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Landry’s N.O. stance mirrors other red states Critics complain tough approach doesn’t help

Council takes first steps to controlling S&WB N.O. leaders pursue challenge of reforming utility

BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

will without consulting or collaborating with local leaders.

“We are allowing a governor to slap us around like a rag doll,” state Rep. Delisha Boyd, D-New Orleans, said at a recent community forum.

“We have a guy trying to score points with Donald Trump,” added state Sen. Sidney Barthelemy Jr., D-New Orleans. “That doesn’t have anything to do with benefiting our state.”

In recent weeks, Landry has said

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday took its first steps toward exerting unprecedented control over the Sewerage & Water Board as city leaders pursue a generational shift in how the city manages its troubled water utility.

A council committee passed new measures aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in the utility’s governing board, budgeting practices McCarron and emergency response.

The committee also approved motions calling for an audit of S&WB finances and a Civil Service pay study to increase compensation for field workers.

The full council is expected to pass the measures on Aug. 6. Beyond that, the council and Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration plan to explore ways to more closely align the stand-alone agency with city government — perhaps even turning it into a City Hall department.

“We are making history,” said District A council member Aimee McCarron, who helped shape the proposed measures. “Today, we are the first council and administration to take on the challenge of reforming the Sewerage and Water Board. The current governing structure is a systematic failure.”

The meeting ended with an unplanned, half-hour exchange between Council President JP Morrell and S&WB Executive Director Randy Hayman, who forcefully defended his position.

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Gov. Jeff Landry has pushed changes in New Orleans’ court system and vetoed spending projects in the city.

Governor says he has ‘done more for N.O. than any other governor’

BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer

With several aggressive moves against New Orleans this year, Gov. Jeff Landry has become the latest Republican governor to adopt policies that have angered Democratic cities in their state.

Landry pushed the Legislature to eliminate jobs in New Orleans’ court system, disproportionately vetoed spending projects in New Orleans, publicly downplayed the city’s role

in Louisiana’s economy and has refused entreaties in recent weeks from Mayor Helena Moreno to meet to try to normalize relations.

Landry’s moves mirror those by Republican governors in Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi, who have all either imposed greater state control over their Democratic-led cities in recent years or taken away some of their political power.

New Orleans officials say Landry is targeting their city by imposing his

Trump floats pulling AG nominee

to Senate Republicans’ demands The senators said the Justice Senators’ demands over a sweeping tax audit immu- Department seemed interested in over tax audit immunity nity deal benefiting the president reaching an agreement with them, but the White House wouldn’t and members of his family. deal at issue After failed negotiations forced budge to aid the confirmation of

BY MICHELLE L. PRICE, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for the full-time post to avoid conceding

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the delay of a committee vote to advance Blanche’s nomination, Trump suggested he was holding firm against pressure from Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis. They have expressed concerns about the controversial settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, which a judge denounced as an exercise in self-dealing.

Trump’s loyal former personal attorney, who has aggressively pursued the administration’s priorities as acting attorney general. Instead, Trump said in a social media post that he might pull Blanche’s nomination and resubmit it after Cornyn and Tillis leave office next year.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate ä See NOMINEE, page 8A Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on July 15.

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Court: Feds can’t deny immigrants’ bail chance

The Trump administration cannot deny immigrants detained inside the United States a chance for release on bail, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

The 2-1 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with a judge appointed by President Donald Trump in the majority, deepened a split between federal appeals courts over the administration’s mandatory detention policy.

Four other appeals courts have also rejected it, while the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans and Eighth Circuit in St. Louis have sided with the Trump administration.

The expanding circuit split increases the likelihood that the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually take up the issue. The administration last month asked the high court to consider it.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement it “strongly disagrees with the Ninth Circuit panel and is confident in its legal position regarding mandatory detention.”

“President Donald Trump and Secretary Mullin are now enforcing the law as it was actually written to keep America safe,” the statement said.

Under previous administrations, most noncitizens without a criminal record who were arrested inside the U.S. were allowed to seek a bail hearing while their immigration cases were pending. Mandatory detention was generally reserved for people arrested at the border.

Last July, immigration officials issued guidance expanding mandatory detention to immigrants in the U.S. interior. The move — part of the administration’s mass deportation campaign — prompted a deluge of federal lawsuits by immigrants seeking release from custody.

Trump passports to be available nationwide

WASHINGTON — Americans outside the nation’s capital will soon be able to get limited-edition U.S. passports that feature a picture of President Donald Trump and celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the State Department said Thursday.

The department’s 27 passport agencies nationwide will start offering the special travel documents next month. They previously had only been available at the Washington, D.C., passport office for in-person applicants.

Trump, whose stern portrait is emblazoned on an inside page, is the first living president featured in the travel document.

The passports are the latest instance of Trump having his name and likeness added to buildings, documents and other highly visible tributes. His image is on a gold-finished commemorative coin celebrating the country’s founding that the U.S. Mint has begun producing, and there are efforts to put Trump’s signature on all new U.S. paper currency, also a first for a sitting president.

Singapore fines student for straw-licking stunt

SINGAPORE — A French student was fined $465 after pleading guilty Thursday to a public nuisance charge in Singapore for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back in what lawyers described as a social media stunt.

Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, admitted to licking the straw and returning it to the vending machine while recording the act for his online followers. It happened at a shopping mall in March and he was charged in April after his video spread rapidly.

Another charge of mischief was taken into consideration during sentencing. The court imposed the fine and did not order any community-based sentence after considering mitigating factors.

The public nuisance charge carries a penalty of up to three months in prison. Prosecutors sought only the maximum fine of $1,551, saying the staged act was intended for social media and risked undermining confidence in the hygiene of a commonly used vending machine.

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U.S., Iran trade missile barrages Hopes dim for quick resolution to conflict

BY SAMY MAGDY and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press

CAIRO — The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-andforth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for a quick end to the five-month conflict.

Following a few days of respite, fears of a wider war have grown, with renewed fighting threatening to engulf even more countries.

Jordan said Thursday it intercepted Iranian missiles for the second consecutive day, while Kuwait said a strike in the northern part of the country killed one person. Also this week, drones caused fires on ships at an Egyptian port, and Saudi Arabia said it came under fire from Iranbacked militias in Iraq.

The war — which in its early days President Donald Trump said would last four to five weeks, although he warned it could take longer — has caused the price of fuel to spike and roiled the global economy. As months have passed, concerns have deepened about using up the stockpile of weapons the U.S. needs to defend its bases and allies.

The war is unpopular among Americans, and a new AP-NORC poll says Trump’s approval rating on Iran has dipped slightly since last month.

The recent pause in fighting, which began over

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A damaged vehicle is flipped over Wednesday at the site of an airstrike on a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Mosul, Iraq. the weekend and spurred hopes among mediators of diplomatic progress, ended with increasing missile and drone attacks across many countries in the Middle East.

“We note with concern that the security situation remains precarious,” said Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, whose country has been a key mediator.

Talks “are ongoing to normalize the situation, particularly the situation in the Strait of Hormuz,” he told reporters.

An Iranian strike hit a Chinese firm’s building in Kuwait on Thursday, severely damaging the structure and killing a worker, Kuwait’s military said, hours after Jordan’s air defenses shot down five missiles launched from Iran.

No injuries were reported

from Jordan’s interception, the country’s state-run Petra news agency said, quoting the spokesman for the country’s armed forces.

Both Jordan and Kuwait host American troops.

The attacks came after the U.S. military said it completed “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan.

U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces struck dozens of targets belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, including military command centers, missile and drone facilities, and coastal surveillance and defense sites.

Iran’s official IRNA news agency said three people were killed and two were wounded in a strike on the island of Qeshm, which lies off the Iranian mainland in

the Strait of Hormuz — a crucial waterway for the world’s energy supplies that has been at the center of the conflict.

The latest barrage came after the U.S. partnered with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to strike Iranbacked militias in Iraq, killing at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers.

Also on Wednesday, British maritime security firm Ambrey said drone strikes ignited fires on two natural gas vessels at the Egyptian port of Damietta. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the strikes on a U.S.-owned floating storage facility and a Greek-owned tanker. No injuries were reported.

The office of the Egyptian prime minister said initial investigations showed the fires had been caused by a drone. In a cabinet meeting,

Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly said investigators were able to recover traces of the drone and will try to determine where it came from.

Egypt, a close U.S. ally and regional mediator, has until now been spared direct military action during the war. A strike by Iran or its allies, if confirmed, would mark a significant widening of the conflict.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have denied they were behind the attack.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi didn’t outright deny Iranian involvement but said: “Egypt is an important friend and partner in the region, and its security is of utmost importance to us.”

“We must all be vigilant against Israeli plots and false-flag operations designed to undermine regional peace,” he said on X. “The threat is clear, mutual, and fearful of Muslim solidarity.”

The conflict has wreaked havoc on the global economy as energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have ground to a near halt. Much of the diplomacy around ending the war has focused on reopening the strait, through which 20% of oil and natural gas shipments passed in peacetime.

The already limited traffic through the strait has plunged to wartime lows during the recent exchange of strikes, from 82 ships during the week of July 1319 to just 39 from July 2026, Lloyd’s List Intelligence, a shipping data and analysis firm, said in an webinar.

Father of gunman in Ga. school shooting sentenced Man gave son weapon used in attack

BY KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press

A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison.

Colin Gray’s sentencing comes days after his son, Colt Gray, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the Sept. 4, 2024, shooting at the school 45 miles northeast of Atlanta. Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty to murder and other charges.

Judge Nicholas Primm, who also sentenced Colt

task of sentencing you without passion despite the immeasurable heartache that you caused,” Primm said.

Gray, 55, is one of a handful of American parents who have been criminally charged after their children were accused in shootings.

A jury in March found Colin Gray guilty of seconddegree murder in the deaths of two 14-year-old students, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION PHOTO By HyOSUB SHIN Mason Schermerhorn and

Colin Gray, father of the Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, sits with his attorneys Thursday during his sentencing hearing at Barrow County Superior Court in Winder, Ga. Gray, was blunt in addressing the elder Gray: “It is clear you failed as a parent.” But he said punishing crimes of negligence is particularly difficult because there was no intent to commit a crime.

“My heart aches for everyone that was there that day, for all of you that have been impacted by it. But the law requires that I set aside emotion. I don’t get to sentence with passion. I have the nearly impossible

10 people killed in Russian strikes across Ukraine anti-ballistic Ukrainian long-range NATO scrambles ern-supplied drones and missiles have missile defenses. battered oil sector, NATO said a Russian jets after missile missile entered Polish air- causing aRussia’s fuel crisis.

The attack came two space during the onslaught falls in Poland and landed in a rural area. days after Ukrainian Presi-

BY HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight killed at least 10 civilians, including children, and injured more than 50 others, officials said Thursday, and NATO scrambled its warplanes after one of the missiles crossed the country’s western border into Poland.

The blitz expanded Russia’s almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities, including the capital of Kyiv where tens of thousands spent the night sheltering in subway stations, as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv’s critical shortage of West-

It caused no injuries or damage but could deepen tensions between the military alliance and Moscow, as wary European countries fear the 4-year-old war could spill into their territory.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called it “yet another reckless act

by Russia and a dangerous consequence of its war against Ukraine.”

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it was “a very serious incident,” but added: “There are absolutely no reasons to believe that Poland was the target.”

Russia’s barrage struck areas of Ukraine where weapons are believed to be stored and manufactured.

dent Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump and representatives of American defense companies as he pleads for swifter and bigger deliveries of Patriot air defense systems to stop Russia’s ballistic missiles.

The Iran war has drained stockpiles of the U.S.-made interceptors. Trump has promised to grant Ukraine licenses to build its own Patriots, but production could take many months.

“Given the critical shortage of air defense missiles from our partners, our warriors are accomplishing truly incredible things, demonstrating a very high level of professionalism,” Zelenskyy said on social media.

Christian Angulo. Georgia law defines second-degree murder as causing the death of a child by committing the crime of cruelty to children.

Gray was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the killings of teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53.

Another teacher and eight other students were wounded, seven of them hit by gunfire.

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one to speak for him. Hayman also said he has never made race an issue when talking about his job.

“That’s not who I am in my heart,” Hayman said.

While the changes are meant to make the S&WB more transparent and responsive to the community, community activist Sage Michael Pellet criticized the working group for deliberating in private and posting the proposals just 24 hours before the committee meeting. He also praised the current S&WB leadership, along with District E council member Jason Hughes, for their response to a sewage leak this year in Dwyer Canal.

“I had to digest a whole lot of information, that I just received, that changes the governance of the Sewerage & Water Board,” Pellet said. “I’ve been working through (the current) governance and have had success.”

Continued from page 1A Morrell, a frequent Hayman critic, has publicly suggested in recent weeks that the executive director position might be unnecessary, which Hayman said has undermined his work by giving the impression he’ll soon be fired.

Hayman, a lawyer by trade, joined the S&WB one year ago after leading the Philadelphia water system for six years. On Thursday, echoing comments he has made in recent public appearances, Hayman listed off his past successes in Philadelphia and elsewhere.

“What I am bringing to you is a dedication of 25 years as a water professional,” Hayman said. “I’ve shown success across the country.”

Morrell, while repeating his frequent criticism of Hayman’s communication style, said he didn’t intend to personally single out Hayman, and that he recognizes Hayman inherited the agency’s longstanding institutional problems.

But Morrell said the S&WB governing board — which will soon be reconstituted — should consider combining Hayman’s position with the general superintendent, which requires engineering expertise.

Hayman’s base annual salary is $427,000, and Morrell said that money could be better used to increase pay for field workers who run the city’s water, drainage and sewer systems.

Morrell also said Hayman’s past successes are less important than the S&WB’s ongoing failures, including bursting water mains, power outages and pump failures that have resulted in several floods this year.

“The people of the city do not care what happened in D.C. and Philadelphia, because when our homes are flooding, when pump power stations are tripping, when equipment is not being used properly, it does not give us solace that you did a really good job in two other cities,” Morrell said.

New measures The council oversight follows a new state law giving it sweeping powers over S&WB operations, personnel and funding.

The long-term goal, shared by the council and Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration, is to fold the S&WB into city government,

Clarifying authority

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Sewerage & Water Board Executive Director Randy Hayman, right, and General Superintendent Kaitlin Tymrak attend the New Orleans City Council meeting on June 30. creating clear lines of accountability. For years, critics like the Bureau of Governmental Research, a nonpartisan public policy watchdog, have said the S&WB suffers from a mishmash of state and local laws that obscure who is responsible for operations and funding.

“If we don’t pump the water out of the city, if we don’t keep clean water coming through the pipes, we can’t have a city. So these are some of the most important things that happen in the city. We need to have clear communication, clear authority,” said Andrew Tuozzolo, special counsel to Moreno, addressing the council.

Exactly how city control of the S&WB takes shape won’t be clear for some time, since it will involve a complex transfer of assets, debt and personnel.

For now, the new proposals will allow Moreno to appoint a new board majority and require council approval of the S&WB’s oper-

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ating and capital budgets, as well as new protocols for emergency planning, public notification and reporting problems to the council.

City officials said new board members would be announced next week. The new board will elect its own president, ending the long-standing — and problematic, according to critics, including Moreno — current setup where the mayor automatically serves as president.

Most of the proposals came from a Moreno-appointed working group, which included city officials, council members, community representatives and S&WB General Superintendent Kaitlan Tymrak — but not Hayman.

In a written statement distributed before his verbal comments, Hayman said the measures “can help improve alignment as we work together to address aging infrastructure and secure sustainable funding.”

The measures also ask the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office to conduct a special audit of utility finances and for Civil Service to conduct a pay study for the S&WB workforce, along with a review of executive positions to “identify overlapping responsibilities.”

The Civil Service motion doesn’t specifically mention combining the executive director and general superintendent — which independently report to the governing board, with no supervisory authority over each other — but Morrell made clear he wants the board to consider the idea.

The new law gave the council sweeping powers to regulate and oversee the utility, so long as it doesn’t conflict with other state laws or the city charter. That lent some uncertainty about exactly what power the council might have over the executive director, but city officials said Thursday they determined that hiring and firing power rests with the governing board under state law.

The measures will, however, give the council power to confirm any future executive director and general superintendent appointments, which the council already has with members of the mayor’s cabinet. The council will also have veto power over their contracts.

Hayman’s current contract expires in 2028, but it can be terminated without cause.

“We welcome the opportunity to strengthen collaboration with the city and support efforts that enhance coordination, accountability and transparency,” Hayman said.

Addressing the council, Hayman said he hadn’t planned to speak but was prompted to do so by Morrell’s response to comments from an S&WB employee, Anthony Jeanmarie, who warned against a “modern-day buck breaking of another highly qualified AfricanAmerican organizational leader.”

Morrell, noting that six of the seven council members are Black, including himself, said he was offended by the comment.

“I don’t care if the Sewerage & Water Board director is purple or green. Either do your job or don’t do your job. That is what I’m looking for,” Morrell said, adding that Hayman could speak for himself and didn’t need to “send proxies.”

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Continued from page 1A the city needs to resolve its budget problems, and he has blasted the decision by an Orleans Parish grand jury to indict Attorney General Liz Murrill on charges that she tried to intimidate city officials.

Moreno and other city officials asked special prosecutor Laurie White last week to dismiss the indictment. White did so.

Since then, Landry has not taken any visible steps to defuse tensions that have plunged the relationship between the city and state to the lowest point in years.

“I have done more for New Orleans than any other governor,” Landry said in a text for this article. “Calling my efforts to reduce crime, improve accountability, and restore public confidence ‘targeting the city’ says more about a fake political narrative than it does about the facts.”

Earlier in his term, Landry worked with the city on Troop Nola, the State Police reinforcements that have been credited with helping bring down crime in the city. And he worked closely with city leaders on the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras and the response to the New Year’s Day terrorist attack on Bourbon Street.

Landry is following a Republican playbook in going after New Orleans, said Charles Bullock, a professor of public and international affairs at the University of Georgia.

“Republican politicians don’t do well in Southern cities” with big Democratic-voting populations, Bullock said.

Landry, who is up for reelection next year, won only 10% of the vote in Orleans Parish when he was elected governor in 2023.

It was easily his worst showing across the state, according to John Couvillon, a Baton Rougebased pollster and demographer.

Landry’s next lowest showing was in St. John Parish, where he received 29%.

Landry has not tried to curb powers or eliminate positions in Baton Rouge and Shreveport. Both are led by Republican mayors.

Bullock said Republican governors have wide latitude from their supporters to take moves that cities oppose.

“From a partisan perspective, the other party is not just the opposition,” Bullock said. “It’s seen as the enemy.”

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Gov. Jeff Landry, in background, listens as then-New Orleans Mayor-elect Helena Moreno speaks during the Fiscal Review Committee meeting at the State Capitol on Nov. 12.

publicans said the move would reduce crime.

In Mississippi, the Republican governor and Legislature passed a measure to turn control of Jackson’s airport to a board appointed by state and county entities. The Republicans said the move would promote jobs and investment around the airport. That measure is tied up in court.

Mississippi’s Supreme Court rejected a bid by Republican elected officials to have the state appoint four judges to the city’s court system.

In Texas, the Republican governor used the threat of withholding state funds to force Houston and Dallas elected officials to agree to have local police cooperate with federal immigration agents when they have detained someone wanted by the agency for a civil Other governors offense.

“The person that controls the In Missouri, the Republican governor and Legislature took purse strings can kind of set the direct control of the St. Louis rules,” Houston Mayor John WhitPolice Department away from mire told The New York Times. the mayor and gave it to a newly created board stacked with the How should N.O. respond? governor’s appointees. The ReStephen Perry, who served as

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Continued from page 1A “I think as far as Blanche and the Department of Justice, we were pretty much on the same page,” Cornyn said Thursday. “But then when the president got wind of it, he wasn’t willing to go along with it.”

Hours after Trump’s post, however, Blanche held a meeting with Cornyn and Tillis and the two sides were back to working collaboratively, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations around Blanche’s confirmation.

Cornyn and Tillis have said they won’t back Blanche’s nomination without additional assurances in writing about the settlement, which included a deal to drop tax claims against the president and a now-scrapped plan to create a $1.776 billion “AntiWeaponization Fund” meant to compensate Trump allies.

With all Democratic senators opposed, just one Republican holdout on the Senate Judiciary Committee could sink Blanche’s chances for confirmation. And even if Blanche makes it through the Senate Judiciary Committee, it’s unclear if he has enough Republican support to be confirmed by the full chamber.

Cornyn wrote in a social media post Thursday that the president is “mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me and Senator Tillis.”

While the Justice Department dropped plans for the “Anti-Weaponization Fund”

after bipartisan outrage about the potential of payouts going to violent Jan. 6 rioters, officials have said that another piece of the settlement — granting Trump and members of his family immunity from tax audits — remains in place.

Though Blanche has repeatedly insisted that the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is dead, skeptical lawmakers have pushed for a commitment in writing — especially since Trump has expressed continued support for the idea. But the senators suggested the White House is resisting putting it in writing.

“The president’s getting bad advice. He should listen to Blanche and others who think if it’s dead, it should be rendered completely dead,” Tillis told reporters about the fund.

Another sticking point was the settlement’s audit immunity provision that said the U.S. government is “forever barred and precluded” from scrutinizing or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization’s current and past tax examinations. Cornyn and Tillis have pressed the administration to modify the agreement to make clear that it covers only existing

chief of staff to then-Gov. Mike Foster and later headed New Orleans’ tourism promotion agency, made a similar point in how New Orleans officials ought to respond.

“It’s incredibly important for people in New Orleans to realize that the state is in the hands of Republican leadership in both (legislative) chambers and the Governor’s Office,” Perry said.

“It’s important to temper their approaches to things even when they feel very justified or are in sharp disagreement with state policy.”

Republican governors are feeling emboldened to move against Democratic cities because it’s typically popular with their more rural supporters, analysts said.

“The perception is that Black-led cities are a drain on state resources,” said Louise Seamster, a sociology professor at the University of Iowa. “Cities can serve as a useful scapegoat.”

State Sen. Jay Morris, R-Monroe, said Landry’s moves are justified.

“The governor is going after problems that exist in that city,” Morris said, noting that Moreno is grappling with a big budget deficit

audits and does not protect the president from examination of future tax filings.

While the majority of Republican senators oppose the settlement, the main pushback to Blanche has come from Cornyn, who lost his seat earlier this year when Trump opposed him in a GOP primary. Trump has also frequently targeted Tillis, who announced last year that he would not run for reelection and has criticized the administration over the pardons of Jan. 6 rioters and other matters.

Though it would be politically embarrassing for the Trump administration, pulling Blanche’s nomination would likely have little practical impact on the management of the Justice Department.

Blanche, who took the reins of the department after Pam Bondi’s firing in April, can still lead the agency as either acting attorney general or deputy attorney general, the No. 2 post to which he was confirmed last year.

The deputy attorney general, who oversees the dayto-day operations of the law enforcement agency, can perform the duties of the attorney general if that post is vacant.

that she inherited when she took office in January.

Morris sponsored two bills passed during the legislative session this year that inflamed New Orleans residents and elected officials.

One measure eliminated the position of criminal district court clerk Calvin Duncan, just before he was to take office after having been elected overwhelmingly last year. Morris said the move would save money, and noted no other parish had a separate criminal court clerk.

The other measure will eliminate nine judgeships in New Orleans.

Morris and other Republicans say New Orleans has had too many post-Hurricane Katrina.

“They’ve been fiscally mismanaged,” Morris said. “Two out of the last three mayors of New Orleans have been indicted. Then you had the ridiculous indictment of the AG.” Moreno, during her six months in office, has taken a series of moves that have improved the city’s finances but haven’t yet put the city on sound financial

footing.

The police department has reduced overtime spending by 45%, and costs for travel by city officials have plummeted by 90%, according to city officials.

Moreno and City Council President JP Morrell, a close ally, have both said in recent days that they no longer want to discuss the dispute with Landry.

Meanwhile, crime has continued to drop under Moreno. New Orleans is on track by year end to have the least number of murders since 1969.

State Rep. Kyle Green, of Marrero, who heads the House Democratic Caucus, said it’s time for Landry to seek common ground.

“Criticism is easy; governing is harder,” Green said. “It takes sitting down and communicating to forge a consensus that improves the city — and a stronger New Orleans means a stronger Louisiana. Real leadership respects that work, not unproductive political theater.”

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BY GENE JOHNSON and MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press

SEATTLE — Seattle’s police chief resigned Thursday amid criticism that the city was slow to release key information about a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend.

Mayor Katie Wilson’s announcement followed hours of speculation about whether Police Chief Shon Barnes would step down, as some of his supporters said he had rebuffed Wilson’s request to resign.

Wilson said she was appointing Deputy Chief Andre Sayles, a law enforcement veteran with more than two decades of experience, as interim chief.

Barnes told The Seattle Times earlier Thursday that whether he remained as chief was “up to the mayor.” He said he was off for

the day and spending time with family.

In a written statement, the mayor said she was grateful for Barnes’ service. The statement included comments in which Barnes called it an honor to have served the city.

“I hope this transition gives the city and this department the opportunity to return full focus to what matters most, addressing youth gun violence and preventing more tragedies,” Barnes said.

Barnes was out of town at a law enforcement conference when gunfire erupted last weekend at the Bite of Seattle, an annual three-day festival that draws hundreds of food and retail vendors and performers. Three people, including one suspect, were killed, and four people were wounded. One of the injured was a 2-year-old boy.

Dozens of officers were at the event, and at least

the public, including whether there was any ongoing threat. The city also failed to send out any notifications through its emergency alert system. In the meantime Wilson announced that two people had been taken into custody, a statement she later retracted.

Assistant Seattle Police Chief Tyrone Davis finally provided an update around 11 p.m. Sunday during a news conference that was also attended by the mayor, Gov. Bob Ferguson and U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

“What I did not fully unASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By LINDSEy WASSON derstand in that moment Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, center, and Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes, left, attend the was how little information vigil for victims on Monday, the day after a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of had reached the public or the press since the incident beSeattle food festival in Seattle. gan at 6 p.m.,” Wilson said in the aftermath. one saw a 15-year-old sus- one other person. a video statement Thursday.

After an initial social me- “Had I known that, I would While Wilson credited the pect firing into a crowd and quickly persuaded him quick police response with dia post announcing the have pushed for an immedito surrender, according to potentially saving lives, she shooting, it took nearly five ate briefing, rather than waitcourt documents. Police are acknowledged that the city hours for police to provide ing for a press conference to still searching for at least was slow to communicate in any additional information to be organized.”

Police describe dad’s horror learning his then-wife killed their kids

BY MICHAEL CASEY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The two police officers focused first on Lindsay Clancy drifting in and out of consciousness in the snow after jumping from her Massachusetts home’s second-floor window. Within minutes, they were racing into the basement after her then-husband screamed that all three of their children were dead.

“I can’t wake them up — I can’t get them up!” he frantically told the officers who, along with firefighters and paramedics, gave jurors firsthand accounts on Thursday of the aftermath.

The murder trial has centered on Clancy’s mental state at the time. Her law-

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Duxbury firefighter Richard Dwyer testifies Thursday during the murder trial for Lindsay Clancy at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass. yers do not dispute that she strangled the children with exercise bands. But they say she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness linked to the stress, sleep deprivation and

hormonal changes that follow childbirth.

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responsible for the deaths in January 2023.

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Patrick Clancy has said in interviews that he forgives his ex-wife, whom he viewed as ill rather than evil. The trial marks the first time he has seen Lindsay Clancy since the killings.

She remains paralyzed from the waist down after using multiple methods to try to end her life that night.

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Officers Stephen Hall and Brian Josephine testified Thursday that they were each dispatched separately to the house in Duxbury, a coastal town south of Boston. Hall said they arrived to find Patrick Clancy yelling for help from behind the home.

Patrick Clancy testified earlier this week that his injured wife told him the kids were in the basement, but she didn’t say they were dead.

When the officers followed the sound of his screams downstairs, only 8-monthold Callan had a faint pulse, Josephine testified.

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They began rendering aid with help from firefighters.

PJ Hussey, a fire department supervisor, arrived in time to glimpse through a basement window as Patrick Clancy unwrapped an exercise band from his child’s neck.

“It turned very chaotic very quickly” as more ambulances rushed to the house, Hussey testified. Duxbury firefighter and paramedic Jennifer Stratton said the infant never regained a pulse.

If convicted of murder, Lindsay Clancy faces life in prison without parole. If found not guilty due to a lack of criminal responsibility, she would be committed to a state mental health facility.

Senate committee advances Long-dormant court holds first hearing CDC director nomination as U.S. seeks to deport Afghan woman

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NEW YORK — A Senate committee on Thursday advanced Dr. Erica Schwartz’s nomination to be director of the nation’s top public health agency, setting aside concerns that she will not stand up to political meddling.

If confirmed by Schwartz the full Senate, the 54-year-old would become the 22nd director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is charged with protecting Americans from preventable health threats.

Her resume includes medical and law degrees, a stint as deputy surgeon general, and a leadership position at the U.S. Coast Guard.

Schwartz appeared to be on shaky ground after a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee this month.

The chair, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, and others questioned whether she would be willing to stand up to Republican President Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., if he ordered CDC to do some-

thing that was unsupported by science and good public health practice.

But when the committee met last week, Cassidy said he had spoken with Schwartz after that hearing and to others who knew her.

“I’m confident that she knows what she is doing and will stand against those who do not,” said Cassidy, whose support was necessary for the nomination to go forward.

The committee’s near party-line vote Thursday moved Schwartz’s nomination ahead.

Among those who opposed her was Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent.

“The issue at hand is not complicated,” Sanders said last week. “Will we have people in the Trump administration who have the guts to stand up to people who are anti-science and into conspiracy theories?”

The CDC has been in turmoil since Trump returned to office last year.

Largely due to layoffs and resignations, the agency has lost 3,000-plus employees, more than one-quarter of its workforce. Morale has plummeted as a succession of mostly temporary leaders have come and gone. The front office has been staffed by political appointees with little or no training in medi-

cine or public health.

When Schwartz was nominated in April, public health experts were cautiously optimistic, citing her background. They also noted she was the choice of Trump and not Kennedy, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement before he was tapped to oversee the CDC and other federal health agencies.

Kennedy had promised not to change the nation’s vaccination schedule but later attempted a substantial rewrite of vaccine recommendations for kids. Some of those efforts were put on hold this year by a federal judge.

Kennedy’s actions have rankled Cassidy, a physician who initially expressed doubts about Kennedy as Trump’s pick to be health secretary. Cassidy ultimately signed off on Kennedy after the nominee promised not to change the nation’s childhood vaccine recommendations.

At Schwartz’s hearing, Cassidy and some other senators asked her what she would do if Kennedy or other political appointees instructed the CDC to make changes that were not supported by science. Schwartz pledged to “never betray the science,” but she repeatedly declined to dissent from some of the actions Kennedy has taken.

BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s activation of a long-dormant court to seek an Afghan woman’s deportation violates her constitutional rights, a defense lawyer argued Thursday at a hearing for the first case to be heard in the obscure court since its creation 30 years ago.

The woman’s attorney, Matthew Farley, urged the chief judge of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court to dismiss the case against Nazira Haji Zada and immediately release his client, who the government alleges is an Islamic State supporter.

Judge Joan Ericksen denied Farley’s requests but said Zada’s lawyers can renew them as the case proceeds in the nation’s capital.

“This entire scheme is

in violation of due process and unconstitutional,” said Farley, an assistant federal public defender.

The case against Zada opens a new, untested front for President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign, which has flooded the nation’s federal court system with immigration proceedings, sometimes based on novel or shaky legal foundations.

The court, established in 1996, had never received a petition until this month, when the Justice Department filed an application seeking Zada’s removal.

The court has a specific authority to conduct deportation proceedings for individuals whom the Department of Justice classifies as “alien terrorists.”

FBI agents arrested her Tuesday at her Fort Worth, Texas, home. She is not charged with any crimes.

“This is a runaround for bringing a criminal case,” Farley said during the court’s first-ever public hearing.

Ericksen, a senior judge who sits in Minnesota and was nominated to the bench

by Republican President George W. Bush, acknowledged that the court was operating without a clear blueprint.

“We probably read the same law review articles.

There aren’t that many,” the judge told Farley.

An FBI memo dated July 15 said it “developed information” that Zada is an IS supporter who had her children pledge their loyalty to the terrorist group. The memo says she “supported” a plot by relatives to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack in the United States.

Zada is a lawful permanent resident of the U.S.

Guard officer forged records, stole public funds to facilitate secret second marriage

BY JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press

A National Guard officer carried out a secret second marriage to a woman he met while posted in Mongolia, using a government travel card and forged documents to facilitate the double life, U.S. prosecutors allege.

Maj. Collin Welch, 40, pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing about $54,000 in government money and in-

ducing the Mongolian woman and her daughter to remain in the U.S. unlawfully.

He’s awaiting sentencing in U.S. District Court in Washington.

Welch made a fake divorce decree to convince his second wife that he was no longer married to his first, according to a statement he signed as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. After moving her to the United States, he forged

other government records to convince her that she was in the pipeline for U.S. citizenship and legally staying in the country.

Two deployments — to Afghanistan and Djibouti — and years spent away from his family put a strain on Welch, his lawyer, Gregory Rosen, said in a statement.

“None of that changes the fact that Major Welch accepts full responsibility for his actions,” Rosen said.

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BY RENATA BRITO and ANTONIO SEMPERE Associated Press

CEUTA, Spain — Spain will deploy its military to restore order at its border with Morocco in Ceuta after thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory, with at least nine dying in the attempt.

The announcement comes after local authorities in Ceuta had asked the central government in Madrid for reinforcements to manage a border crisis that had been building up before boiling over on Thursday with large crowds of people breeching the border fence.

Spain’s government said Thursday evening it would send the Armed Forces to help the Civil Guard “maintain security in the city of Ceuta.” It also announced that Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez would join Interior Minister Fernando

Grande-Marlaska in a visit to Ceuta on Friday.

“The situation is absolute chaos,” Rachid Sbihi, head of the association that represents Spain’s Civil Guard officers who police the border in Ceuta, told The Associated Press. “It’s not possible to give precise numbers, but there are thousands of migrants crossing,” he said, adding that the border had “totally collapsed.”

Achraf Maimouni, a member of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights in northern Morocco, described the situation as ”exceptional.”

“The Tarajal border was opened under unusual circumstances this morning and people crossed,” he said.

Video footage showed crowds of people, mainly Moroccans, walking around the breakwaters at Tarajal beach onto local roads. While the majority appeared to be young men, there were also families with women and small children.

“Viva España!” some shouted to a freelance photographer working for the AP. It was not immediately clear what prompted so

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Migrants cross Thursday from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. many migrants to cross to Ceuta.

Spain’s government delegation in Ceuta said at least nine people died Thursday during the chaos. It did not provide details on the circumstances of the deaths but bodies could be seen floating in the water. Dozens have died this year trying to

reach Ceuta, according to local authorities.

The escalation at the frontier between Spain and Morocco comes after a surge in migrants attempting to reach the small exclave, mainly by swimming, on Wednesday.

Moroccan authorities have not publicly commented on

the crossings, and Morocco’s Interior Ministry did not respond to requests for comment.

Spain’s Interior Ministry said the Moroccan government was “closely cooperating” with Spain to handle the situation and that Moroccan police are stopping “numerous people” who are trying to

cross the border. Both countries agreed to work together “for the return, as soon as possible, of all the people who entered Ceuta illegally.”

The ministry earlier said it would guarantee the safety of citizens and the integrity of the nation’s border but that the Spanish government could not declare a national emergency — as local authorities had asked — over migration concerns.

The chaos had ripple effects in Italy, another key destination for migrants.

Premier Giorgia Meloni threatened to suspend Italy’s open-border Shengen agreement with Spain “to defend our borders and ensure the safety of our citizens,” though Italy doesn’t share a border in Spain.

Ceuta authorities had previously linked the spike to a Spanish Supreme Court decision earlier this month that migrants who arrive by sea cannot be immediately pushed back across the border without due process, unlike those who cross into Spain by land — by climbing over the border fence, for example.

As France tames wildfire, 84K evacuees OK’d to go home Blazes flare across Europe

BY MARK CARLSON, ALEX TURNBULL and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France — France gave the go-ahead Thursday for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to return home, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning the corner in a grueling battle against flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris. But blazes flared elsewhere across Europe and actor George Clooney said he’d evacuated his French home because of a nearby wildfire.

Europe is sweltering under an exceptionally hot and arid summer, creating tinderbox conditions for unprecedented fires that have flared from the Atlantic coast to the eastern Mediterranean and forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate homes and vacation spots.

Firefighters battled flames in the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Greece and Turkey on Thursday and were tamping down smoldering forests in southwest

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A firefighter creates a controlled burn to contain a fire area near Lege-Cap-Ferret on Thursday during wildfires in southwestern France.

France where 224,000 people had been forced to flee.

Romania shut down both reactors at its Cernavoda nuclear power plant due to low water levels in the Danube River used to cool them.

Hollywood star George Clooney wrote to his local mayor that his family evacuated the southeastern French town where they’ve settled and that “we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment.” Clooney’s publicist Guido Gotz shared the message to Brignoles Mayor Didier Brémond with The Associated Press.

Clooney wrote that he and his wife Amal, a human

rights lawyer, were committed to the town and that, whatever happens, “we’ll be part of making it whole.”

The fire near Brignoles, in the Var region, flared Wednesday, forcing 700 people to evacuate, the mayor’s office said. It said they were allowed back Thursday once the fire was tamed.

In the Bordeaux region of southwest France, wildfire evacuees streamed back to nine localities that authorities now deem safe after round-the-clock combat with the huge fire that ignited last week. Returnees included 50-year-old Sanachit Pho Ne Keo and his wife, relieved to discov-

er that apart from black ash on an outside terrace, their home in Martignas-sur-Jalle wasn’t damaged.

“Everything seems OK and it’s a good feeling!” he said.

“The fire was pretty close, the last smoking embers are still close,” he added.

“But we could’ve expected worse.”

Regional health authorities recommended that returnees wear gloves and face masks as they clean up and wash children’s toys and pets’ feeding bowls and paws. France’s public health agency reported that call-out doctors and hospital emergency wards in Bordeaux had seen a spike in cases involving asthma sufferers last weekend when the raging wildfire was still spewing choking smoke clouds.

“It’s the first somewhat optimistic day,” said Sophie Brocas, prefect of Bordeaux’s Gironde region who gave the go-ahead for nearly two-thirds of the 224,000 evacuees to go home, including 60,000 allowed back to three Bordeaux suburbs on Tuesday.

Still, returnees were told to keep phones on and pack bags in case they have to be evacuated again.

The A63 highway south of Bordeaux also was reopened, clearing a major artery for road traffic with Spain and vacationers as France enters its peak August holiday period.

“Our feeling is that we’re getting back to the path of a normal life,” Brocas said Thursday evening.

Gironde authorities said the blaze is no longer growing beyond the about 162 square miles already affected — an area four times that of Paris.

Capitalizing on the shift of momentum, police water cannons usually used for riot control are being added to the effort to extinguish embers and flare-ups, involving 3,300 firefighters and two dozen planes and helicopters dumping water and retardants, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said.

More aid came from other countries, with Luxembourg, Slovakia, Latvia, Germany and Serbia sending fire crews, adding to aircraft and other assistance provided by other countries, and Ukraine also offering help, Nuñez said.

Crews using heavy diggers continued ripping up trees and bushes to carve barriers of land between

woodlands that burned and those that didn’t, boxing in the blaze with firebreaks — now exceeding a total of 80 miles through the forests.

Emergency crews also set fires deliberately to burn away scrub that could fuel the wildfire.

“If we light a fire here, we know that our fire will move toward the incoming fire. So we’re not taking much of a risk,” said Lt. Col. Jérôme Jallet, overseeing a burn.

A heat wave — France’s fourth of the year — gave way Thursday to cooler weather, higher humidity and even a little rain, helping the effort.

Successive heat waves have created tinder-dry conditions across swathes of southern Europe and whacka-mole emergencies for fire crews, with blazes flaring as others are extinguished.

Greece was tackling large fires on the islands of Crete, Paros and Andros, a day after three firefighters died.

In Spain, firefighters fought blazes in northwestern Zamora and eastern Castellón, after making progress against infernos in the Madrid region and Ávila that prompted the government to declare a national fire emergency for the first time.

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The arrests came as Palestine Action was given the go-ahead to ask the U.K. Supreme Court to overturn the year-old ban, which makes membership in or support for the group a crime punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Police detained protesters who gathered outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court shouting “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action,” as onlookers shouted “Shame!” The Metropolitan Police force said 117 people had been arrested, most for “expressing support for a proscribed organization.”

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As of Tuesday, 3,442 cases had been recorded, with 1,521 deaths, according to the latest government update. The sharp rise since last week partly reflects a backlog of cases and deaths that had not yet been confirmed or recorded, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

The outbreak, declared on May 15, has been linked to the Bundibugyo virus for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments. Delays in contact tracing, difficulties accessing affected areas, mistrust from communities and violence by armed groups and some residents have hampered the response, the Africa CDC said.

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Congo’s remote Ituri province, which accounts for nearly 90% of cases, but there have been others confirmed in five provinces, including one of the country’s largest cities, Kisangani.

Neighboring Uganda declared itself free of Ebola on Tuesday following the discharge of the country’s last patient in mid-June.

Ebola is rare, but highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it causes is severe and often fatal.

Africa CDC DirectorGeneral Dr. Jean Kaseya said Thursday that 63% of confirmed deaths in the last two weeks occurred outside of treatment centers.

Kaseya said this is largely due to the “unsafe handling of infected bodies” by residents. Traditional burial practices in some communities involve touching the bodies of the deceased, which can be highly contagious.

The restrictions that health authorities have placed on such funerals, along with widespread misinformation asserting that the deadly virus isn’t real, have angered some residents and led to attacks on health facilities.

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President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth salute as a U.S. WASHINGTON — Most Americans say the Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Pvt. Isabella war in Iran has not been worth fight- Gonzales, of Carrollton, Texas, on July 22 at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

ing, and President Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

The results are a stark repudiation of the Republican president’s approach to the conflict, which has dragged on far longer than he originally predicted.

About two-thirds of U.S. adults say the war with Iran, which began Feb. 28, has not been worthwhile, according to the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That includes the vast majority of Democrats and independents, as well as about 37% of Republicans.

The poll was conducted July 23-27, as the U.S. and Iran paused attacks following a nearly two-week escalation in the war. During the escalation, the U.S. targeted Iranian military and commercial sites while Iran attacked U.S. military facilities in the Middle East, resulting in additional deaths of American service members. Since the war began, 18 U.S. service members have been killed, but the Trump administration has sought to revise those numbers.

The survey reinforces how unpopular the Iran war has become at home, a potential problem for congressional Republicans up for reelection in November who have defended Trump’s military actions. Just 28% of U.S. adults now approve of how Trump is handling Iran, a slight decline from 34% last month. Even Republicans appear to be increasingly unhappy with the prolonged conflict. Roughly 61% of Republicans approve of how Trump is handling Iran, an apparent decline from 71% in June. The margin of sampling error for Republicans is 6 points, so the decline is considered slight, but it’s still noteworthy given Republicans’ much higher approval of how Trump is handling the presidency overall.

Trump’s overall approval rating is at 33%, slightly below where he stood at this point in his first term and similar to where former President Joe Biden stood about one and a half years into his presidency, when inflation peaked.

Robert McClary, a 52-year-old Republican from Sugar Grove, Ohio, is skeptical the war could be brought to an easy conclusion and disapproves of Trump’s handling of it. McClary voted for the president once, in 2016, but recalls that during the last election, Trump campaigned on not starting new wars in the Middle East.

“I don’t have any trust in this administration at all and to why they brought us into this war, why they’re putting our soldiers at risk again,” he said.

The findings also indicate that most Americans’ goals for the conflict may not be aligned with Trump, who has repeatedly said the war was launched to keep a nuclear weapon out of Iran’s hands. While about two-thirds of U.S. adults say it’s “extremely” or “very” important to keep Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon — with Republicans

especially likely to say this — even more Americans say it’s highly important for the U.S. to keep gasoline prices low or negotiate a permanent ceasefire with Iran.

McClary added: “I really don’t know what you can do now. I mean, you’ve kind of gotten yourself buried into this mess.”

There’s little appetite among Americans for a prolonged conflict.

Only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults want to continue military action in Iran, while about 3 in 10 say the U.S. should pause military action and seek a renewed ceasefire through negotiations. About 2 in 10 want to completely stop military action in Iran and roughly one-quarter don’t know enough to say.

About half of Republicans say the U.S. should continue military action against Iran, particularly those who identify as “very conservative.” Republicans who identify as MAGA — part of Trump’s Make America Great Again movement — are much likelier than non-MAGA Republicans to say the war should continue. Non-MAGA Republicans are more likely to want a ceasefire or a complete halt to the military action.

Jennifer Norton, a 71-year-old Republican from Crossville, Tennessee, supports military action in Iran but has been displeased to see prices rising for things like beef roasts and hamburgers. Norton lives on a “modest income,” and things are getting expensive.

“I am getting a little impatient, but when I start to dwell on that for a minute, I remember Mr. President Trump is a brilliant businessman,” she said.

“He can’t tell us exactly what he’s doing, but I trust that he’s doing something. I mean, he is doing fine.”

Independents and Democrats are more likely than Republicans to want to stop military action against Iran immediately, although about 3 in 10 Republicans want either a pause or complete stop to military action.

Ryan Sloan, a 39-year-old Republican in Lakeland, Florida, has come to disapprove of the conflict in Iran recently because he wants a better explanation from the Trump administration about why the war intensified in late July.

“Let’s face it, not everybody’s going to be happy with him,” Sloan said. “I just wish I’d have had more transparency about why things were going on the way they were.”

Many Americans continue to be concerned about the pocketbook impact of the Iran war. About 7 in 10 U.S. adults — 72% — say it’s “extremely” or “very” important for the U.S. to prevent domestic oil and gas prices from rising, up slightly from 67% in March.

Oil topped $100 a barrel last week, ending a brief period of lower prices when hostilities between the U.S. and Iran eased in June. Gas prices rose above $4 per gallon on average, and the elevated fuel price is hitting consum-

ers in other ways, too. Inflation cooled last month but remains elevated, and consumer spending has slowed, with signs that Americans are taking advantage of sales and other incentives.

There are also indications that fluctuating gasoline prices are an increasingly big problem for many Americans.

About 4 in 10 say the cost of gas for their car is a “major source” of stress in their life right now, compared with about 3 in 10 in February.

Mikal Baker, a 47-year-old political independent in Sandy Springs, Georgia, disapproves of the war in Iran and is frustrated by the effect on gas prices.

“I don’t see the benefit. I don’t see the total benefit of the American citizen for this war,” he said. But Baker is skeptical it will ever come to an end.

“I can’t say it will ever be over with.”

Some Americans may be hoping that gasoline prices could stabilize or go down. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” concerned about being able to afford gas in the next few months, down slightly from 45% in March.

Even as most Americans prioritize keeping gas prices from rising, a similar share say it’s “extremely” or “very” important to negotiate a permanent ceasefire with Iran.

About 7 in 10 Americans say it’s “extremely” or “very” important for the U.S. to reach a ceasefire agreement, slightly higher than the roughly two-thirds who say it’s at least “very” important to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. That’s also well above the 4 in 10 who say it’s “extremely” or “very” important to prevent Iran from threatening Israel.

Early in the conflict, Trump said the United States’ primary objectives were to degrade Iran’s military capability, eliminate their Navy and Air Force, keep them from gaining nuclear weapons and protect U.S. allies in the region.

Republicans, in particular, say it’s highly important to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. About 8 in 10 say this is at least “very” important, compared with roughly 7 in 10 who say that about preventing oil and gas prices from rising and negotiating a permanent ceasefire with Iran.

Sloan, the Florida Republican, believes it’s important to keep Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, adding: “We are most definitely their number one targets once they do have nuclear capabilities.”

The AP-NORC poll of 1,165 adults was conducted July 23-27 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probabilitybased AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 3.7 percentage points. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 6.0 for Republicans overall and plus or minus 5.4 for Democrats overall.

Medicare drug subsidy program set to end Millions could face higher monthly costs

BY ALI SWENSON Associated Press

NEW YORK — Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face steeper monthly costs in 2027 after the Trump administration concludes a temporary subsidy program that has helped offset premiums for the past two years.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week announced it would wrap up the program, which was initially implemented by the Biden administration in 2024 to lower patients’ Medicare Part D prescription drug costs in response to effects of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. While federal officials insist the financial impact on Medicare beneficiaries will be minimal, the decision opens the Republican-led administration to potential political consequences in a high-stakes midterm election year.

Voters have identified cost of living as a top concern, and many older adults, who tend to vote in high numbers, are on fixed incomes where every dollar counts. The roughly 25 million Americans with Medicare Part D plans will find out about their 2027 rates in the fall, when they are casting ballots in November’s elections.

Democrats slammed CMS’s move as part of a pattern of federal attacks on healthcare affordability, alongside federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies that had reduced premium costs for working-age Americans in that program.

“The Trump administration is actively raising prescription drug costs for 25 million seniors,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on X in response to the news, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. “Heartless, cruel, and completely by choice.”

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday said ending the subsidy program would prevent billions of taxpayer dollars from being funneled to insurance companies. It cost the agency an estimated $3.6 billion in 2026.

He said most Medicare beneficiaries would see less than a $10-per-month increase, and some would even see lower premiums than beforehand.

“Every Medicare beneficiary still has access to low-cost plans, and we will continue to lower prescription drug prices for every American patient, from more MFN deals to our policy giving seniors access to GLP-1s for $50 a month,” he wrote on social media.

The federal government also negotiates directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of some of the most expensive drugs in Medicare, through a program created by

Congress in 2022.

This week’s decision has no impact on the out-of-pocket cap that limits the amount that older adults with standalone Medicare drug coverage spend on their prescription drugs over the course of a year. That was set at $2,100 in 2026 and is projected to rise to $2,400 for 2027.

Part D beneficiaries paid an average of $36 a month this year for their prescription drug premiums with the subsidies in place, according to the healthcare research nonprofit KFF. The subsidies offset the average premium by $16 in 2026, according to the federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

It’s not yet known how many Americans the change will effect, or how much more they’ll pay. Older Americans have the opportunity to shop for plans each year, and prices vary widely between them. CMS has said it will release information about next year’s premiums in September.

AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond said her organization, which serves Americans 50 and older, had supported the temporary subsidy.

“While it’s too early to know the full impact of this change, it would be unfortunate if this decision made Part D coverage less affordable, just as we’re beginning to see billions in savings from Medicare drug price negotiation,” she said in a statement.

Pamela R. Burthlong passed away on July 2, 2026, at the age of 70. A lifelong resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, she was the beloved daughter of the late Arthur L. Robertson Sr. and Dolores J. Robertson.

Pamela attended New Orleans Public Schools and graduated from Francis C. Nichols High School in 1974. She retired in 2012 after 20 years of clerical work in the New Orleans metropolitan area. In retirement, she enjoyed sewing, crafting, and gardening.

She was the devoted mother of Shawnee, Salisha, Tanisha, Iyshia, and Schwann Burthlong.

She also leaves to cherish her memory her grandsons, Kentrell Simmons Jr. and Michael Smith; her great-granddaughter, Bailey Genteris; and her sisters, Paulette (Jay) Brown, Jill Robertson, and Salisaha Holmes.

Pamela was preceded in death by her brother, Arthur Robertson Jr.; her sisters, Deidre Leban and Vanessa Robertson; and her granddaughter, Katelyn Howard.

In accordance with her wishes, there will be no public funeral service. A private Celebration of Life will be held on August 1, 2026.

The family thanks BoydBrooks Funeral Home for its compassionate care and support. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to True Vine Missionary.

Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditio nbegins.com (504)282-0600.

Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/ Funeral Directors.

Singleton Maryland, Gloria

Gloria Singleton Maryland passed away on July 14, 2026, at the age of 95. She is survived by two daughters, Janice S. Martinez and Judy S. Hamilton, six grandchildren; Wintrill S. Dixson, Chandrika S. Nixson, Jovell H. Vappie, Alvin Martinez Jr, Jancy M. Levy and Johnathan J. Hamilton, eight great-great grandchildren, four great greatgreat grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

All family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, August 1, 2026, for 10:00 a.m. at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 8282 I-10 Service Road South, New Orleans, LA 70126. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pastor Fred Luter Jr, officiating.

Interment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2050 Caton Street, New Orleans, LA 70122.

Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins .com (504)282-0600.

Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/ Funeral Directors.

Solórzano, Francisco Xavier

Francisco

Xavier

Solórzano made his grand entry into the world on May 31, 1950, in Managua, Nicaragua, and peacefully took his final bow on July 19, 2026. After moving to New Orleans with his family in 1953, he spent over three decades soaking up the Crescent City before settling down in Folsom, Louisiana, where he happily spent his last 43 years.

He is reunited with his parents, José "Papa Lolo" and Alicia "Mimi" Solórzano, his brother Paulino Solórzano, his nephew Federico José Kiesling, aunts, uncles, and in-laws.

Carrying on his vibrant legacy is his loving wife of 43 years, Gloria; his son John Rene Daigre (Rebecca) and daughter Chevonne Daigre Greaser (Dan); his sister Blanca Solórzano-Aguilar (Erwin) and brother Rodrigo Solórzano (Cecilia).

He leaves behind a lively crew of grandchildren who affectionately called him "Pops" and "Popcorn"—Kerstein Riley Daigre, Austin Federico Kiesling, Luke Austin Reed, Jake Christopher Reed, Ambrose Rivers Greaser, Stella Ann Greaser, Lane Lucille Greaser, and Sanders West Greaser. He will also be missed by his godchildren Heidi Alessandra Kiesling, Rodrigo Miguel Solórzano, Noel Dugan, and Nikki Krebbs; a whole host of nieces and nephews who adored their "Papa Papa" or "Tio Xavier"; extended family; and an endless circle of friends.

To know Francisco was to know the absolute life of the party. He was a proud graduate of Jesuit High School, where he formed lifelong friendships that continued into many years of weekly luncheons at Galatoire's.

He took his passion for craftsmanship and turned it into a lifelong, successful career building and remodeling homes across the New Orleans area. When he wasn't building, he was exploring—he loved traveling the world with his wife, Gloria, and they never missed a day of JazzFest.

He lived for the moments spent with family and friends. Francisco's smile and laugh were genuinely contagious.

He never passed up a chance to offer a big hug, drop a witty pun or bad joke, or welcome a new friend into his heart with open arms.

The family extends their deepest thanks to Dr. Samuel Carter and the nurses at the St. Tammany Parish Hospital Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit for their wonderful care. They are also profoundly grateful to the Louisiana Organ Procurement Association (LOPA), whose compassionate support allowed Francisco's signature generosity to live on through the gift of organ donation.

Instead of a traditional service, a true Celebration of Life will be held later this year to honor Francisco the way he wanted—with smiles, shared memories, and love. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Covenant House, Louisiana Organ Procurement Association (LOPA), or your local Food Bank.

Thomas, Ann Elizabeth

Ann Elizabeth Thomas.

Hill of Zion B.C., 1413 S. Dilton St., Metairie, LA, on Saturday, August 1, 2026.

Viewing 9:00am. Service 11:00am. Interment will take place at Providence Memorial Park Cemetery, 8200 Airline Dr., Metairie, LA. Arrangements entrusted to Richardson Funeral Home of Jefferson, River Ridge, Louisiana. www.rich ardsonfuneralhomeofjeffer son.com

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A 24th Judicial District Court judge on Thursday slammed a controversial Jefferson Parish project to build a $10.3 million brewpub using public funds, as all sides in a lawsuit over the project try to reach a settlement before a November trial.

Judge Donald “Chick” Foret asked the attorneys for Jefferson

Parish, the proposed pub operator Port Orleans Brewing Co., and public benefit corporation Jefferson Facilities Inc. to work with an outside mediator to resolve the ongoing litigation related to the brewpub, or go to a jury trial on Nov. 16 to determine whether the current lease agreements are constitutional.

The request and trial date came after a three-hour status conference in which Foret called the proj-

ect a “monstrosity” and “clown show,” and Jefferson Facilities’ attorney Tim Madden pleaded with Foret to nullify the leases for the brewpub altogether.

Foret said he intends to rule on the case before his term ends at the end of the year, as he cannot run for another term due to age limits.

“I look out my window every day when I come out here and I see this monstrosity being built every

day,” Foret said. “It’s my obligation to try to figure out what’s going to happen with that white elephant.”

At the heart of the litigation is whether Port Orleans’ leases with Jefferson Facilities to operate the brewpub are a fair deal to the parish, or if they are a gratuitous donation of public funds to a private company without enough public benefit in return, making them unconstitutional.

Guice Giambrone, the attorney representing the parish, said no formal legal analysis was ever done to determine whether the

leases constituted a private donation. Tommy Discon, an attorney and co-owner of Port Orleans, contended that the initial lease negotiations, while less formal than a written legal analysis, involved ensuring that the project would be a proper use of public funds.

The parties could agree ahead of the Nov. 16 trial to amend the lease to give the parish more benefit from the deal. Such a settlement could change lease terms, raise the rent or require more capital

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A SURE SIGN, BABY STAFF PHOTO By MATT BRUCE

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams speaks during a news conference in his office on Thursday.

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough, right, signs 1-year-old Nolan Eschete’s jersey after practice during the team’s second day at training camp in Metairie on Thursday. Training camp runs through August and the Saints’ season opener is on Sept. 13 in Detroit. Shough’s play on the field to close out the 2025 season is driving a lot of the optimism for the Saints this year.

Crime survivors guidebook launches its latest edition Sixth volume features 250 resource listings

BY MISSY WILKINSON Staff writer

In 2003, after her husband and mother-in-law were murdered in their Mid-City home, Rose Preston was forced to deal not only with a horrific new reality, but also to navigate multiple systems, both legal and bureaucratic, that she knew nothing about.

“When I went through my situation, I had no help, I knew nothing. ... I was too late to get the emergency fund, and I was like, ‘Why didn’t someone tell me this is available?’ ” Preston said. “There’s a lot of secondary trauma as you deal with so many bureaucratic issues. ... It can feel really bleak. That’s normal. It is appropriate to the sense of violation.”

That experience spurred Preston to create a resource guide for violent crime survivors like herself. Launched in 2009 with a focus on homicide survivors, the New

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Audubon Nature Institute announces employee layoffs Chief of staff, 22 others released in cost-cutting move

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

Audubon Nature Institute Chief of Staff Gilbert Montaño is of one several Audubon employees out of a job as the organization looks to cut costs, officials said Wednesday.

Montaño, who was hired at Audubon last year after he resigned as former Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s chief administrative officer, is one of 23 employees the organization has terminated in a bid to save $500,000 this year and more in future years, President and CEO Michael Sawaya said.

The institute, which oversees a collection of parks, museums and environmental attractions throughout New Orleans, confirmed his and other employees’ terminations.

“Audubon Nature Institute has implemented organizational changes to better align staffing and financial resources with operational needs and strategic priorities,” organization officials said in a statement. “While we do not discuss individual personnel matters,

we can confirm that the Chief as Cantrell’s budget czar and of Staff position is among sev- left his post as her tenure was eral positions that have been nearing its end. A $160 million eliminated as part of a broader city deficit ballooned last year under his oversight, a fact City staffing reduction.”

The layoffs, which repre- Council members have critisent 4% of the institute’s more cized.

At Audubon, he stepped into than 500 employees, are the the newly created role first under Sawaya’s of executive vice presiadministration. They come as Audubon has dent of operations and been grappling with chief of staff, where he revenue declines and was responsible for coas Sawaya has warned ordinating operations of belt tightening meaof all of Audubon’s facilities, for its strasures.

Audubon finished tegic planning, and 2025 with a $3 million Montaño for its collaborations. operating loss, the His salary was around third year in a row it finished $250,000, according to Sawaya, in the red. who said at the time of his hirOfficials told affected em- ing last year that Montaño’s exployees in two separate Mon- perience and dedication “make day staff meetings about the him an invaluable asset.”

“These changes reflect a changes, said the source, who was not authorized to discuss comprehensive review of our organizational structure to the moves publicly.

Reached by phone Wednes- ensure that personnel and fiday, Montaño praised his for- nancial resources are aligned with Audubon’s highest primer employer.

“Audubon is a wonderful or- orities,” Audubon officials said ganization, and restructures Wednesday. “As we continue happen all the time, in all types to evolve, we remain focused of organizations,” he said. “And on responsible stewardship I’m looking forward to the next of our resources, exceptional care for our animals, support chapter in my life.”

He did not share specifics but for our employees, and delivsaid he was eyeing the private ering outstanding experiences sector. ä See LAYOFFS, page 2B Montaño spent seven years

‘I don’t want to fight,’ Williams says

BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

More than a week after Attorney General Liz Murrill and Gov. Jeff Landry lashed out at New Orleans officials over the attorney general’s recently dismissed indictment, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams said Thursday the public row hasn’t strained an alliance between his and Murrill’s offices.

Murrill “I don’t want to fight with the governor; I don’t want to fight with the AG,” Williams said.

Williams and Murrill finalized a partnership in February 2024 that Landry has empowered the Attorney General’s Office to prosecute nearly 1,500 New Orleans cases from arrests made by Louisiana State Police in the city.

Murrill’s prosecutors now handle more than one in five cases at the Orleans Parish criminal courthouse, she said.

But tensions flared this month after a grand jury in the building indicted Murrill on 16 counts of public intimidation and malfeasance in office over letters she sent Williams, Mayor Helena Moreno and other top New Orleans officials in May. Murrill claimed they were violating the law and said they risked their jobs by calling a special election for a court clerk’s office the Legislature had just consolidated.

Laurie White, the former criminal judge appointed as special prosecutor to handle the grand jury probe, dismissed the charges against Murrill last week.

She cited pleas from Williams, Moreno and the five city council members Murrill was accused of

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BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER Staff writer

A campaign to recall East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards ended this week after organizers only secured about 4% of the signatures needed to get it on voters’ ballots.

On Thursday, the registrar of voters said the unofficial recall count — meaning signatures still need to be verified — was 2,193, far below the 57,000 or so signatures needed

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Continued from page 1B intimidating, asking White to reconsider the charges.

Still, Murrill continued to bristle openly against Williams. She told The Times-Picayune last week that she’d lost trust in New Orleans leadership and accused them of inciting the indictment.

Murrill issued a subpoena and a separate public records request for Williams’ records while she was under indictment, suggesting that Williams had a hand in the grand jury’s work. Williams has denied it. His office was formally recused on June 1.

Murrill has joined Landry in calling for state and federal investigators to probe the grand jury’s actions. Landry suggested Williams should be stripped of his law license.

Williams on Thursday sought to tamp the flames, telling reporters he wasn’t interested in fueling a political firestorm.

“New Orleans is part of the state of Louisiana. If New Orleans is hurt, it hurts the state,” Williams said when asked about Landry’s critiques of local leadership.

“I made it very, very clear that I played no role. I did not initiate or handle any part of that grand jury investigation.”

Williams addressed the recent snipes while announcing convictions by his office in four homicide cases. He touted a 95% conviction rate in 28 homicide trials his office has prosecuted so far this year.

On July 16, a jury found Brian Plummer, 32, and 34-year-old Carl Newman Jr. guilty of second-degree murder in an October 2022 drive-by that killed Tavion Aples, 30, and wounded a second victim.

recall chairwoman Marian rill, both of which require Hills — who goes by Marian even more signatures to Gbaiwon — and vice chair succeed. It’s not clear how Aaron Banks in February. many signatures have been In a statement posted to collected for those efforts social media, Gbaiwon said because the deadlines to “I held my head high” as submit petitions are later she delivered the signatures this year — Oct. 31 for Edwards Wednesday, but will continLandry and Nov. 9 for Murrill. ue working on the other campaigns.

Edwards said he has not been wor“This fight is far from over,” Gbairied about the effort since it began won said. “The Sid Edwards recall 180 days ago, but said he was happy petition was the catalyst for our to see how small the number was. statewide recall efforts involving “I feel good about it,” Edwards Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney

The following day, another jury convicted Laura Collins, 39, of manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the hit-and-run death of Lloyd Smith, a bicyclist she struck and killed in Mid-City in January 2020. Jurors also found her guilty of second-degree murder for strangling her fiance Gerald Robichaux to death a year later.

Then on July 23, Eric Cloud was convicted at trial for killing Angel Funez and Niukura Gonzalez, both 25, during a February 2020 armed robbery when he was 17.

“These verdicts came after years of careful police work, forensic testing, evidence review, victim and witness support and focused preparation by prosecutors, investigators, advocates and trial assistants,” Williams said.

Murrill was not available for comment Thursday. She downplayed the extent of the chafed relations Wednesday on WSLA 93.9 radio, telling host Kaare Johnson “there’s no feud.”

“I have personally devoted a lot of resources, through the Attorney General’s Office, to New Orleans and I’m not changing that.

We’re going to continue to be there prosecuting cases and supporting Troop NOLA like we have been for 21/ 2 years.”

Williams also said he remained committed to the agreement with Murrill’s office.

“I have had disagreements with the governor; I’ve had disagreements with the AG since they’ve been in office. We have also come together and built some of the most unprecedented collaborations in the state and city’s history,” he said.

“So we in New Orleans know how to disagree without being disagreeable. Friendship is not ownership.

You don’t have to agree with what someone says every day.”

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Andrew Lilly, another attorney and co-owner for Port Orleans, said the parties had previously come close to settlement, but that negotiations fell apart after the Jefferson Parish inspector general released a report saying the brewpub could jeopardize Jefferson Facilities’ tax-exempt status.

Madden put settlement talks on hold at the time to have a tax attorney review the plan.

Madden filed a motion on behalf of Jefferson Facilities last week requesting that Foret declare the leases null and void before it reaches trial. Foret set a hearing on the motion for Sept. 28, which he said would be a “nuclear event” if approved.

Should the leases be deemed unconstitutional, the parish and Jefferson Facilities could either draft a new lease with Port Orleans, put the facility out for bid again or sell it.

Under the current agreements, which the Parish Council amended last year, Port Orleans and Avo Taco restaurant will operate the facility for 10 years starting in 2027, with the option to renew up to three times for an additional five years each.

Port Orleans will pay Jefferson Facilities a rent of 3% gross revenue, or a minimum of $50,000 per year, for the first three years, followed by 6% of revenue after, along with a flat $1,000 per month for brewery equipment use.

The construction of the brewpub building started in fall 2024

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‘One and done’ Sawaya, who took the reins at Audubon from Ron Forman in January 2025, said he spent much of his first year in his new job studying the books at the massive institution and decided early this year to hire a consultant to identify potential savings.

“After the pandemic, Audubon went back to their pre-pandemic model, and we aren’t back to prepandemic visitor levels in this city,” he said. “So, we had to do

something.”

In 2025, for instance, the Aquarium had 150,000 fewer visitors. On balance, about 70% of the Aquarium’s visitors are tourists.

Sawaya said the consulting firm Treppwise recommended the layoffs, which will save $1.5 million next year and more in future years. The layoffs were mostly in administrative and supervisory positions at the zoo and aquarium as well as in the corporate office.

“They said we were a little heavy on the executive management side and that there were some efficiencies we could achieve with layoffs,” he said, adding that no additional layoffs were planned.

“This is a one and done,” he said.

Jessica Williams contributed to this story.

Continued from page 1B Orleans Crime Survivors Guide is now in its sixth edition.

Slimmed down to 114 pages, the newest print edition will be released in August and features 250 up-to-date resource listings, along with several additions.

Among them are a section on mass casualty incidents, added in the wake of the Jan. 1, 2025, terrorist attack, and one on Bryan’s Call, the early-alert system implemented after Bryan Vasquez, a nonverbal boy, went missing and was found weeks later, killed by alligators in a lagoon near his home.

Also new are sections about Clerk Connect, the online Orleans Parish Criminal District Court

them for exercising their rights.

“I thank Marian because what she did is exercising what democracy’s supposed to be,” he said. “She went out and did this deal, and it’s an exercise in democracy.”

While the mayor said he was never angry about the recall effort, he is interested in seeing who supported it, as the signature list is now public record.

“I am looking forward to looking at the list. I’m only human,” Edwards said. “I want to see who signed it and see if there’s any patterns or

or did not get close to the number of signatures needed, Gbaiwon said she is still motivated to get recalls of Landry and Murrill on Louisiana ballots.

“I refuse to accept that this can’t be done,” she said. “Louisiana has more than enough people who care about the future of this state. The opportunity is there. The path is there. Now we need people willing to step up.”

To do so, the campaign would need more than 500,000 signatures from verified registered voters.

and is nearly complete, except for the installation of brewery and kitchen equipment and the sidewalk outside.

The Parish Council originally approved the construction of the brewpub in 2023, allocating $10.3 million made available through the American Rescue Plan Act so that a 20,000-square-foot brewery and restaurant could be built on top of a surface lot in downtown Gretna that was already under a Jefferson Facilities lease.

The brewpub is one component of a larger, $34 million complex that will include adjacent green space and a state-funded parking garage.

Supporters have said that the brewpub, located in downtown Gretna near courthouses and government buildings, will benefit the public by spurring economic development for the West Bank, and that the lease was already amended with guidance from real estate attorney Mike Sherman to assuage opponents’ concerns.

But Jefferson Parish Inspector General Kim Chatelain has dinged the project in several public reports since 2024, saying it unfairly favors Port Orleans and puts the parish in a financially vulnerable position. Those reports have ignited a political battle among the Parish Council and derailed public meetings for over a year.

Jefferson Parish Council members Jennifer Van Vrancken and Timothy Kerner Jr. have joined Chatelain in those criticisms, with Van Vrancken attempting to freeze construction and Kerner replacing two of Jefferson Facilities’ three board members, including former Gretna police

chief Arthur Lawson, with his own appointees since coming on to the council in a special election last year.

“We are open to something that makes this deal constitutional,” Kerner said after the hearing regarding a potential settlement.

Port Orleans, on the other hand, has said that Madden and the brewpub’s opponents have repeatedly “moved the goalpost” as to their concerns. The company first sued the parish and Jefferson Facilities earlier this year for allegedly refusing to install brewery equipment in a timely fashion, and Jefferson Facilities responded with a countersuit alleging that the leases were unconstitutional.

Foret noted that almost no officials originally involved in the brewpub negotiations are in their positions anymore except for Port Orleans, making it difficult to answer questions about the lease negotiations.

Chatelain, Van Vrancken and Kerner were all present at Thursday’s hearing, along with Kerner’s predecessor Marion Edwards, who supported the project during his tenure.

Several parish officials have said throughout the controversy that they hope the brewpub will not end up costing exorbitant tax dollars or be vacant for a significant amount of time as the litigation proceeds, as was the case with the Jefferson Performing Arts Center that cost $54 million and took over seven years to build.

“This court is all about saving the needless expenditure of public money,” Foret said. “If we can prevent wasting money, that’s what I’m trying to do.”

system, and a sexual assault kit tracking guide.

“I found the book so critical and helpful, especially during the criminal court process in my own case, which lasted many years,” said Julie Ford, a violent crime survivor. Ford joined the Crime Survivors Guide in 2019 as a volunteer organizer, helping redesign the publication. That work motivated her to begin researching violent crime and obtain a Ph.D. The guide is also published online, and crime survivors are able to request a digital copy. But Preston and Ford say it is vital for them to maintain physical copies.

Currently, private donors fund the bulk of the printing costs.

More than 13,000 print copies have been distributed since the guide’s creation to survivors at churches, shelters, district attor-

ney’s offices, homicide scenes, libraries and food banks.

“It is great we have the website, but a lot of people don’t have access to computers,” Preston said.

“We need to get this out because only one in 10 people (who survived a violent crime) get support from a service provider.”

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Robotaxis without steering wheels get OK

Federal regulators are clearing the way for robotaxis to operate without steering wheels or eventually even brake pedals as the rules start to catch up to the evolving technology.

Amazon’s fully autonomous Zoox vehicles got approval Thursday to begin charging customers for rides in the specially designed boxy cars that feature four inward-facing seats once they secure state and local approval. Zoox has already been offering free rides in Las Vegas and San Francisco since last year.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also proposed a rule last month to allow robotaxis to operate without brake pedals, but that proposal is still pending. Administrator Jonathan Morrison said his agency wants to update the regulations to fit these fully autonomous vehicles while still acting as the “cop on the beat to make sure that this is being done right.”

Most vehicle safety regulations were written decades ago, always with the assumption that there would be a human driver behind the wheel. But Morrison said that things like steering wheels, windshield wipers and side-view mirrors aren’t really needed in an autonomous vehicle.

The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety group raised concerns about Zoox’s plan to operate without a steering wheel or other standard controls because the company didn’t provide detailed evidence to show that its vehicles could operate safely on public roads.

U.S. 30-year mortgage rate rises to 6.66% The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for the fourth consecutive week to its highest level in a year, another setback for prospective homebuyers hoping for a break from elevated home loan borrowing costs.

The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.66% from 6.58% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.72%.

Higher mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting homebuyers’ purchasing power. As rates rise, that can lead prospective home shoppers to delay buying a home, one reason U.S. home sales have been sluggish this year.

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, often sought by borrowers refinancing a home loan, also rose this week. That average rate increased to 6.04% from 5.96% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.85%, Freddie Mac said.

Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation.

They generally follow the trajectory of the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.

Rates have been mostly rising this year as the Iran war has driven crude oil prices sharply higher, fueling expectations of hotter inflation. That’s pushed up long-term bond yields relative to where they were before the conflict began, causing mortgage rates to trend higher.

Jobless benefit filings rise to 197,000 WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the historically healthy range of the past few years.

U.S. filings for jobless aid in the week ending July 25 rose by 9,000 to 197,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

The previous week’s figure was revised up by 1,000 to 188,000 but remains the lowest in more than 50 years.

Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 207,000 new applications.

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Microsoft’s earnings elevate markets

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEW YORK — A monster day for Microsoft’s stock following signals that its big spending on AI is translating into profits led a powerful rebound on Wall Street Thursday, while computer-chip companies regained some of their sharp recent losses. In the bond market, though, worries remained about inflation potentially remaining high for years.

Microsoft led the way and leaped 15.5% for its best day in nearly 18 years after reporting a stronger profit for the latest quarter than

analysts expected. Growth was strong for its Azure cloud business, and CEO Satya Nadella said it reflects how customers are using Microsoft to move into AI. Perhaps just as importantly for Wall Street, Microsoft did not announce a big increase in how much it plans to spend on AI investments, something that several other Big Tech rivals have done.

Worries are high that such spending is eating into companies’ cash flows and may not ultimately be worth it if AI does not produce as much productivity and profits as promised.

Meta Platforms helped demon-

strate such fears after falling 8%.

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram reported a weaker profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected, even though it made slightly more in revenue than expected. It also raised the lower end of its forecasted range for spending on investments this year.

Companies involved in the making of the computer memory and processors that such “hyperscalers” are buying to power their AI efforts rose Thursday, recovering some of the big losses they’ve taken on worries their stock prices shot too high in the euphoria

around AI. Micron Technology jumped 18.4%, for example, to trim its loss for the week to 5%. It was the strongest force lifting the S&P 500 after Microsoft.

Lam Research, a supplier to the semiconductor industry, soared 18% after reporting stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Chip giant Advanced Micro Devices rallied 13%.

On the losing end of Wall Street was Jersey Mike’s Subs. The sandwich chain’s stock fell 6% in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Between prices and parasite, lettuce is causing hard times Restaurants that lean into lettuce deal with fallout

BY DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press

It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce.

Lettuce prices rose sharply in the first half of 2026 due to hot weather in Arizona, where about one-third of America’s lettuce is grown. Now, restaurants are dealing with the fallout from a cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded lettuce that has sickened thousands of Americans.

Yum Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, said Thursday that Taco Bell’s U.S. same-store sales are down 2% so far in the July-September period due to customers’ concerns over the outbreak. That compares to a 7% same-store sales increase in the April-June period.

Federal health officials first tied the diarrhea-causing outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Later, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said customers in Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania were also affected.

Taco Bell removed shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms from its U.S. restaurants on July 17. The following day, Taylor Farms recalled iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico.

Taco Bell’s sales bottomed out the weekend of July 18-19 but have been steadily improving since then, Yum Brands Chief Financial Officer Ranjith Roy said Thursday in a conference call with investors. Over the last four days, Taco Bell’s U.S. sales have climbed halfway back to their year-ago level, he said.

Yum Brands CEO Chris Turner said Taco Bell’s quick action to contain the issue and its clear communication on social media helped bring diners back. The brand also enticed fans with daily specials like $1 Mexican pizza.

“With respect to the consumer sentiment, we’ve seen real improvement as consumers have understood better the nature of the issue,” Turner said. “They understand that it is not a Taco Bell-specific issue.”

Other chains are also feeling some impact from the outbreak even though they haven’t been named in government investigations.

Chipotle Mexican Grill said Wednesday that it expects its same-store sales to rise only 1% in the July-September period because of lower traffic due to the outbreak. It had previously expected same-store sales to rise 3% in that period.

Foot traffic at Chopt, a salad-focused chain with 105 locations, plunged 24% on July 18

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Packages of lettuce and salad greens fill a refrigerated display at a grocery store. The retail price of a pound of iceberg lettuce jumped nearly 20% between January and June of this year, according to government data. compared to the normal average for a Saturday, according to Placer.ai, a market research company. M Science, another market research firm, found that weekly spending at the salad chain Sweetgreen dropped 10 percentage points compared to last year during the first half of July.

Chopt didn’t respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press. Sweetgreen, which has 285 U.S. locations, did not confirm a drop in sales and said in a statement that its food hasn’t been connected to the current cyclospora outbreak.

“We follow rigorous food safety standards and can trace our ingredients from restaurant to farm,” the company said.

Cyclospora cases have continued to grow.

As of July 27, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it has received received reports of 6,707 laboratory-confirmed cases. It’s investigating multiple clusters, including a new outbreak involving 72 people that was announced last week. As the FDA investigation progresses, officials should get a better understanding of which illnesses are connected and “how complex this outbreak actually has become,” said Craig Hedberg, a food safety researcher at the University of Minnesota.

The outbreak came on top of an already difficult year for the lettuce industry and people who love eating salads. The retail price of a pound of iceberg lettuce jumped nearly 20% between January and June of this year, according to government data.

Consumers paid an average of 33% more last month for all fresh lettuce compared to

a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

Lettuce prices advertised by major grocery stores last week averaged $1.86 for a head of iceberg, 25 cents more than the same week a year earlier, according to the USDA. A head of red leaf lettuce cost 52 cents more at $1.66, and a bunch of romaine had an advertised price of $2.49, which was $1.55 higher, the department reported.

Shoppers caught a break with some types of salad mixes, though, which stores advertised at prices 7 to 24 cents cheaper than a year prior, the USDA said.

Elizabeth Canales, an associate professor of agricultural economics at Mississippi State University, said unusually hot weather in Arizona early in the year caused crops to mature too early. That caused big supply gaps until California production began in late April.

Fuel costs, which increased after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran and Iran blocked most oil tankers from leaving the Persian Gulf, have also been an issue, according to Canales. Lettuce is especially perishable and requires energy for cooling from the time it’s picked to the time it’s sold, Canales said.

“The cold chain needs to be maintained.

Cooling and transporting it is very important,” Canales said.

Lettuce has been linked to multiple food poisoning outbreaks in the past, including two in 2018 involving E. coli linked to romaine lettuce grown in Arizona and California.

Associated Press writer Mike Stobbe contributed from New York.

Economy grows at a sluggish 1.5% in second quarter

BY PAUL WISEMAN AP economics writer

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth, yet consumers continued to spend.

And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last month.

But it remained above the central bank’s 2% target at a time when Americans are frustrated about the high cost of living ahead of the midterm elections, now less than 100 days away.

Growth in U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — decelerated from 2.1% in the first three months

of 2026, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, coming in below economists’ expectations.

But consumer spending — which accounts for about 70% of U.S. economic activity — increased at a 3.2% annual clip, up from 0.5% in the January-March period.

A measure of the economy’s underlying strength — which strips out volatile government spending and trade numbers — looked good, expanding at a 3.9% annual pace, up from 1.7% from January through March.

Business investment, excluding housing, rose at an 8.4% pace, down from 10.6% from January through March but strong, reflecting a surge in investment in artificial intelligence.

Imports are subtracted from the economic figures because GDP is only supposed to count what is produced in the United States.

Imports rose at an 11.5% pace, partly on a surge in shipments of computer chips and other products that support AI investment. The imports shaved 1.5 percentage off second-quarter GDP growth.

“The consumer rescued the quarter,” said Olu Sonola, head of U.S. economics at Fitch Ratings.

“AI investment remains a powerful growth story, but the import surge underpinning the buildout is a reminder that an AI boom does not automatically translate into an equally large boost to U.S. GDP.” The Commerce Department also said Thursday that its personal

consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the one favored by the Fed, rose 3.7% last month from June 2025 , down from a 4.1% yearover-year increase in May. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core consumer prices were up 3.3% from a year earlier, little-changed from 3.4% increase in May. Prices actually fell 0.1% from May to June on a 9.2% drop in the price of gasoline and other energy products.

The PCE prices were about in line with economists’ expectations.

But the year-over-year increase in prices has been stuck above the Fed’s 2% target for more than five years, and some Fed officials are getting impatient with progress against inflation.

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New Orleans Area Deaths Ambrose, Glenn Bell, Beulah Borstell, Peter Brown, Sallie Carter, Gloria Cavalier, Janice Christiansen, Sharon Dent, George Faciane, Barbara Fontenberry, Carolyn Freeman, Joycelyn Greer, Barbara Hampton, Henry Hearin, Marie Jéan, Helen Maurer Jr., Leon Minor Jr., Harrison Reaux, Edward Robinson Burthlong, Pamela Singleton Maryland, Gloria Solórzano, Francisco Thomas, Ann

Obituaries Ambrose, Glenn

Glenn Ambrose entered eternal rest on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the age of 67. He was a native of New Orleans, LA. He attended Warren Eastern High School. A long-time employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff Department. Beloved son of the late Elzada and Joseph Ambrose. Brother of JoAnn Bray, John, Ted, and Shelton Ambrose, and Charlie Lee. Devoted nephew and caregiver Anthony Bray.

Glen is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. A private burial was held.

Bell, Beulah Marie

Beulah Marie "MeMe" Bell, age 64 was born on September 10, 1961 in New Orleans, LA departed this earthly home on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Beulah attended John H. Martny High School. Beulah was the loving wife of her soulmate, Arthur Bell. Beloved mother of Carl Richards (Leodora), Cardell Richards (Sontra), Trina Singer and bonus baby Jazzmine Richards.

Stepmother of David Bell, Carl Paige, Corey Paige, Devin and Diane Shaffer.

Devoted sister of Arthur Calvin (Carisa), Roderick Franklin, Wayne, Tyran Sanchez, Rosalee Calvin, Latisha Kendrick, and Leslie Sanchez.

Best friends, Gwendolyn Washington, Simone Muse, and Lynn Mannings.

Adorning godmother of Chanlander Brown, Trnetta Laque, and Sharell Scre.

Beulah was also survived by 18 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; Freddie Harris and Claudell Calvin Smith; one son, Corey Bell; one nephew, Frederick Calvin; and her in-laws, Mrs. Mae Helen Bell and Mr. David Bell; and other aunts, uncles, and relatives.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, August 1, 2026 at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, 2120 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113 at 11:00 a.m.

Visitation from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Private Burial. You may sign the guest book onwww.gertru degeddeswillis.com.

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Carter, Gloria Roussell

Borstell, Peter Richard

Peter Borstell was born on December 2, 1955, in Amityville, New York, and passed away on July 19, 2026, in Jefferson, Louisiana, at the age of 70.

He earned his bachelor's degree at Duke University and his Juris Doctorate from Tulane University. He was a member of the Louisiana Bar Association, Alliance for Good Government, and MOMS. Peter was a lifelong lover of music, reading, and Duke basketball. He enjoyed attending performances by local artists. He was a huge fan of Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest. Peter was a native of Hauppauge, New York, before he made his home here in New Orleans in 1978. He was an attorney and practiced law for 45 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Hans and Lois Borstell; and sister, Ellen Borstell.

Peter is survived by his wife of 45 years, Joan Borstell; son, Billy Borstell; sister, Kathy Guepet; and uncle, Randy Hopf.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd in New Orleans, on Saturday, August 1, 2026.

Visitation will begin at 11:30 AM with a memorial service following at 1 PM. Pete will be laid to rest privately in Metairie Cemetery at a later date.

To view and sign the family guestbook, please visit lakelawnmetairie.com

Gloria "Tompie" Roussell Carter entered into eternal rest on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at the age of 76. She was a native of New Orleans, LA and a resident of Schaumburg, IL. Beloved wife of 50 years to the late Gary Carter, Sr. Loving mother of Derrick Carter, Crystal Guyton, Richelle (Kylander, Sr.) Bates, and Gary Carter, Jr. Daughter of the late Henry Roussell and Elnora Roussell Gaines; stepdaughter of the late Earl Gaines. Also cherishing her memories are 11 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, 1 sister, 1 brother and a host of other relatives, and friends.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a viewing at Davis Mortuary Service, 6820 Westbank Expressway, Marrero, LA on Friday, July 31, 2026, from 6pm-8pm.

Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at Rock of Ages Baptist Church, 6533 Acre Road, Marrero, LA at 10:00a.m. Pastor T. A. Ranson, Sr., host pastor; Elder Darren Johnson, officiating. Visitation will begin at 8:30a.m. until service time at the church.

Interment: Restlawn Park Cemetery, Avondale, LA Arrangements by Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St. Gretna, LA To view and sign the guestbook, please go to www.da vismortuaryservice.com.

Cavalier, Janice

Brown, Sallie Mae

Sallie Mae Forest Brown departed this life on Friday, June 26, 2026, in Harvey, Louisiana at her home. She was 84 years old and survived by her loving grandson Derek Steven Smith and 4 great grandkids Jules Jones, Sevyn Smith, Denver Smith and Derek Smith III. Guestbook Online: www.an ewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600.

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Janice Cavalier departed this life on July 26, 2026, at the age of 71. Janice lived a life centered on love, family, and unwavering strength. Janice was the beloved daughter of the late Oscar Lymous and Vernice Dabon Lymous, both of whom preceded her in death. She was the former wife of Gerald Cavalier, with whom she shared three children.

Devoted and loving mother to Shalanda Cavalier, Rashell Cavalier, and her beloved son, Gerald Cavalier, who preceded her in death. Janice was a proud grandmother to eight grandchildren: Willanda Cavalier, Jermaine Cavalier, Eshan Cavalier, Jaquan Helton, Janae Cavalier, Chais Johnson, Raine Thomas and the late Shane Cavalier. One treasured great-grandchild, June Helton.

She is lovingly remembered by her siblings: Oscar Lymous (Anne), Vernice Lyons (Lawrence), Lloyd Lymous, Patricia Lymous McGruder (Kenneth), Gayle Lymous Francis (Stanley), Glenn Lymous (Jennifer), Donald Lymous (Felisa), and Carl Lymous (Joy). She was preceded in death by her brother Raymond Lymous

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(Pearl) and her sister-inlaw, Barbara Lymous, the beloved wife of Lloyd Lymous.

Relatives and friends, also pastor, officers and members of True Vine Missionary Baptist Church are invited to attend the funeral service on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at True Vine Missionary Baptist Church, 2008 Marigny Street beginning 10am. Rev. Donald C. Jeanjacques Sr., pastor officiating. Church visitation 9am until service time.

Entombment Resthaven Memorial Park.

Professional services entrusted to: Littlejohn Funeral Home, 2163 Aubry Street, Cal K. Johnson, Manager/Funeral Director.

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of visitation on Monday, August 3, 2026, from 12:00 until 2:00 pm at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans. A funeral service will follow in the chapel. Interment will be in Lake Lawn Park.

Dent, George Howard

Services start at 11:00AM. Interment will be held at SE Veteran Cemetery, 34888 Grantham College Dr., Slidell, Louisiana at 12:30PM. Barbara Ann leaves behind to cherish her memory her children: Lance, Keith, and Sandra Faciane; grandchildren: Ricardo Faciane, Alisha Harvey, Briana Faciane, and Julian Shives-Sams; great-grand child: Sidney Faciane. She will be deeply missed by all.

Fontenberry, Carolyn J.

Christiansen, Sharon Nell

Sharon Nell Christiansen (née Faucheaux), of Metairie, LA, passed away on Saturday, July 25th, 2026. She was 81. Born on November 9, 1944 in Westwego, LA, she attended West Jefferson High School, graduating in 1962.

She married Lt Col Edward W. Christiansen, Jr., and together they had one son, Terry.

After moving around with Edward on various property management jobs in Destin, FL and Charlotte, NC, they settled back in New Orleans in the early 70s, beginning a lifelong love of travel starting in Europe in 1975, and eventually taking her to Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, France, England, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Italy, and Germany, some several times each over the decades, and making lifelong friends in a few of those places along the way. In the early 80s she expanded that interest into a job as a travel agent, which opened more opportunities and only increased her love of seeing new places.

She, her family, and countless friends over the years relished spending most weekends at the family's beloved 'camp', Moccasin Run, on the Tangipahoa River.

She loved gathering wild blackberries to make blackberry dumplings, fishing with her cane pole, boating, hiking the lakeshore looking for Indian pottery, and playing 'Uno' and 'pass the trash' in the evenings. She loved her family fiercely, and dedicated herself to her true full time job, raising (and worrying about) her son, Terry. Always glittering, she was a friend to everyone she met. Widowed in 2014, in recent years she was blessed to spend time with her love and companion, Jeff Maclean, who dined, entertained, and lovingly cared for her until her passing. She is pre-deceased by her mother, Rose Ann Barras (née Badeaux), and her husband, Edward. She is survived by her brother Kim, her son, Terry, her grandson, Connor, her nieces Tonya, Elaine, and Michelle, her two stepsons Eddie and Jerry, and her step-grandchildren Jennie, Jay, Alex, Jessica, Kelly, Matthew, Caroline, Jace, and Lillon, and numerous great grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a time

George Howard Dent, age 78, transitioned peacefully to his heavenly home on Friday, July 24, 2026, at West Jefferson Medical Center. He was a native of Tallulah, LA and a resident of Harvey, LA. George retired from the Jefferson Parish Parkways after many years of dedicated service as Superintendent 3. He was a faithful Elder at Dominion and Power Ministries. Loving husband of Lynnette Bazley Dent.

Devoted father of Troy Dent, Shelley Taylor, Damian Dent, Sr., and the late Dwayne A. Dent.

Grandfather of the late Braxton George Dent.

Beloved son of Otheree Lee and the late George Alexander, Jr. Elder Dent is also survived by 2 grandchildren, 5 brothers, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends, also pastors, officers, and members of Dominion and Power Ministries, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and all neighboring churches are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 1419 4th Street, Westwego, LA on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at 10:00a.m.

Pastor Woodrow Hayden, host pastor; Bishop Tyrone Washington, officiating.

Visitation will begin at 8:00a.m. until service time at the church. Interment: Restlawn Park Cemetery, Avondale, LA Arrangements by Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St. Gretna, LA To view and sign the guestbook, please go to www.da vismortuaryservice.com.

Faciane, Barbara Ann

Barbara Ann Faciane was born November 12, 1935. On July 23, 2026, she transitioned to be with the Lord.

Visitation and Services will be held on August 3, 2026, at St. Genevieve Catholic Church, Slidell, 58203-LA433, Louisiana. Visitation begins at 9:00AM to 11:00AM and Mass/

Mrs. Carolyn J. Fontenberry was born on June 15, 1942, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the late Clinton Charles Johnson, Jr. and Agnes Jarrow Myles. Carolyn was a lifelong resident of New Orleans, where she lovingly raised her children and built a home centered on faith and family. She later relocated to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following Hurricane Katrina, where she peacefully resided until the Lord called her home. Carolyn was a loving mother whose greatest accomplishment was her family. She nurtured her children with unconditional love, wisdom, and strength, and later embraced the role of grandmother and great-grandmother with the same devotion. Her life was a beautiful example of quiet strength, unwavering faith, peace, humility, and unconditional love.

She leaves behind a legacy that will continue to inspire generations.

Carolyn leaves to cherish her precious memory her children: Laronda McMillon; Jerome Fontenberry; Michael Fontenberry; Reginald Fontenberry (Priscilla); and Terron Fontenberry (Gaynell); 30 grandchildren; a host of greatgrandchildren; siblings Agnes Ann Myles, Douglas Myles, Mark Myles, and Lee Myles; along with a host of nieces, nephews, godchildren, extended family members, and dear friends. Carolyn was preceded in death by her beloved parents, Clinton Charles Johnson, Jr. and Agnes Jarrow Myles; her beloved son, Gregory J. Fontenberry; sisters; Hortense Myles, Gwendolyn Myles; brothers, Mack Myles, Calbert Myles, and Ernest Myles; and her beloved grandparents, Sophia Jarrow and Blaze Jarrow. Her Life Was a Blessing Her Memory Is a Treasure.

Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at The Boyd Family Funeral Home, 5001 Chef Menteur Hwy., New Orleans, LA 70126.

Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. Pastor Myron Bunch, officiating.

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Freeman, Joycelyn

Joycelyn "Black" Freeman peacefully departed this life on July 12, 2026, at her home in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Affectionately known as "Black," Joycelyn was remembered for her warm smile, deep dimples, kind spirit, and unwavering love for her family.

She is survived by her children, Taron and Tyree "Jeff" Freeman-Armstrong; her stepson, Terrell Cobbins-Armstrong; her grandchildren, Tariah and Kyree Freeman; her devoted siblings, Floydann, Debra, Rene, John, Donnell, Durnell, Derek, Ronnie (Doris) Freeman, and Ruby (Hewitt) Smith; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and dear friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd Sr. "Bobo" Freeman and Shirley Mae Freeman; her brothers, Floyd Jr. "Man" Freeman and Kevin "Kojack" Freeman; and her beloved nephew, Floyd Varnado.

In accordance with Joycelyn's wishes, there will be no funeral or repast. Cremation services have been entrusted to Dennis Mortuary Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest in a mausoleum vault beside her beloved mother, Shirley Mae Freeman, at Providence Memorial Park & Mausoleum. Please visit www.dennismortuaryservi ce.com to sign the online guestbook.

Greer, Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams Greer departed this life on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at the age of 72. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. New Orleans, La 70125 on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at 9:00 am. Visitation will begin at 8:00 am. Burial will follow at Holt Cemetery. Arrangements

by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home.

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Hampton, Henry

On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, Henry Hampton peacefully answered God's call and entered into eternal rest at the age of 82, leaving behind a lifetime of cherished memories, unwavering love, and a remarkable legacy.

Henry was born on March 1, 1944, in Woodville, Mississippi, to his loving parents, the late Ernest Hampton and the late Alice Hampton. He was raised with strong values of faith, integrity, hard work, and compassion qualities that remained the foundation of his life and were evident in every relationship he built. Henry was the devoted and beloved husband of the late Geraldine Dorsey Hampton, with whom he shared a life built on love, commitment, and treasured memories. Together, they created a family rooted in love, strength, and resilience. Henry was also preceded in death by his four brothers, Ernest Hampton Jr., Samuel Hampton,Willie Lee Hampton, and John L. Hampton ; and his six sis-

ters, Celeste James McKenzie, Pearl Hampton Dawson, Ruth Hampton Green, Susie Mae Hampton, Ethelene Hampton, and Augusta Hampton Carter.

Family and friends are invited to share in the Home Going Service on August 1, 2026.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Funeral service immediately following from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Baloney Funeral Home, LLC, 1905 West Airline Highway, LaPlace, Louisiana 70068, (504)383-4815; https://ww w.facebook.com/BaloneyF uneralHome.

Hearin, Marie Elise

Marie (Malee) Elise Amoss Hearin passed away peacefully and in the presence of loved ones in the early morning hours of July 21st in Pass Christian, Mississippi at the age of 97.

She was born on February 17, 1929, to Pearl Pool Amoss and Walter James Amoss in New Orleans, Louisiana. She grew up in uptown New Orleans and attended the McGehee School. She always looked up to, and tried to keep up with, her lone sibling and older brother, Walter James Amoss, Jr. (Jimmy). She was named the Queen of Oberon in 1949 and will always be our Queen. The family nicknamed her "Malee" and it soon became apparent she was not easily restrained by society's imposed "limitations".

She fell for a dashing young aviator from Alabama named Jesse B. Hearin, Jr. (Zett) who had enrolled at the United States military academy at West Point just as the United States entered World War II. She rejected her family's plans for her to complete a degree at Sophie Newcomb College and moved to New York city as a single woman in her early 20's. This was unusually courageous at the time. It was no coincidence that her chosen destination was a short distance from West Point.

Malee eventually got what she wanted (Zett), and the couple married in 1955 and settled down near Cincinnati, Ohio. Soon Murray (Misty) Kennedy Hearin was born, and she was quickly followed 14 months later with her younger sister, Courtney Moore Hearin. A few years later their third and final child, Jesse B. Hearin, III (Jay) was born. Zett and Malee lived in Dayton, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, Erie, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Pass Christian, Mississippi and in Gainesville, Georgia.

She lived a magical life of adventure that included travel, painting, business ventures, bridge, cooking, fishing, and time cheering on her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren's accomplishments.

She and Zett never missed a graduation and could be seen beaming with pride whenever any of their descendants achieved a milestone.

When Zett retired, they moved to Malee's favorite place on earth - Pass Christian, Mississippi. She chased adventure whenever she could, travelling with a female friend to China in the mid-1980s.

They didn't go with a tour or any male companions, just two women in their mid-fifties exploring China because it was something Malee had always wanted to do. They had a ball.

She continued her painting and love of art and even opened a gourmet food company called Bon Mélange that had a storefront and production facility in the Old Community Shops on Davis Avenue in the Pass. The business thrived and Zett handled the practical side while Malee championed the creative side. The business promotion led to several fun trips to food shows around the country and was eventually sold to an established food company once it was fully developed. During this time, Malee and her friends helped create Art in the Pass, and she even found time in her late sixties to complete an associate's degree in fine arts at Gulf Coast Community College.

Her art was one of her true joys and many of her works portrayed family members, and homes or scenes from Pass Christian or the Gulf coast. She at-

tended the New Orleans Academy of Art, won art awards, and was an art instructor at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

She loved playing bridge with her friends, planning family get togethers, cooking for others, fishing, reading, and taking her grandkids on adventurous trips. She even ziplined when she was 83 years old!

Zett and Malee moved to Gainesville, Georgia after Hurricane Katrina hit, and became active members of the Lanier Village community. They delivered the mail, mentored others, and were active in tennis, bridge and trivia leagues.

Mom relocated to Pass Christian once she was widowed and could not contain her joy when she saw the Gulf or was able to secure some local seafood.

She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 67 years, Zett who passed at the age of 98 in in 2022 after a lengthy illness, with Malee at his side; her parents Pearl Pool Amoss and Walter James Amoss, and her brother Walter James (Jimmy) Amoss, Jr. (Berthe). She is survived by her three grateful children Murray (Misty) Hearin Schmitt (David), Courtney Hearin Rios (Jorge), and Jesse (Jay) B. Hearin, III; Her grandchildren Michael Schmitt (Katie), Kristin Bingham (T.J.), Lauren Rios, Jay Rios, Jesse Hearin, Jacob Hearin, and Alma Hearin; and too many wonderful nieces and nephews (and their children) to mention. She also was able to meet her great grandkids Delaney Schmitt, Hayden Schmitt, Carter Bingham and Wyatt Bingham before she passed. The family would like to extend appreciation and love to Mom's devoted caretakers Lena Clark, Denise Henderson, Nesha Laurant, Bonnie Miller and Belinda Smith who helped her navigate the last years of her life with dignity, grace, and a whole lot of love.

The immediate family will have a small private service and a celebration of life event far enough in the future to allow for proper planning, and for her friends and loved ones to comfortably plan attendance. Mom always liked a party. We'll try not to let her down! If anyone desires to express condolences through a gift of some kind, she requested that they forego flowers and instead give a small donation to the charity of their choice or to Art in the Pass.

Jéan, Helen Dominique

Helen Dominique Jéan, December 27, 1943 – July 22, 2026. Helen Dominique Jéan was born on Decem‐ ber 27, 1943, in the historic Seventh Ward of New Or‐ leans, Louisiana, to the late Edgar Horace Dominique and Olga Prevost Do‐ She attended minique.

Valena C. Jones Elementary School, Rivers Frederick Ju‐ nior High School, and grad‐ uated from George Wash‐ ington Carver High School.

Proud of her New Orleans roots, Helen carried the city's culture, traditions, and unmistakable spirit with her throughout her life. Helen was the last sur‐ viving member of her gen‐ eration of the Prevost fam‐ ily. Her mother, Olga Pre‐ Dominique, came vost from a family of seven sis‐ ters and one brother. With Helen's passing, a remark‐ able generation came to a close, leaving behind a rich family legacy carried on by descendants. countless Throughout her working years in New Orleans, Helen was employed by Godchaux's at Lakeside Shopping Center, the New Orleans Port of Embarka‐ tion, New Orleans Tours, and K&B Drug Stores. More than twenty years ago, she relocated to the Atlanta, Georgia, area with her daughter, where she re‐ mained proud of the city she would always call home. Helen was briefly married to Clarence Ed‐ ward Rodgers, Sr., and from that union were born two sons. She later mar‐ ried Louis Philo Jéan, Jr., and together they wel‐ comed a daughter. Both husbands preceded her in death. A hardworking and devoted mother, Helen dedicated her life to pro‐ viding the very best she could for her children. She was known as an excep‐ tional cook whose gumbo became legendary among family and friends. She

also loved preparing stuffed mirlitons, potato salad, and other homefavorites.

Her cooked warm smile, gift for story‐ telling, infectious laughter, and unmistakable New Or‐ leans accent made her the life of every gathering. She never met a stranger and had a way of making everyone feel like family.

Helen leaves to cherish her her children, memory Clarence Edward Rodgers, Jr., Ron Anthony Rodgers, and Dionne Ann Jéan. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Arthur Glapion and Alvin Moore; her sister, Mildred Jefferson; and both of her husbands. She also leaves behind a host of beloved nieces, nephews, extended family members, and dear friends who will forever treasure her love, kind‐ ness, and joyful spirit. The family extends its heartfelt gratitude for the many prayers, expressions of love, and acts of kindness shown during this difficult time. Celebration of Life: Viewing: Friday, July 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m.

Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 2022 St. Bernard Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116. Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Nor‐ man Mayer Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70122.

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The family expresses their deepest gratitude to the outstanding care provided by Heart of Hospice.

In lieu of flowers please kindly consider contributions in memory of Leon Francis Maurer, Jr. to St.Jude Children's Hospital. https://tinyurl.com/LeonFr ancisMaurerJr Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral mass at St. Cletus Catholic Church, 3600 Claire Avenue, Gretna, Louisiana on Monday, August 3rd, 2026 at 11 a.m.

Visitation will take place at Mothe Funeral Home, 7040 Lapalco Boulevard, Marrero, Louisiana from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on the same morning. Interment will follow in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 1225 Whitney Avenue, Gretna, Louisiana 70056.

Mothe Funeral Home has been entrusted with funeral arrangements. The family kindly invites you to share thoughts, fondest memories, and condolences online at www.MotheFunerals.com.

Maurer, Leon Francis

Leon Francis Maurer, Jr. passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 23rd, 2026, at the age of 90. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 3rd, 1936 to the late Felicia and Leon Maurer, Sr. He is the husband of the late Shirley Pichoff Maurer; the stepfather of Robert Joseph Bourgeois (Debbie); the grandfather of Amy B. Guidroz (Dustin), Robert "Joe" Bourgeois III (Kristy), John L. Bourgeois (Ashley); and great-grandfather of Sarah E. Guidroz, and Noah M. Guidroz. He is also survived by his nieces, nephews, cousins, and wonderful lifelong friends.

He was predeceased by his sisters, Julia "Julie" Lemarie, and Janie Maurer.

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and proud resident of Timberlane Estates in Gretna for over 54 years, Leon graduated from De La Salle High School. After high school he attended both Loyola and Tulane University and earned degrees in Engineering and Chemistry. Leon began his professional career as a plant manager with Hunt/ Wesson Refinery. He also worked for Vopak Industries. Leon was successful and well respected as an Industrial Manager in the New Orleans area.

Leon was loving, compassionate, and most of all a very caring person to all.

He enjoyed spending time outdoors on his "ranch" on the Northshore, maintaining the property and tending to his horses. However, his true passion was spending time with his loving family and friends.

Leon was unique and irreplaceable, well respected and liked, and will be deeply and dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.

His spirit and tender nature will remain in the many memories of his cherished friends and family until they meet him

Minor Jr., Harrison

Harrison Minor, Jr. departed this life on Monday, July 13, 2026, at the age of 87. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. New Orleans, La. 70125 on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at 11:30am.

Visitation will begin at 10:30am.

Interment at Garden of Memories Cemetery, 4900 Airline Dr. ~ Metairie, LA 70001.

Arrangements by D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home.

Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.

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Reaux, Edward

On Friday, July 17, 2026, Edward Reaux found peace and answered God's call to be with him at the age of 75. He leaves behind a lifetime filled with loving memories to all who know him.

Edward was born on December 12,1950 to the late Louisa Mary Reaux Willis and the late Edgar Williams. He was raised and lived with strong values of hard work, faith, integrity, and an overall selflessness that he carried throughout his life. He was an outstanding father who provided everything he could for his four children, Bridgette, Madeline, Trishon, and Myles. He is survived by a host of aunts, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren.

Edward will be remembered for his quiet strength, generous heart, unwavering love for his family, and the kindness he showed to everyone he met. His legacy will live on through the lives he touched and the values he instilled in those who loved him.

Relatives and friends of the family are all invited to attend his memorial on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at 10:00AM, at St. Rita Catholic Church, 2720 Lowerline St. NOLA. Visitation will be held from 9:00AM until the hour of service.

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Those in foster care deserve investment in their future Louisiana has chosen to preOver the past several months, conversations about “Trump Acserve the survivors’ benefits for foster children and help counts” and what some them grow. have called the “orphan For every year a child in tax” have circulated care receives survivor’s widely. These terms have benefits, the first $5,000 is generated plenty of interdeposited into a Trump Acest, but beneath the headlines is a simple question: Rebecca count, a managed investWhat does this mean for ment account designed to Harris children in Louisiana? help young people begin GUEST For some children in building long-term finanCOLUMNIST foster care, a parent has cial stability. Remaining passed away, making them funds are then deposited eligible to receive Social Security into a Louisiana START 529 edusurvivor benefits. Federal law has cation savings account, which long allowed states to use those can be used for college, trade benefits to help pay for the cost of school, apprenticeships and other children’s care while they are in qualified training programs. foster care.

START accounts also receive a But in recent years, federal offi- state match on deposits, meaning cials have urged states to end this a child’s preserved benefits can grow even faster. practice and use these funds to This approach reflects a simple build futures for foster children.

belief: Children in foster care deserve more than safety today. They deserve opportunity tomorrow.

That commitment is especially important when we look at national outcomes for youth who have been in foster care. Across the country, young people leaving foster care face significant barriers as they enter adulthood.

Economic instability presents a serious challenge. In a 2023 report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation reported that in 2021, only 66% of former foster youth aged 18-21 had access to stable housing. Likewise, 56% of former foster children had regular full-time or part-time employment.

Data on postsecondary education tells a similar story. From 2000 to 2023, between 29% and 64% of former foster children enrolled in postsecondary educa-

tion; however, only between 8% and 12% of these students completed degrees. In the meantime, 49% of all students who enrolled in postsecondary education completed degrees.

These outcomes are not inevitable. They are the result of young people leaving care without the resources many of their peers take for granted. That is precisely why Louisiana’s model matters.

By preserving survivor benefits, we give children the chance to enter adulthood with assets that can change their trajectory. Whether those funds support a future credential, a training program or down payment on a home, they represent a foundation many young people aging out of foster care have never had.

At the Department of Children and Family Services, we believe

our work must be measured not only by whether we follow the rules, but by whether children leave our care with greater stability, opportunity and hope. That means looking beyond what has always been done and choosing what produces the best outcomes.

Our responsibility is not simply to care for children while they are in state custody. It is to help prepare them for successful adulthoods. Preserving their survivor benefits is one way to ensure that when they take their first steps into independence, they do so with the beginnings of a financial foothold and a stronger chance at the future they deserve. Because our children can’t wait.

Rebecca Harris is the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services.

Capitalism is an amoral system, but it can fight poverty

STAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER

Graffiti covers the exterior of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center in New Orleans.

Lindy Boggs’ work was to her credit, and that of all women

Demolition began this month on the Lindy Boggs discrimination due to race, age and being a veteran.

Medical Center in Mid-City. The medical center Lindy Boggs, having become a recent widow, found was originally named Mercy Hospital because it it very difficult to get a loan or credit card. At the had been started by the Mercy Sisters on Annuncia- time, to get a credit card or loan, a woman had to have a male co-signer, often her husband. tion Street Uptown.

In a story recounted in her memoir, when The facility relocated to the current that bill came across Lindy’s lap, she noticed location in 1959. In the 1990s, Mercy and one thing missing: women. So, she wrote Southern Baptist hospitals merged, becom“sex and marital status” onto her copy. ing Mercy-Baptist Medical Center. Then, Then, she ran to the copy machine and made almost two years before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tenet Healthcare took over and named it Catherine 47 copies for her male co-members.

With her grace and Southern charm, after the well-known congresswoman Lindy Kennedy Boggs said, “Knowing the members comBoggs.

GUEST The Lindy Boggs Medical Center operated posing this committee as well as I do, I’m COLUMNIST from January 2004 until Aug. 29, 2005, when sure it was just an oversight that we didn’t the flooding from Hurricane Katrina caused have sex or marital status included. I’ve the hospital’s power systems and generators to die, taken care of that, and I trust it meets with the forcing an emergency evacuation of its staff and committee’s approval.” patients. The hospital never reopened its doors. For It did. The bill passed the committee unanimous20 years, it has been an abandoned eyesore in Midly.

City.

Fast forward, 15 days shy of the Act’s 48th anniWalking around this 67-year-old hospital, I versary, I escaped domestic violence. I drove over couldn’t help but think of the stories it holds, the seven hours to my sister’s house to get to safety. On transitions it has gone through and the woman that drive, I made a few stops, which included getwhose name it has borne for the last 22 years. ting the Plan B pill, water, coffee, a bagel and gas.

Boggs, often shadowed by state troopers when at How did I pay for it? I used the credit cards I had public or family events, was known as a huge advo- obtained years before that abusive relationship.

That one phrase written into a bill last minute, “sex cate of the Civil Rights Movement and fought for and marital status,” paved that road. And those equal rights for women. She was the first woman credit cards have helped me rebuild my life, pay from Louisiana to be elected to Congress, and the for educational certifications and do my favorite first woman to chair the Democratic National Conthing in the world: travel. vention.

In a few weeks, the Lindy Boggs Medical Center She was a co-founder of the Congressional Cauwill be gone. However, for me, that land will always cus for Women’s Issues and worked tirelessly to be a reminder of the woman who, with ferocious improve the lives of everyday people, especially determination and the stroke of a pen, helped save those facing poverty and financial hardship. my life and the lives of many other women.

So, why am I writing about Boggs and how did So, to every woman reading this article, the next she impact my life? Well, if it wasn’t for her becomtime you go to swipe that credit card that has your ing a member of Congress, the banking committee name or get approved for a loan, give a big thank adding an extra seat, a split-second decision, a pen and a copy machine, I and other women wouldn’t be you to Lindy Boggs. standing here economically free.

On Oct. 28, 1974, the Equal Credit Opportunity Catherine Kennedy is a writer who lives in New Act was signed into law. The original bill addressed Orleans.

Capitalism has lifted more comes. Kodak dominated the people out of poverty than any photography industry for 80 other economic system in hisyears but failed to adapt to the new digital technology, ironitory. Communist China proved this. While maintaincally invented by one of its own engineers. Aling its communist political structure, China though the product was embraced capitalistic not harmful, capitalism market reforms in the punished the company late 1970s. According to with bankruptcy because David the World Bank, those the demand collapsed. In Thomas contrast, the tobacco inreforms helped more GUEST than 800 million citizens dustry survives because COLUMNIST the demand persists even escape poverty, which is the largest economic though the product is transformation ever reharmful. Capitalism can be brutally efficient. corded. Yet despite its success, Government tries but fails capitalism has its faults. to protect consumers as well.

Capitalism is an efficient supThe first narcotics act passed ply/demand economic system in 1914, and with the Controlled because it works directly off Substances Act of 1970, the consumer needs and delivers supply where there is demand in government sought to curb drug abuse. Yet according to the pursuit of a profit. The question is not whether capitalism works, National Center for Health Stabut when and why it fails. tistics, drug overdoses claimed I write as a lifelong believer nearly 80,000 lives in the United and participant in capitalism, States last year, double automohaving started four compabile fatalities and are a leading cause of death in those 18 to 44. nies beginning at age 9 when I The illegal drug trade conmowed every lawn in the neighborhood for $3 a yard. How else tinues because demand for the was I going to buy that Schwinn product continues. Capitalism Stingray bike with butterfly has no moral compass. That is handlebars and a banana seat? the responsibility of the conThat same yard today may sumer. pay $50, yet many young people There are other examples seem reluctant to embrace this like this, such as Prohibition, capitalistic entrepreneurship. enacted in 1920. Government Perhaps this is because they do intervention failed again, and not yet recognize the difference it was repealed in 1933 when between capitalism’s virtues and public demand won and capitalvices. ism delivered the supply without Consider tobacco. For centumoral judgment.

Government attempts to prories it was considered harmless, even prescribed by physicians tect but reacts after the fact and since the 1500s to ease headoften fails. Therefore, our capiaches and calm patients. By the talist trade laws are based on the 1930s, researchers such as our Latin phrase caveat emptor — own Alton Ochsner discovered let the buyer beware. evidence linking tobacco to The lesson is clear: Capitalism cancer. works on an efficient supply/ Competing arguments clashed demand system that delivers for decades: The industry insupply when there is demand.

It does not protect from harm sisted on safety, while science because that is not its job. Capirevealed the risks. Eventually, the truth prevailed that tobacco talism is not moral or immoral; does cause cancer. Yet the global it is amoral. industry still thrives as a $544 Ultimately, the responsibility billion enterprise employing lies with each of us to make wise thousands by supplying a harm- choices and to demand beneficial ful product. Here is where capi- products that shape a healthier talism shows its blind spot: It re- future. If we do, capitalism will sponds to demand, not consumer be happy to provide it. protection. It is only if demand declines that capitalism kicks in David Thomas is an and brings down the supply. investment management This pattern repeats elseconsultant at Equitas Capital Advisors in New Orleans. where but with different out-

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ISSUE OF THE WEEK 21ST-CENTURy WARFARE The admonition that generals shouldn’t fight the last war is not new, but it seems particularly apt in the current era, when some tools of modern warfare have dramatically altered the arena and others pose risks that are truly frightening to comprehend. Here are two perspectives.

‘Biological War’ a disturbing Ukraine war remakes summons to seriousness the way war is possible Three months before 9/11, some former U.S. experts, is a living munition that delivCabinet-level officials and subject-matter ers a silent, odorless, invisible, airborne, experts met near Washington to conduct self-replicating, disease-causing organism. a war game testing the nation’s ability to “Forty thousand plague bacteria can,” Jarespond to a biological weapons atcobsen says, “fit side by side on the head of a pin.” tack. The postulated weapon was a Jacobsen’s Russian lab leak smallpox pathogen. quickly infects a few tourists, busiThis exercise assumed that a Russian scientist, working at a ness travelers and others who, lab in Siberia, sold smallpox to suspecting nothing for 24 hours, al-Qaida. The game, code-named George avail themselves of an efficient Dark Winter, began with the airdriver of modern pandemics — air Will travel. They disperse through, for borne pathogen — which incubates example, the Frankfurt and Dallas for about 12 days — released in Fort Worth airports (170,000 and 200,000 Atlanta, Oklahoma City and Philadelphia. travelers a day, respectively). Infections Smallpox, which had killed perhaps 300 million worldwide in the 20th century, was increase exponentially.

Scarcities — of water, food, medicine — declared eliminated by 1980, so there were no substantial vaccine supplies. Infections produce panic. “Conspiracy makes sense,” Jacobsen writes, “when nothing else does.” spread exponentially, with a 30% fatality Confronted with the inexplicable, the rate, collapsing healthcare systems nationpublic becomes susceptible to explanations wide and igniting violent disorders. (rumors of conspiracies) that cause the After 25 years of scientific advances, evaporation of trust, society’s glue. Some Annie Jacobsen says, biological war today could be immeasurably worse, with patho- product of gain-of-function research, says Jacobsen, “could be 21st-century humans’ gens out there that have a 100% fatality rate. The only recent book more disturbing last invention.”

Jacobsen reminds us that in the 14th centhan Jacobsen’s previous one, “Nuclear War: A Scenario,” is her new one, “Biologi- tury, a pandemic killed between one-third and one-half of Europe’s population. If you cal War: A Scenario.” think humanity’s subsequent political matA reporter and historian, Jacobsen specializes in hypothetical catastrophes, uration has matched its galloping scientific including one made possible by a scientific sophistication, look around. advance capable of life-enhancing blessBecause the cultural and social dynamings. It is recombinant DNA, aka genetic ics of biological warfare are so dystopian, engineering. and so impossible to target and contain, This enables “gain-of-function” research, perhaps no state actor will ever risk it. Yet which U.S. funding supported in Wuhan, given the surfeit of fanaticism today, it is China, where a lab leak might have unhorrifyingly easy to imagine an accident, or a rogue scientist, putting an engineered leashed COVID-19. Such research gives demon pathogen into the hands of religious a virus or bacterium new abilities — to lunatics who are eager to please God by spread faster, infect easier, evade immucleansing the planet of sinners, in order to nity and live longer in the environment. start the human story over again.

Jacobsen says the rapid worldwide exFew Americans will think, even intermitpansion of laboratories conducting gainof-function experiments has been “an tently, about the unthinkable. Biological American-led, post-9/11 affair.” She does weapons are (rightly) enveloped in secrenot condemn this, but she wants readers to cy. And Americans’ electoral choices are understand the implications of what Tom almost entirely irrelevant to the dreadful Ridge, the first Homeland Security secrechallenges of weaponized biology. But not entirely irrelevant. tary, and then-Sen. Joe Lieberman wrote Jacobsen’s summons to seriousness arin 2018: “Some of the biggest threats to the nation come from the smallest organisms rives during a political season in which on the planet.” progressives are warning against an unJacobsen’s scenario envisions a leak popular minority (the rich), and conservafrom a Russian lab in Siberia. It lets loose tives are warning against an unpopular mia pathogen genetically engineered for hynority (progressives). Jacobsen’s message pervirulence in human-to-human transmis- is: Cascading, irreversible, extinction-level sion. And designed to produce in the unwit- events are possible, so sometimes governting infected not plague’s natural lethargy ment is a serious business. Vote accordbut a brief burst of euphoria — hence ingly. hyperactive socializing.

The biological weapon that Jacobsen Email George Will at georgewill@ imagines, based on her research among washpost.com.

Wars remake war. New weaponry, new War and the years after. The U.S. used tactics and new strategy, time and again, the industrial infrastructure built up produce results no one predicted or by capitalist “robber barons” to massthought possible. produce relatively simple and unsophisRevolutionary France’s levee en ticated weaponry in very large masse and Napoleon’s bold attacks numbers, to be deployed by large prevailed over staid 18th-century numbers of highly motivated but siege warfare and subdued all Eunot very sophisticated troops.

In the Cold War, in contrast, rope. The aggressive assaults proAmerican strategists concenduced horrendous casualties but were unable to move the Western on developing very soMichael trated Front trenches more than a few phisticated and very expensive Barone weapons, to foil what Soviet stratmeters in World War I. Less than 20 years later, the egists were doing. After the Cold European theater in World War II was War, these weapons enabled the U.S. to the scene of blitzkrieg attacks — France, enjoy total control of the air and to deploy with Europe’s largest army, was overrun troops capable of advancing and occupyin six weeks — followed by the heavily ing territory with very low casualties. mechanized Allied forces moving forThe limitations of that posture seem apparent in the current war with Iran. ward as fast as logistics permitted.

The U.S. and Israel were able to destroy The war in Ukraine seems to be rethe regime’s leadership class but without making war once again. When Vladimir compelling surrender.

Putin ordered Russian troops to march Operations to open the Strait of Horinto Kyiv in February 2022, he expected they’d be welcomed, and U.S. intellimuz have been frustrated by Iranian gence assumed they’d encounter no seri- missiles and drones inflicting damage on ous resistance and called for evacuation. U.S. allies, as the Trump administration (and its Democratic opponents) remains Both nuclear superpowers assumed unwilling to engage in ground operasuperior conventional forces would prevail. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s response tions. As in Ukraine, the drone-equipped — “I need ammunition, not a ride” — was defense is prevailing. considered naive, and the stalling of his Whether and to what extent the Penta2023 counteroffensive was seen as proof gon has adjusted to the way the Ukraine Russia would win. and Iran wars have remade war is of Successive U.S. presidents operated vital importance and a worthy subject on that assumption. Joe Biden pressed of in-depth reportage. Recent reports Ukraine not to lob missiles into Russia that Lockheed Martin’s plans for a lowfor fear of a wider war. Donald Trump, budget, quickly deliverable Patriot misin Anchorage in August 2025, pressed sile suggest that even large traditional Ukraine not only to accept Russia’s Dodefense companies are trying to adapt.

Another open question is about one othnetsk advances but to yield more territory to them. er factor, always critical and sometimes Both underestimated the ingenuity and impossible to measure: morale. morale that enabled Ukraine to turn relaHere at home, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s emphasis on warrior ethos tively cheap and unsophisticated drones and opposition to political correctness into war-winning weapons. has been accompanied by increases in While imposing damage on Russia, recruitment and perhaps — another good Ukraine’s drones have created a killing zone into which Russian troops can’t ven- subject for reportage — improved moture. As economist Noah Smith writes, rale.

“The era of human infantry on the battleHowever, the president’s failure to exfield is drawing to a close.” plain his justification for the conflict with “The nature of war has changed and Iran, and his wobbling back and forth is changing much faster and more radifrom negotiations with the mullah regime cally than most observers — and most of and active military measures, have left the world’s militaries — yet understand,” civilian, and voter, morale at low levels.

When wars remake war, political leadwrites the Hudson Institute’s Walter Russell Mead. “Rifles, mortars and tanks ap- ers have an obligation to help voters understand the consequences and what pear to be going the way of sword fights may be required of them. That obligation and cavalry charges.” is not being met.

This type of warfare seems closer to the way the United States and its allies operated during WWII than how they Michael Barone is on X, have planned for conflicts in the Cold @MichaelBarone.

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Saints lock down Olave ‘There is New Orleans wide receiver agrees to four-year extension worth up to $132M

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Chris Olave’s holdout is over.

And the New Orleans Saints wide receiver is set to be a lot richer after it.

Olave and the Saints have agreed on a fouryear contract worth up to $132 million that includes $90 million guaranteed, sources with knowledge of the situation said. A $33 million per year average, first reported by ESPN, would make Olave the sixth-highestpaid receiver in the NFL in terms of average annual value.

The contract was reached two days after Olave withheld himself from team drills during training camp to avoid a major injury. Now that the contract is settled, Olave will likely resume being a full participant in practice.

Saints WR Chris Olave

Beyond the value of getting Olave back on the field, the deal was also important for the Saints to lock up their star wide receiver for the long term. The 26-year-old has been incredibly productive since he was drafted 11th overall in 2022 out of Ohio State, reaching at least 1,000 yards in three of his first four seasons.

Last season, Olave bounced back with a big year (1,163 yards on 100 catches for nine touchdowns) after he contemplated retiring because of concussion issues that sidelined him for most of the 2024 season.

The campaign earned Olave his first All-Pro honor and he was voted as the league’s 64th best player in the NFL’s top 100.

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A farewell to Hill, a once in a lifetime Saints icon

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TAKING THE LEAD

Forget about all those positions you saw listed in front of Taysom Hill’s name for the past nine seasons.

Quarterback. Running back. Tight end.

Kick returner. Punt protector.

You name it, Taysom Hill did it.

But the best way to describe Hill is this: a football player. And one of the best to ever put on a New Orleans Saints uniform.

Hill can’t throw like Drew Brees or run like Alvin Kamara or catch like Marques Colston or return kicks like Michael “the Beer Man” Rod Walker Lewis.

But he can play some football.

His time with the Saints officially came to an end Wednesday when he announced on social media that he won’t be returning to New Orleans. He didn’t say he’s retiring, just that returning to New Orleans “is not in the cards.”

The announcement by Hill, who is a free agent, didn’t really come as a surprise.

The hints had been there ever since December, when coach Kellen Moore made sure to let Hill go out with a bang in what ended up being his last game as a Saint in the Superdome. Hill choked up with emotions during the postgame news conference that day after throwing a touchdown pass, running for 42 yards and hauling in 36 yards worth of receptions. And if that wasn’t enough of a clue that the end was near, it became clearer when his house in Old Metairie was put up for sale in the spring. Then on Wednesday, the first day of training camp, fourth-string quarterback Hunter Dekkers was at practice wearing No. 7. It’s a number that Saints’ fans grew to love over the years because of Hill.

The Saints will celebrate the team’s 60th season this fall. In the previous 59, there has never been a player quite like Hill. And there won’t be one like him in the next 60.

Hill, in that final game in the Dome, became the first player in the Super Bowl era to have over 1,000 yards in each of the

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Saints quarterback Tyler Shough throws a pass during drills on Wednesday at training camp in Metairie.

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There are a lot of things that remain to be seen about the 2026 New Orleans Saints, but one thing is already certain: This is Tyler Shough’s team.

The second-year signal-caller has only nine NFL starts under his belt and still has some things to prove as a professional. But the constant refrain — from coaches, front office execs, long-established veterans — matches what is readily evident to even a casual observer.

“The biggest jump you can see right now is his leadership,” safety Justin Reid said. “His command of the huddle, his command of the offense, his confidence to stand up in front of the whole team and break down a huddle. … And that’s the thing you need out of your general on the field.”

Shough’s play on the field to close the 2025 season is what is driving a lot of the optimism for the Saints right now — indeed, it may have played a role in the team being able to convince some high-profile free agents to sign in New Orleans this offseason.

But the thing that is catching everyone’s eye at this stage of things is the way Shough has taken ownership of the team.

That was evident this summer, when Shough flew a group of pass catchers out to southern California on his dime to get some extra work in during the off period between minicamp and training camp. This idea was born out of a conversation with imminent Hall of Famer Drew Brees.

“That was one of the biggest takeaways I got from

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Saints tight end Taysom Hill spikes the ball after scoring against the New England Patriots on Oct. 12 in the Caesars Superdome. Hill announced on Wednesday he will not return to the Saints this season.

European nations vow World Cup boycott over FIFA private equity plan AFC, CONCACAF join UEFA in opposing Infantino’s ‘FIFA Forward Enterprise’

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GENEVA — European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors. The North American soccer body rejected his plan later the same day.

“UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions,” the European soccer body said after an urgent online meeting of its 55 member nations.

The next scheduled FIFA tournament is within weeks in Europe — the Women’s Under-20 World Cup hosted by Poland from Sept.

5 — and the four British federations comprise FIFA’s only bidder to host the 2035 Women’s World Cup. That decision is due Nov. 23.

“Some things are simply too important to sell,” UEFA said in a statement. “The FIFA World Cup belongs to football. It always will.

And so long as Europe has a voice, it will never be for sale.”

The strategy meeting was called to coun-

ter FIFA president Infantino’s offer of $20 million to each of FIFA’s 211 global members that has to be accepted by mid-September.

Later Thursday, the 41-member Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) met and announced it rejected Infantino’s plan.

In a statement, CONCACAF said members “expressed deep concerns about the lack of due process surrounding the proposal, the artificially short deadline imposed, and the absence of any review or approval by the relevant FIFA governance bodies.” It also questioned the need for outside investment “following the most profitable FIFA World Cup in history.”

Infantino’s secret project was revealed Tuesday to spin off its commercial operations in a new $20 billion subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) 20% owned by private investors. The core investor would be a New York investment firm created by Joshua Kushner, the brother of U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Infantino wrote Tuesday to the 211 members — already the effective owners of FIFA as a non-profit association under Swiss law — that if they approve FFE their promised $10 million basic funding for the

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Malnati takes lead at Rocket Classic

BY LARRY LAGE AP sportswriter

DETROIT — Peter Malnati has missed more cuts than he has made on the PGA Tour this season, filling his head with doubts about his game.

He just got quite a confidence boost.

Malnati shot a career-best, 9-under 61 to tie a tournament record in the first round of the final Rocket Classic on Thursday, giving him a two-shot lead.

When Malnati stood on the first tee, his caddie suggested leaving the driver in his bag to play it safe and set up a solid start.

Malnati, though, went against the advice and used his driver to put a tee shot in the middle of the fairway that set up his first of seven birdies on the front nine.

“Even in the beginning before I knew it was going to be a special day, I didn’t feel the same level of like anxiety,” he said.

With thoughts of a sub-60 round crossing his mind, he made a 55-foot putt for birdie at No. 11 and was nine under through 13 holes before missing some putts down the stretch in a bogey-free round.

Detroit Golf Club underwent a $16 million renovation, including converting a couple of par-5 holes into par 4s and adding a lot of bunkers, in an attempt to restore Donald Ross’ vision for it more than a

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Peter Malnati hits from the 11th tee during the first round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament on Thursday at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit. century ago, while making it more challenging.

“I don’t think I took advantage of a super easy course,” said the 39-year-old Malnati, who has won on the PGA Tour in 2024 and 2015.

“I played great.”

He wasn’t alone.

Rickie Fowler and Ryan Gerard shot 63s, putting them two shots

back and one stroke ahead of Patrick Cantlay and Patrick Fishburn.

Michael Brennan surged up the leaderboard after starting 2 over through four holes with eight straight birdies — one shy of the PGA Tour record. He finished with a 65, putting him four strokes back with a pack of play-

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Jimmie Johnson waves during driver introductions before the Daytona 500 on Feb. 16 in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Johnson adds Harper, Roddick and other winners as investors The Associated Press STATESVILLE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is adding some big-time winners to his race team.

Johnson announced a strategic ownership group for Legacy Motor Club on Thursday that includes championship athletes, Grammy Award winners, entrepreneurs, investors, motorsport greats and cultural leaders. Johnson remains the team’s majority owner.

The Legacy investors include six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon, four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti, two-time National League MVP Bryce Harper, Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan, former U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick, 11-time surfing world champion Kelly Slater and six-time MLB All-Star Chase Utley.

The group also includes threetime Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker, Emmy Award-winning chef Guy Fieri, Amway co-founder Jen Rubio and CrossHarbor Capital co-founder Sam Byrne.

“This is not a traditional own-

ership group,” Johnson said in a statement. “It is a collection of people who understand competition, leadership, innovation, storytelling and how enduring organizations are built. They come from different worlds but share a common belief: that Legacy can become something fundamentally different within motorsports and culture.”

The ownership group reflects Legacy’s ambition to build a modern motorsports organization that competes at the highest level on the track while building relevance across media, partnerships, hospitality and fan experience.

“Great organizations are built by people who understand what it takes to win — but also what it takes to build,” Johnson said. “The caliber, diversity and perspective of this group speak directly to where Legacy is headed.”

Johnson and Knighthead Capital Management co-own Legacy, which fields two full-time cars in the Cup Series. Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek drive for Legacy, which also fields a third entry at some events for Johnson.

ers that includes Keegan Bradley.

Despite significant changes at the course, Malnati and many other players still went low at a tournament that has been a birdie fest since 2019, when a Detroit-based mortgage company ended a decade-long drought in Michigan without a PGA Tour stop that dated to Tiger Woods winning the last Buick Open.

The PGA Tour is moving to a new model for 2028, effectively creating two tours and Detroit organizers are taking an exit.

The Rocket Classic wasn’t interested in continuing to spend $15 million a year to be part of the second tier and didn’t want to double the costs to be part of the elite tier.

“It’s definitely been a bummer to kind of come into this knowing it was the last one,” said Fowler, a Rocket Mortgage spokesman and the tournament’s 2023 champion.

Malnati will have to hold off a field that is stronger than usual in Detroit.

Some of the top players in the field, though, did not get off to a good start. Cameron Young, the No. 3 player in the world, shot a 1-under 69 and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark was 1 over.

The Rocket Classic and next week’s Wyndham Championship are the last two tournaments left before the top 70 advances to the FedEx Cup postseason.

changes forever,” UEFA said.

“Commercial return becomes Continued from page 1C a permanent obligation. Investor expectations become a daily pressure.”

Infantino has presented the next four years will double to $20 million. He projected their private equity offer as a chance FIFA funding through 2038 to “turbocharge” funding dewould be $86 million each, in- velopment of soccer across the world, where a majority of the stead of about $36 million.

“This is not merely a pro- 211 FIFA members rely on its found failure of leadership, funding.

Officials from about 40 UEFA but an abdication of FIFA’s duty as the custodian of world member states spoke at the urfootball,” said UEFA, where In- gent meeting, with anger exfantino was a long-time staffer pressed that FIFA is not using and its CEO-like general secre- some of its multi-billion-dollar tary when he was first elected reserves to fund extra development programs. to lead FIFA in 2016.

“As a result of today’s disInfantino’s presidency at risk cussion, no UEFA national Infantino’s high-stakes finan- teams will participate in any cial gambit now could threaten FIFA competition for so long as these proposals his previously secure 11-year presi- “This is not merely remain alive,” the dency of FIFA as a profound failure European soccer body said, “unless anger and frusof leadership, but this proposal has tration with him an abdication of been abandoned rise among soccer in its entirety and stakeholders, inFIFA’s duty as cluding three of the custodian of binding assurances have been givthe six continental world football.” en that FIFA will bodies. never again open FIFA has set a UEFA STATEMENT its governance or Nov. 18 deadline competitions to for potential candidates to declare in a presiden- private ownership.” tial vote of the 211 members scheduled next March in Ra- Asia adds rare criticism bat, Morocco.

On a seismic day in soccer poliInfantino had seemed — 11 tics, a traditional bedrock of supdays ago after the World Cup port in Asia for FIFA and Infanfinal in East Rutherford, New tino had earlier Thursday been Jersey — to have a clear path shaken. to being re-elected unopposed “FIFA’s unilateral actions apfor a fourth and final term in pear to undermine the very founoffice through 2031, despite a dations of continental football,” furor over letting United States the Asian Football Confederation forward Folarin Balogun play president Sheikh Salman bin Ibraagainst Belgium despite a red him Al Khalifa said in a letter to card in his previous game. its 46 members of FIFA, warning Soccer officials have said pri- of risks to their own competitions. vately Infantino has eyed a luSheikh Salman, an ally to Incrative commissioner-like role fantino since losing the FIFA at the FFE spinoff beyond 2031. presidential election to him in “Game over, Gianni #Infantin- 2016, wrote: “Such an initiative OUT,” the Football Supporters will not succeed without the supEurope group, which advises port of all the confederations, UEFA on fan issues such as which is not the case now.” ticket prices, posted after the In a video message published boycott threat.

Wednesday by FIFA, Infantino insisted spinning off its moneyInvestor pressure making operations was “an ofUEFA detailed Thursday why fer, not an obligation.”

A FIFA presentation for its soccer officials fear external investors owning a stake of the members, co-written with its global game’s biggest events, banking advisors from J.P. Morincluding World Cups and Club gan and seen by the AP, set a World Cups for men and wom- goal for FFE as “commercial rigor and expertise to better en.

“The moment external inves- capitalize on broadcast rights, tors acquire ownership interests sponsorships and a growing in FIFA competitions, football tournament portfolio.”

Police: Romo had open bottle of alcohol in car

MILWAUKEE — CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo had an open container of alcohol in his vehicle when he was stopped by police last week and later arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, authorities said.

According to one of three citations released by the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, the “open bottle of an alcoholic beverage” was discovered in the passenger’s side of Romo’s black Jeep during an inventory before it was towed.

Romo performed poorly on field sobriety tests and was taken into custody, booked and released. Court records show Romo was later cited for refusing “to take test for intoxication after arrest.” He has a court appearance scheduled for Sept. 21.

Bengals DE Stewart out with hyperextended knee

CINCINNATI — Bengals defensive end Shemar Stewart is expected to miss most of training camp after hyperextending his left knee during Wednesday’s practice.

Coach Zac Taylor said after Thursday’s practice that Stewart avoided a major injury, but that the second-year defensive lineman will miss several weeks.

“Hard to pinpoint exactly how far into training camp that will be.

Very fortunate because obviously it looked bad,” Taylor said.

Stewart, the Bengals’ first-round draft pick in 2025, played in only eight games last season because of injuries.

He had 11 tackles with one sack.

The Bengals invested heavily at defensive end in the offseason with free agent Boye Mafe and second-round pick Cashius Howell. Myles Murphy, their 2023 firstround pick, is a projected starter.

Rays LHP McClanahan exits game with tightness

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Shane McClanahan left Thursday’s win over the Texas Rangers in the fourth inning because of back tightness.

The team listed him as day-to-day.

“Any time it’s a back and not an arm, I think we feel better about it,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “We’ll get him checked out and go from there.”

McClanahan was pulled from the game two batters into the fourth inning and with the Rays leading 1-0. At the time, the left-hander had yet to allow a hit, but he did hit Ezequiel Duran with a pitch to start the fourth, followed by a walk to Brandon Nimmo.

F1 finale could relocate if races are affected by war

LONDON — Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali says the current world championship could end in Europe if the war in the Middle East affects races planned in Qatar and Abu Dhabi at the conclusion of the season.

Domenicali said a decision won’t be made before mid-September.

“For us today, the races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi are confirmed,” he said in comments published by the F1 website following last week’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

Domenicali did not say where exactly the final races in November and December would be held if those in Qatar and Abu Dhabi are canceled.

F1 already called off races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia because of safety concerns related to the Iran war. The Bahrain Grand Prix was rescheduled to Oct. 4 in Malaysia.

Torrey Pines to become Championship stop in ’28

SAN DIEGO — As anticipated, The Sentry at Torrey Pines will be part of the PGA Tour Championship Series in 2028, placing the tournament among the most prestigious events on the tour schedule.

Sentry Insurance, the PGA Tour and the Century Club of San Diego announced the news Wednesday morning in a joint statement. Few other details, like where the event will fall in the 2028 schedule, were provided beyond confirming the Sentry’s status as a top-tier event.

Last month, PGA Tour commissioner Brian Rolapp announced that the Championship Series will feature the tour’s top players competing headto-head in approximately two dozen events. Those tournaments include The Players Championship, the four major championships, postseason and international team events (Presidents Cup, Ryder Cup) in a season running from February through August.

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Big Ten seeking clarity on playoff expansion

BY STEVE MEGARGEE AP sportswriter

CHICAGO — The Big Ten appears to be in no hurry to change its status as the only major conference that doesn’t require its schools to schedule at least one nonconference game against another Power Four member each year.

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said this week at the Big Ten media days event that any proposed scheduling decisions would have to wait until a final decision comes on playoff expansion. The Big Ten is pushing for a 24-team approach to replace the current 12-team format.

That’s fine with many of the conference’s coaches and athletic directors.

“We’ve talked a lot about scheduling in our AD room and with our coaches about what’s coming next and what’s the right way to do things,” Petitti said. “I will tell you that our focus now is seeing clarity around the playoff and access and how that’s going to work before we make the next decision.”

Scheduling moves by other conferences have left the Big Ten as the lone holdout in this regard. The Big Ten has won the last three national championships, and none of those teams — Michigan in 2023, Ohio State in 2024 and Indiana last year — played a nonconference regular-season game against a Power Four program.

In the past, the Big Ten could point to its nine-game conference schedule as a reason it didn’t need to force tougher standards in nonconference scheduling since some other Power Four leagues were only play-

ing eight conference games.

That’s no longer the case.

The Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference are adopting ninegame league schedules this year, and the Big 12 already was doing so. Those leagues make their teams have at least one nonconference game against a Power Four team or Notre Dame, though some Big 12 teams are using matchups with Washington State or Oregon State to fill the requirement because those games were scheduled before the previous version of the Pac-12 imploded.

Northwestern’s David Braun and Nebraska’s Matt Rhule said they would welcome a similar requirement, as long as the Big Ten gets its wish regarding postseason expansion.

“If we go into a 24-team playoff, it makes total sense,” Rhule said.

While most Big Ten teams regularly schedule at least one nonleague game against a major conference team, there are exceptions.

For example, this is the third straight season Indiana hasn’t played a nonconference regular-season game against a Power Four team.

The Hoosiers host North Texas, Howard and Western Kentucky before opening their Big Ten schedule.

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said he could foresee college football eventually making changes that allow for a more uniform scheduling strategy among the leagues.

“We play who’s on the schedule,” Cignetti said.

“I suspect down the road something will happen with scheduling, sort of standardizing scheduling. You’ve got two conferences (the Big

Ten and SEC) that are headand-shoulders sort of above the rest right now. I think there will be some standardization.”

He said it wouldn’t surprise him to see it in two or three years.

Other Big Ten teams not playing nonconference games against Power Four members or Notre Dame this season include Nebraska, Penn State, Southern California and Washington.

This season is just the second time since World War II that USC hasn’t faced Notre Dame.

Maryland, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers and Washington joined Indiana in not scheduling nonPower Four teams last year.

New Penn State coach Matt Campbell was asked this week what he’d think about the Big Ten requiring teams to do so.

“There’s been so much going on in our own world that I don’t even know if I can give you an educated answer to that from my standpoint of it … I still think this landscape is constantly shifting around us,” Campbell said.

“I think as we settle in, maybe I’ll have a better answer for that when I know what our landscape is.”

That reflects the general lack of consensus among Big Ten coaches regarding whether teams should be required to include a Power Four program in their nonconference schedules.

“Everybody’s going to look at it differently,” said Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck, whose team hosts the SEC’s Mississippi State on Sept. 12. “I like it because I think playing a team like that prepares you for Big Ten play way earlier.”

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Missouri defensive lineman Sterling Webb runs drills during the school’s NFL pro day on March 20 in Columbia, Mo.

Missouri OL Webb eligible after restraining order grant The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Missouri defensive lineman Sterling Webb was granted a temporary restraining order by a St. Louis County judge Thursday that will make him eligible to play for the Tigers this season under rules that were recently adopted by the NCAA. Webb had filed suit against college sports’ largest governing body on Tuesday.

In June, the NCAA approved a new eligibility model for Division I athletes that allows five seasons of competition in a five-year period, beginning with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first. It was a

dramatic change from a longstanding model that granted athletes five years to complete four seasons of competition.

Athletes who graduated from high school in a three-year window beginning in 2023 were granted the option of using the new, age-based model or continue under previous rules, whichever would be most advantageous to their situation.

Webb’s lawyers argued that transition period should also pertain to the defensive lineman, who graduated in 2022. Webb played for two seasons at New Mexico State and two at Missouri, meaning four seasons over a four-years period. Under the new eligibility model, Webb

could still play a fifth season because it would be his fifth year in college football.

St. Louis County Judge Ellen H. Ribaudo agreed, issuing a temporary restraining order less than a week before the start of camp.

The lawsuit is one of many involving athletes across the country trying to gain an additional season of eligibility under the new model. Some have been successful, others have had their requests for injunctions denied.

Webb suddenly becomes one of the most experienced returning defensive players for Missouri, which went 8-5 last season. He made 11 starts and appeared in 25 games over the past two seasons, with 38 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks for the Tigers.

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North Carolina coach Bill Belichick speaks at an NCAA college football news conference before preseason camp on Thursday in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Belichick says UNC is adjusting duties

BY AARON BEARD AP sportswriter

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina coach Bill Belichick opened his second preseason camp Thursday saying the program is adjusting internal duties with general manager Michael Lombardi on paid administrative leave and the subject of a school investigation.

“We’re working through some things,” Belichick said before the morning’s first official practice.

“We’re at a particular time of year now where there are certain things that are in play and certain things that aren’t in play that won’t happen until later in the calendar year at some other point.

“Again, we’re taking it day to day, and working through the things that are on the table now.”

The school announced Monday that Lombardi had been placed on leave but didn’t provide details as to the reason, noting that employees and athletes aren’t permitted to address the topic “as is standard procedure with personnel matters.” On Thursday morning, about 30 minutes before Belichick spoke to reporters, UNC released another statement that said its Office of University Counsel was conducting an investigation — an announcement coming just shy of a month from kickoff to Year 2 of the Belichick era in Chapel Hill.

Two people with knowledge of the situation said a human resources complaint from a former em-

ployee is involved with Lombardi’s leave. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the school isn’t commenting publicly about the specific reasons of the case.

According to university policy, the length of an administrative leave shouldn’t exceed 30 days but can vary based on issues under review.

“We’re going to let that process play out,” athletic director Steve Newmark said Thursday morning of the investigation while declining to discuss specific details. “It’s paramount for us to do what’s right to make sure it’s a full and fair review, and that we don’t do anything to compromise the integrity of the process.”

Speaking later after a regularly scheduled morning meeting of the UNC trustees, chancellor Lee Roberts said Thursday that the school learned of “some concerns” last week.

“If something has gone wrong, we want to know about it,” Roberts said.

“If something needs to be fixed, we will be sure to fix it. There’s a standard of excellence here that all of us are entrusted with adhering to.”

Roberts added later: “It’s distressing to me and everyone else in the administration entrusted with leadership at this remarkable university that this is something that we have to have to spend time on.”

Belichick didn’t specify exactly how Lombardi’s duties have been divided among the staff, including referencing “a few adjust-

ments” when asked about his own daily tasks.

At the college level, GMs across sports generally work what amounts to front-office roles dealing with roster construction and negotiations over player compensation, with the heaviest work coming in the offseason. In that sense, the football focus centers now more on the on-field work for a roster Lombardi helped put together ahead of the Aug. 29 opener against TCU in Dublin, Ireland.

UNC hired Belichick in December 2024, hoping the man who led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles could thrive as a first-time college coach.

Belichick immediately hired Lombardi, who was in attendance for Belichick’s introductory news conference. Lombardi’s career as an NFL executive had included being the GM of the Cleveland Browns in 2013. And he secured a three-year deal paying him $1.5 million in base salary through the 2027 season, making him the country’s highest-paid GM, according to a USA Today salary database.

A few months into Belichick’s tenure, Lombardi said the goal was running a college program in a way similar to the NFL, saying the Tar Heels “consider ourselves the 33rd (NFL) team” because of the staff connections to the pros.

That confident statement didn’t align with the on-field results, with the Tar Heels having more more doubledigit losses (five) than total wins (four) in Belichick’s debut season.

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Saints pass rush wreaks havoc Shough takes collateral tumble in bull rush

Kendre is explosive, dude.”

Miller’s explosiveness has been a good sign given the 24-year-old is coming off a torn ACL that he suffered last October. It is notable, too, that the 2023 third-rounder did not open camp on PUP and has since been able to fully participate in practice.

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

As soon as Tyler Shough hit the ground, Chase Young and Vernon Broughton rushed over to pick him up.

The pair of defensive linemen knew that knocking over their quarterback was a big no-no — even if it was an accident.

“Sometimes you’re just a full head of steam,” Young said with a smile. “I didn’t want to stop too fast.”

Young, in this case, was the guilty offender as he overpowered tackle Kelvin Banks on a bull rush so much that he drove the offensive lineman back into the quarterback, causing Shough to crumble. Fortunately for the Saints, Shough was perfectly OK — but it was that type of day for the pass rush.

Across all three units, the Saints’ edge rushers wreaked havoc on the second day of training camp.

While the unit was still without pads, New Orleans’ defense was able to establish a level of physicality that will be crucial come the fall.

The defense recorded at least four sacks, and several other pressures forced late throws and arguably would have had a different outcome if quarterbacks were allowed to be hit in practice.

Notably, the Saints also generated a pass rush with different looks.

New Orleans utilized linebacker Kaden Elliss’ versatility by sending him on blitzes next to Young.

And with the third string, Chris Rumph showed flashes as an off-ball linebacker — moving there after spending the first four seasons as an edge rusher.

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Continued from page 1C “I’ve played four years already and I’ve produced at a high level,” Olave said in May. “I feel like it’s kind of that time to be able to come to the table, especially after this year. It’s really in their hands.

I told them I want to be here for a long time, and they know that.”

Olave said then that he was hopeful that the deal would be done in time for training camp.

But the deal ultimately needed a few extra days to be completed.

On Tuesday, general manager Mickey Loomis said that he and Olave’s camp were having a “lot of discussions,” adding that he was “hopeful” a deal would be completed.

Loomis acknowledged that Olave’s injury history and the ever-expanding wide receiver market were variables that New Orleans had to consider. Olave, after all, had suffered four concussions in three seasons — including

Play of the day Before the snap, Shough appeared to make an adjustment at the line of scrimmage to alert the offense that a blitz was coming just outside of the end zone.

The problem? Not everyone seemed to be on the same page.

Jordyn Tyson broke for a route inside, while Shough threw outside — resulting in cornerback Quincy Riley recording a clean, runaway interception. The turnover was Shough’s first pick in camp, which Moore attributed to a miscommunication.

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Saints defensive end Chase young runs a drill during training camp on Thursday in Metairie.

The Saints made the switch with Rumph in the spring.

“Just an offseason discussion of trying to find value as much as we can for him in various roles,” coach Kellen Moore said. “A lot of these guys, you’re trying to find different opportunities. … We feel really good about our edges and so now how can we add some components that put him off the ball.”

Here’s what else stood out on Day 2.

Attendance: The Saints had a mostly healthy roster, outside of Bryan Bresee (ACL) and the players who opened camp on the Physically

The rest of the workload was diUnable to Perform list and the non-football-injury list (Mason Tip- vided by Ty Chandler (three carries), ton, Keeshawn Silver, Zxavian Harris and Kendre Miller (two), Audric Estime (two), Devin Neal (one), C.J. Donaldson (one) Cody Hardy). and rookie wide receiver Barion Red zone work Brown (one). Those reps were split The Saints spent the majority across all three units, with the orof Thursday’s practice in the red der of who received those carries zone, while also emphasizing the seemingly different based on the run game. series.

The session, which featured 13 “We have a lot of diversity,” tight runs over the first 24 snaps in team end Juwan Johnson said. “I remember drills, provided a chance to give talking to one of the tight ends the Saints’ other running backs a (Wednesday), looking at film and look as Travis Etienne (one) and Alvin was like, ‘Man, we’ve got some Kamara (two) only took a combined nice running backs.’ … Sometimes Email Matthew Paras at matt. three carries. people just forget about Kendre. paras@theadvocate.com

two that caused him to miss nine games in 2024. And while Olave played 16 games in 2025, he was sidelined the final week with an unexpected blood clot that also caused the team to withhold him from team drills during OTAs this offseason.

But the Saints still wanted to get a deal done. And the longer they had waited, the chances were the price tag would have gone up. Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba (four years, $168.6 million) and Atlanta’s Drake London (four years, $141 million) were among those at wide receiver to sign substantial new contracts in recent months.

Olave is set to become the 12th wideout to sign a contract worth at least $30 million per year. His practical guarantees of $90 million, according to Spotrac, would be tied for sixth — falling in line with the Jets’ Garrett Wilson, who was drafted one pick before Olave but signed his deal one year earlier.

Olave’s contract reflects the latest way the Saints have valued their star wideout. On draft night,

the team sent a package of draft picks to the Washington Commanders so they could move up from No. 16 to No. 11. They were enticed by Olave’s game-changing speed, smooth route running and versatility — all of which have translated to the pros.

And they’ve never stopped believing in him. Last November, the Saints resisted dealing Olave at the league’s trade deadline amid the team’s 1-8 start. Back then, the Saints shipped Rashid Shaheed to the Seattle Seahawks and released Brandin Cooks. But they held on to Olave, hopeful that they could extend him down the road.

And Olave has been grateful for the support. After beating the Panthers last December, when he first admitted he considered retiring, Olave said he “couldn’t thank the organization enough” for standing by him and being patient while dealing with his head injuries.

“They’ve been nothing but good to me,” Olave said then.

That continued Thursday.

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Continued from page 1C Drew: This is where the magic happens,” Shough said. “There are 31 other teams doing training camp, doing the same thing that we are. How do we spend that time as much as we can to get better?”

It is evident when watching Shough take command of the offense, even during the short practice the New Orleans went through to open training camp Wednesday morning.

Shough was an extension of coach Kellen Moore on the field, and in between sessions he spent time off to the side with rookie receiver Jordyn Tyson, walking him through the way he wants a certain thing done.

Part of the reason he wanted to get everyone in one space this summer in Southern California was for moments like these. It wasn’t just about getting used to the way a receiver runs routes or the type of pass he likes to catch; it’s about establishing a deeper personal connection that will invite clearer communication when it’s needed.

“We’re all going to make mistakes,” Shough said. “I’m going to throw an interception, guys are going to drop a ball, we’re going to have a missed route or a missed block, and we’ve got to be able to

Cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry left practice after he rolled his ankle, Moore said. McKinstry will undergo further evaluation, but Moore said the third-year player was pulled out as a precaution.

Speaking of injuries, Bresee will receive a second opinion on what the Saints believe is a torn ACL. But Moore clarified that the injury is not the same knee as the one that Bresee hurt in college when he tore his ACL at Clemson in 2021.

The Saints let fans attend practice Thursday, and they appeared to be most impressed by Shough’s connection with Tyson. The Saints quarterback found the rookie twice — including once for a touchdown — and each catch elicited big cheers.

Chris Olave continued his holdout over the lack of a new contract, opting to sit out of 7-on-7 and 11on-11 drills.

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

Saints quarterback Tyler Shough chats with wide receiver Jordyn Tyson in between drills on Thursday during training camp in Metairie.

one of those leaders.”

Kamara sees Shough and Moore having a “synergy” — not empty words coming from a player who began his career watching Brees and Sean Payton solve problems together. And he sees the way Moore is giving Shough the space to have his voice heard when the team gathers together.

“He’s gotten comfortable standing up in front of everybody, talking, demanding what he wants,” Kamara said.

Shough’s play at the end of his rookie season was a shot in the arm for the franchise, and he is going to need to continue performing on Sundays in order for his voice to continue commanding a room.

That’s the most difficult part of it. But it’s something the Saints are eager to watch unfold because of the little things they’ve seen every day.

“One thing about Tyler that I think we discovered pretty quickly is that he’s very intentional, he’s very mature, and he likes to have a plan for things,” general manager Mickey Loomis said. “He’s not afraid to ask questions, not afraid to get assistance, not afraid to dive in with the intention of, ‘Hey, I’ve got to be better.’

“It’s a race for him to improve, because we’re going to go as far as he can take us.”

talk through it.

“If you know each other and have that respect and friendship and brotherhood, we can lean on each other when times are tough.”

And it is also plain from just speaking to those he shares a locker room with. Running back Alvin Kamara, now entering his 10th season, probably put it best.

“I always tell people the years (in the league) don’t matter,” Kamara said. “It’s who respects who, Email Luke Johnson at and the team respects Tyler. He’s ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

WALKER

Continued from page 1C following categories: rushing (2,551 yards), passing (2,426) and receiving (1,034). He also finished his career as a Saint with 489 yards on kickoff returns. Oh, and he also blocked two punts and recorded 19 tackles.

“And he never complained,” said Saints tight end Juwan Johnson.

“That’s one of the things I always valued about his character. He just did what he was supposed to do. He just came out and did his job.”

Hill is the ultimate do-it-all throwback player, which he proved in 2023 when he became the first player since the late Frank Gifford to throw 10 career touchdown passes, rush for 10 touchdowns and catch 10 TD passes. Gifford, who played for the New York Giants from 19521964, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977.

Hill won’t get that opportunity.

He’s ineligible for the Hall of Fame because only players who were recognized with postseason honors like Pro Bowls or All-Pro awards can be nominated for induction. But Hill will no doubt get inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame as soon as he’s eligible.

The Saints social media team referred to Hill as “Mr. Football” in a farewell video posted on Wednesday, and there is really no better way to describe him. Hill was as tough as they come. The long list of injuries his chiseled 6-foot-2, 221-pound body battled through would fill up a textbook for an anatomy class. Knee sprain, concussion, plantar fascia injury, fractured finger, bruised ribs, strained abdomen, fractured ribs, knee and shoulder.

But his toughness and resiliency are what got him this far in the first place. Undrafted players aren’t supposed to have this type of success. His story is well documented, starting with him being at the Green Bay Packers training camp in 2017 after not hearing his name called in the draft.

The Packers let him go towards the end of camp. One day later, former Saints coach Sean Payton took a chance on him. Hill never became the quarterback Payton envisioned, but Payton found a unique Swiss-Army knife role for him. The rest is history.

Moore, entering his second season as Saints’ head coach, got a chance to coach Hill last year.

“He’s a phenomenal person, player and competitor,” Moore said Thursday. “… The impact

he’s had on this community has been awesome. He’s a guy that a lot of our guys can look to as an example of growing in the NFL and finding roles and finding opportunities. Everyone over the last two years has been saying ‘Let’s find the next Taysom.’ But there is just one Taysom.”

Well, there is just one Taysom in the NFL. But because of how beloved he became, there are plenty of other Taysoms across Louisiana now. A story in The Times-Picayune five years ago by former co-worker Amie Just reported that there were 17 babies born in the state of Louisiana named Taysom in 2019. There were 24 more babies named Taysom the following year. Jacobi Martin, a diehard Saints fan who lives one state over in Mississippi, named her son Taysom in 2021.

“Taysom was just pure football,” Martin said. “And he didn’t complain. He gave us fans so much hope and kept us on the edge of our seats.”

Martin was planning to bring her son to a Saints game this season so he could meet the guy he was named after. Wednesday’s announcement by Hill dashed those plans.

“Honestly, I cried,” Martin said.

“It’s hard to imagine game days without Taysom time.”

Saints’ linebacker Kaden Elliss knows Hill well. Elliss has played both with and against Hill. The two were teammates in New Orleans from 2019-2022. Elliss spent the past three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons before returning to the Saints this offseason. Elliss remembers how much extra time went into game preparation for Hill whenever the Falcons would play the Saints.

“You just never knew where he was going to line up,” Elliss said.

“And then you add on top of that, there are a lot of body types that you can do that with in the NFL. But they can’t do it the way he did it. When (others) touch the rock, they aren’t a threat to go 60 yards for a touchdown run or throw it 60 yards for a touchdown. So that’s what was so difficult.”

If Hill ends up on another team, Elliss could possibly face him again. Regardless, Hill will be remembered forever as a Saint.

“To do all those things is one of one,” Elliss said. “Maybe there will be another (Taysom) one day.

But I don’t see it anytime soon.”

And Saints fans, you shouldn’t expect to ever see another one like Taysom Hill again, either.

Email Rod Walker at rwalker@theadvocate.com.

The Times-Picayune ✦ nola.com ✦ Friday, July 31, 2026 ✦ 5C

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League

American League East Division Tampa Bay New York Boston Baltimore Toronto

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L 44 48 51 56 59

Pct .593 .560 .523 .486 .459

GB — 3½ 7½ 11½ 14½

Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

W 57 56 55 51 46

L 51 54 55 58 64

Pct .528 .509 .500 .468 .418

GB — 2 3 6½ 12

Texas Houston Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

W 55 55 53 45 42

L 54 55 56 63 67

Pct .505 .500 .486 .417 .385

GB — ½ 2 9½ 13

Central Division

West Division

Wednesday’s games

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JASON BEHNKEN

Tampa Bay Ray center fielder Cedric Mullins is greeted in the dugout after hitting a home run during the eighth inning against the Texas Rangers on Thursday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Mullins homers in eighth, lifting Rays over Rangers 3-2

BY ERIK ERLENDSSON

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Cedric Mullins hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, Jonny DeLuca also went deep and seven pitchers combined on a two-hitter for the Tampa Bay Rays in a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Thursday.

Bryan Baker converted his 30th save of the season and 19th in a row with a scoreless ninth. Garrett Cleavinger (3-3) picked up the win as AL East-leading Tampa Bay moved a season-best 20 games over .500 (64-44).

Ben Peoples (0-1) took the loss.

Mullins hit his 13th homer with two outs in the eighth, looping an opposite field fly ball that landed beyond the short wall down the left-field line on the first pitch he saw from Peoples.

Texas threatened in the ninth after Nickey Lopez won two ABS challenges on third-strike calls to draw a leadoff walk. But Victor Mesa Jr. tracked down a line drive into the right-field corner to deny pinch-hitter Evan Carter of extra bases before Baker escaped with a strikeout of Ezequiel Duran to end the game with runners on first and second.

The Rays went in front in the

third on a two-out double by Hunter Feduccia followed by a single from Yandy Diaz.

Tampa Bay starter McClanahan allowed the first two batters to reach in the fourth before getting pulled from the game because of back tightness. After Duran took third on a fly ball, pinch-hitter Joc Pederson hit a ground ball up the middle that was fumbled by Taylor Walls, allowing Duran to score.

Wyatt Langford doubled in Alejandro Osuna from first base to put Texas in front in the fifth before DeLuca hit a 415-foot homer to left field in the sixth to tie the game.

SCOREBOARD Odds

St Louis City 3, LA Galaxy 1 Los Angeles FC 3, Real Salt Lake 1 FC Dallas 2, Portland 2, tie Orlando City 4, San Jose 0

MLB Friday

Saturday, July 25

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LINE +113 +109 OFF +152

UNDERDOG at CINCIN. Miami Washington San Fran.

LINE +105 +108 +108 OFF

UNDERDOG N.Y Yankees Philadelphia St. Louis Arizona at COLO at LA ANGELS Boston

LINE +116 OFF +145 +113 -108 +138 OFF

Pro basketball WNBA glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana Atlanta New York Washington Toronto Chicago Connecticut

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L 10 10 12 12 17 18 21

Pct .643 .630 .571 .556 .370 .333 .250

Minnesota Las Vegas Golden State Dallas Portland Phoenix Los Angeles Seattle

W 23 19 19 18 11 11 10 6

L 6 8 9 10 17 18 17 24

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WESTERN CONFERENCE

Wednesday’s games

GB — ½ 2 2½ 7½ 8½ 11

Atlanta 82, Dallas 81 Phoenix 91, Golden State 89

Thursday’s games

Connecticut at Chicago, n Minnesota 104, Toronto 72 New York at Las Vegas, n

Pro tennis WTA Mubadala Citi DC Open results Thursday

At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center Washington DC, United States Purse: $2,488,125 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor

Men’s singles

Round of 16 Brandon Nakashima, United States, def.

Jakub Mensik (7), Czechia, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4.

Alex de Minaur (1), Australia, def. Cruz Hewitt, Australia, 6-2, 6-3.

Wednesday

MLS Glance T 3 3 3 2 2 5 4 3 5 3 6 5 1 5 2

Pts 33 33 33 26 26 26 25 24 23 21 21 20 19 17 14

GF 37 34 35 28 23 32 23 19 19 31 24 31 26 22 18

GA 16 18 20 24 24 25 23 20 24 32 29 28 25 35 44

W L T Pts GF GA Nashville 12 2 3 39 33 12 Inter Miami CF 11 2 4 37 43 30 New England 9 5 2 29 26 19 Chicago 8 6 2 26 30 22 New York City FC 7 6 4 25 30 23 Charlotte FC 7 6 4 25 28 25 Cincinnati 6 6 5 23 41 42 New York 6 7 4 22 26 37 D.C. United 5 5 7 22 24 27 Orlando City 6 9 2 20 28 44 Columbus 5 8 4 19 24 26 Toronto FC 3 7 7 16 23 31 CF Montréal 4 10 3 15 22 33 Philadelphia 3 10 4 13 22 31 3 11 3 12 17 30 Atlanta NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday, July 22

San Jose at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

New England at CF Montréal, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando City at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles FC at Vancouver, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte FC at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m.

San Diego FC at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at St Louis City, 7:30 p.m.

Austin FC at Colorado, 8:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at LA Galaxy, 9:30 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

ATP World Tour Los Cabos Open results

Pro soccer

Eastern Conference

Saturday, August 1

Round of 16 Anna Kalinskaya (5), Russia, def. Janice Tjen, Indonesia, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7).

Jessica Pegula (1), United States, def. Magdalena Frech, Poland, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Dallas at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

Seattle at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Portland, 9 p.m.

W L Vancouver 10 3 Los Angeles FC 10 5 San Jose 10 4 Real Salt Lake 8 6 Houston 8 6 FC Dallas 7 5 St Louis City 7 6 Seattle 7 6 Minnesota United 6 6 Portland 6 8 LA Galaxy 5 7 San Diego FC 5 7 Colorado 6 10 Austin FC 4 8 Sporting KC 4 11

Friday, July 31

Toronto FC at New York City FC, 6:30 p.m.

Women’s singles

Friday’s games

Western Conference

Charlotte FC 2, New York 0 Columbus 2, Cincinnati 1 D.C. United 2, Toronto FC 1 Miami 1, CF Montréal 0 New England 4, Atlanta 1 New York City FC 3, Chicago 1 Philadelphia 1, Seattle 0 Houston 3, Austin FC 0 Vancouver 0, Minnesota 0, tie St Louis City 1, Colorado 0 Orlando City 1, Nashville 0 San Diego FC 1, FC Dallas 0 Los Angeles FC 4, Sporting Kansas City 0 Portland 2, Real Salt Lake 1 LA Galaxy 1, San Jose 1, tie

Cincinnati 4, Vancouver 3 New York City FC 2, Columbus 1 Miami 3, Chicago 2 Toronto FC 0, New England 0, tie Philadelphia 3, New York 1 Atlanta 2, Charlotte FC 2, tie D.C. United 1, Houston 1, tie Sporting Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1 Nashville 1, CF Montréal 0 Austin FC 3, Seattle 1 Colorado 1, San Diego FC 0

At Solaz Resort & Spa Los Cabos Los Cabos, Mexico Purse: $909,790 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor

Men’s singles

Round of 16 Jenson Brooksby, United States, def. Edward Winter, Australia, 6-3, 6-4.

Francisco Cerundolo (3), Argentina, def.

Tristan Boyer, United States, 6-7 (4), 4-3, ret.

Coleman Wong, Hong Kong, China, def. Jiri Lehecka (1), Czechia, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Denis Shapovalov (8), Canada, def. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez, Mexico, 6-3, 6-2.

Arthur Gea, France, def. Michael Zheng, United States, 0-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Karen Khachanov (4), Russia, 6-2, 6-4.

Dalibor Svrcina, Czechia, def. Luciano Darderi (2), Italy, 3-0, ret.

Cameron Norrie (5), Britain, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 6-4, 6-4.

Pro golf Rocket Classic par scores Thursday

At North Course Detroit Purse: $10 million Yardage: 7,328; Par: 70 First Round Peter Malnati Rickie Fowler Ryan Gerard Patrick Cantlay Patrick Fishburn Keegan Bradley Michael Brennan Doug Ghim Stephan Jaeger Michael Kim Chris Kirk Hayden Springer Ricky Castillo Luke Clanton Emiliano Grillo Ryo Hisatsune

28-33—61 32-31—63 34-29—63 31-33—64 31-33—64 34-31—65 32-33—65 32-33—65 32-33—65 32-33—65 30-35—65 32-33—65 32-34—66 33-33—66 34-32—66 33-33—66

-9 -7 -7 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4

Rico Hoey Mark Hubbard Nicolai Højgaard Johnny Keefer Matthieu Pavon Xander Schauffele Jordan L. Smith Brandt Snedeker Jackson Suber Kevin Yu Eric Cole Corey Conners Austin Eckroat Harris English Russell Henley Sungjae Im Benjamin James William Jennings Jake Knapp David Lipsky Hideki Matsuyama Thorbjørn Olesen Adrien Saddier Gordon Sargent Adam Schenk Neal Shipley J.J. Spaun Davis Thompson Matt Wallace Dylan Wu Christiaan Bezuidenhout Akshay Bhatia Jacob Bridgeman Brian Campbell Cameron Davis A.J. Ewart Tony Finau Chris Gotterup Max Greyserman Ben Griffin Joe Highsmith Billy Horschel Matt Kuchar Justin Lower Max McGreevy Andrew Putnam Davis Riley Matti Schmid Jordan Spieth Sam Stevens Kris Ventura Aaron Wise Zac Blair Rafael Campos Zecheng Dou Lee Hodges Beau Hossler Rasmus Højgaard Si Woo Kim Jackson Koivun Hank Lebioda Stefano Mazzoli Denny McCarthy Mac Meissner Keita Nakajima John Parry Kevin Roy Marcelo Rozo Adam Svensson Nick Taylor Michael Thorbjornsen Erik Van Rooyen Karl Vilips Vince Whaley Sudarshan Yellamaraju Cameron Young Zachary Bauchou Pierceson Coody Joel Dahmen Brice Garnett

33-33—66 34-32—66 33-33—66 34-32—66 33-33—66 32-34—66 32-34—66 33-33—66 34-32—66 34-32—66 34-33—67 33-34—67 35-32—67 33-34—67 35-32—67 34-33—67 33-34—67 34-33—67 36-31—67 33-34—67 34-33—67 35-32—67 32-35—67 32-35—67 31-36—67 32-35—67 32-35—67 35-32—67 33-34—67 33-34—67 33-35—68 33-35—68 32-36—68 32-36—68 33-35—68 35-33—68 33-35—68 34-34—68 35-33—68 34-34—68 33-35—68 34-34—68 32-36—68 34-34—68 34-34—68 32-36—68 33-35—68 33-35—68 35-33—68 34-34—68 34-34—68 32-36—68 35-34—69 34-35—69 35-34—69 36-33—69 33-36—69 34-35—69 36-33—69 35-34—69 34-35—69 36-33—69 32-37—69 33-36—69 34-35—69 33-36—69 34-35—69 37-32—69 33-36—69 36-33—69 35-34—69 33-36—69 35-34—69 35-34—69 35-34—69 34-35—69 34-36—70 36-34—70 35-35—70 35-35—70

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Transactions

FOOTBALL

National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Released WR Jalen Virgil.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed S Grant Delpit to a three-year contract extension.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WR Liam Clifford to a contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Activated DT Deven Eastern from the PUP list.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed S Hudson Clark to a contract. Waived/injured S Sanoussi Kane. Activated OT JC Latham from the PUP list.

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 64 57 55 55 46

L 45 52 54 55 63

Pct .587 .523 .505 .500 .422

GB — 7 9 9½ 18

Milwaukee Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati

W 67 62 55 54 50

L 41 47 54 55 57

Pct .620 .569 .505 .495 .467

GB — 5½ 12½ 13½ 16½

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

W 68 57 55 46 42

L 40 52 53 62 67

Pct .630 .523 .509 .426 .385

GB — 11½ 13 22 26½

Central Division

West Division

Wednesday’s games

Toronto 5, Washington 2 Baltimore 10, Detroit 9, 12 innings Tampa Bay 3, Texas 0 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 0 Cleveland 6, Cincinnati 1 Chicago White Sox 6, N.Y. Yankees 5, 12 innings Houston 7, L.A. Angels 4 L.A. Dodgers 4, Seattle 2 Boston 4, Athletics 2, 10 innings

Miami 8, Philadelphia 6 Arizona 3, Pittsburgh 0 N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 2, 1st game Toronto 5, Washington 2 San Diego 3, Colorado 1 San Francisco 16, Milwaukee 3 Atlanta 1, N.Y. Mets 0, 2nd game Cleveland 6, Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 4, Seattle 2

Tampa Bay 3, Texas 2 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Yankees 1, 11 innings Boston at Athletics, n Seattle at L.A. Dodgers, n

Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis 2, 10 innings Miami at N.Y. Mets, n Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, n Atlanta 5, Washington 4 San Francisco at San Diego, n Seattle at L.A. Dodgers, n

Thursday’s games

Friday’s games

N.Y. Yankees (Warren 7-5) at Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 7-8), 1:20 p.m.

Philadelphia (TBD) at Baltimore (Young 8-2), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Leahy 7-4) at Toronto (Cease 7-5), 6:07 p.m.

Arizona (Bratt 0-1) at Cleveland (Bibee 4-10), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Fedde 5-6) at Tampa Bay (Martinez 10-2), 6:10 p.m.

Texas (Eovaldi 10-8) at Houston (Brown 2-1), 7:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Wacha 5-7) at Colorado (Sugano 10-4), 7:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Drohan 5-4) at L.A. Angels (Johnson 2-5), 8:38 p.m.

Detroit (Mize 4-6) at Athletics (Springs 3-10), 8:40 p.m.

Boston (Suarez 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Yamamoto 11-6), 9:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Matthews 4-8) at Seattle (Miller 4-5), 9:10 p.m.

Thursday’s games

Friday’s games

N.Y. Yankees (Warren 7-5) at Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 7-8), 1:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Skenes 9-9) at Cincinnati (Greene 2-2), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (TBD) at Baltimore (Young 8-2), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Leahy 7-4) at Toronto (Cease 7-5), 6:07 p.m.

Arizona (Bratt 0-1) at Cleveland (Bibee 4-10), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Junk 4-6) at N.Y. Mets (Peralta 5-9), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Griffin 12-2) at Atlanta (Elder 6-6), 6:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Wacha 5-7) at Colorado (Sugano 10-4), 7:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Drohan 5-4) at L.A. Angels (Johnson 2-5), 8:38 p.m.

San Francisco (Whisenhunt 2-1) at San Diego (TBD), 8:45 p.m.

Boston (Suarez 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Yamamoto 11-6), 9:10 p.m.

BOX SCORES Tampa Bay 3, Texas 2 Texas

Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3

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LOB—Texas 9, Tampa Bay 6. 2B—Langford (13), Feduccia (7). HR—DeLuca (7), Mullins (13). SB—Nimmo (5), Osuna (5), DeLuca (11).

IP H R ER BB SO Texas Winn 1 1 0 0 0 0 Gonzales 3 5 1 1 2 1 Gray BS,0-2 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 Ahlstrom 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Peoples L,0-1 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 Tampa Bay McClanahan 3 0 1 1 2 3 2 Legumina ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Booser ⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 2 Kimbrel ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 Matz 2 0 0 0 1 3 Cleavinger W,3-3 1 0 0 0 1 2 Baker S,30-33 1 0 0 0 2 2 McClanahan pitched to 2 batters in the 4th.

HBP—McClanahan (Duran).

ABS Challenge—Aranda (Strike-Confirmed); Langford (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Lopez (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Baker (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Pitch timer violations—Gonzales (pitcher).

Umpires—Home, Stu Scheuwater; First, Junior Valentine; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Jordan Baker.

T—2:49. A—15,322 (25,025).

Kansas City Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi Jensen dh 3 1 0 0 Martin lf 2 0 0 0 Rave cf 3 1 2 0 Caratini ph 1 0 0 0 Thom. ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Jeffers c 3 1 1 0 Cagliano. 1b 4 1 2 2 Lewis 2b 4 1 1 0 Perez c 4 0 0 0 Bell dh 3 0 0 0 Massey 2b 4 0 0 0 Roden pr 0 1 0 0 Loftin rf 4 0 0 0 Clemens rf 4 1 1 4 Collins lf 3 0 2 0 Keaschall cf 3 0 0 0 J.Rojas 3b 3 0 0 0 Lee 3b 2 0 0 0 Tolbert ss 4 0 2 0 Jackson 1b 3 0 0 0 Kreidler ss 2 0 0 0 Larnach ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 8 2 Totals 28 4 3 4 Kansas City 002 010 000 — 3 Minnesota 000 000 004 — 4 E—Clemens (3). DP—Kansas City 0, Minnesota 1. LOB—Kansas City 7, Minnesota 2. 2B—Rave 2 (4). HR—Caglianone (17), Clemens (19). SB—Rave (1), Tolbert (14).

S—J.Rojas (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City Cameron 8 1 0 0 2 7 2 ⁄3 1 3 3 1 1 Erceg H,4 Strahm L,3-4 BS,0-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 Minnesota Ober 6 4 3 2 2 3 Rogers 1 1 0 0 1 1 Morris 1 1 0 0 0 0 Gómez W,2-0 1 2 0 0 0 1 Strahm pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

HBP—Erceg (Jeffers). WP—Cameron.

ABS Challenge—Lewis (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Collins (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Rojas (Strike-Confirmed); Clemens (Strike-Confirmed); Rogers (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Erceg (Ball-Confirmed).

Umpires—Home, Nick Mahrley; First, Derek Thomas; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third, Tripp Gibson.

T—2:23. A—22,944 (38,544).

Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis 2

Chi. White Sox 2, N.Y. Yankees 1

Chicago

New York

St. Louis

ab r h bi ab r h bi Crw-Arm. cf 5 0 2 0 Wether. 2b 5 1 2 1 Suzuki dh-rf 3 1 0 0 Walker dh 5 0 1 0 Busch 1b 5 0 2 1 Burleson 1b 4 0 1 0 Bregman 3b 4 2 2 1 Herrera c 4 0 1 0 Happ lf 5 0 1 1 Velázquez pr 0 0 0 0 Hoerner 2b 5 0 3 0 Pagés c 0 0 0 0 Conforto rf 4 0 0 0 Crooks ph 1 0 0 0 Dean rf 0 0 0 0 Nootbaar rf 4 1 0 0 Webb p-p 0 0 0 0 Winn ss 3 0 1 0 Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0 Torres lf 4 0 2 1 Civale p 0 0 0 0 Jordan 3b 4 0 1 0 Kelly c 4 0 1 0 Church cf 2 0 0 0 Swanson ss 3 1 0 0 Fermín ph-cf 2 0 1 0 Totals 39 4 11 3 Totals 38 2 10 2 Chicago 000 100 100 2 — 4 St. Louis 010 000 100 0 — 2 E—Nootbaar (1). DP—Chicago 1, St. Louis 2. LOB—Chicago 10, St. Louis 10.

2B—Crow-Armstrong 2 (21), Bregman 2 (21), Happ (21). HR—Wetherholt (16). SB— Wetherholt (12), Hoerner (16), Swanson (15).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago 1 2 6 Assad 41⁄3 6 1 0 1 1 Rolison 12⁄3 1 0 Thielbar BS,2-6 1 1 1 1 0 1 Hollowell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Webb W,4-2 11⁄3 1 0 2 Civale S,1-1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 St. Louis 2 2 3 Pallante 61⁄3 7 2 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 2 1 Soriano Stanek 1 1 0 0 0 0 O’Brien 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gastelum L,2-2 1 2 2 1 0 0 WP—Soriano.

ABS Challenge—Hollowell (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Crow-Armstrong (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires—Home, Tyler Jones; First, Clint Vondrak; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Todd Tichenor.

T—3:02. A—29,475 (44,494).

Major League Baseball

American League ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP Yelfi Garcia on a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day IL retroactive to July 29. Sent LHP Cody Bradford on a rehab assignment to Round Rock (PCL). Recalled RHP Winston Santos from Round Rock.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP AJ SmithShawver to Gwinnett (IL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Reinstated 2B Matt McLain from the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Zach McCambley from Louisville (IL).

Optioned 2B Edwin Arroyo and RHP Chase Petty to Louisville WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated RHP Jake Irvin from the 60-day IL.

East Division

Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Grisham cf 4 0 2 1 Meidr. 2b-ss 2 1 0 0 Rice 1b 3 0 0 0 Murakami 1b 4 0 1 0 J.Domíng. rf 5 0 1 0 Vargas dh 5 0 0 0 Goldsch. dh 5 0 0 0 Grichuk lf 2 0 2 0 Jones lf 3 0 1 0 Antona. ph-lf 2 0 1 0 Schuem. ph-lf 2 0 0 0 C.Montg. 3b 5 0 0 0 Chisholm 2b 3 0 1 0 Pereira cf 3 0 0 0 Caball. pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Peters ph-cf 1 1 0 1 Volpe ss 5 1 0 0 B.Montg. rf 4 0 0 0 McMahon 3b 3 0 0 0 Acuña ss 3 0 0 0 Wells c 2 0 1 0 Benint. ph-lf 1 0 1 1 Rosario ph 1 0 0 0 Quero c 4 0 1 0 Sánchez c 1 0 0 0 Totals 37 1 6 1 Totals 36 2 6 2 New York 000 000 000 10 — 1 Chicago 000 000 000 11 — 2 E—McMahon (6), Quero (7). DP—New York 2, Chicago 0. LOB—New York 11, Chicago 10. 2B—Wells (3), J.Domínguez (11), Grichuk (12). SB—Jones (3), Caballero (25).

IP H R ER BB SO New York Weathers 7 3 0 0 3 4 Headrick 1 0 0 0 1 2 Chivilli 11⁄3 2 1 0 0 3 Cruz L,4-5 11⁄3 1 1 0 2 2 Chicago Burke 6 3 0 0 2 10 Newcomb 2 2 0 0 1 1 Hudson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Murphy 1 1 1 0 0 0 S.Domínguez W,4-3 1 0 0 0 1 1 HBP—Murphy (McMahon). WP—Headrick, Chivilli.

ABS Challenge—Pereira (StrikeConfirmed); Burke (Ball-Confirmed); Chisholm (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Volpe (Strike-Confirmed); Headrick (BallConfirmed); Cruz (Ball-Confirmed).

Pitch timer violations—Domínguez (pitcher); Cruz (pitcher).

Umpires—Home, Alex MacKay; First, Alan Porter; Second, Roberto Ortiz; Third, Jim Wolf.

T—3:15. A—29,384 (40,241).

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL July 31 1930 — Lou Gehrig drove in eight runs with a grand slam and two doubles, and the New York Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox 14-13.

1932 — Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium opened and Lefty Grove and the Philadelphia A’s beat the Indians 1-0 before 76,979 fans.

1934 — The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings at Cincinnati as Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitas both went the distance.

1954 — Joe Adcock hit four home runs and a double to lead the Milwaukee Braves to a 15-7 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Adcock’s 18 total bases set a major league record at the time.

Adcock homered in the second inning off Don Newcombe, doubled in the third and homered in the fifth off Erv Palica. He connected off Pete Wojey in the seventh and off Johnny Podres in the ninth. Adcock saw only seven pitches and his double off the left-center field fence just missed going out by inches.

1961 — The All-Star Game ended in a 1-1 tie at Fenway Park because of heavy rain.

1981 — The second baseball strike ended after 42 days.

1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43, won his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3.

2002 — Mike Mussina became the second pitcher in major league history to give up six doubles in one inning, during the New York Yankees’ 17-6 loss to Texas. Hall of Famer Lefty Grove allowed that many with Boston in 1934 against Washington.

2003 — John Smoltz broke his own record as the fastest pitcher to record 40 saves by pitching a scoreless ninth in Atlanta’s 7-4 win over Houston. Last year, he got his 40th save on Aug. 8, en route to breaking the NL record with 55.

2007 — The New York Yankees tied a franchise record by hitting eight home runs, including two by Hideki Matsui, in a 16-3 rout of the Chicago White Sox. New York last hit eight homers in a game in a doubleheader opener at the Philadelphia Athletics on June 28, 1939.

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For Steelers’ Jones, being healthy is enough Pittsburgh tackle trying to stay patient as he recovers from 2025 neck injury

BY WILL GRAVES AP sportswriter

LATROBE, Pa. — At the time, Broderick Jones thought it was no big deal.

Walking off the field in Chicago in November after taking an awkward hit from Bears defensive end Dominique Robinson — whose chest smacked into the top of Jones’ helmet after trying and failing to knock down a pass — the Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle figured he had a stinger, an injury that’s typically painful in the moment before fading quickly.

When the Steelers returned home following a narrow 31-28 loss, Jones even told head athletic trainer Gabe Amponsah he’d never felt better the day after a game.

“He was like, ‘I don’t know how, because you’re done,’ “ Jones said.

A sequence Jones initially thought was innocuous — a “football play” as he described it — ended with the former first-round pick being placed on injured reserve and requiring season-ending fusion surgery and a lengthy rehab that put his long-term status in Pittsburgh in doubt.

The Steelers declined to pick up Jones’ fifth-year option, and by selecting Arizona State tackle Max Iheanachor with the 21st overall pick in the draft, they sent out an unsubtle hint they were laying the groundwork to move on from the player they once viewed as a major foundational piece.

Jones understands the move wasn’t personal. He found himself in Iheanachor’s spot when he entered the league in 2023, where he supplanted Chukwuma Okorafor at right tackle before taking over for Dan Moore at left tackle in 2025.

“It wasn’t really a shock for me because I was hurt,” Jones said.

“You never know what the future holds. So it’s a business decision on their part. I just got to continue what I can do for the team and then just try and go from there.”

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Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Broderick Jones takes a break during Wednesday’s training camp practice in Latrobe, Pa. Where Jones went during the second day of training camp on Thursday was a place he hadn’t been in quite a while. While Iheanachor, Dylan Cook and Troy Fautanu worked in a tackle rotation protecting Aaron Rodgers, Jones was with the backups as he tries to recover the strength lost during months of inactivity.

The 6-foot-5 Jones is at around 300 pounds, about 10-15 pounds under where he’d like to be. While he’s been cleared for full contact and described the results of recent MRI tests as “great,” the road back to being close to where he was will be a long one. Whether he gets there while still in Pittsburgh is anyone’s guess.

N O R T H A M ER I CA’S

“I’m still working through it,” he said. “I wouldn’t say I’m where I want to be at, you know, just trying to get back in shape and putting the weight back on in the right places.”

He hasn’t lacked for support. He occasionally met with Steelers defensive back Asante Samuel, who underwent a similar surgery in April 2025. Friend and longtime teammate Darnell Washington, who played alongside Jones during their college days at Georgia before both headed to Pittsburgh following the 2023 draft, isn’t worried about Jones finding his way.

It’s funny how things turn out.

The days after the draft, Jones was the sure thing and Washington was

the long-term project. Washington is now a fixture in Pittsburgh after signing a new deal in the spring while Jones’ status remains uncertain at best.

“He knows whatever path he goes down, he knows if he’s here, if he’s somewhere else, he knows that at the end of the day, me and him is brothers, through whatever happens,” Washington said.

Jones isn’t ready to move on just yet. He is doing his best to be patient, in part because he doesn’t have much choice. He views his injury as a “wrong place, wrong time scenario” and nothing more.

It’s football. Things happen.

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Asked if he believes he can be a starter again, perhaps even this year, Jones didn’t hesitate when he replied “yes.” Just not this week.

Or next week either.

“I’m not trying to rush trying to get back into the starting lineup because, you know, there’s things and plans in place for that,” he said.

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Charisse Gibson, a WWL Louisiana news anchor who is leaving for a job at KNBC in Los Angeles, smokes at Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar in New Orleans. | STAFF PHOTO BY ENAN CHEDIAK

For WWL Louisiana anchor Charisse Gibson, trading La. for L.A. wasn’t an easy decision

BY KEITH SPERA

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Staff writer

ound midnight on a recent Wednesday, Charisse Gibson rekindled her cigar and inhaled, breathing it all in.

The smoke.

The scene at Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar. The sound of Latin jazz guitarist Javier Gutierrez.

During Gibson’s seven years as a high-profile, award-wining anchor of WWL Louisiana’s nighttime newscasts, this wellworn neighborhood watering hole Uptown on Tchoupitoulas Street became a favorite haunt.

She likes to wind down at Dos Jefes after the 10 p.m. news.

Such nights often conclude with a drive down St. Charles Avenue as she savors a second cigar and Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood.”

She will miss this place — Dos Jefes for sure, but also New Orleans.

FILE PHOTO By DINAH ROGERS

Evening news anchor Charisse Gibson sits on set at the WWL studio in 2019.

Gibson is moving on to a new job at NBC4 Southern California, aka KNBC-TV, in Los Angeles. Her last day at WWL is Friday.

Within the broadcast news industry, going from the nation’s 50th-ranked TV market to the second-largest counts as a huge career leap.

But for Gibson, accepting the L.A. offer was neither an easy nor straightforward decision.

Her family is here. Her history is here. And so many great stories are here.

It took her weeks to share the news that she was leaving. Part of her feels guilty about it.

“It was a choice that I made for myself, and a choice that I had to talk myself into,” she said during a late-night interview at

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“This is something that excites me and makes me nervous, which is even more of a reason to do it. I want to make this city really proud.” CHARISSE GIBSON, on her move from WWL to KNBC in Los Angeles

IT HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN EASY

Shreveport’s oldest gay bar bucks tradition for 75 years The Lady Brooks performs June 26 at The Korner Lounge in Shreveport.

STAFF PHOTO By JILL PICKETT

BY DONECIA PEA Staff writer

When Jason McDonald chose to leave his 9-to-5 behind to buy a gay bar, he quickly learned that running one of Louisiana’s longest-running LGBTQ+ watering holes would hardly be a “cake walk.”

Since taking over The Korner Lounge in 2015, his friends have joked that it must be fun to run a bar, assuming he just gets to have fun and drink all night.

“Well, I get up at 10 a.m. and I’m running all the time,” he said. “It’s just … it can be a lot of work.”

But for the oil engineer turned nightlife operator, it’s worth the long days and nights filled with drag queens, cocktails, entertainment schedules and last calls, for “the community to have a place to go where they feel safe and accepted and get to meet new people.”

Tucked away near the heart of downtown Shreveport, The

Korner Lounge is the city’s longest-running gay bar, one of just two in the area. It’s also the second oldest gay bar in Louisiana.

And as it turned 75 this summer, the Korner Lounge has been celebrating its long evolution to serve Shreveport’s LGBTQ+ community and preserve the bar’s rich history.

Rediscovered history July’s events included a

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TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, July 31, the 212th day of 2026. There are 153 days left in the year.

Today in history: On July 31, 2012, at the Summer Olympics in London, swimmer Michael Phelps won his 19th Olympic medal, becoming the most decorated Olympian of all time. (He would finish his career with 28 total Olympic medals, 23 of them gold.)

Also on this date: In 1777, the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette received a commission as major general in the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.

In 1957, the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations designed to detect Soviet bombers approaching North America, went into operation.

In 1964, the U.S. lunar probe Ranger 7 took the first close-up images of the moon’s surface.

In 1971, Apollo 15 crew members David Scott and James Irwin became the first astronauts to use a lunar rover on the surface of the moon.

In 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) in Moscow.

In 2020, a federal appeals court overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case didn’t adequately screen jurors for potential biases. (The Supreme Court reimposed the sentence in 2022.)

In 2022, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan; Al-Zawahri and the betterknown Osama bin Laden plotted the 9/11 attacks.

Today’s birthdays: Jazz composermusician Kenny Burrell is 95.

Actor Geraldine Chaplin is 82.

Former movie studio executive Sherry Lansing is 82. Singer Gary Lewis is 80. International Tennis Hall of Famer Evonne Goolagong Cawley is 75. Actor Michael Biehn is 70. Rock singer-musician Daniel Ash (Love and Rockets) is 69. Entrepreneur Mark Cuban is 68. Rock musician Bill Berry (R.E.M.) is 68. Jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan is 67. Actor Wesley Snipes is 64. Musician Fatboy Slim is 63. Author J.K. Rowling is 61. Actor Dean Cain is 60. Actor Jim True-Frost is 60. Actor Ben Chaplin is 57. Actor Eve Best is 55. Football Hall of Famer Jonathan Ogden is 52. Country singermusician Zac Brown is 48. Actorproducer-writer B.J. Novak is 47.

WWL makes more anchor moves after Gibson’s exit

BY KEITH SPERA

ka Link, Fox 26 in Houston, KBTX Media in Bryan, Texas, and WCPOTV in Cincinnati.

On “Where’s Whitney,” she takes More changes are coming at WWL Louisiana beyond the im- a behind-the-scenes look at some pending departure of evening of the city’s biggest happenings and hidden gems. She also wrote news anchor Charisse Gibson.

Doug Mouton, currently the lo- and illustrated the children’s book “Henry Boyd’s Freedom cal CBS affiliate’s sports Bed.” director, is slated to be Current morning news the new host of the WWL anchor Brandon Walker, a Louisiana Morning News St. Augustine High School along with Whitney Miller, grad, is being shifted to who hosts “Where’s Whitan evening newscast after ney” on the streaming app Gibson’s last day, which WWL+. is Friday. Whether or not Miller and Mouton will Mouton he is Gibson’s permanent officially move to the morning news desk the week of replacement has not yet been deAug. 24. termined.

Mouton, a Brother Martin High “We do have lots of changes School and University of New Or- taking place in the newsroom,” a leans graduate, has experience spokesperson for TEGNA, the meacross the newsroom. He was dia company that owns WWL and WWL’s Northshore bureau chief dozens of other stations across the before being named sports direc- country, said in an email.

“We’re actively recruiting for a tor in 2012. He succeeded Jim new anchor and look forward to Henderson in that role.

Mouton is president of the Press making an announcement soon. We Club of New Orleans. He recently believe (Mouton’s) connection with won several awards during the the audience and on-air personal2026 Press Club Excellence in ity make him a natural fit to grow Journalism Awards Gala. the morning show, while Brandon A Texas native, Miller is a gradu- will move to an evening newscast, ate of Ohio State University with a which we believe best match his degree in public affairs journalism strengths.”

Walker’s morning news co-anand DePaul University with a Master of Arts in broadcasting journal- chor, Brheanna Boudreaux, left ism, according to WWL’s website. WWL in June for a job in Houston.

Prior to joining WWL in 2022, WWL plans to hire another coMiller held positions at Your Alas- anchor to host the morning show Staff writer

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A mural covers the back wall of The Korner Lounge in Shreveport.

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Continued from page 1D Summer Camp Drag Show, a K-pop Trivia Night, a 75th Anniversary Party and a singer/songwriter night.

The anniversary has also provided an opportunity to honor history and keep The Korner Lounge alive for years to come.

Along with help from the bar’s event coordinator and show director J.D. Jones, McDonald has been working since April to get the nightclub recognized by the state as a historic site. Certification could come as early as August, Jones said.

The fact-finding process wasn’t easy.

“It’s really hard finding out anything about (local) queer culture with bars, especially before, like, the ’90s, pre-1980s,” McDonald said. “Everything had to be so undercover.”

For years, McDonald thought the bar was founded in 1933.

“I’ve asked the older people that come through here, but not much exists because everything was so on the DL (down low),” McDonald said.

Then, a friend, Jimmy Whitehead, who was researching the bar’s history in an effort to add it to the Shreve Memorial Library System, discovered the missing link — an old Shreveport Times newspaper ad announcing the grand opening of The Korner Lounge on July 25, 1951.

The ad, now framed and hanging on the club’s wall, includes an interior photo of the bar that highlights the “unique, bottle-shaped beverage cooler,” sitting in the exact same place as it does today.

DJs, drag shows key to survival Like many businesses, McDonald and Jones said gay bars across the country took a big hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Korner Lounge is one of the only gay bars within a 200-mile radius. “The closest ones are in Little Rock, Dallas and Lafayette,” Jones said.

McDonald credits The Korner Lounge’s small size for its survival — “that means less overhead,” he said.

And while they’ve seen social habits change post-pandemic — “Young people don’t seem to drink anymore,” he said with a laugh — they’ve adapted by offering regular events such as DJ nights, weekly trivia and a monthly night market featuring local vendors selling jewelry, art and more.

“When I bought the bar, they weren’t doing drag shows except maybe as a special event once or

twice a year, because it’s a small bar,” McDonald said, adding that competitors also warned him not to do drag shows.

“But it’s what the people wanted,” said Jones, who came on board in 2022. Since then, their drag shows, along with their DJ nights, have drawn packed houses that sometimes pour out into the street due to limited space.

A place to be ‘raw and real’ Bernadette De’Stake got her start in drag when she moved to Shreveport four years ago.

From there, Jones began booking her at The Korner Lounge and now the 33-year-old Lafourche Parish native is their lead performer.

“Sometimes, drag for me is like an open diary (where) I am able to express myself in front of a room full of strangers, and it really can be such a special thing,” she said. “ Even my name being a pun — Bernadette De’Stake, “burned at the stake” — is me taking all the things that I was kind of denied or persecuted for as a young queer person in the South and embodying it to express myself and represent that freakier side, but also the beauty and glamour and femininity that I was denied as well.”

The bar’s small stage and space gives the audience a unique, interactive experience allowing them to engage with drag performers. “ Most people we talk to who come, especially those who have come to multiple shows, say they like the intimacy that we provide,” Jones said. “At larger clubs and venues, you don’t always get that sort of one-on-one treatment with performers.”

De’Stake said that’s what she enjoys most. “It allows you to really get, you know, kind of up close and personal and take your time,” she said. “But also, I love that the crowd there is so receptive. The people who go to a drag show there love to see drag, and are excited to see what you’re gonna do.”

McDonald and Jones, who both patronized the bar for years before working there, remember a less diverse crowd, fewer events, and its old nickname: “The Wrinkle Room.”

“It was!” Jones said as they and McDonald burst into laughter. “Everybody said that this is where the old men used to come, but it’s not like that anymore. Jason’s really turned this into a true community space.”

De’Stake mourns what she sees as the gradual loss of queer spaces everywhere. “We have to fight to preserve our culture and these spaces,” she said. “It’s great to have a place that you can come and be raw and real, and be received and seen.”

Dos Jefes. “Because you’re afraid of who you’ll disappoint.”

Ultimately, the only person holding her back was herself. At 37, she’s not married and has no children, though she is very close to her young nephews.

It’s just her and her Chihuahua mix, Isabelle, moving to the West Coast, where Gibson expects that paying rent on a one-bedroom apartment will cost as much as her mortgage on a four-bedroom, twobath converted double Uptown.

“I always said that if I left (New Orleans), that I would never just leave to go anywhere,” she said. “I love this place. I love the grunginess of it and the fun and the music. There are moments where you get aggravated and there are moments where you go, ‘How could I leave here?’ ” Ultimately, she needed to.

Frustration to ‘Follow the Line’ Gibson grew up near Read Boulevard in New Orleans East. Joe Brown Memorial Park was her neighborhood playground.

Hurricane Katrina intruded at the start of her senior year at Warren Easton High School. She finished high school in Ft. Worth, Texas, but still received an Easton diploma.

After graduating from Southern University in Baton Rouge with a degree in mass communication and a concentration in television broadcast, she landed a desk assistant job at what was then WWLTV in 2010. She answered phones, ran the TelePrompTer and did the Twist with Chubby Checker on the morning show.

She was promoted to associate producer of the morning show, working with local TV news legends Sally-Ann Roberts and the late Eric Paulsen.

She parlayed that experience into a producer position on the Mississippi Gulf Coast at WLOXTV, where she made her on-air debut as a fill-in anchor and reporter.

Stops at KSLA News 12 in Shreveport and FOX 19 Now in Cincinnati, Ohio, followed. As a morning show host in Cincinnati, she struggled with the early hours.

She also felt she didn’t have the freedom to pursue the in-depth stories that mattered.

Frustrated, she considered quitting TV news. But then Keith Esparros, the highly respected news director at WWL, offered her an evening news anchor position in her hometown.

At WWL, she spearheaded special reports on issues of race and community. “The Talk” described the conversations many Black parents have with their children about how to stay safe. “Follow the Line” examined the process of “redlining” that perpetuated segregated neighborhoods.

In 2021, her younger brother, Terry Gibson, who was a New Orleans trumpet player, died in his sleep at age 29. His sudden loss hit hard. Charisse took time away from the airwaves and started seeing a therapist.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER

Moderators Eric Paulsen and Charisse Gibson sit in front of John Schroder, Sharon Hewitt, Stephen Waguespack, Hunter Lundy and Shawn Wilson during a 2023 Louisiana governor’s debate.

The same year Terry died, she won her first national Edward R. Murrow Award, one of broadcast journalism’s most prestigious honors.

She describes it as “the most confusing year ever, the happiest moment and the saddest moment in my life as well. I said, ‘This (award) is for my brother.’ ” Returning to work offered a distraction from her grief.

Feeling restless She had always envisioned herself as a New Orleans news lifer.

She looked up to Roberts, Angela Hill, Paulsen and other long-tenured WWL anchors.

But she also took inspiration from Hoda Kotb and Michelle Miller, who made their mark at WWL before moving on to national prominence, and Nischelle Turner, the former WVUE-TV Fox 8 reporter who now co-hosts “Entertainment Tonight.”

“They left and did amazing things, and they always kept New Orleans in the front of their minds,” Gibson said. “I want to do the same.”

Over the past couple years, she started feeling restless. Maybe she was a little too comfortable with her routine. “I think that for a long time I was just sitting still. I felt almost stagnant.”

Seeking a change of scenery, she embarked on a flurry of international trips. She sparked her passion for cigars by visiting Cuban factories where they are made.

More recent deaths in her extended family got her thinking even more about the finite nature of life. About taking chances and seeking new experiences before it is too late.

“There’s something about death that makes you think about life,” she said. “It makes you look at the things you want to do. You look around at your life like, ‘Am I cool with this, or is this a situation where I think I want to do something different?’ ” She had no issues with WWL. Her co-workers and station management “have got my back a thousand percent.”

But was her job at WWL enough?

Was New Orleans enough?

To even consider other possibilities, she first had “to get of my own head.”

She and her agent started seeking other opportunities in places like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. KNBC-TV, the network’s flagship station on the West Coast,

alongside Mouton.

In a major change behind the cameras, WWL Louisiana news director Tyrianne “Nicole” Waivers has resigned.

A New Orleans native and graduate of Edna Karr High School and Loyola University, Waivers previously worked as an executive news editor at WFAA, an ABC affiliate in Dallas that, like WWL, is owned by TEGNA. In January 2022, she became executive producer of WWL’s 10 p.m. newscast. She was promoted to the station’s news director in May 2023 following the retirement of Keith Esparros, who had been in that role for eight years.

On July 13, Waivers, who was recently on maternity leave, sent an email to WWL staffers that read in part, “After much thought and prayer, I’ve decided it’s time for my next chapter. I’ll be stepping away from my position as News Director here at WWL.” Her email continued, “Serving alongside all of you has been one of the greatest privileges of my career.

“Thank you for challenging me, for trusting me. I’ll be cheering you on from home, with a baby in one arm and WWL on the television.”

Staff writer Marco Cartolano contributed to this report.

Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

emerged as a real possibility.

Gibson flew to Los Angeles to visit the KNBC studio — which, much to her delight, is located on the NBC Universal lot where movies and TV shows are shot. She could see mountains in the distance — clearly she wasn’t in New Orleans anymore.

Additionally, the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and its Harry Potter attractions — Gibson is a big Potter fan — is nearby. She can’t wait to take her nephews there.

The full parameters of her KNBC job reporter are still being defined. She’s eager to jump in.

“It’s a good opportunity to grow as a journalist, to get a new set of eyes and a new scene, something that gives me a little bit of life,” she said.

“This little girl from New Orleans East, Warren Easton, don’t have no other family in TV, my family’s from the Desire projects and now I get to look at the Hollywood Hills every day? That’s insane to me.”

Always a ‘cold drink’ She was reluctant to tell members of her family, many of whom watch her every night on WWL, that she was leaving. She knew her grandmother, who lives in Amite and has never been on an airplane, would take the news especially hard.

Moving from La. to L.A. means Gibson won’t be able to “show off” her young nephews around town as much anymore.

“That makes me emotional, not being able to be with them all the time,” she said. “But if something’s on your heart, take the chance and see what’s out there.

“You may get out there and it may be nothing like you expected.

Or it might be amazing and the change you needed. But I won’t know unless I take the chance.”

Leaving New Orleans will be different than leaving Cincinnati.

“Even when I say ‘leaving,’ it doesn’t even feel like leaving because you don’t leave New Orleans. It stays with you wherever you go. I’m New Orleans through and through. It’s always a ‘cold drink.’

“It doesn’t feel like you’re just leaving a job. It’s (leaving) a community that has been with me through it all. I don’t know if L.A. will give me the same community love.”

She won’t miss south Louisiana’s mosquitoes — she’s allergic to them. But she will continue to recommend New Orleans as a destination for aspiring TV reporters.

“If you want to grow as a journalist and have the community support you in all that, you’ve got to come here. There are not many places that can do it like this. This city set me up for success. New Orleans made me an award-winning journalist.”

But for now, it is time to move on.

“This is something that excites me and makes me nervous, which is even more of a reason to do it.

I want to make this city really proud.”

Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

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ARIEs (March 21-April 19) Expand your circle of friends or interests, or revisit someone or something that's been missing from your life. Stop fretting over things you can't change and living in the past. tAuRus (April 20-May 20) Overreacting will be your downfall. Try to think matters through, and proceed with a wellthought-out budget-friendly plan. Don't mix business with pleasure.

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By PHILLIP ALDER George Whitefield, a renowned preacher in England and the American colonies who died in 1770, said, “Press forward.

Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.”

In yesterday’s deal, I mentioned the Rule of Seven, which a declarer in a notrump contract might find useful. If he has one top-trick stopper (typically the ace, but maybe the king if third hand takes the first trick with the ace), he adds together the number of cards in the suit led that are in the dummy and his hand.

He subtracts the total from seven and holds up for that number of rounds.

Does that apply to this deal? South is in three no-trump. West leads his fourth-highest spade and East puts up the queen.

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Employment

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Anna M. Glasser, Michael Glasser, Sr., Michael Glasser, Jr., William Glasser, or their heirs, successors, or assigns, contact Patricia Bonneau, Attorney, 985-966-9000.

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: French Market Corporation District TITLE: Landscape and Garden Maintenance French Market Corporation District SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4735 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: July 16, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: August 6, 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): 911-41, 918-73, 988-52 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”.

Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James C. Simmons, Jr. Purchasing Administra‐ tor Advertising Dates: July 17, 24 and 31, 2026 NOCP 9161 194389-jul 17-24-31-3t $109.32

PUBLIC NOTICE --City of New Orleans New Orleans Aviation Board Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Request for Proposals For North Terminal ATM Services CNO RFP No. 4726 Request for Proposals: The City of New Orleans (“City”), by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board (“NOAB”), is re‐ questing proposers from persons, firms, and teams of firms (“Pro‐ posers”) to provide ATM Services to the NOAB which will be subject to periodic review of satis‐ factory performance, ne‐ gotiation of terms (in‐ cluding price) and the availability of funds for the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Air‐ port. As provided below, and incident to City Charter Section 6-308(5) and Executive Order LC 20-01, it requests propos‐ als from experienced firms to provide the needed services.

It is imperative that all Proposers read, review, and understand this RFP and all attachments. At‐

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tention should be di‐ rected to Attachment “B” – Concessions Permit.

Specific terms and condi‐ tions of the Agreement to be awarded under this RFP are contained herein.

the 40 Arpent Canal to the eastern side of East Saint Bernard Highway (LA-46), in Violet, LA, within the limits shown on the contract draw‐ ings. The contractor shall provide all labor, equip‐ ment, temporary con‐ trols, environmental pro‐ tection, debris disposal, and incidental work nec‐ essary to complete work in accordance with the contract documents.

Needed Services: The selected Proposer will be required to per‐ form all services as set forth in Attachment “A” Scope of Services.

Minimum Qualifications: Please refer to Attach‐ ment A of the RFP and the RFP Instructions doc‐ ument.

Obtaining a Copy of the Solicitation: Copies of the solicitation and related information are available at the City’s purchasing website: https://nola.gov/viewbid-opportunities/.

Instructions: PLEASE NOTE: Proposers are strongly encouraged to submit the following electronically via Email seth.leger@nola.gov to procurement@ (cc: flymsy.com), not later than, August 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM C.T. a. One (1) digitally signed response in PDF format, titled “RFP #4726 North Terminal ATM Services”. b. A signed cover letter including the company’s name, address and pri‐ mary contact for the re‐ quest for qualifications.

The primary contact in‐ formation shall include submitter name, tele‐ phone, and email ad‐ dress. c. Proposers must com‐ plete all required attach‐ ments and submit along with the electronic pro‐ posal submissions.

For proposals submitted via sealed envelope: Applicants should sub‐ mit the following to the Department of Fi‐ nance/Bureau of Pur‐ chasing, Attention: Chief Procurement Officer, As‐ sistant Purchasing Ad‐ ministrator, City Hall, 1300 Perdido St., Room 4W07, New Orleans, LA, not later than, August 31, 2026, at 4:00 PM C.T. a. Proposers should pro‐ vide one (1) bound and tabbed copy of the pro‐ posal in a sealed enve‐ lope; envelope should be marked “RFP #4726 North Terminal ATM Services”.

For additional informa‐ tion contact the NOAB Procurement Department at procurement@flymsy. com.

Advertising Dates: July 31, 2026, August 7, 2026 & August 14, 2026 NOCP 9204 195841-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $153.78 PUBLIC NOTICE --INVITATION TO BID EJP ACCESS ROADS Notice is hereby given the Board of Commis‐ sioners of the Port of New Orleans (Board) will receive bids electroni‐ cally through Central Bid‐ ding at, www.centralbidd ing.com, on or before Tuesday, August 25, 2026 until 11:00 A.M., local time, for Work Order No. W12000, Louisiana Inter‐ national Terminal, EJP Access Roads.

The East Judge Perez Ac‐ cess Road Package in‐ cludes development of driveway and access roads to the Louisiana In‐ ternational Terminal site to prepare the site for subsequent construction activities. The work con‐ sists of furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment for clearing and grubbing, topsoil and vegetation disposal off-site, driveway con‐ nections with asphalt to East Judge Perez Drive (LA-39), site construction access roads, bridgeprotection headache bars, drainage ditches and culverts, concrete slabs for crossing active Boardwalk 16” high-pres‐ sure gas line, marking and protection of exist‐ ing utilities (parish water line Boardwalk pipeline, AT&T fiber, Entergy un‐ derground power, and Entergy aerial lines), and construction traffic con‐ trol signage.

The project limits extend from the western toe of

Estimated Cost: To be provided at bid opening All Bids must be in accor‐ dance with the Bidding Documents on file with the Port of New Orleans.

In accordance with LSA R.S. 38:2212 (E)(7), com‐ plete Bidding Documents are available for down‐ load via Central Bidding at www.centralbidding. com. Bidding Documents may also be obtained from the SEBconnect App, available in both the Apple and Google play platforms.

If request for Bidding Documents is made through U.S. mail or other delivery services, bidder must furnish a street mailing address and will be held respon‐ sible for service fees.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. local time at the site. Bidders are urged to attend.

Federal regulations re‐ quire that persons seek‐ ing entry to secure areas of United States ports must present a valid Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) card and must maintain possession of the TWIC at all times in secure port areas.

Persons seeking entry to the below listed facilities of the Port of New Or‐ leans must possess a TWIC in order to attend pre-bid meetings on port property.

Restricted areas include port prop‐ erty between Felicity Street and Henry Clay Avenue, Alabo Street Wharf, Jourdan Road Wharf, the Julia Street and Erato Street Cruise Terminals, and during cargo activities at Poland Avenue Wharf and Gover‐ nor Nicholls Street Wharf. Prospective bid‐ ders must provide their own Harbor Police De‐ partment (HPD) ap‐ proved TWIC escorts for those in their party who do not have a TWIC. Note that only contractors with open Board con‐ tracts are eligible to be on the approved escort list. The Board will not provide nor arrange for escorts. See Section 1000 – General Requirements.

Once an employer is under contract with the Board, TWIC card holders and their Sponsoring Em‐ ployer must submit an application to Harbor Po‐ lice and the TWIC card holder must attend a training session in order to be certified as an Ap‐ proved TWIC Escort for anyone entering the se‐ cured area without a TWIC. Bidding Documents will be issued only to those contractors complying with state licensing laws for contractors, La. R.S. 37:2150, et. seq. On any bid submitted in the amount of $50,000 or more, the contractor must hold at the time this bid is opened a valid license issued by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors.

This project is classified as Heavy Construction.

Objection to the required classification should be filed in accordance with La. R.S. 37:2165.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the cost of the contract price of work to be done for the Base Bid plus all additive Alter‐ nate Bid prices, by certi‐ fied check, cashier's check or bid bond is re‐ quired, and the bidder to whom the contract is awarded shall also be re‐ quired to furnish a per‐ formance bond in the total amount of the bid.

The bid bond must be furnished in accordance with the requirements of La. R.S. 38:2218, and the performance bond in ac‐ cordance with the provi‐ sions of La. R.S. 38:2219.

The award of contract, if awarded, will be made within 45 calendar days after bid opening to the lowest qualified bidder whose bid complies with all requirements pre‐ ib d h

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CEMETERY PLOTS Westlawn Cemetery Mausoleum, in the Chapel. Corr IV, Tier A, holds 6 interments $17,500. 504-259-0505

JEWELRY/WATCHES Ladies Beaut. 10k yg Diam.

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Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of Lilly Perkins, who at one time resided at 423 Celestine St., Westwego, LA 70094, please contact attorney Joseph Landry, Jr. at 3015 19th St., Metairie, LA 70002; phone: 504-332-2220; email: joe@jblandrylaw.com.

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ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of Brandon K. Hurst A/K/A Brandon Hurst please contact Jon S. McGill, Sr., Atty. (504) 208-5551.

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1-800-960-6397 Public Notices Bids/Proposals q p scribed. However, when the contract is to be fi‐ nanced by bonds which are required to be sold after receipt of bids, or when the contract is to be financed in whole or in part by federal, state or other funds not avail‐ able at the time bids are received, or when the contract requires a poll of the Louisiana Legisla‐ ture before contract funds are available, the time will not start until receipt of federal or state concurrence or concur‐ rence of the other fund‐ ing source in accordance with LA. R.S. 38:2215(D).

Award will be within 45 calendar days after the sale of bonds or receipt of concurrence in award from the federal or state agency or other funding source. Funds for this contract: ____ will not be immedi‐ ately available, the 45day period for contract award will not begin at the time of bid opening, and the deadlines under La. R.S. 38:2215 for con‐ tract execution and is‐ suance of notice to pro‐ ceed shall not apply. _X_ will be immediately available and the 45-day period for contract award will begin at the time of bid opening.

Work in the amount of at least sixty percent (60%) of total amount of con‐ tract as awarded shall be performed by contractor at the construction site or within his own shop, plant, or yard with his own employees.

The Board as an equal opportunity public entity invites and encourages DBE’s and SBE’s to sub‐ mit bids on its projects.

In order to comply with the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, such certification programs must be race and gender neutral.

All questions, correspon‐ dence, inquiries, and other communications regarding this procure‐ ment shall be directed to Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Or‐ leans, Procurement De‐ partment, 1350 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, LA 70130 or pro‐ curement@portnola.com.

All questions will be an‐ swered via additional in‐ formation or addenda and will be posted on the Central Bidding website at: www.centralbidding. com.

Questions must be sub‐ mitted at least seven (7) days prior to bid open‐ ing.

These individuals are not authorized to and shall not render legal opinions or advice. No information will be given regarding the proper evidence of corporate authority as required in this bid. Each bidder is advised to con‐ sult his own counsel for such information.

Please be advised that these individuals are not the legal representatives of the Board.

195836-AUG 31-7-14-3T $336

PUBLIC NOTICE --LAKEFRONT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY New Orleans, Louisiana TAXIWAY BRAVO CONNECTOR 00 11 00 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for TAXIWAY BRAVO CONNECTOR, to be constructed for LAKE‐ FRONT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY will be re‐ ceived at the office of the LAKEFRONT MANAGE‐ MENT AUTHORITY and addressed to Lakefront Management Authority, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd. Suite 219, New Or‐ leans, Louisiana 70126, until 1:00 p.m. on Tues‐ day, August 25th, 2026, at which time the bids shall be publicly opened and read aloud.

An Optional Pre-Bid Con‐ ference will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport – 2nd Floor Conference Room, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd, New Or‐ leans, Louisiana 70126.

Each bidder shall be lim‐ ited to three personnel per organization. The Pre-Bid Conference will also be held virtually and information regarding the virtual meeting will be sent out to all plan holders via QuestCDN one week prior to the i i

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals p meeting time.

The Project consists of removing existing pave‐ ment and constructing a new Taxiway Bravo con‐ nector to Runway 18R36L, with associated stormwater, grading, and electrical infrastructure.

Bids will be received for a single prime contract.

Bids shall be on a unit price basis.

Digital copies of the bid documents are available at http://Planroom.

GarverUSA.com.

These documents may be downloaded by selecting this Project from the “Plan Room” link, and by entering Quest Project Number 10238120 on the “Browse Projects” page.

For assistance and free membership registration, contact QuestCDN at 952.233.1632 or info@ Adden‐ questcdn.com. dums to the bid package will be issued through the Garver online Plan Holders List; therefore, all Bidders shall be re‐ sponsible for download‐ ing the bid documents from the Garver online plan room in order to be included in the Plan Holders List.

Bidders must enter the addenda numbers in the Bid Form to verify receipt.

Bidders also have the op‐ tion to submit bids elec‐ tronically. For this pro‐ ject, if the Bidders choose to submit bids electronically, the bids will be accepted through the QuestCDN online electronic bid interface.

To access the electronic bid form, download the project documents, re‐ fresh the project’s page on the online planroom, and then click the “online bid” button below the project name.

The successful Bidder must furnish Perfor‐ mance and Payment Bonds upon the form provided in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price from an approved surety meeting the re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2218 and LA R.S. 38:2219.

All Contractors bidding on this work shall com‐ ply with all provisions of the State Licensing Law for Contractors, LA RS as 37:2150-2192, amended, for all public contracts. It shall be the responsibility of the General or Primary Con‐ tractor to assure that all subcontractors comply with this law.

Contractors are hereby notified that, pursuant to Louisiana R.S. 37:2165, it is a requirement that all bidders hold an active contractor’s license is‐ sued by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors in the classi‐ fication appropriate for the work being per‐ formed.

Each bidder shall show the contractor’s license number on the outside of the bid envelope. In the case of electronic bids, the contractor may sub‐ mit an authentic digital signature on the elec‐ tronic bid proposal ac‐ companied by the con‐ tractor’s license number in the electronic bid sub‐ mission.

Failure to comply with this requirement shall re‐ sult in the bid being au‐ tomatically rejected, re‐ turned to the bidder marked “Rejected”, and not read aloud.

Bids shall be accompa‐ nied by a bid security in accordance with the In‐ structions to Bidders.

The successful Bidder must furnish Perfor‐ mance and Payment Bonds in accordance with the Contract Docu‐ ments.

Federal Requirements for Federally Funded Pro‐ jects. This Project is being partially funded under the Federal Avia‐ tion Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Contrac‐ tors must comply with specific federally re‐ quired provisions as listed herein and con‐ tained in the contract documents. The follow‐ ing federal provisions are incorporated in this so‐ licitation by reference: • Buy American Prefer‐ ence (49 USC § 50101) • Civil Rights – Title VI As‐ surances (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) • Davis-Bacon Require‐ ments (2 CFR § 200, Ap‐ pendix II(D), 29 CFR Part 5)

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• Debarment and Suspen‐ sion (2 CFR part 180 (Sub‐ part C), 2 CFR part 1200, DOT Order 4200.5) • Lobbying and Influenc‐ ing Federal Employees (31 USC § 1352, 2 CFR part 200 Appendix II(J), 49 CFR part 20 Appendix A) • Procurement of Recov‐ ered Materials (2 CFR § 200.322, 40 CFR part 247, Solid Waste Disposal Act) Civil Rights Title VI Assurance The LAKEFRONT MAN‐ AGEMENT AUTHORITY, in accordance with the pro‐ visions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby noti‐ fies all Bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any Contract entered into pursuant to this ad‐ vertisement, disadvan‐ taged business will be afforded full and fair op‐ portunity to submit bids in response to this invita‐ tion and no businesses will be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), creed, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), age, or disability in considera‐ tion for an award.

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise The requirements of 49 CFR part 26 apply to this contract. It is the policy of the LAKEFRONT MAN‐ AGEMENT AUTHORITY to practice nondiscrimina‐ tion based on race, color, sex, or national origin in the award or perfor‐ mance of this contract.

The Owner encourages participation by all firms qualifying under this so‐ licitation regardless of business size or owner‐ ship.

Federal Fair Labor Standards Act All contracts and sub‐ contracts that result from this solicitation in‐ corporate by reference the provisions of 29 CFR part 201, et seq, the Fed‐ eral Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), with the same force and effect as if given in full text. The FLSA sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards for full and part-time workers.

The Contractor has full responsibility to monitor compliance to the refer‐ enced statute or regula‐ tion.

The Contractor must address any claims or disputes that arise from this requirement di‐ rectly with the U.S. De‐ partment of Labor – Wage and Hour Division.

Trade Restriction Certification By submission of an offer, the Offeror certi‐ fies that with respect to this solicitation and any resultant contract, the Offeror – 1) is not owned or con‐ trolled by one or more citizens of a foreign country included in the list of countries that dis‐ criminate against U.S. firms as published by the Office of the United States Trade Representa‐ tive (USTR); 2) has not knowingly en‐ tered into any contract or subcontract for this project with a person that is a citizen or na‐ tional of a foreign coun‐ try included on the list of countries that discrimi‐ nate against U.S. firms as published by the USTR; and 3) has not entered into any subcontract for any product to be used on the Federal project that is produced in a foreign country included on the list of countries that dis‐ criminate against U.S. firms published by the USTR. This certification con‐ cerns a matter within the jurisdiction of an agency of the United States of America and the making of a false, fictitious, or fraudulent certification may render the maker subject to prosecution under Title 18 USC § 1001.

The Offeror/Contractor must provide immediate written notice to the Owner if the Offeror/Con‐ tractor learns that its certification or that of a subcontractor was erro‐ neous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed cir‐ cumstances. The Con‐ tractor must require sub‐ contractors provide im‐ mediate written notice to the Contractor if at any time it learns that its cer‐ tification was erroneous by reason of changed cir‐ cumstances.

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Unless the restrictions of this clause are waived by the Secretary of Trans‐ portation in accordance with 49 CFR § 30.17, no contract shall be awarded to an Offeror or subcontractor: 1) who is owned or con‐ trolled by one or more citizens or nationals of a foreign country included on the list of countries that discriminate against U.S. firms published by the USTR; or 2) whose subcontractors are owned or controlled by one or more citizens or nationals of a foreign country on such USTR list; or 3) who incorporates in the public works project any product of a foreign country on such USTR list.

Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be con‐ strued to require estab‐ lishment of a system of records in order to ren‐ der, in good faith, the certification required by provision.

The this knowledge and informa‐ tion of a contractor is not required to exceed that which is normally pos‐ sessed by a prudent per‐ son in the ordinary course of business deal‐ ings.

The Offeror agrees that, if awarded a contract re‐ sulting from this solicita‐ tion, it will incorporate this provision for certifi‐ cation without modifica‐ tion in all lower tier sub‐ contracts. The Contrac‐ tor may rely on the certi‐ fication of a prospective subcontractor that it is not a firm from a foreign country included on the list of countries that dis‐ criminate against U.S. firms as published by USTR, unless the Offeror has knowledge that the certification is erro‐ neous.

This certification is a ma‐ terial representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when making an award. If it is later de‐ termined that the Con‐ tractor or subcontractor knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, the Federal Aviation Ad‐ ministration (FAA) may direct through the Owner cancellation of the con‐ tract or subcontract for default at no cost to the Owner or the FAA. This project is to be fi‐ nanced in whole or in part with federal funds which are not expected to be readily available at the time bids are opened.

Accordingly, this project is exempt from the time limitations for award set forth in La. R.S. 38:2215 pursuant to Subsection D thereof.

The Owner reserves the right to award the con‐ tract within a reasonable time after the opening of bids and upon availabil‐ ity of funding.

Bid Validity; Award. Each Bid shall remain valid, and may not be with‐ drawn, for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days after the date of opening of Bids. The Au‐ thority and the lowest re‐ sponsible and responsive Bidder may, by mutual written consent, extend the deadline for award by one or more exten‐ sions of thirty (30) calen‐ dar days each, and each such extension shall ex‐ tend, for the same pe‐ riod, the time during which the Bid of the low‐ est responsible and re‐ sponsive Bidder remains valid and may not be withdrawn. No extension shall cause the aggre‐ gate time for issuing the Notice of Award to ex‐ ceed one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from the date of opening of Bids unless the written consent of the Bidder's surety is first obtained in accordance with Para‐ graph 5 of the Bid Bond.

The LAKEFRONT MAN‐ AGEMENT AUTHORITY re‐ serves the right to reject any or all Bids in accor‐ dance with the provi‐ sions of LA RS 38:2214(B).

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Proposals are due Thurs‐ day, August 20, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at which time Proposals received on time and in the correct location will be consid‐ ered. RFP Documents may be obtained online at https://www.central auctionhouse.com/ Category/10822/NewOrle ansErnestNMorialConv entionCenter or by con‐ tacting the Contracts De‐ partment at (504) 5823562 or via email at con‐ tracts@mccno.com.

All Proposals must be sub‐ mitted in accordance with the RFP Documents.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT: INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPT: NOAB TITLE: North Terminal Gaskets EVENT NO: 4736 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Public Works SLDBE OPPORTUNITY: YES RELEASED ON: Friday, July 24, 2026, 8:00 AM CST DEADLINE TO RESPOND: Monday, August, 24, 2026, at 1:00 PM CST PRE-BID CONFERENCE: TBD Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

If you wish to receive no‐ tification of addendum posted by the Bureau of Purchasing about this event, register as a sup‐ plier or update your sup‐ plier account (if already registered) and select the following commodity code(s): COMMODITY CODE: 285-35 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 event, go to www.nola.gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Por‐ tal” under “BIDS & CON‐ TRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Portal, search “Open Events.”

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Date: July 24, 31 and August 7, 2026 NOCP 9176 195194-jul 24-31-aug 7-3t $92.13 PUBLIC NOTICE --BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Monday, August 17, 2026 10:00 a.m.

City Council Chambers City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, 1st Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana The Board of Zoning Ad‐ justments, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ f h i f

Variances – Unfinished Business 1. BZA011-24 1100 Sere Street / Encampment St LLC, Fresia Galvez, Zach Smith Consulting & De‐ sign 2.

BZA032-26 2022-24 Philip Street / Team Robot, LLC, Greg John‐ son, DeShawn Davenport 3. BZA039-26 1455 N. Roman Street / Roy Cohen and Eileen Spira, Ezra Spira-Cohen 4.

BZA052-26 1631 Killdeer Street / Unix Ser‐ vices, LLC, Robyn and Ed‐ ward Murhammer, Metro Studio 5. BZA054-26 906 Philip Street / Charles and Sarah Anderson 6. BZA057-26 10 Audubon Boulevard / Rena Jolly Qualified Personal Resi‐ dence Trust, Sherman Strategies, Becca Gieger Variances – New Business 7. BZA061-26 2821 Mon‐ roe Street / Grove Place 2, LLC, Paul Irons, Eli Fisher/HCI Architecture, Inc. 8. BZA062-26 3322-24 Es‐ planade Avenue / JG2 Properties LLC, Jordan Gerard, Karsen Architecture LLC, Ross Karsen 9. BZA063-26 439 Pine Street / Shyam Mani and Mariam Menhem 10. BZA064-26 3951 An‐ nunciation Street / Joseph Lantz 11. BZA065-26 201 De Armas Street / Kern Al‐ giers LLC, Spectrum De‐ signs LLC, Lynnette Gor‐ don, Jasmine Stewart 12. BZA066-26 2141 State Street / Eller and Coretha Trust, Roshawn Blunt, Webre Consulting, Nicole Webre 13. BZA067-26 4551 Dale Street / Neva Martin, Re‐ nata Warner 14.

BZA068-26 1908 Marigny Street / Aldeane Harris, Zach Smith Con‐ sulting & Design, Fresia Galvez 15. BZA069-26 1227 Cal‐ houn Street / Farr Family Trust, David & Kathy Farr, Adamick Architecture, Alexander Adamick 16. BZA070-26 2502 Jeffer‐ son Avenue / Blue Or‐ leans, LLC, Sean Fowler Director of Safety and Permits Decision Appeals – Unfinished Business 17. BZA008-24 2900 Per‐ dido Street / The Voice of the Experienced 18. BZA049-26 717 Bar‐ racks Street / 717 Bar‐ racks LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Laura Barth, Laura Carlisle, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, P.C. 19. BZA059-26 7301 Bur‐ the Street / Town of Car‐ rollton Watch, LLC, Susan Johnson Notice under the Ameri‐ cans with Disabilities Act: This meeting is ac‐ cessible to people with disabilities. Should you need further assistance, please contact the Front Desk in the Main Lobby or the ADA Administra‐ tor: (504) 658-4020 (voice), 711 LA Relay Ser‐ vice, or e-mail emhurst@ nola.gov. Please be ad‐ vised there is a courtesy telephone available for 711 calls for people with hearing or speech im‐ pairments at the wel‐ come desk of City Hall, First Floor, Main Lobby.

This communiqué is available in alternative formats upon request.

Advertisement Dates: July 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9175 195192-jul 24-31-aug 7-144t $201 PUBLIC NOTICE --Early Notice and Public Review of a Proposed Activity in the FFRMS Floodplain To: All interested Federal, State and Local Agen‐ cies, Groups and Individ‐ uals This is to give notice that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban De‐ velopment (HUD) under 24 CFR Part 50 has deter‐ mined that the following proposed action under Federal Housing Adminis‐ tration (FHA), Section of Act (SOA) 221(d)(4) is lo‐ cated in the FFRMS flood‐ plain, and HUD will be identifying and evaluat‐ ing practicable alterna‐ tives to locating the ac‐ tion in the floodplain and the potential impacts on h fl d l i f h

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the potential impacts on the floodplain from the proposed action, as re‐ quired by Executive Order 11988 in accor‐ dance with HUD regula‐ tions at 24 CFR 55.20 Sub‐ part C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Manage‐ ment and Protection of Wetlands.

authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal 1010 Girod address Street; to fix the mini‐ mum price and terms of said servitude agree‐ ment; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement.

Canal Street Lofts is a proposed new construc‐ tion 212-unit, mid-rise, multifamily complex.

There will be 1 building that will be 6 stories tall (2 stories of parking with 4 stories of residential above) on an approxi‐ mately 1.401-acre tract of land. The proposed pro‐ ject is located at 1717 Canal St, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA 70112.

The project site is lo‐ cated in Zone X 0.2% floodplain, (BFE 0.00 Feet) (0.48 Acres) and 0.921 acres in Zone X, Area With Reduced Risk Due to Levee, as indi‐ cated on Flood Insurance Rate Map 22071C0229F effective 9/30/2016. The affected area of the FFRMS is approximately 0.48 acres. Natural and beneficial functions of the floodplain which may be adversely affected by the proposed project in‐ clude natural flood and erosion control, surface water quality mainte‐ nance, groundwater recharge and biological productivity.

There are three primary purposes for this notice.

First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplains and those who have an interest in the protection of the nat‐ ural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Com‐ menters are encouraged to offer alternative sites outside of the floodplain, alternative methods to serve the same project purpose, and methods to minimize and mitigate impacts. Second, an ade‐ quate public notice pro‐ gram can be an impor‐ tant public educational tool. The dissemination of information and re‐ quest for public com‐ ment about floodplains can facilitate and en‐ hance Federal efforts to reduce the risks and im‐ pacts associated with the occupancy and modi‐ fication of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government de‐ termines it will partici‐ pate in actions taking place in floodplains, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.

Written comments must be received by HUD at the following address on or before August 15, 2026: HUD, Multifamily Southwest Region, 400 State Avenue, Suite 200, Kansas City, KS 661012406, Office: 913-5515821, Attention: Kristina Stine, Program Environ‐ mental Specialist. A full description of the project may also be reviewed from 9:00 am to 4:00 PM, Tuesday and Thursday at the above address. Com‐ ments may also be sub‐ mitted via email at Kristina.m.stine@hud. gov Date: July 31, 2026 195759-jul 31-1t $400.57 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,504 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal address 145 Roosevelt Way; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9179 195835-jul 31-1t $19.93 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,504 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal address 145 Roosevelt Way; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9179 195835-jul 31-1t $20.27 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,506 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of th Cit f N O l

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9181 195840-jul 31-1t $20.27 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,505 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal address 1525 Prytania Street; to fix the mini‐ mum price and terms of said servitude agree‐ ment; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9180 195839-jul 31-1t $20.27 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,507 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal address 2816 Saint Louis Street; to fix the mini‐ mum price and terms of said servitude agree‐ ment; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9182 195842-jul 31-1t $20.27 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,513 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would amend and reordain Arti‐ cles 20 and 26 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amend‐ ments) to add a new def‐ inition “Park Concession Facility” and to add new on-site development standards for “Park Con‐ cession Facilities”. ZON‐ ING DOCKET NO. 48/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9188 195860-jul 31-1t $17.24 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,512 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would amend and reordain Arti‐ cle 19 of the Comprehen‐ sive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to create a new Interim Zoning Dis‐ trict to be named the Data Center Interim Zon‐ ing District, the intent of which is prohibit the is‐ suance of an occupa‐ tional license or other‐ wise permit the opera‐ tion of data centers city‐ wide. ZONING DOCKET NO. 37/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

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AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9187 195858-jul 31-1t $18.58 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,515 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a commer‐ cial short term rental in a C-2 Auto-Oriented Com‐ mercial District and the Transient Lodging In‐ terim Zoning District, on Square 359, Lot C, in the First Municipal District, bounded by Reverend John Raphael Jr. Way, Clio Street, Earhart Boulevard, and Freret Street (Municipal Ad‐ dresses: 1131-1133 Rev‐ erend John Raphael Jr. Way). ZONING DOCKET NO. 53/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9190 195865-jul 31-1t $18.25 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,514 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a standard restaurant in an HU-B1 Historic Urban Neighbor‐ hood Business District, the CPC Character Preservation Corridor De‐ sign Overlay District and the Magazine Street Use Restriction Overlay Dis‐ trict, on SquareLot 14 and part of Lot 15, 236, in the Sixth Municipal Dis‐ trict, bounded by Maga‐ zine Street, Bordeaux Street, Camp Street, and Lyons Street (Municipal Address: 4807 Magazine Street). ZONING DOCKET NO. 52/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

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ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,510 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

establish a conditional use to permit a commer‐ cial use (office) over 5,000 square feet in floor area in an S-LB2 Lake Area Neighborhood Busi‐ ness District, on Square 22, Lots 11 through 13, Homedale Park Annex, in the Second Municipal District, bounded by Canal Street, Greenwood Street, Vicksburg Street, and Weiblen Street (Mu‐ nicipal Address: 5325 Canal Boulevard). ZON‐ ING DOCKET NO. 54/26

thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 6 Newcomb Boulevard; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,508.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal 1660 North address Roman Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agree‐ ment will incorporate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9185 195854-jul 31-1t $20.60 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,511 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal address 221 Royal Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9186 195856-jul 31-1t $20.27 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

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PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9189

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,519 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

195862-jul 31-1t $18.92 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,508 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal 6 Newcomb address Boulevard; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agree‐ ment will incorporate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

SAID ORDINANCE would amend and reordain Arti‐ cle 24, Section 24.13.G.3.d Retail Facilities in the VCS and VCS-1 Districts of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordi‐ nance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amend‐ ments) to alter the sig‐ nage regulations for re‐ tail centers owned or controlled by a single en‐ tity, not anchored by a major department store, unified by a specific ar‐ chitectural theme and consisting of a major public or private space, with more than 55,000 square feet of enclosed gross leasable area de‐ voted primarily to di‐ verse retail, food, and en‐ tertainment facilities.

ZONING DOCKET NO. 57/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9194 195870-jul 31-1t $21.62

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195843-jul 31-1t $20.60 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,509 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal address 10 Newcomb Boulevard; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agree‐ ment will incorporate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9184 195851-jul 31-1t $20.60 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,520 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would effect a zoning change from an HU-RD2 Historic Urban Two-Family Resi‐ dential District to an HUB1A Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District and to grant a conditional use to permit a “Standard Restaurant” as defined in Section 26.6 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans in the HU-B1A Use Restric‐ tion Overlay District, on Square 187, Lots 1, 2, and 3, in the Sixth Municipal District, bounded by Oc‐ tavia Street, Laurel Street, Constance Street, and Jefferson Avenue (Municipal Addresses: 5433 Laurel Street and 509-515 Octavia Street).

ZONING DOCKET NO. 30/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9195 1958741-jul 31-1t $20.94

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9191 195867-jul 31-1t $18.20 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,517 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a reception facility in an HU-B1 His‐ toric Urban Neighbor‐ hood Business District, on Square 766, Lot 1, in the Third Municipal Dis‐ trict, bounded by Saint Bernard Avenue, North Derbigny Street, London Avenue, New Orleans Street, and North Roman Street (Municipal Ad‐ dress: 1701 St. Bernard ZONING Avenue).

DOCKET NO. 55/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9192 195868-jul 31-1t $17.57

PUBLICATION DATES: July 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9200 195882-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $53.73 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 1010 Girod Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agree‐ ment will incorporate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,506.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 20, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

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PUBLICATION DATES: July 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9198

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,518 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a commer‐ cial short term rental in a CBD-2 Historic Commer‐ cial and Mixed-Use Dis‐ trict and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, on Square 130, Lots 14 and 15, in the First Municipal District, bounded by Natchez Street, Magazine Street, Poydras Street, and Tchoupitoulas Street (Municipal Address: 422 Natchez Street). ZONING DOCKET NO. 56/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2026 NOCP 9193 195869-jul 31-1t $17.91

195879-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $53.73 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 2816 Saint Louis Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,507.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 20, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

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PUBLICATION DATES: July 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9199

Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 1525 Prytania Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,505.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 20, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: July 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9197 195878-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $53.73

195880-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $53.73 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 221 Royal Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agree‐ ment will incorporate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,511.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 20, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

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PUBLICATION DATES: July 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9203

Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 145 Roosevelt Way; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agree‐ ment will incorporate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,504.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 20, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

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PUBLICATION DATES: July 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9196

SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional

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Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video con‐ ference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Or‐ dinance Calendar No. 35,516 introduced at the meeting of July 23, 2026.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 20, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

195877-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $53.73

195891-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $53.73 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 10 Newcomb Boulevard; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,509.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 20, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

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PUBLICATION DATES: July 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9201

Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the i f l

195883-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $53.73

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PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 1660 North Roman Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,510.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 20, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: July 31, August 7 and 14, 2026 NOCP 9202 195886-jul 31-aug 7-14-3t $53.73 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to re‐ voke the dedication to public use and authorize the sale at public auction for a minimum price to be set by appraisal of certain portions of ground, together with all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, and appurtenances there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the First Munici‐ pal District of the City of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, being a portion of John Churchill Chase Street between Squares 25 and 26, bounded by South Peters Street and Convention Center Boulevard (the "JCC Street Parcel"), and a portion of Square 26 (the "Square 26 Strip"), all as shown on a survey, drawing number M-247, by the office of Gandolfo Kuhn, LLC dated Novem‐ ber 10, 2025, revised De‐ cember 11, 2025, and more particularly de‐ scribed below (collec‐ tively, the "Property"), which are no longer needed for public pur‐ poses, pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,493.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 6, 2026.

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July 17, 24 and 31 2026 NOCP 9160 194388-jul 17-24-31-3t $61.80 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to ap‐ prove and authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans (“City”), acting by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board (“NOAB”), to enter into a lease amendment to the Airline-Airport Use and Lease Agreement with signatory airline United Airlines, Inc. (“United”) operating at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (the “Airport”), under circum‐ stances in which a solici‐ tation and selection process is not required by law; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,501.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 6, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: July 17, 24 and 31, 2026 NOCP 9157 194384-jul 17-24-31-3t $47.67

PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to ap‐ prove and authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans ("City"), acting by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board ("NOAB"), to enter into lease agreements with Alaska Airlines which is operating at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (the "Airport"), under circum‐ stances in which a solici‐ tation and selection process is not required by law; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,502.

This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on August 6, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: July 17, 24 and 31, 2026 NOCP 9158 194385-jul 17-24-31-3t $44.64 PUBLIC NOTICE --UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT OF RO BOATS, LLC AND REC MA‐ RINE LOGISTICS, LLC AS OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE M/V GOL WORKER, PETITIONING FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIA‐ BILITY CIVIL ACTION NO: 2:26cv-01010 - SECTION “B” (5) – ILRL-MBN NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS OF COMPLAINT FOR EX‐ ONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY RO Boats, LLC and REC Marine, LLC, as owner and operator of the GOL WORKER (“Limitation Pe‐ titioners”), have filed a Complaint pursuant to Title 46 U.S.C. §§ 30501– 30512 as amended, claiming the right to ex‐ oneration from, or limita‐ tion of liability of any loss, claim, injuries, de‐ struction, or alleged damage caused by or re‐ sulting from an alleged incident involving the M/V GOL WORKER (Offi‐ cial No. 1140618) occur‐ ring on or about October 23, 2023, in the Gulf of Mexico south of Sabine Pass, which is off the coast of Louisiana, as

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coast of Louisiana, as more fully described in the Complaint.

All persons, firms, or cor‐ porations asserting claims with respect to which the Complaint seeks exoneration from or limitation of liability are admonished, to file their respective claims, under oath, as provided in Rule F of the Supple‐ mental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, with the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis‐ trict of Louisiana, 500 Poydras St., New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, and must serve a copy thereof on counsel for Limitation Petitioners on or before the 13th day of January, 2027 or be de‐ faulted.

Any claimant desiring to contest either the right to exoneration from, or the right to limitation of liability, shall file and serve an Answer to the Complaint, unless his or her claim is included in Answer, all as is required

by Rule F of the Supple‐ mental Rules for Certain Admiralty Maritime Claims of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or be barred from bring‐ ing such action.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this 15th day of July, 2026. /s/ L. Guillot Deputy Clerk of Court /s/Aaron B. Greenbaum Aaron B. Greenbaum, T.A. (#31752) Kristian B. Dobard (#36997) PUSATERI, JOHNSTON, GUILLOT & GREENBAUM, LLC 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2250 New Orleans, LA 70163 Telephone: (504) 620-2500 Facsimile: (504) 620-2510 aaron.greenbaum@ pjgglaw.com kristian.dobard@ pjgglaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR RO BOATS, LLC AND REC MA‐ RINE LOGISTICS, LLC 195502-jul 31-aug 7-14-214t $1,333 PUBLIC NOTICE --United States District Court for the Central District of Cali‐ fornia Civil Action No. 2:25-CV05872-AB-E Shamar Deal Plaintiff(s) v.

Gerald Henry aka Ger‐ reaux Katana pka “Ger‐ reaux” See Attachment for Addi‐ tional Names.

Defendant(s) SUMMONS IN A CIVIL AC‐ TION To: Gerald Henry aka Ger‐ reaux Katana pka “Ger‐ reaux” (Address Un‐ known) A lawsuit has been filed against you.

Within 21 days after ser‐ vice of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) — or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an offi‐ cer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) — you must serve on the plain‐ tiff an answer to the at‐ tached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer motion must be or served on the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney, whose name and ad‐ dress are: Larry Zerner 1801 Century Park East, Ste. 2400, Los Angeles, CA 90067 If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

You also must file your answer or motion with the court.

Date: 7/24/2026 Clerk of Court Grace Kami Signature of Deputy Clerk

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 760-853 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST

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2004-4, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-4 VERSUS WILLIAM I. WELLS, JR. AND MAUREEN WELLS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Septem‐ ber 6, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing, or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof know as CHATEAU ES‐ TATES SOUTH, SECTION 2, being a resubdi‐ vision of Parcel 16-B, Chateau Estates South, all in ac‐ cord with a sur‐ vey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated March 27, 1973, approved by the City of Kenner under Ordi‐ nance No. 1509, adopted April 9, 1973, registered in COB 787, folio 886, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and according to said survey, said lot is desig‐ nated as LOT 18, in SQUARE 7.

Square 7 is bounded by Chateau Magde‐ laine Drive, Chateau Ausone Court, Chateau Petrus Court, Chateau Margeaux Court, Chateau Haut Brion Drive and Chateau Pontet-Canet Drive.

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

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

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

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 787-855 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL

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TRUST COM‐ PANY, AS CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF BOSCO CREDIT II TRUST SERIES 2010-1 VS ZINA SHABAZZ LEWIS AKA ZINA SEMONE SHABAZZ LEWIS AKA ZINA LEWIS AKA ZINA S. LEWIS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated October 8, 2018, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as BAYOU DES FAMILLES SUB‐ DIVISION, being a resubdivision of a portion of Ames Farms, Lower Estelle Planta‐ tion, Lots L, M, N, O, P, Q, and R in accordance with plan of resubdivision by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated April 25, 1984, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 16259, approved on November 29, 1984, registered in Entry No. 8459835, COB 1180, folio 100, Jefferson Parish, LA, said Lot is more fully described as follows, towit: LOT 9, SQUARE 6; subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-ofway and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the prop‐ erty.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 4621 Bayou Des Familles Drive, Marrero, LA 70072.

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

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

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

BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: l

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Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 799-542 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐ PACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF NRZ PASSTHROUGH TRUST X VS NELSON I. CRUZ AND ALMA FUENTES CRUZ By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 4, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing, or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as DRIFTWOOD PARK SUBDIVI‐ SION, SECTION 3, designated as LOT 27, in SQUARE 34, bounded by Martinique Av‐ enue (Gelpi Av‐ enue Side), Granada Drive (late 40th), Idaho Avenue and Monterey Avenue (late Rochschild), Vintage Drive Side (late 41st).

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

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

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

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

KRISTY MASSEY FINLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE VERSUS TRISHA THOMPSON

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VERSUS MICHAEL ANTHONY ROGERS AND PAULA RICKSON BUTLER

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated February 3, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 4001 Martinique Av‐ enue, Kenner, Louisiana 70065.

The following described prop‐ erty, with all its component parts, including all rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes and ap‐ purtenances thereto belong‐ ing, as follows: ONE CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ servi‐ leges, tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as SOUTH AVON‐ DALE HOMES SUBDIVISION, SECTION NO. 6, designated as LOT 20, SQUARE 19, bounded by South Jamie Boulevard, Marie, Phyllis Drive and Elaine Drives, and measures thence 52 feet front on Phyllis Drive, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 116 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines.

THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 560 PHYLLIS DRIVE, AVON‐ DALE, LOUISIANA 70094 (“Prop‐ erty”).

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

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

LOT NO. 27 forms the cor‐ ner of Mar‐ tinique Avenue and Granada Drive and mea‐ sure 60 feet front on Martinique Av‐ enue, same width in the rear, abutting Avenue, Idaho by a depth and front on Granada Drive of 100 feet and a depth of 100 feet on the opposite side‐ line. All as more fully shown on recent survey made by Gilbert, Kelly and Couturie, Inc., dated No‐ vember 14, 1992; subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property .

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By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 5, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in that part thereof known as Clai‐ borne Gardens Subdivision, said portion being desig‐ nated as Lot 19 of Square 104. Ac‐ cording to a plan by Rene A. Harris, C.E., dated July 7, 1970, Square 104 is bounded

by East Clai‐ borne Parkway, East Clark Lane, West Krueger and Stilwell Lane.

Lot 19 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 124.08 feet from the comer of Stilwell Lane and East Clai‐ borne Parkway and measures thence 66 feet front on East Claiborne Park‐ way, with a width in the rear of 45.32 feet, by a depth on the sideline closer to East Clark Lane of 105 feet, and a depth on the opposite side‐ line of 104.74 feet. The im‐ provements thereon bear the Municipal Number 9433 East Claiborne Parkway, West‐ wego, Louisiana 70094. Being the same property i d b

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same property acquired by Michael Anthony Rogers and Paula Rick‐ son Butler from of Succession Ella Baker Gros, a/k/a Ella Baker Groom, a/k/a Ella Baker Key by act dated April 27, 2018, duly registered in the conveyance records of Jef‐ ferson Parish, Louisiana. THIS ACT IS FURTHER MADE, EXE‐ CUTED AND AC‐ CEPTED SUB‐ JECT TO THE FOLLOWING: 1.

Restrictions as contained in an act before Richard C. Brown, N.P., dated May 4, 1966, registered in COB 639 folio 520, and Amendment to Restrictions by act before C.J. Champagne, N.P., dated Sep‐ tember 23, 1969, registered in COB 706 folio 881, on November 3, 1969, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

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The utility servi‐ tude of five (5`) feet across the entire rear width of the subject lot as shown on the plan by Rene A. Harris, C.E., dated July 7, 1970. The refer‐ ence to or enu‐ meration of which shall not serve to inter‐ rupt or revive prescription thereon, recog‐ nize the validity thereof. or acknowledge, ratify or confirm same.

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

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

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

CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 872-961 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF CSMC 2018-RPL1 TRUST VERSUS ALFRED EBONGUE DIN A/K/A ALFRED E. DIN AND ADELINE DOOH DIN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 10, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ i i

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pressway, Har vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in that part thereof known as ESPRIT AT STONEBRIDGE EXTENSION, being a resubdi‐ vision of Parcels FF-11D-1, FF-12, Square A, Lot 1A, and Square B, Lot 1-A, Lake Timberlane Estates, in ac‐ cordance with the plan of re‐ subdivision by Richmond W. Krebs, Professional Land Surveying, L.S., dated Feb‐ ruary 8, 1999 re‐ vised March 26, 1999 and further re‐ vised April 6, 1999, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 20663 on May 5, 1999 and regis‐ tered in the Of‐ fice of the Clerk for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son under In‐ strument No. 9931327, in COB 3008, folio 267 and according to which plan said lot is more fully described as follows: LOT 14, SQUARE "E", which square is bounded by Lake Bernard Court, Tulleries Garden Lane (side), Lake Lynn Drive (side) and Lake Powell Court and measures 54.01 feet front on Lake Bernard Court, has a width in the rear of 54 feet, by a depth of 105.42 feet on the Tulleries Garden Lane side and a depth of 105 feet on the Lake Powell Court side. All in ac‐ cordance with survey by John‐ son Profes‐ sional Land Surveyors, Inc., dated July 25, 2000, resur‐ veyed August 28, 2000 to lo‐ cate forms, resurveyed Sep‐ tember 8, 2000 to locate slab, resurveyed De‐ cember 15, 2000.

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

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

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

RADER JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF

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JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-664 AMERCIAN BANK VERSUS SILWADY CABINETRY, LLC By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 13, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND, to‐ gether with all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, prescrip‐ tions, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances, and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in Township 14 South, Range 24 East, Southeast‐ ern Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐ sippi River, near the unincorpo‐ rated Village of Harvey, in JEF‐ FERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, in BLOCK H-1 of SECTION “C” of the JOSEPH RATH‐ BORNE LAND CO., INC. INDUS‐ TRIAL SUBDIVI‐ SION, said Block H-1 being bounded on the West by Peters Road, on the South by Brinker Street, on the East by St. Joseph Lane, and on the North by Eleventh Street, said lot being LOT 3 of original Block “H” of Section “C” of said subdivi‐ sion, as shown on a survey prepared by Guy J. Seghers, Sur‐ veyors, dated July 28, 1951, an‐ nexed to an act before Taylor Caffery, Orleans Notary, dated August 1, 1951, recorded in COB 306, folio 339 and ac‐ cording to which said sur‐ vey said lot is described as follows: Commencing at a point on St. Joseph Lane 233.21 feet from Eleventh Street and on the line com‐ mon to Lots 2 and 3, and mea‐ suring thence 103.22 feet front on St. Joseph Lane and toward Brinker Street; thence at an angle of 90 de‐ grees 00 min‐ utes 27 seconds a distance of 265 feet to Peters Road; thence at an angle of 89 degrees 59 minutes 33 seconds a dis‐ tance of 103.22 feet front on Pe‐ ters Road; thence at an angle of 90 de‐ grees 00 min‐ utes 27 seconds a distance of 265 feet to St. Joseph Lane and the point of begin‐ ning. All as per survey of Man‐ dle Surveying, Inc., dated

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Inc., dated June 25, 1996.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear Municipal No. 721 Peters Road, Harvey, LA 70058 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

TERMS - 10% down balance in 30 days.

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

W. A. MAIORANA, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-370 UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC VERSUS MISAEL A. PEREZ A/K/A MISAEL A. PEREZ SANDERS A/K/A MISAEL PEREZ A/K/A MISAEL A. SANDERS A/K/A MISAEL SANDERS A/K/A MISAEL PEREZ SANDERS A/K/A MISAEL P. SANDERS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 4, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and ad‐ vantages there‐ unto belonging or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Kenner Heights Subdivision, in Square 17-A, thereof, bounded by Williams Boule‐ vard, Thir‐ teenth, Compromise Streets and Fourteenth, all as per plat of survey by A. W. J. Bisco, C.E., dated August 13, 1952, an‐ nexed to an act before Pierre D. Olivier, Jr., No‐ tary Public, dated Septem‐ ber 30, 1952.

And according to said plat, said lot is desig‐ nated as Lot "A" and is lo‐ cated and mea‐ f l

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cated and mea sures as fol‐ lows: Lot "A" forms the corner of Compromise and Thirteenth Streets and measures 50 feet front on Compromise Street, same width in the rear, by a depth and front on Thirteenth Street of 120 feet, and the same depth on the opposite sideline.

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

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

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

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-032 NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELL‐ POINT MORT‐ GAGE SERVICING VS OTTIS D. ALLEN, JR. AND TYRA C. ALLEN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 26, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: ALL THAT CER‐ TAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, all rights, ways, means, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, prescriptions and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining thereto, situ‐ ated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, forming a part of the prop‐ erty formerly belonging to Joseph Gitzinger, and now known as MARRERO ADDI‐ TION, lying south of the right of way of the M.L.&.T.R.R. & S.S. Co., and immedi‐ ately in the rear of property be‐ longing to the Planter's Co. or Penick and Ford, desig‐ nated as Lot No. 18 of Block No. 32, which block is bounded by 13th and 14th Streets, Av‐ enue B and the

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enue B and the property of Mar‐ rero Land & Im‐ provement Assoc., Ltd, as per plan of Henry L .Zander, Parish engineer of this parish, dated Gretna, Louisiana, No‐ vember 10, 1912, a copy of which is on file in the Recorder's Of‐ fice of the Parish of Jefferson in Book of Plans, Vol. 13, folio 26, Said lot mea‐ sures 30 feet front on Avenue B, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines.

Being the same property ac‐ quired by Bar‐ rios Properties, LLC from Frances Special Services, Inc., by act dated May 22, 2015, recorded at COB 3351, folio 139 in the records of Jef‐ ferson Parish LA. AND ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ment thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, forming part of the property for‐ merly belonging to Joseph Critzinger and now known as "MARRERO ADDITION", lying south of the right of way of the M.L.&.T.R.R. & S.S. Company and immediately to the rear of prop‐ erty belonging to Planter's Company (or Penick & Ford), in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, designated as Lot Number Nineteen (19) of Block Number Thirty-Two (32) as per plan of Henry L. Zander, Parish Engineer of this Parish dated Gretna, Louisiana on November 10, 1912, a copy of whereof is on file in the Recorder's Of‐ fice of the Parish, said Block Number Thirty-two (32) is bounded by Thirteen and Fourteenth Streets, Avenue "B" and dividing line of property belonging to the present vendor; and said Lot Number Nine‐ teen (19) of Block Number Thirty-two (32) measures Thirty (30') feet front on Avenue "B", by a depth of One hundred twenty (120') feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines.

Said Lots 18 and 19, Square 32 have been re subdivided and is now LOT 18A, SQUARE 32 as shown on the survey by Dufrene Surveys and recorded at COB 3358, Page 937.

Which has the address of 1336 Avenue B, Mar‐ rero, LA 70072 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

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EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 835-702 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-4, ASSETBACKED CER‐ TIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4 VS MASOOD AB KHAN, (A/K/A MASOOD KHAN, MASOOD A. KHAN) AND ZAREENA SULTANA KHAN, (A/K/A ZA‐ REENA SUL‐ TANA, ZAREENA S. KHAN, ZAREENA KHAN) By virtue of and in obedience to of a Writ SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Decem‐ ber 13, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, Louisiana, in Neyrey Park Extension No. 1, being a portion of Lot 4 Rosedale Plan‐ tation, which said lots are de‐ scribed accord‐ ing to a plan of subdivision by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Surveyors, dated June 21, 1960, revised March 15, 1961, as follows: Lot 8 of Square 4, which said square is bounded by Neyrey Drive, 17th Street, Western Bound‐ ary of Subdivi‐ sion and 13th Street. Lot 8 commences at a distance of 433.87 feet from the corner of Neyrey Drive and 17th Street and measures thence 60 feet front on Neyrey Drive, same in width in the rear, by a depth on the side line adjoining Lot No. 7 of 111.01 feet, and a depth on the opposite side‐ line adjoining Lot No. 9 of 111.23 feet. All as more fully shown on print of survey made by J.J. K b &

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made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Surveyors, dated June 1, 1962, resur‐ veyed January 6, 1965.

Made and Ac‐ cepted subject to: Right of Way to Louisiana Power & Light Com‐ pany granted by Neyrey Park, Inc. in act acknowl‐ edged before Henry G. Neyrey, Jr., N.P., dated January 25, 1962, reg.

COB 347, Folio 319.

Restrictions contained in act before Henry G. Neyrey, Jr., N.P. dated Dec. 13, 1961, reg. COB 544, Folio 354, which are identical to those in COB 500, Folio 207.

Which has the address of 3916 Neyrey Drive, Metairie, LA 70002 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

EMILY E. HOLLEY Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 861-417 MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC. VERSUS MARCO PORTILLO By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated February 5, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, prescrip‐ tions, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, that part thereof known as Seton Parc Subdivision, designated as LOT 6, SQUARE B,

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B, bounded by St. John Drive, St. Elizabeth Drive, Vingate Drive, and Jefferson St. Drive measures thence 60.00 feet front on St. John Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120.41 feet on St. Eliza‐ beth Drive side and 120.28 feet on the Jefferson St. Charles Line side. All as more fully shown on survey of BFM Corporation, dated March 17, 1989, re-certified July 12, 1989; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property .

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 11 St. John Drive, Louisiana.

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

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

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

CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 862-382 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS RAYCHELL MARIE HARRIS A/K/A RAYCHELLE M. HARRIS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 6, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, situated, lying and being in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part known as the WHITEHOUSE SUBDIVISION, forming part of the Town of d

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the Town of Westwego, and designated as the WHOLE OF LOTS NUMBERS THIRTEEN (13), FOURTEEN (14), FIFTEEN (15), AND FOUR (4') FEET OF LOT NUMBER SIX‐ TEEN (16), ad‐ joining Lot No. 15 of SQUARE NUM‐ BER FORTYEIGHT (48) of said subdivi‐ sion, on a plan of survey made by Alvin E. Hotard, Parish Surveyor, dated Gretna, Louisiana, June 1, 1936, a blue print of which is attached to and made part of an act of sale by Marrero Lane and Im‐ provement As‐ sociation, Lim‐ ited, to Leon Ri‐ choux, passed before Ernest M. Conzelmann, Notary Public, dated June 17, 1936; and ac‐ cording to said plan, said Square is bounded by Av‐ enue "E and "D, Fifth and Sixth Streets; said Lots Numbers Thir‐ teen (13), Four‐ teen (14), and Fifteen (15), ad‐ join each other, and measure each THIRTY-TWO (32') feet front on Avenue "D", the same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of One Hundred Twenty-Five and 81/100 (125.81) feet, said por‐ tion of Lot Num‐ ber Sixteen (16) adjoins Lot No. 15, and measures Four (4') feet front on Avenue "D", the same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of One hundred Twenty-Five and 81/100 (125.81') feet, said piece or portion of ground mea‐ sures One Hun‐ dred (100') feet front on Avenue "D", by a depth be‐ tween equal and parallel lines of One Hundred Twenty-Five and 81/100 (125.81') feet; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property .

The improve‐ ments bear the municipal ad‐ dress 645 Av‐ enue D, West‐ wego, LA 70094 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-187

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR TO LASALLE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURI‐ TIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERFITICATES, SERIES 2005WF1 VERSUS KAREN ADELE MCNEELY PIEROPAN, IN HER CAPACITY AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF MARY JANIE MCNEELY By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 9, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, situ‐ ated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in SQUARE E, BARATARIA ES‐ TATES EXTEN‐ SION SUBDIVI‐ SION, bounded by Cypress Lawn Drive, Magnolia Lawn Street, Elm Lawn Drive and Willow Lawn Street, designated as LOT NO. 14 on survey the made by Gilbert, Kelly & Cou‐ turie, Inc., C.E. & S., dated October 7,1980, a copy of which is annexed to an act before Richard A. Ham‐ mel, N.P., dated Oc‐ tober 10, 1980, registered in COB 990, folio 571, and accord‐ ing to said survey said Lot 14 forms the corner of Cy‐ press Lawn Drive and Mag‐ nolia Lawn Drive, and mea‐ sures thence a 100.18 feet front on Cypress Lawn, a width in the rear of 106.35 feet, by a depth and front on Magno‐ lia Lawn Street side of 150.09 feet, and a depth on the opposite side‐ line of 162.74 feet.

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

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

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

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New l

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The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-184 NEWREZ LLC VERSUS ESTATE OF LAWRENCE ANDREW BANKSTON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 17, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2, being part of Oakdale Subdi‐ vision, Section "B", First Ward, all in ac‐ cordance with the survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C. E., dated June 3, 1959, re‐ vised Septem‐ ber 16, 1959 and September 18, 1959, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐ nance No. 4544, adopted April 21, 1960, registered in COB 510, folio 522, Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana on July 20, 1960, in Plan and Book 39, folio 65, Office of the Clerk of Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, Louisiana, which said property is more fully de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows, to-wit: LOT NO. 39 in SQUARE 18, bounded by Blossom Street, N. Butterfly Cir‐ cle, E. Butterfly Circle, Bruce Avenue and Benoit Place, said lot begins 110 feet from the intersection of Blossom Street and N. Butterfly Circle, and mea‐ sures thence 60 feet front on N. But‐ terfly Circle, a first width in the rear of 51.17 feet and a sec‐ ond width in the rear of 38.67 feet, by a depth of 110 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines; all in accordance with the survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C. E., dated No‐ vember 1, 1960, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to an act passed before Edward V.

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Edward V. Frayle, Notary Public, dated November 10, 1960, registered in COB 519, folio 310, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

rior security in terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

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

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

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

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

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-533 CITIMORTGAGE, INC. VERSUS DAWN A. NICHOLSON A/K/A DAWN ANTOINETTE NICHOLSON A/K/A DAWN NICHOLSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 12, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages thereunto be‐ longing to or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as University City Subdivision, Square 44 being bounded by West Louisiana State Drive, West Oglethorpe Place, Loyola Drive and 35th Street, desig‐ nated as Lot 11A-1, measuring as follows to wit: Lot 11-A-1 mea‐ sures 50.0 feet front on West Louisiana State Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 110.0 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines.

This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ t t t

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WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2017-RP1 VS TROY A. BERGERON AND TONYA URBAN BERGERON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 23, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: That certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in Parish of Jef‐ ferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as Acadi‐ ana Subdivision, all in accor‐ dance with a plan of resubdivision by Dufrene Survey‐ ing & Engineer‐ ing, Inc., dated March 17, 2004, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 22234, adopted on June 23, 2004, said ordinance filed at COB 3128, folio 108.

According to said plan, said lot is desig‐ nated as Lot 40, Square A. Square A is bounded by Acadiana Trace, Ascension Bay, Ascension Court (side), and Grand Terre Drive (side). Lot 40 commences at a distance of 65.81 feet from the intersection of Acadiana Trace and Ascension Bay, and mea‐ sures thence 72.00 feet front on di

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on Acadiana Trace, with a width in the rear of 83.09 feet, by a depth of 119.39 feet along the westerly‐ most side and a depth of 123.28 feet along the opposite or easterlymost side. All in ac‐ cordance with a survey by Dufrene Survey‐ ing & Engineer‐ ing, Inc., dated February 22, 2007, revised March 8, 2007 to show form, re‐ vised March 15, 2007 to show improve‐ ments. The im‐ provements bear the munici‐ pal address 2708 Acadiana Trace, Marrero, LA 70072 (“Prop‐ erty”).

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

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

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

CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 872-823 NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELL‐ POINT MORTGAGE SER‐ VICING VERSUS NATALIE WALKER GAM‐ BLE AND CLARENCE O'NEIL GAMBLE, JR. (A/K/A CARENCE O GAMBLE, JR.) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated February 13, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, situated in the PARISH of JEF‐ FERSON, STATE of LOUISIANA, in WOODMERE SUBDIVISION SECTION, all as per plan of resubdivision, approved by Jef‐ ferson Parish Council Ordi‐ nance No. 14246, registered in COB 979, Folio 380, and as per act of Dedica‐ tion, registered in COB 952, 845, and according to which said lot thereon is des‐

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thereon is des ignated as LOT 2107, of SQUARE D-1.

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

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

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

EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-175 NATIONS DIRECT MORTGAGE, LLC VERSUS BRANDON E. COUVILLION A/K/A BRANDON COUVILLION By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 2, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: Property 1: That portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Harlem Sub‐ division. And in accordance with the plan of F.G. Stewart, Surveyor, dated August 13, 1959, annexed to ordinance no.

4249 of Jeffer‐ son, said prop‐ erty is desig‐ nated as Lot "X1" of Square 91, bounded by 45th Street, Athania Park‐ way, 46th Street and North Causeway Boulevard, is situated and measures as follows: Lot "X-1" com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 222 feet from the corner of North Cause‐ way Boulevard and 45th Street and measures 50 feet front on 45th Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines; all as more fully shown on plat f b FG

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shown on plat of survey by F.G. Stewart, Sur‐ veyor, dated Au‐ gust 13, 1959, re‐ vised November 21, 1961.

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

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

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

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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Fourth Street and a depth of 73 feet, 4 inches on the side line nearest Fifth Street.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear Municipal No. 428 Allo Av‐ enue, Marrero, LA 7007 (“Property”).

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

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

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

ELIZABETH C. PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff

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JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-557 PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VERSUS ROBYN LYNN AMATI A/K/A ROBYN LYNN AMATI SULLIVAN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 9, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in SQUARE 1, ALLO SUBDIVISION, bounded by Allo Avenue (also known as Av‐ enue "C"), Fourth and Fifth Streets, and Marrero Ad‐ dition, desig‐ nated as LOT 5 on a survey by Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, dated May 2, 1940, re-dated July 27, 1963, by Errol E. Kelly, a Surveyor, copy of which is annexed to act before W. J. Waguespack, Jr., N.P., on August 2, 1963, according to which said lot commences at a distance of 291 feet 4 inches from the corner of Allo Avenue and Fourth Street and measures thence 50 feet front on Allo Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth of 73 feet on the side line nearest Fourth Street

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of ground is designated as Lot T, Square 503.

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

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

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

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

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

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-247

ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC VERSUS DONALD J. ANTILL, JR. A/K/A DONALD JOSEPH ANTILL, JR. A/K/A DONALD ANTILL, JR. AND CRYSTAL BROADUS ANTILL A/K/A CRYSTAL B. ANTILL A/K/A CRYSTAL ANTILL By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 31, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 31, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

All that certain lot or parcel of ground, to‐ gether with all of the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, means, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances, advantages and component parts thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining thereto, lying and being situ‐ ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner, in that part thereof known as Highway Park Subdivi‐ sion, and according to a plan of sub‐ division by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Civil Engi‐ neers & Surveyors, dated January 20, 1956, ap‐ proved by the City of Kenner Parish Council on September 17, 1956 under ordinance num‐ ber 308, regis‐ tered in COB 411, folio 530, said portion of ground is d i t d

That portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Kenner Pro‐ ject, designated as Lot 13-B of Square 507, bounded by Panama (for‐ merly Glenwood Avenue), Huntsville and 31 Streets (for‐ merly Brenton Avenue). Lot 13B forms the corner of 31st and Panama Streets and measures one hundred fifteen feet (115’) front on 31st Street, the same in width in the rear, by a depth and front on Panama Street of one hundred ten ( )

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hundred ten feet (110’), ac‐ cording to a plan of Adloe Orr, Jr., & Associates, C.E., dated March 2, 1963, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to ordi‐ nance no.

714 of the City of Kenner, regis‐ tered in COB 569, folio 279 of the conveyance records of the Parish of Jeffer‐ son. The forego‐ ing description is in accordance with print of survey

by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated May 16, 1963, an‐ nexed to act of sale be‐ fore Nat B. Knight, Jr., No‐ Public, tary dated July 12, 1963, registered in COB 575, folio 91.

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

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS MARLON R. CRUZ A/K/A MARLON CRUZ AND TANIA LIS‐ SETH OBANDA DE CRUZ A/K/A TANIA LISSETH OBANDA A/K/A TANIA L. OBANDA A/K/A TANIA OBANDA A/K/A TANIA LISSTEH DE CRUZ A/K/A TANIA L. DE CRUZ A/K/A TANIA DE CRUZ A/K/A TANIA OBANDA DE CRUZ A/K/A TANIA O. DE CRUZ

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

DENNIS F. WIGGINS, JR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-528 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION VERSUS THE OPENED SUCCESSION OF PAULA MYERS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 4, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN CON‐ DOMINIUM UNIT, identified as UNIT 420, VILLA D'ORLEANS CONDOMINIUM, created pur‐ suant to Decla‐ ration Creating and Establish‐ ing a Condominium Property Regime for Villa D'Orleans Regime for Villa D'Orleans Development, Inc. before William D. McArthur, N.P., dated Septem‐ ber 10, 1984, registered in COB 1100, folio as 102, amended by Amendment to Act of Declara‐ tion Creating and Es‐ tabishing a Con‐ dominium Regime for Villa D'Orleans Con‐

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D Orleans Con dominium Regime for Villa D'Orleans Con‐ dominium, dated March 12, 1986, registered in COB 1435, olio 236 (collectively the "Condominium Declaration"), together with its .777 undivided per‐ cent interest in the Common El‐ ements, and which unit is lo‐ cated on the de‐ following scribed parcels of ground: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the STATE LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, in that part thereof known HESSMER FARMS SUBDIVI‐ SION, and desig‐ nated as LOT 215-A, all, per print of survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C. dated August 29, 1963, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Co Under Ordinance No. 6309, recorded in COB 580, folio 683, said portion of ground is more fully described as follows, towit: LOT 215-A is sit‐ uated in that area bounded by Edenborn Ave Veterans Memorial Highway, Hess‐ mer Avenue and 31st Street, for‐ merly 18th or 23rd Street, and said Lot 215-A is composed of Lots A, B, C and D of original Plot 215 and a portion of Lot A of Plot 210.

According to the aforesaid, Lot 215-A meau‐ res 247 feet front on Edenborn Av‐ a enue, by depth of 210 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. All of the above may be noted more fully by referenced print of survey

by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated July 28, 1965.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 3110 Edenborn Av‐ enue, unit 420, Metairie, Louisiana.

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

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

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

EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

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PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-879 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC VS GEORGE PAUL ADAMS AND TAMMY ADAMS (A/KA TAMMY LYNN ADAMS) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 16, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Town of Westwego, LA., Jefferson Parish, in SQUARE 5 of WESTDALE AD‐ DITION SUBDIVISION, by bounded Keller Street, the Western line of Westdale Ad‐ dition Subdivision, Maple and Spruce Streets, designated as LOT NO. 12 ac‐ cording to a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, C.E., dated July 9, 1953, annexed to an act passed before Dobin Friedman, No‐ tary Public, dated June 24, 1955, which said Lot 12 com‐ mences 46.16’ feet from the corner of Keller Street and Maple Street, measures 50.00’ feet front on Keller Street, same width in the rear by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 125.00’.

Also in accor‐ dance with sur‐ vey by BFM Corporation, registered in COB 1756 pg.

248 Instrument No. 8732694.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear Municipal No. 840 Keller Street, West‐ wego, LA 70094.

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

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

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

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 842-225 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR RMTP TRUST, SERIES 2021 BKM-TT-V VERSUS SHANE M. MARTIN AND SHAWNA MILLER MARTIN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Decem‐ ber 1, 2023, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the CITY OF KEN‐ NER, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVI‐ SION, as per plan of Adloe Orr, Jr., and As‐ sociates, C.E., dated Decem‐ ber 9, 1969, ap‐ proved in Ordi‐ nance No. 1195, registered in COB 713, Folio 190, designated as follows: LOT 45-A of SQUARE 19, being bounded

by Loyola Drive West, 40th Street, 35th Street and the proposed site of Loyola Univer‐ sity, said lot commences at a distance of 850 feet from 35th Street and measures thence 50 feet front on Loyola Drive West, same width in the rear by a depth of 130 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines; subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-ofway and out‐ standing min‐ eral rights of record affecting the property.

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 3568 W. Loy‐ ola Drive This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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

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

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COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 851-842 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. VS HERMAN JACKSON AND RINENNY MARIA GIROD A/K/A RINENNY M. GIROD A/K/A RINENNY GIROD By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 17, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as South Avon‐ dale Homes Subdivision, Section III, ac‐ cording to a plan of William Maier, C.E., dated August 24, 1964, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐ nance No. 6792, and filed for record as Entry No. 303,279, regis‐ tered in COB 559, folio 505, and in Plan Book 50, Plan 58, of the records of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, according to which the said lot is desig‐ nated as Lot No. 7, Square 18 thereof, bounded by Julia, Dorothy and Ruth Drives, and South Jamie Boulevard, and measures 52 feet front on Dorothy Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines.

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

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

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable

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must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit.

must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit.

CHARLES E SUTTON, JR Attorney for Plaintiff

EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

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JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO: 864-827

NO: 872-312

PLAINS COMMERCE BANK VERSUS JARED WILFRED HYDELL

JESSIE'S PROPERTIES, LLC VERSUS JEROME A. TAYLOR

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 16, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 24, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN LOT OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, situ‐ ated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as, WOODMERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION 5, and being desig‐ nated on the of‐ ficial plan of said subdivision, on file and of record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorder for the Parish of Jefferson, State of as Louisiana, LOT NUMBER ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE-A (1395-A) of SQUARE LL, said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being sub‐ ject to such re‐ strictions and servitudes as shown on the official subdivi‐ sion map and/or of record.

A CERTAIN PIECE OR OIR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights and pre‐ scriptions (both liberative and acquisitive) and ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes and ad‐ vantages there‐ unto belonging or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situ‐ ated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF in LOUISIANA, that part thereof known as AIRLINE PARK NORTH SUBDIVI‐ SION, being a portion of Elmwood and LaFreniere Plan‐ tations; all as per plan of sub‐ division made by H.E. Landry, C.E., dated Septem‐ ber 1, 1954, re‐ vised October 20, 1954, approved by the Police Jury under Ordi‐ nance No. 2535, recorded in COB 366, folio 627, as per plan of resubdivision made by H. E. Landry, Sr., C.E. dated Decem‐ ber 23, 1955, ap‐ proved by the Police Jury under Ordi‐ nance No. 3141, recorded in COB 400, folio 143, and as per plan of subdivision made by H.E. Landry, Sr., C.E., dated May 23, 1958, approved under Ordinance No. 3783, recorded in COB 451, folio 354 and described as follows:

with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit.

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 862-081 THE RIVERWOOD CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. VERSUS MARY ELAINE KOONCE By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 25, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM PARCEL, con‐ sisting of UNIT NO. 301 of the Riverwood Con‐ dominium, to‐ gether with all the undivided interest in the Common Elements of the Condominium appurtenant thereto, situ‐ ated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, created pur‐ suant to the Condominium Declaration executed by Goldsmith-Her‐ nandez Kerry Apartments, by an act before Henry O’Connor, Jr., Notary Public, dated Decem‐ ber 11, 1981, filed for record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Jeffer‐ son Parish, Louisiana on December 15, 1981, under Entry No. 996005, in COB 1016, folio 762.

The Riverwood Condominium is situated upon Plots 111 and 112, Hess‐ mer Farms Sub‐ division, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana.

Being the same property ac‐ quired by Mary Elaine Koonce by act of Cash Sale before Sharon I. Corona, Notary Public, dated October 9, 1997, registered at CIN 9754410, Book 2971, Page 116.

Further in ac‐ cordance with a survey, pre‐ pared by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated April 24, 1978, resur‐ veyed July 22, 1978, a copy of is at‐ which tached to and made a part of that certain act recorded at COB 939 Page 545, of the offi‐ cial records of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, ex‐ cept said lot is shown to have a depth of 98.60 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines.

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

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

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

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

NOTE: All funds must be

NOTE: All funds must be

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 2301 Edenborn Av‐ enue, Unit 301, Metairie, Louisiana 70001.

LOT “K” of SQUARE 213, which said Square is bounded by Abadie Avenue, Camphor Street, Akron Avenue and LaFreniere Street. Accord‐ ing to the afore‐ said, L t K f S

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said, Lot K of Square 213 commences at a distance of 174 feet from the corner of Abadie Avenue and Camphor Street and measures thence sixtyseven feet (67’) front on Abadie Avenue by a depth of one-hundred two and sev‐ enty-five hun‐ dredths feet (102.75’) be‐ tween equal and parallel lines and is composed of portions of orig‐ inal Lots 5 and 6 adjoining, All according to a survey

by Gilbert Kely and Couturie, Surveyors, dated Decem‐ ber 28, 1979.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 1613 Abadie Avenue, Metairie, LA 70003.

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

TERMS - 10% down balance in 30 days.

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

JEFFREY M. TOEPFER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 872-495 COMPUTERSHA RE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFA 2025-NQM3 TRUST VERSUS RONALD R. BULLIE A/K/A RONALD BULLIE By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated January 30, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in Town‐ ship 14 South, Ranges 23 and 24 East,

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23 and 24 East, Southeast Land District, west of the Mississippi River, known as Harvey Canal Property, Jeffer‐ son Parish, Louisiana, for‐ merly desig‐ nated as Parcel Q-2-B, which said portion of ground has been resubdi‐ vided into Woodmere South Subdivision Sec‐ tion 3, all as per plan of resubdi‐ vision made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E. & S., dated October 10, 1983, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No. 15784, recorded in COB 1064, folio 925, and as per Act of Dedi‐ cation before Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public, dated February 2, 1984, recorded in COB 1067, folio 270, same being des‐ ignated as fol‐ lows: Lot 974, Square “V”, which square is bounded by Barbwood Drive, Cimwood Drive, Havenwood Drive and Destrehan Av‐ enue, and said Lot 974 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 254.53 feet from the point of cur‐ vature of Barb‐ wood Drive into Destrehan Av‐ enue and mea‐ sures thence 60 feet front on Barb‐ wood Drive, same in width across the rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines; all as per survey made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., LS., dated June 8, 1987, resur‐ veyed August 4, 1988.

This act is made and accepted subject to the following: Five foot servi‐ tude across the rear of said property in favor of South Central Bell as set forth on a survey made by J.J. Krebs and Sons, Inc., dated August 4, 1988.

Ten foot servi‐ tude in favor of Louisiana Power and Light Com‐ pany across the front of said property as shown on the survey made by J.J. Krebs and Sons, Inc., dated August 4, 1988.

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

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

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

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-874 LIBERTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

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VERSUS OCIE WRIGHT SHERROD, III By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 18, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, designated as UNIT 123 of PONTCHAR‐ PLACE TRAIN CONDOMINI‐ UMS, and the condominium appurtenant thereunto as es‐ tablished by the Declaration of Condominium Regime dated Decem‐ ber 21, 1984, registered in COB 11614, folio 149.

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

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

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

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-949 RICHARD MICHELSON VERSUS JACQUE M. MCQUAIG By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 22, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following d ib d

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the following described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all of the build‐ ings and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in SQUARE NUM‐ BER, NINETYEIGHT (98) of METAIRIEVILLE SUBDIVISION, bounded by Lilac Street, Lake Avenue, Magnolia Street and Or‐ pheum Avenue, designated as LOT NUMBER TWENTY-TWO-A (22-A) on a survey made by Gilbert, Kelly & Cou‐ turie, Surveyors, dated Decem‐ ber 16, 1972, redated April 10, 1976, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to act passed before Oliver P. Carriere, Jr., No‐ tary Public, dated April 15, 1976 and regis‐ tered in COB 859, folio 616, and accord‐ ing to which, said lot com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of two hundred thirty (230’) feet from the corner of Lilac Street and Lake Avenue and measures thence fifty-three (53’) feet on Lilac Street, by a depth between equal and paral‐ lel lines of one hundred twenty (120’) feet.

The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal Number: 100 Lilac Street, Metairie, Louisiana.

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

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

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

M. CLAIRE DURIO Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-065 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS ESTATE OF BYRON R. BATES By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 27, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office l

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Sheriff s Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing anywise appertaining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in SECTION "G" of GOLDEN HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, all as shown on a plan of said Sec‐ tion "G", made

by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Surveyors, dated April 5, 1965, annexed to Ordinance No. 7098, adopted by the Jefferson Parish Council on April 29, 1965, registered in COB 613, folio 629, which said lot measures as follows: LOT NO. 6, SQUARE "K", bounded by Randolph Street, Ames Boulevard, Po‐ tomac and Wabash Dri‐ ves, Lot 6 com‐ mences 60 feet front on Po‐ tomac Drive, 60 feet front on Ames Boule‐ vard, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 120 feet.

Lot 6 commences at a distance of 132.49 feet from the corner of Potomac and Wabash Drives. All in ac‐ cordance with a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., Surveying and Engineer‐ ing, dated Janu‐ ary 14, 1981, a copy of which is annexed to the act, dated January 19, 1981and recorded as COB 997, folio 6.

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

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

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

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t Public Notices Sheriff Sales

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-299 U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISITION

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TRUST VERSUS CRUZ ESCOBAR HERNANDEZ By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated May 1, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, situated in Mar‐ rero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, in that part thereof known HOURCADE as SUBDIVISION designated as LOT NO. 43 of SQUARE B-18C, which said is square b d db k

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q bounded by Oak Giaise Drive, Street, Square B-18-B and Farm Lot BI9. Said Lot has a frontage on Oak Drive of 50 feet, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 207.42 between feet equal and paral‐ lel lines; five (5') feet of extreme being portion for reserved and drainage utility, all in accordance with plan of sur‐ vey by Wilton J. Land Dufrene, Surveyor, dated March 17,1981, a copy of which is an‐ hereto nexed (“Property”).

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

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

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

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CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-355 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP. VERSUS PHILIPPE A. LANNELONGUE (A/K/A LANNELONGUE ANTOINE PHILLIPE) By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐

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Parish of Jeffer son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated May 5, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, sit‐ uated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, VIEW BEACH IN HEIGHTS SQUARE NO. 24, bounded by Delaware Av‐ 42nd enue, Florida Street, and Avenue 43rd Street, des‐ ignated as LOTS Nos. 5 and 6 all accordance in with a survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, dated May 28, 1956, and attached to act before John F. Connolly, N.P.,

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. Co o y, . ., dated Septem‐ ber 25, 1958, which said lots adjoin each other and each measure 25 feet between equal and parallel lines. Said Lot 5 com‐ No. mences at a dis‐ tance of 100 feet from the corner of Av‐ Delaware enue and 43rd Street. All in ac‐ cordance with the survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Sur‐ Couturie, dated veyors, April 11, 1979, improvements located November 21, 1979.

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

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

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

EMILY A. MUELLER

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Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-298 U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISITION TRUST VERSUS BARBARA ANN NEWHOUSE DENDINGER By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a SEIZURE AND

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SEIZURE AND SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated May 6, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐ gust 5, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in "B" SQUARE GLENWOOD PARK SUBDIVI‐ SION,

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SION, HARAHAN, by bounded Lane, Huntley Jefferson High‐ way, Kendal and West Shannon Lanes, as designated LOT NUMBER 15 on the survey made by Gilbert, Kelly & Cou‐ turie, Inc., Sur‐ veying & Engi‐ neering, dated July 25, 1973, a copy of which is annexed to an act of purchase passed before a dated Notary, this even date; and, according to survey, said said Lot No. 15 forms the cor‐ ner of Huntley and West Shannon Lanes, measures and 102.56 feet front Huntley on Lane, a width in the rear of 102.62 feet, by a depth and front on West Lane Shannon of 49.17 feet, and a depth on the opposite side of feet 69.36 (“Property”).

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

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

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

CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: June 26, 2026, July 31, 2026 jun 26-jul 31-2t

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