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EBR ordered to pay $17.7M to church in land suit Campus lost acreage in airport expansion

BY QUINN COFFMAN Staff writer

A district court judge has ordered the city-parish to pay more than $17 million after 4 acres of a Pentecostal group’s campus were taken in 2020 as part of a planned expansion at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. Judge Eboni Johnson Rose ruled on Aug. 26 that the city-parish’s original payment of just over $175,500 focused only on the acreage while ignoring the fact that the expansion would cut off access from the campus to Plank Road. Located in the 8000 block of Plank Road, the Saintsville campus functions as the Louisiana headquarters for the Church of God in Christ and represents “one of the larger ediﬁces erected by a Black church in the State,” Johnson Rose said in her ruling. The Saintsville site includes a full 30-acre campus with two sanctuaries, multiple residential dorms, a fellowship hall, warehouse, gymnasium and other event facilities. The city-parish petitioned to expropriate just over 4 acres of the campus in October 2020 as part of an airport master plan. The plan involves moving approximately a mile STAFF PHOTOS By JAVIER GALLEGOS

Athletes and attorneys walk into the 19th Judicial District Court on Thursday. BY JON BLAU, KOKI RILEY and REED DARCEY

FBI investigating sale of ID cards on dark web

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A Baton Rouge judge granted a group of former collegiate athletes a preliminary injunction Thursday in the lawsuit they filed against the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference, clearing a major hurdle for LSU‘s hopes of scooping up a pair of players who were recently cut from NFL rosters. The historic ruling, given by Judge William Jorden, applies only to athletes named in the suit. And it comes on a day in which the SEC filed a separate lawsuit in an Alabama federal court against LSU, athletic director Verge Ausberry and coach Lane Kiffin, accusing them of orchestrating the legal saga that produced the injunction on Thursday. Jorden said he will also enjoin LSU in his order, which prevents the university from taking any action against the plaintiffs in their pursuit of a fifth season of college sports. That was requested by one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Tony Clayton, to offer LSU protection because the school would be complying with the court’s order allowing athletes to play. The judge took issue with the SEC

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N.O.-based company under scrutiny in breach

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

A media gaggle waits with cameras outside the 19th Judicial District Courthouse on Thursday. because, after he issued a temporary restraining order against the NCAA in mid-August, the conference adopted penalties against member institutions for adding athletes who were previously on pro teams, including a ﬁne of 50% of a sport’s budget and a half-season suspension for a team’s coach. “I’m showing you I got a big gun,” Jorden said. “I still feel some type of

way. I told you not to do something, and now this is the opportune time you decide (to institute penalties).” In Thursday’s hearing, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said the conference’s rule against former pros joining the conference existed before LSU’s aggressive push to add multiple ﬁfth-year seniors. The rule,

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A New Orleans-based ID verification company and agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s local field office are investigating how millions of Americans’ identification documents ended up for sale on the dark web, officials said. Federal agents and cybersecurity experts learned of the massive breach after scans of some 150 million U.S. and Canadian driver’s licenses, medical identification documents and travel IDs surfaced on the Russian dark web forum Exploit, according to cybersecurity news website KrebsOnSecurity, which first reported the matter. A spokesperson for the FBI’s New Orleans Field Office said Thursday that the bureau “can confirm that it is looking into the incident” but declined to

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Gloria Steinem, symbol of women’s movement, dies at 92 BY JOCELYN NOVECK

AP national writer

NEW YORK — Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who became the most visible symbol of the U.S. women’s movement and remained a ﬁerce and eloquent advocate for equality for six decades, has died. She was 92. With her trademark streaked hair parted down the middle and large aviator glasses, Steinem, a co-founder of Ms. Magazine, was a hugely recognizable presence wherever she went. And she went everywhere: Much of her life as

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an advocate was spent on the road, speaking at college campuses and community centers, at rallies and marches. “You can’t do it on the phone or on the web,” she told The Associated Press in a 2015 interview. “You have to be there with all ﬁve senses. It should be obvious that people can’t empathize with each other unless we’re in the same room.” Steinem, who had been in declining health, died Wednesday at her home in New York City, according to a post on her social media page. She had recently completed

a memoir, to be released this fall. “Gloria’s greatest gift was her ability to listen to others, to make others feel seen and heard,” the post said. “Her words, actions, and example gave people permission to be their truest selves.” Though Steinem had recently become more frail physically, her wit and humor remained totally intact. Her friend and fellow activist, Abigail Disney, said she’d visited Steinem’s Manhattan home a bit over a week ago, as those close to her gathered by her side. “She

Gloria Steinem is photographed at her home in New york in 2015. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By SETH WENIG

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Minn. gunman probed over handgun previously

MINNEAPOLIS — The man who carried out a deadly shooting in a Minneapolis apartment building had been investigated in June after displaying a handgun, but wasn’t charged, the county prosecutor said Thursday. Carlton Johnson was killed by police who raced to the building after the first reports of gunfire, said Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the state investigative agency. Court documents say Johnson was facing eviction and had threatened a fellow resident with a gun in the months leading up to the shooting, which left two people dead, along with Johnson, and five others injured. But the shooting began just outside the building’s entrance during an arranged custody handoff, when Johnson shot and wounded a woman believed to be the mother of his child, Evans said. The child was not injured. He then shot two building employees before taking an elevator to the ninth floor where he killed two building residents and then was killed in an exchange of fire with police. Evans said it was unclear if Johnson was targeting the residents or had simply encountered them in the hallway. The five wounded included two Minneapolis police officers hit by gunfire and another officer who suffered injuries elsewhere during the operation, police said. The three officers were hospitalized but expected to make full recoveries. One officer was shot in the leg and another was shot twice in the abdomen, officials said. Earlier, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Johnson had “displayed the weapon but it did not leave his waistband” in a June 25 encounter. Minneapolis Police, who responded to the call that day, said he had a legal permit to carry the weapon, she said in a statement.

Pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down the home stretch of their nearly decadelong voyage to the solar system’s smallest and closest-to-the-sun planet. The linked European and Japanese spacecraft separated as planned from their cruiser, but controllers had to wait two anxious hours to receive conﬁrmation via radio signals. The crucial operation was broadcast from the European Space Agency’s control center in Germany, more than 124 million miles away. “It’s a brilliant moment,” said lead project scientist Geraint Jones. If all goes well, the conjoined spacecraft known as BepiColombo will enter orbit around Mercury in November and split from each other in December to map and study the entire planet from different altitudes. As of Thursday, the spacecraft still had 2 million miles to go before reaching its destination. Launched in 2018, the BepiColombo mission is named for the Italian mathematician who took part in NASA’s Mariner 10 mission to Mercury in the 1970s.

British police investigate $155K Guinness theft

LONDON — British police have a stout task ahead: recovering 70,000 pints worth of stolen Guinness. Two trailer truckloads of the famously creamy dark beer valued at $155,000 were stolen from a depot near Liverpool in northwest England, the Cheshire Constabulary said Thursday. “It is famously said that ‘Guinness is good for you,’ but that is only the case when it has been bought and paid for,” Det. Sgt. Gary McClatchy said. “We will settle for nothing less than the full recovery of all the items stolen.” The Guinness had been destined for pubs, but was snatched Monday night by two drivers who pulled up to an industrial park in Runcorn and hauled away the trailers containing about 800 barrels of stout. The value of the trailers was estimated at $67,000.

said in court Jury deadlocked, Reddington that the jury foreperson to the judge in deliberations complained that one juror was refusing

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The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots.

Trump again appeals ruling on voting order Administration seeks Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions

BY LINDSAY WHITEHURST, MICHAEL CASEY and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press

BOSTON — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots, hours after being unable to tell that judge whether the computer system that would govern the entire project was operational yet. The administration ﬁled its appeal the afternoon before mail ballots were scheduled to be sent out by North Carolina, which on Friday kicks off a wave of states shipping ballots out for the rapidly approaching midterm election. Its appeal was part of a ﬂurry of last-minute litigation as the federal Trump government struggles to implement President Donald Trump’s restrictions on mail ballots before the midterm elections in November, and came even as legal wrangling over Trump’s executive order continued in lower courts. The high court’s conservative majority previously allowed the president’s plan to move ahead, but they have not decided whether it is legal. Under Trump’s executive order, the U.S. Postal Service could refuse to deliver ballots from states that do not follow a uniform envelope style and submit lists of eligible voters to an online portal that was apparently still inactive Thursday. During a hearing in Boston, U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani repeatedly questioned Department of Justice attorney Michael Velchik about whether the Postal Service could actually implement Trump’s plan from an executive order he issued last spring. The key piece is the

online portal, which would track tens of millions of mail ballots. States would be required to upload their list of mail voters to the portal to have ballots delivered, and if the data there didn’t match what was on the envelopes, the ballots would not be sent. “I don’t even have a declaration from the Postal Service: ‘This is how it will work.’ I don’t have it. I have nothing,” Talwani said, adding later that it felt like the government was running an “experiment” to see if the system would work in the upcoming election. “As you sit here today, you can’t tell me the government has a program ready to go?” Talwani asked. Velchik repeated that the Postal Service would “fully implement the rule” that it published last month, triggering the latest round of litigation. He argued the main issue is whether Talwani has the legal power to stop it. “The $64,000 question is, is this authorized by the statute?” Velchik said. Talwani is considering whether to extend her temporary order barring the Postal Service from requiring use of the system through Sept. 10. The ﬁrst state to send out all its mail ballots, North Carolina, is scheduled to begin shipping them out Friday, with other states quickly following. Talwani has been here before. In June, she prohibited the administration from implementing Trump’s executive order for the November election, ruling the changes came too close to voting for the federal government to embark on such a project. But the Supreme Court late last month ruled that Talwani’s order was premature because the Postal Service had not yet published regulations governing how it would apply Trump’s order. The agency did so just before the high court ruling came down, prompting Democrats and voting rights groups to swiftly reﬁle their lawsuits. They counter that the president has no authority to set election rules, which is a power designated by the Constitution to the states and, in some cases, to Congress.

Missouri Supreme Court blocks House map backed by president Justices order it to be put to vote; AG plans appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

BY DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election and ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map. The decision Thursday marks a rare setback for Republicans in a national redistricting battle. Republicans had hoped Missouri’s new congressional boundaries could help them win an additional seat and hold onto their slim House majority in the midterms. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, a Republican, said she would immediately appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that the decision “has thrust our state into a full-ﬂedged constitutional crisis.” Missouri’s new districts were used in the August primaries. But the state Supreme Court said they cannot be used in the November general election — or ever again, unless voters ﬁrst uphold the new districts passed by the Republican-led Legislature. The court ruled that the new districts were effectively placed on hold in De-

cember, when opponents submitted over 300,000 petition signatures seeking to put the map to a vote of the people. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins waited until primary election day in August to reject the petition. He asserted that the referendum process cannot be used for congressional redistricting. A lower court agreed, but the Supreme Court overturned Hoskins’ decision. “The referendum petition was legal, sufﬁcient, and timely, and the secretary incorrectly concluded otherwise,” the court said in its ruling. The legislation containing the new districts “did not go into effect and will not go into effect unless and until approved by the voters.” As a result, the congressional map adopted after the 2020 census “remains in full force and effect for the November 2026 general election.” Hanaway, whose office represented Hoskins, called the ruling an unprecedented violation of federal law. So did Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe, who proposed the new congressional map to lawmakers. “Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election,” Hanaway said in a statement. The Missouri Constitution does not speciﬁcally say a referendum petition can be used for a congressional redistricting law passed by the Legislature. But the Supreme Court ruled that a constitutional provision allowing a referendum on “any act” of the Legislature encompasses congressional redistricting.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday in a dramatic sixth day of deliberations after the jury’s foreperson sent the judge a note saying a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt. Details of the jury room conflict weren’t revealed by the judge and only briefly discussed in open court, but they raised the possibility that a single holdout was standing in the way of a verdict on whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three children. The jury will return Friday to see if it can reach a decision. Before sending the jury home, the judge refused the defense’s request to remove one of the jurors following heated discussions among the parties. Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, doesn’t deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023 before trying to take her own life. Her attorney argues that postpartum psychosis led to her actions, while prosecutors say she knew what she was doing when she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy, ages 5, 3 and 8 months. Clancy’s livestreamed trial has generated intense interest, with reporters and spectators packing the courtroom. The case has also sparked deep public divisions over her culpability and the issues around maternal mental health after childbirth. While the jury has twice sent the judge notes saying it couldn’t agree on a verdict, this is the ﬁrst time it has indicated possible tension or acrimony in the deliberation room. Clancy’s attorney Kevin

to listen to the law on reasonable doubt and should be kicked off the panel. “If we come back here in a half-hour with a mistrial because of a juror that has just spurned the instructions of this court, it’s a shame — it’s a real shame,” Reddington said, referring to a possible deadlocked jury. Reddington said afterward outside the courthouse that the juror would be questioned by the judge Friday. “There’s a person who has doubt but will not listen to the judge’s instructions,” he told reporters. Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague said in court that she believed Judge William Sullivan’s instruction was appropriate and no further action was necessary. Sullivan said removing a deliberating juror is a sensitive undertaking. “I don’t feel it is proper for me to side with one side or the other of the deliberations,” the judge said. “I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me to say, ‘I agree with one juror or the 11.’ I have asked if they are able to follow my instructions. They swore earlier that they could.” At one point and for the ﬁrst time in the trial, Clancy was brought to join a sidebar conversation with the judge. Sullivan, after receiving the jury’s note, brought in each juror individually and questioned them in private. The judge then reread his instructions on reasonable doubt before sending them back to continue deliberating. Signs there was a growing chance of a hung jury and the trial ending without a resolution surfaced on Wednesday when Sullivan explained to the courtroom that jurors were stuck for a second time. Sullivan told the jurors not to abandon their own convictions just to reach a verdict, but urged them to seriously consider opposing views and reassess their positions if appropriate.

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the administration would respond to any Iranian hostile action. “Major combat operations are currently not ongoing, and they haven’t been ongoing in a very long time,” Vance told reporters dur-

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ing a White House brieﬁng. “In fact, what we did just a couple of days ago is that we made it harder for the Iranians to shoot at commercial shipping again in order to ensure the ﬂow of oil and gas into world energy markets.”

Complicating things for the U.S., Iran’s leadership has shown signs of divisions between moderates more open to a diplomatic solution and hardliners who want to press ahead with a more confrontational approach.

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WASHINGTON — Confronted by an intransigent Iranian government that has refused to back down in the face of a massive military campaign, President Donald Trump appears to have settled on a dual-prong approach that combines economic pressure with the potential of a devastating escalation in force. Having launched “Operation Economic Outcast” just last week to try to isolate Iran from its remaining global trade partners, the Trump administration also resumed strikes in recent days, prompting Iranian retaliation that has renewed concerns of an all-out regional war. However, the combination of already intense sanctions on Iran and an off-and-on bombing campaign since the war began more than six months ago has not bowed the Iranian leadership and has left the administration struggling to find a way to wind down the conflict. Tehran has dug in its heels — to Trump’s frustration — as energy prices rise, the global economy roils and poll numbers on the administration’s handling of the war dip ahead of November’s midterm congressional elections. Trump said Wednesday that he didn’t think the conflict would last “much longer,” but he again shrugged off suggestions that its unpopularity and high gasoline prices resulting from Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz would affect the elections for Republicans. “It doesn’t matter. And I’m not affected by the election,” he told reporters. “I’m not running. But my party is running, and I’m going to help my party. But I think my party respects the fact that we’re not allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” A regional diplomat briefed on the matter described the current impasse between Tehran and Washington as reflective of both countries’ domestic priorities: the midterm elections for Trump and Republicans and the internal crises within Iran. Domestic issues are critical reasons why neither side is willing to blink first, said the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations. The diplomat said negotiations, including those between Iran and Oman or even Iran and the U.S., will not go anywhere without addressing the initial catalyst of war: Israel. And the diplomat was skeptical of the Trump administration’s new sanctions plan, saying the threats require more explanation than what the U.S. has provided so far. The administration’s new push for Iran’s economic isolation was announced with great fanfare last week and a dire warning for all remaining countries to cut off financial and trade ties with Iran or face U.S. retaliation — but the campaign so far has fallen flat. Just one branch of an Egyptian bank in the United Arab Emirates has been targeted so far. For actual sanctions to bite, experts agree that they must apply to Iran’s main trading partners: mainly China but also India and Russia. But Trump is loath to target China especially as he is preparing to host President Xi Jinping later this month. Trump also insists that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz, where onefifth of the world’s oil transited before the war began. The strategic waterway has been a key pressure point for Iran, and reopening it fully has become one of the prime goals for the U.S. administration. Ship traffic through the strait is well below pre-war levels due to the risk of attack if vessels don’t comply with an Iranian vetting regime near its coastline,

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President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday during an event with Republican lawmakers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. which is in sharp contrast to the unhindered navigation before the war. There were 102 transits last week and 126 the week before, according to shipping data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence, compared with 130 or more per day before the war. “As President Trump said, the strait is open and all mines have been cleared,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said Thursday. “The naval blockade remains in full force and effect, and Operation Economic Outcast is underway to sever every remaining economic lifeline sustaining the regime.” The White House has repeatedly touted the economic impact that the sanctions have had on Iran, citing its

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rampant inflation and the massive loss in the value of its currency. U.S. officials have described Iran’s financial system as “one big house of cards.” Going forward, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “the price” Iran will pay will be primarily economic, “but we reserve the right ... to take military action when necessary — not just to protect ourselves but to prevent them from being able to threaten others as well.” “They’re going to continue to feel the squeeze,” he told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade in an interview that aired Wednesday. Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that he would not characterize the current situation as a “war” but that

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New rule would pull tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies BY COLLIN BINKLEY

Man accused of making false statements in shooting

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race, a significant escalation in the White House’s campaign to eradicate diversity programs directed at Black, Hispanic and other minority students. The Treasury Department proposed the change Thursday in a new regulation that, if made final, would kick in after May 2027. The rule is broadly aimed at ending any policies or programs that help students because of their race, and it specifically says such benefits in admissions, scholarships and facilities “would be incompatible” with the rule. It’s the latest attempt by the Trump administration to pressure schools and colleges to weed out diversity, equity and inclusion policies that had become common before President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a promise to end them. Trump officials have used Civil Rights-era laws to unwind the policies, saying they discriminate against White and Asian American students. Higher education leaders criticized the proposal. “The administration’s latest rules changes are its most blatant attack to keep working class Americans

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The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race. and people of color from accessing higher education and a better life,” Mike Gavin, Alliance for Higher Education president and CEO, said in a statement. “By claiming that efforts to increase fair opportunity for all students are discriminatory, the administration is trying to gaslight the American people into believing that up is down and black is white.” Scores of universities have shut down or rebranded their DEI ofﬁces and ended scholarships and clubs designed for minority students under pressure from the White House. In a statement announcing the proposal, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that even policies that are no longer under the banner of DEI could be targeted. “Schools rebranding racebased preferences as equitable, inclusive, or diversityenhancing does not change

their discriminatory nature,” Bessent said. The Treasury Department and IRS estimate that up to 18,000 private schools, colleges and other education institutions could be affected by the proposal. America’s private universities have been exempt from many taxes for more than a century because they provide a public good. The benefit saves many universities millions of dollars every year. Trump has seen the taxexempt status as a lever to pull in his pressure campaign against colleges that he describes as hotbeds of “wokeness.” He threatened to cut the benefit for Harvard University last year during his battle with the nation’s oldest college. In a response, Harvard officials said there was no legal basis for doing so and argued it would force cuts to financial aid and crucial medical research.

Maria Bartiromo leaves Fox News, network says By The Associated Press Politically influential financial journalist Maria Bartiromo has departed Fox News Media after more than a decade, the company announced Thursday hours after Fox Business Network

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aired the ﬁnal episode of the show that bears her name. The company did not specify the reasons for her separation. “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 1/2 years,” a Fox statement read, “and wish her all the best on

her next chapter.” There was no immediate reaction from Bartiromo. Her X account still showed a banner photo Thursday afternoon encouraging people to “grab yourself a cup of coffee, and join us every morning for Mornings With Maria.”

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WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators, according to the person, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. The federal charges, which remain under seal, follow Castro’s release from jail last week after Texas’ governor refused to immediately sign an extradition warrant to hand him over to Minnesota authorities, who have charged him separately with assault and false reporting of a crime related to the same shooting. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis and another man of beating an officer with a broom handle and a snow shovel during the confrontation. But federal prosecutors dropped charges against the men after video evidence showed the officers may have lied about the encounter, and officials opened an investigation. Castro is the first federal immigration officer to be

prosecuted by the Trump administration related to actions taken during the massive Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities that began in January 2026. No attorney is listed for Castro in the case brought by Minnesota and it was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer to speak on his behalf. Thousands of officers were sent to the Minneapolis and St. Paul area by the Department of Homeland Security in what was its largest immigration enforcement operation ever. The shooting deaths of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers drew condemnation and raised questions over officers’ conduct, prompting changes to the operation. Earlier this week, a federal prosecutor working on the case told lawyers for Sosa-Celis and other victims that Justice Department officials blocked the prosecutor’s push to bring a more serious civil rights charge against the officer for the shooting, ProPublica reported on Wednesday. But the person familiar with the investigation disputed the prosecutor’s characterization, saying the civil rights probe is continuing and there has been no final decision on whether to bring additional charges. The prosecutor, Matthew Evans, has been fired and is under investigation for alleged obstruction of a grand jury probe, the person said. An automatic email response from Evans’ Justice Department account said he was on leave. Other attempts to reach him were not immediately successful. An attorney for Sosa-Celis said the Justice Department has “grossly undercharged this case,” adding that Castro’s statements

were made to “cover up the fact that he shot my client through the door of an occupied house without a selfdefense justification.” “Mr. Sosa Celis wants Mr. Castro to be held fully accountable for his crimes,” said the attorney, Robin Wolpert. The American Liberties Union of Minnesota said Thursday that Sosa-Celis also plans to seek damages from the federal government. Castro was initially arrested in May in the Minnesota case, and he was held in custody in Brownsville, Texas, a city bordering Mexico, while Minnesota officials sought his extradition. But Texas Gov. Greg Abbott refused to immediately sign off, citing continuing investigations of fraud in government social service programs in Minnesota, which Trump used to justify his immigration crackdown there. Minnesota officials had sought to stop the sheriff in Cameron County, Texas, from releasing Castro, out of fear that he would flee to Mexico. According to a lawsuit filed by Minnesota, Castro had a conversation with a woman, while he was incarcerated, where he spoke about marrying her and buying a house in Mexico after his release. But Castro was released a week ago after a federal judge refused to order Texas to extradite him. The Department of Homeland Security previously called Minnesota’s prosecution of Castro “unlawful and nothing more than a political stunt,” saying only federal authorities have jurisdiction in the case. Castro was suspended from ICE without pay in February while federal authorities conducted the investigation.

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Continued from page 1A was just as funny and just as sharp as I have ever known her,” Disney said. And, she said, generous. “Everything Gloria did was rooted in kindness,” Disney said. “It ﬂowed through her political activism.” Steinem began her career as a journalist, notably reporting in 1963 on degrading conditions in Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire — an undercover assignment she later came to regret. She credits a meeting six years later, where women spoke out in favor of abortion rights, with changing her career path. “That speak-out was the beginning of activism for me,” Steinem, who had undergone a secret illegal abortion herself at age 22, told the AP in an email in 2022, reﬂecting on the reversal of Roe v. Wade. “Either our control over our own bodies is equal, regardless of sex or race, or we’re not living in a democracy.” Those who watched Steinem denounce discrimination for so many years likely never suspected that she’d had to overcome a deep fear of public speaking. She would have simply stuck to writing, she said, if only editors at the time had been willing to let her write about the women’s movement. But they weren’t interested, she told the AP in 2015. “So I ended up going out and speaking, which was my nightmare,” she said. “I mean, I was terrified. But I’m grateful, even though I still get scared even now.”

Visibility endured Time hardly slowed Steinem down; through her 80s, she was traveling the globe and speaking out on issues of importance to her. These included everything from genital mutilation to Korean reconciliation, but it was equality for women that took precedence. “Being a feminist means that you see the world as whole instead

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Women’s rights spokeswoman Gloria Steinem attends a news conference at the American Civil Liberties Union office in New york in 1973. of half,” she once said. “It shouldn’t need a name, and one day it won’t.” As the years went on, Steinem’s visibility endured. A few days after her 85th birthday, she was leading a women’s “talking circle” at an off-Broadway play celebrating her life, where one by one, women in the audience — many fighting tears — rose to thank her and tell their own stories of discrimination. In 2020, her life was the subject of a feature film, “The Glorias.” And at 91, she collaborated on a picture book with Liberian peace activist and Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee aimed at inspiring young people to change the world. “Rise, Girl, Rise: Our Sister-Friend Journey. Together for All” was published in February. The constant visibility came with a price; even into her older years, Steinem expressed frustration that despite her accomplishments, she was often described as beautiful or glamorous. A 1992 Vanity Fair profile even noted her “spectacular racehorse legs.” “Nobody ever called me beautiful until I was publicly a feminist, and that was in my mid-30s,” she told AP in a 2011 interview. “It was clear that label was being assigned to me. The most

hurtful part is that you work very hard, and people say it’s because of your looks.”

Humor vs. hostility Of course, Steinem also had to deal with hostility — sometimes from surprising places. Appearing on Larry King’s talk show on CNN in 1990, she was visibly stunned when a female caller greeted her cheerfully, then told her to “rot in hell” because she had ruined “the beautiful American family.” But by then, she noted, at least people were taking feminists seriously. That wasn’t the case in 1972 when she co-founded Ms. Magazine and many commentators — especially male — dismissed it as ridiculous, predicting an early demise. Among Steinem’s detractors was President Richard Nixon, who was caught on an Oval Office tape ridiculing both her and the “Ms.” title. The ridicule was mutual: In a 1972 National Press Club speech, Steinem called Nixon “the most sexually insecure chief of state since Napoleon.”

Unconventional childhood Gloria Marie Steinem was born on March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio. Her father was a traveling antique salesperson; she spent her early years on the road with

her parents, not attending regular school. “I just read everything I could get my hands on,” she told an audience at Manhattan’s 92NY earlier this year. In 1944 her parents divorced, and 10-year-old Gloria was left to take care of her mother, a once-promising journalist who struggled to combine her work with running a household and who eventually suffered a nervous breakdown. As a young girl she excelled at tap dancing — it was even going to be her “ticket out of Toledo,” she said. That particular career did not materialize, though, and she attended Smith College in the 1950s — a time when, she said, women were being educated to be mothers and wives. But marriage was not on Steinem’s mind. “I was engaged to a very nice man. It wasn’t his fault, but I just didn’t want to get married,” she told her 2026 audience. Instead, she took a modest fellowship to travel to India. After that, Steinem headed to Manhattan, where she couldn’t rent her own apartment because landlords assumed if a single woman “could earn enough, you must be a hooker.” She wanted to write about politics. But editors gave her

assignments on food, fashion, and, in what she jokingly called “the low point of my life,” an article about textured stockings. Even more demoralizing was her experience with an editor who, she said, gave her a choice one day: Spend the afternoon in a hotel with him, or mail his letters on the way out. She chose to mail the letters. “There was no word for sexual harassment then,” she has said. “It was just life.” But one assignment in 1963 sounded compelling: posing as a Playboy Bunny for an exposé in the now-defunct Show magazine. Steinem auditioned, assuming she’d be weeded out. But she was given her bunny costume — “so tight, it would give a man a cleavage” — and worked at the job for about a month. “I could not have made a bigger mistake,” she told the AP in 2011. “It was personally and professionally a disaster. In the short term, it was much harder to get assignments, and in the long term it’s been used to ridicule me.”

Writing evolved Steinem was in her 30s when she joined the editorial board of New York magazine, and her writing became more political. In 1969, she went to cover an abortion rights hearing. She had never told anyone about her illegal abortion at 22, in London. That was the moment, she has said, that triggered her career as a women’s rights activist. Steinem founded the National Women’s Political Caucus in 1971 along with Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm and Bella Abzug. Unlike her friend Abzug, however, Steinem was not comfortable in front of a crowd. Gradually, with her early speaking partner Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a Black feminist and child welfare advocate, she found her footing. The two formed a powerful partnership at a time when feminism was viewed as largely a White, middle-class movement. In an iconic photo, the two raise their right arms together in

the Black Power salute. As she grew more famous, Steinem drew attention not just for her work but for a glamorous Manhattan life. Asked once about her streaked hair and aviator glasses, she explained that the hair was inspired by Holly Golightly, the free-spirited character in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” The glasses? They were “more about hiding,” she said.

Ms. Magazine Then came Ms. Magazine in 1972. “I was so obsessed with the fear that it would fail and be a disgrace to the movement,” Steinem said later. And opponents hoped that would happen. TV newsman Harry Reasoner, an especially tart critic, later apologized on air. Steinem continued with Ms. until it was bought in 2001 by the Feminist Majority Foundation, and remained an adviser. Steinem never had children, and said she never regretted it. “No, not for a millisecond,” she told the AP. “It’s important that some of us not have children, to show that we have a choice.” In 2000, Steinem made a choice she’d never planned to: She got married, at 66, to British activist and businessman David Bale, whom she met at a fundraiser. Bale was the father of actor Christian Bale. “I thought, ‘I haven’t changed, marriage had changed,’ ” Steinem said. “David and I wanted to be together, we loved each other. He needed a green card.” They married at a Cherokee ceremony in Oklahoma. Several years later, he became ill with brain lymphoma, and Steinem cared for him until his death in 2003. Steinem said she had few regrets in life, but did miss being present when her father died. She received word that he’d been in a serious car accident, but did not respond in time, and he died alone. “I had taken care of my mom as a child, and I feared I’d never come back,” she explained.

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Continued from page 1A of Plank Road to make room for a standard safety area and protection zone at the end of one of the airport’s runways. That runway butts up against Plank Road, and Federal Aviaton Administration regulations require protections to prevent a plane from rolling off the runway and onto the road. According to October 2020 plans, taking the 4 acres for the new Plank Road would cut the campus into two separate parcels, according to the lawsuit. In her ruling, Johnson Rose said the impact on the campus was larger than just the number of acres lost. Specifically, Saintsville will lose direct visibility and access to Plank Road, and congregants will instead have to access the campus from the rear of the property, the judge said. “The court finds this change significant,” Johnson Rose wrote. “Although this proceeding involves a partial rather than a total taking, the determination of just compensation cannot be

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Continued from page 1A comment further, citing the ongoing investigation. Officials are apparently reviewing whether the breach of government-issued documents, which experts called one of the largest in history, stemmed at least in part from a widely used cyberfirm headquartered on Lakeshore Boulevard called IDScan. The firm’s website says it sells products that provide a range of ID-verification services including catching fake IDs, scanning employee cards for building access and age-verifying entry to websites and venues. It has worked with major brands including Hertz, FedEx, Caesars and GameStop. An executive at the company, Jillian Kossman, in a statement to KrebsOnSecurity said the firm was investigating the breach. Kossman and other company officials did not respond to multiple phone and email inquiries from The TimesPicayune | The Advocate. Zach Edwards, a staff threat researcher at the cybersecurity firm InfoBlox, said the breach could pose national security threats because of the quantity of government-issued IDs it apparently accessed. “There’s never been a breach of driver’s license data at this scale, and the threat actors behind this seem to be both sophisticated and also financially motivated, which is a bad sign for any efforts to prevent the data from spreading further,” said Edwards, whose own license appeared for sale on the dark web. The “threat actors” alluded on a dark web forum to the data coming from a single source, said Edwards, who has communicated with

limited to the acreage physically acquired.” Expert sources for both sides estimated the value of the acres actually taken at around $215,000. But Josh Korman, an expert witness on real estate appraisal who testified on behalf of Saintsville, said there was more to it. Korman, a partner with the KOR Group, characterized Saintsville as a “special use” property that could not be easily resold due to its nature as a religious site. In his methodology, Korman evaluated the campus’ market value both before and after it lost the acreage. The just compensation for Saintsville was based on the difference, with Korman calculating the church deserved around $17.73 million. In her ruling, Johnson Rose said the relevant question is not whether the Church of God in Christ can continue conducting church services somewhere on the remaining property, nor is it a question of whether the campus’s buildings will remain standing. Instead, the question centers on the value of the land that remains compared with its value from before the 4

… as he would have been had his property not been taken,” the quoted portion reads. Johnson Rose writes in her ruling that this holds true even if the new evaluation is higher than the market value. “The Court ﬁnds that just compensation is not limited to the approximately $215,000 value of the property physically acquired,” Johnson Rose wrote. “That consideration is especially important here because the taking eliminates Saintsville’s existing driveway and direct Plank Road access and alters the relationship between the campus and the roadway.” She ordered that the cityparish pay around $215,000 for the 4 acres taken by the airport, on top of the approximately $17.512 million STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON owed to the church for its A painter cleans the main sign for Saintsville Church of God in Christ on Plank Road in loss of access to Plank Road.

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“There’s never been a breach of driver’s license data at this scale, and the threat actors behind this seem to be both sophisticated and also financially motivated, which is a bad sign for any efforts to prevent the data from spreading further.”

after learning of KrebsOnSecurity publisher and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs’ interest in the case. After posting an article on the data breach, Krebs said he was contacted by the FBI and added to a conference call with a half-dozen senior bureau officials, including leaders of the agency’s cybercrime division. Officials on the call said the bureau’s New Orleans field office had opened a probe focused on the IDScan breach. Among the people whose information appeared for sale on the dark web was an assistant FBI director, said Krebs, as well as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. After Krebs published his initial report on Tuesday, he said the dark web forum selling the IDs shut down.

ZACH EDWARDS, a staff threat researcher at the cybersecurity firm InfoBlox other victims of the breach in recent days. All of the victims have traced their breaches back to IDScan vendors, Edwards said. The FBI apparently began investigating the breach

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The Trump administration said Thursday that excavation work will start over the next two weeks on the site where it plans to build a towering, gilded arch, a project that is facing a lawsuit and that critics say will disrupt historic sightlines in Washington, D.C. The proposed arch is one of several projects the Republican president is pursuing to leave his lasting imprint on Washington, including renaming and renovating the Kennedy Center, building a huge new White House ballroom, refurbishing the Lincoln Memo-

rial Reﬂecting Pool and rebuilding a golf course in East Potomac Park that could signiﬁcantly reduce the public’s access to running and biking paths. “This will be one of the Great Pieces of American Architecture,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wrote on X, “befitting the most powerful Capital in the World.” Along with the announcement on X, Burgum posted artistic mockups of the planned 250-foot-tall memorial arch, which will stand between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. The renderings showed a towering, white arch with gold detail, stamped with “ONE NATION UN-

DER GOD.” On its top is a Lady Liberty-like gold ﬁgure with wings and a torch, as well as gold eagles, their wings spread outward. A National Park Service report released Friday backed the project, though it said there would be adverse effects to the sightlines between a host of iconic landmarks, disrupting the historical significance of dozens of nearby sites. Many of Washington’s monuments, buildings and sites have been carefully planned over decades to reflect significant moments in U.S. history and to evoke symbolism through sightlines that connect them to other landmarks. A lawsuit ﬁled by three veterans

and an architectural historian argues “congressional authorization is necessary and lacking for this project,” said Nicolas Sansone, an attorney with Public Citizen Litigation Group representing the plaintiffs. “We believe that construction cannot and should not proceed apace, and we are prepared to inform the court that it needs to, at this juncture, needs to step in,” he said. Sansone did not specify what their next court filing would be, but he added that he’s “very confident” that they’ll find success. Burgum, in a series of posts on X, defended the arch’s construction on historical grounds, arguing

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Continued from page 1A he said, was based on NCAA guidance, and the penalties instituted were approved by SEC members last week. The plaintiffs in the Louisiana case are all 2022 high school graduates who were not granted a fifth year when the NCAA changed its eligibility model in June to allow current athletes to play five seasons in five years. Jorden noted the NCAA’s rule book did not explicitly state that the new “5 for 5” model didn’t apply to Class of 2022 high school grads. “The rule did not specify that these individuals are excluded,” Jorden said. “Write a damn double negative, I don’t care.” The attorney representing the SEC in court Thursday, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams, said the conference plans to quickly appeal Jorden’s ruling. The Louisiana plaintiffs and their attorneys added the SEC and Sankey as defendants after the conference’s penalties were announced. Jorden accepted the amended complaint on Aug. 27, setting the stage for a landmark hearing in which he’d decide whether to award the plaintiffs longer-lasting injunctive relief. Sankey attended the hearing on Thursday and testified for over three hours. He later told report-

Attorney Tony Clayton walks into the 19th Judicial District Court on Thursday. ers that he came to Baton Rouge to testify because “I think it’s important to stand up for principles.” “It’s important to be here,” Sankey added. “Plenty of disagreement on tough issues. I wanted to represent our universities and their expectations … even if people disagree. We’ve not had people leaving NFL training camps and coming back to college.” The two Ole Miss startersturned-LSU commits at the heart of the case — tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris — joined Sankey in the courtroom, alongside a trio of

heavyweight politicians. Harris and Wright also testified during Thursday’s hearing, downplaying how much they practiced with and were paid by their respective NFL franchises in the preseason. Wright said he earned $25,000 from the Eagles, who later waived him, and was not paid by the Browns despite suiting up for them in a preseason game. Harris said the only money he received from the Saints was a $190 reimbursement for gas, and the only thing he did with the organization was rehab his surgically repaired

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foot. Both players said they were injured during their senior seasons at Ole Miss. Wright testified that he tore his labrum early in the season but kept playing at the behest of Kiffin. Harris said he was unaware he had played the entire season with a broken foot until he went to the NFL combine, where he wasn’t able to work out. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill also appeared at the hearing after she filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs on Wednesday evening, putting herself at odds with her counter-

that the idea for a monument had been bouncing around for more than a century, citing old reports of congressional attempts at and discussions of a monument in the circle. “Despite Congress’s intent, the site became and remains today a barren traffic circle lacking any monumental treatment and significant historic value,” he wrote, adding that over 70 cities worldwide had “beautiful arches” but now the U.S. will have the “most spectacular and beautiful arch of them all!” The court case is ongoing, with the Department of Justice filing a new document Thursday arguing that the lawsuit should be thrown out.

parts in Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi. All three state attorneys general sided with the SEC in statements they released on Wednesday and Thursday. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr even encouraged Sankey to consider expelling LSU from the league — a drastic step that, according to Yahoo Sports, had begun to gain traction in recent weeks among prominent representatives of individual SEC schools. Gov. Jeff Landry took issue with those statements during the hearing on Thursday, when he posted on X that calling the athletes in question “NFL players” was “at best disingenuous and at worst intentionally deceptive.” “They are not professional football players circling back after years in the NFL,” Landry said. “They are college players who were told, by the NCAA, that they were done. So they took the only door that was open — only to watch the NCAA change the lock behind them.” Now, if the SEC enforces its rule barring professionals, it’d violate a Louisiana court order. That’s why it ﬁled a federal suit against LSU on Thursday — to seek the legal cover it needs to impose penalties on any member program that violates its rules. When asked about the SEC’s federal lawsuit, Sankey said, “We’ll let that speak for itself.” Murrill, on the other hand, called the conference’s ﬁling “garbage.”

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DEQ sued over plant air permit Suit: CF Industries breaks fed, state rules

BY ANNAKATE FREELAND

Staff writer

On the same day CF Industries broke ground on its new $3.7 billion ammonia plant in Ascension Parish, three environmental groups sued the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, challenging the air permits issued for the project. Rural Roots Louisiana, Louisiana

Bucket Brigade and the Environmental Integrity Project allege DEQ violated requirements of the federal Clean Air Act and Louisiana’s air permitting regulations when it approved the permit for CF Industries’ Blue Point One facility. The groups are asking the court to vacate the permits, halt any further action under them and send the permits back to DEQ for addi-

tional review. CF Industries is the world’s largest manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products. The facility at RiverPlex Mega Park on the west bank of Ascension Parish, just 9 miles from its existing plant, is expected to have the capacity to produce 4,400 tons of ammonia per day. DEQ Communications Director Greg Langley said the state agen-

cy does not comment on pending litigation. The case was ﬁled in the 19th Judicial District Court. CF Industries could not be reached for comment on the lawsuit in time for publication. Ascension Parish is part of a ﬁveparish area around Baton Rouge that is under long-term monitoring by state and federal regulators for ozone, a harmful respiratory pollutant that has been linked to causing respiratory issues and harming vegetation. The lawsuit challenges the

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plant’s potential impact on ozone, which forms through chemical reactions involving oxygen molecules and energy sources like sunlight or electricity. CF Industries used the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Modeled Emissions Rates for Precursors methodology to estimate the plant’s potential ozone impact, according to the lawsuit. The petitioners argue that since the company used data from

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Steward & James to open pop-up in October Business sets first brick-and-mortar in Perkins Rowe

BY IANNE SALVOSA Staff writer

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Librarian Peggy Saizon guides a mahjong program at the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library on Tuesday.

Lainey Wilson to be guest picker on ‘College GameDay’ La. country star tapped for LSU vs. Clemson Staff report ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ has announced its ﬁrst guest picker, and it’s Louisiana country singer Lainey Wilson. The pregame show broadcast will be in Baton Rouge on Saturday for the LSU vs. Clemson football game. The Grammy-winning Wilson, who sings the ‘College GameDay’ anthem, will also perform live from campus during the program. Although she has lived in Nashville for over a decade, the Baskin native still considers Louisiana home. Not only will Wilson be the ﬁrst guest picker of 2026, but she will also lead off the 40th season of ‘College GameDay’ and the 500th show. The college football pregame show airs from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on ESPN, ESPNU,

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‘College GameDay’ announced Louisiana country singer Lainey Wilson as its first guest picker for the LSU vs. Clemson game on Saturday.

Disney+ and the ESPN app. The game picks are the last portion of the show, so to catch Wilson, tune in by 10:30 a.m. LSU vs. Clemson will be the primetime game at 6:30 p.m. on ABC. LSU has won four of the previous ﬁve meetings against Clemson, including a 17-10 road win last season.

Man accused of shooting bystander An 18-year-old was arrested in the shooting of a bystander in March on Old Hermitage Parkway, deputies said. Deldrick Duncan, 18, was arrested on Tuesday and booked in the East Baton CRIME Parish BLOTTER Rouge Prison on one staff count of neglireports gent homicide, following a shooting on March 7. The arrest warrant states the victim was found in a wooded area behind 8681 Old Hermitage Parkway, and he later died of his injuries at a hospital. Twelve ﬁred shell casings were found on the scene along with multiple shopping carts with property belonging to the victim in them. On the ground, deputies found a mattress pad with a blood trail leading to where the victim was found, according to ofﬁcials. Through audio investigation, deputies heard a burst of fully automatic gunfire and several

A homegrown jewelry company is making its ﬁrst foray into brick-andmortar business with a pop-up in Perkins Rowe. Steward & James, a Baton Rougebased jewelry business founded by Ashley Dodge, is expanding its current online and wholesale operations into in-person sales this fall. The company, which focuses on affordable jewelry for everyday wear, will open a store Oct. 1 thanks to rapid growth within the past year, Dodge said. Sales so far in 2026 have already outpaced those of last year. As of early September, Dodge had sold 5,000 pieces of jewelry this year, 1,500 more than the pieces sold in 2025. She is hoping to keep the business growing with in-person sales, which have seen renewed interest since initial setbacks from e-commerce experienced across retail. The growth of Perkins Rowe is exciting, she said, beneﬁting from the tenancy of major national brands like American Eagle. “People are more excited to shop in person now,” Dodge said. Wholesale will remain an integral part of the business as it expands into the pop-up, she said. Steward & James is available in 60 stores across the South, including Baton Rouge-area stores such as Sweet Baton Rouge, Billy Heroman’s on Perkins Road, Frank’s Restaurant in Prairieville, and Studio Too in Port Allen. Her team will expand too. Right

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rounds of semiautomatic gunfire. Video footage from nearby businesses showed three men entering the wooded area. After the gunfire, one of the males ran out of the area before going back in after seeing an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office vehicle, according to officials. Deputies said the victim was not affiliated with the three males, and identified one of them as Duncan using video and phone recordings from an prison inmate, who was Duncan’s brother.

Police: Man fell on woman during brawl A St. George man knocked over an elderly woman sitting at a slot machine while brawling with another man on the L’Auberge Casino ﬂoor, sheriff’s deputies said. Joshua Guillot, 38, is wanted by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s

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Ashley Dodge founded jewelry business Steward & James in November 2020. The company is making its first foray into a brick-andmortar business with a pop-up in Perkins Rowe in October.

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Ochsner Lafayette names new CEO Dr. Amanda Logue to replace Al Patin

BY ADAM DAIGLE

Acadiana business editor Dr. Amanda Logue is the new leader of Ochsner Lafayette General Regional Medical Center. Ochsner Health officials announced Logue as CEO on Thursday, replacing Al Patin, who was named CEO of Ochsner South Shore Community Hospitals and Bayou Region in New Orleans. Logue has been regional medical director for Ochsner Lafayette General since 2019. She will now oversee OLGMC, Ochsner Lafayette General Orthopedic Hospital, Ochsner Lafayette General Surgical Hospital, the regional pharmacy and regional facilities teams.

“Dr. Logue is an exceptional leader who has earned the trust and respect of physicians, team members and community partners throughout her career,” said Patrick Gandy, CEO of Ochsner Lafayette General. “Her experience as both a physician and healthcare leader, combined with her commitment to excellence, make her Logue uniquely qualiﬁed to lead Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center.” Logue has extensive experience in clinical care, physician leadership, healthcare operations and clinical technology, Ochsner ofﬁcials said. She has been chief medical information officer for Lafayette General Health, now Ochsner Lafayette General.

She also has been chief information ofﬁcer and chair of the IT and data sharing committee for the Acadiana Health Care Alliance and chair of medicine and medical director of the hospitalist department at Lafayette General Medical Center. Logue has practiced medicine for 17 years and remains actively involved in patient care, continuing to serve as a hospitalist, which is a doctor who works exclusively inside a hospital to treat admitted patients. She is board certiﬁed in internal medicine and clinical informatics. “This organization has been my professional home for many years, and I am grateful for the physicians, APPs (advanced practice providers), nurses, team members and leaders who make our mission

possible each day,” she said. “I look forward to building on our strong foundation and continuing to serve the patients and communities of Acadiana.” Logue earned her medical degree from LSU Health Shreveport and did her internal medicine internship, residency and chief residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She earned a bachelor’s from LSU. She completed a master of medical management program at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. She has also served on the LHA Trust Funds Board and the LHA Physician Leadership Council Steering Committee and has contributed to regional committees focused on research, population health, quality and clinical documentation improvement.

N.O. City Council votes for new parade fees Move to help cover celebration’s costs

Though Carnival has long been seen as an economic boon to New Orleans, a recent economic impact study showed that City Hall annually goes into the red to present BY DOUG MacCASH the spectacle. The city reportedly Staff writer spent $11 million for police, sanitaThe New Orleans City Council tion and other services during the voted unanimously on Thursday to 12-day ofﬁcial Carnival parading impose a new fee on the Carnival season, which results in a shortfall krewes that present ﬂoat parades in of $3.7 million. Orleans Parish each year. If the fee is approved by Mayor Krewe leaders react Helena Moreno, the largest paNo Carnival krewe representarades will now pay the city $10,000, tives spoke during Thursday’s medium-sized parades will pay meeting. But contacted by phone $7,500, and small parades would after the vote, Lloyd Frischhertz, pay $5,000 for permits. captain of the Krewe of Tucks, said The charge, called the Carnival his krewe expected to pay the maxiGap Adjustment for Parades Fee or mum $10,000 fee, which he felt is GAP Fee, is meant to help City Hall reasonable. offset the cost of presenting New “We’re happy to do it,” he said. Orleans’ signature celebration. “We’re glad some of the more radiIt’s also the latest in a series of cal requests for payment weren’t changes to Carnival season, many adopted and there was a comproof which have been championed mise with the organizations.” by council President JP Morrell. In Greg Rhoades, co-founder of July, the council approved a laun- the Krewe of Freret, said the dry list of new rules aimed at cut- former permit fees for parades, ting down public safety and sanita- which ranged from $750 to $1,500, “seemed remarkably low.” It cost tion costs.

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claim it is not representative of Ascension Parish’s ozone-forming Continued from page 1B environment. They say using data from Acadia Parish instead would produce Orleans Parish, that data does an estimated ozone impact of 1.5 not adequately represent the parts per billion, which is above conditions in Ascension Parish. the 1.0 parts per billion signiﬁcant In Louisiana, the three locations impact level. with modeled emissions rates are Orleans, Acadia and Lincoln par- Ammonia ishes. The petitioners also question Although Orleans Parish is CF Industries’ estimate of amcloser to the project site than the monia emissions from certain other two parishes, petitioners line-clearing activities and the

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Continued from page 1B Office on a count each of disturbing the peace by fistic encounter and negligent injury. On Aug. 7, deputies were dispatched to the L’Auberge Casino in response to two men fighting on the floor. Guillot left the scene before authorities arrived, but the other man was still there, police said. Deputies described the remaining man as having a swollen and bloody eye and being “heavily

intoxicated.” A security staff member said Guillot accused the man of “disrespecting” his wife. While the security staff member held the two back from each other, Guillot jumped on the second man and started punching, deputies said. The man fell to the ground, and Guillot got on top of him and continued punching until the staff member pushed him off, police said. However, both continued to ﬁght since the other man followed Guillot, according to the arrest warrant. Security staff said they fought again as Guillot was leaving, and

more to have a neighborhood block party than to throw a major Mardi Gras parade, he said. Sure, he said “the riders will have to pay a couple dollars more,” because of the new fee but we “ultimately support the city.” Jack Rizzuto, captain of both the Pygmalion and the Mid-City parades, said the timing of the fee is a problem, since many riders have already paid their dues and “we can’t go back and ask for more money.” Rizzuto said he also wishes the fee formula did not require riders in smaller parades to pay more than those in larger parades. But, misgivings aside, Rizzuto pledges that both parades will proceed as usual in 2027, even if he has to “write a check.” The GAP Fee, which was proposed by council member Freddie King III at the mayor’s request, is expected to raise $265,000 in 2027 to help cover some of the annual loss. The GAP Fee will go into effect in the upcoming 2027 Carnival season, with payment due in April.

The new charge will cost smaller parades more per rider than larger parades. According to the city’s calculations, the highest tier would cost large krewes, those with 37 to 45 pull units or ﬂoats, an average of $5.23 per rider. The second tier of krewes, with 28-36 pull units, would pay an average of $8.87 per rider, and the lowest tier, those with 14 to 27 units, would pay $14.44 per rider on average. “Every little bit to close the budget gap helps,” King said as he exited the council chambers. Andrew Tuozzolo, special council to the mayor, said that part of the challenge of imposing the new fee is trying to implement it just months before the Carnival season begins. The parade permit cost hasn’t increased in years, he pointed out, and the council strove to reach “a compromise, a middle ground, that the krewes can stomach,” but would also allow the city to recoup some service costs. The new fee will not cover the whole shortfall, but Tuozzolo said “this is not the only fee we’re amending.”

adjustment factor the company used. Plaintiffs argue DEQ should have required additional ammonia modeling to demonstrate that the plant would comply with Louisiana’s ambient air standards. CF Industries used a short-term adjustment factor of 1.26, rather than the common EPA practice of 2. Petitioners claim that if CF Industries used the standard adjustment factor, ammonia emissions would be signiﬁcantly higher.

According to the permit, the plant would be allowed to emit 144 tons of ammonia per year and 27.15 tons of methanol. The facility’s permitted annual emissions also include 292.31 tons of nitrogen oxides and 38.62 tons of VOCs, a carbon-based chemical. The groups argue the problems they identiﬁed with the emissions calculations and modeling mean DEQ could not adequately determine whether the facility would cause or contribute to violations of federal air-quality standards.

the man followed him. The man said he did not want to press charges against Guillot and refused emergency medical services transport to a hospital. During the investigation, deputies talked to an 89-year-old woman who said she was sitting at a slot machine when the fight occurred. She told deputies that during the fight, the men landed on her and knocked her from her chair, while continuing to fight on top of her. Bystanders were able to pull her away before she hit the floor. The woman said the incident caused injuries to her head, neck,

side and hand, but declined EMS treatment. However, she did want to press charges. Security footage captured Guillot’s vehicle and its license plate, which deputies searched and matched it to a business in St. George. Through the company website, investigators were able to determine it was Guillot at the casino. Deputies left a door-hang notice on Guillot’s residence to contact the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, but an attorney said he would not be making any statements at the time. The next day, deputies filed a warrant for Guillot’s arrest.

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Continued from page 1B now, Steward & James is a onewoman show, but Dodge is hiring more team members to help run the pop-up. The store will be open from October to December in the suite next to Altar’d State. After the three-month pop-up, Dodge will be eligible to renew her lease. While she is not yet set on where she will have her first permanent flagship store, she hopes to remain in the south Baton Rouge area. Steward & James sells earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings in gold-plated stainless steel and brass, making the jewelry hypoallergenic and tarnishfree, Dodge said. She keeps costs low by sourcing materials overseas and manufacturing the products in-house. All products are under $60. Some of her most popular products include game-daythemed accessories like a tiger brooch and a cuff bracelet with a purple scarf. She recently launched her fall collection “Collected,” featuring layered necklaces, chunky necklaces and hoop earrings. The collection was inspired by Parisian flea markets and vintage jewelry, Dodge said. The company is named after her grandfathers, which led Dodge to name all products after family and friends. Her mother, Holly, is very involved in the business and has Steward & James products in her name. Customers also get in on the naming process too. Dodge hosts an annual Name the Jewelry contest where people can submit a name suggestion with a story about the person that the jewelry would be named after. Wells Floral Earrings were named after a stillborn child whose mother submitted the name, writing, “He flew straight home to Jesus before he arrived on this Earth; We met him much earlier than anticipated, but had to say goodbye at the same time.” Last year, Dodge began to donate to causes relating to Name the Jewelry submissions, donating more than $13,000 to charities like Maddie’s Footprints, which supports families who are dealing with the loss of a child, miscarriages or stillbirths. “A majority of the stories have been beautiful and heartbreaking,” Dodge said. “It’s become such a personal touch for people.” Email Ianne Salvosa at ianne. salvosa@theadvocate.com.

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Tech stocks lead market rally BY ALEX VEIGA

AP business writer Stocks on Wall Street closed higher Thursday as a recent runup in bond yields eased further and big technology companies rallied, helping the market recoup its losses from earlier in the week. The S&P 500 rose 1.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.2%, and the Nasdaq composite closed 1.4% higher. The indexes are now on track to post a gain for the week. The mixed start to September follows a mostly posi-

tive August during which every major index notched a gain for the month. Big technology and communication services stocks accounted for a large share of the rally. Their huge valuations tend to give them more influence over the broader market’s direction. Microsoft rose 2.7%, Apple gained 1% and Meta climbed 3%. Oil prices initially ticked higher as the six-month long U.S. war with Iran intensified, but ended up little changed. Iran fired at Kuwait on Thurs-

day in retaliation for U.S. bombardments earlier in the week. The ﬁghting between the U.S. and Iran heated up after the U.S. hit Iranian rocket launchers Sunday on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iran was planning to use them to send mines into the waterway. The renewed ﬁghting has sent U.S. crude prices sharply higher this week, though the momentum cooled Thursday. After rising in the early going, the price of Brent crude, the international standard, fell 0.1% to settle at $95.52 per

barrel. Benchmark U.S. crude edged up 0.3% to settle at $91.30 a barrel. Rising oil prices have added to existing inflationary pressures and exacerbated a bond-market sell-off earlier this week. But bond yields have shown signs of stabilizing. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which inﬂuences mortgage rates, dropped to 4.77% from 4.79% late Wednesday. It has been rising steadily throughout the year and was as low as 4.20% at the beginning of 2026.

30-year mortgage rate highest in 13 months Mortgage rates rose again this week, driving the average longterm U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in more than a year. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose 6.71% from 6.66% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.50%. Higher mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting homebuyers’ purchasing power. As rates rise, that can lead prospective home shoppers to delay buying a home, one reason U.S. home sales remain in a rut this year. The average rate is now the highest it’s been since July 31, 2025, when it was at 6.72%. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, often sought by borrowers refinancing a home loan, also rose this week. That average rate increased to 6.04% from 5.98% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.60%. Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including inflation, broader policy rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and expectations from bond market investors for the economy. They generally follow the trajectory of the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.

Volkswagen board approves cutting jobs FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen’s board of directors on Thursday approved a sweeping cost-cutting plan that would cut 50,000 jobs, slim the company’s model line by half and end auto production at four German plants. Including 50,000 job losses previously agreed, the company would lose 100,000 positions. The plan put forward by CEO Oliver Blume to counter lowcost competition in China and headwinds from U.S. tariffs overcame resistance from employee representatives and the regional government, which holds a stake in the company. The plan foresees reducing the number of models by around 50%. Plants in Emden, Zwickau, Hannover and Neckarsulm will be phased out of auto production in 2031-34, although alternative uses will be explored. The board statement said there would be an “adjustment of the employee numbers of around 50,000 positions,” including management jobs. Thursday’s news release was accompanied by a statement from chief employee representative Daniela Cavallo that the plan was “a necessity for our company to move successfully into the next decade without the associated undertakings coming only on the side of the employees.” Cavallo had been strongly critical of the plan when it was presented over the summer. Volkswagen, which has around 650,000 employees, reported a 30% drop in after-tax earnings for the ﬁrst half of the year as sales took a hit in China.

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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller made comments Thursday that suggest a rate hike later this month is not a done deal.

Waller muddies the outlook on possible Fed rate hikes BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP economics writer

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that an inflation report next week will largely determine whether he supports an interest rate hike later this month or not. The government will release August inflation figures Sept. 11, and if that report shows inflation continues to cool, then Waller said he “would be inclined” to keep the Fed’s benchmark interest rate unchanged. “But if inflation comes in hot, I would consider a rate hike,” Waller said. Borrowing costs are only “slightly restricting” consumer and business demand, he added, “and it may not take much acceleration in inflation to nudge me into supporting” a rate hike. Waller is an outspoken member of the Fed’s seven-person governing board, and his remarks suggest that a rate hike later this month is not a done deal. Stock prices rose and bond yields fell in response. Several members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee have voiced concerns that price increases are still too high, suggesting that a rate hike may be needed. Yet others have

said inflation is slowly cooling and higher borrowing costs aren’t necessary. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said last week at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that inflation had not shown sufficient improvement and that the central bank might have “more work to do,” a sign he is weighing a rate increase at the Fed’s next meeting Sept. 15-16. Warsh’s speech last Friday contributed to the steady rise of longer-term bond yields this week that has caught the attention of policymakers and Wall Street investors, and that has lifted mortgage and auto loan rates for consumers. Investors raised the odds of a rate hike in September to nearly 65% by Wednesday, according to CME Fedwatch. After Waller’s comments, the odds fell to roughly 50-50. Waller suggested he has been encouraged by signs that inflation had slowed over the past two months. According to the Fed’s preferred gauge, prices ticked down 0.1% from May to June and rose just 0.2% from June to July. At that pace, inflation would move much closer to the Fed’s 2% annual target. September’s meeting “is going to be knife edge and it’s going to come down to how the

CPI data prints,” Joseph Purtell, portfolio manager at Neuberger, said, referring to the government’s primary measure of inflation, the consumer price index. Still, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday reiterated the Trump administration’s view that the Fed should actually cut its benchmark rate, rather than raise it or keep it unchanged. “Our view, and this has been a consistent message from the president and the rest of the administration on down, is that we believe that the Fed should be lowering interest rates,” Vance said at a White House briefing. “We feel quite confident that if you look at the inflation numbers, if you look at the CPI numbers, that it’s proper and responsible for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.” Warsh has sought to cut back on the signals the Fed sends about its next moves, which he argues limit the central bank’s policy flexibility. As a result, there has been more uncertainty going into Fed meetings about what policymakers will do than in the past. Purtell said Warsh could probably command a majority in favor of either keeping rates unchanged later this month or raising them.

Nvidia buying AI software platform Hugging Face BY MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press

Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Facea for $13 billion. It’s the latest deal by the company, whose processors are integral to the AI boom, and highlights Nvidia’s push to champion increasingly popular open-source AI models. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote in a blog post Thursday that more than 18 million developers, researchers and creators use

Hugging Face to share more than 3 million models, 500,000 data sets and 1 million applications. More than 200,000 companies also that use the platform, he said. In July, Hugging Face’s data processing systems were hacked, and ChatGPT maker OpenAI acknowledged that its artiﬁcial intelligence system was to blame, sending shock waves through the security community amid heightened concerns about the capabilities of powerful AI models. Just over a week later, Anthropic said its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other

organizations during testing. That was followed closely by an announcement from Meta, which said its AI model accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company. The wave of AI intrusions occurred just a month after President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a framework for the federal government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems for up to a month before their public release. On Thursday, however, Nvidia’s Huang said that Hugging face

will remain an open platform. He signaled that Nvidia is betting that more businesses will turn to open-source AI, which lets them download and customize their own AI models, rather than pay for proprietary AI services from companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Open models let startups, businesses, universities and public institutions build on advanced capabilities without training every model from scratch,” Huang wrote in a blog post. “They enable organizations to match the right model to the right job.

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Obituaries Bailey, Dorothy Gail

Dorothy Gail Bailey was born October 13, 1935 to the late Phillip and Amelia Bailey of Saint Francisville, LA. She gained her wings to transition on August 22, 2026. She leaves to cherish her precious memories to eight children; Thomas (Sigrid), Carl Bailey, Patricia Bailey, Jacqueline Webb, Michael Bailey, Shelita Bailey, Kevin (Ruth) and Debra Bailey; one adopted son, Floyd Bibbins (Delores); seven grandchildren (three whom she reared as her own, LaDreaka, Roderick, and Jakita) ; twenty-four great grandchildren (one whom she reared as her own, Bri'Neesha); three great - great grandchildren; two sister in laws, Gladys Payne and Hattie McGuin; and a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends. A visitation will be held from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM on 2026-09-04 at St. Francisville Funeral Home, 5914 Commerce St.. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on 2026-09 -05 at Cedar Grove B. C., 12701 US Hwy 61 North.

Berry, Gladys May - Thomas

Gladys May Thomas Berry was a faith-filled Christian who was born on April 28, 1942, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On August 29, 2026, Gladys peacefully transitioned from her earthly home in Baton Rouge to be with the Lord. She leaves behind a beautiful legacy of strength, wisdom, love, and knowledge that will continue to live on through the generations she touched. A funeral service will be held from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on 2026-09-08 at Hall Davis & Son Funeral Service , 9348 Scenic Hwy.

Charles "Charlie" Everett Bishop, 98, went home to be with the Lord on September 2nd. Born September 5, 1927, in Waverly, Kentucky, Charlie was the son of James H. Bishop and Annie Greenwell Bishop. Charlie proudly served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He went on to build a long and dedicated career as a maintenance supervisor for Chevron Chemical, retiring after many years of hard work. Charlie was a faithful member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Prairieville, LA, and a Fourth Degree Knight of the Knights of Columbus. Those who knew Charlie knew him for his amazing sense of humor — he never missed a chance to crack a joke and bring a smile to someone's face. He had a well-earned reputation for having a serious sweet tooth, and he took great pride in tending to his yard and garden. In his quieter moments, he could always be found settled in with a good western — whether on the screen or in a novel. He lived a long, full life and was well loved by many. Charlie was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Shanks Bishop, and his second wife, Willa Mire Aldridge Bishop. He is survived by his four children, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and ten stepchildren: C. Michael (Mike) Bishop and his wife Lou Ann Bishop; their children, Dru Bishop (son, Preston) and Jessica Stuart and her husband Christian Stuart (children, Kingston and Elle); Lynn Perkins and her husband, Robert Perkins; their daughters, Laurie Hebert and Terri Bickham and her husband, Mark Bickham (children, Sarah and Matthew); Joyce (Jo) Poche and her husband, Thomas Poche; their children, Denise Simoneaux and her husband, Kevin Simoneaux (children, Claire and Asher), Alicia Poche, and Greg Poche and his wife, Megan Poche (son, Liam); and Kenneth (Kenny) Bishop and his wife, Katherine Bishop; their son, Chase Bishop and his wife, Kristin Bishop (son, Ronan). Pallbearers will be Dru Bishop, Greg Poche, Chase Bishop, Kevin Simoneaux, Gregory Aldridge, and Jeffrey Aldridge. Honorary Pallbearers will be Macky Aldridge, John Aldridge, Tommy Aldridge, Randall Aldridge, Michael Aldridge and Darnell Martinez. The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to his caregivers, Danielle Jones and Kandie Skidmore, as well as Shontal, Lacey and the staff of Pinnacle Hospice for their compassionate care. Service details: St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Prairieville, LA, on Saturday, September 5, 2026. Visitation will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., followed by Mass,

A visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Entered into eternal rest at The Crossing on August 26, 2026. He was a 68-yearold native of New Orleans, Louisiana and a resident of Baker, Louisiana., Visitation at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 9:00 am until Celebration of Life Service at 11:00 am conducted by Pastor Fred Smith; interment, Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Mouch, Ann 'Marie' Gonzales

Ann "Marie" Gonzales Mouch passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at West Towne at the age of 82. She was a native of Port Allen and resident of Brusly. Marie was a retired sales associate. Visitation will be held at Wilbert Funeral Home in Port Allen and memorial Mass at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly at a later date.

Mouch Jr., Cyril George 'C.G.'

God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be, so He put His arms around you and whispered, "Come to me". With tearful eyes we watched you pass away, and though we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, a precious soul at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best. A genuine "one of a kind" guy who absolutely "broke the mold" and was the epitome of a "creature of habit", Cyril George Mouch, Jr. passed from his amazing life on earth to an even greater one on Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:45pm. C.G. left this world just as he wished, surrounded by all his girls in the home he resided in for 60 years. Born in the Babin House in Brusly, Louisiana on May 28, 1937, C.G. left an enormous lega-

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cy behind for all who had the pleasure to know him. He initially attended school in Brusly, transferring to Catholic High School in 7th grade until graduation in 1955. He was a proud and active Catholic High Alumni. From the age of 7 until he was 15, C.G. was a Boy Scout, achieving Life Scout status. Also at the age of 7, C.G. became an altar boy at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly and by age 14 had become the first person in WBR Parish to earn the "Ad Altare Dei" Catholic Boy Scout award. Following high school graduation, C.G. joined the Air Force for 4 years with 2 of those serving in Japan. He was a military air policeman during his time in the military before an honorable discharge in 1959. Shortly after his military service, he began a 35 year career at Dow Chemical and retired in 1993. A lifelong resident of Brusly, C.G. was a member of the Volunteer Fire Department for 14 years and served as fire chief for 6 years. In addition, he was a charter member of the Brusly Planning and Zoning Committee, and did so for 8 years. C.G. and his family made countless memories at Indian Creek Campground nearly every weekend for 5 years, with numerous friends, including some from the "west side". A proud and devoted Catholic, C.G. attended Manresa Retreat House annually beginning in 1994. He was an active member of the RODS (Rambling Oldies of Denham Springs) car club for 20 years. An avid street "rodder", C.G. also enjoyed restoring many vintage cars over the years. Shooting pool for most of his adult life, C.G. thoroughly enjoyed league play and recreational games, especially when he won. Other hobbies C.G. enjoyed throughout his life include, but are not limited to: bicycling 1000's of miles on road bikes, mountain bikes and his e-bike, golf, off road motorcycling, racquet ball, tennis, power parachuting, hot air balloon chasing and traveling. He was a member of BRAMA-Baton Rouge Mountain Bike Association for 10 years. He participated in the Senior Olympic Games several years (medaling in every sport) and also participated in all 22 Great River Road Race runs in addition to 2 marathons, one triathlon and several

biathlons. Always on the cutting edge, C.G. was a pickleball pioneer and introduced the sport to WBR parish at the Port Allen Community Center in 2005. He enjoyed this sport for 14 years and is often referred to as the "Grand Daddy of Pickleball" in WBR. Although C.G. was a small man in stature, his mere presence, love for all and desire to make everyone's day better made him appear larger than life. He never left home without gold dollars or silver half dollars in his pocket to share with those who crossed his path each and every day. C.G. was a very competitive and creative man that became well known locally for the "chopper lawn mower" he designed and built then proudly rode in several Mardi Gras parades. He succeeded in every activity or sport that he tried and encouraged others to do the same. C.G. never, ever met a stranger and always left a lasting impression of joy, happiness and positivity. Living life to the fullest was absolutely mastered by C.G. and his zest for life is something we should all strive for everyday. C.G. is survived by his daughters, Julie Mouch Broussard and husband Stuart, Angie Mouch LeGlue, Terrie Mouch Dagenhart and husband Michael; a sister, Sandra "Sandy" Mouch Sharplin and husband Jerry; grandchildren, Tori hi

Tranchina, Brenna Campo and husband Adrian, Rylee LeGlue, Molly Bucek, Courtney Broussard Courtney and husband Landon, and Alexis Dagenhart; two great grandchildren, Hadley and Allie Courtney. C.G. was preceded in death by his parents, Cyril G. Mouch, Sr. and Ethel O'Neal Mouch; a sister, Delores "Dee" Mouch Smith and husband David; mother of his children, Jerelyn Cardinal Mouch, and granddaughter, Bailey Marie LeGlue. Visitation will be at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brusly on Friday, September 4th from 9:30am until Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30, celebrated by Father Arun John. A salute with full military honors is planned after mass outside the church, followed by lunch in the activity center. Burial at the Louisiana National Cemetery is pending. Pallbearers will be Michael Dagenhart, Stuart Broussard, Bee Comeaux, John Williams, Jay Sharplin and Chris Sharplin. The family wishes to extend heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr Stagg and his staff, along with ALS Home Care, especially Dad's side kick Michaelia and his dedicated friends and neighbors. Memorial donations may be made to the Tuition As-

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Rogers, Robert Lee 'Nap'

Robert L. Rogers, a resident of Baton Rouge, LA and native of Clinton, LA went to his heavenly home on August 22, 2026, at Our Lady of The Lake Medical Center at the age of 70. He leaves to cherish his memories, daughters; Paulette and Jennifer Rogers, sons; Jeffrey Rogers and Jules Bergeron, and grandson Bobby Crockett Jr., four sisters; Essie Rogers, Patricia Rogers, Rose RogersMcClendon, and Briggie Fletcher, two brothers, Eugene and Earl Rogers. Visitation, Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. until religious service at 11:00 A.M. at Days Chapel AME Church, 17717 Highway 10, Clinton, LA. Arrangements Entrusted to Richardson Funeral Home, Clinton, LA.

Sanchez, Louis J.

2026, from 9:30am until Rite of Christian Burial at 12:30pm, conducted by Father Jason Palermo. Interment will follow at Grace Memorial Park, Plaquemine. Louis is survived by his children, Priscilla "Prissy" Gee and husband Mike, Danny Sanchez and wife Gina, and Rhodes "Rodie" Sanchez and Donna; stepchildren, Terry Falcon and wife Linda, Ginger Tate and husband Brian, and Blaine Falcon and wife Laurie; grandchildren, Craig Gee and wife Stacy, Mark Gee, Brad Gee and wife Karen, Trish Gueho, Danya Sanchez, William Kees, Keegan Sanchez and wife Jessica, and Cassidy Sanchez Marroy and husband Zack; five stepgrandchildren; great grandchildren, Tomi, Tristan, Kalie, Carlee, Michaela, Noelle, Taylor, Louis, Marlee, Kane, Kohen, Payton, Alice, Amanda, Olivia, Robbie, Brandon, Katelyn, and Matthew; numerous step great grandchildren; greatgreat grandchildren, Delilah, Henry, Harvey, Michael, Chandler, Maddy, Charleigh and Anna; sisterin-law, Marian Sanchez; numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his wife, Patricia "Patsy" Jewell Sanchez; parents, Albert and Alice Raffary Sanchez; siblings, Herby, Irvin, Hilda, Dudley, Shelby, Harry, Verda, Vernese, Lawrence, Delta, Elnora, Chilton, Milda, Mildred, Clifton and Zeke; and stepson, Craig Falcon. Pallbearers will be Craig, Mark and Brad Gee, Keegan and Kohen Sanchez, and Louis Spragio, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Gerald

Jones, Sylvester Lavingne, Tim Johnson, Charlie Melancon, Billy Lewis and Rickey Breaux. Special thanks to his caregivers, especially Faye Falcon, and Comfort Care Hospice. Please share memories online at www.wilbertservices.com.

Thompson, Larry Allen 'Bug' White, John Sidney

Larry Allen Thompson "Bug", passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. He was 71 years old and was a retired Captain at Angola with 20 years of service. He was a US Air Force veteran. Visitation will be at Tunica United Methodist Church on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, from 9am until service at 11am. Burial will be in Thompson Honeycutt Family Cemetery. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Kelly Thompson. Children, Larry Allen Thompson, Jr. and wife, Betty, Jessica Shaffer and Robert Rice. Siblings, Lynetta Metz, Michael Scott Thompson and Toni Herron and husband, Dar-

The Advocate’s Obituary Department Labor Day Holiday Hours Louis J. Sanchez passed away at his home peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at the age of 96. He was a retired Parish Superintendent with Iberville Parish; resident of Addis and native of White Castle, LA. Louis was a US Navy Veteran who served in the Korean War. Visitation will be held at Wilbert Funeral Home, Plaquemine on Saturday, September 5,

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ryl. 8 grandchildren, Trey, Lisa, Caleb, Lane, Chloe, Kaden, Adelea, Mason. He is preceded in death by his daughter, Justina Rice, his first wife, Shirley Thompson and his parents, O.B. and Jo-Ann Thompson. Pallbearers will be LSP Honor Guard. We love you and will miss you. Share memories at www.CharletF uneralHome.com.

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Carbon capture and storage will help La. economy Louisiana residents are familiar siana — more than 30,000 direct with the state’s industrial corriworkers. Our member facilities indirectly support 300,000 addor that ﬂanks the east and west banks of the Mississippi ditional jobs in this great River and is visible along state. the length of Interstate We work every day to 10 from Calcasieu Parish improve environmental to New Orleans. A large and safety performance. percentage of Louisiana Carbon capture and storDavid residents work in manufacage, or CCS, is a tested Cresson solution that will reduce turing facilities that supply emissions and improve air essential products to imGUEST prove and make our modCOLUMNIST quality. The Louisiana Chemisern world better. Families and Louisiana’s economy try Association supports directly beneﬁt from the creation BKV’s proposed Donaldsonville of these high-paying, quality jobs carbon capture and storage projin the oil, gas and energy industry. ect, including the exploratory As president and CEO of the Class V stratigraphic well that Louisiana Chemistry Association will provide important geologiand Louisiana Chemistry Induscal information to determine the viability and safety of a potential trial Alliance, I am proud that the CCS project in the community. business of chemistry is the No. If the project advances, BKV 1 producer of direct jobs in Loui-

would still be required to seek a Class VI well permit from the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy. That comprehensive regulatory review includes extensive technical evaluation and opportunities for community input before any CCS project could move forward. Carbon capture and storage is a practical solution to help Louisiana sustain the life of manufacturing facilities and offer environmental beneﬁts for communities. CCS has grown as a popular sustainable solution to help industry improve air quality while maintaining and growing production with lower carbon emissions. CCS signiﬁcantly reduces emissions associated with living near industrial facilities by removing carbon dioxide from manufacturing processes before the CO2 is emitted

into our air. This process also lessens pollutants such as particulate matter, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, which contribute to higher ozone levels in the air. Projects like BKV’s in Donaldsonville support industrial development and remove carbon emissions from large industrial facilities. BKV’s process removes CO2 during the operations before CO2 enters our air. The LSU Center for Energy Studies found that 13 publicly announced Louisiana industrial projects, representing an estimated $48 billion in capital investment, include carbon capture components designed to remove carbon dioxide emissions from large industrial facilities. Building these facilities would support 39,900 jobs per year and contribute $26.8 billion to Louisiana’s gross state product during

construction. The economic impact continues after construction, with these facilities expected to support 3,500 workers and contribute $423 million to the state’s economy. Related facilities and associated work activities add even more jobs and could provide an additional $15.3 billion in household income for Louisiana residents, according to study projections. CCS is a tested, innovative technology Louisiana has used for decades. Carbon capture and storage is good for industry, favorable to our economy and beneﬁcial for a healthier environment. David Cresson is the president and CEO of the Louisiana Chemistry Association and the Louisiana Chemistry Industrial Alliance.

State’s most vulnerable Reclaiming American patients being left behind fertilizer independence

During a recent visit to Touro’s ComCombined with aggressive and unpreprehensive Wound Healing Center in dictable auditing, providers have faced New Orleans, I joined a professional an impossible choice: absorb unsustainservices team for their weekly patient able losses or stop treating patients rounds, reviewing patients with persisentirely. The public comment period on a protent, hard-to-heal wounds that would benefit from a second clinical perspecposed rule, which would double down on the new policy for the next calendar tive. year, ends on Sept. 14. But this call was different. The consequences are not abThe field team, licensed nurse practitioners serving nursing stract. MedCentris Wound Healfacilities and homebound paing Institutes, a 17-year provider of community and rural wound tients who cannot reach a clinic, care in Louisiana, has elimidescribed how their phones had William nated more than 200 healthcare not stopped ringing. The calls were urgent. A Tettelbach positions and withdrawn from prominent regional wound care most rural markets, including a GUEST delivery practice was forced to COLUMNIST complete exit from the in-home sharply reduce its workforce market, leaving the state’s sickest and curtail rural outreach serpatients with no specialist. Their clinical practice had not changed. The vices, leaving nursing facilities and reimbursement did. In a 2026 national homebound patients across Louisiana survey of wound care providers pubscrambling. Nursing home directors were in urlished in the Journal of Wound Care, gent need of new wound care providers Louisiana reported one of the highto treat their residents, because theirs est rates of clinic closures or planned were no longer available. Families of closures in the country; two in three homebound patients suddenly had no responding practices either closed or dedicated wound care provider coming were on the verge of closing. to their door. In Lafayette, a practice faces immiThey were all asking the same quesnent closure and the loss of rural ostion: Who will take care of them now? tomy and wound care services. In New It is a question echoing across LouiIberia, wounds that would previously have healed are declining toward ampusiana and one I have heard increasingly as a wound care specialist and tation. These communities already face president of the American Professional some of the nation’s highest rates of diaWound Care Association. A Medicare betes and cardiovascular disease, condireimbursement change intended to fight tions that make hard-to-heal wounds a fraud has instead disrupted access to leading cause of disability and death. advanced therapies known as cellular, To be certain, the fraud that drove acellular and matrix-like products CMS to act was real. But slashing pay(CAMPs), or skin substitutes, to our ment rates for every provider is an most vulnerable patients, leading to an overcorrection that punishes Louisiincrease in hospitalizations and amputa- ana’s Medicare beneficiaries for the misconduct of a few. tions. The legal system exists to hold fraudFor years, wound care specialists have relied on CAMPs to heal wounds that do sters accountable. Blunt, indiscriminate not respond to standard care. They are payment cuts do not just stop fraud. not a first-line treatment; they are a last They stop care. resort before amputation for patients CMS must revisit this policy. That with diabetic lower extremity ulcers, means establishing reimbursement venous leg ulcers and pressure injuries. rates that reflect real acquisition and Without them, the consequences are administration costs, creating a prior severe: infection, sepsis, amputation authorization pathway that is consistent and death. and medically grounded and ensuring Patients with diabetic lower extremthat audit standards are ones that legitiity ulcers face five-year mortality rates mate providers can consistently satisfy. comparable to some cancers. Louisiana’s most vulnerable patients, Louisiana’s major amputation rate elderly, diabetic, rural and homebound, already runs 37% above the national are already losing access. Every week average, and in 2025 more than 6,200 without appropriate treatment is a week Louisianans lost a limb, according to closer to an amputation that did not Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser- have to happen, an expensive hospitalvices data. ization that could have been avoided, a On Jan. 1, 2026, CMS imposed a unilife cut short by a wound that was healversal fixed rate of $127.14 per square able. centimeter for all CAMPs, regardless of product, setting or complexity. In many Dr. William Tettelbach is a certified cases this does not cover actual costs. wound specialist and president of the Rural providers face additional reducAmerican Professional Wound Care Association. tions through wage index adjustments.

puts La. farmers first

As summer winds down, farmers across worked at Trump speed to move this projAmerica are preparing for fall, when they ect through federal permitting review in not only reap bountiful harvests but also roughly 45 days, after companies were prepare for the next planting season. told it would take years. On most farms that involves applying And in Avondale, CHS and OCP North fertilizer, a critical input undergirdAmerica are constructing a new $450 million phosphate-based fering our agricultural supply chain. Recent decades have seen America tilizer plant, which will produce increasingly reliant upon foreign an annual 1.3 million metric tons nations for the fertilizer our farmand reduce U.S. dependency on imers need, but the Trump adminported phosphate-based fertilizer istration is fighting back. Earlier Brooke by up to 60%. Taken together, these two new this week — alongside U.S. Rep. Rollins fertilizer plants will create thouJulia Letlow — I participated in the GUEST groundbreakings of two new fertilsands of jobs here in Louisiana, COLUMNIST and the fertilizer they will produce izer production plants here in Louicould potentially support applicasiana, which will help turn the tide toward American input independence. tion across over 20 million acres of corn Politicians have prioritized importing — enough acreage to produce roughly 3.6 fertilizer over American sovereignty for billion bushels. too long, forcing farmers to pick up the As these plants come online, we are tab. In 2022, under the previous adminalso bringing immediate relief to farmistration, the costs of urea, potash, MAP, ers struggling to purchase fertilizer and DAP, ammonia and UAN all rose swiftly. stay afloat. For instance, President Donald Compared to those highs, urea is now Trump recently lifted the countervailing down 57%, potash is down 53%, MAP and duty on phosphate from Morocco for eight DAP are down 21%, ammonia is down 50% months, which is expected to save Ameriand UAN is down 51%. This is great progcan farmers approximately $1.82 billion annually. ress, but we still have more work to do. Last week, the first shipment following America currently imports roughly 50% that relief — approximately 54,000 metric of the 20 million tons of fertilizer we use tons of phosphate fertilizer — arrived in each year, which is a daily threat to the security of our supply chain and therefore America ahead of fall application. President Trump has also waived import to our freedom. The single most important action we can restrictions from Venezuela and used tartake to improve access and affordability in geted Jones Act waivers to keep fertilizer the long run is to rebuild American fertilmoving during supply disruptions. And to help swiftly transport fertilizer within our izer production — and that’s exactly what borders, the Department of Transportation we’re doing. provided Hours of Service flexibility, while At the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the EPA revised Diesel Exhaust Fluid we are putting $500 million behind our rules to reduce unnecessary repair costs Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for and lost productivity. Long-Term Domestic Supply, or FIELDS, USDA recently launched new fertilizer Program, which supports shovel-ready, financially viable projects to expand Ameri- transportation and pipeline-rate data to improve market transparency, and we are can fertilizer manufacturing, storage, working with the Department of Justice to transportation and critical infrastructure. investigate anti-competitive practices that We have already received FIELDS applimay be affecting fertilizer and other agrications from across the country, demonstrating that the private sector is ready to cultural input markets. invest in American fertilizer production. Truly, this is a whole-of-government This is unprecedented work, but it goes effort, and the recent groundbreakings far deeper than federal funding. The prove that a future with greater prosperity Trump administration is working across for farmers and consumers is already takgovernment to cut red tape, accelerate ing shape. permitting, unlock financing, secure critiDuring this 250th year celebrating America’s independence, we are rapidly cal fertilizer inputs and strengthen comworking toward input independence as petition. As a result, we are seeing more domestic well, so that America’s ability to farm and feed itself is no longer beholden to foreign production projects get off the ground, nations and unstable global markets. In such as the ones I visited in Louisiana. In other words, we are putting farmers first, Donaldsonville, CF Industries is building Blue Point One Complex, a $3.7 billion am- where they belong. monia plant that will be the world’s largest by nameplate capacity once operational. Brooke L. Rollins is the U.S. secretary of The Environmental Protection Agency agriculture.

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Marshland photographed along Freshwater City Road near where SpaceX is planning to build a multibillion-dollar spaceport in Vermilion Parish.

ISSUE OF THE WEEK SPACEX Plans for a massive SpaceX facility in marshy Vermilion Parish along Louisiana’s coast offer plenty of promise of jobs and development.The $100 billion project will be the world’s largest spaceport and puts the state at the center of a burgeoning industry. But questions have been raised about its potential effects on the environment as well as about the capacity of our infrastructure and institutions to support it. Here are two perspectives:

SpaceX reveal shows La. is competing again For decades, Louisiana watched transannounced an $18 billion expansion and Commonwealth LNG reached a $13 billion formative investments land somewhere final investment decision. else. Energy. Artificial intelligence. Advanced Texas got the headlines. Florida got the manufacturing. Technology. And now attention. Other Southern states became symbols of growth, while too many Louisi- aerospace. Different companies. Different ana families watched their children industries. Different regions. leave in search of opportunity. Same message: Louisiana is Gov. Jeff Landry decided competing again, and Louisiana is Louisiana would no longer remain winning. grounded while other states took That didn’t happen because Baoff. Derek Now, SpaceX is coming here. ton Rouge discovered a clever sloOne of the most innovative comBabcock gan. It happened because Landry understood that capital goes panies on Earth has chosen VermilGUEST ion Parish for a major new operaCOLUMNIST where it’s welcomed, workers go where opportunity exists and comtion, putting Louisiana squarely in the new American space race. panies invest where government This is an extraordinary win for our creates certainty instead of obstacles. state. But it did not happen by accident. Under Landry’s leadership, Louisiana This is not luck. It is strategy. has lowered taxes, simplified its tax strucLandry and Republican legislators spent ture, invested in development-ready sites, the past two years making Louisiana a modernized economic development and state where world-class companies can aligned workforce programs with the cainvest, build and grow. This year, lawmak- reers businesses actually need. The result is increasingly difficult to ers enacted an aerospace package giving ignore. Louisiana the tools necessary to compete Nothing symbolizes that transformation for the next generation of space investquite like SpaceX choosing the Louisiana ment. coast. That is what serious economic developNot long ago, the idea of Louisiana comment looks like: Identify where the world is going, remove barriers holding Louisipeting with Texas and Florida for one of ana back and compete relentlessly for the the world’s most innovative companies might have seemed far-fetched. Today, jobs of the future. Louisiana won. And Louisiana belongs in aerospace. That is a testament to Landry, his ecoWe have helped America reach space for generations. At the Michoud Assembly nomic development team and Republican Facility, Louisiana workers built stages legislators who have worked to make of the Saturn V that carried Americans Louisiana more competitive, more attractoward the moon, manufactured Space tive to investment and better prepared for Shuttle hardware and continue building the industries that will define America’s components for America’s next generafuture. The evidence extends beyond corporate tion of exploration. announcements. Louisiana recently reSpace is already part of Louisiana’s history. Now, SpaceX is making it part of our corded population growth for the second future. consecutive year, with young adults acBut this announcement is bigger than counting for most of that growth. More SpaceX because it is not an isolated ecoLouisianians are entering the workforce. People are choosing Louisiana again. nomic-development victory. And now SpaceX has chosen Louisiana, Louisiana has secured more than $250 too. billion in announced investment since For decades, Louisiana was known for 2024. what we were losing. Today, we’re becomMeta is committing more than $50 billion to one of the largest data center ing known for what we’re gaining: people, projects in history in North Louisiana. jobs, investment, opportunity, confidence Amazon announced $12 billion in data … and now a place in America’s next great center campuses in northwest Louisiana. frontier. Hyundai Steel chose Louisiana for a $5.8 Louisiana believed it could win again. billion advanced steel facility. Landry made us competitive again. And Meanwhile, Louisiana is strengthenthe rest of the world is taking notice. ing its position as America’s energy powerhouse. Woodside committed $17.5 Derek Babcock is the chairman of the billion to Louisiana LNG, Venture Global Louisiana Republican Party.

SpaceX offers promise, but state isn’t ready

SpaceX’s announcement that it will sion of these challenges. Pecan Island build the largest space launch facility and the surrounding coastal region face in the world near Pecan Island is one of ongoing erosion, storm vulnerability and the most significant economic developecological fragility. Thousands of new ments Louisiana has seen in decades. The workers could strain housing availabilpromise of 3,000 direct jobs and many ity, transportation networks, emergency thousands more indirect ones has already services and local schools. Cultural disgenerated excitement among state ruption is probable when rural officials and business leaders. For communities are forced to absorb a rural, environmentally fragile sudden industrial and population part of Acadiana, the scale of this growth. Many of these and other project is unprecedented. negative outcomes don’t have to Early reactions of hope from be inevitable. Steve some residents, anxiety from othLouisiana has a long history Payne of major projects that delivered ers and immediate concern from GUEST economic benefits but created environmental groups reveal a COLUMNIST social or environmental burdens familiar pattern. When major that were not fully anticipated. technology-driven projects arrive That history should motivate us to in Louisiana, our institutions often do better this time. The more important make decisions under pressure with narquestion is not whether SpaceX should be row expertise and limited stakeholder built here. The question is whether Louisiinput. That is how blind spots form, and how communities end up dealing with ana’s institutions can prepare for the full consequences that could have been antici- range of consequences, both positive and negative, before key decisions harden pated. SpaceX’s project is not an isolated case. and impacts become irreversible. That preparation requires more than Louisiana and the broader region are ensymbolic public hearings. It requires tering a multi-front technological expansion. In southern Arkansas, direct lithium structured multistakeholder learning proextraction has drawn national attention as cesses that bring residents, environmencompanies explore cleaner ways to protal scientists, coastal resilience experts, duce a mineral essential for electric-vehi- educators, labor leaders and SpaceX repcle batteries. At the same time, massive resentatives into the same room. These data centers are being built in three loca- conversations help institutions surface tions across the state, bringing pressures assumptions, identify unintended conseon land, water and energy use, infrastruc- quences and build shared understanding. They also help communities feel heard ture capacity and workforce readiness. rather than sidelined. In each of these cases, the early public As someone who taught business manconversation has followed a similar trajectory: Economic optimism dominates, agement at the University of Louisiana environmental concerns surface quickly at Lafayette for 11 years — and who and community voices struggle to find a co-authored for several years the Louisiplace in top-level planning. The pattern is ana Economic Conditions Report surveynot about any single company or technolo- ing regional business leaders — I’ve seen gy. It is about how our institutions behave the near-euphoria that often accompanies proposed major projects. Some of these when confronted with rapid, high-stakes projects succeeded economically for opportunities. certain stakeholders, yet faltered overall Large-scale projects have a much betbecause institutions overlooked broader ter chance of succeeding when institucommunity and area concerns. Louisiana tions broaden their planning perspechas an opportunity to break that pattern tives. They often falter when decisions are made with too few stakeholder voices with SpaceX’s Pecan Island project. This launch facility could be transforat the table. With direct lithium extraction, for mative for our state. But transformation example, early reporting highlighted direquires institutions that can see beyond their blind spots. If Louisiana broadens verse concerns about water use, aquifer the conversation now, not after the conconnectivity, regulatory oversight, housing pressures and infrastructure strain. sequences arrive, we can ensure that this These were not abstract worries but prehistoric investment strengthens our comdictable impacts of rapid technological munities rather than overwhelms them. expansion. Similar concerns are already emerging in parts of Louisiana where Steve Payne is a former business data-center construction is underway. professor at the University of Louisiana SpaceX’s project will bring its own ver- Lafayette. He lives in West Monroe.

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NCAA’s day of legal strife likely solves nothing Unprecedented court ruling is not likely to end college athletics’ saga involving LSU, SEC

Oh, no. Not in the bizarro world of The judge has ruled. college athletics circa 2026. The players won. Just as SEC commissioner Greg The Southeastern Conference lost Sankey was testifying in state court — for now. here in Baton Rouge, the SEC filed In a Baton Rouge state courtroom, a lawsuit against LSU, president at least. Wade Rousse, athletic director On a strange, sad, dramatic and Scott ultimately historic day for LSU Rabalais Verge Ausberry and — drumroll, please — Lane Kiffin — in a federal athletics and the world of college court in Birmingham, Alabama, just athletics at large, Judge Will Jorden to add another surreal layer to the situadecided for the 40 or so athletes seeking a fifth year of eligibility in 2026-27. tion. If your head is swimming with facts, That includes — front page, bold type — that’s where the SEC is headquartered. former Ole Miss/NFL players Dae’Quan The SEC lost this day in court. But you Wright and Zxavian Harris, clearing the have to believe there will be many more to way for them to be added to LSU’s roster come. Early word Thursday night was that by Friday’s deadline ahead of the Tigers’ the conference — which I’m sure has boxopener Saturday night against Clemson. cars of cash to spend on attorneys — will If only the ruling settled the matter. If pursue its suit in federal court as well as only the Southeastern Conference would ä See RABALAIS, page 4C say, “Well, we tried” and be done with it.

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Ole Miss defensive tackle Zxavian Harris tackles Citadel quarterback Cobey Thompkins for a loss during the first half of a game on Nov. 8 in Oxford, Miss. On Thursday, a Baton Rouge court ruled Harris eligibile to play college football for a fifth year.

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SU looking to win ﬁrst home game in almost 2 years BY TOYLOY BROWN III Staff writer

PATIENCE REQUIRED

While Tay James is new to Southern, he’s familiar with HBCU football. The junior linebacker transfer from Jones College attended games at Jackson State, less than an hour from where he grew up in Mendenhall, Mississippi. He was even at the Jaguars’ homecoming game last year, he said Wednesday at ä Kentucky St: Southern’s media availat Southern 6 P.M. ability. “I seen how deep it SATURDAy, SWAC TV was,” said James, who led Southern with nine tackles in its loss to Alabama State. “I already know what the atmosphere (is) gonna be like. Intense.” That intensity is expected once again when Southern has its home opener against Division II Kentucky State at 6 p.m. Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium. The team will have an opportunity to give its fans something they went without in 2025: a home victory. Southern’s last home win was Nov. 16, 2024, when it beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 31-9, ofﬁcially clinching the SWAC West division crown. This reality isn’t lost on the players. Graduate student running back Mike Franklin, who played his ﬁrst season at Southern last year, isn’t taking this chance to reward its fans’ loyalty lightly. “It’s real important, because last year, you know, we went two and 10,” Franklin said. “I don’t even think we won a home game last year. So I feel like we just got to come out fast, come out, you know, physical, just play our game, and it’ll take care of itself.” Southern coach Marshall Faulk doesn’t

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Saints wide receiver Barion Brown catches a pass for a touchdown during a preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys on Friday in Arlington, Texas. AP PHOTO By TONy GUTIERREZ

Saints’ eight-member draft class slowly working its way up BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Last season, the New Orleans Saints’ rookies were one of the more productive draft classes in the NFL. But the group largely had to wait their turn. From quarterback Tyler Shough not starting until midseason to roles expanding for several others throughout the year, the Saints didn’t roll into Week 1 thinking the class would have the impact that it did. A year later, patience will also be required for this crop of rookies. When the Saints kick off the season Sept. 13 in Detroit, New Orleans will begin its new campaign without expecting many of its eight-member draft class to contribute right away. First-round wide receiver Jordyn Tyson was projected to be a starter, but he’ll instead miss at least the ﬁrst four games with a hamstring injury. Second-round defensive lineman Christen Miller is a backup and has been

brought along slowly. Third-round tight end Oscar Delp (hamstring) is hurt, as is ﬁfth-round cornerback Lorenzo Styles (calf). Fourth-round guard Jeremiah Wright is a backup, while seventh-round corner T.J. Hill is on the practice squad. Wide receivers Bryce Lance (fourth round) and Barion Brown (sixth) have been pleasant surprises and their steady progression throughout training camp could put them into the mix fairly quickly. But the pair will also begin the year as backups behind Chris Olave and Devaughn Vele, unless the coaching staff starts one of them in a three-receiver set. That’s not necessarily out of the norm. The Saints entered the season with only one rookie starter in 2024 and 2025. The 2023 campaign didn’t have any for Week 1. But as last year demonstrated, things can change fast in the NFL. “You’ve got to be ready to go,” Moore said, adding,

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outhern wide receiver Damien Henderson warms up for a scrimmage on Aug. 15. Southern is looking to win its first home game since Nov. 16, 2024.

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USA’s title defense much tougher BY DOUG FEINBERG AP basketball writer

BERLIN — The U.S. has dominated the women’s FIBA World Cup for nearly two decades, winning the last four titles. A young American roster led by the trio of Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and former LSU standout Angel Reese now complement U.S. stalwart Breanna Stewart as the team looks to win its fifth straight championship. The Americans will be missing four-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, who the team announced Monday would miss the World Cup along with Kelsey Plum. They were replaced by newcomers Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen. The world has been catching up to the Americans with France coming within a point the U.S. in the gold medal game at the 2024 Paris Olympics. That’s the closest any team has come to beating the U.S. in either the Olympics or World Cup since the Americans last lost in the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup to Russia. “I think there’s no question that the world is improving at a rapid rate. It’s so exciting to see, and I see it at every level,” U.S. coach Kara Lawson said Tuesday. “There’s more depth to the teams at the World Cup. Now when you look at rosters, there’s a number of just high-quality players. ... I think it’s going to be the most difficult World Cup to win that we’ve had because of that.” The Olympic loss is still on the mind of the French team, which has more than a half-dozen WNBA players on its roster, including Gabby Williams, Marine Johannes and Dominique Malonga. “We sure still do think about it,” Malonga said. “We know we were right there against the best team in the world.” Other top teams that could reach the podium are Australia, Spain and China.

Liberty forward Sabally out for season with concussion

Satou Sabally’s ﬁrst season with the New York Liberty is over as the team announced Thursday that she’s out for the remainder of the season. Sabally has been sidelined since suffering a concussion on June 23 against the Las Vegas Aces. Liberty coach Chris DeMarco said a few weeks ago that Sabally was going to take some time away from the team to recover. It was her second concussion in the past year. Sabally came to New York as a free agent this past offseason. Sabally played in just 13 games this season and averaged 10.4 points and 2.8 assists. She suffered her ﬁrst concussion in the WNBA Finals last season while playing with Phoenix. New York has clinched a playoff spot and is still battling for postseason positioning.

Pirates rookie Griffin eyes a return from 60-day IL

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Breanna Stewart, left, and Chelsea Gray of the United States attend training ahead of a match against China during the Women’s Basketball World Cup on Wednesday in Berlin.

be held in Japan, will move to Nov. 26-Dec. 8 in 2030 and won’t potentially conﬂict with the WNBA schedule. “I would I would call it one of the most significant decisions by the central boards in this decade,” FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis told The Associated Press.“We understood that, the women’s game needs its own dedicated spot in the world calendar and in particular in the basketball calendar.” The women’s World Cup used to be the same year as the men’s tournament until 2014. Now the tournaments are held in different years with the men’s championship a year before the Olympics and the women’s tourney two years before 2030 World Cup the Games. “It’s a major decision because The next World Cup, which will

it creates a big window for essentially every league in the world,” Zagklis said. With no major men’s tournaments this year, Zagklis said that FIBA sponsors could focus more on the women this time. It will also help with ease the challenges for the WNBA, which this has suspended play in the league during the tournament. Play in the WNBA will resume on Sept. 17 after stopping on Aug. 31. There are over 50 current WNBA players competing in the World Cup.

will play three pool games in four days as opposed to the ﬁve games in six days — which they did in the 2022 World Cup when only 12 teams went to Australia. The top teams will then earn a break before the quarterfinals begin while the second and third-place teams in each group will play to reach the elimination round. Instead of playing eight games, teams will potentially only need six to win the title. Zagklis said this could be an extremely competitive tournament. “Within the top 10, virtually evMore teams eryone can beat anyone,” he said. The format of the tournament “We saw that in 2022 where Nihas changed for the betterment geria beat in the group Australia of the players, with the addition and then Australia got the bronze of four teams in Germany. The medal. We saw it in the qualiﬁer, 16-team format is not new; it was where USA was trailing Belgium used from 1990-2018. Now teams for 39 minutes.”

PITTSBURGH — Konnor Griffin is ready to get back to work. The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop said Thursday that he feels good and is hopeful of being activated off the 60-day injured list on Friday when Pittsburgh opens a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels. The 20-year-old Griffin hasn’t played since early July due to an issue with the knuckle on the ring finger of his left hand. Griffin wore a splint for about six weeks and has played a handful of games while on a rehab assignment. The Pirates have fallen off the pace in the National League playoff race in Griffin’s absence. Pittsburgh entered Thursday’s game against San Francisco 5½ games back of the final wild card spot.

Rockets sign Thompson to 5-year, $208M extension

HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets signed Amen Thompson to a contract extension, the team announced Thursday. The Rockets didn’t release terms of the deal, but multiple reports said it was a ﬁve-year, $208 million extension that would keep him in Houston until 2032. Thompson, the fourth pick in the 2023 draft, started 79 games last season and averaged 18.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.51 steals a game. He joined Luka Doncic as the only players in league history to average at least 18 points, seven rebounds, ﬁve assists and 1.5 steals a game. Thompson has improved steadily in his three seasons in Houston after averaging 9.5 points as a rookie and scoring 14.1 points a game in Year 2.

Bird faces a new kind of pressure

Two-time NFL All-American DB Smith dies at 40

position of teams she had played on as far as how they were built. “You can kind of see it comes down to needing ﬁve post players and wanting some versatility in that group,” she said. “Guards is a broad term, but you need seven of them. That’s kind of a little bit of the blueprint and then you build from there. It does come back to who’s available.” Bird was thrown some late curveballs during the ﬁnal week leading up to the tournament, when A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum were both ruled out because of health reasons. She credits her ability to problemsolve well to adjust quickly. “Plum is a little bit different in that there was an awareness (of her injury),” Bird said. “I was already kind of like thinking about if things didn’t work out with her health-wise, we’d have to pivot. But it’s a combination. So now there’s no A’ja and Plum. You have to think about what did those two players bring. You know what maybe are the voids that they leave. And then who’s best to replace that.” USA Basketball CEO Jim Tooley has been impressed with Bird in her new role. “She obviously knows the international landscape as well as anybody, as she played it professionally and with the national team. She knows this ecosystem. Also, her thoughtfulness really stands out when talking about the process and the player candidates. I’ve just been really impressed with her commitment.” Bird is signed on with USA Basketball through the Los Angeles Olympics in two years.

Ex-Fox analyst Sanchez pleads guilty to fight charges

WNBA legend confident as new director of U.S. national team

BY DOUG FEINBERG AP basketball writer

BERLIN — Sue Bird started building a potential World Cup roster in her head soon after she got the job as the first managing director of the U.S. women’s national team nearly 16 months ago. Those thoughts, which underwent many changes over the past year, have now come to fruition as the Americans prepare to open play against China on Friday. Bird feels a different kind of pressure than she did as a player for the U.S. during her incredible playing career, during which she helped the Americans win five Olympic gold medals and four World Cup championships. “It’s my decisions I have to stand on and I feel really conﬁdent with this team,” Bird said. “What’s different is, as a player the pressure you feel is different. You do have some semblance of control because you’re out there doing it. ... I do think this is why players in general, I’ll go on a limb, you know, don’t always make the best coaches or GMs because you’re used to having control, myself included — and now there’s none.” The U.S. roster features a few veterans like Breanna Stewart and many first-time players including Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese. Na-

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Managing director Sue Bird speaks with the media after a training camp for the U.S women’s national basketball team on Dec. 12 in Durham, N.C. pheesa Collier is also making her World Cup debut after she missed the 2022 tournament because she was still getting back into shape after giving birth to

her daughter, Mila. Bird said the notes app on her phone got a lot of use as she was forming ideas for possible rosters. She also looked to the com-

PAHOKEE, Fla. — Alphonso Smith, a two-time All-America defensive back who played in the NFL for four seasons, has died. He was 40. Smith died on Wednesday, according to Wake Forest, who was informed by his family. No cause of death was given. Denver drafted the former Wake Forest star in the second round of the 2009 NFL draft. After playing in 15 games for the Broncos, returning punts and kickoffs, he was traded to Detroit shortly before the 2010 season. Smith played in 33 games, including 11 starts, over the next two seasons with the Lions and had eight interceptions, returning two for touchdowns. Smith was a ﬁrst-team Associated Press All-America defensive back.

Former Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez plans to plead guilty to charges ahead of a trial stemming from an October 2025 fight with a truck driver outside an Indianapolis hotel, according to court records filed Thursday. The motion asks Marion County Superior Court to schedule a hearing for Sanchez to plead guilty and be sentenced. Online records did not indicate which charges he plans to plead guilty to. Sanchez faces a felony battery charge, along with three misdemeanor charges, for what prosecutors have said was a fight over parking. The ex-NFL quarterback’s jury trial was scheduled to start Tuesday. The trial had been rescheduled five times since it was initially set to begin in December.

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Saints running back Devin Neal runs the ball during a joint practice on Aug. 18 in Oxnard, Calif. Neal was waived by the Saints on Thursday.

sidelined him earlier in training camp, as well as at the end of last season. The former sixth-round pick missed about 11 days with the injury before returning in the leadup to an Aug. 22 preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams, only for Neal to get hurt again in the exhibition. Saints coach Kellen Moore said Neal’s hamstring issue

Atwell returns to Rams to chase another Super Bowl ring BY GREG BEACHAM AP sportswriter

LOS ANGELES — Tutu Atwell’s NFL career is a monument to the importance of remaining a mature professional even when your job gets you down. The speedy receiver and former second-round pick spent his first five seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, but he struggled to get on the field for long stretches of that half-decade. Even after LA re-signed him to a $10 million deal last season, he got only 187 snaps and 15 targets all year. Atwell and the Rams appeared to have a mutually beneficial breakup last spring when he signed with the Miami Dolphins. Atwell could finally get significant playing time, and coach Sean McVay would no longer have to explain to the media why Atwell wasn’t playing more. Several months later, an improbable trade has brought Atwell back to the West Coast. “I was shocked myself,” Atwell said. “I got a phone call. Sean told me, ‘Welcome back.’ We’re coming back to get me.” Lacking a clear No. 3 receiver out of training camp, the Rams sent running back Jarquez Hunter to the Dolphins for Atwell shortly before final roster cutdowns. Although Atwell barely played last year, the Rams were willing and eager to

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Continued from page 1C “You have to deﬁne roles for everyone and so everyone understands how they’re helping this team win football games. And if you’re not heavily involved in the gameplan, or you’re not getting the opportunities you want necessarily on a Sunday that you were looking forward to, you’re developing through the whole week. “So that when the opportunity does present, you’re ready.” Under Moore, the Saints set up training camp so that their rookies can maximize their reps. The team holds developmental periods after practice, allowing them to get extra work. Defensive coordinator Brandon Staley noted that last year, third-round Vernon Broughton led the Saints in total snaps during camp. Asked who held that distinction this year, Staley said it belonged to the rookies again. “When you’re a young player in this league, you have the most room to im-

reacquire a veteran wideout who knows their offense intimately — and one who never complained when things weren’t going his way — as they begin another run at the Super Bowl. Atwell is thrilled to write another chapter in a book that appeared to be shut. “Nah, man, it don’t feel like I was gone,” Atwell said. “I’m back with my brothers, man. I just feel great and feel awesome just to be back here and with these great players and guys. I’m just excited.” The only change is his uniform number: Safety Kam Kinchens claimed the No. 5 jersey after Atwell left, so Tutu — ever the team player — chose No. 8. That professionalism is “very important, man,” Atwell said. “I just take it one day at a time — you know, do what I do and what I can control,” Atwell added. “At the end of the day, Sean has always got a plan, whether it’s for me or the team or whatever it is. You know he’s going to put us in the right position to play good and execute the play. “Overall, when my number’s called, I just make the best of that moment.” Atwell had 105 catches for 1,535 yards and five touchdowns in his ﬁrst ﬁve seasons with the Rams. He won a Super Bowl ring as a rookie, although he didn’t catch a pass and never got up to speed in McVay’s of-

fense before getting injured at midseason. He overcame that ﬁrst impression and became a contributor, starting 23 games and producing at a steady clip over the next three seasons. He also never received more than 67 targets in a season, and he hasn’t become a special teams contributor after he returned kicks as a rookie. But unlike many players in similar situations over the years, Atwell never publicly demanded more playing time or clashed with his coaches. He attributes that patience to his parents and a we-not-me attitude instilled in him from childhood. The Rams’ receiver room now is almost exactly the same as last year, with sixthround pick CJ Daniels the only addition. Jordan Whittington, Konata Mumpﬁeld and Xavier Smith all got more snaps last season than Atwell, who missed an early season stretch due to injury. But none of the incumbents has shown the big-play capabilities of Atwell, who made the longest reception in the NFL last season when he hauled in Matthew Stafford’s 88-yard TD pass to beat the Indianapolis Colts. Atwell said the Rams’ playbook is “all muscle memory” to him at this point: “I know all the plays. They added a couple little nips to it, but it’s the same thing, just different names.”

prove because you haven’t seen as much,” Staley said. “That’s been kind of our goal is to make sure those guys get as much looks at it as possible, while obviously getting your starters and your primary players enough of the live looks too. We struck a good balance of that, but we try to be a developmental program. “Those young guys, you’ve got to focus on them, if you can.” Sometimes, the situation also gives the Saints’ coaching staff an opportunity to evaluate rookies in roles that they hadn’t anticipated. That’s what happened for Lance and Brown — who were thrust into bigger roles once Tyson went down and Ja’Lynn Polk unexpectedly retired. The two took advantage of the opportunities. Lance and Brown each carved out roles throughout camp with impressive playmaking. And as the Saints head into Week 1, Lance and Brown are expected to be the third and fourth receivers on the depth chart — when they originally looked to be the ﬁfth and sixth, if that. “All of a sudden, they’re

playing a lot,’ Moore said. “They’re doing a great job.” Other times, the situation calls for rookies to sit and wait — unsure when the moment will present itself. But it can come quickly. Last year, third-round safety Jonas Sanker went in the season as a backup. By Week 2, he was starting after Julian Blackmon’s season-ending injury. But at least initially, there won’t be a rush to get the class on the ﬁeld. The Saints, for instance, will take their time with Tyson’s rehab. By placing him on injured reserve, the wide receiver won’t be eligible to return at least until Week 5 — an Oct. 11 showdown against the Minnesota Vikings. Even then, Tyson’s debut could take longer depending on how his recovery goes. “I know he’s going to do everything he can to be back,” quarterback Tyler Shough said. “I know a lot of people are doubting him, but he’s going to come back even stronger and play a lot of football games for us. … I know what kind of work he’s going to put in and he’s going to help us out a lot this year. No doubt about that.”

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, a two-time MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion, returns from a serious knee injury.

NFL season set to kick off Wednesday A look at some of the top storylines, how to watch BY DAVID BRANDT AP sportswriter

The NFL regular season opens when the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks host the New England Patriots on Wednesday night. It’s the beginning of a 272game slate — 17 contests for all 32 teams — including a league-record nine international games. All of it leads to the playoffs and Super Bowl 61, which will be played on Feb. 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

When does the season start? The Seahawks-Patriots matchup kicks off the schedule before the Los Angeles Rams host the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia, next Thursday at 7:35 p.m. The game is actually on Friday in Australia and will start at 9:35 a.m. local time. After that, a full slate of games is set for Sunday, Sept. 13. Among the intriguing matchups: Quarterback Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys travel to face the rival New York Giants while quarterback Kyler Murray makes his debut with the Minnesota Vikings when they host the Green Bay Packers. To finish off the first week, two-time MVP and threetime Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes makes his return from a serious knee injury when the Kansas City Chiefs host Bo Nix, playing his first game that counts since recovering from a broken ankle, and the Denver Broncos on Monday night.

Returning from injuries Mahomes could only watch the end of a disappointing six-win season for Kansas City in 2025 after going down with a torn ACL in Week 15. He’s among several star players who hope to have a more healthy 2026. The San Francisco 49ers were hit particularly hard by injuries last season and will welcome back tight end George Kittle, edge rusher Nick Bosa and linebacker Fred Warner. Bosa went down with a seasonending knee injury in Week 3, Warner broke his ankle in Week 6 and Kittle ruptured his Achilles in a wild-card win at Philadelphia. Warner and Bosa are expected to be ready for Week 1 this season while Kittle remains on the physically unable to perform list and it’s uncertain whether he will return in Australia against the Rams or shortly after that. Among the others who hope to return this season: Green Bay edge rusher Micah Parsons, Giants receiver Malik Nabers, Indianapolis quarterback Daniel Jones and Baltimore defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike.

International games The NFL’s super-sized international schedule includes games in seven different countries. The 49ers and Rams get things started in Australia, which will host its first NFL game. Here are the other eight games. Sept. 27: Baltimore Ravens vs. Dallas Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro. Oct. 4: Indianapolis Colts vs. Washington Commanders in London. Oct. 11: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Jacksonville Jaguars in London.

Oct. 18: Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars in London. Oct. 25: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New Orleans Saints in Paris. Nov. 8: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Atlanta Falcons in Madrid. Nov. 15: New England Patriots vs. Detroit Lions in Munich. Nov. 22: Minnesota Vikings vs. San Francisco 49ers in Mexico City.

Elite contenders Quarterback Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams are the current favorites (+500) to win Super Bowl 61 on their home turf in February, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. After that, it’s a crowded group that includes the Buffalo Bills (+1000), Baltimore Ravens (+1100), defending champion Seattle Seahawks (+1100) and Kansas City Chiefs (+1500). For those interested in the longshots, the Arizona Cardinals and Miami Dolphins (+50000) would score the biggest payouts.

How to watch The most popular sport in the United States is also among the most confusing to watch, thanks to a myriad of streaming services and exclusive online broadcasts. For those who still have a cable subscription, most games played by the local team can be viewed on local afﬁliates. Many national games will also be available, but that’s not always the case. One of the best ways to stream the NFL this season is by subscribing to YouTubeTV and paying for the NFL Sunday Ticket service, though it’s fairly pricey at $240 for new subscribers and more for returners.

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would require further evaluation, which eventually led the Saints to place him on injured reserve. Now, the team moved on. Neal will be eligible to be claimed off waivers, and if he’s not picked up, he’ll hit free agency. Neither he nor Heldman cannot re-sign with the Saints unless three weeks pass after whatever settlement date the Saints and their camps negotiated in the lead-up to their release. As part of injury settlements, the Saints pay the player for as long as the injury takes to heal. So if an injury takes ﬁve weeks to heal, the player cannot rejoin that team until eight weeks. Heldman’s exact injury was not known publicly. The former undrafted free agent, who had a strong preseason debut with two sacks, got hurt in the team’s preseason ﬁnale against the Dallas Cowboys and was seen wearing a medical boot after the game.

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BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

When he was Alabama’s offensive coordinator from 2014-16, LSU coach Lane Kiffin butted heads with Nick Saban, womanized at local bars and angled for a different head coaching gig than the one he ultimately used as a launchpad for his return to prominence, according to one excerpt from a forthcoming book. And when Kiffin was only a few months into his tenure at LSU, the book said, he also fed Clemson coach Dabo Swinney information to help him pursue a tampering charge against Ole Miss over a transfer linebacker. Those two moments of Kiffin’s rollercoaster career are detailed in “Lane Being Lane: The Story of Lane Kiffin, College Football’s Agent of Chaos.” Vanity Fair and CBS Sports each published excerpts of the biography, which was written by journalist John Talty, on Wednesday — three days before Kiffin kicks off his tenure at LSU’s head coach with a home game against Clemson (6:30 p.m., ABC). Swinney was asked in a postpractice news conference Wednesday about the report in the book and said that Kiffin had “nothing to do with” Clemson’s decision to file a tampering charge against Ole Miss. “He can’t handle Ole Miss being successful,” one unnamed source told Talty. “(Ole Miss coach) Pete (Golding) said, ‘They better be careful, I know where every body is buried.’‘“ The Vanity Fair excerpt covers Kiffin’s rocky exit from Alabama. When the two parties split just days before the 2016 national championship game, they framed it publicly as a “mutual decision” that would allow Kiffin to focus on his new responsibilities as Florida Atlantic’s head coach. But “everyone involved” with the Crimson Tide, the book says, knew that Kiffin’s departure was more acrimonious. The future LSU head coach had simply caused too many problems for the program — both on and off the field — and “it was clear” near the end of the 2016 season that he needed to “seek employment elsewhere.” “You’ve got to keep Lane away from the girls that are in college,” Saban once told a team staffer, according to one former coach who was interviewed for the book. “Just keep him away from the sorority girls. Make sure they’ve graduated college or are working a job.” At the time, Kiffin was separated from his now ex-wife, Layla, and their three kids. He wasn’t sober, mindful and health-conscious

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LSU coach Lane Kiffi n speaks during a news conference on Feb. 4. like he is now. Instead, according to the book, Kiffin would frequent Tuscaloosa-area bars such as Innisfree Irish Pub — to the point where an Alabama staffer once had to retrieve a golf cart he had left parked there the night before. One friend who spoke to Talty worried Kiffin would “drink himself to death.” Kiffin wasn’t the first Alabama assistant to visit bars after games, the book said, and he wouldn’t be the last. But one Innisfree employee quoted in the excerpt said he was “visible publicly in a time where Alabama coaches were not visible publicly.” “The other coaches just never went out,” the employee said, “and Lane was definitely different in that aspect. Lane was going to be in public at times, sometimes at very odd times during the season.” Wrote Talty: “He was lonely without his family, and he was facing intense pressure working for a man he couldn’t understand.” Kiffin once told ESPN’s Pete Thamel that he measures time on Saban’s staff in dog years: “Three years is like 21.” He also told reporters in a news conference that he couldn’t recall a “happy moment” working with Saban. Kiffin could only remember, he said, “the ass-chewings.” Talty wrote that Saban was “quite upset” about those comments. Then he grew “disturbed” by something he noticed while he was watching film of Alabama’s 2016 College Football Playoff semifinal win over Washington: Kiffin had called plays the Crimson Tide hadn’t even practiced.

“I really don’t have one because here’s the reality,” Faulk said, “we’re a collection of guys. We’re not a team yet. I can’t tell them, ‘Hey, come out and support the team,’ because we are still in the building phases of us being a team. We’re learning how to do that. I’m teaching them guys how to play for not just yourself, not just for the name on the back of your jersey, but the name on the front of your jersey and we’re working on that.” The selﬂessness Faulk wants on the ﬁeld will be needed against Kentucky State. After going 9-3 last year, the Thorobreds opened their new season with a 41-14 road win over fellow Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival Central State. Preparing to earn a win is all that matters to Faulk and his Jaguars. But the new coach shared some sentimental feelings about the home opener and what it means to him during Monday’s SWAC coaches call. “In the legendary stadium, Arnett W. Mumford, coach (Pete) Richardson,” Faulk said. “They’ve had a lot of really good coaches here, and I’m in the shadows and in the footsteps of (them). What I’m trying to do is forge my own identity in the sense of leading the team to the historic championships that they’ve won and the legacy that they’ve built. I understand what’s in front of me. But at the same time, it’s one game at a time. First home game. Looking forward to it. Looking forward to being in front of our fans.”

care about the winless home record in 2025 and doesn’t place added pressure to win Saturday to break the ﬁve-game home skid. “I wasn’t here last year; I don’t know what they did or did not do,” the rookie head coach said. “The way to get a win is to go out, play hard, alignment football and be better than the team that you’re playing against. That’s it. There’s no magical wand that I can wave to do it.” Faulk is focused on getting his team ready to play a complete version of how it performed in the ﬁrst half of its 13-point loss to Alabama State, when it had a 14-3 advantage with 12:52 remaining in the second quarter and a fourpoint halftime lead. The Pro Football Hall of Fame running back from New Orleans was willing to recall the last time he was at A.W. Mumford Stadium for a game. He said he came back home while he was still a player at San Diego State. “We drove up here and came to a game,” the 53-year-old said. “I remember how chaotic it was then. Before then, I think I was in high school, and we came up, and, you know, I think I want to say I was maybe on a recruiting trip or something.” Southern’s coach was asked if he had a message directed toward fans coming to see a hopefully improved version of the Jaguars. Faulk said he doesn’t have a clear statement to get people to come to the home opener. While he hopes fans support, he knows Email Toyloy Brown III at the product he wants to put on toyloy.brown@theadvocate. display is still a work in progress. com.

The move, according to the book, was a “party trick” of sorts for the offensive whiz. It also might’ve been Saban’s last straw. Kiffin was fired the following week, left to focus solely on FAU. But that job wasn’t his first choice, Talty wrote. Kiffin preferred Houston’s head coaching job — a gig that was given to the Cougars’ then-offensive coordinator instead. The book says that Kiffin thought his super-agent, CAA’s Jimmy Sexton, “screwed” him out of the Houston job and “pulled the strings” so he’d wind up at FAU. Kiffin and Sexton, according to Talty’s reporting, have a “fatherson” relationship that “went far beyond the typical agent and client dynamic.” Sexton also represents Saban and a slew of other big-name coaches. “He’s Jimmy’s golden boy,” said one unnamed source quote in the book. “Jimmy is really responsible for Lane Kiffin’s rehabilitation.” Kiffin has since cut out alcohol, reconciled with his family and taken up hot yoga. Now he’s slimmer, trimmer, and says he’s even off social media — something he used frequently during his sixyear tenure at Ole Miss. That chapter of Kiffin’s career will also be featured in Talty’s book, which goes on sale four days before LSU’s new coach makes his highly anticipated return to Oxford, Mississippi, on Sept. 19. Email Reed Darcey at reed. darcey@theadvocate.com. For more LSU sports updates, sign up for our newsletter at theadvocate.com/lsunewsletter

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appeal Jorden’s ruling. That’s the SEC’s choice. LSU, meanwhile, is fully committed for having gone down this route. Jorden included in his ruling an admonition to keep LSU from taking action against the plaintiffs (the players), meaning Kiffin can’t avoid adding at least Wright and Harris to his roster now. That stemmed from a request by the athletes’ attorney, 18th Judicial District Attorney Tony Clayton, who won out over Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams, the SEC’s representative. Meanwhile, Wright told On3. com he expects to play against Clemson but not Harris, who is still dealing with a foot injury that kept him off the practice field during his short stint with the Saints. Meanwhile, meanwhile, another report from CBSSports. com said LSU is planning to add former Utah and Denver Broncos cornerback Blake Cotton to the roster. There could be others. The legal battle will now extend into the season, with neither LSU, the SEC nor the NCAA apparently willing to back down. By carrying on the fight, LSU will expose itself to potential draconian penalties being bandied about by the other SEC schools who are hell bent against players returning from NFL camps to be on college rosters. These are the same SEC schools that completely whiffed on threatening to throw Alabama out of the league for playing former G-League basketball player Charles Bediako for several games this past season. For

At the end of an unusual day, Lane Kiffin pulled up to a spacious Baton Rouge restaurant in the passenger seat of a black Ford SUV. Inside, hundreds of LSU fans were waiting for him. It was time for Kiffin’s first weekly radio show as head coach of the Tigers. The event had recently been moved to the Burbank Drive restaurant Court to Table — a large, sprawling space known to have hosted some of the pickleball matches Kiffin likes to play. “What do you think about what we’ve done here with the set-up?” the show’s host, Chris Blair, asked Kiffin. “I didn’t know it was going to be like this,” he said. It was the latest surprise in a day full of them. Kiffin completed his three fiveminute radio segments on Thursday without acknowledging the fact that he was waiting to hear whether a Baton Rouge judge would grant a group of more than 40 athlete plaintiffs a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit they filed against the NCAA and the SEC in a Louisiana state court. Such a ruling was set to give the players a fifth year of eligibility — and clear a major hurdle for Kiffin’s push to add at least three of them to his first Tigers’ roster. LSU’s first-year coach also chose not to acknowledge the fact that the SEC had filed a separate lawsuit in a federal Alabama court earlier Thursday. LSU, Kiffin and athletic director Verge Ausberry were each named defendants in the suit, which accused them of orchestrating the legal saga that was playing out in a hearing six miles up the road from the restaurant. Closing arguments began right around the time Kiffin was slated to appear on his show. But you wouldn’t have known it had you only been listening to Kiffin. Most of the talk centered around the start of Kiffin’s tenure at LSU, which is set to heat up at 6:30 p.m. Saturday (ABC) with a season-opening showdown against Clemson. “We’ve been here eight, nine months,” Kiffin said, “and it’s been awesome, but it’s all led up to this, and that’s when you come and you take a job and you work those long hours every day, it’s really because you got 12 and hopefully more performances each year.” Personal injury attorney and LSU booster Gordon McKernan owns Court to Table, which drew a standing-room-only crowd on Thursday for Kiffin’s first show. McKernan said that reserved seats sold out in 15 minutes. Quarterback Sam Leavitt opened the show with a five-minute segment. Then defensive coordinator

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LSU coach Lane Kiffin discusses the upcoming season with radio sportscaster Chris Blair on ‘The Lane Kiffin Show’ at Court to Table on Thursday.

Blake Baker did two of his own. When Kiffin took the stage a few minutes later, he looked at the capacity crowd and noted that he didn’t even have to win any of those performances to build that kind of excitement. It was another reminder of why he accepted the LSU job — and why he took the unprecedented step of leaving behind a College Football Playoff-bound team to do it. “Something that took maybe years at another place to build is already here,” Kiffin said. “So that’s really exciting.” Kiffin left Court to Table, making a quick exit out the same door he entered, more than an hour before the judge in the eligibility lawsuit officially granted the injunction. The ruling will likely pave the way for LSU to add a former Notre Dame defensive end named Junior Tuihalamaka. But it’s unclear, as of late Thursday evening, if the Tigers will take the risk of picking up former tight end Dae’Quan Wright or defensive tackle Zxavian Harris — two potential fifth-year seniors who started for Kiffin’s Ole Miss team last season. The lawsuit the SEC filed against LSU on Thursday complicates things, especially since the league rule at the heart of the case prevents both players from suiting up for one of the conference’s programs in 2026-27. They each signed contracts with NFL teams this summer. For Kiffin, though, that’s a problem that could wait — at least for a few minutes on Thursday. His first radio show offered him a chance to leave the legal saga his program was embroiled in behind for a moment, look at the crowd and picture how it’d feel to finally take the field for the first time as LSU’s head coach on Saturday. That feeling should now be less of a surprise. “It’s a good warm up for Tiger Stadium,” Kiffin said.

worth it? One has to figure Kiffin and the rest of the leadership at LSU — and let’s throw Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill in there as well since both have publicly supported LSU — thinks they ultimately have a winning case. Maybe they do. But from this viewpoint, the risk to add rotational or depthaiding players is hardly worth the reward. Perhaps Wright, a tight end, makes a touchdown catch to beat Texas A&M. Could be that Harris, a defensive tackle, makes a fourth-and-short stop to preserve a win at Tennessee. Big ifs. Seemingly not worth even the possibility of being severely sanctioned by or even kicked out of the SEC. Maybe AP FILE PHOTO By CHRIS SZAGOLA that’s saber rattling, but there’s a small chance it isn’t. Philadelphia Eagles tight end As for the SEC and NCAA, Dae’Quan Wright runs a drill they’re working behind the shield of a rule that was poorly framed during rookie minicamp on May and unfairly singled out these 1 at the team’s training facility in athletes to begin with. Pandemic Philadelphia. On Thursday, Wright era athletes got an extra year of was ruled eligible to play for a fifth eligibility. Athletes from the high year of college football. school Class of 2023 forward are getting the “5-for-5” eligibility some reason, the 15 SEC schools rule in their favor. lining up against LSU haven’t These players didn’t get that. come at anyone with torches and There isn’t a floodgate opening pitchforks for rostering former here. Aaron Donald isn’t coming professional basketball players back to try to play at LSU. He with multiple years of European went back to the Rams. These are league experience. middle-of-the-road players who But this, this is a line that for got minimal compensation for some reason can’t be crossed. their NFL stints. Harris said he got $190 in gas So, the fight will go on. There money from the Saints for his have been early winners. And time in camp. Wright said he got losers. $25,000 from the Philadelphia EaBut I think everyone who folgles for being in their camp, both lows college athletics will ultiamounts of money that could be mately be on the losing end. reimbursed to those clubs by two swishes of an LSU booster’s pen. For more LSU sports updates, That said, a bigger question sign up for our newsletter at remains for LSU: Is it really all theadvocate.com/lsunewsletter

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FOUR DOWNS: Jackson Reyes previews Week 1 of area high school football

DUNHAM’S DEFENSE The Tigers enter 2026 as the lone area school to win a state title last year. Dunham lost several important players but brings back quarterback Elijah Haven, the top QB recruit in the nation.The Tigers feature other impact players like receivers CJ De Leon and Calvin Ursin, and offensive linemen Shaun Phillips.

NEW QBS TAKE OVER One of the big storylines for area schools will be seeing how quarterbacks take shape this season. Denham Springs, Zachary, Madison Prep, Catholic High, St.Amant, University High and Parkview Baptist are among the most notable schools to start a new quarterback this season.

BIG EXPECTATIONS Along with Dunham, U-High entered the season ranked No. 1 in the LSWA Class 3A poll. The Cubs’ lofty expectations stem from an injection of talent over the offseason that included three-star QB Knox Kiffin, wide receiver Kevin Smith, three-star offensive lineman Derek Hooker and three-star running back Caiden Bellard.

DISTRICT TO WATCH One of the most intriguing districts to follow will be District 6-4A. Madison Prep moves up to Class 4A and will feature one of the most talented teams in the state.The Chargers and Plaquemine are ranked No. 5 and No. 6 in the Class 4A poll. St. Michael brings back a majority of last year’s starters, and Brusly will also be in the mix.

Ascension Catholic linebacker Raif Melancon scores on a 29-yard fumble return in the second quarter on Thursday at Floyd Boutte Memorial Stadium in Donaldsonville. STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

ACHS stiﬂes Episcopal Bulldogs defense comes through time and time again in season-opening shutout BY JACKSON REYES

Ascension Catholic 36, Episcopal 0

Staff writer

DONALDSONVILLE — Ascension Catholic’s defense stood tall for four quarters. Episcopal’s Wing-T offense frustrated Ascension Catholic early on, crossing midfield and getting deep into the Bulldogs territory on the Knights’ opening two drives. But when the Bulldogs needed a big play, the defense made one. Ascension Catholic blocked a field goal on Episcopal’s first drive. The Knights reached the 9-yard line on their second drive, but turned the ball over on downs after a fourthdown stop. The Bulldogs (1-0) forced two fumbles and several punts to stifle Episcopal’s offense and complete a Week 1 36-0 win at Floyd Boutte Memorial Stadium. “We’ve got a lot of things to fix, but I’m really proud of our defense,” Bulldogs coach Taylor

Week 1 schedule All games at 7 p.m. unless noted.

Thursday’s games Jefferson Rise vs. Riverdale, n North Iberville vs. Fisher, n Cohen vs. Booker T. Washington, n Covington vs. De La Salle, n Madison Prep vs. Jesuit, n

Friday’s games Albany at Denham Springs Belaire at Southern Lab Marksville at Catholic-PC Beau Chene at East Iberville Warren Easton at East Ascension Carrollton High (Georgia) at Catholic, at Memorial Stadium Archbishop Rummel at University High Helix Mentorship at Broadmoor Lafayette High at Live Oak Scotlandville at West Feliciana White Castle at Istrouma Thrive Academy at Northeast Westgate at Liberty, Olympia Stadium Acadiana at Central St. Amant at Woodlawn Assumption at Donaldsonville Ascension Christian at Ben Franklin Magnolia School of Excellence at Dutchtown St. James at East St. John Prairieville at Hammond Northshore at Lutcher Dunham at Parkway Ponchatoula at Walker Zachary at Plaquemine Port Allen at Brusly East Feliciana at Lake Charles College Prep St. Michael at Loranger Tara at Glen Oaks Springﬁeld at Collegiate Baton Rouge Parkview Baptist at Parklane Academy (Mississippi) St. John at South Beauregard Central Private at St. Thomas Aquinas Westminster Christian at Kentwood

Team Episcopal ACHS First Downs 12 13 Yards Rushing 40-126 34-201 Yards Passing 107 57 Passes (C-A-HI) 6-17-1 3-9 Punts-avg. n/a n/a Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-yards 12-110 9-90 SCORING SUMMARY Episcopal 0 0 0 0 — 0 Ascension Catholic 7 10 6 13 — 36 ACHS: Gregory Fernandez 10 run (Johnny Viallon kick) ACHS: Viallon 36 ﬁeld goal ACHS: Raphael Melancon 21 fumble return (Viallon kick) ACHS: Melancon 6 run (Viallon run failed) ACHS: Fernandez 2 run (Viallon kick no good) ACHS: Fernandez 37 pass to Cy Landry (Viallon kick)

James said. “Whenever we had to step up and make a play defensively, we dug our heels and we made a great play.” The Knights were held to 126 total yards rushing on 40 attempts. Episcopal also completed just six of its 17 passes for 107 yards and one interception late in the game. The Bulldogs scored on the

game’s opening drive on a sixplay, 56-yard drive. Quarterback Gregory Fernandez cut to the left from the Knights’ 7-yard line on a keeper and was virtually untouched into the end zone. Episcopal (0-1) drove to the Ascension Catholic 27 on its first drive, before settling for a field goal attempt, which was blocked. After a Bulldogs’ punt, Episcopal’s option offense ate up a majority of the ﬁrst half with a 16-play, 60-yard drive. After three straight runs, the Knights faced a fourth and 3 from the Bulldogs 9, but Michael Kelleher’s pass on fell short as the Knights came away emptyhanded. Ascension Catholic’s defense continued to dominate, later forcing a fumble that ended in a 36-yard ﬁeld goal to make it 10-0 midway through the second quarter. After Episcopal got the ball back, Kelleher completed a pass to Aiden Bradford near the 29-yard

line. Bulldogs linebacker Raphael Melancon ripped it out and raced to the end zone for a 29-yard touchdown on the returned fumble for a 17-0 halftime lead. The Bulldogs pulled away early in the second half after a blocked punt gave them the ball at Episcopal’s 2. A pair of penalties nearly killed the drive, but Melancon muscled his way up the middle for a 6-yard TD to make it 23-0. “Offensively, we struggled getting going early,” James said. “A lot of it was penalties up front. We’ve got to clean those things up.” Ascension Catholic added two more scores off a Fernandez 2-yard run and a 37-yard touchdown pass by Fernandez to Cy Landry. James credited his defense for helping the Bulldogs secure a Week 1 win. “Whenever we had to bow up and make a play,” James said. “They did.”

FRIDAY NIGHT’S TOP MATCHUPS RUMMEL AT UNIVERSITY HIGH

CARROLLTON (GEORGIA) AT CATHOLIC HIGH

ACADIANA AT CENTRAL

Speaking of the Cubs, U-High will start the season with a big test against Rummel.The Raiders ranked No. 9 in the LSWA Class 5A poll. The game will pit four-star Georgia commitment Colton Nussmeier against Cubs QB Knox Kiffin.

Division I select is wide open this year, with several talented teams vying for a state title. Catholic will look to get its season off on the right foot against Carrollton, the 14thranked team in the nation, according to MaxPreps.A win for the Bears could move the needle for early-

No. 8 Central will open the season against a team just outside the top 10 of the LSWA Class 5A poll in Acadiana.The Wildcats defense projects to be one of the best units in the state with three-star defensive backs Mason Moore and Marvin Joseph in the secondary.

7 p.m., Cubs Complex

7 p.m., Memorial Stadium

7 p.m. Friday

THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH MAX GASSIOTT QB, Central

The Wildcats’ senior signal-caller might be one of the most underrated players in the state. Gassiott, a Nicholls State commitment, impressed in jamborees against St. Amant and East Ascension with 270 yards passing, 50 yards rushing and six total touchdowns.

CASH DAVIS

JUDE CHAMBERLAIN

The senior put up massive numbers last year with more than 1,300 yards receiving. Davis kicks off his senior season with a new quarterback in Zachary transfer Willie Johnson. Live Oak will face Lafayette High in Week 1, hoping to get the season started with a win.

There might not be a bigger mismatch for secondaries in the area than going against Jude Chamberlain. The 6-foot-5 Stanford commitment caught two TDs in the Bears’ jamboree win over University High last Friday.The Bears will get a stern test against Carollton of Georgia.

WR, Live Oak

TE, Catholic High

GM at UNC BY AARON BEARD AP sportswriter

North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi has resigned, ending the tenure of an immediate hire in Bill Belichick’s NFL-to-college coaching transition who had been on on paid administrative leave as the subject of a school investigation. The school announced Lombardi’s resignation Thursday. It also stated it would continue its ongoing investigation and “consider all appropriate corrective actions” as needed. The school Lombardi has not released specifics of that probe, noting in its July 27 announcement that employees and athletes aren’t permitted to address the topic “as is standard procedure with personnel matters.” Three days later, UNC released another statement that said its Office of University Counsel was conducting an investigation, an announcement coming on the first day of preseason camp. Two people with knowledge of the situation previously told The Associated Press that a human resources complaint from a former employee was involved. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the school wasn’t publicly discussing case details. Attorney Tom Mars, who is working with Lombardi, released a statement from his client confirming the resignation Thursday. “I want to thank Chancellor (Lee) Roberts and Bill Belichick for the opportunity to serve as the GM of UNC Football,” Lombardi said in the statement. “I have decided it’s best for me to resign my position as GM to allow the team to focus on the ’26 season.” The resignation comes five days after the Tar Heels beat TCU 15-10 in Dublin, Ireland, to start Belichick’s second season in Chapel Hill. Belichick went 4-8 last year after leading the NFL’s New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles. Lombardi attended for Belichick’s introductory news conference in December 2024, with Belichick announcing that day that the former GM of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns would serve as his college-level GM. A few months into Belichick’s tenure, Lombardi said the goal was running a college program in a way similar to the NFL, saying the Tar Heels “consider ourselves the 33rd (NFL) team” because of the staff connections to the pros. That confident statement didn’t align with the onfield results; the Tar Heels had more more double-digit losses (five) than wins, along with multiple off-the-field distractions. Lombardi was given a threeyear deal paying him $1.5 million in base salary through the 2027 season. That made him by far the country’s highest-paid college football GM for the 2025 season, according to a USA Today salary database, another incongruity with the Tar Heels’ results. At the college level, GMs across sports generally have front-office roles dealing with roster construction and negotiations over player compensation, with the heaviest work coming in the offseason. Belichick said on July 30 that the team was “working through some things” in adjusting duties to compensate for Lombardi’s absence. Roberts said later that day the situation was “distressing to me and everyone else in the administration ... that this is something that we have to have to spend time on.”

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SCOREBOARD High school football

Wednesday’s Games

Week 1 schedule

Thursday’s Games

No games scheduled. No games scheduled.

Thursday’s scores Area

Friday’s Games

No games scheduled.

North Iberville 34, Fisher 15 Ascension Catholic 36, Episcopal 0 Jesuit 28, Madison Prep 20 North Iberville 34, Fisher 15 Capitol at McKinley Baker at Slaughter Charter

Pro football NFL Glance Wednesday’s Games

Statewide

New England at Seattle, 7:20 p.m.

Barbe 42, Iowa 15 East Beauregard 30, Merryville 9 Grand Lake 34, DeQuincy 20 LaSalle 54, Lakeview 13 Ouachita Parish 44, C.E. Byrd 37 Sacred Heart 34, Oakdale 6 St. Mary’s 22, Vidalia 6 Vinton 58, Oberlin 13

Thursday’s Games

San Francisco vs L.A. Rams at Melbourne, VIC, 7:35 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

High school volleyball Thursday’s matches Dunham def. Notre Dame 3-0 Live Oak def. Port Allen 3-0 (25-7, 25-10, 25-10) Parkview Baptist def. Central 25-21, 25-20, 25-19 University Lab def. Prairieville 25-17, 25-15, 25-17 Ascension Christian def. Northeast 25-9, 25-10, 25-9 Collegiate Baton Rouge def. Istrouma 14-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-10, 15-5 St. Amant def. Episcopal 25-13, 25-21, 25-16 GEO Next def. White Castle 25-14, 18-25, 25-11, 25-13

Holes-in-one Max Lewis

Course: The University Club Hole: No. 16 Yardage: 132 yards Club: Pitching Wedge Witnesses: Scott Perrilloux, Donnie Doyle, Bobby Lormand

Marty Lensing

Course: The University Club Hole: No. 8 Yardage: 127 yards Club: 9 iron Witnesses: Mike Creed & Brad Bourg

College football College Football Schedule Thursday’s games EAST

Umass 37, Rutgers 21 Delaware 42, Merrimack 7 Stony Brook 36, Lindenwood (Mo.) 32 Albany (NY) at Buffalo, n

SOUTH

Kentucky Christian at Morehead St. , n Akron at Wake Forest, n Bethune-Cookman at UCF, n S. Illinois at Samford, n West Georgia at Kennesaw St. , n Colorado at Georgia Tech, n

FAR WEST

Idaho at Utah, n

Friday’s games EAST

Franklin Pierce (0-0) at Marist (0-1), 6 p.m.

SOUTH

Friday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at E. MICH 4 3 (56½)San Jose St at PURDUE 30½ 35½ (55½) Indiana St. at GEORGIA ST 26½ 28½ (62½) NC A&T at KANSAS 40½ 41½ (54½) LIU Post at OKLAHOMA 40½ 40½ (51½) UTEP at MICH ST 10½ 9½ (46½) Toledo at USC 23½ 21½ (51½) Fresno St Miami (FL) 22 24½ (47½) at STNFRD

Saturday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at UCONN 21½ 19½ (52½) Lafayette at SYRACUSE 27½ 33½ (55½) New Hamp at B. GREEN 1½ 2½ (47½) Tarletn St. at J. MADISON 6 6½ (50½) Liberty at NEBRASKA 23½ 23½ (46½) Ohio at HOUSTON 18½ 20½ (49½) Oregon St. at ALABAMA 26½ 27½ (52½) E. Carolina at INDIANA 40½ 40½ (56½) N. Texas at ARMY 37½ 36½ (51½) Bryant at WEST VA 17½ 21 (56½) C. Carolina at PITTS 15½ 16½ (47½)Miami (OH) at OHIO STATE 50½ 50½ (56½) Ball State at S. CAROLINA 34½ 35½ (54½) Kent State at IOWA STATE 30½ 29½ (53½) Smsu at KENTUCKY 27½ 22½ (62½)Yngstwn St at AIR FORCE 23½ 28½ (58½) Duquesne at TEMPLE 12½ 14½ (51½) R. Island at GEORGIA 48½ 46½ (54½) Tenn St. at CHARLOTTE 17½ 20½ (46½) Citadel at UTSA 27½ 28½ (59½) Utrgv at AUBURN 7 7½ (58½) Baylor at NDSU 35½ 41½ (56½) Fordham at NAVY 30½ 30½ (49½) Towson at CINCINNATI 7½ 7½ (50½) B. College at DUKE 9½ 7½ (51½) Tulane at OREGON 24½ 24½ (51½) Boise St. at TEXAS 30½ 29½ (59½)Texas State at TENNESSEE 47½ 46½ (66½) Furman at APP ST 22½ 19½ (53½) Maine at PENN ST 23½ 24½ (52½) Marshall Oklahoma St 12½ 13½ (59½) at TULSA at IOWA 30½ 31½ (44½) N. Illinois at ARKANSAS 40½ 40½ (63½) N. Albama at SOUTH MISS 23½ 20½ (50½) Alcorn St. at OLD DOM 41½ 40½ (52½) Norfolk St. at CSU 3½ 3 (46½) Wyoming at S. ALABAMA 14½ 12½ (52½) Selu at S. FLORIDA 12½ 14½ (51½) Florida Intl at M. TENN 25½ 20½ (57½) Murray St. at KANSAS ST 41½ 40½ (54½)Nicholls St. at UTAH ST. 23½ 14½ (62½) Idaho St. at JAX ST. 20½ 20½ (54½) E. Kentcky at VANDERBILT 35½ 29½ (60½) A. Peay at TEXAS A&M 38½ 40½ (53½)Missouri St. at GA SOUTRN 26½ 25½ (51½)C. Southern at TEX TECH 41½ 42½ (59½) A. Chrstian at RICE 21½ 22½ (47½)Hou Chrstn at TROY 17½ 16½ (54½) Sam Hou at MEMPHIS 10½ 11½ (52½) Arknsas St at MICHIGAN 26½ 27½ (49½) W. Mich at MISS ST. 28½ 28½ (54½) UL Monroe at LSU 11½ 10 (50½) Clemson at VA TECH 47½ 55½ (61½) VMI at LA TECH 40½ 44½ (55½)Nrtwstrn St at FLORIDA 26½ 26½ (59½) Florida Atl at NRTWSTRN 15½ 13½ (46½) Sdsu at UL 17½ 20½ (48½) Lamar at MARYLAND 41½ 45½ (56½) Hampton at BYU 47½ 51½ (61½) Utah Tech at NEW MEX ST23½ 28½ (52½)Mercyhurst at ARIZONA 29½ 31½ (58½) N. Arizona at SDSU 40½ 40½ (61½) Portlnd St UNLV 1½ 3½ (56½) at HAWAII at ARIZONA ST 42½ 43½ (52½) Morgan St at NEW MEX 12½ 10½ (46½) C. Mich at SAC ST 32½ 37½ (56½) Mvsu W. Kentucky 3 1½ (52½) at NEVADA UCLA 1½ 1½ (53½) at CAL FAVORITE at WASH at N.D. at OLE MISS

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 21½ 23½ (50½) Wash St 20½ 20½ (46½) Wisconsin 6½ 6½ (55½) Louisville

FAVORITE SMU

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ 3 (53½) at FSU

MLB

Denver at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Missouri, n E. Illinois at Minnesota, n UAB at Illinois, n

Sports Betting Line College Football

Monday

Monday’s Games

MIDWEST

Odds

Sunday

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, noon Baltimore at Indianapolis, noon Buffalo at Houston, noon Chicago at Carolina, noon Cleveland at Jacksonville, noon N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, noon New Orleans at Detroit, noon Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, noon Arizona at L.A. Chargers, 3:25 p.m. Green Bay at Minnesota, 3:25 p.m. Miami at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m.

Friday

American League FAVORITE LINE at CLEVELAND OFF Boston -119 at CLEVELAND OFF at WHITE SOX -131 Tampa Bay -124 at KANSAS CITY OFF at SEATTLE OFF National League FAVORITE LINE Milwaukee -162 Atlanta -111 at MIAMI OFF at N.Y METS -185 at COLORADO OFF at LA DODGERS OFF Interleague FAVORITE LINE at PITTSBURGH -198 at HOUSTON -134 N.Y Yankees -132

UNDERDOG Detroit at BALTIMORE Detroit Minnesota at TEXAS Toronto Athletics

LINE OFF +100 OFF +110 +104 OFF OFF

UNDERDOG LINE at CINCINNATI +135 at PHILA -108 Chi Cubs OFF San Fran +153 St. Louis OFF Washington OFF UNDERDOG LA Angels Arizona at SAN DIEGO

LINE +164 +113 +110

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

W 26 26 24 24 15 11 10

L 14 14 16 16 25 29 30

Pct .650 .650 .600 .600 .375 .275 .250

GB — — 2 2 11 15 16

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

W 31 29 27 24 16 15 14 8

L 9 11 13 16 24 25 26 32

Pct .775 .725 .675 .600 .400 .375 .350 .200

GB — 2 4 7 15 16 17 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-clinched playoff spot

NC A&T (0-1) at Georgia St. (0-0), 6 p.m. MIDWEST San Jose St. (0-1) at E. Michigan (1-0), 6:30 p.m. Indiana St. (0-1) at Purdue (0-0), 6 p.m. LIU Brooklyn (0-1) at Kansas (0-0), 7 p.m. Toledo (0-0) at Michigan St. (0-0), 7 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

UTEP (0-0) at Oklahoma (0-0), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST

Fresno St. (0-0) at Southern Cal (1-0),89 p.m. Miami (0-0) at Stanford (1-0), 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games EAST

S. Connecticut (0-0) at Wagner (0-1), 11 a.m. Lafayette (0-0) at Uconn (0-0), 11 a.m. New Hampshire (0-1) at Syracuse (0-0), 11 a.m. Stonehill (0-1) at New Haven (1-0), 11 a.m. Bryant (1-0) at Army (0-0), 11 a.m. Coastal Carolina (0-0) at West Virginia (0-0), 11 a.m. Miami (Ohio) (0-0) at Pittsburgh (0-0), 11:30 a.m. Lehigh (1-0) at Georgetown (0-0), 11:30 a.m. Holy Cross (0-1) at Colgate (1-0), noon Rhode Island (1-0) at Temple (0-0), 1 p.m. Sacred Heart (0-0) at Monmouth (NJ) (0-1), 1 p.m. Towson (0-1) at Navy (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Marshall (0-0) at Penn St. (0-0), 2:30 p.m. W. Virginia St. (0-0) at Robert Morris (1-0), 5 p.m. Richmond (1-0) at Howard (1-0), 5 p.m. Villanova (0-1) at Bucknell (0-1), 5 p.m. Hampton (1-0) at Maryland (0-0), 7 p.m.

SOUTH

Webber International (0-0) at Stetson (0-1), 10 a.m. Liberty (0-0) at James Madison (0-0), 11 a.m. East Carolina (0-0) at Alabama (0-0), 11 a.m. Kent St. (0-0) at South Carolina (0-0), 11:45 a.m. Youngstown St. (1-0) at Kentucky (0-0), noon Gardner-Webb (0-1) at Wofford (1-0), 12:30 p.m. Tennessee St. (0-1) at Georgia (0-0), 2 p.m. The Citadel (0-1) at Charlotte (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Auburn (0-0) vs. Baylor (0-0) at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m. W. Carolina (1-0) at Campbell (1-0), 2:30 p.m. Tulane (0-0) at Duke (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Furman (1-0) at Tennessee (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Maine (1-0) at Appalachian St. (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Alcorn St. (1-0) at Southern Miss. (0-0), 4 p.m. Tusculum (0-0) at ETSU (0-1), 4:30 p.m. Delaware St. (1-0) at William & Mary (1-0), 5 p.m. Presbyterian (1-0) at Mercer (1-0), 5 p.m. Norfolk St. (1-0) at Old Dominion (0-0), 5 p.m. Tennessee Tech (1-0) at Chattanooga (1-0), 5 p.m. Elizabeth City St. (0-0) at NC Central (0-1), 5 p.m. Elon (1-0) at Davidson (0-1), 5 p.m. Lane (0-0) at Alabama St. (1-0), 5 p.m. Central St. (Ohio) (0-0) at Grambling St. (1-0), 6 p.m. SE Louisiana (0-1) at South Alabama (0-0), 6 p.m. FIU (0-0) at South Florida (0-0), 6 p.m. Murray St. (0-1) at Middle Tennessee (0-0), 6 p.m. Chicago State Cougars (0-1) at UT Martin (0-1), 6 p.m. E. Kentucky (0-1) at Jacksonville St. (0-1), 6 p.m. Kentucky St. (0-0) at Southern U. (0-1), 6 p.m. Austin Peay (1-0) at Vanderbilt (0-0), 6 p.m. Charleston Southern (0-1) at Georgia Southern (0-0), 6 p.m. Miles (0-1) at Alabama A&M (0-1), 6 p.m. Edward Waters (0-0) at Jackson St. (1-0), 6 p.m. Sam Houston St. (0-0) at Troy (0-0), 6 p.m. Arkansas St. (0-0) at Memphis (1-0), 6 p.m. Texas Wesleyan (0-0) at McNeese St. (0-1), 6 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe (0-0) at Mississippi St. (0-0), 6:30 p.m. Clemson (0-0) at LSU (0-0), 6:30 p.m. VMI (0-1) at Virginia Tech (0-0), 6:30 p.m. Northwestern St. (0-1) at Louisiana Tech (0-0), 6:30 p.m. FAU (0-0) at Florida (0-0), 6:45 p.m. Lamar (1-0) at Louisiana-Lafayette (0-0), 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

Tarleton St. (1-0) at Bowling Green (0-0), 11 a.m. Ohio (0-0) at Nebraska (0-0), 11 a.m. North Texas (0-0) at Indiana (0-0), 11 a.m. Ball St. (0-0) at Ohio St. (0-0), 11:30 a.m. SE Missouri (1-0) at Iowa St. (0-0), noon Fordham (0-1) at N. Dakota St. (1-0), 2:30 p.m. Boston College (0-0) at Cincinnati (0-0), 2:30 p.m. St. Thomas (Minn.) (1-0) at North Dakota (1-0), 3 p.m. N. Illinois (0-0) at Iowa (0-0), 3:15 p.m. Nicholls (1-0) at Kansas St. (0-0), 6 p.m. Illinois St. (1-0) at W. Illinois (1-0), 6 p.m. W. Michigan (0-0) at Michigan (0-0), 6:30 p.m. S. Dakota St. (1-0) at Northwestern (0-0), 7 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Oregon St. (0-0) at Houston (0-0), 11 a.m. UT Rio Grande Valley (1-0) at UTSA (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Texas State (0-0) at Texas (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Oklahoma St. (0-0) at Tulsa (0-0), 2:45 p.m. North Alabama (1-0) at Arkansas (0-0), 3:15 p.m. West Florida (1-0) at Cent. Arkansas (1-0), 6 p.m. Missouri St. (0-0) at Texas A&M (0-0), 6 p.m. Abilene Christian (0-1) at Texas Tech (0-0), 6 p.m. Houston Christian (1-0) at Rice (0-0), 6 p.m. East Texas A&M (0-1) at Stephen F. Austin (1-0), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST

Duquesne (0-0) at Air Force (0-0), noon Drake (0-1) at Montana (1-0), 2 p.m.

Boise St. (0-0) at Oregon (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Wyoming (0-0) at Colorado St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Idaho St. (1-0) at Utah St. (0-0), 6 p.m. N. Iowa (0-0) at E. Washington (0-1), 6 p.m. South Dakota (1-0) at N. Colorado (0-1), 7 p.m. Cent. Washington (0-0) at Cal Poly (1-0), 7 p.m. Weber St. (1-0) at S. Utah (0-1), 7 p.m. Utah Tech (0-1) at BYU (0-0), 7 p.m. Butler (1-0) at Montana St. (1-0), 7:30 p.m. Mercyhurst (0-1) at New Mexico St. (0-1), 8 p.m. N. Arizona (1-0) at Arizona (0-0), 8:30 p.m. Portland St. (0-1) at San Diego St. (0-0), 8:30 p.m. UNLV (0-1) at Hawaii (0-1), 9 p.m. UC Davis (1-0) at San Diego (0-0), 9 p.m. Morgan St. (1-0) at Arizona St. (0-0), 9 p.m. Cent. Michigan (0-0) at New Mexico (0-0), 9 p.m. MVSU (0-1) at Sacramento St. (0-1), 9 p.m. W. Kentucky (0-0) at Nevada (0-0), 9:30 p.m. UCLA (0-0) at California (0-0), 9:30 p.m. Sunday, September 6

SOUTH

Florida A&M (1-0) vs. SC State (1-0) at Miami Gardens, Fla., 2 p.m. Mississippi (0-0) vs. Louisville (0-0) at Nashville, Tenn., 6:30 p.m.

MIDWEST

Notre Dame (0-0) vs. Wisconsin (0-0) at Green Bay, Wis., 6:30 p.m. SOUTHWEST Texas Southern (1-0) at Prairie View (0-1), 11 a.m.

FAR WEST

Washington St. (0-0) at Washington (0-0), 3 p.m.

Monday’s games SOUTH

SMU (0-0) at Florida St. (1-0), 6:30 p.m.

Tennis US Open Results Thursday

At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $5,438,400 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor NEW YORK (AP) _ Results Thursday from US Open at The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League East Division Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

W 83 80 75 70 69

L 56 60 65 71 71

Pct .597 .571 .536 .496 .493

GB — 3½ 8½ 14 14½

Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

W 73 70 67 64 62

L 67 70 73 75 78

Pct .521 .500 .479 .460 .443

GB — 3 6 8½ 11

Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

W 72 69 66 54 53

L 69 71 74 86 87

Pct .511 .493 .471 .386 .379

GB — 2½ 5½ 17½ 18½

Central Division

West Division

Wednesday’s Games

Athletics 9, Texas 2 Colorado 6, Baltimore 5, 11 innings Seattle 8, Boston 3 Toronto 11, Cleveland 0 N.Y. Mets 10, Tampa Bay 4 Houston 2, Chicago White Sox 0 Miami 9, Kansas City 6 Detroit 11, Minnesota 6, 12 innings N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Angels 3, 10 innings

Thursday’s Games

Houston 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Toronto 6, Cleveland 3 Boston 6, Baltimore 5 Kansas City 7, Miami 3 Texas 6, Tampa Bay 0 Athletics at Seattle, n

Women’s Singles

Second Round Iga Swiatek (8), Poland, def. Nadia Podoroska, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2. Elise Mertens (23), Belgium, def. Maria Timofeeva, Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Anastasia Potapova (24), Russia, def. Leolia Jeanjean, France, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Naomi Osaka (13), Japan, def. Katerina Siniakova, Czechia, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. Madison Keys (22), United States, def. Anna Bondar, Hungary, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Marie Bouzkova (25), Czechia, def. Harriet Dart, Britain, 6-2, 6-2. Amanda Anisimova (10), United States, def. Lilli Tagger, Austria, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Alexandra Eala (17), Philippines, def. Oleksandra Oliynykova, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-4. Nikola Bartunkova, Czechia, def. Tatjana Maria, Germany, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3. Zheng Qinwen, China, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. Cristina Bucsa, Spain, def. Himeno Sakatsume, Japan, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (0), 7-6 (6). Mirra Andreeva (5), Russia, def. Eva Lys, Germany, 6-0, 6-2. Iva Jovic (14), United States, def. Francesca Jones, Britain, 6-4, 6-4. Yuliia Starodubtseva, Ukraine, def. Maria Sakkari (32), Greece, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Coco Gauff (4), United States, def. Paula Badosa, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Women’s Doubles

First Round Leylah Fernandez, Canada, and Janice Tjen, Indonesia, def. Nika Radisic, Slovenia, and Isabelle Haverlag, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-1. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romania, and Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, def. Laura Pigossi, Brazil, and Panna Udvardy, Hungary, 6-3, 6-4. Alexandra Panova, Russia, and Magali Kempen, Belgium, def. Makoto Ninomiya, Japan, and Maria Kozyreva, Russia, 6-4, 6-2. Xu Yifan and Wang Xiyu, China, def. Claire Liu and Julieta Pareja, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Storm Hunter, Australia, and Desirae Krawczyk (13), United States, def. Dj Bennett and Ava Esposito Cogan, United States, 6-0, 6-3. Ingrid Neel, Estonia, and Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, def. Shuko Aoyama, Japan, and EnShuo Liang (11), Taiwan, 6-1, 6-4. Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, and Ellen Perez (10), Australia, def. Renata Zarazua, Mexico, and Anastasia Tikhonova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Luisa Stefani (2), Brazil, def. Irina Khromacheva, Russia, and Anastasia Detiuc, Czechia, 6-1, 6-3. Qianhui Tang, China, and Elena Pridankina, Russia, def. Katarzyna Piter, Poland, and Anna Siskova, Czechia, 6-3, 6-2. Wang Xinyu, China, and Moyuka Uchijima, Japan, def. Ulrikke Eikeri, Norway, and Quinn Gleason (15), United States, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Aldila Sutjiadi, Indonesia, and Erin Routliffe (9), New Zealand, def. Ann Li, United States, and Clara Tauson, Denmark, 6-2, 6-2. Magda Linette and Maja Chwalinska, Poland, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, and Hanyu Guo (5), China, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Ena Shibahara, Japan, and Lanlana Tararudee, Thailand, def. Kimberly Birrell, Australia, and Peyton Stearns, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Taylor Townsend, United States, and Katerina Siniakova (1), Czechia, def. Savannah Broadus and Reese Brantmeier, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, and Marie Bouzkova, Czechia, def. Caty McNally and McCartney Kessler, United States, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. Robin Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger, United States, def. Rebecca Sramkova, Slovakia, and Linda Noskova, Czechia, 7-5, 6-4.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent SS Luis Vázquez outright to Norfolk (IL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent RF Connor Joe and RHP Nolan Kingham outright to Tacoma (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent 2B Luis Urías on a rehab assignment to Dunedin (IL). National League MIAMI MARLINS — Designated 3B Leo Jiménez for assignment. Recalled 3B Deyvison De Los Santos from Jacksonville (IL). NEW YORK METS — Claimed RHP Cameron Weston off waivers from Baltimore. Designated C Shawn Ross for assignment. Optioned RHP Cameron Weston to Syracuse (IL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHPs Khristian Curtis and Wilber Dotel from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned LHP Evan Sisk to Indianapolis. Placed RHP Kirby Yates on the 15-day IL retroactive to August 31. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Transferred RHP Keaton Winn to the 60-day IL. Claimed 3B Brett Harris off waivers from Boston. Optioned 3B Brett Harris to Sacramento (PCL).

East Division Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 83 79 71 67 63

L 57 61 69 75 77

Pct .593 .564 .507 .472 .450

GB — 4 12 17 20

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 87 78 70 69 67

L 53 62 70 72 73

Pct .621 .557 .500 .489 .479

GB — 9 17 18½ 20

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

W 82 74 73 58 54

L 57 67 67 83 86

Pct .590 .525 .521 .411 .386

GB — 9 9½ 25 28½

Central Division

West Division

Wednesday’s Games

Cincinnati 7, San Diego 3 Atlanta 9, Washington 0 Arizona 1, Philadelphia 0 Colorado 6, Baltimore 5, 11 innings N.Y. Mets 10, Tampa Bay 4 San Francisco 5, Pittsburgh 4, 10 innings Miami 9, Kansas City 6 Milwaukee 9, Chicago Cubs 5 St. Louis 8, L.A. Dodgers 6, 10 innings

Thursday’s Games

Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 2 Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 1 Kansas City 7, Miami 3 St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, n

Friday’s Games

Detroit at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m., 1st game L.A. Angels (Johnson 3-7) at Pittsburgh (Jones 2-6), 5:45 p.m. Boston (Suarez 5-4) at Baltimore (Baz 5-14), 6:05 p.m. Detroit (Sears 0-1) at Cleveland (TBD), 6:15 p.m., 2nd game Minnesota (Matthews 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Fedde 7-8), 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Martinez 13-4) at Texas (Rocker 5-10), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Kelly 9-12) at Houston (Javier 1-5), 7:10 p.m. Toronto (Taillon 2-6) at Kansas City (Lynch 4-4), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-4) at San Diego (Buehler 8-6), 8:40 p.m. Athletics (Ginn 9-8) at Seattle , 9:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Drohan 7-5) at Cincinnati (Lowder 6-8), 5:10 p.m. Atlanta (Sale 13-9) at Philadelphia (Sánchez 16-4), 5:40 p.m. L.A. Angels (Johnson 3-7) at Pittsburgh (Jones 2-6), 5:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Imanaga 8-10) at Miami (Junk 6-8), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Wilkinson 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (McLean 10-8), 6:10 p.m. Arizona (Kelly 9-12) at Houston (Javier 1-5), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Leahy 10-4) at Colorado (Feltner 5-9), 7:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-4) at San Diego (Buehler 8-6), 8:40 p.m. Washington (Kent 1-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Snell 2-1), 9:10 p.m.

WILD CRD GLANCE

Men’s Singles

Second Round Karen Khachanov, Russia, def. Felix AugerAliassime (3), Canada, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Luciano Darderi (21), Italy, def. Dalibor Svrcina, Czechia, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Francisco Cerundolo (24), Argentina, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 5-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Taylor Fritz (9), United States, def. Mattia Bellucci, Italy, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1. Jakub Mensik (17), Czechia, def. Jurij Rodionov, Austria, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Dane Sweeny, Australia, def. Lorenzo Musetti (13), Italy, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Flavio Cobolli (5), Italy, def. Tristan Schoolkate, Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Alexander Blockx (28), Belgium, def. Marco Trungelliti, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Alejandro Tabilo (25), Chile, def. Alexei Popyrin, Australia, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-2. Benjamin Bonzi, France, def. Ignacio Buse (32), Peru, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-0. Botic Van de Zandschulp, Netherlands, def. Alex de Minaur (6), Australia, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2. Arthur Gea, France, def. Zachary Svajda, United States, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Learner Tien (14), United States, def. Gael Monﬁls, France, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

National League

American League New York Boston Cleveland Toronto Baltimore Texas Minnesota Seattle

W 80 75 70 70 69 69 67 66

L 60 65 70 71 71 71 73 74

National League Pct .571 .536 .500 .496 .493 .493 .479 .471

WCGB +10 +5 — ½ 1 1 3 4

Philadelphia Chicago Arizona San Diego Miami St. Louis

W 79 78 74 73 71 70

L 61 62 67 67 69 70

Pct .564 .557 .525 .521 .507 .500

WCGB +5½ +4½ — ½ 2½ 3½

BOX SCORES Toronto 6, Cleveland 3 Toronto

Cleveland

Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 2 San Francisco

Pittsburgh

ab r h bi ab r h bi Bateman cf 5 1 3 0 Kwan cf 5 0 20 Lukes rf 5 1 2 2 DeLauter rf 5 0 10 Guerrero 1b 3 1 0 1 Ramírez dh 5 0 10 Sánchez lf 3 0 1 1 Adell lf 4 2 10 Straw pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Lowe 1b 4 0 10 Keys dh 4 0 1 1 Genao 3b 4 1 11 J.Smith 3b 2 1 0 0 Bazzana 2b 1 0 00 Giménez ss 5 0 1 0 Fry ph 0 0 00 Clement 2b 4 1 1 1 Schnmnn 2b 1 0 0 0 Valenzuela c3 1 0 0 Hedges c 2 0 12 Martínez ph 1 0 00 Bailey c 0 0 00 Rocchio ss 3 0 00 Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 35 3 8 3 Toronto 000 140 001 — 6 Cleveland 001 020 000 — 3 E_Bazzana (7), Festa (3). DP_Toronto 0, Cleveland 1. LOB_Toronto 12, Cleveland 12. 2B_Lukes 2 (13), DeLauter (26). SB_Giménez (20). SF_Guerrero (6). IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Soriano 4 2⁄3 6 3 3 3 2 Fluharty 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 Miles W,6-2 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Rogers H,30 1 0 0 0 0 0 Varland S,32-33 1 1 0 0 1 2 Cleveland Bibee L,5-15 4 4 5 5 5 4 1 Holderman ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 1 Yoho 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Festa 1 0 0 0 1 2 Herrin 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 Gaddis ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Hernández 1 2 1 1 1 2 Fluharty pitched to 2 batters in the 6th, Bibee pitched to 4 batters in the 5th, Festa pitched to 3 batters in the 7th, Herrin pitched to 4 batters in the 8th. HBP_Soriano (Bazzana), Rogers (Rocchio). WP_Fluharty. ABS Challenge_Clement (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Bibee (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Smith (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Varland (Ball-Conﬁrmed); Varland (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Varland (BallOverturned to Strike). Umpires_Home, Erich Bacchus; First, Chris Segal; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, Edwin Jimenez. T_3:28. A_18,186 (34,788).

ab r h bi ab r h bi Gilbert rf-cf 4 0 1 0 Horwitz 1b 5 1 10 Devers dh 4 0 0 0 Lowe dh 3 0 00 Eldridge 1b 3 0 0 0 Reynolds rf 3 1 00 Cox cf-2b 3 1 0 0 Gonzales 2b 3 0 10 Hill lf 2 1 0 0 Cruz cf 1 1 01 Knizner c 2 0 0 0 Mangum lf 1 2 11 Lee ph-rf 2 0 1 1 Flores c 4 0 10 Whitcmb 3b 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez 3b 2 0 00 Cavnugh phc1 0 0 0 Yorke 3b 1 0 10 Furman 2b 3 0 0 1 Triolo ss 3 0 02 Basabe 3b 0 0 0 0 Koss ss 3 0 0 0 Totals 27 2 2 2 Totals 26 5 5 4 San Francisco 000 000 200 — 2 Pittsburgh 200 002 01x — 5 E_Sanmartin (1). DP_San Francisco 1, Pittsburgh 1. LOB_San Francisco 4, Pittsburgh 8. 2B_Lee (28). SB_Cruz (26), Triolo (11), Cox (9). SF_Triolo (1). S_Mangum (4), Yorke (1). IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Tidwell L,0-2 5 2 2 2 5 5 Sanmartin 1 1 2 1 1 0 Harris 1 1 0 0 0 1 Walker 1 1 1 1 1 0 Pittsburgh 3 Bachar 2 1⁄3 0 0 0 2 2 Eisert ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Curtis W,1-0 3 1 2 2 3 2 Ramírez H,8 1 0 0 0 0 1 Weaver H,18 1 0 0 0 0 1 Montgomery S,8-10 1 0 0 0 0 1 Curtis pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. HBP_Tidwell (Mangum), Bachar (Hill). ABS Challenge_Triolo (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Tidwell (Ball-Conﬁrmed); Hill (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Horwitz (Strike-Conﬁrmed); Ramírez (Ball-Overturned to Strike). Umpires_Home, Clint Vondrak; First, Steven Jaschinski; Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Ryan Additon. T_2:43. A_11,578 (38,753).

Houston 6, Chicago White Sox 2

Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 1

Chicago

Milwaukee

Houston

ab r h bi ab r h bi Antonacci lf 4 0 1 1 Peña ss 4 0 00 Murakami 1b4 0 0 0 Alvarez dh 2 1 00 Vargas 3b 4 0 2 0 Paredes 3b 3 2 11 Benintndi dh3 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 4 1 12 B.Mntgry cf 3 0 1 0 Allen 2b 0 0 00 C.Mntgry ss 4 1 0 0 Varsho cf 4 1 12 Meidroth 2b 4 0 2 0 Walker 1b 4 0 21 Peters cf 2 1 0 0 Trammell rf-lf 3 0 1 0 Grichuk ph-rf2 0 0 0 Diaz c 4 0 10 Rogers c 3 0 1 1 Wade lf 2 1 10 C.Smith ph-rf 2 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 32 6 8 6 Chicago 020 000 000 — 2 Houston 204 000 00x — 6 DP_Chicago 0, Houston 1. LOB_Chicago 6, Houston 6. 2B_Paredes (24), Diaz (12), Trammell (8). 3B_Varsho (3). HR_Altuve (15). SB_Vargas 2 (15). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Castillo L,4-11 4 6 6 6 2 3 Schweitzer 2 1 0 0 1 0 Richards 1 0 0 0 0 2 Urquidy 1 1 0 0 0 0 Houston Brown W,5-3 6 6 2 2 2 7 Sousa 1 0 0 0 0 1 Abreu 1 0 0 0 0 1 Blubaugh 1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP_Castillo (Alvarez). WP_Urquidy. ABS Challenge_Altuve (Strike-Conﬁrmed); Castillo (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Sousa (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Blubaugh (Ball-Overturned to Strike). Pitch timer violations_Castillo (pitcher); Paredes (batter). Umpires_Home, Dan Bellino; First, Mark Ripperger; Second, Shane Livensparger; Third, Dan Merzel. T_2:24. A_24,155 (41,000).

Chicago

ab r h bi ab r h bi Chourio lf 4 0 0 0 CArmstrng cf 4 1 1 2 Turang 2b 4 0 0 0 Suzuki rf 3 0 00 Contreras c 4 0 0 0 Busch 1b 3 0 00 Bauers rf 3 0 0 0 Bregman 3b 3 0 10 Vaughn 1b 4 1 1 1 Happ lf 3 0 00 Yelich dh 4 0 1 0 Hoerner ss 3 0 00 Mitchell cf 3 0 1 0 Ramirez 2b 2 0 00 Ortiz ss 3 0 1 0 Conforto dh 2 0 00 Hamilton 3b 3 0 1 0 Shaw ph-dh 0 0 00 Kelly c 3 1 10 Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 26 2 3 2 Milwaukee 000 100 000 — 1 Chicago 002 000 00x — 2 LOB_Milwaukee 5, Chicago 2. 2B_Bregman (28). HR_Vaughn (6), Crow-Armstrong (39). SB_Hamilton (25). S_Shaw (2). IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Henderson L,9-3 7 3 2 2 0 7 Hall 1 0 0 0 1 0 Chicago Gausman W,9-11 7 5 1 1 1 9 Zeferjahn H,13 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rolison S,2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 WP_Gausman. ABS Challenge_Happ (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Ramirez (Strike-Overturned to Ball). Umpires_Home, Willie Traynor; First, Tripp Gibson; Second, Nick Mahrley; Third, Ryan Blakney. T_2:12. A_39,018 (41,363).

SPORTS

24/7

JUST FOR LAUGHS

‘THE NIGHT CHAMPION’

Butterr & Friends: an Improv Collider Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Manship Theatre’s Hartley/Vey Studio Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m. Expect unscripted hilarity, unexpected moments and big laughs, the performers promise. Rated: R-ish due to improv content; under 16 requires accompanying parent or guardian. $14. manshiptheatre.org.

Genre-fusing Texas artist Koe Wetzel (“High Road,” “Sweet Dreams”) brings his world tour to the Raising Cane’s River Center Arena at 6:45 p.m. Friday. Supporting acts will be Ole 60, Bayker Blankenship and Logan Jahnke. Tickets start at $32.30. axs.com/ events/1350480/koe-wetzel-tickets.

NAMASTE

It’s the first Saturday of the month and that means Strong & Calm Warrior yoga from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the USS Kidd Veterans Memorial & Museum. It’s free, and while you’re downtown, catch the monthly Baton Rouge Arts Market and weekly Red Stick Farmers Market. downtownbr.org.

THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND T H E A D V O C AT E.C O M

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L ES S PRE T EN T IOUS, MORE SERIOUS MOV IES AWAI T ING T HE AT ERGOERS IN A QUIE T ER FAL L

COMING SOON

PROVIDED PHOTOS

BY JOHN WIRT | Contributing writer

ovie theaters are transitioning this week from a red-hot summer to a quieter fall. Summer 2026 yielded the blockbusters “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” and hits “Michael,” “Toy Story 5,” “Obsession” and “Backrooms.” With school back in session, now there’s room for less bombastic and relatively serious ﬁlms, such as recent ﬁlm festival favorites. Even so, action, animated adventure and horror are all still on cineplex schedules. Many movies opening in theaters between Friday and Nov. 20 are subsequently listed.

FRIDAY

Dillane and Tom Hollander.

genetically engineered super soldiers goes rogue, forcing an ex-Army sniper (Adria Arjona) to unleash a one-woman war against them.

Bullock and Nicole Kidman conjure an encore to their 1998 romantic comedy with witches.

special forces officer (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog are stranded in the Alaskan wilderness.

SEPT. 18

“PRIMETIME”: Robert Pattinson stars as the dangerously ambitious host of the reality TV series “To Catch a Predator.”

“ONSLAUGHT”: A squad of

Soberano and Lea Salonga.

“PRACTICAL MAGIC 2”: Sandra “HEART OF THE BEAST”: A

“RESIDENT EVIL”: In this “Resident Evil” remake, a “HOPE”: Local hunters become medical courier (Austin Abrams) “YOUR MOTHER YOUR unexpectedly embarks on a the hunted after they track a MOTHER YOUR MOTHER”: nonstop, horrifying race for survival. mysterious beast that attacked Mahershala Ali plays a devoutly their village. Featuring Hwang Junreligious man desperately trying Ming,Alicia Vikander and Michael SEPT. 25 to protect his children. Opens in Fassbender. “FORGOTTEN ISLAND”: An limited release, expands Oct. 9 animated adventure in which and goes wide on Oct. 16. SEPT. 11 friends Jo and Raissa enter a “THE UPRISING”: Andrew Garfield portal that transports them to OCT. 2 stars as the leader of a revolt against the magical island their Filipino “DIGGER”: Tom Cruise, as the families told stories about. England’s tyrannical King Richard ä See MOVIES, page 2D Voice talent includes H.E.R., Liza II. Co-starring Jamie Bell, Stephen

SEPT. 9

State Fair and Boots on the Bayou release music lineups Staff report With the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair and the Boots on the Bayou Music Festival less than two months away, both events have released their music lineups. The State Fair runs Oct. 22-Nov. 1 at Airline Highway Park/Fairgrounds, 16072 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge. Boots on the Bayou is scheduled for Oct. 24-25 at LamarDixon Expo Center, 9039 S. St. Landry Ave., Gonzales. The State Fair music schedule will be:

SUNDAY, NOV. 1 THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Latin Day: TBA Christian Serpas & Ghost Set to perform at Boots on Town: 6:30-8 p.m. the Bayou are: FRIDAY, OCT. 23 n Trace Adkins Blind Ambition: 7 p.m.n Brantley Gilbert 8 p.m. n Justin Moore SATURDAY, OCT. 24 n Priscilla Block I-10 Bound Band: 2 p.m. n Drew Green Lee Serio Band: 5 p.m. n The Hip Abduction Macdaddy: 7:30 p.m. n KG & The Bad Habits SUNDAY, OCT. 25 n Pants Party Uncle Paul: 4 p.m. n Ben Ragsdale Chubby Carrier: 7 p.m. n Parish County Line FRIDAY, OCT. 30 n Willie Pake MTV83: 7 p.m. n Sami G SATURDAY, OCT. 31 n Chase Tyler. Studio 4 Band: 1:30 p.m. Rewind: 4 p.m. For more info, visit gbrsf. Long Neck Society: 7:30 p.m. com and botbmusic.com.

Grammy-winning zydeco musician Chubby Carrier will play the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By LESLIE WESTBROOK

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SHOWS TO WATCH — BATON ROUGE AREA FRIDAY

FLORIDA STREET BLOWHARDS: Busking at Starbucks, Florida and Third streets, 11:30 a.m. DON & KONSPIRACY: Pedro’s Tacos & Tequila Bar, 6 p.m. KIRK HOLDER: Galvez Seafood Company, Prairieville, 6 p.m. KOE WETZEL W/OLE 60, BAYKER BLANKENSHIP AND LOGAN JAHNKE: Raising Cane’s River Center Arena, 6:30 p.m. CHUBBY CARRIER & THE BAYOU SWAMP BAND: Court to Table, 6:30 p.m. FLORIDA STREET BLOWHARDS: Poor Boy Lloyd’s, 7 p.m. THE RICOCHETS: On The Half Shell, Prairieville, 7 p.m. DIZZY! DUO: Bin 77 Bistro & Sidebar, 7 p.m. XOUTLASTX W/XMERCYX, BY ANY MEANS & LOWERCLASS: Mid City Ballroom, 7 p.m. THE ICEMAN SPECIAL W/ BLUE WIDOW & GORDIE SIMON AND THE STONE: Chelsea’s Live, 8 p.m. A-BOMB KARAOKE: Big Dog Saloon, Denham Springs, 8 p.m. HENRY TURNER JR. & FLAVOR AND THE ALLSTARS: Henry Turner Jr.’s Listening Room, 8 p.m. KARAOKE NIGHT: Backstreet Lounge, 8 p.m. JOHN FOSTER W/THE CHASE TYLER BAND & AC & THE PROMISED BAND: Texas Club, 8:30 p.m. TINGLE KARAOKE: The

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MONDAY

THE EDDIE SMITH BAND: Sammy’s Grill, Prairieville, 6 p.m. MONDAY NIGHT KARAOKE: Spanky’s Daiquiris, 7 p.m. KARAOKE WITH PRESTIGE WORLDWIDE: The Karaoke Bar, Walker, 8 p.m.

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Addis country artist and 2025 ‘American Idol’ runner-up John Foster returns to The Texas Club for an 8:30 p.m. show on Friday. Opening acts are Chase Tyler Band and AC & the Promised Band. Tickets are $39.20. Karaoke Bar, Walker, 9 p.m. KARAOKE NIGHT: Tiger Tavern, 9 p.m. N’TUNE: The Showroom, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY

VICTORIA LEA: Le Chien Brewing Company, Denham Springs, 6:30 p.m. ACOUSTIC NIGHT W/ HENRY TURNER JR. AND SPECIAL GUEST DIXIE ROSE: Henry Turner Jr.’s Listening Room, 8 p.m. STEVE MELANCON HOST “MEL-TRAX KARAOKE”: La Daiquiris, 8 p.m. FAIRY RAVE: Chelsea’s Live, 9 p.m. TINGLE KARAOKE: The Karaoke Bar, Walker, 9 p.m. KARAOKE NIGHT: Double D’s Daiquiri, Denham Springs, 9 p.m.

MOVIES

Continued from page 1D most powerful man in the world, frantically tries to prove he can save the world from the disaster he created. Oscar-winning writer-director Alejandro G. Iñárritu guides an Oscar-winning and -nominated cast including Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg and Jesse Plemons.

SUNDAY

TUNES À LA MODE: Copa Restaurant, Gonzales, 10 a.m. JUSTIN BURDETTE TRIO: Superior Grill-Government, 11 a.m. BRIAN AND THE BANDITS: On The Half Shell, Prairieville, 11 a.m. JOVIN WEBB: Red Stick Social Club, noon SONGWRITER SUNDAY: La Divina, 5 p.m. LUCY YOES: Pizza Byronz, 5 p.m. OPEN MIC JAM: Fat Cat Saloon, Prairieville, 7 p.m. KARAOKE WITH DJ ALEX: Churchill’s, 7 p.m. KARAOKE PARTY: The Edge Bar at L’Auberge, 8 p.m. TINGLE KARAOKE: The Karaoke Bar, Walker,

TUESDAY

BAR FLY KARAOKE: El Paso Mexican Grill, Denham Springs, 6 p.m. THE EDDIE SMITH BAND: On The Half Shell, Prairieville, 6:30 p.m. THE BAND OF HEATHENS/ CLAY PARKER AND JODI JAMES: Manship Theatre, 7:30 p.m. OPEN MIC: Brick Yard South, 8 p.m. DJ DANI KARAOKE: The Karaoke Bar, Walker, 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

LSU SCHOOL OF MUSIC OPEN JAZZ JAM: Classic Vinyls, 6 p.m. PAPI’S KARAOKE: Papi’s Fajita Factory, Watson, 6 p.m. BRENT ARMSTRONG: Danny’s Dive Bar, 6 p.m. KIRK HOLDER: Bin 77 Bistro & Sidebar, 6:30 p.m. TREY MORGAN: On The Half Shell, Prairieville, 6:30 p.m. ANDY PIZZO TRIO: Hayride Scandal, 7 p.m. SINGER-SONGWRITER

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“TENZING”: A biopic about Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), the Himalayan climber who accompanied Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston) on the first climb to the top of Mount Everest. In select theaters Oct. 9 and on Apple TV on Oct. 16. “THE SOCIAL RECKONING”:

Writer-director Adam Sorkin’s followup to “The Social Network.” Frances Haugen plays a Facebook engineer who shares company secrets with a “THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2”: A Wall Street Journal reporter (Jeremy documentary about the business and Allen White). culture of extreme mountain climbing. In select theaters and on Apple TV on OCT. 16 Oct. 2.

OPEN MIC: Coop’s on 621, Gonzales, 7 p.m. PRESTIGE KARAOKE: The Karaoke Bar, Walker, 8 p.m. JAM WITH THE EDDIE SMITH BAND: La Daiquiris, 8 p.m. DRUNK KARAOKE: Capital Park Bar and Grill, 8 p.m. KARAOKE PARTY W/DJ ALEX: The Edge Bar at L’Auberge, 8 p.m. JAM NIGHT: O’Hara’s Irish Pub, 8:30 p.m. KARAOKE BY BECCALICIOUS: The Vineyard, 9 p.m. SHUT UP & SING KARAOKE: Chelsea’s Live, 9 p.m. PRESTIGE KARAOKE: The Karaoke Bar, Walker, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY

VICTORIA LEA: BLDG 5, 5:30 p.m. WALT WHITAKER: Backstreet Lounge, 6 p.m. KYBALION: El Paso Mexican Grill, Denham Springs, 6 p.m. DON & KONSPIRACY: La Carreta, Denham Springs, 6 p.m. PEYTON FALGOUST: Perkins Rowe, 6 p.m. RALPH AND ERIKA: La Divina Italian Cafe, 6 p.m. AARON DAY: Lagniappe Steak & Seafood, 6 p.m. JOSIE JAMES: On The Half Shell, Prairieville, 6:30 p.m. THE BISHOP ELLIS TRIO: Hayride Scandal, 7 p.m. KIRK HOLDER: The Patio

Lounge, 7 p.m. LAUGHING GAS COMEDY PRESENTS — VERY DEMURE COMEDY SHOW: Mid City Ballroom, 7 p.m. MILITARIE GUN W/SOFTCULT, SHADY NASTY & DAZY: Chelsea’s Live, 7 p.m. THE WORLD’S LONGEST RUNNING BLUES JAM: Phil Brady’s Bar & Grill, 8 p.m. LIVE MUSIC THURSDAYS: Gino’s Restaurant, 8 p.m. KARAOKE MEETS COMEDY: Rufﬁns II — The Clubhouse, 8 p.m. HENRY TURNER JR. & FLAVOR AND THE ALLSTARS: Henry Turner Jr.’s Listening Room, 8 p.m. BARFLY KARAOKE: Brickyard South, 8 p.m. OPEN MIC NIGHT: Frankie’s Dawg House, 8 p.m. THURSDAY NIGHT KARAOKE: Locals Bar and Kitchen, Central, 8 p.m. PRESTIGE KARAOKE: The Karaoke Bar, Walker, 9 p.m. A-BOMB KARAOKE: Big Dog Saloon, Prairieville, 9 p.m. KARAOKE THURSDAYS: O’Hara’s Irish Pub, 9 p.m.

OUTLYING FRIDAY

BRIAN RITTENHOUSE: Triple B’s Sports Bar, Pine Grove, 9 p.m. JAKE ROUNDS & AARON ROGERS: Moonlight Inn, French Settlement, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY

CHRIS LEBLANC BAND: Lagniappe, Springﬁeld, 7 p.m. SATURDAY NIGHT KARAOKE: Charlie’s, Addis, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY

CAJUN JAM: West Baton Rouge Museum, Port Allen, 3 p.m. DANO’S SUNDAY NIGHT KARAOKE: Charlie B’s, Maurepas, 7 p.m.

MONDAY

MR. WILSON’S KARAOKE OPEN JAM: Bulldog’s Corner, Paulina, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

DANO’S KARAOKE: Ware House Saloon, Maurepas, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY

RYAN FORET: Live on the Levee, Port Allen, 5:30 p.m. AVERAGE JOE’S: Sidelines Grill, Zachary, 6 p.m. LIVE MUSIC THURSDAY: Lil Daddy’s, Plaquemine, 7 p.m.

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Farrelly, co-starring Anthony Ippolito, Matt Dillon,AnnaSophia Robb,Tracy Letts and Jay Duplass. Opens in limited release, expands Nov. 13 and wide release on Nov. 20. “RAMAYANA”: “The Ramayana” is thought to have been written 2,000 years ago by the Indian poet and maharishi Valmiki. Rama, a prince and avatar for the Hindu god of preservation,Vishnu, must rescue his wife, Sita, from the evil King Ravana. Reportedly is the biggest-budgeted Indian film ever.

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EVENING SKY VIEWING: 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., BREC Highland Road Park Observatory, 13800 Highland Road. See the majesty of the night sky, for those 6 and up. hrpo. lsu.edu/events.

SATURDAY

STRONG & CALM WARRIOR YOGA: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., USS KIDD Veterans Museum, 305 S. River Road. usskidd.com. BATON ROUGE ARTS MARKET: 8 a.m. to noon, Fifth and Main streets, downtown. Vendors sell pottery, woodwork, textiles, glass, paintings, sculptures, photographs, handmade soaps, handmade toys and jewelry. artsbr.org. RED STICK FARMERS MARKET: 8 a.m. to noon, Fifth and Main streets, downtown. Farmfresh produce and goods, including wine, seafood, plants, flowers, prepared and baked items and more. breada.org. FAMILY-HOUR STARGAZING: 10 a.m., Irene W. Pennington Planetarium at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road. Learn about the stars and constellations in the local nighttime sky, followed by an all-ages show. lasm.org. READ & CREATE PROGRAM: 11 a.m., Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road. Local author Julie Becnel will read her new book, “Roux’s First Day,” followed by a hands-on craft inspired by the story and a book signing. For children ages 3-8 and their accompanying adults. Included in regular admission. lasm.org. TRICIA GRAY BOOK LAUNCH: 1 p.m.-3 p.m., Satterfield’s Marina on False River (108 E. Main St., New Roads. Gray introduces her debut memoir, “A Lotus Legacy,” alongside the unveiling of the B.L.O.O.M. Companion Journal. The memoir reflects Gray’s personal journey after the loss of her mother, Doris Albert, to domestic violence in New Roads. Event also honors the 2012 “Lotus March for Domestic Violence Day” proclamation, bringing renewed awareness and prevention resources to the parish. triciagray.com.

SUNDAY

FALL INTO HISTORY: 11 a.m.4 p.m., Old Governor’s Mansion, 502 North Blvd. A day of music, history and family fun. In a special partnership, the West Baton Rouge Museum, LSU Special Collections, and the African American Museum will display items from their exhibits. Free. https:// www.laogm.org/upcomingevents. FREE FIRST SUNDAY: Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road; Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd.; Old Governors’ Mansion, 502 North Blvd.; Magnolia Mound Museum + Historic Site, 2161 Nicholson Drive; LSU Museum of Art, 100 Lafayette St.; Cary Saurage Community Arts Center, 233 St. Ferdinand St.; and LSU Center for River Studies, 100 Terrace Ave. Free admission to all exhibits and installations, plus reducedprice entry to LASM’s Irene Pennington Planetarium shows. MYSTERY KIDS MOVIE: 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. and 2:40 p.m.4:10 p.m., Manship Theatre, 100 Lafayette St. Sensoryfriendly screenings of a family comedy-adventure for kids 6+. Also, crafts and activities with LSU Museum of Art in the lobby. Free. manshiptheatre.org.

TUESDAY

PHIL CANOVA AUTHOR PREMIERE: 10 a.m.-noon, Main Library at Goodwood, 7711 Goodwood Blvd. A discussion of “A Sleepy Town Awakens,” a compelling account of the Civil Rights Movement in Plaquemine. Free. ebrpl.com. MELT AND POUR SOAP: 3 p.m., Central Branch Library, 11260 Joor Road. A beginnerfriendly melt-and-pour soapmaking workshop. Supplies provided. Free. (225) 262-2640. BATON ROUGE CHESS CLUB: 6 p.m.-8 p.m., La Divina Italian Cafe, 3535 Perkins Road, Unit 360. A chance to play and learn; all levels welcome. Free. SITCOMS TRIVIA: 6:30 p.m.8 p.m., Court to Table, 7477 Burbank Drive. Sports trivia follows at 8 p.m. courttotable. com.

THURSDAY

RED STICK FARMERS MARKET: 8 a.m. to noon, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road. Farm-fresh produce, goods and more. facebook.com/redstickfarmersmarket. AUTHOR JONATHAN EARLE: 6 p.m., Main Library at Goodwood, 7711 Goodwood Blvd. Earle is author of the new book, “He Has the People: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860.” FALL VEGETABLES IN RAISED BEDS AND COOL SEASON FLOWERS: 6:30 p.m., Zachary Branch Library, 1900 Church St. Program presented by

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Children ages 3-8 and their accompanying adults can hear local author Julie Becnel read her new book, ‘Roux’s First Day,’ at a Read & Create program at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum. EBR Master Gardeners. Free. https://ebrmg.wildapricot. org. WEEKLY COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE: 7:30 p.m., Geaux Ride, 601 Laurel St. Free. geauxridebikes.com. KARAOKE, TRIVIA, BINGO AND MORE: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Brickyard South Bar + Patio, 174 South Blvd. Presented by BarFly Entertainment. Free to play. acebook.com/brickyardsouth.

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ANN CONNELLY FINE ART: 1670 Lobdell Ave. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Free. (225) 927-7676 or annconnelly.com. ART GUILD OF LOUISIANA: Independence Park Theatre, 7800 Independence Blvd. “Workshop Show,” through Wednesday. Workshops: Larry Downs, “Composition Bootcamp — Level Up Your Art,” Sept. 12-13, $100 AGL members, $125 nonmembers; “Watercolor Basics — Bird of a Feather,” weekly on Saturdays from Sept. 12-Oct. 3; “Interpreting the Landscape in Pastel: Infusing Your Work with Passion,” Sept. 27; “Watercolor with a Southern Accent,” Sept. 28-30. Classes are held at AGL Park Studio, 2490 Silverest Ave. artguildlouisiana.org. BATON ROUGE GALLERY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: 1515 Dalrymple Drive. Four-artist exhibition featuring recent works by Alex Podesta, Matt Morris, Pippin Frisbie-Calder and David Horton, through Sept. 27. Hours: noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. batonrougegallery.org. CAPITOL PARK MUSEUM: 660 N. Fourth St. “We the People,” a living portrait of 21stcentury American identity through nearly 200 paired photographs by Steven G. Smith shown across two giant screens, together measuring about 12 feet high and 36 feet wide, through June 2027. “Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation” and “Experiencing Louisiana: Discovering the Soul of America,” both permanent exhibits. (225) 342-5428 or louisianastatemuseum.org. CARY SAURAGE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER SHELL GALLERY: 233 St. Ferdinand St. “Breath of God: A Love Letter to Black Men and Black Women,” a photography and mixed-media exhibition by

Jacquel Curry and Ashli Ognelodh Curry, through Sept. 25. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. artsbr.org. ELIZABETHAN GALLERY: 680 Jefferson Highway. Call (225) 924-6437 or follow the gallery’s Facebook page. THE GALLERY AT MANSHIP: 100 Lafayette St. “Intelligent Worlds: Celebrating LSU Printmaking Alumni,” through Oct. 18. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. KNOCK KNOCK CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: 1900 Dalrymple Drive. Offering interactive exhibits, programs and resources that inspire children to become creative problem solvers and lifelong learners. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdayWednesday and Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; closed Monday. https:// knockknockmuseum.org. LOUISIANA ART & SCIENCE MUSEUM: 100 S. River Road. “Reﬂections: The Art of George Rodrigue,” through Jan. 24. “Louisiana Couture: The Legacy of San Carlin,” through Jan. 3. “Crossroads & Connections: A Century of the Railway in Baton Rouge,” through Sunday. (225) 3445272 or lasm.org. LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES GALLERY: 3851 Essen Lane. The Art Guild of Louisiana’s 2026 international juried “River Road Show” through Sept. 28. Free. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. LSU’S BARNES OGDEN ART & DESIGN COMPLEX GALLERY: 31 S. Campus Drive. Rotating exhibitions of LSU College of Art & Design student, faculty, and alumni work, and visiting artists and designers. (225) 578-5400. design.lsu.edu. LSU’S LAURA AND CLARK BOYCE GALLERY: Julian T. White Hall, 297 Field House Drive. Rotating exhibitions of LSU College of Art & Design student, faculty and alumni work. (225) 578-5400 or design.lsu.edu. LSU MUSEUM OF ART: Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. “South Arts Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts, through Sunday. “The Folk Art Gallery,” through June 30. (225) 3897200 or lsumoa.org.

LSU TEXTILE & COSTUME MUSEUM: Human Ecology Building, Tower Drive, LSU campus. “Stitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion,” exploring the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress, through Jan. 15. (225) 578-5992 or email textile@lsu.edu. MAGNOLIA MOUND MUSEUM + HISTORIC SITE: 2161 Nicholson Drive. Guided and selfguided tours. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. brec.org/ facility/MagnoliaMound. OLD GOVERNOR’S MANSION: 502 North Blvd. Open for tours. See a hidden staircase, the grand ballroom, a watercooled solarium, the Rose Garden and a replica of the Oval Ofﬁce. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Free admission. oldgovernorsmansion. com. OLD STATE CAPITOL: 100 North Blvd. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, plus Free First Sunday. “Excursions, Expeditions, and Discoveries: A Young Nation Expands & Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis & Clark,” through Dec. 18. Free. louisianaoldstatecapitol.org. FRANK HAYDEN HALL VISUAL ART GALLERY: Southern University. Student work, faculty showcases, alumni homecoming exhibitions, and traveling contemporary art exhibitions focusing on African American art and history. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free. https://www.subr.edu/ subhome/96. USS KIDD VETERANS MUSEUM: 305 S. River Road. Displays of a variety of artifacts that celebrate veteran and naval military history. Note: Vessel is in Houma for dry dock repairs. usskidd.com. WEST BATON ROUGE MUSEUM: 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen. “What the Fox Knows,” 30-plus watercolor paintings by artist Kathy Miller, through Nov. 22. “Brusly: Where Everyone Knows Your Name,” through Dec. 23. (225) 336-2422 or westbatonrougemuseum.org.

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2026. There are 118 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 4, 1949, more than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York, as an anti-Communist mob attacked departing concertgoers. Also on this date: In 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Gov. Felipe de Neve. In 1886, Chiricahua Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. troops in present-day Arizona after more than two decades of ﬁghting to protect his homeland. In 1972, U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz became the ﬁrst to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games, winning a seventh gold at the Munich Olym-

pics in the 400-meter medley relay. In 1998, Google was founded by Stanford University Ph.D. students Sergey Brin and Larry Page. In 2016, elevating the “saint of the gutters” to one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa, praising her radical dedication to society’s outcasts and her courage in shaming world leaders for the “crimes of poverty they themselves created.” Today’s birthdays: Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd is 84. Golf Hall of Famer Tom Watson is 77. Actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is 73. Actor Khandi Alexander is 69. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans Sr. is 66. Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza is 58. DJ-musician-producer Mark Ronson is 51. Actor Wes Bentley is 48. Actor Max Greenﬁeld is 47. Singer-actor Beyoncé is 45. Actor-comedian Whitney Cummings is 44.

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necessary when dealing with your lifestyle and relationships. Try to immerse yourself in activities or events that captivate your mind. ARIES (March 21-April 19) Take a moment to consider your options. Acting in haste will turn sour, leaving you in an awkward position. Truth and compassion will help you find your way to a better place. tAuRuS (April 20-May 20) Take more time to recognize your strengths and to put them to work for you. Refuse to let your emotions cost you mentally or financially. Pay attention to what others are experiencing. GEMInI (May 21-June 20) Your mind is working overtime. Take a moment to adjust your response setting to low, and behold what's happening around you. Change may be your objective, but the wrong move will slow you down. cAncER (June 21-July 22) Consider home improvements that make a difference to your state of mind. Declutter and get rid of subscriptions and things that are costly but offer limited returns. Face your fears head-on. LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Fulfill your creative imagination. Dedicate more time to researching and discovering what makes you happy. Reach out to people of interest, and make decisions that suit your lifestyle. The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by NEA, Inc., dist. By Andrews McMeel Syndication

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Bridge By PHILLIP ALDER Mitch Hedberg, a stand-up comedian who died in 2005, said, “I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.” In a few bridge deals, the defenders can lead declarer through a merry dance by tapping him — leading side-suit winners to make declarer ruff in one hand or the other. This is usually done either to make declarer lose trump control, or to strand a long suit so that declarer cannot establish and run it. This deal occurred during a social game and the auction is given as it happened. After the first round, I think South should have made a negative double to show his heart suit, not responded one no-trump without a sure spade stopper. North did not know what to do over two spades. Not expecting his partner to have four hearts, North wondered about three no-trump and five clubs. So he cue-bid three spades to ask South if he really could control spades. Now South tried four hearts, which North, reading correctly, passed. Yes, perhaps he should have chosen five clubs, an easy contract to make. Against four hearts, West led an imaginative spade king. South ruffed in the dummy and should have immediately played on clubs. But before leading the club king, he drew two rounds of trumps, leaving the ace on the board.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be ac‐ cepted in the Purchasing Department at Northwest Louisiana Technical Com‐ munity College until 2:00 P.M., CST, September 23, 2026, as per the specifi‐ cations. Bids must be re‐ turned to the Purchasing Office in a sealed enve‐ lope marked with the Bid Number and Opening Date and Time. Bids must be submitted on the form enclosed herewith, and in strict conformity with the intent of same with‐ out modifications. Bids must be signed in ink, dated, and title of person signing bid must be shown on bid. Bid Num‐ ber 40020-50123 – Provide Driver Training Simulator. No bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of thirty (30) days after re‐ ceipt of bids. Northwest Louisiana Technical Com‐ munity College reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities inci‐ dental thereto. Complete bidding documents may be obtained from North‐ west Louisiana Technical Community College, Kori Hearon, khearon@bpcc. edu telephone (318) 6786242. 199668 Sept. 4, 2026 1t $125.46

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT OR INVI‐ TATION TO BID ENGLAND ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVEL‐ OPMENT DISTRICT ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA EXTENSION OF RUNWAY 18 OBSTACLE REMOVAL PHASE 3 AT ENGLAND INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK AND COMMU‐ NITY Separate sealed bids for the EXTENSION OF RUN‐ WAY 18 OBSTACLE RE‐ MOVAL PHASE 3 will be received by the ENGLAND ECO‐ NOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, 1611 ARNOLD DRIVE, ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA 71303, in the England Au‐ thority Board Room, Building 1803 (England Authority Administration Building), at the ENG‐ LAND INDUSTRIAL AIR‐ PARK AND COMMUNITY, until 10:00 A.M. (Central Time), on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 and then at said office pub‐ licly opened and read aloud. The Instructions to Bidders, Bid Form, Agreement Between Owner and Contractor, Forms of Bid Bond, Per‐ formance and Payment Bonds, Drawings and Specifications, and other Contract Documents may be examined at the fol‐ lowing location: PAN AMERICAN ENGI‐ NEERS, LLC (Design Professional) 1717 JACKSON STREET (P.O. BOX 8599, 71306) ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA 71301 (318) 473-2100 The scope of work for this Project includes clearing, grubbing and grading of approximately 42 acres along with exca‐ vation, embankment and drainage improvements. Copies of the bidding documents shall be ob‐ tained at the office of Pan American Engineers, LLC upon deposit of $150.00 for each set of documents; or from the electronic bid submittal

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p y § - The prime contractor agrees to pay each sub‐ contractor under this prime contract for satis‐ factory performance of its contract no later than 15 days from the receipt of each payment the prime contractor re‐ ceives from EEIDD. The prime contractor agrees further to return re‐ tainage payments to each subcontractor within 15 days after the subcontractor's work is satisfactorily completed. (The England Authority will hold retainage from prime contractors and provide for prompt and regular incremental ac‐ ceptances of portions of the prime contract and pay retainage to prime contractors based on these acceptances). Any delay or postponement of payment from the above referenced time frame may occur only for good cause following written approval of the EEIDD. This clause ap‐ plies to both SBE and non-SBE subcontractors.

It is the policy of the Eng‐ land Economic and In‐ dustrial Development District (EEIDD) that Small Business Enter‐ prises (SBEs) as defined in 49 CFR Part 26.39 shall have the maximum op‐ portunity to participate in the performance of projects advertised by the EEIDD. All bidders shall make good faith ef‐ forts, as defined in Ap‐ pendix A of 49 CFR Part 26, Regulations of the Of‐ fice of the Secretary of Transportation, to sub‐ contract TBD of the dol‐ lar value of the prime contract to small busi‐ ness concerns owned and controlled by SBEs. All bidders (proposers) will be required to sub‐ mit information concern‐ ing the SBEs that will participate in this con‐ tract. The information will include the name and address for each SBE, a description of the work to be performed by each named firm, the dollar value of the con‐ tract (subcontract), writ‐ ten documentation of the bidder (proposers) com‐ mitment to utilize the SBE firm and written con‐ firmation from the SBE firm that it is participat‐ ing in the contract as provided in the commit‐ ment made by the bidder (proposer). If the bidder fails to achieve the con‐ tract goal as stated herein, it will be required to provide documenta‐ tion demonstrating that it made good faith ef‐ forts in attempting to do so. A bid that fails to meet these requirements will be considered nonresponsive. DBE Required Provisions:

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Award of contract is also subject to the following Federal provisions: 1) Buy American Prefer‐ ence 2) Foreign Trade Restric‐ tion 3) Davis Bacon 4) Affirmative Action 5) Governmentwide De‐ barment and Suspension 6) Governmentwide Re‐ quirements for Drug free Workplace The successful bidder will be required to sub‐ mit a Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities prior to award of the contract, and to notify prospective subcontrac‐ tors of the requirement for such a Certification where the amount of the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Samples of the Certification and Notice to Subcontractors ap‐ pear in the Specifica‐ tions. Women will be afforded equal opportunity in all areas of employment. However, the employ‐ ment of women shall not diminish the standards or requirements for the employment of minori‐ ties. For contracts of $50,000 or more, a contractor having 50 or more em‐ ployees, and his subcon‐ tractors having 50 or more employees and who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more, will be required to maintain an affirmative action program within 120 days of the com‐ mencement of the con‐ tract. Preaward Equal Opportu‐ nity Compliance Re‐ views. Where the bid of the apparent low respon‐ sible bidder is in the amount of $1 million or more, the bidder and his known all-tier subcon‐ tractors which will be awarded subcontracts of $1 million or more will be subject to full on-site, preaward equal opportu‐ nity compliance reviews before the award of the contract for the purpose of determining whether the bidder and his sub‐ contractors are able to comply with the provi‐ sions of the equal oppor‐ tunity clause. Compliance Reports. Within 30 days after award of this contract, the Contractor shall file a compliance report (Stan‐ dard Form 100) if: 1) The Successful Bidder has not submitted a complete compliance re‐ port within 12 months preceding the date of award; and 2) The Successful Bidder is within the definition of "employer" in Para‐ graphs 2e(3) of the in‐ structions included in Standard Form 100. The

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p.m. Local Time, TUES‐ DAY _ Sept. 22nd, 2026 by the Purchasing Division, Room 826, City Hall, 222 Saint Louis Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802. No bids will be received after 2:00 p.m. on the same day and date.

ENGLAND ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SCOTT GAMMEL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AVIATION & CAPITAL PROJECTS 1611 ARNOLD DRIVE ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA 71303 PLEASE PUBLISH THREE (3) TIMES: Friday, August 21, 2026 Friday, August 28, 2026 Friday, September 4, 2026 198065-aug 21-28-sep 4-3t $584.35 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 159 Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd. Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing: RFx No. 3000026525, *Trade-In* Weapon Equipment - LDWF, 9/9/25 RFx No. 3000026646, *Rebid* Fire Suppression System – DMA, 9/22/26 Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and speciﬁca‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour speciﬁed. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities. Amy Vincent Director of State Procure‐ ment FAX (225) 342-8688 199644-SEP 4-1T $12.62 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge will receive elec‐ tronic or paper bids for the construction of the following project: SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 21-2 BROOKLAWN DR, OLD RAFE MAYER RD, STUBBS LN, GREENWELL ST, & STREETS IN BRENTWOOD PLACE CITY-PARISH PROJECT NO. 25-AO-ST-0021 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project consists of rehabilitation of asphalt & concrete pavements, asphalt patching w/over‐ lay, concrete curb, and related work. Electronic or sealed bids will be received until 2:00

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Bid Openings can be in person or via teleconfer‐ ence. Teleconference Call-in In‐ formation Join by phone +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll Access code: 263 373 080 (followed by the # but‐ ton) Alternate numbers to call if number above is not available, which may occur due to network traffic (use the same Ac‐ cess Code, followed by the # button): United States Toll (Boston) +1-617-315-0704 United States Toll (Chicago) +1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Dallas) +1-469-210-7159 United States Toll (Denver) +1-720-650-7664 United States Toll (Jacksonville) +1-904-900-2303 United States Toll (Los Angeles) +1-213-306-3065 Electronic bids and elec‐ tronic bid bonds for the solicitation will be down‐ loaded by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Pur‐ chasing Division. Beginning as soon as feasible after the bid closing time all elec‐ tronic bids will be down‐ loaded and publicly read aloud along with all paper bids received, if any, in 806 of City Hall immediately after the 2:00 p.m. bid closing. Bids, amendments to bids, or request for with‐ drawal of quotations, re‐ ceived after time speci‐ fied for bid opening shall not be considered for any cause whatsoever. Bids shall be firm for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of bids and no bid shall be withdrawn for any reason during this period of time ex‐ cept as allowed per R.S. 38:2214.C. Official Bid Documents are available at Central Bidding (www.central bidding.com). Electronic Bids may be submitted at Central Bidding (www. centralbidding.com). For questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Cen‐ tral Bidding at 225-8104814. Paper copies of the plans, specifications and contract documents are on file and may be ob‐ tained from the Public Works and Planning Cen‐ ter located at 1100 Laurel St., Engineering Division, Room 137 or Post Office Box 1471, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821, upon payment of Ten Dollars ($10.00). (Make checks payable to the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge.) Fees for plans, specifica‐ tions and contract docu‐ ments are to cover the cost of reproduction and are non-refundable in ac‐ cordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes. A Certified Check or Cashier's Check, payable to the Parish of East Baton Rouge or a satis‐ factory Bid Bond exe‐ cuted by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid, shall be submitted with each bid. Bids shall be received electronically via www. centralbidding.com or on solicitation bid forms furnished by the City of

Public Notices Bids/Proposals y y Baton Rouge and Parish East Baton Rouge, and only those bids shall be received by the CityParish which is submit‐ ted by those Contractors in whose names the so‐ licitation bid forms and/or specifications were issued. In no event shall paper solicitation forms be issued later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the hour and date set for receiv‐ ing proposals. The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge has established a Socially and Economi‐ cally Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SEDBE) program in ac‐ cordance with Revised Statute RS 33:2233.4. It is the policy of the Parish to ensure that Eligible Business Enterprises EBE’s, certified in accor‐ dance with the Parish program, have an equal opportunity to receive and participate in parish contracts. For this project the EBR Parish Purchasing office has directed a review of the scope of work and has established a mini‐ mum EBE goal of 9.2% of the contract amount. All Bidders shall achieve this goal or demonstrate good faith efforts to achieve the goal. Good faith efforts include meeting this EBE goal or providing documentation demonstrating that the Bidder made sufficient good faith efforts in at‐ tempting to meet this goal. Only EBE firms cer‐ tified under the Parish SEDBE Certification Pro‐ gram at the time of sub‐ mittal of the bid will count toward this EBE goal. To be considered responsive, the apparent low bidder must submit EBE Forms 1, 1A, and 2, and Letters of EBE Certi‐ fication, as appropriate within 10 days after bid opening All Contractors bidding on this work shall com‐ ply with all provisions of the State Licensing Law for Contractors, R.S. 37:2150-2163, as amended, for all public contracts. It shall also be the responsibility of the General Contractor to as‐ sure that all subcontrac‐ tors comply with this law. If required for bid‐ ding, Contractors must hold an active license is‐ sued by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors in the classi‐ HIGHWAY, fication of STREET AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, and must show their license number on the face of the bid envelope and the Uniform Public Works Bid Form. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2214 (B) the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accor‐ dance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(b), the pro‐ visions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment for bids, and those required on the bid form, shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity. For additional informa‐ tion please contact Dan Rosenquist drosen‐ quist@brla.gov, 225-3893186. 198638 Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 2026 3t $325.18 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge will receive elec‐ tronic or paper bids for the construction of the following project:

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 21-5 GOURRIER AVE, STREET IN COLLEGE TOWN, STREETS IN HILLSDALE & LAKE HILLS & N. 35th CITY-PARISH PROJECT NO. 25-AO-ST-0024

cordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project consists of rehabilitation of asphalt & concrete pavements, asphalt patching w/ overlay, concrete curb, and related work. Electronic or sealed bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. Local Time, TUES‐ DAY _ Sept. 15th, 2026 by the Purchasing Division, Room 826, City Hall, 222 Saint Louis Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802. No bids will be received after 2:00 p.m. on the same day and date. Bid Openings can be in person or via teleconfer‐ ence. Teleconference Call-in In‐ formation Join by phone +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll Access code: 263 373 080 (followed by the # but‐ ton) Alternate numbers to call if number above is not available, which may occur due to network traffic (use the same Ac‐ cess Code, followed by the # button): United States Toll (Boston) +1-617-315-0704 United States Toll (Chicago) +1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Dallas) +1-469-210-7159 United States Toll (Denver) +1-720-650-7664 United States Toll (Jacksonville) +1-904-900-2303 United States Toll (Los Angeles) +1-213-306-3065 Electronic bids and elec‐ tronic bid bonds for the solicitation will be down‐ loaded by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Pur‐ chasing Division. Beginning as soon as feasible after the bid closing time all elec‐ tronic bids will be down‐ loaded and publicly read aloud along with all paper bids received, if any, in 806 of City Hall immediately after the 2:00 p.m. bid closing. Bids, amendments to bids, or request for with‐ drawal of quotations, re‐ ceived after time speci‐ fied for bid opening shall not be considered for any cause whatsoever. Bids shall be firm for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of bids and no bid shall be withdrawn for any reason during this period of time ex‐ cept as allowed per R.S. 38:2214.C.

Official Bid Documents are available at Central Bidding (www.central bidding.com). Electronic Bids may be submitted at Central Bidding (www. centralbidding.com). For questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Cen‐ tral Bidding at 225-8104814. Paper copies of the plans, specifications and contract documents are on file and may be ob‐ tained from the Public Works and Planning Cen‐ ter located at 1100 Laurel St., Engineering Division, Room 137 or Post Office Box 1471, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821, upon payment of Ten Dollars ($10.00). (Make checks payable to the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge.) Fees for plans, specifica‐ tions and contract docu‐ ments are to cover the cost of reproduction and are non refundable in ac

A Certified Check or Cashier's Check, payable to the Parish of East Baton Rouge or a satis‐ factory Bid Bond exe‐ cuted by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid, shall be submitted with each bid. Bids shall be received electronically via www. centralbidding.com or on solicitation bid forms furnished by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish East Baton Rouge, and only those bids shall be received by the CityParish which is submit‐ ted by those Contractors in whose names the so‐ licitation bid forms and/or specifications were issued. In no event shall paper solicitation forms be issued later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the hour and date set for receiv‐ ing proposals. The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge has established a Socially and Economi‐ cally Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SEDBE) program in ac‐ cordance with Revised Statute RS 33:2233.4. It is the policy of the Parish to ensure that Eligible Business Enterprises EBE’s, certified in accor‐ dance with the Parish program, have an equal opportunity to receive and participate in parish contracts.

For this project the EBR Parish Purchasing office has directed a review of the scope of work and has established a mini‐ mum EBE goal of 8.6% of the contract amount. All Bidders shall achieve this goal or demonstrate good faith efforts to achieve the goal. Good faith efforts include meeting this EBE goal or providing documentation demonstrating that the Bidder made sufficient good faith efforts in at‐ tempting to meet this goal. Only EBE firms cer‐ tified under the Parish SEDBE Certification Pro‐ gram at the time of sub‐ mittal of the bid will count toward this EBE goal. To be considered responsive, the apparent low bidder must submit EBE Forms 1, 1A, and 2, and Letters of EBE Certi‐ fication, as appropriate within 10 days after bid opening All Contractors bidding on this work shall com‐ ply with all provisions of the State Licensing Law for Contractors, R.S. 37:2150-2163, as amended, for all public contracts. It shall also be the responsibility of the General Contractor to as‐ sure that all subcontrac‐ tors comply with this law. If required for bid‐ ding, Contractors must hold an active license is‐ sued by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors in the classi‐ HIGHWAY, fication of STREET AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, and must show their license number on the face of the bid envelope and the Uniform Public Works Bid Form. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2214 (B) the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accor‐ dance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(b), the pro‐ visions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertise‐ ment for bids, and those required on the bid form, shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity. For additional informa‐

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tion please contact Dan Rosenquist drosen‐ quist@brla.gov.

town Development Dis‐ trict, 247 Florida Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 at 9::00 a.m. on September 10, 2026.

NOTE: The only vendor information shared at the bid opening will be the reading of the names of those vendors who submitted bids.

4/29/1991 Height: 5'9" Weight: 190 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

199583 Sept. 4, 11, 2026 2t $89.28

LOUISIANA

197980 Aug. 21, 28, Sept. 4, 2026 3t $322.30 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sealed bids will be ac‐ cepted at the Zachary Community School Board, Child Nutrition Program Office, until 4:00 pm September 14, 2026 for furnishing Produce Items. Bids will be opened at 9:00 am Sep‐ tember 15, 2026. Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at 3755 Church Street, Zachary, Louisiana 70791, telephone, 225-658-7049. The Public is invited to attend the bid opening at this address. The Zachary Community School Board Child Nutri‐ tion Program is funded approximately 50% with federal funds for a total of approximately $1,500,000.00 per year. 197137 Aug. 14, Sept. 4, 2026 2t $47.34 PUBLIC NOTICE --SECTION A INVITATION TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived on September 30, 2026 by the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Gov‐ ernment (TPCG) Purchas‐ ing Division, at 301 Plant Road Houma, LA 70363, until 2:00 P.M as shown on the Purchasing Divi‐ sion Conference Room Clock, and TPCG at that time, shall publicly open the bids and read aloud. Bid documents are posted on http://www. centralauctionhouse. com/rfp.php?cid=65. To view these, download, and receive bid notices by e-mail, you must reg‐ ister with Central Auc‐ tion House (CAH). Ven‐ dors/Contractors have the option to submit their bids electronically or by paper copy. For in‐ formation about the electronic submittal process, contact Bobby Callender with Central Auction House at (225) 810-4814. Each bid shall be either hand delivered by the bidder or his agent, or such bid shall be sent by United States Postal Ser‐ vice registered or certi‐ fied mail with a return receipt requested or shall be submitted elec‐ tronically with Central Auction House. Bids shall not be accepted or taken, including receiving any hand delivered bids, on days which are recog‐ nized as holidays by the United States Postal Ser‐ vice. The mailing address for this solicitation is: TPCG Purchasing Division 301 Plant Road Houma, LA 70363 No bid received after the scheduled time for open‐ ing will be considered. Failure of the U.S. Mail to deliver the bid(s) on time shall not be considered due cause for the sched‐ uled time of the bid opening to be extended. Project Name: South Hol‐ lywood Road Round‐ about Utility Relocate Project No. 25-ELECTDIST41 Project Description: Relo‐ cation of overhead elec‐ tric distribution facilities to underground for the construction of the new South Hollywood Road Roundabout Bids must be submitted on the Louisiana Uniform Public Works Bid Form furnished with the Bid‐ ding Documents. A single set of Bidding Docu‐ ments shall be issued at the cost of reproduction to contractors who are li‐ censed by the Licensing Board of Contractors. This Project shall require a Louisiana Contractors license number for “Heavy Construction”, “Electrical”, and/or sub‐ classification “Electrical Transmission Lines. Bidding Documents for this Project are on file in the office of the Terre‐ bonne Parish Consoli‐ dated Government, Pur‐ chasing Division, 301 Plant Road, Houma, LA 70363. Please contact mmapes@redstickpower. com or lrhodes@redstic kpower.com for any clar‐ ification or information with regard to the speci‐ fications. A Non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on September 15, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Gov‐ ernment Purchasing Divi‐ sion, located at 301 Plant Road Houma, LA 70363. The Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Govern‐ ment reserves the right to reject any and all bids in accordance with Louisiana State Bid Law.

/s/ Jason W. Bergeron JASON W. BERGERON, PARISH PRESIDENT TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT Publish: September 4, 2026 September 11, 2026 September 18, 2026 199623-sep 4-11-18-3t $1,228.72 PUBLIC NOTICE Visit Baton Rouge is issu‐ ing a Request for Propos‐ als from qualiﬁed com‐ panies or organizations for the management and daily operations of the Raising Cane’s River Cen‐ ter Complex. The Re‐ quest for Proposals doc‐ ument can be picked up at Visit Baton Rouge lo‐ cated at 359 Third Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70801 or will be emailed upon re‐ quest. Please direct questions to Jill Kidder at jill@visitbatonrouge.com. Responses to the Re‐ quest for Proposals must be emailed to jill@visitba tonrouge.com no later than 5:00 p.m. CST, Mon‐ day, October 5, 2026. 199554 Sept. 3, 4, 8, 2026 3t $49.15

PUBLIC NOTICE --VOUCHER# 26-PARKLET-R TO BE PUBLISHED – LEGAL 08/28/26 & 09/04/26 BIDS TO BE OPENED: 09/21/26 THE ADVOCATE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic or sealed bids will be received by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Purchasing Divi‐ sion, City Hall Building, Room 826, 222 Saint Louis Street, 8th Floor, Baton Rouge, LA until 11:00 A.M. CST, September 21, 2026 for the following: 26-PARKLET-REBID A mandatory site visit will be held at the Down‐

Official bid documents are available at Central Bidding (https://www. centralauctionhouse. com/rfpc10656-city-ofbaton-rouge.html) or by request from the City of Baton Rouge at rterrell@ brla.gov. Bids shall be submitted electronically via www. centralbidding.com or on the solicitation bid forms furnished by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the bidding deadline. Electronic bids for the solicitation will be down‐ loaded by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Pur‐ chasing Division and paper bids will be opened. Beginning as soon as feasible after the bid closing time all the names of vendor submit‐ ting bids will read aloud. Note: The City-Parish has elected to use LaPAC, the state's online electronic bid posting and notifica‐ tion system, in addition to its standard means of advertising this require‐ ment. This Invitation to Bid is available in elec‐ tronic form at the LaPAC https:// website wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/osp/lapac/dspBid. cfm?search=departm ent&term=102. Bids, amendments to bids or request for with‐ drawal of bids received after time specified for bid openings shall not be considered for any cause whatsoever. Inquiries will be received up until 5 pm CST on Sep‐ tember 14, 2026. Full information may be obtained upon request from the above address or by telephoning Richard Terrell at (225) 389-3259, Ext. 3263, or via email rterrell@brla.gov. Any vendor who would like to listen to the open‐ ing of this bid can access the following link, at the date and time of this bid opening:

Public Notices DEQ Permits

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUBMIT PER‐ MIT RENEWAL APPLICA‐ TION CLEAN HARBORS BATON ROUGE, LLC BATON ROUGE, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that Clean Harbors Baton Rouge, LLC (Clean Har‐ bors) intends to submit to the Louisiana Depart‐ ment of Environmental Quality, Ofﬁce of Environ‐ mental Services, Waste Permits Division, an ap‐ plication for a solid waste permit renewal application for the Type IIA processor in East Baton Rouge Parish, Sec‐ tion 28, 33, 44, 47, 48, 51, Township 5 South, Range 1 West, at 13351 Scenic Highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Comments concerning the facility may be ﬁled with the Louisiana De‐ partment of Environmen‐ tal Quality at the follow‐ ing address:

198782-aug 28-sept 4-2t $99.82 PUBLIC NOTICE --VOUCHER# A26-0300 AGGREGATES & SOILS BIDS TO BE OPENED: 09/21/2026

Public Notices Sex Offenders

Electronic bids for the solicitation will be down‐ loaded by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Pur‐ chasing Division. Begin‐ ning as soon as feasible after the bid closing time all electronic bids will be downloaded and publicly read aloud along with all paper bids received, if any, in Room 806 immedi‐ ately after the 11:00 a.m. bid closing. Bidders or their authorized repre‐ sentatives are invited to be present. Note: The City-Parish has elected to use LaPAC, the state's online electronic bid posting and notifica‐ tion system, in addition to its standard means of advertising this require‐ ment. This Invitation to Bid is available in elec‐ tronic form at the LaPAC https:// website wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana. gov/osp/lapac/dspBid. cfm?search=departm ent&term=102. Bids, amendments to bids or request for with‐ drawal of bids received after time specified for bid openings shall not be considered for any cause whatsoever. Inquiries will be received up until 5 pm on Septem‐ ber 15, 2026. Full information may be obtained upon request from the above address or by telephoning Richard Terrell at (225) 389-3259, Ext. 3263, or via email rterrell@brla.gov. Any vendor who would like to listen to the open‐ ing of this bid can access the following link, at the date and time of this bid opening: Join by phone +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll Access code: 263 373 080 (followed by the # but‐ ton) Alternate numbers to call if number above is not available, which may occur due to network traffic (use the same Ac‐ cess Code, followed by the # button): United States Toll (Boston) +1-617-315-0704 United States Toll (Chicago) +1-312-535-8110 United States Toll (Dallas) +1-469-210-7159 United States Toll (Denver) +1-720-650-7664 United States Toll (Jacksonville) +1-904-900-2303 United States Toll (Los Angeles) +1-213-306-3065 This link will provide you with live audio access to this bid opening. The link will be live at the noted bid opening time for the date of bid opening. All other terms & conditions remain unchanged.

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 8/26/1982 Height: 5'4" Weight: 162 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 199595, SEPT 4-5 $250

I, Marcteries Jarvis Brown AKA MARCUS, have been convicted of 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 04/25/2016. My Address is: 3956 N BARROW DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70802

I, BENJAMIN EARL BRYANT AKA BEN, have been convicted of 14:78.1 - Aggravated Incest. Date Convicted: 09/17/1998. 14:42.1 Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 10/31/1990.

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 7/22/1996 Height: 5'7" Weight: 150 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 199600, SEPT 4-5 $250

My Address is: 428 N 26TH ST BATON ROUGE, LA 70802 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/14/1971 Height: 5' Weight: 175 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 199602, SPET 4-5 $250

A26-0300-REBID AGGREGATES & SOILS

Bids shall be submitted electronically via www. centralbidding.com or on the solicitation bid forms furnished by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the bidding deadline.

My Address is: 3933 Elm Dr Baton Rouge, LA 70805

199647-SEP 4-1T $158.13

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic or sealed bids will be received by the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, Purchasing Divi‐ sion, City Hall Building, Room 826, 222 Saint Louis Street, 8th Floor, Baton Rouge, La. until 11:00 A.M. September 21, 2026 for the following:

Ofﬁcial bid documents are available at Central (https://www. Bidding centralauctionhouse. com/rfpc10656-city-ofbaton-rouge.html) or by request from the City of Baton Rouge at rterrell@ brla.gov.

I, Hiram Lee Williams Jr AKA TIGER, have been convicted of 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles.

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Ofﬁce of Environmental Services Waste Permits Division Post Ofﬁce Box 4313 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4313

Alternate numbers to call if number above is not available, which may occur due to network trafﬁc (use the same Ac‐ cess Code, followed by the # button):

These numbers will pro‐ vide you with live audio access to this bid open‐ ing.

199604, SEPT 4-5 $250

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

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Public Notices Sex Offenders

I, BENJAMIN EARL BRYANT AKA BEN, have been convicted of 14:78.1 - Aggravated Incest. Date Convicted: 09/17/1998. 14:42.1 Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 10/31/1990. My Address is: 428 N 26TH ST BATON ROUGE, LA 70802 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/14/1971 Height: 5' Weight: 175 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

I, MARK Andrew ZALFEN, have been convicted of 14:81.1 Pornography Involving Juveniles Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 07/12/2010. 14:81.1 - Pornography Involving Juveniles Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 07/12/2010. 14:81.1 Pornography Involving Juveniles Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 07/12/2010. My Address is: 1440 GWEN DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70815 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 10/12/1976 Height: 5'8" Weight: 255 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BLUE Scars/Tattoos: Louisiana 199617, SEPT 4-5 $250

I, Robert Earl Holden AKA ROBERT E HOLDEN, have been convicted of 14:42 Aggravated Rape (attempted). Date Convicted: 04/14/1992. 14:44.1 - Second Degree Kidnapping. Date Convicted: 04/14/1992.

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 4/14/1970 Height: 5'10" Weight: 205 Hair Color: BLONDE Eye Color: BLUE Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 199606, SEPT 4-5 $250

My Address is: 1410 CONVENTION ST BATON ROUGE, LA 70802 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 5/29/1966 Height: 5'3" Weight: 220 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 199597, SEPT 4-5 $250

Public Notices Sheriff Sales

SHERIFF'S SALE (17) 766016 COLONIAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE vs RONAL ROSS RANDELL A/K/A RONALD ROSS RANDELL Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

I, DARYL Matthew KENT JR AKA SKEETER, have been convicted of 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 11/18/2010. My Address is: 1072 N 48TH ST BATON ROUGE, LA 70802 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth:

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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $244.89 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 642142 UNIVERSITY CLUB PLAN‐ TATION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION vs CLAY HUMPHREYS 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, September 04, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty belonging to: CLAY HUMPHREYS One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of land, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, being more particularly described as lot ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150), UNIVERSITY CLUB PLANTATION SUBDIVI‐ SON, THIRD FILING, said lot being situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, and desig‐ nated in the ofﬁcial plan thereof, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitude of record as shown on said subdivision map. The improvements thereon bear the Munici‐ pal Number 15461 Cam‐ panile Court, Baton Rouge, LA 70810.

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

199602, SPET 4-5 $250

My Address is: 3002 QUEBEC DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70819

g g y p servitudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as GOODWOOD HOMESITES, SECTION THREE, FOURTH FILING, PART TWO, 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 TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE (255), said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as are more particularly described on said subdi‐ vision map; subject to re‐ strictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and out‐ standing 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.

LOUISIANA

I, CLINT J MARCELLO AKA CLINT MARCELLO, have been convicted of 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 05/19/2025. 14:81 - Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 05/19/2022.

Public Notices Sheriff Sales

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 04, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: RONAL ROSS RANDELL A/K/A RONALD ROSS RANDELL One (1) certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, i d

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $224.49 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 722566 U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION NOT IN ITS IN‐ DIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2018 G-CTT vs EDWARD MOSES 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, September 30, 2022 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: EDWARD MOSES JR 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, Slate of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as SHER‐ WOOD FOREST, THIRD 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 NUM‐ BER THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE (379), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes and restric‐ tions as are more partic‐ ularly shown on said 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $250.00 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 741699 NATIONS DIRECT MORT‐ GAGE LLC vs DWAYNE KNIGHTEN A/K/A DWAYNE DEON KNIGHTEN A/K/A DWAYNE D. KNIGHTEN 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 29, 2023 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: DWAYNE KNIGHTEN A/K/A DWAYNE DEON KNIGHTEN A/K/A DWAYNE D. KNIGHTEN That certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon, sit‐ uated in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, in that subdivision known as Forest Heights k bdi i i hi d

Public Notices Sheriff Sales g Park Subdivision, Third Filing, and being Lot 178A according to the sur‐ vey map showing "The resubdivision of a certain tract of land, being the original Louisiana & East‐ ern Railroad R/W and Lots 177 through 205 of Forest Heights Park, 3rd Filing, into Lots 177-A thru 205-A & Tract "Z" lo‐ cated in Section 16, T6SR1 E, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana for Emery D. Robinson, Jr., made by WJ Fontenot, PLS dated August 24, 1989, and recorded Au‐ gust 29, 1989, as Original 326, Bundle 10101 in the records of the Clerk of Court and Recorder for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $244.89 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 744591 BRAVO SECURITIES WITH UNION BANK AS SECURED PARTY D/B/A BRAVO SE‐ CURITIES vs THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA KIPER ET AL Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Commis‐ sion To Sell issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 28, 2026 and to me directed, I will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an on line auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing property belong‐ ing to: THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA KIPER ET AL Ward 1-2, Lot: 9, Subdiv: EAST DAYTON COURT., being more fully de‐ scribed as: One (1) cer‐ tain piece or portion of ground, together with all the buildings and Im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated In the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as EAST DAYTON COURT, and des‐ ignated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk & Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER NINE (9), said subdi‐ vision, said lot having such measurements & dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes as are more partic‐ ularly described on said subdivision map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der at Public Auction, a partition by licitation WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $234.71 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 748149 LOANDEPOT.COM LLC vs ERICA WILEY LARS A/K/A ERICA W LARS A/K/A ERICA LARS 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 28, 2024 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: ERICA WILEY LARS A/K/A ERICA W LARS A/K/A ERICA LARS That certain piece or parcels of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all 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 sub‐ division known as Merry‐ dale Sec 2, lot one hun‐ dred ninety-four (194), being subject to such measurements and di‐ mensions, and being designated on the offi‐ cial map of said subdivi‐ sion on file and of record in the office of the clerk and recorder for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $216.82 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 751693 NEW RESIDENTIAL MORT‐ GAGE, LLC vs GERALD K. MCDOWELL 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 12, 2024 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: GERALD K. MCDOWELL Two (2) certain lots or parcels 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 sub‐ division known as SUN‐ SET HEIGHTS, and desig‐ nated 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 NUM‐ BERS "C" AND "D" OF SQUARE "A", said subdi‐ vision, said lots. having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes and restrictions as are more particularly shown on said map; sub‐ j i i i

Public Notices Sheriff Sales p ject to restrictions, servi‐ tudes, 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $234.71 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 751920 RES, LLC vs JBJ REALTY, LLC AND JONATHAN GORDILLO 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 27, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: JBJ REALTY, LLC AND JONATHAN GORDILLO One certain lot or parcel of ground., together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon and all right, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that sub‐ division known as SUB‐ URB ISTROUMA and des‐ ignated on the official map thereof, a copy of which is on file and of record of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER FOUR (4), SQUARE 47 said subdivision; said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $219.38 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 760139 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING, LLC vs BARBARA SCOTT 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 09, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: BARBARA SCOTT One (1) certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings 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 GLEN OAKS PLACE 3RD 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 HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN (118), said sub‐ division, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes as arc more partic‐ ularly described on said subdivision map. (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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $221.93 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 760142 U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION vs KEVIN BROWN A/K/A KEVIN L. BROWN 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 02, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: KEVIN BROWN A/K/A KEVIN L. BROWN One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as AUTUMN RUN, 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 NUM‐ BER 232, said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as are more particularly shown on said subdivi‐ sion map; subject to re‐ strictions, servitudes, rights- of-way and out‐ standing 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $237.23

Public Notices Sheriff Sales

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 762761 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING LLC vs BERTEL BE‐ NARD HAYES, Ill 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 29, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: BERTEL BE‐ NARD HAYES, Ill 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 Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as FAIRVIEW GARDENS, FIRST FILING, and being designated on the offi‐ cial plat of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said parish and State as LOT NUMBER THIRTY-ONE (31 ), said subdivision, said lot having such size, shape, and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said map. (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

Public Notices Sheriff Sales

entitled and numbered cause, dated, October 15, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ANGELA YVETTE SPEARS TRUSTEE OF THE JOSEPH CHARLES SPEARS REVOCABLE LIV‐ ING TRUST A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA IN THAT SUB‐ DIVISION THEREOF KNOWN AS NORTH FOR‐ EST HEIGHTS, AND BEING DESIGNATED ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND FOR THE RECORDER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AS LOT SEVENTEEN (17), SAID SUBDIVISION, SAID LOT MEASURING SEV‐ ENTY (70) FEET FRONT ON ALBATROSS DRIVE, BY A DEPTH OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE (128) FEET BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES; SAID LOT BEING SUBJECT TO A SEVEN AND 5/10 (7.5) FEET SERVI‐ TUDE ACROSS THE REAR AND ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE LINE FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES. PROPERTY SIT‐ UATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $206.60

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

SHERIFF'S SALE

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

Suit No: (17) 765663 GMFS LLC STEWART

KAREN

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 11, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: KAREN STEWART One certain lot or parcel of ground together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon, being situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana. in that subdi‐ vision known as FUQUA AND LAMON TOWN SUB‐ DIVISION, 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 NUM‐ BERS ONE (1 ), TWO (2), THE WESTERN TEN FEET OF THREE (W-10' OF 3) AND THE WESTERN ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FEET OF TWELVE (W-130' of 12), SQUARE TWO HUN‐ DRED TWENTY-FOUR OR TWENTY (224 or 20), 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 rigs 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $237.23 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 767060 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/KIA QUICKEN LOANS, LLC vs TRIMANI AN‐ THONY RILEY, SR. A/K/A TRIMANI A. RILEY, SR. A/K/A TRI MANI AN‐ THONY RILEY A/K/A TRI‐ MANI A. RILEY A/K/A TRI‐ MANI RILEY 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 16, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: TRIMANI AN‐ THONY RILEY, SR. A/K/A TRIMANI A. RILEY, SR. A/K/A TRI MANI AN‐ THONY RILEY A/K/A TRI‐ MANI A. RILEY A/K/A TRI‐ MANI RILEY One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as Bonaire, and being designated ac‐ cording to the official map of said subdivision, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for that parish and state, as Lot 58, said lot subject to those servitudes as shown on the said offi‐ cial subdivision 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $237.23 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 767857 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION vs ANGELA YVETTE SPEARS TRUSTEE OF THE JOSEPH CHARLES SPEARS REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST 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

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $285.74 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 768389 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION vs CHARLES MCMANUS 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 02, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: CHARLES MC‐ MANUS One (1) certain tract or parcel of ground situated in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, in that subdivision thereof known as Copper Oaks Subdivision, Mickens Road PUD, Phase Ill, First Filing, and being known and designated as Lot Thirty-Eight (38), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as set forth on the official subdivi‐ sion plat dated May 9, 2013 and recorded as Original 205, Bundle 12505 of the official records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. 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 (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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $229.60 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 768550 NEXBANK VS CHARLETT LATRICE ADAMS, IN HER CAPACITY AS INDEPEN‐ DENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF EDSON KOFI OPPONG AKA EDSON KOFI OP‐ PONG AKA EDSON K. OP‐ PONG AKA EDSON OP PONG 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, October 28, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: CHARLETT LA‐ TRICE ADAMS, IN HER CA‐ PACITY AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF EDSON KOFI OPPONG AKA EDSON KOFI OPPONG AKA EDSON K. OPPONG AKA EDSON OPPONG 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 Klein‐ peter Terrace, Second Fil‐ ing 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 forty-three (43), 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. 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $257.67 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 768884 LOAN FUNDER LLC vs LA C.E.E. INVESTMENTS LLC AND LA FERN AN‐

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TOINETTE REYNOLDS 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 08, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: LA C.E.E. IN‐ VESTMENTS LLC AND LA ANTOINETTE FERN REYNOLDS That 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 thereon be‐ longing or anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON State of ROUGE, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as SOUTH‐ ERN HEIGHTS, and being designated on the offi‐ cial plan of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT NINETY-THREE NUMBER (93) AND THE EAST ONEHALF OF LOT NINETY-TWO (E/2 OF 92), said subdivi‐ sion, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such restrictions and servitudes as shown on said subdivision map and/or of record. Said lot further being subject to a servitude of eleven feet along the East side of Lot 93. Tax ID: 481157 & 481149 NOTE: The property ad‐ dress and tax parcel number identification listed are provided solely for informational pur‐ poses, without warranty as to accuracy or com‐ pleteness and are not hereby insured. Being that parcel of land conveyed to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff, by that Deed dated 3/27/2023 and recorded 4/10/2023 in Official Records Book 770, at Page 13247 of the Public Records of East Baton Rouge County, LA. Parcel Number(s): 481157 & 481149 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $301.03 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 769345 CMG MORTGAGE INC vs TYREE WALKER AKA TYREE WALKER 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 03, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: TYREE WALKER AKA TYREE WALKER 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 Ashley, First Filing, and being designated according to the official plan thereof on file and of record in the office of the clerk and recorder of the parish as lot fifty-nine A (59A), and lot fifty-nine 8 (598), said subdivision; said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions as 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $214.27 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 769631 DEUTSCHE BANK NA‐ TIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, ASSET-BACKED SERIES IN ABS 2005-B, HOME EQUITY MORT‐ LOANN ASSETGAGE CERTIFICATES BACKED SERIES IN ABS 2005-B vs ROBERT LUGETTE AKA ROBERT JAMES MICHAEL LUQUETTE Baton Rouge, LA h di i l i i

Public Notices Sheriff Sales g 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, November 07, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: ROBERT LUGETTE ROBERT JAMES AKA MICHAEL LUQUETTE ALL OF DEFENDANTS RIGHT, TITLE AND INTER‐ EST IN Tl-IE FOLLOWING PROPERTY, DESCRIBED BUT NOT INCLUDING, LIMITED NECESSARILY TO, AN UNDIVIDED ONEHALF INTEREST IN SUCH PROPERTY: THAT CERTAIN LAND ALL BUILDINGS WITH AND IMPROVEMENTS LO‐ CATED IN THE SUBDIVI‐ SION OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH KNOWN AS BRIDLEWOOD SUBDI‐ VISION AND BEING DE‐ SCRIBED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS OFFICIAL MAP OF RECORD IN THE OF‐ FICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICO OF CON‐ RECORDED AS LOT VEYANCES THIRTY- THREE (33); sub‐ ject to restrictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-of-way and mineral outstanding 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

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YOUNG BRACKINS QUIETT 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 ana advantages thereunto belonging or in appertaining, anywise situated in the Parish of BATON ROUGE, EAST State of Louisiana, in Section 62, T6S, R1 E, and .being designated as LOT TWO-A (2-A), containing 1;42 acres, on a map enti‐ tled "Map Showing Ex‐ change of Property of Lots 1, 2, 3, & 4 of the Harold Davis Venn, Jr. Property into Lots 1-A& 2A Located in Section 62, T-6-S, R-1-E Greensburg Land District, City of Cen‐ tral, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA for Theresa Martin", prepared by Todd Harris, Professional Land Surveyor, dated February 8, 2012, a copy of which map is recorded 567, Bundle Original 12398, of the ofﬁcial records of the Clerk and Recorder for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; said Lot 2-A, having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes and restrictions as are more particularly shown on said map. MUNICIPAL ADDRESS: 9680 Comite Dr., Baker, LA 70714 TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisernent and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $288.29 SHERIFF'S SALE

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $252.56

Suit No: (17) 774627

SHERIFF'S SALE

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

Suit No: (17) 772876 HANCOCK WHITNEY vs MARLA D. BANK GIBBENS A/K/A MARLA DELOUISE GIBBENS WIFE OF/AND MARC D. GIBBENS 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, February 13, 2026 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ to: MARLA D. ing GIBBENS A/K/A MARLA DELOUISE GIBBENS WIFE OF/AND MARC D. GIBBENS One (I) 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 anywise appertaining sit‐ uated In the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that sub‐ division known as UNI‐ VERSITY CLUB PLANTA‐ TION, 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 248, said subdi‐ vision, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes and restrictions 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.

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC vs ERNEST BUTLER

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, March 06, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ERNEST BUT‐ LER 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 thereon be‐ longing or anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON State of ROUGE, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ known as vision CRESTAIRE, and being designated on the offi‐ cial plan of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT TWENTY-SIX NUMBER (26), said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such restrictions and servitudes as shown on said subdivision map and/or 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $219.38 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 775570

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC FKA QUICKEN LOANS LLC vs AARON ROFF

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $234.71

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 773383 GUARANTY BANK AND COMPANY vs TRUST REALTY EPIPHANY GROUP LLC, QUINCY TIM‐ QUIETT AND OTHY TIFFANY ROCHELL QUIETT A.K.A. TIFFANY RICHELL YOUNG BRACKINS QUIETT 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, February 26, 2026 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: EPIPHANY REALTY GROUP LLC, QUINCY TIM‐ QUIETT AND OTHY TIFFANY ROCHELL QUIETT A.K.A. TIFFANY RICHELL

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 13, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: AARON ROFF 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, being situated in the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in the subdivi‐ sion known as Red Oak Subdivision, Third 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 num‐ ber one hundred twentyone (121 ), said subdivi‐

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sion, said Jot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as are shown on said subdivision map; subject to restrictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-of-way and mineral outstanding 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $229.60 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 775635 HOMETOWN EQUITY MORTGAGE, LLC vs 9815 MYRTLE LANE RE 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, May 18, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: 9815 MYRTLE LANE RE LLC One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the building 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 THE ES‐ TATES AT MYRTLE HILL, 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 TWO (2), 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 (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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $224.49 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 775782 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/KIA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUC‐ CESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR RBSGC MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-RP1 VS ROO‐ SEVELT ANTHONY BURKS, JR. AND ARETHA DENISE SAMUEL 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 07, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ROOSEVELT BURKS, JR. ANTHONY ARETHA DENISE AND SAMUEL One (1) certain tract or parcel of land, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, containing a total of 3.0 acres, being designated as TRACT "D" as shown on map or sur‐ vey made by Toxie Craft, C.E., and surveyor, dated 10, 1962, September which map is attached to Original 18, Bundle 5247, of the official records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, entitled "Map Showing the Survey and Division of the Northern 59.52 acres of the Origi‐ nal RANDOLPH WHITE PROPERTY 100 acres, lo‐ cated in Section 23, Township 5 South, Range 1 East, East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana". 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $242.34

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Rouge State of Louisiana

Suit No: (17) 776125

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, June 01, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ to: RUSSELL longing TROY SCOTT

MIDFIRST BANK vs MILO LORENZO POWELL (A/K/A MILO POWELL, MILO L. POWELL) 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 14, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ to: MILO longing LORENZO POWELL (A/K/A MILO POWELL, MILO L. POWELL) ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE AND IM‐ BUILDINGS PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, WAYS, APPURTE‐ SERVITUDES, NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT SUB‐ KNOWN AS DIVISION VILLA DEL REY SUBDIVI‐ SION, AND DESIGNATED ON THE OFFICIAL PLAN THEREOF, ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND OF THE RECORDER PARISH OF EAST BATON STATE OF ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AS LOT NUM‐ BER THREE HUNDRED TWENTY (320), SAID SUB‐ DIVISION, SAID LOT HAV‐ SUCH MEASURE‐ ING MENTS AND DIMENSIONS AND BEING SUBJECT TO SUCH SERVITUDES AS MORE PARTICU‐ ARE LARLY DESCRIBED ON SAID SUBDIVISION MAP. Which has the address of 10044 E Coronado Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70815. 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $250.00 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 776987 TRUISTBANK NORCH

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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, being situated in the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as MARIBEL COURT, 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 State of Rouge, Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER TWENTY-EIGHT (28), said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $216.82 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 777803 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/KIA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUC‐ CESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR NO‐ MORTGAGE VASTAR FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4, NOVASTAR HOME LOAN ASSETEQUITY CERTIFICATES, BACKED SERIES 2004-4 vs THE UN‐ OPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIE LEE BYRD, JR. A/KIA WILLIE LEE BYRD, JR. A/KIA WILLIE L. BYRD, JR. A/K/A WILLIE BYRD, JR. AND LOLA MARIE SCOTT BYRD A/K/A LOLA SCOTT A/K/A MARIE LOLA M. SCOTT A/K/A LOLA SCOTT A/K/A LOLA 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, June 04, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: THE UN‐ OPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIE LEE BYRD, JR. A/K/A WILLIE LEE BYRD, JR. A/K/A WILLIE L. BYRD, JR. A/K/A WILLIE BYRD, JR. AND LOLA MARIE SCOTT BYRD A/K/A LOLA SCOTT A/K/A MARIE LOLA M. SCOTT A/K/A LOLA SCOTT A/K/A LOLA MARIE BYRD A/K/A LOLA M. BYRD A/K/A LOLA BYRD A/K/A LOLA SCOTT BYRD A/K/A LOLA S. BYRD Two (2) certain lots or parcels of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, (formerly the Third Ward of the Parish of East Baton Rouge), in that subdivision known as Rapolla Villa, and des‐ ignated on the official plan thereof, which is on file and of record, in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge as Lots Numbers Seventeen (17) and Eighteen (18) of Square Number one (1), each of which said lots measures forty (40) feet front on Phillipa Street by a depth between parallel lines of one hundred (100) feet, and being the same property acquired by Mrs. Corinne S. Jones as per act of record in Book 268, Folio 372, and Book 298, Folio 177, con‐ veyance records of East Baton Rouge Parish. A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon situ‐ ated in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for‐ merly the Third Ward of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, in that subdivi‐ sion known as Ra po Ila Villa, and designated on the official map thereof as Lot Sixteen (16), Square One (1) which said lot measures forty ( 40) feet front on Phillipa Street by a depth be‐ tween parallel lines of one hundred ( 100) feet; and being the same property acquired by William M. Jones as per act of record in Book 168, 59, conveyance folio records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; and also per Judgment of Possession dated Janu‐ ary 30, 1957, rendered in the Succession of

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William Monroe Jones, Parish of East Baton Louisiana of Rouge, record in Conveyance Book 1288, Folio 147 of the ofﬁcial records of said parish and from the Succession of Corinne S. as described Jones above. 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

Public Notices Sheriff Sales g batture rights, servitudes and easements of every type and description, now and/or in the future relating to the Property, and any and all items and ﬁxtures attached to and/or forming integral or component parts of the Property in accor‐ dance with the Louisiana Civil Code. The Property or its ad‐ is commonly dress known as 1892 Myrtle Drive, Baton Ridge Rouge, LA 70816.

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2020 October 05, 2026 $418.46

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law.

SHERIFF'S SALE

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

Suit No: (17) 778040 GMFS LLC vs KARL REANEY

JEFFREY

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 October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: JEFFREY KARL REANEY A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all of the buildings and im‐ provements thereon and all of the rights, ways, servitudes, privileges, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in that subdivision of the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, known as Louisiana, BAKERFIELD SUBDIVISION and being designated on the official plan thereof (Third Filing) on file and of record in the official records in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of the said Parish of East Baton Rouge, as LOT NO. HUNDRED THREE TWENTY-FIVE (325), said Subdivision; Bakerfield the said lot measuring one hundred (100) feet front on the east side of Day Drive by a depth of hundred twenty two (220) feet between equal and parallel lines; being subject to a servitude over the rear ten (10) feet thereof; all as shown on said map; being the same property described by deed of record filed as Original 44, Bundle 4307 of the Official Records of the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, subject to the restrictions and condi‐ tions contained in Notar‐ ial Act of record in Bok 1259, Folio 82, of the Con‐ veyance Records of the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana. 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $272.96 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 778124 FIRST HORIZONE BANK SUCCESSOR BY BY MERGER TO IBERIABANK VS KAREN YVONNE VALLE ERNEST 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, July 02, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ to: KAREN longing YVONNE VALLE ERNEST SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND STATE OF LOUISIANA 1 CERTAIN LOT OR PRA‐ CEL OF GOUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE AND IM‐ BUILDINGS PROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUTED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SUBDIVISION THAT KNOWN AS COUNTRY RIDGE, 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 NUM‐ BER 130, SAID SUBDIVI‐ SION SAID LOT HAYING MEASUREMENTS SUCH AND DIMENSIONS AND BEING SUBJECT TO SUCH AND RE‐ SERVITUDES AS ARE STRICTIONS PARTICULARLY MORE SHOWN ON SAID MAP. To‐ gether with any and all present and future build‐ ing, constructions, com‐ ponent parts, improve‐ ments, attachments, ap‐ fixtures, purtenances, rights, ways, privileges, advantages, batture and b i h i d

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $293.40 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17)778184 ROCKET MORTGAGE LLC KATRENIA BRISCO vs HOWARD A/K/A KATRE‐ NIA 8. HOWARD A/K/A KATRENIA HOWARD AND MAURICE CALVIN HOWARD A/K/A CALVIN HOWARD A/K/A M. CALVIN HOWARD 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, June 30, 2026 and to me directed, 1did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: KATRENIA BRISCO HOWARD A/K/A KATRENIA 8. HOWARD KATRENIA A/K/A HOWARD AND CALVIN MAURICE HOWARD A/K/A M. HOWARD CALVIN A/K/A CALVIN HOWARD Lot 140, Meadow View Subdivision, according to the final plat of Meadow View Subdivision, Phase 2, Part 2, Lots 84-123, 127151 and Phase 3, Part 2 Lots 152-181, 185-188, 201 Tract GS-6, Tract GS-7 & Tract GS-8, being a por‐ tion of the remaining of Tract F-4, located in Sec‐ tions 61 & 68, T-4-S, R-1W, Greensburg Land Dis‐ trict, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, pre‐ by Collin B. pared Gravois, P.L.S. Louisiana License No. 5115, dated 09, 2019, September recorded at Orig#135 Bundi# 12982 on Septem‐ ber 19, 2019 in the records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $234.71 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 778542 PNC BANK, NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION VS GLORIA TENNART 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, June 10, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: GLORIA TEN‐ NART ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR 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 SHERWOOD SUBDIVISION, FOREST FIFTH FILING and being designated on the offi‐ cial subdivision map, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and state, as LOT THREE HUNDRED TWENTY (320), said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions as shown on said map. Which has the address of 11833 Goodwood Boule‐ vard, 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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $209.16

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SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 778577 U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION, AS SUCCES‐ TRUSTEE TO SOR LASALLE BANK NATION‐ AS ALASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE FOR WASHING‐ MUTUALASSETTON CERTIFICATES BAKCED WMABS SERIES 2006-HE1 vs PATRICIA CASEY A/KIA PATRICIA H. CASEY 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, June 03, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ to: PATRICIA longing CASEY A/KIA PATRICIA H. CASEY 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, being situated in the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as YORK‐ SUBDIVISION, SHIRE FIRST FILING, and desig‐ nated 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 ONE (1 ), said subdi‐ vision, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes as are shown on said subdivision map (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 September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $244.89

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PUBLIC NOTICE --WBR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: CONDEMNA‐ TION Pursuant to Parish Code Chapter 109-42 “Derelict Structures”, the follow‐ ing properties have been condemned by the Parish President. Address: 4153 MULATTO BEND RD. PORT ALLEN LA 70767 (File #26-0052) Owner: LILLIE L & LOUIS THOMPSON C/O JULIA TYLER Legal Description: LOT 25 TOURNOIR SD 50-17CB128 E6 A PUBLIC HEARING will be held by the West Rouge PARISH Baton COUNCIL to ratify the condemnation order. The owner of the structure may appeal the decision of the Parish President by appearing at this meeting of the PARISH COUNCIL to show cause why the structure should not be condemned. Date: Thursday, Septem‐ ber 10, 2026 Time: 5:30pm Public hearings will be held at the West Baton Rouge Parish Govern‐ mental Building, 880 N. Alexander, Port Allen, LA 70767. 195159-AUG 27-SEP 10 $223

PUBLIC NOTICE --WBR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: CONDEMNA‐ TION Pursuant to Parish Code Chapter 109-42 “Derelict Structures”, the follow‐ ing properties have been condemned by the Parish President. Address: 12429 SECTION RD. PORT ALLEN LA 70767 (File #26-0039) Owner: ORA LEE DAVIS Legal Description: LOT IN NE/4 SEC 24 T6S R10E MEAS 75' X 210' TAKEN FROM THE PROP OF M MATTHEWS JR 7C-6CB87 E159 A PUBLIC HEARING will be held by the West Rouge PARISH Baton COUNCIL to ratify the condemnation order. The owner of the structure may appeal the decision of the Parish President by appearing at this meeting of the PARISH COUNCIL to show cause why the structure should not be condemned. Date: Thursday, Septem‐ ber 10, 2026 Time: 5:30pm Public hearings will be held at the West Baton Rouge Parish Govern‐ mental Building, 880 N. Alexander, Port Allen, LA 70767. 195157-AUG 27-SEP 10 $228

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4 DAY SALE

september 4th - 7th

FRI

SAT SUN MON

SAVE $ 22 2 LB

— ONLY —

5 lb Average Weight Value Pack Roll

LIMIT 4

80% Lean Ground Beef

$ 77 LB

SAVE $ 22 3 — ONLY —

SWEET

Seedless Large Red Watermelon

LIMIT 2

$ 77

SAVE $ 00 3 LB

— ONLY —

BOILED FRESH IN STORE HEAD-ON

Boiled Louisiana Shrimp

$ 99 LB

SAVE

$ 61

PREFERRED

PARTNER

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Louisiana Local 30 OZ JAR

Blue Plate Mayonnaise

$ 88

SAVE up $ 38 to 1 — ONLY — 18 OZ BOTTLE

Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce

$ 47

SAVE up $ 38 to 5 When You Buy 2

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46 - 48 OZ CONTAINER OR 8 - 9 COUNT CONES, BARS OR SANDWICHES

Blue Bunny Frozen Dairy Dessert

2/$

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september 4th - 7th

FRI

SAT SUN MON

SAVE $ 31 1 LB

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$ 48

PREVIOUSLY FROZEN

St. Louis Style Pork Ribs

SAVE

up $ 97 to

When You Buy 3

— ONLY —

3/$

BUNCHED

Turnip, Collard or Mustard Greens 12 OZ PACK

$ 99

Chisesi’s Seasoned Ham

SAVE $ 00 3 LB

— ONLY —

$ 99

BOILED FRESH IN STORE HEAD-ON

Boiled Louisiana Shrimp

SAVE $ 00 2

r in ou I L E D tment r depa

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$ 99

FRESH MADE IN STORE

Fried Chicken Tenders

SAVE up $ 98 to 2 When You Buy 2

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2/$

8 OZ

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

SAVE up $ 50 to 2

SAVE up $ 00 to 6

— ONLY —

4 DOUBLE ROLLS

Bounty Essentials

OR 6 MEGA ROLLS

Charmin Essentials

$ 99

750 ML

$ 99

Josh Cellars Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon

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stock up on meat, produce, and seafood for now and for later! EXCLUSIVELY AT ROUSES!

$ 99 LB

100% PREMIUM USDA ANGUS CHOICE VALUE PACK

Boneless Chuck Roast

PREVIOUSLY FROZEN

Chicken Wings

$ 47 LB

Side $ $ 77 Whole 99 Coho Salmon

3 LB BAG

Little Bear Farms Honeysweet Onions

FARM-RAISED

LB $ 99

FARM-RAISED

Coho Salmon Portions

PREVIOUSLY FROZEN

3 LB BAG

2 LB BAG

Turkey Necks

Turkey Wings

Topashaw Farms Petite Sweet Potatoes

Grimmway Farms Baby Carrots

$ 49 LB 2.5 LB BOX

Louisiana Local

Louisiana Select Breaded Catﬁsh Fillets

$ 49 LB gulf coast Local

4 LB BAG FROZEN WILD CAUGHT

41/50 Ct Headless Gulf Brown Shrimp

2/$

Mississippi Local 10 PIECE

36 COUNT

Fried or BBQ Baked Drumsticks

Cookie Tray

$ 99

rolling in big savings down the aisles!

Kellogg’s Large Size Cereal

$ 99

12 – 17.3 OZ SELECT

$ 99

40 OZ

JIF Peanut Butter

2/$

4 PACK

Kraft Easy Mac Microwavable Cups

$ 99

2 LB BAG DRY

Camellia Navy, Red or Great Northern Beans

12 OZ FAMILY SIZE

26.2 OZ VALUE SIZE

10 POUND BAG

Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts

Zatarain’s Family Meals

Idahoan Instant Potatoes

Supreme White Rice

4 PACK

52 OZ

10 OZ

6 COUNT

Dannon Yogurt

2/$

Florida’s Natural Orange Juice

2/$

$ 59

Bays English Muffins

57 - 76 OZ

12 COUNT

16 - 18 OZ SELECTED

100 COUNT

Bomb Frozen Pops

InnovAsian Entreés

Totino’s Pizza Rolls

2/$

$ 99

Rana Ravioli or Tortelloni

2/$

$ 99

Louisiana Local

12 COUNT

2/$

Stouffer’s Family or Party Size Entreés

Prices good at Baton Rouge, Zachary, Gonzales and Prairieville locations September 2nd thru September 9th, 2026.

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PRICES GOOD SEPTEMBER 2ND - SEPTEMBER 9th, 2026

SAVE $ 22 2

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Chicken Breast Tenders

PREFERRED

PARTNER

— ONLY —

$ 77

PREVIOUSLY FROZEN

600 ARLINGTON CREEK CENTRE BLVD BATON ROUGE

SAVE $ 02 5

SAVE 70 ¢

EAGLE 98.1 • CHARLES HANAGRIFF & MATT MUSSO

$ 99

HALF

Boneless Pork Loin

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24 PACK 12 OZ

CANS

Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke or Barq’s

SAVE up $ 98 to 4

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When You Buy 2

12 PACK 12 OZ CANS

$ 99 LB

VALUE PACK

Pork Steaks

SAVE up $ 87 to 5

2/$

5 COUNT

Fresh Avocados

When You Buy 3

When You Buy 2

Kraft Shredded 2/$

8 COUNT PACK

12 OZ

24 OZ PACK

24 PACK HALF LITERS

Bar-S Franks

Wright Bacon

Dasani Water

3/$

5 - 11 OZ BAG

Lay’s Potato Chips or Tostitos Cantina Chips

5 - 8 OZ

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6 PACK HALF LITERS

Propel

12 PACK HALF LITERS

Lipton Tea

SAVE $ 00 1

SAVE up $ 78 to 4

When You Buy 2

Darling Easy Peel Mandarins

SAVE up $ 18 to 3

Pepsi

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2 LB BAG

Bunny Hamburger or Hot Dog Buns

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GALLON

Luzianne Tea

SAVE $ 00 3

$ 99 PREFERRED

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Kingsford or Match Light Charcoal

$ 99 WINNERS!

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SCAN TO ENTER

$ 99

12 - 16 LB BAG

$ 98

Louisiana Local

6 packs of Johnsonville Fresh Sausage or Brats

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SAVE $ 00 1

24 PACK 12 OZ

Miller Lite, Coors Light, Bud Light or Yuengling

99 Tito’s Vodka$ 1.75 LITER

OR 750 ML

Espolon Reposado Tequila

1.75 LITER

1941 Craft Vodka

750 ML

Corazon Blanco Tequila

750 ML

Bonanza Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon

THC

750 ML SELECTED

Kim Crawford Wine

12 PACK 12 OZ

Corona or Modelo

24 PACK 12 OZ CANS

Michelob Ultra

12 PACK 12 OZ CANS

Twisted Tea or Hoop Tea

4 PACK 12 OZ CANS

Urban South Driftee THC Seltzer

Prices good at Baton Rouge, Zachary, Gonzales and Prairieville locations September 2nd thru September 9th, 2026.

$ 99