbert, Jr.), Patricia first system wide testing Smith, and Joseph Smith program to annually track (Wanda Smith). Loving student achievement; ap- "Mimi" of Andrew Hilbert pointing teachers, supervi- and Madison Smith sors and parents to com- Branch.

Greatmittees to decide the text- Grandmother of Caroline books and library Hilbert, John Hilbert, and materials used throughout Benjamin Branch. Sister of the system; establishing Sybil Hopkins of Durham, the first Asian and NC, and the late Geraldine Hispanic bilingual program Pagnac. She is also surto accommodate the nu- vived by other relatives merous non-English speak- who will forever cherish ing students; expanding her memory. educational programs for Beverly was a big enthustudents with special siast of Carnival, and was needs; negotiating the active in the Krewe of Isis. first, and several subse- She also did volunteer quent, union contracts; work with the Lions Club and securing voter ap- and Lakeview Hospital. proval of tax measures Beverly was known for her that provided increased excellent cooking, and her compensation for teach- love of holiday gatherings. ers, administrators and all She was a devoted wife, other non-professional em- mother and grandmother. ployees.

Visitation for Beverly In 1985, Larry changed will be held on Friday, July careers and started Sisung 10, 2026 beginning 10AM, Securities Corporation, a followed by a Catholic registered Securities and Service at 12PM at Grace Exchange Commission in- Funeral Home in vestment banking firm that Covington, Louisiana. provided municipal and Beverly will be laid to rest corporate underwriting, at a later date. advisory, and merger and acquisition services, along with several related companies engaged in asset management, venture capital, utility and healthcare regulatory consulting, and real estate.

Additionally, Larry served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army and served on numerous boards and committees during his lifetime.

Beyond his many professional accomplishments, Larry's greatest pride was his family. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather who believed deeply in education, integrity, hard work, and service to others. His wisdom, generosity, faith in God, and unwavering commitment to those he loved will remain his greatest legacy.

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World Cup reminds us that America can still delight Monday night, in a converted NFL stadium in Seattle, the United States’ dreams of World Cup glory came to an abrupt end in a loss to Belgium’s national soccer team.

In a performance that was stumbling, tentative and prone to massive mistakes, the U.S. gave up four goals while scoring only one.

Millions of fans, in the stadium and watching around the country, were disappointed.

So were we. But we refuse to allow that letdown, albeit significant, dampen our enthusiasm for what has been a fantastic and joyous celebration of the world’s most popular sport.

For nearly a month now, international teams and fans have roamed our country, as well as those of co-hosts Canada and Mexico, occasionally packing themselves into stands to watch their teams play, but also discovering a side of America rarely seen outside our borders.

And for the most part, their reactions have been delightful.

There was the Japanese tourist wowed by the baskets of free chips and salsa at a Tex-Mex restaurant. Or the Swedish visitor who tasted ranch dressing and pronounced her life changed.

And who can forget Freddy, the German soccer fan who chronicled on X his American odyssey, which started with him driving along the East Coast before turning westward for Houston to catch his home nation’s first game.

Along the way, he fell in love with Taco Bell and enjoyed a late-night meal at Waffle House. By the time he got to Louisiana, the Saints reached out to him for a tour of the facility, and he also visited Tiger Stadium.

It wasn’t limited to foreigners discovering our fast food, either. Lawrence, Kansas was the host for the Algerian team. When they arrived, the Desert Foxes, as they are known, were welcomed enthusiastically. Locals turned up to watch practices, stores carried Algerian decorations and festooned trees with green and white lights in support of the North Africans.

In each of these cases, foreign visitors saw a side of America that runs far beneath the headlines and media reports most see. Their reactions in turn serve as a good reminder for us that no matter how bitter our partisan divides, no matter how significant our issues, much of what has made us distinct persists.

And then there have been the games. Pretournament worries about the high ticket prices and Americans’ general indifference to the sport have been allayed by packed arenas full of passionate and joyous fans. Now, as the tournament has only eight of the original 48 teams left, those games will be more intense on the field and more stressful in the stands.

Though the U.S. team is out, we will still be watching. As fans of Louisiana teams, we know that the party doesn’t stop with a loss. And when it’s over, and the international teams and fans have left, we hope the joy, hospitality and wonder will remain.

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Tour follows footsteps of Roosevelt in La.

Recently, I led a tour of New Orleans with members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. While many were happy to come for beignets and boudin, I knew that the Sail 250 celebrations gave us something more to celebrate.

Roosevelt had a deep connection to the Crescent City. He had close friends like fellow Rough Rider and Tabasco president J.A. McIlhenny and former Gov. John Parker. He famously celebrated the end of the yellow fever outbreak in 1905 — a party bigger than Mardi Gras, according to The Picayune. He walked the sandy barrier islands of Breton Wildlife Refuge off the coast, the only reserve he visited and created.

On our tour we learned so much more. Roosevelt was responsible for saving the LeBeuf Plantation House, which is the residence of the commander of U.S. Marine Forces South.

It is also the second-oldest officer’s residence in the United States. Lt. Gen. Len Anderson, the current commander, showed us around the house

and hinted at the ghosts who haunt it. Roosevelt was impressed by the French Creole and Greek revivalstyle architecture, insisting that the house become “Quarters A” for naval flag officers.

One other place stood out: a historical marker along Decatur Street opposite Jackson Square. It notes that Nicholas Roosevelt — the president’s great-great-grandfather — piloted the steamboat New Orleans down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. This daring act proved that an inland commercial empire was possible.

New Orleans truly is a city “built to host.” I have already been asked when members can expect to return.

The Theodore Roosevelt Association would like to thank Mark Romig, Christy Brown, Shane Bernard, NOLA DMC and New Orleans & Company for making this an unforgettable experience.

MICHAEL PATRICK CULLINANE public historian, Theodore Roosevelt Association Dickinson, North Dakota

Decision to allow political gerrymandering favoring White voters was immoral The U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act has resulted in one less Black majority congressional district in Louisiana. My understanding of the court’s decision is that congressional districts may not be drawn based on race, but may be drawn based on politics. Gerrymandering is legal based on politics but not on race.

I can’t argue on constitutional or statutory law, but I do know the Constitution of 1789 does not mention the words race, Black, White or political party. There were no political parties in 1789.

To make a new Republican district, one was created with Republican voters.

In Louisiana, most Republican voters are White, and most Democratic voters are Black. So the Legislature found White voters. Not for a racebased district — that’s illegal now —

but for a Republican district.

So, when Republicans get White people for a majority district, that’s legal, but if Democrats get Black people for a Democratic district, that’s illegal. Sure seems like the same thing to me. A law, be it a Supreme Court ruling or state law, doesn’t make it right.

We have had many immoral laws in the past, but they were the law.

Black people were unable to vote, eat at a restaurant, stay at a hotel, get a library card, buy a house in certain neighborhoods — all that was law, but it was immoral.

The Supreme Court decision sure seems wrong to me, as it is marginalizing some of our own citizens who have been marginalized for so long.

We are better than this, or I thought we were.

If Iran gains nuclear weapons, future generations could live in a different world Iran is run by a theocracy. They are religious zealots. So why is it important to make sure they never have nuclear weapons?

In August 1945, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima killed an estimated 70,000 people immediately. Another 70,000 died before the end of the year. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, they can and will, at a minimum, control the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting oil production worldwide, and at worst use the bomb against another country.

In June 2022, the average price of gas in the U.S. rose to $5.02 a gallon.

Why? Because Russia had invaded Ukraine. Now imagine the chaos should a rogue nation decide to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead at Israel, Saudi Arabia, London, Paris, etc. (yes, they have proven they have weapons with that range).

The stock market would do a tailspin, and the price of gas would be the last thing the world would be concerned about.

Why would they do that, you ask?

Ask the thousands of Iranian citizens reportedly killed for demonstrating earlier this year. Ask why Iran is financing proxies such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which are terrorist organizations that have had a major role in the deaths of 1,000 Americans.

Reportedly, their goal was to build a drone and missile force that no country could stop without a full-scale war and many casualties.

Finally, our government has weakened Iran militarily without destroying power plants, bridges, etc. Reportedly, this is so as not to punish the Iranian citizens, and that is a civilized approach.

Previous administrations have declared that Iran should never have a nuclear bomb, yet efforts to negotiate an agreement have proven futile.

If current efforts fall short, our children and grandchildren might live in an entirely different world.

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COMMENTARY The great America 250 dud It must be said: The Semiquincentennial had all the makings of a dud.

Like all the 50-anniversary predecessors, this big anniversary celebration occurred amid controversy, questions about the character of American life, critiques about the nature of our democratic values and disputes about the meaning of our history. All that occurred in 1826, 1876, 1926 and 1976.

But at least there was ambient joy in those commemorations. There was reason to celebrate the survival for 50 years of the first large democracy, the technological and industrial revolutions present 100 years later, the blooming of American prosperity and promise after 150 years of relative national isolation, and the emergence of a newly optimistic country during the BicentenDavid Shribman nial.

Now the survival of democratic values is uncertain, the technological revolution that has culminated in AI is creating deep uneasiness along with great promise, the national booster hopefulness of the pre-Depression 1920s has no current analogue, and the funk of the 2020s is no match for the relative uplift of the post-Watergate, postVietnam mid 1970s.

Perhaps the sour taste this celebration prompted — or, just as troubling, the feeling of emptiness that seems pervasive in the many commemorations — comes from this moment in the American passage.

Indeed, the British newspaper The Guardian wrote, “If that’s the way America celebrates its birthday, you would not want to be present at its funeral.”

Only about 4 in 10 Americans said they felt “proud” about the country’s 250th anniversary, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey.

Three-quarters believe the signers of the Declaration would be disappointed with how the country has turned out, according to Gallup.

This commemoration isn’t entirely without virtue.

The Atlantic published the score of Julia Ward Howe’s “Battlefield of the Republic” on its cover this month, accompanying it with an essay on its eternal, always evolving, meaning.

The New York Times published a piece examining the changing perceptions of the American Revolution, becoming part of the story as it told the story.

Even Donald Trump’s jeremiad against references in federal historical sites to the struggles of women and minorities had a salutary effect; his attacks prompted an animated discussion about what exactly was

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The Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 25. involved in the telling of history, and whether successes in crumbling ancient barriers should be as much an emblem of national pride as the achievements that for centuries have been celebrated, whether in textbooks, Disney re-creations or popular folklore: in short, did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass deserve as much attention as, say, William McKinley, whom the president has singled out for special commendation?

But this celebration lacked buoyancy, which is the physical property that allows an object to rise from a submerged state — and there’s little question that the American spirit is under water today. Consider this: 80% of those voters who told the New York Times/Siena University Poll this spring that they were dissatisfied with the state of the country said that they wanted the country’s economic and political system overhauled or even razed.

During the Bicentennial, which is within the living memory of nearly three out of five of Americans today, the country actually was celebrating.

Richard Nixon’s resignation two years earlier prompted the promiscuous employment of the phrase “the system worked,” and The Boston Globe plastered an image of the Constitution across the top of its front page.

Both are inconceivable today. A popular book about Watergate, which Jimmy Breslin published in 1976, was

titled “How the Good Guys Finally Won.” Today, people think the good guys are confined to those in their own party.

It was, perhaps, more than the early-19th century era that bore that phrase, an era of good feeling. Much of it was due to the unelected president Gerald Ford, ridiculed and often reviled while in the White House, punished at the polls for his Nixon pardon, now a subject of reverence in the revisionism that has occurred since.

“Americans in 1876 were living in a time of dynamic economic and technological growth that had already wrought dizzying change within a single lifetime,” Fergus M. Bordewich wrote in Centennial, his chronicle, published recently, of the celebration of 100 years of American independence. The same can be said of our own era.

In remarks opening that Philadelphia spectacle, President Ulysses S. Grant spoke of the country’s achievement in “rivaling older and more advanced nations in law, medicine, and theology; in science, literature, philosophy and the fine art,” adding, “While proud of what we have done, we regret that we have not done more.”

When it comes to the Semiquincentennial, we already regret that we have not done more.

Email David Shribman at dshribman@ post-gazette.com.

Divorce is harder on the family pet Pew Research Center says 51% of In a nation of people who view pets Americans value pets as much as they as family members — and spent $158 do family members. About 95 million billion last year on their best friends households “owned” a pet last — it was inevitable that pet year, with 53% of all homes havcustody would become the next chapter in family law. We love ing a dog and 39% a cat. This is our pets as much as we love our hardly surprising. Ask yourself: people — if not more. The death Who is always ecstatic to see of a pet has shattered my heart you when you reenter a room more than any other loss. from which you totally vanished Kathleen just three minutes earlier?

Take Asheville, a beautiful, Parker shaggy, black-and-white mutt.

The question of who gets the In 1993, I rescued her and her family pet during a divorce has sister, Brevard, from a North become so common and vexing Carolina highway halfway between that legislatures have begun doling out the two cities that gave them their custody guidelines. names. They were 4-month-old starvThe underlying premise is that since ing sacks of bones with engorged ticks pets are members of the family, their well-being should be considered in dangling from their eyelids, lips and awarding custody. everywhere else. For the rest of her Obviously, dogs and cats can’t choose life, Ashe would sit before me like which parent they prefer, nor would the sphinx and stare into my eyes for they want to, assuming neither human hours that would have extended to is abusive. Like children, dogs (and days if not for the necessity of moving maybe cats) adore both parents and are one’s legs. never more content than when everyWhen she died at age 20, predeceasing Brevard (aka Beezie) by two years, one is together, and no one is mad. My I was so bereft I couldn’t breathe. husband and I should know. We are the Someone said to me, “I know you miss parents of five dogs, three cats (who Ashe so much because you loved her so think they’re dogs), and four birds who much.” And I replied, “No, I miss her so live like royalty and hate us. much because she loved me so much.”

But do we really need courts to settle In the years after, I’ve managed the our personal pet policies? People think grief of burying a best buddy, a mother nothing of sharing custody of their and my brother, but my heart still aches children. Why not the same for pets? most for Ashe and the Beez. (And Ollie For divorcing couples and their pets, the blind poodle, among others.) arbitration should be a first step dur-

ing family disunity. As reported by the Economist, the pet can become leverage for negotiating better terms in other areas. You can have the dog, but I get the tractor. OK! In Delaware, a judge gave an expensive goldendoodle to the highest bidder, which sounds a lot like a property transaction. Some proponents of official custody arrangements have argued for pet support to the custodial parent. A New York divorcée with custody of the couple’s two dogs receives $1,000 per month in financial support. (Let’s see, that would be $2,500 to me just for the pups.)

Admittedly, pet custody isn’t the stickiest wicket of the day, but granting human (not just humane) considerations to pets signals a potentially problematic trend. American birth rates are at a record low — just 1.6 babies per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate. Already, there are more households with pets than with children, and 48% of Gen Zers see no difference between their pets and children. It’s easy to imagine pets replacing babies in the future family unit of choice. Of course, the expensive little secret in our household is that we spend more on our pets than we do on ourselves.

On the bright side, if you’re our pets, we can’t afford a divorce!

French Quarter problems were too much for Essence Festival ‘essies’ The French Quarter in New Orleans is a global and national destination. It’s been ranked in the Top 10 of places to visit worldwide. New Orleans ranks among the Top Three of all U.S. cities tourists want to visit.

Of the more than 19 million visitors who come to New Orleans every year, officials estimate that 90% of them spend time in the French Quarter.

All of our scores of city neighborhoods are important in different ways. Some of them are Will economic drivers and places Sutton that tourists want to visit while they’re here.

But, by far, the French Quarter is the neighborhood that draws the most attention, the most visitors and the most money. It stands to reason that the Quarter would get a lot of attention.

Visitors expect and see some things that make them put us on their bucket lists, to help them choose to visit here over cities in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, etc. Each has nice places to visit, but there’s only one New Orleans and only one French Quarter.

Of course, that special neighborhood deserves special attention. Those who live there deserve attention. Those who operate businesses there deserve attention.

And those who visit there deserve attention.

Some things caused some Essence Fest consternation — and it wasn’t the fault of Essence.

Whether you live in New Orleans or nearby, you’re well aware that there have been some issues with Decatur Street and nearby streets.

What was supposed to be a five-month Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans project to repair 115-year-old water transmission lines, which started in September 2025, was expected to finish in late February. Ten months later, it’s still not done.

Locals have been frustrated by delays and a French Quarter runaround caused by barricades, barriers and detours, making it harder to navigate familiar routes and streets.

Imagine what that was like for Essence Festival visitors who decided to leave the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center or the Caesars Superdome, where festival events were held, and explore the city’s most famous neighborhood.

Even tourists who have developed favorite restaurants and watering holes were frustrated and inconvenienced.

Now, imagine those who knew hotel accommodations during Essence Festival are at a premium well before the annual event so they lock down rooms for multiple nights at hotels where they can enjoy what the French Quarter has to offer, including a short walk to the major daytime Essence activities.

That includes The Royal Sonesta on Bourbon Street.

The hotel had an emergency evacuation on the Fourth of July. New Orleans Police Department cleared the hotel at Conti Street as Entergy and the New Orleans Fire Department rushed to determine what caused an underground explosion. Essies staying at the hotel had to interrupt their festival plans to move out, mostly to places that weren’t expecting them.

At a post-festival news conference Monday, Essence thanked the hotel and New Orleans first responders for quickly taking care of their festival attendees.

Fortunately, so many more Essies from out of town were staying elsewhere.

We are used to inconvenient construction projects that take too long to fix, boil water advisories, street lights that don’t operate properly when it rains and regular flooding without serious storms. It’s not as though we like things like this, but perhaps we’ve become numb to these things that are also a part of our culture.

But think about our visitors from places where the streets are fixed in days or weeks, where they don’t know what a boil water advisory is, where street lights are updated with the latest technologies regularly and where flooding is something they see on television.

Certainly, we want a better city, and that takes work, sometimes long periods of work.

But as we continue to supply the state of Louisiana with so much economic revenue, let’s keep in mind that New Orleans investments aren’t only for New Orleanians; all of Louisiana benefits.

Email Will Sutton at wsutton@theadvocate. com.

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Many LSU high school hitters appear on fence

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

“We shouldn’t allow Congress to be the ones to decide who makes those rules.”

JADA WILLIAMS, LSU guard, on Protect College Sports Act

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Iowa State guard Jada Williams dribbles against Houston on Dec. 31 in Houston. Williams transferred to LSU in the offseason.

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BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

First, she opened the Instagram app and propped up her phone. Jada Williams was swiveling side-to-side in a gaming chair, a couple of racks of colorful hoodies over her right shoulder and a ring light over her left.

That’s when Williams gave the floor to her co-host for this live stream: U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut. He introduced himself to her 570,000 followers — or however many of them were watching — before outlining the federal legislation they wanted to spend about 20 minutes discussing.

Then Williams chimed in.

“Before we start anything,” she told Murphy, “I want to introduce myself to your side as well.”

Williams said she was an LSU women’s basketball player. She started her career at Arizona, she said, then transferred to Iowa State.

“And now I’m here,” she said.

Here is Baton Rouge. Williams has

LSU’s 2026 recruiting class has almost every type of hitter.

From speedy center fielders and power-hitting corner outfielders to defensively versatile middle infielders and contact-oriented corner infielders, LSU coach Jay Johnson and his coaching staff have checked nearly every box.

The only question ä MLB draft is how many of these rounds 1-4, talented players will make it to campus.

NOON SATURDAy, NBC, MLB NETWORK That’s an answer LSU won’t have until after the MLB draft, which begins Saturday with rounds 1-4 and ends Sunday with rounds 5-20.

To help preview the draft, The Advocate spoke with six MLB scouts about LSU’s incoming high school class and its own draft-eligible players to paint a clearer picture of what may happen over the weekend. They spoke to The Advocate confidentially.

This story is part one of a three-part series of scouting reports, draft predictions and analysis on every LSU player and signee.

Here’s what you need to know about each hitting prospect in LSU’s 2026 freshman class.

Iowa State guard Jada Williams shoots under pressure from Houston guard Kierra

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School: St. Joseph Catholic Hometown: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin Ht/Wt: 6-2, 230 pounds Draft rankings: No. 100, ESPN; No. 135, MLB.com Breakdown: There isn’t a prospect in LSU’s class that has a higher ceiling than Santarelli, a power-hitting corner outfielder who blasted seven balls over 114 mph at the MLB draft combine last month with a wooden bat.

His elite power, generated by his lightning-fast hand speed and linebacker-like physical traits, was an object of fascination for scouts who spoke with The Advocate. Although his size suggests he’s a first baseman, three scouts believe he has the athleticism and speed to play either corner outfield spot.

“Our scout said he would want to try him out in center field because he can run,” one scout said.

Another scout likened Santarelli’s ceiling to Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz, a former Wake Forest star who won the American League Rookie of the Year award last season.

“Of all the players in (LSU’s 2026 class), I think he ends up the best,” the same scout said. “If every player in that class went to LSU, I think he would be the top pick out of the class.”

The high praise suggests his odds of

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U.S. men’s soccer team stagnant in World Cup results

BY RONALD BLUM AP sportswriter

SEATTLE — For all the growth in American soccer over the past quarter-century, the U.S. men’s national team remains stagnant.

Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie fared no better at the World Cup in 2022 and 2026 than Tim Howard, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore did in 2010 and 2014.

“We want to be able to go and compete with some of the best in the world, and we just still have that next step to come,” Pulisic said after Monday night’s errorfilled 4-1 loss to Belgium in the round of 16.

For all the billions of dollars invested with the goal of boosting the national team into the world’s elite, the Americans remain soccer plebeians.

After reaching the semifinals

of the first World Cup in 1930, the U.S. didn’t even qualify between 1950-90. Since then, the Americans were eliminated in the round of 16 in 1994, 2010, 2014, 2022 and this year; failed to advance past their group stage in 1990, 1998 and 2006; and flopped in qualifying for 2018.

“It’s not like you are in a rocket and you improve and you grow. It’s not linear,” U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino said.

The U.S. won three games in a World Cup for the first time, beating Paraguay, Australia and Bosnia-Herzegovina while losing to Turkey and Belgium. The Americans benefited as host, a seeded team that didn’t face a top-10 nation before the Red Devils.

By the next World Cup in Spain, Portugal and Morocco (with three games in South America), Pulisic, McKennie and Adams will be 31.

Folarin Balogun led the U.S. team with three goals, looking like

a top striker, and gained worldwide notoriety when his red-card suspension for awkwardly landing on an opponent’s ankle was lifted after a phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump. A former Arsenal youth player, the 25-yearold striker is entering the fourth season of a five-year contract with French club Monaco and could be set for a move to a bigger club.

Malik Tillman became the first player since France’s Bernard Genghini in 1982 to have two free kick goals in a World Cup. The 24-year-old midfielder is entering the second season of a five-year contract with German club Bayer Leverkusen. He had a difficult 2025-26, getting dropped from the starting lineup between late March and the season’s final match.

Pochettino said he will speak with the U.S. Soccer Federation

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Djokovic wins marathon match Star, Auger-Aliassime battle for more than five hours to set up semifinal vs. Sinner Associated Press

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Novak Djokovic celebrates winning against Felix Auger-Aliassime in their quarterfinal match at Wimbledon on Tuesday in London.

Kevon Looney, who spent last season with the New Orleans Pelicans, is headed back to the West Coast.

The veteran center has agreed to a one-year, $3.9 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to an ESPN report.

Looney played the first 10 seasons of his NBA career with the Golden State Warriors. He won three NBA titles with the Warriors before signing with New Orleans on a two-year deal in June 2025.

The Pelicans declined the $8 million team option on his deal in June.

Looney played in just 21 games with the Pelicans, starting in eight of them. He averaged 2.8 points and 5.6 rebounds.

Gauff rallies

Coco Gauff celebrates a win over Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Tuesday in London. the body will feel tomorrow,” Djokovic said.

“I was telling the kids to go to sleep after the fourth (set) but they didn’t want to listen. I’m glad they stayed because it was honestly one of the best matches I was part of on this court in my career.”

ing changeover and took a medical timeout. The trainer tested the stability of his left ankle and calf before massaging Djokovic’s calf muscle.

Djokovic had earlier leaned over to stretch his leg by pulling back the tip of his sneaker. He also stretched while standing at Medical timeout the back wall.

There was more stretching the In the first set, Djokovic dealt with what appeared to be a lower- rest of the way, too — especially leg issue. He grimaced during late in the fifth set.

“It was really anybody’s game the ninth game, which he held to love for a 5-4 lead. Then he was in the super tiebreak in the fifth,” treated by a trainer on the ensu- Djokovic said.

Down a set after untimely double-faults, Coco Gauff rallied past Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the semifinals for the first time.

With the victory, the 22-yearold Gauff became the youngest player to reach the semifinals at all four Grand Slams since Maria Sharapova, who completed the feat at the 2007 French Open, the women’s professional tennis tour said.

Gauff will face 10th-seeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic for a spot in Saturday’s final. Muchova, the 2023 French Open runner-up, eliminated Naomi Osaka 7-6 (4), 6-4 on No. 1 Court.

In Gauff’s six previous appearances at the All England Club, she had never gotten past the fourth round. But perhaps experience at the grass-court major is starting to pay off.

“I think after seven years playing this tournament it’s finally the first time I can walk on Centre Court and I didn’t feel nervous,” Gauff said.

In the completion of a fourthround match, second-seeded Alexander Zverez beat Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6) to set up a quarterfinal Wednesday against sixthseeded Taylor Fritz.

Former Cowboys DE had early stage CTE Kneeland killed himself after police chase in November

BY JIM VERTUNO

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide in November after a high-speed chase with police, had early stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain abnormality linked to repeated head trauma, his family announced Tuesday.

The Boston University CTE Center, which investigates the long-term consequences of repetitive brain trauma in athletes and others, analyzed Kneeland’s brain tissue after his death. Researchers determined Kneeland, who was 24, was in stage one of four of CTE. CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has been found in athletes in contact sports, combat veterans and others who experience repetitive blows to the head.

It has been known to cause violent mood swings, impulsive behavior and depression. It can be diagnosed only after death.

“While this diagnosis does not change the tragedy of his pass-

Lane Kiffin and LSU scored a win over Ole Miss — on the recruiting trail.

Jayden Anding, a four-star safety in the 2027 class, picked the Tigers over the Rebels on Tuesday.

The Ruston native is the younger brother of LSU defensive back Aidan Anding, a four-star cornerback in the 2025 class.

Anding is ranked as the No. 311 prospect in the 2027 class by the 247Sports Composite. He’s the third defensive back in the Tigers’ haul.

The 6-foot, 170-pound defensive back has held an LSU scholarship offer since August, but Ole Miss put itself in the mix with an offer in January. Anding visited the Rebels a month ago but, ultimately, he decided to stay in state and join his brother at LSU.

Former Pelicans center Looney signs with Lakers

BY ANDREW DAMPF and KEN MAGUIRE LONDON — Novak Djokovic was pushed to play more than five hours by Felix Auger-Aliassime before the seven-time Wimbledon champion prevailed 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) on Tuesday to set up a semifinal against reigning champion Jannik Sinner.

When a forehand from AugerAliassime sailed wide after a long rally to give Djokovic a 9-4 lead in the final-set tiebreaker, both players leaned on their rackets in exhaustion. Djokovic, while he was leaning over, still found energy to encourage the crowd to cheer louder, waving his racket for more noise.

Then, on his first match point, a big forehand from Djokovic led to another error from his 25-yearold Canadian opponent to end it after 5 hours, 15 minutes — and just before the All England Club’s 11 p.m. curfew took effect.

To celebrate, Djokovic raised his arms high and wide and took in the applause as he walked to the net to shake hands with Auger-Aliassime. Then Djokovic performed a little elbows-toknees dance. He often mentions that his daughter tries to teach him moves.

“These,” Djokovic said, “are the kind of moments that I still play tennis for.”

Djokovic continues to break records as he chases a 25th Grand Slam title. He’s reached a recordsetting eighth consecutive Wimbledon final four — moving him one ahead of Roger Federer for most consecutive men’s singles semifinal appearances at the grass-court tournament.

Sinner spent less than half the amount of time on court as Djokovic did when he beat JanLennard Struff 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3 much earlier in the day on No. 1 Court.

Sinner beat Djokovic in straight sets in last year’s Wimbledon semifinals, and Djokovic outlasted the Italian over five sets in the last four of this year’s Australian Open.

“I wish it was finals, so I don’t need to worry about how

Four-star safety Anding picks LSU over Ole Miss

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Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland looks on during a game against the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 12 in Charlotte, N.C. ing, it provides important context about some of the struggles he may have been facing. We share this information to help people understand what NFL and other high-contact-sport athletes might be struggling with,” Kneeland’s family, including his girlfriend, Catalina Mancera, said in a statement issued through the Concussion and CTE Foundation.

“Raising awareness is important to us. We continue to remember

Marshawn with compassion for the person he was, rather than defining him by the final moments of his life. One Love,” the family said.

The abnormality has also been linked to deaths in the NFL, as well as in hockey and soccer.

Kneeland shot himself after evading authorities in his vehicle and fleeing a car crash on foot.

The chase happened after police said Kneeland didn’t stop

for Texas Department of Public Safety troopers over a traffic violation. Authorities lost sight of the vehicle before locating it crashed minutes later.

As authorities were looking for Kneeland after he fled the crash site on foot, a dispatcher told officers that people who knew him had received a group text from Kneeland “saying goodbye,” indicating he might be suicidal.

Dr. Chris Nowinski, CEO of the Concussion & CTE Foundation, noted Kneeland’s diagnosis comes even amid a modern era of concussion protocols in professional and college athletics and better safety equipment.

Kneeland started playing tackle football when he was 7 years old.

He played at Western Michigan University before he was selected by the Cowboys in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft.

“We have no reason to believe the current generation is at a lower risk of CTE than previous generations. Concussion protocols do not prevent CTE, because CTE is caused by repeated head impacts, not just concussions,” Nowinski said. “If we want to reduce CTE risk, we must implement CTE prevention protocols and aggressively reduce the number and strength of head impacts at every level of the game.”

Belgium’s Onana out for remainder of World Cup

RENTON, Wash. — Belgium midfielder Amadou Onana, who injured his right knee in the 19th minute of Monday’s 4-1 win against the United States in the round of 16, will miss the remainder of the World Cup. In a statement released by the Belgian soccer federation, team doctor Brahim Hacene confirmed Onana ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee.

“This is devastating news,” Hacene said, “both for him personally and for the team.”

The 24-year-old Onana appeared in four games at the World Cup for Belgium and made his second start of the tournament against the Americans. Onana also played in two games at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Knicks star Brunson has surgery on his left wrist

NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson has undergone surgery on his left wrist and is expected to be back on the court when the New York Knicks begin defense of their NBA title, a person with knowledge of the details said Tuesday.

The NBA Finals MVP is expected to resume basketball activities later this summer, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Brunson, who is left-handed, didn’t let the wrist injury slow him down on the Knicks’ run to their first championship since 1973. He scored 45 points when the Knicks won the title in Game 5 in San Antonio, after finishing with 36 when they made a record-setting comeback from a 29-point deficit in Game 4. The point guard averaged 32.6 points in the finals.

Pirates star rookie SS Griffin out 8-10 weeks

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates will have to try to stay in postseason contention without rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin.

The club placed the 20-year-old rising star on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday due to an issue with a knuckle on the ring finger on his left hand. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Griffin is expected to miss 8-10 weeks.

Griffin, who made his major league debut in April before signing a lengthy extension, injured the finger in a victory over Washington on Sunday.

Tomczyk said the injury was to the sagittal band, which stabilizes the ring finger. Griffin will keep the hand in a splint for about six weeks before resuming baseball activities.

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Romig, Ehrhardt families honored

BY JEFF DUNCAN Staff writer

Two iconic New Orleans families, the Romigs and Ehrhardts, will be recognized for their longtime contributions to the New Orleans sports scene by being inducted into the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation Hall of Fame.

Jerry Romig and his three children — Jay, Mark and Mary Beth — will join Marc and Malcolm Ehrhardt as inductees into the 2026 Hall of Fame class, foundation officials announced. Jerry Romig (1929-2015) and Malcolm P. Ehrhardt III (1947–2022) will be inducted posthumously.

The official induction will take place at the annual Sports Foundation Honors ceremony Oct. 15 at the Caesars Superdome.

The Ehrhardts and Romigs have been key players in the New Orleans sports scene for decades.

Their efforts in various communications, public relations and operational roles have shaped the fan experience, communications and operations behind some of New Orleans’ most iconic teams and sporting events, including the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowls, NCAA championships and other major events.

Jerry Romig worked for decades as a sports journalist at The TimesPicayune and WDSU-TV, where he eventually became program director. He served as the in-stadium public-address announcer for New Orleans Saints home games for 44 years and 446 consecutive homes games, one of the longest tenures in NFL history.

Since 2013, Mark Romig has

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A member of the Romig family has been in the house control booth for Saints games for more than 50 years, starting with Jerry Romig in 1969. Jerry’s son Mark Romig, left, took over as announcer in 2013. Mark’s sister Mary Beth Romig, middle, has been a spotter in the booth for nearly 30 years. Their brother Jay Romig, right, has been with the Saints organization for more than 40 years, including in the role of administrative director.

They were photographed together on Dec. 30, 2018. been the stadium public-address announcer for Saints’ home games, spending every game day in the Caesars Superdome and narrating the action for fans in the stands. A board member of the Sports Foundation, Romig has a long history of service to the organization and its events, including serving on the 2013 and 2025 New Orleans Super Bowl Host committees as co-chairman of the media and public relations subcommittee.

Jay Romig is in his 50th year with the Saints, making him the organization’s longest-tenured employee. He joined the Saints in 1977 as an assistant athletic trainer

before taking on leadership roles across football operations, business operations and technology. In 1979, he established the club’s information technology department and coordinated training camp logistics at multiple locations, assisting with team travel and serving as a longtime board member of the Saints Hall of Fame. He has served as the clock operator at UNO men’s and women’s home basketball games for decades and the scoreboard operator at the Superdome for multiple Super Bowls.

Mary Beth Romig Haskins has built an accomplished career in communications, public relations and public service. She currently

serves as associate vice president of communications and public relations for New Orleans & Company, where she has helped promote and showcase New Orleans during some of its biggest sporting events, including Super Bowl LIX in 2025. Since 1992, she has served as a spotter for the inhouse announcing team at Saints’ home games “The Romig family has been synonymous with New Orleans sports for decades,” said Philip Sherman, chairman of the board of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation. “From Jerry’s unforgettable voice in the Caesars Superdome to Jay’s decades of service

behind the scenes with the Saints, and Mary Beth’s leadership in promoting New Orleans on the national stage, each has played an important role in strengthening our city’s reputation as a world-class sports destination. Their collective commitment to our community, our teams and our signature events has left an enduring legacy, and we are proud to recognize them as part of this year’s Hall of Fame class.”

Marc and Malcolm Ehrhardt have been key members of the New Orleans public relations and communications sector for decades. Through their firm, The Ehrhardt Group, the Ehrhardts have coordinated high-profile public relations campaigns and communication strategies for many of the major sporting events in the city, including Super Bowls, NCAA Final Fours and Wrestlemanias.

“Malcolm believed that New Orleans was a world-class city that should have world-class events,” said Marc Ehrhardt, president of The Ehrhardt Group. “All of the Super Bowls, Men’s and Women’s Final Fours and other incredible events remain some of his and our finest work. Most of all, the best part was doing this work with his contemporaries at the Sports Foundation, including the late Dr. Merv Trail, Dave Sherman, Jay Cicero, Billy Ferrante and Ron Maestri, who meant so much to him as colleagues and friends.

He would be humbled by this honor, and the TEG team is proud to continue the great work we do with Jay and his staff.”

Date set for Houston vs. LSU men’s basketball

BY TOYLOY BROWN III Staff writer

One of LSU’s most anticipated matchups for the 2026-27 season has a date.

Coach Will Wade’s team will face powerhouse Houston on Dec. 13 at the Toyota Center, the home arena of the Houston Rockets, according to the game contract.

The last time LSU faced Houston was on Dec. 12, 2019. The Cougars won 82-76, and the programs are tied 5-5 in the all-time series.

Houston is expected to field a competitive team, as it has for the last several seasons under 12-year coach Kelvin Sampson. His program has won at least 30 games

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Running point for coach Kim Mulkey’s Tigers.

And doing what she can to prevent Congress from passing the Protect College Sports Act. Williams is one of only a few college athletes who have spoken publicly about the new bipartisan legislation, which was written and introduced in late May to establish a “national framework” of rules in college sports. She told Murphy that “we need structure” but that “we shouldn’t allow Congress to be the ones to decide who makes those rules.”

Collective bargaining is Williams’ preferred path forward. She doesn’t want athletes to “have to take the passenger seat,” she told Murphy, because if their voices are excluded from the process and a new set of rules is written into federal law without their input, then they’ll lose “a lot of our power” and “everybody will be taking pay cuts.”

It’s a thorny topic. Most decisionmakers would rather see Congress restore the NCAA’s authority to enforce its own rules. Collective bargaining faces basic practical issues, too, though Yahoo Sports reported around the time the Protect College Sports Act was introduced that some leaders in the SEC, Big Ten and elsewhere were warming up to the possibility that collegiate athletes could unionize one day.

What is clear is that Williams is eager to speak up, and that willingness should serve her well in the new role she’ll fill at LSU once the 2026-27 season tips off in November.

The Tigers cycled through five

each season since 2021-22.

The Cougars are coming off a Sweet 16 appearance and, the year before, a national championship game appearance. They have reached at least the Sweet 16 in six straight seasons.

An additional layer of intrigue is that one of Houston’s premier transfer portal additions is former LSU point guard Dedan Thomas.

The 6-foot-1 lefty was the Tigers’ best player last season as a junior, averaging 15.3 points, 6.5 assists and 1.6 turnovers per game before having season-ending foot surgery in February.

Thomas, who started his career at UNLV, injured his left foot on Jan. 2, the day before the South-

eastern Conference opener.

Houston isn’t the only elite team LSU has agreed to play in the nonconference slate. The Tigers will face Gonzaga on Nov. 14 in Spokane, Washington, according to the game contract. It will be the first meeting between the programs ever.

Gonzaga has been a preseason AP Top 25 team every year since the 2009-10 season and has finished a season outside the final poll only four times in that span.

LSU also has agreed to participate in the Palm Springs Classic, a multiteam event at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, California, according to the game contract.

The tournament runs from Nov.

21-26 and LSU will face two of the three other teams in the field: SMU, Arizona State or Southern California. LSU’s first opponent and game times were not listed.

SMU was the only team in the group to make the NCAA Tournament last season, losing 89-79 to Miami (Ohio) in the First Four.

Arizona State finished 17-16 last season and enters its first year under coach Randy Bennett, who left Saint Mary’s after leading the Gaels to five straight NCAA Tournament berths. One of his associate head coaches is David Patrick, a former LSU assistant under Matt McMahon (2024-26) and Johnny Jones (2012-16).

The Sun Devils also have former

LSU forward Marcus Vaughns.

The 6-8 Australian enrolled early at LSU in December and redshirted after not appearing in any games.

USC went 18-14 last season and is expected to improve with three top-30 recruits, including Christian Collins, the No. 9 player in the 2026 class, according to 247Sports.

LSU has also agreed to nine other nonconference games against midmajor teams, all at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

The Tigers also will face UNO (Nov. 3), Texas Southern (Nov. 6), Louisiana Tech (Nov. 9), UL-Monroe (Nov. 17), Queens University (Nov. 20), Hofstra (Dec. 5), High Point (Dec. 18), UL (Dec. 22) and Washington State (Dec. 28).

starting point guards in five years before they signed Williams. It’s a tough gig, one that two incumbent starters have walked away from before they exhausted their eligibility under Mulkey at LSU. Williams seems suited for it.

“A lot of college athletes don’t know what’s going on,” Williams told The Advocate in a recent interview, “and it’s hard to learn because who’s gonna tell you that?

We don’t sit down as a team and talk about those things, so it’s kind of on us to educate ourselves.

“I think that’s just why I’m passionate. Because we should be able to be in the driver’s seat of the things that we go through in our day-to-day life.”

So Williams jumped into the transfer portal in 2025 and landed closer to home at Iowa State.

The move paid off. Not only did she play alongside All-American forward Audi Crooks but she also figured out how to improve important parts of her game.

In her lone season with the Cyclones, Williams scored 15.3 points per game and posted the nation’s third-highest assist average (7.7) — two reasons why she became one of the top transfers of the 2026 cycle when she decided in April to switch teams for a second time. Eight of her Iowa State teammates joined her in the portal.

Jill McIntyre, Williams’ mother, said LSU was one of about five schools on her daughter’s initial “short list” of destinations.

The problem, though, was that Jada Richard was already the LSU starting point guard, and Mulkey had said in an interview with WAFB-TV that her program was losing only one player to the transfer portal: freshman Divine Bourrage.

That’s when things changed for LSU. Mulkey told The Advocate that she was in a children’s hospital in Temple, Texas, helping her 7-yearold grandson, Kannon, get ready for surgery to remove his appendix when Richard called to tell her she had decided to put her name into the portal. The LSU coaches, Mulkey said, were “certainly caught off guard” by Richard’s move, but they had to act quickly.

“I then immediately turned around,” Mulkey said, “and thought of who was in the portal that could come in here and help us immediately, and it was Jada Williams.”

Mulkey called Williams and told her she wanted to invite her to LSU’s campus for a visit and add her to the roster. The two had a prior relationship — Mulkey recruited Williams when she was coaching at Baylor, and she used to

run into her at the Big 12 Tournament in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.

Williams still made sure she did her homework. She said she reached out to DiJonai Carrington and DiDi Richards — two former Baylor players under Mulkey who are like “big sisters” to her — as well as Mikaylah Williams and even some ex-LSU players who have left the Tigers via the portal during Mulkey’s tenure. She wanted to “pick their brains,” she said, and talk to them “about the fit” and “how (Mulkey) coaches.”

“Things like that,” Williams said.

“And they told me the truth. We had some really good conversations.”

Richard announced she was transferring on April 9. Williams landed in Baton Rouge 48 hours later, then committed to the Tigers the next day, giving them a polished, experienced veteran at a position of need. LSU spent only three days in the market for a point guard.

“It wasn’t like it was a hard sell,” Mulkey said, “because she already knew about me. She knew about LSU’s success, my success at Baylor. And the rest is history.

“She’s just a young lady that’s personable. Everybody’s gonna love her. She’s got a lot of energy.

She’s going to share the basketball.

She takes as much pride in her assists as she does scoring, and she’s going to be one that the fans really, really enjoy.”

legislation. About the practicalities, and complications, of a governing model based on collective bargaining. UCAA leaders help them grasp the issues first so they can untangle them later to the public.

“We agree on the issues that are going on within us,” Williams said, “and then we go and we do the scary thing of speaking out and letting other people know our opinions.”

Williams and her fellow UCAA members want to make it clear: They don’t want Congress to set the rules. They’d rather unionize.

Williams shared that sentiment with Murphy a few weeks after Maryland guard Oluchi Okananwa, former UCLA guard Charlisse Leger-Walker and ex-Michigan forward Brooke Quarles Daniels did the same in an online panel with U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts.

Still, as of Wednesday, a collective bargaining model looms as only a remote possibility. The Protect College Sports Act must first fail, and if leaders then decide to explore the possibility of classifying athletes as employees who can unionize, then they’d still face opposition from key figures, significant legal hurdles and a complex web of competing interests. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington — one of the Senate bill’s authors — said in a June 18 hearing that the model “isn’t going to happen anytime soon.”

That belief won’t stop Williams, a savvy veteran who likes to do her homework and say what she thinks — even if she steps into some thorny subjects along the way.

“It’s not an easy thing to do,” Williams said. “It’s definitely very scary. But we kind of feel like it’s our duty with the platforms that we have. God gave us a purpose, and we’re gonna use it for those reasons, and I’m very, very grateful that I got the opportunity.

“It’s not every day you’re on live with a senator.”

An early start When she was in high school, Williams was one of the earliest beneficiaries of the NIL era. She was a high-profile recruit with a large social media following, so it didn’t take long for the brands to start lining up. Spalding. Move insoles. SLAM magazine.

Williams moved from Missouri to California ahead of her junior year in part so she could work with those companies. Had she stayed in her home state, where prep athletes weren’t allowed to strike NIL deals, she wouldn’t have picked up some of the experience that informs her stances today. She’s been navigating this new world for five years now.

“She’s a really grounded kid,” said Terri Bamford, Williams’ high school coach at La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego.

“Really smart kid, and I think she really understands the landscape, especially having received NIL deals so young.”

When Williams was playing for Bamford, she was committed to UCLA. She later dropped that pledge and enrolled at Arizona instead, kick-starting what she described to Murphy as “the worst two years of my life.”

‘The scary thing’ These days, Williams is devoting most of her time to summer workouts and Zoom meetings. She’s part of the United College Athletes Association (UCAA) — a nonprofit players’ advocacy group that aims to “build representation structures” for college athletes.

The first step, Williams said, is learning. About the current state of collegiate sports. About the NCAA’s years-long push for federal

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Argentina stuns Egypt with 3 late goals GLANCE

BY JAMES ROBSON Associated Press

ATLANTA — It was another World Cup epic from an Argentina team that simply doesn’t know when it’s beaten.

Trailing 2-0 against Egypt with 11 minutes of regulation time to play on Tuesday, the reigning champions rallied for an improbable 3-2 victory and a spot in the quarterfinals.

“We have a phenomenal group, a group that never gives up no matter the difficulties and adversity.

We’re always together,” said Enzo Fernandez, who scored the winning goal in stoppage time.

Argentina will play Switzerland in the next round on Saturday in Kansas City, Missouri.

For much of Tuesday’s game, it looked like it would be a painful exit for the 39-year-old Lionel Messi in what might be the last of his six World Cups.

Egypt led after goals in each half from Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Zico and could have been ahead 3-0 if not for a video review that ruled out another score.

Argentina looked down and out, its bid to be the first team to win back-to-back World Cup titles since Brazil in 1958 and 1962 all but dead.

Cue a monumental comeback.

“The heart of Argentinians is always something that pushes, that we keep going no matter what, that we give everything until the end.

And honestly, with the score 2-0, we looked a bit beaten,” Argentina striker Julian Alvarez said. “There was little time left, but we always manage to get something more by fighting until the end.”

Cristian Romero started the rally by scoring with a header in the 79th minute. Messi, who was in tears after the final whistle, scored

Scores, schedule ROUND OF 16 July 4

Morocco 3, Canada 0 France 1, Paraguay 0

July 5

Norway 2, Brazil 1 England 3, Mexico 2

July 6

Spain 1, Portugal 0 Belgium 4, United States 1

Tuesday

Argentina 3, Egypt 2 Switzerland 0 (4-3 PK), Colombia 0

QUARTERFINALS Thursday

France vs. Morocco, 3 p.m.

Friday

Spain vs. Belgium, 2 p.m.

Saturday

Norway vs. England, 4 p.m.

Argentina vs. Switzerland, 8 p.m.

SEMIFINALS July 14

France-Morocco winner vs. Spain-Belgium winner, 2 p.m.

July 15

Norway-England winner vs. ArgentinaSwitzerland winner, 2 p.m.

beir had other ideas, diving to his left to block the shot for Messi’s second penalty miss of the tournament after also failing from the spot against Austria in the group stage.

Despite being the all-time leadASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO ing scorer at World Cups, Messi Lionel Messi celebrates scoring Argentina’s second goal during the World Cup round of 16 match against Egypt has now missed four of eight penon Tuesday in Atlanta. alty kicks at the tournament.

After Messi hit the post later in his eighth goal of the tournament the 3-3 draw and eventual shootout the 15th minute when Ibrahim the half, Shobeir pulled off another and record-extending 21st goal at victory against France to reclaim got ahead of Lisandro Martinez great save to stop Julian Alvarez to meet Marwan Attia’s cross and from close range. the World Cup in the 83rd to level the title four years ago. the score at 2-2 and Fernandez Cape Verde pushed Argentina to head the ball into the bottom corEgypt thought it had doubled its completed the comeback in injury the brink in the last round before ner. lead in the second half when Motime. eventually winning 3-2 in extra Argentina was quickly given stafa Zico finished off a sweeping “Four years have passed since time. the chance to level the match attack. But the wild celebrations Qatar, and we’ve come to enjoy Tuesday’s match was even more when Haissem Hassan tripped were cut short when a foul earanother World Cup — and we want dramatic, with Messi having a Nicolas Tagliafico in the box mo- lier in the move was confirmed to win it again. That’s what we’re first-half penalty kick saved and ments later. Referee François Le- on video review and the goal was aiming for,” Fernandez said. another effort hit the post. texier pointed to the penalty spot disallowed.

Argentina is no stranger to he“I’m so emotional,” Argentina and Messi stepped up with an exThat second goal for Egypt did coach Lionel Scaloni said. “What a pectant crowd waiting for him to come in the 67th from a similar roic matches at the World Cup. break, and this time Zico’s effort There was the 3-2 win over West group of players, brother.” score.

Egypt took a surprising lead in Germany in the 1986 final. Then Egypt goalkeeper Mostafa Sho- counted. It just wasn’t enough.

Switzerland in quarterfinals after Egypt furious after winning shootout over Colombia squandering lead Vargas converts winning penalty kick after scoreless draw

BY PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press

BY ANNE M. PETERSON

Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In a match with few fireworks, the Swiss were patient against the Colombians and their enthusiastic fans.

After a scoreless draw, Ruben Vargas converted the decisive penalty and Switzerland advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals, beating Colombia 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday.

Switzerland will face reigning champion Argentina on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Argentina defeated Egypt 3-2 earlier in the day.

Switzerland had not reached the quarterfinals of a World Cup since hosting the tournament in 1954.

And the Swiss were short-handed Tuesday without young midfielder Johan Manzambi, who was injured in training on Monday.

Vargas, who has scored two goals in the World Cup, also left Monday’s training early but came on in stoppage time at the end of regulation.

In the shootout, Colombia defender Davinson Sánchez’s penalty attempt hit the crossbar and Switzerland goalkeeper Gregor Kobel saved an attempt by Cucho Hernández.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was among those at BC Place, where the sellout crowd of 52,497 was overwhelmingly clad in yellow in support of Colombia.

“They had the crowd on their side, so it was a tough game for us,” Kobel said. “We know we had some stretches of the game where we had to defend and stay strong mentally. Obviously we had a few players missing so, yeah, it was a big challenge for us.”

Colombia failed to qualify for the last World Cup in 2022. Los Cafeteros made the quarterfinals at the 2014 tournament in Brazil, defeating Uruguay in the round of 16 before losing to the host country 2-1.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By LINDSEy WASSON

Colombia’s Luis Suárez, left, and Switzerland’s Nico Elvedi battle for the ball during a World Cup round of 16 match on Tuesday in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“The dream was enormous,” Colombia midfielder John Arias said. “The country showed us that it believed in us, that it lived every moment with us, and I think that only makes the pain even greater.”

The Swiss reached the round of 16 at the past three World Cups but failed to advance with a smaller field of 32 teams.

“We worked very hard, and now we have this opportunity,” Switzerland coach Murat Yakin said. “This is going to be a very interesting matchup from our point of view.

We will try to compete against the reigning champions and it’s going to be amazing. Switzerland against Argentina in a quarterfinal. I am so excited. I think that I need maybe a couple of hours more or another day to process what just happened, and then tomorrow we will start focusing on Argentina.”

The match was tightly contested by two teams with contrasting styles, the Swiss with a more organized and methodical approach and Colombia more attack-oriented and physical. Switzerland had a slight edge in possession.

Manzambi, a 20-year-old midfielder who plays for German club Freiburg, has three goals in the World Cup, becoming one of

the tournament’s breakout stars.

The Swiss were also without Luca Jaquez and midfielder Michel Aebischer.

Gustavo Puerta had the first good chance for Colombia with a shot from distance in the 21st minute that was pushed away by Kobel.

The Swiss got one of their best opportunities in the 30th with Fabian Reider’s blast at goalkeeper Camilo Vargas, who punched the ball down. Minutes later, Vargas smothered another attempt from Dan Ndoye.

The Swiss had a free kick in the 52nd minute, but Reider’s attempt curled around the wall and went into the side netting.

In the first extra time period, Jhon Lucumi’s header hit the crossbar and caromed away as Colombia put pressure on Kobel.

“I don’t think you can overstate what a huge success this is — for us, for this team, for Switzerland, for such a small country. To be among the top eight teams in the world is incredible,” Kobel said.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling. I’m incredibly proud.”

Colombia and Switzerland also met in the group stage at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, with Los Cafeteros winning 2-0.

ATLANTA — For Mohamed Salah and Egypt, what could have been a glorious celebration turned ugly at the end.

On the cusp of upsetting the reigning World Cup champions, the Pharaohs squandered a twogoal lead late in the game and lost to Lionel Messi and Argentina 3-2 in the round of 16 Tuesday.

The winning tally came two minutes into stoppage time and set off a wild scene in front of the Egyptian bench. A red card was shown to goalkeeping coach Saafan Elsaghir, who had to be physically restrained from going after French referee Francois Letexier. Two players on the field received yellow cards for griping vehemently about Argentina’s final goal.

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan crossed his arms — the signal for calling out racial abuse — and stated flatly that his upstart squad was victimized by a soccer establishment that wanted Messi and Argentina to advance.

“We have been treated unfairly today,” Hassan said. “We have suffered injustice.”

In a tournament already marred by allegations that U.S. President Donald Trump influenced FIFA to overturn a one-game suspension for an American player, Egypt turned up the heat on soccer’s governing body.

“I just would like to say that we would have deserved to earn this win,” Hassan said, “but we are leaving with honor, with pride, regardless of this defeat.”

Hassan, who has been outspoken in his support of the Palestinians during the tournament, was upset that a potential second goal was overturned by a video review that showed a foul on Egypt at the start of an end-to-end play.

Egypt came back to take a 2-0 lead anyway on Mostafa Zico’s goal in the 67th minute, but there was still enough time for Argentina to pull off a comeback for the ages in the stadium that is the home of the NFL’s At-

lanta Falcons.

Cristian Romero gave the champions hope in the 79th. Messi blasted in the tying goal off the crossbar just four minutes later.

And Enzo Fernández won it for Argentina in the second minute of stoppage time — a play that began at the opposite end of the field with Salah being stripped of the ball as he tried to dribble into the penalty area, winding up face down on the turf.

Even retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady took note of the comeback, going on social media to point out this rivaled the one he pulled off against the Falcons in the 2017 Super Bowl, when the New England Patriots rallied from a 28-3 deficit late in the third quarter to win 34-28 in overtime.

“Yeah so that might top 28-3,” Brady wrote on X. Hassan couldn’t care less what Brady had to say. The coach was still seething that the video-assisted referee didn’t feel a need for Letexier to review what Egypt felt was a foul in the penalty area, denying what could’ve been a shot at a tying kick in the waning seconds.

“The effect of this outcome goes way beyond the defeat itself because we haven’t seen neither respect nor fair play,” Hassan said. “There has not been respect or fair play because a penalty was ruled out. A second ball that should have been called as a penalty for us was not even checked by the VAR.” It was all too much for Hassan and his players to bear.

“What I told the referee was just that this is unfair,” the coach said. “I was saying maybe he’s carrying a scar, maybe he has something to hide. Whoever has something to hide sometimes fails to hide what he is hiding and this was exactly what I felt during that conversation.”

For Hassan, the tournament is over. He has no intention of watching any more soccer.

“I promise you, from the moment I go back, I’m not going to continue following the matches of this FIFA World Cup,” he said.

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after a rest period to discuss whether it wants him to stay beyond the expiration of his contract this summer and whether he wants to commit to a four-year cycle.

“We had positive conversations with Mauricio before the World Cup about the future. We agreed we would continue those conversations following a chance to rest and reflect post World Cup,” the U.S. Soccer Federation said in a statement Tuesday. “We have a great deal of respect and gratitude for Mauricio, his staff and everyone part of the program. We have shared excitement about our potential and also shared clarity about the amount of work at all levels still required to achieve our ambition.”

The Argentine took over from Gregg Berhalter in late 2024 after a first-round elimination at the Copa America. His first year included failures to win the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Nations League.

“We were in a mess,” he said.

“I’ve seen this team show that we can play football. We can play soccer. We can compete. That we need keep improving — a lot of young

Tony Meola, Kasey Keller, Brad Friedel, Tim Howard and Brad Guzan inspired confidence.

Zack Steffen and Matt Turner both failed to establish themselves with big European teams. Matt Freese, who supplanted Turner as the first-choice starter last year, gifted a goal in the loss to Belgium that will be replayed on blooper reels.

Gabriel Slonina, Chris Brady, Patrick Schulte and Roman Celentano, who head the next generation, have the next cycle to establish themselves as possible No. 1s.

Central defense also is a concern.

Crystal Palace’s Chris Richards is the only American playing at a top club and his World Cup partner, Tim Ream, at 38 became the oldest U.S. player at any World Cup. With the expansion of the field to 48 nations, including six from North and Central America and the Caribbean, World Cup qualifying is not likely to be challenging for CONCACAF’s powers: Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.

All three were eliminated in the round of 16 after Curaçao, Haiti ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By LINDSEy WASSON and Panama were eliminated with United States midfielder Weston McKennie reacts during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the last-place finishes in their groups.

United States and Belgium in Seattle on Monday.

Unless the U.S. shows vast improvement, it will not be seeded players with a lot potential and fu- United States’ biggest strength appears to be at its weakest since for the 2030 World Cup and likely will face a world power in the first from 1990 through 2014 to a huge the 1980s. ture.”

Long gone are the days when round.

Goalkeeper has gone from the weakness in the past decade and

LSU

Continued from page 1C ending up at LSU are slim to none, but three scouts believe his chances of making it to campus are basically a coin flip. That’s, in part, because of his potentially high asking price for MLB clubs.

“Those types of traits with that type of power, I would be shocked if someone didn’t take him. I have no idea what it’s going to require,” one scout said. “If he needs $3 million, I don’t know that someone does it. But I would bet you every team would offer $1.5 million. I bet half the teams would offer $2 million. Would he do it?”

Another scout who was familiar with Santarelli’s thinking said that “if his number’s met, he’s going to be ecstatic to go play pro ball, and if it’s not, he’s going to be ecstatic to go to LSU.” He also said that Santarelli, who decommitted from Louisville before signing with LSU, made his pledge to the Tigers with the expectation he’d play for the school.

He wasn’t using his commitment as potential leverage against teams during the draft. The scout added that he is familiar with Santarelli’s agent, and he doesn’t expect his agency to let him “sign for cheap.”

PROVIDED PHOTO “I’m not necessarily saying I got the vibe that he wanted the college Glynn Academy outfielder Wessley Roberson plays in a game last season. experience,” the scout said. “But I Roberson is signed to play at LSU, but many MLB scouts who talked with think he definitely was making decisions (picking LSU over Louis- The Advocate expect him to get drafted and turn pro instead. ville) based on the fact that he was going to end up at school.” municating.” scouts is the right-handed hitOdds of reaching campus: 50/50 Odds of reaching campus: Less than ter’s hit tool. As one scout told The 50% Advocate, “the concern mainly Malachi Washington, OF comes from the fact that he kind Will Adams, 1B/OF of swings at everything.”

School: Park View High Questions surrounding Murphy’s Hometown: Stone Mountain, GeorSchool: Hoover High approach and swing tendencies gia Hometown: Hoover, Alabama make him a raw prospect, even Ht/Wt: 6-1, 203 pounds Ht/Wt: 6-2, 203 pounds Draft rankings: No. 83, ESPN; No. Draft rankings: No. 57, The Athletic; though he checks some significant boxes as a power-hitting center 111, MLB.com No. 91, ESPN; No. 103, MLB.com Breakdown: Washington, a center Breakdown: Adams is a polished fielder.

“He’s for sure a center fielder. fielder by trade, is an excellent left-handed-hitting (and throwathlete who possesses a combina- ing) first baseman who is athletic And he can throw. The only real tion of speed and power that will enough to potentially play a corner concern is hitting enough to stay on the field,” the same scout said. certainly intrigue MLB clubs. outfield spot.

Washington has quick hands and “Sees the ball, manages counts, “And he has enough power to get is a twitchy athlete. His right- puts the bat on the ball,” one scout away with it. He’ll run into enough handed swing could use some said. “He can get hits all over the balls to have hit a ton of homers. work — one scout described his field, and he has a little bit of pow- You’re just hoping he’s not a guy who strikes out 30% of the time in overall game as somewhat raw er.”

— and he struggled against betPower isn’t his best trait, and the minors.”

Two scouts said they believe ter competition, but he only turned he doesn’t have the speed to play 18 in June. center field, but Adams has gar- Murphy likely will get drafted “He’s got a chance to be really nered enough interest from MLB and sign with a club. One scout good because it is different,” one clubs that his odds of making it to said “everybody that I’ve talked to scout said. “It is different hand campus are up in the air. One scout thinks he’s signing,” while the othspeed, bat speed and force output believes his chances of getting to er noted that Murphy’s rawness as for a kid that size. Ridiculously school are 50/50, while another a prospect means that he wouldn’t strong. It’s just a matter of him thought there was a 60% chance be guaranteed playing time as a freshman at LSU. transferring that strength into he’d go to LSU. If he were to join the Tigers, he’d power.”

Johnson also told WBRZ that The same scout also said he has he met with Adams in Hoover be eligible for the draft again after a strong arm and “makes it look during the same week the Tigers his sophomore season.

“The guys who may end up easy” whenever he’s tracking were set to play at the SEC Tourchoosing to sign for a lesser down balls in the outfield, leading nament. the scout to believe he can stick in “You just have no idea. And this amount are typically the guys who center field. guy, to me, he’s not a slam-dunk are sophomore eligible, who, for “It’s pretty easy when the ball draft pick, and he’s not a slam one reason or another, are scared gets hit to him, almost like bor- dunk going to LSU,” one scout said. of the ramifications of not playing derline nonchalant, and you “I could honestly see this going ei- next year,” the scout said. “… He’s got to hit like .300 to play every question whether he cares on ther way.” day. I don’t know if he can hit .300 defense,” the scout said. “But Odds of reaching campus: 50/50 in college.” that’s not the case. Once you get Odds of reaching campus: Low to know the kid, he’s happy-go- Anthony Murphy, OF lucky.”

School: Corona High Nathaneal Davis, OF One scout described the odds of Hometown: Corona, California Washington ending up at LSU as Ht/Wt: 6-0, 185 pounds School: Bishop Moore Catholic 50/50 because “he wants a lot of Draft rankings: No. 107, MLB.com; High money.” Another scout believes No. 146, ESPN Hometown: Orlando, Florida he’ll more than likely choose proBreakdown: Murphy is a plus deHt/Wt: 6-0, 184 pounds fessional baseball over LSU. fensive center fielder and has Draft rankings: No. 125, ESPN; No. “I think his number fully puts plenty of power in his bat. Last 138, MLB.com him in the ballpark of him prob- season at Corona — a program Breakdown: Last week, Davis joined ably getting picked,” the scout that had three first-round picks in left-hander Braxton Beaty as the said. “It’s not a small number, but last year’s draft — Murphy led the second LSU signee to officially I think there’s enough interest, team in home runs and batting av- withdraw from the draft and join enough teams that are going to be erage while hitting leadoff. the program for the 2027 season. in at the number that they’re comThe only notable red flag for Davis has a chance to immedi-

ately start in center field for the Tigers as a freshman. He has excellent speed and is a plus athlete with a strong arm, stealing 78 bases in high school.

“Davis is kind of like (Chris) Stanfield,” one scout said, “but he hits left-handed.”

Davis doesn’t have much power and struggled a bit against top competition nationally, but his speed and athleticism should help an LSU team that lacked both a year ago.

Odds of reaching campus: 100%

Wessley Roberson, OF School: Glynn Academy Hometown: Brunswick, Georgia Ht/Wt: 6-0, 175 pounds Draft rankings: N/A Breakdown: Roberson is a speedy outfielder who has a strong knack for putting the bat on the ball. He could hit for more power in the future, even though his approach at the plate currently is contactoriented.

Injuries slowed him down this spring, but Roberson heads into the draft without many obvious holes.

“I think he’s kind of an average bag of fives across the board,” one scout said, “outside of the fact that he’s a solid runner.”

Despite a profile suggesting he could make an immediate impact in college, two scouts said they expect Roberson to sign with an MLB club. Three scouts suggested that’s largely because he’d be willing to put pen to paper for a lower number, with one scout saying that could be $500,000.

“It’s probably only like five or six teams that are really seriously going to draft him,” another scout said. “And it probably helps that the family is willing to sign for less.”

Odds of reaching campus: Low

Parker Loew, SS School: Trinity Christian Academy Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida Ht/Wt: 6-0, 180 pounds Draft rankings: N/A Breakdown: Loew is an athletic shortstop who is expected to stick at the position going forward. Offensively, he is a work in progress.

“I’m willing to (go through that) development to clean stuff up,” one scout said. “But he’s also just not super consistent, and there’s definitely some needed polish in the way he does things at a consistent level.”

Two scouts said they expect Loew to make it to LSU. One scout said that between Loew and Jordan Martinez, his high school teammate and a fellow LSU signee, Loew has the better chance of making an immediate impact on the field.

Odds of reaching campus: High

Jordan Martinez, INF School: Trinity Christian Academy Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida Ht/Wt: 6-0, 195 pounds Draft rankings: N/A Breakdown: Martinez is listed as a shortstop on Perfect Game, but unlike Loew, the infielder’s future is likely at third base. There are also questions surrounding his offensive game.

“I saw him strike out so much,” one scout said. “He just really cannot handle spin.”

As with Loew, the expectation is that Martinez will wind up at school. His playing time could be sparse next season after the Tigers added Texas State transfer Dawson Park last month.

“I would expect both of them to make it (to school) pretty handily,” a scout said.

Odds of reaching campus: High

Luke Tucker, INF School: Krum High Hometown: Krum, Texas Ht/Wt: 6-4, 210 pounds Draft rankings: N/A Breakdown: Tucker is a power-hitting infielder whose future likely will be at first or third base. He played shortstop in high school, but his size likely limits him to a corner infield spot.

At the plate, Tucker has a smooth swing, but he’s raw and didn’t face great competition in high school.

“He’s got some feel to hit,” one scout said. “It was a tough evaluation because he’s facing guys throwing 82 mph every day.”

The scout also noted LSU’s strength and conditioning staff could further his development if he made it to school.

“He’s a thicker kid. He needs to get in the weight room and trim himself down a little bit,” the scout said. “I think when he does, he’ll just naturally have more bat speed because it’s not the fastest bat.”

Tucker isn’t expected to be selected in the first two rounds, but the same scout said that he wants to sign with an MLB team. If he did end up at LSU, the scout could see him redshirting as a freshman.

“He’s already thrown out like a million (dollars),” the scout said.

“And if kids are starting at a million, they’ll come down to half a million, probably. I think there’s only like two or three teams that would do it, but the teams that would do it, it’s not crazy money that he’s asking for.”

Odds of reaching campus: Less than 50%

Masen Belding, C School: Del Oro High Hometown: Grass Valley, California Ht/Wt: 6-2, 215 pounds Rankings: N/A Breakdown: Belding is a big catcher with the potential to be an impact power hitter in college, but he has work to do defensively to stick behind the plate. One scout believes his future position is first base.

“He kind of fits in that Omar Serna, (Cade) Arrambide mold,” the scout said. “He can throw, and he has really good offensive tools, but the actual overall catching needs a lot of work.”

Belding is likely to make it to campus, but his playing time in Year 1 could be limited as he’d be fighting for reps with Serna, Arrambide and Eddie Yamin. But his bat does make him an intriguing option for the Tigers whenever the three veterans ahead of him move on to professional baseball.

Odds of reaching campus: High

Dylan Minnatee, 1B School: Franklin High Hometown: Elk Grove, California Ht/Wt: 6-0, 195 pounds Draft rankings: N/A Breakdown: Minnatee is a contactoriented first baseman who, as a left-handed hitter, lacks power and positional versatility.

One scout does not believe he has the agility and speed to play in the outfield.

“You love what Tre Morgan did, and you think that this guy is the next one,” the scout said. “It’s a first baseman with an unreal hit tool. But I think Tre Morgan is an anomaly, and you shouldn’t look for Tre Morgans.”

Minnatee isn’t expected to be taken in the draft and will likely end up at LSU. Finding early playing time could be a challenge with Mason Braun returning for his sophomore year.

Odds of reaching campus: High

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New York Central Division

MLB Wednesday

American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at DETROIT -160 Athletics at TAMPA BAY -125 N.Y Yankees at WHITE SOX -129 Boston at MINNESOTA -136 Cleveland at TEXAS -160 LA Angels National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at PITTSBURGH -120 Atlanta at CINCINNATI OFF Philadelphia Milwaukee -136 at ST. LOUIS at LA DODGERS -227 Colorado at SAN DIEGO -157 Arizona Interleague FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Toronto -120 at SAN FRAN. Chicago Cubs -119 at BALTIMORE Seattle -138 at MIAMI at WASHINGTON -138 Houston at N.Y METS OFF Kansas City

LINE +132 +103 +106 +112 +131 LINE -102 OFF +112 +182 +128 LINE -102 -103 +118 +114 OFF

Pro baseball MLB Glance American League

East Division

Tampa Bay New York Baltimore Toronto Boston Central Division Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City West Division Seattle Texas Houston Athletics Los Angeles

Monday’s Games

W 53 50 42 42 40

L 36 41 49 49 48

Pct GB .596 — .549 4 .462 12 .462 12 .455 12½

W 47 47 44 41 37

L 42 44 47 50 54

Pct .528 .516 .484 .451 .407

GB — 1 4 7 11

W 47 45 46 41 36

L 44 45 48 50 55

Pct .516 .500 .489 .451 .396

GB — 1½ 2½ 6 11

Kansas City 15, Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 1 Washington 12, Houston 11 San Francisco 10, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 4 Detroit 6, Athletics 2 Chicago Cubs at Baltimore, n Seattle at Miami, n Houston 6, Washington 3 Kansas City at N.Y. Mets, n Boston at Chicago White Sox, n Cleveland at Minnesota, n L.A. Angels at Texas, n Toronto at San Francisco, n Toronto (Cease 5-4) at San Francisco (Webb 5-6), 2:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Rea 6-5) at Baltimore (Kremer 1-1), 5:35 p.m.

Athletics (Springs 3-8) at Detroit (Melton 4-1), 5:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Cole 3-3) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 7-5), 5:40 p.m.

Seattle (Kirby 7-7) at Miami (Phillips 1-3), 5:40 p.m.

Houston (Arrighetti 7-4) at Washington (Griffin 9-2), 5:45 p.m.

Kansas City (TBD) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Boston (Bennett 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-3), 6:40 p.m.

Cleveland (Cecconi 4-6) at Minnesota (Prielipp 2-5), 6:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Ureña 5-7) at Texas (Gore 5-7), 7:05 p.m.

National League

W 52 50 49 47

L 38 41 42 46

Monday’s Games

.418 14½

W 58 50 47 47 41

L 33 40 43 45 48

Pct GB .637 — .556 7½ .522 10½ .511 11½ .461 16

W 60 45 44 38 37

L 32 45 46 52 55

Pct .652 .500 .489 .422 .402

GB — 14 15 21 23

Kansas City 15, Philadelphia 1 Washington 12, Houston 11 Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 3 San Francisco 10, Toronto 1 N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 6, 10 innings Arizona 8, San Diego 0 L.A. Dodgers 8, Colorado 7, 11 innings

Pct .578 .549 .538 .505

GB — 2½ 3½ 6½

fani (2), Brazil, def. Storm Hunter, Australia, and Caty McNally (14), United States, 6-1, 6-4.

Katarzyna Piter, Poland, and Anna Siskova, Czechia, def. Rebecca Sramkova, Slovakia, and Linda Noskova, Czechia, 7-5, 6-4.

Mixed Doubles Semifinals Storm Hunter and Marc Polmans, Australia, def. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Fanny Stollar, Hungary, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Marcelo Arevalo, El Salvador, and Jelena Ostapenko (2), Latvia, def. Zhang Shuai, China, and Christian Harrison (3), United States, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

Pro basketball WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE

Tuesday’s Games

Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 3, 1st game Chicago Cubs at Baltimore, n Pittsburgh 12, Atlanta 4 Seattle at Miami, n Houston 6, Washington 3 Kansas City at N.Y. Mets, n Philadelphia at Cincinnati, n Milwaukee at St. Louis, 2nd game, n Toronto at San Francisco, n Arizona at San Diego, n Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, n

New York Indiana Atlanta Washington Toronto Chicago Connecticut

W 13 12 12 10 9 6 5

L 9 8 9 10 11 14 16

Pct .591 .600 .571 .500 .450 .300 .238

GB — — ½ 2 3 6 7½

Minnesota Las Vegas Golden State Dallas Portland Los Angeles Phoenix Seattle

W 15 15 15 14 9 8 8 6

L 6 6 7 8 12 11 13 17

Pct .714 .714 .682 .636 .429 .421 .381 .261

GB — — ½ 1½ 6 6 7 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto (Cease 5-4) at San Francisco (Webb 5-6), 2:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Rea 6-5) at Baltimore (Kremer 1-1), 5:35 p.m.

Atlanta (Holmes 5-4) at Pittsburgh (Jones 1-1), 5:40 p.m.

Seattle (Kirby 7-7) at Miami (Phillips 1-3), 5:40 p.m.

Houston (Arrighetti 7-4) at Washington (Griffin 9-2), 5:45 p.m.

Kansas City (TBD) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (TBD) at Cincinnati (Burns 101), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Harrison 8-1) at St. Louis (McGreevy 3-7), 6:45 p.m.

Arizona (Cabrera 0-1) at San Diego (King 5-7), 9:10 p.m.

Colorado (Feltner 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Sasaki 3-5), 9:10 p.m.

Wimbledon Results

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

53

Pro tennis

Tuesday’s Games

East Division

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Tuesday At All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club London Purse: £30,060,000 Surface: Grass Men’s Singles Quarterfinals Jannik Sinner (1), Italy, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Novak Djokovic (7), Serbia, def. Felix AugerAliassime (3), Canada, 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4).

Women’s Singles Quarterfinals Coco Gauff (7), United States, def. Jessica Pegula (4), United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Karolina Muchova (10), Czechia, def. Naomi Osaka (14), Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, and Aleksandar Kovacevic, United States, def. Nikola Mektic, Croatia, and Austin Krajicek (14), United States, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Harri Heliovaara, Finland, and Henry Patten (1), Britain, def. Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, and Manuel Guinard (8), France, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Women’s Doubles Third Round Taylor Townsend, United States, and Katerina Siniakova (1), Czechia, def. Asia Muhammad, United States, and Fanny Stollar (16), Hungary, 6-3, 6-3.

Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Luisa Ste-

Monday’s Games

Golden State 62, Washington 49 Connecticut 90, Minnesota 89 Seattle 82, Los Angeles 64

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Wednesday’s Games

Golden State at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Connecticut, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Golf PGA Tour FedEx Cup Leaders Through Monday 1. Scottie Scheffler 2. Matt Fitzpatrick 3. Cameron Young 4. Wyndham Clark 5. Collin Morikawa 6. Chris Gotterup 7. Si Woo Kim 8. Ludvig Aberg 9. Sam Burns 10. Akshay Bhatia 11. Tommy Fleetwood 12. Jacob Bridgeman 13. Rory McIlroy 14. Russell Henley 15. Xander Schauffele 16. Kristoffer Reitan 17. Alex Fitzpatrick 18. J.J. Spaun 19. Justin Rose 20. Viktor Hovland 21. Alex Smalley 22. Ryan Gerard 23. J.T. Poston 24. Gary Woodland 25. Min Woo Lee 26. Nicolai Hojgaard 27. Aaron Rai 28. Rickie Fowler 29. Bud Cauley 30. Kurt Kitayama 31. Ben Griffin 32. Sepp Straka 33. Adam Scott 34. Robert MacIntyre 35. Hideki Matsuyama 36. Justin Thomas 37. Jake Knapp 38. Ryo Hisatsune 39. Sahith Theegala 40. Nicolas Echavarria 41. Patrick Cantlay

Points 3,511 3,195 2,586 2,199 2,176 2,132 1,860 1,773 1,728 1,723 1,677 1,665 1,631 1,510 1,426 1,410 1,397 1,351 1,333 1,284 1,239 1,238 1,193 1,168 1,161 1,145 1,114 1,107 1,101 1,099 1,097 1,089 1,058 1,026 996 944 938 878 868 857 831

Money $15,124,575 $13,317,608 $12,103,452 $9,722,736 $8,389,937 $7,400,969 $6,639,361 $5,916,891 $6,402,540 $7,473,999 $5,421,655 $7,374,048 $8,124,581 $5,446,955 $5,438,650 $6,018,764 $4,488,234 $4,644,643 $4,853,356 $5,975,476 $4,662,250 $5,158,268 $5,590,029 $4,117,512 $4,619,127 $4,618,918 $5,001,155 $4,350,461 $3,941,167 $4,501,296 $3,990,382 $4,163,137 $3,424,607 $3,818,683 $3,661,107 $3,381,826 $3,127,963 $3,219,428 $3,054,952 $3,119,154 $3,199,708

42. Eric Cole 827 43. Matthew McCarty 807 44. Keith Mitchell 788 45. Harris English 776 46. Maverick McNealy 753 47. Sam Stevens 736 48. Sudarshan Yellamaraju 731 49. Max Homa 729 50. Alex Noren 726 51. Daniel Berger 709 52. Pierceson Coody 708 53. Jordan Spieth 694 54. Shane Lowry 640 55. Harry Hall 628 56. Patrick Rodgers 600 57. Nick Taylor 599 58. Tom Kim 597 59. Aldrich Potgieter 582 60. Sungjae Im 570 61. Ryan Fox 568 62. Corey Conners 563 63. Michael Kim 549 64. Matti Schmid 531 65. Andrew Putnam 526 66. Ricky Castillo 522 67. Jason Day 495 68. Mac Meissner 491 69. Keegan Bradley 484 70. Austin Smotherman 462 71. David Lipsky 460 72. Brian Harman 459 73. Jordan L. Smith 444 74. Tom Hoge 438 75. Stephan Jaeger 433 76. Brandt Snedeker 431 77. Michael Thorbjornsen 428 78. Jackson Suber 424 79. Tony Finau 409 80. Andrew Novak 404 81. Brooks Koepka 404 82. Taylor Moore 379 83. John Parry 358 84. John Keefer 356 85. Zachary Bauchou 353 86. Matt Wallace 350 87. Doug Ghim 343 88. Lucas Glover 333 89. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 333 90. A.J. Ewart 328 91. Max Greyserman 328 92. Lee Hodges 326 93. Denny McCarthy 308 94. Davis Thompson 305 95. Kevin Roy 286 96. Billy Horschel 283 97. Taylor Pendrith 280 98. Chandler Blanchet 274 99. Steven Fisk 273 100. Ben Kohles 262 101. Mark Hubbard 257 102. Michael Brennan 256 103. Emiliano Grillo 251 104. Marco Penge 251 105. William Mouw 248

$2,709,444 $2,926,873 $2,714,929 $2,654,553 $2,949,917 $2,598,477 $2,554,527 $2,410,121 $2,595,165 $3,325,228 $2,534,492 $2,730,334 $2,364,204 $2,144,445 $2,295,890 $2,186,140 $2,287,986 $1,882,981 $1,886,627 $2,158,896 $2,092,515 $1,993,284 $1,592,827 $1,912,137 $1,510,564 $1,864,529 $1,546,113 $2,001,569 $1,801,055 $1,517,037 $1,858,211 $1,493,748 $1,634,861 $1,513,623 $1,135,371 $1,556,736 $1,478,025 $1,583,180 $1,505,790 $1,538,155 $1,283,441 $1,085,741 $1,241,041 $1,050,065 $1,241,499 $984,021 $1,265,453 $897,746 $948,191 $1,331,006 $1,052,060 $1,157,158 $857,663 $879,554 $1,001,086 $1,052,773 $818,714 $972,519 $813,334 $732,571 $913,668 $818,555 $943,413 $890,571

Transactions Baseball MLB

American League ATHLETICS — Optioned C Brian Serven and RHP Kade Morris to Las Vegas (PCL). Reinstated SS Jacob Wilson from the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Jacob Lopez from Las Vegas.

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled LHP Nick Raquet from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP Cameron Weston to Norfolk.

BOSTON RED SOX — Sent 3B Nick Sogard on a rehab assignment to Worcester (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent 1B Munetaka Murakami on a rehab assignment to Charlotte (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Sent RHP Jackson Jobe on a rehab assignment to Lakeland (FSL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent RHP Ronel Blanco and SS Jeremy Peña on rehab assignments to Sugar Land (PCL). Optioned RHP Mike Burrows to Sugar Land. Recalled RHP Alimber Santa from Sugar Land.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent 1B Vinnie Pasquantino on a rehab assignment to Omaha (IL). Agreed to terms with RHP Justin Topa on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the contract of RHP Woo-Suk Go from St. Paul (IL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent RHP Jesse Scholtens on a rehab assignment to FCL Rays.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled RHP Chad Dallas from Buffalo (IL). Optioned OF Yohendrick Piñango to Buffalo.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with 1B Rowdy Tellez on a minor league contract.

Placed RHP Tyler Kinley on the paternity list. Recalled RHP James Karinchak from Gwinnett (IL). Optioned RHP Owen Murphy to Gwinnett. Selected the contract of LHP Connor Thomas from Gwinnett.

CHICAGO CUBS — Sent RHP Bryse Wilson outright to Iowa (IL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Sent 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes on a rehab assignment to Louisville (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent C Chuckie Robinson outright to Oklahoma City (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Secalled LHP Robert Gasser from ACL Brewers. Optioned CF Blake Perkins to Nashville (IL). Recalled CF Luis Lara from Nashville. Transferred LF Brandon Lockridge to the 60-day IL. Placed 3B David Hamilton on the 10-day IL. Sent RHP Carlos Rodriguez on a rehab assignment to Nashville. Selected the contract of LF Greg Jones from Nashville.

NEW YORK METS — Sent CF Luis Robert Jr. on a rehab assignment to Binghamton (EL).

Designated RHP Guillo Zuñiga for assignment. Reinstated 1B Jorge Polanco from the 60-day IL. Designated RHP Alex Carrillo for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Matt Seelinger from Syracuse (IL). Optioned SS Ronny Mauricio to Syracuse.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled RHP Max Lazar from Lehigh Valley (IL). Optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Lehigh Valley.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed SS Konnor Griffin on the 10-day IL retroactive to July 6.

Recalled SS Jack Brannigan from Indianapolis (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Jhony Brito from El Paso (PCL). Optioned RHP Alek Jacob to El Paso.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Transferred RHP Max Rajcic to the 60-day IL. Selected the contract of LHP Bruce Zimmermann from Memphis (IL). Recalled RHP Hunter Dobbins from Memphis. Optioned RHP Ryan Fernandez to Memphis.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Activated LHP Matt Krook. Optioned RHP Cole Henry to Rochester (IL).

Basketball NBA

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Re-signed C Thomas Bryant to a contract.

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Signed G Bruce Thornton to a contract.

PHOENIX SUNS — Re-signed C Mark Williams and G Jordan Goodwin and Collin Gillespie to multi-year contracts.

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Re-signed F Precious Achiuwa to a contract.

UTAH JAZZ — Signed G Trey Alexander to a two-way contract.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed C Felix Okpara to a two-way contract.

WNBA

ATLANTA DREAM — Signed G Shatori Walker-Kimbrough to a rest-of-season contract.

Waived G Indya Nivar.

LAS VEGAS ACES — Signed G/F Justine Pissott to a rest-of-season contract. Waived G Chennedy Carter.

MINNESOTA LYNX — Waived F Liatu King.

PHOENIX MERCURY — Waived F Quionche Carter.

Football NFL

NEW YORK GIANTS — Claimed DE C.J. Ravenell off waivers from Tennessee.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DT Gracen Halton to a rookie contract.

Hockey NHL

ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed D Tyson Hinds to a two-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD — Signed D Roman Schmidt to a one-year contract.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Signed F Claude Giroux to a one-year contract.

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NOLA Art Bar is a bar and lounge adjacent to the Baldwin & Co. bookstore.

ABOVE: Burrata and tomatoes are part of the summer menu at Bar 1865.

BELOW: Bar 1865 is in the ground floor of the Historic Swoop-Duggins House.

Bookshop creates new ‘reading lounge’ STAFF PHOTOS By IAN MCNULTy

Oyster and olive skewers are paired with a martini at the downtown New Orleans restaurant Bar 1865.

Finding Flavor New ‘hidden’ downtown restaurant a great discovery for cocktails, bites and more

BY IAN McNULTY

Staff writer

It’s easy to spot first-time visitors when they approach Bar 1865 at the Historic Swoop-Duggins House from the street. They typically have a look of quizzical anticipaBAR 1865 tion. Can this really be the spot? at the Then they get Historic to the door, and it be anything Swoop- couldn’t else.

Duggins They’ve arrived at a historic townHouse house in downtown 916 Lafayette St. New Orleans that reveals an enchantl Dinner from ing anachronism, a 5-10 p.m.Thu., den of Old World elFri., Sat. egance serving food and cocktails with a fresh, modern verve. And it’s open only three nights a week.

The floor plan still resembles that of an old house, with a courtyard patio, a six-seat bar and a long parlor serving as the main dining room, all steeped

A long parlor serves as the main dining room inside Bar 1865, located in the ground floor of the Historic Swoop-Duggins House in downtown New Orleans. in a 40-watt glow against faded brickwork. It’s as if the process of elegant decay was halted and the space refreshed, a mixture of patina and polish. The ambience is so lush, it’s practically tactile.

The menu, from chef Lisa Marie

Frantz, is well-tuned for a self-guided tasting tour of small plates. It’s a bit French, highly seasonal and creative and in sync with the cocktail focus at the bar.

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NOLA Art Bar opens next door to Baldwin & Co.

BY IAN McNULTY Staff writer

There’s still art on the walls at NOLA Art Bar, a collection based around Black artists from New Orleans. But now the art of conversation is the focus for this Faubourg Marigny nightspot, along with the pleasure of settling in with a book and cocktail too.

NOLA Art Bar reopened last week after a renovation in sync with its new identity. It’s now called a “It’s a “reading lounge.”

It’s the latest from D.J. place for an Johnson, who also created extrovert to Baldwin & Co., the adjacent recharge or bookstore and coffee shop. an introvert With its “nerd chic” style to just be.” and frequent events centered on Black authors and D.J. JOHNSON, other literary stars it has NOLA Art Bar and become a hub for creatives.

Baldwin & Co. Johnson heard from peoowner ple who wanted a place to keep conversations going after events at the bookNOLA shop. That got him thinking of the need for social ART BAR spaces devoted to quieter pursuits than clubs or pubs. 2128 St. Claude “This is Baldwin & Co. afAve. ter dark,” he said of the bar. l Tue.,Thu.-Sat. “It’s a place for an extrofrom 5 p.m. vert to recharge or an introvert to just be,” he said.

Walking into the lounge from the busy intersection of St. Claude and Elysian Fields avenues outside, the contrast is immediate and complete. Sofas and easy chairs plot out spaces for small groups to gather. Glowing shelves filled with books line the walls, with art displayed between them.

On one night last week, many patrons had books in hand, sometimes stacks of them.

Others chatted while sipping a Negroni or old fashioned cocktail and nibbling from

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Don’t let social media define self-worth

Dear Annie: My 14-year-old daughter spends far too much time on social media, and I am beginning to see it affect her mood, confidence and sleep.

She checks her phone the moment she wakes up and often stays online long after she is supposed to be asleep. If a friend posts a picture without her, she becomes upset. If one of her own posts does not get enough likes, she worries that people are mad at her or no longer think she is popular.

Recently, I took her phone away for the weekend after discovering she had been awake past

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2025. There are 176 days left in the year.

Today in History: On July 8, 2018, divers rescued four of the 12 boys who had been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand with their soccer coach for more than two weeks. (The remaining eight boys and their coach were rescued over the next two days.)

Also on this date: In 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, outside the State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia.

In 1853, an expedition led by U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese.

In 1889, the first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.

In 1947, a New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a “flying saucer” that crashed onto a ranch; officials then said it was actually a weather balloon.

In 1950, President Harry S. Truman named Gen. Douglas MacArthur commander-inchief of United Nations forces in Korea. (Truman would fire MacArthur for insubordination nine months later.)

In 1972, the Nixon administration announced a deal to sell $750 million in grain to the Soviet Union. (However, the Soviets were also engaged in secretly buying subsidized American grain, resulting in what critics dubbed “The Great Grain Robbery.”)

In 1994, Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s communist leader since 1948, died at age 82.

In 2000, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport for her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Black female champion at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1958.

In 2011, the 135th and final space shuttle mission began when space shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center.

In 2021, President Joe Biden said the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan would end on Aug. 31; in a speech in the White House East Room, Biden made an impassioned argument for exiting the nearly 20-year war without sacrificing more America lives, but acknowledged that there would be no “mission accomplished” moment to celebrate.

In 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 82. Drummer Jaimoe Johanson (The Allman Brothers Band) is 82. Actor Kim Darby is 79. Children’s musician Raffi is 78. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is 77. Actor Anjelica Huston is 75. Writer Anna Quindlen is 74. Author and politician Marianne Williamson is 74. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jack Lambert is 74. Actor Kevin Bacon is 68.

Singer Joan Osborne is 64. Actor Lee Tergesen (TV: “Oz”) is 61. Actor Billy Crudup is 58.

Actor Michael Weatherly (TV: “NCIS”) is 58. Musician Beck is 56. Actor Kathleen Robertson is 53. Christian rock musician Stephen Mason (Jars of Clay) is 51. Actor Milo Ventimiglia is 49. Actor Lance Gross (TV: “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”) is 45. Actor Sophia Bush is 44. Actor Maya Hawke is 28.

midnight scrolling through videos. She cried and told me I was ruining her life.

She said all of her friends make plans through social media and that taking it away would leave her completely isoAnnie lated.

Lane I do not want to DEAR ANNIE overreact or make her feel cut off from her friends.

At the same time, I cannot ignore how anxious and distracted she has become. Even family dinners now feel like a battle because she

keeps reaching for her phone.

My husband thinks we should delete all of her accounts. I worry that doing so will only make her sneak around or feel even more excluded.

How can we set healthy limits without turning social media into a constant war? Is it realistic to ask a teenager to step away when nearly everyone she knows is still online? — Losing my Daughter to a Screen Dear Losing My Daughter: You are right to take this seriously, but taking away every account at once may only make your daughter feel punished and left out.

Start small. Keep her phone out

of the bedroom at night, make meals and homework phone-free, and agree on reasonable daily limits together. Ask her which accounts leave her feeling anxious or excluded, and encourage her to unfollow them.

Have a conversation with your daughter about what social media is doing to her mood and confidence. Let her know you are not trying to take away her friends.

You are trying to help her sleep better, feel better and remember that her worth is not measured in likes.

Also, show your daughter that she can add a lot to her life to fill

what has been taken away. Encourage her to get involved in activities that build confidence in the real world, such as sports, hobbies, volunteering, creative projects or simply spending time with family and friends face-to-face. The more connected she feels offline, the less power social media will have over her emotions.

The goal is not to make her disappear from social media. It is to teach her how to use it without letting it use her.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators. com.

FLAVOR

Continued from page 1D Intensely flavorful and not heavy, these are dishes that glide in for smooth landings, paced out to have another round from the bar.

Bar 1865 is home to one dish that feels like the ultimate drinking snack: skewers of smoked oysters, pinned to juicy Castelvetrano olives and pickled pearl onions, covered in an almond garlic chili crisp.

Like a deluxe version of a Gilda, the Basque tapas bar standard, it’s a progression of briny, salty flavor and a match made in heaven with a martini.

That’s especially so with the Mediterranean, the martini on the current cocktail list from beverage director Taylor Bonds. It’s braced with sherry and a bit of mastika, the piney liqueur, while dots of olive oil shimmer on the surface, all subtly herbal and refreshing.

STAFF PHOTOS By IAN MCNULTy

Bar 1865 is a restaurant with a menu based around seasonal small plates and cocktails.

Alone and alluring Bar 1865 takes its name from the year Swoop-Duggins House was occupied. A three-story property terraced with iron balconies, it’s all alone on a block that long ago must have been lined with similar facades.

Now it feels like the last of its kind, a gracefully defiant remnant of an older time, like New Orleans itself can sometimes feel.

Adding to the off-the-grid impression, its block remains partially barricaded off, due to the building collapse on adjacent O’Keefe Avenue way back in December 2024.

This means people get a good look at the place on the walk up the block, then they find the entrance down a side alley.

There is a bit of mystique to it all. But Bar 1865 is just the latest incarnation of a spot that has long given just that kind of feel, and it comes by its allure honestly. Press clippings from the property’s past are filled with references to prostitution raids from the days when it was a “boardinghouse.”

In more recent times, it was the beautiful restaurant Cellardoor.

After this closed in the pandemic, Linda Novack, a co-founder of Pal’s Lounge and owner of the former French Quarter spot the Starlight Lounge, bought the property and began turning the ground floor into Bar 1865. From a once-aweek pop-up, it now operates three nights a week — Thursday through Saturday — and could evolve further as time goes on.

The Open Sesame cocktail with sesame-infused bourbon is served at Bar 1865.

The chicken, one of the handful of entree-sized dishes, changes with the seasons too. But the key is always the crisp on the skin, golden and taut over the meat.

From the bar, Bonds’ “Adonis in heels” cocktail adds strawberry to the classic low-alcohol Adonis (vermouth, sherry and bitters) for a summer sipper or a gentle warmup round for a night out.

One night I was there early and got to watch the place come to life as more people settled in, like cast Beverage director Taylor Bonds and chef Lisa Marie Frantz at Bar 1865 in members taking their place on stage. the Historic Swoop-Duggins House.

Soon it was on to act two, another cocktail — this time a play on the mint julep with armaro and toastcocktail. ent comes into its prime season.

A clutch of grilled shrimp still ed peanut syrup.

So burrata and tomatoes now share equal billing on a dish that carry the flavor of the fire but are As I departed, more people were cleverly evokes pizza, somehow served chilled (and peeled) for a walking up with that same curious in summer salad form, complete neat, light dish. Deviled eggs — anticipation. I assured one that, with cupped pepperoni slices and with a texture as smooth as hum- yes, this is definitely the spot.

On the menu a slim, crunchy length of focac- mus and rich as butter — are fried Frantz’s menu is always in grad- cia standing in for the crust. Build in panko and finished with a bacon Email Ian McNulty at imcnulty@theadvocate.com. ual evolution as the next ingredi- your own bites between sips of a jam.

LOUNGE

Continued from page 1D charcuterie boards and bowls of popcorn from the lounge’s menu of snacks.

The bar is focused on wine and cocktails, with a selection of nonalcoholic drinks as well, including tea.

Johnson said the new direction for the bar is intended to encourage people “to think, to question and to imagine a better world.”

“Everything that exists the way it does today is a product of our thinking,” he said. “We can’t change the world if we do not change the way we think.”

A thinker’s hub It’s part of his vision for a convergence of community, literature and civic interaction, balanced by a nice cocktail or two.

Johnson grew up nearby in the 8th Ward and went on to become an information technology professional in Atlanta.

After returning home, he bought a cluster of buildings that were formerly home to Gene’s Po-Boys,

STAFF PHOTO By IAN MCNULTy

NOLA Art Bar is a bar and lounge related to the Baldwin & Co. bookstore in New Orleans.

Ilys Bistro and Gene’s Curbside Daiquiris, which all had closed. He saw the properties as a way to create a multifaceted project to bring something new to his hometown.

In the Art Deco building that was previously the daiquiri shop,

he created Baldwin & Co., named for the writer and Civil Rights activist. It has become a literary and social hot spot, drawing star writers for book signings and events.

Within a year of opening, Baldwin & Co. got a high-profile en-

dorsement from the Oprah’s Book Club, the much-followed reading club from Oprah Winfrey.

The old Gene’s Po-Boys itself is a now a branch of the Credit Human credit union, while NOLA Art Bar has transformed the old Ilys spot.

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SOCIETY Contact: nnolan@theadvocate.com

Charles and Cathy Glaser, Lindsay Friedmann, Bill Hines

Darryl Berger, Jill Israel, David Edwards

PHOTOS By REAGAN LAQUE

n Legacy The Josephine was the place for the plaudits when ADL held its 2026 Torch of Liberty Award Celebration. All gathered to pay tribute to legacy and its related work, vision, and values that chart future paths.

Chosen as honorees, whose work and commitment have made a difference in the above way forward, were Cathy and Charlie Glaser and Jones Walker LLP. The A.I. Botnick Torch of Liberty Award, the ADL South Central Region’s most prestigious award, bears the name of A.I. “B” Botnick, “whose 28 years of outstanding work as the ADL South Central Regional Director embodied everything that ADL stands for.”

He worked tirelessly to build bridges and coalitions across the diverse segments of the community.

Rachel Kansas and Carrie Marks, ToL planning committee members initiated the formalities with a welcome, which was followed

by SCR director Lindsay Baach Friedmann‘s state of the region; the award introduction of the honored Glasers given by Rachel Glaser,Alex Glaser and Maggie (nee Glaser) Wolfson, and the couple’s acceptance; and Larry Orlan-

Richard Cortizas, Adam Matasar

Leann Moses, Pete November

sky‘s special recognition of Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi. He is the past chair of ADL, South Central Board.

Student Rabbi Benjamin Russell accepted the honor.

For the accolades to Jones Walker LLP, President and CEO of Ochsner Health System Pete November stepped forward. Bill Hines, senior managing partner of the law firm, accepted the honor. The program’s closing remarks were made by Jill Israel and Caroline Fayard, ADL SCR board chair and vice chair.

Among those listed as contributors to the evening were Paul and Edie Rosenblum, Jones

Walker, the Glasers and their family, Ochsner Health, Jill and Dave Israel, Leslie and Bill Rau, and the Alex Berger Foundation: Donna Kay Berger, Louellen and Darryl Berger. Also, Maury Herman and Cristina Wysocki, Judy Barrasso and Brent Barriere, Cathy and Morris Bart,Vivian and Richard Cahn Family Foundation, Linda and Marty Davidson, Catherine and David Edwards, Caroline Fayard and Timothy Bovard, Mara and Josh Force, Richard Matasar, Karen and Leopold Sher, Patrick F. Taylor Foundation, and Nancy and Stephen Timm. Several are former ToL honorees, and most of the above were present. Mingling, too, were several past ToL awardees, such

as Dr. Stephen Hales and John Casbon.

Additional attendees were Erica and Richard Cortizas, Nancy Hales with Stephen, Dian and Alan Franco, Leann and Ted Moses,Ana Gershanik, Sonny and Rosie Lee, Sherryl and Peter Title, and New Orleans City Council members Aimee McCarron, Matthew Willard and Eugene Green. Scores more made rounds.

Jaime Greenwald and ADL’s events team planned the partying that included music during the cocktail hour by guitarist Or Shovaly; a step and repeat for pics; flowers

by Ambrose Garden in a variety of sizes to match different tables; and three activation stations, led off by a photo booth in the venue’s grotto that featured the neon sign, “Fighting Hate for Good.”

Sating the collective appetite was Brennan’s. Guests enjoyed a variety of passed hors d’oeuvres in the courtyard before dinner and desserts inside. Particularly delicious were the selections of tuna tartare in wee cones, gnocchi with burnt sugar, and the salmon.

All the while, congratulations flowed to the Glasers and to Jones Walker’s constituency for their work in alignment with the mission of ADL to fight antisemitism and to espouse justice for all.

Alicia Heuer, Amy Carbonette Cioll, Judith Bonner Gwen Hager, Sonya David

n Au Revoir

Jennifer Taffaro, Cheryl Surcouf Pelle, Nicole Surcouf, Christy Mumphrey Carrie Brown, Joseph Giacobbe, Jason Brown

PHOTOS By JEFF STROUT

Christina Comer, Rebecca Wilmore

n Pointed in the Party Direction As a social pas de quatre, Christy Mumphrey, Cheryl Surcouf Pelle, Nicole Surcouf and Jennifer Taffaro linked to chair La Fete du Ballet 2026. Titled “Celestial Soiree,” it was presented by Delta Festival Ballet and held in The Alexander Room. Joseph Giacobbe is DFB’s artistic director; Richard Rholdon, the ballet master; and Carrie J. Brown, the administrative director.

Board officers include Giacobbe, president Dr. Jeffrey Surcouf, vice president Laura Hornaday, and secretary Jessica Donegan Van Vrancken.

The company was founded by the above Joseph and his sister, Maria Giacobbe, in 1969. For more than 55 years, Delta has participated in a wide variety of local cultural events, one of which is the much-anticipated, annual production of “The Nutcracker” with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Furthering the theme of “Celestial Soiree,” blue dominated as a decorative color, especially in the floral centerpieces Tesa Bossetta, Traci of hydrangeas and attire of many attendees. Additional Schlosser features were the silent auction of 30 choice items (art, cultural events, restaurants, etc.), recognition of high school seniors Gracelyn Gros (Archbishop Chapelle High School) and Adriana Wilmore (Academy of the Sacred Heart); and a ballet performance, “La Valse des Cieux,” choreographed by Rholdon with, as dancers, Avery Adams, Blythe Bossetta, Molly Dunn, Natalie Lazo,Abby Mumphrey and Kennedy Schmalz.

Laurin Hart “won” the auction’s Beach Condo Stay donated by Joey and Virginia LaHatte; Lagniappe Luncheonette & Catering donated the dessert; and Harry Hardin‘s New Orleans Classical and Jazz entertained musically throughout the bash.

More merrymakers were Lee Giacobbe Facenda and daughter Vanessa, Glenn and Laurie Langdon, Jay and Jessica Donegan, Michelle Smolinski, board member Nicole Surcouf with Jeffrey, Traci Schlosser, Kenny and Elizabeth Kupar, Susan and Billy Surcouf, and from Delta’s Director’s Circle, Kenny and Tesa Bossetta and Christina Comer. Others, too, who reveled in the heavenly happening.

A temporary goodbye framed the luncheon levity of the Fine Arts Club, which celebrated the 2025-2026 program, pauses for the summer, and resumes with meetings and the guest speaker program in October. Installation of officers also PHOTOS By JEFF STROUT occurred during the gathering at Bette Marks, Cherry Bordelon Ralph’s on the Park with club past president Cherry Bordelon doing the dubbing. Sonya David is the new president and Amy Carbonette Ciol, Judith Bonner, Bette Marks, Lee Thomson-Yood, and Brenda Tureau, the officers.

Cherry Bordelon, Alicia Ohlmeyer, Lee Pitre Lynch, Pat Gallagher and Marlene Duronslet form the slate of board members. The club’s motto is “Ars Longa Est” (“Art is Long,” longlived.)

Luncheon delights were City Park salad, crusted catfish or grilled chicken breast, and buttermilk panna cotta. Partaking were the above, as well as Alice Reese, Nora Wetzel, Sonda Stacey, Charlotte Bracey, Nina Dhurandhar, Caroline Nead, Stephanie Hebeisen, Jackie Rausch, Molly Keenan, Gwen Hager, Bonnie Slaughter,Alicia Heuer, Sue Stephens and Debbie Smith.

All smiled with the wording atop The Fine Arts Club Au Revoir Luncheon’s invitation. It read, “Our club year is ending. It’s time to say farewell./ So, Au Revoir until the fall./ May you stay safe & well.”

Pat Gallagher, Brenda Tureau, Lee Thomsonyood, Alicia Ohlmeyer

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zodIAC CANCER (June 21-July 22) Consider your options and what the pros and cons are.

Let your emotions filter through consequences and what's worth it to you and what isn't. Stretch your imagination.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Pay attention; retaining what you hear will be essential if you want to get ahead. Use your Leo charm to captivate your audience and to gather pertinent information regarding different lifestyles.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Sit back, wait for the right moment and prepare to take a stance that positions you for success. Take care of financial, medical and legal matters with confidence.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Put everything in its place, and avoid criticism. Reach out to someone who needs help or a cause that concerns you, and do your part to make a difference. Someone you meet will touch your heart.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Engage in conversations, and invest more time in learning and personal growth. Consider how you can use your knowledge and reputation to teach others to make better decisions.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) You'll be pulled in different directions by the people you have the most contact with.

Surround yourself with those you trust and those who aren't trying to separate you from your cash.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You may think you have everything in place, but continue to refine and define what you

want and how you plan to make it happen. Trying to do the impossible will set you back.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) A vigilant approach to your work responsibilities will help you excel. Don't trust anyone to do something for you that lives up to your standards. Focus on your responsibilities.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Choose to have fun. Distance yourself from those who put pressure on you or take advantage of you. Focus on conversations that give you hope for a brighter future.

Don't limit what's possible.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Keep your thoughts to yourself. Refuse to let your emotions take over and your words lead to trouble. Bide your time and work on self-preservation and improvement.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Take care of small details, and invest more time and effort in exploring and expanding your interests. Activities that encourage you to use your physical and mental attributes will help you meet people.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Bringing about change will be simple if you use your strengths to consolidate your thoughts and charm your way into the hearts of those who can help you achieve your objective.

The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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Sudoku InstructIons: sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers.

The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday.

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BY PHILLIP ALDER Robert Fritz, who developed Structural Dynamics, said, “If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want.”

I have mentioned before that it pays to pause and consider your options, not just play on autopilot. This deal is another good example. South is in four spades.

How should the defense proceed after West leads the heart ace?

When you have 5-4-2-2 distribution and the right count for one no-trump, open in your five-card suit when it is a major. If the five-card suit is a minor, open one notrump with strong doubletons or when your rebid might be uncomfortable if you start with one of your long suit. Here, if North opens one diamond and South responds one heart, North has an easy one-spade rebid. So North should open one diamond.

After South actually bid one spade, North had just enough to raise to four spades.

But if North had settled for three spades, South would probably have raised to game, although he might have rebid three no-trump, the game contract that is unbeatable.

After taking the first trick, West will continue with the heart king. But what does he do next?

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There are two answers to that question: Cash the club ace to save the overtrick or take two club tricks! East should realize that his side needs two heart and two club winners. So it must be right to ruff his partner’s heart king and shift to a club.

As you can see, this is the only way to defeat the contract. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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word game InstRuctIons: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. 4. proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

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today’s thought “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalms 46:1

You can depend on the Lord! G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus.

“Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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For more information on tournaments and clubs, email naspa – north american sCraBBlE players association: info@scrabbleplayers.org. Visit our website: www.scrabbleplayers.org. For puzzle inquiries contact scrgrams@gmail.com.

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2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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HErE is a plEasanT liTTlE gamE that will give you a message every day. it’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. if the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. if the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. start at the upper left-hand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the checked figures give you.

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived for the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) by the Procure‐ ment Department, Room 5055, 2401 Westbend Parkway, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114, until 2:00 PM CDT on Thurs‐ day, August 6, 2026.

Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time, and a tabu‐ lation will be made for consideration by the Owner in awarding the Contract.

Bids received after the date above-designated and time will not be opened and will be re‐ jected.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY THE ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. FOR: Mechanical Re‐ placement at Edward Hynes School 990 Harrison Ave New Orleans, LA 70124 PROJECT NUMBER: No. 26-FAC-0072

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Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments may be obtained from: Marrero, Couvillion & As‐ sociates, LLC 2644 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd, Suite 200 Baton Rouge, LA 70816 Attn: Chad Blanchard cblanchard@mca-llc.com (225) 408-8249 Bid documents will be emailed by Architect or a downloadable link will be provided to obtain bid documents in PDF for‐ mat.

All Bids must be accom‐ panied by bid security equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of the Base Bid and all Alter‐ nates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or the Orleans Parish School Board Bid Bond Form written by a surety com‐ pany licensed to do busi‐ ness in Louisiana, signed by the surety's agency or attorney-in-fact. Surety must be listed on the current U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service list of approved bonding companies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it ob‐ ligates itself in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana 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 listing, the amount of the Bond may not exceed ten per‐ cent of policyholders' surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of the Orleans Parish School Board, and shall be accompanied by ap‐ propriate power of attor‐ ney. No Bid Bond indicat‐ ing an obligation of less than five percent (5%) by any method is accept‐ able.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond written by a company li‐ censed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal to 100% of the Con‐ tract amount.

Surety must be listed currently on the U. S. Department of Treasury Financial Management Service List (Treasury List) as ap‐ proved for an amount equal to or greater than the contract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana. If the Surety is not listed on the Trea‐ sury List, and has less than an “A-“ rating (as shown in the latest edi‐ tion of A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide) the maxi‐ mum Contract amount for which that Surety may provide a Bond is $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars), or fif‐ teen percent of the Surety’s policyhold‐ ers' surplus (as shown

by Surety's most recent financial statements filed with the Louisiana Department of Insur‐ ance), whichever is less.

If the Surety is not listed on the Treasury List, and has at least an “A”- rat‐ ing or better (as shown i h l di i f

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g in the latest edition of A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide), the maximum Contract amount for which that Surety may provide a Bond is fifteen percent of the Surety’s policyholders' surplus (as shown by Surety's most recent financial statements filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance.

The Bond shall be signed by the surety's agent or attor‐ ney-in-fact, and shall be in favor of the Orleans Parish School Board.

g y Reserve, Louisiana 70084, either by mail, hand de‐ livery or electronic bid, NO LATER THAN 11:30 AM, local time July 22, 2026, Attn: Julia FisherCormier, Sealed Bid En‐ closed- New Security Guard Building and En‐ trance, Contractor’s Li‐ cense Number and Con‐ tractor’s name should be printed outside of the sealed bid.

Promptly thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the Port of South Louisiana, 1720 Louisiana Highway 44, Reserve, Louisiana 70084.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 23, 2026 at Edward Hynes School located at 990 Harrison Ave, New Orleans, LA 70124.

Attendance at this con‐ ference is NOT required but highly encouraged and Bidders are advised that they will be required to state on the Bid Form that they are familiar with the Project site lo‐ cated at 990 Harrison Ave, New Orleans, LA 70124.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the classification of Building Construction or Mechani‐ cal Construction. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S.38:2212 (A)(1)(a). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (B)(1), the provi‐ sions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment bids, and those re‐ quired on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC FUND‐ ING: Notice is hereby given that this Project is to be financed in whole or in part by federal or other funds which will not be readily available at the time the Bids are re‐ ceived. As a result, pur‐ suant to La. R.S. 38:2215, the Owner is exempt from the requirement of acting to award the Con‐ tract or reject all Bids within forty-five (45) cal‐ endar days of receipt of the Bids. Pursuant to this Statute, the Owner specifically reserves the right to hold all Bids for greater than forty-five (45) calendar days.

The Orleans Parish School Board shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract Between Owner and Con‐ tractor is fully executed.

INCORPORATION OF IN‐ STRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS INTO ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Instructions to Bid‐ ders contained in the Bid Documents (referenced above), and all require‐ ments contained therein, are incorporated into this Advertisement for Bids as if completely set forth herein.

By: Mr. Paul Lucius Executive Director of Pro‐ curement Insertion dates: (1) Wednesday, July 8, 2026 (2) Wednesday, July 15, 2026 (3) Wednesday, July 22, 2026 193277-JUL 8-15-22-3T $ PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Port of South Louisiana hereby adver‐ tises for bids for: Project: Port of South Louisiana New Security Guard Building and Entrance Reserve, LA Description of Basic Work: Scope of work con‐ sists of the construction of a new security en‐ trance building and con‐ sist of removal and re‐ placement of concrete paving, new asphalt dri‐ veway, gravel parking area, and paved handi‐ cap stalls.

Description of Alternate No. 1: Includes gas line extension, generator and generator pad.

Description of Alternate No. 2: Includes paving the parking lot in lieu of gravel.

Sealed Bids must be re‐ ceived by the Port of South Louisiana, 1720 Louisiana Highway 44. i i

Electronic bids are ac‐ cepted on the Central Auction House Bidding www.central Website: auctionhouse.com Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments may be examined at the Port of South Louisiana, 1720 Louisiana Highway 44, Reserve, Louisiana 70084 or at www.centralauctionh ouse.com Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments may be obtained from: Linfield, Hunter & Junius, Inc. 3608 18th Street Suite 200 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Telephone: 504-833-5300 Fax: 504-833-5350 E-mail: dmorales@ lhjunius.com upon deposit of $250.00 for each set of docu‐ ments. Deposit on the first two sets are fully re‐ fundable to all bonafide prime Bidders upon re‐ turn of the documents, in good condition, no later than ten (10) days after receipt of bids. Fifty per‐ cent (50%) of the deposit of all other sets of docu‐ ments will be refunded upon return of docu‐ ments as stated above.

Electronic copies can be requested for a fee of $25.00.

All bids shall be accom‐ panied by bid security in an amount of five per‐ cent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all al‐ ternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instruc‐ tions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

In accordance with La R.S. 38:2212 B. (5) Written evidence of the authority of the person signing the bid for public works shall be submitted at the time of bidding. The authority of the signature of the person submitting the bid shall be deemed suf‐ ficient and acceptable if any of the following con‐ ditions are met: (a) The signature on the bid is that of any corpo‐ rate officer listed on the most current annual re‐ port on file with the sec‐ retary of state, or the signature on the bid is that of any member of a partnership, limited lia‐ bility company, limited li‐ ability partnership, or other legal entity listed in the most current busi‐ ness records on file with the secretary of state. (b) The signature on the bid is that of an autho‐ rized representative as documented by the legal entity certifying the authority of the person. (c) The legal entity has filed in the appropriate records of the secretary of state of this state, an affidavit, resolution, or other acknowledged or authentic document indi‐ cating the names of all parties authorized to submit bids for public contracts. Such docu‐ ment on file with the sec‐ retary of state shall re‐ main in effect and shall be binding upon the prin‐ cipal until specifically re‐ scinded and canceled from the records of the office.

All required Certificates of Liability Insurance shall list the Port of South Louisiana as “addi‐ tionally insured”.

A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD On July 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM at the Port of South Louisiana | Administra‐ tive Building | Board Room 1720 LA Highway 44, Re‐ serve, LA 70084.

Prospective bidders who fail to attend or remain in attendance for the du‐ ration of the pre- bid conference shall be pro‐ hibited from submitting a bid for the project.

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Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under La. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of Building Construction. No bid may be withdrawn for a pe‐ riod of forty-five (45) calendar days after the actual date of open‐ ing thereof except as provided by La R.S. 38:2214(C). The parties may mutually agree to extend the bid for addi‐ tional days.

Pursuant to La R.S. 38:2214(B) the Owner re‐ serves its right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B) (1), the provisions and requirements of this Sec‐ tion, those stated in the bidding documents shall not be considered as in‐ formalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

Contractor employees must be able to legally work in the United States – either a U.S. citizen or foreign citizen who has the necessary authoriza‐ tion.

The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsi‐ ble bidder without dis‐ crimination on grounds of race, color, sex or na‐ tional origin. Disadvan‐ taged businesses are en‐ couraged to submit bids.

When a project is fi‐ nanced either partially or entirely with State Bonds, the award of this Contract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, or the sale of bonds by the Bond Commission. The State shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract Between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

OWNER BY: Julia Fisher-Cormier TITLE: Executive Director Advertisement Dates: 06/24/2026; 07/01/2026; 07/08/2026 191727-jun 24-jul 1-8-3t $272.11 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Capital Projects Administration TITLE: Set Aside NOPL Main Library Elevators & HVAC Replacement SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4727 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Construction DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: July 8, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: August 5, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: July 22, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 910-65, 914-50, 967-02, 295 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”.

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James Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: July 8, 15 and 22, 2026 NOCP 9142 193199-jul 8-15-22-3t $108.30 PUBLIC NOTICE --HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ANNUAL AUDITNG SERVICES RFP #26-905-10 The Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) is requesting proposals from qualified and expe‐ rienced professional companies to provide an‐ nual auditing and tax preparation services. The auditors/firms must be licensed to practice au‐ diting in the State of Louisiana.

Contractors must submit proposals that outline their qualifications and their ability to execute the services in accor‐ dance with the Scope of Services contained within the request for proposals (RFP). Specifi‐ cally, proposals must demonstrate their previ‐ ous experience, qualifi‐ cations, and other fac‐ tors, to perform the ser‐ vices outlined in the RFP. Single copies of the RFP package may be down‐ loaded from HANO’s website at www.hano. org. The RFP package will be available on Wednes‐ day, July 1, 2026.

Sealed responses to this solicitation will be re‐ ceived by the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) in the Depart‐ ment of Procurement and Contracts until 2:00 p.m., CST, on August 4, 2026.

Deliver one (1) jump drive, and four (4) com‐ plete sets (one original clearly marked or stamped “original”, and three (3) copies) of the required submittals, in a sealed envelope or box clearly marked with the words “RFP Documents”, to the Department of Pro‐ curement and Contracts at the following address: Housing Authority of New Orleans Procurement and Con‐ tracts Department Trudy Jackson, Contract Administrator 1555 Poydras, Suite 1800 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Place the following infor‐ mation in the upper, lefthand corner on the out‐ side of the envelope when submitting propos‐ als: Company Name Company Address RFP Name and Number Date and Time responses are due All responses submitted are subject to these In‐ structions and Supple‐ mental Instructions to Offerors, General and Supplemental Condi‐ tions, and all other re‐ quirements contained herein, all of which are made a part of this Re‐ quest for Proposal by ref‐ erence.

The Housing Authority of New Orleans reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for just cause and to waive any informalities in the sub‐ mission process, if it is in the best interest of the Housing Authority to do so.

192626-JUL 1-8-15-3T $147.46 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Invitation to Bid 2026-SWB-37 Liquid Polyphosphate The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (Board) is soliciting bids from companies to pur‐ chase Clarifier and Thickener Drive Assem‐ blies.

Invitation to Bid (ITB) will be available July 8, 2026, for download at the fol‐ lowing websites: Board: https://www. swbno.org/Bids/ LAPAC:https:// wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/OSP/LaPAC/dspBid. cfm?search=departm &

Bids will be received by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Procurement Department by July 24, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.

(Central Time). For sub‐ mission instructions, see bid documents.

Bids will be publicly opened on July 24, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. (Central Time) in the Procurement Conference Room, Rm 131, located at 625 St. Joseph St., New Orleans, Louisiana 70165.

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Bids shall be addressed to the St. John the Bap‐ tist Parish Purchasing and Procurement. Bid en‐ velopes shall be sealed, display the name, ad‐ dress, and Louisiana State Contractor’s Li‐ cense Number be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope “BID 2026.17 Wastewater Collection and Treatment Mainte‐ nance Emergency Re‐ pairs.” Any bids received after the specified time and date will not be con‐ sidered. The sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 A.M. Local Time August 7, 2026, in the St. John the Baptist Parish Govern‐ ment Complex Council Chambers located at 1811 W. Airline Highway, LaPlace, LA 70068.

Bid documents may be viewed on or down‐ loaded from the parish website, www.sjbparish. com; obtained by con‐ tacting Peter Montz or Mellissa Levandoske at the above address, phone 985-652-9569, or p. montz@Stjohn-la.gov or m.tassara@Stjohn-la.gov or downloaded and Bids electronically submitted on www.centralbidding. com.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 1811 W. Airline High‐ way, LaPlace, LA 70068 on July 30, 2026 at 10:00 A.M. local time.

Questions and com‐ ments regarding this Bid must be submitted in writing to St. John the Baptist Parish, Purchas‐ ing & Procurement De‐ partment, ATTN: Peter Montz, 1811 West Airline Highway, LaPlace, LA 70068 or via e-mail to p. montz@Stjohn-la.gov no later than 10:00 A.M. local time on July 31, 2026.

The Parish reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bid and to waive any irregularities or informalities inciden‐ tal thereto, and to accept any bid, which the Parish feels serves its best in‐ terest. Such action will be in accordance with Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statues.

Any person with disabili‐ ties requiring Special Ac‐ commodation must con‐ tact the St. John the Bap‐ tist Parish Council Office at (985) 652-9569 no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. Participa‐ tion by minority and fe‐ male owned business, as well as businesses lo‐ cated in this Parish, is encouraged.

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CEMETERY PLOTS Lake Lawn Main Mausoleum S. Unit#3, Tier A (ground) 3 Place Abby. 6 Burial Plots $17,000.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Attention Orleans Parish property owners: all per‐ sons liable for taxes on Real Estate (and/or im‐ provements), Personal or Movable Property, and/or Public Service Corpora‐ tions are hereby notified in conformity with law that the actual valua‐ tions listed for assess‐ ment purposes for the year 2027 in the Parish of Orleans have been com‐ pleted and said Assess‐ ment Rolls will be opened for inspection and correction from July 15, 2026, through August 17, 2026, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Individuals wishing to meet with Assessor's Office staff can schedule an appointment by visit‐ ing nolaassessor.com or calling 504-754-8811.

Walk-ins will be seen on a first come, first served basis as staff appoint‐ h d l i

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Our meeting locations are: • City Hall, Room 4E01, 1300 Perdido Street • Algiers Courthouse, 225 Morgan Street • Lakeview Christian Cen‐ ter, 5885 Fleur De Lis Drive The offices will be closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. All assess‐ ment information is available on our website at www.nolaassessor. com.

193274-JUL 7-9-3T $79.75 PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2026, 1:30 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING CITY HALL, 1300 PERDIDO STREET CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (CITY HALL - 1E07) The City Planning Com‐ mission, in accordance with the provisions of Ar‐ ticle 4 of the Comprehen‐ sive Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 4,264 M.C.S., as amended, will hold a public hearing.

The public hearing will consider the following proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the i f l

Notice Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Article IV, Section 21(D)(1) of the Louisiana Constitution, that on June 1, 2026, Entergy Louisiana, LLC (“ELL”), a public utility providing retail electric and gas service throughout the State of Louisiana, filed with the Louisiana Public Service Commission (“LPSC”) public and confidential versions of its Formula Rate Plan (“FRP”) Rider Schedule FRP Evaluation Report and Workpapers for Test Year 2025.

The filing reflects an earned return on common equity (“EROE”) for the 2025 Evaluation Period/Test Year of 9.63%, which is within the approved FRP dead band and results in no change in FRP base revenue.

Changes in FRP Revenue include a reduction in credits flowing through the Tax Adjustment Mechanism, additions to transmission and distribution plant in service reflected through the Transmission Recovery Mechanism and Distribution Recovery Mechanism, respectively, and a decrease in credits flowing through the MISO Cost Recovery Mechanism. These changes result in a net increase in FRP Revenue of $226 million.

The resulting FRP factors to be applied to the respective ELL rate classes effective for customer bills rendered on and after the first billing cycle of September 2026 are as follows: Ln No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Rate Class RESIDENTIAL SMALL GENERAL SERVICE GENERAL SERVICE MUNICIPAL PUMPING SERVICE LARGE POWER SERVICE HIGH LOAD FACTOR SERVICE LARGE LOAD HIGH LF POWER SERVICE LARGE INDUSTRIAL SERVICE LIGHTING SERVICE

Total ELL FRP Rate Adj. 100.7855% 93.2446% 96.3035% 102.9310% 82.9259% 82.7593% 80.9583% 86.5556% 94.5556%

It is estimated that the proposed adjustment in rates will have the following effects upon applicable Legacy ELL customers’ typical monthly bills: for a Residential customer using 1,000 kWh the bill would change by approximately $6.35; for a Small General Service customer using 50 kW and 12,500 kWh the bill would change by approximately $80.47; for a Large General Service customer using 1,000 kW and 500,000 kWh the bill would change by approximately $1,887.73.

It is estimated that the proposed adjustment in rates will have the following effects upon applicable Legacy EGSL customers’ typical monthly bills: for a Residential customer using 1,000 kWh the bill would change by approximately $6.35; for a Small General Service customer using 5000 kWh the bill would change by approximately $34.62; for a Large General Service customer using 500 kW and 255,500 kWh the bill would change by approximately $897.06.

For questions and comments regarding ELL’s filing, please call the LPSC toll free at (800) 2562397. Additionally, the filing, including its attachments, the public version of which may be viewed in the Records Division of the LPSC at the following address: Records Division 602 N. Fifth Street, 12th Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 Telephone: (225) 342-3157 ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC 193143-664783-JUL 8-1T $ 917.50

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Materials for these items may be viewed via https://onestopapp.nola. gov/ The public comment deadline is 5 pm on the Monday that is 8 days before the meeting date.

Zoning Docket 067/26 Mid-City Applicant(s): Redevelopment, LLC Request: Conditional use to permit a car wash in an MU-1 Medium Inten‐ sity Mixed-Used District and EC Enhancement Corridor Design Overlay District Property description: Square 762, Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21-A, 22A, 23-B, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, in the First Mu‐ nicipal District, bounded

by Tulane Avenue, South Street, Ulloa Pierce Street, and South Carroll‐ ton Avenue Address(es): 4118-4126 South Carrollton Avenue, 4036-4052 Ulloa Street, 4041-4051 Tulane Avenue Zoning Docket 068/26 Applicant: BD OZ CBD NOLA, LLC Request: Conditional Use i h l i

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q to permit a hotel in a CBD-5 Urban Core Neigh‐ borhood Lower Intensity Mixed-Use District and the Transient Lodging In‐ terim Zoning District Property description: Square 234, Lots B and L, in the First Municipal Dis‐ bounded by trict, Baronne, Girod, Caron‐ delet and Julia Streets Address(es): 727 Carondelet Street Zoning Docket 069/26 Applicant(s): 750 Caron‐ delet Investors, LLC Request: Conditional use to permit an indoor amusement facility in a CBD-5 Urban Core Neigh‐ borhood Lower Intensity Mixed-Use District Property description: Square 218, Lot A-1, in the First Municipal District, bounded by Julia Street, Carondelet Street, Saint Avenue and Charles Girod Street Address(es): 750 Carondelet Street Zoning Docket 070/26 Applicant(s): Nitetrip‐ pers, LLC Request: Text Amend‐ ment to amend Article 26, Section 26.6 and Arti‐

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cle 20, Section 20.3.JJ to allow secondary live en‐ tertainment with service and sale of alcoholic bev‐ erages for on site con‐ sumption at a recording studio, only if approved via conditional use.

Zoning Docket 071/26 Applicant(s): Nitetrip‐ pers, LLC Request: Conditional use to permit secondary live entertainment with ser‐ vice and sale of alcoholic beverages for on site consumption at a record‐ ing studio, in an HU-MU Historic Urban Neighbor‐ hood Mixed-Use District Property description: Square 44, Lot 4, in the Fourth Municipal District, bounded by Jackson Av‐ Phillip Street, enue, Street and Rousseau Saint Thomas Street.

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Zoning Docket 073/26 Applicant(s): Franciscan Poor Clares Request: Planned Devel‐ opment to permit the adaptive reuse of a monastery into multifamily dwellings in an HU-RD2 District and the CPC Character Preserva‐ Corridor Design tion Overlay District Property description: Square 27, Lot 1, in the Sixth Municipal District, bounded by Magazine Street, Henri Clay Av‐ enue, Constance Street and Calhoun Street Address(es): 720 Henry Clay Avenue

Written public comment: You may also submit written comments to the Executive Director in ad‐ vance by mail (1300 Per‐ dido Street, 7th floor, New Orleans LA 70112) or email (CPCinfo@nola. gov). All written com‐ ments must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, July 6.

In person public comment: The City Planning Com‐ mission, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance, Ordinance No. 4,264 M.C.S., as amended, will hear proponents and opponents to the above proposed changes to the Comprehensive Zoning f h i f

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Following is the name and address of a prop‐ erty owner whom the Jef‐ ferson Parish Depart‐ ment of Engineering has been unable to contact by certified letter, who is in violation of Code of Ordinances, Chapter 29, Roads and Bridges, Arti‐ cle V. Construction of Sidewalks, and Article VI. Driveways, and must in‐ stall or repair/replace a sidewalk, driveway and driveway apron, as the case may be.

Section 29-151, Para‐ graph (C) requires that this notice be published three (3) times within a thirty (30) day period in the official journal of Jef‐ ferson Parish after which the property owner shall have thirty (30) days from date of last publica‐ tion to file objection or request an extension, in affidavit form, with the Director of Engineering.

If no response is re‐ ceived, the Department of Engineering will have the work done and pro‐ ceed thereafter in accor‐

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Eight Forty Eight Old Metairie Place LLC 3844 Lakeshore Dr. Metairie, LA 70002 RE: OLD METAIRIE TOWN HOMES Lot 146 848 Old Metairie Pl. Repair/replace Sidewalk, Driveway and Driveway Apron 192189-jun 24-1t $58.80 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE Following is the name and address of a prop‐ erty owner whom the Jef‐ ferson Parish Depart‐ ment of Engineering has been unable to contact by certified letter, who is in violation of Code of Ordinances, Chapter 29, Roads and Bridges, Arti‐ cle V. Construction of Sidewalks, and Article VI. Driveways, and must in‐ stall or repair/replace a sidewalk, driveway and d i h

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Section 29-151, Para‐ graph (C) requires that this notice be published three (3) times within a thirty (30) day period in the official journal of Jef‐ ferson Parish after which the property owner shall have thirty (30) days from date of last publica‐ tion to file objection or request an extension, in affidavit form, with the Director of Engineering.

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS Parish & City Officials Parish President Cynthia LeeSheng Parish Council Jennifer Van Vrancken Council Chairwoman Dist. 1: Timothy P. Kerner Jr. Dist. 2: Deano A. Bonano Dist. 3: Byron L. Lee Dist. 4: Arita M. L. Bohannan Dist. 5: Hans J. Liljeberg Council At Large Div. A: Jennifer Van Vrancken Div. B: Scott A. Walker Sheriff Joseph P. Lopinto, III District Attorney Paul Connick, Jr. Assessor Thomas J. Capella Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich, M.D. Registrar of Voters Dennis DiMarco Parish Clerk Lizabeth A. Johnston Clerk of Court Jon Gegenheimer School Board President- Kriss Fairbairn Fortunato Vice-President- Ralph Brandt, Jr. District 1 – Dr. Gerard LeBlanc District 2 – Ricky Johnson District 3 – Kriss Fairbairn Fortunato District 4 – Clay Moise District 5 – Derrick Shepherd

District 6 – Michael Pedalino District 7 – Ralph Brandt District 8 – Chad Nugent District 9 – Steven Guitterrez Superintendent Dr. James Gray 24th Judicial District Div. A: Raymond S. Steib, Jr. Div. B: R. Christopher Cox, III Div. C: June Berry Darensburg Div. D: Jacqueline Maloney Div. E: Frank A. Brindisi.

Div. F: Michael P. Mentz Div. G: E. Adrian Adams Div. H: Donald “Chick” Foret Div. I: Nancy A. Miller Div. J: Stephen C. Grefer Div. K: Ellen Shirer Kovach Div. L: Donald A. Rowan, Jr. Div. M: Shayna Beevers Morvant Div. N: Stephen D. Enright, Jr. Div. O: Danyelle M. Taylor Div. P: Lee V. Faulker, Jr. Criminal Court Commissioners: David P. Wolff & Paul Schneider Domestic Court Commissioners: David P. Wolff and Ashley Schepens Domestic Hearing Officers: Lisa Matthews, Theresa Piglia, Chelsea Kiefer, Donald Rose First Parish Court Judge, Division A: Rebecca M. Olivier Judge, Division B: Johnny Lee Traffic Hearing Officer changes monthly Second Parish Court Div. A: Sharlayne Jackson

Prevost Div. B: Raylyn R. Beevers Constables 1st Justice Court Jonathan Liberto 2nd Justice Court Kendall C. Bussey 3rd Justice Court Brennan Rojas 4th Justice Court Leon F Bradberry, Sr. 5th Justice Court Allen Leone, Jr. 6th Justice Court Jason Ural 7th Justice Court Floyd Davis 8th Justice Court Charles L. Wilson Justice of the Peace Div. 1 Vernon J. Wilty, III Div. 2 Mark Spears Div. 3 Charles R. Kerner Div. 4 Leon Bradberry, Jr. Div. 5 Charles V. Cusimano, II Div. 6 Kevin Centanni Div. 7 Michele P. Holmes Div. 8 Roscoe W. Lewis Juvenile Court Section A: Judge Jennifer Guillot Womble Section B: Judge Amanda Chauvin Calogero Section C: Judge Barron C. Burmaster Grand Isle Independent Levee District David Camardelle President/Director Kelly Besson, Sr., VicePresident Michael Scioneaux, Secretary/Treasurer Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East Peter G. Vicari, President Roy M. Carubba, VicePresident David A. Martin, Treasurer

Gregory S. Marsiglia, Secretary Kerwyn King, Commissioner Ronald Schumann, Jr., Commissioner Ronald Schumann Elton J. Meyers Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West Commissioners Scott M. Burke, President Stephen P. Gauthé, Secretary-Treasurer Larry B. Ardoin, P.E., Commissioner William B. Fogle, Commissioner Mitchell L. Kirkland, P.E., Commissioner Ronnie L. Robinson, P.E., Commissioner Jesse D. Noel, P.E., Regional Director Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission Col. Evans Spiceland – Chair Ralph C. Cox Jr. -Vice Chair Timothy Coulon – Treasurer Justin R. Clinton – Secretary James W. Tucker - Member GRAND ISLE Mayor David Camardelle Council Members Seat A- Councilmember James Cheramie Seat B- Councilmember Harley Stelly Seat C – Councilmember Loren Gonzalez Seat D –Councilmember Brian Barthelemy Seat E – Councilmember Michael Scioneaux Chief of Police

Christopher Hernandez

Marcell Rodriguez

Grand Isle Port Commission John Cheramie – President Terrill Pizani – Vice President Kerry Besson – Sec/ Treasurer Ernie BallardCommissioner Patrick LandryCommissioner Weldon Danos- Executive Director

KENNER Mayor Michael J. Glaser, Sr.

GRETNA Mayor Belinda Cambre Constant Council Members Dist. At Large: Wayne A. Rau Dist. 1: Rudy S. Smith Dist. 2: Michael A. Hinyub Dist. 3: Mark K. Miller District 4: Randy S. Carr Chief of Police Brett J. Lawson

Council Members Joseph A. Stagni At-Large Div. A, George L. Branigan At-Large Div. B Dee B. Dunn District 1, Thomas “Tom” P. Willmott District 2 Joseph F. LaHatte, III District 3, Kristi K. McKinney District 4 Daniel W. Riehm District 5 Chief of Police Keith Conley WESTWEGO Mayor Robert. E. Billiot, Sr. Council Members Dist. 1: John I. Shaddinger, Jr. Dist 2: Hon. Johnny S. Nobles, Jr. Dist. 3 Hon. Lisa Valence Dist. 4 Hon. Robert “Bobby” Utley Dist. 5 Hon. Robert “Bobby B” Bonvillian Chief of Police Hon. Dwaye J. Munch, Sr.

HARAHAN Mayor: Tim Baudier Council Members Jason D. Asbill Tommy Budde Eric Chatelain Paul Johnston Michael Ricks Chief of Police Edward “Ed” Lepre

JEDCO Commissioners Chairman – James R. Martin Jr. Vice Chair – Stephen E. Robinson Jr. Treasurer – Joseph F. Riccobono Secretary – Robert Stevens Mickal P. Adler Roxanne Arocha James Kenneth Baum Jr. Darren Chifici William Douglass

JEAN LAFITTE Mayor: Yvette Crain Council Members Barry Bartholomew Larry Kerner Jr. Chirsty N. Creppel Kyle Darda Verna Smith Chief of Police

Joseph J. Ewell Jr. Josline Gosserand Frank Maria Teresa C. Lawrence James Robert Martin Jr. Michael O’Connor Melissa Barrett O’Neal Mayra Elizabeth Pineda Paula Scalco Polito Joseph Riccobono Stephen Edwin Robinson Jr. Eugene Paul Sausse Jr. Melissa Bennette Simeon Lynda Nugent Smith Robert Stevens Teri Boudreaux Tucker Shondra Griffin Williams Directory of Parish & City Officials JEFFERSON PARISH COURTHOUSE West Bank Office 200 Derbigby St. Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 736-6000 East Bank Offices Joseph S. Yenni Bldg.

1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 736-6000 JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE 1233 Westbank Expressway Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 363-5500 JEFFERSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD 501 Manhattan Blvd.

Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 349-7600

7001 River Road Marrero, LA 70072 (504) 340-0318 EAST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT 203 Plauche Court Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 733-0087

WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT

HARAHAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 6441 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-9763

GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXPRESSWAY COMMISSIONS P.O. Box 7656 Metairie, LA 70010 (504) 835-3188

TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE 4917 City Park Drive Lafitte, LA 70067 (504) 689-2208

TOWN OF GRAND ISLE 170 Ludwig Lane P.O. Box 200 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-3196

JEAN LAFITTE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2607 Jean Lafitte Blvd.

Lafitte, LA 70067 (504) 689-3132

GRAND ISLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 3101 LA Highway One P.O. Box 880 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-2104

CITY OF KENNER 1801 Williams Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 (504) 468-7200

GRAND ISLE INDEPENDENT LEVEE DISTRICT P.O. Box 757 Grand Isle, LA 70358 (985) 787-3196 GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION P.O. Box 500 Grand Isle, La 70358 Office phone: 985-787-2229 CITY OF GRETNA 740 Huey P. Long Avenue , Gretna, LA, 70053 P.O. Box 404 Gretna, LA 70054-0404 (504) 363-1500

CLERK OF COURT P.O. Box 10 Gretna, LA 70054 (504) 364-2900 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

(504) 736-6390

CITY OF HARAHAN 6437 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-6383

KENNER POLICE DEPARTMENT 500 Veterans Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 (504) 712-2200 CITY OF WESTWEGO 1100 Fourth Street Westwego, LA 70094 (504) 341-3424 WESTWEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT 401 Fourth Street Westwego, LA 70094 (504) 341-5428 JEDCO 700 Churchill Parkway Avondale, LA 70094 Phone/ Fax: (504) 875-3916

GRETNA POLICE DEPARTMENT 200 5th Street Gretna, LA 70053 (504) 366-4374

In accordance wIth provIsIons of the amerIcan wIth dIsabIlItIes act amendments act of 2008, as amended, Jefferson parIsh shall not dIscrImInate agaInst IndIvIduals wIth dIsabIlItIes on the basIs of dIsabIlIty In Its servIces, programs or actIvItIes. If you requIre auxIlIary aIds or devIces, or other reasonable accommodatIon under the ada amendments act, please submIt your request to the ada coordInator at least forty-eIght (48) hours In advance or as soon as practIcal. a seventy-two (72) hour advanced notIce Is requIred to request certIfIed asl Interpreters. ada coordInator/offIce of cItIzens wIth dIsabIlItIes 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd.

SuitE 403 JEffErSon, la 70123 (504) 736-6086 ada@JEffPariSh.nEt PUBLIC NOTICE SOQ 26-018 Provide Third-Party Claims Administration Services for Liability, Worker’s Compensation, SELA/Property, and Other Assigned Claims for Jefferson Parish, Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District 1 and Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District 2 (Parishwide) The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No. 148618 is hereby soliciting a Statements of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish General Professional Services Questionnaire) from qualified firms desiring to provide Third-Party Claims Administration Services for Liability, Worker’s Compensation, SELA/Property, and Other Assigned Claims for Jefferson Parish, Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District 1 and Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District 2.

(Parishwide) Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., July 13, 2026 General The Parish of Jefferson (“Parish”) operates a self-funded program for the investigation, negotiation, and payment of claims, including but not limited to General Liability, Professional Liability, Public Officials and Employees Liability, Automobile Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Workers’ Compensation, and other claims asserted against the Parish.

The Parish is soliciting Statements of Qualifications from qualified firms to provide Third-Party Claims Administration services on an annual flat-fee basis. Services shall include administration of the Parish’s claims program, including management of run-off claims for Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 1 and Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 2.

The successful Respondent shall perform these services as an independent contractor and shall be responsible solely for thirdparty claims administration functions. The scope of this contract is limited to claims administration. Services such as, but not limited to, preferred provider (PPO) networks, medical case management, vocational rehabilitation, medical bill re-pricing, life care planning, private investigative services, and litigation management are expressly excluded from the scope of this contract. Additionally, the Parish will designate and retain legal counsel for all legal matters related to claims.

Minimum Requirements for Selection A. Respondent firm shall have a minimum of ten (10) years’ Experience in the field of adjusting and handling General Liability, Professional Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Public Officials and Employee’s Liability, Automobile Liability, Workers’ Compensation, and other claims.

B. Respondent Firm shall utilize & provide Jefferson Parish access to a comprehensive claims Management system with the ability to run customizable, scheduled and live reporting.

C. Respondent Firm shall staff and maintain an office within the Parish of Jefferson’s Department of Risk Management offices in order to service its claims. Adjusters shall be dedicated to the Jefferson Parish account.

D. Respondent Firm shall include within their SQQ submission a description of their firm’s qualifications including the current territory(ies) that it services, coverage lines handled, a listing of memberships in local and national professional organizations, and a list of specific personnel who will be responsible for ensuring the efficiency and quality of service to the Parish of Jefferson and its employees. Resumes are required on each of the key personnel, such as office manager, supervisors and adjusters. These resumes should include any professional designations held by the individuals as well as listing of memberships in professional organizations. Direct experience of adjusting staff will be a determining factor in the Parish of Jefferson’s selection process. Respondents must include a job description for each Classification of the service team. Because of the pivotal positions of the team, the Parish of Jefferson shall retain the right to meet, review and approve of any potential assignee to the team at the inception of the service and throughout the term of the contract, which results from the SOQ. E. Respondent Firm shall supply a list describing similar previous work done, arranged by subject area, stating client’s name (governmental agency or private business) and the names of contact persons for each client listed.

F. Respondent Firm shall supply financial statements for the past three (3) years or other representation of financial solvency.

Scope of Services The following items should be addressed in each SOQ, in the order they appear below, for the purpose of guiding the Parish of Jefferson in its evaluation process. A Respondent’s failure to do so will result in the lowering of its rating.

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Claims Administration 1. Experience and Professional Qualifications: a. A general statement about the company, stating the length of time it has been in business as a Claims Administrator and has been adjusting General Liability, Professional Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Public Officials and Employee’s Liability. Automobile Liability, Workers’ Compensation, SELA/Property, and other claims.

Please include the location of the company’s principal office. b. Experience including any professional designations, membership, in local and national professional organizations held by the individuals, and the number of staff members. The identity of the person assigned as the account executive for the administration of the Parish of Jefferson’s claims, including a complete resume for this individual.

The identities of supervisors and adjusters to provide claims administration, a complete resume for each, the resume should include the number of years of experience in each assigned area, and a description of whatever training is provided.

NOTE: The Parish of Jefferson reserves the right to accept/reject key personnel. c. Indicate the location from which the account will be served, including answers to the following: NOTE: The Parish of Jefferson will require the service company to staff and maintain an office within the Parish of Jefferson’s Department of Risk Management offices in order to service its claims.

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Is the Respondent, therefore, willing to set up a fully staffed, office within the Parish’s building?

What is the Respondent’s maximum capacity for its present operations and what modifications in equipment and staffing would be necessary if awarded this contract? iii. Please provide information concerning backup personnel in the absence of the key personnel.

2. Your administrative philosophy as it relates to: a. Payment or nonpayment of claims; b. Method of managing the reporting of claims; c. Injured employee’s work status; d. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Bond and Rehabilitation Unit appearances; e. Fraud referrals; f. Notification of payment or nonpayment decisions to claimant and Parish of Jefferson; g. Providing loss information; h. Approach to subrogation; i. Settlements; j. Reserving; k. Late payment policy; I. Assignment, utilization and monitoring of vendors, e.g. surveillance, rehabilitation counselors, case management etc.

3. Your claims administrative system procedures: a. Promptness of accident investigation including: procedures utilized by your firm to complete accident investigations and turnaround time from receipt of claim to investigation. Is the claimant contacted within twenty-four (24) hours? b. File review/diary calendar, frequency of the file review; as a general rule, the Parish of Jefferson requires all cases be reviewed at least every thirty (30) days. Can your firm provide this service? What is the frequency and criteria for supervisory or managerial diary review? c. It is the expectation of the Parish of Jefferson that the selected TPA make an aggressive effort to comply with the needs of the Parish. Such needs may require the TPA to provide various reports.

The development and preparation of these reports should be included in the final cost of service.

The Parish of Jefferson will not be responsible for any costs incurred by the selected TPA to have these reports prepared by subcontractor or outside service, including. The Parish of Jefferson will not be responsible for paying any costs or fees associated with any Parish of Jefferson/TPA meetings or mediations during the term of this contract. d. Procedures and guidelines for handling claims (standard service). e. Record keeping, correspondence. f.

The period of retention of a file that is closed or resolved; identify what constitutes a closed file. g. Number of employees to be assigned to the administration of the claims, including the maximum number of claims assigned to each adjuster. The Parish of Jefferson shall allow each General Liability, Automobile Liability and other claims adjuster to handle not more than 125 claims at any given time. A minimum of two (2) dedicated casualty claim adjusters will be required. These Adjusters will be housed on-site at The Parish’s Department of Risk Management. The Parish of Jefferson shall require one (1) dedicated Workers· Compensation claim adjuster and one (1) person for Medical only and payment processing. h. Type of disaster recovery system or plan in case of catastrophe or other disaster. i.

Subrogation and Second Injury Fund procedures; your firm’s experience based upon percentage recovery and dollar amount over the past three (3) years. j.

Services provided to walk-in claimants. k. Any claims adjustment standards that your firm believes are pertinent.

I. Jefferson Parish requires daily balance access to the Trust Funds and General Ledger. The Trust Fund accounts will be established by the Parish of Jefferson at its designated banking institution.

The TPA will be responsible for the accuracy and information contained in this system. Jefferson Parish will require internet read only access as it relates to the Trust Fund and General Ledger. m. The TPA will be responsible for the verification of the legitimacy of payments made to service providers and for the disbursal of the benefits through Jefferson Parish’s check issuance process.

Jefferson Parish therefore reserves the right for staff of its office or its designee to conduct audits of financial accountability procedures. n. The TPA will be responsible for any and all NSF charges incurred for any reason. o. The TPA will be responsible for producing and mailing 1099s, in accordance with Internal Revenue Service regulations, for all claims payments made. p. The TPA will be responsible for producing any reports required by regulatory bodies, including but not limited to the LDOL 1000, Annual Report of Workers Compensation Costs and the Second Injury Fund Future Liability Worksheets. q. Provide a description of your internal quality control program and the procedures utilized by management personnel to ensure the quality of services to be provided to the Parish of Jefferson. r.

Claims management system (Risk Management Information System); Describe your firm’s claims management system.

B. Financial Statement The Claims Administrator shall furnish, a copy of the 3 most recent financial reports, if available, including all statement and footnote disclosures as required by generally accepted accounting principles. The audit report shall contain an unqualified opinion from a Certified Public Accounting firm, which is acceptable to the Parish of Jefferson. If the claims administrator does not have audited financial reports, the claims administrator shall provide a copy of the most recent internal financial report available. ii.

C. References 1. For which major clients (3,000 or more employees) does your firm presently administer claims? Please provide names and telephone numbers of individuals

who may be called as references. Please also indicate the types of claims administered.

Have any clients terminated your firm’s services as a Claims Administrator within the past three (3) years?

If so, please identify the client, a contact person and provide a brief description of any reason or background for the termination.

D. General 1. In a brief statement, please describe the principal reason or reasons your organization should be selected as the Claims Administrator for the Parish of Jefferson.

2. Will your representatives attend meetings concerning claims administration whenever requested to do so by the Parish of Jefferson?

3. Does your firm agree that all books, claims, files, records, including all electronic data, lists of names, journals and ledgers, tapes, cards and drawings always remain the property of the Parish of Jefferson and your firm uses such exclusively for the Parish of Jefferson, and at the direction of the Parish of Jefferson?

4. Does your firm agree to cooperate fully with an outside audit of its claims administration processes and procedures?

5. Does your firm agree to adhere to generally accepted Workers’ Compensation, Automobile and Liability claims administration processes and industry standard practices?

6. Does your firm agree to provide security and safe keeping of the Parish of Jefferson’s records and to return such records to the Parish of Jefferson if a new administrator is hired in the event your firm’s contract is terminated?

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Evaluation Criteria The following criteria shall be used to evaluate each firm submitting a Statement of Qualifications: (1) Scope of services- Methodology and resources applied to fulfill the scope of services, staffing and organization, including experience and professional qualifications of key management and claims adjusting personnel who are assigned to the project - (Maximum points shall be 30).

(2) Specific experience- similar or larger scope of services currently being provided (Maximum points awarded shall be 25).

(3) Personnel- Size of firm considering the number of professional and support personnel, experience of management staff, experience in similar projects, etc.

(Maximum points shall be 20).

(4) Location of the principal office where work will be performed. Preference shall be given to persons or firms with a principal business office at which the work will be performed as follows: (1) Jefferson Parish, including municipalities located within Jefferson Parish (15 points); (2) Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Region, which includes Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Tammany (12 Points); (3) Parishes other than the foregoing (10 Points); (4) Outside the State of Louisiana (6 Points) (Maximum points awarded shall be 15).

(5) Adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm performing professional services, in which the Parish prevailed or any ongoing adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person of firm performing professional services, excluding those instances or cases where the person or firm was added as an indispensable party, or where the person or firm participated in or assisted the public entity in prosecution of its claim. In the event that the person or firm fails to provide accurate and detailed information regarding legal proceedings with the Parish, including the absence of legal proceedings, the person or firm shall be deemed unresponsive with regard to this category, and zero (0) points shall be awarded (Maximum points awarded shall be 10 for the lack of any such adversarial proceedings as defined).

All persons or firms (including subcontractors) must submit a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish General Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline. The latest professional services questionnaire may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Department at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at https://www.jeffparish.gov/468/Statement-ofQualifications-SOQ. Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish’s e-Procurement site, Central Bidding at www. centralauctionhouse.com or www.jeffparishbids.net. Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors by accessing the following link: www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.

No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.

Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.

Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial District Court.

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: July 1, 2026 & July 8, 2026 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 0517 Jefferson Parish Department of Purchasing is soliciting Request for Proposals (RFPs) from qualified firms To Provide a Pre-Placed Emergency Contract for Fuel Delivery During a Declared Disaster from an Area Outside of Southern Louisiana for the Jefferson Parish Department of Fleet Management.

The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to obtain competitive proposals as allowed by Code of Ordinances, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana (hereinafter “JPCO”) Section 2-895 from bona fide, qualified Proposers who are interested in providing Scope of Work as defined in Part II hereof. By submitting a proposal, Proposer agrees to comply with all provisions of Louisiana law as well as compliance with the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, Louisiana Code of Ethics, and applicable Jefferson Parish ethical standards.

All proposals will be evaluated on criteria such as vendor’s technical proposal, qualifications and experience, financial profile and

proposal responsiveness and other criteria more specifically defined in the RFP document. The maximum total points for each proposal are set at 100 points A pre-proposal conference will be held at 10:00 AM on July 17, 2026 at Joseph S. Yenni Building located at 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd. Room 303, Jefferson, LA 70123. Prospective proposers may participate in the conference to obtain clarification of the requirements of the RFP and to receive answers to relevant questions thereto. Any proposer intending to submit a proposal is encouraged to attend and should have at least one authorized representative attend the Pre-proposal Conference.

RFP specifications may be obtained by visiting the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department webpage at http://purchasing.jeffparish. net and selecting the LaPAC Tab. RFPs may also be viewed and submitted online free of charge at: www.jeffparishbids.net or www. centralbidding.com.

Submissions will only be accepted electronically via the Parish’s e-Procurement system, Central Bidding. Responses will be received until 3:30 P.M. on August 6, 2026. Jefferson Parish no longer accepts manual submissions. All vendors will be required to register with Central Bidding.

The Jefferson Parish Council reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals, in whole or part, pursuant to the law.

Jefferson Parish and its partners as the recipients of federal funds are fully committed to awarding a contract(s) to firm(s) that will provide high-quality services and that are dedicated to diversity and to containing costs. Thus, Jefferson Parish strongly encourages the involvement of small businesses, minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses to stimulate participation in procurement and assistance programs.

Renny Simno Director Purchasing Department

Misty A. Camardelle Assistant Director Purchasing Department

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: July 1, 8, and 15, 2026 For additional information, please visit the Purchasing Webpage at http://purchasing.jeffparish.net or you may call 504-364-2678.

PUBLIC NOTICE SOQ 26-017 Provide 24-Hour Supplemental Emergency Veterinary Services on an As-Needed Basis for Jefferson Parish Animal Welfare Services (JPAWS) The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No.148712 is hereby soliciting the submittal of a Statement of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) from persons or firms qualified and interested in providing 24-hour Louisiana Licensed Veterinary Supplemental Emergency Services (“Supplemental Veterinary Care”) on an as-needed basis for the Department of Jefferson Protection & Animal Welfare Services. “Supplemental Veterinary Care” shall include, but not be limited to: 24-hour services in instances when JPAWS does not have a veterinarian on site; when an animal requires care in excess of that which JPAWS is capable of providing in-house; emergency after-hours services; and/or overflow services as needed. (Parishwide).

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., August 14 ,2026 Minimum Requirements for Selection 1.

The persons or firms under consideration shall have at least one (1) Louisiana licensed Doctor of Veterinary Medicine on staff.

Evaluation Criteria All proposals shall be evaluated with respect to the completeness of data provided, support for all claims made, and the overall approach taken. The following criteria will be used to evaluate each person or firm submitting a Statement of Qualifications - (total maximum of 100 points): (A) The nature, quantity, and value of work to be performed as matched by the person and/or firm submitting, including, but not limited to consideration of the 24-hour services, diagnostic equipment, and emergency/critical care capabilities. – Maximum awarded points shall be 25).

(B) The size of the firm based on the number of personnel, as related to the project requirements and/or scope. – Maximum awarded points shall be 25).

(C) Professional training and experience, both generally and in relation to the type and magnitude of work required for the particular project. – Maximum awarded points shall be 15).

(D) Capacity for timely completion of the work, taking into consideration the person’s or firm’s current, and projected, workload and professional and support manpower. – Maximum awarded points shall be 15).

(E) Location of the principal office where work will be performed, with preference being given to persons or firms with offices located in Jefferson Parish at (15 points), and all other areas at (5 points). – Maximum awarded points shall be 15).

(F) Past and current professional accomplishments, for which references from clients or former clients and information gathered by inspection of current or recent projects may be considered. – Maximum awarded points shall be 5).

The person or firm submitting a Statement of Qualification (General Professional Services Questionnaire) must identify all subcontractors who will assist in providing professional services for the project, in the professional services questionnaire. Each subcontractor shall be required to submit (General Professional Services Questionnaire) and all documents and information included in the questionnaire.

(Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928) All persons or firms (including subcontractors) must submit a Statement of Qualifications (General Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline. The latest professional services questionnaire may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Department at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at https://www.jeffparish.gov/468/Statement-of-Qualifications-SOQ. Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish’s e-Procurement site, Central Bidding at www. centralauctionhouse.com or www.jeffparishbids.net. Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors by accessing the following link: www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.

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JEFFERSON PARISH LEGALS No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.

Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.

Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.

ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: July 1, 8, and 15, 2026

equipment in the required rear yard creating insufficient rear yard setback. R-1A/MRTPD Single-Family Residential District/Metairie Ridge Tree Preservation District.

E-6130 204 Grove Ave., Metairie, to permit a detached accessory building in the rear yard exceeding the maximum allowed 13’ height. R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

E-6131 1155 Papworth Ave., Metairie, to permit a 6’ high, wooden fence/gates in the required access way and reverse corner lot sight triangle. R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

NOTE: Cases to be heard at the Next regularly scheduled Public Hearing on Monday, July 27, 2026 MUST BE FILED BEFORE Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In accordance with the provisions of Act 953 of the 2026 Session of the Louisiana Legislature, notice is given that the Jefferson Parish Assessor has chosen to receive the increased compensation provided for by that Act.

Grace Shockman, Administrative Assistant TIMOTHY VALENTI, CHAIRMAN ADV: The New Orleans Advocate July 1 and 8, 2026.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In compliance with LSA: R.S. 13:5109, the Parish of Jefferson does hereby publicize its intent to settle and compromise that certain claim made by Shemika Montana against the Parish of Jefferson, State of LA, regarding damages caused on or about June 5, 2026 in a property damage claim. The total settlement and compromise is being made for the sum of Twenty Three Thousand and Three Dollars and Eleven Cents ($23,003.11) and will be consummated ten (10) days, or later, subsequent to the date of publication of this notice

The Jefferson Parish Planning Advisory Board will conduct a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Joseph S. Yenni Bldg., 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., at 5:00 P.M., on Thursday, July 30, 2026 for the purpose of hearing arguments for and against land development requests.

Parish of Jefferson By: Yvette Hargis Assistant to Parish Attorney OFFICIAL NOTICE A regular meeting of the Jefferson Parish Personnel Board will be held on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 2:00 P.M., in the Suite 3507 of the General Governmental Building, 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053.

Prior to the regular business agenda, the Personnel Board will conduct a Public Hearing to consider a proposal to: • • • •

Amend the Pay Plan for the Classified Service to modify the class title for the classification Assistant DirectorFinance and to provide for related matters; Grant a salary increase in accordance with Personnel Rule IV, Section 2.3(a) and provide for related matters; Amend the Pay Plan for the Classified Service to revise the pay grade for the class of Fire Training Center Training Officer and to provide for related matters; and, Extend Transient Appointments in accordance with Personnel Rule VII, Section 5.3(2).

In addition to the Public Hearing, the Personnel Board will meet in executive session for consideration of matters deemed confidential pursuant to La. R.S. 42:17(1) to discuss personnel matters regarding physical or mental health of an employee in regards to a request to extend Leave without Pay. Interested parties may obtain information from the Personnel Department, and may attend the meeting.

In accordance with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Jefferson Parish will not discriminate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices or other reasonable accommodation under the ADA, submit your request to the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours in advance of this meeting or as soon as possible. Advanced notice is required for ASL Certified Interpreters. Should you have any concerns, please contact ADA Coordinator, Office of Citizens Affairs, 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 403, Jefferson, LA 70123 (504) 736-6094 or by email: ADA@jeffparish.net.

Any person, who believes he or she has been subject to unlawful discrimination by the Parish or any Parish officer or employee based on a past or current disability, or his or her association with a person with a disability, may submit the grievance, in writing, to the Parish’s designated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator, contact information above.

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ES-66-26 4408 Cleary Ave., 3958 W. Esplanade Ave., 3978 W. Esplanade Ave., 4317 Richland Ave., 4308 Richland Ave., 4413 Art St., 4412 Era St., Subdivision of Lot 128-A, De Felice Park Subdivision, Lot 9-D, Sq. 330, Manson Subdivision, Lots D-9 and 12-A, Sq. 331, Manson Subdivision, and Lot 9-A, Sq. 332, Manson Subdivision, into Lot 128-B, De Felice Park Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana as a preliminary/final plat; bounded by Haddon St., Art. St. Richland Ave., W. Esplanade Ave. & Era St.; Zoned R1A Single Family Residential (Council District 5).

SPU-2-26 657 E William David Dr., Request to establish a special permitted use for an accessory hair care use in a dwelling for the operation of Gio’s Barbershop and Salon in accordance with Sec. 33-5.3, Specific Use Standards; on Lot 43 and 44, Square 33, Canal Street Subdivision; bounded by Dumaine St., Oaklawn Dr., Veterans Memorial Blvd., and E. William David Pkwy.; zoned R-1A Single Family Residential. (Council District 5) Bert Turner, PAB Chair The Parish of Jefferson hereby notifies the owners, agents, mortgagees and / or other interested parties of the following properties that it will conduct an administrative hearing pursuant to R.S. 13:2575 and Jefferson Parish Ordinance NO. 23373, thereby seeking to have the buildings at the following locations vacated, secured, repaired, or demolished, as their conditions may warrant.

THE HEARING FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS: 1:00 PM, Tuesday, July 28, 2026 General Government Bldg.

2nd Floor, Council Chambers 200 Derbigny Street Gretna, LA 70053 Property: Owner 1: Owner 2: Owner 3: Owner 4:

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The Jefferson Parish Planning Advisory Board will conduct a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Jefferson Parish General Government Bldg., 200 Derbigny St., at 5:00 P.M., on Thursday, July 16, 2026 for the purpose of hearing arguments for and against land development requests.

WS-9-26 1907 Belle Chasse Highway, Subdivision of Lots 1, B-1 and 2-B, Square 5, Section B, Oakdale Subdivision into Lots 2B1, 2B2, 2B3, and 2B4, Square 5, Section B, Oakdale Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana as a preliminary/final plat with waivers to the general lot standards and the access to adequate public facilities in accordance with Sec. 33-2.35 Subdivision Waivers and Sec 337.6 Adequate public facilities waivers of the Unified Development Code, and the dedication of a private ingress/egress servitude; bounded by Wright Avenue, Industry Canal, and Terry Pkwy; zoned R-1A Single Family Residential District. (Council District 1) WS-49-26 8233 River Road, Subdivision of Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Phillips Brothers Subdivision, and Lots 104-A and 105, Modern Farms, Unit 1 Subdivision, into Lots 105A and 105B, Modern Farms, Unit 1 Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, as a preliminary/ final plat with waivers to the area requirements of the S-1 Suburban District to the general lot standards in accordance with Sec 33-2.35 Subdivision Waivers of the Unified Development Code; bounded

by Carolyn Drive, Lake Colby Lane, and Latigue Road; zoned S-1 Suburban District. (Council District 3) WS-64-26 500 Maple Avenue, Subdivision of Lots 1 thru 6, Square 6, Odom Subdivision and Lots 1 thru 15, Square 4, Homedale Subdivision into Lot 1-A, Square 4, Homedale Subdivision, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana as a preliminary/final plat; bounded by Maple Ave., Willow St., Yetta Ave., and Oak St.; zoned R-1A, Single Family Residential District. (Council District 2)

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Bert Turner, PAB Chair Owner 5:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Jefferson Parish BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS will hold its regularly scheduled Public Hearing on Monday, July 13, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. in the West Bank Council Chambers on the 2nd floor of the General Government Building, 200 Derbigny St., Gretna, Louisiana.

E-6128 624 Monticello Ave, Jefferson, to permit a garage in the rear yard exceeding the maximum allowed 13’ height. 6’ open design, wrought iron fence in the required front yard creating insufficient front yard setback. R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District.

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E-6129 220 E. William David Pkwy, Metairie, to permit pool

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the following websites: SWBNO: https://www2.swbno. org/business_bidspecific ations.asp LAPAC: https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/dspBid.cfm?sea rch=department& term=181

For submission instructions, see proposal documents.

sion, which contains mu nicipal address 193 East 11th Street, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA.

vard, Suite 820, Metairie, Louisiana 70002, a copy thereof, on or before the 9th day of July, 2026, or be defaulted. Personal attendance is not re‐ quired.

Any claimant desiring to contest either the right to exoneration from, or the right to limitation of liability, shall file and serve an answer and claims to the Complaint, unless his or her claim has included an answer, all as is required by Rule F of the Supplemental Rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing certain Admi‐ ralty and Maritime claims.”

A pre-bid conference for this RFP will be held on July 15, 2026, at 2:30 pm CDT at the SWBNO Administration Building, 625 St. Joseph St. – Executive Board‐ room, New Orleans, LA 70165 or if you are unable to attend this in-person meeting, you can also join via teleconference call: Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/24736992949 5858?p=1BRUBH0AaoN rn7xrHk Meeting ID: 247 369 929 495 858 Passcode: FB6ET9gq Dial in by phone +1 504-224-8698,, 143010030# United States, New Orleans Phone conference ID: 143 010 030# At this meeting, staff will discuss the scope of work, proposal require‐ ments and respond to questions from the at‐ tendees.

Inquiries and/or Re‐ quests for Clarification are due to Prentice Mackyeon, on July 17, 2026, no later than 5:00 pm CDT via in writing or email to pmackyeon@ swbno.org. All responses will be posted on or be‐ fore July 21, 2026.

Proposals will be re‐ ceived by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Procurement De‐ partment by August 6, 2026, at 11:00 am CDT. For b i i i t ti

LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 193310-jul 8-15-2t $95.86 PUBLIC NOTICE --ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH PLANNING COMMISSION WILL CONVENE ON MONDAY, JULY 20, 2026 AT 5:30 P.M IN THE PARISH COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 1811 W. AIRLINE HIGHWAY, LAPLACE, LA TO RULE ON THE FOLLOWING REQUESTS: RESUBDIVISIONS: Billy Butler, Moore New Homes, LLC – PZS-1478 – Requests a resubdivision of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and an undesignated lot of the Aline Plantation Subdivision, located on Willow Street, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA. Sam Gassiott, Murphy Oil, LLC – PZS-1479 – Re‐ quests a resubdivision of Lot WP-2 of the Wood‐ land Plantation Subdivi‐ sion, located at 301 West Airline Highway, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA. Lloyd Taylor – PZS-1480 – Requests a resubdivision of two undesignated tracts of land, located at 5817 Highway 18, Wal‐ lace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA. MOBILE HOMES: Chikita Lee – PZR-1785 – Requests the replace‐ ment of a mobile home on the Lot 6B, of the Gus‐ tave Duhe Tract Subdivi‐ sion, which contains mu‐

Darrell Dennis – PZR-1786 – Requests the replace‐ ment of a mobile home on Lot 6, of the Dutch Bayou Subdivision, which contains municipal ad‐ dress 157 West 15th Street, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA. LaTonya Rybiskie – PZR1787 – Requests the re‐ placement of a mobile home on Lot HL-4, of the Lapeyrolerie Subdivision, which contains munici‐ pal address 134 Lapeyro‐ lerie Lane, Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA. 193118-jul 8-1t $49.06 PUBLIC NOTICE --“NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that HA 1350, LLC, Wood Towing, LLC, Wood Resources, LLC, and Mile Point, LLC, as owners/op‐ erators of the M/V HAROLD ANCAR, have filed a Complaint pur‐ suant to Title 46 of the United States Code, § 30505, et seq., claiming the right to exoneration from and/or limitation of liability with respect to all claims allegedly re‐ sulting from an incident which occurred on or around December 2, 2025, all as is more fully set forth in the Complaint.

All persons asserting claims with respect to which the Complainants seek limitation are ad‐ monished to file their re‐ spective claims with the Clerk of this Court and to serve a copy on the at‐ torneys for the Com‐ plainants, Staines, Ep‐ pling & Kenney, LLC, James A. Crouch, Jr., 3500 North Causeway Boule‐ vard, Suite 820, Metairie,

191050-JUN 17-24-JUL 1-83T $659

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ReNEW-Reinventing Edu‐ cation will introduce the 2026-27 budget and hold its first public hearing on the 2026-27 budget on May 14, 2026 at 5:30 pm at Edgar P Harney Build‐ ing located at 2503 Wil‐ low St., New Orleans, LA 70113 (LA R.S. 39:1307).

ReNEW-Reinventing Edu‐ cation is the charter school management or‐ ganization operating ReNEW Laurel Elemen‐ tary, ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Elementary, ReNEW Schaumburg Ele‐ mentary, and ReNEW Moton Lakefront Elemen‐ tary. A physical copy of the 2026-2027 budget is available at 10001 Lake Forest Blvd., Suite 710, New Orleans, LA 70127.

186911-may 9-aug 27 $956

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Lot(s) 42, Sq E HOOTER HEIGHTS EXTENSION 809 HOOTER RD in BRIDGE CITY FRANK L BRAUNER III 809 HOOTER RD BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 FRANK L BRAUNER III 809 HOOTER RD BRIDGE CITY, LA 70094 JANET S BRAUNER 809 HOOTER RD WESTWEGO, LA 70094 JANET S BRAUNER 809 HOOTER RD WESTWEGO, LA 70094 ABIGAIL LAND HOLDINGS 23 LLC 13575 LYNAM DR OMAHA, NE 68138 ABIGAIL LAND HOLDINGS 23 LLC 13575 LYNAM DR OMAHA, NE 68138 Through its agent for service of process TAX DEED LAW GROUP, LLC 900 CAMP ST., 3RD FLOOR #1129 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Through its agent for service of process TAX DEED LAW GROUP, LLC 900 CAMP ST., 3RD FLOOR #1129 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 ESTATE OF FRANK BRAUNER III 1211 MOISANT ST KENNER, LA 70062 ESTATE OF FRANK BRAUNER III 1211 MOISANT ST KENNER, LA 70062

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GLENN F BOURGEOIS 5406 SARAH ST ALEXANDRIA, LA 71303 Owner 2: GLENN F BOURGEOIS 5406 SARAH ST ALEXANDRIA, LA 71303 Owner 3: GLENN FORD BOURGEOIS, CARL DEAN WARD 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 3: GLENN FORD BOURGEOIS, CARL DEAN WARD 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 4: TRACIE ANN BOURGEOIS MATHERNE, GERRYLYNN D BOURGEOIS 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 4: TRACIE ANN BOURGEOIS MATHERNE, GERRYLYNN D BOURGEOIS 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 5: HENRY F BOURGEOIS 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 5: HENRY F BOURGEOIS 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 6: ESTATE OF HENRY G BOURGEOIS 5505 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 6: ESTATE OF HENRY G BOURGEOIS 5505 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 7: GLEN & BRENDA BOURGEOIS 5406 SARAH ST ALEXANDRIA, LA 71303 Owner 7: GLEN & BRENDA BOURGEOIS 5406 SARAH ST ALEXANDRIA, LA 71303 Owner 8: BRENDA BOURGEOIS, GLENN FORD BOURGEOIS, SUCCESION OF JERRY ALLEN BOURGEOIS, GERRYLYNN DANOS-WIDOW OF HENRY GARDELLE BOURGEOIS 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 Owner 8: BRENDA BOURGEOIS, GLENN FORD BOURGEOIS, SUCCESION OF JERRY ALLEN BOURGEOIS, GERRYLYNN DANOS-WIDOW OF HENRY GARDELLE BOURGEOIS 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072

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Lot(s) 35, Sq 27 MEADOWBROOK 640 TAYLORBROOK DR in GRETNA DERRICK WHITE 640 TAYLORBROOK DR GRETNA, LA 70056 RESTORATION NOLA, LLC 640 TAYLORBROOK DR GRETNA, LA 70056 RESTORATION NOLA, LLC 401 REALTY DR GRETNA, LA 70056 Through its agent for service of process BILAL ZUGHAYER 401 REALTY DR GRETNA, LA 70056 SCOTT SONNIER 401 REALTY DR GRETNA, LA 70056 BILAL ADEL ZUGHAYER 640 TAYLORBROOK DR GRETNA, LA 70056 BILAL ADEL ZUGHAYER 3509 LAKE KRISTIN DR GRETNA, LA 70056 SCOTT SONNIER 650 POYDRAS ST., STE 1400 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 DERRICK WHITE 3542 VESPASIAN BLVD., APT 113 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114

Lot(s) 2A, AMES FARMS 5523 EHRET RD in MARRERO GLENN F BOURGEOIS 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072 GLENN F BOURGEOIS 5523 EHRET RD MARRERO, LA 70072

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 2016 FORD TRANSIT 250 At auction by Sheriff on July 22, 2026, from Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office., 723 S Lopez St., this city, at 1:00 o'clock PM in the mat‐ ter entitled: KATRINA SOUNDY AND LANDON OLIVER vs TINA FOLSE 22nd Judicial District Court For the Parish of St. Tammany Case No: (51) 51 202213518

By Writ of Fieri Facias: Year: 2016 Make: FORD

Lot(s) 16, 17, Sq E GLEN DELLA 200 BISHOP DR in WAGGAMAN WORD OF FAITH TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH 200 BISHOP DR AVONDALE, LA 70094 Through its agent for service of process REV. JOHN J. HELIRE SR. 200 BISHOP DR AVONDALE, LA 70094 WORD OF FAITH TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH 123 PRAIRIE VIEW CT AVONDALE, LA 70094 Through its agent for service of process REV. JOHN J HELIRE SR 123 PRAIRIE VIEW CT AVONDALE, LA 70094 WORD OF FAITH B.C. 200 BISHOP DR AVONDALE, LA 70094 ORETHA W HELIRE 123 PRAIRIEVIEW CT WESTWEGO, LA 70094 WORLD OF FAITH TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH 121 PRAIRIE VIEW CT AVONDALE, LA 70094 Lot(s) 82, TOWNSITE #4 1208 SILVER LILY LN in MARRERO THOMAS CHOPIN 1208 SILVER LILY LN MARRERO, LA 70072 JULIA B CHOPIN 1208 SILVER LILY LN MARRERO, LA 70072 THOMAS CHOPIN 2049 CARVER DR MARRERO, LA 70072 ELIZABETH GILDA CHOPIN 1208 SILVER LILY LN MARRERO, LA 70072 ELIZABETH GILDA CHOPIN 2020 LUTHER DR MARRERO, LA 70072 IVORY CHOPIN 2049 CARVER DR MARRERO, LA 70072

Viewing will be held Monday Tuesday 7:00 am 3:00 pm and Wednesday 9:00 am 12:00 pm at Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, Inc., 723 S Lopez St., New Or‐ leans, LA. Seized in the above suit, Terms: Cash, Cashier Check, Money Order or Certified Funds The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of 10% of the purchase price and the balance by 4:00 pm the same day.

Law Firm: JONES FUSSELL, L.L.P. Address: 132 TERRABELLA BLVD. COVING‐ TON, LA 70433 Phone No.:985-

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Owner 8: AMERICA,

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INC C/O CORPORATE TAX DEPT P.O. BOX 660237 DALLAS, TX 75266 Through its agent for service of process THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC 450 LAUREL ST., 8 TH FLOOR BATON ROUGE, LA 70801 Lot(s) 14, Sq 12 MAPLEWOOD PARK 1553 MAPLEWOOD DR in HARVEY PHILLIP A BLALOCK 1553 MAPLEWOOD DR HARVEY, LA 70058 WM A BLALOCK 1553 MAPLEWOOD DR HARVEY, LA 70058 PHILLIP BLALOCK 4918 WAREHAM DR ARLINGTON, TX 76017 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY 8950 CYPRESS WATERS BLVD COPPELL, TX 75067 SECRETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPEMENT 451 7TH ST., S.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20410 GULF COAST BANK & TRUST COMPANY 101 W ROBERT E LEE BLVD. STE 400 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70124 Through its agent for service of process CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY 450 LAUREL ST., 8 TH FLOOR BATON ROUGE, LA 70801 GULF COAST BANK & TRUST CO. 200 ST CHARLES AVE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130

In accordance with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), Jefferson Parish shall not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommodations under the ADA, submit your request to the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours in advance or as soon as possible. A 72-hour notice is needed to request Certified ASL interpreters.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of the owners, agents, mortgagees and / or interested parties for any of the above listed properties, or if you have any interest in the compliance with the violation(s) at any of the above listed properties, please contact the office at (504) 364-3560, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM. CYNTHIA LEE SHENG PARISH PRESIDENT

LIZA M. CALUDA Director161 CODE COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT To be run July 08, 2026, and July 15, 2026

Public Notice The Parish of Jefferson hereby notifies the owners, agents, mortgagees and/or other interested parties of the following properties that it has conducted administrative hearings pursuant to Jefferson Parish Ordinance Number 23373. The following structure has been deemed to be a hazard to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jefferson Parish, dilapidated, substandard and unfit for human habitation, and in violation of Ordinance Number 23373.

Accordingly, the Parish of Jefferson will demolish the following structure on or after July 15, 2026.

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440 ORION AVE District: 5 METAIRIE, LA 70005 SHARON MERRITT 440 ORION AVE. METAIRIE, LA 70005 SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPEMENT 451 7TH ST., S.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20410 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC 1600 DOUGLASS RD., STE 200-A ANAHEIM, CA 92806 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC 1600 DOUGLASS RD., STE 110 ANAHEIM, CA 92806 REPUBLIC FINANCE, LLC 8427 KELWOOD AVE BATON ROUGE, LA 70806 C T CORPORATION SYSTEM 3867 PLAZA TOWER DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70816 GARY L PHILLIPS 8427 KELWOOD AVE BATON ROUGE, LA 70806 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC 1600 S DOUGLASS RD., STE 110 ANAHEIM, CA 92806 RA/CT CORPORATION SYSTEM 3867 PLAZA TOWER DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70816

CYNTHIA LEE SHENG PARISH PRESIDENT

Lot(s) 27, Sq 40 VALLEY REALTY CO. 1620 FARRINGTON DR in MARRERO THOMAS HANDY 1620 FARRINGTON DR MARRERO, LA 70072 THOMAS HANDY 401 HELIS DR WESTWEGO, LA 70094

Make: FORD Model: TRANSIT 250 Serial No.: 1FTYR2CM9GKA2

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ROBERT BORDELON, JR 1620 FARRINGTON DR MARRERO, LA 70072 EMA-LEE BORDELON 1620 FARRINGTON DR MARRERO, LA 70072 CHRISTOPHER BORDELON 637 CHAMBERLIN DR KENNER, LA 70065 VIRGINIA BORDELON BURR, ROSARIO BORDELON MADUELL, CHRISTOPHER BORDELON , HOLLY BORDELON WASHABAUGH 1620 FARRINGTON DR MARRERO, LA 70072 APRIL BORDELON MCDONALD, DARRIN BORDELON, ANNA BORDELON & THE ESTATE OF ROBERT BORDELON, JR 1620 FARRINGTON DR MARRERO, LA 70072 ASSOCIATES FINANANCIAL SERVICES OF

BILL TO : DANGEROUS BUILDING ABATEMENT

Lot(s) 29, Sq F ORLEANS VILLAGE 5091 ROCHESTER DR in MARRERO KAREN A LEBLANC 5091 ROCHESTER DR MARRERO, LA 70070 LOUIS DANIEL PARKMAN 5091 ROCHESTER DR MARRERO, LA 70072 PAMELA MARIE MAJOR PARKMAN 5091 ROCHESTER DR MARRERO, LA 70072 MGC MORTGAGE, INC LPP MORTGAGE LTD ATTN: SPECIAL PRODUCTS DEPT 425 PHILLIPS BLVD EWING, NJ 08618 KAREN LEBLANC 5100 PRITCHARD RD MARRERO, LA 70072 LOUIS DANIEL PARKMAN PAMELA PARKMAN 1645 CAROL SUE AVE., APT 113 GRETNA, LA 70056 PAMELA PARKMAN 2540 PRITCHARD RD MARRERO, LA 70072 KAREN LEBLANC 917 AVENUE A MARRERO, LA 70072 KAREN LEBLANC 400 AVENUE A WESTWEGO, LA 70094

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LIZA M. CALUDA DIRECTOR CODE COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT DANGEROUS BUILDING ABATEMENT DIVISION

PUBLISH Wednesday, July 8, 2026, AND Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

193409-665497-jul 8-1t $ 1,434.51

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Phone No.:985 892-4801 The N.O. Advocate Date (s): 7/8/2026 jul 8-1T Looking for the right hire?

1-800-960-6397

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, BEAR‐ ING MUNCIPAL 6

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ING MUNCIPAL NUMBER: 1614 OPELOUSAS AV‐ ENUE, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: WILM‐ INGTON SAV‐ INGS FUND SO‐ CIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST I VERSUS IVY

CITY OF HARAHAN LEGALS Mayor Tim Baudier Councilmen Jason D. Asbill Tommy Budde Eric Chatelain Paul Johnston Michael Ricks Chief of Police Edward “Ed” Lepre City Clerk/Tax Collector Carrie Heustis

City of Harahan 6437 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-6383 Harahan Police 6441 Jefferson Hwy. Harahan, LA 70123 (504) 737-9763

ANYONE KNOWING THE WHEREABOUTS OF BONNIE FISCHER, 616 Colonial Club Drive, Harahan, LA 70123 is asked to call the City of Harahan, Regulatory Department (504) 737-6383 or email regulatory@ci.harahan.la.us.

193402-665488-jul 8-1t $ 45.05

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VERSUS IVY WILSON TER‐ RELL AND BEAU BRADLEY TER‐ RELL CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2019-13330 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 1614 OPELOUSAS AV‐ ENUE LOT T SQUARE 109 FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQUIRED CIN 586126 WRIT AMOUNT: $145,523.96 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork h iff

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GH 11 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318-3881440 KRISTY MASSEY FINLEY The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4818 KEEN COURT, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTI‐ TLED: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS AISHEH ZAKKIYYA POW‐ ELL A/K/A AISHEH Z. POWELL A/K/A AISHEH POWELL CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-2722 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ l i d

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noon, the fol lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AN IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THERE‐ UNTO, BELONG‐ ING OR IN ANY‐ WISE APPER‐ TAINING, SITUATED IN THE FIFTH DIS‐ TRTICT, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF OR‐ LEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN AS HUNTLEE VIL‐ LAGE SUBDIVISION, SECTION “D” IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURVEY OF ADLOE ORR, JR. & ASSOCIATES, C.E., DATED MARCH 13, 1963.

ACCORDING TO SURVEY OF R. L. SCHUMANN & ASSOCIATES, LAND SURVEY‐ ORS, DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1974, THE LOT IS FURTHER DE‐ SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 43, SQUARE 25, WHICH SAID SQUARE IS BOUNDED BY KEN COURT, HUNTLEE DRIVE, ERKISON STREET (SIDE), BERKLEY DRIVE (SIDE), AND SOMERSET DRIVE (SIDE), AND THE SAID LOT 43 COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 120.00 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF HUNTLEE DRIVE AND KEN COURT AND MEASURES THENCE A FIRST FORNTAGE ON KEN COURT OF 32.67 FEET, THENCE A SEC

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32.67 FEET, THENCE A SEC‐ OND FRONTAGE ON KEN COURT OF 27.39 FEET, A FIRST WIDTH ACROSS THE REAR OF 32.67 FEET, THENCE A SECOND WIDTH OF 27.56 FEET,

BY A DEPTH OF 118.36 FEET ALONG THE SIDE LINE NEARER TO HUNTLEE DRIVE,

BY A DEPTH OF 118.36 FEET ALONG THE SIDE LINE NEARER TO HUNTLEE DRIVE,

BY A DEPTH OF 116.85 FEET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LINE. IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO. 4818 KEN COURT, NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70131 WRIT AMOUNT: $208,444.98 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

GH 8 HALLIDAY, & WATKINS MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318 388 1440

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The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 25 CHRISTOPHER COURT, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FREE‐ DOM MORT‐ GAGE CORPORA‐ TION VERSUS RODNEY J. RI‐ CARD, DEIDRA RICARD LOPEZ A/K/A DEIDRA R. LOPEZ A/K/A DEIDRA LOPEZ, KEVIN JOSEPH RICARD A/K/A KEVIN J. RICARD A/K/A KEVIN RI‐ CARD AND ROD‐ NEY ANTHONY RICARD A/K/A RODNEY A. RI‐ CARD A/K/A RODNEY RICARD CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-1037 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

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A CERTAIN LOT OR PORTION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DIS‐ TRICT OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN CHRISTOPHER COURT SUBDIVI‐ SION, ACCORD‐ ING TO PLAN OF UNIVERSAL EN‐ GINEERS, INC., DATED DECEM‐ BER 14, 1978, APPROVED BY THE CITY PLANNING COM‐ MISSION ON AU‐ GUST 13, 1980, NO. 183/78 OF SUBDIVISION DOCKET, RECORDED IN COB 764, FOLIO 572, BEING A RE‐ SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 A, SEC‐ TION 3 OF TH LAKRATT TRACT, DESIG‐ NATED AS LOT 25, IN SQUARE BOUNDED BY CHRISTOPHER COURT, CURRAN ROAD, VINCENT ROAD, MORRI‐ SON ROAD, AND GANNON ROAD, LOT 25 COM‐ MENCES THENCE 248.80 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF GANNON ROAD AND CHRISTO‐ PHER COURT AND MEASURES THENCE 50 FEET FRONT ON CHRISTO‐ PHER COURT, SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 100 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON MORE

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ON MORE RECENT SURVEY MADE BY GILBER KELLY & COUTURIE, INC. THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 25 CHRISTO‐ PHER COURT, NEW FORLEANS, LA 70128 WRIT AMOUNT: $97,098.66 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

Mayor Michael J. Glaser, Sr.

Chief of Police Keith A. Conley

Council Members Joseph A. Stagni At-Large Div. A, George L. Branigan At-Large Div. B Dee B. Dunn District 1, Thomas “Tom” P. Willmott District 2 Joseph F. LaHatte, III District 3, Kristi K. McKinney District 4 Daniel W. Riehm District 5

City Hall 1801 Williams Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 Telephone (504) 468-7200 Kenner Police 500 Veterans Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062 Telephone (504) 712-2200

The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐

Sealed Bid No. 26-6974

The City of Kenner (also referenced as “Kenner” and “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for: Lead Safe Hazard Reduction in homes located at: 650 Webster Street 312 Taylor Street Bidders may also obtain copies of the bid documents and submit bids electronically by visiting www.centralauctionhouse.com. Sealed bids may also be received by mail or in-person until July 23, 2026 at 9:45am, by the City of Kenner in the Finance Department located at: 1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive Building D Kenner, Louisiana 70062

CITY OF KENNER

Advertisement: The Advocate July 8, 2026 July 15, 2026 ____________________________________________________________________________

Case P-11-26 – AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PLAN OF RESUBDIVISION OF PARCEL 18-G-1, CHATEAU ESTATES SOUTH SUBDIVISION, KENNER, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, INTO PARCELS 18-G-2 AND 18-G-3, CHATEAU ESTATES SOUTH SUBDIVISION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SURVEY BY DADING, MARQUES & ASSOCIATES, LLC DATED 04-10-2026, WHICH LOT(S) ARE OWNED BY PARISH PARTNERS CO, LLC AND CAUSEWAY PARTNERS, LLC. /s/Robert Pastor /s/ Christopher Sliwinski Kenner Planning Commission Planning Director ____________________________________________________________________________ The Kenner Housing Authority will be selling a Scagg Zero turn radius riding lawnmower with a 48” deck, 25 hp motor, to the highest bidder. The Mower is available to view starting on July 10th, 2026, Monday thru Friday from 9am to 4 pm.

Sealed bids are due in the KHA office at 1013 31st Street Kenner LA 70065 (Attention to Barry Bordelon, Executive Director) by July 30th , 2026 at 1pm. All bids will be opened at 1:30 pm and read aloud.

For more information contact Kenny Martin at 504-329-3256. The KHA reserves the right to reject any and all bids,

A CERTAIN TRACT OR PAR‐ CEL OF LAND, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DIS‐ TRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN A BLOCK BOUNDED BY TRAFALGAR STREET, GENTILLY ROAD, BEAUVOIR

WRIT AMOUNT: $445,346.43 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment f dj di i

Jesse D. Noel, P.E., Regional Director Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West 7001 River Road Marrero, LA 70072 (504) 340-0318 www.slfpaw.org

PUBLIC NOTICE OF VACANCY Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank Board of Commissioners Pursuant to La. R.S. 38:330.1 et seq., notice is hereby given that applications are being accepted from persons interested in serving on the Board of Commissioners for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank (“SLFPA-W”). Nine members serve on the Board of Commissioners. A Nominating Committee comprised of representatives of civic, professional, and academic organizations reviews applications and recommends individuals for appointments by the Governor and confirmation by the Senate. The Nominating Committee is comprised of representatives from the following organizations: Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Leaders for a Better Louisiana, Louisiana Geological Survey, Association of State Floodplain Managers, National Society of Black Engineers, UNO College of Engineering, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, Southern University College of Engineering, LSU College of Engineering, Louisiana Engineering Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, West Bank Business and Industry Association, and Holy Cross College.

CURRENT VACANCIES The Nominating Committee is accepting applications for one position on the SLFPA-W Board of Commissioners: 1.

A resident who resides outside of Jefferson or Orleans Parishes jurisdiction of SLFPA-W to complete a term from July 2, 2027 to July 1, 2031.

2.

A resident who resides in Orleans Parish on the west side of the Mississippi River, within the jurisdiction of SLFPA-W to complete a term from July 2, 2027 to July 1, 2031.

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS Three members shall reside in Jefferson Parish on the west side of the Mississippi River within the jurisdiction of SLFPA-W. Two members shall reside in Orleans Parish on the west side of the Mississippi River. Three members shall reside outside of Jefferson or Orleans Parishes. One member shall reside in the territorial jurisdiction of the Lafitte Area Levee District.

QUALIFICATIONS

Any person with disabilities requiring special accommodations must contact the ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In accordance with Sec. 91/2-7 of the City of Kenner Code of Ordinances, Regulations for removal of weeds, grass or other noxious matter, the following property owner(s) are hereby notified that within five (5) days of this notice, if said property owner(s) do not cut, destroy or remove such weeds, grass or deleterious, unhealthy growth, trash, debris, refuse, discarded or noxious matter from the premises involved, the City of Kenner will undertake the removal of weeds, grass or other noxious matter assessing all costs and an administrative fee of $250.00 against said property. The City of Kenner may undertake continued monthly maintenance of said property for a period of twelve (12) months without giving any additional notification to the owner.

NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 7 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES NO GRASS/WEEDS OVER 15 INCHES

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

SLFPA-West Commissioners Scott M. Burke, President Stephen P. Gauthé, Secretary-Treasurer Larry B. Ardoin, P.E., Commissioner William B. Fogle, Commissioner Mitchell L. Kirkland, P.E., Commissioner Ronnie L. Robinson, P.E., Commissioner

/s/Elizabeth Herring Chief Financial Officer

All interested parties are invited to attend the Bid Opening on the same day at 10:00 a.m. in the City of Kenner, Building D Auditorium, 1610 Rev. Richard Wilson Drive, Kenner, Louisiana, at which time the bids will be publicly read. There will be no pre-bid meeting. Site visits will be held at each location on July 15, 2026 from 11:00am-11:45am. All interested bidders are encouraged to attend.

ISIDRO E. HERNANDEZ KINTZ,RUSSELL E. & JOYCE S. COLAR, MONA C PP GROUP LLC ALONSO, PETHER E SEENAPPA, SRI D SIMONEAUX, DAVID G NP INVESTMENTS LLC HUM MANAGEMENT LLC CRUZ, MARLON R YOUSUF, MUNIBUDDIN & SYEDA YOUSUF STAR REALTY INVS LLC GLASS, LOLITA GLASS, LOLITA GLASS, LOLITA GLASS, LOLITA GLASS, LOLITA FERGUSON, TACHEL M.A.D. III LLC ROKER, SHARON J SEENAPPA, SRIDHAR & STEPHANIE M. PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIAL PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIAL HERNANDEZ, WILMER

CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-7104

BEAUVOIR STREET AND DE SAIX BOULE‐ VARD AND FOR REFERENCE SUCH PORTION OF GROUND IS REFERRED TO AS LOT 13B7 ON A PLAT BY GILBERT, KELLY & COU‐ TURIE, INC., EN‐ TITLED “FORTIN TRACT, THIRD DISTRICT, A RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 13B5 INTO LOT 13B6, 13B7, 13B8, 13B9, AND 13B10”, DATED AUGUST 8, 2016, APPROVED AU‐ GUST 18, 2016, FILED FOR RECORD ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 AT CIN 605857, N.A. 2016 37150. SAID LOT 13B7 HAV‐ ING BEEN PART OF A RESUBDIVISION, A SURVEY OF WHICH WAS PREPARED BY GILBER, KELLY & COUTURIE, INC., ENTITLED “FORTIN TRACT, THIRD DISTRICT, A RESUBDIVI‐ SION OF LOT 13B INTO LOTS 13B1, 13B2, 13B4, 13B5 AND 24’ ACCESS SERVITUDE”, DATED OCTOBER 5, 2015, APPROVED FEBRUARY 23, 2016, FILED FOR RECORD ON MARCH 21, 2016, AT CIN 595404, N.A. 2016 11192. THE SAID LOT 13B7 HAVING SUCH MEASURE‐ MENTS AND DI‐ MENSIONS AS DESCRIBED ON THE AFORESAID SURVEY OF RECORD.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF SLFPA - WEST

City of no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. If the request cannot be reasonably provided, the individual will be informed prior to the bid opening.

Each bidder must have an active UEI Number, as verified on www.sam.gov, prior award of contract.

The Kenner Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in the Council Chambers, Heritage Hall, 303 Williams Boulevard, Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, at six o’clock (6:00) p.m. The applicant premises affected, and the nature of the cases are as follows:

July 8, 2026 Lead Safe Hazard Reduction (LSHR) Bid Packet #10 Sealed Bid No. 26-6974

GROUND BEAR ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 3129 TRAFALGAR ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: LAKE‐ VIEW LOAN SER‐ VICING, LLC VERSUS RYAN ANTHONY BERGERON A/K/A RYAN A. BERGERON A/K/A RYAN BERGERON

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SLFPA-W Officials

NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

Or‐

GH 7 HALLIDAY, & WATKINS MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318 388 1440

OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF KENNER CITY OF KENNER LEGALS Kenner City Officials

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4148 TULANE DR 4033 E LA STATE DR 2608 -10 KINGSTON STREET 2608 -10 KINGSTON STREET 226 27TH ST 500 27TH ST 2625 -27 ALBANY ST 2629 -31 ALBANY ST 2708 -10 ALBANY ST 614 31ST ST 2407 IOWA AVE C/O PIEDMONT & VETERANS 2608 GADSDEN ST 2608 GADSDEN ST 2608 GADSDEN ST 2608 GADSDEN ST 2608 GADSDEN ST 2625 GADSDEN ST 2625 GADSDEN ST 2616 -18 TIFTON STREET 2736 -38 DAWSON ST 1500 31ST ST 1504 31ST ST 3037 LEXINGTON

UNIVERSITY CITY SQ 21 LOT 36 VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 196 LOTS 30 & 31 SECT 8 VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 196 LOTS 30 & 31 SECT 8 VETERANS HEIGHTS/188/39 VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 103 LOT 47-A SECT 5 VETERANS HEIGHTS, SQ 111 LOT 21-A SECT 6 VETERANS HEIGHTS, SQ 111 LOT 19A VETERANS HEIGHTS, SQ 123 LOT S SECT 6 SQ 409 & 410/LOT 3/HIGHWAY PARK CRESTVIEW/185/1-6,67-70 SQ 105/LOT 30/VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 105/LOT 31/VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 105/LOT 32/VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 105/LOT 33/VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 105/LOT 34/VETERANS HEIGHTS VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 16 LOT 65A VETERANS HEIGHTS SQ 124 LOTS 68, 69, 70 SECT 6 LOTS 17 & 18 SQ 145 LINCOLN MANOR 193408-665496-jul 8-1t $ 277.20

Engineering/Related Field Professional Three members shall be either an engineer or a professional in a related field such as geotechnical, hydrological, or environmental science. At least one of the three members shall be a civil engineer.

Non-Engineering Professional Three members shall be professionals in disciplines other than engineering, geotechnical, hydrological, or environmental science. They each shall, at a minimum, hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning with at least ten years of professional experience in that discipline.

Engineering/Related Field Professional or Non-Engineering Professional Three members shall possess the qualifications of either an engineering/related field professional or of a non-engineering professional.

Once the new member is appointed, the composition of the Board must meet the residency and occupational qualifications defined above.

HOW TO APPLY You may obtain an application by going online to www.slfpaw.org or contacting: Jesse D. Noel, P.E. Regional Director, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank 7001 River Road Marrero, LA 70072 (504) 371-6847 director@slfpaw.org Please submit application by July 17, 2026.

193406-665494-jul 8-1t $ 145.53

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at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING.

ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 5708 WILTON DR, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: LA CAPI‐ TOL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VERSUS MORRIS E. JAMES, SR. AND CLEO ROBINSON JAMES

Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

M. Or‐

RB 14 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., LLC (225) 756 0373 DENNIS F. WIG‐ GINS, JR The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL

CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-11365

5708 WILTON DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 LOT 22 - SQUARE 2 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1295560

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ACQ MIN: 1295560 BURBABK GAR‐ DENS SUBDIVI‐ SION WRIT AMOUNT: $68,370.97 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans RB 34 WHITLOW FIRM, LLC SHARON WHITLOW

M. Or‐

LAW S.

The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t Place a Classified ad?

1-800-960-6397

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PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

2935-37 DU‐ MAINE ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119 LOT 26 - SQUARE 388 2ND MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1429816 WRIT AMOUNT: $19,420.00

THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 293537 DUMAINE ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VERSUS DANNY MOHAMAD NAS‐ SAR

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

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING.

CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-6214 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans RB 1 CITY OF ORLEANS 658-4346 DEISHA GARDE

Comprehensive General and Special Revenue Budgets Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2027 SPECIAL FUND FEDERAL

NCLB FUND

SCHOOL LUNCH

Revised

Revised

Revised

Revised

Local Revenue

1000

$ 59,418,302

$

-

$0

State Revenue

3000

$ 2,978,880

$

-

$0

MFP

3000

$ 20,716,210

$

-

3000

$

$

-

Federal Sources

4000

$ 500,000

$ 4,443,883

$ 3,708,646

$ 4,970,000

$13,022,529

$ 83,613,392

$ 4,443,883

$ 3,708,646

$ 5,015,000

$ 13,067,529

TOTAL REVENUES

$ 45,000

LA‐

cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 8/12/2026

$45,000 $0

EXPENDITURES

&

jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 2008 TENNESSE STREET, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FIRST HORIZON BANK VERSUS MORRIS MAYFIELD, SR CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-6429 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, ' l k

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on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026

2008 TENNESSEE ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70117 LOT: 36, SQUARE: 950989 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1105937 WRIT AMOUNT: $70,325.10

jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 9010 PRITCHARD PLACE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VERSUS JE‐ REMY BYRNE A/K/A JEREMY AUSTIN BYRNE

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

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-9355 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court ildi

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GH 1 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535

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District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 9010 PRITCHARD PL NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70118 LOT:2; SQUARE: 405 SEVENTH MU‐ NICIPAL DIS‐ TRICT MIN: ACQ 1357583 WRIT AMOUNT: $182,313.55 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board will have a public hearing on the 2025-2026 proposed amended comprehensive budget revision for the General Fund and Special Revenue Funds on Thursday,July 23, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. at the West St. John Elementary, 2555 La Hwy.18, Edgard, Louisiana. The proposed comprehensive budget revision has been submitted to the School Board and is available for public inspection at the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board office during normal working hours prior to the hearing. A general summary of the proposed amended budget is as follows: Amended Comprehensive General and Special Revenue Budgets Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2026 GENERAL FUND

SPECIAL FUND FEDERAL

NCLB FUND

SCHOOL LUNCH

Revised

Revised

Revised

SPECIAL REVENUE TOTALS

REVENUES

Function Code

Revised

Local Revenue

1000

$ 59,334,337

$

-

State Revenue

3000

$ 3,110,863

$

-

MFP

3000

$ 20,035,270

$

-

$ 46,189

$46,189

School Lunch

3000

$

$

-

$0

$0

Federal Sources

4000

$ 300,000

$ 2,280,689

$ 3,349,340

$ 5,081,894

$10,711,923

$ 82,780,470

$ 2,280,689

$ 3,349,340

$ 5,128,083

$ 10,758,112

TOTAL REVENUES

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School Lunch

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NEW 504-

SPECIAL REVENUE TOTALS

Function Code

REVENUES

Or‐

The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date ( )

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board will have a public hearing on the 2026-2027 proposed comprehensive budget for the General Fund and Special Revenue Funds on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. at the West St. John Elementary, 2555 La Hwy 18, Edgard, Louisiana. The proposed comprehensive budget revision has been submitted to the School Board and is available for public inspection at the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board office during normal working hours prior to the hearing. A general summary of the proposed amended budget is as follows:

GENERAL FUND

M.

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Revised $0 $0

EXPENDITURES

Regular ProgramsElementary/ Secondary

1100

$ 30,529,540

$0

$0

Special Education Programs

1200

$ 9,279,923

$ 2,132,435

$2,132,435

Regular ProgramsElementary/ Secondary

1100

$ 30,650,246

$ 61,711

$61,711

Career and Technical Education Programs

1300

$ 1,290,648

$ 178,031

$178,031

Special Education Programs

1200

$ 9,121,390

$ 1,299,864

$1,299,864

Other Instructional Programs - Elementary/ Secondary

1400

$ 2,267,955

$ 558,056

$1,293,088

Career and Technical Education Programs

1300

$ 1,185,740

$ 18,507

$18,507

Other Instructional Programs - Elementary/ Secondary

1400

$ 2,124,254

$ 280,463

$ 410,541

$691,004

$ 3,252,764

$4,758,930

Special Programs

1500

$ 1,165,484

$ 1,231,232

Adult/ Continuing Education Programs

1600

0

$

Total Instruction

$ 44,533,550

$ 735,032

$ 2,441,935

$3,673,167

-

$ 4,099,754

$0 $ 3,176,967

$0

$ 7,276,721

Support Services Programs

Instruction

Special Programs

1500

$ 1,044,254

$ 1,506,166

Adult/ Continuing Education Programs

1600

$

$

Total Instruction

Pupil Support Services

2100

$ 5,716,946

$ 93,583

Instructional Staff Services

2200

$ 1,091,787

$ 137,917

General Administration

2300

$ 3,077,021

0

School Administration

2400

$ 5,498,240

$

-

$0

Business Services

2500

$ 994,304

$

-

$0

Operation & Maintenance of Plant Services

2600

$ 11,503,827

$

-

Student Transportation Services

2700

$ 5,330,643

$ 4,520

Central Services

2800

Total Support Services

$93,583 $ 506,206

$644,123

$ 2,796,078

$0

$ 36,008,846

$ 236,020

$ 25,473

$ 531,679

$ 1,600

-

$ 44,125,884

$ 3,166,711

2100

$ 5,606,069

$ 79,881

Instructional Staff Services

2200

$ 1,072,169

$ 190,222

General Administration

2300

$ 2,570,354

0

School Administration

2400

$ 5,298,962

$

-

Business Services

2500

$ 856,699

$

-

Operation & Maintenance of Plant Services

2600

$ 10,768,374

$

-

$29,993

Student Transportation Services

2700

$ 5,181,244

$ 5,473

$0

Central Services

2800

$ 2,759,044

$ 28,342

$ 769,299

Total Support Services

$ 34,112,915

$ 303,918

$ 172,360

$ 20,824

$1,600

$0 $ 3,663,305

$0

$ 6,830,016

Support Services Programs Pupil Support Services

$0

$ 1,600

-

$79,881 $ 756,188

$946,410 $0 $0 $0 $ 1,462

$ 39,365

$1,462 $44,838 $28,342

$ 795,553

$ 1,462

$ 1,100,933

Operation of NonInstructional Services

Operation of NonInstructional Services Food Service Operations

3100

$4,791,640

Food Service Operations

3100

Enterprise Operations

3200

$0

Enterprise Operations

3200

$0

Community Service Operations

3300

$0

Community Service Operations

3300

$0

Facility Acquisition & Construction Services

4000

$0

Facility Acquisition & Construction Services

4000

$ 4,791,640

Total Operation of NonInstructional Services

$0

Debt Services

$100,000

Indirect Costs

Total Operation of NonInstructional Services

$ 183,327

$

-

$ 183,327

$ 8,109

$

$ 4,783,531

-

$ 8,109

$0

Debt Services

5100

$ 2,186,005

Indirect Costs

5200

$100,000

$ 100,000

$0

$ 82,811,728

$ 4,443,883

$ 3,708,646

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$ 4,783,531

$ 4,785,131

$ 12,937,660

$

-

$

$ 4,681,907

-

$0

$ 172,360

$ 20,824

5100

$ 12,136,755

0

5200

$100,000

$ 100,000

$0

$ 90,447,914

$ 3,591,453

$ 4,458,858

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

$4,702,731

$0

$ 4,681,907

$ 4,702,731

$0 $100,000 $ 4,683,369

$ 12,733,680

Other Financing Sources(Uses) of Funds

Other Financing Sources(Uses) of Funds Transfers Out

5200

Transfers In

5200

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources Over Expenditures and Other Uses

801,664

$0

Balances at Beginning of Year

$ 45,607,578

$0

$0

$ 1,137,514

$1,137,514

Balances at End of Year

$ 46,409,242

$0

$0

$ 1,367,383

$ 1,367,383

$0

229,869

229,869

Transfers Out

5200

$0

$0

Transfers In

5200

$ 9,000,000

$ 1,310,764

$ 1,109,518

$0

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources Over Expenditures and Other Uses

$ 1,332,556

$0

$0

444,714

444,714

Balances at Beginning of Year

$ 44,275,022

$0

$0

$ 692,800

$ 692,800

Balances at End of Year

$ 45,607,578

$0

$0

$ 1,137,514

$ 1,137,514

$2,420,282

193330-665931-July 8-1t $ 530.15

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RB 4 ALBERTELLI LAW, P.A. 813221-4743 PENNY M. DAI‐ GREPONT The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4048 TALL TIMBERS DRIVE, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: LIBERTY BANK AND TRUST COM‐ PANY VERSUS MEL'S TRANS‐ PORTATION II, LLC AND MELISSA MICHELLE NOEL CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-6700 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4048 TALL TIM‐ BERS DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131 LOT: 14, SQUARE: 11 FIFTH MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ: 663933 WRIT AMOUNT: $218,738.20 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

GH 24 NEWMAN, MATHIS, BRADY & SPEDALE, APLC 225-3433456 WAYNE A. MAIO‐ RANA The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 4919 MICHOUD BOULEVARD, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: FED‐ ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE AS‐ SOCIATION VER‐ SUS GARDY VILTUS AND SYNTHIA VIL‐ TUS, A/K/A SYN‐ THIA ST JEAN VILTUS CIVIL

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CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-7906 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure Sale di‐ and rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 4919 MICHOUD BD NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70129 10, LOT: SQUARE: 22 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT SECTION 1 OF VILLAGE DE L'EST SUBDIVI‐ SION ACQ MIN: 1390677 WRIT AMOUNT: $250,286.65 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

GH 5 DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318-3881440 CANDACE A. COURTEAU The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4901 CORONADO DR, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION VERSUS DURELL KVASNY, HEIR OF JARVIS ENOCH EVANS A/K/A JARVIS E. EVANS A/K/A JARVIS EVANS AND OC‐ TAVIA JOHNSON CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-8444 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4901 CORONADO DR NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70127 LOT 66 - SQUARE 10 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT

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DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1319966 CORONADO HEIGHTS SUBDI‐ VISION WRIT AMOUNT: $130,350.72 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

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GH 16 LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP 504838-7535 EMILY A. MUELLER The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 2235 HYMAN PL, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: TRUIST BANK VERSUS JENNIFER R. TIMPHONY

RB 14 LAW OFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK, JR., LLC (225) 7560373 COREY J. GIROIR

CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-7485

The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 6950-52 MILNE BOULE‐ VARD, THIS CITY, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELL‐ POINT MORT‐ GAGE SERVIC‐ ING VERSUS DENIS P VAMVORAS (A/K/A DENIS VAMVORAS, DENIS VAMVO‐ RAS SR.) AND THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF MILES P. VAMVORAS (A/K/A MILES VAMVORAS SR., MILES VAMVO‐ RAS) CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2024-10836 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 6950-52 MILNE BD NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70124 LOTS: 31 & 32, SQUARE: 60 SECOND MUNIC‐ IPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 773291 WRIT AMOUNT: $174,099.62 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork

M.

2235 HYMAN PL NEW ORLEANS, LA 70131 LOT 6 - SQUARE 3 5TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1435000 HYMAN SUBDI‐ VISION WRIT AMOUNT: $74,709.40 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 6 DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318-3881440 ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 1425 N. PRIEUR ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL LOAN TRUST 2021-03 VERSUS FLAW‐ LESS CON‐ STRUCTION L.L.C. CIVIL

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CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2023-2541 By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias directed to me by the Hon‐ orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐ leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 1425 N PRIEUR ST NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70116 LOTS#: 12,13,14 - SQUARE#: 898 THIRD MUNICI‐ PAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1323706 WRIT AMOUNT: $712,500.00 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 20 MCCABE LAW FIRM, LLC 504782-3436 RYAN MCCABE The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 2342 ODIN ST, CITY OF NEW OR‐ LEANS, IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: FED‐ ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE AS‐ SOCIATION VER‐ SUS DEVIN D. JOHNSON CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-10620 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 2342 ODIN ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70122 LOT 1 - SQUARE 4212 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1339193 WRIT AMOUNT: $289,101.29 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment

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at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 9 JACKSON & MCPHERSON, L.L.C. 504-5819444 CRIS JACKSON The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4743 WARREN DR, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: NEWREZ LLC VERSUS GREGORY O. LEWIS, JR. A/K/A GREGORY LEWIS, JR. CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2026-1197 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil Court District for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4743 WARREN DR NEW OR‐ LEANS, LA 70127 LOT 15 - SQUARE 2 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1337305 LAKELAND ACRES WRIT AMOUNT: $118,411.17 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 26 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 DENNIS F WIG‐ GINS The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t

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Order. No Per sonal Checks.

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING.

PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBER 4446 ARTHUR DR, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: LAKE‐ VIEW LOAN SER‐ VICING LLC VER‐ SUS TINA MARIE POWELL A/K/A TINA M. POWELL A/K/A TINA POWELL CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2025-2119

Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 29 THE LAW OF‐ FICES OF HER‐ SCHEL C. AD‐ COCK, JR., L.L.C. (225) 756-0373 The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 6/3/2026 & 7/8/2026 jun 3-jul 8-2t

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on July 9, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐ lowing de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: 4446 ARTHUR DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127 LOT 23 - SQUARE 2 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1374231 CASTLE MANOR SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $135,484.69 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

PUBLIC NOTICE --SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND BEAR‐ ING MUNICIPAL NUMBERS 10221024 ANDTY ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THE MATTER EN‐ TITLED: FREE‐ DOM MORT‐ GAGE CORPORA‐ TION VERSUS MARK C. BE‐ LONGA A/K/A MARK BE‐ LONGA CIVIL DISTRICT COURTFOR PARISHOF ORLEANS Case No: 2026-223

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ANDRY ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOT 30 - SQUARE 337 3RD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN: 1470321 WRIT AMOUNT: $161,763.65 Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH. The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐ posit of ten per‐ cent of the pur‐ chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter.

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

FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐ TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Michelle Woodfork Sheriff, Parish of leans

M. Or‐

RB 7 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN P.C. AT‐ TORNEYS AT LAW 318-3881440 CANDACE A. COURTEAU The N.O. Advo‐ cate Date (s): 7/8/2026 & 8/12/2026 jul 8-aug 12-2t

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale di‐ rected to me by the Honorable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground floor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐ trict of the City on August 13, 2026, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the following described prop‐ erty to wit: 1022-1024 ANDRY ST NEW

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Article IV, Section 21(D)(1) of the Louisiana Constitution, that on June 1, 2026, Entergy Louisiana, LLC (“ELL”), a public utility providing retail electric and gas service throughout the State of Louisiana, filed with the Louisiana Public Service Commission (“LPSC”) public and confidential versions of its Formula Rate Plan (“FRP”) Rider Schedule FRP Evaluation Report and Workpapers for Test Year 2025.

The filing reflects an earned return on common equity (“EROE”) for the 2025 Evaluation Period/Test Year of 9.63%, which is within the approved FRP dead band and results in no change in FRP base revenue.

Changes in FRP Revenue include a reduction in credits flowing through the Tax Adjustment Mechanism, additions to transmission and distribution plant in service reflected through the Transmission Recovery Mechanism and Distribution Recovery Mechanism, respectively, and a decrease in credits flowing through the MISO Cost Recovery Mechanism. These changes result in a net increase in FRP Revenue of $226 million.

The resulting FRP factors to be applied to the respective ELL rate classes effective for customer bills rendered on and after the first billing cycle of September 2026 are as follows: Ln No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Rate Class RESIDENTIAL SMALL GENERAL SERVICE GENERAL SERVICE MUNICIPAL PUMPING SERVICE LARGE POWER SERVICE HIGH LOAD FACTOR SERVICE LARGE LOAD HIGH LF POWER SERVICE LARGE INDUSTRIAL SERVICE LIGHTING SERVICE

Total ELL FRP Rate Adj. 100.7855% 93.2446% 96.3035% 102.9310% 82.9259% 82.7593% 80.9583% 86.5556% 94.5556%

It is estimated that the proposed adjustment in rates will have the following effects upon applicable Legacy ELL customers’ typical monthly bills: for a Residential customer using 1,000 kWh the bill would change by approximately $6.35; for a Small General Service customer using 50 kW and 12,500 kWh the bill would change by approximately $80.47; for a Large General Service customer using 1,000 kW and 500,000 kWh the bill would change by approximately $1,887.73.

It is estimated that the proposed adjustment in rates will have the following effects upon applicable Legacy EGSL customers’ typical monthly bills: for a Residential customer using 1,000 kWh the bill would change by approximately $6.35; for a Small General Service customer using 5000 kWh the bill would change by approximately $34.62; for a Large General Service customer using 500 kW and 255,500 kWh the bill would change by approximately $897.06.

For questions and comments regarding ELL’s filing, please call the LPSC toll free at (800) 2562397. Additionally, the filing, including its attachments, the public version of which may be viewed in the Records Division of the LPSC at the following address: Records Division 602 N. Fifth Street, 12th Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 Telephone: (225) 342-3157 ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC 193135-664768-jul 8-1t $ 917.50

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Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.

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Z H C C D Z N

R N I Q M N I Z

T N I B Y N U Q N S J Q E J

B F D H A

E P D Z N

Y U D H I R

T Q Y JA

M D D

E U B S P A D

F N

A J N

E B P P N R

G W

O Q W G LB G

P M I

J P Q A ,

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: M equals Z

K N

T Y Q H Y A H

F Y G P

P H B L F

I C B I

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K ’ L

T B F

B W W

Q Y A H F

C H ’ T

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W O R C M

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L C K W K

P K E W J K G

L E A Z E W U :

M H

M C K T Y K P

T O P P - E - J H D E

Y J O D K W U O MA. Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: H equals O

I G C XAYH

B G A G X J X H P

G C L B G I G U Z

LYAT

O S O L Q

U M Y G K J M U

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: T equals S

H G M

N B W G G S N J

Z H P P K R K

W H N I,

P B S Y P .

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K Q WA

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: G equals T

G T H T

S H PY

G J L

S M N G QYALM G PT S N G P Q WY M H

E U N N C N U Z .

J SAN LT K

P B G Y L

X L ’ W

LT M H .

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: L equals T

L V G

Q G P M

M K M M Z

D F D D N M V

S X P K I P O

G P X

E K B N S K J

S K X F L V P J ,

Q F L J O

V K Z

V D P S N K J

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Q K V

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: M equals N

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CROSSWORD THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Fragment 6 Relaxing resorts 10 Embassy worker 11 Used up 12 Stock unit 13 Be a sponge 14 Gofer’s assignment 15 Last number 16 Actor Wallach 17 Common verb 18 Was in front 19 Making merry 22 Stagger 23 Roman censor 26 Razing 29 PC key 32 Word of accord 33 Road sealer 34 Like a short play 36 Kismet 37 Pebbles’ mom 38 Kayak’s cousin 39 Spot in the ocean 40 Hunter in the stars 41 New driver, usually 42 Pulses

DOWN 1 Annoy 2 Asthma sufferer’s device 3 Difficult to pin down 4 Bottle plug 5 Storm center 6 Reach across 7 Bike part 8 Trig topic 9 Spirited horse 11 Academic area 15 Work wk.’s end 17 Urban prowler 20 Slippery one 21 Lass 24 Fairy queen 25 Barhopping 27 Horse healer 28 Salad makeup 29 Namely 30 Ouzo flavor 31 Southern lass 35 Prayer end 36 Flight cost 38 Corn core 5

Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.

CROSSWORD THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Maze choices 6 Rocker setting 11 “The Waste Land” poet 12 Moscow setting 13 Circus performer 14 Tag line?

15 Paper worker 17 Quirk 19 Lobster trap 20 Pointer 23 Devotee 25 Old Italian coin 26 Charlie Chaplin film 28 Entreated 29 Passionate 30 Braying beast 31 Foofaraw 32 Last letter 33 Cave 35 Mexican money 38 Goes under 41 Baja buddy 42 Prepare to propose 43 Ungrammatical type of sentence 44 Like some questions

DOWN 1 Favorite 2 Copying 3 Video editing aids 4 Worked the garden 5 American bass 6 Wine grape 7 Stench 8 Sewer rodent 9 Letter before psi 10 Very popular 16 Transport to Oz 17 Lightning setting 18 Pop stars 20 Global strips 21 Tony winner Worth 22 Art class staple 24 Roulette bet 25 Top 27 Russian Revolution leader 31 Fiery crime 33 Kind of boot or dancer 34 Fork feature 35 Golf goal 36 Outback bird 37 Sermon subject 39 Writer Kesey 40 — -mo

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Sudoku

Cryptoquote A X Y D L B AA X R is L O N G F E L L O W One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.

L

R F D S

R F Y ,

I T V

U N N P U N Z

U F O X V D

X S

R X N

F D

X L D

E N D D F I PS

P N T F D Z

K L Y

V R F B S Y N

L

E P L Y

AS U S LV .

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P ’L K N T Z

K G A B

L F B U O

V G L O Z S B L

G L

V Z S G U M

U E O

E U K C

V E J B

I E U E J Z P K B ,

P W O

V E J B

W L B A W K

K G A B

L F B U O

U E O I G U M .

P B J U Z J T H S I

H P

J E I

P H B X Q

H P

Y E W J

X U KAF F

Z

T E G U M

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M B E J M B

X H Q J

QAS U I B I

B I Q T I U J

A Q

F A Q J I S A S K

J H

W S H J E I B

Q W V .

O I Z U

L I Z H

W U J L W F F V

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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once

Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

Challenger Fill each square with a number, 1-9. Horizontal squares should add to the totals on the right, vertical squares should add to the totals on the bottom and diagonal squares should add to the total in the upper and lower right.

CLUE LIST Balance beam Ball Clubs Floor High bar Hoop Parallel bars Ribbon Rope Still rings TeamGym Trampoline Tumbling Uneven bars Vault

CLUE LIST Adriatic Apache Biwa Brook Brown Bull Cutthroat Flathead Gila Lake Marble Ohrid Rainbow Sea Sevan

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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc.

For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

Unscramble these twelve letter strings to form each into an ordinary word (ex. HAGNEC becomes CHANGE). Prepare to use only ONE word from any marked ( ♥ ) letter string as each unscrambles into more than one word (ex. ♥ RATHE becomes HATER or EARTH or HEART). Fit each string’s word either across or down to knot all twelve strings together.

1

2

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CROSSWORD

Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

THOMAS JOSEPH

CLUE LIST Acetone Anyone Birthstone Bone Cellphone Cone Corn pone Cyclone Done Gone Halftone Hormone Monotone None Saxophone

CLUE LIST Big Joe Emmanuel Great Abel Great Bede Great George Great John Great Paul Great Tom Hosanna Little John Lutine Bell Major Matthew Peter Victoria

ACROSS 1 Battery makeup 6 Office sights 11 Lawman Ness 12 “Three Sisters” sister 13 Hayek of “Frida” 14 Nev. neighbor 15 Golf position 16 Julep need 18 Second person 19 TV’s Curry 20 Silent assent 21 Volleyball need 22 Hunting dog 24 Minuscule 25 Social facade 27 Do a checkout chore 29 Like New Year’s Day 32 Ship sealer 33 Historic time 34 Busy one in Apr. 35 Quantity: Abbr.

36 Guitarist Paul 37 Stroller user 38 Kidney-related 40 Pitcher Satchel 42 Sweet liqueur 43 Some woodwinds

44 Flying monster of myth 45 Principle DOWN 1 Magnetic induction units 2 “Seinfeld” role 3 Business investor, of a sort 4 Huck’s friend 5 Woodworker, at times 6 Chopped up 7 Historic time 8 It involves written bids 9 Cutlery 10 Protection from harm 17 Prom date’s gift 23 Toe count 24 Tavern 26 Ace 27 Stiffness 28 Phone feature 30 Orbit point 31 Current fashion 33 Bowling spot 39 Band blaster 41 Tad’s dad

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Sudoku Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once.

Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.

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By Frank A. Longo

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CROSSWORD THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Chair wheel 7 Successful songs 11 Refer 12 Skip 13 Came down 14 Painter Cassatt 15 Jordan’s capital 16 Permitted 17 Low digits 18 Live 19 Previously owned 21 Outlaw Kelly 22 Online shows 25 Tennis star Shriver 26 Script unit 27 Annie, for one 29 Ailurophobe’s fear 33 Recoils 34 Tycoon 35 Garr of “Tootsie” 36 Yacht spot 37 Aphrodite’s love 38 Lucky charm 39 Misplaced 40 Fix

DOWN 1 Garnet unit 2 Crockett’s last stand 3 Snail trail 4 Deli order 5 Perfect place 6 Danger signal 7 Abodes 8 John Lennon song 9 Diatribes 10 Did salon work 16 Enticed 18 Amber, originally 20 Miserly Marner 22 Medal recipient 23 Dominions 24 Propriety 25 Mail-related 28 Bank job 30 Like tumblers 31 Ready to play 32 Grayish 34 Jerry Herman musical 36 Impair

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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

CLUE LIST Amalgam Assistant Care Cavity Crown Decay Enamel Hygienist Implant Plate Practice School Surgeon Surgery Tools

CLUE LIST Beale Buckley Dover Eglin Eielson Hill Little Rock Luke Maxwell Robins Scott Shaw Tinker Travis Whiteman

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Challenger Fill each square with a number, 1-9. Horizontal squares should add to the totals on the right, vertical squares should add to the totals on the bottom and diagonal squares should add to the total in the upper and lower right.

Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.

CROSSWORD THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Mouse chasers 5 Girder metal 10 Fairy tale monster 11 “Catch-22” author 13 Slimming plan 14 Prison resident 15 Went by 17 Nervous habit 18 Responds to a busy signal 19 Call — day 20 Finish 21 Corn cores 22 Rough hut 25 “Water Lilies” painter 26 Mandolin’s cousin 27 Lawn material 28 Little rascal 29 Paper fasteners 33 Buck’s mate 34 Long-suffering 35 Pencil part 37 Simplicity 38 Modern 39 Rock’s Motley — 40 Title documents 41 Looked over

DOWN 1 Programming pro 2 Like a gymnast 3 Tire feature 4 Bit of stage scenery 5 Gladiator’s need 6 Watches over 7 Shade tree 8 Great joy 9 Beatles classic 12 Get a new actor for 16 Went under 21 Feature of old breeches 22 Fast pitch 23 Indulged 24 Tranquil 25 Ring around a castle 27 Begins 29 Forgo frugality 30 TV’s Dennis 31 Follow as a result 32 Spirited horse 36 Look upon

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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc.

For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

Unscramble these twelve letter strings to form each into an ordinary word (ex. HAGNEC becomes CHANGE). Prepare to use only ONE word from any marked ( ♥ ) letter string as each unscrambles into more than one word (ex. ♥ RATHE becomes HATER or EARTH or HEART). Fit each string’s word either across or down to knot all twelve strings together.

1

2

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Wuzzles

CROSSWORD THOMAS JOSEPH

Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc.

For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

ACROSS 1 Story 5 Electrician’s concern 10 Verdi creation 12 Love, to Luigi 13 Cheap restaurant 15 Ventilate 16 Soak up 17 Young one 18 Ski event 20 Print measure 21 Long-legged bird 22 Job for a plumber 23 City of New York 25 Englishman, for short 28 Irrational fear 31 “Why don’t we!”

32 Fiancée’s agreement, for short 34 One — time 35 Regret 36 “Fifth Beatle” Sutcliffe 37 Symbol of wealthy beginnings 40 Attempted 41 Port — (French cheese) 42 Bus units 43 Brooklyn basketball team

DOWN 1 Frat party costumes 2 Busy months for accountants 3 Ogle 4 Memorable period 5 Hornet’s kin 6 Little devil 7 League newbie 8 Beethoven symphony 9 “In the Night Kitchen” writer 11 Classify 14 Jewish high holy day 19 Brutish ones 20 Flat surface 24 Loving touch 25 Wild parties 26 Stop working 27 Roma’s land 29 Sneaker part 30 Depart hastily 33 Fourth-down plays 35 Cincinnati team 38 Old soldier 39 Skillet 19

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Page 2 Sudoku 1

Multi-Sudoku 1

Sudoku 2

Scramblers 1

Scramblers 2

Scramblers 3 Multi-Sudoku 1

Joseph Crossword

Page 3 Premier Crossword

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Page 4

Cryptoquip

1

I SUPPOSE MENAGERIE DENIZENS WHICH CRAWL ABOUT CLOSE TO THE GROUND MIGHT BE CALLED ZOO CREEPERS.

2

TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM ANY HARM, THE SCOTTISH INSTRUMENTALIST CARRIED AROUND PIPER SPRAY.

3

IF SOMEONE USES ALL YOUR READY MONEY SO THAT THERE’S ZERO LEFT, I’D SAY HE’S A FUND-RAZOR.

4

OLD COLLEGE WHERE STUDENTS LEARNED THE RIGHT WAY TO FUEL CHEVY CARS: FILL-A-NOVA UNIVERSITY.

5

THAT NEW LOCAL MEXICAN EATERY IS RECEIVING EXTREMELY GREAT REVIEWS. IT’S THE TACO THE TOWN.

6

WHEN NANNY POPPINS CREATED HER SPECIAL MAGICAL CAROUSEL, I WOULD SAY IT WAS A MARY-GO-ROUND.

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Page 7 Point & Solve 1

Word Sleuth 1 Joseph Crossword

Challenger

Word Sleuth 2 1

2

3

Point and Solve 2

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Cryptoquote

1

A WISE MAN FIGHTS TO WIN, BUT HE IS TWICE A FOOL WHO HAS NO PLAN FOR POSSIBLE DEFEAT. — LOUIS L’AMOUR

2

A LIFE SPENT MAKING MISTAKES IS NOT ONLY MORE HONORABLE, BUT MORE USEFUL THAN A LIFE SPENT DOING NOTHING. — GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

3

ONE OF THE MOST SINCERE FORMS OF RESPECT IS ACTUALLY LISTENING TO WHAT ANOTHER HAS TO SAY. — BRYANT H. MCGILL

Sudoku 1

Sudoku 2

All puzzles are syndicated by King Features Syndicate Inc. and have been previously published.

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Fear Knot 1

Fear Knot 2

Page 11 Word Sleuth 1

Wuzzles 1

Word Sleuth 2

Wuzzles 2

Joseph Crossword

Page 12 Sudoku 1

Sudoku 2

Multi-Sudoku 1

Multi-Sudoku 1

Page 13 Premier Crossword

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Page 15

Page 16

Scramblers 1

Scramblers 2

Word Sleuth 1

Word Sleuth 2

Scramblers 3

Challenger 1

2

Joseph Crossword

Page 17

3

Point & Solve 1

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Page 18 Point and Solve 2

Joseph Crossword

Wuzzles 1

Fear Knot 1

Wuzzles 2

Fear Knot 2

Wuzzles 1

Wuzzles 2

Joseph Crossword

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