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An empty lot is advertised for sale along Beach Boulevard in Long Beach, Miss., on Friday, nearly 21 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. STAFF PHoToS By dAVId GRUnFELd

VACANT REMINDERS 21 years after Hurricane Katrina, dozens of empty lots still linger along Mississippi beachfront

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A lot sits empty 20 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall along Beach Boulevard in Biloxi, Miss., on Friday. BY MARTHA SANCHEZ Staff writer

Along Mississippi’s coastal highway, between new homes built high above the old flood lines, scars of a storm two decades past still endure. Dozens of beachfront lots wiped bare by Hurricane Katrina remain empty except for grass and encroaching weeds. In some spots, the remnants of former driveways off U.S. 90 lead nowhere. And for-sale signs keep beckoning new buyers. New Orleans native Gregory Bertucci, 78, has

been trying to sell his waterfront lot in Gulfport that was once the site of his eye clinic for more than a decade. He has ﬁelded some interest over the years — from churches, a casino and even a drive-thru Starbucks — but nothing stuck. “We don’t know what to do with it,” he said. The vacant lots that line Mississippi’s Gulf Coast are a somber reminder of Katrina’s ruins across this region, where soaring insurance rates and new rules about building elevations have forever changed the once-packed stretch of U.S. 90.

26-mile stretch of beach highway. 59 Real estate agents say 10 Biloxi beachfront lots are beginning to sell at a faster pace. Waveland Many gleaming new homes 10 The Gulf 90 are rising on pilings more LA. than 20 feet off the ground. A few waterfront hotels Stretch of some Lake have also recently opened Borgne beachfront lots or are under construction. vacant since And a $105 million mixedKatrina use development at a longStaff map vacant corner in downtown Gulfport is expected to But as a surge of wealthy open next year. Similar scenes of hope newcomers arrive in coastal Mississippi from Louisi- and struggle are unfolding ana and around the country, across all of the Gulf Coast some signs of change are ä See VACANT, page 4A at last emerging along the

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Despite several upgrades since a catastrophic start to the school year in 2023, East Baton Rouge Parish schools remain short of drivers and are struggling to compensate for their absence. “We’re trying something, and if it doesn’t work, we’re trying something else,” Transportation Director Rob Howle said. “We’re not just living with the notion that we can’t do what we need to do because of stafﬁng. We just keep trying different things.” Howle gave an update on transportation to the parish School Board last week, coinciding with the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year. Board members peppered Howle with back-to-school transportation questions. “We don’t want to ever be in a position again like we once were where we had a dysfunctional fleet, Howle not enough buses to hit the road,” board member Nathan Rust said. “We never want a bus on the road that isn’t GPSenabled, that doesn’t have AC, that doesn’t have all the things your drivers need to do their job well.” Howle said his biggest problem is a lack of drivers. “We never stop hiring. It’s constant,” Howle said. “There’s no need to even advertise for the position. It’s permanently there. We never stop. You’re always at a deﬁcit.” Currently, Howle’s department employs 355 drivers, 55 fewer than he had budgeted for. District leaders had hoped to retain veteran drivers and attract new ones with a large employee pay raise approved in June. Last year, drivers started at $14.20 an hour and topped out after 40 years at $22.53 an hour. Now they start at $20.50 an hour and eventually increase to $29.04 an hour after 35 years. Howle said he was surprised in July when dozens of drivers decided to retire rather than stay and make more than they had before.

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Iran official: Support for new sanctions would be ‘act of war’ new U.S. measures anticipated

Bessent on Monday is expected to announce the new measures after the U.S. vowed to impose an “unprecedented” level of economic warfare and isolation By The Associated Press on a country that has lived for The new head of Iran’s top decades under sanctions. The hard line leader of Iran’s security body warned Sunday Supreme National Sethat Tehran will see any country’s support CO ONFLICT curity Council, Mohsen for new U.S. economic In THE Rezaei, issued his latT measures against the MIIDDLE est warning on X, with Islamic Republic as the comments quickly AST an “act of war,” while EAST shared by Iranian state Iran’s president demedia. It came a day after Rezaei’s fended a memorandum of understanding with the United most extensive public comments States as the best way out of the since being named to the post stalled conﬂict. ä See IRAN, page 5A U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott

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Southern University considers deal for energy storage facility School could earn revenue from stored power

“There’s an energy revolution going on, and there’s an energy strain down here,” said Claude Tellis Jr., a founder of the nonprofit that would facilitate the partnership and build the storBY HALEY MILLER age system. “The data centers are pretty much going to use more Staff writer energy in one week than the city Southern University is explor- of New Orleans uses in one year. ing a deal to build a 300-megawatt With that kind of strain, there’s battery energy storage facility also a big opportunity to solve on campus where Entergy could that problem.” Entergy did not respond to a restore power generated during off-peak hours to use when de- quest for comment by the time of publication. mand for electricity is high. If realized, the facility would sit Southern would be an equity partner on the project, meaning on a 50-acre tract of land at the the university could earn mil- Baton Rouge campus currently lions in continuous revenue from held by the Southern Ag Center. the energy site, proponents of the The exact location was not specideal said. ﬁed. What Entergy generates dur-

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ing times of low power use could be held at the Southern facility in batteries and utilized during peak demand, according to the proposal. According to federal regulators, 300 megawatts of power is enough energy to power 54,000 homes for a year in the South. Negotiations are in the early stages and being handled by the Land Grant Energy Security Alliance, a nonproﬁt based in North Carolina that seeks to establish public-private partnerships between energy companies and land-grant historically Black colleges and universities. The Southern University Board of Supervisors approved a letter of intent

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Trump waves green flag to start the IndyCar race

WASHINGTON — For once, things were moving fast in the nation’s capital. Washington was hosting an IndyCar race through its streets Sunday, with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump kicking off the Freedom 250 Grand Prix by leading a slow lap in the presidential limousine through the course. Soon after, the president waved the green flag to start the race and drivers began whipping through downtown, including a stretch along Pennsylvania Avenue not too far from the White House. “I’m going to make a little circle in a nice, secure car, slightly slower than the ones we’re going to witness, but we’re going to have fun,” Trump said in an interview on Fox shortly before the ride. The open-wheel race, with cars whizzing past Washington’s monuments at speeds approaching 200 mph, is the latest of Trump’s celebrations this year to mark America’s 250th birthday. Trump’s other events to mark the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence’s signing have included a UFC fight on the White House lawn, military aircraft flyovers, a massive July Fourth fireworks show on the National Mall and a Great American State Fair that the president headlined after scores of ’90s-era musical acts dropped out. The events have all had a Trumpian flair, featuring appearances from his friends and the aim of showcasing spectacle, Americana and power. Sunday included some of Trump’s favorite flourishes. One of his favorite singers, tenor Christopher Macchio, performed, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” A trained bald eagle was dramatically released near the start line, and it swooped and flew overhead before returning to its handler.

Landslide at Guinea landfill kills 30

CONAKRY, Guinea — A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital Conakry early Sunday killing 30 people, according to an updated toll released by the central government. Authorities said heavy rains, which started at around 2 a.m. washed over the refuse at Dar Es Salam, triggering a landslide that buried nearby shacks. A search and rescue operation was underway to find survivors. Six people were seriously injured and several homes were destroyed. The site, an open-air waste dump which is the largest in the city, had been designated for closure on Sunday, according to Lt. Col. Baldé Mamadou Bailo, the sanitation officer for the military engineering battalion. Locals living around the landfill had been given eviction notices, which forced many to vacate the area, but many were still around at the time of the disaster, according to authorities.

China postpones lunar mission launch

HAIKOU, China — China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon. The Chang’e-7 spacecraft was originally set to lift off in the coming days from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on China’s southern Hainan island. The mission does not meet the launch conditions, said the China Manned Space Agency in a brief statement, and “cannot take place during the planned window this year.” The decision was made following a “comprehensive assessment,” the agency added, and was based on the principles of “prudence, reliability and absolute mission success.” It did not further elaborate on the reasons behind the decision. Preparations have been carried out at the Wenchang launch site for the Chang’e-7 mission over the past weeks, the seventh in the Chang’e moon exploration program. It aimed at making breakthroughs in key technologies, the ofﬁcial Xinhua News Agency previously reported.

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Wildfire threatens Reno, Nevada Fast-moving blaze forces thousands of evacuations

BY JOHN RABY, JACK BROOK and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press

A fast-moving wildfire that jumped over fire trucks and made it difficult for crews to reach hot spots destroyed homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday. Shifting winds challenged firefighters trying to bring it under control, and authorities urged some 90,000 people to evacuate. At least six people — three first responders and three civilians — were injured, officials said. Officials said the fire was “human-caused” but did not provide details on how they reached that conclusion, or whether it was intentionally set or accidental. The Hawk Fire began Saturday and quickly grew to more than 23 square miles as it spread across the Peavine Peak area of the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, where rugged foothills are ringed by homes and businesses near the California state line. Some 42,000 residents have been ordered evacuated as the “GO NOW” zone expanded, reaching the edge of the University of Nevada. An additional 45,000 people were in the adjacent evacuation warning zone. Authorities implored all of them to leave and be prepared to stay

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Part of the Hawk Fire burns Sunday in Reno, nev. away for several days, because shifting and strengthening winds were expected to make the ﬁre even more unpredictable. “Please get out if you can right now,” Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said. Cari Kieffer said a video posted on social media showed her house entirely burned down, with only a scorched basketball hoop still standing. “I woke up this morning and just started crying — all my kids, they lost everything,” Kieffer said Sunday. “We lost all our stuff. Everything we own is gone.” Kieffer had been watch-

ing her son’s football game Saturday when she learned that their home on the outskirts of Reno was in the evacuation zone. An app the family used to track the fire’s progress had been lagging significantly behind its actual location, she said, so they thought firefighters had kept the blaze from their neighborhood. Instead, Kieffer, her husband and their four children ages 3 to 16 raced to save their dogs and whatever possessions they could retrieve. Ash rained down, and the wind blew like an oven blast from a wall of flames advancing down the

hillside toward their neighborhood, she said. “I kept looking outside and the flames just kept getting closer and closer every time I looked,” Kieffer said. “I was like, we gotta go like now.” Eyes watering and throat burning, Kieffer grabbed a handful of clothes, a Bible, her wedding photos and her mother’s ashes. In the frenzy, as firefighters yelled at her family to leave immediately, she said she forgot her family’s birth certificates and was unable to salvage her childhood photos. The family drove to a friend’s home but had

to evacuate again. They learned later Saturday evening that their own home was gone. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo declared a state of emergency in Washoe County and mobilized the Nevada National Guard to support aerial firefighting with two helicopter crews as well as 60 troops to help police safeguard evacuated neighborhoods. Also responding were 800 fire personnel. Nearly 10,000 customers were without power in Washoe County on Sunday, down from 60,000 on Saturday. Portions of U.S. 395, a major north-south highway, were closed due to the fire. Reno, with more than 280,000 residents, is the largest city in Nevada outside of metro Las Vegas. Washoe County emergency officials opened the Reno-Sparks Convention Center to evacuees, but said they couldn’t bring their pets — small animals and large animals were to be left at two other locations. Casinos in Reno offered discounts on hotel rooms to evacuees. The fire was so small Saturday morning that it wasn’t even a concern, said Tyler Duvall, who went camping over the weekend. By the next day, his house was in the evacuation zone. “The wind really blew it up,” Duvall said. On Saturday alone, 15 new fires popped up across Nevada. Months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter across the American West have created prime fire conditions.

Zelenskyy details rift with dismissed defense chief BY SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he believes actions taken by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, including his involvement in mass protests and calls for an election, were misguided, as he publicly detailed their dispute for the first time. Zelenskyy also alluded to problematic Zelenskyy decisions over defense spending and said that inaccurate information provided by the Defense Ministry contributed to an awkward encounter with President Donald Trump over the use of Starlink in Russia. Zelenskyy disclosed ﬁgures showing Ukraine’s growing shortage of Patriot air-defense missiles needed to counter Russian ballistic attacks, with deliveries from Western allies declining in the past three years even as Russian missile strikes intensiﬁed. He highlighted battle-

weeks, but ultimately failed to force a reversal of the decision. Fedorov later called for an election. Zelenskyy said that he had offered Fedorov four different options to continue working in the government. Fedorov, he said, rejected all of them. The Ukrainian leader told journalists that he believes holding an election during ASSoCIATEd PRESS PHoTo By FRAnCISCo SECo the war would be a huge risk with the potential to “split Valentyna Svertoka, 86, leans against a doorframe

as she cleans her apartment on Friday in a damaged residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, a day after a Russian missile and drone attack.

ﬁeld gains, however, saying Ukrainian forces have almost completely recaptured the Dnipropetrovsk region, with only around 4 square miles remaining under Russian control. The Ukrainian president made the remarks during a two-hour off-the-record meeting with reporters on Saturday, with a transcript released publicly on Sunday. His comments ranged widely, covering the latest battlefield developments, efforts to counter Russian ballistic attacks, the state of peace negotiations, Ukraine’s budgetary challenges and the politi-

cal turmoil surrounding Fedorov’s dismissal. “I really had and still have a very positive attitude toward Mykhailo. We have been through a lot together. But I believe that he himself goes, or is pushed, into the wrong things,” he said. Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander. His removal triggered mass protests that lasted for

Two Phoenix officers arrested, fired after violent traffic stop By The Associated Press PHOENIX — Two Phoenix police officers were fired and arrested after an unreported traffic stop in which they assaulted a man and woman and shocked them with a Taser, the police chief said. Officers Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez were arrested on charges including aggravated assault and kidnapping, police chief Matt Giordano said at a news conference Saturday. “Detectives have con-

firmed that the two former officers physically assaulted both the man and woman during the traffic stop,” Giordano said. “The investigation also shows that a Taser was used on the victims during the stop.” The officers did not report the Aug. 5 traffic stop and did not activate their body-worn cameras, police said. “There is no video evidence, but we established what we believe is probable cause that these crimes

were committed,” Giordano said, adding there was no indication that the ofﬁcers knew the victims. Dave Evans, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, said Sunday that Vasquez had been released from custody while Felix remained incarcerated at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix. Attempts by The Associated Press to determine who their defense attorneys were to request comment were unsuccessful.

Ukraine apart.” “I believe elections during a war like this would generally pose enormous risks. Holding elections right now would be a tsunami for the state that would split Ukraine apart,” he said. Zelenskyy said he had previously faced pressure to hold an election during the war, but no partners had come up with a plan for how a poll could be held safely, legitimately and democratically.

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Trump testing Canadian PM in trade fight Carney previously cautioned middle powers about economic coercion

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TORONTO — Mark Carney drew international attention as Canada’s prime minister by warning that middle powers must resist economic coercion by more powerful countries. Now President Donald Trump is putting that warning to the test with sweeping new tariffs that could show how much economic pain Canada can absorb. Tensions escalated late Friday when Canada walked away from negotiations after Carney concluded the United States was demanding too much in exchange for tariff relief. The U.S. imposed 50% duties Saturday on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, and Carney announced dollar-for-dollar retaliation beginning Sept. 8. “We’re going to hit back,” Carney said. Carney is doing what many other American allies have so far avoided: risking economic pain rather than yielding to tariff pressure. For Carney, the showdown is the clearest test yet of his argument that middle powers must stand up to economic pressure from great powers such as the United States and China, even when it comes at a cost. Canada’s response could show how countries navigate a world in which long-standing alliances of-

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and President donald Trump hold a news conference on oct. 7 at the White House in Washington, d.C. fer less protection and economic ties themselves become sources of leverage. It could also shape how Carney is viewed at home and abroad, and how other U.S. allies respond to the Republican president. The trade dispute also has become a test of sovereignty. Carney said Washington introduced language in the ﬁnal hours of negotiations that would have restricted Canada’s ability to make trade deals with other countries. He said that demand was “unacceptable” and “a question of sovereignty.” British Columbia Premier David Eby said accepting such a condition

Jared Kushner meets with Democratic leader Jeffries BY LISA MASCARO

AP congressional correspondent WASHINGTON — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and outside adviser Jared Kushner met privately recently in New York, a signal that the White House is seeking ways to work with Democrats if they wrest majority control from Republicans in the midterm elections. The meeting, ﬁrst reported Sunday by The New York Times, touched on issues ranging from housing, immigration to the high costs of living. People in the United States are struggling under inﬂationary prices that Democrats blame on Republicans, alongside Trump, for failing to get under control. Kushner suggested that Jeffries, who is in line to become House speaker if Democrats regain power in November, meet with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles as a follow-up. Jeffries, in a statement Sunday, did not mention the private conversation but said the Republican administration needed to drop the GOP’s “my-way-or-the-highway” approach that “has failed the American people.” “To stop the madness, we have repeatedly made clear that an extremist approach will not work and will be met with forceful opposition,” the New York congressman said.

“The question is whether Republicans will join us.” The meeting shows the depth of Republican Party angst over losing their congressional majority, particularly the House, and the need to make inroads with the opposing party as the White House seeks to stem any potential political fallout on the president. If Democrats retake power, the White House can expect an aggressive oversight agenda into what Jeffries has called the “crooks” in the administration, with the threat of impeachment among the many tools at the party’s disposal. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a close ally of Trump, bristled Sunday when asked about the meeting. He minimized the role that Kushner, who he said “hedges his bets,” plays in the White House. “I’m telling you what, you better not bet against the House Republicans,” Johnson, R-Benton, told Fox News Channel’s “The Sunday Briefing.” “I don’t know what that’s about,” Johnson said. “I know Jared has interests in lots of other things going on. He’s not really directly involved in the admin, at least in the dayto-day in the White House.” The White House did not respond to a request for comment. A representative for Kushner also did not respond.

would have reduced Canada “to the economic equivalent of the 51st state” — a status Trump has mused about often. Carney’s message resonated in January when he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as Europe braced for Trump’s threats over Greenland and new tariffs. Carney said the international order was undergoing “a rupture, not a transition.” He argued that sovereignty would depend increasingly on a country’s ability to “withstand pressure” and warned that middle powers negotiating alone with great powers do so from weakness. Trump responded a day later by

stressing Canada’s dependence on the United States. “Canada lives because of the United States,” he said. “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.” The president has repeatedly talked about making Canada the 51st U.S. state and dismissed the allies’ border as artificial. On Sunday, Trump returned to that theme, writing on Truth Social that “Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!” and accusing Canada of charging U.S. farmers “massive amounts” of tariffs for years. “No more!!!” he wrote. Seven months since Davos, Canada has become a test case for the world Carney described. “Our government understood, before many, that America would transform all its commercial relationships,” Carney said Saturday. He accused Washington of using “economic integration as a weapon” and said its “signature was written in pencil.” Historian Robert Bothwell said Canada is uniquely vulnerable to U.S. pressure. “No country is more exposed than Canada,” Bothwell said. “Other countries have to fear American misbehavior, but none as much as Canada.” Bothwell said success ultimately means Canada retaining its independence “in the face of Trump’s desire to subordinate it and absorb it.” He said Carney “sees that very well.” But Canada’s dependence on the U.S. market makes that difficult. Nearly three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the United States,

whose economy is roughly 10 times larger. Canada can sign new trade agreements, but replacing customers and supply chains built around the enormous U.S. market over decades is considerably harder. Carney acknowledged retaliation would “raise costs and reduce choice for Canadians.” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer rejected Canada’s account of the breakdown in talks, saying Ottawa introduced new demands and backed away from commitments even after Washington offered to reduce tariffs on steel, autos, lumber and other goods. He said the United States was moving ahead with additional measures in response to Canada’s retaliation, raising the prospect of further escalation. The European Union prepared retaliatory tariffs against the United States last year but repeatedly suspended them while negotiating with Washington. Nelson Wiseman, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto, said Canada is providing the biggest test yet of whether Carney’s strategy can work and whether resistance by one middle power could change the calculations of others. “Will there be a domino effect? We’ll see,” Wiseman said. Carney’s defiance also drew notice in Europe. Former Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who later served as the European Union’s economy commissioner, shared video of Carney’s Saturday remarks on social media and wrote, “Here is a speech I would like to hear in Europe.”

Moke set to dump heavy rain on Hawaii By The Associated Press HONOLULU — Tropical Storm Moke was swirling past Hawaii on Sunday, close enough to dump heavy rain on Big Island communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Lala. The National Hurricane Center located Moke’s center about 320 miles south-southwest of Hilo around midday. Top sustained winds were around 40 mph, though the real impact was expected from rainfall in places where last weekend’s hurricane flooded communities, triggered mudslides and damaged roads and power lines. Two deaths linked to the hurricane have been reported in Hawaii. Hawaii County Mayor Kimo Alameda advised residents in a social media post Sunday they “should stay off the roads and shelter in place” as a precaution. He said anyone in need could take refuge at shelters that the county had opened at several locations. Forecasters expected Moke to produce as much as 10 inches of total rain across the Big Island, and up to 15 inches in some isolated places, enough to cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides for the windward and southeast slopes, especially in steep terrain and over areas affected

by Lala. The center of the storm was expected to pass south of the Big Island starting later in the day, then south of the smaller main islands of Hawaii early in the week. In eastern Maui, the next in the island chain, up to 6 inches of rain was expected, and the other islands may get an inch or two, according to the hurricane center.

As with Hurricane Lala, the Big Island was expected to bear the brunt of Moke’s rain and winds as the storm moves westward, south of the island chain. After moving away from the islands, Lala was downgraded and remained a strong tropical storm on Sunday far out in the Central Paciﬁc. The northeast coast of the Big Island saw the heaviest

total rainfall from Lala, at 43.54 inches, according to the weather service. Ahead of Moke’s approach, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green urged people to prepare by restocking food, medicine and other essentials. Over 6,500 customers in the county remained without power Sunday stemming from Lala, according to poweroutage.us.

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Navy soldier’s father detained by immigration authorities Military families face deportation threats under Trump administration policies BY SAFIYAH RIDDLE, AMY TAXIN and JACK BROOK Associated Press

When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy — a vessel that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea, stirring concerns about supply shortages and deteriorating mental health among soldiers. Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, was arrested after leaving his house to take his car to the mechanic, according to his wife, Argelia Aviles. She said her husband, a handyman in Key West, Florida, has a permit

to work in the United States. Originally from Nicaragua, he has lived in the U.S. for 19 years. “He dedicates himself only to work so he can put food on the table at home. He is a good father. He loves his children with all his soul,” said Argelia, 47. Aviles’ arrest comes as the Trump administration rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, detaining at least dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops. At least six family members have been deported and one self-deported, the AP found in the first accounting of such detentions, which the government does not track. One spouse, the wife of a U.S. soldier who spent more than a month in federal immigration detention, was removed from a deportation ﬂight to Brazil after the AP’s reporting. One of the military’s most highly advertised immigration beneﬁts is “military parole-in-place,” which allows the spouses, children and

parents of active-duty service members and veterans to obtain legal immigration status from within the country. Not everyone qualiﬁes: those who overstayed visas or who already applied for legal status at the border, for example. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that Border Patrol agents arrested Luis Aviles on Saturday in Key West and that he will remain in ICE custody while the government seeks to deport him. “Having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation’s laws,” the department said Sunday, adding that the Trump administration “does not pick and choose which laws to enforce.” Aviles’ son said he has been working 12-hour work shifts for more than 250 days without a break on the USS Lincoln, which is deployed in the Middle East. The deployment has raised widespread concerns about the impact on service members who are away from land for long periods, food shortages, as well as the increasing strain on the

ship and its equipment. The Pentagon referred all questions to the Navy. The Navy didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on Sunday afternoon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously called conditions aboard the Lincoln “completely misrepresented.” Joshua Aviles wrote in a Facebook post Saturday that he was still on the USS Lincoln “ﬁghting for a country that has given me everything” when he got a call about his father’s detention on Saturday morning. “This is heartbreaking for me. I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly treated like a criminal,” Joshua Aviles wrote. Katherine Delgado, 28, Joshua Aviles’ sister, said that Joshua joined the military in part because he thought it would improve his father’s chances of getting citizenship and so that he would “no longer be living in fear of being arrested.”

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Continued from page 1A as beachfront investments boost local economies but also stir lament that life on the water is becoming too expensive. In coastal Mississippi, where hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed by Katrina’s force, some leaders believe restoring vacant coastal lots is a last vital step in a long process of recovery. “After a catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina, everyone is gunshy,” said Tim Carlson, who helped found a commercial real estate ﬁrm that has been selling the lots for more than a decade. “But eventually, they come back,” he said.

Buyers and movers Some real estate agents say they are witnessing two migrations shaping the waterfront’s future. Many longtime coastal residents are moving to higher ground to escape insurance rates. And buyers and developers who can afford to pay more than $1 million to build on beachfront lots are opening their wallets and investing along the coastline. Vacant lots on the Mississippi coast are also being swept up for vacation homes for families from Louisiana, while others are turning into vacation rentals. Sandi Sawyer Dulaney, a real estate broker, said sales have closed on more than 30 empty beach lots between Pass Christian and Biloxi in the last two years. But at least 50 lots are still on the market. “Before Katrina, you could be in one income bracket and been able to have a beachfront lot and build a house there,” Dulaney said. “Now, you have to really be willing to spend a good amount of money.”

‘Matter of necessity’ The investments along U.S. 90 could transform the Mississippi coast. Katrina’s destruction of hotels and condos erased a crucial part of many cities’ tax bases. But the return of waterfront development could reinvigorate those economies. Danny Lee, who leads the Gulf Coast Association of Realtors, said the region’s growing number

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Soaring insurance rates and new rules about building elevations have forever changed the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s once-packed stretch of U.S. 90.

She said being apart from Joshua, who she calls her “best friend” and her “ride-or-die,” has been devastating. “I spent weeks without knowing where he was,” Delgado said. Once she heard from him, and was told that he wasn’t getting enough food, she said, she has spent hundreds of dollars to send him care packages with food and hygiene products — some of which never arrived. Joshua is “supposed to come home soon,” Delgado said, referring to news that the ship her brother is on will soon be brought out of service in the Middle East. “And he’s gonna come home without his father.” The son’s lengthy deployment has been challenging for Luis Aviles, according to his wife. He told her that he was looking forward to the deployment finally coming to an end. When six months passed and his son didn’t come back, Aviles was distraught, she said. “He was excited,” she said. “He wanted to hug his son, as he hadn’t seen him for nine months.”

many do not want to build businesses so high in the air. “We’re trying to reestablish ourself as a great little town,” Pierce said this week. “It’s a matter of necessity.” But the challenges are steep and cyclical, especially on the lowestlying land. Some who grew up on the Mississippi coast in the years after Hurricane Camille in 1969 recall many concrete slabs along the beach in spots that once held homes and businesses. Bertucci said he built his old eye clinic in 1982 — before the federal government rewrote elevation requirements — on the site of a gas station destroyed in Camille. Betty Shaw, who founded the Gulfport Historical Society, still recalls the smaller homes, motels and amusement parks that filled U.S. 90 long ago. She said some locals feel resigned about the future of the waterfront even though they see the beneﬁt of new development. “It’s not going to be the same as it was,” she said.

‘Your hands were tied’

The region still has a way to go. Many empty lots remain overgrown and wild. Others are grassy and sandy. Some, including Bertucci’s, have become popular hangouts where friends park motor homes to watch Cruisin’ the Coast, or fireworks on the Fourth of July. Bertucci’s eye clinic stood at ground level, and he did not consider rebuilding it after Katrina. He cares for older patients — some in wheelchairs — who would struggle to visit a clinic so high off the ground. He is still practicing ophthalmology a few days a week at a newer clinic farther away from the beach. “Once you had to put things in the air, you couldn’t do it,” Bertucci said. “You couldn’t get them financed. Your hands were tied.” These days, Bertucci’s motive to find a buyer is growing. He would like to retire, he said, and liquidate his assets so he can provide for his family. The vacant lots that line Mississippi’s Gulf Coast are a somber reminder of Hurricane Katrina’s ruins. Some friends still mow the grass for him, and his lot remains wellkept. But he is uncertain of its fate of residents and visitors are mak- faith,” Lee said. businesses to the land. Long Beach Mayor Tim Pierce — and unsure that the coastal highThe city of Long Beach has the ing commercial investment on the beach more viable. And once big same hope. Its leaders are spruc- said the investment could help the way will ever feel fully revived. development comes, it could snow- ing up several empty beachfront city raise salaries for teachers and “There are areas that are not goblocks with palm trees, parking and first responders. But attracting de- ing to recover,” he said, “at least as ball quickly. “It takes one person to have the pavilions in hopes it will lure new velopers has been difficult because we know it.”

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Continued from page 1A “We were really hoping that the increase in pay would incentivize some of them to at least give us three more years, since your retirement is based on your three highest years,” he said. To become a school bus driver, you have to earn a commercial driver’s license, a valuable commodity once you have it. “It’s very competitive,” Howle said. “When you can take that same license and drive a garbage truck and make 70 grand, it’s tough.” He said he has eight more drivers slated to start work in the next week and 10 more who need to undergo about two months of training and onboarding before they can start. For the past two years, the school system has paid extra to have drivers cover extra routes, which has helped to patch the hole. And this year, buses are running fewer routes. “We have 13 less routes, and not necessarily by choice,” Howle said. To improve routing, the East Baton Rouge district

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Continued from page 1A Friday for a “partnership and equity position” with the Land Grant Energy Security Alliance. The university is also listed as part of the nonproﬁt’s advisory committee, according to organization’s website. Southern emphasized in a statement that Friday’s approval is an “important next step” but “does not constitute ﬁnal approval of a proposed battery storage project.” “The potential projects could strengthen the power grid in this region while creating a new revenue

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Continued from page 1A this month. “If (Trump) wants to do something, we will retaliate in a seismic manner,” he had told the state broadcaster in an interview that aired late Saturday. He said Iran would target other oil-shipping routes from the Persian Gulf — alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz. Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guard commander and military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, Rezaei was part of senior appointments widely seen as hardening Tehran’s political and military stance. Pezeshkian Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier Sunday said the memorandum of understanding signed in mid-June was the best way to move beyond a situation of “neither war nor peace,” adding that Tehran can’t attract investment nearly six months after the war began. “There is not a single provision in this agreement that amounts to capitulation,” Pezeshkian said in a speech published by state-run IRNA. “The supreme leader sets the policies, and we will follow that path.” The interim deal opened a 60-day period for talks aimed at ending the war and reaching an accord on Iran’s nuclear program. That period ended last week with no signs of compromise or extension.

No attacks on strait Meanwhile, there were no conﬁrmed attacks in the Strait of Hormuz over the past 48 hours, a multinational coalition overseen by the U.S. Navy said Sunday,

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Rob Howle, East Baton Rouge Parish school system transportation director, gives a presentation Thursday during an East Baton Rouge Parish School Board meeting. last month purchased new software, EZRouting, which Howle said is working well, except for some routes that failed to migrate properly and are being updated. Board member Cliff Lewis posed several sharp questions to Howle. Lewis objected to principals and assistant principals participating in routing, which he has said he has witnessed

several times this year during visits to schools. “I’ve got their job descriptions right here,” Lewis said as he held up a piece of paper, “and nowhere does it say as principal A of school B, I’ve got to route buses, or I’ve got to help Transportation route buses.” “I’ve never asked a school,” Howle responded. “I have had schools volun-

teer.” The strain this year is greater because of a modest increase in students riding buses. “The buses are crowded,” Howle said. “We understand that in a lot of instances there’s no choice.” Howle said his staff is working to make sure the crowded buses are safe. “Students should not be

source for the university,” the statement said. The letter of intent was necessary for the nonprofit’s application to the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, the power grid operator for the central U.S., representatives for the organization said. MISO manages the wholesale energy markets and approves the addition of new energy sources to the transmission network. Under the proposal, Southern would enter into an equity partnership, with the university system’s capital contribution being the land itself, Land Grant Energy Security Alliance co-founder Andrew East said.

‘An opportunity’

sets to create public-private partnerships with utility companies that would allow us to have contracts with the utility, the land from HBCUs and then also have major ﬁnancing partners come in and invest behind that deal,” Tellis said. “The net beneﬁt, in our opinion, will be scholarships to the universities.” Partnerships with energy companies would allow land-grant institutions to undercut peaker plants, he said. Peaker plants supply energy during peak demand at a high cost to the utility provider and typically rely on fossil fuels to generate power quickly.

with shipping traffic still at reduced levels. The U.S. military said its blockade of Iranian ports had redirected 70 commercial ships and disabled three as of Sunday. Iran’s recently created Persian Gulf Strait Authority, sanctioned by the U.S., published a list of dozens of ships it said had violated arrangements for transiting the strait and would face future restrictions like ﬁnes or seizures. The strait had been considered an international waterway before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. Iran and Oman, on the strait’s other side, are discussing management of it,

which likely will include ships paying fees.

The founders of the nonproﬁt said the goal is to remedy the longstanding funding gap between HBCUs and other public universities through business opportunities in energy storage. In 2023, the then-secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated in a letter to former Gov. John Bel Edwards that Southern would have received an additional $1.1 billion from the state over the previous three decades if its funding per student had been equal to that of LSU. “We see it as an opportunity for land-grant universities to use their land as as-

Envoy to visit Tehran Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir will lead a delegation to Tehran on Monday, Iranian state television reported, citing Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei. Two regional officials said the visit was part of Islamabad’s efforts to deescalate tensions between the United States and Iran and urge them to return to the negotiating table. The ofﬁcials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

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standing on buses. And if that is the case, we try to come up with alternatives,” he said. “Some of these alternatives are not necessarily pleasing to parents or students.” For instance, one strategy is for buses to handle two pickups rather than one when there are too many children for one run. Howle shared good news that almost all East Baton Rouge buses now have air conditioning as well as working GPS — the reverse of 2023. The exceptions, however, are still causing challenges. This summer, the school system unexpectedly purchased 30 new air-conditioned buses after another district canceled its order. The new buses, however, did not have GPS locators, prompting him to order more devices, which have yet to arrive. One of those GPS-less buses became an issue last week when it ran a route too early, missing 20 students who were heading to Westdale Middle, and the parents were unable to track its progress on their WheresTheBus phone app. In his defense, Howle said he chose to put the airconditioned bus on the road

without the GPS rather than have it sit and wait on the device. Howle said he has been encouraged by other factors: more in-house maintenance, well-used collection points used in lieu of home pickups and more buses reaching transfer points on time. The school system is putting more stress on transportation by changing start times. A dozen schools this year will have start times different from the other schools in the district. The plan is to change all schools to new start times over the next two years. Howle said schools in the Capitol and Glen Oaks areas, which adopted new times a year ago, are “rocking and rolling.” Six schools in the Belaire area, particularly Belaire High and Park Forest Middle, are having more problems. They have been bedeviled this year by an unexpected spike in train trafﬁc, affecting the many buses that cross the track that parallels Choctaw Drive, Howle said. “It has really caused some issues,” he said. Email Charles Lussier at clussier@theadvocate. com.

Center land originally was September deadline and get presented to the board as an Southern paid upfront, but option-to-lease agreement more recent discussions had with the Land Grant Energy shifted toward the equity Security Alliance. The term partner proposal. would have been 25 years “That allows us to have a at $500,000 per year, further conversaaccording to the tion with the utildraft agreement. ity provider and However, Southsee what their inern board members terest is,” Southexpressed hesitation ern board member over whether a lease Edwin Shorty said. was the best position “Because if there for the university ﬁis no interest from Clayton the utility provider, nancially. then the deal can’t “The ambiguity in this scares the living happen. But this is just the daylights out of me,” board ﬁrst step in starting a conChair Tony Clayton said. versation.” The nonprofit officials said the option-to-lease Email Haley Miller at agreement was considered haley.miller@theadvocate. in order to meet MISO’s com.

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The number of conﬁrmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose to 656 in East Baton Rouge Parish on Sunday for third-most in the state, while the number of deaths in the capital region hit 54, new data from the Louisiana Department of Health shows. East Baton Parish reported eight additional deaths, bringing the parish’s total to 22 as of Sunday afternoon, the most reported in a single day.

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome exhorted residents to heed social distancing measures while echoing federal ofﬁcials’ warnings that the coming week will likely be the deadliest since the pandemic gained a foothold in the U.S. “We have to support each other during this season, and not allow ourselves to succumb to feelings of fear or hopelessness,” Broome said in a statement Sunday. “Things will likely get worse before they get better, but they will get better.”

The human toll from the virus reached 477 deaths in Louisiana by Sunday — an increase of 68 — and, like the capital region, marked the largest single-day jump in fatal cases. An earlier record was set between April 2-3. Sunday’s death tally in the Baton Rouge area was the largest singleday increase in at least a week when the region saw nine in one day. The number of deaths in the 12-parish

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Baton Rouge diocese Bishop Michael duca, left, and the Very Rev. Paul d. Counce, pastor of St. Joseph Cathedral, perform the blessing of palms ceremony on Palm Sunday in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, a small area near the altar of the church. The ceremony is usually held in front of a large crowd gathered outside the church, but because of coronavirus public health precautions prohibiting social gatherings, the church had no parishioners in attendance, though the ceremony and Mass were televised.

New parents navigate protecting infants amid virus BY JACQUELINE DEROBERTIS Staff writer

When 21-year-old Madicyn Garrett went into labor on St. Patrick’s Day as she was rushing to Woman’s Hospital, she thought the unexpectedly early birth of her daughter would be the most harrowing experience

of her month. But Garrett gave birth just as the coronavirus pandemic arrived. Nurses stationed at the entrance of the hospital were screening arrivals for COVID-19. They rushed to Garrett’s aid as the car pulled in front of the building and sped her to an

operating room. She gave birth alone. Both Garrett and her daughter, Hadlee Nora Mae Garrett, stopped breathing after the delivery and had to be resuscitated. “It was very scary, extremely,” Garrett said. “I’ve never

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Within 30 minutes of a statewide stayat-home order being issued on a Sunday, planning started on just one day’s notice to transform a staff of 160 into remote workers. By the close of business Monday, employees at BBQGuys were prepped and overnight set up to work from home with help from the company’s IT staff. “We did everything to virtualize our call center,” said Corey Tisdale, chief executive officer of the Baton Rouge-based online retailer of grills and outdoor furniture. “We were pulling computers out of our office and giving them to employees so they could reconnect them at home.” When the company conducted a test to see how smoothly the work-from-home system was working at 7 a.m. Tuesday, it found the longest customer hold times were 45 seconds. After a few days of working remotely, the online numbers were looking good for BBQGuys, thanks in a large part to the millions of people who were staying home and looking for things to do. Sales were up slightly, social media traffic increased by 50% and orders for grills were particularly strong. “I’m proud of the whole crew,” Tisdale said. “When there’s a will, there’s a way.” Scores of businesses across Louisiana quickly adjusted to having the bulk of their employees working from home as offices attempted to keep people from

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that surpassed even hardhit Italy’s. Britain’s own prime minister, Boris Johnson, was hospitalized, 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19 in what his ofﬁce described as a “precautionary step.” Amid the dire news, there were also glimmers of hope some hard-hit areas — the number of people dying appeared to be slowing in New York City,

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Another Amazon facility coming to BR BY IANNE SALVOSA Staff writer

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A crew from ASI Signage Innovations installs plaques recently inside Scotty Moran Champions Plaza as work continues at Tiger Stadium for the upcoming football season.

Tech giant Amazon is expanding its Louisiana footprint with its latest Baton Rouge facility. 61 North Logistics Center, a 240,000-square-foot building at 8800 Tom Drive, will be home to an Amazon operations center, just over a mile away from the company’s fulﬁllment center at Cortana Place. Amazon spokesperson Allie Payne said the facility will be used as an “operations center” but did not share the building’s specific function. Details on an opening date for the center and the number of employees at the facility were not released. This will be the fourth Amazon facility in metro Baton Rouge, joining the 3.4 millionsquare-foot Cortana Place center, a 1.5 million-square-foot regional sortation center in Port Allen and a 112,000-squarefoot distribution center off Rieger Road. The company built a drone hub at the Cortana Place fulfillment center earlier this year to launch its Prime Air drone delivery, available to shoppers within a 7.5-mile radius from the center. Alexandria-based Ratcliff Development created 61 North Logistics Center intending to ﬁll a gap in the Baton Rouge market for available warehouse space. The Southeast region of the country has strong demand for industrial space, according to a presentation on industrial real estate trends by Evan Scroggs of Lee & Associates earlier this year. Ratcliff is developing an 186acre industrial park in Geismar with JRE Capital intended for tenants like distribution or manufacturing companies. Email Ianne Salvosa at ianne.salvosa@theadvocate. com.

St. George to start free outdoor concert series, arts market Area bands to perform at first two events

BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD Staff writer

St. George is starting up a free outdoor concert and

arts market series featuring Phat Hat and Parish County Line in October. “Sundays in St. George” will be held at Highland Road Park with live music and an arts market with local vendors, according to a Friday news release. The first two events scheduled are set for 2 to

6 p.m. on Oct. 11 and 18. Phat Hat is performing Oct. 11, and Parish County Line is performing Oct. 18. The events will take place on the north side of Highland Road Park. St. George is partnering with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, with support from Visit Baton

Rouge, to put on the new series. Travis Thornton, chairman of the St. George Chamber of Commerce, said he is excited to see the community come together and that this new series will be a “test case” for future city events. Sundays in St. George is

seeking sponsors, food vendors and local businesses interested in sponsorships. Anyone interested can get more information at the Arts Council website. Thornton said the Chamber of Commerce is going to be heavily active in getting local businesses involved with the series, with more

information coming soon. “I’m so excited about seeing all the ideas and new things coming our way,” he said. “This is exactly the type of stuff that we want to continue doing.”

2,798 square feet; applicant, Cornell Thymes; owner, John Givens; contractor, Hughes Luster Builders. 9441 DAWSON TRACE AVE.: $200,000, 1,979 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harleson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 9504 DAWSON TRACE AVE.: $200,000, 1,979 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harleson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 9542 DAWSON TRACE AVE.: $200,000, 1,979 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harleson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 9544 DAWSON TRACE AVE.: $200,000, 1,979 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harleson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 7002 COMTOIS COURT: $250,000, 3,353 square feet; applicant and owner, Jeffery Vaccaro; contractor, LA Plans. 6922 CHAROLAIS DRIVE: $250,000, 3,162 square feet; applicant, Jeffery Vaccaro; contractor, LA Plans.

7623 E. INDUSTRIAL AVE.: occupancy permit; applicant and owner, Carlos Wheeler. 3079 GOVERNMENT ST.: photography studio; applicant, Tori Bourgoyne. 12065 FLORIDA BLVD.: convenience store; applicant, Aysar Mohammad. 8210 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: med spa services such as facials, noninvasive lasers, noninvasive fat reduction and skin care sales; applicant, Haley Barbera.

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EAST BATON ROUGE-AREA PERMITS A list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish government from Aug. 17-21:

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5000 HENNESSY BLVD.: renovation of the second ﬂoor of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center to add a new endoscopy suite, new recovery units and operating rooms; applicant, Ritter Maher; contractor, LA Specialty Services. 5151 PLANK ROAD: interior shell build out of 1,677-square-foot space, $119,810; applicant, Mhron Thabata; owner, Katina Spera; contractor, MRT Construction. 9143 RIDGE PECAN DRIVE: remodel 900-square-foot onebedroom apartment, $5,000; applicant, Tara Berthelot. 144 MCGEHEE DRIVE: booth rentals; applicant and owner, Tremaine Bouvia. 8869 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: interior remodel to 3,417-square-foot McDonald’s, including kitchen equipment upgrades, $80,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; con-

tractor, F. Baham Construction Co. 9630 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: pylon sign, $650; applicant, Amy Andrews; contractor, Rainbow Signs. 9630 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: pylon sign, $650; applicant, Amy Andrews; contractor, Rainbow Signs. 9630 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: wall sign, $3,800; applicant, Amy Andrews; contractor, Rainbow Signs. 147 ST. CHARLES ST.: political sign; applicant, Jen Racca. 9704 GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD: storage space for the church next door; applicant, Robbie Schillings; owner, Larry Champagne; contractor, Louisiana Standard Contractors. 5775 HIGHLAND ROAD: improvements to University Baptist Church, including new exterior doors, replacement of existing storefront entrances and new exit signage, $130,000; applicant, Kenneth Tipton; contractor, Capital Glass and Mirror. 7150 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: build out of new 1,656-squarefoot coffee shop, $450,000;

applicant, William Collins; contractor, Grand Construction Co. 9730 BLUEBONNET BLVD.: improvement of 1,520-squarefoot interior, including demolition of existing partition walls and construction of new walls, $135,420; applicant, Merry McGee; contractor, ACI Facility Support. 8601 TOM DRIVE: new 40-door warehouse facility for Old Dominion Freight Line with ofﬁce, $10 million; applicant, Travis Taylor. 3118 BALIS DRIVE: distribution center for luxury vinyl plank ﬂooring; applicant, Edward Flanary; owner, James Cerenzie. 3112 BALIS DRIVE: small warehouse space with freezer to support nearby Nothing Bundt Cakes bakery; applicant and owner, Mike McAfee. 5151 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD.: wall sign, $4,400; applicant, Jeremy Halford; contractor, Baton Rouge Sign & Graphics. 11252 FLORIDA BLVD.: barbershop; applicant, Joshua White.

257 W. LEE DRIVE: S&J African Market, a grocery store selling African and Indian food items; applicant and owner, Temitope Owoyombo. 2021 TARA BLVD: early learning center; applicant, Paris Hardnett. 10330 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: renovate 1,100-square-feet in 6,690-square-foot suite, $100,000; applicant, Britany Dealminana; owner, Darren Aschaffenburg; contractor, Honore Construction Group.

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17440 OLD BAKER ROAD, BAKER: $600,000, 7,513 square feet; applicant and owner, Silas and Alesia Hogan. 1649 MARSHALL JONES SR. AVE., ZACHARY: $246,246, 3,157 square feet; applicant, Lacy Hebert; contractor, DSLD Homes. 6928 CHAROLAIS DRIVE: $250,000, 3,177 square feet; applicant, Jeffery Vaccaro; contractor, LA Plans. 7003 COMTOIS COURT: $250,000, 3,195 square feet; applicant, Jeffery Vaccaro; contractor, LA Plans. 4314 LANIER DRIVE: $360,000,

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U.S. envoy clarifies his comments on Golan Heights Position contradicted Trump’s

BY ABBY SEWELL and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD Associated Press

BEIRUT — The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey on Sunday walked back his comments from two days ago that Israel “still” occupies the Golan Heights in violation of U.N. resolutions, remarks that went against President Donald Trump’s position on the disputed territory. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the Barrack 1967 Mideast war and annexed it in 1981. The United Nations and most of the international community consider the territory occupied Syrian land and does not recognize Israel’s annexation of it. In 2019, Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the territory, reversing decades of U.S. policy. Ambassador Tom Barrack on Friday said that Israel “still” occupies the territory in an interview with Lebanese-Australian entrepreneur Mario Nawfal. Barrack now says that was a description of the territory’s historical status, “not an endorsement of the United Nations’ position” on the Golan. “United States policy on the Golan was set by President Trump in 2019 and is

unchanged,” he said in a statement to The Associated Press on Sunday. He said he intended to explain why he does not anticipate annexation in Lebanon, where Israeli forces are occupying parts of the south after the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, and to argue that negotiated agreements, rather than territorial maps, are more durable and that he had cited the Golan as an example that “territory taken by force remains contested for generations.” In the Friday interview, Barrack had also criticized Israel’s strikes on an airbase in northern Syria earlier last week. Israeli officials said the strikes intended to prevent Turkey from establishing a presence at the base. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz defended the strikes, saying on X on Sunday that critics who initially called it “unnecessary and politically motivated” changed their position after the government said they were based on “clear intelligence” and at the recommendation of the Israeli army. He added that Israel would not allow Turkey “to establish itself in Syria and threaten Israeli security.” The strikes last Tuesday have highlighted growing tensions between Israel and Turkey over Ankara’s increased influence in Syria following the fall of Bashar Assad.

Kazakhstan votes in parliamentary election BY YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — Kazakhstan voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to further strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Central Asia’s largest nation. The pro-presidential Adilet party is widely predicted to win an overwhelming majority, with several smaller parties loyal to Tokayev also anticipated to enter parliament. The vote was the country’s ﬁrst election to a new, single-chamber parliament called the Kurultai. The 73-year-old Tokayev, a former Soviet official and Kazakh diplomat who previously worked at the United Nations, has been in ofﬁce since 2019. Sunday’s vote was the culmination of a consti-

tutional overhaul that Tokayev initiated in March, when 87% of voters supported a referendum to merge the two chambers of parliament into one and grant the president authority to appoint key ofﬁcials, subject to parliamentary approval, including reestablishing the vice presidency. Tokayev, who has sought to maintain a delicate balance between Moscow and the West since sanctions were imposed on Russia over the war in Ukraine, has justified the changes by citing the need for rapid decision-making in a fastchanging world. Last month, Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Court ruled that the amendments effectively reset the clock on Tokayev’s previous terms in ofﬁce, opening the door for him to run for another seven-year term.

Mexican governor indicted by U.S. seeks leave again after returning to office By The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — The embattled governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state has reversed his decision to return to his post, bowing to an extraordinary backlash from his own ruling party over accusations by U.S. prosecutors he conspired with a powerful cartel to smuggle drugs into the United States. State lawmakers were expected Sunday to approve Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya’s request for an indeﬁnite leave of absence, about a day and a half after he announced his return by claiming Mexican prosecutors had cleared him of the drug trafﬁcking charges leveled against him by the U.S. Department of Justice in late April. The rapid reversal demonstrated the authority Mexican President Clau-

dia Sheinbaum wields over her Morena party as she walks a fine line between placating U.S. President Donald Trump, who says cartels control Mexico and has repeatedly offered U.S. military help to fight them, and her progressive movement deeply wary of U.S. intervention. After nearly four months on leave, Rocha Moya announced Friday that he was returning to office, claiming Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office had found “no evidence to support our participation in any criminal conduct.” He declared that he was back “as governor of Sinaloa with my head held high.” That defiance lasted barely a day, as his return unleashed a torrent of criticism from governors, senators and other prominent figures in Morena, including Sheinbaum.

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Obituaries Barksdale, Kaleigh Havard

Kaleigh Havard Barksdale, a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend passed away August 20, 2026 at the age of 30. Above all, Kaleigh was a devoted mother whose greatest love was her children, Ryleigh and Rosalie. She cherished the time she spent with them and leaves behind memories that will remain in their hearts forever. Kaleigh is also survived by her loving husband, Jacob Barksdale; her parents, Cindy McCartney and Jerry Stevens and Glenis Havard and Jackie McLean; her siblings, Kirk (Chloe) & Kory, her in laws Clay and Angie Barksdale, and Tammi Barksdale, Tyler, Cassie, Blake, Morgan, Kayla, Kenzie & Myles, Uncle Jay, dear friends Richard and Danielle Colby & girls, Danielle Moreau and many family members and friends who will miss her dearly. She was preceded in death by her brother Cody and her grandparents Joe and Judy Williams and Alvin and Sadie Havard Though her life was far too short, the love she gave will continue through her children, her family, and everyone whose life she touched. Services will be held at Charlet Funeral Home in Zachary on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 with visitation from 9am-11am with services immediately following visitation. She will be laid to rest on Barksdale Hill. Share memories at www.CharletFuneralHo me.com.

rio) Kliebert, niece, Cherie Favaro & husband, Keith, nephews, Joseph & Erik Kliebert. She is also survived by her Uncle Buddy & Aunt Grace Kliebert along with many, many cousins & last but not least the numerous friends she loved like family. Her family would like to thank the staff of The Parc Assisted Living for their love and wonderful care they gave her in her last year and 5 months of life. Her family would also like to thank the hospice staff of Pinnacle Home Health for their loving kindness in her last few months. In lieu of flowers please make your donations to St. Jude whom she gave a monthly donation to for years. Funeral arrangements are as follows: a visitation will take place on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at St. Agnes Catholic Church Parish Hall, 749 East Blvd., Baton Rouge, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. A Funeral Mass will follow in the St. Agnes Church. Graveside services will follow at Greenoaks Memorial Park, 9595 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge. The family extends an invitation to a reception following the Graveside services at the Greenoaks Memorial Celebration of Life Center, adjacent to the funeral home. To view and sign the online guestbook, please visit www.greenoaksfuner als.com

Ward, Malcolm G.

Malcolm G. Ward, born February 23, 1939, in Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, leaving a legacy of a life devoted to his family, faith, service, and the passions he held dear. Malcolm was a proud graduate of Istrouma High School, Class of 1957. He continued his education at Louisiana State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business in 1962. His LSU pride would remain a defining part of his life for decades to come. Malcolm built a distinguished career with the

Louisiana Department of Insurance, where he served as an auditor for 25 years. He was respected for his dedication, professionalism, and commitment to public service. He also worked with the Wilbert family for many years. A man of deep faith, Malcolm was a devoted member of Community Bible Church for 58 years. His faith and church family were an important and lasting part of his life. Malcolm shared 67 years of marriage with his beloved wife, Patricia Ann Domengeaux Ward. Together, they built a life centered around family and were blessed with four children: Kevin Ward and his wife, Alyson; Kerri Chandler and her husband, Robert; Karla Jones and her husband, Kenny; and Kyle Ward and his wife, Susan. Malcolm was also the proud grandfather of 11 grandchildren and greatgrandfather of 10 greatgrandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Elise Ward Chambers, and his brother, Steve Ward. Malcolm was preceded in death by his father, Ralph Ward; his mother, Anthonette Ward; and his sister, Marianne Averette. Visitation will be at Community Bible Church, 8354 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge, on Tuesday, August 25th, from 9 am until the religious service at 10 am, conducted by Dr. Steven Foster. A private burial to follow. Pallbearers will be Hays Ward, Robert Chandler, Kenny Jones, Ricky Domengeaux, Stevie Domengeaux, and Hunter Simoneaux. Outside of his professional and family life, Malcolm was an avid LSU fan with a special passion for LSU Women's Gymnastics. For an extraordinary 40 years, he served as the score tabulator for the Tigers, becoming a familiar and valued part of the program. In

recognition of his many years of dedication and service to the team, Malcolm was honored with an SEC Championship Ring in 2017, an honor he treasured deeply. Malcolm will be remembered for his unwavering devotion to his family, his faith, his dedication to public service, and his lifelong love for LSU. His legacy lives on through his beloved wife, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all those whose lives he touched throughout his 87 years. He will be deeply missed and forever remembered. Special thanks to Baton Rouge Area Hospice for their care and compassion. Memorial donations may be made to the Community Bible Church Building Fund or the Baton Rouge Food Bank. Geaux Tigers! Please share memories online at www.wilbertservices.com.

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Utility projects must truly serve Louisiana families, not just corporations

Dr. David Elizardi’s recent letter is a master class in selective amnesia and institutional loyalty. He scolds Cal Thomas for “throwing stones” while treating Anthony Fauci as some secular saint who merely “adapted” as science evolved. That is not how history works. Fauci didn’t just “change recommendations.” He systematically misled the public, suppressed debate and protected a catastrophic origin theory while millions suffered the consequences of his policies. He told Americans masks were useless, then demanded they wear them. He said the lab-leak hypothesis was a conspiracy theory while his own emails showed he was frantically managing the fallout from alleged gain-of-function research his institute, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, had funded. He pushed lockdowns and school closures with near-religious fervor long after the data showed that damage to children, small businesses and the working class far outweighed the beneﬁts for most people. He promoted vaccine mandates and social coercion while the shots failed to stop transmission the way the public was led to believe. The “80-90% of hospitalized patients were unvaccinated” talking point from August 2021 is not the knockout blow Elizardi thinks it is. By that point, the most vulnerable had already been hit hard, and the vaccines’ protection was visibly declining. Citing hospital occupancy while ignoring excess deaths among the young, the mental-health catastrophe, the learning loss and the economic wreckage is the classic technocrat’s dodge: Look only at the one metric that ﬂatters the policy. Calling criticism of Fauci “political retribution” is rich. The man spent decades as the unelected face of public health, wielding enormous power with almost no accountability. When that power produced catastrophic errors and he responded with arrogance and institutional cover, people noticed. That is not retribution. That is the delayed bill coming due.

Recent reporting on Entergy’s proposed multi-billion-dollar investment tied to Meta’s planned data center should concern residents across Louisiana. At a time when many families are already struggling with high electricity bills, utility companies and state leaders must prioritize everyday ratepayers before expanding infrastructure for large corporations. Louisiana residents already pay some of the highest electricity costs in the region while dealing with an unreliable power grid. After repeated hurricanes, heat waves and outages, many households are still trying to recover financially. Yet Entergy is now proposing massive new energy investments connected to one of the wealthiest technology companies in the world. Before these projects move forward, the public deserves clear answers. Who will ultimately pay for these upgrades? Will residential customers face even higher monthly bills? And will these investments improve reliability for Louisiana communities or mainly benefit corporate interests? For New Orleans residents, reliable infrastructure is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Our communities face flooding, extreme heat, stronger storms and aging utility systems every year. Investments in the power grid should focus first on improving reliability and keeping energy affordable for working families. Economic development matters, but it should not come at the expense of residents already struggling to afford basic necessities. Louisiana leaders must ensure that utility projects truly serve the public, not just corporations seeking cheap energy and tax incentives. The people paying monthly utility bills deserve transparency, accountability and a stronger voice in these decisions.

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A poster displaying the Ten Commandments is posted in a second grade classroom at a Lafayette Parish public school.

Johnson got a promotion with the 10 Commandments

Ten Commandments? Looks like 11 on the page. Besides the fact that we should keep a separation of church and state, there seem to be greater issues associated with the posting of the “10” Commandments in schools per state law. First, how about we post the foundational set of moral, religious or ethical teachings from other religions too, e.g., Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism to name a selection? It would give Christian and Jewish students a comparative basis against their own foundational commandments and allow for inclusion of other religious beliefs into our classrooms. After all, isn’t the classroom a place of cooperative learning? Second, why is there a picture of Speaker Mike Johnson on the display poster across from Moses the Lawgiver? Johnson is a politician and a transient ﬁgure in a political party. Is the Louisiana

Family Forum, the group responsible for this ﬁasco, implying that Johnson is akin to Moses? If not, are we making an erroneous inference? Without more detailed information, it seems it could be either of the two; it just seems like Mike Johnson is rising in status. It’s also interesting that the Family Forum is pushing the view that the commandments are a cornerstone of Western civilization. True, “don’t kill or steal” shouldn’t be controversial per comments from Attorney General Liz Murrill, but then again, the Native Americans and maybe the slaves would have a different take on how those two cornerstones of Western civilization worked out for them. Lastly, no matter how I read this poster, I keep coming up with a count of 11 commandments as listed and printed on the poster. Maybe it’s just the punctuation.

WILLIAM R. FAULK Baton Rouge

AVERY PASCAL new orleans

Politicians need to stop the blame game Call it amusement, call it chicken poop; I call it shameful. The current city of New Orleans mayor and council are trying their best to manage a city and its various departments to save them from ﬁnancial insolvency. Now, Governor, your idol in D.C. won’t be there next term. Do you aspire to a next term as governor? Then stop dangling New Orleans as a municipal business over impossible, hot, bubbling oil. To me, the shame goes to both city and state. The current mayor and council are virtually the same people who sat on the council and ran the city business, all while amassing a huge budgetary shortfall. How is that possible? They tend to shift the blame to the previous mayor, whom I am no fan of as far as managing — but come on, council members. Where were you when the light went off? And now, because of some “short-sighted-

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ness,” a grand jury sends a poison dart up to Attorney General Liz Murrill. Come on! I grew up in Chicago, under the municipal accountability of Mayors Daley, Bilandic, Byrne, Washington, Sawyer and Daley (son of). When you made a mistake, when you were part of a problem or maybe the cause, you raised your hand and showed you were a human being, able to make errors — not happy about it, but accountable. Blaming past administrations while on their council watch is loathsome. And, Governor! Grow up! Start governing based upon the overall responsibility you have to every citizen in Louisiana. Start managing your business in Louisiana — just like the many Republican governors of the state of Illinois governed with objectivity for the good of the people of Chicago and Illinois.

I read the letter from a reader registering his continuing disappointment with “your blatant bias” and had to laugh. A friend of mine in Covington told me she doesn’t read The TimesPicayune because “it’s too liberal.” A New Orleans friend told me she discontinued her Times-Picayune subscription because “it’s too conservative.” And a Mandeville friend told me how pleased she was to ﬁnd such a balance of views in The Times-Picayune!

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We’ll remember Trump long after term ends

Pickett, daniels can both be in that number As I picked up the Sports section of the paper recently, I was faced with the problem of a jersey number for an LSU football player. I am sure that DJ Pickett is a talented player who deserves to have a special number on his jersey. He was promised this number by former coach Brian Kelly. Of course, we all know about former LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, who won the Heisman Trophy and who also wore No. 5 on

People are speculating on what President Donald Trump’s legacy will be after his term is over (ﬁnally) in 2028. Here are a few suggestions: A big hole in the White House lawn; a green reﬂecting pool on the National Mall. A closed Strait of Hormuz. Two impeachments (so far). A failed coup attempt. Separated families. Earth too hot to live on and a huge national debt.

his jersey during his time at LSU. So it seems the parties are going to bring in lawyers to solve this dispute. I suggest there is no need for lawyers to get involved, because they will probably drag it out so they can make some money. My recommendation is to give Pickett No. 05. NCAA rules state that any number between 0 and 99 can be chosen.

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COMMENTARY Leader quietly, selflessly saved UNO and LSU New Orleans The University of New Orleans’ return to the LSU System last month as LSU New Orleans brought due fanfare to the Lakefront campus. The occasion was also celebrated more than 5,000 miles away — at LSU New Orleans’ 50th annual summer session in the historic alpine city of Innsbruck, Austria. I was honored to join the festivities there as both a UNO alumnus and a firsttime adjunct professor. We had several reaClancy sons to celebrate in InnsDuBos bruck. In addition to rejoining the LSU System and reaching the summer program’s half-century mark, we got to see outgoing UNO President Kathy Johnson spend her final days at the university’s helm mixing with students, faculty and alumni. Johnson’s presence in Innsbruck meant a lot to those who know how tirelessly she worked to help UNO resolve the massive deficit that she inherited — and how selflessly she ensured UNO’s smooth transition back into the LSU System. “Kathy Johnson discovered UNO’s deep financial and enrollment crisis soon after her arrival,” said National WWII Museum co-founder and former UNO history professor Nick Mueller, who founded the UNO-Innsbruck summer program in 1976. “Instead of sweeping it under the rug, she courageously dug into the books and disclosed the depth of the problem to the higher-ed community, to the public and to elected leaders. She was transparent at every step.” Johnson addressed the crisis on several fronts. She convinced legislative leaders to provide state funding to keep UNO open and took the hits for making painful but necessary cuts. She also began teaching classes, signaling to faculty who now had to take on larger teaching loads that she would share that load. “I recall meeting a student who had taken her class and was very impressed that the university president would teach a course,” said Deb Karhson, who, like Johnson, earned her doctorate in psychology. “It foreshadowed the kind of president that Kathy was. She led by her example. It was inspiring to watch her.” Among Johnson’s examples: When staffing cuts impeded efforts to remove furniture before demolishing the Liberal Arts Building, Johnson and her husband Richard helped student workers move the furniture themselves. Richard, who was not a UNO employee, even obtained a commercial driver’s

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Uno president Kathy Johnson answers questions from the community about Uno’s financial issues in 2024. license so he could haul the furniture away. “The most impactful thing about Kathy was seeing her and her husband put sweat equity into this university,” Karhson said. “I will always attribute the university’s survival and transition into LSU to her.” I met Karhson and more than a dozen other LSU New Orleans faculty and staff during my stint as a novice instructor in Innsbruck. That experience taught me why so many program alumni described their summers studying abroad — an opportunity I didn’t have as a college student — as “lifechanging.” Since its founding 50 years ago, UNOInnsbruck has served more than 12,000 students and blossomed into one of the nation’s most successful summerabroad programs. It merits strong support from the LSU System because its continued success represents a win for LSU. Looking ahead, Mueller will chair the committee searching for Johnson’s successor. Finding the right leader will not be easy, but it will be critical to the success of LSU New Orleans — and to LSU itself. “Kathy saved the university and set it on a new path with her best wishes,” Mueller said. “That’s her legacy. Now it is the search committee’s job to help LSU leaders ﬁnd the best chancellor to serve the current and future generations of students.” For her part, Johnson now serves as St. Louis University’s executive vice

president and provost, the institution’s second-highest office. I recently spoke with her about LSU New Orleans’ future. She offered some sage advice. “The first thing LSU New Orleans needs to do is realign its budget to make sure it’s fiscally strong and healthy without duplicating what’s going on in Baton Rouge but leans into its mission, focusing on access and affordability. If you live your mission and shine a light on what’s going well, it will be good for all. Recognize when opportunities arise, don’t duplicate — and have strong research programs.” There’s a lot to shine a light on at LSU New Orleans. It’s the state’s only urban research university. It has the state’s only School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, its only School of Naval Architecture, the only School of Engineering in southeast Louisiana and the state’s best public university jazz studies program — to name just a few. The LSU System would be wise to pump resources into LSU New Orleans’ research programs and all of its centers of excellence. Doing so would help rebuild LSU New Orleans and help raise LSU into the Top 50 universities in America. It would also be a fitting “thank you” to Kathy Johnson for saving UNO — and LSU New Orleans. Clancy DuBos formerly wrote political columns in Gambit and The Times-Picayune. Contact him at clancydubos@icloud.com.

Why can’t we fix the oil problem? “We are the United States of America and there is nothing we can’t do if we do it together.” — President Joe Biden

ter, Andy Burnham, urging him to tap more light, sweet crude from the North Sea. Trump says Burnham responded that he would take a “pragmatic I am not in the habit of favorapproach” to opening up the region, which is rich in oil and ably quoting the former presigas. Trump said if he did, it dent, but he was right when would massively boost the UK he said this. Why, then, are we economy. still beholden to Iran and Saudi Not only has the U.S. been Arabia for so much of our oil Cal held for years to Middle needs? Thomas East captive oil, we have allowed farA Wall Street Journal headline left environmentalists to set says: “Gulf States are Resigned To Iran Control of Strait (of Hormuz).” the agenda, depriving us of oil from offshore California and Florida. Critics Must we also be resigned to an unalways raise the specter of oil spills ending dependence on Middle East and damage to wildlife and beaches, oil? Presidents since Jimmy Carter but improved technology has reduced have said we must overcome that the likelihood of such events. The aldependence and loosen their grip on our economy. The problem is the difternative is more of what we have now: ference between American production continued spending of billions of doland that which comes from the Middle lars, along with the cost in human lives East. while trying to keep the oil flowing While the U.S. mostly produces light, from the Persian Gulf region. sweet crude from shale formations, the Iran has the U.S. over an oil barrel. Middle East largely supplies heavier, They are betting Democrats will take higher-sulfur crude. Old U.S refinerover Congress in the fall election and deny the president funds to continue ies were not built to process heavier targeting their country. Depending on crude. Building new ones would cost who you ask, the U.S. naval blockade billions of dollars. They would also seems to be working. Iran’s economy be hampered by environmental laws. is in shambles, but the ayatollahs don’t Some consider new refineries a bad care about their people, or they would financial risk as the country shifts tonot slaughter anti-government demonward renewable energy and electric vehicles. strators and engage in public hangings. That sounds like defeatism to me. Putting Democrats back in a conPresident Donald Trump says he has gressional majority won’t solve the spoken to the UK’s new prime minisproblem. Gas prices and inflation were

higher during the Biden administration. If the U.S. is forced to stop attacking Iran due to lack of funds, Iran is likely to resume its effort to create a nuclear weapon and the rockets to deliver them to Israel and the U.S. We will not likely see gas prices signiﬁcantly decline as the president said they would after what he wrongly predicted would be a two-week war. Besides, there will always be a need — at least as far as anyone can see — for petroleum, which is in thousands of everyday products we use, including cosmetics, medicines, plastics and synthetic fabrics like nylon. Rather than accepting defeat and wringing our hands, I prefer the approach of President John F. Kennedy, who said in a 1962 speech at Rice University in Houston: “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” Many have started this sentence to encourage others to do the hard things: “If we can go to the moon…” You can ﬁnish it.

Trump’s Iran struggle comes through on campaign stump One interesting thing about listening to President Donald Trump’s speeches, as opposed to just reading about them later, is that the listener not only gets to hear what Trump said, he also gets to hear Trump commenting in real time on what the speechwriters intended for him to say. That’s the beauty of Trump’s longtime issue with the teleprompter; he never sticks precisely to the script. “I hate reading these boring speeches, because, to be honest with you ... isn’t it nice to have a president that doesn’t have to read a teleprompter?” Trump told the crowd at a law-enforcement-themed campaign rally Byron in Garden City, New York, reYork cently. “Teleprompters are easy. They’re boring.” A small but notable example: When Trump’s written speech called for him to take credit for building up the military, the words that actually came out of the president’s mouth were: “You know, I built the military, and now I used it — a little bit more than I wanted to, frankly, but that’s OK, because we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.” It was a revealing moment when the war in Iran popped up in a speech devoted mostly to public safety and the economy. The “a little bit more than I wanted to, frankly” aside seemed a reference to Iran in a number of ways. First, it referred to Trump’s determination that a second, large-scale attack was necessary after the first U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities in June 2025 apparently failed to fully do the job. Second, it referred to the fact that the current war has taken several unexpected turns, to say the least. And third, it referred to the length of the war — nearly six months so far, much longer than Trump originally predicted. Now, with the war in a stalemate and midterm elections less than three months away, Trump is asking voters for time. Just a while longer, he suggested, and Iran will be like his other successes. “How about Venezuela?” Trump said. “Venezuela was a one-day war, and now we work great with them. We’ve taken in millions and millions of barrels of oil ... we’re doing good in every way.” The way Trump framed the story was that the American economy was going gangbusters, doing extremely well earlier this year, when he reluctantly decided the U.S. had to take a “journey” to Iran. “I said to my guys, I said to Howard, Scott, Marco” — a reference to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — “I said, fellas, we have just had the best month ever, anyone’s ever had as president,” Trump said. The price of gas was low and the future was bright. “I said, I have bad news for you guys; we have to make a little journey to the Middle East because we have to put out a potential disaster, a very big fire, fire like you’ve never seen.” But the war is not settled, and Trump made a big ask for the voters’ patience. “So I just say this, for you to pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline, just remember, you’re doing it so that a very evil country cannot have — a country, really, it’s the No. 1 state sponsor of terror in the world. We don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon. So remember that, when you have to pay a little bit more. You’re at $4 [a gallon]. It’s OK. I mean, it’s — I’m not — I’m not, I’ll never apologize. I did the right thing, but you could — you know, if you didn’t have [the war] you’d be at, I mean, I had it down to below $2 in many states.” It was an extraordinary moment. Talk to any Republican strategist handling midterm races, and he will tell you that GOP voters’ biggest concern about the war is the fact that it has resulted in higher gas prices. So for Trump to minimize the problem in the way that he did — “a tiny little bit more for your gasoline” — seemed tone deaf, at best. The big picture of the speech is that it showed Trump struggling with the war at a time when he needs to present a picture of strength and confidence to voters deciding what Congress will look like for the next two years. And that struggle will likely not stop until Trump can figure out a way to extricate himself from the mess in Iran. Byron York is on X, @Bryon York.

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Orgeron more than feel-good hire for Tigers BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

STAFF PHoTo By MICHAEL JoHnSon

Dress rehearsal

LSU wide receiver Jayce Brown spins around to make the catch during a preseason practice on Aug. 17.

As LSU embarks on ‘mock’ game week, questions linger ahead of Clemson

BY JON BLAU Staff writer

This week will end with a college football Saturday. That includes LSU. Even though the Tigers don’t have a Week 0 game, Lane Kifﬁn has scheduled a “mock” game week in advance of the Sept. 5 opener against Clemson. LSU will install its Clemson game plan and experience a “mock” game, complete with a trip to the pregame hotel and a rehearsal from the LSU band. “We got everything on there to make

sure that when we run out there on Saturday in Tiger Stadium,” Kiffin said, “outside of the fans, we’ve gone through everything else.” Kifﬁn seems to be checking every box as a season of immense expectations approaches. He’s not only running a transfer-heavy roster through its paces, he’s still working to add players made eligible by a Louisiana court ruling last week. Notre Dame edge rusher Junior Tuihalamaka committed to LSU on Friday. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Sunday that former Ole Miss tight end Dae’Quan Wright, who was just cut from the Cleve-

land Browns’ roster, will land at LSU if he clears waivers. That could happen some time Monday. The days leading up to an opener rarely have been so eventful, but LSU has two weeks to sort everything out. Here are some of the questions that remain:

Is the roster set? Kifﬁn said in the spring he wished there was a second portal window because he didn’t have a complete sense of LSU’s transfer needs when the ﬁrst one was

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Last Monday morning at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility, Ed Orgeron was finally silent. An illness had left the boisterous Orgeron unavailable for LSU’s ninth preseason practice. Coach Lane Kiffin sent him home that day, but Kiffin doesn’t expect his gregarious assistant coach to stay quiet often this season. “I’m trying to find a word. I don’t know,” Ole Miss transfer edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen said when asked about Orgeron. “He was loud though, Orgeron that’s what I can say … he was real passionate.” After four seasons away from the sidelines, Orgeron is back at LSU for a second stint with the program. He spent six seasons at LSU in his first tenure, arriving as the defensive line coach and eventually finishing his first year as the interim head coach. He was head coach for the next five seasons, leading the Tigers to a national championship in 2019 before an 11-11 record over his last two campaigns ended his tenure in 2021. Orgeron did not take another coaching job after his dismissal from LSU. He returns to Baton Rouge as Kiffin’s special assistant to recruiting and defense. He has maintained a strong relationship with Kiffin since he worked under him as an assistant coach at Southern Cal and Tennessee from 2009-13. His recruiting chops — arguably his strongest asset during his initial tenure — have already helped LSU since he returned in May. “We have a background,” Kiffin said, “and it’s pretty easy for him to sit and sell to a kid why to come to LSU and why to play for his head coach — more than anyone else on the planet could sell — so it’s really just a perfect situation.” As a coach, Orgeron can be heard barking orders at practice, mostly directing his words toward an LSU defensive line that is talented but young.

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These Saints seem best positioned to make ﬁrst cut BY MATTHEW PARAS

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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Kade Anderson is greeted in the dugout after facing the Chicago Cubs in the first inning of his major league debut on Saturday in Seattle.

Anderson soaked in moment before debut

Saturday quicker than usual before Ex-LSU ace arrives his much-ballyhooed big league debut against the Chicago Cubs. So for playoff chase rather than ignore the young fans

who watched his bullpen session, Anderson did a little something out of the ordinary and scribbled his AP sportswriter signature a handful of times before SEATTLE — Well before Kade An- the Mariners beat the Cubs 5-4 in derson threw his ﬁrst MLB pitch, walk-off fashion. Growing up in Slidell, the ace of the Seattle Mariners’ prized lefthander took some time to make a the 2025 LSU national championfew fans’ day. ship team didn’t go to many major The 22-year-old Anderson got ä See ANDERSON, page 3B done with his warmup routine on

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Kellen Moore said he believes game ﬁlm is the ultimate resume in the NFL. Not to speak for the New Orleans Saints coach, but a beatdown like Saturday’s 34-0 preseason loss to the Los Angeles Rams may cause quite a few to seek a new line of work here soon. ä Saints Roster cuts are looming at Cowboys, 7 P.M. FRIdAy, WAFB as the league’s Sunday deadline fast approaches. Entering the ﬁnal week of the preseason, the Saints are coming off an ugly game that didn’t help those on the bubble. “When I was with the Giants under (Bill) Parcells, he said preseason games make cuts easy,” former Giants executive Greg Gabriel tweeted. “He said players cut themselves with their performance. That was almost 40 years ago but it still stands true.” Luckily for the Saints, there’s still a week of practice and one more game — Friday at the Dallas Cowboys — to leave a better impression before New Orleans has to set a 53-man roster and 16-man practice squad. Let’s take a stab at predicting what the Saints might do when

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Saints wide receiver Barion Brown runs with the ball as Jacksonville Jaguars safety Jalen Huskey defends during a preseason game at the Caesars Superdome on Aug. 15. cuts are due.

at other positions, namely wide receiver, could create enough Quarterback (3) ﬂexibility to open spots elsewhere, Tyler Shough, Spencer Rattler, Zach Wil- such as quarterback. Wilson may not have snatched son: There was a time when keeping three quarterbacks might the backup job from Rattler after have been a luxury given other ä See SAINTS, page 3B needs on the roster. But injuries

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Blaney nabs New Hampshire win By The Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. — Ryan Blaney and his team wound up making the most of a major mistake Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Team Penske star just needed a moment to vent on his team radio about a pit crew blunder before charging from 17th to first for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. “Whenever I say those things after something bad happens, it’s my relief valve,” Blaney said about scolding his team with an expletive. “I have to get it out in the open, or I’ll be stewing over it a while. That’s how I have to get over things. I wish I wasn’t that way, but I’d rather it be that way than have it be in the back of my mind the rest of the race, not thinking of the main goal. It takes me five or 10 seconds to move on.” After shaking it off, Blaney recovered to lead the final 74 laps on the 1.058-mile oval, fending off runner-up Bubba Wallace by 0.586 seconds. Josh Berry, who is trying to find a ride for the 2027 season, finished a season-best third, the fourth consecutive top 10 for the Wood Brothers Racing driver. The top five was rounded out by Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson. Ryan Preece finished ninth and kept his Chase hopes alive by gaining 19 points on Shane van Gisbergen, who finished 20th and remains in the 16th and final spot for the 10-race title run. It’s the 20th career victory and third this season for Blaney, who led a race-high 115 of 301 laps. He had cruised to a big lead when a lug nut fell off the left front tire of his No. 12 Ford during a pit stop under caution with 111 laps remaining. The 2023 Cup Series champion picked his way through traffic and was back up to seventh when the yellow flag flew on the 226th lap for a three-car crash. Crew chief Jonathan Hassler made an aggressive strategy call for two right-side tires, and Blaney gained six spots in the pits to retake first place. Hassler said the error “maybe was a little bit of a blessing in disguise” because Blaney emerged several spots ahead of the contenders who took four tires. Of

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees activated Cody Bellinger from the injured list Sunday after the outfielder missed 25 games with a strained left hamstring. Bellinger batted fourth and started in left field for his first game since July 25 in Philadelphia. Bellinger suffered a Grade 2 strain after running the bases following a double. Bellinger is hitting .259 with 11 homers and 53 RBIs in 102 games this season. He batted .228 in New York’s first month after losing Aaron Judge to a stress fracture in his right rib but was hitting .372 in 12 games before getting injured, though he entered Sunday with a 31-game homerless streak — the second-longest of his career. Bellinger re-signed with the Yankees last winter for $162.5 million over ﬁve years.

49ers star TE Kittle might return for season opener

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Ryan Blaney, center front, displays a lobster, a victory lane tradition at new Hampshire Motor Speedway, after winning a nASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday in Loudon, n.H., as david McGrath, right, executive vice president and general manager of the speedway, looks on. the top 12 finishers, Blaney was the only driver who took two tires on his last stop. His crew struggled often on stops earlier this season, losing 128 spots in the pits, but has been better with three top-five finishes in the past six races. “It’s really competitive on pit road, and if you’re going to have any speed, you’re going to have these sort of miscues,” Hassler said. “With the speed we’ve had, our goal has certainly been to eliminate those, even if we give up a little bit of speed to do that. But it’s still going to happen to each of the best teams. We’re fortunate that we’re fast enough and up front enough that people take notice when that’s going to happen.” NASCAR started the race on wetweather tires after a midafternoon rain shower, but the track dried quickly, and drivers switched back to slick tires after 40 laps.

Hamlin top seed Points leader Denny Hamlin

also rebounded from a pit stop miscue that dropped the Joe Gibbs Racing driver outside the top 15 with less than 100 laps remaining. Hamlin rallied for a seventh-place ﬁnish that clinched the top seed for the Chase. “We were just pedestrian today,” Hamlin said. “We just didn’t quite have it, but ultimately a decent crawl back.”

it. I’m super grateful for all the pit crew members, especially my team. They do a real good job. I’m glad Blake is OK.”

Chastain eliminated

A last-place ﬁnish extinguished the dim Chase hopes for Ross Chastain, whose No. 1 Chevrolet suffered a mechanical problem after only 40 laps. “The speed has gotten better, Scary moment so we’ll hopefully keep moving Bell dropped to 31st on a safe- forward on that,” Chastain said. ty violation penalty after front “That’s the important part. With tire changer Blake Houston got the things in our control, we were dragged from the team’s pit stall able to make them better through while tightening the right-side the summer. I’ve learned that’s tire. Bell said he exited the pits really tough to do in the NASCAR as the jack dropped, and Houston Cup Series. We did get better, but wasn’t able to get back across the we’ve got a ways to go.” front of the No. 20 Toyota. “I saw him kind of flopping Up next around in my rearview camera,” The NASCAR Cup Series will Bell said. “I didn’t feel my car jump conclude its regular season at up in the air, so I knew I didn’t run Daytona International Speedway him over. It’s alarming and very with a 160-lap race on Saturday eye-opening that these guys jump- at the 2.5-mile oval, setting the ing across pit wall, they’re risking 16-driver ﬁeld for the Chase.

American Kirkwood ﬁttingly wins Freedom 250 BY NOAH TRISTER

he’s stopping.” After another caution, Kirkwood pulled off a strong restart with 13 laps to go, and Lundgaard didn’t mount much of a threat as the 250-mile race wound down. Nicknamed the “King of the Streets” because of his success on tracks like this, Kirkwood looked right at home on the 1.7-mile circuit that was being used this weekend for the ﬁrst time.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — On the streets of downtown Washington, an American led almost the whole way. Kyle Kirkwood raced to his second victory of the IndyCar season Sunday, dominating the Freedom 250 in his No. 27 Honda. Kirkwood crossed the finish line in front of the U.S. Capitol 3.09 seconds ahead of Christian Lundgaard after leading for 128 of a possible 147 laps. “This likely is the most satisfying win that I’ve had, just the magnitude of it. This one and my first are pretty similar,” said Kirkwood, who now has seven career IndyCar victories. “When you think about the magnitude, what this means, having this race here in D.C., being the Freedom 250, as an American, it might top the first win for me.” The race was set up as part of the country’s 250th birthday celebration. President Donald Trump gave drivers the green flag at the start, and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser served as grand marshal. Organizers could hardly have asked for better weather, with plenty of sun but not so much heat that fans would stay away. The area was awash in red, white and blue. Even the Canadian flags on that country’s embassy — located along the track’s Pennsylvania Avenue straightaway — featured two of those three colors. “This was not a race. It was an event,” race chair Bud Denker said. Will Power and Marcus Ericsson, Kirkwood’s teammates with

Yankees activate Bellinger after 25-game absence

Misplaced blame?

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Kyle Kirkwood makes a pit stop for gas during the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix on Sunday in Washington. Andretti Global, finished third and fourth. Pole winner Alex Palou, who had a chance to clinch the series title, finished 20th in his second-worst showing of the year. After several prerace flyovers and Trump’s green flag, the field quickly went under caution because of debris on the track. The first big wreck came when David Malukas went into the wall and Sting Ray Robb could do little to avoid crashing into him coming around a turn. Just like that, two of the race’s eight American drivers were out. Several cars went onto pit road, and that’s when the day started to fall apart for Palou. He appeared to hit a tire in someone else’s area while exiting, and he was assessed a drive-through penalty. On a subsequent pit stop, one of Palou’s tires was loose when

he started driving. That caused another delay, and he ended up off the lead lap. Palou later spun coming through a turn. His lead in the standings dropped from 133 points over second-place Kirkwood to 91 with three races to go. “Things happen. I’m at least kind of happy that everything happened at the same day instead of spreading out throughout different races,” Palou said. “We had some issues in pit lane — one my fault, one out of my control.” Kirkwood had a commanding lead before Palou’s spin caused a caution. On a restart with 19 laps remaining, Scott McLaughlin tried to pass Kirkwood and went into a tire barrier. “Quite honestly, I thought he was going to make it stick initially,” Kirkwood said. “Once he got alongside me, there’s no way

Marcus Armstrong was penalized for avoidable contact when he sent Christian Rasmussen into a spin. Rinus VeeKay went into the wall during that incident but appeared unaware of Armstrong’s culpability when he went on TV for an interview. “If Rasmussen’s around, you know you’re going to crash. Either he does or you do,” VeeKay said. “It sucks. It’s stupid. It’s a long race, and some people seemingly don’t know that.”

The race’s future Denker had plenty of impressive stats ready for his postrace news conference: over 215,000 people attending over the last two days, and over $969,000 in merchandise sold Saturday. As for whether the race will continue in the future, Denker said he’ll discuss it with series owner Roger Penske. “Mr. Trump hit me 15 times today about having to have this,” Denker said. “‘Let’s do it for ﬁve years’ is what he’s saying, ‘because that guarantees you’re going to be here through my term, then two more years for whoever is in ofﬁce next.’ ”

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle was taken off the physically unable to perform list on Sunday, providing hope that he might be able to return from a ruptured right Achilles tendon before the season opener. The 49ers got good news on the injury front 10 days before the team was set to depart for Australia for a Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 11 with Kittle and All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey back at practice. The Niners are scheduled to leave for Australia on Sept. 2, and Kittle said last week that he needed to get practice time in pads before then to determine whether he would make the trip and try to play Week 1.

Raiders RB Jeanty suffers apparent injury at practice

HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty had to be helped off the ﬁeld after apparently being injured late in Sunday’s practice and was unable to put pressure on his right leg. The Raiders did not provide a statement on Jeanty’s status and there was no indication of when an update would come. Jeanty went down after trying to catch a pass, and his teammates at the club’s indoor practice facility quickly went quiet. The entire team then knelt and prayed. Drafted sixth overall out of Boise State last year, Jeanty had hoped to build on a rookie season in which he rushed for 975 yards despite playing behind what was statistically the NFL’s worst offensive line.

All-America RB Hardy out for Mizzou season opener

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Ahmad Hardy, an Associated Press All-America running back, will miss Missouri’s season-opening game as he recovers from being shot in the leg three months ago. “Hopefully, he can keep working and try to get back as soon as possible,” coach Eli Drinkwitz said Saturday. “Really don’t have a timetable on that. It’s up to his body and his response.” The 25th-ranked Tigers will start the season at home on Sept. 3 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff without Hardy on the ﬁeld. Hardy was shot in his home state while attending a concert in Laurel, Mississippi, on May 10.

Gauff beats Pegula for 2nd Cincinnati Open title

MASON, Ohio — Coco Gauff defeated fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 to capture her second women’s Cincinnati Open title on Sunday, and Arthur Fils of France defeated American Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 in the men’s final for his first Masters 1000 title. In the semifinals, Pegula beat reigning champion Iga Swiatek, and Gauff defeated Sara Bejlek to set up the first all-American women’s final at the Cincinnati Open in 56 years. The last time was in 1970 when Rosie Casals beat Nancy Richey. In the Fils-Tiafoe match, it was the first time two Black players have met in an ATP Masters 1000 final. Fils became the third Black man to win a Masters 1000 title. It was the second time Tiafoe has appeared in the Cincinnati Open final, losing to Jannik Sinner in 2024.

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Clark ﬁnds footing after stumble, wins BMW BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

ST. LOUIS — Wyndham Clark has been through this before — losing a big lead in the final round, playing alongside a gallery favorite. He finished strong Sunday at the BMW Championship, just like he did at the U.S. Open, and closed with an even-par 70 for a three-shot victory at Bellerive. Clark won for the third time this year, putting him squarely in the conversation for PGA Tour player of the year considering one was a major and the other was a FedEx Cup playoff event. But just like at Shinnecock Hills, it wasn’t easy. He lost his five-shot lead to Rory McIlroy in 11 holes and it was tense down the final hour until Clark — without a birdie all day — holed a birdie putt from just outside 15 feet on the par-3 16th. McIlroy had a putt to match birdies and stay tied but missed. McIlroy made a mess of the par-5 17th, going from rough to bunker to bunker for a bogey, and Clark be-

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gan to pull away with another birdie. He finished with a third straight birdie for style points, finishing at 17-under 263. “It shows I’m one of the best players in the world,” Clark said. “Everyone gives me a hard time and roots for other people. Three wins in one season is my best year yet, coming off my worst season.” Clark wasn’t the only one with cause to celebrate. Patrick Cantlay, who came in at No. 43 in the FedEx Cup, showed plenty of moxie. Four times he bounced back from a bogey with a birdie, closing with three birdies in a row for a 68 to finish runner-up and be among the top 30 in the FedEx Cup who advance to the Tour Championship. The winner next week at East Lake captures the FedEx Cup. “I’m coming to a golf course that I played really well at next week,” said Cantlay, who won at East Lake in 2021 to claim the FedEx Cup. “So I’m really pleased with where my game is at, and I think I’m trending in the right direction.” Also moving into the top 30 was

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Wyndham Clark celebrates on the 18th green in the ﬁnal round of the BMW Championship on Sunday in St. Louis. Gary Woodland, who pulled within one shot of the lead until topping his tee shot into a creek on the ninth hole on his way to a double bogey. He closed with nine straight pars and fought back tears as he returns

“The way he used all of his stuff, you saw everything today. He wasn’t afraid to throw anything in any count, and I just thought for a first time out there, he looked very, very comfortable, and that’s a great sign.” dAn WILSon, Seattle Mariners manager, on Kade Anderson Anderson, if not for left fielder Randy Arozarena robbing Miguel Amaya of a solo shot in the third. “I thought it was way gone,” Anderson said of Arozarena’s heroics. “I’m honestly grateful that ball stayed in the park.” Pete Crow-Armstrong, who led off the sixth with a double, came inches away from starting that frame with a solo home run, too. On the whole, Anderson coasted his first two times through the Chicago lineup. He struck out five Cubs hitters, three of them with a slider that generated six whiffs in the game. Manager Dan Wilson elected to send Anderson back out for the sixth because he thought the young lefty was throwing the ball “extremely well,” and

he was pleased with how he handled adversity. “The way he used all of his stuff, you saw everything today,” Wilson said. “He wasn’t afraid to throw anything in any count, and I just thought for a ﬁrst time out there, he looked very, very comfortable, and that’s a great sign.” Anderson pitched in plenty of high-leverage games while starring for LSU, too. At the professional level, though, he faced little resistance from opposing hitters before Saturday night. In 18 starts for Double-A Arkansas this year, Anderson went 10-1 with a 1.06 ERA while striking out 135 batters and walking 13 in 931/3 innings. Anderson’s arrival in Seattle coincided with the club being

cut his rookie season short when he got injured in Week 15. If the Saints place him on the list before cutdown day, his season would be over.

dan, Tyree Wilson, Anfernee Jennings: The Saints have been coy about how much time Jordan might miss for his hamstring injury. But knowing the pass rusher’s relentless history of doing everything he can to play, he could avoid injured reserve to start the season — even if he has to miss a few weeks. But it sure seems like Wilson and Jennings are going to make the roster regardless of Jordan’s status. It was a good sign for Jennings that the Saints felt no need to play the veteran this past weekend.

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Chris Olave, Devaughn Vele, Bryce Lance, Barion Brown, Kevin Austin: Tyson is expected to miss two months, which would put him on track to be back in mid-October. That makes injured reserve the logical move. Otherwise, this group seems pretty clear-cut. Bub Means was the Saints’ leading receiver in New Orleans’ preseason opener, Running back (5) but he didn’t carry the momen- Defensive tackle (5) Travis Etienne, Alvin Kamara, Audric Es- tum into the next game and hurt Davon Godchaux, Vernon Broughton, Natime, Kendre Miller, Devin Neal: Injuries his hamstring against the Rams. than Shepherd, Christen Miller, Khristian make this position tricky to evalu- That makes room for Austin, who Boyd: The logjam that the Saints ate. Kamara (knee), Estime (foot) might have been a lock anyway. entered training camp with has and Neal are all hurt. On cutdown sorted itself out. Bryan Bresee day, teams can designate up to two Tight ends (3) was lost for the season due to a players to land on injured reserve Juwan Johnson, Noah Fant, Oscar Delp: torn ACL. Broughton has seized without having to carry them on Here’s another position in flux be- the starting job in his absence. the initial 53. But if a team has cause of injuries. Moliki Matavao Shepherd and Godchaux no lonmore hurt players but wants to hurt his knee in Saturday’s game ger look like they could be surhave them be eligible to return and the severity is unknown. But prise cap casualties. after a minimum of four games, if he has to miss extended time, The biggest remaining mysthen that player will have to be that could cost him his chance tery has to do with reserve John carried on the initial roster. of making the roster — which is Ridgeway, who was spotted with For the Saints, one of those unfortunate for the second-year a medical boot around his foot spots will likely be used on wide tight end, given he had noticeably after getting hurt in Thursday’s receiver Jordyn Tyson (ham- improved from his rookie season. joint practice against the Rams. string). There are a number of If healthy, he looked worthy of a If Ridgeway has to miss extended candidates for the other desig- spot. time, Boyd stands to benefit. If nation. For these purposes, let’s Ridgeway is healthy, swap the predict that this doesn’t apply to Offensive line (9) two. running back. But after the initial Kelvin Banks, David Edwards, Erik Mc53 is set, Neal — who has had ham- Coy, Cesar Ruiz, Taliese Fuaga, Asim Rich- Linebacker (5) string issues — lands on injured ards, Jeremiah Wright, Will Sherman, Xavier Kaden Elliss, Pete Werner, Danny Stutreserve. Truss: It felt telling that Sherman sman, Jaylan Ford, Isaiah Stalbird: DeElsewhere, Miller gets the nod started Saturday’s contest over spite adding Deion Jones in trainover Ty Chandler and C.J. Don- Toricelli Simpkins, who hasn’t ing camp, this five could be pretty aldson. This may be the result of had the same kind of feel-good set. There was a question about recency bias, but the 2023 third- camp as last year when the of- whether Chris Rumph, converted rounder still runs hard despite his fensive lineman made the roster from edge rusher, could earn a lengthy injury history, which in- as an undrafted free agent. The spot over Ford or Stalbird, but the cludes missing nearly two weeks Saints value versatility upfront, veteran hasn’t practiced in nearly in camp because of a bad back. and Sherman’s ability to play all three weeks because of an ankle Chandler had a very costly fum- three interior spots helps solidify injury. That’s too much ground to ble in the red zone on Saturday. his case. make up, even if Rumph returns Relying on Miller comes with a Likewise, Truss has been used to practice soon. risk. But it could be easier to stash at tackle and guard. He makes it Chandler on the practice squad, over Easton Kilty and undrafted Cornerback (5) whereas cutting Miller may lead rookie Alan Herron, each of whom Kool-Aid McKinstry, Quincy Riley, Marthe running back to seek a fresh should fit nicely on the practice tin Emerson, Isaac Yiadom, Jayden Price: start elsewhere given all the ob- squad. ESPN recently ranked the Saints stacles he’s faced in New Orleans. This could also be a position the as having the 11th best cornerAs for Neal, the second-year Saints seek to improve after cuts. back room in the NFL. Has it seen back suffered another hamstring Remember last year when the the depth? The Rams’ relentless injury Saturday. While Moore did Saints made two trades — one for targeting of Emerson in Saturnot have an update on the sever- center Luke Fortner and another day’s exhibition raises fresh conity, an injured reserve stint would for Richards — and claimed Truss cerns about how New Orleans will make sense given the frequency. off waivers from the Broncos. get by without Riley, whose groin The running back had just reinjury could linger into the reguturned to practice last week be- Edge (5) lar season. cause of the ailment, which also Price is rewarded with a spot Chase Young, Carl Granderson, Cam Jor-

to the Tour Championship for the ﬁrst time since 2019 while recovering from brain surgery three years ago. He said Saturday, when he was in the ﬁnal group, took a lot out of him

in need of reinforcements. After Saturday’s win, the Mariners (62-68) moved three games behind Houston in the AL West and two games back in the race for the ﬁnal wild-card spot. Going into his outing, Anderson fully understood the magnitude of his debut, not just on a personal level but also within the context of what it meant for the reigning AL West champions. “The team was counting on me for a big game today,” Anderson said. “These games matter, especially when the season is getting shorter and shorter. These games matter. I understood that going in. Obviously, it’s a big day for me, but it’s an even bigger day for this org.” That didn’t stop Anderson, though, from taking a second to look around T-Mobile Park and take it all in before he became the center of attention. “I’ve only been to Seattle a couple times, but this place is really cool,” Anderson said. “The weather here is really nice, so that’s a plus. It’s a really special city. I really like it so far.”

after a standout camp. Lorenzo Styles is a wild card. What’s the status of the calf injury he suffered Saturday? The ﬁfth-round rookie could very well stand to beneﬁt from a redshirt year, but it’s unclear if he’ll land on injured reserve. If he does, either Styles, Ridgeway or Matavao makes sense for the second IR designation. In a blind guess, let’s predict it’s Ridgeway.

Safety (5) Justin Reid, Jonas Sanker, Julian Blackmon, Jordan Howden, Terrell Burgess: Sanker, after moving to inside at nickel, hasn’t played much safety in training camp. With him acting as a corner, that could open the door for someone like Burgess — a special teams contributor and a reliable backup who is well liked in the locker room. Blackmon’s injury history could also warrant keeping ﬁve safeties. Keeping 11 defensive backs feels like one too many on paper, but it’s worth remembering the Saints did that initially when setting last year’s 53-man roster. The Saints changed this soon after when they surprisingly cut J.T. Gray.

Specialists (3) Kicker not on roster, Ryan Wright, Zach Wood: Yes, not picking between Tanner Brown and Charlie Smyth is a bit of a cop out. But how can the Saints feel good about heading into the season with either one of these kickers? Brown missed a 39-yard field goal against the Rams, coughing up whatever lead he had built on Smyth over the last few weeks. And Smyth, as intriguing as his leg strength is and as charming as his story is, hasn’t been consistent enough to win this competition. The Saints might be better off monitoring the market, as bleak as it is. And here’s one for the true sickos, a 16-man practice squad projection: QB Hunter Dekkers, G Easton Kilty, T Alan Herron, C Torricelli Simpkins, RB Ty Chandler, RB C.J. Donaldson, TE Treyton Welch, S Elliott Davison, CB T.J. Hall, DT Myles Cole, DE Fadil Diggs, DE Michael Heldman, LB Deion Jones, WR Bub Means, WR Ronnie Bell, WR Jalen Cropper Email Matthew Paras at matt. paras@theadvocate.com

with the noise, the energy and the drones that triggered the kind of brain activity he tries to calm. On Sunday, he tried to embrace it and pulled through with a 69 to tie for fourth. “I tried to enjoy it,” he said. “Outside of topping a ball — I haven’t done that for a long time — I’m just really proud.” McIlroy didn’t make a birdie over the last seven holes after tying for the lead, closed with a 69 and finished alone in third. Robert MacIntyre closed with a 65 and tied for seventh, enough to move him into the top 30 for a return to East Lake. Those falling out of the top 30 were Rickie Fowler, Bud Cauley and Kurt Kitayama. British Open champion Ryan Fox nailed down the final spot. Clark also moved into the top six automatic spots who qualified for the Presidents Cup, joining Scheffler, Cameron Young, Russell Henley, Sam Burns and Collin Morikawa. U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker will have six picks after the Tour Championship. Cantlay surely got his attention.

LIV players face uncertain future as season wraps BY MICHAEL MAROT AP sportswriter

WESTFIELD, Ind. — Jon Rahm finished the LIV Golf season Sunday in style, claiming his third straight season points title and his second team crown in a row at the revised season finale in suburban Indianapolis. Now the 31-year-old Spaniard and the other full-time tour players will wait to see what happens to LIV in 2027. Rahm is ready to head home and contemplate the future. “I’m looking forward to going home and helping my very pregnant wife with the kids,” Rahm said. “The fourth one is due in October, and I’m happy to be dad for a few days before I get back to grinding for the Irish Open.” Rahm closed with a 7-under 63 for his second straight runner-up finish in Indy. He ended up a stroke behind 22-year-old Michael La Sasso, the 2025 NCAA individual champ at Mississippi. La Sasso finished with a 65 to get to 18 under. Clearly, there have been troubling signs for the LIV circuit in recent months. In April, it was announced Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund would end its investment in the league after this season. LIV spent more than $5 billion in five years, pulling some of the world’s best and most popular American and international players away from other leagues. Organizers also canceled two events this season — New Orleans in June and next weekend’s originally scheduled season-ending event in Michigan — as well the weekend entertainment. LIV CEO Scott O’Neil told reporters Wednesday he was bullish about plans for 2027 and beyond, saying players would be equity owners and have their commercial rights restored. O’Neil said the plan was to have five team championships overseas and five individual tournaments in the United States scheduled close to the majors for those who qualify for them. He did not name the lead investor with whom LIV has reached an agreement. Several outlets have identified him as Ted Goldthorpe of BC Partners, who met with the tour’s players on Tuesday. O’Neil said there was a deadline for players to commit to LIV 2.0 without citing a specific date. He also has not mentioned the size of the proposed investment. Though O’Neil said he has a “good level of confidence” that a “critical mass of the right players” will return, Rahm is under contract through next season. Bryson DeChambeau — the other big name — has an expiring contract this year. He tied for third with Sergio Garcia on Sunday and did not speak with reporters following Sunday’s event. But with the season now over, there are only more questions. “There’s been a lot that’s surrounded all of us pretty much since we joined, and at the end of the day when you step on the golf course, it’s just golf,” Rahm said after bogeying his last hole to open the door for La Sasso. “So all the problems and theories go away, and you compete. It hasn’t been any harder or any easier in any way. It’s just, kind of I think, the life of a pro athlete.”

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when players began to get their hands on the latest edition of the popular EA Sports video game, College Football, which for the ﬁrst time includes North Dakota State. Now they can relax at home after practice and pick the Bison to control instead of Alabama or Ohio State. “To play as yourself in a game, that’s something every little kid wants to do when they grow up,” Woolen said.

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FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State’s road to the highest level of college football was paved by an unprecedented run of success, with 10 national championships serving as sparkling souvenirs from a twodecade stay in the Football Championship Subdivision. That exit sign for the Football Bowl Subdivision came into view through a rare and bitter taste of failure. The Bison rumbled last year into the FCS playoffs with the top seed, a first-round bye and an unbeaten record. Then came Dec. 6 and the fateful game against Illinois State. The Redbirds, a conference rival, rallied three times from twotouchdown deficits for a one-point victory at the Fargodome. The 19,000-seat stadium was about half full for the thriller. “That was the point in time for me when I said, ‘We’ve got to get this done,’ ” athletic director Matt Larsen said. “We were really close already. I remember thinking to myself, ‘If we don’t make this move, this might be the norm.’ I think our fan base is as passionate as they’ve always been, but they wanted a new challenge. This provides that new energy and new competition.” The latest era for this powerhouse on the prairie starts Saturday when North Dakota State hosts Jacksonville State in its first game as an FBS program. The Bison then make their Mountain West debut on Sept. 12 at Air Force, marking yet another turn on the sport’s carousel of conference realignment. Sacramento State is also moving up to the FBS this season. “I always knew it could happen, but I never was really thinking about it,” linebacker Donovan Woolen said. “To play better games against better competition is going to be a lot more fun. To be able to test our abilities and see our fullest potential of what we can do as players and as a team, I think we’re ready for it.”

Bison’s dominance After winning three national championships (1965, 1968, 1969) in what was then the NCAA’s College Division, the Bison won ﬁve more Division II titles (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1990) after the original lower tier was divided into two. The first big move came in 2004 to the FCS, where attentiongrabbing wins over Big Ten and Big 12 opponents laid the groundwork for those record 10 champi-

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Continued from page 1B active in January. A temporary restraining order pried opened up a second one, just a couple of weeks before the opener. How far does Kifﬁn want to go with this? There is wiggle room with scholarship numbers nowadays depending on how many former walk-ons, who don’t need to count toward the 105-man roster, are on the books. Even so, it’s unlikely LSU has room for more than a couple of touchups. Tuihalamaka, who started three games at Notre Dame last season, adds to a defensive end rotation that’s spearheaded by Ole Miss transfer Princewill Umanmielen but was relying heavily on the untapped potential of Tennessee transfer Jordan Ross and fivestar freshman Lamar Brown. Wright would help round out a tight end room that stars Trey’Dez Green, essentially a 6-foot-7, 237-pound receiver, but doesn’t have much experience otherwise. Could LSU also add 6-8, 330-pound defensive tackle Zxavian Harris, an All-SEC perform-

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north dakota State wide receiver Jackson Williams runs a route during practice in Fargo, n.d., on Aug. 17 at the Fargodome in Fargo, n.d. onships over a stunning 14-year span that included four different head coaches. The Bison went 9-5 against FBS foes (with four of those losses coming by a combined 12 points) and counted Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Minnesota — twice — as victims of their stampede. The program’s all-time record in playoff games is 86-20, including 51-7 in the FCS tournament. “There’s been murmurs and all that for probably five years now, but to finally make that jump, it’s pretty cool to see and I’m excited for the guys back at Fargo,” said Seattle Seahawks left guard Grey Zabel, who was a first-round draft pick out of North Dakota State in 2025 and promptly got a Super Bowl ring out of his rookie season. “They’ve got the support staff. They’ve got the coaching staff. They’ve got the community, the fans, the players, the talent. It’s just a matter of putting in the hard work and having the right attitude, effort and mentality.”

More than titles Playing in the biggest city in a state without a pro team, the Bison have naturally become a regional draw boasting a proud network of supporters. Tom Blattner, a 1996 alumnus, gave in 2021 with his wife through their foundation a $15 million gift toward the $54 million indoor facility that also allows the soccer, baseball, softball and golf teams to practice in the dead of winter. Fargo is a growing city of more than 125,000 people with a metropolitan area — including Moorhead, Minnesota — that’s about double that, but a midsize market has its ﬁnancial limits. The university enrolled close to 12,000 students last fall, including about 9,700 undergraduates, more than only Wyoming and Air Force in the Mountain West. NDSU’s $5 million reclassiﬁcation fee to the NCAA and $12.5 million entry fee to the Mountain West were privately funded, so some donors will undoubtedly be

tapped out for a while. The football program added 22 scholarships in the move to the FBS, and the increased travel and other competitive upgrades have roughly doubled the operating budget, Larsen said, from 2025 expenses of about $8 million. As long as the College Football Playoff includes a spot for the Group of Six conferences that comprise the underbelly of the Power Four-driven FBS, the Bison will have a big prize to pursue even if their days of winning national championships are all but done. “To be able to compete year in and year out for a conference championship, to me that’s a signiﬁer that we’ve built a competitive program. If you’re doing well in the Mountain West, that means you’re doing well across the Group of Six as well,” Larsen said. “We don’t want to just go. We want to go compete right away.” The buzz around the football facilities has been palpable this summer, perhaps no stronger than

ing into the opener.

er at Ole Miss? The emergence of Deuce Geralds and Richard Anderson has created buzz, but is it a tad concerning that veterans Dominick McKinley, Stephiylan Green and Malik Blocton have played second fiddle to freshmen? And could the Tigers bring back Jack Pyburn? The LSU product has yet to be cut by the Bucs but he’s a plus run defender as a defensive end. Whether it’s healthy for college sports to bring NFL cuts back to campus, and whether it’s truly worthwhile to add players this late, is worth discussion. Kiffin seems intent on exploring every avenue to strengthen his roster — all the way up to the final bell.

Is the team deep enough?

Where exactly Leavitt stands in grasping LSU’s uptempo offense is a mystery. There have been positive assessments from Kifﬁn, who said Leavitt tried too hard to impress teammates in the spring but has made sounder decisions in August. LSU stands to benefit from Leavitt’s fearlessness in attacking

deep, but Kifﬁn also needs him to make quick decisions and pick apart defenses to make the most of this scheme. As far as the receiver room, LSU seems content to let the cream rise to the top in game action. But it appears that Jackson Harris, Jayce Brown, Winston Watkins and Eugene Wilson are the top four head-

The starting 11 on both sides appears mostly set, including an offensive line that’s still Jordan Seaton, Bo Bordelon, Braelin Moore, Aliou Bah and Weston Davis from left to right. But Kiffin admitted “concern” last week about the line’s depth. Transfers Devin Harper (Ole Miss), Sean Thompkins (Baylor) and William Satterwhite (Tennessee) project as LSU’s top reserves, but they couldn’t overtake Davis, an inconsistent performer as a redshirt freshman, and Bordelon, who played 23 offensive snaps as a redshirt junior. The latter pair may have made a considerable jump, but it’s also possible they are just the best LSU could muster and its January portal adds haven’t hit. Similar concerns remain at cornerback behind DJ Pickett and PJ Woodland, where Ja’Keem Jackson and Michael Turner remain unproven. If LSU stays healthy, there’s enough there to live up to expectations. An injury at the wrong position, and the Tigers could falter. Only real game weeks — not the “mock” one underway — will tell the tale.

line/pass rush specialist coach) Lou Spanos and (defensive line assistant) De’Andre Williams. “We have a really, really good group of defensive line coaches. And he’s done a good job kind of feeling his way in there.” Orgeron’s impact has been felt beyond the defensive line. Baker said his ability to see things from a “big picture point of view” has helped, and his rambunctious

nature has even been felt on the opposite side of the line of scrimmage. “Coach O is probably the loudest coach I’ve ever heard,” Colorado transfer left tackle Jordan Seaton said. “But he’s also the funnest, and he means business. He means well.” Orgeron’s return isn’t just a feel-good story. It’s not meant to be a swan song for the 65-year-old

coach, either. He’s back in Baton Rouge with the same ﬁre and energy that helped deliver a national championship just seven years ago. “I like that he just doesn’t take — excuse my French — but he doesn’t take BS,” Seaton said. “And I think we need that from all our coaches, and he’s a big part of that. He’d been in this program before, so he knows what it looks like to win.”

Is Leavitt synced with WRs? Set aside whether quarterback Sam Leavitt could develop a chemistry with Wright if he landed in Baton Rouge days before an opener. How connected has Leavitt become with the receivers he currently has in camp? There have been ample cut-back scrambles to suggest Leavitt’s surgically repaired foot is fine, and he’s looked good throwing on air while media members have been in attendance. But all 11-on-11 periods, including two scrimmages, were closed to the public.

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North Dakota State was joined on its jump to the FCS by South Dakota State, which beat the Bison in the 2022 national championship game and won it all again in 2023. North Dakota and South Dakota eventually moved up from Division II as well. The Bison are open to playing regional schools in the future, Larsen said, but that can’t be an annual event with a nonconference schedule that has room for only one FCS game. North Dakota State fans seeking matchups with the neighbors to the north and south will probably have to settle for other sports. Northern Illinois, another one of the three newcomers to Mountain West football this season, could become a rival as the only other Central Time Zone team in the league from a part of the country the Bison try to recruit hard. Wyoming, where current head coach Tim Polasek was recently the offensive coordinator under Craig Bohl, a former North Dakota State head coach, is another candidate to stoke the competitive ﬁre. For now, Bison fans have some fun road trips to look forward to, with two games in Northern California, one in Las Vegas and one in Honolulu. “There’s a lot of excitement around the community, for sure,” wide receiver and kick returner Jackson Williams said. Winning never gets old to coaches or players, but all those blowouts of teams in the bottom half of the top-heavy Missouri Valley Football Conference weren’t doing much for the fan base. Plus, taking home that many trophies in such a short amount of time can create an anticlimactic feeling. “I think it’s bittersweet, to sum it up, but I do think with where college football is headed there was no other decision to be made,” Polasek said. “We’re excited to be moving up, and the time was right. It’s just an opportunity we couldn’t pass up.”

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LSU offensive tackle Jordan Seaton, right, blocks LSU offensive lineman Ja’Mard Jones during a drill at a preseason practice on Friday.

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THE VARSITY ZONE New head coaches take reins in 6-3A 5 THINGS TO KNOW

BY JACKSON REYES Staff writer

With high school football season quickly approaching, here is a look back at last season’s District 6-3A standings, as well as ﬁve players to watch and what to know about the district.

FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH Orlando Scott

WR/dB | Baker, Sr. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound twoway player offers speed and skill. He totaled 23 tackles and ﬁve pass breakups last year. He also had one interception and one forced fumble.

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University High QB Knox Kiffin throws passes in spring training drills Wednesday at the U-High practice field.

U-High’s notable transfers a storyline for District 7-3A BY JACKSON REYES Staff writer

Here are ﬁve players to watch and ﬁve things to know about District 7-3A, plus a look back at last season’s standings, before the high school football season begins.

FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH Knox Kiffin QB | University High, Jr. The Cubs turn to transfer Knox Kifﬁn to lead the U-High offense. Knox, the son of LSU coach Lane Kifﬁn, is a three-star recruit. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound quarterback offers a big arm and speed at the position.

Marquise Franklin RB | Parkview Baptist, Jr. The Eagles return one of the best running backs in the area. Marquise Franklin ran for 1,950 yards and 27 touchdowns last year. The 5-10, 195-pound junior will look to build on his breakout year.

Nolan Daniels oL | West Feliciana, Sr. The Saints feature one of the best offensive linemen in the state. Three-star lineman Nolan Daniels is 6-4, 294-pounds, and will be pivotal in West Feliciana’s success on offense this year.

Maison Smith

dL/oL | University High, Sr. One question for the Cubs this year is how they will replace Lamar Brown, the former top-ranked recruit in the nation who is now at LSU. One candidate is three-star lineman Maison Smith. The UL commit offers size at 6-2 1/2, 278 pounds.

QB Brooks Hebert

QB | West Feliciana, Jr. Brooks Hebert put up solid numbers last year with 2,177 passing yards and 22 touchdowns in his sophomore campaign. The 6-foot, 170-pound signal-caller could be poised for a big junior season in a new district.

5 THINGS TO KNOW 1. University High always stays in the mix for a state title, and this year should be no different. The team brought in several notable transfers, including Kifﬁn, threestar running back Caiden Bellard, three-star offensive lineman Derek Hooker and wide receiver Kevin Smith Jr., the son of LSU running backs coach Kevin Smith. 2. Parkview Baptist will look to take another leap after a 6-6 record in Year 1 under coach Devin Ducote. Several starters are also back, such as Franklin. With Madison Prep moving up to Class 4A, Parkview has a chance to keep improving.

Jayden Jackson

oT/dE | Belaire, Sr.

3. West Feliciana drops down from Class 4A to Class 3A. The Saints went 8-5 and made it to the quarterfinals in coach Terry Minor’s first year. With a schedule change and fewer district games, West Feliciana could be one of the most improved squads in the area. 4. University High drops down to Division III select after making it to the Division II select semiﬁnals. The Cubs will be a favorite to win the title and could run into Dunham in the playoffs, making for an interesting matchup down the road. 5. The district takes on a new look with three schools gone and one new school in. With two fewer district games, the schools in District 7-3A have a chance to take advantage of more schedule ﬂexibility.

LOOKING BACK

In coach Byron Wade’s first year at Glen Oaks, he’ll have plenty of talent, including junior Cardarieous Jackson. The running back tallied 1,494 all-purpose yards and 11 touchdowns last year.

The 6-3, 255-pound lineman offers impressive size and athleticism up front. Jackson was a key part of Belaire’s team last season and could be one of the best players in the district.

1. District 6-3A will feature three first-year head coaches. Byron Wade takes over at Glen Oaks, reuniting with Glen Oaks principal Eric Randall, whom he coached with at Baker. Baker hired Demetric Rogers to take over the program, and Helix hired Claude Coleman to lead the team. 2. Belaire is the lone team in this district to win a playoff game last year. The Bengals’ win over Baker in the first round marked the school’s first playoff win since 2004. Now, the team will get a chance to build off that momentum. 3. The district takes a nearly entirely new shape, with only Glen Oaks and Helix remaining in 6-3A. With University High being reclassified to District 7-3A, that opens the door for a new district winner this season. 4. Part of the LHSAA’s reclassification drops Istrouma and Belaire down to Class 3A. The Indians and Bengals could take advantage of a new class and new district immediately and compete. 5. Only one school in this district finished .500 last year (Belaire). With new faces both at head coach and in the district, there will be ample opportunity for rebuilds to take shape in District 6-3A.

Trey Davis

LOOKING BACK

Davis was an all-district player last year. The senior had one interception and three pass deﬂections. The 5-9, 160-pounder is electric on both sides of the ball.

Istrouma Last year: 5-6 (first round), 4-4 in district 6-4A

Belaire Last year: 6-6 (second round), 3-5 Indians defensive back Trey in district 6-4A

CB/WR | Istrouma, Sr.

Glen Oaks Last year: 3-8 (first round), 2-4 in QB | Helix Mentorship Academy, Jr. district 6-3A

Taiji Thomas

Helix will feature a new starting quarterback in junior Taiji Thomas. He will have a chance to spark a rebuild for the program this season.

University High Last year: 10-3 (semifinals), 6-0 in 6-3A

Baker Last year: 3-7, 2-4 in district 8-2A Helix Mentorship Academy Last year: 4-6, 1-5 in district 6-3A

West Feliciana Last year: 8-5 (quarterfinals), 6-2 in 6-4A Parkview Baptist Last year: 6-6 (second round), 4-2 in 6-3A Port Allen Last year: 3-8 (first round), 3-3 in 6-3A Collegiate Baton Rouge Last year: 0-10, 0-6 in 6-3A

STAFF FILE PHoTo By MICHAEL JoHnSon

Istrouma coach Brian Glover, right, talks with his staff during the Battle on the Bluff on Aug. 29 at A.W. Mumford Stadium.

Clark brings steady outside shot, handle to LSU BY TOYLOY BROWN III

possessions, post a turnover percentage under 12% and record a 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio. While he rarely scored at the rim, he did make 32 of 45 attempts (71%) when attacking the basket.

Staff writer

Before coach Will Wade returned to LSU, he endured a turbulent one-year stint at North Carolina State. Although Wade was unhappy with the Wolfpack’s First Four exit in the NCAA Tournament, the Analysis team excelled in two areas: 3-point shooting and ball security. They ranked eighth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (38.8%) and 12th in fewest turnovers per game (9.2). To help anchor his first season back at LSU, Wade added Skyy Clark, a fifth-year UCLA transfer who thrives in both categories. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound combo guard averaged 11.5 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.0 turnover in 26 games last season. He shot 46.9% from the field, 42.8% from 3-point range on 4.8 attempts per game and 82.1% at the free-throw line. Clark is currently eligible for next season. He’s among a group of more than 70 players granted a temporary restraining order in an age-based eligibility lawsuit filed in California against the NCAA. The ruling allows Clark to play a fifth season in 2026-27 and is unaffected by the NCAA’s request to stay the class-wide preliminary injunction in Colorado.

Engaged defender

ASSoCIATEd PRESS FILE PHoTo By CRAIG PESSMAn

UCLA’s Skyy Clark defends as Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis looks to pass during a game on Feb. 11, 2025, in Champaign, Ill.

Efficient scorer Clark entered college as one of the top point guards in the 2022 class, ranking No. 6 at the position in the 247Sports Composite. After his sophomore season, he evolved into a secondary playmaker and off-ball scorer. UCLA’s offense ran through point guard Donovan Dent, who committed to LSU on Friday, and used Clark as its premier perimeter threat. Clark was asked to have a quick trigger, shooting more than half of his shots from 3. Coach Mick Cronin designed actions that freed Clark with vari-

ous off-ball screens. He embraced being a high-volume shooter, taking contested attempts and shots from NBA range. His versatility extends beyond spot-ups. He can pump fake, then take one or two dribbles to create space behind the arc and make 3s. He rarely turns the ball over and can deliver the occasional dime. He understands when to attack to create drive-and-kick opportunities and when to make simple swing passes to open shooters. Clark was one of 15 players last season to shoot at least 40% from 3, attempt 10 or more 3s per 100

Cronin sometimes tasked Clark with guarding top perimeter players. He defended Purdue’s Braden Smith, a second-team All-American, and Nebraska’s 6-7 wing Pryce Sandfort, an All-Big Ten ﬁrst-team selection, last season. What Clark lacks in length, he compensates for with strength and attentiveness. His stocky frame makes it tough for taller guards and wings to overpower him. He competes through screens and gives consistent effort. He doesn’t have standout lateral quickness or quick-twitch athleticism to guard the craftiest ballhandlers. Taller wing shooters can give him issues as they rise above his contest. Wade will likely value Clark’s team-defense instincts more. He’s active in driving gaps, rotates to the paint after breakdowns and recovers to shooters. He also communicates well and anticipates actions. His best trait on defense is his engagement level. Clark’s awareness leads to disruption. By positioning himself correctly, staying alert and reading opposing offenses, he can jump passing lanes.

Only five players nationwide posted a steal rate of at least 2.5%, shot 40% from 3 and had a turnover percentage under 12%. Clark joined that list with a pair of NBA draft picks: Arkansas’ Meleek Thomas and Santa Clara’s Allen Graves. Clark isn’t an elite off-ball defender because he lacks the physical tools to switch onto bigs and snag more steals. He can also be over-aggressive, occasionally giving too much cushion and becoming vulnerable to backdoor cuts. His rebounding is another weakness. Despite his strength to box out, he didn’t grab many rebounds.

Final verdict Wade will deploy Clark as an off-ball scorer from deep, just as UCLA did. With Dent now at LSU, it’s easy to envision them forming a starting backcourt again, this time in purple and gold. Clark is most comfortable as a third or fourth scoring option, which is what the Tigers want as they try to get former St. John’s star wing RJ Luis eligible with a preliminary injunction. If the former undrafted NBA player and two-way contract signee is unavailable, Clark is skilled enough to absorb more offensive responsibility. His outside scoring, low-mistake tendencies and defensive intelligence make him that can help any lineup.

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SCOREBOARD Odds Sports Betting Line College Football Saturday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at TCU 6½ 7½ (47½)N. Carolina at USC 35½ 38½ (60½)San Jose St at VIRGINIA 5½ 5½ (53½) NC State at NDSU 8½ 6½ (46½) Jax State at E. MICHIGN 7½ 8½ (52½) Sac St. at STANFORD 3½ 5½ (49½) Hawaii at FSU 30½ 31½ (53½)New Mex St. at UNLV 3½ 5½ (57½) Memphis

MLB

Monday

American League FAVORITE LINE at DETROIT OFF at WHITE SOX OFF at LA ANGELS OFF at ATHLETICS OFF National League FAVORITE LINE at WASHINGTON OFF at ARIZONA OFF at SAN DIEGO OFF at SAN FRAN OFF Interleague FAVORITE LINE at MIAMI OFF at SEATTLE OFF

UNDERDOG Tampa Bay Texas Cleveland Minnesota

LINE OFF OFF OFF OFF

UNDERDOG LINE Colorado OFF Chicago Cubs OFF Pittsburgh OFF Cincinnati OFF UNDERDOG Boston Philadelphia

LINE OFF OFF

Pro basketball WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Atlanta x-Indiana New York Washington Chicago Toronto Connecticut

W 24 24 23 21 15 11 9

L 13 14 15 15 22 25 27

Pct GB .649 — .632 ½ .605 1½ .583 2½ .405 9 .306 12½ .250 14½

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

W 31 25 25 21 15 13 13 7

L 7 11 13 16 21 24 24 30

Pct GB .816 — .694 5 .658 6 .568 9½ .417 15 .351 17½ .351 17½ .189 23½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-clinched playoff spot Saturday’s Games

Sunday’s Games

Dallas 92, Seattle 70 Las Vegas 88, Toronto 78 Indiana 113, Chicago 90 Washington 105, Portland 100

Monday’s Games

Golden State at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Pro football NFL Glance Thursday’s Games

Las Vegas 22, Houston 20 San Francisco 41, L.A. Chargers 17

Friday’s Games

N.Y. Jets 17, Pittsburgh 0 Carolina 34, Jacksonville 17 Green Bay 33, Denver 13 Saturday’s Games Detroit 17, Washington 13 Atlanta 34, Indianapolis 6 Baltimore 13, Minnesota 3 Buffalo 31, Cleveland 7 L.A. Rams 34, New Orleans 0 N.Y. Giants 26, Miami 3 Cincinnati 27, Chicago 9 New England 24, Philadelphia 21 Tampa Bay 16, Kansas City 15 Dallas 34, Arizona 13

Sunday’s Games

Seattle at Tennessee, n

Thursday, Aug. 27

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 6 p.m. New England at Cleveland, 7 p.m. San Francisco at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. L.A. Rams at L.A. Chargers, 9 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 28

Washington at Baltimore, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6 p.m. Houston at Carolina, 6 p.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 6:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m. Arizona at Green Bay, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29

Detroit at Indianapolis, noon Chicago at Tennessee, 5 p.m.

Golf BMW Championship Sunday

CPKC Women’s Open

-17 -14 -13 -12 -12 -12 -10 -10 -9 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1 E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +5

Sunday

At Royal Mayfair Golf Club Edmonton, Alberta Purse: $2.8 million Yardage: 6,452; Par: 70 Final Round Miyu Yamashita 62-64-65-66—257 65-66-66-69—266 Yuri Yoshida Sei Young Kim 68-68-64-67—267 Anna Huang 65-68-70-65—268 Gina Kim 66-67-64-71—268 Ruoning Yin 65-67-68-68—268 Aphrodite Deng 70-67-63-69—269 66-67-68-68—269 Laney Frye Ariya Jutanugarn 66-68-67-68—269 Yan Liu 67-69-67-68—271 Nataliya Guseva 67-71-65-69—272 Jennifer Kupcho 66-68-64-74—272 Pajaree Anannarukarn 69-68-69-67—273 Brooke Henderson 67-68-68-70—273 69-70-67-67—273 Alison Lee

American League East Division

-7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1 -1 E E E E E +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +6 +9

Auto racing NASCAR Cup Series Dollar Tree 301 Results

National League

East Division

Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

W 77 74 70 64 63

L 53 56 59 68 68

Pct .592 .569 .543 .485 .481

GB — 3 6½ 14 14½

Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

W 67 64 63 61 57

L 62 66 67 68 74

Pct .519 .492 .485 .473 .435

GB — 3½ 4½ 6 11

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

Houston Texas Seattle Los Angeles Athletics

W 65 64 62 52 50

L 65 66 68 78 80

Pct .500 .492 .477 .400 .385

GB — 1 3 13 15

Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

-23 -14 -13 -12 -12 -12 -11 -11 -11 -9 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7

At New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. Lap length: 1.06 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (8) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 301 laps, 70 points. 2. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 301, 43. 3. (2) Josh Berry, Ford, 301, 49. 4. (6) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 301, 43. 5. (9) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 301, 48. 6. (7) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 301, 38. 7. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 301, 32. 8. (1) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 301, 29. 9. (18) Ryan Preece, Ford, 301, 38. 10. (19) Noah Gragson, Ford, 301, 27. 11. (25) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 301, 31. 12. (26) Austin Cindric, Ford, 301, 25. 13. (14) Zane Smith, Ford, 301, 24. 14. (21) Joey Logano, Ford, 301, 23. 15. (10) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 301, 22. 16. (15) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 301, 21. 17. (35) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 301, 20. 18. (16) Chris Buescher, Ford, 301, 23. 19. (22) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 300, 27. 20. (5) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 300, 19. 21. (13) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 300, 16. 22. (32) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 300, 15. 23. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 300, 14. 24. (28) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 300, 0. 25. (29) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 300, 12. 26. (17) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 300, 12. 27. (33) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 300, 10. 28. (30) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 300, 9. 29. (36) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 300, 8. 30. (3) William Byron, Chevrolet, 296, 14. 31. (31) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 296, 6. 32. (34) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 282, 5. 33. (11) Erik Jones, Toyota, garage, 251, 4. 34. (27) Riley Herbst, Toyota, accident, 222, 3. 35. (20) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, accident, 222, 2. 36. (12) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, engine, 41, 1. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 94.366 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 22 minutes, 59 seconds. Margin of Victory: .586 seconds. Caution Flags: 9 for 51 laps. Lead Changes: 15 among 8 drivers. Lap Leaders: T.Reddick 0; W.Byron 1-25; S.Van Gisbergen 26-42; W.Byron 43; S.Van Gisbergen 44-56; K.Larson 57-74; R.Preece 75-91; J.Berry 92-147; R.Blaney 148-188; J.Berry 189; B.Wallace 190-194; J.Berry 195209; B.Wallace 210-221; J.Berry 222; B.Wallace 223-227; R.Blaney 228-301 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): R.Blaney, 2 times for 115 laps; J.Berry, 4 times for 73 laps; S.Van Gisbergen, 2 times for 30 laps; W.Byron, 2 times for 26 laps; B.Wallace, 3 times for 22 laps; K.Larson, 1 time for 18 laps; R.Preece, 1 time for 17 laps; T.Reddick, 1 time for 0 laps. Wins: T.Reddick, 5; D.Hamlin, 4; R.Blaney, 3; T.Gibbs, 2; C.Elliott, 2; J.Logano, 2; S.Van Gisbergen, 2; C.Briscoe, 1; C.Hocevar, 1; D.Suárez, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. D.Hamlin, 1001; 2. R.Blaney, 924; 3. T.Gibbs, 880; 4. T.Reddick, 860; 5. C.Bell, 738; 6. C.Briscoe, 727; 7. K.Larson, 708; 8. C.Elliott, 707; 9. J.Logano, 682; 10. C.Buescher, 676; 11. C.Hocevar, 672; 12. W.Byron, 644; 13. D.Suárez, 638; 14. B.Wallace, 630; 15. A.Cindric, 599; 16. S.Van Gisbergen, 586. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

Tennis Western & Southern Open Results Sunday

At Lindner Family Tennis Center Cincinnati Purse: $9,415,725 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Results Sunday from Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):

W 75 73 67 61 59

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

Central Division

West Division

W 81 74 66 63 62

W 79 70 68 52 50

Saturday’s Games

L 55 58 64 71 71

Pct .577 .557 .511 .462 .454

GB — 2½ 8½ 15 16

L 49 56 66 68 68

Pct .623 .569 .500 .481 .477

GB — 7 16 18½ 19

Pct .608 .538 .523 .403 .388

GB — 9 11 26½ 28½

L 51 60 62 77 79

Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Kansas City 3, Detroit 1 L.A. Angels 3, Texas 0 Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 innings Seattle 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Athletics 4, Houston 3 Boston 3, San Francisco 2 N.Y. Mets 10, Chicago White Sox 5 Cleveland 4, Colorado 3 San Diego 7, Minnesota 5

Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 1 Miami 4, Washington 2 Philadelphia 12, St. Louis 3 Seattle 5, Chicago Cubs 4 L.A. Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh 3 Boston 3, San Francisco 2 N.Y. Mets 10, Chicago White Sox 5 Cleveland 4, Colorado 3 Cincinnati 11, Arizona 5 San Diego 7, Minnesota 5

Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 3 Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Kansas City 11, Detroit 7 Texas 5, L.A. Angels 3 Athletics 7, Houston 6 Boston 5, San Francisco 4 Cleveland 7, Colorado 2 San Diego 8, Minnesota 1

Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 4 Miami 6, Washington 2 Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Boston 5, San Francisco 4 Cleveland 7, Colorado 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh 0 San Diego 8, Minnesota 1 Arizona 5, Cincinnati 3 Chicago Cubs 19, Seattle 2 Atlanta at Milwaukee, n

Sunday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 19, Seattle 2

WILD CARD GLANCE American League New York Boston Cleveland Texas Toronto Baltimore Minnesota Seattle

W 74 71 65 65 64 63 63 62

L 56 59 66 66 68 68 68 69

Pct .569 .546 .496 .496 .485 .481 .481 .473

National League

WCGB +9½ +6½ — — 1½ 2 2 3

Sunday

New York 109, Indiana 102 Los Angeles 77, Connecticut 68 Atlanta 99, Phoenix 89

At Bellerive Country Club Saint Louis, Mo. Purse: $20 million Yardage: 7,448; Par: 70 Final Round W. Clark $3,600,000 64-64-65-70—263 P. Cantlay $2,160,000 67-65-66-68—266 R. McIlroy $1,360,000 64-69-65-69—267 C. Gotterup $856,667 64-67-68-69—268 C. Morikawa $856,667 68-65-67-68—268 G. Woodland $856,667 64-65-70-69—268 R.MacIntyre $667,500 68-69-68-65—270 M.McNealy $667,500 67-66-69-68—270 J.Bridgeman $600,000 66-72-66-67—271 M. Brennan $540,000 69-65-69-69—272 S. Im $540,000 67-64-70-71—272 A. Bhatia $426,250 67-68-70-68—273 R. Henley $426,250 67-66-70-70—273 R. Hisatsune $426,250 65-70-67-71—273 S. Schefﬂer $426,250 72-65-68-68—273 R. Gerard $312,000 70-66-69-69—274 Aaron Rai $312,000 68-71-67-68—274 A. Scott $312,000 68-68-71-67—274 A. Smalley $312,000 69-68-70-67—274 J. Thomas $312,000 67-67-71-69—274 L. Åberg $312,000 66-70-69-69—274 J.T. Poston $312,000 70-70-69-66—275 K. Reitan $312,000 67-67-74-67—275 Justin Rose $312,000 69-67-73-66—275 J.J. Spaun $312,000 64-66-72-73—275 K. Kitayama $177,500 72-68-68-68—276 X. Schauffele $177,500 70-66-71-69—276 S. Burns $153,000 71-67-68-71—277 M. Fitzptrick $153,000 65-72-69-71—277 Eric Cole $153,000 67-68-67-75—277 Tom Kim $153,000 72-69-68-68—277 H. Mtsuyma $153,000 72-68-70-67—277 V. Hovland $124,500 71-63-72-72—278 Si Woo Kim $124,500 70-69-70-69—278 M. McCarty $124,500 70-67-70-71—278 Sepp Straka $124,500 73-68-65-72—278 Rickie Fowler $106,000 71-69-69-70—279 A. Noren $106,000 71-69-65-74—279 M. Thrbjrnsn $106,000 66-66-75-72—279 C. Young $106,000 71-65-69-74—279 N. Højgaard $92,000 73-71-65-71—280 J. Knapp $92,000 67-72-76-65—280 S. Theegala $92,000 71-72-68-69—280 Bud Cauley $80,000 73-69-68-71—281 A. Fitzpatrick $80,000 66-72-71-72—281 Ben Grifﬁn $80,000 68-73-68-72—281 T. Fleetwood $70,000 69-69-74-70—282 Ryan Fox $70,000 71-69-71-71—282 Min Woo Lee $70,000 69-72-70-71—282 N. Echavarria $66,000 69-74-73-69—285

Mao Saigo 66-67-70-70—273 Robyn Choi 71-66-70-67—274 Hye Jin Choi 71-68-68-67—274 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 70-68-67-69—274 Ayaka Furue 68-66-70-70—274 Dongeun Lee 68-69-64-73—274 Yuna Nishimura 72-68-67-67—274 Na Rin An 70-68-66-71—275 Ashleigh Buhai 72-68-67-68—275 Nasa Hataoka 63-69-71-72—275 Grace Kim 67-69-71-68—275 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 68-67-70-70—275 Nelly Korda 67-70-69-69—275 Somi Lee 69-65-65-76—275 Kiara Romero 64-67-69-75—275 Nicole Broch Estrup 69-67-70-70—276 Carlota Ciganda 69-71-68-68—276 Gemma Dryburgh 67-67-72-70—276 Hyo Joo Kim 68-72-68-68—276 Natasha Andrea Oon 68-65-69-74—276 Amy Yang 69-70-66-71—276 Karis Davidson 69-67-70-71—277 Manon De Roey 71-67-65-74—277 Soo Bin Joo 68-63-71-75—277 Gurleen Kaur 68-66-70-73—277 Lydia Ko 70-69-69-69—277 S. Vinijchaitham 68-68-71-70—277 Michelle Xing 65-73-71-68—277 Allisen Corpuz 71-68-74-65—278 Melanie Green 69-69-70-70—278 Cassie Porter 69-68-69-72—278 Chiara Tamburlini 71-69-67-71—278 Chizzy Iwai 69-70-67-73—279 Mary Liu 66-69-73-71—279 Michelle Zhang 73-67-71-68—279 Ana Belac 73-65-65-77—280 Olivia Cowan 68-72-69-71—280 Lindy Duncan 71-69-67-73—280 Brooke Matthews 68-69-69-74—280 Riley Smyth 70-66-69-75—280 Briana Chacon 71-65-74-71—281 Gaby Lopez 71-69-68-74—282 Kelly Zhang 72-66-74-70—282 Soﬁa Garcia 71-68-71-73—283 Savannah Grewal 70-69-74-70—283 Mi Hyang Lee 71-68-69-75—283 Clairey Lin 68-72-72-71—283 Kum Kang Park 69-71-74-69—283 Jennifer Chang 70-69-75-70—284 Hailee Cooper 69-68-75-72—284 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 68-71-72-73—284 Jenny Shin 73-67-72-73—285 Amanda Doherty 70-70-74-72—286 Benedetta Moresco 70-70-74-75—289

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Chicago Philadelphia San Diego Arizona Miami St. Louis

W 75 73 71 69 67 66

L 56 58 60 62 64 66

Pct .573 .557 .542 .527 .511 .500

WCGB +4 +2 — 2 4 5½

BOX SCORES Texas 5, L.A. Angels 3

Athletics 7, Houston 6

Chi White Sox 2, N.Y. Mets 1

Los Angeles

Athletics

New York

Texas

Houston

Chicago

ab r h bi ab r h bi Neto ss 5 1 2 1 Foscue 2b 4 0 00 Trout dh 4 0 1 0 Carter cf 0 0 00 Ballesters 1b5 1 2 0 Seager ss 3 1 20 Grissom 3b 4 1 1 0 Langford lf 3 0 20 Lowe rf 3 0 0 1 Nimmo rf 3 0 01 Campero lf 4 0 2 1 Duran cf-3b 3 1 11 Siri cf 4 0 2 0 Burger 1b 3 0 00 Moore 2b 4 0 1 0 O’Hoppe dh 2 1 10 Heineman c 3 0 0 0 Pederson ph-dh2 0 0 0 Guzman ph 1 0 0 0 Freeman 3b-2b 3 1 1 1 Díaz c 2 1 12 Totals 37 3 11 3 Totals 28 5 8 5 Los Angeles 000 000 030 — 3 Texas 030 020 00x — 5 DP_Los Angeles 2, Texas 0. LOB_Los Angeles 9, Texas 5. 2B_Trout (19), Campero (1), Ballesteros (9), Grissom (18), Moore (1), Langford (16). 3B_Freeman (1). HR_ Neto (22), Duran (14), Díaz (6). SB_Burger (3). SF_Lowe (2), Díaz (2), Nimmo (3). IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Kikuchi L,0-4 5 7 5 5 1 4 Murphy 1 0 0 0 1 2 Peralta 1 1 0 0 0 1 Fermin 1 0 0 0 0 2 Texas Quantrill W,6-4 6 6 0 0 0 6 Gray 1 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 2 1 Alexander ⁄3 3 2 2 0 0 1 Silseth H,13 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Latz S,26-29 1 1 0 0 1 2 HBP_Kikuchi (Duran), Peralta (Seager). ABS Challenge_Foscue (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Ballesteros (Strike-Overturned to Ball). Pitch timer violations_Latz (pitcher). Umpires_Home, Alex Tosi; First, Cory Blaser; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Jen Pawol. T_2:42. A_31,593 (40,000).

ab r h bi ab r h bi Bolte cf 5 1 3 0 Peña ss 5 2 20 Cortes lf 5 0 1 0 Alvarez dh 2 1 10 Gelof 3b 4 1 0 0 Paredes 3b 3 1 13 Butler rf 4 1 1 1 Altuve 2b 4 1 13 White 1b 5 0 1 2 Varsho cf 5 0 10 Muncy dh 4 1 1 1 Walker 1b 5 0 10 Walton 2b 3 1 1 0 Wade lf 4 0 00 Hernaiz ss 2 1 0 0 Smith rf 2 1 00 Serven c 4 1 2 3 Trammell ph-rf 1 0 1 0 Vázquez c 3 0 00 Diaz ph-c 1 0 00 Totals 36 7 10 7 Totals 35 6 8 6 Athletics 000 060 100 — 7 Houston 310 200 000 — 6 E_Hernaiz (5). DP_Athletics 0, Houston 1. LOB_Athletics 7, Houston 9. 2B_Butler (14), Bolte (11), Peña (15). HR_Serven (4), Muncy (7), Altuve (14), Paredes (17). SF_Paredes (5). IP H R ER BB SO Athletics Basso 1 4 3 3 0 0 Perkins W,3-9 5 3 3 1 5 6 Blewett H,2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Medina H,8 1 1 0 0 1 2 Harris S,13-19 1 0 0 0 0 2 Houston Javier 4 4 3 3 2 8 1 ⁄3 3 3 3 0 1 De Los Santos 0 0 4 Teng 1 2⁄3 1 0 Okert L,6-2 1 1 1 1 0 1 Blubaugh 1 1 0 0 1 0 Hader 1 0 0 0 0 2 Javier pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. HBP_De Los Santos (Gelof), Teng (Walton). WP_Perkins, Teng. ABS Challenge_Perkins (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Javier (Ball-Overturned to Strike). Umpires_Home, Ryan Wills; First, Ryan Additon; Second, Jonathan Parra; Third,

ab r h bi ab r h bi Lindor ss 4 0 2 0 Antonacci lf 3 0 10 Bichette 3b 4 0 0 0 Doyle cf 0 0 00 Benge rf 4 1 2 0 Murakami 1b 3 0 0 0 Robert lf 2 0 1 0 Vargas 3b 3 1 10 Wagamn 1b 1 0 0 0 Benintendi dh 3 0 1 1 Young ph-1b 3 0 1 1 Acuña pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Morel dh 1 0 0 0 B.Montgmery rf3 0 0 0 Baty ph-dh 1 0 0 0 C.Montgmry ss4 0 0 0 Alvarez dh 2 0 0 0 Meidroth 2b 4 0 00 Semien 2b 3 0 0 0 Peters cf-lf 4 1 21 Ewing cf 4 0 1 0 Rogers c 3 0 00 Torrens c 3 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 7 1 Totals 30 2 5 2 New York 000 000 001 — 1 Chicago 000 000 011 — 2 DP_New York 0, Chicago 1. LOB_New York 7, Chicago 8. 2B_Lindor (8), Benge (17), Benintendi (19). HR_Peters (9). SB_Peters (7). IP H R ER BB SO New York McLean 6 1 0 0 4 6 Núñez 1 1 0 0 0 1 Duarte 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 Senga L,0-9 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 Chicago Newcomb 2 2 0 0 0 3 Fedde 4 3 0 0 1 2 Smith 2 0 0 0 0 3 Taylor W,6-2 1 2 1 1 2 2 Newcomb pitched to 1 batter in the 3rd, Fedde pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. HBP_McLean (Antonacci). ABS Challenge_McLean (Ball-Overturned to Strike); McLean (Ball-Overturned to Strike); McLean (Ball-Conﬁrmed); McLean (Ball-Overturned to Strike). Umpires_Home, Dexter Kelley; First, Quinn Wolcott; Second, Ramon De Jesus; Third, Adrian Johnson. T_2:34. A_27,721 (40,241).

Miami 6, Washington 2

N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 3

L.A. Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh 0

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Los Angeles

ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 1 1 0 Lopez ss 2 1 01 5 0 0 0 Ramírez dh 3 2 10 4 0 2 1 Hernández lf 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 Edwards 2b 4 0 12 4 0 0 0 E.Ruiz cf-rf 4 0 00 4 0 1 1 Sanoja 3b 4 0 10 2 0 0 0 De Los Snts 1b 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 Marsee ph-cf 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 Conine rf-1b 3 1 1 0 Navarreto c 2 0 00 Mack ph-c 2 0 12 Totals 33 2 5 2 Totals 30 6 8 6 Washington 000 101 000 — 2 Miami 100 022 01x — 6 E_Fairbanks (1). DP_Washington 1, Miami 0. LOB_Washington 9, Miami 7. 2B_Lile (24), Crews (13), Vivas (9), Hernández (14), Sanoja (27), Mack (8). SF_Lopez (10). IP H R ER BB SO Washington Kent L,0-2 4 2⁄3 4 3 3 3 5 2 3 3 Williams 2 1⁄3 2 2 Kranick 1 2 1 1 0 0 Miami Junk 4 2⁄3 2 1 1 0 2 1 Petersen W,3-3 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Faucher H,14 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ralston H,1 2 2 0 0 0 2 Fairbanks 1 0 0 0 1 1 HBP_Junk 2 (Chaparro,Young). ABS Challenge_Junk (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Williams (Ball-Conﬁrmed); Ruiz (Strike-Overturned to Ball). Umpires_Home, Stu Scheuwater; First, Steven Jaschinski; Second, Rob Drake; Third, D.J. Reyburn. T_2:45. A_17,826 (37,446).

ab r h bi ab r h bi Bateman rf 3 0 0 1 Grisham cf 4 1 12 Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0 Rice dh 5 0 22 Kirk c 4 0 1 1 García 1b 3 0 00 Valenzula c 0 0 0 0 Bellinger lf 4 1 10 Springer dh 4 1 1 0 Lombard ss 4 2 20 Okamoto 3b 3 0 1 0 Jones rf 3 2 21 Clement ss 4 0 0 0 Chisholm 2b 4 2 2 2 Cameron lf 3 0 0 1 Wells c 3 0 11 McAdoo 2b 3 1 0 0 Caballero 3b 4 0 0 0 Straw cf 3 1 2 0 Totals 31 3 5 3 Totals 34 811 8 Toronto 001 100 010 — 3 New York 020 003 21x — 8 E_Lombard (4). DP_Toronto 1, New York 0. LOB_Toronto 5, New York 7. 2B_Straw 2 (16), Springer (16), Okamoto (20), Jones (8), Wells (7). HR_Chisholm (18), Grisham (18). SF_Bateman (1), Cameron (1). IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Soriano L,10-7 5 7 5 5 3 7 2 Fisher ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 1 Fluharty ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Little 1 2 2 2 0 2 Woods Richardson 1 1 1 1 0 1 New York Rodón 4 2 2 1 2 2 Blackburn W,5-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Yarbrough H,1 1 ⁄3 2 1 1 Headrick 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Soriano pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. HBP_Soriano (Wells). Umpires_Home, Louie Krupa; First, Jeremie Rehak; Second, Adam Beck; Third, Dan Iassogna. T_2:49. A_41,802 (47,309).

ab r h bi ab r h bi Gonzales 3b 3 0 0 0 Ohtani dh 3 1 00 Valdez rf 3 0 0 0 Freeman 1b 4 1 20 Reynolds dh 3 0 0 0 Betts ss 4 0 10 Lowe 2b 3 0 1 0 Muncy 3b 3 0 01 Flores c 4 0 0 0 Edman 2b 2 1 00 Yorke lf 4 0 0 0 Tucker rf 3 1 10 Horwitz 1b 3 0 1 0 T.Hernández lf 4 0 0 0 Triolo ss 2 0 0 0 Thomas cf 3 0 11 Gonzalez ss 1 0 0 0 Feduccia c 3 0 11 Cook cf 2 0 0 0 Cruz ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 0 2 0 Totals 29 4 6 3 Pittsburgh 000 000 000 — 0 Los Angeles 100 210 00x — 4 DP_Pittsburgh 1, Los Angeles 0. LOB_ Pittsburgh 7, Los Angeles 6. SB_Gonzales (6), Ohtani (9). IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Bachar L,1-3 2 1 1 1 3 1 Mlodzinski 3 5 3 3 0 4 Curtis 3 0 0 0 1 1 Los Angeles Snell W,2-1 6 2 0 0 3 6 Henriquez 1 0 0 0 0 2 Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 1 Vesia 1 0 0 0 1 1 HBP_Snell (Gonzales), Mlodzinski (Edman). WP_Curtis. ABS Challenge_Bachar (Ball-Overturned to Strike). Umpires_Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Lance Barrett; Second, Malachi Moore; Third, Alfonso Marquez. T_2:34. A_44,092 (56,000).

Chicago Cubs 19, Seattle 2

Boston 5, San Francisco 4

Arizona 5, Cincinnati 3

San Francisco

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Men’s Singles

Championship Arthur Fils (21), France, def. Frances Tiafoe (17), United States, 6-3, 1-6, 6-0.

Women’s Singles

Championship Coco Gauff (4), United States, def. Jessica Pegula (3), United States, 6-2, 6-4.

Men’s Doubles

Championship Rafael Matos and Orlando Luz, Brazil, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Constantin Frantzen, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent RHP Félix Bautista on a rehab assignment to Chesapeake (EL). DETROIT TIGERS — Selected the contract of LHP Andrew Sears from Toledo (IL). Optioned LHP Enmanuel De Jesus to Toledo. Designated CF James Outman for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated LHP Yusei Kikuchi from the 60-day IL. Designated RHP Michael Fulmer for assignment. NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated LF Cody Bellinger from the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Brendan Beck from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Placed LHP Ryan Weathers on the 15-day IL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Reinstated RHP Manuel Rodríguez from the 60-day IL. Sent RHP Grifﬁn Jax on a rehab assignment to Durham (IL). Designated RHP Chris Roycroft for assignment. TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled C Logan O’Hoppe from Round Rock (PCL). Designated RF Jarred Kelenic for assignment. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated RHP Drey Jameson from the 15-day IL. Designated RHP Zack Littell for assignment.

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Seattle

ab r h bi ab r h bi Armstrng cf 4 2 2 3 Arozarena lf 4 1 11 Alcantara cf 1 1 1 0 Canzone dh 3 0 10 Suzuki rf 3 3 2 0 Pereda p-c 0 0 00 Busch 1b 3 3 1 0 Rodríguez cf 4 0 0 0 Bregman 3b 3 2 0 2 Raleigh c 4 0 10 Happ lf 4 2 2 5 Wisdom 1b 0 0 00 Hoerner ss 4 0 1 0 Naylor 1b 4 0 20 Arias ph-ss 2 1 1 2 Rodden 3b 0 0 00 Ramirez 2b 6 3 3 5 Wilson 3b-p 4 0 10 Conforto dh 2 1 1 1 Young 2b 4 0 00 Taylor ph-dh4 0 2 0 Robles rf 3 1 10 Amaya c 0 0 0 0 Rivas ss 4 0 00 Totals 41191719 Totals 34 2 7 1 Chicago 005 011 093 — 19 Seattle 110 000 000 — 2 E_Kelly (7), Wilson (3). DP_Chicago 0, Seattle 3. LOB_Chicago 7, Seattle 8. HR_ Conforto (11), Happ (22), Crow-Armstrong (33), Ramirez (3), Arozarena (20). SB_ Robles (10), Suzuki (3), Crow-Armstrong (32). SF_Bregman (6). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Imanaga 2 5 2 1 2 4 Civale W,6-7 4 1 0 0 0 2 Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Thielbar 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kelly 1 1 0 0 0 0 Seattle Miller L,4-8 4 1⁄3 2 6 6 7 5 Ferrer 1 2⁄3 3 1 1 0 0 Bazardo 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Rucker ⁄3 4 7 7 2 1 1 Pereda ⁄3 3 2 2 0 0 Wilson 1 5 3 3 0 0 Umpires_Home, Ben May; First, Chris Conroy; Second, Brennan Miller; Third, Ryan Blakney. T_3:11. A_44,649 (47,929).

Boston

ab r h bi ab r h bi Basabe 2b 4 0 0 0 Jones dh 2 1 20 Devers dh 3 1 0 0 Gasper dh-ph 2 1 1 1 Adames ss 3 1 1 0 Rafaela cf 4 0 32 Kennedy 3b 1 0 1 0 Abreu rf 4 0 00 Eldridge 1b 4 0 2 1 Contreras 1b 4 0 0 0 Bericoto lf 2 0 1 1 Durbin 3b 4 0 00 Gilbert ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 3 2 21 Lee rf 4 0 0 0 Monasterio ss 4 0 1 0 Knizner c 4 0 0 0 White lf 3 0 00 Cox cf 4 1 2 1 Duran ph-lf 1 0 00 Koss 3b-ss 3 1 1 0 Wong c 3 1 21 Rutschman c 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 8 3 Totals 35 511 5 San Francisco 210 000 100 — 4 Boston 011 300 00x — 5 E_Monasterio (6), Abreu (8). DP_San Francisco 0, Boston 1. LOB_San Francisco 4, Boston 7. 2B_Sogard (9), Wong (11), Gasper (7), Monasterio (23). 3B_Jones (1). HR_Cox (2), Sogard (2). SB_Rafaela (17). IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Wilkinson L,0-1 3 2⁄3 7 4 4 0 2 Brubaker 1 2⁄3 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 ⁄3 0 0 Hentges 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 Harris Boston Bennett W,8-6 7 7 4 3 1 6 Guerrero H,17 1 1 0 0 0 0 Chapman S,29-31 1 0 0 0 0 1 WP_Hentges. Umpires_Home, James Jean; First, Sean Barber; Second, John Libka; Third, James Hoye. T_2:35. A_36,278 (37,755).

Arizona

ab r h bi ab r h bi De La Cruz ss5 1 1 0 Vargas 2b 4 1 22 Stewart 1b 5 1 2 1 Carroll rf 3 1 21 Myers cf 4 1 2 0 Moreno dh 1 0 01 Stephnsn dh4 0 1 0 Perdomo ss 3 0 10 Suárez 3b 2 0 1 2 Arenado 3b 4 0 00 McLain 2b 3 0 0 0 Tawa 1b 4 1 20 Bleday lf 3 0 0 0 Lawlar cf-lf 3 1 10 Banﬁeld c 3 0 0 0 McCann c 3 1 00 Trevino ph-c 1 0 0 0 Waldschmidt lf 2 0 0 0 Rodríguez rf 4 0 1 0 Nootbaar ph 1 0 0 1 Barrosa cf 0 0 00 Totals 34 3 8 3 Totals 28 5 8 5 Cincinnati 003 000 000 — 3 Arizona 000 001 40x — 5 E_Vargas (3). DP_Cincinnati 1, Arizona 1. LOB_Cincinnati 10, Arizona 6. 2B_De La Cruz (21), Myers (9), Rodríguez (2), Carroll (28), Vargas (18). 3B_Carroll (16), Vargas (5). SF_Moreno (9), Carroll (4). S_Lawlar (1). IP H R ER BB SO Cincinnati Abbott L,6-9 6 7 4 4 2 6 Mey BS,0-1 1 1 1 1 2 1 P.Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona Bratt 3 5 3 3 3 3 Carrillo 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 2 3 Clarke 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Loáisiga W,5-3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Morillo H,17 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 B.Garcia H,14 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Ginkel S,2-3 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Abbott pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. HBP_Morillo (Suárez). T_2:48. A_28,433 (48,359).

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Why do so many people in Louisiana back into parking spaces, especially trucks?

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Minutes after Amy King ﬂew into Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, she stopped for a cup of coffee. She was visiting from Liberty, Missouri, and couldn’t help but wonder why all the trucks in the parking lot had pulled into the parking spaces backwards. “Is this a Louisiana thing?” she asked her friend. She decided to pose the question to Curious Louisiana — why do so many people in Louisiana back into parking spaces? “For me, it takes so much more effort to back into a parking space that I’m just curious why people do it — why they take the extra time to do it?” King asked. Turns out, back-in parking is a practice linked to decades-old industries in the world — the military, oil and gas companies and even healthcare. For Louisiana businesses, reverse parking is about safety. Acadian Ambulance Service, a private ambulance company covering emergency transport in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee, encourages back-in parking for safety reasons. Ashley Matthews, a National Registry Advanced Emergency Medical Technician at Acadian Ambulance Service, explained that every second counts in an emergency situation. “If the scene is not safe anymore for whatever reason, if we need to respond really quickly to an emergency, it’s really easier and cuts down on a few minutes on time to be able to pull out versus backing out,” said Matthews. Other companies like American Automobile Association, a nationwide company providing roadside assistance, also urge drivers to reverse into parking spaces whenever possible. While the exact date of reverse parking is unknown, it appears to have started in the military back in the mid-20th century. “They introduced back-end parking to help build military tactical habits or behaviors in

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DETROIT — Read this quickly, before it melts. Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, the equivalent of $7,259 today, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. By the 1800s, inventions like mechanical refrigeration had made ice cream cheaper and more accessible. But America’s pushcart vendors needed a way to serve ice cream to customers. Enter “penny licks.” Customers would pay a penny for a scoop of ice cream served in a thick glass, which they would lick clean and hand back to the vendor. The glass — sometimes rinsed, sometimes not — was then filled for the next customer. But vendors were frustrated by broken glass and cities were concerned about the spread of disease. London banned penny licks in 1898. Italian immigrants came to the rescue. In 1902, Antonio Valvona, an ice-cream maker living in Manchester, England, was granted a U.S. patent for a metal mold that could form edible waffle-like cups. He quickly started selling the cups on both sides of the Atlantic. The following year, Italo Marchiony, an ice cream vendor in New York, was granted a patent for a similar device. Marchiony went on to develop the ice-cream sandwich. But it was the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair that gave the ice-cream cone its now-familiar shape and vaulted it to popularity. Several concessionaires at the fair have been touted as the inventors of the ice-cream cone. Joy Baking Group, founded in 1918 and currently making 2 billion cones a year, credits Ernest Hamwi, a 20-year-old Syrian immigrant. Hamwi was selling zalabiyeh — a crisp, fried pastry — in a booth next to Albert Aboussie, a Lebanese-born ice cream vendor. When Aboussie ran out of paper cups, Hamwi began rolling his pastries into cones dubbed “cornucopias.” They were an instant hit. By 1910, “cornucopia” had been simplified to “cone,” and Hamwi

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Artisans endure behind Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar BY FRANCISCO SECO Associated Press

ISTANBUL — For centuries, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar has been more than a marketplace. Behind its crowded passageways, generations of craftspeople have made, repaired and restored the objects that eventually emerge for sale. In workshops and in narrow streets surrounding the bazaar, casters shape molten metal over

ﬁre. Engravers add detail. Polishers bring ﬁnished pieces to a shine. A single object can pass through several specialists before reaching a merchant’s counter. Much of that work happens out of sight, in rooms crowded with tools and machinery and darkened by years of dust, smoke and heat. The artisans’ quarter is also a community. Tea circulates through

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Master sand casters Mevlut, left, and Ahmet yildirim make molds for pouring molten metal in their workshop in the Buyukhan artisan quarter in Istanbul, Turkey, on Aug. 6. ASSoCIATEd PRESS PHoTo By FRAnCISCo SECo

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Dear Doctors: My 22-year-old son was tested for sleep apnea because of his snoring. The ENT suggested a tonsillectomy as an option. He also has a severe nut allergy with anaphylaxis reactions. I was wondering if removing his tonsils would affect the immune system and his allergic reaction. Dear Reader: Let’s begin with tonsils. Those twin mounds of tissue look unassuming, like a physiological afterthought. But as your question suggests, they are front-line organs of the immune system. Perched at the entrance to the respiratory tract, tonsils intercept incoming bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. Then, by producing antibodies and activating certain types of immune cells, they help teach the body’s defenses to recognize potential

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threats in the future. Building this kind of long-term immune memory is crucial in a child’s early years. By the time we reach our late teens and early 20s, though, tonsils have completed most of that work. At the same time, due to their shape and location, they can become a source of health problems. Tonsils can become chronically inﬂamed or infected, interfere

with breathing or swallowing, contribute to snoring or even cause obstructive sleep apnea. This is a potentially dangerous condition in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep. In those cases, a tonsillectomy may be helpful. Considering the role that tonsils play in immune function, your concern about your son’s nut allergy is understandable. However, food allergies are driven by immune pathways that do not depend on the tonsils. As a result, a tonsillectomy would not worsen — or ease — an existing food allergy. What it could do is free up room in the back of his throat. That additional space could widen his airway, which is likely why his doctor has presented it as an option. Although tonsillectomy is often associated with childhood, adults

like your son often undergo the procedure. Beneﬁts include less snoring, lowered risk of obstructive sleep apnea and fewer recurring infections. The most common risks of the surgery include excessive bleeding during or after the surgery, swelling of the surgical area, infection and reaction to anesthesia. As with all surgeries, the process begins with a health evaluation to make sure the person can withstand the rigors of surgery. A pre-op assessment typically includes a medical history, a physical exam and diagnostic testing. This may consist of blood work, urinalysis and in some cases, cardiac testing. The surgery itself takes about 30 minutes. The entire visit for the operation, from check-in to discharge, typically takes several

hours. Recovery from a tonsillectomy takes about two weeks. Unfortunately, post-surgical pain is common. Removing the tonsils leaves raw, open surfaces, which can remain painful for up to two weeks. Most people notice improvements in snoring and breathing within a few weeks. However, postsurgical swelling can temporarily mask the full beneﬁt. That means it can take a month or longer to judge the results. If sleep apnea remains a concern, a follow-up sleep study may be recommended. Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla. edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2026. There are 129 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths and caused more than $26 billion in damage across Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas. Also on this date: In 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to the still-under-construction Capitol and the White House, as well as other public buildings. In 1912, Congress passed a measure creating the Alaska Territory. In 1932, Amelia Earhart embarked on a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, making her the first woman to fly solo, nonstop, from coast to coast. In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty came into force. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States. In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon; he has repeatedly been denied parole. In 1989, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Pete Rose from the game for betting on his own team, the Cincinnati Reds. In 1991, in response to a coup attempt by hard-line Communist leaders attempting to reassert control over the Soviet Union, Ukrainian parliamentarians voted to approve a Declaration of Independence for the state of Ukraine. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a fullfledged planet, demoting it to the status of a “dwarf planet.” In 2012, a Norwegian court found Anders Behring Breivik guilty of terrorism and premeditated murder for twin attacks on July 22, 2011, that killed 77 people; he received a 21-year prison sentence that can be extended as long as he is considered dangerous to society. In 2018, the family of Arizona Sen. John McCain announced that he had discontinued medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer; McCain died the following day. In 2019, police in Aurora, Colorado, responding to a report of a suspicious person, used a chokehold to subdue Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man; he went into cardiac arrest en route to the hospital and was later taken off life support and died. Today’s Birthdays: Composermusician Mason Williams is 88. R&B singer Marshall Thompson (The Chi-Lites) is 84. WWE co-founder Vince McMahon is 81. Author Paulo Coelho is 79. Actor Anne Archer is 79. Author Alexander McCall Smith is 78. Composer Jean-Michel Jarre is 78. Author Orson Scott Card is 75. Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson is 74. Actor-writer Stephen Fry is 69. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 68. Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. is 66. Actor Jared Harris is 65. Actor Marlee Matlin is 61. Basketball Hall of Famer Reggie Miller is 61. Film director Ava DuVernay is 54. Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle is 53. Actor James D’Arcy is 52. Actor Alex O’Loughlin is 50. Author John Green is 49. Actor Chad Michael Murray is 45.

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Master polisher yucel Gur polishes a metal object in his workshop in the Buyukhan artisan quarter in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Continued from page 1C its courtyards and workshops. Craftsmen stop for lunch, gather over games of backgammon or smoke a water pipe between jobs. But that world is changing. Some production has moved away from Istanbul’s historic center to larger, more modern workshops. Technology has changed how and where goods are made. Some traditional trades struggle to attract younger people willing to spend years learning the work. Others have adapted, sustained by repair work, tourism and continued demand for objects made or ﬁnished by hand.

ABOVE: Master craftsmen specializing in inlay and relief work, nejat Kilic, right, and Halit Cakar work in their workshop in Istanbul’s Eminonu commercial district earlier this month. RIGHT: A wall clock hangs in the workshop of polishers yucel and Murat Gur.

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Continued from page 1C soldiers, airmen, and Navy personnel to get them in a better mode in case something happened — evacuation, incoming ﬁre, emergency, medical needs,” said Jonas “JJ” Johnnie, vice president of safety and training at Industrial Safety Solutions, a company in charge of safety management systems, headquartered in Youngsville. In the military, reverse parking, also known as tactical or combat parking, enhances security in operational situations — offering a quick departure in the case of an emergency. Johnnie said reverse parking has organically grown in popularity thanks to the oil and gas industry’s safety standards and practices. Within some companies and industry cultures, the reverse parking practice is so common that new hires often quickly make it their habit as well — hence, the practice’s continued growth throughout the region.

Backing into parking spots and reversing, however is not always a point of confidence for new and inexperienced drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that in 2021, an estimated 3,990 people were killed in nontraffic crashes, with 23% of those deaths resulting from people being struck by vehicles backing up. Similarly, data shows that 64,838 people were injured in nontraffic crashes in 2021, with 37% of injuries resulting from vehicles backing up. In 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation mandated backup camera technology in all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds by May 2018, after data showed that both children and seniors were the primary victims of back-over accidents. The percentage of back-over deaths since 2017 has fluctuated but ultimately decreased as of 2021. Brian Wolshon, professor of engineering at Louisiana State University, thinks there may be a generational gap in how reverse parking is done because of new technology. “My daughter who’s 18, I don’t

even think she relies on her mirrors. She only looks at her backup camera, and I rely on my mirrors because I grew up and became a driver without a backup camera,” said Wolshon. Still, some local Louisiana infrastructure could discourage back-in parking. For example, parking metered spaces and lots often require cars to park their vehicles head ﬁrst or facing the meter. Louisiana law leaves this to the discretion of local city governments and lawmakers to impose a fee on vehicles that park opposite the meter Although reader King doesn’t reverse as often as others she sees, she still can’t help but back into parking spaces for emergencies of her own. Months after her trip to Louisiana, King said she found herself backing into a parking space. “I was going with a friend to a show and I backed in so that I could get out faster after the show,” King said. “I just didn’t want to wait in a long line to exit the parking garage.” Perhaps King’s question turned into a self-fulﬁlling prophecy.

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Continued from page 1C founded the Missouri Cone Co. Cone technology quickly advanced, with machines replacing hand-rolling. For those who wanted a lighter texture, the cake cone arrived in the early 1940s — around the time Dairy Queen and BaskinRobbins emerged. Increasingly healthconscious Americans eat less ice cream than they used to. In 1984, the average American consumed 17.8 pounds of regular ice cream each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. By 2024, that had fallen to 12 pounds. But as anyone from George Washington to Ben & Jerry could tell you, on a hot summer night it’s a treat that’s hard to beat.

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Chlorine system at Sewer Pond was performed; Damaged pump was re‐ moved from Venzule lift station. Waste Pro Roadside De‐ bris pickup is scheduled for the week of August 10th. School buses will be back on the roads. Planning and Zoning Committee: None Finance Committee: Mayor Rhodes noted that the “Budget to Actual Comparison Report” for July, is available for Council Members to re‐ view. Upon the recommenda‐ tion of Asst. Chief Southon, a motion to re‐ allocate budgeted Police Capital Expenditures from a new Police Unit to new body & dash cam‐ eras, was made by Coun‐ cil Member Kershaw; seconded by Council Member Chustz. Mayor Rhodes opened the floor for public comment. Hearing no comments, the motion passed with a unanimous vote. Personnel Committee: Upon the recommenda‐ tion of Chief Lefeaux and having all required certi‐ fications, a motion to hire Jalen Mack as a fulltime officer at $22.51 an hour, starting 8/10/26, was made by Council Member Tassin; sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Chustz. Mayor Rhodes opened the floor for public comment. Hearing no comments, the motion passed with a unanimous vote. Upon Mayor Rhodes’ rec‐ ommendation and the impending retirement of Public Works Director Shane Sarradet, a motion to appoint Mike Guillot as Public Works Director, starting on 8/31/26 at the rate of $70,000, with a $2,000 increase upon completion of Class 2 wastewater certification, was made by Council Member Kershaw; sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Tassin. The Mayor opened the floor for pub‐ lic comment. Hearing no comments, a roll call vote was taken with the following results: Yeas: Young, Tassin, Chustz, Kershaw, Daigle Nays: None Absent: None Recreation Committee: None Police Committee: None Governmental Affairs Committee: None Consideration of Vetoed Ordinances: None Hearing & Final Action on Ordinances: None Introduction of Ordinances: Resolutions: Mayor Rhodes read aloud Resolution 5 of 2026, Audit Question‐ naire. A motion to ap‐ prove Resolution 5 of 2026, the 2025/2026 Audit Questionnaire with changes discussed, was made by Council Member Young; seconded by Council Member Chustz. Mayor Rhodes opened the floor for public com‐ ment. Hearing no com‐ ments, the motion

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Police Department Report: The Police Department Report for the month of July was given by Asst. Chief Southon. There were (15) Agency As‐ sists, (3) Alarms, (1) ani‐ mal problem, (1) Civil Problem, (1) Controlled Substances, (3) Damage Property, (3) Deaths, (5) Disturbances, (3) DUI, (1) Family Disturbance, (2) Fires, (2) Frauds, (1) Ha‐ rassment, (2) Juvenile Problems, (13) Medicals, (1) Miscellaneous, (1) Missing Person, (3) No In‐ surance Tows, (2) Ob‐ struct Police, (2) Ordi‐ nance Violations, (3) Pri‐ vacy Violations, (1) Pub‐ lic Peace, (4) Public Ser‐ vices, (1) Pulled in Error, (6) Suspicious, (10) Traf‐ ﬁc Accidents, (8) Trafﬁc Problems, (9) Unlock, and (4) Welfare Checks. Total of 111 calls for the month. For the month, there were 268 total cita‐ tions and 332 violations.

This notice shall satisfy two separate but related procedural notiﬁcation requirements for activi‐ ties to be undertaken by the Town of Colfax.

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g Livingston Parishes and you were an owner of property, a governmental entity with jurisdiction over property, or a busi‐ ness entity that operated from property the busi‐ ness owned or leaded within the following class area being those portions of East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes that are bounded by I-12 along the southern boundary, O’Neil Lane as the west‐ ern boundary, Old Ham‐ mond Highway and US 190 as part of the north‐ ern boundary and Colyell Creek as the eastern boundary, your rights may be affected by the dismissal of a class ac‐ tion lawsuit.

Flock Activity: 9 Protec‐ tion Order Violation, 25 Violent Person Alerts, 49 Sex Offender Alerts, 3 NCIC Warrants. Drone Activity: Agency Assist – Addis PD Mayor’s Report: Mayor Rhodes attended the hurricane prep meet‐ ing at the Emergency Preparedness Ofﬁce; the Mayor also attended the Meet & Greet with Sena‐ torial Candidate Julia Letlow. Remarks of Personal Privilege: None Announcements: September Committee Meeting has been moved to Tuesday September 8th due to Labor Day Hol‐ iday. The ﬁrst Full Moon Mar‐ ket of the year at St. James Park will be held Friday August 28th at 6 pm. Council Member Tassin made a motion to ad‐ journ; seconded by Coun‐ cil Member Kershaw. Hearing no comments, the motion passed with a unanimous vote. The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 pm. _________________ Scot Rhodes, Mayor _____________ Blaine Rabalais, Town Clerk 198139 Aug. 24, 1t $88.65 PUBLIC NOTICE --COMBINED NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS Timika Hamilton-Price Mayor Town of Colfax P.O. Box 310 Colfax, Louisiana 71417 Phone: (318) 627-3711 e-mail: thetownofcolfax@bellso uth.net Publication Date:

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On or about September 9, 2026, the Town of Colfax will submit a request to the Louisiana Office of Community Development (LOCD) for the release of Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funds made available under the Fur‐ ther Additional Supple‐ mental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Re‐ quirements Act, 2018 (Public Law No: 115-123); in Federal Register Docket No. FR-6109-N-02, to undertake a project known as the Sugar‐ house Bayou Outfall Drainage Improvements project. The Town of Col‐ fax proposes the con‐ struction of new drainage ditches and lev‐ ees, cleaning, enlarging, and grading of existing drainage channels and laterals, installation of closure structures with flap gates and temporary pumping accommoda‐ tions, replacement and installation of cross drains and side drain pipes, roadway and dri‐ veway restoration asso‐ ciated with drainage im‐ provements, and conver‐ sion of an existing under‐ ground drainage system to surface drainage. The goal of this project is to improve drainage in the northeast portion of the Town of Colfax which is routinely subject to flooding. $1,480,340.00, Colfax, Louisiana. FINDING OF NO SIGNIFI‐ CANT IMPACT The Town of Colfax has determined that the pro‐ ject will have no signifi‐ cant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environ‐ mental Impact Statement under the National Envi‐ ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not re‐ quired. The Environmen‐ tal Review Record (ERR) for the project is on file at the Town of Colfax of‐ fice located at 1201-1 Main Street, Colfax, Louisiana 71417 and may be examined or copied during the hours 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM from Monday through Friday until Sep‐ tember 8, 2026. If you need to make contact by phone, call Mayor Timika Hamilton-Price at (318) 627-3711 or e-mail: thetownofcolfax@ bellsouth.net PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency may submit writ‐ ten comments on the ERR to the Town of Colfax by e-mail to thetownof‐ colfax@bellsouth.net. All comments received on or before September 8, 2026, will be considered by the Town of Colfax prior to submission of a request for release of funds. Commenters should specify which f hi i h

RELEASE OF FUNDS The Town of Colfax certi‐ fies to LOCD that Ms. Timika Hamilton-Price in her capacity as the Mayor consents to ac‐ cept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to en‐ force responsibilities in relation to the environ‐ mental review process and that these responsi‐ bilities have been satis‐ fied. LOCD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and al‐ lows the Town of Colfax to use Program funds. OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS LOCD will accept objec‐ tions to its release of funds and the Town of Colfax certification for a period of fifteen days fol‐ lowing the anticipated submission date or fif‐ teen days after actual re‐ ceipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not exe‐ cuted by the Certifying Officer of the Town of Colfax; (b) the Town of Colfax has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding re‐ quired by HUD regula‐ tions at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the project have committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by LOCD; or (d) another Fed‐ eral agency acting pur‐ suant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environ‐ mental quality. Objec‐ tions must be prepared and submitted in accor‐ dance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to LOCD at Murilo.Martins@la.gov or mail to LOCD at: Gina Campo Executive Director Office of Community Development 617 N. Third Street, 6th floor Baton Rouge LA 70802 Potential objectors should contact LOCD to verify the actual last day of the objection period. 198295-AUG 24-1T $581.77 PUBLIC NOTICE --LEGAL NOTICE BY ORDER OF THE COURT A court authorized this Notice. This is not a so‐ licitation from a lawyer. NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION DISMISSAL If you are a Louisiana resident or business owner, or governmental entity impacted by the flooding on August 10, 2016, in certain areas of East Baton Rouge and i i i h d

A class action lawsuit al‐ leging that residents, business owners and governmental entities suffered compensatory damages resulting from the impoundment of water resultant from the construction of a solid concrete barrier on I-12 from the Amite River to Colyell Creek has been ﬁled by representatives of the proposed class. The class representa‐ tives have agreed to vol‐ untarily dismiss any and all class action allega‐ tions relating to compen‐ satory damages against G.E.C., Inc. The class ac‐ tion claims for injunctive relief against G.E.C., Inc. has been reserved. Pursuant to an Order of the Court, dated August 19, 2026 all claims for compensatory damages against Settling Defen‐ dant was stricken and dismissed. Pursuant to Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (“La. C.C.P.”) article 596, prescription was suspended as of January 5, 2017, upon the ﬁling of the Petition for Class Action for Dam‐ ages and Injunctive Re‐ lief. While prescriptive periods are generally suspended as stated above, La. C.C.P. art. 596 does not refer to peremptive periods, so, regardless of the suspen‐ sion of prescription, claims for damages against the Settling De‐ fendants are barred by peremption after the ex‐ piration of thirty (30) days from the date of the Court’s Order dismissing the class claims for com‐ pensatory damages. All claims for injunctive relief, including class ac‐ tion claims, against G.E.C., Inc., have been re‐ served. To see a complete copy of the Order striking and dismissing all class ac‐ tion allegations regard‐ ing compensatory dam‐ ages against the abovelisted parties or if you need more information about the dismissal of those claims, contact Joshua Palmintier at Palmintier Law Group (225-398-8111); Joseph Bruno at Bruno & Bruno, LLP (504-525-1335), or Mitchell A. Toups at Weller, Green, Toups & ll (

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Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $234.71 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 730001 U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST C/O U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSO‐ CIATION vs DARON DWAYNE HARDNETT AND QIANA CROSS HARDNETT, (A/K/A QIANA CROSS, QIANA HARDNETT) Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 13, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: DARON DWAYNE HARDNETT AND QIANA CROSS HARDNETT, (A/K/A QIANA CROSS, QIANA HARDNETT) One (1) certain condo‐ minium unit, together with all privileges and appurtenances there‐ unto, known as Baywood Quarters Condominium, located in Section 62, Township 7 South, Range I East, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana (formerly Lot A-1-A-1, of Baywood Of‐ fice Park, said lot being more particularly shown and described as accord‐ ing to "Map showing ALTA/ACSM Survey of Lot A-A-A-1 Baywood Office Park and Tract D-1 -B the Lakes at Aubin Wood ... for NSH Corp" by G. Wayne Sledge, PLS, GWS Engineering, Inc. dated November 14, 2005, a copy of which is filed of record in the official con‐ veyance records of Fast Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, at Original 906, Bundle 11784 and designated as Unit 14, Building 1321 of Baywood Quarters Condominium, having such measure‐ ments and dimensions as more particularly de‐ scribed in the condo‐ minium declaration enti‐ tled Declaration Creating and Establishing a con‐ dominium regime for Baywood Quarter Condo‐ minium by Summerleaf Investments, LLC., filed for record in the official records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana on May 31, 2006, as Origi‐ nal 31, Bundle 11841; said unit and the owner of same being subject to all the provisions of said de‐ claration as it exists, or may from time to time be amended, together with all rights and obligations as pertaining to the owner of same, particu‐ larly, but not exclusively, the undivided share of the common and/or lim‐ ited common elements, the use of the limited common elements re‐ served for said unit, membership in the Bay‐ wood Quarters Condo‐ minium Association, Inc., and the obligations to pay a share of the com‐ mon expenses all as set forth in said declaration and as specified in the Louisiana Condominium Act. Also conveyed unit Purchaser(s) are all cur‐ rently installed and builtin appliances and fix‐ tures, including air con‐ ditions and heating units. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $382.72

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LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY On the motion of Butler resolution was adopted:

seconded by

Berthelot , the following

RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $17,000,000 LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTALFACILITIESANDCOMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REVENUE AND REFUNDING BONDS (EAST FELICIANA GAS UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2 PROJECT), IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, TAXABLE OR TAX-EXEMPT; EMPLOYING BOND COUNSEL AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS; AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE BOND COMMISSION; AUTHORIZING THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE AUTHORITY TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECT THIS RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING. WHEREAS, the Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority (the “Authority”), is a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana (the “State”) established for public purposes pursuant to Chapter 10-D of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the “Act”), and other constitutional and statutory authority; WHEREAS, the Act empowers the Authority to issue bonds to provide funds for and to fulfill and achieve its authorized public functions or corporate purposes as set forth in the Act; WHEREAS, in order to finance the construction by political subdivisions of public infrastructure and public works of all types, the Authority is authorized to issue bonds and loan the proceeds thereof to participating political subdivisions; WHEREAS, the Gas Utility District No. 2 of East Feliciana Parish (the “District”) has requested and the Authority desires to proceed with the issuance of its not to exceed $17,000,000 Revenue and Refunding Bonds (East Feliciana Gas Utility District No. 2 Project), taxable or tax-exempt, in one or more series (the “Bonds”), for the purpose of: (i) refinancing certain obligations of the District (the “Prior Obligations”), (ii) financing the replacement of aging and failing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes with polyethylene (PE) pipes in the District’s natural gas transmission system, including, but not limited to, pipeline modernization and interim safety enhancement measures (collectively, the “Project”) and (iii) paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds; WHEREAS, the Authority desires to authorize the filing of an application with the Louisiana State Bond Commission (the “Commission”) requesting that the Commission grant approval to the issuance of the Bonds in accordance with the Act; WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Executive Committee of the Authority (the “Executive Committee”) adopt a resolution approving the issuance of the Bonds for the financing of the Project; and WHEREAS, the Authority reasonably expects to reimburse expenditures of the District, incurred prior to the issuance of the Bonds, if any, for the Project from proceeds of the Bonds and that this resolution is a declaration of official intent under Section 1.150-2 of the United States Treasury Regulations. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority, acting as the governing authority of said Authority, that: SECTION 1. The facts recited in the preamble to this resolution are found to be true and correct and are specifically and affirmatively adopted by the Authority as resolutions of the Authority. SECTION 2. Pursuant to the authority of the Act, the Executive Committee of the Authority does hereby authorize the issuance of the Authority’s Revenue and Refunding Bonds (East Feliciana Gas Utility

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SHERIFF'S SALE

Suit No: (17) 752688

Suit No: (17) 759266

DEUTSCHE BANK NA‐ TIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUND‐ VIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-1, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1 VS HOUSTON THOMAS JR

PENNYMAC LOAN SER‐ VICES LLC VS CRYSTAL ANN LANDRY AND KISA HOMES, LLC

LOAN SER‐ VS SHAWN

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 28, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: CRYSTAL ANN LANDRY AND KISA HOMES, LLC ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, together with .all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining, in that subdivi‐ sion of the PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, known as RIVER OAKS SUBDIVISION, SECOND FILING, and designated on the official map of said subdivision on file and of record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorded for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT Two Hundred Thirty Seven A (237-A), said subdivision, said lot measuring Ninety (90') feet front on Gloria Drive, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of One Hundred. Forty Five (145') feet; said lot subject to a seven and 5/10 (7.5) foot servitude for public utilities across there rear and along the southerly side line; all as shown on the official recorded subdivision map; subject to restric‐ tions, servitudes, rightsof way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $262.78 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 763078 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC vs ERNEST BRAD MILTON Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 30, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: ERNEST BRAD MILTON ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and servitudes of passage and use, over common properties, situ‐ ated in that subdivision of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, known as Brightside Park Fourth Filing, and being desig‐ nated on "Revised Final Plat of the Subdivision of Brightside Park, Fourth Filing, formerly Lots "A" & "B", being the subdivi‐ sion of a portion of Lot ""JX"" of the Resubdivi‐ sion of Lots ""I"" & "J" of Arlington Plantation, lo‐ cated in Sections 43 & 65, T7 & SS, R-1-W, Greens‐ burg Land for Dale Can‐ gelosi Construction, Inc., 5800 One Perkins Place

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Drive, Suite SC, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 (504) 767-1930"", made by Ronald K. Ferris, Civil En‐ gineer & Reg. Land Sur‐ veyor, as Lot Number One Hundred TwentyFive-D (125-D), said Brightside Park, Fourth Filing, each of said lots having such measure‐ ments and dimensions as shown on said resub‐ division map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $247.45 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 763812 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS ED‐ WARD EARL NANCE Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, July 09, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: ED‐ WARD EARL NANCE A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Heatherstone, a Town‐ house Community, and being designated on the official subdivision map, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said Parish and State, as Lot Number Thirty-Eight (38), said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions as shown on said map; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $224.49 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 764110 THE COTTONPORT BANK VS NEW HEIGHTS DEVEL‐ OPMENT LLC, DINO EU‐ LANDO BROWN AND DANIEL DEWAYNE TILL‐ MAN Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias issued out of the honorable court afore‐ said, in the above enti‐ tled and numbered cause, dated, March 23, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described property belonging to: NEW HEIGHTS DEVELOP‐ MENT LLC, DINO EU‐ LANDO BROWN AND DANIEL DEWAYNE TILL‐ MAN TRACT ONE A certain parcel or tract of land located in the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in Section 42,

District No. 2 Project), taxable or tax-exempt, in one or more series (the “Bonds”), for the purpose of: (i) refinancing certain obligations of the District (the “Prior Obligations”), (ii) financing the replacement of aging and failing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes with polyethylene (PE) pipes in the District’s natural gas transmission system, including, but not limited to, pipeline modernization and interim safety enhancement measures (collectively, the “Project”) and (iii) paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds, such Bonds to mature not later than 10 years from the date of their issuance, to bear interest at a fixed or variable rate not to exceed six percent (6.00%) and to be secured by payments under a loan agreement with the District payable by the District from Lawfully Available Funds of the District, including funds, income, revenue, fees, receipts or charges of any nature from any source whatsoever on deposit with or accruing from time to time to the District, provided that no such funds, income, revenue, fees, receipts or charges shall be so included which have been or are in the future legally dedicated and required for other purposes by the electorate, by the terms of specific grants, by the terms of particular obligations issued or to be issued (to the extent pledged or budgeted to pay debt service on such other obligations) or by operation of law, and provided further that neither the full faith and credit of the District nor any specific tax of the District is pledged and the obligation of the District to levy or increase taxes or other sources of revenue shall be subject to all legal limits applicable to the District from time to time (“Lawfully Available Funds”), which payments thereunder will be assigned and pledged by the Authority for payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds. SECTION 3. The officers and staff of the Authority are authorized and empowered to take any and all further action and to sign any and all documents, instruments and writings as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution and to file, on behalf of the Authority, with any governmental board or entity having jurisdiction over the Bonds or the Project, such applications or requests for approval thereof as may be required by law. SECTION 4. The Authority does hereby authorize the filing of an application with the Louisiana State Bond Commission (the “Commission”) requesting approval of the issuance of the Bonds. By virtue of applicant/ issuer’s application for, acceptance and utilization of the benefits of the Louisiana State Bond Commission’s approval(s) resolved and set forth herein, it resolves that it understands and agrees that such approval(s) are expressly conditioned upon, and it further resolves that it understands, agrees and binds itself, its successors and assigns to, full and continuing compliance with the “State Bond Commission Policy on Approval of Proposed Use of Swaps, or other forms of Derivative Products Hedges, Etc.” (the “Policy”), adopted by the Commission on July 20, 2006, as to the borrowing(s) and other matter(s) subject to the approval(s), including subsequent application and approval under said Policy of the implementation or use of any swap(s) or other product(s) or enhancement(s) covered thereby. SECTION 5. It is recognized, found and determined that a real necessity exists for the employment of Bond Counsel in connection with the issuance of the Bonds and accordingly, Jones Walker LLP, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is hereby employed as Bond Counsel to the Authority to do and to perform comprehensive, legal and coordinate professional work with respect to the issuance and sale of the Bonds. Bond Counsel shall (i) prepare and submit to the Authority for adoption all of the proceedings incidental to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds, (ii) counsel and advise the Authority with respect to the issuance and sale of the Bonds and (iii) furnish their opinion covering the legality of the issuance thereof. The fee for bond counsel services to be paid Bond Counsel shall be an aggregate amount not to exceed the Attorney General’s Bond Counsel Fee Schedule and other guidelines for comprehensive, legal and coordinate professional work in the issuance of revenue and refunding bonds applied to the actual aggregate principal amount issued, sold, delivered and paid for at the time such Bonds are delivered, together with the reimbursement of out of pocket expenses incurred and advanced in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, said fee to be payable out of Bond proceeds subject to the Attorney General’s written approval of said

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T-6-S, R-1-E, G.L.D., con‐ taining 20.8435 acres, more or less, and desig‐ nated as Tract B-2, on map entitled, "Map showing Survey and Divi‐ sion of Tract "B" into Tracts B-1 and B-2, for‐ merly East Glen Oaks, Inc. Property, located in Section 42, T-6-S, R-1-E, Greensburg District, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, for East Baton Rouge Parish Recreation and Parks Commission," by Carl L. Mistric, R.L.S., dated June 20, 1983 on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder in Original 207, .Bundle 9584 for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Subject to sanitary sewer servitude of 7.5' along the eastern boundary as shown on the above de‐ scribed map. TRACT TWO A certain tract or parcel of ground, together with all the improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in Section 42, T-6-S, R-1-E, being desig‐ nated as Tract X-2-A-1 as per that map of Survey hy Darvin W. Ferguson, P.L.S., dated April 8, 2002, entitled "Map Showing Resubdivision of Tract X2-A of The Billy J. Buzbee Property into Tracts X-2A-1, X-2-A-2 and X-2-A-3 Located in Section 42, T6-S, R-1-E, G.L.D., East Parish, Baton Rouge Louisiana for Bill Buzbee", recorded as Original 199, Bundle I 1335 of the official records of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana. Said Tract X-2-A-1 having such di‐ mensions as shown on said map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $331.66 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 766773 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION vs VIN‐ CENT HONORE, JR. AKA VINCENT HONORE Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, August 25, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: VIN‐ CENT HONORE, JR. AKA VINCENT HONORE One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as THE WOODLANDS, SECOND FILING, and. designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana as LOT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO (192), said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitude and restrictions as are more particularly shown on said map (property"). TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

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Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $229.60 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 766859 GUILD MORTGAGE COM‐ PANY LLC vs ADRIAN T JAMES Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, September 10, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBR SOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ADRIAN T JAMES One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as MARITA TERRACE, FOURTH FILING, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUMBER ONE HUN‐ DRED EIGHT (108), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said subdivision map; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August24,2026 $234.71 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 766909 LOAN FUNDER LLC vs 5343 GREENSIDE LANE RE LLC, JOE DAMIAN MELEN‐ DEZ AND JOHN GERALD POWER IV Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 26, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4as‐ setscom/EBRSOsherif sales , offer for sale at public auction the follow‐ ing described mortgaged property belonging to: 5343 GREENSIDE LANE RE LLC, JOE DAMIAN MELEN‐ DEZ AND JOHN GERALD POWER IV One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as PYBURN & COLEMAN PROPERTY, and designated as LOT "0-1 ", on a map entitled, "Map Showing the Sur‐ vey of Lot 0-1, Being the Subdivision of Pyburn & Coleman Property, Being Located East of Lot M, Westdale, Inc. Tract in Section 95, T7S, R1E,

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G.L.D., East Baton Rouge Parish, La. for Delmas G. Hutchinson", dated No‐ vember 26, 1979 by Toxie Craft and attached to a sale recorded as Original 196, Bundle 9372 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana. Said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes and re‐ strictions as are more particularly shown on said map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $262.78 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 768899 BANKPLUS vs MAXTIN SOLUTIONS LLC ET AL Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias issued out of the honorable court afore‐ said, in the above enti‐ tled and numbered cause, dated, November 06, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBR SOsheriffsales., offer for sale at public auction the following described property belonging to: MAXTIN SOLUTIONS LLC ET AL THREE (3) certain lots or parcels of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as MEL‐ ROSE EAST, FIRST FILING, and being more particu‐ larly described according to the official map of said subdivision din file and or record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorder for the said Parish and Slate, as LOT NUMBERS NINETY-SIX (96), NINETY-SEVEN (97), and NINETY-EIGHT (98), said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to as such servitudes shown on said map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bidder, at Public Auction previously offered WITH Appraise‐ ment, no bids were re‐ ceived, so the sale will be offered at cost and ac‐ cording to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $219.38 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 770405 MIDFIRST BANK vs LAKESHIA BANKS AKA LAKESHIA NICOLE BANKS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS IN‐ DEPENDENT ADMINIS‐ TRATOR OF THE SUCCES‐ SION OF LC BANKS AKA LC BANKS, Ill AKA LC BANKS, JR. AND LARI US C. BANKS, INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF LC BANKS, III AKA LC BANKS, JR. Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, December 04, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBR SOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: LAKESHIA

employment and fee as required by the Act. SECTION 6. It is recognized and agreed that a real necessity exists for the employment of special counsel to serve as issuer counsel to the Authority to supervise the issuance of the Bonds and accordingly Joseph A. Delafield, is hereby employed for such purposes. The fee to be paid for such services shall be an amount to be negotiated with the Authority, together with reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred and advanced in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, and shall be payable by the Authority from the proceeds of the Bonds. The term of engagement for issuer counsel shall terminate when all of the Bonds described herein have been issued. SECTION 7. The employment of Government Consultants, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as Municipal Advisor in connection with the Bonds is hereby approved. The compensation of Municipal Advisor shall be payable from the proceeds of the Bonds and shall be subject to the approval of the Authority and the Louisiana State Bond Commission. SECTION 8. This Resolution does hereby incorporate by reference as though fully set out herein the provisions and requirements of the Act. SECTION 9. This Resolution shall be published in The Advocate, the official journal of the Authority, published in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and that, as provided by the Act, for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of this resolution and the Bonds to be issued pursuant hereto and the provisions securing the Bonds. After the said thirty days, no person shall have any right of action to contest the validity of the Bonds or the security therefor or the provisions of this resolution, and all of the Bonds shall be conclusively presumed to be legal, and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters. SECTION 10. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. [REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: Member Jim Holland, Chairman David Camardelle, Vice Chairman David Butler, II, Secretary/Treasurer Johnny Berthelot David Rabalais Mary Adams Guy Cormier

Yea X X X X X X

Nay

Absent Abstaining

This Resolution was declared adopted on this 13th day of August, 2026. **** (Other items of business not pertinent to the foregoing resolution may be found in the official minutes of the Executive Committee of the Authority.) LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Attest:

/s/ Ty E. Carlos Ty E. Carlos, Executive Director

/s/ Amy K. Cedotal Amy K. Cedotal, Assistant Secretary

[SEAL] 198140-679451-aug 24-1t $ 332.24

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA COUNCIL CHAMBERS 3325 GROOM ROAD, BAKER, LOUISIANA 70714 www.youtube. com/@bakerforward August 11, 2026 - 6:00 p.m. The City Council of the City of Baker, Louisiana, met in regular session on August 11, 2026, with the following members in attendance at the meeting: MAYOR Darnell Waites COUNCIL MEMBERS Desiree Collins Rochelle Dunn Cedric Murphy Dr. Charles Vincent Robert Young

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2. Introduce Ordinance 2026-27, an ordinance to set forth and designate the adjusted millage rate and roll forward to millage rate not exceeding the maximum authorized rate (Mayor) Aneatra Boykin read a portion of the ordinance. The motion was made by Council Member Murphy, seconded by Council Member Young to introduce Ordinance 2026-27. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 5-0. PUBLIC MEETING

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The meeting was called to order and the motion was made by Commissioner Waites, seconded by Commissioner Murphy to approve the minutes of the meeting held on July 28, 2026. Commissioner Waites called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Waites, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed by a vote of 6-0. PUBLIC NOTICE NEW BUSINESS OTHER NECESSARY BUSINESS 1. Monthly Business Report

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS The mayor announced Baker Community Safety First will hold a meeting on Thursday, August 20, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.in the Municipal Auditorium.

2. Other Reports

CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Waites presided. The invocation was given by Council Member Murphy. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member Young.

The mayor announced the Buffalo Festival beauty pageant will be held September 13, 2026. He asked that anyone interested in volunteering for the event contact the city.

***Public comment shall be observed before a vote is taken on any agenda item. Such comments shall not exceed 3 minutes and shall be confined to the agenda item and any proposed disposition thereof.***

The mayor announced the prayer breakfast will be held Friday, August 28, 2026, at 7:30 a.m.

ADJOURN There was no other business to come before the commission. The motion was made by Commissioner Waites, seconded by Commissioner Dunn to adjourn.

DISPOSITION OF THE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The motion was made by Council Member Dunn, seconded by Council Members Murphy/Vincent to approve the minutes of the meeting held on July 28, 2026. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 5-0. RECOGNITIONS 1. ReAzalia Allen, candidate for EBR District Court Judge Division M (Mayor) ReAzalia Allen, candidate for EBR District Court Judge Division M, introduced herself and provided an overview of her qualifications and platform. 2. Presentation by Build Baton Rouge (Mayor) Josh Jefferson and Dexter Alexander from the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority provided an overview of the organization, saying it was created to tackle blight and catalyze equitable growth. They stated they aim to bring people and resources together to promote equitable investment, innovative development, and thriving communities across all of East Baton Rouge Parish. An event providing free legal services, such as wills, living wills, power of attorney forms, and estate planning is scheduled for October 6, 2026, in the City of Baker. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS 1. Proclamation recognizing and thanking Brandon McGee and Jobey Boudreaux for working together to rehab the field behind the Youth Baseball field on N. Magnolia (Mayor) The mayor recognized Mr. Boudreaux and Mr. McGee for all of their contributions to the City of Baker. The proclamation was read by Aneatra Boykin. The mayor presented each man a City of Baker medallion and expressed his heartfelt gratitude for their service to the Baker community. 2. Proclamation declaring August 2026 National Eye Exam Month in the City of Baker (Vincent) The proclamation was read by Aneatra Boykin. The motion was made by Council Member Vincent, seconded by Council Member Murphy to accept the proclamation. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 5-0. The motion was made by Council Member Vincent, seconded by Council Member Collins to accept the proclamation recognizing and thanking Brandon McGee and Jobey Boudreaux for working together to rehab the field behind the Youth Baseball field on N. Magnolia. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 5-0. 3. Proclamation declaring August 2026 Psoriasis Awareness Month in the City of Baker (Vincent) The proclamation was read by Aneatra Boykin. The motion was made by Council Member Vincent, seconded by Council Member Dunn to accept the proclamation. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 5-0.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS 1. District 3 announcements (Collins) Council Member Collins congratulated the mayor on being inducted as President of the LMA. She thanked ReAzalia Allen for her donation that helped with school supplies for students in the Baker community. She thanked Donald Green and the City of Baker Recreation for repairing the bikes that students ride to school on a daily basis. Council Member Collins announced District 3 is hosting a “Mental Health and Mingle” workshop on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Jefferson Street Park. Dinner will be provided free of charge. She announced the Baker Buffalo Festival will be held September 17-19, 2026. The Buffalo Festival Parade is scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. For more information contact the City of Baker at (225) 778-0300 or email awilliams@cityofbakerla.com. 2. District 2 announcements (Dunn) Council Member Dunn congratulated the mayor on being President of LMA. She announced “Batter Up, Baker” a community softball game is being held on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at the BREC park on Chamberlain Avenue from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. She asked that everyone come out and support this community event. Council Member Dunn thanked the sponsors of the event, The Chill Zone, Judge Kirk Williams, and the City of Baker for their donations and making the event possible. 3. District 1 announcements/comments: congratulatory comments for Mayor Waites becoming President of LMA and inspirational speech at the organization’s prayer breakfast, etc. (Vincent) Council Member Vincent congratulated the mayor on being President of LMA and commended him on the speech he delivered at the event. He thanked the mayor and Public Works Department for their work on the park on Highway 19. Council Member Vincent reminded everyone of his Friendly Neighbor Keeper initiative on the third Saturday of every month and asked that everyone who is able participate in this worthwhile endeavor. He thanked residents who actively strive to Keep Baker Beautiful.

CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA I, Angela Canady Wall, certify that I am Clerk of the Council for the City of Baker, Louisiana, and that the above and foregoing is a copy of the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the Norman E. “Pete” Heine Memorial Gardens held on August 11, 2026. _________________________________ Angela Canady Wall, LCMC Clerk of Council

MINUTES BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BAKER CONSOLIDATED UTILITIES SYSTEM CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA 3325 GROOM ROAD BAKER, LA 70714 August 11, 2026 The City Council of the City of Baker, Louisiana, sitting as the Board of Commissioners for the Baker Consolidated Utilities System, met in regular session on August 11, 2026, with the following members attending: COMMISSIONERS Desiree Collins Rochelle Dunn Cedric Murphy Dr. Charles Vincent Darnell Waites Robert Young

CONDEMNATIONS REPORTS ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 1. Planning and Zoning Commission 2. Annexation Review Committee 3. Economic Development Team 4. Heritage Museum/Related Committees 5. ABC Board 6. Other Special Committees a. Buffalo Festival b. Prayer Breakfast c. Strategic Planning Committee d. Citizens Advisory Board to Law Enforcement e. Main Street District Committee ADJOURN The motion was made by Council Member Dunn, seconded by Council Members Murphy/Vincent to adjourn. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 5-0. CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA I, Angela Canady Wall, certify that I am Clerk of the Council for the City of Baker, Louisiana, and that the above and foregoing is a copy of the minutes of a regular meeting of the Council for the City of Baker, Louisiana held on August 11, 2026. ____________________________________ Angela Canady Wall, LCMC Clerk of Council

MINUTES BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NORMAN E. “PETE” HEINE MEMORIAL GARDENS CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA 3325 GROOM ROAD BAKER, LA 70714 August 11, 2026 The City Council of the City of Baker, Louisiana, sitting as the Board of Commissioners for Norman E. “Pete” Heine Memorial Gardens, met in regular session on August 11, 2026, with the following members in attendance at the meeting:

The motion was made by Council Member Dunn, seconded by Council Member Murphy to introduce Ordinance 2026-26.

COMMISSIONERS Desiree Collins Rochelle Dunn Cedric Murphy Dr. Charles Vincent Darnell Waites Robert Young

Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 5-0.

YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Waites, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed by a vote of 6-0.

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

NEW BUSINESS 1. Introduce Ordinance 2026-26, an ordinance to set forth and designate the adjusted millage rate (Mayor) Aneatra Boykin read a portion of the ordinance.

The mayor called for public comments or questions.

3. Items Requiring Action

CALL TO ORDER – Commissioner Waites presided. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The meeting was called to order and the motion was made by Commissioner Waites, seconded by Commissioner Murphy to approve the minutes of the meeting held on July 28, 2026. Commissioner Waites called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Waites, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed by a vote of 6-0. PUBLIC NOTICE NEW BUSINESS OTHER NECESSARY BUSINESS 1. Monthly Business Report 2. Other Reports 3. Items Requiring Action ADJOURN There was no other business to come before the commission. The motion was made by Commissioner Waites, seconded by Commissioners Collins/Vincent to adjourn. Commissioner Waites called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Vincent, Waites, Young NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None The motion passed by a vote of 6-0. CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA I, Angela Canady Wall, certify that I am Clerk of the Council for the City of Baker, Louisiana, and that the above and foregoing is a copy of the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Baker Consolidated Utility System held on August 11, 2026. _________________________________ Angela Canady Wall, LCMC Clerk of Council

CALL TO ORDER – Commissioner Waites presided.

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VISIT BATON ROUGE BOARD MINUTES August 11, 2026 A Special Joint Meeting of the Visit Baton Rouge Board of Directors and the VBR-232 Lafayette PBC Board was held on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at the Visit Baton Rouge Office located at 359 Third Street. The following are the minutes of the Visit Baton Rouge Board of Directors meeting: Present Board Members: Rowdy Gaudet Gary Patureau Gary Jupiter Karen Soniat Marty Engquist Robyn Merrick Claude Reynaud Jeremy Fontenot Stephen Hightower Janice DeLerno Absent Board Members: None Attendees Present but not participating in formal actions: Jill Kidder, Staff Lisa Clary, Staff Danielle Prejean, Staff Stacy Simon, Staff Laura Cating, Staff Emily Mastrantonio, Staff Geraldine Bordelon, Staff Lauralyn Maranto, Staff Mary Stein, PBC Board Member Henry Olinde, Legal Counsel Chuck Elkins, Legal Counsel Angie Adolph, Legal Counsel Shaun Toups, Governmental Consultants, Inc. C. Stokes McConnell, Jr. Legal Counsel Ianne Salvosa, Business Reporter, Advocate Elizabeth H. Zeigler, SVP and Trust Officer, Hancock Whitney Bank Joshua Brumfield, SVP, Renasant Bank Jamie Burgess, CTP – Baton Rouge Market President, Renasant Bank Robert Bond, Division President, Renasant Bank Rowdy Gaudet called the meeting to order and opened the meeting for public comment. Discussion was held in connection with consideration of a resolution giving the Chair, Vice-Chair, and/or Secretary/Treasurer of the Board authority to review any offers to purchase, to select the purchaser, and to approve terms of not exceeding Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00) of Revenue Bonds, Series 2026. A motion was made by Stephen Hightower, seconded by Gary Patureau to adopt the following Resolution:

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Motion Carried Discussion/action in connection with consideration of a Resolution giving Jill Kidder, President & CEO of Visit Baton Rouge the authorization and approval to engage with Hunden Partners to provide professional advisory services related to the solicitation and selection of a private management company to manage and operate the River Center Facilities. A motion was made by Gary Patureau, seconded by Janice DeLerno to adopt the following Resolution:

Motion Carried Discussion was held in connection with consideration of a resolution giving Jill Kidder, President & CEO of Visit Baton Rouge and Rowdy Gaudet, Chairman of the Board authorization to enter a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Baton Rouge to provide Interim Management of River Center Facilities. A motion was made by Gary Patureau, seconded by Janice DeLerno to adopt the following Resolution:

Motion carried. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Motion Carried Discussion was held in connection with consideration of a resolution giving the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary/Treasurer and Jill Kidder, President & CEO of VBR the authorization and approval to enter into a banking relationship with Renasant Bank. A motion was made by Karen Soniat, seconded by Claude Reynaud to adopt the following Resolution:

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BANKS AKA LAKESHIA NICOLE BANKS, INDIVIDU‐ ALLY AND AS INDEPEN‐ DENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF LC BANKS AKA LC BANKS, Ill AKA LC BANKS, JR. AND LARI US C. BANKS, INDE‐ ADMINISTRA‐ PENDENT TOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF LC BANKS, Ill AKA LC BANKS, JR. ALL THAT CERTAIN PAR‐ CEL OF LAND, in the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State Louisiana, being of known and designated as LOT 1406, Sherwood 15th Filing, Forest recorded in the Parish recorder's Office of East Baton Rouge, in Book Number 159, Page 10795; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights of way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August24,2026 $244.89 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 771776 HOMEBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC vs DYLAN DUHE AND KMX REAL ES‐ TATE LOUISIANA DIVI‐ SION, LLC Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 06, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: DYLAN DUHE AND KMX REAL ESTATE LOUISIANA DIVISION, LLC One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, servitudes, privileges, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing, or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in that thereof subdivision known as White Oak Landing, First Filing, and being designated on the official plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as Lot Number Sixty (60), said subdivision; said lot hav‐ ing such bearings and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes and building line restric‐ tions of record as shown on the official subdivi‐ sion plat. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 202 $227.04

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SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 776238 REGIONS MORTGAGE DBA REGIONS MORTGAGE vs THE UNOPENED SUCCES‐ SION OF THOMAS RELEE PRUYN AND THE UN‐ SUCCESSION OPOENED OF DOROTHY BABCOCK PRUYN Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 24, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION THOMAS RELEE OF PRUYN AND THE UN‐ SUCCESSION OPOENED OF DOROTHY BABCOCK PRUYN ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST, and designated on the offi‐ cial plan thereof, on file and of record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUMBER FIFTY-SIX (56), said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes and re‐ strictions as arc more particularly shown on said map. Which has the address of Archery Drive, 11556 Baton Rouge, LA 70815 TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $244.89 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 777270 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐ PACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR IBIS HOLD‐ INGS A TRUST vs CGM LANDHOLDINGS LLC AND CURTIS GENE MOORE Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 04, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: CGM LAND HOLDINGS LLC AND CURTIS GENE MOORE ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR

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PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated in that subdivision of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, of Louisiana, State known as LAKE VILLAS CROSSING (A RESIDEN‐ TIAL DEVELOPMENT), and being designated on the official subdivision map, on file and of record as Original 90, Bundle 13148, as revised at the final plat recorded at Original 915, Bundle 13188, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and state, as LOT NUM‐ BER TWENTY-FOUR (24), said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions as shown on said map ("Property"). TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $227.04 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 777787 TRUSTMARK BANK SHANNON ALLAIN

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 22, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: SHANNON AL‐ LAIN ONE (1) certain lot or parcel of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, appurte‐ servitudes, nances and advantages thereunto belonging or in appertaining, anywise situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that sub‐ division known as PLAZA 12 GARDEN HOMES, PART II, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUMBER FIFTY (50), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements dimensions and and being subject to such servitudes and restric‐ tions as are more partic‐ ularly shown on said map. Which has the address of 3332 Toulon Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70816. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August24,2026 $229.60

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SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 777797 VILLAGE CAPITAL & IN‐ LLC vs VESTMENT DERETA GAVIN Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 20, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ belonging to: erty DERETA GAVIN One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, advan‐ and appurte‐ tages nances thereunto be‐ longing or anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision thereof known as SHERWOOD FOREST SUB‐ DIVISION, SEVENTH FIL‐ ING, PART TWO, and des‐ ignated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER SIX HUNDRED SEV‐ ENTY-SEVEN (677), said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are more particularly de‐ scribed on said subdivi‐ sion map ("Property"). TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August 24, 2026 $227.04 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 777913 REGIONS BANK D/B/A RE‐ GIONS MORTGAGE vs SHALETA ROBERTSON Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 22, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ to: SHALETA longing ROBERTSON One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ appurtenances tudes, and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as VILLAGE

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COTE, FIRST FILING and designated on the offi‐ cial plan thereof, on file and of record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT SEVENTYNUMBER THREE-A (73-A), said sub‐ division, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes and restrictions as are more particularly shown on said map. Which has the address of3147 Winnipeg Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70819. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August24,2026 $229.60

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 777919 ROCKET MORTGAGE LLC vs CARL SHROPSHIRE Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 27, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on August 26, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRSOsheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: CARL SHROP‐ SHIRE One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, servitudes, privileges, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in that thereof subdivision known as Sherwood For‐ est Subdivision, Eighth Filing, and being more particularly described on the official map thereof on file and of record in the office of the clerk and recorder for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as lot number eight hundred fifty-nine (859), said sub‐ division; said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes and building line restrictions as shown on said recorded map and of record. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE July 24, 2026 August24,2026 $224.49

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PUBLIC NOTICE --AGENDA WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING GOVERNMENT BUILDING 880 North Alexander Av‐ enue, Port Allen Thurs‐ day, August 27, 2026 5:30 PM 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER & REQUEST ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES BE SILENCED 2. OPENING PRAYER 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. LOG ATTENDANCE 5. MINUTES APPROVAL A. Approval of Minutes from The Regular Meet‐ ing of August 13, 2026. 6. CONSIDER ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA 7. PARISH PRESIDENT’S REPORT 8. PUBLIC COMMENTS 9. COMMUNICATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND/OR ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIALS 10. PUBLIC HEARING ON PREVIOUSLY INTRO‐ DUCED ORDINANCES A. An Ordinance Amend‐ ing Chapter 104 Zoning To Incorporate Amended Zoning Designation Map (Zoning Plan) Under Sec‐ tion 104-3 Establishment Of Districts, Ofﬁcial Zon‐ ing Map For Rezoning Re‐ quest Of TMI Enterprise Regarding Par‐ LLC. HWY cel#053400003500 190, Port Allen, La 70767. File #PJ 26-0021: De‐ scribed by the WBR As‐ sessor as: TRACT K190B2-A CONT 13.703 AC IN SECS 38, 82 & 83 T7S R12E 34-35. Rezoning Approxi‐ mately 13.73 AC From RMH, C-1.3, And AG To I-2. Master Plan Change. B. An Ordinance To Amend And Reenact The West Baton Rouge Parish Code Of Ordinances, Part II (General Code of Ordi‐ Chapter 34 nances), (“Garbage, Trash and Refuse”), Article I (“In General”), Section 34-1 (“Garbage Pickup”), and Section 34-2 (“Garbage Collection Service Carts Deposit”). 11. NEW BUSINESS A. Consider Approval of the Transfer Of Equip‐ ment for the attached list of radios purchased through the 2025 EMPG Grant by the WBR Ofﬁce of Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness & 911, transferring the aforementioned radios to the Town of Addis Police Department and City of Port Allen Police Depart‐ ment. B. Accept Final Report of 2025 Audits for the WBR Parish Council and WBR Fire District No. 1 C. Accept Final Report of 2025 Audits for the WBR Parish Utilities Depart‐ ment. 12. RESOLUTIONS A. A Resolution to Dedi‐ cate and Rename the West Baton Rouge Parish 4H and AG Center Build‐ ing in Honor of Mr. Harry L. Laws B. A Resolution Authoriz‐ ing The Parish President To Enter Into A Coopera‐ tive Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana De‐ partment of Treasury 13. CONSIDER STATUS RE‐ PORT, CHANGE ORDER AND/OR OTHER MATTERS AS REQUIRED ON CUR‐ RENT PROJECTS 14. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES 15. CONSIDER

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Regular Meeting of the WBR Parish School Board 07/15/2026 05:00 PM Board Room Central Ofﬁce 3761 Rosedale Rd, Port Allen, LA MEETING MINUTES _____________________ Attendance _____________________ Voting Members Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member Mr. Ronald LeBlanc, Board Member Ms. Chareeka Grace, Board Member Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member Mr. Matthew Daigrepont, President Non-Voting Members Jared Gibbs, Supervisor of Business Dr. Chandler Smith, Su‐ perintendent _____________________ 1. Call to Order The Chairman called the meeting to order. 2. Pledge of Allegiance The Chairman led us in The Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Roll Call Jared Gibbs conducted the roll call. The following were pre‐ sent • Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member • Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member • Mr. Ronald LeBlanc, Board Member • Ms. Chareeka Grace, Board Member • Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member • Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member • Mr. Matthew Daigre‐ pont, President A quorum was present The following were ab‐ sent Mr. Burke Fiscus, Vice President Ms. Sonceria Evans, Board Member Mr. Mike Maranto, Board Member Ms. Grace entered the meeting at 5:06 p.m. 4. Approval of Minutes Be it Resolved, That the approval of the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held on May 20, 2026 and June 17, 2026 be approved as presented. The Chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment. Motion made by: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. i d d b

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WBR Public Notices Meet/Hear/Min y Motion seconded by: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Voting results: Yes: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Yes: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. Yes: Mr. Ronald LeBlanc Absent: Ms. Chareeka Grace Yes: Mr. Alden Chustz Yes: Mrs. Teri Bergeron Yes: Mr. Matthew Daigre‐ pont 5. Superintendent's Re‐ port Dr. Smith reviewed the attached report. The Chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment. Informational Item, No Action Necessary 6. Report from Commu‐ Committees/Agen‐ nity cies 7. Unﬁnished Business 8. End of Consent Agenda Facilities Updates 1. (Chad Fontenot) 2 quotes for BUES Court repairs, $135,000.00 and $110,000.00. Work is to be completed by the end of school.

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Mr. Gibbs presented the Compliance Louisiana Questionnaire for the 2025-2026 annual audit. The Chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment. Information was ap‐ proved as presented. Motion made by: Ms. Chareeka Grace Motion seconded by: Mrs. Teri Bergeron Voting results: Unani‐ mously Approved 6. Discussion of the 2026Annual Budget 2027 (Jared Gibbs) There was a brief discus‐ sion about the 2026-2027 Annual Budget. The Chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comments. Information item, no ac‐ tion necessary. 7. Present the 2026-2030 Strategic Plan (Dr. Chan‐ dler Smith & Directors) Dr. Smith went over the 2026-2030 Strategic Plan.

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Informational Item, No Action Necessary. 9. Organization Items 10. Any other business approved unanimously by the board for consid‐ eration 11. Adjourn The Board Meeting shall be adjourned. Motion made by: Mrs. Teri Bergeron Motion seconded by: Mr. Alden Chustz Voting results: Unani‐ mously Approved

The Chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comments. Information Item, No Ac‐ tion Necessary. 2. Receive and review Start Directors Head Monthly Report. (Crystal Leon) The Chariman called for a vote to approve the Start Directors Head Monthly Report, after de‐ claring the ﬂoor open for public comments. That the board approves to receive and review the Start Directors Head Monthly Report. Motion made by: Mr. Ronald LeBlanc Motion seconded by: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Voting results: Unani‐ mously Approved 3. Consideration of Re‐ quest to approve the 2026-2027 Pupil Progres‐ sion Plan (Kelley Stein) Ms. Stein presented the changes and recommen‐ dations to the new Pupil Progression Plan for the 2026-2027 school year, and answered questions from Members of the Board.

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The Chairman declared the floor open for public comments. Information was ap‐ proved as presented. Motion made by: Mr. Alden Chustz Motion seconded by: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. Voting results: Unani‐ mously Approved 4. Consideration of re‐ quest for approval of the expenditures monthly and financial reports for May 2026 (Jared Gibbs) Mr. Gibbs presented the financial information for the month on May 2026.

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Then answered any questions from Members of the Board. The Chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment. That the Board approves the monthly expendi‐ tures and ﬁnancial re‐ ports for May 2026. Motion made by: Mr. Ronald LeBlanc Motion seconded by: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Voting results: Unani‐ mously Approved 5. Approval of the Compliance Louisiana Questionnaire for the 2025-2026 Audit. (Jared Gibbs)

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