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LSU getting selective

University tightens admissions standards in effort to improve academic reputation and deal with concerns about campus capacity

New state law ends basic safety checks

BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

New Orleans drivers will not need brake tags for the remainder of this year, after a state law ended vehicle safety check requirements in most Louisiana parishes.

Effective immediately, New Orleans police officers have been directed “to cease the issuance of citations for a motorist’s failure to display or produce a ve- ä New laws hicle inspection passed by sticker,” officials Legislature with Mayor Helnow in effect. ena Moreno’s adPAGE 4A ministration said Friday.

The city has also paused the issuance of new brake tags.

The change comes after Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law in June that ended basic safety checks, which he said were “costly and burdensome.”

Instead, the state law requires drivers to get a new Louisiana Vehicle Identification Program sticker which will have a QR code listing the vehicle identification number when scanned.

City officials previously said that they were reviewing the state law to determine whether it applied to the city’s local vehicle inspection program. New Orleans, Kenner and Westwego run their own programs, and Kenner ended its requirement this summer after the bill was signed.

In an email to council members this week, Andrew Tuozzolo, special counsel to Moreno, wrote that

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This year’s class at LSU will likely be a few hundred students smaller than last year, which totaled 8,153 first-time freshman and was the largest class in school history, according to an LSU official.

BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer

Across her college career, LSU senior Rachel Kashimawo has spent hours circling campus in her RAV4, searching for a parking spot even though she always buys a permit.

The parking space was only the first obstacle in navigating the campus of a jampacked flagship university that has seen record-breaking freshman class sizes for

the years Kashimawo has attended.

In lecture halls, especially early in her time on campus, Kashimawo said she watched while some students stood for class because all 200 seats were filled.

“There’s a lot of people in every aspect, not even just classes — game days, trying to get tickets, parking,” Kashimawo said.

“It’s just a lot of people, and even though we’re a big campus per se, we don’t have that much space for that many people.”

Concerns about campus capacity and a

push to become a more selective institution overall have led LSU to ease off the gas in enrollment for the first time in nearly a decade.

“If we’re committed to excellence both in the classroom and in the student experience, then part of that calculus does have to involve maybe not growing beyond what the campus capacity is,” Emmett Brown, vice president for

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Hamas OKs deal if Israel halts strikes Obstacles remain to settlement

BY SAMY MAGDY, SAM MEDNICK, JONATHAN J. COOPER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press

CAIRO — Hamas said Friday that it will begin disarming as part of a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that also requires Israel to end its strikes and withdraw from Gaza. It marks a

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potential breakthrough in ending the war, but implementation faces major challenges.

Hamas also said that laying down its heavy weapons, which would come later in the process, was contingent on the creation of a Palestinian state, something Israel’s current government adamantly rejects.

Israel has not officially commented on the deal, which is part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire announced last October. That agreement called for Hamas to disarm

and hand over power to an independent Palestinian administration. Israel was to withdraw, and an International Stabilization Force was to deploy.

But progress stalled, with Israel saying everything hinged on Hamas disarming, and Hamas accusing Israel of violating the agreement by continuing to carry out regular strikes on Gaza.

Disarming would represent a sea change for Hamas, whose

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A Palestinian man rides his bicycle by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war, in Khan younis, southern Gaza ä See HAMAS, page 5A Strip on Friday.

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Authorities release early ransom note in Nancy Guthrie case

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Seattle mayor defends ousting police chief

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Friday defended her decision to oust the city’s police chief as the “right decision at the right time,” but she declined to explain why.

The leadership change came as police continue searching for people involved in a fatal, gangrelated shootout at a food festival near the Space Needle last weekend. A 15-year-old was arrested at the scene and has been charged with assault, but charging documents say the gun he was seen firing wasn’t involved in the deaths of two bystanders.

Wilson and then-Police Chief Shon Barnes faced criticism for being slow to release key information about the shootout on Sunday, including whether suspects remained at large.

Barnes, who was the city’s second Black police chief, has been credited with boosting the recruitment of officers and helping reduce crime downtown. A number of Black community organizations, a major business group and several City Council members issued statements criticizing Wilson’s decision to replace him Thursday.

At a news conference Friday with Andre Sayles, a Seattle deputy chief the mayor named as interim chief, Wilson credited Barnes for his service and said that as mayor she had a clearer window into the operations at the Seattle Police Department than her critics.

Discarded SpaceX rocket to crash on moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago.

The rocket’s upper stage will unintentionally slam into the moon on Wednesday, carving out a crater and sending up a plume of dust and rubble that scientists — and skygazers — are eager to observe.

Space tracking expert Bill Gray predicts an impact of 5,400 mph — seven times the speed of sound — near Einstein Crater on the moon’s sunlit western limb.

With the action unfolding in the wee hours, the eastern portions of the U.S. and Canada, and much of South America should have the best views.

While scientists are not too concerned about this particular piece of space junk, it highlights the growing threat as more and more items cram into orbit.

“Things are getting crowded up there,” said Gray, who plans to view the aftermath from New Brunswick, Canada.

It was never SpaceX’s intent to hit the moon. But space experts said the crash could have been avoided if the upper stage had been nudged into orbit around the sun.

It will be the second dead rocket known to crash into the moon accidentally.

Rock legend Patti Smith visits pope, says ‘hi’

ROME — Rock legend Patti Smith was giddy and almost at a loss for words when she met Friday with Pope Leo XIV. “Hi,” she said softly as she sat down across from Leo at his desk in the Apostolic Palace.

Wearing a crucifix necklace and hair in her trademark braids, Smith has become an increasingly visible presence at the Vatican thanks to her friendship with the Rev. Antonio Spadaro, undersecretary in the Vatican’s culture ministry.

She has said that while she is not Catholic, she was drawn in particular to Pope Francis and his “gentle, open and steadfast sense of humanity.”

She also had a thing for Pope John Paul I: Her 1979 tune “Wave” is about a make-believe conversation with the pope who had just died after a 33-day papacy. It begins “Hi. Hi” uttered in the same breathy voice Smith used with Leo on Friday.

The pope clearly was familiar with the tune. “That was marvelous,” he said.

Earlier this year, Smith performed during the inauguration of the Holy See’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair. The occasion, May 8, was the anniversary of Leo’s election.

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one who knows the notes’ writer may recognize the patterns.

Authorities similarly PHOENIX — Authorities released an early ransom used a suspect’s own writnote in the investigation ings as a tool to apprehend into the disappearance of Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, Nancy Guthrie in hopes branded the “Unabomber” that someone will recog- by the FBI. Kaczynski, nize the writing style. A who killed three people second note released Fri- and injured 23 others with day indicated Guthrie died mail bombs over a 17-year span, pressured shortly after she The Washington was kidnapped.

Post, in conjuncBoth notes inition with The New tially went to a TucYork Times, to pubson television stalish his 35,000-word tion days after the manifesto in 1995.

84-year-old mother Federal authoriof “Today” show h o s t S a v a n n a h S. Guthrie ties encouraged its Guthrie went misspublication, leading from her home outside ing Kaczynski’s brother Tucson on Feb. 1. Authori- and sister-in-law to recogties have not said whether nize the syntax and antiNancy Guthrie is still alive. technology themes and tip The Pima County Sher- off the FBI, bringing to a iff’s Department said “we close the agency’s longest believe these distinctive and costliest investigation linguistic characteristics at the time.

In a statement Friday, may be recognizable to someone who knows or has the sheriff’s department interacted with the notes’ also appealed to people who may know something about writer.”

The first note, sent Feb. 2, the case, saying it may be said Guthrie was safe but difficult to come forward scared and would be re- due to a personal relationleased unharmed once her ship with someone involved captors received $4 million or just for their own safety.

“We recognize relationin cryptocurrency, with the ransom amount increasing ships and loyalties change if the first demand was not over time as do people met. and their perspectives,” It said Guthrie would be the sheriff’s department released within 12 hours if wrote. “It is not too late to the payment was received. come forward.”

It also included a threat The sheriff’s office also to kill her if the ransom said Friday that two videos wasn’t paid. recovered from Guthrie’s “Your mother is aware of doorbell camera might be this and her life is in your from two separate days hands,” the first note read. and indicate an unidenti“It is in the best interest of fied male prepared ahead everyone to have this com- of when Guthrie was taken. pleted as soon as possible.” Authorities are seeking inThe second note was formation on anyone who sent Feb. 6 and said Guth- was behaving differently, rie died shortly after she changed their physical apwas taken. “She is buried pearance, suddenly left the in nature now,” the second Tucson area, or had a noticenote said. “Nothing you able or unexplained interest could have done could have or disinterest in the case. changed the outcome.” The “Investigators continue note ends with an apology, to pursue every available “We are truly sorry.” technological and investiThe sheriff’s department gative lead,” the sheriff’s said the notes reveal a dis- office said. “However, comtinctive pattern of word munity members remain a choices and provide insight vital resource as we seek into the writer’s mindset. to provide answers for The agency said some- Nancy’s family.”

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President Donald Trump speaks Friday as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen during a cabinet meeting at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md.

Trump hails ‘unique’ Cabinet meeting Seizes on Spain’s migration crisis at Camp David gathering

BY SEUNG MIN KIM, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JACQUELYN MARTIN Associated Press

CAMP DAVID, Md. — President Donald Trump took Friday’s Cabinet meeting on the road to Camp David, using the historic rustic backdrop of the presidential retreat to boast of his administration’s achievements while seizing on a migrant crisis in Spain to make his case for why voters should keep the Republican Party in power.

The Cabinet meeting, the 13th such gathering of Trump’s second term, came just three months before the November midterm elections that could serve as a check on his power if Democrats take control of one or both chambers of Congress. His warnings about Spain echoed language he used ahead of the 2018 midterms, when he warned of caravans of migrants headed to the southern U.S. border.

“You know, I saw Spain yesterday, and I watched the catastrophe that took place.

It looks like an invasion of a country by hundreds of thousands of people,” Trump said. “And that same thing is going to happen to us if the Republicans don’t get elected. Except worse, much bigger.”

Some 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory over the past 24 hours. Roughly half of them have already made their way back voluntarily, according to the Spanish government, but at least 57 have died on the journey.

Separately, he deflected blame for a series of cyberattacks that targeted 30 water systems in Minnesota on the state’s “grossly incompetent” Democratic leadership. Officials have not publicly identified who was behind the attacks, though the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other agencies warned in an advisory last week that Iranian hackers have been targeting water and wastewater systems and the operational controls of other critical infrastructure sectors.

“They blame it on Iran,” Trump said, without offering evidence. “I don’t think so. I think I blame it on Minnesota because they’re grossly incompetent.”

The president regularly convenes his Cabinet throughout his terms as a setting to promote his administration’s policies while fielding questions on the news of

the day, but what made Friday’s unusual was that it was at Camp David, the government-owned retreat nestled in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains where Trump held one Cabinet meeting during his first term.

Trump began the meeting by noting it was “something very unique.” The White House called it the first-ever televised Cabinet meeting from the presidential retreat.

“It’s Camp David, and this room is a very, very special room,” Trump said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were among the Cabinet officials who spoke before Trump took questions from journalists. The public portion of the meeting ended after about an hour.

In the lengthy question-and-answer session, Trump commented on the latest developments regarding the war in Iran and a deal he announced Thursday that would lead to the disarmament of the Palestinian group Hamas. He also lamented that a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund to compensate his allies was “dead” and appeared to back off a pledge he made earlier this month to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot air defense systems.

“I don’t think this would ever happen, but, you know, there’s people that, you give that technology, they can someday turn on you,” Trump added. “You look at war, that’s happened a couple of times over the years, right? So we have to be very careful.”

On the Hamas agreement, Trump acknowledged that the agreement that would also lead to Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza will have “ups and downs.”

Still, he called it a “great breakthrough” that has been helped along by the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, which has served as Hamas’ prime backer.

Trump also remarked on the anti-weaponization fund that is holding up the confirmation of Todd Blanche as his attorney general, saying the pot of money is “dead” and that “I wish it weren’t, to be honest with you.”

The president continued to defend the people who could potentially benefit from the fund, mainly those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over him.

“Their families have been ruined,” Trump said. Those people “wanted to go to a rally or an event and ended up spending the rest of their lives in horror.”

Trump said Blanche has been a “pawn in this whole thing.” Blanche, who was present, did not speak in the public portion of the Cabinet meeting.

Marine Corps says F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California Authorities say pilot ejected

BY KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to live after ejecting from the jet before it crashed in California.

The jet went down Friday near the Miramar air base in San Diego. “The pilot ejected, was transported to a local medical facility in stable condition for evaluation and treatment of non-life-threatening injuries,” the Marine Corps said in an updated statement.

Aerial video from a news helicopter showed a plume of black smoke rising from the wreckage in a dirt field, with multiple military and firefighting vehicles and people standing nearby. What appeared to be white flame retardant covered the ground, and at least one person was spraying the wreckage with a fire hose.

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The wreckage of an F-35B stealth fighter is seen Friday near the Miramar Air Base in San Diego.

Wade Lott saw the crash as he drove to work at a concrete company just south of the flight line.

“It just blew up, it was crazy,” said Lott, 36, who watched from his truck as two jets descended toward the runway together. The first landed without incident, but the second suddenly began slowing down, almost as if it were trying to hover, Lott said. When the jet was about 100 feet above the ground, the pilot ejected and their parachute deployed as they rose about 200 feet into the air just in time.

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Migrant children could face new deportation risks Government lets legal aid deal expire

BY REBECCA SANTANA and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press

HARLINGEN,Texas — Advocates warn that tens of thousands of migrant children who came to the United States alone could lose legal representation in immigration court and increase their risk of deportation as the Trump administration allows a contract with legal services providers to expire.

Friday marked the last day of a contract under which the federal government pays for legal services for children who enter the U.S. without a parent or guardian. The government contracts out those services to a network of nearly 100 legal groups across the country that provide services to roughly 20,000 children.

The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why it allowed the contract to expire. But it comes as the administration has redoubled its efforts to achieve its policy of mass deportations, and after migrant children became a target for removal from the country during the first year of President Don-

ald Trump’s second term in office.

As part of the expiring contract, the legal groups can enter government-funded shelters and give presentations to children about their legal rights, and directly represent the children as they go through immigration court proceedings.

But as that contract ends, the providers say it’s unclear what will happen come Monday or whether they’ll be able to visit their clients in the shelters where they live.

“We have no understanding of what’s going to happen to those children come next week. We don’t know if they’re going to have legal representation. The government as of yet has not identified who will take over this representation,” said Melissa Lopez, the executive director of Estrella El Paso, during a news conference earlier this week. The organization currently represents 243 unaccompanied children in western Texas and New Mexico.

The providers say their ability to enter the shelters, check on their clients and give presentations to new arrivals serves as an important oversight measure for a vulnerable population. The providers warn that without a lawyer to assist them in court and help them navi-

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Immigrants play soccer at a U.S. government holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, in 2019. gate the complexities of immigration law, children will be much more likely to be deported back to countries they initially fled.

“The government is trying to eliminate our work in this program because they know that without attorneys children will be deported,” said Lopez.

Health and Human Services, which is responsible for caring for unaccompanied migrant children while they are in government care and which administers the contract, did not respond to a request for comment Friday.

Dozens of children and

teens filed early Friday morning into the Harlingen courthouse for a hearing before an immigration judge.

In the lobby, other children waiting for their hearings played with puzzles and action figures or drew in coloring books.

One 8-year-old boy walked into the courtroom holding an Etch-a-Sketch as he sat next to his attorney.

These were children who had come to the U.S. without a parent or guardian and now their cases were making their way through the immigration courts. But Lauren Fisher Flores, an

attorney for the American Bar Association’s ProBar project, which is contracted to provide legal services in southwestern Texas, warned the court of the looming contract expiration.

She explained that come Monday, lawyers wouldn’t be able to provide the legal information sessions that they usually give to children in shelters that let children know their rights and lawyers also would no longer be able to step in and provide the “Friend of the Court” services where they assist those children who sometimes show up

in court without a lawyer.

Fisher Flores said the organization didn’t know what the government’s plan was going forward.

“We sincerely hope there will be someone to step in next week,” she said.

The judge thanked the attorney and said she was sorry to hear the news.

The end of the contract comes as the legal service providers representing these children say they have not been paid for more than half a year. The organizations say that the Trump administration has been withholding payments as it demands detailed information from the providers about their clients that the providers say they have never been asked for before and that they ethically cannot provide.

“They are clearly trying to destroy the program by grinding down the financial health of nonprofits. We’ve seen layoffs and furloughs, and we will see a lot more of that if these invoices aren’t paid,” said Michael Lukens, the executive director of the Amica Center Some groups have been trying to secure private funding to continue their work, while others have begun laying off staff and shuttering offices. ProBar in south Texas this week laid off 20% of its staff.

Jurors in Clancy trial visit home where she killed her kids

BY LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press

DUXBURY, Mass. — Jurors walked through the Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, a rare visit Friday that let them see firsthand the place where an outwardly ordinary family life unraveled into tragedy.

After being driven past two businesses relevant to the narrative of the January

2023 killings, jurors were escorted in groups of six to view the inside of the house, including the basement where the children died.

During the roughly 40-minute visit, the jury also saw the yard where Clancy was found after jumping from a second-story window.

Journalists were kept away by a police barricade, but court officers could be seen through the trees escorting jurors to and from

the bus along the site of the Clancy family’s former driveway. The home now has a new owner.

Clancy herself did not attend the visit to the home, which she hasn’t seen since the day of the killings. Her lawyers argue she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness linked to the stress, sleep deprivation and hormonal changes that follow childbirth.

Jurors in U.S. criminal cases often are expressly told not to visit the scene of the events in question.

There are a number of rationales for not doing so — among other things, the site may have changed in the interim between an alleged crime and a trial.

But courts sometimes allow juries to make a supervised excursion as a group, for reasons that can include

Charges against ex-Olympian in reflecting pool case dismissed

BY ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Government lawyers said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a “flawed installation by the contractor” as well as “the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2026.”

“Given all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the

widespread damage to the reflecting pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt,” said the filing from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Hearn’s lawyers said in a statement that the case against him should never have been brought.

“Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. The government’s approach was ready, fire, aim.

The administration owes Mr. Hearn an apology,” the lawyers said.

Hearn pleaded not guilty earlier this month to one felony count of property destruction and has a trial scheduled to start Sept. 28 in D.C. Superior Court. The charge, which

BY SERGIO RODRIGO RUÍZ, RENATA BRITO and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press

CEUTA, Spain — Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day after the influx triggered chaos in the North African city and reignited the immigration debate in Europe and beyond. At least 57 migrants died on the journey.

Ceuta’s president put the number of migrants at 60,000, which was equivalent to 70% of the territory’s population. But most of them soon went back, the Spanish government said, after the sudden arrival of so many people sparked a

humanitarian crisis.

Some migrants swam several miles through the sea and faced down authorities who tried to turn them back with water cannons, tear gas and warning shots. Those who died included some who drowned or were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier near a border checkpoint.

Spain deployed its armed forces and additional police to restore order in Ceuta, which sits on the Strait of Gibraltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea and has been a Spanish possession since 1580. On the Moroccan side of the border, security forces clashed with migrants. The chaos also had ripple effects abroad, with Italy and France pledging to tighten

their controls on people arriving from Spain.

“The situation that Ceuta is going through is absolutely unsustainable,” Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas told journalists.

Meanwhile, migrants from Morocco also attempted to cross into Melilla, Spain’s other territory at the tip of North Africa, where they clashed with police.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Ceuta on Friday and condemned the border breach, which he described as “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity.”

Sánchez blamed human smugglers for the crisis, saying they “deceive so many young people and ultimately lead many of them to their deaths,” whether in the ocean or in the city.

ots player Aaron Hernandez and the 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson.

Jurors in Clancy’s trial retraced the route her thenhusband, Patrick Clancy, took when she asked him to pick up takeout food and medicine for daughter Cora on the night of the killings.

He returned to find the children dead and his then-wife badly injured and bleeding in the yard.

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carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years upon conviction, accuses Hearn of causing at least $1,000 in damage to the pool.

Hearn told The Associated Press he was detained by National Guard troops and U.S. Park Police for five hours after stopping by the pool during a bike ride on June 19. He said he reached in to examine the pool’s newly peeled coating and briefly touched a chunk attached to the side of the pool, but said he obeyed a park worker who told him to let go of it.

Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish, ninth, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says on its website.

Thousands of migrants leave after crossing into Spain’s Ceuta

assessing distances or features that aren’t thought to come across fully in photos.

Such excursions have happened in a number of high-profile cases, including the 2023 murder trial of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, the 2022 sentencing trial of Parkland, Florida, school shooter Nikolas Cruz, the 2015 Massachusetts murder trial of former New England Patri-

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New laws passed by Legislature take effect 17 and over. uses a surcharge, the new law re- Improperly labeled seafood Seafood labeling rules, people The release of balloons made with quires cardholders to give written biodegradable or photobiodegrad- notice to the business, which must Act 323 requires the labeling of balloon release able materials, as well as the use of reimburse the cardholder within 30 foreign seafood and seafood “comban included balloons for scientific, meteorologi- days. mingled” with foreign and domestic cal and radio tracking purposes, are exempt from the law.

BY MARCO CARTOLANO Staff writer

Protecting restaurant workers

A slew of new Louisiana laws went into effect on Aug. 1, including some that will add criminal penalties for deepfakes, ban balloon-release events, eliminate debit card surcharges and require annual investigations into voter rolls.

The Louisiana Legislature passed over 900 bills during its most recent session, several hundred of which are now active.

Here are a few of the most notable:

Louisiana will get tougher on people who attack restaurant and front counter staff. Act 892 enhances criminal penalties for assault and battery when the victims are employees in food and retail establishments.

The law comes after a Baton Rouge couple was accused in March of shooting a restaurant owner over a mistake in their food order.

Deepfake laws Louisiana passed several new laws to add criminal penalties for using artificial intelligence to produce child pornography and to protect K-12 students from deepfake material.

Act 892 expands the definition of “child sexual abuse material” in state law to include images created with AI, and Act 211 prohibits the use of a child’s image to train AI to produce child pornography.

Act 496 further prohibits the use of deepfake material against students enrolled in K-12 schools.

Balloon release ban

Hazing education Act 309 requires the state Board of Regents to develop a policy on hazing prevention and reporting with the colleges and schools. It requires students to directly receive antihazing educational material and for Louisiana public and private schools that receive state funds to maintain an online database of reported hazing incidents.

Named after Caleb Wilson, a Southern University student who died last year in a fraternity hazing incident, the act was the result of a legislative task force that worked to address hazing in educational institutions across the state.

Intentionally releasing a balloon Debit card surcharges or planning the organized release of Act 751 prohibits retail businesses 12 or more balloons is now banned from adding a surcharge to people in Louisiana. Act 196 amends the who pay with debit cards. state’s ban on intentional littering to However, before a cardholder can include balloon releases outdoors by file a lawsuit against a business that

origins and places fines or penalties on processors and distributors for State officials must now conduct labeling such products as “domesannual investigations into whether tic.” noncitizens vote in elections. Act 6 The law is part of a wave of legmandates that Louisiana annually islation aimed at protecting local check voters’ citizenship using the shrimpers. federal System Alien Verification for Entitlements program, known Removing church trespassers as SAVE. Acts 115 and 148 expand the defiLast year, an investigation done nition of “disturbing the peace” to by the Secretary of State’s Office include protests and disruptions at found that noncitizen voting was places of worship and allow the use not a “systemic problem” in Loui- of force to remove people who are siana and that of the almost 3 mil- disrupting services.

Gov. Jeff Landry supported the lion Louisiana residents registered to vote, only 390 noncitizens did so laws as part of a wave of conserillegally. vative backlash to ICE protesters derailing a church service in MinImmigrants’ access to benefits nesota in January.

Act 745 adds new reporting requirements to a law that limits Changing “gender” to “sex” which immigrants qualify for public Act 814 requires all uses of “genbenefits, including SNAP, Medicaid der” to be swapped to “sex” in state and Medicare. The act also prohib- law. The law defines sex as “an indiits state agencies from giving ap- vidual’s biological sex, either male plicants more time to prove their or female, as observed or clinically immigration status than the federal certified at birth,” and says that genrequirement. der identity “and other subjective terms shall not be used as synonyms Inmate wrongly released notice or substitutes.”

Advocates say it provides a uniAct 116 requires the public to be notified when prisoners are wrong- form definition of “sex” in the state fully released from a parish prison and aligns it with human biology. facility, jail or state correctional fa- Critics say the law could create violations of gender discrimination cility.

The law comes after backlash to law and target those who identify as former Orleans Parish Sheriff Su- transgender. san Hutson for last year’s 10-inmate jailbreak and other incidents of im- Email Marco Cartolano at Marco.

Cartolano@theadvocate.com proper inmate release.

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Continued from page 1A officials “believe the law is broad enough to possibly include our city-issued brake tags.”

Requirements for next year will be announced by the end of 2026, Tuozzolo wrote.

“The city is currently evaluating how the new state law may affect New Orleans’ separate vehicle inspection and emissions requirements,” said Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Michael Harrison. “We continue to encourage residents to properly maintain their vehicles.

NOPD enforcement for other vehicle and trafficrelated infractions will continue as usual.”

Mid-City resident Stacie Hill said she hopes the city will establish an inspection process that “works the way it’s intended to,” noting that she often sees cars in her neighborhood with inspection stickers dating back years, and some that hardly seem roadworthy.

“You see cars without the front or back bumper or duct-taped back on,” said Hill. “What’s stopping this thing from flying off and hitting my car?”

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Continued from page 1A enrollment management, said.

Though Brown said the data is not finalized yet, this year’s class will likely be a few hundred students smaller than last year, which totaled 8,153 first-time freshman and was the largest class in institutional history. Up to now, LSU had broken its own freshman enrollment record for eight straight years.

The decline comes not from a shrinking applicant pool, which was over 67,000, but from more stringent admissions.

LSU’s acceptance rate this year decreased by 10%, Brown said.

Last fall, roughly 69% of new freshman who applied were admitted, according to institutional data.

“Having the ability to be more selective is not always the norm,” Brown said. “We were able with the applicant pool to have a couple different levers that we could pull.”

The tougher standards were mostly directed toward nonresidents, who faced a 12% decline in their acceptance rate. Louisiana residents benefited from a slightly higher acceptance rate compared to last year.

The university is particularly interested in attracting students with a 30 or above on the ACT, Brown said. A score of 30 or above places students in the 94th to 99th percentile, according to The Princeton Review.

“That is a notoriously difficult

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Continued from page 1A founding charter calls for armed resistance against Israel, and which sees its arsenal, including rockets, anti-tank missiles and explosives, as lying at the heart of its identity.

Israel, meanwhile, appears unlikely to pull back significant forces or make other concessions ahead of its October elections. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a tough reelection battle, with opponents accusing him of failing to prevent the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war.

Neil Quilliam, a Middle East expert at London’s Chatham House think tank, said expectations are low that Hamas will actually disarm or that Israel will withdraw from Gaza.

“I think that Netanyahu’s silence speaks volumes,” Quilliam said. “This is a massive decision that he has to make.”

“But with the prospect of the elections hanging over his head, with several Cabinet ministers and opposition leaders already counseling not to go ahead with the deal, I think he understands that doing so would likely scupper his chances of reelection,” he added.

In announcing the latest deal on social media, Trump said it would be carried out in “carefully structured phases.”

“As disarmament is completed, Israeli forces will withdraw, and the International Stabilization Force will work with a new Palestinian police force to take re-

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LSU students walk through the Quad on Friday. group to move,” Brown said. “But we’re seeing significant demand both from our best students in Louisiana, but also from students from all over the country, who have a lot of options, choosing to enroll here.”

“I think that Netanyahu’s silence speaks volumes.

This is a massive decision that he has to make.”

NEIL QUILLIAM, a Middle East expert at London’s Chatham House sponsibility for Gaza being safe for its residents and its neighbors,” he wrote.

A copy of the agreement obtained and verified by The Associated Press said that all weapons held by the Hamas-run police will be transferred to the U.S.backed Palestinian technocratic committee, known as the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, upon its arrival in the enclave. It’s not clear when that would happen since it is contingent on other steps.

A process to decommission and store heavy weapons, military production sites and tunnels will begin after the arrival of the Palestinian committee and the deployment of international forces. The process will be linked to a phased Israeli withdrawal, according to the agreement.

Israel currently controls around 60% of Gaza, areas that have been mostly destroyed and depopulated.

Most of the territory’s 2 million Palestinians are in the other part, where hundreds of thousands live in squalid tent camps and destroyed neighborhoods.

In a statement Thursday, an Israeli official said that there will be no Israeli withdrawal before the militant group is disarmed and the strip demilitarized. The

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statement was made on condition of anonymity in line with government protocol.

A person with knowledge of the situation said that Israel is fully involved, but it’s not a signatory to the deal, which is between Hamas and several countries helping to negotiate and guarantee the ceasefire. The person spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the agreement. The deal’s guarantors are the U.S., Turkey, Egypt and Qatar.

On Thursday, U.S. and Board of Peace officials, describing the deal to reporters on condition of anonymity under guidelines set by the White House, gave an extremely optimistic assessment. The board was established by Trump to oversee the ceasefire in Gaza.

While Gaza’s police force is expected to hand over its arms, that doesn’t include the vast majority of Hamas militants, and heavy weaponry is not included in that part of the agreement, according to the officials.

Instead, the surrender of heavy weapons and the decommissioning of Hamas tunnels and other infrastructure are to come later in a process that could take between 200 and 350 days, a Board of Peace official said.

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The lower acceptance rate in Baton Rouge this year shows how the campus is pursuing heightened academics, Brown said. It will positively affect the retention and graduation rate for existing students, he said.

“That both allows us to provide an excellent experience but also means that our students are more likely to ultimately succeed,” he said.

Incoming freshman Frederic Curlin said it would be unfair to enroll too many students without sufficient parking and housing.

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Kashimawo said she agrees that in-state students should have a slight edge over out-of-state students in admissions, but she believes the university still needs to maintain a robust nonresident student population.

The more selective admissions process will be a boost for the university’s academics, she said.

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The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media, said this would be a gradual process linked to an Israeli withdrawal.

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A member of the Palestinian technocratic committee told the AP on Friday that it was eager to enter Gaza but was concerned Israel will pose challenges. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The person said they didn’t expect to enter Gaza for at least two months.

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Law axing New Orleans judges upheld

Landry celebrates La. Supreme Court decision

BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that eliminates three judgeships from New Orleans’ criminal court at the end of the year, in a split decision.

Criminal District Judge John Fuller, who was elected to the bench in May just weeks before Act 748 became law, argued it was invalid because state legislators in

both the Senate and House failed to meet a two-thirds supermajority vote requirement under the Louisiana Constitution.

But justices ruled 4-3 that Louisiana delegates carved out an exception for the Orleans Parish judiciary in the 1974 constitution, trumping the supermajority requirement in every other parish.

Fuller and Judges Simone Levine and Rhonda Goode-Douglas will lose their seats when the new law

takes effect Jan. 1 under the ruling, which comes a week before the election qualifying period.

Gov. Jeff Landry celebrated the court’s decision on social media as a “major win for the rule of law” and said it affirmed the “reform” bill he supported.

“In the end, the Constitution always wins,” Landry wrote.

The decision vacated a preliminary injunction that East Baton Rouge Judge Tarvald Smith of the

19th Judicial District put in place July 14 to block the state from enforcing Act 748 ahead of the qualifying period. The high court reversed Smith’s ruling declaring the new law unconstitutional.

“We are grateful that the Louisiana Supreme Court resolved this matter quickly and reaffirmed that Act 748 was constitutionally enacted,” Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement. “Today’s decision restores certainty and allows the election process to move forward as intended.”

Fuller and his attorney, Jerome

Matthews, did not respond to requests for comment Friday.

Chief Justice John Weimer and Justices Piper Griffin and John Michael Guidry each wrote dissenting opinions that chided the incongruous treatment of New Orleans’ courts. Griffin and Guidry are both Democrats. Weimer is listed as independent.

“Until today, we were one state, with one Constitution — one unitary organic law for all Louisianians,” Griffin wrote.

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NOFD relocating to City Park

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Decatur Street location will remain operational

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

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Debbie and Alan Laney sit in the sun at Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park in New Orleans on Wednesday. The couple, who were on vacation from Arkansas, said that they plan not to come back to the city when it is this hot.

Family seeks answers Tomato, citrus farmer Ben Becnel Sr. dies at 83 after inmate’s death Man found unresponsive in Orleans Justice Center

BY MISSY WILKINSON

Staff writer

On July 19, Saliou Thiam called his cousin from the Orleans Justice Center, where he’d been incarcerated for eight months awaiting trial on two counts of first-degree robbery and one count of resisting an officer.

The father of two was looking forward to an August court date, where he was scheduled to appear with his cousin, Souleymane Badiane.

Badiane had been talking Thiam to Thiam’s social worker and planned to give him a place to live while helping him comply with any court-ordered programs.

“He was happy he went to jail, because he felt he needed to go through that so he could get his mind straight,” Badiane said.

“He was leading prayer groups, and he was ready to come out.”

At 2:15 p.m. Monday, the sheriff, the chaplain and the warden showed up at Badiane’s Gentilly home to tell him Thiam, 40, had died.

“When I asked why, they said they can’t tell me nothing,” Badiane said.

All Badiane knows is that a deputy found his cousin unresponsive in his second-floor cell in Unit E during morning rounds.

The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office has not yet determined or released a cause of death, and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that the case remains under active investigation.

Thiam’s is the first in-custody death under Sheriff Michelle Woodfork’s tenure at the jail, which remains under a longstanding consent decree. As of July 17, the Orleans Justice Center housed 1,379 inmates, exceeding the City Council’s 2019 population cap of 1,250. Since May 2022, there have been at least four other in-custody deaths, including two overdose deaths in June 2023 and a suicide and a homicide in June 2022.

Badiane has considered the possibility that his cousin suffered a fatal opioid overdose.

“When I talked to him, he looked good, and I don’t think he was doing drugs,” Badiane said. “(A fatal drug overdose) shouldn’t happen in jail, anyway.

I’m discounting that.”

Thiam was born and raised in

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BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Ben Becnel Sr., a fifth-generation farmer in Plaquemines Parish known for his Creole tomatoes and citrus that he sold at his popular farm stands, died on Wednesday at the age of 83.

He died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family said.

Becnel, a lifelong Plaquemines Parish resident, did all sorts of different jobs over the course of his life, including building houses, painting, and even driving the school bus for a local private school.

But his greatest passion, his son, Ben Becnel Jr. said, was farming.

“This place was his life,” Becnel Jr. said, reached by phone Friday at his family’s farmland in Plaquemines. “It’s hard to walk in the barn and think, ‘He’ll never be in here again or help me work on things.’ ” At its peak, the father-son duo’s farm had 80 acres of vegetables and 40 acres of citrus trees, Becnel Jr. said. Becnel was named Plaquemines’ 2012 “Orange King.”

Until the end of the last year, Becnel sold goods at farm stands in Belle Chasse on La. 23 outside of Zydeco’s Restaurant and at a spot near Jesuit Bend.

They sold produce and jarred goods, mustard greens and jam.

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Ben Becnel Sr., a well-known citrus and tomato farmer in Plaquemines Parish, died on Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 83.

They were best known for their large red Creole tomatoes and citrus from their orchards.

“We always appreciated his passion for farming and the outstanding citrus and produce he grew in Plaquemines Parish,” wrote Rouses supermarkets, which distributed Becnel’s citrus and Creole tomatoes, in a social media tribute on Wednesday.

Even after their farm and the industry as a whole suffered significant losses in recent years — there was Hurricane Katrina, then Hurricane Ida in 2021, and more recently the blizzard in 2025 — they continued

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After over 100 years in the French Quarter, the New Orleans Fire Department is officially relocating its headquarters next week to a newly renovated building on City Park Avenue.

The fire department’s headquarters, at 317 Decatur St., will have its final day on Wednesday, officially closing at 2 p.m. After a five-day pause, administrative operations will begin again at the new headquarters at 401 City Park Ave. on Aug. 10, NOFD said in a news release.

During the transition period, emergency response will not be affected, and even after the headquarters move, Engine 29 will continue to remain at the Decatur Street location, NOFD said.

“We are excited to begin this new chapter in the history of the New Orleans Fire Department,” Superintendent Roman Nelson said in a statement.

The building on Decatur Street has housed NOFD’s headquarters since 1913. Discussions to move the headquarters from its French Quarter location go back as far as when former Mayor Marc Morial, who served from 1994 to 2002, was in office, Captain Quentin Brown said.

“Without understating the building’s historical significance or the appeal of the French Quarter, the fact is the New Orleans Fire Department outgrew 317 Decatur St. as its headquarters decades ago,” Nelson said in June 2023.

In 2014, NOFD publicly floated the idea of moving its headquarters near City Park. But it wasn’t until 2017, under Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration, that the NOFD secured a building on City Park Avenue, Brown said.

Then came several delays, including from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Work finally began in January 2021, and the city completed a $1.9 million initial phase of the headquarters project in July 2022, which included environmental remediation, interior demolition and the installation of underground utilities.

Later in June 2023, the city broke ground on the second and final phase, an $8.1 million renovation that included redoing the 20,000-squarefoot former Municipal Training Academy.

The city said at the time of the groundbreaking that the new headquarters would include offices for NOFD fire chiefs, directors and other staff, as well as a 24-hour emergency operations center that included a kitchen, fitness facilities, sleeping quarters, a locker room and a laundry room.

The funding for the project came from sources including FEMA’s Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants, city bond funds and community development block grant funds, the city said in 2023.

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Graves says he doesn’t plan to run for Congress Former rep says he’s taking a politics ‘detox’

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

Former U.S. Rep. Garret Graves said Friday he doesn’t plan on running for Congress this fall, and sidestepped the idea of running for statewide office or challenging Gov. Jeff Landry next year.

“I’ve been coaxed to run in a lot of different races, and, candidly, nothing’s attractive right now,”

Graves said during an interview with Jim Engster on WRKF’s “Talk Louisiana” radio program on Friday.

“I’m in detox right now,” Graves said. “I want a little bit more of a reset before I jump back in.”

The former congressman said he still feels drawn to public service and wants to Graves help Louisiana get unmired from the bottom of national rankings.

“I feel a calling to try to step in and push us in a better direction,” he said. “It needs to be the right office. It needs to be the right time.”

In 2024, almost immediately after taking office, Landry and the Legislature reconfigured Louisiana’s congressional map, converting the majorityWhite district Graves represented at the time into a Black-majority district that Graves faced slim odds of winning. He declined to run, and Rep. Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat from Baton Rouge, was elected.

But this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the new district represented by Fields was unconstitutional and ordered state officials back to the drawing board. Landry

and the Legislature put together a revised map, adding back another majority-White, Republican-leaning district centered in the Baton Rouge area.

Some have speculated that Graves could potentially run in and win that district. But, on Friday, Graves shot down that idea.

“I don’t have plans to run in November,” he said. “I think it’s just really important that we get someone in there who’s good, who knows what they’re doing and can hit the ground running.”

Engster also asked Graves about former Gov. Edwin Edwards.

Graves said he got to know the in-

fluential politician while running and then defeating him in the race for Congress in 2014.

“We became good friends,” he said.

Graves called Edwards “one of the brightest men that I’ve ever met in my life.”

But he acknowledged the notorious former governor was “a complex guy.”

“I think that he was a great man,” Graves said. “He probably didn’t make some great decisions his entire life.”

Email Alyse Pfeil at alyse.pfeil@ theadvocate.com.

Disbarred Slidell attorney accused of embezzlement AG’s office says company defrauded of $2.5M

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Agents with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office have arrested a disbarred attorney and accountant from Slidell in connection with an alleged $2.5 million embezzlement scheme that targeted a clay mining com-

pany.

John B. Ohle III, 58, of Slidell, was arrested on Thursday in Metairie by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation and booked into Orleans Parish Jail on counts of forgery, identity theft, theft over $25,000, money laundering, bank fraud and computer fraud, Murrill’s office said in a news release.

Murrill’s agents found that Ohle engaged in the “elaborate embezzlement scheme” that allegedly defrauded the company and its clients of more than $2.5 million between January 2020

and February 2024, Murrill’s office said.

The agents began investigating Ohle after receiving a complaint from the company that Ohle — their contracted consultant — was engaging in the scheme.

The agents found that Ohle allegedly diverted revenue from the mining company to his bank accounts.

Ohle also allegedly sold some of the company’s heavy equipment and diverted the money to himself through an associate’s bank account, Murrill’s office said. It

did not name the associate or the mining company.

At one point, to facilitate the fraud, Ohle allegedly posed as the executive of the company to clinch a trucking deal, Murrill’s office said.

This is not the first time that Ohle has faced accusations of fraud.

In 2010, he was convicted of wire and tax fraud conspiracy charges and tax evasion and sentenced by a federal judge in Manhattan to five years in prison.

It was because of that convic-

tion in New York that Ohle was disbarred, Murrill’s office noted.

After learning of his arrest warrant, Ohle allegedly refused to cooperate with police and attempted to evade arrest, though he was later arrested at a Metairie residence without incident, Murrill’s office said.

Orleans Parish jail records do not show a bond amount for Ohle.

Murrill’s office said the investigation is ongoing.

Email Willie Swett at willie. swett@theadvocate.com.

Man charged in sexual abuse of girl Former Kenner resident charged in trafficking teen

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

BY MICHELLE HUNTER

Staff writer

The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office formally charged a suspected smuggler accused of taking a man’s 16-yearold daughter in exchange for a $10,000 debt owed by the father, according to Kenner police.

Juven Paz, 34, of Raleigh, N.C., was charged Thursday with trafficking of children for sexual purposes, Jefferson Parish court records said.

Paz was arrested earlier this year following an investigation by the Kenner Police Department.

He was living in Kenner in 2018 when authorities say he smuggled the teenage victim’s father into the United States from Honduras, according to Kenner police Deputy Chief Mark McCormick. A year later, Paz smuggled the

victim into the country as well, authorities said.

The teen’s father had no way of paying the large debt he allegedly owed Paz for bringing them into the country, so Paz proposed that the father give up his daughter to cover it, according to McCormick.

The girl began living with Paz at a residence in the 600 block of 27th Street in Kenner in November 2019.

“She’s given to the suspect for the purpose of being his ‘woman,’ whether that means housecleaning, being a homemaker,” McCormick said.

The girl was coerced into sex with Paz and held against her will, according to authorities. Paz allegedly told her she was responsible for her father’s debt and threatened to harm her and her family if she didn’t comply.

Paz moved to North Carolina and took the victim

with him. He was deported from the United States in 2023. After his departure, the victim reported what had occurred to law enforcement.

Kenner police investigated the case and obtained a warrant for Paz’s arrest in 2024 but could not locate him. Paz reentered the country at some point, and a highway patrol officer in North Carolina arrested him on April 24 after discovering the Kenner police warrant during a traffic stop, McCormick said.

Paz was extradited to Jefferson Parish on June 6 and is being held without bail at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, court records said.

Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@ theadvocate.com.

Landry names new state fire marshal Current leader moves to public safety

BY ELLYN COUVILLION Staff writer

Gov. Jeff Landry has named Chad Sonnier, the director of the Lafayette Parish Office of Homeland Security, as the new state fire marshal. He also promoted the current fire marshal, Bryan Adams, to an appointment in the Louisiana Department of Public Safety.

Adams will serve as principal assistant to the deputy

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Continued from page 1B to operate their farm stands and sell vegetables.

But at the end of 2025, with profits falling due to rising production costs during the Covid-19 pandemic, and his father growing more tired from cancer treatment, they decided to shut down the stands, Becnel Jr. said.

Nevertheless, he said, he plans to once again open a citrus stand on La. 23 in October.

Becnel was born in

secretary of that depart- state fire marshal since ment, the State Fire Mar- January 2024.

Sonnier, who will become shal’s Office said Friday.

In that role, Adams will state fire marshal on Monoversee the daily day, has more than operations of five 37 years of fire serstate offices: the vice experience. He Office of State Fire had served as fire Marshal, Office of chief of the Scott Motor Vehicles, Fire Department Louisiana Highway for more than 20 Safety Commission, years, before servLouisiana Gaming Sonnier ing for the past two Control Board and years as the direcLouisiana Liquefied Petro- tor of the Lafayette Parish Office of Homeland Seculeum Gas Commission.

The appointments will rity and Emergency Pretake effect on Monday, the paredness.

State Fire Marshal’s Office said in a news release Fri- Email Ellyn Couvillion at ecouvillion@theadvocate. day.

Adams had served as com.

Plaquemines in 1942 to a farming family, and lived there the rest of his life.

Becnel and each of his nine siblings inherited 7 acres of farmland when their father retired. Becnel later bought up more land and expanded his farm, Becnel Jr. said.

“He could be rough and tough, but at the same time he was very compassionate,” recalled Becnel Jr. “When it was business time, he was business.”

Becnel also loved ballroom dancing with his wife, Gwen, and the couple would travel and compete in Baton Rouge, Becnel Jr. said.

“I was so used to only seeing him on a tractor, it was great to see him outside of that and having fun.”

Becnel is survived by his wife, Gwendolyn Becnel of Belle Chasse; his son, Benjamin Becnel of Belle Chasse; his daughter, Christy Becnel of Abita Springs; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held on Monday, Aug. 3 at 10 a.m. at The First Baptist Church of Belle Chasse.

Email Willie Swett at willie.swett@theadvocate. com.

A Jefferson Parish grand jury handed up an indictment Thursday charging a Harahan man with the yearslong abuse of a young girl, according to court records.

Mario Salvador Sorto Selva, 44, was charged with first-degree rape, sexual battery of a victim under 13, sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile.

The victim, who is now a teenager, told Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators that Sorto first began sexually abusing her when she was about 6 years old, authorities said.

Sorto, who was known to her family, would inappropriately touch her while pretending to help her get

JUDGES

Continued from page 1B The high court’s four Republican justices, however, ruled the new law constitutional, finding no need today for the New Orleans judiciary to be structured differently from the rest of the state. The ruling said delegates foresaw it when they added the exemption to the 1974 constitution, which remains in effect.

New Orleans at the time had seven tax assessors, multiple sheriffs and separate clerks for its divided civil and criminal courts. Lawmakers unified the clerks offices this year. The sheriffs offices were merged in 2010, and the assessors offices in 2011.

The fragmented New Orleans judiciary stirred debate among delegates in the summer of 1973 over possibly consolidating the courts system. They compromised on Article 32, which made changes to the local court “subject to change by law.”

Fuller argued that exception only applied to the structure of civil and criminal courts themselves but didn’t mean lawmakers could abolish judges’ seats with a simple majority vote.

“Section 32 reflected cognizance of the fact that the courts of Orleans Parish were conceived in a different era, when New Orleans was much larger than any other place in the state,” the majority deci-

dressed or dried off after a bath, according to authorities.

The abuse allegedly progressed to rape when she was about 11. The girl told investigators Sorto continued to assault her through sixth and seventh grade. The rapes stopped after the girl entered eighth grade and was physically able to stop them, according to authorities.

Still, Sorto continued to fondle and inappropriately touch the girl. She also told investigators that he took photos or videos of her during the abuse, authorities said.

The assaults are believed to have occurred in several locations around Jefferson Parish.

The victim confided in a

relative in July 2025, and authorities began investigating.

The Sheriff’s Office arrested Sorto in the case on April 14, 2026.

Sorto is facing similar charges in New Orleans, according to court records. In October 2025, he pleaded not guilty to first-degree rape and two counts of molestation of a juvenile, Orleans Parish court records said.

No details were immediately available about the case in New Orleans, including whether the matter involves the same victim from the Jefferson Parish investigation.

After Sorto’s indictment in Jefferson Parish, the court set his bail at $2.3 million.

sion read.

The order noted that the Crescent City population has declined to just above 362,000 from a peak of more than 600,000 in 1960.

“There were times in history when Orleans Parish approached a quarter of the state’s population, now it comprises barely a quarter of the New Orleans region,” the majority stated.

Weimer wrote in dissent that the delegates meant Article 15 to protect judges “from the adversity of public opinion.” Forsaking a supermajority threatens a balance in power between courts and Legislature, he wrote.

“The requirement of a supermajority to add or remove judges requires agreement between opposing political factions and guards against hasty or emotional decisions by lawmakers,” Weimer wrote.

Guidry alluded to comments from Landry suggesting New Orleans’ stature has diminished in the state despite thinking “they’re so special.”

Guidry agreed with Fuller, saying the majority conflated

the structure of the court with the number of judges in a misinterpretation of Article 32.

“I agree that Orleans Parish should not be treated better than other parishes of this state, but I emphatically reject the proposition that the Louisiana Constitution allows it to be treated worse than other parishes,” Guidry wrote in his opinion. “There seems to be an emerging pattern of disenfranchising the citizens of Orleans Parish and treating them less than the citizens of every other parish of our state.”

Newly elected Justice William Burris, who took his seat in June, said Orleans Parish’s courts aren’t being undercut when compared to growing parishes like Livingston and Jefferson.

“I highlight the following disparities not as a criticism, but because the over-allocation of resources to some areas increases the likelihood that other areas with acute needs will remain ignored,” he said.

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BY MARGARET DeLANEY Staff writer

The Louisiana Department of Health reported Friday that seven Louisiana residents were sick in connection with a salmonella outbreak from white shell eggs and brown cagefree shell eggs.

Three of the seven sick residents were hospitalized. No deaths have been reported, the health department said.

Louisiana is one of 17 states connected to the outbreak that began in November last year. Federal officials reported nearly 100 people sickened, including 26 hospitalizations, from recalled eggs as of July 24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Midwest Poultry Services, LP, the egg producer found in connection to the outbreak, has recalled 1,589,577 dozen shell eggs due to possible salmonella contamination.

Recalled eggs were available to consumers at Kroger stores, Brookshire Grocery stores, and Brookshire Groceryowned stores, including Super 1 Foods and Spring Market in Louisiana. Other stores may have also carried the recalled eggs.

The eggs are sold under multiple brand names, including Kroger, Simple Truth, Brookshire’s, CalMaine and Country Morning.

“We encourage anyone who purchased these eggs to check the recall information carefully and discard or return affected products,” said LDH Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein in a statement.

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Continued from page 1B Senegal, where he worked as a marketing manager.

He came to New Orleans in 2015 after winning the green card lottery and supported his wife, 9-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son by working as a manager at One Love African Art on Decatur Street and a warehouse manager at Amazon.

“He was a very hard worker, always had jobs,” Badiane said. “And then when he started having issues with his wife, he drifted a little bit into drugs.

And that is what got him in trouble.”

Badiane said Thiam was high shortly after midnight on Nov. 10, 2025, when he allegedly tried to rob the police captain of the Plaquemines Police Department and a railroad engineer with an ice pick at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Esplanade Avenue, court documents show.

Thiam was immediately arrested and held on a $16,000 bail, which Badiane said he could have afforded. But because of his immigration status, ICE placed a detainer on him.

“We had the money, but once we knew about the ICE hold, we knew they weren’t going to let him out,” Badiane said.

Looking back, Badiane said that if he had known his cousin would die at the Orleans Justice Center, he might have posted the bail anyway and taken his chances with ICE. He is now raising money via GoFundMe to repatriate Thiam’s body to Senegal. He also hopes to hire an independent physician to review the autopsy findings. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office has said it could take up to six weeks before the autopsy results are publicly released. “(Drugs) are just a big problem here. I pray it doesn’t happen to anybody — to go into jail and this happens to you,” Badiane said.

tip led to surveillance, infiltration

BY OLIVIA TEES Staff writer

A large-scale crystal meth and fentanyl dealer busted this month in Baton Rouge used two fake businesses — an auto shop and a construction firm — as a front for drug money, authorities said.

Through a nearly twomonth operation of intensive surveillance of the individuals involved and suspected homes, agents with the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division determined that the dealers were using an automotive shop at 11744 Darryl Drive, near Choctaw Drive, to pretend to be a legitimate source of cash.

On July 2, 19th Judicial District Judge Nicole Robinson signed off on search warrants for six locations suspected as drop houses and storage places for the meth and fentanyl. On July 9, the search warrants were executed and agents confis-

cated 147.1 grams of fentanyl, 123.5 grams of crack, 76.9 grams of cocaine and 10.7 grams of meth.

They also confiscated various amounts of MDMA pills, oxycodone, marijuana, amphetamines, guns and other drug paraphernalia.

One day after the search warrants were executed, deputies arrested Ronny Howard, 40, and Ronrico Terrell, 50, on multiple counts including possession with intent to distribute Schedule II and IV drugs, operation and creation of a clandestine lab for controlled substances and several illegal firearm charges.

In May, an anonymous source told agents about a large-scale dealer — later identified as Howard — who dealt in kilo and multi-kilo quantities of drugs.

Howard owns and operates Ronnie Howard Construction and Howard Auto Sales, both of which are listed at Darryl Drive on their respective websites.

Both businesses are in good standing with the state.

During the investigation between May and June, agents observed Howard conducting short non-social visits to multiple residenc-

es, something typically associated with drug deals, according to the agents’ years of experience in narcotics.

According to the search warrant, the deals occurred in private homes and public areas like gas stations and Cracker Barrel restaurants.

While attempting surveillance on Howard in his personal car, he exhibited multiple counter-intelligence tactics such as using neighborhoods instead of highways as main travel lanes, abruptly speeding, switching lanes and accelerating or braking for no specific reason, the warrant for his arrest said.

This is a tactic agents refer to as heat checking, which is abnormal and aggressive driving that is not associated with everyday driving. It often also includes changing vehicles when driving to drug deals and subsequently taking the money back to the business where it will be laundered.

Howard was also seen switching between multiple cars such as a red Mini Cooper, a white Chevy Trax, a white Hyundai SUV, a black Jeep Wrangler and a 2025

Hyundai Kona, which was later identified as a rental car.

According to the warrant, Howard made multiple trips to Texas in the rental car and replaced the temporary Colorado license plate with another temporary one. Agents identified it as a common tactic used to travel across state lines without being tracked by police.

The tags were issued from Howard’s auto shop.

During his trips to Texas, he stopped at multiple places in Beaumont before driving back through Lafayette and ending in Baton Rouge, according to the warrant.

On June 11, agents set up a controlled buy with a confidential informant. The informant purchased fentanyl from Courtney Forman, a dealer with Howard, at a residence at 3983 Gus Young Avenue. The deal went through, and Forman was arrested on June 29.

In addition to the physical surveillance evidence agents have gathered, agents were notified of a series of suspicious activities concerning the bank accounts in the names of Howard’s businesses.

Between Feb. 25 and March 10, Howard depos-

ited $21,050 into an account at the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company and withdrew the same amount three days later.

This series of rapid deposits and withdrawals is called layering and is a common tactic used to limit the transparency of the source, according to the warrant. According to the agents in the investigation, this tactic is commonly used to circulate and “launder” the drug money and circulate it with legit bills.

According to the law enforcement databases, Howard Auto LLC claimed to make $44 million annually from sales. However, the investigators who did surveillance on the shop said the shop was not consistent with the behaviors of a business making that sum of money, according to arrest documents.

During surveillance of the property, agents confirmed that the people at the auto shop did not appear to be employees or customers.

Norman Sims, 29, and James Tullier, 62, were also arrested on various drug charges in connection with the bust.

Both Sims and Howard are out on bond.

Expert to review call on day of Wells’ death, attorney says

had traveled to the “We’re not trying to cast Kentucky, died on July 4 “failed to report the incident Parents plead for Black, uninhabited island with a aspersions on anybody; we from a gunshot wound that and later discarded items beof friends from high want the truth,” Crump said. police said was accidental longing to Daniel,” according information at group school, all of whom were “If it was your child, you’d and self-inflicted. His family to a Dallas police spokesperconference has disputed the determina- son.

White. He did not return want the same thing.”

BY JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press

An attorney for the family of Nolan Wells said Thursday that they have hired audio engineers to review a distress call made from a boat on the day of his disappearance, which has prompted online speculation and claims of defamation amid the ongoing investigation into the 18-year-old’s death.

The recording, released

by Mississippi authorities this week, captures a July 4 call to a private marine towing company requesting assistance for a boat that was taking in water off Horn Island, where Wells was last seen.

Wells “Our bilge pump stopped working. We’re sinking. Can y’all please come?” the caller asks, noting that there were about seven people on board. The dispatcher then speaks with a captain for the towing company, who said a relative of the boat owner reported those onboard had solved the issue and “don’t need any help right now.”

The distress call was made to Sea Tow, a private company, and released to media outlets by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Law enforcement officials have said they were told by witnesses that Wells was not on the boat when it left the island.

Speaking at the National Urban League Conference on Thursday, the civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Wells’ family had retained audio engineering experts to review the recording. The legal team is also calling on prosecutors to include outside authorities in the review of phones belonging to friends who traveled with Wells to the island.

A voicemail left with the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office was not returned.

Wells’ parents also attended the conference, pleading for anyone with information to come forward. “We will not rest until we get answers,” said his mother, Christine Wonsley.

The teenager’s death has touched off rampant speculation, deepened in part by uncertainty about his final hours, distrust of law enforcement and Mississippi’s long history of racist violence.

The teenager, who was

with his friends to the mainland that evening. His body was found two days later off the island’s coast.

A day after the discovery, Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter said Wells’ friends were cooperating with authorities and that investigators did not suspect foul play. The sheriff has released few details since but has said the investigation is ongoing.

An independent autopsy commissioned by Wells’ family was inconclusive about the cause of his death.

The official autopsy will remain sealed until a grand jury reviews the evidence, which is a standard practice in Jackson County, according to the local district attorney.

In the absence of new information, social media users have seized on videos and photos shared online. Some have made unsubstantiated claims against Wells’ friends, whose attorneys and family members have since reported death threats and doxing campaigns.

Following the release of the dispatch call this week, online sleuths quickly tracked down some of the people mentioned in the audio.

In a statement Wednesday, the parents of a 21-yearold said their son had been doxed and threatened as a result of “outright fabrications” stemming from the audio.

They said he had boarded the malfunctioning boat to help, then briefly towed it a short distance with his own boat. He has since cooperated with law enforcement, provided names of potential witnesses and allowed authorities to inspect his boat and GPS device, the statement added. An attorney for the family said they had already served one person with a cease-and-desist letter for alleged defamatory claims and planned to serve others this week.

On Thursday, Crump rebuffed criticism that his attention on the case could inspire online targeting of others. He noted that Wells’ parents also have faced online attacks.

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The attorney was also joined Thursday by relatives of Tyler Smith and Daniel Erving, two Black 18-year-olds who died in recent months, in circumstances that Crump described as “very similar” to Wells’ final hours.

Smith, a recent high school graduate from Lexington,

tion. Police said the investigation remains ongoing.

Erving drowned in a Texas lake in April after jumping from a railway bridge with two teenage friends, local authorities said. Earlier this month, the two friends were charged with evidence tampering because they had

Relatives of both Erving and Smith said their concerns about the investigations had not been taken seriously by local law enforcement. “ T h r e e 1 8 - y e a r- o l d Black boys all within three months,” Crump said. “We want answers.”

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McKay, Marjorie Claire

Tommy Wayne Johnson, 70, passed peacefully on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Marrero, Louisiana.

Born on October 4, 1955, in Opelousas, Louisiana, Tommy was the beloved son of the late Jessie Johnson, Sr. and Dorothy Mae Mitchell Johnson. A graduate of Opelousas Senior High School and trucking school, he began his career as an over-theroad truck driver at age 19.

Through dedication, he founded T.W. Johnson Trucking, earning numerous safety awards.

Tommy was a devoted father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He is survived by his children, Tommy Gallow (Kathina), Tijuane Gallow, and Shannon Johnson; 13 grandchildren; 8 greatgrandchildren; sisters, Lillie Shelvin and Patricia Roque (Roy); brothers, Herbert Johnson and Robert Johnson (Mary); and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and dear friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Clyde Johnson and Jessie Johnson, Jr.; and sister, Cynthia Johnson Amos.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 1, 2026, at Robinson Family Funeral Home, 9611 Highway 23, Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Visitation begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by the funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park, Gretna, Louisiana. Arrangements are entrusted to Robinson Family Funeral Home.

Marjorie Claire McKay, born February 8, 1921, departed this world for the next on July 28, 2026, at the age of 105. Marjorie is predeceased by her parents Joseph T. McKay, Sr. and Alicia Flynn McKay, and her siblings Joseph T. McKay, Jr. and Alicia Helen McKay. She is survived by her brother Donald E. McKay, Sr. She is also survived by countless cousins, nieces, nephews and other family and friends. Marjorie was born and raised in New Orleans, educated at St. Mary's Dominican High School and Ursuline College, and also earned multiple graduate degrees in counseling and education. She worked with Archbishops at the Chancery Office but felt most rewarded in her work as the long-time Director of the Placement Office at U.N.O. where she believed she made a difference in helping students embark on their professional careers. With Marjorie it was always about taking an interest in people and developing personal relationships. Later in life, Marjorie moved to Tchefuncta Estates in Covington where she enjoyed retirement and many days playing tennis and golf. She was tickled when, on the occasion of her 100th birthday, the City of Covington proclaimed the day "Marjorie McKay Day." Marjorie's life was defined by her strong Catholic faith and in particular her devotion to the Blessed Mother. She was extremely proud of her Irish heritage, remembering fondly her trip to Ireland in 1989. She was loved and admired by her large family and relished those times when she "held court," telling stories of McKay family history.

Those visits will be greatly missed by those she leaves behind. The family wishes to recognize and thank Caletha Youngblood, Luwana Williams and Kallah Haynes for the years of loving care they provided Marjorie - they are truly angels among us.

All are invited to the Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, August 3 at the National Shrine of Our

Brown, Anne Johnson, Tommy McKay, Marjorie Pete Jr., Oakland Terrebonne, Richard

Obituaries Brown, Anne Andollina Clement

Anne Andollina Clement Brown passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was 89.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Sgt. Robert "Bobby" Brown, Sr., her parents, Salvatore Andollina and Lottie Sicomo Andollina and her brother, Clement Andollina. Anne is survived by her children, Robin Couste (John) and James "Chip" Clement (Brenda); her grandchildren, John "JJ" Couste (Amanda) and Jeremy Couste, Chantel, John and Joshua; and her great-grandchildren, Peyton, Kaylee, Jackson, and Sophie. She was born in New Orleans, La and lived in Lake Catherine before moving to Covington, LA and resided in Pearl River, LA. She was a loving, kind-hearted and selfless person. She enjoyed crocheting and fishing and being outdoors. She was devoted to, and adored her husband and after his passing, would regularly come to visit him.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Funeral Service on Monday, August 3, 2026 at 11:00 am at E J Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 West 21st Avenue, Covington, LA and the visitation will begin at 9:00 am until service time. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum.

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N.Y. calls Kalshi ‘illegal gambling operation’ New York officials sued prediction market platform Kalshi for potentially billions of dollars on Friday, calling it an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” that includes sports wagering as the state seeks to halt its operations and force the company to forfeit its profits.

Kalshi and other platforms argue they are federally licensed and regulated, and states have no authority to govern them.

Prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket allow trading on the likelihood of a wide range of events such as sports, politics, news and even the weather.

“No matter what they call themselves, prediction markets like Kalshi are gambling platforms, plain and simple.

By ignoring our laws, Kalshi is running an illegal operation and harming New Yorkers in the process,” Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

James’ office is requesting that Kalshi be ordered to forfeit all illegal gains, pay restitution to consumers who were harmed and pay fines equal to three times the company’s gains. In a court filing, state officials provided a rough estimate of the damages and costs sought by the lawsuit — $36 billion.

FCC chairman defends actions against ABC Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Friday defended his agency’s recent actions against ABC, saying broadcasters have a duty to “operate in the public interest” and the FCC is merely trying to restore that standard.

Broadcasters like ABC, Carr said in an interview on the Fox Business Network, “struck a deal with the American people.

You broadcasters get subsidized access, free access to a valuable public resource, the airwaves, worth billions of dollars. In exchange, you have to operate in the public interest.”

“Look, as a country, we should have a trusted, respected news media, and we’re not there,” Carr told anchor Maria Bartiromo. “So I hope more broadcasters return to their public interest obligations.”

ABC accused the agency of retaliating against it simply because it doesn’t like the political content of ABC’s shows.

Social media companies sued over teens’ deaths The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against the social media giants that alleges their platforms are addictive and dangerous.

The complaint was filed on behalf of four families from Texas, North Carolina, Minnesota and Tennessee whose children died over a 14-month period starting in July 2024 through September 2025.

The Social Media Victims Law Center is bringing the suit on behalf of the families, and its founding attorney, Matthew Bergman, said it’s “particularly salient” that the children in this case died “long after” similar suits had been filed.

“These platforms continue to kill kids, despite the platitudes of their executives,” Bergman said in an interview. “This is a clear and present danger to the health and safety of children, not just in the United States but around the world.”

The four teens each experienced harms including social media addiction, severe sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation after years of using the social platforms, the complaint states.

Livi Castro died at age 13, Riv Kelleher at 14, Nathaniel Chambers at age 17 and Dawson Holden at 18.

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Amazon soars, Apple sinks, oil stays high Inflation worries worsen in wild July

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Friday to finish a wild July for Wall Street as Amazon leaped, Apple sank and rising oil prices worsened worries about inflation staying high.

It’s a fitting finish to July for the U.S. stock market, which lurched up and down as oil prices shot high-

er because of the war with Iran and worries grew about whether Big Tech’s massive investments in artificial-intelligence technology will translate into profits and whether chipmaker stocks soared too high in the euphoria around AI. Friday’s gains sent the S&P 500 to its first winning week in three, but the main measure of the U.S. stock market nevertheless finished the month with a tiny loss.

Amazon led the market with a leap of 15.3% after reporting much stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

Its profit more than tripled from a year earlier, thanks in part to an acceleration of growth in its cloud computing business.

Analysts said that could be a signal Amazon’s huge AI investments are paying off, and Amazon increased its forecast for how much it will spend on investments this year.

Chip companies selling the processors and computer memory that such “hyperscalers” are scrambling to buy swung sharply again on Friday. Micron Technology, for example, went from an ear-

ly jump of 6.4% to a loss of 6.5% before finishing with a fall of 5.9%.

More firmly on the losing end of Wall Street was Apple, which dropped 7.4% despite reporting stronger profit for the latest quarter than expected. Its forecast for revenue growth in the current quarter fell short of expectations, which executives pinned on a supply crunch in components getting vacuumed up in the AI boom.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude rose 1.2% to settle at $87.93 after careening between $72 and $102 earlier in July.

Major oil companies reap massive profits during conflict with Iran

BY CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press

NEW YORK — American oil and gas giants raked in massive spring profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around the world paid more for fuel and confronted shortages.

The conflict, now in its sixth month, halted most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that previously served as a delivery route for a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas. With global supplies constrained, prices for Brent crude, the international standard, soared from about $70 to above $100 a barrel for much of March, April and May, and at one point reached $126.

The money that oil companies accrued between the beginning of April and the end of June could receive extra scrutiny this year.

Gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices climbed sharply during that period, increasing costs for drivers and airline passengers. Supplies ran low in some countries, leading to sporadic fuel rationing in Australia and government office closures in Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Exxon Mobil on Friday reported that its second quarter profits doubled to $14.53 billion, boosted by record diesel production.

The oil giant, based in Spring, Texas, brought in $116.02 billion in revenue, up 42%.

Chevron, based in Houston, nearly quadrupled its profits to $12.07 billion and revenue jumped 56% to $70.06 billion.

Six of Europe’s largest oil companies posted combined first-quarter profits of $22 billion, more than 40% higher than last year.

“There are constituencies around the world who are having a very good crisis, and the oil producers are one of them,” said Patrick Galey, fossil fuels lead at Global Witness, a nonprofit organization that investigates environmental issues. “When you compare that to the hundreds of millions of people who are struggling with rolling blackouts, with electricity curbs, rationing, waiting in line for food queues, or the disruption to fertilizers and the potential impact that that has on food prices, we don’t think that it’s a justifiable price for the rest of the world to be paying.”

Lawmakers propose taxing oil producers Energy companies such as Exxon and Chevron do not set the price of American oil, which ricocheted from $68 to $115 a barrel during the quarter. It’s driven by supply and demand, and what traders, refiners and other buyers are willing to pay.

Nevertheless, Democrats in Congress introduced bills in March to tax major oil producers for profits they show from 2026 onward and have the tax proceeds redistributed to consumers.

“It’s fair to put a windfall profits tax on inordinate windfall profits rather than cut off children’s food programs,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who introduced the Senate version of the legislation.

Whitehouse’s measure and a companion bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna,

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A truck enters the Exxon Mobil Baytown Olefins Plant on April 29 in Baytown, Texas.

D-Calif., would amend the U.S. tax code to impose a per-barrel tax on companies that produced or imported at least 300,000 barrels of oil per day in 2025.

“We cracked $4 again per gallon last weekend in gas stations that I drove by, and that’s a big expense, particularly for families that get their income from driving around from job to job in the work van or the work truck,” Whitehouse said.

The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S., which was below $3 before the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran, reached $4.11 Friday, about $1 more than ast year at this time.

The UK and other European countries implemented temporary windfall profits taxes on fossil fuel companies in 2022. The UK extended that to 2030, according to Tax Foundation Europe.

“Penalizing the businesses who stood by those countries and provided that product going forward is very shortsighted,” Exxon CEO Darren Woods said in a call with investors Friday. “We canceled investments that we had planned for Europe based on the last time they passed a windfall profits tax.”

Return on refining ‘has skyrocketed’ Outfits such as Exxon and Chevron, which also own refineries, are in the best position to profit from the current market conditions, said Tom Seng, assistant professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University.

Refineries turn oil into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and home heating oil. Higher prices for those products meant Chevron’s quarterly refinery profit was six times as big in 2026, despite processing less crude and selling less products.

“The return on refining, on a percentage basis, has skyrocketed,” Seng said. “Oil right now is priced what it is priced because of the Iran war. But in the meantime, the refineries are making money hand over fist.”

The global refining market is undersupplied, and with countries such as Russia and China no longer exporting, companies like Exxon and Chevron have to pick it up, said Rob Thummel, senior portfolio manager at Tortoise Capital. “The world is going to be short jet fuel, diesel and gasoline, so we’ll probably continue to see higher profits there.”

Globally, not all refineries have been able to get the supply of crude oil they need to meet demand since the conflict began, said Timothy Fitzgerald, a University of Tennessee professor of business economics who studies the petroleum industry.

As a result, refineries that have ample oil to work with, including those in the U.S., are turning high profits, particularly when they make jet fuel and diesel, which is priced about 41% higher in the U.S. than before the Strait of Hormuz was blocked.

“If you’re a company that owns a bunch of refinery capacity, things look pretty good,” Fitzgerald said.

American refineries are running at near-full capacity and poised to benefit because some refineries in the Middle East and Russia were damaged. And Asia can’t get the amount of Middle East oil needed for refining.

“Ultimately, users of the energy services pay,” Fitzgerald said. “Consumers, people like you and me buying retail motor gasoline or diesel fuel or airplane tickets. But it also means that almost everything else we buy has an embedded energy content to it … and this is where you start to worry about it driving increases in costs.”

Exxon and Chevron weren’t as profitable in the first quarter due to the way oil is traded; the first real opportunity they had to take advantage of higher prices oil was in April.

Companies that had a lot of oil stored in floating tankers and available for spot-market trading, including some European ones, were able to benefit from March’s higher oil prices, Seng said.

Anthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organizations during testing

BY CHAN HO-HIM Associated Press

Anthropic said its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other organizations during testing, just days after ChatGPT maker OpenAI raised concerns over AI controls after it disclosed its rogue models hacked another company.

Anthropic, the San Franciscobased AI company behind Claude, posted on its website Thursday that it discovered the three incidents after reviewing more than 141,000 evaluation runs.

It had launched a “large-scale” cybersecurity review which specifically looked for evidence whether its AI models were able to access the internet from within testing en-

vironments that should have been sealed off, in response to the OpenAI incident, Anthropic said.

Anthropic said the models involved in the incidents were Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Mythos 5 and an internal research test model. The earliest incidents date to April, the AI company said.

“Claude compromised the impacted organizations’ infrastructure using basic techniques,” Anthropic said, such as exploiting weak passwords.

In all three incidents, the AI models were tasked with a “capture the flag” cybersecurity challenge, which Anthropic said has been one of the ways it assesses a model’s cyber capabilities.

The models were given a fic-

tional scenario and told a piece of secret information, or the “flag,” had been hidden on a different machine on the network with the objective of breaking in and retrieving it, it said.

It added that it had already reached out to the affected organizations, which it did not name. Two of them said they had not previously detected the activity. Anthropic said it was “continuing to reach out to the third.”

Anthropic said it conducted its review with Irregular, which describes itself as the “first frontier security lab.” “Addressing these risks will require closer cooperation across the AI ecosystem,” Irregular said in a post on X. Last week, OpenAI said its AI

models went rogue during an evaluation of its models, breaking into the servers of AI startup Hugging Face. OpenAI described it as a “significant security incident.”

These incidents have highlighted the vulnerabilities in AI security and controls and raised questions over how AI can be safely kept under human control as the technology’s usage becomes more widespread globally.

Researchers have warned for years about risks from technology and the need for stronger AI defensive engineering.

“Safety testing happens before a model is released precisely because we don’t yet know what it is capable of,” Anthropic said on Thursday on its website.

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Is Jon Ossoff the leader that Democrats want?

Meet Jon Ossoff. At 39, he’s the nation’s youngest U.S. senator. Elected from the swing state of Georgia, he’s smart, focused and strong on the attack. And if some Democrats have their way, he could be their party’s nominee for president in 2028.

Democrats are tired of Donald Trump setting the agenda. Many worry their current crop of presidential candidates falls short of what they need: a new generation leader who can win, govern and rebuild the party.

Growing excitement surrounds Ossoff’s prospects — even though he’s largely unknown to most voters and currently denies interest in a White House bid.

That may change after November, when Ossoff is favored to win reelection, but his victory is not guaranteed; federal elections in Georgia are often perilously close.

Ossoff grew up in Atlanta and is married to Alisha Kramer, an OB-GYN at Emory Ron Faucheux University. They have two daughters. His mother is an Australian immigrant, and his father is an attorney-turned-publisher.

In high school, Ossoff interned for civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis. A graduate of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, he earned a master’s degree from the London School of Economics. Ossoff has worked as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill and as CEO of a television production company that created documentaries about foreign corruption.

Ossoff narrowly lost a special election for Congress in 2017. Four years later, he defeated Republican Sen. David Perdue, becoming the first millennial in the Senate and the first Jewish senator from Georgia.

Knowing how Democratic strategists view presidential prospects tells us why a new face like Ossoff has appeal.

Many expect Kamala Harris, 61, to fade once the race starts, arguing her current strength rests on name recognition more than loyalty. Gavin Newsom, 58, dazzles on television and online, but some fear he’s too slick for Sheboygan.

They think Pete Buttigieg, 44, ran an impressive presidential campaign in 2020, but were less impressed with his performance as a Biden cabinet member. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 36, is as hip and modern as a Democrat can be — but insiders wonder whether a selfdescribed Democratic socialist can win a national election.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, 53, earns praise for intelligence, competence and calm. But skeptics fear he’s too moderate, too pro-Israel and too cautious for the progressive base. Arizona’s Mark Kelly, 62, looks good on paper — astronaut, veteran, swing-state senator — yet may lack the spark Democrats crave.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, 61, is popular with pundits and politicians, but do Democrats really want a billionaire leading their ticket as they run on closing the wealth gap?

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, 48, has an aura of moderation and electability, but strategists question whether he could ever capture the party’s progressive base, which will likely have veto power over the next nominee.

And then there’s Rahm Emanuel, 66: tough, brilliant, able. He’s been a mayor, House member, ambassador and presidential chief of staff. Yet to many, he’s too much the insider, lacking appeal among rank-and-file voters.

Where does that leave Ossoff? Young, telegenic and battle-tested in a swing state. A crisp communicator with strong support among Georgia’s Black voters and suburban women. His attacks on Donald Trump and JD Vance land hard — sharp, straightforward and rooted in facts.

His online video clips have put him on the map.

Not everybody will agree with Ossoff on every issue.

He’s criticized the Iran war, voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment, supports abortion rights and wants to ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks. He voted with Joe Biden 97% of the time.

He’s opposed the Green New Deal, defunding police, abolishing ICE and single-payer health care.

While he’s committed to “the security of Israel,” and acknowledges the “ironclad” U.S.-Israel relationship, Ossoff doesn’t favor unconditional American support.

His youth could hurt as well as help, though he’s older than AOC and only slightly younger than Vance. As a national candidate, Ossoff is untested. He may be too far left for centrists, and not far enough left for Democratic socialists. His position on Israel will be closely watched by pro- and anti-Israel Democrats.

Nonetheless, Ossoff checks a lot of boxes for Democrats. He’s not a household name, but that’s part of the appeal: less baggage, more runway and a story still being written.

Democrats often fall in love with unknowns running for president. JFK and Barack Obama come to mind. Will Jon Ossoff be next?

Ron Faucheux is a nonpartisan political analyst, pollster and writer based in Louisiana.

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When data center doubles in size, how will it impact neighbors?

York City’s Central Park?

What happens to the value of the land near this gigantic AI center? They’re touting jobs. After construction is completed, what kind of jobs, besides maintenance?

After all, this is an AI center; you won’t need too many others.

Right now, there’s a lot of tax talk, contributions and promises which will last for how long? Until 2032?

2036? Hmm. As I said, I’m just wondering, and I guess I’m worried, too. At my age, I won’t be here when it all comes to pass, but that doesn’t stop me from being concerned for my grands and great-grands. And for my state.

Re: “Meta plans $40 billion expansion of Louisiana AI data center, more than doubling its size.”

I just wonder if Richland Parish is aware of what they’re in for.

Other places said, “We don’t want it.” Louisiana said, “I want it, I want it.” Other places are concerned about the water and energy usage. They said they are building more energy resources, which is going to make energy cheaper for residents. Really? I don’t know, ask Entergy.

People in places like Southaven, Mississippi, are saying the constant hum and whirring is driving them crazy. Is this one going to be quieter? How is that possible with a place four times the size of New

Ron Faucheux’s July 18 op-ed, “Polls show how Americans see the issues,” shows how unsound his arguments are. He starts with a doozy: “In recent months … Donald Trump’s job approval ratings have remained steady. His latest rating averages 43%, exactly where it was four months ago. The president’s critics find that hard to believe; they keep hearing about individual polls showing his popularity falling. But polling averages, which combine results from multiple surveys, have shown little movement.”

I like polling averages, and agree that we should not rely on single polls like the Fox News poll published May 20th, showing Trump’s overall job performance with 39% approval and 61% disapproval rates.

But lo and behold, Fox News was not alone in finding far lower approval ratings than Faucheux’s numbers.

Taking just the four months of this March-June, 196 national polls published have an identical average of 39% approval/61% disapproval of the president overall.

Getting even pickier, by only including the subset of 47 polls that met The New York Times’ criteria of being “select pollsters,” that approval rating drops to 36.9%.

For those who think that there is not much difference between 43 and 36.9 or 39, just imagine which poll number any politician would rather have.

Even our esteemed governor dropped from 58% a year ago to 43% in March, according to the Pelican Institute for Public Policy studies reported in this newspaper July 19.

CAROLYN ROUSSEAU Slidell

Article about Trump’s ‘unproven’ claims showed bias I strongly disagree with the headline in the July 17 paper, which stated: “Trump uses address to push unproven claims about past elections.” The Associated Press article should have disclosed the documents that were released and let the public make their own determination.

For example, I have only reviewed one document so far, and it showed dead citizens and non itizens registered to vote in certain states. Would it have changed

the results of the election? Probably not, yet several states refuse to disclose the information to the federal government.

This bias makes people lose faith in the news media. For example, for at least three years, Rachel Maddow spoke about the Russian collusion and implied President Donald Trump was guilty. What about an apology for being wrong?

ALAN JUDERJAHN Ponchatoula

Could entrepreneurial tow truck drivers solve abandoned vehicle problem?

Re: “Baton Rouge man wanted for allegedly towing away vehicles, selling them using forged papers.”

It sounds to me like the towtruck driver needs to be nominated for the Golden Deeds award!

He’s doing more to clean up the city than anyone that I know of.

True, he may have bent a few rules and possibly stepped over the line a bit, but all things considered, he is doing a great public service in clearing junk cars from the streets of Baton Rouge.

If we can find eight or 10 more like-minded good citizens, we could clean this city up about as fast as Donald Trump secured the border.

Does this tow-truck driver pos-

sibly have some friends who know how to tear down old abandoned houses?

If that be the case, we could turn them loose on that project as well, give them about $500 each, give them the scrap material and we could clean up Baton Rouge in a jiffy.

I have one more bright idea. It involves cleaning up the trash and old tires that litter Baton Rouge streets. I have the feeling that entrepreneurs like our tow-truck driver could be an asset in this regard.

Sometimes to actually get things done, one needs to think outside the box.

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Bresee’s injury comes at tough time for himself, Saints New Orleans lineman set to get second opinion on knee

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

DESERVED Saints wide receiver Olave earned huge contract for his production, approach

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Bryan Bresee will receive a second opinion on his knee injury that is feared to be a torn ACL, but the New Orleans Saints are operating as if they will be without a starting defensive lineman after he got hurt during the team’s first training camp practice Wednesday.

“It’s tough,” Saints coach Kellen Moore said.

The injury hurts on multiple levels. Bresee is a critical piece upfront who had developed quite nicely since the Saints drafted him 29th overall in 2023. For Bresee, having to miss an entire season comes at a brutal time as he perhaps would have been in line for a major payday next offseason.

Instead, Bresee’s injury will test the Saints by seeing if the youth movement they’ve experienced over the last two drafts is actually ready to contribute. In back-to-back years, the Saints used Day 2 picks on defensive linemen in third-rounder Vernon Broughton in 2025 and second-rounder Christen Miller this year.

New Orleans had wanted to see whether either would be able to contribute by beating out any of the incumbent starters. Now? The chances are one of them will be forced into the spotlight, ready or not.

“We’ll use training camp and preseason games and all these opportunities to kind of evaluate that,” Moore said. “And we’ll have a good opportunity there. We’ve got some talented guys in that room, some veterans, some young guys that will get plenty of reps

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Saints wide receiver Chris Olave takes a break in between drills on Friday during training camp at the team’s practice facility in Metairie. Olave signed a four-year, $132 million contract with the Saints on Thursday. STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE Chris Olave strode into the Saints’ indoor practice facility Friday like a man who’d had the weight of the world lifted from his shoulders.

Who could blame him?

Only 24 hours removed from signing a blockbuster four-year, $132 million contract, the star receiver was all smiles as he addressed reporters after the team’s third practice of training camp.

“I feel great, actually,” he said, breaking into a devilish grin.

A life-changing contract and long-term financial security will do that for you.

Olave’s contract was the secondlargest in Saints history, trailing only Derek Carr’s four-year, $150 million deal in 2023. It also makes him the sixthhighest-paid receiver in the NFL. No Saints skill position player ever has been

rewarded with such a lucrative deal.

Olave always has been a man of few words.

Quiet by nature, he prefers to let his game do his talking for him. But he was thoughtful and expansive with reporters on Friday as he discussed the roller-coaster ride he’s navigated the last few years.

At this time a year ago, he didn’t know whether he had a future, much less a secure one. He was coming off the worst season of his career, an injury-riddled campaign that limited him to only eight games and a career-low 32 receptions for 400 yards. A series of concussions caused him to contemplate retirement in the 2025 offseason.

But Olave rebounded with a breakout

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Saints defensive lineman Bryan Bresee stretches during organized team activities on May 28 at the team’s indoor practice facility in Metairie. Bresee suffered what is feared to be a torn ACL on the first day of camp.

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I’m just grateful, man. Everybody knows the adversity I’ve been through.

All the times I got knocked down, just keep getting back up, keep getting back up and keep putting my best foot forward … not just in football but in life.”

CHRIS OLAVE, Saints wide receiver

Kiffin planning for LSU TE Green too have monster t r season

BY JON BLAU Staff writer

When LSU coach Lane Kiffin paid a visit to the SEC Network last week, the broadcast crew’s resident tight end, Benjamin Watson, vouched for one of his own.

“I’m living vicariously through him, so I want to see him go off this year,” Watson told Kiffin, referencing Tigers tight end Trey’Dez Green. “Please tell me he’s gonna go off.”

Kiffin, ever the prankster, couldn’t help but give Watson an answer he didn’t like.

“We’re really excited about putting him in the B gap,” the coach said. “We really think he can lead block.”

Considering the wide smile on Green’s face throughout his interview sessions at SEC media days in Tampa, Florida, last week, Kiffin’s lie wasn’t fooling anyone.

Green, the 6-foot-7, 237-pound junior, has lined up nearly everywhere since his new coach arrived in Baton Rouge, including in a three-point stance, in the slot and out wide.

Instead of crashing into 300-pound defensive tackles in the B gap, he’s felt the freedom of running untouched through unoccupied spaces.

“I’ve been so open in his offense,” Green said. “I’ve been having so much fun.”

Wherever he lines up, Green shouldn’t be hard to find. The former basketball player is taller than everyone on the field and has the athleticism to outleap them all.

“He fits part of this decision of why you come to LSU,” said Kiffin, who left Ole Miss after six seasons. “You got players in the state that look and play like him, and then they wanna come to LSU. You’re the only school that they go to in the state.”

Kiffin has more serious ideas on how to use the long, explosive athletes he inherited.

He thinks back to his time as the Alabama offensive coordinator, specifically a 2015 national title game versus Clemson where tight end O.J. Howard hauled in five passes for 208 yards and two scores.

Early in the contest, the 6-6, 250-pounder was an in-line blocker versus defensive

ends and linebackers, helping open holes for star running back Derrick Henry.

Howard sometimes motioned into the backfield and lined up at fullback.

But he didn’t linger over the B gap.

He swung into the flat, wide open, versus a third-and-3 blitz. Howard rumbled for 25 yards to the Clemson 29.

Later in the game, Howard lined up at slot receiver, faking a block on a quick screen before he zoomed down the field, wide open, for a 53-yard touchdown.

He had another long touchdown, 51 yards, in a 45-40 victory. Howard started in a three-point stance but exploded past the Clemson secondary, straight down the seam.

Tight ends get open in Kiffin’s offense. Former Alabama coach Nick Saban, who joined the SEC Network crew, recalled Kiffin’s play-action concepts that pull linebackers toward the line of scrimmage, abandoning the middle of

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Skubal is the big prize, but buyers have other options MLB’s trade deadline is Monday, and several top pitchers could be moving

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Cameron young chips onto the eighth green during the first round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club on Thursday in Detroit.

Young shares lead at Rocket Classic

BY LARRY LAGE AP sportswriter

DETROIT — Cameron Young birdied seven of his first eight holes in the second round of the Rocket Classic and thought he had a shot at the lowest score in PGA Tour history.

“I was thinking 55,” he said.

Young cooled off with two birdies on his back nine in a bogeyfree round, closing with a Detroit Golf Club-record tying 61 to reach 10 under for the tournament to tie Patrick Cantlay (66) and Patrick Fishburn (66) atop the leaderboard Friday.

“You hate to call it a disappointing 61,” he said, lamenting missing many birdie opportunities that prevented him from breaking Jim Furyk’s record 58 that has stood for a decade.

Young, the No. 3 player in the world with three wins this season, shot a 59 in 2024 at the Travelers Championship and had a chance to join Furyk with multiple sub60 rounds on the PGA Tour.

“It felt like I had a 10-footer for birdie on pretty much every hole,” Young said.

A lot of players took advantage of one of the easiest courses on the PGA Tour.

Matt Wallace (64) and Rickie Fowler (68) were two shots back.

Fowler surged into the lead — briefly — at 11 under before falling back to the pack. He threeputted from 24 feet to bogey No. 11 and went from thigh-high fescue to a greenside bunker at No. 13, leading to his second of three bogeys on the back nine.

“Nice to finish with birdie on 18,” said Fowler, whose sixth and last win was the 2023 Rocket Classic. “A lot of good stuff today and nice to be in a good spot for the weekend.”

First-round leader Peter Malnati, who followed up his 61 on Thursday with a 71, was another stroke back in a large group that included Xander Schauffele (66).

Hideki Matsuyama (68) extended the PGA Tour’s longest active cuts streak to 30 by getting to 5 under with a slew of players, including Tony Finau (67), who is hoping to improve his positioning to be among the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings after next week’s Wyndham Championship.

“I check it pretty much every tournament just kind of see where I’m at, even on off weeks,” said Finau, the 2022 Rocket Classic champion, who entered the tournament No. 87 in the standings.

Matt Kuchar was another stroke back, getting a boost from his seventh career ace with a 9-iron on the 156-yard, par-3 5th hole. Kuchar invited a kid to join him inside the ropes to retrieve the ball, which he signed with a black marker.

AP baseball writer

Starting pitchers Peralta, Mets: The right-hander has had a disappointing season, which is a common refrain for the Mets, but his strikeout numbers are still good. He was excellent for the Brewers over the previous three seasons. If he can fix his command issues, he could help a contender.

Joe Ryan, Twins: Another powerful arm, the right-hander has been an All-Star in each of the past two seasons. It’s unclear if the Twins are buyers or sellers in a crowded American League race — they added reliever A.J. Minter from the Mets on Friday, so continued buying seems more likely. If the Twins decide to move Ryan, though, it could bring back a solid

LSU baseball will face Samford, Troy and Southeastern Louisiana for fall scrimmages leading into the 2027 season, coach Jay Johnson told The Advocate on Friday.

LSU squares off against Samford in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 before facing Troy on Nov. 8 and Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 11 at Alex Box Stadium.

LSU heads into fall practices with a new-look roster after a disappointing 2026 campaign. The Tigers missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011 and finished 30-28 and 9-21 in the Southeastern Conference.

Johnson promised to make changes with the team’s fall practices.

“And then (we’ll do) some initial planning of next fall,” Johnson said, “in terms of some adjustments that I would like to make.”

Romo on leave from CBS after July 23 DUI arrest

BY DAVID BRANDT A trio of powerful pitching arms — including two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, Freddy Peralta and Mason Miller — highlight the intriguing candidates who could switch teams as Major League Baseball’s trade deadline approaches.

The deadline is Monday at 5 p.m.

Skubal — a 29-year-old lefthander who will be a free agent this offseason — is in the midst of another strong year for the Detroit Tigers after winning back-toback Cy Youngs in 2024 and 2025.

The left-hander missed about five weeks earlier in the season because of surgery to remove loose bodies in his elbow, but he has bounced back quickly.

He’s been excellent over his last five starts, with a 2.03 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 31 innings.

One thing complicating Skubal’s availability is the Tigers have played better of late and they’re hanging around the American League wild-card race, just 4½ games back for the final playoff spot going into Friday’s games — albeit with five teams ahead of them. But if a juicy offer is presented, it’ll be hard to say no.

Detroit’s uncertain playoff fate is a common problem for teams as the deadline approaches.

There is a handful of obvious buyers at the deadline like the Yankees, Rays, Brewers, Braves and Dodgers. There is also a small group of obvious sellers like the Rockies, Giants, Angels, Mets, Athletics and Royals.

But that leaves nearly 20 other teams who are in the middle and could be buyers, sellers or a combination of both.

Here’s a look at some of the top trade candidates as Monday’s deadline approaches.

LSU baseball sets schedule, foes for fall scrimmages

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Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal throws during the seventh inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles in Detroit on Wednesday. return.

Foster Griffin, Nationals: The veteran lefty has been outstanding in his return to MLB after spending three seasons in Japan with a 12-2 record and 2.76 ERA. The Nationals are still in the mix for a playoff spot in the National League, but they will likely still be willing to listen to offers.

Reid Detmers, Angels: The lefthander has been a bright spot in a mostly dismal season for the Angels with 145 strikeouts in 125 innings. Los Angeles will want a sizable return for the 27-year-old, who is still under team control for the next two seasons.

Clay Holmes, Mets: The 33-year-old made a successful transition from reliever to starter in 2025 and was having another solid season before he fractured his right fibula on a comeback liner in May. The right-hander is in the midst of a minor-league rehab assignment and nearing his return.

Robbie Ray, Giants: The two-time All-Star and 2021 Cy Young winner doesn’t have the wipeout, strikeout stuff that he possessed early in his career, but he’s been very good for San Francisco this season with a 10-6 record and 3.08 ERA.

Relief pitchers Miller, Padres: The game’s most dominant closer, Miller has a jawdropping 85 strikeouts over 452/3 innings, 28 saves and an 0.79 ERA. Relievers usually don’t command huge returns during trade deadline deals, but Miller is an exception, particularly because the 6-foot-5 righty is still under team control for three more years.

Adrián Morejón, Padres: The lefthanded Cuban has been a key part of the Padres’ bullpen for the past three seasons. He’s a free agent after the season, which means he could be on the move.

Luke Weaver, Mets: The veteran righty has found his niche after making the full-time move to the bullpen in 2024. He’s not necessarily a closer, but he does have some experience in the role. He

was very good for the Yankees in the playoffs during their run to the World Series in 2024.

Jeff Hoffman, Blue Jays: The righthander lost his job as the team’s closer earlier this season, but his strikeout numbers are still excellent with 72 punchouts over 46 innings.

Position players Luis Arraez, Giants, 2B: The threetime batting champion and fourtime All-Star is in the midst of one of his best seasons and has flashed improved defense at second base.

He is an elite contact hitter who rarely strikes out and is a free agent after the season.

Ryan Jeffers, Twins, C: Jeffers recently returned from the injured list and has a career-high .928 OPS this season. His ability to provide pop from the right side will make him a popular trade target, though the Twins might not be willing to make a deal since they’re still in the playoff hunt.

Daulton Varsho, Blue Jays, OF: The 30-year-old slugger is one of the game’s better athletes and won a Gold Glove in 2024. He’s an upcoming free agent, but he has playoff experience and can still provide great defense with some left-handed power.

CJ Abrams, Nationals, SS: Washington will want a big return for the AllStar shortstop, who is in the midst of his best year and is under team control for the next two seasons.

But if a contender is willing to offer a big package of prospects, the ascending Nationals will likely listen.

Zach Neto, Angels, SS: Neto has been one of the Angels’ best players over the last three seasons. He’s a solid defender and provides a good amount of right-handed power, though his strikeout numbers have been high this season.

Luis García, Nationals, 1B: The lefthanded slugger has quietly put together his best season with 23 homers and 76 RBIs. He doesn’t walk much, but has one more year of team control and is still just 26 years old.

Tony Romo has been placed on leave from his role as the lead analyst on CBS’ NFL coverage following his arrest last week on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.

CBS Sports announced Friday that the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback was on leave “until further notice.” JJ Watt will join Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson as CBS Sports’ lead NFL team during Romo’s absence.

Romo, 46, was arrested July 23 after he was stopped while driving south on Interstate 43 in Wisconsin. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office report, Romo performed poorly on field sobriety tests before getting taken into custody, booked and released.

He has a court date set for Sept.

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Ryu takes a 1-shot lead at British Women’s Open

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Haeran Ryu birdied No. 18 to complete a 2-under 69 for a one-shot lead after two rounds of the British Women’s Open on Friday as the South Korean star pursues a third consecutive major victory.

Ryu overcame a tough start — including a double bogey on the par-3 5th — to tally five birdies and reach 7 under overall at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.

Shiho Kuwaki of Japan was one shot back after her 70, and overnight leader Jeeno Thitikul and Yealimi Noh were tied for third, both two strokes behind Ryu. “I’m just trying to have fun on the course because this course is (very) stressful,” Ryu said, citing “a lot of bunkers” plus windy conditions.

Twins acquire reliever Minter from Mets in trade

NEW YORK — The Minnesota Twins acquired left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets for minor league infielders Bruin Agbayani and Billy Amick on Friday, reinforcing a thin bullpen ahead of the trade deadline.

The 19-year-old Agbayani, who is the son of former Mets fan favorite Benny Agbayani, is a middle infielder who hit .268 in 10 games for Fort Myers in low Class A this season. The sixthround 2025 draft pick, a native of Hawaii, has been limited by injuries.

The 23-year-old Amick batted .217 with 23 homers in 86 games for Double-A Wichita this season, playing first and third base. He was a second-round draft pick in 2024.

activate SS Seager Connecticut Sun trades ex-LSU Rangers from IL ahead of Astros series star Morrow to Toronto Tempo

BY RASHAD MILLIGAN Staff writer

Former LSU star forward Aneesah Morrow is headed to a new home.

The second-year WNBA player was traded Friday from the Connecticut Sun to the Toronto Tempo for the rights to forward Maria Kliundikova and a 2028 second-round Morrow pick.

It marked the first major move

in the WNBA on the weekend of the trade deadline. Morrow was included in rumors as a valuable young piece on a team with the second-worst record in the league. Through her first 20 games of the season, Morrow has averaged 11.6 points and 8.9 rebounds with the Sun. Morrow is the second former LSU Tiger to be traded this season. Weeks before the season started, Angel Reese was traded from the Chicago Sky to the Atlanta Dream. Reese recently played in her third All-Star Game and debuted the release of her Barbie doll.

The Sun is set to move to Houston after this season as the league plans to revive the Houston Comets franchise. The Tempo is in its inaugural season, and Morrow will get an opportunity to shine in the front court.

The Tempo is led by the veteran guard duo of Marina Mabrey and Brittney Sykes. Sykes is currently out with a foot injury, and Mabrey tied the single-game WNBA scoring record of 53 points on June 25.

Email Rashad Milligan at rashad.milligan@theadvocate. com.

HOUSTON — Shortstop Corey Seager was activated from the injured list Friday along with several other moves made by the Texas Rangers ahead of their pivotal series with the Houston Astros.

The 32-year-old Seager missed the last 23 games with inflammation in his lower back. He went 1 for 5 with a home run in two games of a rehabilitation assignment for Double-A Frisco earlier this week before returning to the team for the first time since July 1.

Seager has been limited to 51 games this season. He was placed on the seven-day IL on June 15 with a concussion and missed 12 games before dealing with back inflammation on May 15 that kept him out for 19 games.

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Minn. (Prielipp 3-5) at Seattle (Gilbert 8-6), 3 p.m.

Philadelphia (Sánchez 13-4) at Baltimore (Baz 4-9), 6:05 p.m.

Texas (deGrom 7-6) at Houston (Blanco 0-1), 6 p.m.

Arizona (Drake 0-0) at Cleveland (Messick 8-6), 6:15 p.m.

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Kansas City (Avila 5-3) at Colorado (Feltner 3-5), 7:10 p.m.

Boston (Tolle 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Yamamoto 11-6), 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gasser 3-4) at L.A. Angels (Soriano 9-6), 8:38 p.m.

Detroit (Valdez 5-7) at A’s (TBA), 8:40 p.m.

Tennis DC Open

At William H.G. Fitzgerald tennis center Washington. Purse: $2,488,125 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor

Men’s singles

Quarterfinals Brandon Nakashima, United States, def. Alex de Minaur (1), Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Taylor Fritz (3), United States, def. Alex Michelsen, United States, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6).

Women’s singles

Quarterfinals Jessica Pegula (1), United States, def. Anna Kalinskaya (5), Russia, 6-3, 7-5.

Naomi Osaka (3), Japan, def. Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Diana Shnaider (4), Russia, def. Liudmila Samsonova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Soccer MLS glance Friday’s game

Toronto FC 1, New York City FC 1

Saturday’s games

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, 9:45 p.m.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League ATHLETICS — Designated RHP Chen ZhongAo Zhuang for assignment. Selected the contract of SS Jonathan Ornelas from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned LHP Connor Thomas and RF Colby Thomas to Las Vegas.

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated C Chadwick Tromp for assignment. Activated C Jake Rogers.

DETROIT TIGERS — Recalled LHP Enmanuel De Jesus from Toledo (IL). Optioned RHP Brenan Hanifee to Toledo. Selected the contract of CF Max Clark from Toledo. Designated RHP Andre Granillo for assignment.

Placed CF Matt Vierling on the 10-day IL retroactive to July 30.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected the contract of RHP Luke Murphy from Rocket City (SL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Acquired LHP A.J. Minter from the N.Y. Mets in exchange for INFs Bruin Agbayani and Billy Amick. Transferred RHP Cole Sands to the 60-day IL. SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed SS J.P. Crawford on the 10-day IL retroactive to July 30.

Recalled 3B Leo Rivas from Tacoma (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed LHP Shane McClanahan on the 15-day IL. Recalled RHP Alex Cook from Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Reinstated SS Corey Seager from the 10-day IL. Designated LHP Marco Gonzales for assignment. Activated RHP Chase Silseth. Recalled RHP Luis Curvelo from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned 2B Josh Smith and RHP Winston Santos to Round Rock.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reinstated RF Jesús Sánchez from the 10-day IL. Reinstated RHP Braydon Fisher from the restricted list.

Central Division

West Division

Thursday’s games

Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis 2, 10 innings Atlanta 5, Washington 4 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 2 Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 4, San Diego 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Seattle 2

Friday’s games

N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago Cubs 0 Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia at Baltimore, n St. Louis at Toronto, n Arizona at Cleveland, n Miami at N.Y. Mets, n Washington at Atlanta, n Kansas City at Colorado, n Milwaukee at L.A. Angels, n San Francisco at San Diego, n Boston at L.A. Dodgers, n

Saturday’s games

St. Louis (Mathews 0-0) at Toronto (Gausman 4-10), 2:07 p.m.

Miami (Phillips 2-5) at Mets (Thornton 2-1), 3 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 10-4) at Cincinnati (Abbott 5-6), 5:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Sánchez 13-4) at Baltimore (Baz 4-9), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Drake 0-0) at Cleveland (Messick 8-6), 6:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-3) at Chicago Cubs (Peterson 6-7), 6:15 p.m.

Washington (Mikolas 3-7) at Atlanta (López 4-3), 6:15 p.m.

Kansas City (Avila 5-3) at Colorado (Feltner 3-5), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Mahle 3-9) at San Diego (Buehler 6-5), 7:40 p.m.

Boston (Tolle 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Yamamoto 11-6), 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gasser 3-4) at L.A. Angels (Soriano 9-6), 8:38 p.m.

BOX SCORES

Portugal Invitational

At The Els Club Vilamoura; Quarteira, Portugal; Purse: $3 million; Yardage: 7,335; Par: 72 First round Zach Johnson 31-33—64 -8 Rory Sabbatini 31-34—65 -7 Alex Cejka 34-32—66 -6 Padraig Harrington 31-35—66 -6 Mikael Lundberg 31-35—66 -6 Charlie Wi 31-35—66 -6 Chad Campbell 33-34—67 -5 Stewart Cink 34-33—67 -5 Darren Fichardt 32-35—67 -5 Dicky Pride 33-34—67 -5 Paul Stankowski 32-35—67 -5 Boo Weekley 31-36—67 -5 Doug Barron 34-34—68 -4 Jason Caron 37-31—68 -4 Ernie Els 32-36—68 -4 Retief Goosen 32-36—68 -4 Timothy O’Neal 35-33—68 -4 Cameron Percy 34-34—68 -4 Tag Ridings 34-34—68 -4 Vaughn Taylor 37-31—68 -4 Y.E. Yang 32-36—68 -4 Stephen Ames 34-35—69 -3 Jamie Donaldson 35-34—69 -3 Bob Estes 35-34—69 -3 Ricardo Gonzalez 33-36—69 -3 Paul Goydos 34-35—69 -3 Keith Horne 33-36—69 -3 Fredrik Jacobson 34-35—69 -3 Jerry Kelly 33-36—69 -3 Bernhard Langer 33-36—69 -3 Justin Leonard 35-34—69 -3 Greg Owen 36-33—69 -3 Steve Allan 37-33—70 -2 Stuart Appleby 36-34—70 -2 David Duval 34-36—70 -2 Simon Griffiths 34-36—70 -2 Scott Hend 36-34—70 -2 Mark Hensby 35-35—70 -2 Søren Kjeldsen 37-33—70 -2 Tom Lehman 33-37—70 -2 Bo Van Pelt 35-35—70 -2 Billy Andrade 34-37—71 -1 Woody Austin 35-36—71 -1 Mark Calcavecchia 37-34—71 -1 Darren Clarke 37-34—71 -1 Adilson Da Silva 35-36—71 -1 David Drysdale 36-35—71 -1 Joe Durant 35-36—71 -1 Tommy Gainey 36-35—71 -1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 35-36—71 -1 Jeff Maggert 37-34—71 -1

East Division

Tampa Bay New York Boston Baltimore Toronto

N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago Cubs 0

White Sox 6, Tampa Bay 1

New York

Chicago

Chicago

ab r h bi ab r h bi Goldshmdt 1b4 0 0 0 Cw-Arstng cf 4 0 0 0 Rice dh 4 0 1 0 Ramirez 3b 4 0 2 0 Rosario 3b 3 1 1 1 Busch 1b 4 0 0 0 McMahon 3b 1 0 0 0 Bregman dh 4 0 1 0 Domínguez rf 3 0 0 0 Happ lf 3 0 1 0 Grisham cf 4 0 0 0 Hoerner 2b 3 0 0 0 Volpe ss 3 0 0 0 Conforto rf 3 0 0 0 Jones lf 2 1 1 1 Swanson ss 3 0 0 0 Sánchez c 2 0 0 0 Amaya c 3 0 1 0 Wells ph-c 0 0 0 0 Caballero 2b 3 0 1 0 Totals 29 2 4 2 Totals 31 0 5 0 New York 000 110 000 — 2 Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 DP — New York 1, Chicago 2. LOB — New York 3, Chicago 4. 2B — Amaya (9). HR — Rosario (10), Jones (4).

IP H R ER BB SO New York Warren W,8-5 62⁄3 4 0 0 0 7 Blackburn H,3 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 Bednar S,23-25 1 1 0 0 0 0 Chicago 2 2 0 6 Imanaga L,7-9 6 ⁄3 4 2 Ferguson 1 0 0 0 2 1 A.Kelly 11⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Ferguson pitched to 4 batters in the 8th.

ABS Challenge — Warren (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Blackburn (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Bednar (Ball-Confirmed).

Umpires — Home, Tom Hanahan; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Scott Barry; Third, Manny Gonzalez.

T — 2:27. A — 40,129 (41,363).

Tampa Bay r h bi ab r h bi 1 1 0 Díaz dh 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 Aranda 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 Caminero 3b 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 Mullins cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 Vilade ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simpson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Mesa rf-cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Palacios 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Walls ss 3 0 0 0 Feduccia c 3 0 1 0 Totals 34 6 8 6 Totals 32 1 5 1 Chicago 112 002 000 — 6 Tampa Bay 000 100 000 — 1 E — Romo (6), Meidroth (5). LOB — Chicago 4, Tampa Bay 6. 2B — Mullins (7), Díaz (19). HR — Vargas (23), Benintendi (11), Murakami (24), C.Montgomery (25), Caminero (30).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Fedde W,6-6 5 4 1 1 0 6 Schweitzer H,2 3 1 0 0 2 2 Richards 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay Martinez L,10-3 6 7 6 6 0 2 Cook 2 1 0 0 2 0 Roycroft 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP — Roycroft (Meidroth).ABS Challenge — Fedde (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Romo (Strike-Overturned to Ball).Umpires — Home, Malachi Moore; First, Alfonso Marquez; Second, Mike Estabrook; Third, Dillon Wilson. T — 2:26. A — 20,661 (25,025). ab Antonacci lf 5 Murakami 1b 4 Vargas 3b 3 C.Mntgmy ss 4 Benintndi dh 3 B.Mntgmry rf 4 Peters cf 4 Meidroth 2b 3 Romo c 4

Baltimore 6, Philadelphia 4

Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 7

Philadelphia ab Turner ss 4 Schwarbr dh 2 Harper 1b 4 Bohm 3b 4 Marsh lf 4 Realmuto c 4 Stott 2b 3 Rincones rf 2 Hill ph-rf 2 Crawford cf 4

Pittsburgh

Baltimore

r h bi ab r h bi 2 3 1 Beavers lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 Alonso 1b 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 Hendersn ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 Ward dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Taveras rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 Holliday 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Mayo 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Rogers c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cowser cf 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Pozo c 2 0 0 0 Enrnn-St 3b 1 1 1 2 Totals 33 4 6 4 Totals 28 6 6 6 Philadelphia 201 001 000 — 4 Baltimore 200 000 40x — 6 DP — Philadelphia 2, Baltimore 0. LOB — Philadelphia 5, Baltimore 5. 2B — Beavers (12), Encarnacion-Strand (2). 3B — Henderson (4). HR — Turner (16), Realmuto (8), Alonso (23). SB — Stott (18), Crawford (14).

IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Painter 6 3 2 2 3 6 2 Kerkering L,6-1 BS,1-3 ⁄3 2 4 4 1 2 1 Mayza ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Shugart 1 0 0 0 1 1 Baltimore Young 52⁄3 5 4 4 2 5 2 Walker ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 2 Nunez W,3-2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Cano H,9 1 0 0 0 0 1 Wells S,4-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP — Kerkering (Alonso). WP — Painter.

ABS Challenge — Young (Ball-Confirmed); Painter (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Pitch timer violations — Mayza (pitcher).

Umpires — Home, Derek Thomas; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Tripp Gibson; Third, Nick Mahrley.

T — 2:37. A — 31,857 (45,971).

Cincinnati r h bi ab r h bi 1 2 2 De La Crz ss 3 1 1 0 1 3 1 Stewart 1b 5 2 2 4 1 2 0 Bleday lf 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 Stephenson c3 1 1 1 0 1 0 N.Lowe dh 5 0 2 1 1 2 2 I.Johnson dh 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Suárez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hayes 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Myers cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 Marte rf 4 1 3 0 McLain 2b 4 1 1 0 Totals 38 7 12 7 Totals 35 8 12 7 Pittsburgh 210 010 030 — 7 Cincinnati 201 200 03x — 8 E — B.Lowe (10). DP — Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 0. LOB — Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 10. 2B — B.Lowe (25), Stephenson (15), Marte (7). 3B — De La Cruz (5).

HR — Mangum (3), Bleday (19), Stewart (23). SB — Mangum (20), B.Lowe (2). SF — Valdez (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Skenes 4 7 5 5 4 7 Kelly 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 ⁄3 3 3 2 0 1 Dotel L,1-4 BS,0-1 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Montgomery Cincinnati Greene 6 7 4 4 2 4 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 Moll H,5 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Ju.Garcia H,2 1 ⁄3 2 2 2 0 0 Ferguson H,3 2 ⁄3 3 1 1 0 1 P.Johnson BS,1-2 Pagán W,4-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP — Pagán (Gonzales).

Umpires — Home, Dan Bellino; First, Dexter Kelley; Second, Shane Livensparger; Third, Dan Merzel.

T — 2:58. A — 30,618 (43,891). ab Mangum cf 4 B.Lowe 2b 5 Reynolds lf 5 Valdez rf 3 O’Hearn dh 4 Gonzales 3b 4 Rodríguez 1b 5 Gonzalez ss 3 Triolo ph-ss 1 Davis c 4

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Aug. 1 1906 — Harry McIntire of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitched 10 2/3 innings of no-hit ball before Claude Ritchey of Pittsburgh singled. McIntire weakened in the 13th and lost 1-0 to the Pirates on an unearned run, finishing with a four-hitter.

1937 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees hit for the cycle in a 14-5 rout of the St. Louis Browns. It was the second cycle of Gehrig’s career. Gehrig hit a two-run homer in the first inning, doubled in the second, singled in the fourth and tripled in the seventh.

1941 — New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez walked 11 St. Louis batters in a 9-0 victory to set a major league record for walks in a shutout.

1962 — Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat the White Sox 1-0 at Chicago.

1970 — Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh hit three doubles and two home runs to power the Pirates to a 20-10 rout of the Braves in Atlanta.

1972 — Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drove in 13 runs in a doubleheader with five home runs and two singles. San Diego beat the Atlanta Braves in both games, 9-0 and 11-7.

1977 — Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit two home runs, including his 18th career grand slam, a total that still leads the National League.

1978 — Pete Rose went 0-for-4 against Atlanta pitchers Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber to end his 44-game hitting streak as the Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 16-4.

1986 — Bert Blyleven threw a two-hitter and struck out 15 to become the 10th

major league pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts and Kirby Puckett hit for the cycle to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 10-1 victory over the Oakland A’s. Puckett tripled in the first inning, doubled in the fifth, singled in the sixth homered in the eighth. Puckett finished 4 for 5 with three runs and two RBIs. It was the first cycle to happen at the Metrodome.

1994 — Baltimore’s Cal Ripken became the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games, and the Orioles edged Minnesota 1-0.

1998 — Switch-hitter Tony Clark set an AL record by homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this year, powering the Detroit Tigers past Tampa Bay 8-0.

2005 — Rafael Palmeiro was suspended 10 days following a positive test for steroids, less than five months after the Baltimore Orioles first baseman emphatically told Congress: “I have never used steroids.

Period.”

2006 — Carlos Guillen hit for the cycle in Detroit’s 10-4 victory over Tampa Bay. 2009 — The Oakland A’s retire Rickey Henderson’s uniform number 24.

2017 — Evan Longoria hits for the cycle, becoming the second player in team history to pull off the feat, as the Rays defeat the Astros, 6 — 4. It takes a video review to confirm that he slid safely into second base in the 9th for the missing double that completes the quartet of hits.

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CAMP OBSERVATIONS

Offense still searching for its rhythm

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

With a day off on Saturday looming on their schedule, the New Orleans Saints pushed their players through their longest — and maybe hottest — day of training camp yet.

New Orleans practiced for about 90 minutes in front of a crowded section of fans, many of whom cheered newly rich receiver Chris Olave as he went through his first competitive periods of training camp after signing a massive extension Thursday.

Here were the highlights from Friday’s session.

Attendance Defensive back Kool-Aid McKinstry participated in an extremely limited fashion after rolling his ankle Thursday, essentially going through the walk-through portion before watching the remainder of the practice from the sideline.

Coach Kellen Moore said after practice that the team was exercising caution with McKinstry, and he should be fine moving forward.

Receiver Ja’Lynn Polk and right guard Cesar Ruiz missed practice with what Moore described as excused absences. Veteran defensive tackle Davon Godchaux received a veteran rest day.

The rest of the absences were all related to previously reported injuries for defensive tackle Bryan Bresee, receiver Mason Tipton, tight end Cody Hardy, and defensive linemen Keeshawn Silver and Zxavian Harris.

STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE

Saints quarterback Tyler Shough looks to throw the ball on Friday during training camp in Metairie.

stretcher like the three players above him on the depth chart, his huge frame and steady hands will give him a chance to contribute in heavy personnel packages. He’s definitely improved from his limited action as a rookie. n It’s early, everybody is healthy and there are no pads. But Alvin Kamara definitely looks more like the 2024 version of himself than the player whose production dramatically fell off last year. A day after scoring a 5-yard touchdown on a draw, Kamara showed good burst getting through the hole off left guard during the first-team period Friday. n Quarterback Hunter Dekkers, wearing Taysom Hill’s old No. 7 uniform, has yet to take a competitive snap in training camp. Moore said he’s hopeful that will change soon, but to this point every rep has gone to Shough, Spencer Rattler and Zach Wilson. n Newly signed punter RyanWright, a Tulane product, kicked for the first time in training camp. It is already fair to call him a massive upgrade over what the Saints have trotted out for the last several seasons. Wright unleashed a string of booming punts in Friday’s session, and at one point had a fan shouting at him, “Now that is how you kick.” Punting may be the least sexy play on game day, but it is an area the Saints have fallen well short of league standards in recent seasons. n Kicker Charlie Smyth went a perfect 5 for 5 on field goal attempts and is now 10 for 10 to start training camp. Smyth’s long came from 49 yards out. Earlier this week, Smyth said the experience kicking in games last year was beneficial to his mindset. He believes his altered approach in camp this year — namely, not trying to smash every kick as hard as he can — has helped with his consistency.

Devaughn Vele last fall and turned into a wholesale build this spring with the signings of Travis Etienne and David Edwards and a draft class that included first-rounder Jordyn Tyson.

It is, without question, a deeper and more talented unit than they’ve had in years. But it is understandably taking the new pieces a while to gel.

Offense finding its way Three days into camp, the Saints New Orleans devoted a ton of re- offense is looking for a decisive sources over the last calendar year win against a defense that features toward improving an offense that many of the same players from last has just one top-18 scoring season year. There were moments — such since the start of the 2021 season. as Tyler Shough’s brilliant anticipation That started with the acqui- throw to one of his new weapons, sitions of receivers Polk and tight end Noah Fant, on a skinny post

in 7-on-7 drills. But for the most part, the defense is having its way.

That continued to be true even as Olave made his way back into the fold Friday. The star receiver saw just one target in either team or 7-on-7 periods, a deep shot toward the back left corner of the end zone that he wasn’t able to haul in.

Shough completed six of 12 throws Friday. One of those was a bad drop by Juwan Johnson, who has otherwise been the most dependable target through three days (Johnson has caught his other five targets in camp). One of them was a nice breakup by Quincy Riley on an on-target pass to

Vele. Yet another was on a wellplaced throw into double coverage for Vele on a deep post.

At some point, the offense will begin to find its stride — it is too talented, and the quarterback and play-caller are on the same page — but at this point the defense is still ahead.

Star running backs Gibbs, Robinson holding in to get paid by Lions, Falcons

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Ex-Saints O-lineman Peat announces retirement

BY MAURA CAREY AP sportswriter

Two of the NFL’s most productive running backs haven’t gotten off to the races quite yet at training camp.

Jahmyr Gibbs of the Detroit Lions and Bijan Robinson of the Atlanta Falcons have been spectators as they play their hands in an apparent contract “hold-in” as their teams get to work.

Lions coach Dan Campbell and Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski insist the focus remains on the active participants.

“My job is to coach who’s out there right now,” Campbell said Thursday. “I love the kid, but man, I’ve got a team to coach right now.”

As for Stefanski’s outlook: “Just coach the football team. Understand there’s a business side to what we do.”

The first-year Falcons coach said he has had conversations with Robinson, but those will remain private.

“I don’t think it’s fair to share those types of things, and I think we all trust in the process, what’s going on,” he said.

Both players have the resume for a hefty paycheck.

Robinson led the league with 2,298 yards from scrimmage last season. He rushed for 1,478 yards with seven touchdowns and set career highs with 79 receptions for

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Continued from page 1C year last season. He started 16 games and recorded career highs of 100 receptions, 1,163 yards receiving and nine touchdowns. He also started to blossom as a leader in the locker room, an area he’d been hesitant to embrace until he felt like he was ready.

Even with Olave’s breakout season, the Saints were concerned enough about his long-term health and availability that they spent significant resources to fortify their receiver position. They traded for Devaughn Vele and Ja’Lynn Polk last season, then selected Jordyn Tyson in the first round of this year’s NFL draft.

“I’m just grateful, man,” Olave said. “Everybody knows the adversity I’ve been through. All the times I got knocked down, just

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Odds and ends n A name to watch for as camp progresses is second-year tight end Moliki Matavao. The 6-foot-6, 263-pound UCLA product has been a consistent target on underneath routes for several different quarterbacks, and while he’s not a field

Andrus Peat, who started on the New Orleans Saints offensive line for parts of nine seasons, announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday.

The Saints’ first-round pick out of Stanford at No. 13 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft, Peat mostly played left guard and made three Pro Bowls as a member of the Saints from the 2018-20 seasons. He was a member of a stable offensive line that won four straight NFC South division titles and whose career spanned the Sean Payton and Dennis Allen eras.

Peat, 32, left the Saints in free agency after the 2023 season and played one season with the Las Vegas Raiders and one with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

His final season was cut short by a concussion suffered in December. He had not been signed by a new team for 2026.

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820 yards and four touchdowns, earning an All-Pro selection and his second Pro Bowl appearance.

New Falcons quarterback Tua Tagovailoa put it plainly Friday: “We’re waiting for Bijan to get paid.”

Gibbs, too, ranked in the top 10 with 1,228 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns. After three years in the league, he’s one of just four in league history to surpass 4,500 yards from scrimmage and score 45-plus touchdowns, and he’s 3 for 3 in Pro Bowl selections.

A once under appreciated running back market has been reset as the Eagles awarded Saquon Barkley’s Super Bowl run and Offensive Player of the Year campaign with a record-breaking two-year, $41 million extension ahead of last season.

Both Gibbs and Robinson are expected to seek similar figures, meaning there could be power — and a discount — in being the first team to cross the finish line.

A hold-in has proven a successful negotiation tactic before. Tagovailoa staged a hold-in of his own in 2024 while seeking an extension with the Miami Dolphins. The left-handed quarterback ended up with a four-year, $212 million extension, and despite being cut in March, is still owed $54 million in guaranteed money this year.

to get ready to go.”

Broughton will get the first crack at it. The 6-foot-5, 311-pounder lined up with the first team in Bresee’s absence, while Miller stayed with the backups.

But Broughton is also an unknown. The 25-year-old missed all but one game of his rookie year with a hip injury, preventing the Saints from seeing how he would fare against NFL-quality opposition. Before getting hurt as a rookie, Broughton had a strong beginning to training camp but cooled off as the summer progressed — leading New Orleans to stick with Nathan Shepherd as a starter next to Bresee and nose tackle Davon Godchaux.

Shepherd is coming off a productive season in which he recorded a career-high 13 quarterback hits.

If neither Broughton nor Miller is ready for an increased role, it’s possible New Orleans relies on Shepherd and Godchaux in nonbase looks, which the Saints play the majority of the time.

And there’s also John Ridgeway, whom the Saints made a priority to re-sign when free agency opened by giving him a two-year, $5.7 million contract.

The big question is whether any of the Saints’ interior lineman will generate the kind of pressure that Bresee had been accustomed to producing. Through his first three seasons, Bresee racked up 141/2 sacks, including a career-high 71/2 in 2024. And though he registered only 21/2 sacks last season, his 30

keep getting back up, keep getting back up and keep putting my best foot forward … not just in football but in life.”

Olave’s breakout campaign came at a critical time, both for him and the Saints.

It validated the club’s decision to trade up and select Olave with the No. 11 overall pick in the 2022 draft and gave them the confidence needed to open the vault and extend his time here.

For Olave, the bounce-back, injury-free season validated the work he put in last offseason and bolstered his confidence as he enters the prime of his career.

“I feel like last year we had an interview around this time, and I feel like I was going to (have a breakout season) and spoke it into existence,” Olave said. “I knew I was in a great role to be able to have that type of year, just had to stay healthy. I just put my best foot forward and I

Olave’s injury history exacerbated matters. Negotiations between the Saints and Olave’s representatives had been ongoing throughout the offseason and dated to last season.

In the end, the Saints did the right thing by rewarding Olave for his commitment and production. In a prove-it season, he delivered the goods with an AllPro campaign. The contract will serve as a positive example for the rest of the roster: If you’re a good teammate and produce when called upon, the organizaSTAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE tion will reward your efforts.

“It’s obviously awesome for Saints wide receiver Chris Olave our team, awesome for Chris for takes a break in between drills what he’s gone through in his on Friday during training camp in career and the things he’s had to navigate,” Saints coach Kellen Metairie.

Moore said.

Olave deserves credit for believed in myself and kind of set the standard early to be able the way he handled the highstakes negotiations. He could to have that type of season.” have turned the situations into A signing of this magnitude a sideshow and allowed the is complicated and takes time.

pressures helped collapse the pocket and free up edge rushers such as Chase Young and Cam Jordan.

Bresee’s pressure rate of 8.2% — down just slightly from 8.6% in 2024 — reinforced the Saints’ belief that he played better than his sack numbers indicated in 2025.

“From top to bottom, we got horses,” Young said. “We got big boys. They can run. They’re physical. They’re everything you want from a real, old-school interior defensive line. From Davon Godchaux to Vernon to (Ridgeway) to Shep, them boys ain’t nothing to play with.

“That’s one thing us as a defense is we’re never worried about our interior D-line, because we know them boys is nasty.”

If there is a silver lining for Bresee, it’s that the injury occurred to the leg opposite of which he suffered a torn ACL at Clemson in 2021. The 24-year-old was also fortunate the Saints picked up his fifth-year option in May, fully guaranteeing him $13.9 million in 2027. If the Saints had declined the option, Bresee would have been

facing free agency while coming off a major injury.

But there’s little doubt this torn ACL is a setback for Bresee. The former first-rounder, once panned for his porous run defense, had made promising strides by addressing one of the biggest weaknesses in his game.

Bresee’s improvement as a run defender led the New Orleans coaching staff to not automatically take Bresee off the field in clear rushing situations, and as a result, Bresee played a personal-best 69.4% of the snaps when healthy.

But now Bresee will have to focus on his rehab while the Saints try to find a solution without him.

“The bright side is ACLs now, you know you can get back,” said Young, who suffered a significant knee injury in 2021. “Just attack it. We know that you’re going to heal. We know that you’re going to get better.

“And you know, you know what you got to do when you get back.

That’s the name of the game.”

Email Matthew Paras at matt. paras@theadvocate.com

standoff to become a distraction for the team and fan base.

But he refused to go down that road, saying he didn’t want to do anything to disrupt the positive vibes the team has fostered this offseason.

Olave was already widely respected by his teammates and coaches, but his selfless approach to such a high-pressure, high-stakes deal will burnish his reputation in the locker room.

“Huge congrats,” center Erik McCoy said, echoing the sentiments of several of Olave’s teammates. “I can’t think of a person more worthy, a guy that really battled injuries and was resilient and fought through to the other side. And now he’s set.”

And with their No. 1 receiver locked up for the foreseeable future, so, too, is the Saints offense.

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Minnesota Vikings tackle Ryan Van Demark hydrates during the team’s training camp Wednesday in Eagan, Minn.

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Stringer’s death led to cold water immersion tubs on practice fields

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EAGAN, Minn. — Korey Stringer’s death from heatstroke in 2001 after he collapsed at practice with the Minnesota Vikings prompted many changes to safety protocols across all levels of sports.

There’s no lesson learned more vital than this: Cool first, transport second.

Almost an hour and a half passed from when Stringer exited a blocking drill during training camp and arrived by ambulance at a hospital with a core body temperature of 108.8 degrees.

Though he was moved to an airconditioned trailer by the practice field that morning in Mankato, Minnesota, the lack of effective diagnosis and treatment by the team’s medical staff during that time made his outlook all the more dire. About 15 hours after he collapsed, Stringer was pronounced dead, the only known NFL player to die from exertional heatstroke.

“I’ve been an expert witness in 85 court cases of people dying from heat stroke, and in every single one the person didn’t need to die if they were properly treated and cooled,” said Douglas Casa, the executive director of the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut that was established in 2010 as part of the settlement of the wrongful death lawsuit his family brought against the league. “With a $150 tub of ice and water, these people would still be alive.”

Casa got connected with Stringer’s widow, Kelci Stringer, and

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Former Minnesota Vikings offensive tackle Korey Stringer collapsed during an Aug. 1, 2001, training camp practice and later died of heatstroke. Almost an hour and a half passed from when Stringer exited a blocking drill and arrived by ambulance at a hospital with a core body temperature of 108.8 degrees. agent, Jimmy Gould, through the litigation. The professor of kinesiology had a personal interest in the subject of heat safety, from his own brush with death at age 16 while running a 10-kilometer race at the Empire State Games in New York.

Casa collapsed on the final lap with 200 meters remaining, got back up and fell again with about 80 meters to go. He was unconscious for two hours.

Fortunately, a quick-thinking physician placed him in a cold water immersion tub. Though that came after he was taken to a hospital, the effective on-site care he received from an athletic trainer and in the ambulance from emergency medical technicians gave him a fighting chance to survive.

“If Korey had gone in a cold immersion tub, we would not be chatting right now,” Casa said in a recent interview. “He would’ve had dinner with his teammates that night.”

Casa, who is on the NFL’s general medical committee, regularly advises the league on player safety matters. The mandatory presence of cold tubs near the practice fields for every team, one of many protocols enhanced in the 25 years since Stringer’s death, can be traced to the work that’s been done in his honor.

“When I tell Korey’s story, it takes it from such a sad, morbid place to a place of such action,” Kelci Stringer said. “It’s better to be proactive than reactive.”

Ravens’ Henry No. 10 on rushing list and not thinking retirement

BY NOAH TRISTER AP sportswriter

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Even Derrick Henry, the backfield bulldozer who has remained a force in the NFL into his 30s, will allow himself occasional “cheat days” from his health regimen.

“I give myself grace in the offseason — I’m not dieting as much,” the Baltimore Ravens running back said. “Somebody sees me in a res- Henry taurant with fried chicken, then that’s what it is. I’m not dieting at that time.”

At his first media availability of training camp this week, the 32-year-old Henry welcomed the chance to talk about how he takes such good care of himself. He said he appreciates the curiosity people have and he’s happy if his routine can help someone. He also suggested there might be some myths circulating about his level of fanaticism.

“I have cheat days,” he said. “A lot of that got misconstrued. I told everybody that some days I eat at 4 or 5 o’clock. Not every day, that’d be crazy. But, I do fast. I do intermittent fasting.”

Thursday’s practice was at

10 a.m. and Henry said afterward he hadn’t eaten anything yet.

“I try to fast until about, I don’t know, (2 p.m., 1 p.m.) — maybe even longer, depending on the day. Not every day,” he said. “But, I only eat past (noon) if I do eat. I never eat in the morning.”

Henry is entering his third season with the Ravens after eight with Tennessee. He’s played at least 15 games in all but one year, and he rushed for 1,595 yards last season, moving up to 10th on the career list at 13,018.

Next up would be Eric Dickerson (13,259), Jerome Bettis (13,662), LaDainian Tomlinson (13,684) and Curtis Martin (14,101).

“I think the thing that strikes me the most about him is just his intent every day,” said Jesse Minter, Baltimore’s new coach. “The success that he’s had is a combination of being gifted and having some tools, but (also) one of the craziest work ethics and just work demeanors that I’ve been around. ... I do think, like all the players, we are going to have to be really smart to get him through the long season.”

As the Ravens tried to salvage a playoff berth last season, Henry ran for 216 yards and four touchdowns in Week 17 against Green Bay, and one of the biggest questions in 2025 was why Baltimore

didn’t lean on him even more with Lamar Jackson banged up.

He said he hasn’t thought about retirement at all.

“I don’t try to enter another season thinking about retiring and have that on my mind. That’s not even my mindset,” he said. “My mindset is: How can I get better, be the best teammate I can be so we can be the best team we can be?”

Although Henry is nine years younger than LeBron James, the two are both examples of players who have defied age in their sports. As with Henry himself, it’s sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction when it comes to James’ routine.

“He was saying that he doesn’t know where someone got the rumor that he spends one mil on his body. Apparently, that wasn’t true,” Henry said of James, who signed with Philadelphia to play in a 24th NBA season.

“So I’m like, I might need to cut back on how much I spend if he isn’t spending one mil,” he added.

“But no, he’s the alpha, someone that you can look up to, and so many great things you can take from him. Anybody that puts out information about how they take care of their body, I’m always trying to look at and see how I can implement to my own routine.”

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — As if two-way player Travis Hunter doesn’t already have enough on his plate.

The week before the Jacksonville Jaguars opened training camp, Hunter was photographed wearing a police vest posing with Sheriff T.K. Waters and members of the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department. It had the look of a ride-along, though Hunter wasn’t saying.

“I was just out there just having fun with Sheriff T.K.,” Hunter said Friday.

Hunter, the Heisman Trophy winner out of Colorado whom the Jaguars made the No. 2 pick in last year’s draft, has enough to keep him occupied in training camp. Hunter is returning from injury, his rookie year ending two months into the season when he tore knee ligaments during noncontact drills.

In seven games, he played 324 snaps at receiver and 162 snaps at cornerback. The plan to use him on both sides of the ball has not changed, especially after the Jaguars shored up the core of their secondary by re-signing Montaric “Buster” Brown in March.

Hunter has been wearing a teal jersey for offense in three days of camp, with a white bib and his No. 12 he can slip on when he plays in the secondary.

“How do we balance his reps here, knowing that we’re trying to ease him in, but he also at some point needs to get double the amount that a normal player gets,” coach Liam Coen said.

“And so what does that ramp-up look like? We have it all kind of mapped out ... on every single practice schedule, his reps are highlighted in here — where he’s in, what plays he’s in, where he’s at on the field. We’ve been extremely intentional about it.”

Hunter, who had surgery Nov. 11 to repair the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee, was limited during offseason workouts. But he used that time to build up some 10 pounds of muscle in his upper body and managed to get even faster.

He was clocked running at 22.6 mph at the team’s facility last

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week.

“I was a small guy coming in. Everybody was like, ‘Gain weight, gain weight,’ ” Hunter said. “I was scared at first. I’m like: ‘Dang, I’ve never played at this weight. I’m going to feel heavy, not going to be able to do what I do.’ Training and being able to put those months in — not just on the grass but in the weight room — just putting in extra work, it made me feel lighter on my feet when I finally touched the grass.”

He looked like he was flying on grass when he ran the 22.6 mph — no pads, no one around him, not in a game — but it was another indication all was well.

“I’m trying to hit 23 now,” Hunter said. “That’s the next goal.”

The Jaguars could use the production considering how much they gave up in a trade to get the second pick in 2025 — their No. 5 pick last year and No. 1 pick this year. They won nine of their last 10 games last year after Hunter was injured to win the AFC South.

For his part, Hunter said he feels like last year never happened in terms of his health.

“I put nine months in, so it doesn’t feel like I’m coming off an injury,” he said. “Just get the rust off right now. I’ve been gone for nine months, not able to be out here with my teammates for nine months, so finally being able to hit the grass, knock the rust off and just continue to click with the quarterbacks and click with the defense.”

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BY STEPHEN WHYNO AP sportswriter

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Cam Skattebo is all systems go at practice. His signature celebration is on hiatus.

Skattebo declared himself nearly fully healthy at New York Giants training camp, nine months removed from his gruesome right ankle and leg injury. But after getting into some hot water with the organization for doing a backflip and landing awkwardly on that surgically repaired ankle earlier this month, he’s planning to stay grounded for a while.

“Obviously, I do some dumb things here and there, but I learn from it,” Skattebo said Friday.

“We’ll see when game time comes around. But right now, we’re focused on training camp, and we’ll keep the backflips off the field for now.”

Skattebo alarmed, among others, coach John Harbaugh and general manager Joe Schoen when they saw video of the backflip at Fanatics Fest in New York on July 18. He turned out to be fine, but a text message and some difficult conversations followed.

“He’s a young man that’s still getting used to the spotlight and in New York City, and you’ve got to be conscious of your actions, not only from a health standpoint but a perception standpoint,” Schoen said.

“He knows I’d rather him not do that, especially this close to camp.”

It is not the first time Skattebo has been second-guessed for something off the field since reaching the NFL and getting

wear.

The botched backflip was a much riskier endeavor the Giants would rather he not repeat.

“The big picture message is you want to take care of yourself,” Harbaugh said. “You want to take care of your team: do everything you can do to be healthy, be back, be right, be good.”

The 24-year-old running back declared in May he’d be ready for the season opener Sept. 13 against Dallas. Skattebo also told the coaching staff he’d be good for the start of camp and hit that deadline. As a result, he has no limitations and is doing just about as well as he can.

“I’ve felt 99%,” Skattebo said.

“I think the 100% is when I put shoulder pads on and I’m able to hit someone. That’s when I tell you I’m 100%, but for now I’m 99.9% OK.” Skattebo will get that chance when the pads go on beginning Monday.

A 2025 fourth-round pick out of Arizona State, Skattebo rushed for 410 yards and five touchdowns on 101 carries before having his rookie year cut short Oct. 26 at Philadelphia. This past spring, he set a goal of playing 17-plus games and rushing for more than 2,000 yards on 300 carries.

Skattebo didn’t shy away from those lofty aspirations — which would give him a top-10 season in league history — but his main focus is on moving past the injury and rehab process and getting back to what he does best.

“It was a long, hard road,” Skattebo said. “It’s time to play football.”

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza runs through a drill during practice at the team’s training camp on Wednesday in Henderson, Nev. if you rattled the cage, then maybe you’ll see a little different guy.

Sometimes it’s good then to get my cage rattled because it brings out the best in me.”

The Raiders brought in Cousins, a four-time Pro Bowler entering his 15th season, to be a bridge rather than hand the offense directly to a rookie. Cousins is playing for a guaranteed $20 million, though his former club, Atlanta, is responsible for $8.7 million of that.

Las Vegas drafted Mendoza first overall after he won the Heisman Trophy and led Indiana to a highly unlikely national championship.

The hope is he will help deliver the Raiders, who haven’t won a playoff game in more than two decades, back to contention.

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That wasn’t the case so far in training camp. Mendoza was not only on point, he completed some tight-window passes.

“I love the mindset that he has,” Kubiak said. “That’s what all of our players should have. Nobody has arrived, especially a rookie quarterback.”

Mendoza would not argue, saying sometimes a play he feels good about on the practice field looks a lot different when reviewing the video, that he’s had to get used

to the fact the margins are a lot smaller than in college.

“When it was rookie minicamp and OTAs, it happens very quick,” Mendoza said. “However, now in training camp, I truly feel like a member of the team rather than a new rookie on the scene.”

That was evident on Thursday in just his second camp practice during a seven-on-seven drill. Before the snap, Mendoza signaled to ninth-year wide receiver Phillip Dorsett II to move to his left.

Dorsett indeed moved over and then Mendoza hit him in stride with the throw.

When asked later about taking such command of the offense, Mendoza deflected the praise.

“There’s a lot of times that the offensive line would correct me,” Mendoza said. “The running backs, tight ends, receivers, they would help put me in place. It’s that relationship that we have, that dynamic relationship where we can hold each other accountable.”

That kind of answer likely sits well in the locker room. Rather than expecting to be handed the job as the top draft pick, Mendoza has shown he is willing to work for it.

“Every day, he’s trying to get better,” fourth-year wide receiver Tre Tucker said. “I’m watching him in meetings and he’s listening, taking the corrections. Those are the type of things that you want to see from a guy like him, and he has a very bright future.”

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HENDERSON, Nev. — Fernando Mendoza eventually taking over as the Raiders’ starting quarterback seems inevitable, so much so that the only question is a matter of when it occurs.

Kirk Cousins doesn’t appear to be in any terrible hurry to hand the position to him, exhibiting the emotions and precision of someone ready to secure the spot entering Las Vegas’ season.

“I think in this league, it’s kind of one day at a time,” Cousins said.

“You’re only as good as your last throw, your last practice. You try to every day go out and earn that opportunity and never take anything for granted.”

Coach Klint Kubiak made national news on the eve of training camp that Cousins would be the starter when practices began, but he was stating the obvious. Cousins ran the first-team offense in organized team activities and minicamp and there was no indication that would change entering camp.

Kubiak also made it clear at the time that he expected Mendoza and Aidan O’Connell to push Cousins, noting Friday he thought that position was off to a good start this camp.

“Any time they complete a ball better than (Cousins) does or get it out faster than he does, then he should get pissed and want to do it better,” Kubiak said. “That’s the goal, and I think they’ve done that in these first three practices. Every guy is doing something good every day, and it makes the other guy want to stay after practice a little bit longer to work on that throw that they missed.”

Cousins doesn’t hold back much emotionally on the field, though none of that has been directed at Mendoza or O’Connell. He has punched his fist in the air after throwing a touchdown pass and gotten into some verbal back and forth with the defense.

“I think I’ve always kind of been pretty spirited and competitive in practice and kind of have a little inner fire,” Cousins said. “Sometimes I can be relatively calm, but

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Green in Baton Rouge. As Kiffin said, Louisiana is filled with long, explosive athletes who want to play for LSU. Green, a Jackson native, said he never considered a transfer. He gets “chills” just talking about LSU and fondly remembers his first visit to Tiger Stadium as a middle schooler. Strangers offered him a plate of cooked gator as he walked up.

Just recently, Green moved his mother to Baton Rouge and he lives with her.

“I get to come home to homecooked meals every day,” Green said with a smile.

At least one night a week, Green will ride over to a parking garage near the stadium. He just gazes at Death Valley and imagines the plays he is about to make. Most likely, he’s not fantasizing about blocking defenders in the B gap.

Kiffin has seen his tight end catching balls from a JUGS machine at 10 p.m. Green is running through walkthroughs and Kiffin has to slow him down.

He’s giving himself every chance to “go off” in 2026, as Watson hopes.

“I just want to bring that winning culture back to LSU,” Green said. “I’m from the state of Louisiana. It’s so important. It’s just different when you’re at LSU. Those three letters and two colors mean so much to me.”

the field, including “pop” passes where tight ends come open for a quick flip from a quarterback.

“I see Trey’Dez in that type of role,” Kiffin said. “No doubt.”

Green has flashed playmaking potential. He produced 433 yards as a sophomore, including an eight-catch, 119-yard outing against South Carolina.

The trouble is Green seemed to disappear from the game plan at times. He amassed 76% of his yards in just four games.

From the moment Kiffin was hired, Green believed he could have a bigger and more consistent role in the offensive scheme — and he didn’t have to rewind a decade to see it.

Green started watching tape of Ole Miss tight end Dae’Quan Wright, who had 39 catches for 635 yards and five touchdowns last season. Wright, who was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Eagles, stands a hair under 6-4 and weights in at 246 pounds.

“They used him,” Green said.

“He was so effective.”

In 2024, the Rebels utilized both Wright and Caden Prieskorn for a combined 795 yards receiving.

Prieskorn is currently with the Carolina Panthers.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Focus on relationships, equality and making ends meet.

Trust your instincts, and pay attention to detail, spending and how you look and feel. Trying to do too much all at once will not meet your standards.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Push your way forward with discipline and devotion.

Keep your plans to yourself until you are confident that success will follow.

Change is necessary, and good timing is essential if you want to come out on top.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Check out what your adversaries are doing. Keeping a tight budget and using your intelligence to attract positive attention will help you gain respect and the attention of those in a position to help.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Review your contracts, medical records and investments. Keep your emotions under control and your personal information to yourself. Don't trust anyone who asks too many questions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Put together a plan that will keep you safe from those trying to take advantage of you. A joint venture may intrigue you, but you are better off not committing to anything that entails trust and shared expenses.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Sit tight and see what transpires before you implement changes that can affect your lifestyle. Refuse to let an emotional situation steal your joy. Anger solves nothing.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) A disciplined approach will pay off. Having high energy, coming up with innovative ideas and investing in yourself, your lifestyle and your home will be an experience that will open doors to new beginnings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You need time to rejuvenate and to rethink how you want to move forward. Acting in haste will end in disappointment. Listen to your heart and pursue what's meaningful to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Manage your time and money carefully. Don't let anyone take advantage of you. Stick to what and who you know and trust, and say no to anyone trying to sell you something you don't need.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) By expressing your feelings and considering the response you receive, you'll discover how you can bring about positive domestic changes that bring you closer to loved ones.

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BY PHILLIP ALDER Bill Watterson, the author of the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes” from 1985 to 1995, said, “Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.”

Bridge players often compete only on weekends, when counting points and suit lengths will be very important.

This deal occurred during a social game. What should happen in two notrump after West leads his fourth-highest club and East puts up his king? Do you agree with North’s pass over two no-trump?

Taking those questions in reverse order, North should have used Stayman, then raised three spades to four spades. That contract could have been made, but it would have been a tad lucky.

Still, South could have had a more suitable hand. And at the worst, South would have ended in three no-trump when he did not have a four-card major. Maybe it would have made.

In two no-trump, South took East’s club king with his ace and exited with a low spade. East won with the 10 and returned the club seven, high from a remaining doubleton. West took South’s nine with his 10 and erred badly by cashing the club queen. (The club jack could not be dropping, because if East had started with K-7-3-2 of clubs, he would have led back the club two, not the seven.)

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South took the next club with his jack and played a second spade. East won and shifted to a heart. South won and led his spade queen. East took the trick and played another heart, but South won, unblocked his diamond winners, crossed to dummy with a spade, and cashed the diamond king for his eighth trick. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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today’s thought “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” Deuteronomy 6:5

God wants all of us. — G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus.

“Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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InstructIons: 1 - Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.

2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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HErE is a plEasanT liTTlE gamE that will give you a message every day. it’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. if the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. if the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. start at the upper left-hand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the checked figures give you.

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classifieds.nola.com Search & Place Ads Ads Onlines at classifieds.nola.com • Call Monday Us Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PMatat(504) (504)636-7435 636-7435 Search & Place Onlines at classifieds.nola.com - Friday 8AM - 5PM Anyone with knowledge of the whereabouts of MICHAEL L. FARLEY, please contact CAMILLE PATTI, Attorney at Law, at 504-321-3364.

195993-8/1-2-3-3t $69.10

Announcements Special Thanks to Almighty God, Holy Spirit, St Anthony & St Joseph for favors granted. L.S. & M.P. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Gwendolyn B. Ham or her heirs please contact Attorney Keith A. Doley 504-943-7071.

196038-8/1-2-3-3t $67.00 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Jeffery D. Jackson and/or his children/descendants/heirs, Please contact Attorney Tyralynn WellsDonald at 504-388-0189 or info@thewellslawoffice.com.

196187-8/1-2-3-3t $71.20 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Miranda Egle, A/K/A Miranda Long Egle Mistretta, contact Attorney Andrew Duffy, 4000 Bienville St, Ste. C, New Orleans, LA 70119; 504-343-3181 195955-8/1-2-3-3t $83.80 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Miura, L.L.C. and/or Christopher Prasad, call Atty. Esther Greenbaum at 504-648-2711 196001-8/1-2-3-3t $62.80 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of NATALIE KING; Date of Birth: 05/13/1981; Last 4 SS#: 9377; Last Known Address(es): 520 Wall Blvd., Apt. 189, Gretna, LA 70056-7742; AND 1730 Watling Dr., Marrero, LA 70072; please call Attorney Philip A. Gattuso, (504) 368-4141.

196114-Aug 1-3, 3t $119.50 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.

195754-7/30-31-8/1-3t $111.10 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the heirs of PICOLLA L. FRANKLIN, FLORESTINE LONDON, SIMMANOLLA LONDON, EVELINA LONDON, SIDNEY LONDON, JR. AND SHIRLEY ALCORN, please contact Jennifer G. Prescott, 16260 Airline Highway, Suite E, Prairieville, Louisiana, (225) 4067474.

195787-July 30-August 1, 3t $113.20 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Trina Brown (Brumfield) Lackey or their Heirs or Successors of Trina or James Lackey please contact atty Jimmy Courtenay at 504-513-8820. It involves property rights 195938-8/1-2-3-3t $92.20

CONVIVIUM LLC WE ARE APPLYING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOL & TOBACCO CONTROL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR A PERMIT TO SELL BEVERAGES OF HIGH AND LOW ALCOHOLIC CONTENT IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: CONVIVIUM, LLC D/B/A BROUSSARD’S RESTAURANT & COURTYARD, 819 CONTI STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112. EMERY L. WHALEN, MEMBER. 195926-Aug 1, 1t $88.42 COURTYARD MONACO LLC WE ARE APPLYING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOL & TOBACCO CONTROL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR A PERMIT TO SELL BEVERAGES OF HIGH AND LOW ALCOHOLIC CONTENT IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: COURTYARD MONACO, LLC D/B/A THE ROYAL COURTYARD BISTRO & BAR, 912 ROYAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116. ELIZABETH S. BARRETT, MEMBER. 195924-Aug 1, 1t $92.74 DPMJ LLC WE ARE APPLYING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOL & TOBACCO CONTROL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR A PERMIT TO SELL BEVERAGES OF HIGH AND LOW ALCOHOLIC CONTENT IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: DPMJ, LLC D/B/A MAISON REVANT, 1014 N. RAMPART STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116. DARYL A. GRAY, MEMBER. 195927-Aug 1, 1t $87.34

FENGJUN& HOLIDAY LLC d/b/a AKIRA2U Sushi & Hibachi is applying to the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverages of high and low alcohol content at retail in the Parish of Jefferson at the following address: 3226 N Arnoult Rd, Metairie, LA 70002.

FENGJUN& HOLIDAY LLC

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192988-jul 2-aug 15-45t $207.90 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Lowlander Center (https://www.lowland ercenter.org/) is an‐ nouncing a Request for Proposals (RFP) due Monday, August 31, to deconstruct spoil banks for a Canal Spoil Re‐ placement (Backfilling) Project.

Please email admin@lowlandercenter. org with any questions

by Tuesday, August 11.

All questions and an‐ swers will be posted on the Lowlander Center canal backfilling project page (https://www.low landercenter.org/canalbackfilling) by Tuesday, August 18. Please see the project page for RFP, per‐ mits, plat maps, back‐ ground information about the project, and an informational slidedeck.

This project is partially funded by the National Oceanic and Atmos‐ pheric Administration (NOAA), through a grant agreement with the Na‐ tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation, grant award number: NA23NOS4730219.

The views and conclusions contained in this docu‐ ment are those of the au‐ thors and should not be interpreted as represent‐ ing the opinions or poli‐ cies of the U.S. Govern‐ ment or the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and its funding sources.

Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the U.S. Government, or the Na‐ tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation or its funding sources.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810 Telephone: (225) 763-2272 Facsimile: (225) 763-2273 Email: aezell@ezellfirm. com Statement Sought:

of

Action

Applicant, Magnolia Water Utility Operating Company, LLC, requests that the Louisiana Public Service Commission take the following action: 1) Consider and imple‐ ment rates to provide the following monthly rates for water and sewer cus‐ tomers: Water Tier I – Rates by Meter Size 5/8” & 3/4": $21.93 for the first 2,000 gallons con‐ sumed; $3.40 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 1”: $27.40 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $3.40 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 1.5”: $109.64 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $3.40 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 2”: $175.42 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $3.40 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 3”: $328.91 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $3.40 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 4” or greater: $548.18 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $3.40 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed No Meter: $35.54 flat Tier II – Rates by Meter Size 5/8” & 3/4": $43.88 for the first 2,000 gallons con‐ sumed; $5.68 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 1”: $54.85 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $5.68 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 1.5”: $219.33 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $5.68 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 2”: $350.95 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $5.68 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 3”: $658.00 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $5.68 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed 4” or greater: $1,096.67 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed $5.68 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed No Meter: $71.50 flat

BEFORE THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Tier III – Rates by Meter Size

Magnolia Water Utility Operating Company, LLC, Ex Parte

5/8” & 3/4": $12.76 for the first 2,000 gallons con‐ sumed plus applicable thirdparty flow through rate

DOCKET NO. UIn Re: Magnolia Water Utility Operating Com‐ pany, LLC - 2025 Formula Rate Plan Annual Report, Request for Adjustment of Water and Sewage Rates and Any Other Re‐ lated Relief 2025 FORMULA RATE PLAN ANNUAL REPORT, REQUEST FOR ADJUST‐ MENT OF WATER AND SEWAGE RATES AND ANY OTHER RELATED RELIEF Name and Address of Party Making Filing: Magnolia Water Utility Operating Company, LLC 10761 Perkins Road Suite A Baton Rouge, LA 70810 Name, Address, Email Address, and Telephone Number of Attorney For Party Making Filing: Andrew B. Ezell EZELL LAW FIRM, LLC

WE ARE APPLYING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOL & TOBACCO CONTROL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR A PERMIT TO SELL BEVERAGES OF HIGH AND LOW ALCOHOLIC CONTENT IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: MAJ RESTAURANTS, LLC D/B/A CAFÉ MALOU, 5433 LAUREL STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115.

MANI A. DAWES, MEMBER. 195928-Aug 1, 1t $88.42 We are applying to the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for permit to sell beverages of high and low at retail in the parish of Jefferson at the following address: PHO MICHAEL LLC, DBA Pho Michael, 3559 18th St, Metairie, La 70002, Dat Nguyen, Member; Van Pham 196172-8/1-1t $78.70 YUNELLY'S LLC d/b/a YUNELLY'S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE is applying to the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverages of high and low alcohol content at retail in the Parish of Jefferson at the following address: 2110 Pratt St., Gretna, LA 70053-3626.

YUNELLY'S LLC YUNELLY'S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE Member: Yunelly Frias 196109-Aug 1, 1t $88.42

Employment

1”: $15.96 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed plus applicable thirdparty flow through rate 1.5”: $63.82 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed plus applicable thirdparty flow through rate 2”: $102.04 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed plus applicable thirdparty flow through rate 3”: $191.46 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed plus applicable thirdparty flow through rate 4” & 6”: $319.10 for the first 2,000 gallons con‐ sumed plus applicable thirdparty flow through rate Wastewater Tier I Residential: $50.00 Commercial: Based upon f l ifi d i i l

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p formula specified in Title 51, Chapter 15, Section 1501, of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code Tier II Residential: $73.54 Commercial: Based upon formula specified in Title 51, Chapter 15, Section 1501, of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code (Schools Calculated on Tier 1 Residential Rate) Tier III Residential: $50.00 Commercial: Based upon formula specified in Title 51, Chapter 15, Section 1501, of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code 2) Consider and grant any other related relief.

Magnolia’s filing may be viewed in the offices of the LPSC located at 602 North Fifth Street, Galvez Building, 12th Floor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802, phone 225-3424404, and on the LPSC website (www.lpsc.org).

Date by Which a Party Who Desires to Partici‐ pate In the Proceeding Must File Notice of Protest: August 25, 2026 196059-aug 1-1t $625.17

MISC FOR SALE Antique (Foreign) Tea Pots 10-12 Must See $300 Take All 504-994-7385

CEMETERY CRYPT Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Cemetery, Belle Chasse. Holds 4 interments + 4 addt'l. $13,850. Call 504-458-2681

CEMETERY PLOTS Westlawn Cemetery Mausoleum, in the Chapel. Corr IV, Tier A, holds 6 interments $17,500. 504-259-0505 JEWELRY/WATCHES Ladies beaut. 10k-14k gold diamond cross & chn $350 504-994-7385

JEWELRY/WATCHES Ladies Beaut. 10k yg Diam.

Clustered Heart Ring Must See $350 504-994-7385

g cation is the charter school management or‐ ganization operating ReNEW Laurel Elemen‐ tary, ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Elementary, ReNEW Schaumburg Ele‐ mentary, and ReNEW Moton Lakefront Elemen‐ tary. A physical copy of the 2026-2027 budget is available at 10001 Lake Forest Blvd., Suite 710, New Orleans, LA 70127.

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STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 851-230 DIVISION “H” SUCCESSION OF IRMA CASTELLON HAY‐ DEN FILED: ______ ___________ DEPUTY CLERK __________________

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APARTMENT 5708bTullisDr, 4bd2ba,StovRefrig,Util;w/dHkup, CentA/C,OffStPark,NearBus,$1800; 504-454-3847,504-512-2814

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NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION ________________ __

PUBLICATION: The Times Picayune/ The New Orleans Advocate (Publish Once)

______________ CLERK OF COURT 24th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT JEFFERSON PARISH ATTORNEY: Jane C. Alvarez ADDRESS: 1321 Ochsner Boulevard, Suite 100 Covington, LA 70433 (504) 264-1057 service@svlaw.law

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DOGS Cairn Corso Pups, Docked tails, S/W, Full Bld'd, $1,500 w/papers (504) 645-7591

Super FR QTR Location, One bed/bath, Cent A/H, Modern Appliances, Hardwood Floors.

In unit W/D, Lovely Courtyard, Pleasant Residential Complex. No dogs.

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DOGS Micro Mini Goldendoodle - puppies males S/W, health guarantee. $00 (504) 228-6701

DOGS Raceland-CKC Reg. Shih Tzu Pups m/f $700, $150 Adult Shih Tzu's. Cash Only.

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195942 Aug. 1, 2026 1t $49.31 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE CHRISTOPHER COLLINS AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS Pur‐ suant to an order of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans in the matter of NANDI F. CAMPELL, PRAYING FOR MONITION, Docket No. 2026-06785, Div. C, CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, Parish of ORLEANS, State of Louisiana, dated July 29, 2026, it was ordered as follows: WHEREAS, NANDI F. CAMPBELL, by act executed by Beverly Gariepy, Chief Financial Officer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector for the City of New Orleans, for unpaid 2015 and 2016 ad valorem taxes, which sale took place during the legal hours for public auc‐ tions, as memorialized in the Tax Sale Certificate recorded in the Con‐ veyance Office of Or‐ leans Parish, bearing NA #2017-22731 and CIN 619939; WHEREAS, NANDI F. CAMPBELL has applied to this Honorable Court for a Monition or adver‐ tisement, in conformity with LA. REV. STAT. §

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47:2271, et. seq.; THERE‐ FORE, in the name of the State of Louisiana and the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, all interested persons are cited and admonished to show cause within sixty (60) days from the date on which this Monition is first advertised, why grounds exist for a nul‐ lity under the provisions of Chapter 5 of Subtitle III of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. The property affected by this monition is: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, servitudes, advantages, and appur‐ tenances, situated in the FOURTH DISTRICT of the City of New Orleans, in SQUARE NO. 308, bounded by Harmony, South Saratoga, Toledano, and Loyola (late Franklin) Streets, designated by the NO. 9A on a plan of survey by Gilbert, Kelly, & Couturie, Inc., dated November 14, 1972, registered in COB 717, folio 102, and ac‐ cording to which Lot 9-A commences at a dis‐ tance of ninety (90') feet from the corner of Loyola Street and Harmony Street and measures thence thirty (30') front on Harmony Street, the same width across the rear, by a depth of one h d d f ( )

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BY ORDER OF THE COURT.

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON

EAST ST TAMMANY COVINGTON * 70264 CHARLIE STREET 2-3 Bdrm Apts * 2 Full Baths Rent from $800/mo Off Street Parking * Quiet 985-875-1050

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NOTICE IS GIVEN that Dawn M. Hayden, the duly appointed and qual‐ ified Administratrix of the Succession of Irma Castellon Hayden, has filed a petition for au‐ thority to pay debts and charges of the Succes‐ sion in accordance with a Tableau of Distribution contained in the petition.

The petition can be ho‐ mologated after the expi‐ ration of seven (7) days from the date of publica‐ tion. Any opposition to the application must be filed prior to homologa‐ tion.

METAIRIE 3513 EDENBORN AVENUE Lrg 2 Bed, 1 Bath * $925 * Off St Prkg Blocks from Lakeside 504-982-4040 * 504-885-8060 504-454-1333

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APARTMENT WESTBANK * 3 Bdrms / 2 Baths, Double Garage, Private Yd. $1,800/Mo. 504-913-4263

SAINTS JACKET Mens gorgeous black & gold Saints jacket, size XXL, must see! $300 (504) 994-7385

DUPLEX 8629 Apricot St. 3Br/1Ba, Cnt a/h, Sec 8. No Pets $1300. 504-344-2324

CONSTRUCTION Hiring for Utility Hands and Tank Clean‐ ers. Must hav a aTWIC CARD, PEC, AND T HUET. RESUMES MUST BE EMAILED TO TMCTHAWK0619@GMAIL.COM

APARTMENT ESPLANADE RIDGE The Carson Company, Inc. 2900 Third St., 1Bd/1Ba.................$700 1322 St. Roch St., 2Bds/1Ba..........$795 1818 Gentilly Blvd. (DS), 2/1.........$895 3953 Delachaise St. (Up), 3/1.......$950 2300 N. Broad St., 1Bd/1Ba...........$995 2731 Bruxelles St., 3Bds/1Ba......$1095 2443 N. Robertson St., 2/1...........$1150 2503 S. Dorgenois St., 2/1...........$1639 1925 Brighton Pl., Single 3/2......$1950 4557 Feliciana St, 5Bds/2Bas.....$2500 821-1858 * 822-8432 * 427-4646

JEWELRY/WATCHES Ladies Beautiful 10k Gold Diamond Cluster Ring Must See! $350 (504) 994-7385

10,000 Apt Homes and 75 Locations with Studio, 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms Pools, Access Gates, Garages (504) 360-9347

WE ARE APPLYING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOL & TOBACCO CONTROL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR A PERMIT TO SELL BEVERAGES OF HIGH AND LOW ALCOHOLIC CONTENT IN THE PARISH OF ORLEANS AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: ELYSIUM940, LLC D/B/A ELYSIUM, 940 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVENUE, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117.

JAMES L. CAHN, MEMBER. 195921-Aug 1, 1t $86.26

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The Louisiana Office of State Parks is requesting proposals for a PublicPrivate Partnership pro‐ ject to design, construct, and operate a high-qual‐ ity recreational vehicle campground and related amenities. For more in‐ formation go to opportu‐ nitiesinlouisiana.com.

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d/b/a AKIRA2U Sushi & Hibachi Jianfeng Chen 195618-8/1-1t $89.50

Public Notices Successions y p hundred fourteen (114') feet between equal and parallel lines. Improve‐ ments thereon bear the Municipal Numbers: 2124-26 Harmony Street, New Orleans, La. The Hon. Chelsy Richard Napoleon Clerk of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans 1340 Poydras Street 4th Floor New Orleans, LA 70112.

Jonah Freedman, Esq. La. Bar No. 35780, 700 Camp Street Suite 316 New Or‐ leans, LA 70130 Counsel for Nandi F. Campbell.

195953-AUG 1-8-2T $98.54 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS – SUCCESSION OF LOUIS E. HUNTER Notice is hereby given that a Succession has been opened in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, bearing Docket No. 2026-02863, Division “E-07”, in the matter of the Succession of Louis E. Hunter, who died intestate on July 12, 1975, domiciled in Or‐ leans Parish, Louisiana at the time of death.

Because the identities and whereabouts of cer‐ tain heirs of Louis E. Hunter are unknown, the

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undersigned attorney has requested, and the Court may appoint, a Cu‐ rator Ad Hoc to represent the interests of unknown heirs pursuant to Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3265– 3270.

Any person claiming to be an heir, legatee, or otherwise having an in‐ terest in this Succession, including unknown heirs, is hereby notified to con‐ tact the undersigned at‐ torney or file a claim in the above-referenced proceeding within thirty (30) days of the last pub‐ lication of this notice.

Failure to assert a claim within this period may result in the Succession being administered and distributed without fur‐ ther notice.

Attorney for the Succes‐ sion: Connie P. Trieu Trieu Law, LLC 1800 Carol Sue Ave., Ste. 7 Gretna, LA 70056 Telephone: 504-301-4525 Email: ct@trieulawfirm. com service@trieulawfirm. com 196048-AUG 1-1T $48.97

PUBLIC NOTICE --Notice of Hearing on Pro‐ posed 2026-27 Budget for Warren Easton Charter High School Foundation, Inc – Warren Easton Charter High School Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 5pm 3019 Canal St., New Or‐ leans, LA 70119, Library (Hearings may last ap‐ proximately one hour) For at least ten calendar days before its Public Hearing, the school’s proposed budget will be available for public in‐ spection online via the school’s website or dur‐ ing school hours in its Main Office.

Why do Neutral Grounds divide New Orleans streets?

Warren Easton does not discriminate in the ren‐ dering of services to/or employment of individu‐ als because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic pro‐ tected by law.

195762-AUG 1-1T $130 PUBLIC NOTICE --The proposed FY27 bud‐ get for Bricolage Acad‐ emy is available for pub‐ lic inspection and will be discussed in a public hearing held by the school on August 11th at 3:30pm, 2426 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans LA 70119. For at least ten calendar days before its Public Hearing, Brico‐ lage's proposed budget will be available for pub‐ lic inspection online via the school's website or during school hours in its Main Office at the ad‐ dress above.

195943-aug 1-1t $61.66

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ReNEW-Reinventing Edu‐ cation will introduce the 2026-27 budget and hold its first public hearing on the 2026-27 budget on May 14, 2026 at 5:30 pm at Edgar P Harney Build‐ ing located at 2503 Wil‐ low St., New Orleans, LA 70113 (LA R.S. 39:1307).

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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH COUNCIL TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, 2026 CHAIRMAN ROBERT ARCURI VICE-CHAIRWOMAN TAMMY HOUSTON The Council of the Parish of St. John the Baptist Parish, State of Louisiana, met in Regular Session in the St. John the Baptist Parish Courthouse, Rudolph Sorapuru Chambers, Edgard, Louisiana on Tuesday, July 14th, 2026, at 6:00 PM. CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: Lennix Madere, Jr., Councilman-at-Large, Div. A, Virgie Johnson, Councilwoman District I, Tammy Houston, Councilwoman District III, Robert Arcuri, Councilman District V, Vernon Bailey, Sr., Councilman District VI, Dixie Ramirez, Councilwoman District VII ABSENT: Tyra Duhe-Griffin, Warren Torres, Jr., Michael Wright Councilman Torres arrived at 6:01 PM. Councilwoman Johnson led the Prayer and Councilman Torres led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Legal Council Kennilyn Schmill was present.

PUBLIC COMMENT – AGENDA ITEMS ONLY (3 minutes per citizen) There were no public comments at this time.

CONSENT AGENDA - Approval of Minutes – June 23rd, 2026, Council Meeting MOTION: Councilman Bailey moved and Ramirez seconded the motion to approve consent agenda consisting of Approval of Minutes – June 23rd, 2026, Council Meeting. The motion passed with 6 yeas, 1 abstaining (Torres) and 2 absent (Duhe-Griffin, Wright).

REPORTS President’s Report PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE(S) 26-46 (Public Hearing Held) An ordinance naming the Cambridge Park in honor of Larry Snyder, Sr. located in the Cambridge Park Subdivision in the Town of LaPlace, Louisiana – “The Larry Snyder, Sr. Memorial Park” in accordance with Ordinance 26-20, Article III, Section A7(a), (b) and (xi) of the St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, and notwithstanding the LA Rev. Statute 42:267 (V. Bailey) Dr. Eliza Eugene, Larry Sorapuru and Kurt Becnel commented on Ordinance 26-46.

Councilwoman Duhe-Griffin arrived at 6:12 PM. MOTION: Councilman Bailey moved and Madere seconded the motion to approve Ordinance 26-46. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

26-47 (Public Hearing Held) An ordinance approving the resubdivision of Lot 1 and Lot 2 of the Thelma T. Tassin Tract, located at 121 Tassin Drive, Wallace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (PZS-1475) (J. Hotard/ R. Rome) MOTION: Councilwoman Johnson moved and Councilman Madere seconded the motion to approve Ordinance 26-47. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

26-48 (Public Hearing Held) An ordinance approving the resubdivision of a portion of the Henry C. Maurin Sr. Lot, located at 263 West 5th Street, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (PZS-1476) (J. Hotard/R. Rome) MOTION: Councilwoman Houston moved and Councilwoman Ramirez seconded the motion to approve Ordinance 26-48. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

26-49 (Public Hearing Held) An ordinance approving the resubdivision of the Jason August Lot, located at 134 Lapeyrolerie Lane, Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, (PZS-1477) (J. Hotard/R. Rome) MOTION: Councilwoman Johnson moved and Councilman Bailey seconded the motion to approve Ordinance 26-49. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

26-50 (Public Hearing Held) An ordinance approving excavation within Parish Rights-of-way for the installation of fiber optics along English Colony Drive, by municipal address 1400 English Colony Drive, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (Permit No. 19701) (J. Hotard/R. Rome) And approving excavation within Parish Rights-of-way for the installation of fiber optics along Oak Point Drive by municipal address 336 Oak Point Drive, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (Permit No. 19709) (J. Hotard/ R. Rome) And approving excavation within Parish Rights-of-way for the installation of fiber optics along Devon Road by municipal address 304 Devon Road, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (Permit No. 19723) (J. Hotard/R. Rome) MOTION: Councilwoman Houston moved and Councilwoman Ramirez seconded the motion to approve Ordinance 26-50. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

26-51 (Public Hearing Held) An ordinance approving excavation within Parish Rights-of-way for the installation of gas lines along Fairway Drive, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (Permit No. 19736) (J. Hotard/R. Rome) And approving excavation within Parish Rights-of-way for the installation of gas lines along Doral Boulevard, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (Permit No. 19737) (J. Hotard/R. Rome)

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Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for the Fire Department’s Property and Casualty Insurance MOTION: Councilwoman Johnson moved and Councilwoman Houston seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-83. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to advertise and receive Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for the Fire Department’s Property and Casualty Insurance. WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, the Parish is requesting proposals for the Fire Department’s Property and Casualty Insurance which expires September 6, 2026 and is funded through the Office of Fire Services; and, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that St. John the Baptist Parish is hereby authorized to advertise and receive Requests for Proposals for the Fire Department’s Property and Casualty Insurance. The motion passed with 7 yeas, 1 abstaining (Torres) and 1 absent (Wright).

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-84 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Curtis Environmental Services, Inc. for Backflow Prevention Services MOTION: Councilman Madere moved and Councilwoman Johnson seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-84. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Curtis Environmental Services, Inc. for Backflow Services. WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, Curtis Environmental Services, Inc. of LaPlace, LA submitted the only proposal received and reviewed by the Source Selection Committee; and, WHEREAS, services will include support and maintenance to the Utilities Department and other Administrative Staff in various locations throughout the Parish; and, WHEREAS, services will be funded through the Utilities Budget. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that Parish President, Jaclyn Hotard is hereby duly authorized and empowered on behalf of the St. John the Baptist Parish Council to sign and execute the Professional Services Agreement between St. John the Baptist Parish and Curtis Environmental Services, Inc. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-85 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with VeraPro for Information Technology Services MOTION: Councilman Bailey moved and Councilwoman Houston seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-85. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with VeraPro for Information Technology Services.

WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, VeraPro of Gonzales, LA ranked first out of eight (8) proposals received and reviewed by the Source Selection Committee; and, WHEREAS, services will include technical support, assistance, hardware, software troubleshooting and system training on an as-needed basis; and, WHEREAS, the costs of these services will be funded through various funds/departments. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that Parish President, Jaclyn Hotard is hereby duly authorized and empowered on behalf of the St. John the Baptist Parish Council to sign and execute the Professional Services Agreement between St. John the Baptist Parish and VeraPro. The motion passed with 7 yeas, 1 abstaining (Torres) and 1 absent (Wright).

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-86 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Barowka and Bonura Engineers and Consultants, LLC for the LaPlace Water Intake Pump Station and PreTreatment Facility Project MOTION: Councilwoman Houston moved and Councilman Bailey seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-86. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Barowka and Bonura Engineers and Consultants, LLC for the LaPlace Water Intake Pump Station and Pre-Treatment Facility Project. WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, Barowka and Bonura Engineers and Consultants, LLC of Metairie, LA has been selected as the Engineer for the LaPlace Water Intake Pump Station and Pre-Treatment Facility Project; and, WHEREAS, this project is one of three components required in the transition of the source of raw water for LaPlace from the Ruddock wells to the Mississippi River; and, WHEREAS, under the St. John Water Improvement Program, a new Raw Water Intake and Pre-Treatment Facility located on or near the Mississippi River is proposed to provide a raw water source along with the clarification processes; and, WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the Agreement is $1,295,081.49 and will be funded through the St. John the Baptist Parish Water Bond Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that Parish President Jaclyn Hotard is hereby duly authorized and empowered on behalf of the St. John the Baptist Parish Council to execute the Professional Services Agreement between St. John the Baptist Parish and Barowka and Bonura Engineers and Consultants, LLC. The motion passed with 7 yeas, 1 abstaining (Torres) and 1 absent (Wright).

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-87 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to amend the Professional Services Agreement with Digital Engineering & Imaging, Inc. for the Highway 61 Streetscape Improvement Project

MOTION: Councilman Bailey moved and Councilwoman Houston seconded the motion to accept the recommendations of Legal Counsel to settle all claims - Claim Number 29784, Darryl Robertson, et al v. St. John the Baptist Parish Council. The motion passed with 7 yeas, 1 abstaining (Torres) and 1 absent (Wright).

MOTION: Councilman Madere moved and Councilman Bailey seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-87. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to amend the Professional Services Agreement with Digital Engineering & Imaging, Inc. for the Highway 61 Streetscape Improvement Project. WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, Amendment No. 1 includes additional Engineering and Resident Inspections Services required for additional drainage construction along the south Roadside of Hwy 61; and, WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the Amendment No. 1 is $39,374.35 and will be funded through the Public Works Department Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that St. John the Baptist Parish is hereby authorized to amend the Professional Services Agreement between St. John the Baptist Parish and Digital Engineering & Imaging, Inc. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

Chairman Arcuri – Claim Number 29784, Darryl Robertson, et a; v.

St. John the Baptist Parish Council: Request to grant Legal Counsel authority to settle all claims with Jace Lee, pursuant to Legal’s recommendation

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-88 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish President to execute Change Order No. 1 with Southern Coatings, LLC for the Lyons Water (North) and Reserve Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation Project

MOTION: Councilwoman Ramirez moved and Councilman Bailey seconded the motion to accept the recommendations of Legal Counsel to settle all claims with Jace Lee, Claim Number 29784, Darryl Robertson, et al v. St. John the Baptist Parish Council. The motion passed with 7 yeas, 1 abstaining (Torres) and 1 absent (Wright).

MOTION: Councilman Madere moved and Councilwoman Houston seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-88. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish President to execute Change Order No. 1 with Southern Coatings, LLC for the Lyons Water (North) and Reserve Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation Project. WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its

MOTION: Councilwoman Ramirez moved and Councilwoman Johnson seconded the motion to approve Ordinance 26-51. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

NEW BUSINESS Chairman Arcuri – Claim Number 29784, Darryl Robertson, et al v.

St. John the Baptist Parish Council: Request to grant Legal Counsel authority to settle all claims with Darryl Robertson, pursuant to Legal’s recommendation

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-83 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to advertise and receive

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behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, Change Order No. 1 increases the original Agreement in the amount of $15,427.50; and, WHEREAS, the increase is due to the unforeseen conflicts discovered to facilitate the installation of the required containment system and the necessary repair of four (4) leaking pinholes located in the column connected to the main ladder of the elevated water storage tank; and, WHEREAS, the project is being funded through the Utilities Department Fund and the Community Water Enrichment Fund (CWEF) Grant. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that Parish President Jaclyn Hotard is hereby duly authorized and empowered on behalf of the St. John the Baptist Parish Council to execute Change Order No. 1 between St. John the Baptist Parish and Southern Coatings, LLC. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-89 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish President to execute Change Order No. 6 with Bip & Sons Services, LLC for the St. John Parish Water Distribution and Treatment Maintenance/Emergency Repairs Project MOTION: Councilman Bailey moved and Councilwoman Johnson seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-89. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish President to execute Change Order No. 6 with Bip & Sons Services, LLC for the St. John Parish Water Distribution and Treatment Maintenance/Emergency Repairs Project.

WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, Change Order No. 6 is a close-out change order that increases the original Agreement in the amount of $327,749.63; and, WHEREAS, the increases is due to the adjustment of quantities and materials used to perform emergency repairs and/or maintenance work; and, WHEREAS, the project is being funded through the Utilities Department Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that Parish President, Jaclyn Hotard is hereby duly authorized and empowered on behalf of the St. John the Baptist Council to execute Change Order No. 6 between St. John the Baptist Parish and Bip & Sons Services, LLC. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

Jaclyn Hotard/Perter Montz – Resolution – R26-90 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish President to execute the Certificate of Substantial Completion with Bip & Sons Services, LLC for the St. John Parish Water Distribution and Treatment Maintenance/ Emergency Repairs Project MOTION: Councilwoman Johnson moved and Councilwoman Houston seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-90. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish President to execute the Certificate of substantial Completion with Bip & Sons Services, LLC for the St. John Parish Water Distribution and Treatment Maintenance/ Emergency Repairs Project. WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and, WHEREAS, this project has been deemed substantially complete by the Project Engineer; and, WHEREAS, all punch list items were identified and completed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that Parish President, Jaclyn Hotard is hereby duly authorized and empowered on behalf of the St. John the Baptist Parish Council to sign and execute the Certificate of substantial completion with Bip & Sons Services, LLC, for the St. John Parish Water Distribution and Treatment Maintenance/Emergency Repairs Project. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-91 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish President to submit a Grant Application to the Louisiana Office of Tourism (LOT) for the funds in Connection with the FY 26-27 Grant Cycle for the 2026 Andouille Festival MOTION: Councilwoman Ramirez moved and Councilman Madere seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-91. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish President to submit a Grant Application to the Louisiana Office of Tourism (LOT) for the funds in Connection with the FY 26-27 Grant Cycle for the 2026 Andouille Festival.

WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, the goal of the LOT Competitive Grant Program (CGP) is to encourage and support marketing initiatives for tourism events that attract and retain visitors to the state and have a positive impact on Louisiana’s economy; and, WHEREAS, through this CGP, LOT provides matching grants up to $15,000 to reimburse a percentage of the actual cost of Qualifying Marketing Expenses associated with the promotion of a tourism event; and, WHEREAS, St. John the Baptist Parish is seeking additional funds for the 2026 Andouille Festival, located at 2900 Highway 51, LaPlace, Louisiana, 70068; and, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, acting as governing authority of said Parish. SECTION 1. That the St. John the Baptist Parish Council does hereby authorize the Parish President to submit a grant application to the Louisiana Office of Tourism for funds for the 2026 Andouille Festival and to execute any and all documents in connection with the FY 26-27 Grant Cycle. The motion passed with 7 yeas, 1 abstaining (Torres) and 1 absent (Wright).

Jaclyn Hotard/Peter Montz – Resolution – R26-92 – A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Waste Pro of Louisiana, Inc. for Solid Waste Collection and Removal Services MOTION: Councilwoman Houston moved and Councilman Bailey seconded the motion to approve Resolution R26-92. A Resolution authorizing St. John the Baptist Parish to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Waste Pro of Louisiana, Inc. for Solid Waste Collection and Removal Services. WHEREAS, Article IV, Section H (2) and (5) of the St. John the Baptist Parish Home Rule Charter permits the Parish Council to adopt a resolution when authorizing a designated person(s) to execute a previously approved contract on its behalf and/or to perform a ministerial act related to the administrative business of the Parish; and WHEREAS, Waste Pro of Louisiana, Inc. ranked first out of four (4) proposals received and reviewed by the Source Selection Committee; and, WHEREAS, services will be the collection and removal services of residential solid waste throughout the Parish; and, WHEREAS, services will be funded through the Solid Waste Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St. John the Baptist Parish Council, that Parish President, Jaclyn Hotard is hereby duly authorized and empowered on behalf of the St. John the Baptist Parish Council to sign and execute the Professional Services Agreement between St. John the Baptist Parish and Waste Pro of Louisiana, Inc. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent.

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES: There were no ordinances introduced at this time.

ADJOURNMENT: At 6:47 PM, Councilman Bailey moved and Councilwoman Johnson seconded the motion to adjourn. The motion passed with Councilman Wright absent. /s/Robert Arcuri COUNCIL CHAIRMAN

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The citrus leaf miner is a very common pest showing up now. The adult female is a tiny moth that lays her eggs on the late summer flush of new growth. After the larvae hatch, they enter the leaf and feed on the inside, creating a silver sheen, serpentine trails and deformed leaves.

Using insecticides to control citrus leaf miners is difficult because the damage is done by the time most

Watch for foliage and fruit problems that may affect your citrus trees people notice it. Fortunately, the damage looks a lot worse than it is. The overall health and production of the tree is not greatly affected.

To reduce damage, you may spray the organic insecticide spinosad as soon as you see new growth emerging in late summer. Once a lot of damage has occurred, spraying the tree will not accomplish much.

There are a variety of sucking insects that attack

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Okra plants need their leaves for photosynthesis

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Does cutting off the leaves after I pick the okra pod promote better production of more Garden okra?

Or do advice we just break them off to get them out of the way to reduce rubbing against them? — Taylor When okra plants are old enough, they produce a flower followed by an okra pod at the base of each leaf. You have a good reason to ask your question. Removing the leaves may make it easier to see and harvest new okra pods. And many people find that rubbing against the leaves can cause skin irritation.

But you must consider the role leaves play in okra (and all plants).

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Some people find rubbing against the leaves when harvesting okra can cause skin irritation. thesis. In okra, and most plants, this occurs in their leaves. Every leaf is a food factory, and as such, every leaf is important to the overall health and vigor of a plant.

Every time you remove a healthy leaf, you are reducing a plant’s ability to sustain itself.

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GARDEN TIPS FOR AUGUST GARDENS: Plant transplants of tomato, pepper and eggplant now and broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage in late August. Plant seeds of broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, collards, mustard, turnips, squash and cucumbers now. Plant seeds of bush snap beans and bush lima beans in late August. Sets (small bulbs) of shallots and bunching onions may also be planted this month.

REPOTTING & ROOTS: After a summer of vigorous growth outside, some containerized plants may be pot-bound.

Repot into larger containers if necessary.

In addition, plants in pots sitting on an old brick surface, gravel or soil may grow roots out of the drainage holes into the ground. If this happens, cut any roots that have grown into the soil. Prevent this by lifting the pots occasionally or boosting them up on pot feet or pieces of brick.

IT’S RUN ITS COURSE: When a vegetable crop is finished, promptly pull it up and throw it in your compost pile (if it is not heavily infested with fungus diseases). If you don’t want to plant immediately in the area, mulch it with 4 to 6 inches of

leaves, grass clippings, pine straw or other materials you have on hand. Old crops left in place look untidy, allow weeds to grow and may harbor insects or diseases.

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SEASONAL STEMS: you may begin to dig and divide Louisiana irises and Easter lilies this month through early October.

ON THE CALENDAR: The Baton Rouge Botanic Garden Summer Plant Sale and Garden Expo will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 8 at 7950 Independence Blvd. in Baton Rouge. Members of several different plant societies and vendors will offer a wide variety of plants and advice.

Plants for sale include roses, herbs, native plants, perennials, gingers, daylilies, Louisiana irises, bromeliads, carnivorous plants and butterfly plants.

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Continued from page 4 citrus trees. One of the most common pests is the citrus whitefly. These gnat-sized, white insects and their diskshaped larvae get under the leaves and suck the sap from the tree. As they feed on the sap, whiteflies excrete a sugary substance called honeydew.

Blackfly is similar, but the adults and larvae are black.

Mealybugs are another sucking insect that look like cotton masses on leaves and fruit.

Woolly whitefly insects also appear as slightly white fuzzy patches. These insects also produce honeydew.

Deposits of honeydew on the leaves and fruit provide food for the growth of fungi that cause sooty mold. Sooty mold does not actually attack or significantly damage the tree. It will eventually disappear once the insects are eliminated.

Spraying trees with a light horticultural oil (such as YearRound Oil or All Seasons Oil) is effective in controlling whitefly, blackfly, woolly whitefly and mealybug infestations. Be sure

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A plant is loaded with aphids and mealybugs. Mealybugs, which are drawn to citrus plants, are a sucking insect that look like cotton masses on leaves and fruit.

to spray under the leaves and make several applications following label directions. Light horticultural oils can be used through the heat of summer but should be applied in early morning when it is cooler.

Finally, the orange dog caterpillar feeds on citrus tree foliage. It is the immature form of the giant swallowtail butterfly, one of the most beautiful of our native butterflies. The caterpillar, mottled brown and white and larger at one end, is disguised to look like bird droppings.

Unless your tree is young and has a relatively small number of leaves, the damage done by this caterpillar is generally minor. It’s worth some damage to have more of the butterflies that delight so many people.

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Damage to citrus trees by the orange dog caterpillar, which is the immature form of the giant swallowtail butterfly, is usually minor.

If your citrus tree was planted within the last five years, don’t be dismayed if it’s not yet or erratically produces fruit.

It often takes five years, and sometimes longer, for a tree to become established and reliably ripen fruit. Time will solve this problem, along with good care.

Late summer fruit drop is not uncommon as a tree adjusts the crop it can carry to ripeness.

Stressful weather conditions, such as drought, can make it worse. While disappointing, the loss of this fruit will allow the tree to put more resources into what is left, resulting in higher quality fruit.

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Citrus canker is a fatal disease that affects citrus trees.

As the fruits grow larger in late summer, periods of dry weather followed by rain can lead to fruit splitting. This occurs when the fruit swells faster than the skin can accommodate. Split fruit should be removed from the tree or gathered from the ground and discarded.

Puffy fruit is mostly a problem on young, vigorous satsuma trees. They are unusually large, have thick rinds and relatively dry flesh. As the tree becomes older, the occurrence of puffy fruit decreases.

Birds will peck at the fruit of citrus. The damage looks like an ice pick was driven repeatedly into the rind. Available at nurseries, bird netting thrown over a tree can help prevent damage.

Fruits with a dark brown discoloration have been attacked by citrus rust mites. These bugs just damage the skin.

The fruit will ripen normally and is still good to consume.

To stop damage, spray the tree with a light horticultural oil once a month in June, July and August.

There are a variety of fungal diseases that affect citrus fruit, such as citrus scab, sweet orange scab and melanose. By the time you notice the symptoms, however, it is too late to do anything for these diseases.

However, the next year, apply copper-based fungicides in the spring and early summer to help minimize symptoms.

You should also be familiar with citrus canker and citrus greening diseases. Do an online

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GREEN THUMB ADVICE

Continued from page 5 in the leaves helps the plants grow, bloom and produce okra pods. Removing all of the leaves except those up where the flowers and pods are forming reduces an okra plant’s ability to make the food that it needs to be healthy.

While what you are considering doing is tolerated by okra plants, removing healthy leaves is detrimental and not recommended.

If harvesting okra irritates the skin on your arms, be sure to wear a long-sleeved shirt and gloves to protect your skin.

I have found several strange small mounds of soil in my landscape.The piles of soil are not ant hills.There is one hole near the base of most of the mounds. It appears, in some cases, that there is a small trench that leaves the hole and travels across the mound as if you had dragged your finger across the mound. I have filled in the holes, but something opens them up again. Do you know what has invaded my garden and what I should do to get rid of them?

— Jason Have you heard the cicadas (or locust, as some call them) singing in the trees in the late afternoon and at dusk? Well, the creature creating the

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Continued from page 6 search for these to look at photos of the symptoms. There are no effective treatments for these fatal diseases. Infected trees are generally removed to stop diseases from spreading to healthy trees.

If you need help diagnosing these diseases, contact your parish LSU AgCenter extension horticulturist. For information on how to take care of your citrus trees, see the LSU AgCenter’s “Louisiana Home Citrus Production” bulletin online.

An adult cicada rests in a flower pot. mounds of soil and holes is a predator of the cicadas. Called the cicada killer, the insect is a giant wasp.

A male and a female cicada killer create a nest in the ground by digging a tunnel.

This creates the mounds of soil you have seen. Then they hunt for a cicada. When one is located, it is stung to paralyze it, picked up and flown back to the nest, where it is dragged underground (accounting for the trench leading to the hole).

You can imagine how large the wasp must be to carry an insect as large as a cicada.

The female wasp lays an egg on the still living cicada, which will serve as food for the larvae when it hatches. The male and female may place several cicadas in the same nest. This

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natural control is necessary and important to manage populations of the cicada.

Fortunately, despite its alarming size, this wasp is unlikely to sting people. They are not as defensive of their nest as some wasps are. Because of the large population of cicadas this year, there was a large number of cicada killers around. My recommendation is to leave them alone and let nature take its course.

Dan Gill is a retired consumer horticulture specialist with the LSU AgCenter. He hosts the “Garden Show” on WWL-AM Saturdays at 9 a.m. Email gardening questions to gnogardening@agcenter.lsu. edu.

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Upgrade your kitchen with a bar-pantry combo There is always something new or improved in the way of kitchen design, as the kitchen is often the favorite and most expensive room in the house.

Have you heard of a “bantry”?

Not to be confused with a small town in County Cork, Ireland, the trending bantry is a combined bar and pantry space just off the kitchen.

Unlike a simple pantry relegated to food storage and perhaps the second refrigerator, the bantry is a more sophisticated space that serves many functions and looks good while doing it. Predictions are that this will be the next big thing in home design, that is, if you trust such predictions.

Just as the butler’s pantry of old has evolved into more of an entertaining space with the addition of a wet bar, wine storage and all that is necessary to impress and serve your guests, the bantry rethinks the traditional pantry space.

The bantry is a muchevolved walk-in pantry. The clutter of small appliances can be discreetly stored out of sight. It can also house a beverage center, wine storage and/or a coffee station.

Carefully designed to serve the household’s actual needs, it is an extension of the kitchen.

It can even include an afterschool snack setup, additional refrigeration/freezer space or double ovens if you entertain on the grand scale.

I have a Martha Stewart-like friend who has a bantry that closely resembles a commercial kitchen just off her actual kitchen. Along with professional-grade appliances and a generous island, the room is charming with antique cupboards and vintage culinary pieces. Think of her bantry as Cinderella in a ballgown.

The bantry allows the beloved open-concept kitchen,

Louis Aubert dining and living spaces to appear clutter-free and ready for company. Designing a new home allows you to plan for this addition, but where does this fit in an existing layout?

You could repurpose your laundry room. Stack washer and dryer units to free up space and create the perfect blank canvas. The generous square footage of an attached garage that houses items you will likely never use again could also be put to better use.

In general, the bantry provides the space necessary to add whatever is most important to make your home more user-friendly. Ample, well-placed storage is always welcome. Small, specialty appliances that are difficult to access can now have a designated place.

Will the bantry become the next must-have? Maybe. It could likely become a regular feature in new, larger homes. I recently assisted with a property renovation in Old Mandeville in which a bantry was added, and I must admit, it is very nice if space permits.

More kitchen upgrade ideas Short of adding a bantry, there are simpler ways to increase kitchen function and style. Maybe you have a “white kitchen” and wish to modernize it. This kitchen style is classic and will likely be around in some form for many years to come. It even gained greater popularity with the 2003 release of the romantic comedy “Something’s Gotta

Give.” That Hamptons kitchen was very popular. Clients would pause the DVD and ask that we replicate the kitchen.

However, the stark white kitchen that also appeared at this time is dropping in popularity. Its glossy white surfaces can be rather cold in appearance and also difficult to maintain. The overly bright room can be improved with warmer tones, darker floors or softly patterned stone in place of glaring solid white surfaces. Warmth has, once again, gained popularity. Consider adding some to your space.

If cabinetry does not reach the ceiling, a custom look can be achieved by the addition of cabinets or a soffit to fill the gap. With either addition, you will eliminate the arduous chore of cleaning the dust and gunk that accumulate in nooks and crannies. You may also avoid the temptation to embellish that gap with plastic ivy or the dreaded ceramic goose with a wreath around his neck.

Upgrading hardware is a quick way to freshen up existing cabinetry. Knobs are easy to replace, as there is only one hole. If you’re changing pulls, be certain that the holes are the same distance apart as the old hardware. A new kitchen faucet is another great upgrade, but again, be aware of the hole spacing.

Paint is your friend. Consider painting the kitchen island or perhaps a section of cabinets in a contrasting color to the wall cabinetry. In a completely cypress Mandeville kitchen, a freestanding section of cabinets was painted to resemble a hutch. Chunky brackets were added below the upper cabinets, and the space between the upper and base cabinets was filled with beaded board. As much as we love cypress, the room was

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The bantry, a growing trend as an extension of home kitchens combining a bar and a pantry, is a more sophisticated space that serves many functions and looks good while doing it. improved by the now French blue “hutch.”

Painting walls and cabinetry in a single color will visually enlarge a small kitchen, as will improved lighting. Perhaps the best kitchen improvement is lighting installed under upper cabinets.

The shadow-free light is focused on the work surface.

Simple and effective, this has become a standard feature in many homes.

Better function can also be achieved with something as basic as drawer dividers, adjustable shelves and racks for storing specific items.

In general, look around your kitchen and find ways to improve both function and ap-

pearance. As in most design questions, decide what is right for you. That little inner voice will serve you well.

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INSIDE INFO Antiques Forum explores faith, spirit

The Historic New Orleans Collection is hosting its annual Antiques Forum, a weekendlong “intersection of the spiritual and material worlds.”

“Material Belief: Objects of Faith, Spirit and Tradition” will feature sessions Friday through Aug. 9 at the Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., on a range of sacred items — how they were made, used and kept and how they continue to function as powerful material expressions of belief throughout the region.

Experts and enthusiasts from a variety of disciplines will be on hand to discuss such items as Catholic statuary, Judaica, Afro-Caribbean ritual objects, prayer samplers and more.

A northshore excursion is planned, as well as additional events slated for French Quarter restaurants. Cost is $225.

Visit hnoc.org.

BK House celebrates bicentennial in Quarter A block party Aug. 11 on Chartres Street celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Historic BK House & Gardens.

The final architectural drawings for the then-BeauregardKeyes House were signed Aug. 11, 1826, and construction on the home began.

DJ Harold Spinner will facilitate “dancing in the street” with cocktails, a cash bar and birthday cakes baked by neighbors and friends.

The event, starting at 6 p.m., is free. Visit bkhouse.org.

Lecture series eyes Gálvez, militia The Gálvez Regiment and Militia will be the subject of a series of lectures in August by the Friends of the Cabildo.

The lectures, at 6 p.m. Tuesdays on Zoom, will be recorded for viewing afterward.

Cost for the lectures is $10 for nonmembers and free for members.

BOR appeal submissions by hand or mail.

For information, visit nolaassessor.com.

Volunteer projects abound at City Park

unteer Series: 8 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 2 Celebration Drive.

An eight-week series for individual volunteers to assist in greenhouse operations. n Litter Abatement Campaign: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday. Volunteer Center, 1031 Harrison Ave. n Big Lake Native Plant Trail Restoration Project: 9 a.m. Friday. Big Lake Native Trail near 7 Friedrichs Ave. Register for the programs and find out about what to bring at friendsofcitypark.volunteerhub.com.

A variety of cleanup days and initiatives are on tap at City Park to improve and maintain the extensive urban green space. Those coming up include: n Super Saturday: 9 a.m. Saturday. Volunteer Center, 1031 FILE PHOTO By JEFF STROUT Harrison Ave. Monthly comThe final architectural drawings for the BK House on Chartres munity volunteering effort that includes a tool mainteHave a home and garden Street in the French Quarter were signed Aug. 11, 1826. event coming up? Send it to nance project. n Pelican Greenhouse Summer VolThe upcoming lectures inevents@theadvocate.com. beautiful.org. clude: n Aug. 4: Robert Freeland, Charlotte Dorion “The Gálvez Regiment Com504.237.8615 posure” Charlotte@Char-Realty.com n Aug. 11: Harold Marchand, Assessment rolls for OrChar-Realty.com • Co-owners of 5 offices • Your Local and Global Chris Dorion “Creole and Black Soldiers in leans Parish property owners Luxury REALTORS! 504.451.4274 the Militia” for 2027 are open for public Chris@Char-Realty.com An independently owned n Aug. 18: Bill Hyland, “Los inspection 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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St. Charles Avenue penthouse has views of the city

BY VICTOR ANDREWS Staff writer

A stately building stands sentinel over a section of St. Charles Avenue that boasts a multitude of handsome homesteads near Jefferson Avenue.

It’s the point St. Charles begins to move closer to the universities (Tulane and Loyola) and the verdant stretches of Audubon Park. In fact, a diminutive parcel of playground fun and oldgrowth trees sits just across Octavia Street bearing the name of the back street: Danneel.

But on the avenue, sitting behind a curved stone drive edged with meticulous landscaping is a five-story edifice built in 1939 with detail work that hints at the refined dwellings inside.

The Octavia’s penthouse at 5421 St. Charles Ave. is a three-bedroom, two-bath with two balconies that offer panoramic views of the city over the treetops for $1.365 million.

Pass through the double glass doors of the lobby and head to the twin elevators or the stairs at the center of the building.

On the penthouse level, the home opens to a generous foyer with two closets and plenty of room to receive guests. It branches to a hall that traverses the space.

Turning to the right, the public spaces of the home are at hand. On the right side of the hall, the galley-style kitchen is a lengthy 20 feet of culinary space, with dark counters reflecting the gleam of a host of stainless appliances and the large-format tile floor. At one end, a tall series of cabinets is a trove of storage, with a well-placed closet providing even more storage.

On the left side of the hall, the living room instantly conjures a library or study feel, courtesy of the floor-to-ceiling shelves. A pair of windows on the far wall brings in natural light, making it an ideal spot for reading. Built-in lighting and one set of cabinetry for electronics provide an inviting place for television or conversation.

More shelving can be found framing an elegant fireplace in the home’s family room, a substantial corner of the home with windows on two sides. One of the two balconies, screened-in to promote bug-free leisure, is also in the family room.

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Shelves fill the wall next to the fireplace in the home’s family room, which has access to one of the two balconies.

One of the home’s screened balconies overlooks the city.

The penthouse of the Octavia building on St. Charles Avenue is a three-bedroom, two-bath home with two screened balconies and more than 2,600 square feet.

A broad opening leads into the dining room, a comfortable place for mealtime gatherings, generously illuminated by a pair of windows. A door leads back into the kitchen for ready access.

A side door into the condominium is

also in the room.

On the opposite side of the foyer are the sleeping quarters, a trio of bedrooms.

The primary suite is an inviting enclave large enough for bedroom fur-

The foyer is a large receiving space for guests, with a hall that traverses the penthouse.

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The bath is a two-room chamber separating a double vanity from the wet area.

Down another hall, more closet space provides additional storage and access to the two bedrooms and the hall bath they share.

There is also additional storage for the unit in the building’s basement.

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GRETNA

GEM PHOTOS By ERIC LINCOLN

Grayson White relaxes in her enviable backyard garden with Tank, her 10-year-old American bulldog.

“I really worked on all aspects of this house with both of my parents. ... There are so many elements of them in this house now, and that really makes it a home for me.”

GRAySON WHITE

Renovated 1940s cottage has a large yard and original features

BY JYL BENSON

Contributing writer

Since buying her circa 1940 four-bay cottage in Gretna’s Old Garden Park neighborhood in 2017, Grayson White has discovered a vibrant, engaged community in the midst of revitalization.

The discovery of a community making such a strong comeback was a surprise find, a bonus for the Winnsboro native. She moved to New Orleans in 2012 after years in Nashville, Tennessee, then Portland, Washington, to be closer to family, especially her aging grandparents in north Louisiana. After settling in Mid-City on Bayou St. John, she was eventually ready to buy a home and started looking for an affordable house with a decent-sized piece of land.

She found her stucco-covered house set behind a deep lawn on a double lot. It has an additional “dogleg” projection of land behind her neighbor’s home on the northern side of the property. ä See COTTAGE, page 14

ABOVE: An avid hostess, Grayson White wanted an open floor plan in the living area with a centrally located kitchen.

RIGHT: White’s four-bay cottage in Gretna’s Old Garden Park neighborhood was built in 1940.

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This portion of the living room, a dedicated music area, was once a drop-down side porch. The floor was leveled during the renovation. White plans to eventually replace the existing doors with fixed floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Continued from page 12 “It was built by George Eugene Daviet,” White said. “He was known for building many of the stucco homes in Old Garden Park.”

The Old Garden Park subdivision emerged in 1939 when bankers Adrian Lapeyronnie and Nat Knight purchased 15 acres of land, formerly cow pastures, from the Brooklyn Land Co. The development helped connect the area’s original settlements of Old Gretna and McDonoghville. The neighborhood is peaceful, with streets lined by mature trees and a mix of traditional brick classic homes and updated midcentury cottages.

Steps away from White’s home, the old Fifth Street runs roughly parallel with the Mississippi River.

“At one time, Fifth Street was the ‘it’ corridor. There were car dealerships, restaurants, supermarkets and shopping, but those businesses moved to the Westbank Expressway,” said White.

The city and Mayor Belinda Constant made changes to lure businesses back to Fifth Street, such as extending sidewalks to Huey P. Long Avenue.

Along with several parks, residents can walk to a growing roster of bars, shops and restaurants that include Thai D’Jing, Da Wabbit, Banana Blossom, Dough Nguyener’s and Stained Glass Wine House.

Besides the budding area that surrounds it, White fell in love with the property for the land, but it needed work.

“The land had been let go for decades. I knew it would take a ton of work, and it did,” she said. “I spent years of weekends cleaning out the undergrowth and the junk.”

She used a four-wheeler and tree straps to dislodge existing long-neglected landscaping to create a park-like setting.

Today, the front of the home is gracefully landscaped with a combination of annuals and perennials.

Naturally, the yard is a favorite spot for White’s

Built-in bookcases are filled with a collection of well-used and much-loved albums and family mementos, including many ornate Christmas ornaments, which were handmade by White’s late grandmother.

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Grayson White was able to preserve the home’s original curved window and door trim. The tile walls in the bathroom were salvageable, as was a built-in magazine rack, which is set into the tile wall.

The floor had to be replaced. The stained glass came from her late grandmother’s home in northern Louisiana.

The centrally located fireplace in the living room is not operational. White found the metal summer cover at The Bank.

American bulldog, Tank. A 315-year-old live oak tree is the centerpiece of the sprawling

rear garden. A swimming pool is planned for the future.

Renovating the three-bed-

room, two-bath home became a family affair. White’s mother is an avid gardener and con-

sulted her on the lawn spaces.

Her father, Cloid White, studied architecture and design at Louisiana Tech University in the 1970s. He was instrumental in helping his daughter reconfigure the home, which was largely gutted to the studs.

The father-daughter pair successfully executed an open kitchen and living area while preserving the property’s architectural features, like the built-in alcove in the hall where a corded telephone once called home and the curved trim molding around all the interior doors and windows.

“I just love the charm of the architecture,” White said.

She lived in the home’s primary bedroom throughout the eight-month renovation. Her source of electricity was an extension cord.

Unfortunately, the family’s most valiant efforts could not preserve some of the home’s original floors. The bathroom’s original chicklet tile floors were covered in eight layers of linoleum, and the wooden parquet floors in the living room had been similarly entombed.

The original heart pine floors in the bedrooms and hall were restored.

In the bathroom, the tile

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A dog groomer and trainer by trade, the likenesses of the creatures White loves are reflected throughout the home she shares with Tank, a 10-yearold American bulldog. floors were replaced with a close match to the original tile walls, which were salvageable.

The parquet floors were replaced with upscale, on-trend engineered wood planks.

White worked as a touring musician during her many years in Nashville, and her piano, violin and guitar reside in a section of the living room that was once a drop-down porch.

The floor has been elevated to unify the space with the rest of the room, which now includes a cove ceiling.

The living area is divided from the open kitchen by a seated island topped with the A 315-year-old live oak tree is the centerpiece of White’s tropical garden. It shades a generous seating area and a diminutive rear same dark polished granite cottage. ‘When the weather is right, I just live out here,’ she said. as the kitchen counters. Some cabinets have solid wood fronts, while others have glass Pet Care, the thriving canine nies and even flamingos deco“When we spend time togeth- a home for me.” grooming and training busidoors and are lit from within rate her home. er, we work on this house toto display family glassware “I really worked on all asness she started while living in gether. There are so many el- Jyl Benson writes about collections.

Portland, White loves animals. pects of this house with both homes and gardens. Email ements of them in this house As the owner of DogMa Artistic tributes to dogs, bunher at jylbenson@gmail.com. of my parents,” White said. now, and that really makes it

The sun-splashed guest room is at the front of the home. It is furnished with family pieces and vintage finds.

White chose a moody shade of teal to impart a feeling of tranquility in the primary bedroom.

This built-in Murphy bed/armoire in the sunroom is framed by whimsical portraits of White’s dogs and groupings of polished family silver heirlooms.

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Forget Halloween: Giant skeletons are staying up year-round

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LOS ANGELES — The undead are invading L.A. They wear Santa hats and sunglasses, American flags and pool floaties. Some stand erect, towering over houses and neighborhoods. Others rot in the California sun, disintegrating into bony fragments. A pelvis atop two legs in a driveway.

A skull peering over a rooftop.

They are, of course, giant 12foot skeletons. And if they’re not in your neighborhood

already, they probably will be soon.

Released by Home Depot in 2020, the Halloween prop known as “Skelly” has transmogrified from a meme into a movement. At first mostly limited to the month of October and maybe a week or two in November, many skeletons now stay up year-round as their proud owners deck them out with whatever theme fits the latest holiday: Christmas, Easter, the Fourth of July, etc.

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As home prices skyrocket, storage space becomes a luxury. Backyards hold ADUs. Large closets become bedrooms. Giant skeletons stand for 365 days a year for the same reason that pianos, treadmills and couches are given away for free: They’re too big to do anything else with. Better up than in.

“Home Depot made a plastic storage bin specifically for the skeletons, but even the storage bins are huge,” said Tyler Bradberry, a South Los Angeles resident who has kept a giant skeleton in his yard since 2020.

“Space is expensive. It’s L.A.” For Bradberry, who works in visual arts, the skeleton is an extension of the inside of his home, where maximalism reigns with psychedelic art — Pushead, H.R. Giger, Neck Face etc. — and a life-size E.T. statue.

“Everything is so sterile now.

Everyone wants their house to look like a square box,” he said.

“It’s nice for things to stick out a bit. Weird stuff gives the neighbors something to talk about.”

At least one neighbor has had a bone to pick — an older man from Central America who told him he was “playing with death.”

For Christmas, Bradberry dressed the skeleton as Santa Claus, with a six-foot beard.

For a haunted frat-themed birthday party, he gave it a toga.

In 2023, he went viral for digitally editing a pair of comically large Jnco jeans on the skeleton. Shortly after, with the help of two friends who work in wardrobe design, he brought the meme to life, debuting a skeleton with billowing denim at the L.A. culture festival ComplexCon, where artists, designers and rappers converge.

“Chief Keef thought it was hilarious,” he said.

In Atwater Village, photographer Lexi Bonin has had hers up since 2020. What started as a 12-foot skeleton, beaten

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Giant skeletons, holding the numbers 6 and 7, sit in the yard of a Los Angeles home. by years of wind and rain, has withered into a 6-foot pelvis on two legs.

“I’m the house with the legs,” Bonin said.

She lives near the L.A. River Trail, so plenty of passersby take pictures. Bonin tried taking it down last year, but as soon as she did, a father and son drove by to see it and expressed their dismay that it was gone.

“People were upset, but when we brought it back for Halloween, everyone was stoked,” she said.

Businesses are joining the movement as well. Above VCA Burbank Animal Hospital, a skeleton named RIPley reminds incoming pet owners of their pets’ mortality. Manager Alana Jennings-Dunn said it went up last October as a reward for 100% of employees completing a survey on workplace culture, but now it’s a neighborhood staple.

“It’s been a great way to connect with the community,” Jennings-Dunn said. “We’ve become known as the hospital with the skeleton.”

Bruce Dow, who lives in the Central Valley city of Turlock, said people drive by his skel-

eton — named Mr. Bones — every single day.

“Out at lunch a few months ago, a stranger recognized me as the skeleton guy,” he said.

For Father’s Day, Dow’s skeleton grilled. Dow spray-painted an inflatable swimming pool black for a barbecue and asked his mom to sew a giant apron.

Dow is a member of the “12 Foot Skeleton Halloween Club,” a Facebook group with more than 64,000 members where people share their own designs and stories: a skeleton melting after a house fire, or a stolen skull tracked down by police.

A small industry has popped up around the skeletons, including 3D-printed masks and custom repair parts. Dow paid $35 for two shoulder sockets and $40 for custom elbow joints after his broke. He also sprays the skeleton with a UVprotectant coating made for boats to keep the plastic from withering.

It’s a hit around his neighborhood, he says. Dow hasn’t had any pushback from neighbors, but says he’s seen it elsewhere.

“People say they’re making home values drop, or claim skeletons are part of the devil.

Crazy stuff like that,” he said.

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“But there’s always gonna be those people.”

Around L.A., there are plenty.

Cody Bowers, who lives in Hollywood, said he can see a skeleton from his second-story window.

“At first it was funny, but the joke wears off quickly,” he said. “It’s a beautiful neighborhood. Palm trees, beautiful plants, the mountains in the background. And then this massive skeleton.”

He added that it feels like a trend that’s already tired, the modern version of lawn gnomes or flamingos.

Amy Chen walks by a skeleton in Highland Park with her dog every day.

“I like it, but my dog doesn’t,” she said. “He starts barking whenever we get too close.”

A Westside real estate agent, who asked to be quoted anonymously to not offend potential clients, said she handled the sale of a condo near a house with a giant skeleton out front last year. The listing went up around October, so she figured the skeleton was temporary.

When she hosted open houses in November and December, the tower of plastic bones was still standing.

“When you’re selling a house, you don’t want anything that could deter a potential buyer,” she said, adding that it didn’t affect the final sale price, but it gave her a few headaches along the way.

They’re probably not going anywhere soon. If anything, they’ll only get bigger — and louder.

An arms race has already started for this upcoming Halloween, as Lowe’s recently unveiled a 15-foot skeleton that could give Skelly a Napoleon complex. It can talk, turn and be activated by sound, motion or footpad.

Fans now wait with bated breath to see Home Depot’s response. Nothing has been officially announced, but a sneak peek video suggests that the latest version of Skelly will come with an upgraded speaker and an app to program what it says.

Dow said his skeleton will stay up indefinitely.

“Everybody’s asking what I’m gonna do next,” he said. “I have an audience. I can’t let them down.”

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DISTRICT 1 BAUDIN ST. 3010-3012: $257,000, Courtney T. Price to SJE Investments LLC. CANAL ST. 4176: $100 and other valuable consideration, Burk Holding Co. Inc to 4176 Canal St. LLC. COLISEUM ST. 1765, UNIT 407: $250,000, Anuradha Kanuri Punyamurthula, Sujan Punyamurthula and Sanjana Punyamurthula to David Morel and Nina Jones Morel.

FIVE OAKS DRIVE 5: $379,327, Lonnie Edward Garrett to J Bennett Realty LLC. JULIA ST. 330: $235,000, Team Morgan Investments Inc. to Ronald W. Yost and Toni Michelle Yost.

JULIA ST. 330: $247,000, Melissa Izor to Gina Anne Armbruster.

MELPOMENE ST. 924: $1,010,000, 924 Melpomene LLC, Karen Landry Bertel and Ploutos Development LLC to Creagan Stickney and Holly Stickney.

S. GAYOSO ST. 314: $275,000, Meghan Garhan Reckley to Kathleen Filson Gowen and Olivia Gowen Filson.

THALIA ST. 4227-29: $17,000, Succession of Katherine A. Mims Daley, succession of Marion Hynson Mims, Terence C. Brown, Thomas Rayner Brown and Tina Brown to 4227 Thalia St. LLC.

DISTRICT 2 AMETHYST ST. 439: $650,000,

Christopher Duncan Bennett and Phyllis T. Bennett to Adam Simpson Thompson and Margaret Mentz Thompson.

ARGONNE BLVD. 6554: $585,000, Clark Higganbotham and Rebekah S. Higganbotham to Alan Appley.

ARGONNE BLVD. 6548: $627,000, Nikol Hegarty Vincent to Hua Bai and Ping Kang Bai. BARRACKS ST. 1029, UNIT 3: $373,000, Graham H. Williams to McDonald Living Trust.

BOURBON ST. 1131-37: $940,000, 1131 Bourbon LLC to Nola Event Properties LLC. CANAL BLVD. 5617: $302,000, Cooper J. Gioe and Meredith Enright Gioe to Sophia Manon Ellisor.

CANAL ST. 1201: $270,000, Coleman S. Pratt and Tracy B. Pratt to Christine Zack Saiz and Paul Saiz.

CANAL ST. 1201, UNIT 367: donation, no value stated, Jason

Charles Parrish and Lisa J. Parrish to Parrish Family Trust.

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COLBERT ST. 6950: $1,580,000, Kris Patrick Kiefer to Issam Eid and Natalia Khalaf Eid. CONTI ST. 3004-06: $217,000, Gregory Oliver and Zachary Eugene Oliver to Manu Lauaki Smith and Samari Davis.

CRYSTAL ST. 873: $742,500, Filippe Feoli and Liza Marie Muhlfeld Feoli to Lelia Lambert.

DUMAINE ST. 3800: $607,000, Dennis Horchoff to Maria Elena Jimenez Robinson Bou-Mikael and Youssef Estevan Sami BouMikael.

HOMEDALE ST. 866: donation, no value stated, Anna Calcara Smith to Mark C. Smith IV and Anna Smith irrevocable living trust.

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Continued from page 17 KILLDEER ST. 19: $1,300,000, Barbara Pope Landry and Bernard A. Landry to Madeline Cvitanovich Tinney and Mark C. Tinney.

LOUISVILLE ST. 6968: $388,000, Sarah A. Finley to Antoinette Klima.

MARSHAL FOCH ST. 6420: $725,000, David P. Doiron and Linda Randall Doiron to Christopher Joseph Barberousse and Jennifer Spansel Barberousse.

MEMPHIS ST. 6107: $639,000, Georgann Leavesley Koehler and James N. Koehler to Bach H. Nguyen and Ranell Bautista Nguyen.

TOULOUSE ST. 3125: $730,000, 3125 Toulouse LLC to Lynn Elliott Nigh and Todd A. Nigh.

W. END BLVD. 6919: $770,000, Dewey Michael Orr Jr. and Michele Barge Orr to Paula Adams Ates.

DISTRICT 3 ABERDEEN ROAD 8751: $12,000, Erica R. Mealy to Shandon Tyson Williams.

ALABO ST. 1801: $14,000, Ileanna Lecor Calcano Rosario and Yonneiker Armando Vivas Infante to Lendin Yolebeht Rodriguez Alvarado Lopez and Ranulfo Rodriguez Lopez.

ANNETTE ST. 1934-36: $30,000, Rock Management LLC to Tulio C. Figueroa-Portillo and Yessika Cardona Figueroa-Portillo.

AVIATORS ST. 1410: $853,500, Nola Dream Homes LLC to Danita Anderson.

AVON PARK BLVD. 7542: $1,800, New Orleans Redevelopment Authority to Emma Jean Jones Garrett.

BARTHOLOMEW ST. 1021-23: $519,000, Gavin Patrick McCall and Katherine Allison Simpson McCall to David Laurence Grollman and Vivian Elizabeth Worthy Grollman.

CAMERON BLVD. 6042: $389,000, Elizabeth H. Bowles to Karina Jalapa Sandoval Wallace and Kevin Cody Wallace.

COLUMBUS ST. 1325-1327: donation, no value stated, Clarence Brown to Brenda Sorina.

CRESCENT DRIVE 1482: $284,000, Madeline Elizabeth Ferreyra to Austin King.

DESAIX BLVD. 3618: $125,000, Cynthia Guidry to Sara Lemon.

DESIRE ST. 1922: $30,500, Shavonda Reese to Myriad Investments Group LLC. DESIRE ST. 836: donation, no value stated, Lisa D. Wade to Sicut Eruca revocable trust.

EASTERN ST. 4901: $310,000, Charlotte Marie McDonnell Steele and Hannah Marie Marler to Nicole Rochelle Stevens and Paula Jean Rohrbaugh.

FELICIANA ST. 3101: $165,000, Mathilda Horne Chartain to Brandy M. McKinney.

FLAKE AVE. 4848: $110,400, Racquel Marie Carmouche to Opendoor Property Trust I. FRENCHMEN ST. 2540-A: $20,000, Erica Leah Boni to Monica Marie Gunderson.

GABRIEL DRIVE 4835: $165,000, Michael J. Englar to Khadija Latifa Trask.

GALLIER DRIVE 4522: $73,000, Angela Ferbos Clayton and Sidney A. Ferbos Jr. to Genwealth Rental

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LINCOLN BEACH BLVD. 10674: $300,000, Georgette Samuel Khalil to Reastox Holdings LLC. LINCOLN BEACH BLVD. 10680: $290,000, Georgette Samuel Khalil to Reastox Holdings LLC. KERLEREC ST. 1030: $257,000, Chad David Smith Trinco and Jack Trinco Smith to Amy A. McCarthy Trust.

KUEBEL DRIVE 6100: $185,000, Alfredo Pinta and Olga Maria Cueva Pinta to Chanel Young.

LONGFELLOW DRIVE 4801: $135,000, Trible LLC to Gerald Peters Jr. MAPLE WOOD DRIVE 13130: $13,500, Prime Imports Co. Inc. to JB3 Enterprise LLC. MARQUE DRIVE 4656: $285,000, Ahsaag Homes LLC to Sambrell Tinguee and Trenton Tinguee.

MITHRA ST. 4010: $142,000, Mithra Street LLC to Charles Bolden Jr. N. DERBIGNY ST. 2521-23-25: $375,800, Sophie Michela Ashley to Amanda E. Tonkovich.

N. ROCHEBLAVE STREET 1530: $398,000, Madeleine Christine Vidger to Stephen Philip Merlan and Sydney Shivers.

PASTEUR BLVD. 5316: $236,000, Lorraine Talmi and Shai Talmi to Geaux Bananas LLC. PIETY ST. 1700-1702: $75,000, Christina Rivera Steib Owens and Joseph T. Owens to 1700-02 Piety St. LLC. READ BLVD. 5640, 5646: no value stated, Methodist Health System Foundation Inc. to Cherry Tree

Holding Group LLC and Pecan Tree Holding Group LLC. RHODES DRIVE 4808-4810: $205,000, Crystal Finch Bernard and Jonah Bernard to Jonte M. Bernard.

SANDHURST DRIVE 5107: $20,000, Gay M. Nixon to Benjamin Nhat Dong Tran.

SPAIN ST. 1934-36: $188,000, Mathieu Gamba and Sandra Unwantege Hart Gamba to Rhonda London Alonzo.

VIENNA ST. 2444: $480,000, Kara Zirnheld and Travis Tyler Zirnheld to Jonathan Bryant.

DISTRICT 4 BARONNE ST. 622-624: $988,995, Placeholders Group LLC to Eva G. Lynch and Kevin M. Lynch.

BARONNE ST. 2910-12: $60,000, Terrance R. Coleman to Michael J. Dezura II. CLARA ST. 2427-29-31: $98,000, Darryl Frederick Ratcliff, Lenetra Leiselle Jefferson, Patricia Henry Gaines and Thelma Ratcliff Robinson to Millionaire Youths LLC. FIRST ST. 3634: $195,000, Triangle LLC to Gwynne Erica Noble Parker.

MAGAZINE ST. 1904-06-10-12: $1,600,000, Irish Channel Properties Inc. to Denroc LLC and Philip Y. Denormandie.

S. MIRO ST. 2622: $14,000, Joseph P. Roberts Jr. to Miraldas Renovations LLC.

DISTRICT 5 EAGLE TRACE DRIVE 4: $440,000, 4 Eagle Trace LLC to Demetria Brandon and James Brandon.

ENGLISH TURN DRIVE 140: $58,500, Bank of Louisiana to Kristin Boyd Duplessis and Ryan

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HOLIDAY PLACE 1625: $229,000, Succession of Rose Aucoin Diket, Jane Ellen D. Colna and Christopher L. Diket to Gregory Rose.

LAWRENCE ST. 2319: $97,000, Radielvi LLC to Stoic Properties LLC. MACARTHUR BLVD. 5238: $294,000, Gisele Schexnider to Jose F. Gaytan Juarfz and Ma Rios Munoz Juarfz.

MIMOSA COURT 3784: $245,000, Dianne K. Revuelta to Earlean Stalks.

OXFORD PLACE 5727: $230,000, Beverly Lassere Segrue and Lynn Segrue Smith to Joseph Lorenzo and Rebecca Lorenzo.

PEBBLE BEACH 19: $1,500,000, Heidi Gunther Morse to Angelique M. Patterson.

PEMBROOK DRIVE 5821: $292,000, Leslie Marie Morrison Seals to Hamilton John Cleverdon and Maegan Alyse Cleverdon.

PLYMOUTH PLACE 3336: $199,000, Christopher Warner Briscoe, Nicholas Mintrell Briscoe and Terrell Schexnayder Briscoe to Tori Williams.

RUE PARC FONTAINE 3100: no value stated, Rachel Marie Meins Dubois to Trinity Realestate Group LLC. S. INWOOD AVE. 4043: $334,000, Gomez & Sons Properties LLC to Tomesha F. Austin.

THAYER ST. 428: $90,500, Marilyn Vargas Bonilla to MNC Robles Properties LLC. VIVIAN COURT 41: $190,000, Anthony J. Barletto to Rockell Cherrie McCormick.

DISTRICT 6 ANNUNCIATION ST. 5364: $100, Jeannie Grant Campbell and Steven Jeffrey Campbell to Ann Carroll Rogers Rooth.

AUDUBON BLVD. 120: $100, Lori Kent Savoie and Robert A. Savoie to Tanya Picou Faia Walker and Trevor Walker.

CONSTANCE ST. 5116: donation, no value stated, Louis Donovan Perdue Jr. and Jordan A. Frankel to Wabansia FP Trust.

DANNEEL ST. 3617-3619: no value stated, Federal National Mortgage Association to Anastasia Campeau and Nathalie Dubois.

GENERAL PERSHING ST. 22362238: donation, no value stated, Sharon Rogers Goodson to Richard Nelson Rogers.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS HENRY CLAY AVE. 1526: $1,850,000, Claire Marie Tilmont and Mark Joseph Graffagnini to Douglas Buron Boulware and Thomas Clayton Boulware irrevocable trust.

HENRY CLAY AVE. 801: $162,500, Troy Bodley Dawson to Anna R. Russ and Mark A. Reid.

MAGAZINE ST. 6065: $857,500, Roniger Family Holdings LLC to Olivers Place LLC. MILAN ST. 1029: $1,530,000, Joshua William Christie and Nicole Boxberger Christie to Brian Bradeson and Margaret Arrington Bradeson.

S. GAYOSO ST. 1933: $300,000, Carrie Huang to Hunter James Thibodeaux.

S. GAYOSO ST. 1937: $420,000, Andrew Duncan Renshaw and Meredith W. Renshaw to Daniel Chi Tran.

VERSAILLES BLVD. 30: donation, no value stated, Therese J. Garner to Robert E. Rowe.

VERSAILLES BLVD. 30: $1,280,000, Robert E. Rowe and Therese J. Garner to Julia Martin Merhige.

DISTRICT 7 32ND ST. 203: $699,000, David George Leslie and Lauren Hasler Leslie to Sarah Budney.

AVE. A 6709: $729,000, Gary Burke and Sally Marks Burke to Lianjie Miao and Yangyang Lu Miao.

AVE. B 6659: no value stated, Jeffrey Cantu and Morgan Cantu to Kimberly A. Derrow and Peyton L. Derrow.

BELLAIRE DRIVE 6012: $205,000, Scott Brian Sloan to Edgar Miles Dixey.

COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE 101: $535,000, Geoffrey Matthew Bird and Jenna Bullard Bird to Jody Michael Waltz and Kelly McCord Waltz.

FERN ST. 1830: $268,000, Sybil Andrea Young Richson to Sunrises A. Dream LLC. FRERET ST. 8301-8305: $320,000, Marc T. Dunn to Cherie Hattier Juneau and James Luke Juneau.

NELSON ST. 8331-33: $239,450, Crystal Lynell Rivet to Alexander Donofrio.

S. CARROLLTON ST. 920: $195,000, Mary Elise Schlesinger Kingsmill to Cristi Cyprowski.

ST. CHARLES AVE. 7618: no value stated, Wright Living Trust to Marina N. Wright and Terry E. Wright.

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HARAHAN GROVE AVE. 578: Kathryn A. Flad to Tracie P. Allen, $240,000.

HICKORY AVE. 243: Dennis Dupre to Fortege LLC, $180,000.

LAITRAM LANE 140: Ravenswood LLC to Lapeyre Properties LLC, $1,200,000.

JEFFERSON ALFRED PLACE 3800: Three Lock Box Holdings LLC to Jennifer R. Whatley, $270,000.

AUDUBON TRACE 601: Jan L. Diamond to Elizabeth F. Putnam, $245,000.

DODGE AVE. 204: Mark Planchard to Peter Purpura, $285,000.

ISABEL ST. 3913: Paul A. Lasseigne to Bertucci Property Development LLC, $150,000.

LABARRE ROAD 726: Whitney Properties XV LLC to SJL Realty LLC, $245,000.

TERRACE ST. 540: V&J Properties LLC to Five Hundred Forty Terrace Street LLC, $295,000.

KENNER 42ND ST. 1617, UNIT 8: Ejiroghene Ogenyi to Sana A.S. Ahmed, $127,000.

ARKANSAS AVE. 4336: Brian T. Mcgregor to Frances Conyers, $300,000.

E. LOUISIANA STATE DRIVE 3507: Marguerite M. Jumonville to Fernando E. V Vallecillo,

$290,000.

E. LOUISIANA STATE DRIVE 4012: Irvin M. Massicot Jr. to Samuel A. Perry Jr., $165,000.

LUCAYA DRIVE 72: Jeffery M. King to Steph King, donation, no value stated.

OLE MISS DRIVE 4121: Donald E. Trosclair to Rac Development LLC, $127,000.

PALMETTO ST. 86: Linda M. Lane to Blake Baker, $505,000.

ROUSSEAU ST. 9033: Bonito McWilliams to Cheryl A. Trepagnier, $55,000.

SABINE COURT 20: Truc Tu to Tuyen T.T. Nguyen, donation, no value stated.

SHAMPROPS DRIVE 5433: Daniel D. Marsalone to Celia I Yadira, $394,000.

TULANE DRIVE 3769: Cesar D. Alvarez to Andrea M. Thompson, $249,000.

METAIRIE 39TH ST. 3225: Emily K. Lovitt to John P. Schneider Jr., $348,000.

BATH AVE. 307: Jill B. Rodgers to Rachal J. Gaconi, $680,000.

CHOCTAW AVE. 1375: Millie T. Pelias to Charles Augustine Jr., $410,000.

CLAUDIUS ST. 1711: Richard C. Gieseler Sr. to Elitestor LLC, $512,100.

DONALD COURT 23: Ralph Boudreau to Watts Rd LLC, $137,000.

EMILY ST. 1717: Shannon M. Green to M Wrubleski, $415,000.

FLOWER DRIVE 5913: Greenberg Samuel E. Revocable Living Trust to Greenberg Keith Harris Special Needs Trust, donation, no value stated.

GARDENIA DRIVE 1512: Louis J. Staehle Jr. to Jennifer L. Lecarpentier, $675,000.

GIUFFRIAS AVE. 620: Bertucci Investment Group LLC to Nathan Orillion, $130,000.

HACKBERRY AVE. 1525: Lisa S. Villarrubia to Cecelia M. Reyer, $355,000.

HACKBERRY AVE. 1613: Barbara G. Oddo to Andrew Mahoney, $17,500.

HACKBERRY AVE. 1613: Barbaro Oddo to Kristin O. Mahoney, donation, no value stated.

HEASLIP AVE. 4208: Tim Blanke to Matthew J. Booksh, $185,000.

HOMESTEAD AVE. 1516: Jennifer E.M. Bacque to Anne M. M. Pullman, $400,000.

MADISON AVE. 1113: Jeffrey Farnet to Luis J. Flores, $299,000.

MELVIL DEWEY DRIVE 3840: Constance M. Lockwood to Joseph

Digiovanni, $310,000.

MISSISSIPPI AVE. 2632: Damien Walker to Marcelo C. Navarro, $235,000.

N. ATLANTA ST. 2412: Daniel E. Guirovich to Ethan Guirovich, $317,000.

OAKLAWN DRIVE 530: Timothy P. Piglia Sr. to Hellen C. Martinez, $695,000.

PAPWORTH AVE. 49: Webber Properties LLC to Christine M. C. Goula, $278,000.

PASADENA AVE. 1505: Steven M. Joubert to Brittney Nezat, $345,000.

PURDUE DRIVE 4601: Jarrod P. Goudeau to Kevin Morlier, $390,000.

RIVIERE AVE. 1308: Eugene P. Cerise Sr. to Samantha Lorio,

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n TRANSFERS FOR JULY 17-23

AVONDALE

$220,000.

SCHOUEST ST. 6909: Jennifer Paul to Jamie C. R. Giaccone, $325,000.

SYCAMORE DRIVE 102: Linda R. Ingles to LHC Builders LLC, $1,089,000.

TAFT PARK 1208: Kip J. Kieff to Lillian E.D. Pfefferle, $220,000.

TARTAN DRIVE 3621: Jenna H. Tregre to Walter A. Sabillon, $270,000.

LANDSDOWNE DRIVE 4140: DSLD LLC to Sheldon King, $292,170.

LINDSEY COURT 4144: DSLD LLC to Yohanna I G. Batista, $277,480.

BARATARIA DENICE LEBLANC ST. 4961: Rayford J. Blanchard to Oluchji H. Blanchard, donation, no value stated.

PRIVATEER BLVD. 2375: Beverly M.P. Hebert to Rudolph Holdings LLC, $70,000.

RIVER RIDGE

GRAND ISLE

PAULA DRIVE 9933: Cherie M. Rouquette to Piggy & Pete LLC, $170,000.

REX DRIVE 129: Olga V L. Brockett to Rachel Solares, $435,000.

SOUTHDOWN LANE 8725: Patrick J. Holliday to M.C. Holliday, donation, no value stated.

BLANCHARD LANE 113: Jacob Angeron to Maria D. Boudreaux, $1,000.

BLANCHARD LANE 113: Joseph Angeron to Maria D. Boudreaux, $2,000.

GRETNA BANNERWOOD DRIVE 685: Thuan H. Nguyen to Cong D. Pham,

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ABITA SPRINGS ALLEN ROAD 73380: Ronald McClurg Jr. and Ranada C. McClurg to Jovian Monette, $265,000.

CAMPHILL DRIVE, PHASE 7-A, LOT 440: Money Hill Plantation

LLC to Brian T. Fornea and Alison D. Fornea Joint revocable trust, $500,000.

GRANDE HILLS ESTATES, LOT 42, SQUARE 2: Roland J. Chabert to James G. Hooton and Jean B. Lehmann Hooton, $325,000.

HILLCREST COUNTRY CLUB SUBDIVISION, LOTS 14, 15, SQUARE 17: Walter L. Allen III, Sandra Allen Williams and Gregory F. Allen to Judith C. Allen, donation, no

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$147,738.

BEHRMAN HWY 744-746: Ho N. Thi to Quan A.N. Trinh, donation, no value stated.

CREAGAN AVE. 52: Nancy S. Clements to Thi K.L. Hanh, $112,000.

FAIRFIELD DRIVE 2732: Victor Dinh to Elegant Houses LLC, $145,000.

HUEY P. LONG AVE. 2101: Residential Credit Opportunities Trust VIII C. to Barbara W. Scott, $160,000.

NINTH ST. 432: Daphne A. Day to New Orleans Property Ventures Inc., $150,000.

SOUTHWOOD DRIVE 132: Katherine P. Motlow to Senedra T. Byrd, $355,000.

TAYLORBROOK DRIVE 661: Mayra L. Martinez to Urra Feltus, $229,900.

HARVEY BRECKENRIDGE DRIVE 2212: Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC to Secretary of Veterans Affairs, $145,000.

FLORENCE ST. 2407: Ellis Properties LLC to Deephaven Mortgage LLC, $147,200.

FOS AVE. 620: Nancy Territo to

value stated.

IRON STREET, LOT 25: Debra Ann Doskey DeGailler to Demontez T. Bedford, $8,500.

SNEAD DRIVE 26378: Dupont Quality Homes LLC to Michael Wood and Miranda Wood, $363,200.

ST. MARY ST. 71334: Succession of Dewey Carpenter Jr. and Patricia Ann K. Carpenter to Lynnette Soules, $250,000.

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Elegant 2 Bed, 2.5 Baths, 2,639 Sqft, Corner Unit w/ Panoramic Views of French Quarter & Mississippi River & much more!

Peter R. Territo Jr., $170,000.

MAPLEWOOD DRIVE 1513: Nguyet T.T. Do to Minh Do, donation, no value stated.

POST DRIVE 3924: Rosa M.O.M. Ford to Elegant Houses LLC, $135,000.

REDWOOD DRIVE 1600: Lee Ho to Nancy H. Nguyen, donation, no value stated.

S. VILLAGE GREEN ST. 2120: Hong M. Dinh to Akintokunbo O. Akinbode, $349,000.

S. WOODBINE ST. 4029: Xavier Garza to Joicin Desanges, $255,000.

SUE KER DRIVE 3728: Christopher J. Mercadal to Kim A.T.D. Tran, $89,000.

MARRERO BURGESS DRIVE 941: Frank A. Folino Jr. to Cao X B. Nguyen, $365,000.

CRESTWAY ROAD 2605: Maria I Villanueva to Wendy Y.R. Rodriguez, $209,500.

DIERDORFF ST. 2101: T.B. Macias to Iva G. Payne, $314,000.

ERIN DRIVE 2769: Tammy Landry to Blaise Landry, donation, no value stated.

COVINGTON ARLEEN NORMAND DRIVE 15236: Michael F. Barrios and Dana L. Barrios to Salt & Light Property Solutions LLC, $201,000.

CATALPA TRACE 12: Jay Sepehri and Hannah Zeinali to Joseph Carmouche and Emily Carmouche, $480,000.

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KISMET ST. 2504: B Ortego to Irayel R. Bell, $460,000.

MIMOSA ST. 1505: Odeh Trucking LLC to Cinthia Y. Chacon, $273,000.

ROBINSON AVE. 505: Fifth District Savings Bank to Nathan Holdings LLC, $52,000.

SIXTH AVE. 6105: Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2023 A. to United Brothers Properties Developers, $35,000.

TERRYTOWN FORDHAM PLACE 1914: Christioher Burk to Logan Lassalle, $250,000.

WAGGAMAN SUGAR MAPLE LANE 9555: Willie J. Spikes Jr. to Antoinette Mosley, $389,000.

WESTWEGO AVE. D 536: Zo Enterprise LLC to Marilyn Brooks, $170,000.

BARBE DRIVE 1165: Carmen C. Bagesse to Cody Ridenour, $290,000.

VICTORY DRIVE 604: Angela T. Guarino to Kody Guarino, donation, no value stated.

Steven M. Rodriguez and Shanee T. Rodriguez to Jamin K. Rothschild, $355,000.

DIVISION OF NEW COVINGTON SUBDIVISION, LOT 1, SQUARE 1405: Joy L. Huhn Hobart to Mark C. Grayson and Johnell S. Grayson, $200,000.

EGRET ST. 130: Trevor N. Trahan and Cameron E. Trahan to Shannon B. Balikowsky, $279,000.

EPSILON AVE. 74520: Lana M. Sousa to Angelo Warfield and Margaret D. Warfield, $215,000.

ESTELLE COURT 3065: DSLD Homes LLC to Matthew L. Molero, $297,870.

GRASSY LANE 15576: William Adams and Ashley Adams to Kyle R. Jaski and Morgan R. Smith Jaski, $315,000.

HICKORY DRIVE 1: Matthew D. Lutenbacher and Cynthia F. Lutenbacher to Catherine G. Narretto, $260,000.

INSPIRATION LANE 410: Adam T. Estopinal to Joy Lynn H. Hobart, $232,500.

KEATING ROAD 79279: Peyton C. Toomer to Courtney A. Toomer, donation, no value stated.

LA. 36 20355: Sam & Iris Ethridge Investments LLC to R and D Investments LLC, $325,000.

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Continued from page 20 LAKE RAMSEY SUBDIVISION, PHASE 4A, LOT 142: First Horizon Inc. to DSLD Homes LLC, $77,000.

LAURELWOOD DRIVE 10: Heidi K. Hages and John S. Hages to Joshua C. Hastings and Christina L. Hastings, $350,000.

MOUNT HOPE COURT 541: Highland Homes Inc. to Jeno Bosco and Stacey G. Bosco, $127,500.

NEAR COVINGTON, LOT 26: St. Tammany Parish to Dark Roux Properties LLC, $6,416.

NEAR COVINGTON, PORTION OF GROUND: RSL Living Covington LLC to 1444 Andrew Drive Propco LLC, $100, all cash and other valuable consideration.

ROBIN HOOD DRIVE 233: Eileen Stock Breslin and succession of Allan C. Breslin to Christopher E. Freret and Wendy C. Sabathier, $463,000.

ROBINDALE SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, LOT 12, SQUARE 9: John B. Christie and Judith C. Susut Christie to Matthew W. Pecquet and Cynthia M. Pecquet, $405,000.

ROSE ST. 72514: ARJ Services LLC to Amari M. Williams, $170,000.

S. CHRISTIE LANE 2024: Summer A. Singley to 2024 Christie Lane LLC, $245,000.

S. CORNICHE DU LAC 981: Victor Goines to Cara Pearson, donation, no value stated.

S. LAKESHORE DRIVE 14272: Succession of Camille B. Steers to Frederick Bentel, $465,000.

S. MADISON ST. 909: Harrison Custom Homes LLC to Rafael A. Bermudez and Terri C. Bermudez, $2,100,000.

SILVERTHORNE LANE 614: Matthew J. Wandstrat and Jan R. Wandstrat to Clifton Atwood and Caroline Atwood, $649,500.

SPOONBILL DRIVE 12812: DSLD Homes LLC to William J. Noonan III and Karen L. Noonan, $354,372.

SPOONBILL DRIVE 12817: DSLD Homes LLC to STL Property Investments LLC, $346,800.

TCHEFUNCTE DRIVE 198: James G. Miller and Kathy Tisdale to Myia R. Minter, $200,000.

TURNWOOD DRIVE 420: Kenneth S. Lecompte and Laurie D. Lecompte to James K. May, $395,000.

W. 25TH AVE. 603: Wheatfield Properties LLC to Sharon A. Toups Living Trust, $192,000.

WARRIOR TRACE 184: Christopher J. Howell and Nicole

B. Howell to Judith B. Dupre, $827,000.

FOLSOM DENISE ST. 202: Alan J. Arcana and Cherie M. Arcana to Blake D. Sellers and Meghan A. Sellers, $350,000.

LA. 1078 15059: Village View LLC to Miles Pond, $250,000.

MERRYWOOD ESTATES, LOT 1, SQUARE 2: Rachelle J. Moore to HMM Development LLC, $39,000.

LACOMBE BRIER LAKE SUBDIVISION, LOT 8, SQUARE 2: Peggy May Goertz to Eric D. Scott Jr. and Valarie M. Scott, $45,000.

FISH HATCHERY ROAD 61531: Herman Hirschey III and Amanda M. Hirschey to Samuel N. Montgomery and Elizabeth P. Montgomery, $292,000.

NORTH OAKLAWN SUBDIVISION, LOTS 306, 307: Erica M. Ponthier to Brooke A. Ponthier, donation, no value stated.

TORRES DRIVE 30539: Robert E. Anderson revocable trust to David R. Lockwood, $162,000.

MADISONVILLE AUDUBON PARKWAY 1198: Bedico Interests LLC to Nicholas Yeager and Gabrielle Yeager, $96,900.

AUDUBON PARKWAY 1408: Jacob M. Pugh and Gabriella C. Pugh to Grant Stafford and Rachel Stafford, $315,000.

BAY MAGNOLIA CIRCLE 4008, 4009, 4012, 4013, 4016, 4017: Santa Maria Interests LLC to Boompa Properties LLC, $585,400.

BAY MAGNOLIA CIRCLE 4021: Santa Maria Interest LLC to Mat-

thew Gillen Beyer and Elaine B. Beyer, $114,900.

CESSON COURT 10049: Steven J. Haas Jr. and Melinda F. Haas to Scott M. Beard and Jessica H. Beard, $315,000.

CYPRESS BEND LANE 2005: John J. Robichaux and Ashley N. Ditta Robichaux to Steven Powell and Jasmin J. Arias Powell, $432,000.

NEAR MADISONVILLE, LOT 17: Aragorn Development Corp. to Northshore Disposal Service Co., $80,000.

NIGHT HERON LANE 662: Alvarez Construction Co. LLC to Dorinda Rooney and Roland M. Rooney, $577,990.

OAKVIEW DRIVE 103: Succession of Linda C. Baroni, Marc T. Baroni, Christopher David Baroni, Jeffrey M. Baroni and Jennifer Judith Baroni to Corey J. DeGruy and Amber D. DeGruy, $350,000.

SAP BERRY DRIVE 213: Stephen A. Sierra and Michelle E. Sierra to Peyton Smith and Christina J. Smith, $745,000.

SIERRA RIDGE COURT 113: Ernest L. Tapia and Angel S. Tapia to Davis Development Group LLC, $70,000.

SPIKE DRIVE 71760: DSLD Homes LLC to Jennifer Prescott, $216,985.

TALLOW TREE DRIVE 500: Mitchell J. Ripoll and Sharon B. Ripoll to Victoria B. Sifuentes and Anthony J. Sifuentes, $275,000.

TCHEFUNCTE TRACE SUBDIVISION, LOT 6: Jason A. Guy and Natashia G. Guy to Erin Delacroix and Erin Delacroix Family Trust, $100 and other good and valuable consideration.

Park Island 8 Park Island

$325,000

$1,695,000

2.5 BATH

1,564 SQFT

Dawnne Keeney 504.650.3912

dawnne.keeney@sothebysrealty.com LARGE CUL DE SAC LOT WITH HEATED POOL

PENDING

PENDING

224 TIMBERLANE RD • $1,200,000 5 Beds / 3.5+ Baths / 7,288 SqFt

19 RUE ROYALE • $1,300,000 4 Beds / 4 Full & 1 Half Baths

LUXURY PENTHOUSE

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2 CANAL ST., #2505 • $6,200,000 3 Beds / 3 Full & 1 Half Baths

2830-32 PALMER AVE • $599,000 8 Beds / 4 Baths / 3,458 SqFt

GOLF COURSE VIEW

14 ACRE COUNTRY ESTATE IN LETTSWORTH

PENDING

(504) 210-2014

Mid-City

Convenient Location Recently Remodeled En-Suite with Both Bedrooms Corner Lot Off Street Parking

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BEAU CHENE SUBDIVISION, LOT 198A: Mark K. Budgeon and

4740 Banks Street 2 BDRM

Ronni Wells, $420,000.

FONTAINEBLEAU SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2C, LOT 145: Deborah B. Willis to John C. Burns and Cassidy S. Burns, $625,000.

JACKSON ST. 2025: Angelo A. Catania Jr. to Kevin Molano and Erica E. Molano, $250,000.

JASMINE DRIVE 315: Ashley E. Kott to Barry C. Ellis, donation, no value stated.

JASMINE DRIVE 345: Jeffrey S. Lemoine and Sarah B. Lemoine to Steven M. Rodriguez and Shanee T. Rodriguez, $539,000.

JASMINE ST. 1511: Todd A. Porche and Emma H. Porche to Haley Caruso, $249,900.

LA. 22 5410: Pamela B. Bourgeois to Connor E. Comenge, $148,000.

LA. 22 5410, UNIT C: Connor E.

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Meredith P. Budgeon to Jeffrey S. Lemoine and Sarah B. Lemoine, $715,000.

CAROLINE ST. 1720: Heath J. Bushaw to John Garrett and Rebecca S. Cole, $275,000.

CARROLL ST. 142, MARIGNY AVE. 203: Sinclair Design Group LLC to Scott G. Discon, $389,000.

CEDARWOOD DRIVE 402, UNIT 402: Randall E. Brown and Cecil E. Barthels to Andi Gautreaux, $131,000.

DUNLEITH LANE 125: Steven C. Whitehurst and Lisa Ducote Whitehurst to Steven Whitehurst and Lisa Whitehurst family revocable trust, donation, no value stated.

EMERSON LANE 503: Jesse D. Nantz and Jessica L. Nantz to Nicole Freeborn, $470,000.

FAIRFIELD DRIVE 1365: GMA Properties LLC to Justin Wells and

4 BDRM

3.5 BATH

54 BERESFORD DR. • $2,800,000 6 Beds / 5 Full & 1 Half Baths

17523 HWY 418 • $1,875,000 4 Beds / 4 Full & 2 Half Baths

MULTIGENERATIONAL HOME

PRIVATE TERRACE WITH HOT TUB

PENDING 3,670 SQFT

Exclusive Location Waterfront Backyard Pool Recently Remodeled Ample Off Street Parking

623 BONNABEL BLVD. • $624,999 4 Beds / 3 Full & 1 Half Baths

450 JULIA ST., UNIT 3E • $990,000 2 Beds / 2.5 Baths / 1,650 SqFt

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Comenge to Aimee Planche and Thomas J. Babich, $151,000.

LIVE OAK ST. 218: Carl A. Turnley and Katherine R. Turnley to Michael F. Serio and Heather T. Serio, $599,000.

NEAR MANDEVILLE, PORTION OF GROUND: ChillCo Inc. to St. Tammany Parish, no value stated.

NEAR MANDEVILLE, PORTION OF GROUND: Abiquiu Holdings LLC to Alamosa Holdings LLC, $10 and other good and valuable consideration.

NORTH CORPORATE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, LOTS 1A-1-1: Mandeville Retail Center LLC and Mandeville Retail Center Investors LLC to Cedar Ridge LLC,

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PALMETTO COURT 97: Victor F. Pisani and Barbara J. Pisani to Pisani Family Trust, donation, no value stated.

S. COURT VILLA DRIVE 22: Joel M. Daste Trust to William R. Jacobs Jr. and Davina R. Jacobs, $355,000.

S. RICHLAND DRIVE 133: Thomas R. Malizia and Alexa O. Malizia to Cody Tetrick and Sarah Smith, $530,000.

STATE ST. 70367: Jessica H. Beard and Scott M. Beawrd to Kylen D. Sanders and Selena A. Plaisance, $266,000.

TANGLEWOOD II SUBDIVISION, LOT 42: Tanglewood II Inc. to Tamprop Investments Inc., $2,500.

TOWN OF MANDEVILLE, LOT 1, SQUARE 8: Scott G. Discon to Charles S. Williams, donation, no value stated.

WESTWOOD DRIVE 235: Christine

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WILKINSON ST. 141: Chantal S. Wilson and Alonzo P. Wilson II to Jennifer Dee Wood, $1,115,000.

PEARL RIVER FOREST RIDGE LOOP 1049: Lionel R. Martin and Cheryl L. Martin to Michael Edmonston, $338,000.

LA. 36 36491: Michael A. Huggins to Gary J. DiMarco and Shannon DiMarco Dupuy, $28,000.

NEAR PEARL RIVER, PORTION OF GROUND: Anthony J. Behrens to Jay Behrens and Dina Behrens revocable living trust, donation, no value stated.

OAK RANCH ESTATES, PHASE 1, LOT 5: Donna Jean N. Dagorret, Michael J. Dagorret and Penny J. Isgar to Alexander Lewis, $30,000.

OAKS BLVD. 39117: DSLD Homes LLC to Kory Kingston and Caitlin Burton, $343,883.

TAYLOR FARMS ROAD 64286: DSLD Homes LLC to Siara Hanna Feeney and Jason Feeney, $330,790.

SLIDELL ALICIA COURT 2005: Harry J. Girten and Linda R. Bird Girten to Anthony Penton and Katelyn Anderson, $287,500.

BAYOU OAKS SUBDIVISION, LOTS 1, 2, SQUARE 9: St. Tammany Parish to Darl Roux Properties LLC, $6,416.

BRUGIER SUBDIVISION, LOT 13, SQUARE 31: Renee Lemoine Darby to Darren M. Darby, donation, no value stated.

CARA MAE ST. 40543: D.R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Yesenia S. Pierce, $239,900.

CARA MAE ST. 40551: D.R. Horton

Inc.-Gulf Coast to Precious D. Barnes, $254,900.

CHESS DRIVE 209: Sell Northshore LLC to Northshore Family Homes LLC, $90,000.

CHESS DRIVE 209: Althea J. Goodall Gallimore to Sell Northshore LLC, $67,000.

CROSS GATES BLVD. 387: Misty Simons to Revolution Rentals LLC, $202,000.

CYPRESS DRIVE, LOT 1, 2: William Tharpe and Sandra Ann Douglas to Dunn’s Flooring Depot LLC, $19,000.

DILLON DRIVE 140: Wade E. Lawrence and Christina I. Lawrence to Cartus Financial Corp., $304,000.

DILLON DRIVE 140: Cartus Financial Corp. to Roy L. Telfer and Jennifer M. Telfer, $304,000.

DOCKSIDE DRIVE 641: Macaluso Properties LLC to Ryan Holliday and Jennifer Holliday, $163,000.

HERWIG BLUFF ROAD 127: Tinesha M. Mahoney to LK2Z Legacy Solutions LLC and ABCD Holding Properties LLC, $105,000.

HOLLOW ROCK COURT 205: Ronny Franke and Kourtney R. Lewis Franke to Desmond Bowers, $185,500.

KINGS ROW DRIVE 1411: Labruzzo Enterprises LLC to Christian D. Smith, $180,000.

KINGS ROW DRIVE 1837: M&T Bank to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, $207,400.

LINDBERGH GLEN ANNEX NO. 2 SUBDIVISION, LOTS 19, 20, SQUARE 6: Succession of Donnis F. Brooks to Jennifer A. Mortz and John R. Mortz, $222,500.

LOPEZ ST. 37628: Anthony M. Penton and Katelyn N. Anderson Penton to Darrick Hummel and Jeannette S. Hummel, $156,000.

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MARAIS RIVER DRIVE 4604: D.R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Nichelle Robertson, $237,900.

MELODY LANE 35479: Succession of Judy C. Campo to C& W Ventures LLC, $155,000.

NEAR SLIDELL, LOTS 5-8, SQUARE B: St. Tammany Parish to Dark Roux Properties LLC, $6,891.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: GDW Trust to Michael Ponthieux, $160,000.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: Beau Properties LLC to Kastner Enterprises LLC, $400,000.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: Frank A. Romeu Jr. and Philip Romeu to Cre Land Development LLC, $105,000.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: St. Tammany Parish to Dark Roux Properties LLC, $6,416.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: Margaret A. Becnel Special Needs Trust, William C. Dewberry II, Jo Anne Dewberry Hattaway and others to City of Slidell, $39,828.

NICKLAUS DRIVE 334: Michael E. Emery III and Megan M. Provenzano to Jamar Smith and Laine Smith, $485,000.

OAK LANDING LANE 116: Taylor 3R LLC to Tasha Watson, Kaylor Hughes and Kianta Hughes, $271,125.

OAKWORTH ST. 5669: Lione A. Rayford Sr. and Jiarra R. Jackson Rayford to Abdulkarem Hadi, $400,000.

OLYMPIA DRIVE 201: Amerihome Mortgage Co. LLC to 1st Choice Commercial & Residential Environmental Services LLC, $157,500.

RIDGECREST DRIVE 1537: Karen G. Vincent to Brandt P. Daniels, $239,500.

S. LAKESHORE VILLAGE DRIVE 132: Phillip W. Crawford and Keishanda G. Crawford to Terrol Humphrey and Ebony B. Humphrey, $100,000.

SOUTH ST. 148: Deanna M. Hooter and Yvonne C. Haymes to Richard M. Fuentes, donation, no value stated.

TIDE WIND DRIVE 3307: D.R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Nakita K. Hampton, $284,900.

WINDSOR PLACE SUBDIVISION, LOT 5: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Juan Taylor, $10.

SUN/BUSH LA. 41 81646: Michael J. Swafford to Larry S. Bracey, $5,000.

NEAR SUN, PORTION OF GROUND: Succession of Eric J. Quave to Calvin D. Mims, $92,000.

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Husband’s bad breath an obstacle to closeness Dear Annie: I have been married to my husband for over 50 years. While we are physically unable to have sexual relations due to several health factors, I’m not Annie missing it. Why? Lane Because he has DEAR ANNIE terrible hygiene practices and the biggest is not brushing his teeth enough. He has horrible halitosis now.

I can barely manage to travel short distances in the car with him. He likes to listen to music, but in the car, he whistles to it.

He’s always unaware that when he does this, I put my hand over my nose and mouth, and direct the AC vents up toward him to help blow it away. He angers easily and gets insulted when I suggest he brush more and use mouthwash. I know if he tried to be more diligent regarding his breath, I would want to have some cuddle-up time.

He reads the newspaper cover to cover, so I’m hoping he will recognize himself and make some adjustments — not just for me, but for us. — Wishing I Could Talk to Him Dear Wishing: After 50 years of marriage, there shouldn’t be

anything you can’t say to your spouse. Instead of confronting him in an accusatory way, make sure to come from a place of kindness and concern.

Let your husband know that you care about him and want to make sure, most importantly, that he’s taking care of himself.

It’s not the easiest conversation to have but assure him that he shouldn’t be embarrassed. At the end of the day, you simply have his best interest at heart.

Dear Annie: What is the proper etiquette for paying the bill at restaurants while dining out with in-laws?

My daughter is married to a wonderful man who is from

a large family. He has three brothers who are all married with several children each.

My daughter is our only one.

There are times when I attend dinners with this wonderful family, but I’m not sure what to do when the bill comes. There are 15 of them and only one of me (but five of them are mine, too, being my daughter and her family).

I have offered to help out with the bill several times, but they have taken care of it before I can get my wallet out.

What should I do next time I am invited to their family dinners? I don’t want to be thought of as taking advantage of their

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lo Giannini is 84. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams is 76. Blues musician Robert Cray is 73. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum is 70. Rock singer Joe Elliott (Def Leppard) is 67. Rapper Chuck D (Public Enemy) is 66.

Actor John Carroll Lynch is 63. Rock singer Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) is 62. Film director Sam Mendes is 61.

Actor Tempestt Bledsoe is 53.

Football Hall of Famer Edgerrin James is 48. Actor Jason Momoa is 47.

generosity. — Not a Cheapskate Dear Not a Cheapskate: I’m confident your in-laws don’t think anything of the sort. Likely, they’ve taken it upon themselves to reach for the bill because they realize how many more of them there are than you. Before the next family meal, take one of your son-inlaw’s parents aside to express your gratitude and see how you can contribute for your portion before the check comes. I’m sure they will appreciate your mindfulness.

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2026. There are 152 days left in the year.

Today in history: On Aug. 1, 1981, MTV began its American broadcast; the first music video aired on the new cable TV network was “Video Killed the Radio Star,”

by The Buggles.

Also on this date: In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state in the Union, less than a month after the U.S. Centennial (earning it the nickname “the Centennial State”).

In 1907, a weeklong boys’ camping event began on Brownsea Island in southern England, organized by Robert Baden-Powell; the event is now marked as the beginning of the Scout Movement.

In 1936, Adolf Hitler presided over the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Berlin.

In 1944, an uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.

In 1957, the United States and Canada announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Com-

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Ravi Shankar, a sitarist and a well-known exponent of Indian classical music, performed with Beatle George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh benefit Aug. 1, 1971, in New york.

mand.

In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building.

In 1971, The Concert for Bangladesh, an all-star benefit organized by George Harrison, of The Beatles, and sitar player Ravi Shankar, was held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

In 2001, Pro Bowl tackle Korey Stringer, 27, died of heatstroke, a day after collapsing at the Minnesota Vikings’ training camp on the hottest day of the year.

In 2004, the Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire in Asuncion, Paraguay, killed more than 400 people.

In 2007, the eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people.

In 2008, 11 international climbers were killed on the world’s second-tallest mountain, K2, after an ice avalanche swept away some and stranded others. Dozens of deaths have been recorded since 1939 on the mountain, which some regard as more challenging to mountaineers than the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest.

In 2014, a medical examiner ruled that a New York City police officer’s chokehold caused the death of Eric Garner, whose videotaped arrest and final pleas of “I can’t breathe!” had sparked outrage. Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who restrained Garner, was fired in 2019 but never charged with a crime.

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