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Baton Rouge police look to hire retired officers for part-time administrative roles

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The Baton Rouge Police Department is proposing a program that would hire an estimated 20 to 25 specialists to help support the department.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday to discuss the establishment of a program that would hire former law enforcement personnel to perform administrative and operational duties.

Baton Rouge police Chief TJ Morse and Human Resources Director LaToya Pierson proposed the Police Support SpecialMorse ist Program. Morse said an estimated 20 to 25 specialists could be hired, with the number potentially changing due to the Police Department’s needs.

The specialists would not have any arresting or ticket-writing power, Morse said. Their work would include reviewing cold cases and body camera footage, assisting with public records requests, operating the drone program, grant writing, working at the emergency operations center and potentially helping respond to minor traffic crashes.

“I think this is a creative way to fill vacancies that we have a very huge need to fill currently,” District 12 council member Jennifer Racca said.

“I also think it is very innovative in the sense that we are not filling these

A murder trial set to resume Tuesday was paused after a key witness for the prosecution was shot hours before the courthouse was set to open, District Attorney Hillar Moore confirmed.

The witness, who has not been identified, received serious but nonfatal injuries and was

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2022 killing of 37-year-old Deandre Duncan.

Davis is accused of killing Duncan after an argument.

But Moore said his office was forced to agree to a continuance in the trial Tuesday after learning that one of its witnesses was shot.

“Why was the guy shot? Who shot him? The Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating the case at this point,” Moore said. “But the person that was shot was a witness in our trial. A

BY ANNAKATE FREELAND Staff writer

Hooper Road, a spokesperson confirmed.

The man stated that someone had shot him at a different location before he was found by deputies. The Sheriff’s Office is still investigating where the shooting took place.

Moore said that before the shooting, his team was ready to go ahead with Davis’ trial this week.

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Moore said. known witness.”

Man injured before he could hospitalized, Christopher Davis, 34, was scheduled to reEast Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office deputies turn to court Tuesday for the second day of his made contact with a shooting victim around testify for prosecution second-degree murder trial for the December 6:55 a.m. Tuesday on Corlette Drive, off

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Candidates draw no opponents during election qualifying Five Ascension Parish School Board members are running unopposed and will start new terms next year, as will another candidate who drew no opponent.

And in one of the remaining five races, a candidate wants to take the seat his term-limited father held for the past 12 years.

For the first time, term limits are forcing a turnover on the board.

Of the current 11 members, five could not seek reelection because they reached the maximum three consecutive terms allowed under a measure approved by the parish more than a decade ago.

The members facing term limits are Robyn Delaney, Julie Blouin, John Murphy, Taft Kleinpeter and Louis Lambert.

Lambert, who holds the District 6 Seat B seat, has a son, Landon Lambert, looking to fill the post. Landon Lambert will face two other candidates in the fall.

“For 12 years, my father Louis Lambert has served on the school board. Due to term limits, I plan on carrying on the foundation and continued success of my father and his fellow APSB board members’ remarkable progress and accomplishments,” Lambert said in a social media post announcing his candidacy.

All six members who were eligible for another term registered last week to run for reelection. Five of them were reelected unopposed, but Marty Burgeois, the board’s current vice president, will face a challenger in the Nov. 3 election.

The 11 board members represent districts defined by about one-eleventh of the parish’s voting population. Eligible candidates must live within the boundary of the district where they qualify to run.

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Congo: 2,000 have died in Ebola outbreak

BUNIA, Congo — At least 2,000 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data, as rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues challenge the urgent response in a remote region.

Government data published overnight into Tuesday showed the outbreak has 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths.

Starting from the first confirmed case, the death toll was reached almost three times faster than in the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst on record.

The current outbreak was declared on May 15 but health authorities now say sequencing showed it began months earlier, in February.

It took about nine weeks for the outbreak to record the first 1,000 deaths, but it’s taken just around three weeks for the figure to double, as experts say the crisis is moving faster than efforts to track and manage it.

This is already the secondlargest outbreak in history, behind the 2014-2016 outbreak’s over 28,000 cases including over 11,000 deaths. The outbreak has been expanding across five eastern provinces near South Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda.

The ongoing outbreak has had a case fatality rate of 45.9%.

2.4M Afghan girls shut out of secondary school

ANKARA, Turkey — An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education five years after the Taliban took over the country, a U.N. agency said Tuesday, renewing a call for an immediate restoration of their right to education.

UNESCO, the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, said the continued exclusion of women and girls from education amounted to a grave violation of their fundamental rights.

“Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally banned from secondary and higher education,” Hoda Jaberian, UNESCO’s program coordinator for education in emergencies, said in a news conference by video.

“Five years is not a temporary interruption in a child’s education. It is clearly almost an entire secondary school cycle.”

Jaberian said: “UNESCO continues to call for the immediate and unconditional restoration of girls and women’s right to secondary and higher education. It is not negotiable. It’s a basic human right and we reiterate that there is no substitute for this.”

Prosecutors want Tates to remain in custody

MIAMI — Prosecutors want social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate to remain in federal custody, arguing Monday that the brothers are a flight risk and a danger to the community, as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking.

Three days after defense attorneys filed a motion for release, prosecutors filed their response in Miami federal court, where a hearing on Thursday will determine if the brothers should stay in jail or be released during what could be a monthslong extradition process.

The brothers have repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

The detention hearing is likely to be the first time the Tates leave the Federal Detention Center in Miami since making a brief court appearance two days after their July 18 arrest. The Tates have become among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities with their promotion of wealth, male dominance and misogyny through their social media empire.

CORRECTION A story published Tuesday incorrectly stated that Derrick Perkins, the man who pleaded guilty to dumping the body of Georgia businessman Nathan Millard, was sentenced Monday morning to 26 years in prison.

He will serve 18 years.

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Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel

By The Associated Press

Yemeni authorities said six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while U.S. forces fired on a ship they said was trying to break a blockade of Iran’s ports.

Yemen’s coast guard said the dead included four crew members and two members of the government-allied National Resistance Forces. Houthis fired three ballistic missiles at the Yemeni commercial vessel, according to the Transportation Ministry of Yemen’s internationally recognized government.

They are the first known deaths from Houthi attacks on shipping off Yemen in the latest bout of fighting in the Arab country.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut down by Iran, there has been a renewed focus on the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb strait at Yemen’s southern tip, which is an alternate route for Saudi Arabia to ship its oil.

The deadly vessel strike came amid Houthi attacks on the government-held port city of Mokha on the Red Sea and other areas of the country. Dozens of government troops and civilians have been killed in attacks since last week, according to the Yemeni military.

The strikes are part of an escalation by the Houthis against government forces in Yemen and oil facilities in neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports the Yemeni government, and the kingdom’s

warships, including two aircraft carriers and an amphibious assault ship, stationed in the waters of the Arabian Sea. Iran has kept up its attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, largely shutting it off. It has refused to back down on demands that the U.S. end its blockade of Iranian ports, lift sanctions on the Islamic Republic and fulfill other conditions.

Iran effectively closed the strait after Israel and the U.S. attacked the country on Feb. 28. Attacks on the key waterway — through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil supplies passed before the war — and uncertainty around its future have kept energy prices a major focus of U.S. poliASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By VAHID SALEMI tics ahead of November’s midterm Vehicles drive past a statue of a swinging boy at a square on Monday in elections.

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Pakistani official returns to Iran

shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthi attacks could reignite Yemen’s civil war following a 2022 truce, and open a new front in the Middle East war.

Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the Houthis’ chief negotiator and spokesperson, accused Saudi Arabia in a social media post of exploiting the ceasefire to tighten an air and sea blockade it imposed in 2015.

He said the Houthis are open for negotiations but any settlement must include lifting the blockade.

of Oman that tried to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports. The move came as President Donald Trump tries to keep economic pressure on the Islamic Republic.

U.S. Central Command said the vessel had ignored warnings to stop, prompting an American helicopter to fire missiles into the engine room of the M/V Vela Nova, disabling the ship. The statement did not say whether the ship’s crew suffered any casualties.

Central Command said it has redirected 55 commercial vessels U.S. fires on ship attempting to run the blockade, The U.S. military said Tuesday disabled three non-compliant vesthat its forces fired on a Pana- sels and boarded two. The U.S. manian-flagged ship in the Gulf Navy currently has more than 15

Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi traveled Tuesday to Tehran for meetings with Iran’s foreign minister and other officials.

Naqvi’s visit aimed to encourage Iran to resume negotiations with the United States under an interim peace deal brokered by Pakistan in June, two officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted photos from his meeting with Naqvi on his private Telegram channel.

It is Naqvi’s sixth trip to Iran as part of Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between Iran and the U.S.

Former U.S. Marine held in Russia released Man jailed for over 4 years

ington on Tuesday evening, Trump said in his post.

“I just spoke to him, and he had one request — A GREAT cheeseburger when he lands,” Trump wrote. “I will take care of that!”

Gilman is bound for a military hospital in Texas, where he will be medically and psychologically assessed and treated, Eric Lebson, chief strategy officer of Global Reach, said in a statement.

Gilman was detained in 2022 on charges of beating a police officer after being taken off a train for causing a disturbance. He was convicted and handed a 3½-year sentence.

He later was convicted of attacking a prison inspector during a cell check, beating an investigator and assault-

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WASHINGTON — Russia released an American military veteran on Tuesday, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment that left him near death.

Robert Gilman, a 32-yearold Massachusetts teacher and former Marine, was freed after President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about his release, which Trump said was “very much on a Humanitarian Basis.”

“We appreciate this decision, and the fact that Russia asked for no one in return — No exchange took place,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

Arrests of Americans have become increasingly common in Russia in recent years. Concern has risen that Russia could be targeting U.S. nationals to use later as bargaining chips in talks to bring back Russians convicted of crimes in the U.S. and

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Robert Gilman hugs his sister, Lexie Hudson, in Lilburn, Ga., in 2019. Gilman was released Tuesday after being held for more than four years in Russia.

Europe. Five other Americans remain imprisoned in Russia with deteriorating medical issues, according to a news release from Global Reach, a group that’s been working to free them.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted a photo on social media of a gauntlooking Gilman draped

in an American flag and surrounded by his family aboard an airplane.

“While we appreciate this positive step, we are still seeking the immediate return of all other unjustly detained Americans,” Rubio stated.

Gilman will arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland outside of Wash-

Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia

BY GHAITH ALSAYED and SAMAR KASSABALI Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria — A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad and his brother in absentia for murder, torture and crimes against humanity committed before and during the country’s 14-year civil war that left about half a million people dead.

The verdicts by a court in Damascus are the first against Assad or any members of his inner circle since his family’s five decades in power came to an end 20 months ago.

They are mostly symbolic, however, because Assad and his brother Maher had fled to Russia, where they received asylum after the

Syrian government’s stunning collapse in December 2024.

Six other former officials were also sentenced to death in absentia. The only former official sentenced to death and in custody is Assad’s maternal cousin Atef Najib, who oversaw a crackdown on dissent that led to an uprising that sparked the civil war. Najib stood inside a cage wearing a prisoner’s uniform as the judge read his sentence aloud, and a crowd gathered outside the heavily guarded courthouse.

Even though Assad is unlikely to ever face justice, the verdicts will be popular among many Syrians, especially those who have expressed frustration that the new government hasn’t

moved with enough speed or strength against Assadera figures.

Some human rights groups, though, expressed concerns that the trials were rushed, potentially unfair and, at the very least, exposed flaws in Syria’s justice system.

“Bashar Assad used state agencies to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity,” Judge Fakhareddine al-Aryan said during a court session that was aired live on state TV — a contrast with Assad-era trials, which were conducted in secret.

The verdicts al-Aryan read aloud found Assad and the others guilty of premeditated murder, including against children, as well as other acts of brutality, including torture.

ing a guard. In October 2024, he was sentenced to eight years and one month. His sentence was extended in December to 10 years after he was found guilty of assaulting prison guards.

Russian media reported that he pleaded guilty to the charges and apologized to the guards he was charged with assaulting. The business daily Kommersant said he explained his actions by saying he wanted to stay in the prison where he was serving his sentence and avoid being moved to another penitentiary.

Gilman’s father has disputed the charges against his son, while the State Department has said the U.S. determined that Gilman was wrongfully detained.

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Continued from page 1A However, four of the seven districts have A and B seats, where both members represent the full district.

Those four districts have approximately double the population of single-seat districts.

District 1 The largest race is for District 1 with four candidates running.

Vera Jones registered as a Democrat. She is the district’s director of information technology.

Stephen “Gob” Joseph is a 1987 graduate of Donaldsonville High School. He spent 28 years as a shift supervisor at Clean Harbors. He is on the Donaldsonville Planning and Zoning Commission. He has registered as a Democrat.

Natalie “Ms. Nat” Sullivan registered as a Democrat.

She is a retired teacher of 25 years in Ascension Parish, followed by three years with the Bright Futures After-School Program. For the past nine years, she has

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Continued from page 1A positions with people that deplete resources or put an additional strain on our benefits programs.”

Specialists would be paid $40 an hour to work a maximum of 29 hours a week.

Morse said this is comparable to other programs — in particular the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office. “(Livingston) pays $40-45 an hour, so we want to make sure we’re competitive and comparable,” Morse said.

Employees in the program must have at least 20 years of sworn law enforcement experience, a minimum of 30 days of separation from city-parish employment, and approval from human resources and the Parish Attorney’s Office.

“My appreciation was, with 20 years of law enforcement, it’s more likely that you work in several different capacities within policing,” District 3 Metro Council member Rowdy Gaudet said. “You bring that experience into this position, and you’re able to understand the systems and move things through based on your years of knowledge and experience.”

Morse agreed that having experience helps on the job.

He added that some officers retire around 55, so the 20year requirement can help retain those officers while ensuring that younger ones

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served with the Lafourche Parish Head Start Program.

Michael Wright, the only candidate in the District 1 race registered as a Republican, is a 1989 graduate of Donaldsonville High. He has 30 years of experience in education and currently serves as a supervisor for special education in East Baton Rouge Parish schools.

District 1 represents Lowrey Elementary, Lowrey Middle, Donaldsonville Primary and Donaldsonville High.

property around Ascension Parish. He is registered Republican.

Vickie Auguste registered as no party. Auguste was elected to the board in 2010. She lost her seat in the general election in 2014.

She also unsuccessfully ran for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2019.

District 4 represents Spanish Lake Primary, Dutchtown Primary, Dutchtown Middle, Dutchtown High, Duplessis Primary, Bluff Ridge Primary, Bluff Ridge District 3 Middle and Bluff Ridge Torey Bennett is a gradu- High. ate of East Ascension High School. He is a belonging District 5, Seat B partner at Louisiana Blue, Greg Hilensbeck is a parta nonprofit insurance health owner and operator of Kelly provider.

Pest Control Inc., a familyRochelle Darville has owned pest and termite spent the past 14 years in control business operating education. Both candidates in Ascension Parish and are registered Democrats. surrounding areas. He regDistrict 3 represents Gon- istered as a Republican.

Breigh Rhodes has served zales Middle. as a teacher and educator District 4, Seat A for roughly 20 years. She Marty Bourgeois is the has previously served as School Board’s vice presi- the director of math, science dent. He is a 1980 graduate and STEM for the Louisiana of East Ascension High. He Department of Education. is self-employed, maintain- She registered as no party.

District 5 represents Oak ing and managing rental

don’t try to move to the role.

“We don’t want to make it so early that if we set it at only five years of law enforcement experience, a five-year officer isn’t making $40 an hour. We don’t want them leaving the job they’re doing to then go work in this role that’s getting paid more,” Morse said.

Specialists will not be allowed to work more than 29 hours per week and will not receive benefits afforded to city-parish employees.

The Mayor-President’s Office said the program would allow current officers to be on the streets more.

“These retired officers will also bring years of valuable experience and can serve as mentors to our younger officers,” Mayor-President Sid Edwards said in a statement to The Advocate. “There’s a lot of excitement within BRPD about this program, and we believe it’s going to be a great success.”

A vote on the program could follow the public hearing Wednesday.

Part of a larger plan?

The program is a part of what Gaudet calls a “comprehensive public safety approach” that city-parish officials, Metro Council members and BRPD have been working toward.

In April, the Metro Council approved salary increases for Police Department officers, going from $40,000 to $58,000 annually with the opportunity to rise to $65,000 after the first year

Asked if he believes the shooting was made to keep Continued from page 1A the witness from testifying, Moore said he wouldn’t venture to say but reiterated “I went to the hospital and that the person was a witwas with the family of the ness to the crime and was person shot, and he is still coming to court this mornunder care of the hospital, ing. and he has significant injuIn January 2025, Davis was temporarily wanted ries,” Moore said.

of service.

Additionally, the Police Department has been facing a staffing shortage of more than 100 officers, but Gaudet said he believes this program is a step in the right direction to giving officers more time to work with the public.

“I think this is a way that BRPD is working to address capacity shortage, personnel shortage and provide some of that back-of-thehouse administrative support so that our officers are more free to be in the community,” Gaudet said.

Morse said the program likely will be “a wash or saving” money, particularly since it will hire part-time specialists with no insurance or benefits, rather than using officers on overtime or hiring full-time employees.

Gaudet and Racco agreed that not having to pay benefits and insurance will help the city fiscally. As Metro Council continues to look for budget cuts, Racco said this is one way that can help ensure that financial resources in the city aren’t reduced.

“We’ve experienced several budgetary concerns over the past couple of years,” Racco said. “We look for savings in several different places. I think finding these officers as a resource and limiting their hours allows us to be fiscally responsible with these new hires and eliminate some potential large costs that would continue to deplete our current resources.”

Grove Primary, Prairieville Also, from time to time, he Primary and Prairieville puts in a few hours for TeeMiddle.

Wayne’s Cajun Cooking. He registered as a Republican.

District 6, Seat B District 6 represents Landon Lambert is a 2014 Galvez Primary, Galvez graduate of St. Amant High Middle, Lakeside Primary, School and a 2018 graduate Lake Elementary and St. of Southeastern Louisiana Amant High.

University. He is in the sixth year of his career working Reelected unopposed n Incumbent Willie Robinas a pipeline inspector. He registered as no party. son, who registered as a ReFor Lambert to win the publican, keeps his District seat and follow in his fa- 2 seat. He is a local broker ther’s footsteps, he will need and a co-owner of Ascento beat two other candidates: sion Reality of Louisiana Sandra Denham-Lightfoot LLC. District 2 represents and Bart Himel.

St. Amant Primary and St. Lightfoot is a graduate of Amant Middle. n The only unopposed East Ascension Senior High.

She has been an educator for candidate who isn’t an innearly 40 years, teaching cumbent is Lisa Bacala, in Ascension Parish, Liv- filling District 4, Seat B. Baingston Parish and private cala is a retired director of schools. She retired in 2022 secondary education. She after teaching for the last 26 has previously served as a years at Lake Elementary. teacher, assistant principal She registered as a Repub- and principal in Ascension schools. She registered as a lican.

Himel graduated from St. Republican. n Incumbent John De Amant High in 2002. He has worked for Baton Rouge Wa- Frances will represent ter Co. for the past 18 years. District 5, Seat A. He has

worked in the food service industry for more than 20 years. He is the vice president of sales for S&W Wholesale Foods. He registered as a Republican. n Incumbent Jared Bercegeay will represent District 6, Seat A. He is an implement supervisor at Rubicon Chemical. He is also the board’s current president.

He registered as no party. n Incumbent Karen Braud will represent District 7, Seat A. She registered as a Republican. She is a graduate of East Ascension High School and LSU. n Incumbent Jake Lambert will represent District 7, Seat B. He is a 1997 graduate of St. Amant High. He is a licensed civil engineer and land acquisition manager for LA-East Division.

He registered as a Republican. District 7 represents G.W. Carver Primary, Pecan Grove Primary, Gonzales Primary, East Ascension High, Central Primary, Central Middle and Sugar Mill Primary.

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He was free for two days before being recaptured by parish sheriff’s deputies.

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Trump used elaborate ruse to leave Turkey Report: President swapped planes following summit

Paul Eckloff, a former special agent with the Secret Service, said such an unusual move could either reflect actionable intelligence or an abundance of caution given volatility in

By The Associated Press the region with the wars in Iran and Ukraine.

President Donald Trump “I would not say unprecsecretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in edented, but it is an unusual Ankara, Turkey, on an alteroccurrence,” Eckloff told The Associated Press. nate military aircraft while The Post reported that to the White House made it exit that plane without beappear that the Republican president was flying on Air ing seen by those uninvolved Force One, according to a in the operation, Trump report published by The ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ALEX BRANDON and several aides stepped Washington Post. aboard an airport catering Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac The Post said Monday the truck, which was elevated operation was prompted as the motorcade carrying President Donald Trump arrives planeside using hydraulics by an Iranian assassina- on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit on July tion threat against Trump. 8 at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey.

The ruse was carried out as journalists and some White However, according to the for its attacks on merchant House staff members were Post report, after boarding shipping in the region. led to believe they were on the legacy Air Force One The New York Times and the same plane as the presi- jet, he was secretly shuttled CBS News reported last dent as he began his jour- minutes later to a smaller month that intelligence ofney back to Washington plane — an Air Force C-32A ficials had raised concerns from the annual gathering — via an airport catering about a potential attack on truck typically used to load the president or his jet, trigof NATO country leaders.

The Post cited material meals and other supplies. gering additional precaureviewed by the newspaper, Trump flew to Mildenhall tions and the decision not to a U.S. official familiar with on that smaller jet. use the newly inaugurated The White House did not aircraft gifted to Trump the operation and another person with knowledge of respond directly to ques- by Qatar for the first leg the president’s travel. The tions about the Post report of Trump’s trip home from Associated Press has not in- of the secret operation to Ankara.

The swap had spurred dependently confirmed the whisk Trump out of the country on a third aircraft, questions about the security report.

Trump had flown to the or the reported elaborate of the Qatar-provided airsummit in a new Qatari-gift- ruse to make it appear he craft, and Trump said last ed and retrofitted red, white was on the baby blue Air month after the trip that it and navy blue jet. But ahead Force One jet flying to would undergo additional upgrades. of departing Turkey, he said Mildenhall.

“As the President has said Cheung on Monday mainhe would fly partway home on an older-model baby recently, there are many en- tained that the new, Qatariblue Air Force One plane emies of America who have gifted plane was “a stateinstead. their sights on him, and we of-the-art aircraft that has The president at the time use every tool at our dispos- been fitted with high-level said the new luxury jet was al to address those threats,” security protocols that enbeing flown out ahead of his White House communi- sure the safety of the Presideparture from Ankara to cations director Steven dent and his staff.” give some U.S. troops based Cheung said in a statement.

The new Post report in eastern England a chance The U.S. Secret Service on clandestinely putting to check out the new Air declined to comment. The Trump on a third aircraft Force One. Air Force, which maintains and quietly whisking him In Ankara, Trump board- the fleet of executive travel out of the country adds a ed the old Air Force One aircraft, referred questions fresh layer to just how serijumbo jet in view of televi- to the White House. ously concerned U.S. secuWhile Trump was in Tur- rity officials were about the sion cameras ahead of the plane flying to Royal Air key, the U.S. military con- threat against Trump durForce Mildenhall in the ducted a series of large ing the ongoing war with United Kingdom. strikes in Iran in retaliation Iran.

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The small group of reporters who thought they were traveling with Trump were advised to lower their window shades ahead of takeoff.

After arriving at Mildenhall, news photographers captured images of Trump getting off the presidential plane — suggesting he reboarded Air Force One out of sight of the pack of journalists who thought they were traveling with him.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal called for a congressional briefing on what happened.

“It is unprecedented and it is surreal,” he said Monday on CNN, calling the incident “downright scary.”

After the brief visit to the base at Mildenhall, Trump boarded the new Air Force One aircraft to fly the rest of the way to Washington.

During a gaggle with reporters aboard the aircraft, Trump was asked directly if there was any credible threats on Air Force One by Iran.

“Well, I have a threat all the time. I’m number one on their list before you,” Trump said. He added to the traveling reporters, “But if I go, you go.”

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BY ASTRID SUÁREZ, MEGAN JANETSKY and MARKO ALVAREZ Associated Press

PEREIRA, Colombia — Rescue crews and civilians in Colombia painstakingly searched through rubble Tuesday in the hopes of finding survivors trapped under debris after a powerful earthquake left thousands missing in dozens of cities and towns.

The 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit western Colombia on Monday wreaked havoc, collapsing buildings, buckling roads, crushing cars and leaving devastated residents to console each other among the wreckage of their homes. Excavators and heavy machinery cleared heavy chunks of concrete, while buckets of rubble were passed hand-to-hand along a line of volunteers.

Rescue crews and volunteers picked through flattened concrete buildings in affected cities, searching for signs of life. They

raised their hands to call for silence when they thought they heard someone beneath the piles of debris. At least one woman was retrieved — alive — from the rubble.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said the earthquake killed at least 181 people and left 2,595 more injured. He said at least 195 remained missing, but civilian-run databases suggest that number could be closer to 4,000.

Authorities said the deaths were concentrated in the cities of Cali, Pereira, Manizales and Quibdo, but local leaders and families worried about casualties and damage in rural areas, from where very little information has emerged. Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours crucial for retrieving people alive, though that threshold can be extended if they have access to food and water.

De la Espriella said more than 1,000 homes were destroyed and yet more damaged.

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time officeholder de la Espriella, who entered office just days before the natural disaster. The leader, who split the country in recent elections, now seeks to unite Colombia in its disaster response.

That challenge was particularly notable in Choco, the region at the quake’s epicenter. It is one of Colombia’s poorest and most neglected regions, often beset by warring armed groups. Much of Choco is accessible only by ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By SANTIAGO SALDARRIAGA boat, through the jungle or by airplane.

Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble Sterling Palacios, a reliMonday after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia. gious and environmental leader in the region, said mains of his brother’s col- my brother is soft,” he said, Choco’s capital and smaller lapsed apartment building as heavy machinery rumbled communities along the Atrain Pereira, Jairo Vargas said nearby. “It’s possible that it’s to River were devastated. he made the 135-mile drive protecting him, but we can’t Homes were reduced to from Medellin, hoping to find hear any noises anymore. rubble and aftershocks conhim alive.

I don’t know. I have little tinued to rumble, terrifying “I’m absolutely certain he’s hope.” residents who slept in the here. Absolutely certain,” The earthquake presents streets overnight.

Vargas said, adding that his the first major test for firstThe Colombian Geologibrother’s car was still parked outside. But he fears his sibling did not survive.

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cal Service said it has documented more than 100 less powerful aftershocks since the initial quake.

“There are towns where people have lost everything, where people have died, where homes have been destroyed,” he said. “We don’t have a full panorama of the damage, but we know it’s been massive.”

De la Espriella traveled to Quibdo in Choco on Monday night where he announced he was mobilizing “the entire military and police apparatus,” as well as deploying engineers, rescue workers and search dogs.

“Choco will never again be the ‘land of the forgotten,’” he said.

Palacios said the government’s response has so far been “concentrated in the capital,” and that authorities were flying the wounded from Quibdo to hospitals in the city of Medellín.

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By The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States.

The executions come as a small number of states, including the three with scheduled lethal injections Thursday, drive execution numbers in the United States.

“You look at the country as a whole, you’ve just got this little pocket of five or six states that are using the

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ICE plans to give officers gloves that deliver shocks

BY RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security.

The devices are known as the GLOVE, which stands for generated low output voltage emitter, and are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC, of Lexington, Kentucky. They have been used in recent years by some jails and police departments.

DHS said Tuesday that it was working on a response to an Associated Press inquiry and offered no immediate comment. Jeff Niklaus, the founder and CEO of Compliant Technologies, wrote in an email, “Unfortunately, we are unable to speak on this subject.”

The notice said the solicitation for a no-bid contract

could be published as early as Friday.

Civil rights advocates expressed alarm at the plan, saying ICE officers already face criticism for their use of force with little oversight or accountability while enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Compliant Technologies says the devices function as a normal pair of patrol gloves until officers press a switch to activate their electrical mode. The gloves must be applied directly to someone’s skin to deliver a pain stimulus that typically helps an officer gain compliance within seconds, according to the company.

“It’s immediate and sharp, and it will distract you. I call it like a bee sting,” said John Peters, president of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, who is studying how the device has been used. “If the officer is getting any type of resistance from the person, this is certainly an effective tool.”

Peters said he believed ICE’s planned purchase would likely be the largest from the company to date.

He said he could envision ICE officers using the gloves

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Federal agents walk down a street on Feb. 5 while conducting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. to help remove uncooperative subjects from cars and houses and in and out of detention facilities.

“For smaller officers or weaker officers or older officers, I think it has a great advantage” because it can produce faster takedowns and shorten confrontations, he said.

The manufacturer warns the device should not be used as punishment, against people merely exhibiting “verbal defiance or belligerence” or on high-risk populations such as children, pregnant women or elderly or disabled people.

Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, deputy project director on

policing at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the public should have no confidence that ICE officers will use the devices appropriately. She questioned why the devices would be necessary for civil immigration enforcement and noted those getting shocked might have no advance warning.

“ICE spent the last year showing this country they are too quick to use force.

Now they will be able to deploy electric shocks with the slight push of a button that maybe nobody else can see them do,” she said. “Introducing gloves that can so easily be used to deliver terrible pain in encounters is a recipe for harm to the public.”

Supporters say the devices are generally used in specific jail and transport situations, rather than broadly to patrol on the streets. They have been used to subdue violent suspects who are refusing to get into squad cars and inmates who are harming themselves and threatening officers, according to Compliant Technologies.

Peters said he expected the devices to be misused by a small number of employees, as with other policing technologies, but he said they are unlikely to cause injuries. He said it would be important for ICE to have robust policies and training in place.

To use the device, officers must complete a course and be recertified every two years, the manufacturer says.

Judge again bars Trump’s order to limit mail-in voting

BY MICHAEL CASEY and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press

BOSTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and directly involve the U.S. Postal Service in election operations in a way that would limit mail voting.

U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani had already halted the order Trump signed in March, his second

one attempting to set national election rules. On June 25, she sided with Democratic state attorneys general in granting summary judgment, preventing the core parts of Trump’s order from taking effect.

Tuesday’s ruling creates another legal hurdle for the Trump administration to overcome should it get the initial injunction lifted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

“That it is now less than 90 days before the November 3, 2026, midterm elections underscores the critical need

for an injunction to prevent Defendants from changing election rules on the eve of the election,” she wrote.

The Trump administration in late July requested that the Supreme Court halt lower court decisions that have blocked the sweeping changes in nearly half the country.

In the latest lawsuit, Talwani, who was nominated

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Her ruling granting a preliminary injunction barred the Postal Service from taking any steps to implement the order for this year’s midterm elections. She said the administration has so far declined to defend the constitutionality of the executive order.

“The executive branch has no authority to regulate elections,” she wrote.

Plaintiffs argued in two lawsuits, both filed in federal court in Boston, that the Republican president’s order

should be found unconstitutional because the states and Congress, not the president, have the power to set election rules. The League of Women Voters also argued that Trump lacked the authority to issue his order and the U.S. Postal Service and other defendants lack the authority to carry it out.

Trump’s Republican administration, in its motions to dismiss the lawsuits, argued that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring their claims. They also ar-

gued that the motions are premature and that plaintiffs lack the legal basis to bring their claim based on the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs how federal agencies develop and issue regulations.

Stephen Pezzi, a lawyer for the Trump administration, said the harms the plaintiffs referenced were subjective, because much can change with the voting list before it is made final. He also said no one would be prosecuted for violating the order.

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Russian attacks kill 10 in Ukraine

in the central Dni- interceptors that can stop is determined to press on Zelenskyy: Moscow artillery propetrovsk region, authori- them, and claims Moscow with the invasion, Russia’s is preparing to recruit more highest court on Monday orgetting more North ties said.

In addition to the ballistic troops for a new push on dered that Yabloko, the only Korean missiles missiles, North Korea is pre- the front line that stretches political party opposing the

BY ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles, drones and glide bombs Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow is getting new military help from North Korea for its more than 4-year-old invasion.

Zelenskyy said Russian forces used ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea in an overnight attack on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, where a company said seven workers at its steel plant were killed and 21 injured.

Three more people, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed by Russian drones and

paring to deploy more of its troops to Russia, Zelenskyy said late Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2024, pledging mutual aid if either country faces aggression.

Kim has sent thousands of troops and huge supplies of weapons to support Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Some experts say the engagement with Moscow is helping improve North Korea’s military capabilities, and Zelenskyy said the battlefield experience would help Pyongyang menace other countries in its region.

Ukraine says Russia is scaling up its production of ballistic missiles, aiming to exploit Kyiv’s critical shortage of Patriot air defense

775 miles along eastern and southern Ukraine.

“Every step Russia takes — increasing ballistic missile production, bringing in North Korean equipment, preparing for mobilization — all of this shows that Moscow is preparing not for peace, but for escalation,” Zelenskyy said on social media.

In an unusual step, Ukraine’s air force didn’t say in its daily report how many missiles Russia launched overnight. It was not clear whether the omission was deliberate, and Kyiv officials made no immediate comment.

U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to stop the war have fizzled as Washington grew frustrated with the lack of progress and its attention turned to the Iran war.

In an indication that Putin

Officials: Medicaid to stop paying for some gender-affirming care for trans minors

BY GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press

President Donald Trump’s administration said that Medicaid will stop paying for gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors and the state Children’s Health Insurance Program won’t pay for the treatments for those under 19.

The announcement is the latest in a series of policies from the administration aimed at transgender people that began the day Trump returned to office last year.

The policy is to take effect Oct. 13.

It is not clear how much taxpayer funding is going to cover gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth now. The Centers

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for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not respond to questions about the policy on Tuesday.

At least 27 states have already banned gender-affirming care for those under 18. Even in states that haven’t, many major hospitals have stopped providing some of the treatments.

And gender-affirming surgeries for minors are rare.

Puberty blockers and hormone treatments are more common.

The policy calls for Medicaid and CHIP to continue to pay for mental health treatment for transgender minors but phase out coverage of hormone treatments that are used both to block puberty and to produce sexrelated physical changes for those already receiving

them as of April 2027.

Trump said in a social media post Tuesday that he directed Dr. Mehmet Oz, the CMS administrator, to make the change.

“We are not going to pay for our innocent children to undergo these barbaric surgeries and practices, which result in unthinkable and irreversible harm to their young bodies,” Trump said in his post.

Advocates for LGBTQ+ young people look at it differently.

GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders legal director Josh Rovenger said the rule “is putting up barriers between parents and their ability to make the best medical decisions for their children” and would face a legal challenge.

war, to be excluded from the ballot in the Sept. 18-20 parliamentary election.

“The Kremlin will not enter serious negotiations or make meaningful compromises on its demands as long as Putin believes that he has a viable military path to achieving his full objectives,” the Institute for the Study of War, a Washingtonbased think tank, said in an analysis Monday.

“Ukraine’s Patriot shortages offer Russia an opportunity to cause very serious damage to Ukraine over the coming winter and will therefore contribute to delaying meaningful negotiations and protracting the war,” it said.

Russian forces also struck parts of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, overnight, accord-

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Ukrainian soldiers walk Monday along the street in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. ing to officials. One strike hit the grounds of a children’s hospital, leaving two craters and shattering windows, the State Emergency Service said. Children and medical workers were in bomb shelters and nobody was hurt, it added.

At another location in Kyiv, a Russian strike started a fire

in a warehouse that spread across nearly 13,000 square feet, according to emergency officials.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces overnight struck “military industrial facilities and transport and logistics centers” in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia with “groundbased precision weapons.”

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British Columbia wildfire grew overnight, officials say

BY HAVEN DALEY and ROB GILLIES Associated Press

WEST KELOWNA, British Columbia — A deadly wildfire in Western Canada that’s forced some 20,000 people to flee grew overnight even without strong winds, challenging efforts to contain it and fully assess the damage, authorities said Tuesday.

About 100 firefighters from Mexico were on the way to help fight the blaze that’s destroyed homes and other properties near Okanagan Lake in British Columbia. The fire has killed an 80-year-old woman and burned toward Summerland, a community of about 12,000 people roughly 185 miles east of Vancouver.

The fire showed “quite significant growth” in some areas overnight even without strong winds, said Cliff Chapman, director of provincial operations for the British Columbia Wildfire Service. He added crews were working around the clock to establish control lines and make it safe for evacuated residents to return home.

“We recognized and we

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The Bald Range wildfire, which has forced people out of their homes in the south Okanagan region, burns Saturday in Summerland, B.C., Canada. heard even last night that people obviously would like to go home. They would like to see the extent of the damage,” Chapman said.

Kevin Dunbar, British Columbia’s executive director for emergency response and recovery operations, called it one of the largest evacuations in recent British Columbia history.

British Columbia officials

said they had secured 1,600 hotel rooms and 1,000 grouplodging spaces for evacuees in Okanagan after some residents faced delays getting emergency assistance during the weekend evacuation.

Beyond those already forced to flee, another 10,000 people have been told to be ready to leave on short notice. More than 100 wildfires were burning across

the province, and officials warned that dry lightning could spark new fires in the Central Interior and Okanagan. The province also asked the federal government for help expanding lodging for evacuees.

RCMP are investigating whether criminal activity played a role in the fire.

Chapman said about 4% of wildfires in British Colum-

bia over the past decade were suspected of having been deliberately set, but officials have not said the Bald Range fire was intentionally started.

Lucille and Gordon Beach of Summerland were in Vancouver for the weekend wedding of a granddaughter when they heard the fire had started. “We didn’t feel too celebratory,” Lucille Beach said Tuesday.

The couple, staying for now in West Kelowna with their dog, haven’t seen their home since leaving Friday but believed it was OK. It took a few days to adjust to the reality of what was happening, Lucille Beach said.

Carmen Bodzasy evacuated from Summerland, where she and her husband moved recently. She had to navigate evacuating on unfamiliar roads while he was away for work.

Before leaving, “I cried my eyes out for a minute, and I thought, you know what, if I had to restart over, what would I take with me?” She took photos of her parents’ wedding, of her children’s families and of her and her husband. “I thought if I didn’t have walls

to go home to, at least I have memories to put up on my new one,” she said.

Holding her small dog Tuesday, she was not sure of the status of their home but said whatever happens, she intends to stay in Summerland, a place where people wave at passing motorists and stop to ask how you’re doing.

“I’ll do whatever I can to help that town rebuild because everybody’s so kind there,” she said.

In the U.S., firefighters in California on Tuesday were fighting a blaze that’s burned roughly 3 square miles in the Big Sur region of the state’s rugged central coast.

Area state parks have closed and evacuation orders have been issued, including for a roughly 7-mile stretch of Calif. 1, the state’s iconic coastal route. The highway was open as of Tuesday morning, California Highway Patrol spokesperson Ryan Moore said.

The Timber Fire has held east of the highway, authorities said.

Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press writer Claire Rush contributed from Portland, Oregon.

Severe weather knocks out power in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio ‘Ring of fire’ strikes Midwest

BY LAURA BARGFELD and ED WHITE Associated Press

CHICAGO — Severe weather cut power to more than half a million people in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region Tuesday, causing widespread damage.

Tornado warning sirens howled as the skies dark-

ened. All flights were temporarily stopped at Chicago’s two major airports, and officials warned of delays as the backlog was cleared. In Ohio, power outages swept the state capital region, and at least one death was reported.

Photos posted on social media from the Chicago area, and across the state line in Indiana, showed flooded roads, trees tangled in power lines and homes with gashes in their roofs.

“No power. It was very scary. We were down in the basement,” said Javid Jenkins, of Homewood, a Chicago suburb. “We’re built for

snow. We’re built for cold.

We’re not built for this.”

Jenkins, 54, said he was driving around for gas to fire up a generator to preserve food in his refrigerator.

There were numerous reports of wind gusts of 80 mph or more at personal weather stations.

“Total devastation. No roof,” said Kerry Hourigan, standing outside her home of 25 years in Tinley Park, another Chicago suburb. “Stupid thing, but my focus was I just bought a new barbecue grill, and I have no idea where that is. It’s disappeared.”

The National Weather Ser-

vice bluntly warned earlier in the day: “These are dangerous storms!”

More than 600,000 customers lost electricity in Illinois and Indiana, according to poweroutage.us. Lake and Porter counties in Indiana and Will County, south of Chicago, were especially hard hit. Farther east in Ohio, more than 290,000 customers were without power.

Meteorologist Scott Baker said the Midwest was on the outer edge of a “ring of fire,” bringing waves of excessive moisture, instability and storms.

In Ohio, Gov. Mike DeW-

ine said a resident of Roseville died during a health emergency when first responders, faced with flooded roads, couldn’t get there. He warned that flood dangers would persist.

“This is not something that will end tonight,” DeWine said of the severe weather.

Indeed, forecasters said multiple rounds of rain would cause flood hazards in the Ohio Valley through early Friday.

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Visit Baton Rouge enters River Center deal Tourism group set to pick management company

BY IANNE SALVOSA

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Baton Rouge’s official tourism arm is set to oversee the selection of a new management company for the Raising Cane’s River Center.

Visit Baton Rouge CEO Jill Kidder and Board of Directors Chair Rowdy Gaudet will enter an agreement with the city-parish,

which owns the River Center, to serve as interim management of the facilities, following talks with Mayor-President Sid Edwards about taking over the attraction.

The move will allow the tourism agency to find a group to run the center’s day-to-day operations, which local leaders hope to increase with a redevelopment of the center to prime it for hosting conventions and meetings.

Kidder said the agency’s service as interim management will provide continuity for the River Center as the city-parish searches for a developer to lead its transformation. The River Center and Edwards’ office did not immediately return a request for comment.

“We feel like this is a great opportunity to flex our expertise,” Kidder said.

The Visit Baton Rouge board voted Tuesday to authorize Kidder and Gaudet to enter a nonlegally binding memorandum of understanding with the cityparish, which is pending approval from the Metro Council later this month. The council will also consider hiring Butch Spyridon, former president and CEO of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation, as a consultant on the River Center redevelopment.

If approved, the River Center

redevelopment team would expand to a group with local and national expertise in consulting, law, redevelopment and tourism that includes VBR, Spyridon, Hunden Partners, the city-parish and Fishman Haygood.

Chicago-based firm Hunden Partners has served as the cityparish’s representative in the redevelopment, proposing the addition of headquarters hotel to the center along with a con-

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Police continue search for teen’s body Chief certain landfill is right location

BY OLIVIA TEES Staff writer

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MOVE-IN DAY ABOVE: Deloreanna Madison and Journey Shirden, both freshmen, move items into a dormitory building at Southern University on Tuesday.

RIGHT: Mack Morris moves items into a dorm at Southern University for his daughter, Makayla Morris.

This is week five in the search for the body of 15-year-old Ja’Derrius Minnieweather at the Baton Rouge Landfill in Zachary. The teen has been missing for 67 days, and police said they have no plans to stop searching.

Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse said he has seen all the evidence and has every confidence that Ja’Derrius’ body is at the landfill. He addressed the comments on social media that claim the teen is not there and wants the public to understand that they wouldn’t be searching the area if they weren’t sure.

“I am 1000 percent positive that Ja’Derrius’ body was dumped at the landfill. It’s just a matter of using more evidence and technology and narrowing that search area down to give the best chance of locating him as quickly as possible,” Morse said.

As of Monday, 4,597 cubic yards of the landfill had been excavated, nearly double the total going into last week, the Baton Rouge Police Department said in a social media statement. About 2,552 tons of landfill waste have been processed.

One cubic yard is about the size of a standard washing machine.

BRPD Lt. L’Jean McKneely said Monday that crews are hitting key points of the landfill and searching areas where they are more likely to find evidence of the teen.

More than 662 search shifts have been completed since the search began July 13, with 70 to 80 search personnel working Monday through Friday.

The agencies assisting Baton Rouge police, including specialty teams from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, the Louisiana National Guard and the United

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New data released on downtown BR Livingston police find Residential occupancy running at 95%

BY IANNE SALVOSA

Staff writer

Apartments and other homes in Baton Rouge’s Central Business District downtown are almost full, with an occupancy rate running at 95%, newly released data shows.

“That’s really huge,” said Downtown Development District Executive Director Whitney Hoffman Sayal. “It shows you the demand

that people have wanting to live downtown, walk to an event, walk to a restaurant, those sort of things.”

The DDD releases a development tool kit every year with data on downtown foot traffic, occupancy rates and economic impact.

Housing is a big focus of downtown advocates, with the goal of tripling the downtown population over the next decade.

Foot traffic data from Placer AI, which relies on cellphone tracking, and information from other sources show: n The area in the heart of down-

town directly next to the levee is most frequented by visitors and workers about 7 p.m. n Downtown sees a 70,000-visitor increase during legislative session. n About 82% of Class A office space downtown is occupied. n The hotel occupancy rate is 63.4%.

DDD also released data showing downtown properties are valued six times higher than the East Baton Rouge Parish average, which

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800 pounds of meth Drugs hidden in tractor-trailer

BY OLIVIA TEES Staff writer

A random traffic stop on Interstate 12 ended with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office finding nearly 800 pounds of meth hidden in an 18-wheeler driven by a Rus-

sian national.

During the traffic stop Tuesday in Denham Springs, deputies identified Anton Vitalyevich Rakovd driving the truck, the Sheriff’s Office said.

While searching the tractortrailer, Sheriff’s Office narcotics officers discovered approximately 789.56 pounds of

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Continued from page 1B Cajun Navy, have worked in shifts to protect themselves from dangerous material in the landfill.

In addition to challenging work conditions, the extreme heat has played a significant factor in how long teams can work in the field before putting their own health at risk.

Each search team is allotted 30 to 45 minutes of active work before its members undergo a period of rehabilitation lasting more than an hour.

The rehabilitation includes decontamination from landfill hazards, rehydration, medical evaluations and putting on personal protective equipment before returning to the search.

The Police Department is asking the community to keep Minnieweather’s family in their thoughts, as well as the people dedicated to searching for him.

Minnieweather was last seen in the early hours of June 5.

Maurice Parms, 51, who was arrested June 20 on a first-degree murder charge, allegedly dumped the teen’s body in a garbage bin before dawn on June 5. The garbage truck was scheduled to pick up the trash that day at 6 a.m., according to Parms’ arrest warrant.

Police have said Parms has made no statement or offered any help to locate Minnieweather’s body.

Parms remains in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and is held without bail. His next court date will be on Oct. 15 for a bail review hearing.

Parms faces the possibility of the death penalty if he is convicted of first-degree murder. In Louisiana, a person can be charged with first-degree murder even without recovery of the body.

Blake Leschber contributed to this report.

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Assumption Parish man sentenced to 40 years Suspect pleaded guilty to fatal 2023 shooting

BY ANNAKATE FREELAND Staff writer

An Assumption Parish man has been sentenced to 40

years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in connection with the 2023 shooting death of 40-year-old Antanacio Guerrero.

Joseph Gilchrist Sr., 55, pleaded guilty to manslaughter May 13 in connection with the July 2023 killing of Guerrero.

Gilchrist was sentenced

Monday to 40 years with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, with credit for time served.

According to the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded July 2, 2023, to a Bayou L’Ourse residence following a report of a shooting. Deputies

found Guerrero dead at the residence with multiple gunshot wounds.

Detectives investigating the shooting learned that Guerrero and another person had been visiting Gilchrist’s residence when Gilchrist armed himself with a large-caliber firearm and began questioning Guer-

rero, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Gilchrist then fired multiple shots, striking Guerrero, authorities said.

Gilchrist remained at the residence when law enforcement arrived and was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center, officials said.

Sheriff’s Office: Man’s body found in pond in Central A man’s body was pulled from a pond at 17157 Wax Road in Central on CRIME Tu e s d a y morning, afBLOTTER ter someone staff saw it there reports and called law enforcement, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

An autopsy is pending with the Coroner’s Office, a sheriff’s spokesperson said.

“At this time, there is no reason to suspect any sort of foul play,” said Casey

Rayborn Hicks, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.

No further details were immediately available.

Officials: Woman arrested in boat crash A Denham Springs woman was arrested Monday, accused of causing a threeboat crash on the Amite River that injured four people, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.

Nanette Normand, 63, was booked into the Ascension Parish jail on counts of careless operation of a vessel and failing to file an of-

ficial operator’s report and four counts of negligent injuring, according to a department news release.

In the crash on July 18 on the Amite River near Summerville, two adults and two juveniles were injured when they were ejected from their vessel.

They were taken to local hospitals.

“An adult female remains hospitalized from injuries sustained in this boating incident,” Wildlife and Fisheries said.

Careless operation of a vehicle brings up to a $300 fine and 30 days in jail. Neg-

ligent injuring and failing to file an official operator’s report carries up to a $500 fine and six months in jail for each offense, the agency said.

Single-vehicle crash leaves one dead A single-vehicle crash on La. 308 near La. 943 in Ascension Parish killed one person Monday night.

Louisiana State Police stated shortly before 7 p.m. on Aug. 10, officers responded to the crash that left 48-yearold Tunisia Claiborne, of Napoleonville, dead.

The investigation showed Claiborne was driving south on La. 308 when — for reasons still under investigation — her vehicle traveled off the roadway and entered a ditch. After initial impact, her vehicle continued through the ditch, struck a tree and overturned.

Claiborne was improperly restrained and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials said that impairment is suspected, and routine toxicology samples will be taken and analyzed. The crash remains under investigation.

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The new building will add Sayal said indicates opportumore than 100 units downnity for development.

One major new develop- town, Sayal said at a DDD ment is a companion apart- meeting Tuesday. The site

was formerly a bank, which was demolished in 2023 to make way for the new apartments, a project long in the making by New Orleansbased Key Real Estate and John O. Hearin.

Other recent announcements have revealed plans

for a business incubator, Nexus Louisiana, and a coffee shop, House Brew, to move from Mid City to downtown.

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ments for expenses related to the River Center up to $100,000.

The Visit Baton Rouge board meeting was held in conjunction with a board overseeing the redevelopment of 232 Lafayette into the new Visit Baton Rouge headquarters. The headquarters board approved the receipt of $7 million in bonds for the redevelopment, and approved Renasant Bank to hold the bond proceeds.

232 Lafayette is a century-old building in shell condition, and Visit Baton Rouge estimated the redevelopment to cost $5 million, though initial contractor bids exceeded the budget. The agency rejected the initial proposSTAFF FILE PHOTO By JAVIER GALLEGOS als and reopened the bidA group of pedestrians walk over the footbridge near Raising Cane’s River Center and ding process, set to close Repentance Plaza along the Mississippi riverfront on May 7.

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Legends Global currently manages the River Center, and its contract is set to expire at the end of the year.

Kidder said Legends Global can apply to manage the river center again, but the agency will conduct a full request for proposals process to find the next management group.

Kidder said Edwards initially approached her with a proposal to manage the center’s daily operations, but she declined since the agency could not take on the She said the proposal is a Baton Rouge tourism. but initial discussions indi- Email Ianne Salvosa large responsibility in addi- display of confidence in the Conditions of the agree- cate that Visit Baton Rouge at ianne.salvosa@ tion to its normal functions. agency’s work to promote ment are still in the works, could receive reimburse- theadvocate.com.

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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.

The S&P 500 fell 0.3% for a second modest drop since setting its all-time high on Friday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 184 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.6%. The action was stronger in the oil market, where the price for a barrel of Brent crude briefly jumped above $90 in the morning before falling back below $87. It eventually settled at $88.91, up 1.4% from Monday. Such erratic moves have become typical since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February, which led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and kept much of the world’s oil pent up in the Middle East. Last month alone, Brent’s price veered between $72 and $102 per barrel.

655K Camrys recalled over display error CHICAGO — Toyota is recalling about 655,000 of its Camry vehicles globally, the automaker confirmed Tuesday, due to a display error that may deactivate safety indicators like turn signals and hazard lights during startup.

Most of the now-recalled cars were sold in the U.S. — where more than 508,000 model year 2025-2026 Camry Hybrids are affected.

According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, these vehicles are equipped with a 7-inch display combination meter that can become blank at startup. And beyond turn signals and hazard lights, certain warnings like seat belt reminders and “key left in ignition” buzzers may also not function as a result.

These display failures increase crash risks — both for drivers who may not be able to see telltale indicators and “the ability of other road users to recognize the driver’s intent to change direction or indicate a vehicle hazard,” the NHTSA warns.

Texas-based Toyota Motor North America — a subsidiary of the larger Japanese automaker — says it will notify all known owners of the affected Camrys to bring their vehicles into a certified dealer. To remedy the issue, those dealers will later provide a software update free of charge.

Vietnam’s VinSpace signs deal with SpaceX HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese aerospace company VinSpace said Tuesday it has signed a contract with SpaceX to send its first satellites into orbit aboard a SpaceX rideshare mission in 2027, as the Southeast Asian nation moves to develop its nascent space industry.

VinSpace will launch its satellites on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission run by Elon Musk’s company, which carries satellites from multiple customers on a single rocket to share launch costs, it said in a statement. The satellites, which VinSpace said it will develop and operate, will test the company’s technology in orbit and support future commercial applications.

VinSpace is part of Vietnam’s Vingroup conglomerate and was established in November 2025. The company said in April that it planned to develop and launch its first satellites in 2027. Founded by tycoon Pham Nhat Vuong, Vingroup is Vietnam’s largest privately owned company. It has a sprawling business empire that touches many aspects of daily life, from real estate and retail to healthcare, education and tourism.

It is going global as it invests heavily in high-tech industries such as electric vehicles, space, artificial intelligence and robotics, sectors central to Vietnam’s ambition to become Asia’s next tiger economy.

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Oil supply disruptions expected through 2027 U.S. agency says Hormuz closure crimps shipments

BY MIA GINDIS and NATHAN RISSER Bloomberg News (TNS)

The U.S. now expects oil supply disruptions stemming from the U.S.-Iran war to reach about 600,000 barrels per day through the end of next year as the conflict continues to crimp shipments via the critical Strait of Hormuz.

Oil transported through the waterway averaged 4.9 million barrels per day in the second quarter

of this year, according to estimates from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook. That compares to an average of 21.6 million in the last quarter of 2025, before the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran.

The figures indicate that a brief intermission in fighting, when a so-called memorandum of understanding was signed, did little to blunt the impact of one of the worst disruptions to global energy markets in history. A deal between Iran and Oman to reopen the strait remains elusive, though officials indicate talks are progressing.

As the conflict extends into a sixth month, consumers around the world are once again facing the

prospect of higher fuel prices and inflation. The EIA hiked gasoline and diesel price forecasts for 2026 by 3.7% and 5.4% respectively and increased its 2027 forecast for retail gasoline prices by 6.5% from its estimates a month earlier.

The volume of oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz remains difficult to pin down in real time, as vessels going dark obscure shipping activity, leading to discrepancies in estimates among market participants. About 9 million barrels of oil a day exited the strait on average over the past week, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

The agency also estimates that Middle East production shut-ins

Home sales fall 1.7% in July

eased to average about 5.5 million barrels a day in July, compared to 7.5 million barrels a day in June.

The volume of oil shut in is expected to swell again to 6.6 million barrels a day in the third quarter.

Multiple Middle Eastern countries have been forced to curtail output as limited access to global markets strains available storage capacity.

The report assumes that recent threats to vessels carrying Saudi Arabian crude through the Bab elMandeb Strait have not resulted in additional production shut-ins. If that assumption holds, the agency expects most production and trade flows to take until early 2027 to return to pre-war levels.

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Existing home sales fell 1.7% last month from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

Record prices, high mortgages stifle would-be buyers

BY MATT OTT

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed again in July as record prices and the highest mortgage rates in a year prove to be an insurmountable hurdle for many prospective homebuyers.

Existing home sales fell 1.7% last month from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. That’s slightly above the 4.05 million pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet. July sales, however, were up 0.7% compared with last year.

Home prices continued to rise, hitting unprecedented levels for the month of July, NAR said. The U.S. median sales price increased 2% from a year earlier, to $434,100.

In June, the median sales price hit $442,800, an all-time high for any month on data going back to 1999, NAR said. Home prices have risen on an annual basis for 37 months in a row.

Last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported that the benchmark 30-year fixed

rate mortgage rate rose to 6.69%, its highest level in just over a year. It was the fifth consecutive week that the average rate rose, marking the latest strain for prospective homebuyers who are facing steep borrowing costs.

It is difficult to find good news about the U.S. housing market from the July report, said Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics.

“No one who has a home already can afford to sell it,” said Weinberg. “People with ultralow COVID-era mortgages cannot afford to give them up. If no one is selling, no one can be buying, and inventories are low.”

Home sales have been mostly hovering close to a 4 million annual pace for about three years, far short of the historic norm that is closer to 5.2 million.

The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low.

Sales remain sluggish as mortgage rates have mostly trended higher in the months since the war between the U.S. and Iran

started. Expectations of higher inflation amid surging oil prices have pushed up the long-term bond yields that lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans, causing mortgage rates to climb.

Home inventory levels also remain well below historical norms.

There were 1.54 million unsold homes at the end of last month, down 1.9% from June and 0.6% less than July last year, NAR said.

That’s well short of the roughly 2 million homes for sale that was typical before the COVID-19 pandemic.

July’s month-end inventory translates to a 4.6-month supply at the current sales pace.

Traditionally, a 5- to 6-month supply is considered a balanced market between buyers and sellers.

Regionally, prices in the Northeast continue to rise faster than the rest of the country, jumping 5.2% year-over-year, driven by a shortage of inventory.

NAR said that 29% of sales were first-time homebuyers, down from 33% in June but up slightly from 28% in July 2025. Historically, first-time buyers make up closer to 40% of home sales.

Government fights trade judge’s order for tariff refunds to importers

BY MAE ANDERSON AP business writer

NEW YORK — Government lawyers said a Court of International Trade judge overstepped his authority by ordering the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to issue refunds to all companies that paid tariffs that were deemed illegal in February, even those that didn’t file a lawsuit in trade court.

The government filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in June and filed its opening brief on Monday.

In it, government lawyers point to a case that went before the Supreme Court in June 2025, over birthright citizenship. Part of the decision in

that case limited the use of universal injunctions, which apply a ruling to all people or companies affected, not just specific litigants.

Judge Richard Eaton, who is overseeing the tariff lawsuits in the Court of International Trade, has said the limits on universal injunctions don’t apply in this case, but the government disagrees.

“The CIT’s universal injunctions, requiring the government to refund IEEPA duties for all importers (including non-party importers), cannot possibly be squared with CASA,” — the court case that limited universal injunctions, the government wrote it its brief.

The majority of tariff refunds have already been paid out. CBP

has already processed and certified $100 billion in refunds. At issue are companies that paid tariffs that went through the customs process and entries were finalized.

There’s a Congressional rule that the CBP cannot reprocess tariffs for which the administrative refund process is no longer available. Those companies are free to file a lawsuit to get that money back, the government said.

“The Court of International Trade (CIT) has already entered hundreds of such orders in suits brought by importers seeking that relief, and importers who have not yet brought such suits are free to do so within the statute of limitations,” government lawyers wrote

in the brief.

Barry Appleton, a law professor and co-director of New York Law School’s Center for International Law, said it appears the government has the better legal argument, but businesses, especially smaller businesses, might suffer.

“The government took this money under a law the Supreme Court said never authorized (tariffs).

Getting it back should not turn on whether a business could afford to sue,” he said. “Refunding an unlawful tariff should not be a reward for litigating. ... You cannot really ask a small company to sue for money it does not know it is owed, on a deadline it has never heard of.”

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Homeowners seek payment in new suit Brad Pitt development sued for faulty construction

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

A long-simmering lawsuit against actor Brad Pitt’s post-Katrina neighborhood development Make It Right is back before a New Orleans judge this week after a multimillion-dollar settlement to pay homeowners for shoddy construction didn’t come through. Now, the homeowners are seeking class-action status to get what they believe they’re owed.

Make It Right homeowners, who purchased their properties from the nonprofit organization founded by the Hollywood leading man, first sued in 2018 for critical design and construction flaws, breach of contract and fraud.

The case has yet to be resolved despite a settlement in 2022, when Global Green, a Los Angeles-based environmental organization, offered $20.5 million to compensate the homeowners on Make It Right’s behalf.

Trouble was, Global Green didn’t have the money. The lawsuit was derailed for almost three years thereafter.

On Monday, lawyers began debating the situation anew in Orleans Parish Civil District Court at a hearing to determine whether to certify a class action for the plaintiff homeowners.

There’s little argument that the homes Make It Right built were leaky and prone to rot. In 2018, the organization sued its own managing architect for allegedly allowing poor building prac-

tices to take place.

At the conclusion of the hearing, Civil District Judge Lori Jupiter will determine if all 106 Make It Right homeowners can join the class.

Ron Austin, the New Orleans attorney representing the Make It Right homeowners, argued that the same design and construction practices applied to all of the homes made by Make It Right, so a class-action lawsuit was in order.

Austin said that if a classaction suit isn’t permitted, the homeowners — some of whom are elderly — “don’t have the money or time to sue individually.”

The team of lawyers representing various parties associated with the Make It Right organization took turns objecting to Austin’s point of view, hoping to convince the court that the houses were plagued by many, varied factors and mustn’t be lumped together. As Make It Right attorney Sid Angelle put it, “No two construction defect cases are the same.”

Pitt was not required to attend the court proceedings, which are expected to last for at least two weeks.

The modest Lower 9th Ward neighborhood north of North Claiborne Avenue was catastrophically flooded by a levee wall collapse during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Bent on rebuilding the area, Pitt used his considerable celebrity sizzle to raise $26 million to erect avant-garde, ecologically sound houses, designed by some of the world’s great architects, including Frank Gehry, Shigeru Ban and David Adjaye.

Ground was broken in 2008, and 106 homes were built by 2016. The dwellings eventually sold to former neighborhood residents and others at affordable prices.

Make It Right homeowners in New Orleans, who purchased their Lower 9th Ward properties from the nonprofit organization founded by Hollywood leading man Brad Pitt, are seeking classaction status to get the money they say they are owed from a 2022 settlement.

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In its early years, the Make It Right neighborhood became a tourist attraction, a model of altruism and creative recovery. Soon enough though, residents began calling attention to premature problems with their properties. The wood used to build stairs, decks and other weather-exposed features deteriorated especially rapidly. Two of the houses were deemed unsalvageable and were demolished in 2018 and 2020.

Neither the lawyers we spoke to in the course of the hearing, nor the six plaintiffs present in court would comment on the proceedings.

Email Doug MacCash at dmaccash@ theadvocate.com. Follow him on Instagram at dougmaccash, on Twitter at Doug MacCash and on Facebook at Douglas James MacCash.

Two students from Louisiana competing in Patriot Games Event is part of celebration of America’s 250th anniversary

BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT Staff writer

Two Louisiana students are competing this week in games like dodgeball, kickball, and endurance and sports skills challenges as they represent the state in the Patriot Games, a national athletic competition that is part of President Donald Trump’s celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary.

Owen Dozier-George, a senior at Lafayette High School, and Eva Melton, a junior at Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans, are competing with other high school athletes from every

state at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio. One boy and one girl will be chosen as winners, each receiving a $125,000 prize.

Athletes competed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. A one-hour special highlighting the competition will air on ABC at 8 p.m. Thursday.

Trump flew out Tuesday to observe some of the events in person.

“Everyone back home is so proud to have them representing our state,” Gov. Jeff Landry said in a video posted to social media. “We want them to go out, compete hard and have fun. All of Louisiana is going to be watching them and cheering them on.”

The competitions include dodgeball, kickball, tug-ofwar and “victory hoops,” a basketball shooting skills event. It also includes “Operation Endurance” — a

gauntlet of a low crawl, tire feet, tire flip, climbing wall, sled push, over-unders, rope swing and crash mat landing — and the Varsity Circuit, which includes a soccer kick, football throw, volleyball serve and baseball swing.

The Patriot Games are part of Freedom 250, a series of celebrations the Trump administration created to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of Declaration of Independence. Other events have included a fair on the National Mall featuring tents by Louisiana and other states and a massive fireworks show.

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Marion Paul Broussard passed away at his residence surrounded by family on Saturday, August 8, 2026. A native of Edgard, he resided in St. John Parish his entire life except for time spent in the U. S. Navy, at the end of World War II, and at LSU while earning a degree in Chemical Engineering. He was 99 years old. He is survived by seven children; Marianne and her husband Dean Wolfe, Michael and his wife Mary Alice, Steven and his wife Wanda, David and his wife Nancy, Brion and his wife Jenny, Kenneth and his wife Diane, daughter Beth Roussel. He is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and thirty-one great-grandchildren.

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In 1972 he was honored for his contributions to LARAYO by being named King Allovus VII. He served on the boards of the St. John Parish Council on Aging, American Red Cross and St. Joan of Arc Catholic School. He was a past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 2436 in Reserve and was a lifetime member of LaPlace Council No. 5935. In 1994 he was awarded The Order of St. Louis IX Medallion by the Archdiocese of New Orleans in recognition of service and dedication to St. Joan of Are Catholic Church. His family are grateful for the loving care given by Angela Anderson.

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Laura Lee Waguespack Schexnayder, a native and resident of Vacherie, Louisiana, born on June 30, 1936, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Monday, August 10, 2026, at the age of 90.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Arnold J. Schexnayder, Sr., her parents James A. and Yvonne Folse Waguespack; in-laws Claude J. Sr. and Simone Webre Schexnayder; brothers, Ronald Waguespack, Warren Waguespack and wife, Mary; brothers-in -law, Arthur Schexnayder and wife, Carolyn; Gerald Schexnayder; Claude Schexnayder, Jr.; sister-inlaw, Joyce S. Steib and husband, Marion, Sr.; and 3 infant grandsons, Max and Marc Schexnayder and Gerard Cazenave.

Laura is survived by her children, Arnold J. Schexnayder, Jr. (Karen V.); Marcia S. Waguespack (Brian); Andrea S. Cazenave (Daryl); and Yvonne S. Cortez (Tulsa); grandchildren, Kelsey S. Pasch (Austin); Ben Schexnayder, Dana W. St. Pierre (Matt); John Waguespack (Emily L.); Kandis Cazenave and fiancé, Alex Kellems; Connor Cazenave; Colin Cortez (Maddi B.); and Caleb Cortez and fiancé, Ali Rodriguez. She is also survived by 6 great grandchildren, June Pasch, Kaylee and Katelyn St. Pierre, and Laura, Eden, and Sarah Waguespack.

She is also survived by her sister, Lilly Mae W. Perque (Roland); sisters-in -law, Emily R. Waguespack, Janel Schexnayder, and Joyce Anne Schexnayder; and brother-in-law, Godfred Schexnayder (Cathy).

Laura was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved her family and raised them in the Catholic faith and was proud of them all.

She was a faithful adorer at Our Lady of Peace Adoration Chapel. She was an excellent homemaker and enjoyed cooking meals for the family on Sundays.

Laura will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her until we meet her again in her heavenly home.

A visitation will be held on Friday, August 14, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. until mass of Christian burial at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Vacherie with interment following at Our Lady of Peace Mausoleum.

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As healthcare subsidies disappear, La. hospitals, families suffer We can’t say we’re surprised at the latest numbers showing healthcare coverage for Louisiana families cratering after Affordable Care Act subsidies were not renewed by Congress late last year. During the budget fight, we warned that our state especially needed lawmakers to come together to find a solution.

Alas, they did not, and the pandemic-era subsidies that had helped 24 million Americans afford insurance on the ACA Marketplace vanished overnight. That left some families facing skyrocketing premiums and a stark choice: pay for either insurance or other necessities.

Now the numbers are in, and they show how that choice has played out across the state.

Washington think tank KFF analyzed federal reports, and Louisiana had one of the steepest drops in ACA enrollees of any state in the nation. Louisiana had 264,790 enrollments in March 2025, but only 195,759 at the same time this year — a 26% decrease. Nationally, it’s estimated that the program lost 3 million enrollees.

What this will mean for health outcomes in our state is only beginning to unfold. But what it means for hospitals is already starkly apparent.

Officials with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, the state’s largest hospital, reported seeing 2,500 more uninsured patients in its emergency department the first six months this year versus the same period in 2025.

Uninsured patients mean losses for hospitals, since they still must serve whoever shows up at an emergency room. Those losses are mounting, and Lake facilities wrote off $2.3 million more in bad debt for April through June compared to January, February and March, officials said.

In 2016, when Louisiana became one of the few Southern states to expand Medicaid, leaders argued that taking the federal money would ensure that our state’s rural hospitals and healthcare systems could survive, and that turned out to be true. Now however, hospitals across the state are grappling with the rise of uninsured patients.

Of course, the real costs of these cuts are in the lives and livelihoods of those who can no longer afford to manage chronic conditions or receive preventative care.

Many want to talk about waste, fraud and abuse in federal programs, but we say there is such a thing as being penny-wise and poundfoolish. Sure, saving on healthcare subsidies today may sound reasonable enough. But when the bill comes due for increased medical interventions at later stages of illness or when fewer people can live healthy and productive lives, the $30 billion in saved ACA subsidies might seem like a bargain.

Many Americans have been on a roller-coaster ride trying to afford health insurance in recent years. If we are ever to get off this ride, it’s clear that voters must let political candidates know that healthcare is a priority.

Until we do, we’ll remain stuck in an ailing system.

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Union protects workers, makes government more effective I’ve been vice president of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 2349 for one week and three days. I believe every New Orleans city worker should be able to afford food, housing and transportation in the city: Dwight Eisenhower stuff, not Roosevelt, certainly not Debs.

Quin Hillyer seems to think my fellow union members and I are wasting taxpayer money and time, so I’d like to tell him about my first week on the board.

I’ve met with our newly elected AFSCME 2349 executive board twice, CAO Joe Giarrusso and his team once, attended one disciplinary hearing, missed another and also missed the first Municipal Complex Advisory Committee meeting.

Worksite safety issues have been raised: workers not being issued protective equipment like gloves and sharps containers to discard used hypodermic needles, veterans having panic attacks on the job and workers penalized by their supervisors for taking annual leave.

Refocus public health priorities on threats like food safety, measles

The CAO and his team met with us to discuss proposed changes to worker benefits. I spent part of my Saturday tracking down a credible rumor that a fellow city worker is living in a shelter.

These matters felt urgent to me, worthy of my time and attention. AFSCME 2349’s collective bargaining agreement and the trifling amount of civil leave our officers are afforded (of which I have used none; I’ll save Hillyer a FOIA request) is not wasteful but a force multiplier bolstering the efficacy of city services.

If Hillyer remains convinced that my fellow union members and I are unabashed malingerers, I’m willing to attempt to convince him otherwise over mint juleps or whatever the preferred cocktail of conservative opinion columnists is these days. He’s buying the first round.

Recently, public discourse has been dominated by debates surrounding Dr. Anthony Fauci and COVID-19. While leadership in managing a pandemic is important, our focus should be on the critical dangers threatening our communities today — tainted lettuce risking food safety, smoke from wildfires damaging respiratory health, the decline in women’s healthcare access, resurgent measles outbreaks, pollution of waters, misuse of public lands and environmental degradation from data center pollution. Louisiana, in particular, faces these issues uniquely — with vulnerable populations, environmental challenges and health disparities that demand our immediate attention.

Meanwhile, vital funding is diverted from research institutions and universities that drive innovation and solutions for these challenges. These are not minor inconveniences — they are imminent threats to our health, economy and future stability.

It’s time for government to prioritize these tangible, immediate issues with targeted policies and resources. Addressing them requires an approach that encompasses environmental safety, food security, healthcare access and scientific inquiry.

Protecting public health cannot be reduced to partisan politics or personal grievances — our communities deserve leadership that tackles real issues head-on.

In focusing on past controversies or individual figures, we risk diverting precious time and resources from the urgent challenges that demand our attention. Our collective energy must be directed toward solutions that can improve health outcomes now — rather than engaging in legalistic debates that serve no one. Prioritizing real issues over past disagreements is essential if we are to build a healthier, more resilient society.

Let’s dedicate ourselves to addressing the pressing issues that impact us all — those that require immediate action — and do so with purpose and integrity.

GREGG DOOLITTLE vice president, AFSCME Local 2349 emergency manager New Orleans

Landry was elected to serve all the people understood that governors do not serve Republicans, Democrats or independents. They serve people. That is what makes McLemore’s argument so astonishing. He applauds the notion that Louisiana’s governor should regard New Orleans as an adversary rather than as part of the state he swore to serve.

The people of New Orleans are not the enemy. They are police officers, firefighters, deputies, EMTs, nurses, physicians, teachers, priests, nuns, dockworkers, service workers, smallbusiness owners, veterans, parents and schoolchildren. They pay Louisiana taxes. They obey Louisiana laws.

Corrupt politicians deserve prosecution, conviction and punishment. Innocent citizens deserve representation.

A governor who cannot distinguish between the two has forgotten the very oath of office he took.

History offers a far better model of leadership than the one letter-writer David McLemore celebrates (“Landry has reasons for treating the people of New Orleans as adversaries”).

When the Surfside condominium collapsed in Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis did not treat Democratic Miami-Dade officials as adversaries.

He worked alongside them.

Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levine Cava publicly praised him as “decisive,” “constant” and “collaborative.”

During one of Florida’s darkest moments, partisan labels took a backseat.

When Hurricane Sandy devastated New Jersey, Republican Gov. Chris Christie stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker and President Barack Obama.

Christie was criticized by members of his own party for cooperating across party lines. His response was simple: Governing comes before politics. He

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Has power, prejudice replaced the Golden Rule?

America sold its soul.

We were taught, once, to treat one another as we’d wish to be treated ourselves. It was a simple thing.

Somewhere along the way we let it go, and let power and prejudice take its place. Empathy does not vanish all at once. It fades quietly, and where it lived, fear and hate move in.

People become disposable. Families

become statistics. Workers become line items. The vulnerable become burdens we no longer feel obliged to carry.

A nation that trades people for power does not just misplace its compassion.

It buries its soul and calls it patriotism — though true patriotism was the love it buried in the first place.

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COMMENTARY Those Democratic Socialists can be shockingly racist The Democratic Socialists of America use people of color as fashion accessories. Sure, they put Black or Brown faces on ballots, and they talk a big game about racism. But Black and Brown voters are not choosing their candidates. The DSA national membership chooses, and it is 85% White.

Froma Look at the crowds. In Harrop October 2019, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders staged a rally at the Queensbridge housing project, across from Manhattan. Its residents are 47% Black, 34% Latino and 10% Asian. News photos showed a nearly unbroken sea of White enthusiasts.

The head of the Queensbridge Resident Association called the organizers “disrespectful.” They didn’t even bother to place flyers in the buildings.

During the 2020 presidential race, Sanders rode high in the early Democratic primaries, where voters are mainly comfy Whites. But when the primaries moved south, where Democratic voters are overwhelmingly Black, he got creamed. In South Carolina, he lost to Joe Biden by 29 percentage points.

Asked to respond to that massive comeuppance, Sanders waved off the importance of those Black voters. They were “conservative,” he said. “But you know what? We’re out of the Deep South now. And we’re moving up.”

That rankled several prominent

Black officials. “I was very concerned with that comment,” said New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. “Black voters in the South are not very conservative” and “essentially dismissing the South was a slight at African American voters.”

A poll in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary had 67% of Black voters supporting the White candidate, Rep. Haley Stevens. Only 21% backed the DSA’s Abdul El-Sayed. A prominent El-Sayed supporter, William Lawrence, is on record denouncing Black political leaders as a “pillar” of the “capitalist, imperialist” American establishment.

Their support of the Democratic leadership, Lawrence said, “defangs the White left.”

He really said that.

Sanders has a spotty history on race.

He had joined the White flight out of New York City in the 1960s, when a new generation of Black activists didn’t care to take orders from White liberals. Sanders repaired to Burlington, Vermont, then less than 1% Black.

There he built a White-dominated socialist movement, using people of color as window dressing from the very start.

In his 2020 presidential campaign, Sanders’ chief Black intellectual, Cornel West, called Barack Obama a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface.”

(Also, a “war criminal.”)

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has followed the playbook. He has an odd character named Gustavo Gordillo defending his city-run grocery stores.

Co-chair of DSA’s New York chapter, Gordillo is an immigrant from Peru who studied “radical Latin American cinema” in college. He tried to move up in the art world, but after apparently not succeeding, decided to try his hand as a DSA celebrity.

Gordillo is now on TV “explaining” Mamdani’s plan for government groceries, one costing taxpayers an amazing $30 million. Asked whether it’s OK for publicly owned stores to put nearby bodegas out of business, Gordillo chirped that if bringing down prices in the neighborhood “is enough to put someone out of business, then maybe they shouldn’t have been in that business in the first place.”

The bodega owners are largely Dominican, Yemeni or from other recent immigrant groups. Their little stores are entrepreneurial ventures that put families on the path of economic advancement. The owners work their tails off long into the night, often confronting criminals bent on everything from shameless shoplifting to armed robbery.

And now that little squirt Gordillo is on TV arguing that bodega owners who can’t compete with stores built with taxpayer dollars — and that don’t have to pay rent or property taxes — are somehow deficient businesspeople.

None of the above is made up, I swear.

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What if GOP loses House and Senate?

The odds are Republicans will lose control of the House in the coming midterms — for five reasons: 1.

Their current majority is so narrow that losing a literal handful of seats would cost them control; 2. they will be hurt

by President Donald Trump’s low job approval rating, especially on his handling of the economy; 3. the soByron called “generic ballot” York poll shows voters would prefer a Democrat to represent them in the House; 4. the Iran/Mideast war will be a continuing source of uncertainty and tension for the GOP; and 5. precedent strongly suggests the party that controls the White House will lose a substantial number of House seats.

So what if Democrats win? Although there is some internal party debate on this question, there’s a real possibility a new Democratic majority in the House would impeach Trump for a third time.

And there’s no doubt in the world that Democrats would kill the president’s legislative agenda. As bad as that is, it’s a situation Trump could live with because 1. a third impeachment would have a been-there-donethat quality, and Trump would prevail again; and 2. beyond the SAVE America Act, which will not pass this year, Trump doesn’t really have a legislative agenda to kill.

Losing the Senate, on the other hand, would be damaging for Trump because he needs to have his nominees — for the courts and for his administration — confirmed.

A united Democratic majority in the Senate could stop all that cold, and probably would, given the state of today’s politics.

So how much chance does Trump have of losing the Senate? The answer appears to be more of a chance than he had a few months ago.

Republicans hold 53 seats in the Senate, which means Democrats would have to win four currently Republican-held seats to win control. This time last year, that seemed a remote possibility. But now there are six Republican seats that Democrats have a non-zero chance of winning. And there are just two Democratic seats in significant jeopardy.

On the Republican side: North Carolina, the seat currently held by

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Parties are focused on the midterms, which will decide the balance of power at the U.S. Capitol. retiring Sen. Thom Tillis seems gone.

That’s one pickup for the Democrats.

Seats in Iowa, currently held by retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, and Ohio, held by appointed Republican Sen. Jon Husted, could go either way.

Maine and Alaska, where Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Dan Sullivan face serious challenges, could also end badly for the GOP. And the Texas seat currently held by Republican John Cornyn, where some Republicans scoff at the weakness of Democratic challenger James Talarico, is in clear danger. Yes, Talarico is a terrible candidate, but so is Ken Paxton, the Trump-backed candidate who beat Cornyn in a GOP primary.

On the Democratic side: Michigan, the seat held by retiring Sen. Gary Peters is a real pickup opportunity for Republicans. New Hampshire, the seat held by retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is in play but seems, for the moment, leaning toward staying Democratic. And that’s about it.

The possibility that Republicans could win Michigan, where Democrats are nominated Abdul El-Sayed, a DSAstyle progressive who could struggle in a general election, is pretty much

the entire bright side for Republicans when it comes to pickups.

If the GOP does win Michigan, Democrats would then have to win five currently Republican seats to win control of the Senate. That would be hard, but doable. Go down the list: North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, Iowa, Texas and Alaska. It is not at all outside the realm of possibility that Democrats could win all but one of them.

It is important to say that this is how the situation looks right now, in early August, for voting that will take place in early November. Of course things will change in the next three months.

Candidates currently in tight races could pull ahead or fall back. Mistakes could be made. The political landscape could shift. All sorts of things could happen.

But there is no reason for Republicans to feel confident that, after losing the House, they will still have the Senate. They could lose both. And then, President Trump and his party will be in for a couple of trying years.

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Trump’s botched presidency The Reflecting Pool opened on the National Mall in 1922, linking the monuments that honor Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. The pool serves as “an optical instrument,” writes one commentator, a mirror designed to edify those edifices and the virtues they embody.

Today the pool is still a mirror, reflecting the nature of a third president: Donald Trump. Instead of illustrating his grandeur, howSteve ever, it reveals his grandiosity; Roberts his shoddy, slapdash approach to the office; his refusal to recognize reality and accept the consequences of his own actions. This spring, Trump ordered a quick and quixotic renovation of the pool in time for his self-centered July 4 celebrations. The “American flag blue” lining he chose soon started to crack and peel, and in an embarrassed rage, he denounced the “great damage due to the Vandals and Radical Left SCUM that hate our Country.”

His hand-picked U.S. Attorney, Jeanine Pirro, dutifully indicted four supposed “vandals,” one on felony charges. But Trump was lying. And when Pirro looked more carefully, she realized the president’s pet contractor was the culprit.

So, she dropped the charges and admitted “the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism, as initially represented” by the White House.

Trump was furious, ranting that Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella,” but her words echo with a much wider meaning. The president has “botched” a vast range of policies, from rising prices to raging war. And it is Trump who is choking — on immutable and indigestible truth.

The president has long and successfully embraced the doctrine of “alternative facts.”

Believe me, he says, not your own eyes, and his devoted followers have slavishly done so. Most Republicans in Congress, who often know better, have caved as well, petrified of his punishing wrath. Pirro, however, was not bloviating on social media or Fox News, where she used to work.

She had to make her case before a federal judge, who demanded accuracy, not accusation — and that’s what caused her head-on collision with Trump.

“In the end,” writes analyst Aaron Blake on CNN, “this appears to be exactly what it looked like in real time: a bunch of people straining to avoid the evidence right in front of their eyes in order to turn the president’s politically expedient fantasy into a reality.”

“Straining to avoid the evidence” is a hallmark of Trump’s presidency, and his incessant assault on actuality is, finally, catching up with him. Three recent national polls all agree that only about one-third of Americans now view him favorably, and The New York Times wrote that Trump has reached “the nadir of his presidency.”

Since modern polling began in the 1940s, only one other president has registered a lower rating midway through his second term. That was Richard Nixon, just before he resigned over the Watergate scandal in 1974.

What connects all of Trump’s troubles is his willful ignorance of evidence. He has regularly derided the concept of affordability as a “hoax” — the economic equivalent of blaming vandalism for the peeling pool — but consumers manage figures, not fantasies, and they know better.

Rising gas prices have fueled inflation for many goods. In a recent Washington Post-Ipsos poll, 66% of Americans describe the cost of groceries as “unaffordable,” a sharp increase from 45% earlier in the year. An AP survey reports that 32% approve of his handling of the economy, down from 40% at the start of his second term. Then there is the war against Iran. Trump has repeatedly miscalculated Tehran’s resistance and resilience and has misled the American public. In early March, he described his war planning to the Times: “Well, we intended four to five weeks. It won’t be difficult.”

Five months later, the conflict drags on.

Trump’s erratic, ever-changing strategies and goals have deeply confused the public. As a result, reports the AP poll, about two-thirds of Americans now believe the war with Iran is not worth fighting, and that includes 37% of Republicans.

These are only the most recent, and relevant, examples of Trump trashing the truth. He says his tax cuts will pay for themselves, but they’ve added $100 billion to the deficit. He says immigrants drain the economy when they are invaluable engines of vitality. He says the election of 2020 was stolen from him, when every independent analysis brands that claim a lie.

For over 100 years, the Reflecting Pool has illuminated the character of American presidents: Washington’s strength. Lincoln’s wisdom. And today, Trump’s festering failure.

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Kiffin talks of his bad ‘breakups,’ subject of future book

RISING ‘STAR’

BY JON BLAU Staff writer

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

Saints cornerback Jayden Price knocks away a pass intended for wide receiver Bryce Lance during Saturday’s practice at the Saints’ practice facility in Metairie. Price’s play in the secondary has caught the attention of Saints players and coaches.

As Lane Kiffin sat for an interview with SEC Network’s Marty Smith and Ryan McGee, the LSU coach confronted a truth that’s both personal and professional.

Personally, he’s had three “serious” relationships, one marriage and two long-term girlfriends, and all three ended in turbulent fashion.

Professionally, Kiffin just burned his bridge with a second SEC institution, Ole Miss, by jumping to LSU before the Rebels’ postseason run.

“I don’t handle breakups well, I guess,” Kiffin said. “This is a me thing.

I’m the problem.”

This was a lighthearted but poignant admission from LSU’s new coach, who spent much of this offseason trying to explain why he left Ole Miss for its rival.

In what could be this summer’s last recounting, Kiffin chatted with Smith, the reporter who caught him at the airport for an interview before his departure to Baton Rouge, and McGee, who spearheaded ESPN’s “The Many Lives of Lane Kiffin.”

McGee, whose documentary painted Kiffin as a coach who found a new identity in Oxford, Mississippi, bluntly forwarded a question he’s received from fans: “Was that all B.S.?”

“I can totally see why they would ask that,” said Kiffin, who repeated many of the same talking points, just

DB Price making strong case to make Saints’ 53-man roster

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

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he play by play from this year’s New Orleans Saints training camp is littered with No. 38’s fingerprints.

That No. 38 uniform belongs to backup “Star” defender Jayden Price, a name that is probably one to get familiar with ahead of the team’s first preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday.

The 26-year-old Price Price has never played a snap in a meaningful NFL game, but this isn’t Price’s first experience with the Saints. He signed with the Saints in June

“He’s competing against some of the top guys in our receiver room and he’s playing toe-to-toe with those guys. He’s playing some really good football.”

KELLEN MOORE, Saints coach ä Jaguars at Saints. 3 P.M. SATURDAy,WVUE 2025 after leading the United Football League in pass breakups in the 2025 season. Though Price did not make the roster, he spent the season on the Saints’ practice squad.

“Just continued to get better each and every day,” Price said about his experience learning the “Star” position in

2025. “Had a good spring, (I’m) just trying to build on that here at this training camp.”

He may be something of an unknown to Saints fans, but he’s made quite an impression on his coaches and teammates — and he is laying a solid foundation to claim a 53-man roster spot at the end of training camp.

“Another example of going to the practice squad and taking advantage of the season,” coach Kellen Moore said.

“You go through the whole offseason and just get better and better. You can certainly see some confidence in him just seeing him out here playing.

“He’s competing against some of the top guys in our receiver room and he’s

Star DE Givens eligible to return for fifth season

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LSU coach Lane Kiffin: ‘I don’t handle breakups well, I guess. This is a me thing. I’m the problem.’

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Tigers complete more challenging schedule

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Ckelby Givens might not have played his final game in a Southern uniform at the 52nd Bayou Classic.

The Jaguars coaching staff is considering bringing the 6-foot-2, 245-pound star defensive end back on the field for a fifth year, defensive coordinator Todd Lyght said at Tuesday’s practice.

Givens is eligible to play another season after a U.S. District Court judge in Colorado high school players from the Southern ruled 2022 graduating class who exhaustfootball ed their fourth season of eligibility would be eligible for a fifth college season in 2026-27.

He also remains eligible to return after going undrafted in the NFL draft and not signing a pro contract following his invitation to Buffalo Bills rookie minicamp.

“Yeah, we don’t know what Ckelby’s situation is going to be yet,” Lyght said. “You know, we’d love to have him back, but we haven’t made that decision on whether he’s going to come back. He’s kind of like our Aaron Donald for the Rams type of situation. We’d love to have him back, but that’s not a positive yet.”

In 2024, Givens was named HBCU Defensive Player of the Year, SWAC co-Defensive Player of the

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ä See KIFFIN, page 2C

STAFF FILE PHOTO By JAVIER GALLEGOS

Southern defensive end Ckelby Givens speaks during a news conference on Oct. 21 at Southern. An FCS All-American, Givens is eligible to play another season after district court ruled high school players from the 2022 graduating class who exhausted their fourth season of eligibility would be eligible for a fifth college season in 2026-27.

Year, a second-team FCS All-American and a Buck Buchanan Award finalist after leading the FCS with 271/ 2 tackles for loss and finishing third with 12 sacks.

Despite Southern’s struggles in 2025, he again led the SWAC with 181/ 2 tackles for loss and 91/ 2 sacks.

Givens has been with the program throughout preseason camp, helping in a graduate assistant role. The Shreveport native is primarily working with the defensive line led by position coach Kyle Kramer.

A decision on Givens’ return to the field or his

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The LSU women’s basketball team’s complete 2026-27 schedule is here — and the nonconference portion of the slate looks tougher than it usually does.

The Tigers had already announced that they would face UConn, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Villanova this coming season. But on Tuesday, as part of their full schedule release, they also revealed that they’d play a neutral-site contest against Houston — a former American Conference program that’s now competing in the Big 12.

The matchup against the Cougars, who have gone only 2-34 in league play across the past two seasons, will tip off on Dec. 13 in the Toyota Center.

LSU won’t hit the meat of its nonconference schedule until the week of Thanksgiving, when it’s set to face Villanova (Nov. 27) and North Carolina State (Nov. 28) in

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LSU coach Kim Mulkey completed her 2026-27 schedule with a slate that includes UConn, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Villanova. the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Before those two games, the Tigers will play seven tune-ups in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center — against Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 2), Texas Southern (Nov. 5), McNeese State (Nov. 10), Denver (Nov. 13), Troy (Nov. 16), Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 19) and

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LIV players trickle back into PGA Any notion that players lured away by the Saudi Arabia riches of LIV Golf would never return to the PGA Tour doesn’t hold much water these days. Five months from now, there could be as many as five ex-LIV players teeing it up at the season opener in California.

Brooks Koepka was the first to return, and that didn’t go the way he had hoped. He played 16 times and looked like a five-time major champion until his caddie handed him Doug the putter. Koepka Ferguson failed to reach the postseason at No. 94 in the FedEx Cup, a performance he described as “pathetic.”

Patrick Reed, who decided not to renew with LIV a week before it began the 2026 season, is leading the Race to Dubai on the European tour and is a lock to be among the leading 10 players not already exempt to get PGA Tour cards for 2027.

“I always saw myself wanting to start and finish my career on the PGA Tour,” Reed said. He will be playing the Nexo Championship next week in Scotland for a $3 million purse. Even one of the lesser “Challenger Series” events in the new tour schedule will feel like an upgrade.

Others currently among the leading 10 are Eugenio Chacarra, Bernd Wiesberger and Shaun Norris. All of them were part of LIV Golf when the rival league launched in 2022, and all have been away from LIV long enough to return without penalty (and without equity).

The PGA Tour has a full plate as it tries to shore up a revamped schedule for 2028 and to create a postseason format that finally puts some meaning into the word “playoffs.”

Brian Rolapp, one year into his role as CEO of the PGA Tour, has never spent much time talking about LIV Golf because there’s no need, especially now. Rolapp saying in a Bloomberg News interview that there was “no merger, no conversations with LIV Golf,” somehow made news. The framework agreement got rid of the lawsuits. That was key.

But creating a path back will need to be added to the plate at some point.

The renegade league is in survival mode without Saudi funding, and while it is leaning into the concept of “LIV 2.0” with the

KIFFIN

Continued from page 1C in a slightly different fashion, during a 30-minute interview.

He reiterated he doesn’t believe his exit for LSU means he didn’t appreciate Ole Miss.

Kiffin said he needed Ole Miss, and a six-year run that significantly rehabbed his coaching reputation, more than Ole Miss needed him.

He again said that his two coaching mentors, Nick Saban and Pete Carroll, told him to take the LSU job. He understands the expectations in Baton Rouge are sky high, and the Ole Miss fan base seems to have more of a tolerance for periodic down years.

But the latter didn’t appeal to him.

“Here (at Ole Miss) you can go 7-5, have 7-5 seasons, you’re good. They won’t even complain in offseason,” Kiffin said. “For a lot of people, that’s fine. That’s a big plus on their list … That didn’t do anything for me because, if I’m 7-5, I’m miserable.

“I don’t care where I am, I don’t care if the fans are mad or not. I’m miserable myself.”

LSU matches Kiffin’s energy in that way.

“The expectation level, as we all know at LSU, is as high as anywhere in any sport of any program. It’s uncomfortable for a lot of people. I like

Angels fire pitching coach Maddux, two assistants

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Pitching coach Mike Maddux, bullpen coach Dom Chiti and assistant pitching coach Darryl Scott have been fired by the Los Angeles Angels.

Interim front-office leader John Mozeliak announced several changes Tuesday to first-year manager Kurt Suzuki’s coaching staff.

The Angels have the majors’ worst record at 45-74 as they head toward their 11th consecutive losing season, and they fired general manager Perry Minasian in late June.

Tim Leveque was appointed Los Angeles’ interim pitching coach, and Michael Wuertz will be the club’s interim bullpen coach.

Leveque is in his first season as the pitching coach at the Angels’ Double-A Rocket City affiliate after working in the Cardinals organization.

Vikings pick Murray as starting QB over McCarthy

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Jon Rahm of Spain plays off the second tee during the final day of the British Open on July 19 at Royal Birkdale golf club in Southport, England. promise of a lead investor, the numbers don’t make sense. The Public Investment Fund spent more than $5 billion in five years, much of that to attract stars who went over to LIV because of the money.

“So many of them came because this was a good opportunity for them to make some money, and this second bite at the apple is equity instead of cash,” LIV CEO Scott O’Neil said last week when sharing the news of an agreement with an investor.

He was full of more optimism than details, chief among them the size of the investment.

And then the show went on. Joaquin Niemann won for the ninth time. Jon Rahm clinched the individual title for the third straight time and picked up a $6 million bonus, down from $18 million the last two years he won it.

Scottie Scheffler won $10 million for winning the PGA Tour’s regular season. The PGA Tour’s new “Championship Series” in 2028 offers $20 million purses.

LIV Golf’s restructuring will likely have prize funds half that size.

The math is not that complicated.

LIV ends its season next week in Indianapolis. And then what?

that,” Kiffin said.

“There’s never a minute, a second in the day that I’m at LSU, that I don’t feel the power of LSU,” he added, “that I don’t feel the magnitude of LSU.” The decision to leave Ole Miss for LSU was one thing.

How he left was another.

As naive as it may sound, Kiffin thought he could coach the postseason at Ole Miss because, when he was an assistant at Alabama in 2015, thendefensive coordinator Kirby Smart remained on staff after taking the Georgia head job and helped the Crimson Tide win a national title. Georgia and Alabama were also SEC rivals.

Smart, however, wasn’t leaving one head job for another.

“My thought was that gave the players the best chance to win because all the coaches are there. There’s no change from top down, from strength coaches to position coaches to head coach,” Kiffin said. “Everything’s the same on a team that’s 11-1 and one of the hottest teams in the country.”

Kiffin said he was “fighting” his “(butt) off” to stay and coach Ole Miss in the postseason.

In hindsight, he should have accepted Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter’s stance that the newly hired LSU coach can’t lead the Rebels in the postseason.

“All that stuff just muddied

Players will have months to contemplate their futures in golf while dropping in on the odd European tour or Asian Tour event.

The day before O’Neil gave his update on a lead investor, Cameron Smith said about a return to the PGA Tour, “I mean, if it was the only option, I think that’s where everyone would want to be for sure, 100%.” Lucas Herbert said his management has been in touch with the tour.

The key figures are Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, who are more valuable to LIV Golf than they would be to the PGA Tour.

Of course, that’s not the way DeChambeau sees it.

“Personally, I’d love to be able to play events on the PGA Tour, too,” DeChambeau said last week in an interview with the New York Post. “I think that’s best for golf. I’d love that. It’s not an either-or mentality. It’s ‘can we do both?’ I think that’s where everybody wants to be.

“There isn’t a golf fan on the planet who doesn’t want to see me play a big tour event, and I get that,” he said. “I’d love to go play events that make sense, love to play team golf and love to play wherever they’ll let me.”

Is that what the PGA Tour and its members want?

Rolapp in January offered a path back to DeChambeau, Smith and Rahm — major champions since LIV launched in 2022 — and gave them three weeks to decide. None took the offer, no surprise. At the time, there was no indication Saudi Arabia was going to turn off the cash spigot for a league that is (was) all about cash.

Those are three prominent names. There are others like Tyrrell Hatton (four Ryder Cup teams) and Niemann (nine LIV victories). There is unproven youth. There also are 17 players who are 40 or older who might not want to saddle up for a rugged path back to where they once were.

So much depends on how LIV 2.0 comes together and how long it can last.

Rolapp has been consistent in saying he wants what is best for the tour while respecting that his players might harbor more bad feelings from having lived through the big split. He also might come to realize the PGA Tour has done just fine without them.

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it up more,” Kiffin said. “Then at that point, (Ole Miss) didn’t let me have the team meeting (before leaving), which is understandable.”

There is no going back. Kiffin can’t erase the tumult that led to boos at the Oxford airport, or find peace ahead of a Week 3 return to Ole Miss as LSU’s head coach.

Kiffin told McGee he was just beginning to be more loved than hated toward the end of his Ole Miss tenure, but the balance has probably shifted toward hate. He compared it to wrestler Hulk Hogan, who alternated between hero and heel multiple times in his career.

Hogan, who died about a year after Kiffin’s father Monte, offered the coach a lesson on the finality of life. He had to make decisions that would make him happy in the end.

As his SEC Network interview wrapped, Kiffin was asked to provide a book title for this stage in his coaching career.

He billed his transition to LSU as “The Moment.”

“Because this moment, this decision, is going to be a huge part of the story and how all the rest of it is remembered,” Kiffin said. “Because really what will solve a lot of it, or what will write a lot of it — winning.”

Belmont (Nov. 23).

After LSU faces the Wolfpack, it will play four of its last six nonconference games away from home.

That stretch begins with the Tigers’ ACC/SEC Challenge matchup against the Tar Heels, which is set to tip off on Dec. 2 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

LSU will then face Northwestern State in Natchitoches on Dec. 6; Houston on Dec. 13; Stonehill at home on Dec. 15; UConn in Nashville, Tennessee, on Dec. 20; and Alcorn State at home on Dec. 27.

LSU begins SEC play with a Dec. 31 road game against Auburn — the only league rival that appears twice on the Tigers’ schedule this season. LSU will play Texas at home on Feb. 11 and South Carolina on the road on Feb. 21 in what looks like the toughest stretch of the slate: Six of the eight teams on the docket in February finished in the top half of the league last season.

Before the Tigers open Year 6 of the coach Kim Mulkey era on Nov. 2 against Southeastern, they’ll play their two customary exhibition games in the PMAC, this year against UNT Dallas (Oct. 22) and Loyola-New Orleans (Oct. 29).

LSU is hoping to make its first trip back to the Final Four since it won the 2023 national title. The Tigers have advanced to at least the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament in four straight seasons. Last year, they reached the Sweet 16 and lost to Duke on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

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EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have chosen Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback over J.J. McCarthy, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Tuesday because the team had not yet made the announcement.

Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell pledged to supervise a true competition for the job between the newcomer Murray and the incumbent McCarthy. While Murray had the majority of the turns with the first team, McCarthy had plenty of opportunities in open-to-the-public practices as well.

McCarthy was the 10th overall pick in the 2024 draft.

Free agent cornerback Arnold set to visit Giants

Free agent cornerback Terrion Arnold is set to visit the New York Giants on Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Arnold, 23, is facing eight felony charges stemming from allegations he orchestrated the abduction and beating of three men. He became a free agent in late June after the Detroit Lions released him in the aftermath of being charged.

Arnold visited New Orleans and reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle already this week and reportedly also met with Houston.

The Schultz Report was the first to report Arnold meeting with the Giants, who are dealing with injuries in their secondary.

Arnold has played in 25 NFL games.

Jets CB taken to hospital after losing consciousness

FLORHAM PARK,N.J. — New York Jets cornerback Qwan’tez Stiggers was taken to a hospital by ambulance after he briefly lost consciousness during a joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday.

Jets coach Aaron Glenn said the 24-year-old Stiggers was conscious and talking on the field before being put on a stretcher and taken for further examination. There was no immediate word on Stiggers’ condition, but Glenn indicated the cornerback was doing OK. “He was able to talk and I want to make sure I go and see him after this, just to make sure I’m good with everything,” Glenn said.

Stiggers is entering his third season with the Jets after being a fifth-round draft pick in 2024.

High school football player practices with snake in helmet

MAUMELLE,Ark. — A high school football player in Arkansas had every right to be rattled after finding a venomous snake inside his helmet during practice.

The Maumelle High student felt unusual movement inside his headgear following warmups last week and brought his helmet to an assistant coach for inspection. A slithering, 2-foot cottonmouth was discovered behind some padding.

The pit viper was so reluctant to exit the helmet that police officers had to pour water into it to force the snake out and into a bag. Animal services technicians arrived a few minutes later, identified the snake as a deadly cottonmouth and took it to a wooded area far from the school.

Cottonmouths are the secondmost venomous snakes found in Arkansas.

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Red zone issues are slowing Saints down CB Emerson has strong performance

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Even when the New Orleans Saints switched quarterbacks last season, the black and gold’s red zone offense remained a problem.

In Tyler Shough’s nine starts, the Saints scored a touchdown on 45.8% of trips Observations their inside the 20. That was an improvement over the 42.9% under Spencer Rattler, but the difference only resulted in the Saints going from 30th in red zone efficiency to 28th. Combine all 17 games, and the Saints ranked dead last in red zone drives that resulted in a touchdown.

Through 10 training camp practices, the Saints are having familiar issues when the field becomes condensed.

Shough threw two interceptions and led the offense to a 22-yard field goal in three sets of reps during a situational drill near the end of Monday’s practice. In this set-up scenario — called “red zone lockout” — the offense was awarded seven points for a touchdown and three for a field goal, while the defense got seven points for forcing a turnover or a missed field goal and four points for forcing the offense to settle for a made field goal.

The other quarterbacks didn’t fare much better. Zach Wilson was the only quarterback to lead his unit to a touchdown, and the Saints defense earned a 22-13 win to cap the practice.

But the drill highlighted an area in which the offense hasn’t established much of a rhythm.

“Situational football is just huge,” coach Kellen Moore said.

“We’ve got to play better in the red zone. We’ve got to run the football better down there, play clean football, get ourselves manageable sit-

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

Saints quarterback Tyler Shough runs a play during training camp on Tuesday in Metairie. uations. If you stay on course, you can have positive things. When you derail yourself with negative runs and penalties and those types of things, you’re going to put yourself behind it.”

“Third-and-10 from the 14 is not good odds,” he said. “When you put yourself in that situation, it becomes challenging.”

Attendance The Saints were again without running back Kendre Miller (back), wide receiver Mason Tipton (leg), running back Devin Neal (hamstring), linebacker Chris Rumph (ankle), guard Dillon Radunz (ACL), defensive end Cam Jordan (hamstring) and defensive tackle John Ridgeway (back).

In good news for the Saints, rookies Jeremiah Wright (shoulder) and Christen Miller (toe) returned to practice and participated in team drills.

Pete Werner was also a participant in individual drills after leaving Monday’s session with a groin injury.

During Tuesday’s practice, cornerback Rezjohn Wright suffered a left hip injury, and defensive tack-

le Davon Godchaux rolled his ankle.

of injury.

Emerson’s progress

Play of the day

As the Saints plan to visit with free agent cornerback Terrion Arnold, Martin Emerson made his case that the secondary depth is just fine.

Emerson had his best performance of camp, picking off Rattler and recording two pass breakups.

The showing was the latest step for Emerson as he comes back from the torn Achilles he suffered last season with the Cleveland Browns.

Emerson joined the Saints on a one-year deal in April.

“He continues to push the envelope and get better,” cornerback Jayden Price said.

Emerson’s emergence may not influence the Saints’ thinking on Arnold — the former Lions firstrounder who was released last month after being charged with eight felonies related to a kidnapping and robbery case. But at the very least, his progress could give the team comfort if another cornerback needed to replace Kool-Aid McKinstry or Quincy Riley in the event

Carl Granderson missed out on a near interception when he couldn’t grab a pass intended for Alvin Kamara. So when the Saints defensive end finally got his hands on the ball just two plays later, picking off Shough in the red zone, Granderson punted his interception deep down the field in celebration.

Granderson took advantage of what appeared to be a Shough mistake or a miscommunication between the quarterback and his receiver.

Brees to be inducted into Saints’ Ring of Honor Jordan’s injury could extend to regular season

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Days after he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Drew Brees earned yet another accomplishment.

The Saints announced that the Hall of Fame quarterback will be inducted into their Ring of Honor during halftime of the team’s Oct. 11 contest against the Minnesota Vikings. Brees is the ninth person from the Saints to earn the honor.

The former signal caller, who played 15 seasons for the Saints and delivered their only Super Bowl title, joins a group that inNotebook cludes quarterback Archie Manning (2013), linebacker Rickey Jackson (2013), tackle William Roaf (2013), kicker Morten Andersen (2016), late owner Tom Benson (2018), defensive end Will Smith (2019), linebacker Sam Mills (2021) and guard Jahri Evans (2024).

Brees will also receive his Hall of Fame ring of excellence during the on-field ceremony.

“We are thrilled to welcome Drew into this distinguished group in October,” owner Gayle Benson said in a statement. “His extraordinary accomplishments on the field, his leadership, and his lasting contributions to the New Orleans community make this honor so well deserved.

“We look forward to celebrating Drew with our fans and honoring the extraordinary legacy he built with the Saints and throughout the New Orleans community.”

General manager Mickey Loomis added it would be a “privilege” to induct Brees this fall.

“Drew’s production and character both on and off the field sets him apart as the greatest Saint ever,” Loomis said. “This is a great opportunity for our organization and our fan base to show appreciation for his Hall of Fame

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Drew Brees is introduced during the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday in Canton, Ohio. career.”

Jordan’s injury Defensive end Cam Jordan’s hamstring injury will cause him to “miss a little bit of time” and could even linger into the start of the regular season, coach Kellen Moore said Tuesday.

Jordan missed his third straight practice after suffering the injury on Thursday. Moore previously said that the 37-yearold would need further consultation after receiving an initial diagnosis.

“We’ll see,” Moore said. “It could possibly get into the season, but you never know. So these things, you’ve just got to have some patience with it, let it take its course and we’ll collect more and more information as we go.”

Jordan has missed only one game in his career because of injury, last doing so in 2022 when an orbital fracture kept him out of the lineup against the Los Angeles Rams. He also missed a game in 2021 after testing positive for COVID-19. In 2023, he played through an ankle injury that required offseason surgery.

Jordan’s hamstring injury is unfortunate, given it took several months for him and the Saints to agree on a new contract. Af-

ter a resurgent 10½-sack season in 2025, Jordan eventually resigned on a one-year, $7.5 million deal in June.

New No. 7 Hunter Dekkers didn’t ask Taysom Hill for permission to wear No. 7.

The Saints quarterback didn’t even know he was getting his teammate’s old number.

“That was not something I planned at all,” Dekkers said with a smile.

Dekkers, the Saints’ fourthstring quarterback, was assigned the jersey after wearing No. 18 throughout last season. Dekkers spent most of last year going on and off the practice squad, but the Saints kept bringing him back to help aid his development.

Dekkers said he sees a significance in wearing Hill’s number.

“Taysom means so much to this team, so obviously, it’s something that is super important,”he said.

“It’s a really cool feeling, but it’s something to live up to, for sure.”

Hill has not announced his retirement, but announced at the beginning of training camp that he would not be returning to New Orleans for a 10th season.

Email Matthew Paras at matt.paras@theadvocate.com

Odds and ends

no doubt dampened the day. His second interception to Riley was the kind of forced throw on fourth down in an attempt to win the game, and while the situation may have called for it, Riley tracked the ball rather easily to make the play. n Rattler also had a rough outing. Before he was picked off by Emerson, he had a pass that was broken up by the cornerback, took a sack, threw an incompletion (that appeared to be pass interference) and saw a pass tipped at the line of scrimmage that Audric Estime caught. n Speaking of Estime, the former Broncos running back continues to impress the coaching staff.

Running backs coach Joel Thomas said he had Estime run with the first string to see what he could do after being encouraged over his output against the team’s backups. n Though Jordan will miss time with a hamstring injury, the Saints should feel good about their edge rusher depth. Tyree Wilson stacked another strong practice and he appears to be hitting stride. Veteran Anfernee Jennings also recorded a sack. n New Orleans’ issues in the red zone aren’t just on the quarterback. On Tuesday, there were a number of pre-snap penalties that put the offense in unfavorable situations. The defense, though, wasn’t exempt from these issues.

An offside gave the third unit a new set of downs that resulted in a touchdown, and there were several other penalties that gave the offense new life. n The Saints’ kicking battle took an turn as both Charlie Smyth and Tanner Brown got to kick in practice. Smyth went 6 of 7 — with his lone miss coming from 54 yards.

Brown made all of his attempts.

Moore said he expects the in-practice rotation to continue at least for the next two weeks.

n Before Shough’s miscues in the “red zone drag out,” he looked sharp in the first half of practice.

The errors near the end change the evaluation, but he excelled on several third-and-long downs. And on fourth and 1 from the opposing 16-yard line, Shough delivered a strike to tight end Juwan Johnson for a touchdown. But the turnovers Email Matthew Paras at — and the lack of consistency — matt.paras@theadvocate.com

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a vertical route with Price in coverage during one-on-ones. The 6-3 Lance has a decided height Continued from page 1C advantage, and his 4.34-speed makes him a difficult matchup for playing toe-to-toe with those guys. anyone.

He’s playing some really good Lance initially got a step on football.”

Price, but Price closed the gap Though Price carries a slight late to make a play on the ball. frame for the position — he’s “He was really good in collisted as 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds lege, but I think his patience and — Price has made up for his size his playmaking ability (has imwith athleticism and play recogproved),” Lance said. “He was a nition through 10 training camp playmaker in college as well, but practices. seeing the knowledge of his game grow, how he moves his feet and His ability to read keys and how he makes plays on the ball diagnose what is about to happen has been really cool to see.” has been made evident through While most of Price’s playing his playmaking, such as a play in time has come in the slot, Moore practice Sunday when he came said he will get some looks as an on a slot blitz and timed his jump outside cornerback. perfectly to bat down a quick Price has also been rotating Spencer Rattler pass at the line of in with the punt and kick return scrimmage.

“J.P. is playing really well right groups, an area where he excelled at North Dakota State and in the now,” veteran safety Terrell BurUFL. gess said. “As far as one-on-ones Price said his goal has been to and team periods, he’s doing just about everything he can. He prob- come out in this training camp and “play fast and confident.” Ten ably has the most (interceptions practices in, it seems he’s doing and passes broken up) out of (all the defensive backs). I’m excited just that — and making a larger case for himself in the process. to see how he plays in the pre“If you go out there timid, season.”

Rookie receiver Bryce Lance was you’re not going to be able to play free,” Burgess said. familiar with what Price could do; “He’s got a lot of confidence in the two were teammates for three seasons at North Dakota State. But himself and he’s going out there and doing exactly what we think the player he’s encountered in this he can do.” training camp is one that is more technically proficient than the Price he remembered in college.

Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@ theadvocate.com.

Last week, Lance was running

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Saints cornerback Jayden Price, left, and safety Lorenzo Styles chat during training camp on Saturday in Metairie.

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Talented area RBs primed for a big season

BY JACKSON REYES

one of the top running backs in the area to help. Senior Myka Nipple ran for 1,156 yards and 15 touchdowns on 166 carries last year. The 5-10, 190-pound running back also caught four receiving touchdowns.

Staff writer

One of the position groups loaded with the most talent this high school football season in the Baton Rouge area is running back.

Some of the top recruits this year play the position and could be big difference-makers in helping their schools make deep postseason runs. Baton Rouge has produced several stars, such as Warrick Dunn and Clyde Edwards-Helaire, in the past.

The following is a list of running backs in the area who could have a big year and be the next great running back to come out of Baton Rouge.

Spencer Collins

FILE PHOTO By ROBIN MAy

Running back Caiden Bellard runs against Catholic-New Iberia on Nov. 28 in Lafayette.

Jayden Miles

STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON metro running back in junior Marquise Franklin. He was one of the Catholic running back Jayden Miles breaks free for a long touchdown run top rushing leaders in the state last against Alexandria in the fourth quarter of the LHSAA Division I select year after going off for 1,950 yards quarterfinals on Nov. 28 at Memorial Stadium. rushing and 26 touchdowns on 252 carries. The 5-10, 190-pound running back formed an impressive ning back will look to build on his Tylek Lewis pairing last year with then-senior breakout sophomore campaign.

Sage Ingram. As the senior runZachary, Sr. Zachary running back Tylek Lew- ning back now, Odell should see J’on Profit is was a major factor in the Bron- another bump in production this Madison Prep, Sr. As Madison Prep prepares to cos’ run to the Division I nonselect year. move up from Class 3A to Class semifinal. The 6-foot, 210-pound 4A, senior running back J’on Profit running back ran for 1,129 yards Jourden Hickerson will be relied upon to make an imand 21 touchdowns in 13 games last St. Amant, Sr. Caiden Bellard year. The three-star recruit comSt. Amant will look to replace mediate impact against new committed to Syracuse over the offsea- several starters on offense, but petition. The 5-10, 179-pound runUniversity High, Jr. University High added several son. Lewis will play a big role for one key player returning is run- ning back ran for 1,208 yards and new faces to its squad this offsea- the Broncos again this year. ning back Jourden Hickerson. The 11 touchdowns on 132 carries last senior ran for 1,113 yards and 19 year. The Chargers will be a conson. One of those additions was touchdowns on 199 carries. The tender to win a Division II select three-star running back Caiden Corbin Odell 5-11, 192-pound senior should help state title.

Bellard from Lafayette Christian. University High, Sr. The 5-9, 195-pound junior holds University High’s Corbin Odell make a change at starting quarterMyka Nipple more than 20 college offers, in- has continued to grow into one back smoother. cluding Alabama, Florida, LSU, of the top running backs in the Catholic-PC, Sr. Miami and Michigan. Bellard ran area. Odell ran for 828 yards and Marquise Franklin Catholic-PC enters the year for 1,523 yards and 21 TDs on 238 11 touchdowns on just 108 carries Parkview Baptist, Jr. with a new head coach in Matin 2025. The 5-11, 190-pound runattempts last year.

Parkview Baptist returns an all- thew Moreau, and he will have

Catholic, Sr. Catholic senior Jayden Miles enters the season as one of the top players in the Baton Rouge area.

The four-star running back recruit committed to Florida State this offseason, following in the footsteps of Catholic alums Dunn and Travis Minor. The 6-foot-2, 203-pound running back ran for 1,264 yards and 18 touchdowns on 153 carries.

Miles helped the Bears finish in the Division I select semifinals.

College rule changes include revision of targeting penalty appeal would be sent to of simulating the brandishing of Offensive PI changed theTheNCAA national coordinator a weapon; slashing of the throat of football officials for a video or a nose wipe signal; removto 10-yard penalty; review. If the appeal is suc- ing helmet after the ball is dead cessful, the player would not be (with exceptions for timeouts fair catch kick to be forced to sit out the first half of and equipment adjustments); dead-ball contact fouls, such as the following game. introduced pushing, shoving, striking, etc.,

BY ERIC OLSON Associated Press

Targeting penalties assessed in the second half of a game will no longer require the offending player to sit out the first half of his team’s next game, offensive pass interference will become a 10-yard penalty and the littleused fair catch kick will be introduced to college football.

Those are among the changes for the 2026 season, the National Football Foundation announced Tuesday in its annual summary of rules changes.

The targeting penalty change will be an experimental rule for 2026. A player disqualified for targeting for the first time in the season may participate in the following game.

The trial rule will apply regardless of which half the targeting penalty is called.

A player who draws his second targeting penalty of the season will be required to miss the first half of the next game.

A player who draws his third targeting penalty of the season must sit out the full following game.

A conference can choose to initiate an appeals process after a player’s second targeting penalty.

Offensive PI now 10 yards

The penalty for offensive pass interference is being adjusted from 15 yards to 10 yards.

The rules reserve 15-yard penalties primarily for personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct. Defensive pass interference will remain a spot foul, with a maximum of a 15-yard penalty.

that occur clearly after the ball is dead and that are not part of the game action; using forcible contact to push or pull an opponent off the pile after the ball is dead.

Two replay challenges

The head coach will now have two replay challenges per game.

If a coach wins at least one of their first two challenges, they Fair catch kick are awarded a third challenge.

A challenge can be made only In a change to align Division I rules with those in the NFL and if the team has a timeout remainhigh school, a team could choose ing and available; if the chalto attempt a fair catch kick af- lenge is successful, the team’s ter a completed or awarded fair timeout will not be charged. catch.

The kick would be a place kick Other changes with a holder or a drop kick from Coach-to-player communicathe spot where the returner tion through the helmet is now caught the ball. permissible for all NCAA diviThe defense would be at least sions.

10 yards from the spot of the Helmet attachments (e.g., kick. If the ensuing kick goes Guardian Cap, SAFR Helmet through the uprights, it would Cover) that enhance player safebe worth three points. ty are allowed. All helmets, with The rarely used play last came or without the attachment, must up in the NFL in 2024 when the be of the same color and design.

Los Angeles Chargers’ Cameron Up to two sponsor patches are Dicker converted from 57 yards allowed on the jersey, with conagainst the Denver Broncos. ference approval. A third patch is allowed in conference chamUnsportsmanlike conduct pionship or postseason games.

An automatic unsportsmanlike Logos may not exceed 4 square conduct penalty will be called if inches. One commercial logo, a player initiates any of these not to exceed 4 square inches, is five actions or gestures: any act permitted on the helmet.

GIVENS

Continued from page 1C continued work in coaching would happen in less than two weeks, Lyght said. The Jaguars open the season against Alabama State on Aug. 29.

“I think that decision is going to come within the next 10 to 12 days, and then we’ll know for sure whether one way or another that he’s going to play or not,” Lyght said. “We have to prepare like he’s not going to play, and if we get him, that’s going to be a bonus for us.

And obviously, we’d love to have him because he’s a dynamic player, and he would help us. But if it doesn’t happen, no problem. We’re good enough to win.”

If the Jaguars have Givens’ onfield services, he would be a monumental addition. He would be the best defensive player and one of the best in the FCS. Last year, Givens was tied for fourth in the FCS in tackles for loss and top 20 in sacks.

At Southwestern Athletic Conference media day, Southern star safety Herman Brister said while he’s confident in the additions to the team’s defense, losing Givens was a “big loss.”

Givens was Southern’s defensive security blanket because of his consistency at pressuring backfields. His skill set would only help the vision coach Marshall Faulk has for the defense come to fruition.

“We’re not just going to defend,” the Pro Football Hall of Famer said. “We’re going to attack.”

Just as critical was Givens’ locker room leadership. While not the most vocal, players and coaches praised him for the example he set with his work ethic.

“He’s not perfect, but he walks in excellence,” former Southern coach Terrence Graves said last season. “He does a great job of be-

Plaquemine, Sr. Plaquemine enters the season with lofty goals after making it to the Division II nonselect semifinals last year. Senior Spencer Collins will be relied upon to help the Green Devils repeat last year’s success. The 5-8, 180-pound running back ran for 1,357 yards and 20 TDs on 190 carries last year. He also caught one receiving touchdown and could make an impact in the passing game this season.

Jeremey Patton Zachary, Sr. Senior running back Jeremey Patton and Lewis formed one of the best running back duos in the state last year at Zachary. The 5-9, 170-pound senior ran for 1,338 yards and 13 touchdowns on 172 carries. With the pair returning for their senior seasons, both should help make Zachary a contender once again in Division I nonselect.

Makyle Cannon East Feliciana, Jr. East Feliciana enters the year in a new district after dropping from Class 2A to Class 1A. The Tigers will have several weapons back, including Makyle Cannon. The 6-foot, 200-pound junior ran for 822 yards and seven touchdowns on 86 carries last season. He also caught 25 passes for 330 yards and two touchdowns. Cannon could have an even bigger year this year as he enters his junior season.

“I think that decision is going to come within the next 10 to 12 days, and then we’ll know for sure whether one way or another that he’s going to play or not. We have to prepare like he’s not going to play, and if we get him, that’s going to be a bonus for us.”

TODD LyGHT, Southern defensive coordinator ing a leader, and the guys feed off of him. He’s been a leader from the time he stepped foot on this campus up until now. We’re blessed and fortunate to have him.”

Southern’s defensive line still has talent without Givens. It will have a second season of De’Myrion Johnson, who started his career at LSU. The 6-2, 290-pound sophomore defensive tackle had 20 tackles and a quarterback hit in 10 games.

His talent could pair nicely with a pair of brothers who transferred from UMass: graduate student defensive end Jermaine Wiggins Jr. and junior defensive tackle Jaden Wiggins. The sons of former seven-year NFL tight end Jermanine Wiggins Sr. could be differencemakers up front.

The Jaguars also return defensive tackle Jayden Rogers, who had 29 tackles in 11 games last year. They also could get a lift from Chattanooga transfer Jordyn Dickerson. The 6-4, 240-pound junior defensive end has the physical tools to have a better season after having 10 tackles in 11 games in 2025.

Lyght said he’s been impressed with what the defensive line has done so far in camp. He wants the group to pressure backfields and displace opposing offensive lines in the run game.

Email Toyloy Brown III at toyloy.brown@theadvocate.com.

Fever coach says divisiveness ‘will not win’ during pregame rant

BY MICHAEL MAROT

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White has had enough of the conversations around the WNBA this season that aren’t about basketball.

On Tuesday, she finally lashed out.

The 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year and one of the original Fever players angrily defended herself after she was criticized for her response to Chicago Sky forward DiJonai Carrington’s flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham, and pleaded with people to focus on the sport and not the continual sideshows.

“The hate, the fear mongering, the divisiveness that’s trying to hijack our league will not win. It won’t win,” White said, her voice

rising as she pounded the table in front of her. “We are united. We are connected. We will not be divided.

Every day these women put their ass on the line. Every day when they go low, we go high. Love will win.

Grace will win. Humility will win and kindness will win. I stand by them, I will always stand by them.

Everybody else can go to hell.”

White left after her 21/2-minute outburst without taking questions.

For the Fever, this has been a season full of controversies.

It happened again Saturday when Carrington hit Cunningham in the head and neck area, knocking the Fever guard hard to the ground on a breakaway layup. Cunningham got up and charged toward Carrington but was restrained.

Carrington was assessed a Flagrant 2, an automatic ejection. She

then wrote “WHITE PRIVILEGE” and tagged the Fever on a social media account. On Monday, Carrington said she never claimed the call was “white privilege.”

Cunningham has been outspoken about her desire to keep transgender women out of women’s sports, a position that has spurred rallies for and against her stance.

White initially said she thought the refs got the call right but that she didn’t think that action near the head and neck area was intentional. Critics claimed she was defending Carrington.

“OK... The Indiana Fever need to let Stephanie White go,” Indiana Lieutenant Gov. Micah Beckwith wrote Sunday on X. “No solid coach would ever take the side of the opposing team’s player who committed a flagrant foul on one of

your own players. Terrible coaching! The Fever need to defend their players.”

White explained Tuesday that she had not seen the replay when she first spoke with reporters Saturday and that she changed her opinion after watching it again.

She called the foul “egregious.”

“Our players’ success, our players’ health and wellness, our players’ safety is always a top priority,” she began, her voice rising.

“One of the things I pride myself on is my relationships with my players. For those who have anything to say about the play in the last game, I didn’t see the replay.

I went straight to a press conference, I thought the play got called right. Thankfully, Sophie is OK. Was it egregious? Absolutely.

“When you get a chance to see

that on replay over and over, you see that. I didn’t see that in real time. I personally take any suggestions that I don’t 100% always have my players back. I ride with them 10 toes down all the time, all the time.”

Cunningham received a loud ovation when she entered Tuesday’s game against the New York Liberty. White received polite applause when she was introduced.

White faced a similar controversy when three-time All-Star Caitlin Clark also was fouled hard earlier this season, prompting a letter from the U.S. House of Representatives to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert.

White and Clark also were involved in a sideline spat in May. Now White just wants everyone to get back to basketball.

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Red Sox score bizarre run on sacrifice fly The Associated Press TORONTO — Anthony Seigler scored from third base on a sacrifice fly Monday night — without ever tagging up on an inning-ending play.

Needless to say, that left everyone in Toronto a little confused.

Seigler scored Boston’s only run in a 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays on a chaotic double play that resulted in a 17-minute delay as umpires sorted out the whole thing.

“We kind of got a break there,” Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said.

While there was only one out when Ceddanne Rafaela hit a flyball to center field in the seventh, the scoreboard showed two outs.

The ball was still in the air when Seigler headed toward the plate and Nick Sogard took off from first base.

When the ball was caught and the Blue Jays eventually tossed it to first to double up Sogard, that was the third out and it appeared Toronto still led 2-0 as players headed to the dugout.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider said everyone assumed the inning was over when plate umpire Charlie Ramos “waved off the run,” and said that during all the confusion he was never given the opportunity to appeal Seigler not tagging up from third.

Umpires then started discussing the bizarre play. There were separate conversations with both managers before conferring with MLB’s replay center for a rules check on what crew chief Chris Guccione said was a timing play and not a force play.

In the end, because Seigler crossed home plate before Sogard was called out at first, and Toronto never appealed the runner leaving third base early, the run was awarded to the Red Sox.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By SAMMy KOGAN

Boston Red Sox outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela flies into a sacrifice double play that was reviewed with a time play, allowing Anthony Seigler to score against the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning on Monday in Toronto.

“We felt like it was our obligation to correct the error for not scoring the run originally,” Guccione said.

“The rule is the rule. ... So if the run scores from third, no matter what he did tagging up, or not, before the out is recorded at first, the run counts,” Schneider said. “Now, if we had just thrown the ball to third instead of first, obviously different story.”

Guccione told a pool reporter after the game that the Blue Jays would have had to appeal at third base before leaving the field to prevent that run.

“After consulting with MLB, they told me that all of my players were across the third base line before Charlie waved off the run, which I 100% disagree with,” Schneider said. “I don’t know if

Sports Betting Line NFL

Tuesday’s Games

MLB

Wednesday

American League FAVORITE LINE Baltimore -115 Tampa Bay -181 at DETROIT -132 Seattle -124 Boston -130 at LA ANGELS OFF National League FAVORITE LINE Philadelphia -162 at ARIZONA -176 Milwaukee -123 at MIAMI OFF at WASH OFF at ATLANTA -164 Interleague FAVORITE LINE Houston -185 at WHITE SOX -146 at DODGERS -233

UNDERDOG at MINNESOTA at ATHLETICS Cleveland at N.Y YANKEES at TORONTO Texas

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UNDERDOG at ST. LOUIS Colorado at SAN DIEGO Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs N.Y Mets

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UNDERDOG at SAN FRAN Cincinnati Kansas City

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Pro football NFL Glance Thursday’s games

Detroit at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.

Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Indianapolis at New England, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

L.A. Chargers at Houston, 7 p.m.

Tennessee at San Francisco, 8 p.m.

Friday’s games

Vlad is that fast after he got the ball at first.”

But even some Blue Jays appeared to think the catch by center fielder Brett Batemen was the third out of the inning. Toronto reliever Simeon Woods Richardson and catcher Brandon Valenzuela both turned their back to the play and were going to the dugout even before second baseman Josh Smith got the ball from Bateman and threw to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. “It was a weird, very weird situation, where the players on both sides seemed to be confused on the outs,” Tracy said.

“Going forward, when that play happens again in the next 100 years, if it’s us, we will record the lead out at third,” Schneider said.

Saturday’s games

Pro basketball WNBA Glance Atlanta Indiana Washington New York Chicago Toronto Connecticut

W 20 20 19 20 12 10 8

L 12 12 12 13 21 22 23

Pct GB .625 — .625 — .613 ½ .606 ½ .364 8½ .313 10 .258 11½

x-Minnesota Golden State Las Vegas Dallas Portland Los Angeles Phoenix Seattle

W 27 23 22 19 13 12 12 7

L 7 9 11 14 19 19 22 28

Pct GB .794 — .719 3 .667 4½ .576 7½ .406 13 .387 13½ .353 15 .200 20½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-clinched playoff spot

New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Charlotte FC, 6:30 p.m.

D.C. United at CF Montréal, 6:30 p.m.

Cincinnati at Orlando City, 6:30 p.m.

New England at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m.

LA Galaxy at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Nashville, 7:30 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Colorado, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m.

San Diego FC at Los Angeles FC, 9:30 p.m.

St Louis City at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Indiana 106, New York 92 Phoenix at Los Angeles, n Washington at Las Vegas, n

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Golf

Portland at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at New York City FC, 5 p.m.

FC Dallas at Austin FC, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour Statistics Through Aug. 10

Scoring 1, Nelly Korda, 69.18. 2, Haeran Ryu, 69.51. 3, Hyo Joo Kim, 70.16. 4, Jeeno Thitikul, 70.18. 5, Miyu Yamashita, 70.29. 6, Lydia Ko, 70.36. 7, Ruoning Yin, 70.63. 8, Ina Yoon, 70.73. 9, Sei Young Kim, 70.74. 10, Hannah Green, 70.76.

Driving Distance 1, Riley Smyth, 288.74. 2, Julia Lopez Ramirez, 288.55. 3, Auston Kim, 280.58. 4, Polly Mack, 279.46. 5, Suvichaya Vinjichaitham, 278.26.

6, Ina Yoon, 277.93. 7, Laney Frye, 277.63.

8, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, 276.33. 9, Helen Briem, 276.18. 10, Bailey Tardy, 274.47.

Greens in Regulation 1, Haeran Ryu, .80%. 2, Jeeno Thitikul, .75%.

3, Isabello Fierro, .74%. 4 (tie), Dongeun Lee and Lottie Woad, .73%. 6, 5 tied with .72%.

Putts per GIR 1, Hyo Joo Kim, 1.71. 2 (tie), Minami Katsu and Angel Yin, 1.73. 4 (tie), Nelly Korda and Mi Hyang Lee, 1.74. 6, Gaby Lopez, 1.75. 7, 6 tied with 1.76.

Birdies 1, Aki Iwai, 249. 2, Lottie Woad, 225. 3, Miyu Yamashita, 219. 4 (tie), Minami Katsu and Haeran Ryu, 213. 6, Ina Yoon, 207. 7, Jin Hee Im, 205. 8, Jeeno Thitikul, 202. 9, 2 tied with 200.

Eagles 1, Brooke M. Henderson, 14. 2, Nelly Korda, 9. 3 (tie), Hye-Jin Choi, Minji Kang, Sei Young Kim and Ryann O’Toole, 8. 7, 6 tied with 7.

Sand Save Percentage 1, Pornanong Phatlum, .61%. 2 (tie), Peiyun Chien, Jin Hee Im and Nelly Korda, .59%. 5, Minjee Lee, .58%. 6 (tie), Minami Katsu and Patty Tavatanakit, .57%. 8, 3 tied with .56%.

Rounds Under Par 1, Miyu Yamashita, .59%. 2, Aki Iwai, .55%.

3, Nelly Korda, .76%. 4, Haeran Ryu, .69%. 5, Lottie Woad, .56%. 6, Jeeno Thitikul, .59%. 7, Minami Katsu, .56%. 8, Jin Hee Im, .53%. 9, Cassie Porter, .59%. 10, Ina Yoon, .58%. 11, Rio Takeda, .55%.

Soccer

Nashville Inter Miami CF New England Chicago New York City FC Cincinnati Charlotte FC New York D.C. United Orlando City Columbus Toronto FC Philadelphia CF Montréal Atlanta

NWSL Glance

W L T Pts GF GA Gotham FC 12 3 4 40 24 12 Washington 11 5 3 36 29 17 Utah Royals FC 10 6 3 33 32 21 San Diego 10 7 2 32 24 20 Portland 9 6 4 31 32 28 North Carolina 9 6 3 30 32 26 Kansas City 9 7 3 30 30 26 Angel City 7 7 3 24 26 19 Seattle 7 7 3 24 22 23 Denver Summit FC 6 7 5 23 24 24 Orlando 7 10 2 23 23 29 Boston Legacy FC 5 9 5 20 22 28 Houston 5 8 5 20 20 26 Bay FC 5 9 4 19 18 24 Louisville 5 11 2 17 24 35 Chicago 4 13 1 13 9 33 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Friday’s games

Kansas City at Gotham FC, 7 p.m.

Denver Summit FC at San Diego, 9 p.m.

Chicago at Seattle, 9 p.m.

Bay FC at Utah Royals FC, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Boston Legacy FC at Louisville, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Portland, 7:45 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Houston at North Carolina, 6 p.m.

Washington at Angel City, 8 p.m.

Tennis ATP National Bank Open Results

Chicago Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Kansas City

W 61 59 58 58 49

L 56 61 60 61 71

Pct GB .521 — .492 3½ .492 3½ .487 4 .40813½

Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

W 61 60 56 47 45

L 59 59 63 72 74

Pct GB .508 — .504 ½ .471 4½ .39513½ .37815½

Central Division

Quarterfinals Brandon Nakashima (28), United States, def.

Luciano Darderi (19), Italy, 6-2, 6-3.

W 12 11 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 3 4 4 3

Men’s Doubles

L 2 2 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 10 8 7 10 10 12

Western Conference

T Pts 4 40 5 38 3 30 2 29 5 26 5 26 4 25 4 25 8 23 2 20 5 20 8 17 4 16 4 16 3 12

GF GA 35 14 45 32 28 23 32 23 31 24 45 44 29 27 29 39 26 29 30 47 26 28 24 32 25 33 24 35 19 33

W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 10 3 4 34 38 17 Los Angeles FC 10 5 4 34 35 19 San Jose 10 5 3 33 37 24 Houston 10 6 2 32 27 24 Real Salt Lake 8 6 3 27 29 25 FC Dallas 7 5 6 27 32 25 St Louis City 7 6 5 26 24 24 7 8 3 24 33 33 Portland Seattle 7 7 3 24 20 22 Minnesota United 6 6 6 24 20 25 Colorado 7 10 1 22 27 25 LA Galaxy 5 7 7 22 24 29 San Diego FC 5 7 6 21 32 29 Austin FC 4 9 5 17 22 36 Sporting Kansas City4 12 2 14 18 46 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

East Division Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 71 64 60 59 53

L 48 56 59 61 67

Pct GB .597 — .533 7½ .504 11 .49212½ .44218½

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 74 69 59 58 56

L 45 50 60 62 61

Pct GB .622 — .580 5 .496 15 .48316½ .479 17

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

W 71 64 63 49 46

L 48 56 57 70 73

Pct GB .597 — .533 7½ .525 8½ .412 22 .387 25

Central Division

West Division

Monday’s Games

Toronto 2, Boston 1 Minnesota 9, Baltimore 5 Houston 6, San Francisco 3, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 6, Kansas City 5 Texas 4, L.A. Angels 1, 10 innings Tampa Bay at Athletics, 8:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 5 San Diego 3, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 9, Colorado 0 Houston 6, San Francisco 3, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 6, Kansas City 5

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

Miami 2, Pittsburgh 0 Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Chicago Cubs 8, Washington 6 St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 0 Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings Colorado at Arizona, n Milwaukee at San Diego, n Houston at San Francisco, n Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, n

Baltimore (Baz 4-11) at Minnesota (Matthews 5-8), 12:40 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Rasmussen 11-5) at Athletics (Perkins 2-8), 2:05 p.m.

Houston (Blanco 0-1) at San Francisco (TBD), 2:45 p.m.

Cleveland (Griffin 12-4) at Detroit (Valdez 7-7), 5:40 p.m.

Seattle (Miller 4-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 8-6), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Suarez 4-3) at Toronto (Soriano 9-6), 6:07 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lowder 4-7) at Chicago White Sox (Castillo 3-9), 6:40 p.m.

Kansas City (Lynch 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 6-6), 9:10 p.m.

Texas (Eovaldi 10-9) at L.A. Angels (Klassen 0-1), 9:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Wednesday’s Games

Philadelphia (Wheeler 10-3) at St. Louis (Leahy 8-4), 1:15 p.m.

Colorado (Feltner 4-6) at Arizona (Kelly 8-9), 2:40 p.m.

Houston (Blanco 0-1) at San Francisco (TBD), 2:45 p.m.

Milwaukee (May 6-7) at San Diego (Ray 10-7), 3:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (TBD) at Miami (Junk 5-7), 5:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Peterson 6-7) at Washington (TBD), 5:45 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Thornton 3-2) at Atlanta (Mahle 3-9), 6:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lowder 4-7) at Chicago White Sox (Castillo 3-9), 6:40 p.m.

Kansas City (Lynch 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 6-6), 9:10 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Miami 2, Pittsburgh 0

Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 0

Pittsburgh

New York

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IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Skenes L,9-11 5 5 2 1 1 4 Y.Ramírez 3 0 0 0 1 5 Miami Pérez W,6-9 7 3 0 0 2 7 Petersen H,19 1 1 0 0 0 2 Fairbanks S,18-21 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP_Skenes (Ruiz).

ABS Challenge_Skenes (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Skenes (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Mack (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Skenes (Ball-Confirmed); Pérez (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Simon (StrikeConfirmed); Conine (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Nic Lentz; First, Hunter Wendelstedt; Second, Edwin Moscoso; Third, Vic Carapazza.

T_2:18. A_9,366 (37,446).

Atlanta

ab r h bi Baldwin c 3 1 0 0 Acuña dh 4 0 0 0 Olson 1b 3 2 1 2 Harris cf 3 0 1 0 Albies 2b 3 1 1 1 Dubón lf 2 0 0 1 Yastrzemski rf1 0 0 0 Thomas ph-rf 0 0 0 0 Riley 3b 3 0 0 0 Jarvis ss 3 0 0 0 Totals 29 0 4 0 Totals 25 4 3 4 New York 000 000 000 — 0 Atlanta 000 010 12x — 4 DP_New York 0, Atlanta 2. LOB_New York 5, Atlanta 4. HR_Albies (20), Olson (35).

SF_Dubón (2).

IP H R ER BB SO New York McLean L,8-8 6 1 1 1 2 3 2 Yan ⁄3 0 1 1 3 0 1 McDermott 1 ⁄3 2 2 2 1 1 Atlanta Pérez W,8-6 6 4 0 0 3 2 Fuentes H,13 1 0 0 0 0 1 Lee H,27 1 0 0 0 0 1 Iglesias 1 0 0 0 0 1 WP_Yan, McDermott.

ABS Challenge_McLean (Ball-Confirmed).

Umpires_Home, Jansen Visconti; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Alex Tosi; Third, Cory Blaser.

T_2:09. A_24,711 (41,149).

Ewing lf Lindor ss Bichette 3b Robert cf Benge rf Semien 2b Alvarez c Polanco dh Arias 1b

ab r h bi 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

Detroit 6, Cleveland 4

Toronto 5, Boston 3

Cleveland

Boston

Detroit

Toronto

ab r h bi ab r h bi Kwan cf 4 2 2 0 McGonigle 3b 4 1 2 3 DeLauter rf 5 1 3 1 Torres 2b 4 0 1 1 Ramírez 3b 4 0 0 1 Outman rf 0 0 0 0 Lowe 1b 3 0 1 0 Dingler c 4 0 0 0 Hoskins ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Greene lf 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 Genao ph 0 0 0 0 Malgeri lf 4 0 0 0 Adell dh 2 1 1 2 Keith dh Bazzana 2b 4 0 1 0 Torkelson 1b 3 0 1 1 Martínez lf 4 0 1 0 Clark cf 4 1 1 0 Bailey c 3 0 0 0 Báez ss 2 2 1 0 Rocchio ss 4 0 0 0 McKnstry 2b 2 1 0 0 Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 30 6 6 5 Cleveland 001 000 111 — 4 Detroit 010 030 20x — 6 E_Ramírez (7). LOB_Cleveland 11, Detroit 4. 2B_Torkelson (20), McGonigle (21).

HR_DeLauter (13), Adell (17). SB_Genao (1). SF_Adell (4).

IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland 2 4 Bibee L,4-12 6 1⁄3 5 6 5 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Festa Aleman 1 0 0 0 1 1 Detroit Anderson 4 4 1 1 2 4 Waguespack W,1-1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 ⁄3 1 1 0 1 1 Sommers H,8 Finnegan H,13 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Holton H,11 Jansen S,14-18 1 1 1 1 2 0 Finnegan pitched to 4 batters in the 8th.

HBP_Bibee (Greene).

ABS Challenge_Bailey (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Rocchio (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Báez (Strike-Overturned to Ball); McKinstry (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Bailey (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Sean Barber; First, John Libka; Second, James Hoye; Third, James Jean.

T_2:47. A_30,709 (41,083).

ab r h bi Yoshida dh 5 0 1 0 Rafaela cf 4 1 1 2 Rutschman c 3 0 1 0 Contreras 1b 4 0 0 0 Abreu rf 3 1 1 1 Durbin 3b 4 0 0 0 Duran lf 3 0 1 0 Monasterio ss 3 1 1 0 Sogard 2b 2 0 1 0

N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 1

Chicago Cubs 8, Washington 6

Seattle

Chicago

ab r h bi McAdoo 3b 2 0 0 1 Bateman cf 4 0 2 2 V.Guerrero 1b 4 0 1 0 Springer dh 3 1 1 0 Kirk c 3 0 2 0 Smith pr 0 1 0 0 Valenzuela c 0 0 0 0 Clement 2b 4 0 0 1 Giménez ss 3 1 1 0 Straw lf 4 1 2 1 Lukes rf 3 1 1 0 Totals 31 3 7 3 Totals 30 5 10 5 Boston 001 110 000 — 3 Toronto 001 021 01x — 5 E_Durbin (7). DP_Boston 2, Toronto 1.

LOB_Boston 9, Toronto 7. 2B_Yoshida (15), Bateman (2), Straw (12). HR_Abreu (21), Rafaela (16). SB_Abreu (8), Monasterio (4). SF_Rafaela (2), McAdoo (1). S_Lukes (4).

IP H R ER BB SO Boston Sandoval L,1-1 6 8 4 2 3 4 T.Guerrero 1 0 0 0 0 1 Martinez 1 2 1 1 0 1 Toronto Cease 5 5 3 3 4 7 Lee W,1-0 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 2 0 1 Little H,3 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Fisher H,12 1 0 0 0 1 0 Miles S,1-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 HBP_Martinez (Giménez).

ABS Challenge_Cease (Ball-Confirmed); Guerrero (Ball-Confirmed); Fisher (BallOverturned to Strike); Straw (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Umpires_Home, Nestor Ceja; First, Willie Traynor; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Charlie Ramos.

T_2:41. A_42,419 (39,150).

Tuesday

At IGA Stadium Montreal Purse: $9,415,725 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Results Tuesday from National Bank Open at IGA Stadium (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

Eastern Conference

Carolina at Buffalo, noon Cleveland at Chicago, noon Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, noon Jacksonville at New Orleans, 3 p.m.

L.A. Rams at Kansas City, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Baltimore, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 7 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Saturday’s games

MLS Glance

Denver at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets, 6 p.m.

Pct GB .610 — .559 6 .542 8 .47915½ .475 16

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta 107, Toronto 95 Seattle 97, Chicago 88

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at NY JETS 1½ 5½ (35½) Tampa Bay Denver 3½ 5½ (38½) at ATLANTA Miami 1½ 2½ (36½) at WASH Saturday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Minnesota 1½ 1½ (41½) at GIANTS at BUFFALO 1½ 1½ (37½) Carolina Cleveland 1½ 1½ (39½) at CHICAGO at N.O. 1½ 3½ (36½) Jax at K.C. 1½ 2½ (36½) LA Rams Philadelphia 2½ 2½ (36½) at BALT at SEATTLE 2½ 3½ (39½) Dallas

Tampa Bay New York Boston Baltimore Toronto

L 46 52 54 62 63

Tuesday’s Games

Monday’s Games

Friday

National League W 72 66 64 57 57

Monday’s Games

Odds

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at CIN 3½ 6½ (37½) Detroit Green Bay 1½ 1½ (39½) at PITTS Indianapolis 1½ 2½ (36½) at NE at HOUSTON 1½ 1½ (36½) Chargers at LAS VEGAS 1½ 1½ (40½) Arizona Tennessee 2½ 2½ (39½)at SAN FRAN

American League East Division

West Division

SCOREBOARD Thursday

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Quarterfinals Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Francisco Cerundolo, Argentina, def. Harri Heliovaara, Finland, and Henry Patten (1), Britain, 6-3, 6-4.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent 1B Vinnie Pasquantino on a rehab assignment to Omaha (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated LHP Gabe Speier. Sent RHP Carlos Vargas on a rehab assignment to Tacoma (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jake Woodford on a minor league contract. Sent LHP Shane McClanahan on a rehab assignment to Durham (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent RHP Justin Martinez on a rehab assignment to Reno (PCL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed LB Amari Burney.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Reinstated S Nick Emmanwori from the active/PUP list. Signed LB Aaron Smith. Placed FB Robbie Ouzts on injured reserve.

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS — Signed DT Byron Cowart. Released G Sala AumavaeLaulu and S Rob McDaniel.

New York

ab r h bi ab r h bi Ward rf 4 0 0 0 Grisham cf 4 0 2 2 Arozarena lf 4 1 1 1 Rice dh 3 0 0 0 Rodríguez cf 3 0 0 0 Ramos lf 4 0 0 0 Canzone dh 3 0 1 0 García 1b 4 1 2 0 Young 2b 4 0 0 0 Chisholm 2b 3 1 1 0 Raleigh c 4 0 0 0 Lombard ss 4 0 1 0 Donovan 3b 3 0 1 0 Jones rf 2 1 0 0 Wilson 1b 2 0 0 0 McMahon 3b 3 1 1 2 Emerson ss 3 0 0 0 Wells c 3 0 1 0 Totals 30 1 3 1 Totals 30 4 8 4 Seattle 000 001 000 — 1 New York 000 000 40x — 4 LOB_Seattle 5, New York 5. 2B_García 2 (22), Grisham (18). HR_Arozarena (15).

SB_Chisholm (31).

IP H R ER BB SO Seattle Woo 5 3 0 0 1 5 Ferrer H,11 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 Rucker L,0-4 BS,0-1 ⁄3 3 4 4 1 1 2 Bazardo ⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 Domínguez 1 0 0 0 1 0 New York Weathers 5 2⁄3 2 1 1 3 4 Hill W,4-2 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Headrick H,18 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 Bednar S,27-29 ABS Challenge_Wells (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Grisham (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Weathers (Ball-Confirmed); Emerson (Strike-Confirmed); Domínguez (Ball-Overturned to Strike).

Umpires_Home, Stu Scheuwater; First, Junior Valentine; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Jordan Baker.

T_2:59. A_41,407 (47,309).

ab r h bi C-Armstrng cf 5 1 1 1 Suzuki rf 5 1 2 2 Busch 1b 5 0 0 0 Bregman 3b 4 3 2 1 Happ lf 3 1 1 0 Hoerner 2b 3 1 2 1 Conforto dh 3 0 0 1 Kelly c 5 1 1 1 Swanson ss 2 0 0 1

Washington

ab r h bi Crews rf-cf 5 1 1 1 Chaparro 1b 2 0 0 0 Ortiz ph-1b 2 0 1 0 House 3b 4 2 3 0 Abrams ss 5 1 1 2 Ford c 4 1 1 0 Young cf 3 1 2 1 Mikolas p-p 0 0 0 0 Vivas ph 1 0 1 1 Lile dh-rf 4 0 0 0 Nuñez 2b 4 0 1 1 Totals 35 8 9 8 Totals 38 6 11 6 Chicago 011 311 010 — 8 Washington 210 010 020 — 6 LOB_Chicago 9, Washington 7. 2B_Hoerner (26), Suzuki (21), Young (16), Ford (4). HR_Crow-Armstrong (27), Bregman (13), Suzuki (20), Abrams (29), Young (10), Crews (10). SB_Hoerner (19). SF_Hoerner (6), Conforto (3), Vivas (4).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Imanaga 4 2⁄3 6 4 4 0 5 Rolison W,7-1 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Thornton H,4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 Zeferjahn 2 1 0 ⁄3 3 2 1 Webb S,8-12 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Washington Irvin L,2-6 3 1⁄3 4 5 5 2 4 2 Cosgrove ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Kranick 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 Ribalta Mikolas 3 1 1 1 0 2 HBP_Irvin (Swanson), Imanaga (Chaparro), Mikolas (Hoerner).

Umpires_Home, Ryan Additon; First, Jonathan Parra; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Ryan Wills.

T_3:04. A_23,428 (41,376).

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Greek star wins fourth consecutive long jump title regular (27-6) jump for me. It was big jump. So I appreciate it a lot.”

At the 2024 Paris Games, TenBIRMINGHAM, England — Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece overcame toglou became just the second windy conditions to win his man — Carl Lewis is the other — fourth consecutive long jump to win two consecutive Olympic title at the European champion- long jump titles. ships on Tuesday.

The two-time Olympic cham- 1-2 finish for Britain pion’s mark of 27 feet, 8 inches Britain’s Romell Glave won on his fourth attempt was good gold and teammate Jeremiah enough for gold at Alexander Sta- Azu took silver in the final of the dium on Day 2 of the continental men’s 100 meters.

The 26-year-old Glave imtrack-and-field competition.

“This was one of the hard- proved on his bronze in Rome est finals I have ever done,” the two years ago by finishing first 28-year-old Tentoglou said. “I in 10.09 seconds. Azu crossed in am good in all conditions but 10.16. Owen Ansah (10.19) of Gerthis wind was so hard on us long many was third. jumpers. It was changing all the It came a night after Amy Hunt time and always negative.” won gold for Britain in the womSwitzerland’s Simon Ehammer en’s 100.

(27-21/2) took silver in Tuesday’s final, and Bozhidar Sarâboyukov Photo finish (26-8) of Bulgaria was third.

Nadine Visser of the Nether“Ehammer is a very strong guy lands secured her first major outand he was kind of OK with it. But door title by winning the women’s for the other jumpers and me, it 100 meter hurdles — barely. was incredibly difficult,” TentoVisser crossed the line in 12.668 glou said. “I had to try so hard seconds to win by one-thousandth for this (27-8) jump. It is nothing of a second over Poland’s Pia for me usually, but today it was Skrzyszowska, the 2022 chamso hard to do. This was not just a pion.

By The Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM

British driver Andy Green, center, and the JCB engineering team celebrate setting a land speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle on Tuesday at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Green reached 406.320 mph.

Brit sets speed record in hydrogen-powered car the “fuel of the future.”

In targeting his diesel speed, Green easily topped the previous hydrogen combustion world record of 185.5 mph. He had a 10mile straightaway to build speed.

A few dozen JCB staff members and reporters watched from a distance through cameras and binoculars.

Green said the cockpit of the car he used on Tuesday was “probably a little hotter” than in the jetpowered vehicle from 1997, with temperatures routinely above 122 degrees Fahrenheit.

“But I have been training four months for that, both training in the gym and actually just getting used to it with hot baths,” he said.

A remnant of a prehistoric lake bed, the Bonneville Salt Flats are about 100 miles west of Salt Lake City and sit atop a shallow aquifer that cools the tires. The low-friction surface and dry desert air are conducive to speed and have beckoned drivers since the first race there in 1914.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MATTHIAS SCHRADER

Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece leaps in the men’s long jump final at the European Athletics Championships on Tuesday in Birmingham, England.

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WENDOVER, Utah — The only person to break the sound barrier in a car earned another world record Tuesday in a show of force for hydrogen power.

British driver Andy Green reached 406.320 mph in a car powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines with a combined 1,600 horsepower, setting the record for that vehicle category, according to the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, the international governing body of motor sports.

The 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot rocketed across the crystalline crust at Utah’s famous Bonneville Salt Flats in a 32-foot car engineered by British construction equipment manufacturer JCB. The engines, adapted from those used in the company’s heavy machinery, mix pressurized hydrogen gas with air and ignite it to

create bursts of power.

“It’s magic to be able to showcase this technology and to showcase how good the engineering is on the best racing surface in the world, Bonneville Salt Flats,” Green told The Associated Press after the run.

To be clear, Tuesday’s feat didn’t come close to approaching the overall land-speed record, which Green set with jet power in 1997.

That year, he climbed into the Thrust SSC, a black needle sandwiched between two cartoonishly large jet engines, and hit 763.035 mph, breaking the sound barrier and achieving a feat no one has come close to matching. His runs in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert produced sonic booms that shook the nearby town of Gerlach.

In 2006, Green also set the landspeed record for a diesel-powered car — 350.092 mph — at the Bonneville Salt Flats. He returned there Tuesday with the goal of beating that mark using hydrogen power, which he has called

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“He just really wants to put out the best product. Always keeps it pushing. He doesn’t really settle.” MEG SMITH, Go Eats Concepts marketing coordinator

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Owner Kalyn Anderson recently opened a new location of Basel’s Market in St. Francisville.

New Basel’s Market gets visit from N.O. designers

BY JOY HOLDEN Staff writer

The designers of Tyler + Tate, an antiques and home decor store in New Orleans, paid a visit to the new Basel’s Market in St. Francisville for its grand opening. They posted a walkthrough video on TikTok and Instagram with their impressions.

Basel’s Market, owned by Kalyn Anderson, opened its new location on July 31. The new market is in a historical home that Anderson and her husband renovated on 11892 Ferdinand St. The 100-year-old building was originally a Sears & Roebuck kit house.

Restoring it came with many regulations and requirements.

“This house was like another newborn child,” Anderson, a mom of three, said. “Redoing this house was a labor of love.”

The market was formerly a food truck and a small cafe in Baton Rouge on Highland Road.

They moved to St. Francisville in 2024 on 5951 Commerce St. Since she opened the new

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New executive chef Cole Warren uses a turning peel to cook a pizza in the wood-fire oven at Rocca Pizzeria on July 29 in Baton Rouge.

Rocca Pizzeria’s new executive chef loves simple pleasures

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took chef Cole Warren about 90 seconds to cook the Neapolitan pie in the open-flame brick oven inside Baton Rouge’s Rocca Pizzeria.

Though he has a multitude of tasks and responsibilities as the restaurant’s new executive chef, Warren, 26, said the pizza oven is his favorite spot to work in the kitchen, even during the scorching heat of a Louisiana summer. He cools off with an iced Americano.

Above all else, Warren loves the artistry of cooking red and white pies old-school style in the Italyimported brick oven that’s been at the heart of Rocca Pizzeria (3897 Government St.) since opening in 2018. For Warren, who was appointed as the executive chef in February, learning to love the imperfections of pizzas was an important lesson.

“I love the perfect imperfections,” Warren said. “Every single pizza is different. A lot of my ambitions, a lot of how I am as a person

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Two monthly specials drop at two BR restaurants

The ’Nduja pizza is one of the specialty white pies at Rocca Pizzeria. requires perfection in every facet of it.”

How it’s made The pizza dough is house-made, sprinkled with toppings and slapped into the 750 F oven. It’s made with love, the chef said, and the team here doesn’t cut corners.

Up to six pies can cook inside the blazing oven, and the employee manning it has to have skill, intention and focus.

After 90 seconds of being in the oven, the sizzling ’Nudja pizza emerged, one of Warren’s summer specials. It’s a white pie topped

with fresh mozzarella, house Italian sausage, red onion, gremolata and a smoky flavor: spiced pork ’nduja, a soft salami from the Calabrian region of Italy.

Using a turning peel to remove the pizza from the oven, Warren plopped it onto the counter and placed it on a plate for serving. He paired it with another of his specials that he’s particularly proud of, a seasonal burrata plate with local watermelon, balsamic, lemons, watermelon radish and topped with pistachios.

“I just love the plating on it,” Warren said about the burrata plate. “It initially started as kind of a watermelon and feta dish, which is a traditional pairing, but I wanted to do something a little bit different.”

Before he reaches the oven, Warren’s days at the pizzeria usually start at 10 a.m. He coordinates with other management members and his team, ensures the restaurant is ready for service and that orders have been received. After finishing the lunch rush and administrative

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In the know Julia Child birthday celebration: Thursday- Saturday at Eliza Restaurant, 7970 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge Eliza’s seventh annual Julia Child celebration is here, complete with a three-course menu inspired by the chef’s French classics, available for dinner only. The menu includes gnocchi à la Parisienne, canard à l’orange with seared duck breast and Charlotte Malakoff aux fraises with ladyfingers, almond buttercream, strawberries and Chantilly cream.

Tickets are $50 per person, with optional wine pairings for an additional $35. Reservations are

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Beat the summer heat with fresh options Charbroiled oysters from Drago’s Seafood Restaurant

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10111 Perkins Rowe, Building C, Suite 100, Baton Rouge

My friend and I decided to have a girls’ night out at Perkins Rowe, and if you ask me, one of the greatest appetizers takes shape as charbroiled oysters.

I also ordered the crabmeat Mediterranean salad, which came with romaine lettuce, vin-

aigrette, jumbo lump crabmeat and Italian cheese-style dressing.

What a delightful meal this was. Not only are the Drago’s charbroiled oysters phenomenal, but the dish comes with toasted bread slices to soak up the extra butter sauce. The salad afterward was the perfect, light bite to conclude the meal. I enjoyed the dressing in particular — creamy, flavorful and just

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Continued from page 1D tasks, it’s time for dinner service, which he calls the restaurant’s “bread and butter.”

Then, he goes home and prepares to do it all over again.

Simple pleasures Warren’s favorite dish on the menu is a side option, the glazed carrots.

“It can be overlooked sometimes,” he said. “We have so many winners on the menu, but that is a direct recipe from my mother.”

Warren was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was raised in Arkansas.

Every night, his mother — a professional chef with 20 years of experience and a background in pastries — cooked “a myriad of things,” including red beans and rice, steak au poivre and baked Alaska, to name a few.

The carrot dish’s flavor profile and preparation are one of the first things he learned in the kitchen from her.

“When I finally stepped forward in a professional kitchen, I already knew the basics, you know, ‘hot behind,’ ‘corner,’ how to hold a knife the professional way, not cut myself — those things,” he said.

Previously, Warren was a chef at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he worked with James Beard awardwinning pastry chef Ken Bredeson.

Warren wanted to expand his horizons, and with his mother’s roots in Baton

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Continued from page 1D market, Anderson said it’s been truly “like a revolving door” with people coming in “all day every day.”

“We are blessed,” Anderson said. “It has been unbelievable.”

The new Basel’s Market is located right near other shops and restaurants in St. Francisville’s charming shopping district.

Regulars to new friends Anderson met Ryan Tyler

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Rocca Pizzeria’s executive chef Cole Warren said his cat Dottie is his ‘whole world.’

tive chef, Go Eats Concepts marketing coordinator Meg Smith has noticed Warren’s passion for creating specials and his attention to detail, particularly when plating dishes.

“He just really wants to put out the best product,” Smith said. “Always keeps it pushing. He doesn’t really settle.”

Smith’s role with the local restaurant group includes leading photo shoots, updating websites or online ordering pages and social media work. The brand includes Izzo’s Illegal Burrito, Lit Pizza, Modesto, Central Kitchen and Rocca Pizzeria.

She has worked with three executive chefs at Rocca since starting her job about four years ago, and during dish photo shoots at the restaurant, she’s noticed Warren’s drive to go the extra mile.

“He really took to it and really wanted to step up,” Smith said.

Though Warren is one of the head honchos at the pizzeria, his work philosophy is humble.

He said his co-workers and staff are the ones who really put in the hard work, and they deserve a lot of praise, he said, adding that he feels like he’s found his tribe in the food industry.

“The people, on both sides — the guests and the team — are the heart and soul of this,” Warren said. “I couldn’t do my job without every one of my team members.”

Rouge, he made the jump to Louisiana. Over the course of three years at Rocca, he became the sous chef before earning the executive chef title this year.

He said he’s “very proud” to have the privilege to feed the restaurant.

“This title is something I’ve been working for the past five years,” he said, “This is exactly where I wanted to be five years ago.”

When he’s not working at the pizzeria, Warren is hitting the gym, reading cookbooks and spending time at home with his pet cat and “whole world,” Dottie. On occasion, his mother’s influence in baking hits him, and he’ll make a focaccia at home.

“There’s just nothing quite like a freshly baked load of bread,” he said. “It’s one of my favorite simple pleaRocca Pizzeria, 3897 Govsures.” ernment St., Baton Rouge.

Attention to detail Open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. TuesIn the couple of months day through Saturday and Warren has been execu- 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday.

Dunagan and Grant Tate, the owners and designers of Tyler + Tate at 4537 Magazine St., through Basel’s Market.

The two designers have become regulars at Basel’s in St. Francisville, and Anderson said they’ve become friends.

In the TikTok video, Tate leads the tour and explains his favorite parts of the new market.

Tate said that the Andersons did a fantastic job on the renovation of the house, noting that it looks nothing like it did previously. The market has fresh flowers, Calvin’s chicken salad, Ka-

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Anderson is planning a reciprocal visit to the Tyler + Tate store in New Orleans.

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When we left the restaurant, there was live music playing in the Perkins Rowe Square, and the small-town atmosphere made me feel like I was in a scene of “Gilmore Girls.” This was a great night out and certainly an experience I’ll have to go back for.

— Maddie Scott, features reporter

Ham and cheese empanada

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eral Mouton Ave., Lafayette

Lafayette is obsessed with empanadas — perfect little pockets of meats, cheeses, vegetables and other fresh flavors. Popular in Spain, Portugal and across South America, the empanada is an especially big deal in Argentina, where proprietor Luciano Escudero is from.

Empanada Guy is busy every day at lunch, and specialties that merge Argentinian and Cajun flavors are a hit — like their gumbo empanada, which is stuffed with chicken and sausage and comes with a side of au jus and potato salad. It’s hard to resist getting at least one ham and cheese

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Smoked turkey and fig sandwich with a side of sweet potato fries from BRQ in Baton Rouge empanada on each trip, because it’s the perfect appetizer — two bites of crispy deliciousness, with melty cheese and salty bites of ham inside that remind me of an elevated Hot Pocket.

— Joanna Brown, staff writer

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I may have found my new favorite sandwich in Baton Rouge at BRQ. As a selfproclaimed sandwich connoisseur, this is big news.

The turkey and fig sandwich at BRQ starts with two perfectly crispy pieces of toast that are thick enough to hold a mammoth portion

of turkey, along with mixed greens, goat cheese and fig preserves. The result is a sandwich that’s sweet and salty, which is my favorite combination.

When going to BRQ, one knows that the meats are the star of the show on the menu, so this isn’t your regular deli turkey (though there’s nothing wrong with that). The turkey at BRQ is top-notch, both smoky and moist at the same time, which pairs well with the sweetness of the fig.

As a side, I ordered the sweet potato fries. Do you see a pattern here of sweet and salty? I can’t help it.

The meal was just what I needed. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

— Lauren Cheramie, deputy features editor

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Continued from page 1D recommended, available on elizabatonrouge.com or by calling (225) 349-8895.

Try the August roll of the month at Rock-n-Sake, 3043 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge.

On Tuesdays only, order the “Salmon Zest Verde,” made with lemon zest, cilantro chiffonade and a basil and jalapeño-infused ponzu sauce. Dine in to get the special for $6 when you purchase any regularpriced roll.

The August po-boy of the month at Jed’s Local, 672 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, is the buffalo shrimp, made with fried Gulf shrimp, buffalo sauce, Jed’s ranch dressing, crumbled blue cheese, lettuce and tomato on New Orleans French bread. It’s served with housemade chips for $17.

Wine and spirits Wine tasting and open house: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 27 at Tiek ByDay, 3718 Government St., Baton Rouge Join the Tiek ByDay team for a look around Tiek’s Reserved showroom and a wine tasting from

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2026. There are 141 days left in the year.

Today in history: On Aug. 12, 2017, a driver sped into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a White nationalist rally in the Virginia college town of Charlottesville, killing 32-yearold Heather Heyer and injuring more than a dozen others. (The attacker, James Alex Fields, was sentenced to life in prison on 29 federal hate crime charges, and life plus 419 years on state charges.)

Also on this date: In 1867, President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, with whom he had clashed over Reconstruction policies. (Johnson was acquitted by the Senate.)

In 1898, fighting in the Spanish-American War came to an end.

In 1909, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home to the Indianapolis 500, first opened.

In 1944, during World War II, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed with his co-pilot when their explosives-laden Navy plane blew up over England.

In 1981, IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150, at a press conference in New York.

In 1985, the world’s worst single-aircraft disaster occurred as a crippled Japan Airlines Boeing 747 on a domestic flight crashed into a mountain, killing 520 people.

Four passengers survived.

In 1990, fossil collector Sue Hendrickson found one of the largest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons ever discovered;

nicknamed “Sue” after Hendrickson, the skeleton, found in South Dakota, is now on display at Chicago’s Field Museum.

In 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk and its 118-man crew were lost during naval exercises in the Barents Sea. In 2013, James “Whitey” Bulger, the feared Boston mob boss who became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives, was convicted in a string of 11 killings and dozens of other gangland crimes, many of them committed while he was said to be an FBI informant.

(Bulger was sentenced to life; he was fatally beaten at a West Virginia prison in 2018, hours after being transferred from a facility in Florida.)

In 2022, Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and stabbed in the

neck by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

Today’s birthdays: Investor and philanthropist George Soros is 96. Actor George Hamilton is 87. Singermusician Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 77. Singer Kid Creole (Kid Creole and the Coconuts) is 76. Film director Chen Kaige is 74.

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 72. Actor Bruce Greenwood is 70. Basketball Hall of Famer Lynette Woodard is 67. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 63. Actor Peter Krause is 61. Tennis Hall of Famer Pete Sampras is 55. Actorcomedian Michael Ian Black is 55. Actor Yvette Nicole Brown is 55. Actor Casey Affleck is 51. Boxer Tyson Fury is 38. Actor Lakeith Stanfield is 35. NBA All-Star Khris Middleton is 35. Actor Cara Delevingne is 34. Tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas is 28.

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The August po-boy of the month at Jed’s Local in Baton Rouge is the buffalo shrimp.

New Orleans’ Really Really Nice Wines. Miriam Matasar, co-founder of Really Really Nice Wines, will pour a selection of end-of-summer wines from their shop, accompanied by chef-crafted bites, including oysters on the half shell. Visitors are invited to come as they are.

New happy hour prices: 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday at Tsunami, 100 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge

The happy hour prices just dropped at Tsunami, including $6 select martinis, $5 house wine, $5 sake and $4 single well liquors and domestic bottled beer.

Food specials include 25% off sushi rolls priced at $12 and under, half off select nigiri and half off select sashimi dishes.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-oct. 23) Hit the ground running. You can accomplish plenty if you are willing to test your strength, endurance and energy levels. Refuse to let resentment ruin your day.

ScoRPIo (oct. 24-nov. 22) It's in your best interest to slow down, observe and assimilate to what's happening around you. Blending in will give you a chance to explore possibilities.

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PIScES (Feb. 20-March 20) Walk away from disruptive situations. Put your time and effort into making personal changes that ease stress and give you room to rethink what's in your best interest.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Consider your options and put a foolproof plan in place before you act. Don't let anger motivate you when intelligence and the will to make your life better are the paths to positive results. tAuRuS (April 20-May 20) Take a moment to breathe, process and formulate a plan that is within your means. Refuse to let bravado take over when showing restraint and having a polished plan are necessary.

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I disagree with half of that — and it is only slightly relevant that I was born in England. True, the British sense of humor is dry, but have you not laughed at Britcoms on PBS? However, the key word is “both.” Here, both sides can make good plays.

South is in three no-trump. After West leads a fourth-highest spade five, what should happen?

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS City of Zachary (herein referred to as the "Owner") hereby solicits sealed bids for the 2026 Asphalt Road Improve‐ ments Program project described as follows: STATEMENT OF WORK (FORTE & TABLADA Pro‐ ject No. 260291): Asphalt road patching, cold plan‐ ing, asphalt overlay, and associated appurte‐ nances.

Sealed Bids shall be ad‐ dressed to the City of Zachary, and delivered to the Zachary City Hall, 4700 Main Street (Post Office Box 310), Zachary, LA 70791) not later than 10:00 a.m. on August 26, 2026. Any bid received after the specified time and date will not be con‐ sidered. The sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 a.m. on August 26, 2026, at the Zachary City Hall located at 4700 Main Street, Zachary, LA 70791.

Complete Bid Docu‐ ments, Instructions to Bidders, Bid Form, Con‐ tract, Plans, Specifica‐ tions, and Forms of the Bid Bond, Performance Bond and Payment Bond, and other bidding docu‐ ments may be down‐ loaded from the City of Zachary Plan Room as hosted by Central Bid‐ ding https://www.cen tralbidding.com (subject to fees and conditions).

For any questions re‐ garding the website call Central Bidding at 225810-4814.

Prospective Bidders are solely re‐ sponsible for obtaining the most up-to-date bid‐ ding Documents from the designated website. Bids will be received by mail and/or hand delivery to the location as stated above. In addition to paper bids, electronic bids and electronic bid bonds for the following project will be accepted by the City of Zachary.

Electronic bids and elec‐ tronic bid bonds must be submitted through the City of Zachary Plan Room as hosted by Cen‐ tral Bidding https:// www.centralbidding.com prior to the electronic bidding deadline. Begin‐ ning at 10:00 a.m. (local time) on August 26, 2026 all bids will be down‐ loaded. No bids will be accepted after the said date and time.

Complete Bid Documents may also be examined by emailing publicworks@ forteandtablada.com or at the Office of the Engi‐ neer for the contract; Forte and Tablada. lo‐ cated at 9107 Interline Avenue, Baton Rouge, La 70809; (225) 927-9321.

Hard copies may be ob‐ tained at this office upon payment of a deposit of $150.00. This deposit will be refunded upon re‐ quest in accordance with R.S. 38:2212.

Contractors submitting bids shall be licensed under LA R.S. 37:21502164, Highway, Street and Bridge Construction. The bidder shall show his li‐ cense number on the bid and on the sealed enve‐ lope submitting the bid.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause; such actions will be in accor‐ dance with Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised

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2026-002

In accordance with R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(b), the pro‐ visions and requirements stated in the Bidding Documents shall not be waived by any entity.

Each Bidder must de‐ posit with his/her bid, security in the amount of at least five percent (5%) of the total bid price, provided on the specified form and subject to the conditions provided in the Information for Bid‐ ders. Sureties used for obtaining bonds must appear as acceptable on the U. S. Department of Treasury Circular 570.

No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within fortyfive (45) days after the actual date of the open‐ ing thereof.

OWNER CITY OF ZACHARY BY: /s/ DAVID MCDAVID, MAYOR PUBLICATION/DATES The Advocate Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Wednesday, August 12, 2026 195512-jul 29-aug 5-12-3t $196.96 PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY OF CENTRAL East Baton Rouge Parish REQUEST FOR PROPOS‐ ALS AND QUALIFICA‐ TIONS FOR 2027 STORM DEBRIS MONITORING SERVICES

Proposals must be re‐ ceived by 12:00 NOON on September 30, 2026 at one of the following addresses: City of Central ATTN: Debris Removal RFP 11530 Sullivan Road Central, LA 70818 OR Submitted through www. centralbidding.com The City of Central seeks proposals from qualified firms to collect, remove, process, and dispose of storm debris. During a disaster event, the Con‐ tractor must coordinate with the City, state de‐ bris management offi‐ cials, and FEMA to en‐ sure debris removal is completed efficiently, ef‐ fectively, and in compli‐ ance with all eligibility requirements for avail‐ able federal and state funding.

Proposals mailed to or hand delivered to the designated address must include at least four (4) hard copies. Proposals must be placed in a sealed package or enve‐ lope and include a cover sheet with the following information: Name of Proposer Proposer’s mailing address Contact person’s information 196793-aug 12-19-26-3t $68.88 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

SOLICITATION NO. 2026-003

NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 146

Proposals must be re‐ ceived by 12:00 NOON on September 30, 2026 at one of the following addresses:

Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd.

Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing:

City of Central ATTN: Debris Removal RFP 11530 Sullivan Road Central, LA 70818 OR Submitted through www. centralbidding.com The City of Central in‐ vites qualified Debris Monitoring Consultants to respond to this re‐ quest for proposals and qualifications (RFP) by providing Statements of Qualification and Propos‐ als to provide Debris Services Monitoring (DMS) for the period Jan‐ uary 1, 2027-December 31, 2027 which may be extended for two addi‐ tional one-year periods.

Proposals mailed to or hand delivered to the designated address must include at least four (4) hard copies. Proposals must be placed in a sealed package or enve‐ lope and include a cover sheet with the following information: Name of Proposer Proposer’s mailing address Contact person’s information

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196795-aug 12-19-26-3t $66.87 PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY OF CENTRAL East Baton Rouge Parish REQUEST FOR PROPOS‐ ALS FOR A UNIT PRICE CONTRACT FOR 2027 STORM DEBRIS REMOVAL SOLICITATION NO.

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70810 Mudan Asian Bistro LLC Mudan Modern Asian Cuisine Members: Shi Jian Zheng, Bi Hai Liu 196748-August 12,1t $97.06

VICTOR DUNCAN 527 W BUCHANAN ST BERNICE R SIDEBOARD 963 MAXIMILIAN ST CHARLET PROPERTY GROUP, INC /C/O BRENT CHARLET 1073 SOUTH S AMEKA THOMAS 1201 CHARLES T SMITH DR LPI VI LLC 5080 JACKSON AVE TEVH, LLC 3904 MONROE AVE MARGARET MCCLAIN SNYDER 4044 ODELL ST THOMAS WASHINGTON, JR 990 N 35TH ST KESHANDRA LATRECE MCINTYRE 7911 KEEL AVE BSC INDUSTRIES LLC 7951 KEEL AVE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, INC 1947 MARINER DR CHUQING HE 12617 WARWICK AVE RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST 10094 AVENUE B ESTATE OF WOODROW GEORGE 1923 75TH AVE LADONNA ROBERTSON 5915 WRIGHT DR GREGORY WILLIAMS 1923 HARDING BLVD TINA HENDERSON 8114 BAYOU FOUNTAIN AVE MICHAEL S JOSEPH 1724 LAUREL ST ROBERT KYLE PHILLIPS JAMES LUTHER MARTIN 14314 SUNNYHILL AVE BRANDON WASHINGTON 2045 SAINT CROIX AVE TERRY L PIXLEY 5252 BRIGHTSIDE VIEW DR PAUL J MOONEY 2432 DELTA ST MILDRED SIMS GIVENS 2578 JURA ST ANN DEAN ROBERTSON 1162 N 35TH ST VELMA MILTON 790 N 35TH ST RITA D MILLIGAN 4608 OSBORNE AVE KENDRICK T HUNT 1246 N 37TH ST VANESSA BROWN 1355 N 36TH ST PRESTON CHUBE 6586 GLEN OAKS DR MARLON M MCCOY 1621 SWAN AVE VIEWPOINT DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2943 REBECCA LYNN AVE NATHAN G WILSON 8855 GOVERNOR PLEASANT DR BRON R NOEL 763 FLICKER ST FRANK B MILLICAN, JR 10591 AVENUE D DAVID EVERITT 5435 SILVERLEAF AVE DANIEL G BOWMAN 5858 KILONA DR CHARLENE PORTER 3425 GERLANDO DR ANDREW GRANT 5133 N AFTON PKWY E&E PREFERRED PROPERTIES, LLC 7767 TOM DR HARRY P ROBERT

We, KTMO LLC DBA: ELISA’S CUBAN CUISINE, are applying to the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverage of High & Low alcoholic content at retail in the Parish of East Baton Rouge at the following address: 2627 S Sherwood Forest Blvd.

Baton Rouge, LA 70816.

Owner: MARIA OSEGUERA 197107-Aug 12, 1t $87.34

Employment GENERAL HELP SODEXO IS HIRING Day Cooks, Night Cooks, Bakers, Executive Stewards, and Utility Workers Full benefits package Must be able to work any shift, day, night and weekends, holidays during the hitch rotations (i.e. 28/14, 21/7, 14/7) TWIC Card required!

Background checks, substance screening, physical exam also required Please apply online https://jobs.us.sodexo.com/ EOE/AA/M/F/D/V

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Amy Vincent Director of State Procure‐ ment FAX (225) 342-8688 196879-AUG 12-1T $12.34 PUBLIC NOTICE --PROPOSALS TO BE RECEIVED: September 1, 2026 at 2PM NOTICE TO PROPOSERS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge until September 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM local time in Room 826 of City Hall, 222 Saint Louis Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 for: RFP SOLICITATION NO. 2026-11-7731 – Janitorial Services for Environmental Services Building A mandatory pre-pro‐ posal conference and job site visit will be held in person on August 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM. The mandatory pre-proposal conference and job site visit will be held at the Environmental Services Building, 12422 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70802. A company repre‐ sentative must be in at‐ tendance at the pre-pro‐ posal meeting and job site visit to receive an award for this project.

Copies of the Request for Proposal may be ob‐ tained from LaPAC (https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/ dspBid.cfm?search=dep artment&term=102), Central Bidding (http:// www.centralauctionh ouse.com) or by email re‐ quest to: RFP2026117731JanSer‐ vEnv@brla.gov. *Note: The City-Parish has elected to use LaPAC, the state’s online electronic bid posting and Central Bidding noti‐ fication system, in addi‐ tion to its standard means of advertising this requirement. LaPAC is resident on State Pur‐ chasing’s website at https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/ pubmain.cfm and is available for vendor selfenrollment. NOTE: This RFP is not available to submit online via Central Bidding; submissions MUST be mailed or hand delivered to the address mentioned in the RFP. In that LaPAC and Central Bidding provides an im‐ mediate e-mail notifica‐ tion to subscribing bid‐ ders that a solicitation and any subsequent ad‐ denda have been let and posted, notice and re‐ ceipt thereof is consid‐ ered formally given as of their respective dates of posting. Though not re‐ quired if receiving solici‐ tation and addenda no‐ tices from LaPAC and Central Bidding the CityParish will email ad‐ denda to all vendors con‐ tacting our office and re‐ questing to be put on our office Vendor Listing for this solicitation.

The deadline for receiv‐ ing written inquiries is

APPLIANCES Side by Side stainless steel Whirlpool Refrigerator, like new.

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Call or Text Steve 225-341-9235

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3017 Chippewa St. 3BR 1BA Rent $800/mo $300/dep 225-357-6436

HOUSE 3Br/1Ba $950/month $700/deposit.

2571 72nd Avenue. Section 8 welcome. Call 225-355-6004 MOBILE HOME 1, 2 & 3 BR mobile homes, $675 & up 6061 Plank Rd. CALL 225-978-4653

Baton Rouge Rental APARTMENT 3060 N. Acadian Thrwy (Wtr/Swr Pd) 1BR/1BA, Rent $500, Dep $100 225-357-6436

ROOMS FOR RENT Furnished Rooms. $125/wk. $500/mo.

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APARTMENT AREA 5 1BR $600, 2BR $700 Tigerland. $500 Deposit. 225-475-1737

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PLACE YOUR PET SERVICES INFORMATION IN THE PET SERVICES DIRECTORY TODAY! • IT IS FAST AND EASY! • CALL 225-383-0111 DOGS 3 Female German Shepherd puppies, S/W $350. 11wks old. 225-205-4311

DOGS Chihuahuas, Long hair, tiny, born 4/1/26, shots & wormed. Lafayette area 937-844-7271

Mudan Asian Bistro LLC. d/b/a Mudan Modern Asian Cuisiane 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 Ascension at the following address 9460 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA

p tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour specified.

The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities.

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APARTMENTS 655 North St Subsidized Efficiency Apartments cpabr.org 225-383-5551 TDD/TTY 711 RELAY

Mia's GoldenDoodles 6-11-26 3M/2F Vet Chkd, $800 SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY!! CASH ONLY! 5043077786 5045411098

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August 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST. Proposals received after the above specified time will not be considered.

The right to reject any and all proposals and to waive irregularities and informalities is reserved.

The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge has established a Socially and Economi‐ cally Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SEDBE) program in ac‐ cordance with Revised Statute RS 33:2233.4. It is the policy of the Parish to ensure that Eligible Business Enterprises EBE’s, certified in accor‐ dance with the Parish program, have an equal opportunity to receive and participate in parish contracts.

For this project the EBR Parish Purchasing office has directed a review of the scope of work and participation is strongly encouraged but not re‐ quired.

The City-Parish is an equal opportunity em‐ ployer and encourages the participation of Dis‐ advantaged Business En‐ terprises (DBE) in all of its projects.

Pro‐ posers/Prospective Con‐ tractors are strongly en‐ couraged to make posi‐ tive efforts to utilize mi‐ nority subcontractors for a portion of this project.

Proposers are requested to include in their pro‐ posal a description of plans for minority partic‐ ipation under this Con‐ tract as suppliers or sub‐ contractors.

All questions concerning the Solicitation and Con‐ tract Documents MUST be received in accor‐ dance with the Schedule of Events cited in section 1.3 of the Solicitation documents and as further defined in section 1.7.2 Proposer In‐ quiry Period of the same document.

Though not required if receiving solicitation and addenda notices from LaPAC, the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge will e-mail or mail addenda to all vendors contacting our office and requesting to be put on our office Ven‐ dor Listing for this solici‐ tation.

195457 July 29, Aug. 5, 12, 2026 3t $199.26 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the Mon‐ roe FMS Generator, 5000 Central Ave, Monroe, LA 71203 will be received at the Monroe Field Mainte‐ nance Shop (FMS) #3, (Classroom), 5000 Cen‐ tral Ave, Monroe, LA 71203, until 11:00 a.m. CT on Thursday, September 17, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from CFMO Energy LAANG. Printed copies are not available from the Project Man‐ ager, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most re‐ prographic firms. Plan h ld ibl

Public Notices Bids/Proposals p g p holders are responsible for their own reproduc‐ tion costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at M&E Consult‐ ing, Inc, 1304 Bertrand Drive Suite F7, Lafayette, LA 70506. Phone (337) 234-7474.

Attention: David Carrol. E-Mail Ad‐ dress: david@meconsu lting.com.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Thursday, September 3, 2026, Mon‐ roe Field Maintenance Shop (FMS) #3, (Class‐ room), 5000 Central Ave, Monroe, LA 71203. Atten‐ dance at this Conference is mandatory. Prospec‐ tive bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid conference in order to submit a bid.

The Construction and Fa‐ cilities Management Of‐ fice point of contact is Karr A. Benoit, Email: karr.a.benoit.nfg@army. mil CFMO Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Avenue, New Or‐ leans, LA 70117, 504-2788047.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KARR A. BENOIT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of BUILD‐ ING CONSTRUCTION and/or ELECTRICAL. Bid‐ der is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Construction & Facilities Management Office by submitting their bid along with their bid secu‐ rity to https://www.cen tralauctionhouse.com/.

Electronic bids must be submitted so as to be posted prior to 11:00 a.m.

CT on Thursday, Septem‐ ber 17, 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s elec‐ tronically submitted packet must be sent to ATTN: Karr A. Benoit, Construction and Facility Maintenance Office Building #3022, Office #220, 6400 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, telephone 504-278-8047.

Contractors MUST attend the mandatory Pre-Bid conference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CT on Thurs‐ day, September 3, 2026, at the listed above loca‐ tion in order to submit an electronic bid.

The Owner reserves the

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right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid form shall not be waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

BID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY ALAN REISDORPH OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

196562-ayg 12-19-26-3t $209.50 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the Sus‐ tainment for Natchi‐ toches Readiness Center will be received at the Conference Room, 500 Fairgrounds Rd, Natchi‐ toches, Louisiana 71457, until 1:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY ALAN REISDORPH OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit Alliance De‐ sign Group, LLC. Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most repro‐ graphic firms. Plan hold‐ ers are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at Alliance Design Group, LLC 1439 Centre Ct, Ste 401, Alexandria, La 71301.

Attention: William A. Tudor A.I.A. E-Mail Ad‐ dress: adg@adgllc.net or via phone (318)445-3151.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

CT on Wednesday, Sep‐ tember 2, 2026. at Confer‐ ence Room, 500 Fair‐ grounds Rd, Natchi‐ toches, Louisiana 71457.

Attendance at this Con‐ ference is mandatory.

Prospective bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference in order to sub‐ mit a bid. The Pre-bid conference shall be con‐ ducted within current ap‐ propriate guidelines con‐ cerning COVID-19. The Military Department and Camp Minden point of contact is Mr. Alan Reis‐ dorph, 100 Louisiana Boulevard, Camp Min‐ den, Minden, Louisiana 71055 Phone: (318) 2994287 Email: alan.w. reisdorph.ctr@army.mil.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PRE-

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of BUILD‐ ING CONSTRUCTION. Bid‐ der is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B) (5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ tional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Contractors to the Con‐ struction & Facilities Management Office may submit electronic Bid Documents by submit‐ ting their bid along with their bid security to https://www.centralauct ionhouse.com. Electronic bids must be submitted to be posted prior to 1:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Hard copies of the contrac‐ tor’s electronically sub‐ mitted packet must be sent to CFMO-CQA Office, ATTN: Mr. Alan Reis‐ dorph, 100 Louisiana Boulevard, Camp Min‐ den, Minden, Louisiana 71055 Phone: (318) 2994287. Contractors MUST attend the mandatory Pre-Bid conference scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

CT on Wednesday, Sep‐ tember 2, 2026, at the above listed location in order to submit an elec‐ tronic bid.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid form shall not be waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract between Owner and Con‐ tractor is fully executed.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUEST FOR BID FOR AVIATION FUEL SUPPLIER FOR EXECUTIVE REGIONAL AIRPORT (APS) Notice is hereby given that the Port of South Louisiana is soliciting Bids for a contractor to supply aviation fuel to Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Air‐ port (APS or herein re‐ ferred to as “Airport”) for up to a period of ten (10) years. This Bid also in‐ cludes the supply of re‐ lated delivery equipment at APS. Bids will be received until August 26, 2026, 11:00 AM Central Time in the Port of South Louisiana Administration Building located at 1720 LA Highway 44, Reserve, LA 70084 and thereafter opened and publicly read for the following: “Avia‐ tion Fuel Supplier for Ex‐ ecutive Regional Air‐ port”.

Each bid must be con‐ tained in a sealed enve‐ lope, and each envelope must be clearly marked as applicable: BIDS: Aviation Fuel Supplier for Executive Regional Airport by [Vendor name] Bid Documents may be picked up at Port of South Louisiana, 1720 Highway 44, Reserve, Louisiana 70084 or viewed at portsl.com.

Bidders also have the op‐ tion to review bid docu‐ ments and submit bids electronically by visiting www.centralbidding. com. You must register directly with Central Bid‐ ding to utilize this ser‐ vice. You may also con‐ tact them at 1-833-4125717.

All questions must be submitted in writing by email to cwatson@ portsl.com by August 14, 2026 at 5PM Central Time.

Preference is hereby given to materials, sup‐ plies and provisions, pro‐ duced, manufactured or grown in Louisiana, qual‐ ity being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the state.

All bidders are afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in re‐ sponse to this invitation.

The Port of South Louisiana reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to negotiate the terms and conditions of the Bids, to waive irregu‐ larities and/or formali‐ ties, and to make an award in a manner deter‐ mined to be in the Port of South Louisiana’s best interest.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR FLIGHT SCHOOL OPERATOR AT PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA EXECUTIVE REGIONAL AIRPORT (APS) Port of South Louisiana (POSL) is the owner and operator of POSL Execu‐ tive Regional Airport (APS). POSL is aware of the shortage of profes‐ sional pilots and aircraft mechanics, and with a focus on workforce de‐

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velopment, it is POSL’s goal to provide students and residents of the River Paish Region with a pathway to meet the de‐ mands of the industry.

Currently, the Airport of‐ fers some independent flight instruction.

knowledge tests, includ‐ ing at a minimum, for Pri‐ vate Pilot, Instrument, Commercial, Flight In‐ structor, Airframe and Powerplant certificates.

Aircraft utilized by the operator may be either owned by the operator or under a leaseback/mar‐ keting agreement with another owner. POSL has potential facilities avail‐ able as well as open real estate for development.

Operator would enter ap‐ propriate real estate (lease) and/or operating agreements as required

by FAA, State and/or local laws or regulations.

The operator shall pro‐ vide quality Federal Avia‐ tion Regulation (“FAR”) Part 61 and/or Part 141 flight instruction at APS, either as a primary or FAA-approved satellite base of operations. A co‐ ordinated program of in‐ struction by the opera‐ tor, at a minimum, shall result in completion of the Private Pilot, Instru‐ ment, Commercial, and Flight Instructor courses under FAR Part 61 and FAR Part 141. It is ex‐ pected that the syllabi for both programs em‐ ployed in the training by the operator to include scenario-based and in‐ corporate human factors training throughout the course of instruction.

The operator may setup and operate, within a ne‐ gotiated timeframe, a FAA-approved testing center for FAA written

POSL and the successful Proposer shall enter into negotiations for a re‐ spective operating and/or lease agreement.

Sealed Qualifying Ques‐ tionnaires will be ac‐ cepted until 10:00 am, August 31, 2026 at 1720 Highway 44, Reserve, Louisiana. Please mark all envelopes “Sealed Ap‐ plication –‘Flight School” – Attention: Chanse Wat‐ son, Airport Director. Ap‐ plications may also be submitted electronically lbiddi

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Qualifying Question‐ naires may be picked up at the Port of South Louisiana’s Administra‐ tion Building, 1720 High‐ way 44, Reserve, Louisiana 70084 or ac‐ cessed at www.central bidding.com.

The Port reserves the right to accept or reject any questionnaires, whole or in part and waive any formalities.

If you have any questions about the proposal process, or for technical questions and/or to schedule an on-site visit, please contact Mr. Chanse Watson at (985) 536-1999, or cwatson@ portsl.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Bids for the FMS 9 Sustainment will be re‐ ceived at the FMS 9 facil‐ ity, 1806 Surrey Steet Lafayette, Louisiana 70508, until 10:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, Septem‐ ber 9, 2026.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY PAUL RICCARDI OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NO LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

They may be obtained without charge and with‐ out deposit from Ziler Ar‐ chitects LLC. Printed copies are not available from the Designer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most repro‐ graphic firms. Plan hold‐ ers are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at 101 Calco Blvd # 101,

Lafayette, Louisiana 70503.

Attention: Jim Ziler, Email Address: jim@zilerarchitects.net or via phone (337) 2696326.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 1806 Sur‐ rey Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508. Atten‐ dance at this Conference is mandatory. Prospec‐ tive bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid conference in order to submit a bid.

The Pre-bid conference shall be conducted within current appropri‐ ate guidelines concern‐ ing COVID-19.

The Louisiana Military De‐ partment and Camp Beauregard point of con‐ tact is Paul Riccardi, Email: richard.p.riccardi. nfg@army.mil, Bldg. 420 F St., Room 233, Pineville, Louisiana 71360.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRAC‐ TORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE.

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ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY PAUL RICCARDI OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NO LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of BUILD‐ ING CONSTRUCTION. Bid‐ der is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B) (5).

The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Addi‐ i l id ( ) if

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No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

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Electronic bids must be submitted to be posted prior to 10:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s elec‐ tronically submitted packet must be sent to Construction Facility Management Office, ATTN: Paul Riccardi, 420 F Street, Camp Beaure‐ gard, Pineville, Louisiana.

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The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with directives and guid‐ ance published by Facil‐ ity Planning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid not be form shall waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Deputy Director for Con‐ tracting and Purchasing and the State Contract‐ ing Officer do not pos‐ sess authority to waive any informality inciden‐ tal thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract between Owner and Con‐ tractor is fully executed.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐

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ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY KEITH S. CASH OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this project are avail‐ able in electronic form.

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Printed copies are not available from the De‐ signer, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most re‐ prographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduc‐ tion costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at Cohesion Ar‐ chitecture, LLC, Atten‐ tion: Heather Burton, 2740 Rue De Jardin, Suite 400, Lake Charles, LA 70605. Email: office@coh esionarchitecture.com or via phone: 337-419-0008 A Mandatory Pre-Bid conference and site visit is scheduled for 10:00 AM CT on Wednesday 2 Sep‐ tember 2026, at 8553 K Avenue, Fort Polk, Leesville, LA 71457. At‐ tendance at this Confer‐ ence is mandatory.

Prospective bidders must attend the entire mandatory Pre-Bid con‐ ference to submit a bid.

The Military Department point of contact is Keith S. Cash, cell: 225-505-6429 and email: keith.s.cash. nfg@army.mil, mail to: Bldg. 420 F St., Room 233, Camp Beauregard, Pineville, LA 71360.

BIDS SHALL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM CONTRACTORS THAT ATTEND THE ENTIRE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL NOTIFY KEITH CASH OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE THE MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE. All Bids must be accom‐ panied by Bid Security equal to five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and Additional Bid Items (ABI) and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of BUILD‐ ING CONSTRUCTION. Bid‐ der is required to comply with provisions and re‐ quirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B) (5).

Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Per‐ formance and Payment Bond written by a com‐ pany licensed to do busi‐ ness in the State of Louisiana, equal to 100% of the Contract amount, including Additional Bid Items (ABI), if required.

No Bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214.

Electronic Bid Docu‐ ments may be submitted

by Contractors to the Construction & Facilities Management Office by submitting their bid along with their bid secu‐ rity to https://www.cen tralauctionhouse.com/.

Electronic bids must be submitted to be posted prior to 10:00 AM CT on Wednesday 16 Septem‐ ber 2026. Hard copies of the contractor’s elec‐ tronically submitted packet must be sent to Construction & Facilities Management Office, ATTN: Keith S. Cash, 420 F Street, Camp Beaure‐ gard, Pineville, LA. 71360, telephone 225-505-6429 keith.s.cash.nfg@ or army.mil.

Contractors MUST attend the manda‐ tory pre-bid conference scheduled for 10:00 AM CT on Wednesday 2 Sep‐ tember 2026, at the above-listed location to submit an electronic bid.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any Bids for just cause.

In accordance with direc‐ tives and guidance pub‐ lished by Facility Plan‐ ning and Control, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, the provisions and requirements of those stated in the ad‐ vertisement for bids and those required on the bid form shall not be waivered. The Louisiana Military Department Di‐ rector for Contracting and Purchasing and the State Contracting Officer do not possess authority to waive any informality incidental thereto. The Owner shall incur no obligation to the Con‐ tractor until the Contract between Owner and Con‐ tractor is fully executed.

The Louisiana Military Department is a partici‐ pant in the Louisiana Ini‐ tiative for Small Entre‐ preneurships (SE) Pro‐ gram (the Hudson Initia‐ tive) and the VeteranOwned and Service-Con‐ nected Disabled VeteranOwned Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program (the Veteran Initiative). Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --BIDS TO BE RECEIVED BEGINNING Thursday, August 27, 2026 @ 8:00 AM (ET) NOTICE OF PUBLIC ONLINE REVERSE AUCTION – SURPLUS SALE Notice is hereby given that the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge “BREC” will be conducting a surplus sale through a public on‐ line reverse auction con‐ ducted by Municibid be‐ ginning August 27, 2026, at 8:00 AM (ET) and end‐ ing September 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM (ET). The public is welcome to participate in the surplus sale. BREC encourages and wel‐ comes public participa‐ tion in this online reverse auction – surplus sale. To participate, it will be nec‐ essary for you to register in advance of the surplus sale at www.municibid. com, “Become a Muni‐ cibid Member” Create a FREE account green but‐ ton at the center of the screen. Interested par‐ ties will then complete a short application to cre‐ ate an account with Mu‐ nicibid and be eligible to participate in the online “reverse” auction. A list‐ ing of the surplus items to be auctioned with the reserve price set as well as the condition for each item is provided below: (NOTE: Items Sold as Is – At Buyer’s Risk) Sale Description: (2) DYMO Stamps, (1) Fax Machines, (4) Printers, ((2) Boxes of Stamps, Calculator Ink & Tape Ribbon, (18) Keyboards, (13) Mouse, Sony Cas‐ sette Recorder, Plantron‐ ics Headset, DYMO Label Writer, Backpack Blower Parts, Frigidaire Oven Range, (3) Motorola Ra‐ dios, Optima Vet Scale, Iwaki Pump, (8) Kayaks, (2) Projectors, (2) Ink Cartridges, (2) Soapy Soaps, CD Player, Imag‐ ing Film, (6) Speakers, Desk Lamp, (6) Speakers, (9) IBM Easy Strike LiftOff Tape, (11) Calcula‐ tors, (12) Dell Toner Car‐ tridges, (2) Floor Mats, (2) File Cabinets, (3) In‐ structor Kits, Check Fold‐ ing Machine(2) Rolling Tables, (3) Hanging Files, (4) Rolodex Cards, (12)

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were no objections. The June 9, 2026 minutes are approved as written.

plus property and autho‐ rize disposition A resolution to declare as surplus property cer‐ tain items located within the Central Police De‐ partment, to authorize disposition, and to pro‐ vide for related matters (By Council Member Roy) Council Member Myer moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member McKinney. Pub‐ lic comment: Roger Cor‐ coran. Vote: 6 yeas (Fral‐ ick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, Myer and McKinney, Wells), 0 nays, 1 absent (Roy). Motion passed.

- Central’s Red, White and Boom event will be held Saturday, June 27th at Shoe Creek.

3) Adjournment Council Member Myer moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Council Member Wells.

The meeting was ad‐ journed at 7:09 p.m.

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Cash Boxes, Autofolder, Hydraulic Cutter, Heat Press, Bostitch Stapler, (5) APC Surge Protectors, Media Cart, Side Table, Standing Computer Cart, Wood Pallets, (2) EZ GO Battery Chargers, (2) Mi‐ crowaves, Xerox Ma‐ chine, Food Warmer, EZ GO Golf Cart.

Bids not received in ac‐ cordance with Municibid rules and regulations as posted on their website cannot be accepted.

BREC employees and their immediate family members (spouse, mother, father, children, grandparents) are pro‐ hibited from participat‐ ing in online auctions.

RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE /s/ Janet C. Simmons, Interim Superintendent THE ADVOCATE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 196800-aug 12-1t $41.15 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ) STATE PLAN FOR THE CONTROL OF GREEN‐ HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS FACILITIES The LDEQ, Office of Envi‐ ronmental Services, Air Permits Division, is solic‐ iting public input on Louisiana’s State Plan for the Control of Green‐ house Gas Emissions from Existing Crude Oil and Natural Gas Facili‐ ties.

On March 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promul‐ gated 40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOOc (Emissions Guidelines for Green‐ house Gas Emissions from Existing Crude Oil and Natural Gas Facili‐ ties). Subpart OOOOc re‐ quires states to submit plans to EPA that imple‐ ment the emission guide‐ lines contained in this subpart by Friday, Janu‐ ary 22, 2027.

As allowed by 40 CFR 60.5376c(a), LDEQ has tentatively decided to adopt the model rule de‐ veloped by EPA set forth in Subpart OOOOc by in‐ corporating the rule by reference in Louisiana’s air quality regulations at LAC 33:III.3003.B.9. The model rule limits methane emissions from the following designated facilities that com‐ menced construction, modification, or recon‐ struction on or before December 6, 2022: gas well liquids unloading operations, associated gas wells, centrifugal compressors, reciprocat‐ ing compressors, process controllers, pumps, storage vessels, fugitive emissions com‐ ponents, process unit equipment at onshore natural gas processing plants, and super-emitter events.

Per 40 CFR 60.5363c(a) of Subpart OOOOc, a state plan must include the following: Compliance schedules for each designated fa‐ cility; Standards of perfor‐ mance for designated fa‐ cilities that are at least as stringent as the emis‐ guidelines con‐ sion tained in Subpart OOOOc, unless otherwise provided for under 40 CFR 60.5365c; Performance testing, monitoring, recordkeep‐ ing, and reporting re‐ quirements; Documentation of meaningful engagement as specified in 40 CFR 60.23a(i); Certification that the re‐ quired hearing on the state plan was held, a list of witnesses and their organizational affilia‐ tions, if any, appearing at the hearing, and a brief written summary of each presentation or written submission as specified in 40 CFR 60.23a(c)-(e); Provision for state progress reports to EPA; Identification of en‐ forceable state mecha‐ nisms selected for imple‐ menting Subpart OOOOc; and Demonstration of the state’s legal authority to carry out the Clean Air Act section 111(d) state plan.

Comments should submitted to:

be

Bryan D. Johnston Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Services, Air Permits Di‐ vision P.O. Box 4313 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4313 Alternatively, comments may be e-mailed to Bryan.Johnston@la.gov.

Comments must be re‐ ceived by Wednesday, September 30, 2026. LDEQ will consider all com‐ ments received prior to finalizing the state plan.

A public hearing on the state plan will be held at a later date.

If you have any questions concerning this matter or would like to schedule a meeting with Air Per‐ mits Division staff to dis‐ cuss any aspect of the state plan, please con‐ tact Bryan D. Johnston at (225) 219-3450 or via the e-mail address provided above.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY OF CENTRAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Central City Hall 11530 Sullivan Road Central, LA 70818 https://www.centralgov. com/ Tuesday, June 23, 2026 MINUTES 6:00 PM I. Preliminary Business 1) Call to Order - Mayor Evans called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

2) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance – By Ron Er‐ ickson, Grace Life Church 3) Roll Call Present: Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McK‐ inney, Myer and Wells Absent: Roy 4) Approval of the min‐ utes from the June 9, 2026 Council Meeting.

Council Member Myer moved to approve the June 9, 2026 minutes as written. The motion was by Council seconded Member Wells. There

II. Zoning Cases 1) Discussion and action regarding the following P&Z case(s): a) Z-26-0002: Rezoning at 9821 Joor Road. An Ordi‐ nance to rezone Lot B-2A-1, Erving J. Bourg Tract, from R/A (Rural/Agricul‐ tural) to B-1 (Neighbor‐ hood Business) zoning district. Comprising 4.23 acres. (Applicant/Owner: Gavin Gafford)

Commission Action (May 28, 2026): Mr. Sheridan moved to approve with a stipulation; Mr. Sharafkhani seconded.

Public comment: Gerald Dauzat, Vicki Dauzat.

Vote: 4 yeas (Pino, Sharafkhani, Sheridan, Johnson), 1 nay (Firmin), 1 abstain (Harper), 1 ab‐ sent (Freneaux). Motion passed, and Z-26-0002 was recommended for approval with the stipu‐ lation that the back of the lot cannot be used for commercial pur‐ poses.

Council Action (June 23, 2026): Council Member Myer moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member McKinney. Pub‐ lic comment: None. Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer and Wells), 0 nays, 1 ab‐ sent (Roy).

Motion passed and Z-26-0002 was approved. b) Z-26-0003: Rezoning at 12332 Joor Road. An Ordi‐ nance to rezone Lot D-5B, W. C. Watts Tract, from R-2 (Single-Family Resi‐ dence) to B-1 (Neighbor‐ hood Business) zoning district. Comprising 1.50 acres. (Applicant/Owner: Cole Foreman) Commission Action (May 28, 2026): Mr. Sheridan moved to approve; Mr. Pino seconded. Public comment: Samantha Bo‐ nanno. Vote: 0 yeas, 6 nays (Firmin, Harper, Pino, Sharafkhani, Sheri‐ dan, Johnson), 1 absent (Freneaux).

Motion failed, and Z-26-0003 was recommended for denial.

Council Action (June 23, 2026): Council Member Wells moved to accept the Zoning Commission’s recommendation of de‐ nial. The motion was sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Myer. Public com‐ ment: None. Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer and Wells), 0 nays, 1 ab‐ sent (Roy).

Motion passed and Z-26-0003 was denied. c) T-26-0002 Swimming Pool in Side Yard. An Or‐ dinance to amend Title 7 Unified Development Code and Appendix 1 Comprehensive Zoning Code to allow swimming pools in a side yard and provide for related mat‐ ters.

Commission Action (May 28, 2026): Mr. Sheridan moved to approve; Mr. Pino seconded. Public comment: None. Vote: 4 yeas (Pino, Sharafkhani, Sheridan, Johnson), 2 nays (Firmin, Harper), 1 absent (Freneaux). Mo‐ tion passed, and T-260002 was recommended for approval.

Council Action (June 23, 2026): Council Member McKinney moved to ap‐ prove this item. The mo‐ tion was seconded by Council Member Myer.

Public comment: None.

Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McK‐ inney, Myer and Wells), 0 nays, 1 absent (Roy). Mo‐ tion passed and T-260002 was approved.

2) Introduction of the fol‐ lowing P&Z item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the July 14, 2026, Coun‐ cil meeting).

None III. Old Business (Public Hearing and Action re‐ garding the following in‐ strument(s)): None IV. New Business (Public Hearing and Action re‐ garding the following in‐ strument(s)): 1) A resolution to con‐ tinue the current policy where the City pays re‐ view fees associated with Offsite Drainage As‐ sessments for single family residential, with five or fewer lots.

A resolution to continue the practice of payment of certain designated Offsite Drainage Assess‐ ment fees, and to provide for related matters (By Council Member McKin‐ ney).

Council Member McKin‐ ney moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Myer. Council discussion.

Council Member McKinney made a substitute motion to require applicants to pay one-thousand-dollar a review fee, per lot; and for the city to pay the re‐ maining review fees after the first one-thou‐ sand dollars. The substi‐ tute motion was sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Myer. Public com‐ ment: None. Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer and Wells), 0 nays, 1 ab‐ sent (Roy).

Motion passed.

2) A resolution to declare certain CPD items as sur‐

3) A resolution to ap‐ prove a new contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. A resolution to approve a contract with Axon En‐ terprise, Inc. to provide technology equipment and services to the Cen‐ tral Police Department and to provide for re‐ lated matters (By Council Member Roy).

Council Member Myer moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Fralick. Council discussion. Public com‐ ment: Roger Corcoran, Michelle Lewis, Steven Additional Coloney.

Council discussion with City Attorney Celestin.

Council Member Wells made a motion to defer this item to the July 14, 2026 Council Meeting.

The motion was sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Lavergne. There were no objections. This item is deferred to the July 14, 2026 Council meeting.

4) A motion to approve the provisional hire of a part-time dispatcher for the Central Police De‐ partment (Patrick).

Council Member Lavergne moved to ap‐ prove this item. The mo‐ tion was seconded by Council Member Myer.

Public comment: None.

Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McK‐ inney, Myer and Wells), 0 nays, 1 absent (Roy). Mo‐ tion passed.

5) A motion to approve the provisional hire of a part-time officer for the Central Police Depart‐ ment (Rawls).

Council Member Fralick moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Myer. Public comment: None. Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer and Wells), 0 nays, 1 ab‐ sent (Roy).

Motion passed.

6) A motion to approve the provisional hire of a part-time officer for the Central Police Depart‐ ment (Miller).

Council Member McKin‐ ney moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Myer. Public comment: None. Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer and Wells), 0 nays, 1 ab‐ sent (Roy).

Motion passed.

7) A motion to approve the promotion of Central Police Officer John Dau‐ thier to the rank of Lieu‐ tenant.

Council Member Lavergne moved to ap‐ prove this item. The mo‐ tion was seconded by Council Member Lazaroe.

Public comment: None.

Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lavergne, Lazaroe, McK‐ inney, Myer and Wells), 0 nays, 1 absent (Roy). Mo‐ tion passed.

V. New Business (NonPublic Hearing): 1) Introduction of the fol‐ lowing item(s) (with pub‐ lic hearing to be held at the July 14, 2026, Council meeting): None VI. Reports and Presentations: 1) Mayor’s Reports and Presentations - Mayor Evans congratu‐ lated the Public Works Department on their re‐ sponse during the recent rain event.

- Mayor Evans gave an update on drainage pro‐ jects.

2) Report from Westwood Professional Services on the Greenways Master Plan project.

Jeff Bell, Westwood Pro‐ fessional Services, gave an update on the Green‐ ways Master Plan.

3) Report from the Cen‐ tral Chamber of Com‐ merce Miranda Denicola gave a report for the Central Chamber of Commerce 4) Report from the Cen‐ tral Police Department concerning law enforce‐ ment within the City of Central.

Lt. Michelle Lewis gave a report for the Central Po‐ lice Department.

5) Report from IBTS re‐ garding services pro‐ vided to the City of Cen‐ tral.

IBTS Program Director, Taurus Freeman, gave a presentation on the ser‐ vices provided to the City of Central in the month of April 2026.

6) Distribution of the City of Central Accounts Payable Disbursement Report, Fuel Report, and Deposit Totals for the pe‐ riod of May 1, 2026 through May 31, 2026.

Reports were distributed.

VII. Other Business: 1) Public Comment None 2) Announcements

S/ Wade Evans, Mayor S/ Mark Miley, Clerk 197152 Aug. 12, 1t $147.61 PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY OF CENTRAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Central City Hall 11530 Sullivan Road Central, LA 70818 https://www.centralgov. com/ Tuesday, July 14, 2026 MINUTES 6:00 PM I. Preliminary Business 1) Call to Order - Mayor Evans called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

2) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance – By Pastor Jeff Stanfill, Covenant Church 3) Roll Call Present: Lavergne, Lazaroe, Roy and Wells Absent: Fralick, McKin‐ ney and Myer 4) Approval of the min‐ utes from the June 23, 2026 Council Meeting.

Council Member Wells moved to approve the June 23, 2026 minutes as written. The motion was seconded by Council Member Lavergne. There were no objections. The June 23, 2026 minutes are approved as written.

II. Zoning Cases 1) Discussion and action regarding the following P&Z case(s): None 2) Introduction of the fol‐ lowing P&Z item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the July 28, 2026, Coun‐ cil meeting). a) PD-26-0001: Planned Unit Development - Final Development Plan for The Oaks at Draughan Creek. An Ordinance ap‐ proving the Final Devel‐ opment Plan (FDP) for The Oaks at Draughan Creek, with a subdivision preliminary plat that in‐ cludes 69 lots for singlefamily dwellings, with private streets and pub‐ lic sewer treatment. Lo‐ cated at 18667 Greenwell Springs Road, on Lot A-1 of Jessie Inman Property & the F.E. Morgan Prop‐ erty, comprising 111.77 acres in the R-1 (SingleFamily Residence) zoning district. (Applicant: MR Engineering & Surveying for Rebecca L. Speakman Drouant) Commission Action (June 25, 2026): Mr. Sheridan moved to approve, with the condition that fibercement building material be used for siding. Mr. Pino seconded. Public comment: None. Vote: 5 yeas (Freneaux, Harper, Pino, Sheridan, Johnson), 1 nay (Sharafkhani), 1 ab‐ sent (Firmin). Motion passed, and PD-26-0001 was recommended for approval with the condi‐ tion that fiber-cement building material be used for siding. *The applicant has re‐ quested that the hearing date be deferred from the July 28, 2026 meeting to the August 11, 2026 meeting.

III. Old Business (Public Hearing and Action re‐ garding the following in‐ strument(s)): 1) A resolution to ap‐ prove a new contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. A resolution to approve a contract with Axon En‐ terprise, Inc. to provide technology equipment and services to the Cen‐ tral Police Department and to provide for re‐ lated matters (By Council Member Roy).

Council Action (June 23, 2026): Council Member Myer moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Fralick. Council discussion. Public com‐ ment: Roger Corcoran, Michelle Lewis, Steven Coloney.

Additional Council discussion with City Attorney Celestin.

Council Member Wells made a motion to defer this item to the July 14, 2026 Council Meeting.

The motion was sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Lavergne. There were no objections. This item is deferred to the July 14, 2026 Council meeting Council Action (July 14, 2026): Council Member Roy moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Wells. Council discussion. Public com‐ ment: Michelle Lewis, Roger Corcoran. Addi‐ tional Council discus‐ sion. Council Member Roy made a motion to defer this item to the Au‐ gust 11, 2026 Council Meeting. The motion was seconded by Council Member Lazaroe. Vote to defer: 4 Yeas (Lavergne, Lazaroe, Roy and Wells), 0 Nays, 3 absent (Fralick, McKinney and Myer).This item is deferred to the August 11, 2026 Council meeting.

IV. New Business (Public Hearing and Action re‐ garding the following in‐ ( ))

NOTICE TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH In the matter of the establishment of a branch of Bank of Zachary.

Notice is hereby given that the Bank of Zachary, whose main office and domicile is located in Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, has made application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Louisiana Commissioner of Financial Institutions to establish a branch to be located at 18224 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810.

Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its Dallas Regional Office at 600 N. Pearl Street, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75201, before processing of the application has been completed. Processing will be completed no earlier than the 15th day following either the date of the required publication or the date of receipt of the application by the FDIC, whichever is later. The period may be extended by the Regional director for good cause. The nonconfidential portions of the application are on file in the regional office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours.

Photocopies of the non-confidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request. A schedule of charges for such copies can be obtained from the Regional Office.

Any person wishing to comment on this application with the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions may file his or her comments, in writing, with the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Post Office Box 94095, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70804-9095. The Office of Financial Institutions is not required to consider any comments received more than 30 days after the date of publication of this Notice. The Public Section of the application will be available at the Office of Financial Institutions for public inspection during the regular business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

This notice is published pursuant to Part 303.7 of the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and LAC 10:I.Chapter 5 of the “Louisiana Register”.

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1) A motion to authorize the Mayor to sign a con‐ tract with the East Baton Rouge Sherrif’s Office for extra duty policing within the City of Central.

Council Member Lavergne moved to ap‐ prove this item. The mo‐ tion was seconded by Council Member Lazaroe.

Public comment: None.

Vote: 4 yeas (Lavergne, Lazaroe, Roy and Wells), 0 nays, 3 absent (Fralick, McKinney and Myer).

Motion passed.

2) Non-action item - A discussion regarding Flock cameras within the City of Central.

Open discussion amongst the Mayor and Council. Public comment: John Dauthier, Chris de Pierne. No action was taken.

V. New Business (NonPublic Hearing): 1) Introduction of the fol‐ lowing item(s) (with pub‐ lic hearing to be held at the July 28, 2026, Council meeting): None VI. Reports and Presentations: 1) Mayor’s Reports and Presentations - Mayor Evans stated that there was a pre-bid meeting this morning for the next Road Project. a) A Proclamation to de‐ clare July 2026 as “Parks and Recreation Month” Mayor Evans read aloud a proclamation to de‐ clare July 2026 as “Parks and Recreation Month”.

VII. Other Business: 1) Public Comment None 2) Announcements None 3) Adjournment Council Member Lazaroe moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Council Member Lavergne. The meeting was adjourned at 6:46 p.m.

S/ Wade Evans, Mayor S/ Mark Miley, Clerk 197171 Aug. 12, 1t $84.95 PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY OF CENTRAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Central City Hall 11530 Sullivan Road Central, LA 70818 https://www.centralgov. com/ Tuesday, July 28, 2026 MINUTES 6:00 PM I. Preliminary Business 1) Call to Order - Mayor Evans called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

2) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance – By Philip Guay, Providence Baptist Church 3) Roll Call Present: Fralick, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer, Roy and Wells Absent: Lavergne 4) Approval of the min‐ utes from the July 14, 2026 Council Meeting.

Council Member Wells moved to approve the July 14, 2026 minutes as written. The motion was seconded by Council Member Myer.

There were no objections. The July 14, 2026 minutes are approved as written.

II. Zoning Cases 1) Discussion and action regarding the following P&Z case(s): a) PD-26-0001: An Ordi‐ nance to approve a Planned Unit Develop‐ ment Final Development Plan for The Oaks at

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Draughan Creek and to provide for related mat‐ ters. The subdivision pre‐ liminary plat includes 69 lots for single-family dwellings, with private streets and public sewer treatment. Located at 18667 Greenwell Springs Road, on Lot A-1 of Jessie Inman Property & the F.E. Morgan Property, com‐ prising 111.77 acres in the R-1 (Single-Family Residence) zoning dis‐ trict. (Applicant: MR En‐ gineering & Surveying for Rebecca L. Speakman Drouant)

IV. New Business (Public Hearing and Action re‐ garding the following in‐ strument(s)):

Commission Action (June 25, 2026): Mr. Sheridan moved to approve, with the condition that fibercement building material be used for siding. Mr. Pino seconded. Public comment: None. Vote: 5 yeas (Freneaux, Harper, Pino, Sheridan, Johnson), 1 nay (Sharafkhani), 1 ab‐ sent (Firmin). Motion passed, and PD-26-0001 was recommended for approval with the condi‐ tion that fiber-cement building material be used for siding. *The applicant has re‐ quested that the hearing date be deferred from the July 28, 2026 meeting to the August 11, 2026 meeting.

Council Action (July 28, 2026): Council Member Myer made a motion to defer this item to the Au‐ gust 11, 2026 Council Meeting. The motion was seconded by Council Member Wells. There were no objections to the motion to defer. This item is deferred to the August 11, 2026 Council meeting.

2) Introduction of the fol‐ lowing P&Z item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the August 11, 2026, Council meeting).

None III. Old Business (Public Hearing and Action re‐ garding the following in‐ strument(s)): 1) A resolution to ap‐ prove a new contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. A resolution to approve a contract with Axon En‐ terprise, Inc. to provide technology equipment and services to the Cen‐ tral Police Department and to provide for re‐ lated matters (By Council Member Roy).

Council Action (June 23, 2026): Council Member Myer moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Fralick. Council discussion. Public com‐ ment: Roger Corcoran, Michelle Lewis, Steven Coloney.

Additional Council discussion with City Attorney Celestin.

Council Member Wells made a motion to defer this item to the July 14, 2026 Council Meeting.

The motion was sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Lavergne. There were no objections. This item is deferred to the July 14, 2026 Council meeting Council Action (July 14, 2026): Council Member Roy moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Wells. Council discussion. Public com‐ ment: Michelle Lewis, Roger Corcoran. Addi‐ tional Council discus‐ sion. Council Member Roy made a motion to defer this item to the Au‐ gust 11, 2026 Council Meeting. The motion was seconded by Council Member Lazaroe. Vote to defer: 4 Yeas (Lavergne, Lazaroe, Roy and Wells), 0 Nays, 0 absent. This item is deferred to the August 11, 2026 Council meeting.

Council Member Lazaroe moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Myer. Public comment: None. Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer, Roy and Wells), 0 nays, 1 absent (Lavergne).Motion passed.

2) A motion to authorize the Mayor to sign a con‐ tract with Forte & Tablada for RFQ 2026-001 Stormwater System Im‐ provements.

Council Member Roy moved to approve this item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Myer. Public comment: None. Vote: 6 yeas (Fralick, Lazaroe, McKinney, Myer, Roy and Wells), 0 nays, 1 absent (Lavergne).

Motion passed.

Council Member Lavergne was recognized as present – 6:42 p.m.

3) Non-action item - A discussion with a Flock representative to discuss Flock camera capabilities and usage within the City of Central.

Ian Leslie, Public Affairs Manager for Flock, gave a presentation. Discus‐ sion with Council. No ac‐ tion was taken.

V. New Business (NonPublic Hearing): 1) Introduction of the fol‐ lowing item(s) (with pub‐ lic hearing to be held at the August 11, 2026, Council meeting): None

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PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Parish Council Meeting August 27, 2026 5:30pm SITE PLAN APPEAL REQUEST File #C2026-1: Applicant: Bradford Engineering and Services, LLC. c/o Epic Paving Location: 3022 Hwy 190 West. Port Allen, La 70767 Request: Appeal for a Waiver for 30 Ft buffer when C-1.4 is abutting an AG district or zone.

A PUBLIC HEARING will be held by the West Baton Rouge Parish Council relative to the aforementioned re‐ quest(s).

Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026 Time: 5:30 pm All Public hearings will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the West Baton Rouge Parish Council Meeting Room, 880 N. Alexander, Port Allen, LA 70767 Run in The Advocate Au‐ gust 5, 12, & 19, 2026 196135-aug 5-12-19-3t $51.72

VI. Reports and Presentations: 1) Mayor’s Reports and Presentations Mayor Evans gave an up‐ date on the upcoming Road Rehab Project.

2) A report from the Cen‐ tral Police Department concerning law enforce‐ ment within the City of Central.

Lt. Michelle Lewis gave a report for the Central Po‐ lice Department.

3) A report from IBTS re‐ garding services pro‐ vided to the City of Cen‐ tral.

IBTS Program Director, Taurus Freeman, gave a presentation on the ser‐ vices provided to the City of Central in the month of June 2026.

4) Distribution of the City of Central Accounts Payable Disbursement Report, Fuel Report and Deposit Totals for period of June 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026.

Reports were distributed.

5) Distribution of Finan‐ cial Highlights & State‐ ments for February 2026.

Reports were distributed.

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VII. Other Business: 1) Public Comment None 2) Announcements None 3) Adjournment Council Member Myer moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Council Member Roy. The meeting was adjourned

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Adjustments

Adjusted FY 25-26

Original FY 26-27

LOCAL FUNDING

$ 577,800

(179,236)

$ 398,564

$ 708,200

TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING - UPWP

3,536,700

(1,569,658)

1,967,042

3,043,500

TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING - OTHER

362,100

(75,547)

286,553

359,000

TOTAL REVENUES

4,476,600

(1,824,441)

2,652,159

4,110,700

TOTAL PERSONNEL

1,425,865

(399,923)

1,025,942

1,329,800

TOTAL CONSULTANT AND PROFESSIONAL

1,729,000

(1,207,150)

521,850

1,045,300

TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL

31,000

(3,759)

27,241

62,600

TOTAL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT

40,000

14,177

54,177

397,100

TOTAL DIRECT COSTS

3,225,865

(1,596,655)

1,629,210

2,834,800

DIRECT COSTS:

INDIRECT COSTS: TOTAL PERSONNEL

664,800

(53,061)

611,739

623,700

TOTAL CONSULTANT AND PROFESSIONAL

198,500

(63,811)

134,689

198,500

TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL

78,700

11,795

90,495

101,200

TOTAL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT

109,200

(33,544)

75,656

114,200

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS AND IN-KIND

85,000

(92)

84,908

86,000

TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS

1,136,200

(138,712)

997,488

1,123,600

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

4,362,065

(1,735,367)

2,626,698

3,958,400

Net surplus

$ 114,535

$

$ 152,300

25,461

The proposed budget will be available for examination beginning August 7, 2026.

The proposed budget may be examined Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Capital Region Planning Commission central office, located at 14734 S Harrell’s Ferry Road, Suite B, City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Interested citizens will have the opportunity to give written or oral comment.

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1) A resolution to sup‐ port an application for the Beaver Bayou Green‐ way project A resolution to support the Carbon Reduction Program Application for the Beaver Bayou Green‐ way and to provide for related matters (By Council Members Lavergne and Lazaroe).

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Great Flood with EBRP GIS 7:00pm | Main Library at Goodwood

Members of East Baton Rouge Parish’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Program will explore maps, data, and flood patterns from 2016 and examine how flood mapping, infrastructure, and the region have changed over the past decade.

Stormwater Summit

6:00pm | Main Library at Goodwood

Hosted by the Federation of Greater Baton Rouge Civic Associations, this discussion will feature civic leaders and local officials addressing regional drainage, maintenance efforts, and the future of stormwater management.

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What kind of job seekers does the EBRPL Career Center help? We help people in every type of industry, from every walk of life and every background. Our youngest client was 13 and our oldest was 86. We’ve helped truck drivers, lawyers, teachers, secretaries, fast food workers, engineers, CEOs and everyone in between.

How does the EBRPL Career Center work? Our first step is to learn about each person’s situation and background. Then, we customize the services.

For people who are open to multiple types of jobs, I usually ask if they are interested in a specific field or type of job. If they say they will take anything, I generally set them up for career

coaching. Our Certified Career Coach, Anne Nowak, has a superpower when it comes to helping people who have no clue what they want to do for a living.

This might involve assessments or a conversation about a person’s likes and dislikes. If someone is interested in specific industries, we usually start by creating different resumes for each one and exploring the opportunities available.

Some people come at a specific point in their job search. They may need help writing cover letters as they start applications, or they may want to practice an interview if they have one coming up.

Our favorite days are when they come back to tell us they have a job.

What are some common obstacles the EBRPL Career Center helps people overcome? We work with a lot of senior citizens to develop strategies to overcome age discrimination. We also work with

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We have also seen meteoric growth on our YouTube channel @ebrplcareercenter which has more than 5,000 subscribers and about 200 videos.”

Our youngest client was 13 and our oldest was 86. We’ve helped truck drivers, lawyers, teachers, secretaries, fast food workers, engineers, CEOs and everyone in between.

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By Amanda McElfresh I amcelfresh@theadvocate.com This article is paid for by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library.

– Lynnette Lee Career Specialist and Certified Professional Resume Writer

individuals who have been incarcerated.

We discuss how to address that in their resume, how to talk about it in interviews and which businesses are receptive to hiring someone with a criminal record.

We also see people, especially women, who have a gap in their work history because they took time off to raise their children or care for a family member. We help them design their resume to take that gap into account and emphasize their strengths.

Why can job seekers benefit from the EBRPL Career Center? Our staff includes a certified career coach and three certified professional resume writers. In 2019, we won the Exemplary Career Center Award from the National Career Development Association. We are subject matter experts with decades of experience. We can simplify the process and give people a much better chance of success.

We also offer moral support. Job searching on your own can be demoralizing and lonely. The Career Center gives people structure, a place

to focus and a reason to leave the house. They get to come to a welcoming environment and talk to people who are genuinely trying to help them.

EBRPL will host a free Apprenticeship event on August 20. What can people expect? The event will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. It is perfect for anyone looking to learn a skilled trade in areas such as HVAC, welding, electrical, healthcare and computer science. Troy Byrne from Louisiana Works will explain apprenticeships, which ones are available in Louisiana and how to get involved.

Some partners will talk about specific apprenticeships, and people will be able to sign up at the event. People can register at ebrpl.com/career-center/events or call 225-231-3733.

Apprenticeships are amazing because you are paid to learn a skill. They are an incredible opportunity for people to upskill or start a new career. One of our other resources is Interplay Achieve. This is a virtual reality program with training in HVAC, plumbing, electrical and appliance repair. It’s a great introduction to trades so people can see if they would like to study them further.

What advice or encouragement do you have for job seekers? You are not alone.

So many people are going through this or have gone through this, including me.

During the Great Recession in 2008, I couldn’t find a full-time job to save my life, and it was incredibly demoralizing. But, you don’t have to do it alone. Reach out to your connections, family, friends, former colleagues and supervisors. Let them know what kind of job you’re looking for and why you are qualified. Ask for introductions.

Let them help you. And, while you’re at it, come to the Career Center and let us help you too.

Visit ebrpl.com/career-center/ to learn more or scan this QR Code:

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Tuesday, August 18 | 5:00pm | Main Library at Goodwood

ChatGPT and Chill

Sunday, August 16 | 4:00pm | Main Library at Goodwood

Join us for ChatGPT and Chill. This is a free, hands-on monthly AI build lab for adults who want practical, beginner-friendly support using ChatGPT to make everyday planning easier. This month’s theme is Ready, Set, Travel. Participants will use ChatGPT to plan a personalized day trip, weekend getaway, staycation, or family outing.

During the session, attendees will create an itinerary, packing list, budget estimate, activity ideas, and backup options for weather, delays, or changing plans. Seats are limited to 16. A laptop, iPad, or tablet and a ChatGPT account are required.

Register now at ebrpl.com/events.

Join us for Storytelling in Your Community, the kickoff event for anyone interested in citizen journalism and community storytelling. A panel of experts from Gulf States Newsrooms and WRKF will share insights on podcasting, production, storytelling techniques, and tips of the trade.

Library staff will also showcase the audio recording equipment and technology available at the Library’s five Makerspaces, giving you the tools to help tell the stories that matter most in your community.

Education Resources for K-12 Monday, August 17 at 10 a.m Jones Creek Regional Branch Monday, August 24 at 10 a.m Zachary Branch Help your student succeed this school year by attending one of our Educational Resources for K–12 programs! Parents and caregivers are invited to discover the many Library resources available to support students in grades K–12. Learn how to navigate the Library’s website and digital g databases, explore p valuable research tools, and access lesson plans, printables, and other resources to support learning at home and in the classroom.

1-on-1 Tech Help for Seniors

TEENS TEACH TECH PARTNERING TO HELP YOU SUCCEED!

Saturday, August 29 | 9:00am - 1:00pm Main Library at Goodwood

Seniors are invited for free, one-on-one tech assistance with cell phones, tablets, and laptops. Get help with email, websites, online forms, virus protection, improving your device’s performance, and more. Bring your own device and any questions you have—no appointment is necessary.

This program is presented in partnership with EDI Helpdesk for Seniors and AT&T’s Teens Teach Tech.

Plant and Seed Swap Sesame Street and The Great Elephant Adventure Episode Screening and Zoo Animal Meet & Greet Sunday September 13, 2026 2:30 pm to 4:45 pm Elmo and the Sesame Street friends embark on a once-ina-lifetime African safari adventure. Join us for an exclusive preview of “Sesame Street & the Great Elephant Adventure” followed by a meet and greet with animals from the Baton Rouge Zoo. This family friendly event can be enjoyed by all ages.

Event Details: The screening is free, but registration is required as seating is limited. Use this registration link: https://ebrpl.co/ elephant or scan this QR Code:

Saturday, August 29 | 10:00am Main Library at Goodwood Get ready for fall planting at the Main Library at Goodwood’s Plant Swap. Bring plants, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, and other garden treasures to trade with fellow gardeners. Please label all swap items clearly so everyone knows what they’re taking home. You can also stop by one of the Library’s Seed Libraries, available at 11 branch locations, anytime to pick up free seeds for your garden.

Happy planting!

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